Chapter 111: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
The sound of fighting on the battlefield suddenly intensified, which made Ono Shinzaemon, who led the army to attack Yokose, feel tight, he knew that Ono Kuranobu's side might be defeated at any time, and when the time came, he would ...... "Damn!" I'm not reconciled!! The goalkeeper of Shinzae Ohno shook his head, and he shouted angrily like madness: "Follow me!" With that, he took the lead and rushed into the Yokose-in-war formation, and seeing that the main general was so desperate, the soldiers of the Imagawa army, who had the intention of retreating, were relieved, and they also roared and rushed to the Uesugi army.
Yokose Chengfan, who was commanding not far away, touched his beard after seeing this scene, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there are still bloody and brave people in the Imagawa family, but it's a pity, but today we won!" ”
"What the lord said is very true!" The side on the side hurriedly responded to the road, but suddenly found that Yokose's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked at the other party's gaze suspiciously, and the side also felt the hairs rise: Ohno Shinzaemon led the army to frantically impact Yokose Chengfan's military formation, and he was already hit by several arrows but he didn't know it, and continued to fight, a famous samurai of the Uesugi army stepped forward to fight with Ohno Shinzaemon, but was fought by the other party with a life-for-life play, and the seriously injured Ohno Shinzaemon did not retreat, but continued to shout to kill the enemy, The Imagawa army, which was infected by the main general, also showed amazing combat power, and the degree of ferocity seemed to be indifferent to their own lives. Intimidated by the ferocity of the Ono Shinzaemon army, the dominant Yokose Narishi's army showed signs of retreating.
"No, you can't do it again." Yokose Serumu secretly calculated in his heart that although with his current strength, it was not impossible to exterminate the Imagawa family of Ono Shinzaemon, but judging from the current situation, it was necessary to pay a huge price, which was inconsistent with Yokose's interests. In the final analysis, these are his private soldiers, and they are the foundation of his life, and many samurai have been painstakingly cultivated by the Yokose family, and if they are damaged here, not only will they not gain any benefit, but they will not be conducive to gaining in the next battle. However, even if he was defeated like this, Yokose Narishi couldn't explain it to his colleagues, and if Uesugi Kenmasa used this as an excuse to confiscate the territory, then the guilt would be great. With a roll of his eyes, Yokose already had an idea: "Give me the iron cannon!" ”
Approaching the side, he hurriedly handed over the iron cannon loaded with ammunition: "The lord is wise!" If you bombard the opponent with an iron cannon, no matter how brave he is, it will be in vain! ”
Hearing the flattery from the side, Yokose Narijo showed a playful smile: Who said that I was going to kill Ono Shinzaemon? I saw Yokose get up suddenly and aim the iron cannon at Nobu Onokura, who was struggling to support him on the frontal battlefield!
With the sound of a gunshot, Ohno Shinzaemon's figure suddenly froze, but then he realized that he had not been shot, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that the iron cannon was not accurate, but then the sound of the battle on the front battlefield turned into bursts of cheers, and a terrible thought emerged from the bottom of his heart.
Yokose laughed and threw the iron cannon to the side: "This iron cannon from Nanban is better than Kishu's iron cannon, and it knocks down the opponent with one shot!" Only then did he come back to his senses, and hurriedly said with a smile: "It's still the lord's magic gun, otherwise if you can't hit, no matter how good the gun is, it's useless." ”
Yokose nodded with satisfaction, the iron cannon from Nanban is much better in accuracy and power than the iron cannon produced in Kishu due to workmanship problems, although it is expensive, but it can kill the general of the opponent's army in one fell swoop, and the price is acceptable. "Alright, let's retreat!"
"Yes!" Approached and hurriedly answered, but then felt that something was wrong, the other party's generals were dead, shouldn't we take advantage of the victory to pursue? "My lord just asked us to ......"
"Retreat!" Yokose ignored the side that was stunned in place, turned over and got on his horse, obviously planning to withdraw first.
