It was the sweltering heat of August, and a bloody battle was taking place on the plain between Tone River and Tori River. Nagao Kagetora led more than 2,000 members of the Hatamoto noble clan to personally press the battle line. On his left and right sides were
The Kira family's Eshiki reserve team, wearing black uniforms, was standing ready. More than half of the more than two thousand Echiko reserve teams were horse teams, and the other half were gun and shield teams. The uniformly black bodies reflected the darkness and depth in the sun.
of light.
"The Yasuda team was defeated for a while, and Ida Shusuke was killed!"
"The Ayukawa team was defeated for a while, and Takagi Jiro Sahei was killed!"
The people of Edo suffered an unprecedented huge impact. The more than 5,000 people were defeated by a thousand troops of the Nagatail Army and were almost unable to hold their feet. If Hojo Ujiyasu really saw this scene, he would probably be killed.
He was so angry that he spurted blood.
Toyama Tsunakage was of course worried about this possibility. During the Astronomical Rebellion a few years ago, the lord of Kawagoe Castle, Daidoji Morimasa, burned his castle and died, but he abandoned the city in Edo Castle and fled, although Hojo Ujiyasu was not blamed afterward.
, but it was inevitable to be poked behind his back, especially the dissatisfaction expressed by his son-in-law Daidoji Masashige towards him, which made him very worried.
"Asshole! What kind of tactic is this!" Toyama Tsunakage has never seen such a strange tactic before. The Ashigaru team dispersed and rushed over like a random attack, but they also launched a very layered one-shot attack to catch up with the formation.
The formation of the ashigaru troops on their side was disrupted. The impatient samurai charged forward, while the timid ashigaru fell back. The entire formation was jagged like a wave, and the long-tailed army seized the opportunity to attack fiercely one after another.
Unable to bear it, Toyama Tsunakage decided to send out a team of one thousand cavalry in an attempt to outflank the arrogant Ashigaru team of the Naga-tail Army from both wings. He had already discovered that the two reserve teams only had more than 300 cavalry, which was a good sign.
Nagao Kagetora, who was standing in front of the formation and inspecting the movement in front, immediately understood the crisis. He snorted coldly: "The Hojo Army is nothing more than that! The whole army will attack with me to defeat the enemy!"
When the conch of the Nagao family was blown, the one rushing at the front was Saito Nobunobu leading a team of a thousand horses. His mount was a mighty and strong black Mutsu horse, which was running slowly and accelerating with its head raised and neighing, cool and refreshing.
The howling wind was faintly accompanied by fierce shouts of killing.
Behind Saito Asanobu, all the knights on horseback gradually accelerated their riding speed. As the vanguard of the formation, he had been suffocated for a long time by being taken away from the vanguard. The Senjiro under his command were all energetic and quickened the pace of their mounts, rumbling.
The sound of horse hooves sounded loudly, and the posture looked like it was going to give the Edo people a frontal impact.
"Be careful! That's the Long Tail Army's cavalry!"
The general leading the cavalry was the 24-year-old Toyama Hayato Sakuyasu, the direct son of Toyama Tsunakage. Hearing the warning from his retainers, he also noticed the fast-moving long-tailed cavalry. They were wearing black trousers behind their backs.
There were flying the Jiu Yao Ba family's emblem flag and an unfamiliar white dragon flag. As the speed of the long-tailed cavalry team became faster and faster, the flags made a hunting sound blowing in the strong wind.
Countless black cavalry turned into a raging black tide and rushed towards this side crazily. Yasuki Toyama's expression changed and he shouted: "Follow me to the left and right to block the long-tailed army, we must not let them rush into the formation!"
We must defeat them and make our Hojo family famous!"
"Ha!" The fifteen hundred Hojo knights on horseback moved, as if a giant beast was slowly stretching its arms. The navy blue armor under Hojo's three-level banner was like a blue city wall blocking the passage of the long-tailed army.
