Chapter 240 Night battle involving the sea and river
Inubushi Castle is located in the northwest of Echigo Uonuma County. The northeast of this mountain castle built on a high mountain is Mount Quan. On the east side of the mountain is a beautiful cherry blossom forest, and to the east of this cherry blossom forest is the famous Shinto
There is a small Tokamachi at the foot of the Nono River, and one mile away on the other side of the Shinano River is Biwa Hang Castle, the residence of Nagao Iga Mori Kageshige of Fuchu Nagao Ichimon.
At the same time that the Kasugayama Castle was raging because of the loss of the princess, Long-tailed Tora was sitting on the hillside playing in the cherry blossom forest. Twenty Hime warriors, Tora and the maid Ao were divided into two groups, playing the game of the wealthy merchant.
Otorahime was having a lot of fun, and during the season when the cherry blossoms were withering, there was indeed a patch of late cherry blossoms here. She was feeling lucky for her decision to sneak out for the first time, and she didn't realize at all that she had caused a big disaster.
Another game ended. At this time, the sun was gradually setting in the west. The little maid A Xu pulled her sleeves worriedly and said: "Your Highness, should we go back?" The Ji warriors also stopped and gathered together.
He looked at her blankly.
The long-tailed tiger girl pouted and said helplessly: "Okay, let's go back now."
About an hour after the girls set off, on the Echigo street under Yakushidake, a group of Echigo cavalry with the Chikawa two-feathered sparrow flag was marching slowly. Honjo Nogecho angrily beat the leaves on the roadside.
He shouted to a group of dejected warriors behind him: "Hurry up! We have to walk to Shehaichuan before sunset. We can camp there."
"Lord! The hall is unfair to us!"
"Of course it's unfair! He has never looked down upon us, Yangbei Zhong!" Honzhuang Fanchang bit his lips, whipped the dead branches and leaves beside the mountain road, and said viciously: "Back then, my father insisted on resisting Changwei Weijing, so he has been
It must be because of this that I hold a grudge!"
Honjo Nobunaga's uncle, the mature and prudent Honjo Songoro reminded him worriedly: "My lord..."
"What are you afraid of? Who else in this barren mountain would know about it?" Honjo Shimonaga said viciously: "He Nagao Weijing can rebel and become the leader of the country. Why can't I, Honjo Shimonaga, marry the princess of the Nagao family?
Why? Tell me?"
Songoro of the village took his nephew's arm, glanced around the deserted mountains and wilderness, and exhorted: "My lord! It's over! It's really over! It won't be good for my family if you continue!"
"Why can't you say it? Are you afraid of his Xuanzao? You are afraid of me, but you are not afraid of me!" Honjo Shigenaga pushed his uncle away and continued to curse: "His Nagao clan is from the Bando Taira Kamakura clan, my Honjo clan
The clan is the Bando Taira Chichibu clan! We are all not direct descendants of the Bando Hachihira clan, and no one has a higher family status than anyone else. How can the Nagao family be the leader of the country? Just because they are rebelling?"
Honjo Songoro was pushed so hard that he almost fell off his horse. Being so humiliated in front of his family, Honjo Songoro almost cursed. He suppressed his anger and continued to admonish: "My lord! The main hall is not that kind of person. He never
I have never taken the initiative to target my banker, so don’t hurt my Echigo unity because of a little misunderstanding.”
"Not that kind of person? Then why did he tie me up and make me embarrassed in public? I just want to marry Nagao Kagetora's sister, why should he stop me? Why? I just want to marry her, and no one can stop me! Who can
No way!" Honjo Nobunaga roared with a ferocious face, no one of the samurai of our clan tried to persuade him, and the silent team marched far away.
Not long after, a mounted warrior from our village came galloping from the mountain road in front. When he saw our village's fanchang, he loudly reported: "Lord! There are dozens of mounted warriors in front of us, and their flag is Jiuyaoba." "
"Nagao family?" Honjo Nomonaga showed his white teeth and yelled at the horseback samurai jumping behind him: "Young men! Follow me to see how the Nagao family samurai went to the countryside. Yes, maybe you will need our help! Hahaha..."
