Below Honjo Castle, dull military drums rumbled. This was a decisive battle in Shimotsu. Many people in Shimotsu sent samurai and even family governors to personally go to the battlefield to observe, because they realized that this battle might affect something. .
"Will this war change the current stalemate in Shimonoseki?" Nakajo Fujimo glanced at the battle formations assembled in the distance, then looked at the Kira army with a neat military appearance and high morale, and said with a smile: "I've heard about the Wuweiden for a long time. There is an elite group of people who are very powerful, and they are indeed extraordinary when we see them today! It is not unjust for Chiyoda Inomaru to be defeated by Wuweidian!"
One thousand red cavalry, five hundred spear and shield troops as red as fire, five hundred iron artillery regiments, five hundred heavy cane archers and five hundred javelin regiments as black as ink, and three thousand soldiers composed of one hundred roasting regiments and two hundred horsemen. The three hundred troops were extremely gorgeous, especially when they saw the Teutonic knight wearing a black cross robe on a white background, he almost made his eyes pop out.
There are also five tall and heavily armed Swiss mercenaries standing at the front of the gun and shield team. Their shapes are not as exaggerated and eye-catching as the Teutonic Knights. They wear steel breastplates, lined with plate armor, and wear chains underneath. He wears a set of armor, holds a halberd and a hammer at his waist, a fan-shaped shield and a two-handed sword on his back, and wears a bulky pot helmet on his head. Basically, he is not much different from a knight fighting on foot.
"Haha, you've been rewarded for guarding the Echizen Temple." Hearing Nakajo Fujiji's address to him, Kira Yoshi frowned for a moment and said in a calm tone: "Honjo Shigecho knew that staying in the city and waiting for death was not an option, so You just thought of fighting together to determine the outcome, right? You have some self-awareness!"
"From what I see, I, Echizenshou, really don't know how to advance or retreat! Wuweidian assumes the power of the king on behalf of the country. Even if I call you lord now, it is appropriate for me to call you lord! I, Echizenshou, have not repented at this time. He has fallen into evil ways!" The little king! Mizu norihisa tried his best to flatter him. Maybe it was because he saw how powerful the Kira army was. He was also very excited. He always felt that he was taking sides. Taking the initiative to stand in the Kira family's camp was definitely the most correct decision in his life. Judging from the current form, it well confirms the previous conjecture.
However, his statement still caused some dissatisfaction among some Yangbei people. Of course, this dissatisfaction cannot be expressed. The Kira family is the Ashikaga imperial family, and they are the most noble samurai family wherever they go. Where is this group of miscellaneous Genji? What the common people can resist is that if they cause trouble and are targeted for using methods against Hojo Takahiro, they, the Yangbei people, will not even be able to drink the soup.
While the morale of Kira's army of more than 6,000 was high, Dewa's reinforcements, Daihoji Yoshizō, arrived belatedly. As one of the outsiders of the Mogami clan in Dewa, the Daihoji clan had always been outside the Mogami clan, and seemed to have some signs of independence. meaning.
However, the situation has changed in recent years. Since the last name of Mogami Yoshimori was changed to Daihoji Yoshizou, the situation of the Daihoji family has improved. It is not surprising that Mogami Yoshimori encouraged him to be the pioneer this time. Because the Dabaoji clan has always had a close relationship with the Honjo clan. Honjo Shigenaga's mother is the sister of Dabaoji Yoshizou. As a close relative of her maternal uncle, there was no need for the Mogami clan to urge them to send troops to assist.
Seeing the neat appearance and high morale of the Kira army on the opposite side, Dabaoji Yoshitsugu opened his mouth in surprise: "Is this Shichano's enemy? How could we provoke such a powerful enemy? It's not that the dragon in Echigo has fallen ill. ?”
The samurai of the Daihoji family shook their heads. They had been hiding in Dewa Country in the ice and snow all year round. They had only heard a little bit about what happened on the other side of Echigo. They were able to realize that Nagao Kagetora was sick and retreated because of Honjo Shigenaga's report. As for Kiragi I have no idea who it is. The Dewa Mogami family uses the Ashikaga family crest. Although the color and style look different, I guess they are members of the Ashikaga clan similar to the Mogami family.
"How long will it take for the reinforcements from Dewa Palace to arrive?"
