Chapter 132: The Eagle
"Your Highness! Withdraw! It's not safe here! "Goto Kentoyo saw that the general trend had turned, the troops could no longer be reorganized, and the Asai army was about to attack under the horse seal. He immediately rushed up, grabbed the reins of the hexagonal Yixian, and asked him to evacuate: "The horses are not here, and there is no one to protect Your Highness!" Please hurry up, Your Highness! Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! ”
Several of the surrounding guards also immediately came up to persuade Rokkaku Yoshixian to leave. Rokkaku Yoshiken looked in a bit of a trance at the retreating army in the east, and the horse seal and white eagle banner of Asai Nagamasa fluttering high. He knew very well in his heart that once Ma Yin was lost here, the entire Hexagonal army would lose its command and fighting spirit, and would become a plate of scattered sand.
Although he was not at a disadvantage in terms of troops, he even surrounded the Asai family. But without Ma Yin's command, everyone would lose the will to fight. They don't know if their allies will continue to fight; I don't know if there is anyone to cover my offense or defense; I don't know if I'll be left alone; I don't know where to attack, who to fight... In the end, it will only be chaos and they will be withdrawn. This is the reason why in the war, once the commander's flag is breached, the army will be wiped out. The army of the Hexagon family is about to collapse, and this is a rout that the Hexagonal family has not had in many years.
Although it is located in the territory of Minami Omi, the troops can flee back to their home on their own. However, under the pursuit of the Asai army, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties. In a short period of time, the Rokkaku family was no longer able to gather the wealthy clans who fled back to their respective territories, and the defense of Kannonji Castle and Kesaku Castle was also in jeopardy. Moreover, after this defeat, the Rokkaku family is afraid that they will lose face and shake their prestige in Omi. Many of the wealthy families at the junction are afraid that they will fall to the Asai family. The efforts of the Rokkaku family in the region for more than ten years have come to naught.
"It's too fast." Hexagon Yoshixian unwillingly turned over and got on the horse. Obviously, half an hour ago, he still defeated the Asai family, unified Omi, and dominated just around the corner. In the blink of an eye, it ended up in such a situation.
The defeat is like a mountain.
Rokkaku Yoshixian looked at the fleeing Hexagonal Army, and behind them, the horse seal fluttering in the wind with the sound of hunting, and the heroic military general under the horse print, suddenly laughed out loud.
"Virtuous government. Oh no, Changzheng! He pointed at Asai Nagamasa from a distance and said with a smile: "Breaking five formations in a row, you are already above your grandfather!" ”
The Madian of the Hexagon family issued the final order: each of them escaped. Then, he was kicked by the guards, and everyone fled in a hurry surrounded by the hexagonal Yixian.
Before crossing the river, Rokkaku Yoshixian unwillingly looked at the battlefield for the last time, and the sun was already setting in the west. The two armies, which were originally anxious, have now become the pursuit of the Asai family. The troops of the Hexagonal family retreated separately and fled in all directions, and the banners with yellow crane patterns on a black background were thrown to the ground.
He looked far away, and saw behind the Aragami Mountain in the distance, and suddenly an eagle rose into the air, crossed the top of the mountain, hit the sky, and then swooped violently, hovering low above the battlefield, soaring, chirping, as if demonstrating, as if catharsis.
Omi Eagle, take off!
At the beginning of the unitary hour, the head of the fertile field city was already full of smoke. Since early in the morning, the Asai army, who had been fighting all day, had not eaten anything except a little dry food in the morning, and they were all hungry at the moment. Feitian Castle was ordered to mobilize the people in the territory to cook dinner and welcome the army back to the city.
The Hexagonal Army scattered and withdrew after the fall of Ma Yin, and suffered heavy losses under the pursuit of the Asai Army. Afterwards. The Rokkaku family Maya, who rushed back in time, hurriedly covered the withdrawal of the team and prevented Asai Nagamasa's further pursuit. Asai Nagamasa also did not fall in love with the war and began to gather troops in Norada.
