Chapter 301 Rice as Stone
Ohno's order completely sounded the clarion call for the Ohno army to launch a general attack, and if there was still a little spare power in the previous offensive of the Ohno family to deal with the unexpected, then it is really sparing no effort now. Not only the First Army led by Jiro Ono, but also the Second Army and the Third Army behind them also moved quickly, and everyone knew that the time had come to grab the merits.
The intensity of the battle is beyond words to describe at this time, in short, both the offensive and defensive sides have almost no time to breathe. The defenders of Liangmu on the side defending the city were even more miserable, and even the bows and arrows were almost exhausted, and Liangmu Nagamasa had to order all the people to turn into stone-throwers.
Throwing stones, as the name suggests, is to hit the enemy by throwing stones. This may seem a bit unbelievable, and some people may even find it a little funny, but this method of warfare existed as a sequence of the main forces of the daimyo until the middle and late Warring States period of Japan.
This is because most of the wars fought before the middle and late Japanese periods were fought on slopes and rarely between plains, so the stones thrown were lethal with the help of the slopes. Moreover, due to the characteristics of the samurai's feudal division, even if there were tens of thousands of people participating in the battle, the actual battle might be thousands, and this scattered state of war also made stone attacks useful. Of course, more importantly, because as an island nation, Japanese stones can be found everywhere, and the daimyo of the Warring States can always save money.
In short, when the Great Ye Army finally approached the city, pieces of grass and rocks the size of fists fell from the sky and smashed on them. In an instant, more than a dozen soldiers were smashed to the ground, after all, there were very few soldiers who were more than 1.5 meters tall in those days, and all of them looked like children later.
"Hidden, hidden!"
The generals led by the Ohno clan quickly reacted and ordered their soldiers to dodge carefully, and the soldiers in front of them also dodged early with their war instincts. As a result, not many soldiers were injured anymore, but the Onol's attack was halted by this.
At first, the situation on the battlefield was indeed going on as before, but it didn't take long for some of the smart people in the Ono Army to notice something unusual.
The "stones" thrown by the Matsugami family were not round pieces but wrapped in clumps of hay, could it be that the soldiers of the Matsugami family were afraid of hurting themselves? Curiosity is something that everyone has, so finally a brave and idle person actually picked up a "stone" on the battlefield and solved it!
"Hiss~~~"
It's amazing to see that the hay is wrapped in unhulled rice! It's the size of an adult's fist, and that's a day's worth of food in this age of food contractionism!
So this person secretly hid the "stone" close to him, and then rushed forward with "extremely heroic".
However, there are always many smart people, especially when it comes to things like food, which are related to life and death. Soon, many people discovered the strangeness of this "heroic man", so more and more people became "heroic"!
In the past, there was such a game called sandbag throwing, where two people took the sandbag and threw a group of people in the middle to grab it, and then scored one point and lost one point for the beaten. This kind of long-ago game is now being recreated in an alternative way under the Ryoki for various reasons, and because there are so many smart people, the Ono Army has to scramble to jump up and pick up the "punching bags" thrown from the Ryoki.
So the generals of the Ohno clan in the rear saw such a "moving" scene, the soldiers besieging the city were constantly injured by falling rocks, but they still stuck to the front line of the siege without retreating, and even the soldiers who were ready to be used for rotation in the rear could not squeeze forward.
"It's really touching that the soldiers are so brave, and it seems that our family can take down Liangmu in one fell swoop this time."
Jiro Ono, the commander of the First Army in the rear, was immediately relieved when he saw that all his soldiers were moving forward bravely, so that he could take all the credit as planned.
However, it didn't take long for the front to change again, and the soldiers who were supposed to rotate actually fought with the soldiers in front, and even some soldiers from the Second Army were involved, and the scene became extremely chaotic for a while.
"This ...... What's going on! Ono Jiro's situation changed, and he suddenly panicked, this is the first battle that will determine his future voice in the Ohno family.
Soon, Ono Jiro had a choice in his heart, and he approached the side and ordered, "Go and find out what's going on ahead?" In addition, immediately send someone to invite the rear of the Nimuden and the young master of Shinpei to come to the discussion! ”
"Haha!" Soon two or three people rushed away.
At this time, looking at the chaos in front of him, Ono Jiro couldn't help but feel a lot of hatred in his heart, and the first battle he planned was still gone after all.
"Liangmu!" Ono Jiro, who was filled with hatred, secretly resolved in his heart to make Yoshiki pay the price.
Soon, Shinji Nishiki and Nobuhei Ohno gathered with Jiro Ono on the front and back feet, and they were aware of the commotion in front of them.
After a little gossip, Shinji Nishiki asked his subordinates to present a "stone" snatched from the front and said, "This thing is the cause of the commotion among the soldiers, but I don't know what the reason is?" Let's teach the old man to take a look! ”
After speaking, Shinji Nishiki took out the knife he carried and cut the "stone" in front of him in two, and everyone was shocked when they saw it.
"I can't imagine that the enemy general will use rice to attack our army!" Shinji Niki sighed as he picked up a few scattered grains of rice with his hands, which was almost equivalent to smashing people with money!
"Is the enemy's rations so abundant?" Nobuhei Ohno on the side was also a little flustered, you must know that rice is the foundation of life in these years, after all, rice can be exchanged for money, but money may not be exchanged for rice.
"Not necessarily!" Shinji Nishiki personally gathered the scattered rice grains and handed them to the side to analyze: "Although the one from Matsumoto Castle has developed quickly, he lacks accumulation, and the gap between his strength and his own family will definitely not be bridged in the short term. If this battle is stalemate, then the final winner will definitely be the family, and I am afraid that it is precisely because he understands this that he will spare no effort to spare no effort! ”
"It's disgusting!
Matsugami Yoshimitsu was indeed a hateful person as his father said, and how could he be called a samurai for such an act. ”
Unlike Shinji Nishiki, Shinhei Yoshiki, who was deeply influenced by his father, had no respect for Yoshimitsu Matsukami. Not to mention that this battle can be regarded as his first battle as a general of the first army, if it is blocked, it will be a loss of face!
"Your Highness, I don't know if it's feasible to have a plan down." At this time, Ono Jiro, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
"Well, what is Ono-sama's plan?"
"Fire Attack!" ......