Chapter 246: Strength and Weakness

Just when they were stunned, a rider rode out from the Yuqiu family's formation and came to the front of the Hao Clan's coalition army. Everyone looked at it, and it was the samurai who was stumbling in the morning and couldn't even speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the name of His Royal Highness, I send a letter of war to you." Sanada Masayuki said coldly, "Your Highness's reaction to you is very surprised. We wanted to trap you directly in the city blocked by the three gates, who would have thought that you would come out so quickly. ”

Hearing this, Nonomura Yukinari and the others who led the army were all in a cold sweat, and they were all wiped out in the city.

"But it won't make a difference, so let's line up. We stand in your way, and you have only one battle. Sanada Masayuki shook his head proudly, "My Highness said that he will not attack until you are in formation." ”

"What do you mean! Look down on us! Maeno Nagayasu roared angrily.

"What do you mean? Are you asking my Highness? Sanada Masayuki looked at the same group of people, in such a short period of time, completely different reactions, and couldn't help but be a little funny, "My Royal Highness asked me to bring you a word." ”

"The autumn leaves are here." The proud maple bird and horse print, fluttering in the wind.

"If you want to attack, let's attack it."

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After Sanada Masayuki left, the Hao clan coalition army immediately became a mess.

"What can I do? I've been tricked! Kato Mitsutai pointed at Chang Panbei on Yu Qiuping's side with a trembling finger, "More than two hundred soldiers! It's not dozens of people! He only has a territory of 8,000 stones, why is there 200 soldiers alone! This is a territory of 20,000 stones! ”

"And such good equipment..."Yuan Changlai was also a little weak, "Those ashigaru clothes are all genuine, not cheap carcasses or bamboo hemp armor!" Dressed better than me, where is it like a subordinate of someone who can't make a fortune! ”

"What to do now, the rain and autumn red leaves are obviously also in the array." Kato Mitsuyasu unconsciously changed his honorific title, and asked nervously, "I wonder what Yuqiu family can't make a fortune, and the Yuqiu Red Leaves people are in Cheongju, all of which are traps he set to paralyze and lure us!" Those rumors are not true! ”

"yes... There are just 200 people there..."The former chief said fearfully, "He won't just use these 200 people to block Oda Nobunaga's 6,000 army!" Then where are our 1,000 people enough to stuff their teeth! ”

"You two descendants, don't talk about it!" encountered an ambush and a series of miscalculations, Nonomura Yukinari himself was also panicked in his heart, "Grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige!" ”

"Then what now, my lord," Hara Governor Yori looked at Nonomura Yukinari, "You have an idea!" ”

"What else can I do, what can I do!" Nonomura Yukinari spat fiercely, "He actually humiliated us like this!" Could it be that we are still licking our faces to surrender? We have 1,000 people, and we beat him 200 people, and it is not without a chance of winning! ”

"Your Excellency," Mitsuchao Kato said in a loud voice, "the enemy doesn't know how to hide it!" Actually blocking our way home! Erlang went home and fought desperately! One against ten! Morale is like a rainbow! ”

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"Oh? Are they really attacking? After watching the Hao Clan coalition slowly tidy up the formation like a caterpillar, Yu Qiuping actually slowly attacked Chang Panbei's side. There were only 200 people in Tokiwabi, and only two rows of thin lines of ashigaru were discharged. The troops of the Hao Coalition are very bloated. Since there were only more than 300 of their soldiers, and the auxiliaries were all hiding behind the soldiers without trying to make a detour, their formation was not much wider than Yu Qiuping's, but it was more than ten times longer.

"Command the platoons!" Yu Qiuping stretched out his tone and said, "Prepare to stab!" ”

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The troops of the Hao Clan Coalition approached Chang Panbei's subordinates in fear, and they didn't even see a breath of the atmosphere. Tsukiwabei's iron-clad ashigaru stood as if he hadn't seen the approaching enemy, one by one, his eyes straight ahead, his spear pointed diagonally upward. None of them had superfluous small movements, and the whole front was like a sculpture.

"This is Oda Nobunaga's flag team," Hara Nagayori's lips trembled. Yuan Changlai, who is only 17 years old this year, has not seen much of the world. The strongest unit he had ever encountered, the Hachimoto samurai of Inaba Ichitetsu, one of the three of them. However, the momentum of the Yuqiu family's ordinary ashigaru standing in front of him was no less than that of Inaba Itchitetsu's Hachimoto samurai.

"Can you really win the battle?" Yuan Changlai looked around, and the people around him were also frightened by Chang Panbei's neat and well-dressed battle line, and there were big beads of sweat on his forehead, which did not reflect the momentum of returning to the teacher at all.

100 zhang, 50 zhang, 30 zhang, 10 zhang, 5 zhang...

The distance between the two armies was gradually approaching, and Yuan Changlai could already feel the horror when the row of spears suddenly stabbed out.

"Readyβ€”"

Suddenly, a strange language command sounded in the front of the Tsukiwa Formation. Immediately after, the first row of ashigaru suddenly fell to one knee, and the spears stretched out diagonally upward! The spears of the second row of ashigaru were slammed flat and ejected horizontally from the heads of the first row! The entire battle formation was like a hedgehog, and in an instant, the spikes all over the body were erected.

The troops of the Hao Coalition stopped in place in an instant as if an electric toy had suddenly been pressed on the switch. Everyone's eyes were focused on the tip of the sparkling gun, and sweat continued to drip down their cheeks. They were all honest peasants, and they were still working in the fields more than ten days ago. It's not that they haven't gone on expeditions with their family masters, but it's all petty fights. Peasants and soldiers, armed with bamboo spears, axes, and even hoes, gathered together to fight in groups. It often lasted for most of the day, and few people were injured or killed. Today's murderous battle has never been seen in their lives.

