Unlike Iwataro, who just wanted to survive on the battlefield, Ota Sadatake, as a Hatamoto samurai under the Hojo Clan, from the moment he stepped onto the battlefield, all he could think about was making achievements. He also made similar statements.
Yu Date Masamune lamented that he was "born twenty years too early" and regretted that he was not born in the middle of troubled times. When he reached the age of Yuanfu, the Oda family was already unstoppable, and the expansion of the Hojo family in Kanto seemed to have reached a bottleneck, so there were not many
First battle experience.
This joint battle with the Oda family is as precious as a god-given opportunity that comes once in a century to him. This is a battle with a scale of nearly 200,000 people. It is the alliance of all the daimyo in Kanto to fight against Oda, who has already controlled most of the world.
The battle between armies is the decisive battle that determines the ownership of the world. There have been few such battles since ancient times, and they are destined to be recorded in the annals of history. If you can make unparalleled achievements in such a battle, what would it be like?
Glory? This will be a great achievement that will bring glory to our family. It will be a great achievement that can make countless people of our ancestors and grandchildren raise their heads to brag about, and make others envious.
Every time he thought of this, Ota Sadatake was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He had been like this for several nights in a row. When he sent out troops early this morning, he was so angry that his reserve team was not assigned to the vanguard. He almost jumped out on the spot.
Knife. But now he has to admit that this is actually his good luck - basically all the troops in the vanguard fell under the strange rock stronghold of Yu Qiu's family, and only then did his troops rush to set up under the strange rock stronghold.
Ladder opportunity.
Although Ota Sadatake is full of passion, it does not mean that he is a "pig warrior" who can only rush forward. In the process of marching just now, he has roughly understood the mystery of the strange rock fortress of the Red Leaf Army.
Different from the traditional convex polygonal rock fortresses, the Hongye Army's rock fortresses are all concave polygons, like stars, with many outstretched corners. When attacking a traditional rock fortress, as long as you rush to
There is a blind spot for shooting at the bottom of Yanzhai. After that, you can safely attack the city with a car. After setting up the ladder and starting to climb, you only need to hold an iron shield in front of yourself, and use arrows, projectiles, or rolling stones.
Either way, you can protect yourself, and attacks will only come from in front of you.
But the Yanzhai of the Hongye Army is different. There is almost no blind spot for shooting. Any place under the Yanzhai will face cross fire. The rush car that rushes to the wall will be shot by the iron gunner on the other corner. Climb on the ladder.
Soldiers who boarded the city would be easily shot down by projectiles fired from behind, and even the auxiliary soldiers who rushed to hide in the ditch would be killed by the iron gunners on the other wall like they were shooting mice in a mouse hole.
"In the future, every rock stronghold should be built like this, no, even the city should be built like this." Ota Sadatake secretly thought in his heart, if he can have a city in the future, he must build it like the red leaf army's rock stronghold, "match it with something."
Iron gunners, if there are no iron gunners, archers can also be used, they are simply indestructible."
There are already many corpses piled up under the red leaf army's rock stronghold. The blood almost covers the entire land. There is a risk of slipping if you step on it. However, Ota Sadatake is not afraid at all. The more dangerous the place, the more military exploits he has.
.Now no one on the entire front has climbed to Yanzhai. If Ota Sadabu can get the first one, even if he dies on the top of the city, it will be enough to leave a mark in history.
Thinking of this, Ota Sadatake tightened the iron shield in his hand and rushed towards a ladder with large strides. From time to time, projectiles shot at his feet, and he had to keep jumping among the corpses. Finally he rushed there From the foot of the first rock wall in the south, there are now seven or eight ladders erected to the rock wall. However, due to the obstacles of trenches and strong firepower, only a few of the rushing vehicles have been pushed to the bottom of the city.
Just when Ota Sadatake was about to raise his shield and climb up the ladder, another soldier climbing the ladder was shot in front of him by a bullet from behind. He screamed and fell to the ground, without breathing. Ota Sadatake frowned. He glanced at the soldier's miserable state with his brows, then at the katana in his right hand and the buckler in his left hand that he had not let go of before he died, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He inserted the katana that was originally drawn out of his hand back into his hand. He took off the scabbard, then raised the round shield with his right hand, roared in a low voice to encourage himself, then stepped onto the ladder in three or two steps and began to climb.
Unlike other soldiers who held their shields in front of their heads, Ota Sadatake held a buckler in his right hand. He turned sideways and used the buckler to block the side of his body while climbing, and climbed up with his left hand and feet. Ota Sadatake's strange climbing posture surprised the other soldiers around him. How could anyone climb the ladder without caring about the defense above his head?
However, facts have proven that Ota Sadatake's judgment on the battlefield of life and death was very correct. When he climbed up, his right hand holding the round shield was hit twice by the projectiles, but But there was no attack at all on the head.
