"Chapter 160: Annihilation of the Enemy Army"
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- Antonio Negri (contemporary Italian Marxist sociologist and political philosopher)
Hattori Yasushi and Ogasawara Nobuki's breakthrough plan was to use 1,000 soldiers as the vanguard as bait to interfere with the main force of the opponent's defense, and the other 4,000 soldiers as the main force to break through the left flank of the opponent's defense.
First of all, the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Yanhuang family's defense line is beyond Hattori Kangcheng's imagination, they don't know the origin of the Governor's Guard, and they think that the Governor's Guard itself is the standing army of the Yanhuang family, but they were abused by the Governor's Guard.
The 1,000 forward soldiers of the Tsugaru family rushed forward for only 300 meters before they were hit by a fierce salvo of the soldiers of the crossbow wing, and after two rounds of salvos, there were less than 200 soldiers of the Tsugaru family who could still stand on the battlefield.
Even the Tsugaru soldiers, who numbered less than 200 people, did not have the courage to rush any further, and when faced with death, they decisively chose to flee as their instinct for survival, but their speed of escape was obviously much slower than the rate of fire of crossbow arrows.
Hattori Yashiro, who had seized the plane, used his last fresh force to launch a fierce attack on the left flank defense line formed by the soldiers under the command of Yasuma Kudo, and at the same time that fierce fighting broke out between the two sides, the 200 forward soldiers who wanted to escape were all killed by the soldiers of the crossbow wing.
It was a bloody battle of slaughter to deal with a thousand poorly armed light infantry with 2,000 crossbowmen, and the corpses of the crossbow arrows covered the area of the front line of the Doge's Guard, terrifying the Tsugaru peasants who had not yet joined the battle.
Fortunately, Hattori Kangcheng, who led his army to the left flank defense line of the Yanhuang family, was already in a melee with the army of Kunohe Yasumin at this time, so that the soldiers of the crossbow wing could not continue to shoot, so as to avoid unpredictable accidental injuries.
The 3,000 soldiers of the left flank defense line, which had received two successive rounds of reinforcements, not only resisted the attack of Hattori Yasujo, but also gradually gained the upper hand in the battle, forcing the soldiers of the Tsugaru family, who had been advancing to begin to retreat gradually.
Of course, among all the soldiers on the entire left flank line, it was the 1,000 elite soldiers of the Governor's Guard who really played the role of the mainstay, and without their timely reinforcements, I am afraid that the soldiers under the command of Kunohe Yasuma alone would not be able to stop the assault of Hattori Yasushi.
Time is passing by minute by minute, and each additional minute means that Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobuki's breakthrough plan is one step closer to failure, and if it waits for the Yanhuang family to catch up with the pursuing army behind, the Tsugaru family's army will have no way to be destroyed.
It's a pity that even if Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobukishi knew that they couldn't delay, what way could they break through the defense line in front of them that couldn't be broken through at all?
The fierce battle was still in full swing, and Hattori Yasaki, who had tried his best, still couldn't live without the situation on the battlefield, and the main army of the Yanhuang family led by Bai Feng finally appeared behind Ogasawara Nobuki.
Looking blankly at the huge army that appeared behind him, Ogasawara Nobuki's heart was completely desperate, he no longer hoped for luck, nor did he think that he could return to his family alive, but was ready to fight to the death at this moment.
Among the 7,000 peasant soldiers, there were always some warriors who were willing to die for the Tsugaru family, but the small number was enough to become the capital of Ogasawara Nobuyumi to fight, and he ignored the other peasant soldiers who had no fighting spirit, and just took these 800 peasant soldiers to the battlefield.
In Ogasawara Nobuki's view, instead of taking 800 peasant soldiers with only one bamboo gun to face the main army pursued by the Yanhuang family, it is better to put this last living force into the attack on the Yanhuang family's defense line, then there is still a glimmer of hope.
In fact, Ogasawara Nobuki's self-deception had little impact on the tide of battle, and how could the 800 new peasant soldiers who had joined the battle change the defensive line that even the 4,000 relatively well-equipped Tsugaru family standing army officers and soldiers could not break through?
The left flank defense line, with 1,000 elite infantry of the Governor's Guard as the core and 4,009 Yasuma soldiers as the auxiliary, entangled the breakout army of Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobuki, while the other Tsugaru family peasants were surrounded by Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi.
10,000 well-equipped and imposing barbarian warriors, is that the existence of more than 6,000 peasant soldiers of the Tsugaru family who can match them? Just a face-to-face effort, these more than 6,000 peasant soldiers who were abandoned by Ogasawara Nobukishi put down their weapons.
"Thales, take your warriors to the front and persuade them to surrender, so that they don't have to struggle uselessly. With the surrender of these peasant soldiers, it was impossible to reverse the situation on the battlefield, and Bai Feng directly issued a new order to Thales beside him.
"Yes!"
Thales, who received the order, immediately led his warriors to the battlefield where they were fighting, and the two people in the south, Toshinao and Izumiyama Masayoshi, were the mouthpieces that Thales used to persuade him to surrender, and their identities were indeed more suitable than Thales himself.
When Thales brought a group of samurai to the edge of the battlefield, he shouted at Hattori Yasushi and Ogasawara Nobutei to surrender, and although Hattori Yasuki and Ogasawara Nobuki had no intention of surrendering, their soldiers slowly relaxed.
People are selfish, and no one will stubbornly choose to die on the premise of having a glimmer of life, and even if there are some truly loyal people who are willing to die for the Tsugaru family, then they will have died on the battlefield long ago, and they will not survive this last moment.
The slogan of surrender and death may not be true, but it will definitely crush the will to fight of the enemy army in a desperate situation, and the slow withdrawal of the enemy army from the battle was expected by Bai Feng, and the army of Wendell and Kunohe Yasumin naturally did not continue to entangle.
By the time Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobuyumi had completely withdrawn to the open space with less than 3,500 soldiers, the Yanhuang family's army had already surrounded the open space from all sides, and at this moment, laying down his arms and surrendering became the only option for Hattori Yasushi and Ogasawara Nobuyumi.
No matter how unwilling Hattori and Ogasawara Nobukishi were, and whether they were really willing to lay down their weapons, they eventually had to put down the weapons in their hands, and perhaps, they still had the ability to commit suicide, but they did not have the courage to commit suicide.
With the surrender of Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobuyumi, the Tsugaru family's 20,000-strong army that invaded the Yanhuang family was officially destroyed, of which more than 9,000 Tsugaru family soldiers were killed, and the remaining 4,000 standing troops and more than 6,000 peasant soldiers became prisoners of the Yanhuang family.
Winning this battle is only the due result of the Yanhuang family's advantage, and the next contest with the Tsugaru family is the key battle for the Yanhuang family to unify the Mutsu Kingdom, and it is also the only way for the Yanhuang family to truly rise!