"We should be arriving soon. We entered Echigo territory yesterday. This time, there are two thousand troops led by Masaoka Toyozenmushi and Shimizu Hizenmushi. We should be able to make a comeback!" Tosa Hayashi Zendou, the elder of the Daihoji family pen head family, claims to be able to ascend the garrison. It was once a wealthy family in the Haguro Mountain Betou in the Dewa Kingdom, and was once on equal footing with the Daihoji clan. Later, the Daihoji clan defeated them and surrendered as the elder of the Bitou clan.
"I hope so!" Dabaoji Yoshimasu is very aware of Mogami Yoshimori's paranoid temperament. He will definitely do something if he sees it. He has the momentum to never look back until he hits the wall. This time, he can use a letter to ask for help. He changed his mind because Mogami Yoshimori thought it would be profitable, otherwise he would not have even thought of getting a single soldier even if he had sent a hundred letters.
"Here we come!" Someone shouted, and a group of Mogami troops with Marunouchi niyinliang and Gosantong pattern flags emerged from the forest in the distance. The Masaoka clan and the Shimizu clan were both members of the Mogami clan. Among them, the Takaoka clan is one of the Eight Mogami clans, and the Mogami clan is a concubine of the Oshu Shiba clan. The Oshu Shiba clan is originally a branch of the Shiba clan. In other words, these two families are branches of the concubine clan of the Shiba clan. .
"Oh! There are so many two-pointed ryo!" The samurai of the Kira family were all happy. Marunouchi's two-pointed ryo and Gosan-giri were facing the Kira family's Ashikaga two-pointed ryo and Gosachi-giri. This was quite an interesting match. Bureau, as for what Marunouchi Ni-Biki-ryo is, we can only say that the Ni-Hiki-ryo of this company is actually different from the Ashikaga Shogun’s. The Ni-Hiki-ryo lines inside are very thin, which can be obviously different from those of the Ashikaga family. But it is also a great effort to let people know that he is from the Ashikaga family.
"The Mogami family has decided to send troops, what a pity!" Kira Yoshitoshi secretly shook his head, and was very disgusted with Mogami Yoshimori being so ignorant, thinking: "I am not very good at skills, but I still have to imitate Takeda Harunobu, Takeda What’s so good about my home? Is it because there are many people killed?”
He had been deep in thought when he saw Kira Yoshi. Honda Toki was reminding him: "Master, there are two thousand subordinates of the Mogami Army over there. Judging from their variegated flags, they should be the powerful coalition forces of the Mogami family. Judging from the marching direction of the Mogami Army, it seems It is heading towards the small country on the right, the Jinjin Allied Forces."
"Oops! I have to go back and lead the troops!" Xiaoguo Lai couldn't sit still for a long time. One thousand people versus two thousand people. This is not a good sign. If the fight is not successful, he may lose his capital. He turned over and ran away in a hurry. go back.
Kanazumi Yoshiki is not as irritable as Koguni Yorihisa. He has stayed with Nagao Kagetora all year round, and he also knows how to get along with superiors. He first asked Kira Yoshiki for instructions: "Bue-don. I'll take my leave now and go back to defend the military situation!"
Nakajo Fujisaki also immediately returned to the left wing to defend. He faced the Kurokawa Army where Moromi Kurokawa was located. The Kurokawa clan was a branch of the Nakajo clan, and the territories of the two families were also close to each other. They usually looked up and looked down. In the end, some territorial disputes led to confrontation, which was also an unpleasant thing, so Nakajo Fujiji's expression was not happy either.
"Fifteen hundred Kurokawa troops faced off against 2,000 Nakajo troops, and two thousand Mogami troops faced off against a thousand small kingdoms and the Kinjin allied forces. Finally, 2,500 Honjo and Daihoji allied forces faced off against our Kira army. One after another? Up and down Sigar? This
It's very interesting!" Honda looked at the opponent's situation meaningfully.
This is a typical three-way attack formation of left, center and right. There are no crane wings or fish scales, because the coalition of wealthy tribes cannot afford such high-end and elegant things. The wealthy tribes have formed a formation to form a whole legion. This kind of military strength is not
It's not scary. If you want to know whether an army is powerful, you can tell by looking at whether the flags and seals are messy.