The Ono Shinzaemon Army, which was already on the verge of death, suddenly felt the pressure decrease, and thought that there was a breakthrough in the frontal battlefield, but then found that Yokose Narifu's army had retreated, and immediately cheered. Shin Ohno Saemon, who was wounded in his left arm, was holding a spear in his right hand, and his body was already trembling a little after losing too much blood, but he still raised his arms and shouted: "Victory!" ”
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
Ono Shinzaemon and others didn't know, but their cheers saved their lives, after Ohno Kurashi was shot, the entire reserve lost its command, and it collapsed in an instant, and completely retreated, if it weren't for the Uesugi army mistaking Ono Shinzaemon and others who shouted victory for their own people, Ohno Shinzaemon and others who were already at the end of the crossbow were afraid that the entire army would be wiped out in an instant.
Seeing the defeat of the Ono Kurabu team, Asahina Taino sent the next reserve team to fight, and the Uesugi army, which was worried about being attacked by the superior forces of the Imagawa army, suddenly retreated in a chaotic manner, and Ono Shinzaemon and others, who were fighting alone, were accepted and retreated.
When Ono Shinzaemon, who was covered in blood, led his army back, he was treated as a hero: when the general fighting intensity of the Imagawa army was not high and it was difficult to make progress, Ohno Shinzaemon dared to lead the first army to outflank him alone, and with a large number of soldiers, he repelled the Yokose Nari army, which was twice as large as himself, and was immediately evaluated for his wisdom and bravery. Even Asahina Taino personally received him and praised him as a general born in the Imagawa family, but after learning the news of the death of his brother Ono Kuranobu in battle, Ohno Shinzaemon was unprecedentedly confused...... Although he knew that the number of people killed in the battle was still a minority, and most of them fled the battlefield at night, the huge losses still made Ohno Shinzaemon heartbroken, after all, this reserve team was the brainchild of him and his brother.
Just when Ohno Shinzaemon was sad, the situation of the Hojo Army, which was attacking head-on, also deteriorated to an unbearable degree, although Tame Mototada and Tominaga Naokaka led the army to fight to the death, but they were still unable to resist Murakami Yoshikiyo's Kita-Shinano Army, and the entire Hojo Army had reached the moment of life and death. The pale Hojo clan looked at the tragic defeat with trembling all over, and tried hard to say something, but he only felt that his body seemed to be out of control, and the demon called fear occupied his heart, and in the end he only made a lotus sound.
Seeing that the Hojo clan was like this, the flanks under his command lost their will to fight, and after exchanging glances, they decided that as long as the battle situation was not right, they would immediately set up the Hojo clan and flee back to Odawara Castle. Just when the atmosphere in this formation was extremely depressing, there was a sudden earth-shattering cheer from the front line: "The head of the multi-eyed Yuanzhong is begging for !! ”
"The head of the multi-eyed Yuanzhong seeks !!"
"The head of the multi-eyed Yuanzhong seeks !!"
Hojo family general, one of the commanders of the five color preparations, a rare wise man who was once called "teacher" by the Hojo clan's Yasuzun, Tamu Mototada died in the battle of Fuchu Castle!
"Multi-eye circumference defense...... Killed in battle? After a long time, the Hojo clan muttered to himself, as if he refused to believe all this, at this time he finally understood the cruelty of the war, and understood the sadness of the loss of his beloved general after the night battle of Ninja City...... It seems that Tamu Mototada, a highly trustworthy minister with ability and loyalty, is the indispensable mainstay of every family, the night battle of Ninja City and the second battle of Kofuda have made the Hojo family lose too much, Tamu Mototada, as one of the few old ministers, died in battle, for the Hojo family at this time, it was really a too painful blow. With the death of Tamu Mototada, which had been suppressed, the Hojo Army, which had been supported by a breath of blood and bravery, suddenly showed signs of collapse, and no matter how Tominaga Naokaka commanded, he could not recover the decline.
"Hojo Family...... Is that the end of it? Tominaga Naokami, who was stained with blood, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but cry like rain.
In the main formation of the Murakami army, Murakami Yoshikiyo looked at the envoy sent by Uesugi Kenmasa with a pale face, and said in a deep voice: "Why, is it possible that the dignified Kanto leader can't even block a partial division of the Takeda family?" ”