On the way, I saw that their posture was still accelerating. It seemed that they were planning to hit the long-tailed army head-on.
Saito Asanobu laughed when he saw this and said: "How brave! Sons! Hojo has the courage to charge in front of us. Are you afraid?"
"We don't know what fear is!" the Nagao family's mounted samurai roared in unison.
"Then come with me and rush over to kill them!" Saito Chaonobu waved his riding whip. He increased his speed by a large margin and rushed to the front of the team.
"This is a competition of wills! Zhao She said: The road is long and dangerous, just like two rats fighting in a cave, the brave one will win." Long-tailed Kagetora deliberately slowed down to give the warriors a chance to show their bravery.
There are no cowards or cowards in the Oji family. The Echigo samurai are born warriors who shed blood on the battlefield. This is destined by gods and Buddhas, and he has never had any doubt about this.
"It's close..." The cavalry on both sides rushed faster and faster, and the distance became closer and closer. Looking at the long-tailed cavalry shining in the distance, Kang Jing from the distance lost most of his courage, and reluctantly turned around to look around at his own horsemen.
The samurai clenched their reins nervously, their faces as pale as paper.
"...Closer!" Yuanshan Yasukage has never seen the scene of cavalry hedging. He has lived in the protection of his father, the support of his retainers, and the trust of his lord since he was a child. He is like a flower that thrives in a greenhouse.
He always dreamed that one day he would become famous and become an unparalleled warrior like Dihuang Hachiman.
In the past few years, I have followed the Edo people into battle several times and hid in the rear to make soy sauce. After the situation became clear, I went back to pick peaches and gained a lot of achievements. I thought that the younger generation of the Hojo family was also the number one person. I finally won over the riding general from Hojo Ujiyasu.
position, he decided to show off his skills to realize his dream of becoming a famous general.
It wasn't until this moment that he realized how wrong he was. He had never had the courage to sacrifice his life. He was still young and only twenty-four years old. He had not yet married to continue the family lineage of the Yuanshan family. He still had a bright future.
Let him do it, he can be an outstanding leader in Edo City, he can successfully take over as the city lord, and in the future he will marry the princess of the Hojo family as a member of the clan...
"So I can't die here! Absolutely not!" Toyama Yasukage yelled timidly: "Spread to the left and right to outflank the Long Tail Army!"
"Yes!" The fifteen hundred cavalry team divided their troops to the left and right as if they had received an amnesty. When the distance between the two sides was less than thirty meters, they suddenly dispersed into two unrelated cavalry teams, trying to avoid the long tail through this method.
The cavalry team made a frontal attack, but he made another fatal mistake.
When Saito Asanobu saw the enemy troops splitting up before the battle, he was stunned for a moment and then became furious: "You still want to hide! I, Asanobu, misjudged you! Follow me and rush over to defeat the Hojo Army!"
The fifteen hundred cavalry team had just separated halfway when they realized that the long-tailed cavalry team had rushed within ten meters. The horseback warriors who were still separated turned over in fear and ran away. The chaos of a few horseback warriors caused a chaos in the entire cavalry team.
Several war horses with blown hair collided with each other and fell to the ground. The result was a catastrophic collision. Dozens of knights on horseback fell to the ground. The horses lost their footing and trampled on the fallen warriors, making horrifying screams.
"Kill!" Saito Asanobu brandished his big gun and rushed straight into the formation. The moment the two armies collided, the horse-riding samurai of the Hojo Army were in chaos. There were as many charging as they were running away wildly. The horse-riding warriors standing in front
The warrior wanted to retreat, and the knight on horseback standing behind wanted to move forward. The warriors on horseback crowded together were greeted by a burst of bright white light.
For a moment, the shrill wails and the neighing of the war horses were mixed together. The bright red blood was scattered everywhere along with the dull sound of cutting armor. Echigo's war horses could not withstand the direct impact, and Yin Hong's blood spurted out from their mouths and noses, and they shouted for death one after another.
