Chapter 69: Who Speaks Bravely (I)
Walking out of the military tent unhurriedly, Hirata took the black lacquered Nanban hat-shaped hat pocket handed over by the captain of the guard, Maori Hidetsu, and let out two deep breaths before slowly putting it on his head and carefully fastening the buckle.
After all, he is used to being pampered and pampered, and he is already a middle-aged man in his thirties, and his strength is not as good as before, and he marches fully armed for most of the day, and the burden is not small.
However, it has not yet completely reached the level of lupine scarf talking and laughing and retreating from the enemy, and it is very necessary to appear on the front line often to maintain morale, and there are no retainers around who are really qualified to be "formations".
Therefore, after a short rest, the flat hand Fan Xiu cheered up, stepped on the shoulders of his own soldiers, turned over his horse, and ordered the left and right flag bearers to raise the beetle high, with a small number of personal guards, to show off their might, mighty, and slowly advance. At the same time, twenty or thirty people around raised the conch drum and blew vigorously, while the rest of the people stomped their feet in unison according to the command, and roared out the "whale wave" vigorously in an even rhythm to boost morale.
Words such as "kill", "win", and "brave" suddenly sounded all around, or meaningless "hehe" and "oh oh" screams.
These guards are carefully selected, in addition to being politically strong, all of them are tall and strong, with loud voices, full of energy, and at this moment they roared on the battle array, with the continuous sound of the conch and the various flags waving in the wind, majestic and full of momentum.
But it was just called Gui Shou, and it didn't mean to come forward to engage in battle.
If you don't count the drama, the last time the Lord of the Tieshou Criminal Department really led his own soldiers to charge, I don't know how many years it was - at least not since he was called "Lord of the Criminal Department".
At that time, those veterans who fought all the way to Kyoto from Owari to Ono were indeed able to fight, but after so many years, that group of soldiers were either killed in battle, promoted, or seriously injured and returned to the army. After a long period of personnel changes, the pro-guard force has a tendency to develop towards "showmanship", and if it moves in earnest, I am afraid that it may not be comparable to those flag reserve units that see blood all day long.
The tie also knows this, but there is nothing he can do to save the process. Besides, the biggest expectation for the group of young men around him is to be able to block the assassin with flesh and blood, and the performance in the military formation is not the point.
In an instant, everyone gathered in front of the formation, and Hiraku took out the Chisato tube, first looked far south, and saw that the Okazaki people of Tokugawa Nobuyasu had not yet been defeated or escaped, and were still fighting fiercely with the Takeda army, and he was immediately relieved. This force is a very important force for the enemy.
Otherwise, relying only on the people of the Oda family, they would not dare to have high hopes.
Next, I had the leisure to turn my head to look at the front.
With a thousand-mile tube, you can look around at a distance of more than 1,000 steps at most, and you can see that the surrounding terrain is generally flat, but there are some small ups and downs and a stream passing through, and the grass and trees are sparse and scattered, which is not prosperous.
The Oda army, which was instigated by the flat hand Honhide, chose two directions of attack, and the closer one seemed to be planning to attack on a relatively flat area with no dead ends.
Judging from the ornamentation, the front is Sasa Naimasa, and again the Maeda Toshiya, and there are many familiar but not necessarily named Owari wealthy families under the command of the two.
The farther ones are bypassing the small hill, probably preparing to strike from the flanks, vaguely seeming...... It was the banner of the Mino trio.
In comparison, Inaba and Ando's subordinates are quite good, while Sasa and Maeda's subordinates are relatively quiet and low, and their morale is not high. Very worrying.
Look at the other side again -
After hearing the sound, the Takeda Army also sent troops to fight in a dignified manner. Led by a vigorous reserve team, look at the flag should be......
Pingshou Fan Xiu couldn't remember it for a while, so he hurriedly sent someone to ask.
After a while, I learned from the Oda family that this was Okuhira Zhenno, a powerful country from the Mikawa region, the lord of Tejo Castle, and had just surrendered to the Takeda family.
By the way, the one who was fighting Tokugawa Nobuyasu in the south was another powerful countryman in the Mikawa region, called Suganuma Dingtada, who was the lord of Tamine Castle.
Needless to say, it was also a defection before the battle.
This Takeda family's habit is really strange, and they actually let the newcomer be the vanguard!
Moreover, it seems that he is still fighting fiercely, and he is vigorous?
Should it be said that Takeda Shingen is charismatic, or is there something special about the system......
It's worth looking into.
Hitete Hoshu was a little distracted, and looked at it again, only to see that the Oda family's frontal vanguard, had been suppressed by Okuhira Zhenneng and retreated, so that Sasa Naruma and Maeda Toshiya had already brought their relatives to the front line to maintain morale.
If you take a closer look, fortunately, your son-in-law Sasa Xiucheng is not included.
It's just that it's a little worrying to see my old friend in danger......
The tie was conflicted for several seconds, and finally decided painfully that he would rather continue to worry about his heart than take risks easily.
At this time, in the other direction, Inaba Ichitetsu and Mamoru Ando also seemed to be fighting for a while, and they couldn't see the details from a distance, but they knew that it was more decent than the front, at least the battle line was not counterattacked and retreated.
