The Mino army formation collapsed. More than twenty ashigaru troops were prepared, and three to four thousand people fled crying. The Hime samurai was trapped among them, and he was drifting with the tide in a daze.
Everyone didn't know what to do. They were like sheep being driven by sheepdogs. They just followed the crowd, numbly heading south, south.
The crowd turned into a violent wave, constantly hitting the Owari military formation, and smashed the Owari military formation into chaos due to the shelling.
Hirate Fanxiu, a young person, had never seen such a big scene where thousands of people collapsed.
In her little battle experience, the Oda family was invincible, and the ones being chased away were always the enemy, not one of their own.
Due to lack of experience, the helpless Fanxiu missed his last chance and watched helplessly as the crowd rushed into his queue.
If the experienced Ujie Naomoto were here, he would definitely let the iron cannons, bows and arrows fire together, forcing the crowd to retreat to the left and right wings, and not allowing the crowd to destroy his military formation.
But there are no ifs on the battlefield. An inexperienced commander hesitated at a critical moment, which ultimately led to negative consequences.
The defeated troops rushed into the Owari army formation, making the entire queue even more chaotic. What was even more frightening was that the cavalry led by Yoshigan had already followed the defeated troops and came over.
People in the queue were crowded, trampling on each other, and the crying and shouting made people lose their fighting spirit and make them confused. There were broken soldiers everywhere, and it was impossible to tell who was who.
Yiyin, who turned on the insight mode, had already chosen the best angle and pierced the enemy formation calmly, as smoothly as a hot saber cutting butter.
The Shiba Army on Maeda's side had also stabilized its position and began to cooperate with the Yoshigin Cavalry Army on the flanks to counterattack the Oda Army.
After being attacked by the enemy troops, the Owari military formation was attacked from both sides by the cavalry and spear formations, and was about to collapse across the board.
At this time, the long sound of conch came from the south. Yiyin pulled the cavalry out of the enemy's formation, ran up a small slope, and looked from a distance.
A detachment turned out from behind Iwasaki Mountain and was entering the main battlefield along the streets of Beikuni.
Then, war drums sounded on Iwasaki Mountain, and the flags on the Spur Army began to retreat at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Yiyin's mind went blank and his pupils shrank.
The Oda family has new reinforcements entering the battlefield. Where did they come from? Is it Jiyue? The Sanada army over there was killed?
He raised his head and looked at the sun. Yiyin had just had this idea, but he shook his head and rejected it.
It's impossible. It's just past three-quarter noon, and there are ten thousand mountain people who dare to fight and fight on the Sanada Army's side. It's not that easy to deal with.
Even if there are 10,000 pigs, it will take one day to catch up. It is absolutely impossible for Oda Nobunaga to mobilize the Oda army from the Shiyue battlefield to help.
Since it's not Jian Yue, then where did these reinforcements come from?
Yi Gin glanced at the enemy troops in the distance, then stared at the commotion on Mount Iwasaki for a moment, and gritted his teeth.
No matter where these reinforcements come from, they must not be allowed to calmly rescue the Oda Army in Higashinoyama. They must cripple the chaotic Oda Army before new enemy forces enter the field!
Yiyin said coldly.
"Blow the magic snail, prepare to charge!"
The sound of the conch whirled, and in the distance Maeda's interest department also began to blow the conch in response. At this moment, the monarch and his ministers had the same thoughts.
Yiyin smiled slightly, glanced at the Sibo Tongxin people behind him who were standing in awe on their horses, he tucked his horse under its belly and took the lead in rushing down the hillside.
This time, Yiyin did not waste time on the periphery, but directly went towards Ma Yin, who was tied with Fanxiu.
———
Seeing the Oda army approaching the battlefield in the distance, Hirate Hanhide's body was trembling a little. It was the joy from the bottom of his heart that he had survived the disaster.
But her joy had not lasted for three seconds, and the warrior Ji next to her had already made a sharp cracking sound.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Hirate Fanxiu turned his head and saw a large group of cavalry penetrating the military formation and heading straight towards him.
Glancing at the horse prints behind him, Ping Tie Fanxiu instantly understood what the goal of this cavalry team was, and his eye circles suddenly turned red.
She gasped for breath, she didn't want to die, the Ping Shou family business had just begun to prosper, how could she die here!
"Gun array! Line up quickly! Where are the iron cannons! Pull the iron cannons over here!"
Hirate Fanxiu was anxious under the horse's seal, but the entire military formation was in chaos. No matter how many envoys she sent and how many orders she issued, it was of no use.
Her horse seal is like a rock in the stormy sea, so leaving Fanyi is like being sucked into the flow of people, never to be heard from again.
Seeing the cavalry becoming more and more aggressive, Fan Xiu couldn't help but howl in despair.
She cannot leave. If she dares to run away, Oda Nobunaga will definitely kill her, and the Hirate family will be implicated.
Hirate Hohide knew Oda Nobunaga's character very well, and the teacher-student friendship between Hirate Masahide and Oda Nobunaga could not save a deserter, nor could he save the Hirate family behind the deserter.
