Shigabei's two hundred mounted samurai were furious, waving their spears and colliding with Naito Sokatsu's mounted samurai. This kind of no-show collision naturally gave Shigabei some advantages, but this advantage
It is very weak. With the absolute disadvantage in numbers, it is not even possible to exchange one for one.
Naito Munekatsu killed the knight on horseback who rushed to the front without even blinking an eye. Seeing that this samurai was wearing the four-eye knot flag mark, he knew that this was a samurai from the Omi Sasaki family. From the sophistication of the armor,
From the looks of it, he was still a high-level warrior at the level of a general on horseback. Unfortunately, his spear pierced the throat chakra protecting his neck. Half of his neck was cut off, so it was obviously impossible for him to survive.
"Keep charging!" Naito Sokatsu shouted and continued to charge on horseback. The number of mounted warriors behind him had decreased by more than a hundred. Most of these warriors died in the cavalry confrontation. Some of them stabbed each other in the chest with their long spears and fell down together.
They were trampled to a pulp by their companions behind them, and some were lucky enough to survive the cavalry charge, but they were missing an important limb in their arms or thighs, or they were holding on to the wounds in their abdomen while chasing the group tenaciously.
There is a lack of time and conditions for medical treatment on the battlefield, and there is no time for even a simple bandage. They can only let blood bleed on their broken arms or legs. Therefore, these people usually do not live long. Maybe they will die in the next moment.
You will fall off your horse and never get up again.
"Don't panic, everyone, get together! Think about our training steps, put up your shields, and don't let the cavalry attack easily!" Yamazaki Ietsu shouted hurriedly, watching the former robes fall one by one, his heart seemed to be broken.
Thousands of sharp swords pierced him. Naito's army was completely unexpected to have such a powerful mounted samurai. Shigabe's ashigaru were busy beheading people for credit. They didn't realize that their formation had completely collapsed.
This was a command error on his part.
In fact, the Kira family has already issued an order strictly prohibiting beheading for merit. All beheaded heads will be calculated uniformly, and merit will be calculated according to the performance of their respective troops in the war. However, the Ashigaru who were born in Omi have not yet understood this order deeply.
The impression is still maintained. The customary rules are still maintained. When beheading, the head should be wrapped with the flag finger on the back. If it is a Ma Huizhong, the head should be wrapped with the mother's clothing on the back. The general will wrap the head with the flag seal to judge everyone's merits.
Record.
This time Shigabei's light troops rushed in, and they were caught off guard by the Naito army who counterattacked later. When Yamazaki Ieyoshi gathered the remaining troops, he found that Shigabei had only 500 people left, and only 200 archers and ashigaru were unable to do so.
Only by following up did they escape a disaster. Shigabei's Gunshield Ashgaru and the cavalry team lost a total of 800 people in the battle. All 200 people in the cavalry team were killed, and more than 60% of them were killed by Naito Sokatsu's cavalry assault.
Iemasaki Yamazaki was lucky. As an Ashigaru general, he did not fight on horseback. Instead, he followed the Ashigaru who fought on foot and walked on two legs. However, after escaping, they still had to face bigger troubles, Naito's army.
Subsequent ashigaru reserves have arrived one after another. They are 2,500 elite ashigaru. With their more than 500 gun and shield ashigaru formations on the spot, they can only rely on the prototype formation to stop them for a while.
The moment Shigabe was attacked, Kira Yoshiki ordered with great annoyance: "The javelin team goes out! The archery team goes out and shoots the Naito army's horse team to death!"
"Wait a minute! Master, please look over there!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki pointed at the Akabi cavalry coming in a roundabout way from a distance, and praised: "This must be Shitara Sadachi's idea."
Naito Munekatsu led the mounted samurai to break through Shiga Bei, and continued to attack Otsu Bei, who was gradually approaching. He wanted to repeat his old trick and launch another assault. Unfortunately, Otsu Bei's gun and shield team formation was neat and flawless, and both wings were mounted at the same time.
The samurai protected them, and the two hundred bows and arrows dropped by Shiga Bei gathered behind them, doubling the long-range troops to four hundred.
The firepower of four hundred men was absolutely powerful, especially when facing the Naito family's cavalry fifty meters away. The accuracy of aiming and shooting at this distance was very high, and it was also the best killing distance for heavy arrows. Otsubei's Ashigaru general immediately
Yelled: "Fire the arrow!"
"Quickly retreat!" When Naito Munekatsu saw that something was wrong, he immediately rode back. The mounted samurai behind him reined in his horse and waved his spear to block the arrows falling from the pavement. However, it was too late, and he was attacked by heavy arrows at close range.
It was an absolutely devastating blow, especially since their mounts were not armored and almost fell on the mounted warriors, so the horse would surely die.