The sound and the shrill screams were mixed together, and the swords, lights and gun shadows on all sides formed a terrifying and bloody ukiyo-e.
"The brave will live, the cowardly will die! Those who kill the enemy will be rewarded, and those who retreat will be killed!" After reading the sixteen-character mantra, Honjo Shigenaga shouted: "Listen to my order, target the fleeing Hojo cavalry on both sides, and charge!"
"This kid is getting more and more docile!" Hojo Takahiro laughed and cursed, and Kurokawa Kiyomito urged the horses. The commander of the cavalry hurriedly caught up. Kurokawa Kiyomi, as the commander of the Ashigaru team, could only watch the cavalry rush.
He went out and sighed: "Why am I so unlucky? I have to catch the red note when drawing lots. Is it because I secretly drank the sake offered to gods and Buddhas at home?"
They are also black-armored cavalry, but the difference is that the armor is more comprehensive and more powerful than the Tōmaru. What is even more different is that the flags are replaced by Ashikaga two hooks. The cavalry of the Kira Legion's reserve team are walking briskly towards the left and right wings.
Outflank, there will be a sumptuous soup waiting for them to taste.
Regardless of the difference in the physical strength reserve of the war horses or the speed of charge, the Edo people's cavalry had lost the basis to compete with the Kira army's cavalry. The tails that could not be separated from the left and right were easily cut off by the long-tailed army, and they were unable to pursue them.
Saito Asanobu was still unwilling to give up the opportunity to pursue the victory. The middle sections of the two cavalry were bitten tightly and they were unable to struggle.
At this time, Honjo Shigenaga and Hojo Takahiro divided into two sections to outflank the turning Hojo army from the left and right. The lucky ones who escaped had already lost their courage and ran backwards like crazy under the leadership of Toyama Yasukage. They were just war horses.
Charges have inertia. It takes a while to start a confrontation directly against the long-tailed army in the north, to outflank the troops in a roundabout direction to the northeast, then to turn back and flee south.
It was precisely the current situation that did not allow him to take such a long detour. In just a few moments, Hojo Takahiro's cavalry rushed in front of them. When Yasukage from the distance saw clearly another large group of black-armored cavalry coming from the north.
When he was shocked, he almost fainted on the spot. The timid warrior could no longer muster the courage to face the huge cavalry charge, not to mention that the enemy's mounted warrior seemed to be more elite and powerful.
"Hurry up! Hurry up! It's too late, you bastard!" Yasukage Toyama beat his mount desperately, clamped his legs tightly on the horse's belly and lay on top of the horse, trying to escape, but he had already escaped.
The cavalry charge was ready to go, and in the next moment Honjo Shigenaga collided with the unsuspecting Hojo army on the side of the enemy.
"Raise the lance! Charge!" Honjo Shige shouted. The knight on horseback at the front raised his lance and followed his shouts as he slashed towards the Hojo army. When the lance penetrated his body,
, blood and screams came at the same time. Skilled warriors knew where to cut into the body and could quickly draw out their big guns. Some masters also mastered superb skills such as volley beheading and horizontal beheading.
Honjo Shigeru held a spear in his right hand and beheaded a mounted samurai of the Hojo family. His left hand was also busy raising his sword and beheading another samurai. Many Echigo samurai followed suit and drew out their tachi and slashed wildly with their hands.
He simply took out his hammer and staff, and when he saw the Hojo family's horse-riding samurai, he pointed it at his head and called him over, smashing all the bags into pieces with one hammer.
For a moment, the sharp sword kept cutting off the loser's head. The samurai who subconsciously raised his hand to resist was cut off with his arms and head. Blood spurted onto the black armor as if covered with a layer of dark red time, bloody.
The filthy air spread over the ground, the white flag finger was dyed red with blood, and dark red blood slowly flowed on the mane of the mount.
