At the same time, on the plains west of Tottori Castle on the lower reaches of the Chiyogawa River, Hashiba Hideyoshi was also leading his army to the east bank of the Chiyogawa River to set up formations to confront the Maori army who suddenly came out of camp to attack across the Chiyoda River. However, Amakihei had just returned to camp to make arrangements. After gathering his subordinates, he quickly came back to observe the situation on the front line.
"How's it going? Do you have enough manpower here? Do you want me to send someone to reinforce you immediately?" Uakiupei rode his horse to the hill where Hashiba Hideyoshi was, and looked at the Ichimonji three-star flags and the Yoshikawa family's three-star flags all over the mountains on the other side of the Chiyo River. Due to the cover of mountains and woods, the number of troops that may be hidden under these flags is even more frightening. "There might be 25,000 people here, and you only have 15,000."
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about me here. His Highness Akechi's 10,000 people were divided into two groups to block the gate of Tottori Castle without complaining. How can I need support from here?" Hashiba Hideyoshi boasted nonchalantly, "Besides, there is this Chiyogawa. Now, even if Yoshikawa Motoharu has three heads and six arms, can he carry 15,000 people like me across the river? His skin will be peeled off even if he is not dead."
"It's safer to defend if there are more people." Yu Qiuping gave conservative advice as always.
"What needs peace of mind is the grain road. It doesn't matter here." Hashiba Hideyoshi pointed to the official road parallel to the Chiyogawa River. "Didn't your subordinate Sanada say before that there were rats wandering around the mountainous area? If they suddenly come out and cut off the If the grain road is blocked, it will be troublesome."
"We already have a lot of food reserves on the front line. It doesn't matter if the food road is temporarily interrupted. But if the frontal battlefield collapses, we will be in big trouble." Yuqiu's priorities of balancing weight are obviously different from Hashiba Hideyoshi, "During the decisive battle, , no matter how you look at it, the duel between the main players is more critical.”
"Who told you this was a decisive battle, Momiji?" Hashiba Hideyoshi raised his eyebrows at Akihira, showing a meaningful expression, "How does it count as a decisive battle? After all, both sides have to fight hand-to-hand, and no one has any control over it. Only when we can easily get rid of the situation can it be considered a decisive battle, right? But now Yoshikawa Motoharu is still glaring at us across the river, and he can retreat to the camp unscathed at any time. How can this be considered a decisive battle? Maybe Yoshikawa Motoharu just wants to use him. Yoshikawa Motoharu's main force led our main force to the lower reaches of the Chiyogawa River, thereby creating opportunities for his special forces to attack the grain road. It doesn't matter if the grain road is cut off for one day, but what if it is cut off every day? If Yoshikawa Motoharu pulls the main force out of the camp every time, we will all If the army is gathering, doesn't it mean that his special forces can come to harass the grain road every day? Who can bear it? "
"What you said makes sense. We must guard against the strategy of exhausting our troops." Yu Qiuping nodded with some embarrassment, and finally agreed with Hideyoshi Hashiba's statement, "Then I will take my main force south and catch that rat. Come out and be safe once and for all.”
"Go back quickly." Hashiba Hideyoshi and Yu Qiupei gave a high-five, and then Yu Qiupei left Tianhe Bei to garrison the camp, and took Jincao Bei and Tongqiang Bei to go south to support the three companies of Fujiu Bei. Guard the food route.
"It's really a shame. The cannons prepared by Jingzhe have just been transported up." Yu Qiuping glanced at Mount Kusatsu, the mountain behind Tottori Castle. Due to the previous plan to bombard Tottori Castle, most of the three-pound cannon prepared by Jingzhe had already been transported. After being transported up the mountain, the remaining six-pounders and nine-pounders were not large enough to completely blockade the Chiyogawa River. If all the artillery of Jingzhe were here, they could completely crush the Maori army by simply moving towards the shore of the Chiyogawa River. There was no hope of crossing the river.
"Now ask them to bring down the artillery. I guess we will have to work until night, forget it." Yu Qiuping originally wanted to order Naoe Touhei to bring down the three-pound cannon, but he thought that the mountain road was rugged. In order to transport these artillery up,
Having built so many agencies and roads, so many things were wasted, and it would be a pity to transport them down, so I gave up the idea, "Anyway, the frontal battlefield is not a big problem, so we might as well use them to bombard Tottori Castle."
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In the early morning of October 1, the eighth year of Tianzheng (1580), at the beginning of the hour, Jingshi - Zhitou's official road.
After learning that the section of the road he was responsible for had been attacked, Nobumura Murakami, the captain of the second company of Fushubei who was responsible for guarding the official road in the Kageishi area, immediately sent an early warning message to Chitou Jiucheng in the south of the official road, asking for Fushubei.
The First Company and the Third Company immediately stopped the auxiliaries from continuing to transport northward, sent back all the baggage trains, and at the same time requested reinforcements from their two companies.
This is the difficulty in guarding a long supply line. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the open, so we have to spread our troops widely. This gives the Maori Army Rangers an opportunity to make a surprise attack. The second company of the wine preparation company must persist now.
