At seven o'clock in the morning, the battle on the east bank of the Wife River was about to reach.
The troops of the Southern Heroes formed the most common fish-scale formation, with the vanguard led by Naomoto Ii, pointing directly to the center of the Crane Wing formation. The auxiliary soldiers of the Heroes remained not far behind the formation.
"Arrowman, get out of the line!" Ii Naomori ordered the archers in the team to shoot out. There was no strong wind today, and the shooting of the bows and arrows could not take advantage of the wind. The rain of arrows poured towards Anseen Fukushima. Changbanbei's footmen bowed their heads slightly to avoid being hit by the feathered arrows. Changbanbei's footmen stood in the rain of arrows, motionless, as if they were bathed in the sea breeze. Most of the ejected feathered arrows did not pose any threat to Changbanbei's fullness, and a few footmen who were shot into their legs were also silently sticking out the broken arrow shaft and retreating behind the formation.
"Chang Panbei, his reputation is well-deserved." Naomoto Ii silently exclaimed. His archers have shot ten consecutive rounds, but failed to cause much casualties or chaos to the people on the other side. "Why don't the other archers come out to shoot at each other?"
During this period, Miura Yoshihiro on the right side of Ii Naomiya and the friendly troops on the left also launched a archery shooting. Takabababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababababa
"What a strong soldier." Miura Yoshi sighed. Although Changbanbei had a disadvantage in numbers, he occupied a condescending position and used the hills to hide their archers well. Miura Yoshi, who didn't know where their archers were, was a little annoyed. It was not a solution to waste here, so he sent a messenger to urge other wealthy clans to start attacking.
"The left wing is close to the river bank, and it is not easy to deploy troops, so don't press on the big shots. The archers on the opposite side are mostly on this side away from the river bank, so that everyone can pay more attention. The auxiliary soldiers bring rattan cards and shields to follow the troops." Miura Yoshi ordered, "The main attack direction is the center and the right wing, and transfer 80% of the soldiers here to attack the enemy!"
As Miura Yoshihide waved the banner, the coalition forces of the wealthy clan began to slowly change their formation. The left wing handed over to the team pieced together by several small wealthy clans. They approached a mudflat under the hill and stopped to monitor the movements of Mimaezaki Nakahide's troops. The center and the right wing were handed over to Naomio Ii and Yoshihide Miura himself to take charge, commanding their subordinates to rush towards the defense line.
After the Heroes approached the defense line, Charlie's archers immediately climbed up the hill and launched rapid shooting at the offensive forces. The condescending shooting caused considerable trouble to the attacking party, and many foot soldiers were immediately shot to the ground. However, Miura Yoshihide had long anticipated Yu Qiuping's deployment, and the auxiliary soldiers in the team immediately raised their shields to protect the war soldiers and continued to advance. The auxiliary soldiers' cover protected most of the shooting angles, and the wealthy coalition troops rushed up the hill under the cover of the auxiliary soldiers.
The short-sized archers were forced to form a semicircular formation to defend. The archers were also divided into two teams under the cover of archers and retreated behind the warriors. Fukushima Ansei and Yoshigao Katsumasa no longer tried to connect the fronts together, but fought on their own. However, even so, the two archers of Fukushima Ansei and Yoshigao Katsumasa had to face attacks from enemies with three times the number of them. In order to ensure the integrity of each platoon and not be detoured from the flank, the archers were forced to spread the formation very thin, with only two archers and even one row behind the side and back. This means that the archers whom Changban were proud of may not be able to achieve the maximum effect.
"Preparation - sting!" Even so, the commanders still tenaciously commanded their subordinates to launch the sting. The two rows of stinging stings with quick feet were still powerful, and they took away the lives of nearly ten people in front.
However, under the urge of the samurai, the powerful coalition forces continued to charge towards the defense line. The samurai rushed forward with a samurai sword. The insufficient number of Chang Pan Bei was unable to kill all the second round breakthroughers and were rushed to the front. The battle began to evolve in the direction of melee, and Chang Pan Bei's disadvantage in the number of people was even more obvious.
Yu Qiuhei saw it, but he did not dare to send the reserve team in his hand to support it. Because after Fukushima Ansei and Yoshigaon Katsumasa contracted their troops, his own team was no longer safe. If the coalition forces of the rich clans were willing, they could forcibly penetrate and impact his horse seal from the gap between the two platoons. He now has more than 30 people from Yuotun Ogawa, and more than 20 cavalry teams who did not carry horses.
He sighed and looked to the northeast first. Naoe Tadaehiro was commanding another part of Takababe to resist the attack of the Okabe family. The troops of the Asahina family on the east coast were working hard to gather and reorganize, and the Asahina Taisho and Ohohei Satsuki on the west coast were about to put out the fire in the camp.
As long as the reinforcements arrive, the Okabe family's attack should stop. Yu Qiuping thought to himself. However, it is not easy to persevere until the reinforcements arrive. Fukushima Ansei and Yoshigang Katsumasa had no energy left, but the wealthy coalition still had a reserve team of nearly 2O warriors. Once these people joined the battle group, Yu Qiuping didn't know how to deal with it.