"Yes!" The horse-riding warriors of our army were like hungry wolves, baring their fangs viciously and galloping away on horseback.
…
It was mid-March, and the earth had returned to spring and the weather was getting warmer. Under the boundless sunset, the fully armed warriors were already slightly sweaty as they galloped on their horses. Yamaoka Tokugawa, riding the good Oshu horse he had transferred to, slowly leaned on He went over and advised: "Master! Don't be so hasty! We still have time."
"Can I not be in a hurry? Look at the time, it will be dark in another hour."
"Speed up! You have to go faster!"
When the last ray of light disappeared from the sky, the Kira family's 200-horse troop finally arrived at the eastern slope of Mount Quan. Looking at the cherry blossoms and pastry crumbs scattered on the ground, Kira Yoshitoki's face turned ashen, and the long-tailed tiger Ji completely disappeared, the news was like a bomb exploding in his head.
"What's going on!" Nagao Kage even rushed over. Seeing that there were obvious traces of activity on the ground, his expression changed and he yelled at the Echigo samurai behind him: "Look for me! We must find the princess! Otherwise, we must find the princess!" None of us want to return to Kasugayama Castle!"
"Yes!" The Nagao family warrior hurriedly turned his horse's head and looked around.
"Jing Liandian! Please contact all Chinese people in China and Vietnam, blockade all Daokou passes, and be sure to find Princess Hu Ji!"
"I understand!" Nagao Kage rode away without saying a word.
Kira Yoshihi suppressed the anger in his chest and ordered: "Zenjiro! Now bring your people to find me! Dig three feet into the ground to find Princess Torahime! If you can't find Princess Torahime, no one can leave!"
"yes!"
Nearly a thousand knights were scattered like stars in this wilderness, and Kira Yoshitsune also abandoned the guards around him and picked up a torch to search in the wilderness. The little bits of flames were like dancing fireflies in the dark night, extending in all directions.
At the foot of Yashik Mountain in Waikawahara, a group of scarred Hime warriors surrounded an exhausted girl in white. They did not wear regular script, nor did they carry extra military rations. Apart from the swords and bows in their hands, they had nothing to protect themselves. Using this method, Ah Xu anxiously pulled the long-tailed tiger girl and said: "Your Highness, please run! We will buy time for you."
After an arduous escape all the way, the Ji warriors were already exhausted and unable to go any further, but the horse warriors of the Honzhuang army still followed up slowly. They relied on the advantage of their numbers to adopt a staged pursuit tactic. While running, the other teams advanced slowly. When the team in front got tired, they would switch to another team to continue chasing. Such pursuit was like a pack of wolves hunting, which made the long-tailed tiger girl angry and desperate.
"Where are you running?"
"Minilun Mountain Castle is nearby! As long as Her Royal Highness the Princess gets there, you can invite reinforcements, right? They are guarded by members of the Water Palace of the Small Kingdom!"
"It's dark now, do you think they will open the mountain city to welcome me?" Long-tailed Tiger Princess lamented: "And that mountain city only has about a hundred people, old and young, but this time the banker brought a hundred people. As a mounted warrior, no one else would have come to save us."
At this moment, Honzhuang Fanchang, surrounded by a group of torches, came out and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Princess, we are really destined! When I, Fanchang, thought that I would never have a chance to get you, the gods and Buddhas actually took Your Highness.
It is my great luck to have it brought to me!"
Nagao Torahime's face turned pale with anger, she took a deep breath and angrily shouted: "Chiyo Inomaru! You have to know what you are doing! You openly attacked my Echigo cavalry team, are you planning to rebel?"
"Conspiracy? Humph! I, Fanchang, had no fault at all, but I was trapped in a tree by your brother and exposed to the sun for a day. How can I swallow this humiliation!" At this point, I, Fanchang, changed the subject and said cheerfully.
: "Of course, if Her Royal Highness the Princess can marry me, none of this will be a problem. I wonder what Her Highness the Princess thinks? Hahaha..."