Hirate Fanxiu shouted with red eyes.
"Everyone, get ready! Meet the enemy!"
———
Ii Naomasa dismounted and cut off Hirate Fanhide's head. The horse seal was retreated by several conspirators, and Yoshigan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked around and saw that he had continuously defeated Mino Owari's army. The warrior Hime and his horse were already sweating profusely and exhausted.
At this time, there was a noise in the distance. Yiyin looked towards the sound and his heart suddenly sank.
Just when he was attacking Hirate Fanhide, the Iwasaki defense line suddenly burst out with huge force, directly pushing the Shiba army attacking the mountain back to the plain.
The Oda army of Iwasaki Mountain was chasing down the mountain, and the Oda reinforcements in the distance were gradually entering the battlefield. Yoshigami squinted his eyes, shook his head unwillingly, and ordered.
"Let's retreat and rush back towards Maeda's interests!"
———
Hidetaka Kawajiri, who entered the battlefield, was a veteran of the Oda family. Facing the surging troops, she gave the order without hesitation.
"The gun array stabilizes the formation, the iron cannons and arrows come forward, and all the broken soldiers who dare to attack the formation will be killed without mercy!
Send someone to shout in front of the formation and ask the defeated troops to retreat from the left and right wings and regroup behind the formation!"
Behind her, Sakuma Nobumori's men were also slowly entering the battlefield, gradually forming their formations. They were also shouting to the defeated soldiers, and they were also ruthlessly slaughtering the defeated soldiers who dared to charge into the formation.
The two generals were both experienced and instantly rescued the collapsed Higashinoyama Oda Army.
Although these Oda troops were frightened, trampled on each other, and suffered heavy losses, they were able to save most of them.
If the reinforcements do not come, the final fate of these Oda troops will most likely be that they will be driven around by Yoshigan's cavalry, and eventually they will be exhausted and suffer many casualties.
———
On Iwasaki Mountain, Sasaki Narimasa's eyes were shining with excitement.
Supplemented by Oda Nobunaga's personal troops, the strength in her hands has completely overwhelmed the Spo army opposite.
The Shiba army that attacked the Iwasaki defense line was a coalition of shogunate samurai such as Hosokawa Fujitaka, Ninagawa Makoto, and Hatakeyama Takamasa. Their combat effectiveness was very average.
Sasanagi Masa concentrated all his strength and forcefully attacked the mountain with only one counterattack, driving the exhausted Hosokawa army down the mountain.
Afterwards, she rushed and routed the supporting Hatakeyama Army and Ninagawa Army, and drove the Shiba Army attacking the mountain towards the central army in Maeda's favor.
Sasaki Narimasa shouted.
"Move my horse seal forward, and the whole army will go down the mountain and form an array. Stick to Hosokawa Fujitaka and don't let her escape!
There is an order from the main hall to capture Sibo Yiyin alive and reward him with a reward of 500,000 stone for Zhixingji!"
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave women. The Wu family values profits over righteousness. Who wouldn't be moved when they heard that five hundred thousand stones would do the right thing?
There are sixty-six countries in the world, and the height of the stone is no more than 20 million. Five hundred thousand stones, that is 23% of the land in the world!
With such great benefits, let alone Shiba Yigen, even if the great god Bishamonten really came to the world, there would still be people who would be dazzled by the huge reward and dare to go up and try to capture him alive.
Oda's reinforcements entered the scene, and the situation was excellent. The Hime warriors around Sasaki Narimasa cheered and shouted.
"Capture Sibo Yiyin alive, and the reward will be five hundred thousand stones!"
The shouts spread from the mountains to the bottom of the mountains, until all the Oda military formations were shouting.
"Capture Sibo Yiyin alive, and the reward will be five hundred thousand stones!"
One after another, it is endless.
———
Shiba Yoshigan led the cavalry with him and rushed back to Maeda Yoshida's central army. Maeda Yoshihiro personally stepped forward to help him hold the reins and hold the horse's head.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Yoshigan jumped off his horse, and regardless of Maeda's interests, he pointed in the direction of Iwasaki Mountain and asked.
"Over there are Hosokawa Fujitaka's followers?"
Maeda nodded.
"Hey, I later added Hatakeyama Takamasa, Ninagawa Prince, and some shogunate samurai families near the mountain castle."
Yiyin sighed.
"They are good at picking up weak persimmons."
Maeda frowned.
"The soft persimmon didn't turn out well, it seems it hit the iron plate."
Yiyin said in a deep voice.
"I see that the Oda Army of Iwasaki Mountain is clinging to them and not letting them go. They have sent people to pick them up and prevent them from leading the enemy troops into our formation."
Maeda Yoshiko smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, my reserve team has been exhausted. Or should I go up in person?"
Yiyin looked back at the Sibo army's reserve team, biting his lower lip and said nothing.