Naito Sokatsu watched helplessly as several horseback warriors were shot into hedgehogs by dozens of heavy arrows in order to cover his retreat. One of them had at least five or six arrows on his head, and half of his skull and helmet were ripped off together.
A bunch of terrible stuff was sprayed out and splashed on his armor.
"Retreat! Don't be reluctant to fight! Retreat immediately!" He had no time to panic or regret, so he could only retreat desperately. At this time, the number of the Naito family's cavalry had been reduced to 230, and this burst of arrows took away one of them.
More than a hundred lives.
"What is that?" While retreating, Naito Sokatsu suddenly saw a group of cavalry with bright red armor appearing in front of his eyes. The group of cavalry was as red as a ball of fire, a ball of blazing anger, as if it was going to burn up the world.
Everything, the next moment he realized there was new trouble, "No! They are going to cut off the retreat!"
You can already see the leading samurai rushing over with a red gun. Naito Sokatsu immediately made a decision: "Retreat at full speed! Discard the extra weapons on your body! Retreat at full speed!"
He threw away the big gun given to him by Miyoshi Changqing, and threw away the quiver with bows. If he didn't have enough time, he even wanted to throw away his helmet and armor. Fortunately, dozens of horseback warriors came forward.
He rushed over to block the cavalry's forward direction and gave him a chance to escape.
The knight on horseback who rushed to the front suddenly shouted: "I, Tokiyoshi Takigawa, want to kill the Naito clan here! Who dares to stop me!"
Having said that, Takigawa Shiyi waved his Suzuki Spear like a giant red snake. He swiped it like a red wave and killed two horseback samurai who were blocking the way in the blink of an eye.
With lightning speed, he fired his gun again, stabbing the samurai who was charging towards him with his gun in the neck, and his entire head was cut off. As he passed by, blood sprayed onto Takigawa Tokiyoshi's body like a fountain.
"Oni! Oni!" Naito Fang's horse-riding samurai were really scared. This boy was simply an evil ghost from hell. Yasha. Killing people was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables, which reminded them of the late Oni Juga.
, could it be that the shogunate also had a ghost general?
"Those who surrender will be spared death! Don't block the road!" Takigawa Shiyi shouted, and the horse that sat down suddenly exerted its strength, brandishing the Vermilion Spear like a blood snake that chooses people to eat, and swept across to block the road to death.
The knight on horseback cut him in half at the waist. This shot even cut the spear and armor. It relied on the power of the horse as well as the terrifying physical strength.
This shot is more terrifying than the one just now. Cutting in the waist is a more cruel atrocity than beheading. Even in medieval Japan, they only cast new swords for daimyo. When testing the sword, they would chop with felons like this. Takikawa Tokiyoshi's shot
The attack also cut off the last vestige of morale of all Naito's cavalry. No one dared to stop him anymore. Facing the ferocious Akabi cavalry, they dropped their weapons and raised their hands high to show submission.
The Akabi Cavalry ignored these frightened guys at all. They wanted to eliminate Naito Munekatsu as the culprit as soon as possible. Shima Tokikatsu was riding a horse while bending his bow and shooting arrows. Yabusame, Dogsuimon, and Eagle Hunter all have a special ability.
The requirement is to fire a volley while running on horseback. The difference is that the horse shoots at the fixed target, the dog chases the target and shoots the moving fighting dog, and the hawk shoots the wild boar, wild deer, pheasant, hare and other animals in the forest.
Shimatoki Katsu was originally an extremely talented archer, and he was also very obsessed with strong bows, horses, famous guns and other objects. The Kira family spared no expense in cultivating him and tapping out his riding talent. It didn't take more than two years.
In Kung Fu, his level directly surpassed that of most horseback warriors, becoming a first-rate volley master.
Shima Tokikatsu's style is different from Takigawa Tokiyoshi's hot-blooded style. He always bends his bow and arrows calmly. Every arrow he shoots can accurately take away a life. There are two pots of cast iron feather arrows hanging on the saddle, hanging on his waist and behind his back.
There is also a bag of cast-iron arrows hanging on each, and there are no less than eighty arrows on the body. It is simply a cold killing machine.
"Good guys! These two boys are so powerful!" Isshiki laughed loudly and encouraged the Akabi cavalry behind him: "Shima Tokikatsu's record has reached twenty-eight, surpassing Takikawa Tokimasu's twenty-six.
!If we don’t catch up, we will come back empty-handed!”
"Charge over! Kill Naito Sokatsu!"
"None of you can try to fight with me! Naito Sokatsu's head belongs to me!" Takikawa Shimasu's ears are very good. He can still hear the conversation behind him when he is thirty meters away. His statement was naturally ignored by the Chibi Cavalry.
They ignored it and joked about how the credit for killing the general could be taken by you alone. Naturally, you have to share it with everyone.