"Lord! What are you doing?" Sun Wulang, our banker, took his arm and urged: "You are trying to force my banker to death!"
"Stop talking nonsense! I am the superintendent of the family. What do you want to do? I want you to take care of it? Leave me alone!" Honjo Shigenaga pushed his uncle away and yelled: "Listen carefully, you can't do anything."
I will kill them all and capture them all!"
"Yes! My lord, just watch with peace of mind!" The horse-riding warrior of our army rushed over with a smile, waving the long rope in his hand.
At this moment, a group of cavalry rushed over from a distance with torches in hand. When they saw the movement in front, they immediately accelerated and rushed over. The leader was Kira Yoshitoki, who had been chasing him all the way. With the help of the intelligence provided by Hattori Chief, he tried his best to touch the
When he arrived here, when he saw a group of warriors forming a semicircle surrounding more than twenty riders, he immediately shouted: "Follow me and rush over! Don't be reluctant to fight, rescue Hu Ji and leave!"
The roaring cavalry alarmed the mounted samurai of Honjo's army. When they saw that there were only about twenty riders on the other side, they relaxed. Honjo Shinchang shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and arrest them. The others will follow me and turn around to fight!"
In the dark night, the dim moonlight spread on the ground, and a group of horseback samurai rushed to kill each other with swords and guns. In the dim light, the Kira family's horse warriors gave up their troublesome big guns and switched to more efficient scimitars.
At the moment of close combat, he suddenly threw the torch in his hand into the formation of the Honzhuang army. Unexpectedly, the Honzhuang army fell into chaos.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Kira family's horsemen quickly drew out their scimitars, and suddenly swung their swords when they were in contact with Honjo's army. The sharp blades with a little cold light easily cut through the defense of Tōmaru. With the power of horse power and the force of the swords,
With one strike, he cut the mounted warrior in half at the waist. He then tightened his grip on the reins and stepped on the stirrups with his feet to relieve the imbalance at this moment. He then sat upright and drew the sword again.
The sword after sword was like flowing water. In just a short moment, the twenty-three cavalrymen completed a round of beautiful killings. At the moment of the battle, eighteen members of the Honzhuang army were killed on the spot and five were wounded.
During the charge, eight people were chopped into two pieces and twenty-six people were slashed. However, the Ma Huizhong only suffered some minor injuries. With their excellent defense, they were able to withstand the hasty attack of the Zhuang army.
He fired back with his gun.
Honjo Shigenaga dodged the chops of two horsemen one after another, and even took the opportunity to stab one of them in the gauntlet. He was sure that the samurai's arm must have been injured, but he could only do this. See
Looking at the tribesmen who suffered heavy losses, Honjo Nobunaga shouted angrily: "You bastard! Use your spear to stab! Why do you want to avoid it? Why!"
"Lord! They broke through! They want to run!" A warrior reminded him, waking him up from his anger.
"We can't let them run away! Chase after them!" Honjo Shigecho shouted: "Everyone who can get on the horse will charge me! We must not let them escape!"
After a round of assault and slashing, Kira's army's physical strength also dropped to freezing point. After all, they had been running non-stop all afternoon, and then chased them so far. At this time, they were already exhausted and unable to turn back to attack. Yamaoka Tokiuchi covered his arms and said
: "Master of the Hall! Please take Princess Tiger Princess and leave first! I will separate the other Princess Princesses and escape later!"
Kira Yoshishi worriedly asked: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay. It's just that the arm armor was cut in half and there were some flesh wounds on my arms. Fortunately, I reacted quickly... Master, please don't waste any time! Please leave quickly!"
"Okay! I understand! Hu Ji, follow me! Everyone else takes one person and leaves quickly!"
"yes!"
More than forty riders dispersed into more than twenty torches and fled in different directions, which made Honjo Nobunaga, who was chasing after her, grit his teeth angrily: "Don't be stunned, everyone else should give up and leave it alone! No matter what, we must catch up with the princess."