"Brother, you're back!" When Asai Nagamasa saw Yu Qiuping rushing back with his subordinates, he hurriedly greeted him personally, "It's a pity that you let Rokkaku Yoshiken run away!" ”
"It's okay, Changzheng, you've done a good job. Without superior cavalry, how easy is it to catch the opposing commander? We've won this battle! Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "In the end, your courage to break the five preparations in a row is destined to become a myth in Omi!" ”
"My brother has won the prize. It's still my brother who is a good soldier. Asai Nagamasa sincerely thanked, "Although the martial arts of the troops have not been strengthened much, but that kind of training, that kind of spirit, that order and prohibition, it is really that the troops have become stronger by more than one grade!" ”
"The degree of training and the prohibition of orders are indeed the work of training, but the fighting spirit of seeing death as home, but you have been in politics for a long time, and the martial arts righteousness of taking the lead has brought them!" Yu Qiuping patted him on the shoulder.
"Huh? Brother? Asai Nagamasa suddenly found that Yu Qiuping's body was soaking wet and his hair was also wet, "Why did you get your whole body wet?" ”
"Because my little brother personally caught a big guy!" Maeda Toshiya, who was following Yu Qiuping, laughed loudly, "What's the matter with letting go of Rokkaku Yoshixian, it's just a former family governor!" He has arrested the current governor Rokkaku Yoshiji! ”
"What! Are you sure! Not only Asai Nagamasa, but also several important ministers around him were taken aback. Caught Rokkaku Yoshiji, it was a huge blow to the prestige of the Rokkaku family, and it was a great shame for the governor to be captured. After that, whether it is war or peace, the Rokkaku family may only be at the mercy of the Asai family!
"Of course it's true!" With a wave of his hand, Maeda Toshike brought up a pale face Yoshiji who was tied up like a rice dumpling, and the latter was stuffed with a rag in his mouth by Yu Qiuping - he remembered that the people tied up in the movie were all fortress rags. Yu Qiuping didn't know that even if he caught the local governor on the battlefield, he was generally polite and "please" back. It's too rude to tie up like him.
"It's really Rokkaku Yoshiji!" The surrounding important ministers and family elders cheered one after another, and the news of the capture of the local family governor soon spread throughout the battlefield of Norada, and the Asashigaru of the Asai family hugged each other excitedly despite their fatigue and hunger, and kept cheering! The humiliation of the Asai family for more than ten years was once able to take revenge and come back!
"How did you do that?" Asai Nagamasa asked in surprise, and at the same time hurriedly asked Rokkaku Yoshiji to loosen his ties and take out the rag.
"Rokkaku-sama led people to chase Akao-sama and fight, but he chased too deeply." Yu Qiuping smiled and glanced at the hexagonal Yoshiji with a dead face, "As soon as the horse seal fell, the hexagonal army scattered like birds and beasts, retreating in all directions, and the battlefield was very chaotic. The bridge from the east bank to the west bank of the Wenlu River was crowded by the rout, and Lord Rokkaku panicked, seeing that the pursuers were coming, he actually took off his armor and jumped into the Wenlu River, wanting to swim over. ”
"Haha, although I am not good at martial arts, but when it comes to swimming, there are few people who are my opponents!" Yu Qiuping laughed proudly, he loved swimming in his previous life, and after systematic training, he and the hexagonal Yixian who can only plane dogs are of course not at the same level. "So I jumped down with a few people, and pushed Lord Hexagon into the water, choked him half to death, and dragged him up!"
After the battlefield was cleared, the army went to Feitian Castle for dinner, and the losses and gains of the troops were also counted. In this battle, 612 of the 4,500 soldiers of the Asai Army were lost, and more than 300 people were missing and did not return. Most of them were caused by being ambushed by Keitaka of Yamaoka in Aragami Mountain and being pursued by the Rokkaku Army when they were defeated on the frontal battlefield. The head of the 1000 family was killed, the head of the Mita Village family was seriously injured, and Asai Nagamasa buried them separately.
In addition, nearly 1,000 soldiers of the Asai Army were wounded, and more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers were also killed or wounded. However, compared to the losses of the Hexagonal Army, the losses of the Asai Army were much less.
The first level obtained on the battlefield alone was 1,231 levels, and more than 2,000 people were blocked on the west bank of the Wenlu River and had no time to evacuate, and they were captured together with Rokkaku Yoshiji, and the wounded are estimated to be countless. The Asai family also seized more than 2,000 bodies of Guzu and bamboo hemp armor that the Hexagonal Army had left behind when they retreated, as well as countless bamboo guns and swords. However, since the Roxagonal family was not surrounded, it was impossible to capture and capture more. There are no more important ministers and elders of the wealthy families who have been captured.