Yasuki Toyama was bitten by a terrifying mounted warrior. He was frantically urging his mount to run away, but this useless mount had exhausted most of its energy in the violent run, even if he used a riding whip.
Beating his mount until it was bloody could not stop him from running slower and slower.
When he felt a rumbling vibration behind him, he hurriedly turned around and looked back. He only saw a flash of white light and then a sharp pain. His whole body was raised high and he saw blood spraying out from under him.
.and then fell into darkness.
The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. When Hojo Ujiyasu commanded the Goshiki soldiers with a huge advantage in force and pressed the Minawa people to pursue them fiercely, the overall situation was great. At this moment, a smeared envoy rushed to the front of the battle, and everyone was shocked.
He shouted: "The cavalry team is completely destroyed! Toyama Hayato is asking for death! Toyama Kohi's guardian is seriously injured, and the Edo people are completely in retreat!"
"What!" Hojo Ujiyasu was shocked. He was shocked by the news. It was unbelievable that the five thousand elite troops collapsed before they could hold out for even half an hour. He looked directly at the envoy with unbelievable eyes until the envoy finished again.
This piece of information was repeated over and over again, and finally turned into a sigh: "Stop the attack, and the entire army will withdraw in an orderly manner!"
The Hojo Army responded immediately and retreated resolutely, which was far beyond the expectations of the Nagao Retainers. Facing the Matsuyama Soldiers, the Hachigo Soldiers, the Small Machine Soldiers, the Tamato Soldiers, and the Miura Soldiers, they rushed over like wolves and tigers to fight.
Blocked in front of the retreating Edo people, the Nagatail Army was forced to give up their pursuit.
The war did not last long. A single battle only lasted for more than half a day. When the two sides packed up their forces and retreated, the sunset was still so bright. If you are too persistent, you will easily fall into a passive situation of being alone. Nagao Kagetora immediately ordered to withdraw his troops and stop fighting. It was a last resort.
Because of this, if he had 20,000 troops, he would definitely attack the Hojo Army.
After the war, the losses were counted. More than 2,500 Edo people under the Hojo family died in the battle. Among them, 1,500 cavalry were surrounded and killed by two cavalry armies of the Nagatail Army. The elite were wiped out in an instant, and the Edo people lost their powerful force.
The support was unable to withstand the frontal ashigaru assault, and it was successively attacked by long-tailed cavalry on the flanks, turning the city into a rout in the blink of an eye.
Toyama Tsunakage couldn't withstand the blow of his eldest son dying in battle, so he rushed towards the Nagao Army crazily and was seriously injured by Saito Asanobu as soon as they met him. If his Hatamoto samurai hadn't risked his life to get it back, Toyama Tsunakage would have died.
I will explain it here today.
Several other Chinese groups that rescued the Edo people also suffered different levels of trauma. The total battle losses exceeded 3,000. All the little advantages they had gained from the Minawa people of the Nagano family were wiped out at once. The Hojo army that retreated all the way gave up the branch towns along the way.
, and let the Nagao Army capture several castles one after another, gradually threatening the Hojo family's front line, Kuragano Castle.
This war caused nearly 10% of the battle damage to the Hojo family. The overall strength loss was not great, but the Edo people must retreat to the rear and rebuild. Toyama Tsunakage was seriously injured and moved to Odawara Castle to recuperate. In the blink of an eye, the strength of both sides was once again reduced to 30,000 versus 25,000, and the war became increasingly stalemate and difficult.
Since the end of the Tonegawa Battle and lasted until late August, both sides returned to the rhythm of probing attacks. This time everyone appeared to be particularly patient. Hojo Ujiyasu no longer tried to force the army to overwhelm the border and destroy the city. The Nagao and Nagano coalition forces also gave up Hayate. With the fierce attack of the fierce fire, the situation evolved into the most common and worst deadlock in the Warring States Period. The confrontation meant that there was no better way to deal with the opponent, and they were unwilling to give up their respective strategic goals and were in a stalemate.