There were a total of 20,000 Shiba troops on the main battlefield of Yu Wu. While attacking the Iwasaki Mountain defense line, they blocked the main force of Oda on Higashino Mountain, creating opportunities for the Yoshiyin Cavalry to charge. They had used their full strength.
Yoshigan didn't know where Oda Nobunaga found a large number of reinforcements, which seemed to number 20,000 to 30,000.
This completely shattered Yoshigan's wishful thinking. His plan to use the Dokiyama artillery to annihilate the Higashinoyama Oda Army was completely ruined.
The appearance of a large number of Oda reinforcements has exceeded the limit that the Spo army can resist. At this time, we must consider not continuing the attack, but how to get rid of the enemy and withdraw from the battlefield with dignity.
Just when Yoshigan was hesitating, artillery fire from Dokiyama rang out again, accurately hitting the Oda troops who were gathering down the mountain at the Iwasakiyama defense line.
Maeda's interest brightened up.
"Okay! Well done! Now Hosokawa Fujitaka and the others are fine."
The Oda Army at Mount Iwasaki was in confusion due to the sudden artillery fire, and the pursuit of the Shiba Army also stopped.
Shiba Yiyin frowned, because the intervals between the artillery fires were too long. He heard the roar of three rounds of artillery fire in total, and the intervals were very long.
He looked in the direction of Tangmu Mountain. He didn't know whether the artillery fired too many times, the barrel could not cool down, or there were not many shells left.
In short, although Hosokawa Fujitaka and the others successfully evacuated, Dokiyama's trump card was also useless and could not help.
After fighting all morning, Sibo's army of 20,000 men was left with 16,700 men and horses.
On the opposite side, the newly joined Oda reinforcements on the battlefield were no less than 20,000 people, and the Oda army on Iwasaki Mountain was also coming down the mountain, with at least five to six thousand people.
In addition to the Higashinoyama Oda Army that was not wiped out, they reorganized behind the Oda reinforcements and may return to the battlefield at any time, which is another five to six thousand people.
In other words, Shiba's army had to fight one against two, and the exhausted army was facing the fresh force of Oda who had just entered the battlefield with renewed energy.
Just when Yiyin lamented that this battle was unwinnable, there was a steady stream of noise from the other side.
Yiyin asked.
"What's shouting on the other side?"
Maeda listened intently, but it was too far away to hear clearly. She waved and gave a few instructions to Hatamoto beside her, who then mounted his horse and galloped forward.
After a while, a character was brought back by Hatamoto.
Maeda asked.
"What are the enemy lines shouting?"
The famous creature glanced at Shiba Yiyin, fell deeply to the ground, and did not dare to speak.
Yiyin said softly.
"It's okay. Just tell me. What are they yelling about?"
Monojianban said in a low voice.
"They are shouting, capture Sibo Yiyin alive, and the reward will be 500,000 dan."
Maeda was so angry that he grabbed Monomiban by the collar and pulled her up from the ground.
"BaGeYaLu! How dare you say it again!"
The Mononomiban seemed to be frightened and shouted.
"They are shouting to capture Si Boyi alive... No, it's Jinduo Palace, and the reward is 500,000 stone for knowing the land!"
Maeda Yoshi threw her to the ground and cursed.
"The arrogant and disrespectful person!"
Yoshigan held Maeda's hand and shook his head. Monotamiban kept kowtowing in apology, and Yoshigan said to the people around him.
"Take her down and reward her with a small gold medal."
When Mononomiban was taken away, Maeda Yoshi's eyes turned red and he shouted.
"Your Majesty! I will fight with them!"
The concubines around him were so angry that they couldn't help Maeda's interests, so they all asked for a fight.
Yiyin shook his head and sighed calmly.
"Fifty thousand shi Zhixing, my Sibo Yiyin is worth half a million shi, and I still want to catch him alive?"
Just as he was saying this, a war horse came galloping from behind the formation. Just as it approached, the knight dismounted and rushed forward. It was Akechi Mitsuhide.
"Your Majesty!"
Yiyin smiled.
"Akechi-hime, you came just in time. Oda Nobunaga seems to have set a plan of 500,000 koku to capture me alive. Are you generous or stingy?"
Akechi Mitsuhide's face was serious, and he no longer had the usual elegance and calmness, and said hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, the barrel of Tangmushan's Guoban cannon is overheated and can no longer fire. The Nanman officer asked me to apologize to you."
Yiyin shook his head and said.
"Christina tried her best, but I didn't realize that Oda Nobunaga had reinforcements, and I don't know where she got them."
Yiyin sighed, this battle can't go on. His side is out of men and horses, with less than half the opponent's number. It's a waste of time. He should find a way to escape from the battlefield and preserve his strength as much as possible.
But the enemy has already entered the battlefield, and it is impossible for him to leave smoothly. He will definitely cover up and pursue them, which will cause a lot of trouble.
Just when Yoshiyin hesitated, Akechi Mitsuhide said solemnly.
"Although the collapse of the country in Tangmu Mountain was a misfire, there was a great victory on the side of Jiyue."
Yoshigan was stunned and looked at Akechi Mitsuhide.