Not long after, there was a trumpet and a command from the Oda array, accompanied by the movement of the flag.
Then Sasa and Maeda began to retreat to the side and back.
It seems that although they are not supported, they are not completely lost, so they can control the direction of retreat and avoid directly attacking their own camp.
At the same time, another team of men and horses came out, intending to take over, but it was under the banner of Lin Zuodu!
Surprised and looked closely, seeing that the leader was a heroic young man, Pingshou Fanxiu thought about it for a while, and realized that this guy was Lin Zuodu's adopted son, Lin Tongzheng.
This young man did not advance in a formation like his ancestors such as Sasa, Maeda, etc., but took the lead, carrying a cross-patterned gun, and went straight to the enemy's pile.
The newborn calf is really not afraid of death, and if it is unfortunate enough to be shot at this time, or if the soldiers behind him hesitate a little and do not follow immediately, it will not be a good situation.
However, the worries of the Lord of the Criminal Department did not come true, and the people behind Lin Tongzheng, although the weapons were of different lengths, the degree of armor was not high, and the formation was quite scattered, the morale was very high, and they followed the main general to charge into the Ashigaru pile of the Ohei family.
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a burst of shouts and screams, the sound of swords and fire, for some reason, the Oping family, which was in full swing just now, was instantly defeated and shaken.
Maybe I was tired from the fierce battle just now......
The reserve team in the Takeda lineup in the secondary forward position quickly entered, but Okuhira did not retreat to the flanks and rear like Sasa and Maeda.
Probably...... After all, he is a new descendant, not an old minister.
So I saw Lin Tongzheng and his subordinates fighting up, and beat the Ao Ping family's army all the way to almost collapse.
The enemy warriors have already joined the front line of the battlefield, and they still can't resist it.
Pingshou Fanxiu turned his gaze to the side of the Minong people, seeing that there was still no progress, and when he came back, he saw that Lin Tongzheng had abandoned the cross gun, holding a knife in one hand and holding a fresh head in the other, and the surrounding soldiers were shouting: "Ao Ping is victorious, and he has been won by me Lin Tongzheng!" β
Who is Okura usually victorious, Tie Tsusui is not clear, listening to the name should be a relative of the Okuping family, depending on the excitement of the friendly army, most of them are quite powerful.
I don't understand it, but I should be happy about it.
Sasa and Maeda next to him also seemed to be motivated, and they screamed and fought back.
There seem to be slight signs of a reversal.
But at the same time, a high roar rang out from Takeda's side.
"Lin Tongzheng, who! Do you dare to fight with my Tsuchiya Masatsune? β
Coming on, it is also a new force led by young samurai.
At this time, Pingshou Fanxiu suddenly remembered something, and he had no intention of looking at it again, so he hurriedly took the Qianli Cylinder to search elsewhere.
- Anyway, why are Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Keer Caizo and others who were sent out to help the friendly forces attack the enemy camp just now? Don't have an accident! But there are more than 300 cavalry!
After looking carefully for a long time, I found that a team of horses holding their own flags approached the rear, and it was impressive.
hurriedly ordered to welcome him.
When Yamauchi saw him, he knelt down and said, "My lord! The Takeda military law was very strict, and the men and horses attacking the Tokugawa Sei were guarded on the flanks and rear, and there was no place to attack. Ke'er Dian's strong breakthrough failed, and he broke thirty or fifty people, and his subordinates immediately withdrew when they saw this. β
Ke'er Caizang, who approached one step later, happened to hear this, his face suddenly turned blue, and he gritted his teeth with an iron face and was silent for a long time before he coldly held back a few words: "It was I who misjudged the horsemanship of the cavalry and issued orders beyond their ability to cause casualties among the soldiers, please punish the Lord of the Criminal Department!" β
After saying that, the man fell to his knees expressionlessly and said nothing.
The guards frowned when they heard this, and said in their hearts that this Ke'er was really arrogant, and said "please punish the crime", but vaguely attributed the responsibility for the loss of dozens of cavalry to those who sacrificed their martial arts.
Thirty or fifty people died in battle, which is not a trivial matter.
It must be known that the Tieshou family cobbled together and selected from tens of thousands of troops, and there were only less than 1,000 cavalry.
If you lower the bar to have horses, you can have two or three thousand moreβbut these can only be said to be high infantry with mounts in the strict sense. After all, pack horses and passenger horses are different species with price differences of several times, and war horses and ordinary passenger horses are also different species with price differences of several times.
Originally, the sword on the battlefield had no eyes, and no one could say anything, but Yamauchi Yifeng spoke in advance, which put Ke'er Caizang in a disadvantageous situation.
Suddenly, there was a roar of shaking mountains in unison.
"Lin Tongzheng has been taken by my Tuju Changheng! If you want to die, report your name! β
After a moment, it seemed that the Takeda family had the upper hand again.
Seeing this, Fan Xiu pointed forward: "Just hide it, you can listen to it!" Life and death on the battlefield are fateful, and it shouldn't have been said that it was your responsibility to cause the soldiers to die. But if you really have some remorse, why not take the head of this Tuju Changheng and be ashamed? β