Some of these confrontations were just pure stalemates, while others were accompanied by many small competitions. From the attack and defense of a few hundred people to the exchange of offense and defense of a few thousand people, the flames of war along the Tone River disappeared in a dozen days. It stopped until a new incident occurred in late August, forcing Nagao Kagetora to respond.
"The Shirakura family actually surrendered to the Hojo family, and the Higashino Ueno Kiryu clan, the Yamashita clan, and the Ryo clan switched to the Hojo family?" Nagano was furious, and his beard and hair were growing and he yelled: "Asshole! Why did Shirakura Michisa surrender to the Hojo family! It’s all in vain that I treat him like a brother! What a bastard!”
Since the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate, there have been wars. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu personally ended the confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but the Kanto period started the 150-year Great Kanto Rebellion. During the endless wars, many famous families fell and many families rose up one after another, including the original natives of Ueno Country. The Nitta clan was gradually eliminated, and was replaced by several fugitives from the Yamauchi Uesugi family, who were collectively known as the Ueshu Eight Families.
The eight Shangzhou families are the Obata clan, the Shirakura clan, the Anaka clan, the Kuragano clan, the Kiryu clan, the Yura clan, the Yamashita clan, and the Numata clan. Among them, four of the Obata clan, the Shirakura clan, the Anaka clan, and the Kuragano clan are from The four families, Nishi-Ueno, Kiryu, Yura, Yamayama, and Numata, are from Higashi-Ueno, and nominally belong to the Yamauchi-Uesugi family. In fact, the situation is far more complicated than imagined.
In addition, there are four families in Ueno Province who serve as the elders of Uesugi in Yamauchi, namely the Nagao clan, the Oishi clan, the Obata clan, and the Shirakura clan. Whether the Nagano clan is the eight clans of Uesugi or the four elders of Uesugi They didn't even queue up to get in. So Nagano Ye was paying special attention to the diplomatic relations between these big families.
For example, Numata Youtai, who did not rebel this time, is the son-in-law of Nagano Yasumasa. In addition, Anaka and Kohata are also the sons-in-law of Nagano Yasumasa. The two families of Kuragano and Shirakura have such a close relationship that they are almost brothers. Even though they only had enough food and clothing, they repaid Nagano Yamasa like this at the critical moment, which made the veteran not angry.
Nagano Yasuo thought hard for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "I guess this must be Hojo Ujiyasu who borrowed the name of Furukawa Kōkō to make adjustments! Higashi Ueno has always been close to Furukawa Kōkōden, and as long as the current Furukawa Kōden stands beside Hojo Within the family's camp, they cannot escape the influence of the Hojo family!"
"The current Koga-don is just a puppet of the Hojo family! When Haruji was alive, didn't Hojo Uyasu also use this method to control him? Marrying a daughter to win a son-in-law is really a good way!" Nobuzada Kobata pouted, completely unaware of Hojo. Is there anything enviable about your home?
Wada Yeshige's interest was also aroused, and he said with a smile: "Since the marriage between the current Furukawa-don and the Hojo family, most of the Kanto people have cut off all contact with Furukawa. In my opinion, this Furukawa-don is probably the same.
I was pulled onto the boat and couldn't get off. I heard that the entrance to Xiahui Ancient River City is very crowded, so I guess this Ancient River Palace must be very embarrassed too!"
"That Furukawa-den broke his arm, so don't mention it!" Nagano Kenchu snorted, suddenly stood up and shouted: "We must not tolerate their betrayal! Go out into battle! Defeat them! Let them taste the taste of betrayal!"
Looking at everyone's expressions of disbelief, Nagano Kentada smiled silently. He moved from his home in Amabashi City to Minawa City and became a member of the Nagao family tied to the big ship. His attitude also changed from the original one.