Of course, this is not necessarily the case. Echigo's ashigaru soldiers have good combat effectiveness, which is directly related to the sturdy folk customs of Echigo. Although the indicators of discipline training, morale, and equipment are at a scum level, in this Echigo country
It is enough for one-third of an acre of land. It may come in handy on larger battlefields in the future.
"There are capable people on the other side! They can come up with strategies in such a difficult situation, but that person still underestimates the strength of my Kira Army!" Kira Yoshichi smiled.
This is obviously to use the Kurokawa Army to hold back the Nakajo Army, to use the Honjo and Daihoji Allied Forces to hold back the Kira Army, and then to make the Mogami Army, which has high morale, take advantage of the absolute gap in strength to defeat the small country and the Kanjin Allied Army. It only takes a while to collapse the other two armies.
Morale will definitely drop, and then it will be the prelude to the Honjo Army's counterattack. At that time, two groups of 4,500 troops will attack, and as long as the Kira Army cannot hold on and starts to retreat, a victory will almost be won.
"From my perspective, I must be lacking in confidence!"
"No more talking nonsense, let's go out into battle!"
The conch was blown, and groups of ashigaru began to advance. The Honjo Army and the Dabaoji Army attacked simultaneously. The military forces were closely connected. Under this situation, Naito Masashige and Takikawa Masushige immediately joined forces to form an iron cannon, bow and arrow shock attack.
The two formations bombarded, and the roaring iron cannons shocked many people of the Han Yue people. The warriors who had never seen iron cannons stopped their movements and carefully looked at the magical power of these black sticks.
Unfortunately, Honjo Nobunaga encountered huge troubles. The successive attacks of 500 iron cannons and 500 heavy vine bows were terrifying. The five-stage continuous attack method that the Kira family relied on could seamlessly connect each round of shooting.
A rhythmic attack every 8 seconds on average can give the comrades behind enough time to clean up the slag and reload ammunition, maximizing the power of this iron artillery team.
It seems that the endless iron cannon attacks are simply fatal, and the deadly attack range within 80 meters makes it impossible for the opposing coalition forces to charge head-on. Every round of iron cannon blast will bring huge damage to the Ashigaru team of the Honjo Army.
The losses were nearly 200 dead and injured before they even rushed fifty meters.
"Arch team counterattack! Counterattack quickly!" Honjo Shigenaga yelled like crazy. No one could bear such a heavy loss.
"Quickly counterattack!" Dabaoji Yoshizo's endurance was even weaker. Although the Kira army's main attack direction was not them, twenty or thirty people were killed just by the iron cannon bombardment.
Arrow Rain is even more deadly. It is also a five-stage continuous attack method, but the attack interval of the Chongteng Bow Team is shorter.
It only takes 3 seconds to complete a round, which is basically just a matter of stepping forward to draw the bow, clasp the arrow, and raise the angle to shoot the arrow. Such a fast attack speed can ensure that the arrows rain down round after round to the maximum extent, and at the same time, it can give the bow and arrow enough rest.
time.
"No way! More than fifty people were killed in the battle, and more than sixty people were injured!" Ikeda Sanuki Morimori said anxiously.
Dabaoji Yizo stared at the Kira Army in front. Hearing the casualties reported from time to time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Hold on! Hold on a little longer! Just wait until we bypass the Kira Army's fire range!"
For the Daihoji family, the lethality of arrow rain is far more terrifying than iron cannons. Their ashigaru are all light-armored units with three guns. They are unable to resist the attack of heavy Fuji bows, so the heavy firepower attack makes the Honjo army There was a mistake in the cooperation with the Dabaoji Army. The Dabaoji Army began to move to the left, trying to avoid frontal kills, while the Honjo Army still maintained the rhythm of the frontal assault and had already rushed into a distance of thirty meters.
"Iron artillery team, archery team retreat!" Orders came out from the mouths of each division. The iron artillery team and ashigaru team immediately carried their rifles and circled left and right, and the gun shield team and javelin team gave way to friendly forces. The air raid came to the front, and after a short formation, a row of guns was raised high.
Standing among a group of short men in the first row were five tall and burly Swiss mercenaries. They were obviously much taller than the others. Their bright plate armor, shiny breastplates, and chain armor looked incomparable. Eye-catching, under the leadership of the bearded Rupert, shouting incomprehensible slogans, Lin Duanping, the gunman in the front row, faced the Honjo army rushing over. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster !
