Chapter 322: Ambush (Part 1)
"When I was a child, there was a large bamboo forest behind my subordinate's home, and there were roe deer pheasants in the bamboo forest from time to time, and my subordinates were naughty, and they went to the bamboo forest to catch roe deer in their spare time, but the roe deer ran fast, and the subordinates couldn't catch up at all.
My father taught his subordinates to cut down a bamboo, sharpen one end to make a simple spear, and throw it vigorously when he saw it, and if he was lucky, he could hunt the roe deer......"
Cao Bin touched a piece of bamboo, with a smile on his face, presumably remembering an interesting story when he was a child.
"Since then, the meat in the subordinate family has not been cut off......"
Cao Wei was overjoyed, summoned the dog, and said, "Order the two thousand soldiers to cut down two bamboos each to make simple spears, and let's hunt." ”
Seeing the two Shangguan smiling heartily, the dog blinked his eyes and led the order forward.
At this time, in the cottage of Kushi Mountain, a middle-aged man wearing a wooden armor and a wooden helmet sat on the lobby, he had a short beard, eagle eyes and long eyebrows, and was very majestic.
Listening to the news from his subordinates, Otomo Mayoshi frowned, he let Toyotomi Shunyi come back, just to catch up the "thieves", so when Toyotomi Shunyi came back, he has been leading the troops to follow behind, when the front spies came back to report that Toyotomi Shunyi had walked into a cottage, Otomo Mayoshi immediately led his troops to catch up.
However, what he didn't expect was that the reaction of this group of "thieves" was so fast, when he slowly searched and arrived at the cottage, the cottage was already empty, which made him a little annoyed, could it be that he was deceived by Toyotomi Shunyi? What thousands of armor soldiers, is it just empty talk......
A samurai ran in, got down on one knee and said, "General, dozens of corpses have been found!" ”
Otomo raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is it?" ”
Samurai said: "Look at the outfit should be a fallen samurai!" ”
Most of the civilians in the Wa Kingdom were divided into two types, one was the serfs who mostly farmed the land, and the other was a small number of samurai who carried swords. Ordinary samurai will go to serve in the clan, a small number of samurai do not like restraint and become ronin, and samurai who go into the mountains and become bandits or change from samurai to serfs will be considered degenerate.
Otomo Mayoshi knew about these degenerate samurai, he had come to encircle and suppress these people before, but before he could go up the mountain, the bandits had already heard the wind and fled, burrowing into the deep mountains and old forests, like a group of cunning and fast-legged rabbits, Otomo Mayoshi couldn't see each other, and after he left, these samurai continued to come out to rob the way and live a life of self-indulgence.
I didn't expect this group of difficult samurai to fold here......
Otomo Zhenyi thought for a moment and said, "Ten miles further out!" ”
"Yes, General!"
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Twenty miles outside Kono Castle, there is a dangerous place, with a canyon cliff on the left and right, and a large road running through it, and from a distance, it looks like a mountain has been split in half by a knife. Legend has it that the god Iyanagi accidentally broke the mountain in half while chasing the Bone Maiden, so this canyon is also called Naki Gorge.
"What a great place to ambush and kill!"
On the mountainside not far from Naqi Gorge, Cao Wei sincerely admired that this kind of dangerous land often has a scene where a husband is in charge of ten thousand people, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a natural danger.
"Dog, you take a thousand armor soldiers to occupy both sides of the canyon, and when the enemy enters the canyon, you will throw rocks and bamboo spears below!
Cao Bin, after the dog throws the bamboo spear, you take 3,000 armor soldiers to fight head-on, you must remember that 500 spearmen go first, and after a period of consumption, the other armor soldiers will enter the battle to kill the enemy.
Toyotomi, this official will allow you a thousand armor soldiers to besiege Otomo Zhenyi in the back......"
Cao Wei said coldly: "This official gives you a chance, if you let go of Dayou Zhenyi, this official's military law is ruthless!" ”
Toyotomi Shunyi said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my lord, either he dies or I die!" ”
Cao Wei nodded lightly, turned to look at Naqi Gorge again, and silently thought about the arrangement just now, only to let them go down to prepare after feeling that there was no omission.
The August heat is in full swing, the sun is like fire, there is not a single cloud in the sky, and the earth cracks and the river dries up under the direct sunlight. The birds and finches seemed to be so sunburned that they did not want to call, but only knew that they kept chirping.
A group of soldiers and horses marched slowly......
I don't know if it's because the sun is too big or what, Otomo Masayoshi was irritable for a while, and when he saw Toyotomi Shunyi, he had the idea of killing all the remnants of Toyotomi, so he didn't hesitate to mobilize troops to come, but he didn't even see a figure after tossing for a long time, which made him both angry and worried.
When exterminating the Toyotomi clan, Otomo Mayoshi made great efforts, otherwise he would not have won the trust of the Chiba clan and became the lord of Kono Castle.
In the past, when he was a retainer of the Toyotomi clan, he had almost nothing, and even his life belonged to the Toyotomi clan, and it was precisely because of the killing of the Toyotomi clan that Otomo Mayoshi had today's status, so in his heart, the Toyotomi clan must be extinct, and there can be no future troubles.
Let's go back to Kono Castle and think about it for the long haul!
Otomo Masayoshi turned his head to order the army to speed up, but his face changed, and he saw a rock falling from the mountain, and the mountain wall was steep, and it was about to fall down. Otomo Mayoshi was about to open his mouth to remind, but before he could say careful, countless rocks fell as if it were raining.
"There's an ambush!"
Otomo Mayoshi roared and quickly ordered the samurai to dodge, but the terrain of Nagi Gorge was special, and there were smooth stone walls on both sides, so there was no place to hide. When he was in a hurry, his heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately hid sideways under the horse, not daring to show his head, and at this moment, the war horse let out a neigh, fell to the ground, and let out a wail.
Otomo Mayoshi looked carefully, only to see a bamboo spear inserted into the belly of the war horse, leaving only half of it still outside, if it stabbed someone, I am afraid that it will definitely die.
Otomo Masayoshi was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to get up, bamboo spears kept falling from the sky, making him feel cold, and in just a few breaths, he felt that a few more bamboo spears stabbed the war horse, and the war horse was completely silent. Several corpses fell beside Otomo Masayoshi, almost all of them his own soldiers, and he slowly pulled one over and placed it on top of himself to avoid the rocks and bamboo spears.
Finally, no more spears fell from the sky, and Otomo Makoshi laboriously pushed away the corpses of the war horses and samurai on his body, slowly stood up, and looked around.
The scene in front of him made his eyes tremble, the ground was full of corpses, bamboo spears everywhere, some on the ground, some on corpses, and even many samurai with bamboo spears on their bodies, moaning incessantly.
Not many people are still standing.
Otomo Mayoshi let out a loud shout, and slowly some more samurai stood up, and he took a general look, half of the three thousand samurai had been lost, and many of them who were still alive were injured. In a dangerous place like Naqi Gorge, if you encounter an ambush, there is nowhere to hide.
Otomo Mayoshi felt remorseful in his heart, he didn't expect someone to ambush here, who is it? Is it Shimazu Takeo from Honyama Castle, or is it a daimyo from other places...... Could it be Toyotomi Shunyoshi?
This thought rose in his heart, and Otomo Makoshi was taken aback, could it be that Toyotomi Shunyi really came back with people and horses for revenge?
The tide is over, we need to hurry back to Kono Castle!
At this moment, a shout came, and I saw a team of men and horses rushing towards him.
Otomo Mayoshi's face changed greatly, he only knew at a glance that this team of men and horses was not easy to deal with, and hurriedly ordered the samurai to rush into battle to kill the enemy, his face changed constantly, and not long after, he gritted his teeth and fled from the back of the canyon with the few remaining personal soldiers.
But before he could get out of the canyon, he saw a pair of centaurs waiting there in front of him, and the leader of the man, Otomo Mayoshi, knew that it was Toyotomi Shunyoshi...... I want to talk about "Da Ming Qingshi" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~