The sudden change was particularly tough: "Now among the eight Shangzhou families, only Obata, Anaka, and Numata insist on resisting. Two of these three are powerful samurai of the Minawa clan. The other one is also the son-in-law of Shinano's shrine. It can be seen from this that
If the Hojo family is overthrown, my desire to go into the wilderness will not be extinguished! Then I, Xianzhong, will ask you all, why are we waiting for Yukiro's party?"
"Protect the family territory!"
“Protect the family and protect the land!”
The mixed responses of the samurai were unsatisfactory. Nagano Kentada did not care about their performance and continued: "We are not only to surround the family leader, but also to defend the rights of the Ueno people like us! We are from the Uesugi family.
Naoomi is not a retainer of the Hojo family. It is absolutely impossible for the Hojo family to replace the Uesugi family and surrender to us! So today we are here to discuss the plan to conquer the Hojo family! So, please put your minds together to deal with these traitors.
!”
"Then let me talk first!" An Zhong Echizen Shouzhongzheng saw that the situation was not going well and said first: "I have a suggestion. It is not easy to defend the West Fourth County with our strength. We can only ask Danzhengdian for help!"
Kobata Kentashige was the first to raise his arm and said: "I second the motion!"
Nagano Kentada didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Before he could lay the groundwork, Yasunaka Tadamasa said the most important words before him. He could only regret it and hurriedly raised his arms and echoed: "I am also
Seconded!"
Looking at the dissatisfied expressions of the people of the country, Nagano Yasumasa suddenly felt that the Nishi Ueno Kunin Group that he had worked so hard to manage was so fragile. Remembering that his identity was not even among the eight Shangzhou companies, he could only sigh secretly: "What I insist on is
What is it? The leader of the country or the complete control of Nishi Ueno? As it stands now, there is Hojo in the south, Takeda in the west, and Nagao in the north. There are enemies on all sides. It is already so difficult for us, the people of Yamano, to resist even one. If
What will happen if the three companies divide it?"
The Nagano family has never been a powerful citizen of Ueno country until his father Nagano Kenei's generation caught up with the Yamauchi Uesugi and reconciled with the Echigo Nagao family. When Shirai Nagao and the headquarter Nagao returned to the Yamauchi Uesugi family, they were recommended for cooperation.
, and then he took advantage of this opportunity to show off his military skills, and continued to accumulate meritorious service to become the governor of the Nagano family and even the number one countryman in Nishi Ueno.
The disadvantage of increasing the speed of the rocket is that it does not have the full support of the people under it. The country group that is an alliance needs a leader instead of a lord. Even if Nagano Yasumasa wanted to achieve the transition from leader to daimyo, he could not do it. There are more than a dozen sons-in-law.
With his strong strength and extraordinary abilities, he, the father-in-law, was unable to forcefully suppress him. He was worried that if he was not careful, he would face the full opposition of his sons-in-law and lose his face.
Now, the Minawa people with high morale were overwhelmed in front of the Hojo family's Goshiki Bei. They were suppressed and beaten by the Hojo army so that they could not lift their heads. They lost hundreds of lives in vain. They still used a few guns from the Nagano Sixteen Guns led by Dahu Hidetsuna. A subtle attack and cooperation to regain a little face.
This was a huge contrast compared to last year when they blocked eight thousand Takeda troops. Many confident Chinese people were instantly deceived. If the survivors of the Hojo army had not planned to repel the Minawa troops and then deal with the Long-tailed army, it happened that the Long-tailed army After making great breakthroughs all the way to gain the initiative on the battlefield, Nagano Yasumasa was not sure whether he could withstand the fierce attack of more than 20,000 Hojo troops.
"It seems that our fellow countrymen can only fight in the cage city and wait for opportunities to counterattack!" Nagano Yasumasa said discouraged: "Forget it! Send a request for help to the main hall of Nagawei Dan!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, The novel is better and updated faster!