Shitara Sadachi called out: "Naito Sokatsu is going to escape back to the Ashigaru formation! We can't let him escape! Sakon!"
"Sakon, you can't fight with me!" Takigawa Tokiyoshi shouted anxiously.
Shitara Sadachi scolded with a straight face: "Keijiro! Now is not the time to compete for credit! Sakon quickly shoot him to death!"
"Yeah!" Shima Tokikatsu snorted, and calmly pulled out the arrow and filled the bow string. A black light flew away from the bow string in the blink of an eye. The square bamboo bow made by the Ogasawara family has unparalleled powerful attack power.
With a strong force, it penetrated Naito Sokatsu's shoulder, causing him to fall off his horse.
"Haha! The head is mine!" Takigawa Shimasu made a simple face at Shima Tokikatsu, shouted and rushed over.
"Stop!" Several voices came at the same time, slowing down Takikawa Shimasu's pursuit. In addition to Isshiki Naotaka and Shitara Sadachi shouting behind him, there were also two voices coming from Watanabe Takazuna and Watanabe Takatsuna respectively.
Naito Masashige, the two of them led the javelin team and the archery team from the main formation. When they saw Naito Munekatsu who was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, they immediately called out to the reckless Takigawa Tokimasu.
"Tch! It's no longer possible!" Takikawa Shimasu looked at more than a hundred horseback samurai, nervously surrounding Naito Sokatsu, who was injured and fell off his horse, and had no choice but to ride back in boredom.
The Akabi cavalry waved their lances and shouted, charging into the Naito Ashgaru army. The five hundred cavalrymen were like lightning. With their lances, they slashed and slashed through the encircling Naito army. Shigabei relied on the square formation to fight to the death. After resisting the attack of Naito Ashigaru's army and seeing the powerful attack of five hundred Akabi cavalry, he could not help but feel boosted in morale and led his army to break through under the cover of Akabi.
At this time, the news that the Tanba people were retreating one after another came back. Takashima Bei, Katada Bei, and Otsu Bei gathered thousands of troops like a huge iron pincer to surround them. They looked at the flags flying around and the two flags of Ashikaga. Naito Sokatsu woke up feeling extremely desperate.
Surrounded by a bunch of cavalry in bright red armor, Kira Yoshishi slowly walked to the front of the formation and shouted: "Naito Sokatsu! Immediately order your troops to give up resistance and surrender immediately! Do you want them all to be buried with you?"
Naito Sokatsu pushed away the horse that was supporting him and returned to the samurai. He staggered to the front of the formation. When he faced Kiragi who was standing on the horse with a proud look, he roared sadly: "Surrender! I surrender!"
At Funaokayama Castle, Hosokawa Momotsune enthusiastically resettled the wounded of Kira's army and held a military meeting when he vacated the Ohiro Room for Kira Yoshitsune. Hosokawa Motonsune himself was also an important minister of the shogunate who advocated friendship with the Kira family, and his adopted son Hosei Kawafuji Takashi served as the dean of the Kira family, and his status was no less than that of a government official, so the Kira family agreed to his warm hospitality without even refusing.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki took the latest statistics and said: "Takashima and Kenta were slightly damaged, and Otsube was not damaged. The main loss in this battle was the 803 people killed in Shigabei, including four Ashigaru generals. One man, one general on horseback, and more than half were lost in the battle."
"This is really an unforeseen disaster. We can win steadily and steadily, so why do some people always disobey orders? What's the good of beheading? Isn't our post-war statistical system perfect enough?" Kira Yoshih raised his whip and whipped it on the desk in displeasure. , the warriors in the hall could only smile bitterly.
The beheading merit system in Japan during the Warring States Period is the same as the military merit system in the Qin Empire after Shang Yang's reform. The head was hung around the waist or tied to a horse, and each head could be converted into a reward. This could indeed arouse the enthusiasm of the soldiers. Combat**, but that is only suitable for relatively primitive wars.
After experiencing the development of the Middle Ages, militarization construction became faster and faster, and the requirements for the combat quality of soldiers became more and more stringent. Iron-like discipline and the awareness of orders and prohibitions were gradually implemented to the end of the command. If you leave the line alone and violate military discipline, you will be cut off from the head. What serious consequences will it bring?
At a small scale, it will cause disharmony in the tight front line. At a large scale, it will lead others to follow suit and cut off the heads. This will act as a leader. There is always something called "herd mentality" in people. , which roughly means that if others can do it, so can I! From disrupting order and creating crises to being inseparable from all kinds of uncivilized behaviors, it can be said to be the most "favorite" existence of human beings. (To be continued.) Search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
ps: For example, modern Japanese are a group of social creatures with a strong herd mentality. Others can do what I do. If someone takes the lead and runs a red light, a group of people will immediately follow him. That's probably what happens. Eh? I seem to have forgotten to say please. Subscribed!