Until the reinforcements arrive. The special forces company that is blocking the attack in the mountains and forests has just sent a report. They can no longer delay it. The Maori army will kill Shangguan Road soon. Due to the large number of enemies and the complex terrain, Murakami Nobu
The village did not dare to fight rashly in front of the official road, but wanted to retreat behind the official road and rely on the Chiyogawa River for defense. The Chiyogawa River is located north of Chizu, and has always been west of the official road. But it is not far north of Chizu,
The Chiyogawa River intersected with the Kando River, but instead flowed under the bridge and appeared on the east side of the Kando Road. This caused the Kando River to be directly exposed to the Maori army attacking from the mountains and forests to the west, without the cover of the Chiyoda River. It must be said that the Maori
The location of the military surprise attack was chosen very carefully, and indeed there was a guide to lead the way.
"All those who are stranded, push the carts down the official road and get out of the way immediately!" Seeing the enemy troops getting closer and closer, Murakami Nobumura couldn't help but said urgently, "Get out of the way for the friendly troops coming to support from the north and south!
Give way to soldiers and messengers with higher passing levels!"
"Don't worry about the baggage!" Nobumura Murakami saw that there were still auxiliary soldiers who were trying to push the carts into the rest area to save them. He jumped anxiously, "Throw away the carts! Go and evacuate immediately! The enemy is coming soon!"
Under the urging of Murakami Nobumura, the auxiliary soldiers finally cleared the official road and fled to the east of the Chiyogawa River, shrinking behind the Second Company of the Shoshubei. The Second Company of the Shoshubei occupied several areas east of the Chiyogawa River.
The highland stronghold overlooks the official road. Although they have given up the official road, as long as these highland strongholds that control the official road from a high position are there, the Maori army cannot arrogantly cut off the official road under the threat of the second company of the Shoshu Bei.
Official road and attack from the north and south. The second company of the Chujiu Bei only needs to hold them back until the reinforcements arrive from the north and south and then attack from a flank.
As soon as the auxiliary soldiers took refuge, the Maori army came out of the mountain forest. The special forces blocking the mountain forest had already withdrawn to the dense forest in the south. They had been delayed for a long time. The early warning system arranged by Yu Qiuping gave the Red Leaf Army
Enough time was bought for the auxiliary troops to withdraw without any casualties.
"It's up to us next!" Nobumura Murakami shouted, pulling out the samurai sword from his waist and mobilizing: "The whole army is ready to fight!"
"Hey! Hey! Roar!" The soldiers in the wine preparation responded to their commander with three neat calls, and then prepared to meet the Maori army that killed Shangguan Dao.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Maori soldiers stopped on several highlands to the west of the official road. Instead of occupying the official road, they began to try to use bows and arrows and iron cannons to shoot at the river on the other side of the official road and the Chiyo River.
Wine preparation.
"Isn't the samurai on the other side stupid?" Murakami Nobumura was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then couldn't help but secretly rejoice, "At this time, you are still wasting time on shooting, don't you know that time is on our side?
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However, the actions of the Maori Army once again exceeded everyone's expectations. After the soldiers gained a firm foothold, the Maori Army's auxiliary troops continued to pour out from the mountain roads, picking up the Yuqiu family's auxiliary troops that had just been scattered all over the official road.
He pushed the cart toward the east. With the cover of the Maori archers and iron gunners, the main focus of the iron gunners was on shooting, and these auxiliary soldiers did not suffer too much pressure.
"Is this going to... let the auxiliary soldiers be used as cannon fodder? But why are they pushing the cart?" Murakami Nobumura suddenly felt that the situation in front of him was a bit strange, but before he had time to think about it, the situation immediately slipped into the unpredictable.
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"Come on!" At this moment, Kogoro was shouting and pushing the cart towards Chiyogawa.
Kogoro is a young auxiliary soldier of the Maori family. He took over his father's class last year to respond to the lord's military service. His father has been an auxiliary soldier all his life and has never received his own equipment and weapons. His father has also been
Tell Kogoro that being an auxiliary means just hanging out on the battlefield, and if you can get some copper coins from corpses, you can make money.
But this time the situation is different. His Highness Yoshikawa Kyouke moved out a large box of silver ingots before this expedition, and announced a reward: No matter who you are, no matter what year you join the army, as long as you can bring a Yuqiu family auxiliary soldier
If you push an abandoned cart into the Chiyo River, you will be rewarded with one or two silver coins when it comes back! If the cart is filled with grain, you will be rewarded with one or two silver coins!
That’s a whole tael of silver! A tael of silver! A thousand cents!
Kogoro had never touched so much money in his life, and he was stunned when he heard the news. Also stunned were the thousands of auxiliary soldiers of the Maori Army, who were all staring at him with black eyes.
With silver and heavy rewards, there must be brave men. These auxiliary soldiers, who usually only think about dawdling on the battlefield, are now rushing toward the Chiyo River with push carts, staggeringly like chicken blood.
"Come on!" Kogoro roared to encourage himself - to be precise, he no longer needed to be courageous. Everyone around him was roaring and rushing forward. In this atmosphere, no one would stop.
Footsteps. Although people were knocked down by bullets from time to time, someone would immediately pick up the cart he had pushed half way and continue rushing forward. Kogoro suddenly felt as if he was at a disadvantage. If he had known better, he would have rushed forward empty-handed and picked up others when the time came.
Just keep pushing. If I push it for a long time, if I die, I will be making wedding clothes for others!
Chapter completed!