"Don't you think it's boring!" Mimaezaki Nakahide cursed, "Brother An Cheng and the brainless one are fighting in full swing. Let's stand here with those 2oo people and stare at me, and you can't help anything!"
"Sir, it's not that we don't want to help." A slight suggests, "The Fengmaichuan is next to us. The terrain is narrow and it's not easy to launch troops. The people over there are blocking the edge of the mudflats. How can we 50 people not fight over?"
"Hey! It's so unlucky!" Mimaezaki Nakahide spat and looked at the other side of the river. It happened that I met my wife, and there seemed to be more than a dozen uncontrolled bamboo rafts floating down the river.
On May 21, at 3 o'clock in the Si hour, Yu Qiuping's least hoped to see a situation.
After the front line troops of the wealthy coalition suppressed Yuqiu's family, Miura Yoshihiro, as the commander-in-chief, ordered the reserve team left behind to reinforce the front line. The pressure suddenly increased, and Ansei Fukushima and Katsumasa Yoshigang were almost irresistible. Many wealthy coalition forces have tried to penetrate from the gap to the rear to surround the two platoons.
Yu Qiuping had no choice but to order the entire line to retreat and give up the condescending geographical advantage on the hills. He planned to withdraw all the three platoons of Fukushima, Mimaezaki Nakahide and Yoshigang Katsumasa, shrink the defense line, form a small round formation around his own formation, and continue to resist. However, this means Yu Qiuping gave up the maneuver and dispatch on the battlefield and could only be beaten passively. However, this was impossible.
After the order to retreat was issued, Yu Qiuhei sent Ogawa Yudong's reserve team to meet the retreat of Fukushima Ansei and Yoshigang Katsumasa. He himself personally came to the forefront and commanded the alternate cover between various troops. When he finally commanded the three platoons to retreat in battle and retreat, he found out in surprise.
The queue of Mimaezaki Nakahide is gone!
He hurriedly asked left and right about the movements of Omaezaki Nakahide, but everyone just focused on the east side of the battlefield, and no one paid attention to Omaezaki Nakahide who could easily retreat. The small hill where Omaezaki Nakahide was just now has now been occupied by dozens of people from the coalition forces of the wealthy clan first.
"This guy, you won't be able to escape by yourself!" Yu Qiuping cursed in anger, "At least, come and report a letter! What are you doing? This is! Without his platoon, how can I organize the defense line!"
Although Yu Qiuping was furious, he still had to cry and command his subordinates who had less than 50 people to start building a defense system near the formation. At this time, the two hills on the front and east were also occupied by the troops of the Ii family and the Miura family.
However, before the tyrant coalition forces could further attack, a commotion suddenly came from the hill near the west side of the Moetsu River. Everyone looked over there, and saw that Mimaezaki Nakahide was taking his platoon, walking out from behind a small woods and shrubs that covered the view on the hill, and attacking the tyrant coalition forces on the hill. The tyrants who had just walked up the hill were only a few more than 40 people, and they were naturally not the elite opponents of Changpanbei. Because the tyrants leaned against the tyrants in the west, they were all tidal flats and the terrain was narrow, and the subsequent tyrant troops were not able to keep up. The troops on the hill were killed without a few strokes and fled down the mountain in a panic. The subsequent tyrant troops were as if they were facing a great enemy, hurriedly retreated from the tidal flats and returned to their initial positions, waiting for the formation to defend.
To everyone's surprise, Mimaezaki Nakahide did not pursue it, but retreated down the hill again, gave up the hill, and disappeared from everyone's sight. The coalition of wealthy clans seemed to be very surprised by his actions, and for a while actually stopped the attack. There were many messengers who shuttled back and forth between the horse seals and the horses, as if they were discussing countermeasures.
"This kid! It's quite dirty to get back the horse!" Yu Qiuping cursed with a smile, "Send someone to contact him quickly and let him return to our formation to help!" However, since Yu Qiuping did not carry his horse when crossing the river, the messenger had to run over to notify him, which probably would take some time. "Let him stop when he gets right, otherwise he will be surrounded by the coalition forces of the rich, and we will not be able to save him."
Before the sentencing troops returned, the coalition forces of the wealthy clan seemed to have ended the discussion, and the coalition forces on the hills began to operate again. On the central hills, more than a hundred people were divided into to occupy the west hills. And Yu Qiuping was not very clear about the movements of the team that had just been attacked by Omaezaki Nakahide, who had just been attacked by Omaezaki Nakahide, who was not very clear about the movements of the enemy in the south of the hills. However, Yu Qiuping guessed that the troops were likely to cooperate with the more than a hundred soldiers to attack the mountain. Now Yu Qiuping would not have the chance to attack again.
At the same time, the main force of nearly 7O war soldiers of the wealthy coalition forces also began to climb over the hills and fight towards Yu Qiuping's main formation. Yu Qiuping now urgently needs Omaezaki Nakahide to return to the team immediately so that a complete defense system can be established.
Chapter completed!