After a silent night, the first ray of sunshine in the morning rose from the horizon, and the riverbanks became noisy and full of people.
The samurai ashigaru are all enjoying breakfast. Maybe this is the last meal in this world. Everyone eats very sweetly and seriously.
Yiyin took the rice balls baked by Yiyi, looked at the other side and sighed.
"I always feel that this battle is fought very passively."
"Definitely. I just observed the other party's morning fireworks, and they must be two or three times more than ours."
Yiyin said carelessly, and Yiyin's face froze. This guy didn't know how to comfort people at all. The already tense mood in the first battle was even worse now.
I subconsciously looked at the system and saw that I had used some of the 100 points I had from killing Oda Nobutomo during the winter hunt.
I killed more than ten people before and after Dongshou. A villain system gave me 10 killing points, and I still have 143 points left.
Suddenly, something clicked in my heart, and by some strange coincidence, I turned on the insight mode.
A curtain of light swept around the body and swept away, revealing some interesting words on the rebel camp in the distance.
Be energetic, emotionally stable, and ready.
Well? Look to the side again.
Full of energy, high morale, and ready to fight.
After watching for a few seconds, Yiyin turned off the insight mode, with 138 kill points left.
It’s interesting, Yiyin thought about the meaning of the words.
Each unit has three textual expression states. The first one looks like physical strength, the second one looks like morale status, and the third one is combat status, right?
Suddenly I felt a little excited. It turned out that the insight mode was used to observe the opponent's military formation on the battlefield. No wonder there was no response from the previous crusade against the evil party.
"Benefit, do you believe there is a god in this world?"
Yiyin, who was in a good mood, asked about the benefits.
"Of course there are. There are eight million gods in Japan."
Yiyin forgot that this was a place where cats and dogs could become gods after death, so he was held back by a word of profit.
"For a moment just now, I felt like I had become a god on the battlefield, a military god..."
Yiyin raised his eyebrows and said to Li Yi.
"You can pull them down. Look at our ashigaru. They have only been training for a few days. They ran a few laps yesterday and they are still weak.
I don’t know how to pull him apart when we go into battle later. If something goes wrong, run away quickly. I will protect you from behind."
Being completely put out of mood by those words about profit, Yiyin glared at her angrily.
"Shut up!"
Yi Yi looked confused, turned back to chew on his rice ball, and muttered.
"I can't bear to hear good advice...hum...man..."
Yiyin ate the rice ball helplessly, and the nervousness of facing the first battle disappeared.
The Shonai River flows from north to south, with Mori Katsunari's reserve team in the north upstream, and Kawajiri Hidetaka's reserve team in the south downstream.
Most of the preparations for the Warring States Period were based on ten thousand stones as a unit, with a number of between 300 and 800 people. They were often composed of dozens of Hime warriors leading 150 to 250 Ashigaru, and hundreds of peasant soldiers equipped with axles for transporting grain and grass.
Ashigaru are mostly surplus laborers who are not engaged in production in the villages and fields. They serve as soldiers and fight for a living. Their combat effectiveness is better than that of peasant soldiers, but it is also limited.
Ji warriors are the backbone of the reserve army. They are composed of relatives, retainers, and troops sent by the master's family. They are well-equipped, good at fighting, and often fearless of death.
There were very few farmers and soldiers participating in the war this time, and they were all the main force of the family. The rebel force numbered more than 1,500.
However, Nobunaga's two reserve teams only numbered five to six hundred people. Including the guards near Qingzhou Castle of the main formation, the number of Chinese people who came to help in the battle was only more than 700 people. Among them, the only Chinese people were Shiba Zhong.
"We are too unlucky."
Benefit complained on the side, Yiyin observed the battlefield seriously, this was his first battle.
Their position was in front of the main formation. Because there were too few people and they had to defend this section of the river, Nobunagata was forced to form an almost horizontal defense.
The formation is weak and the reserve team is scarce. Even a beginner like Yiyin feels that the situation is not good.
Guarding the upstream and downstream are the only two reserves in Nobunaga's hands. Behind the middle connection is Nobunaga's main formation. Those in front are responsible for blocking the city's defenders, and behind the defenders are the Shiba soldiers.
It's not that they don't regard the Sibo people as cannon fodder, it's just that they don't have confidence in the Chinese people, and they are afraid that they will collapse at a moment's notice and affect the entire situation, and be used as a henchman behind the defenders.
As the sandwich biscuit between the main formation and the vanguard, this position is really awkward. No wonder Yi Yi is murmuring in his heart.
This is the job of a meat grinder. You will receive the most severe beatings, and even if you lose, you won't be able to run away. Behind you is the main formation, and many of the supervising troops will kill people to establish their authority.
Yiyi jumped off his horse and jumped in front of the team...bumping...bumping...and then he shouted a strange sound...
"Benefit Ji...what are you doing..."
Yiyin looked at her with a headache.
"Lord Yiyin, my name is Qingqi, do you understand Qingqi? It's a song and dance to boost morale in front of the battle. How about it! Isn't he very handsome?"
Glancing at the Ashigaru, whose faces were filled with the meaning of "Is it really okay to follow this kind of person?", Yoshigan sighed silently.
"as long as you are happy.."
On the other side, Shibata Katsuie observed Nobunagata's formation and shook his head slightly.
The huge gap in numbers is clearly visible in the head-on battle.
No matter how hard Nobunaga guarded against the deadlock, as long as Shibata Katsuie extended the formation, the opponent would have to extend the defensive area accordingly.
The formation is getting thinner and thinner, and now the opportunity is ripe for attack.
"Miyai Tsunechu."
"My subordinate is here."
Miyai standing beside him is a leopard-like middle-aged woman, an old man who has followed Shibata for many years.
"Your reserve team will take the lead and attack the opponent's center. I will have the left and right follow up to suppress the actions of the opponent's reserve teams on both sides.
Your mission is to defeat the weak point in the middle and threaten the formation. Don’t be greedy, just push the enemy back."
Shibata's tactics were simple and direct. The upstream and downstream reserves were all led by experienced veterans, but Nobunaga's men were too few, and the intermediate connections were mostly filled with miscellaneous soldiers.
Once defeated, the entire formation will be shaken and have to retreat and reorganize.
This is the result of too few people and lack of reserves. The defeat of any weak point will shake the entire front.
Her purpose was not to defeat him in one battle, but to force Nobunaga to retreat.
Although the winter-dry river has little impact on the attacking side, you need to be cautious enough on the battlefield. As long as you force the opponent back, the entire army can calmly cross the river and fight again.
Moreover, the opponent's number is already small. After losing the first battle, morale will be hit, and subsequent decisive battles will be more advantageous.
"The other party moved."
Seeing the opponent's military column moving forward from a distance, Yiyin said to Yi Yi. Yi Yi stopped his movements, looked straight ahead, and nodded slightly with a solemn expression.
Ahead, Sasatsu Sunsuke looked back at the commotion behind him and curled his lips in disdain. These Chinese people were indeed unreliable.
She is a girl from a branch of the Sasa family. Like the Maeda Toshi family, she left home early to look for her master's family.
Thanks to the trust of Oda Nobunaga, he started as a defender of the city and worked his way up to the current leader of the Kiyosu Castle defenders.
This time, he was ordered to face the crisis, and he controlled and integrated the defenders of several nearby cities to serve as the vanguard of the formation.
I feel very proud. When this battle is over, I will be rewarded, right? It should be enough to go back to my hometown, marry the man I love and have a daughter.
"Blow the conch and drum! Raise the gun! Get ready to engage the enemy!"