But in a short period of time, it is impossible for the Hexagon family to gather an army of more than 10,000 people. Not to mention that most of the armor and weapons of the more than 6,000 soldiers of the Hexagonal Army were lost, and all the wealthy clans also fled back to their own territory to defend strictly, unable to fight again. According to the report of the Ma Xia people who pursued all the way, the troops around Rokkaku Yixian, including the auxiliaries, were only three or four thousand, and they fled all the way back to the Guanyin Temple and closed their doors. A large number of Rokkaku soldiers are fleeing around Norada, but because it is getting late, the Asai army is powerless to pursue them.
That night, the Asai military generals held a grand banquet in the castle tower of Hida Castle, and all the meat and wine in the nearby villages were bought, and everyone raised their glasses to celebrate. They are all old ministers who have followed the Asai family for three generations, and in the past ten years, the family has been getting worse and worse, and the land has been lost, and they have been beaten by the Rokkaku family. The Asai army was defeated in the battle of Takanomiya, and had to sue for peace in humiliation with the Rokkaku family and became a vassal of the Rokkaku family. They have endured this sulking for a long time.
In today's battle of Norada, the Asai family finally raised their eyebrows. With inferior troops, he went deep into the hinterland of the Hexagonal family and defeated the entire army of the Hexagonal family, but captured the current governor of the Hexagonal family. With such majesty and exuberance, how can these important ministers not be excited? The Asai family has stood up since then, and they no longer have to crawl in front of the Rokkaku family!
And the most excited and excited is Asai Nagamasa. He took over the position of governor from his father, in order to be ashamed of the snow and fight with the Hexagonal family. He is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, so you can imagine how much courage he is carrying. The expectations of the main battle faction, the complaints of the main peace faction, the rise and fall of the Asai family, and the fate of more than 10,000 ashigaru people are all borne by him! Now, the battle is finally over, and the Asai family has won a big victory! And he himself, because he led the eagle to break through five formations in a row, won the praise of "Omi Eagle" in.
At the banquet, Asai Nagamasa ignored his usual polite image, and ate haese with his retainers, boasting of his martial arts to each other. The retainers also officially recognized this young and promising, brave and warlike young lord as the new governor of the Asai family. In addition to being excited, Asai Nagamasa even wanted to toast the important ministers one by one. Yu Qiuping didn't have time to stop it, he had already drunk several bottles, and sure enough, he immediately fell to the ground drunk and was carried down in the laughter of everyone.
After sending Asai Nagamasa back to rest, Yu Qiuping was casually strolling outside the castle tower, and just happened to see it, sitting by the stairs, thinking silently about what Matsushita was messing about.
"Half-guard, why don't you go and celebrate! The adults inside are clamoring for a glass of you! Yu Qiuping smiled and sat down beside him, "How can you see that you are not happy!" ”
"To be happy is to be happy." Matsushita smiled lightly, "Yu private, Asai-sama is our friend. Yu Gong, the heir of Mino Saito, and the mother of Lord Ryuko are also from the Omi Asai family, and the Saito family and the Asai family are also married, and the Asai family wins, and I am naturally happy. ”
"However, the war is not the end of the war, but also how to end the truce and consolidate the fruits of victory." Matsushita shook his head lightly, "The Asai family won a big victory, so naturally they are not willing to take the initiative to send someone to ask for peace talks. The Hexagonal family was originally the overlord of Omi, but the face of this battle was lost, the governor was captured, and the hexagonal righteous and virtuous were arrogant, and they couldn't pull their faces to sue for peace. ”
"If the two armies don't stop fighting and continue to confront each other for a long time, it will not be good for anyone, and it will be easy to give the Miyoshi family a chance to intervene in Omi." Panasonic looked at Yu Qiuping lightly, "This is what we have to think about now." ”
"The battle has just ended, you are like this!" Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "Don't be tired. ”
"I didn't think about it after the fight, I thought about it before the fight." Panasonic shook his head lightly, "If there is no long-term concern, there must be near-term worries." If you don't think about how to end a war, you shouldn't start a war. ”
"What do you mean, the half-guard?" asked Yu Qiuping.
"Please ask the Imagawa family to intercede." Panasonic looked at Yu Qiuping lightly.