"It's true." Ota Sadatake secretly felt lucky for his idea. "Because everyone raised their shields above their heads, no one of the iron gunners of the Red Leaf Army attacked the ladder in front of them, but all of them were Aiming at the unsuspecting backs of the soldiers who were climbing the wall opposite me..."
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At this time, on the wall where Ota Sadatake was climbing, Major Yoshida Miyaichi of Amagabei was yelling at the top of his lungs. On the battlefield with constant roars, fighting sounds and screams, even if he wants to make peace, When the companions around you speak, you must shout at the top of your lungs.
"Don't attack the people in front of you, ignore them, go shoot the living targets on the other side!" Yoshida Miyaichi yelled and pointed at the Hojo soldiers who were struggling to climb on the opposite wall and had no idea of ​​the danger behind them, " Trust the companions on the other side of the wall! They won’t let anyone climb up! We can’t betray their trust either, and we must kill everyone who climbs towards them!”
"Yes!" The iron gunners on the wall responded to their commander with a chorus of roars. After aiming at the enemy on the opposite side and firing, they immediately retreated from the wall. No one even stopped to observe the results of their battle. After retreating, they immediately began the intense loading operation. At the same time, the loaded iron gunners quickly took up their positions from the right side and aimed the iron cannon at the enemy again. Under such methodical rotation, Leng The firepower of the Red Leaf Army on the fort never stopped for a moment, and more and more Hojo troops fell in front of the Red Leaf Army.
However, when Miyaichi Yoshida continued to direct the iron gunners to rotate, he saw a platoon leader on the opposite wall desperately waving his right hand back and forth to him - this was a warning.
Before Yoshida Miya could react, he saw a samurai from the Hojo family suddenly jumping up from the ladder in front of him, slamming the round shield in his right hand against the iron gunner on the wall. The iron gunner He was caught off guard and was hit on the head badly. However, before the samurai could draw his sword and attack further, the spearmen who had been waiting on the wall immediately drew their guns and killed the first man who boarded the bastion. The Hojo samurai was pierced by random spears and pushed him off the city wall with a hard push.
"My body is almost freezing from waiting." A spearman muttered while moving his arms, "I've been waiting for so long, but no one has come up."
"What are you doing standing there, lie down!" After Yoshida Miyachi saw that his subordinates were dazed for a moment, he immediately scolded him with great dissatisfaction, "Standing so high, you want to be a target for the iron gunners and archers on the other side. ?"
After being yelled by Yoshida Miyaichi, the spearman reacted and crouched down quickly. As soon as he reacted with his front feet, two cold arrows hit his head with his back feet. The spearman was scared to death and immediately He lay down obediently, not daring to make any more moves. The iron gunner hiding behind the wall immediately continued his shooting operation.
"How did that person climb up just now?" Yoshida Miyachi finally recovered after being frightened into a cold sweat, and cursed in a low voice angrily, "Are all the iron gunners on the opposite side blind? They can't do it if they have warning skills. Beat him down? Send someone to the opposite wall to ask what happened!"
After a while, the deputy company commander sent by Yoshida Miyaichi rushed back and reported the situation just now to Yoshida Miyaichi.
"Should I go?" Yoshida Miyachi was a little nervous after hearing the report, "Is it true that someone would block their side with a round shield regardless of the top of their head?"
"That's right, sir." The deputy company commander responded solemnly, "Should we change our defensive strategy? Let everyone pay more attention to the situation below them?"
"No, it cannot be changed. This is the rule set by His Highness at the previous evaluation meeting. Everyone must cover each other. Only when the friendly walls are not under attack can you attack the enemies under your own walls." Yoshida Miyaichi categorically refused. He said, "No matter how fast the iron cannon fires, it cannot be compared to the swarm of enemies swarming upward. If we don't cover each other, our bastion will be meaningless."
"But..." The deputy company commander still hesitated after hearing this, "If the enemy follows the example of the samurai just now, more and more people will board the city. Judging from the current situation, a slight change in strategy will be more beneficial to the battle situation. Before Naoe Didn't your Excellency's military jurisprudence say that for the victory of the Red Leaf Army, judgments that are inconsistent with the decisions of the commander and the staff can be made? When you faced Uesugi Kenshin last time at Kurigara, didn't your Highness also Are we encouraged to make our own judgments?”
"Then let's go ask Mr. Uji for instructions first and wait for Mr. Uji's judgment!" Yoshida Miyaichi shook his head after thinking for a while and said, "I don't dare to make such an important decision hastily."
Shortly after Yoshida Miyaichi's request was passed on, Uji Hidetaka gave a response: Officers at all levels can adjust previously issued instructions according to the situations they face, and do not have to stick to the rules.
Chapter completed!