Yuan Changlai was already sweating at this time, and he was originally walking in the first row to boost morale, but at this moment he couldn't help but want to let the people around him go first. But everyone's feet were like lead, and they couldn't move a step.

For the sake of face, Yuan Changlai was embarrassed to retreat publicly. He pretended to be ill-fitting of his footwear, tried to reach for the strap behind his back, and then, as if his center of gravity was unsteady, he staggered back a few steps, and finally ducked behind the line.

At the critical moment when the two armies were facing each other, the battlefield was unusually quiet. The ashigaru of Chang Panbei was silent, and the ashigaru of the Hao Clan coalition did not dare to take a breath.

Therefore, when Yu Qiuping spoke, the voice was naturally unusually clear.

"The autumn leaves are here." He said loudly: "If you want to attack, let's attack." ”

The battlefield was still silent, and even the most arrogant Nonomura Yukinari did not dare to say anything, and the morale of the Hao Clan coalition army fell to the bottom.

"In that case..."Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly, "All guns are collected!" ”

With his order, the ashigaru people of Chang Iwa immediately put away their guns and stood upright, returning to a standing posture.

"Three steps forward - go!" Yu Qiuping ordered again in Chinese.

Chang Pan kept his spear pointing at the sky, and casually walked three steps towards them in front of the Hao Clan Coalition with weapons in his hand, almost touching their eyes - but none of the Hao Coalition could move.

"Readyβ€”" Yu Qiuping shouted again. Tsukiwabi's subordinates immediately repeated the previous action mechanically. Although there was no training for four months, they were a little rusty. But these movements that have been carved into the body will never be easily forgotten.

The tip of the spear was flattened again, making the Hao Clan coalition army creepy. This time, the Hao clan coalition seemed to have become statues, unable to move.

"What are you doing! Waiting to die! Maeno Nagayasu, who suddenly came to his senses, shouted, "Follow me!" Come on! Standing here can only be stabbed to death! ”

This sentence that broke the silence seemed to have a magical power, and the Wealthy Coalition Ashigaru, who had been oppressed to the limit by fear and pressure, suddenly erupted, their bodies almost out of their control, and rushed up with a howl.

Yu Qiuping looked at the activated Hao Clan Coalition and shouted:

"Thrust!"

Two rows of nearly 200 spears pierced out at the same moment, like a poisonous snake asking for its life. The dozens of people who rushed to the front were stabbed into their bodies by several spears at the same moment, and blood splashed. The screams, the sticky sound of the tip of the gun sinking into the body, the sound of bones shattering, and the sound of blood splattering for a moment drowned out the shouts of killing that still echoed on the battlefield.

The army that had just charged forward was like a fast train crashing into a stone wall, and it was stopped abruptly. The shouts of murder were intercepted, and the survivors watched in amazement as the pikemen of Tokiwa once again twisted their guns in unison, following the command, to ensure that those who were stabbed would surely die. At the same time as the screams rang out again, the ashigaru men of Tokiwa drew their guns from the corpses, ignored the blood gushing out in front of them and spilled on their feet, and stood silently. It's like Yama standing in the Shura field, looking at the minions dying in front of him with a blank face.

Not a single person hurt Tokiwabi's ashigaru.

After being stunned for a moment, these fragile Hao clan coalition forces experienced a great rise and fall in morale, and in the face of absolute poor strength and bloody killings, they could no longer support it. I don't know who it was, but the first one dropped his weapon and began to run away, but it immediately turned into a chain reaction. No one can command all his subordinates in a unified manner, and the scattered coalition forces are out of control. Everyone thought of their companions to attract Tokibanbei's attention, and they found a way to bypass Tokibanbei's military formation, ran north back to the river, got on the boat and escaped.

However, when they fled to the river, they found that the fourteen boats that had been parked by the river had been driven to the middle of the river.

"What are you doing! Come pick me up! Maeno Nagayasu, who had fled to the edge of the river, shouted angrily. He turned around and found that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, but his men's boats did not move in the slightest, so he jumped into the water and swam towards the side of the boat. A few people who followed him also did the same and jumped into the water.

However, before he could swim ten meters, the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air suddenly came. One of his subordinates next to him screamed, blood gushing from the corners of his mouth, and he sank without saying a word. Maeno Nagayasu looked up in horror and found a blonde archer standing on the boat facing him. On his fourteen boats, all of them were standing with the red leaves of the Yuqiu family, bending their bows and arrows, shooting at people who tried to swim.

"Our ship! When was it be..."Maeno Nagayasu felt that his eyes were dark, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he had to flee back to shore before the river was dyed red. He didn't know that Yu Qiuping had already led the assembled Tokibanbei to leave Kuroda Castle, which had blocked the three gates and had been evacuated, and ambushed him in the forest northeast of the city. As soon as they entered the city, the first thing they did was to grab their ferry. Caught off guard, all the boatmen were killed, and several people who tried to escape were shot by Charlie. After letting the archers row their boats to the middle of the river to ambush him, he led his troops back to Kuroda Castle and the great battle broke out.

Ran to the river, but found that Maeno Nagayasu, who was cornered, just wanted to escape by another way. only to find that the Red Leaf Soldiers had surrounded the river from all directions, driving the Hao Clan coalition army to crowd themselves in a smaller and smaller area. He saw with his own eyes that Nonomura Yukinari was being pressed to the ground by a red leaf ashigaru in frustration, trapping him with a rope. More and more wealthy families were cornered and forced to kneel and surrender.

"Damn..."Maeno Nagayasu scolded in despair, "It's over." ”