Chapter 114: The Wind Rises on Jiangmen Mountain
Seeing that the Hojo Army ignored the encirclement of the Uesugi Army, and continued to launch a decisive assault on the Naomoto Formation of Uesugi without forgetting his life, Asahina Taino, who had always been confident as if everything was under control, finally changed color, and a pair of tiger eyes stared at the Hojo clan who was fighting bloodily in the war, and it took a long time to burst out of his teeth a few words: "The whole army, go out!" ”
"Hah!" The herald hurriedly conveyed Asahina's order, but Ono Shinzaemon, who was watching the battle, looked at all this with complicated eyes, and his heart was secretly flooded: It seems that the clan is also a generation of heroes.
"Asahina-sama ......"
"What?" Asahina Taineng replied in a cold tone.
"Clan Politics ...... He will definitely be a fierce rival of his family in the future! Ohno Shinzaemon said seemingly casually.
For the first time, Asahina Taineng did not sarcastically mock Ohno Shinzaemon, but nodded solemnly: "This son talks about the art of war, but it is just a Chinese asset, and his ability to unite people's hearts is also commendable, but I didn't expect that he would have this courage at a young age!" Fortunately, the Hojo family has withered over the years, otherwise it would be a great enemy no less than the clan Yasuko. ”
With the Imagawa army joining the battle group, the main force of the Uesugi army fell into the dilemma of being caught in the front and back, although Uesugi Asanoo tried desperately to prevent the counterattack, but the title of the first general of the Imagawa family was not boasted, under the onslaught of the Asahina family's 2,000 troops, Uesugi Asanao's main formation collapsed, and Uesugi Asanoo himself fled in embarrassment under the protection of the flank. The resulting domino effect put the mighty Uesugi army in a predicament of defeat. First the main frontal force collapsed, and then the Murakami army, which confronted the Takeda army on the flank, saw that the situation was not good, and retreated privately, and Uesugi Kenmasa's Chinese army was suddenly exposed to the troops of the Hojo clan army, the Takeda Nobuyoshi army, and the Asahina Taino army. Seeing the Uesugi soldiers fleeing everywhere, Uesugi Kenmasa was horrified and hurriedly gave the order to retreat, and asked Kohata Kenshige to lead the army behind. But Kohata Kenshige has been leading his troops to fight with Hojo Tsunashi for a long time, how will he retreat for a while and a half? What's more, the collapse of the main army has long shaken the morale of the army, and the situation at this time is not necessarily much better than when the night battle of Heyue was made. However, it is difficult to disobey the king's order, not to mention the orthodox samurai education that Kohata Kenshige received since he was a child, although he was dissatisfied with the main family in private, but when he really arrived on the battlefield, Kohata Kenshige still faithfully carried out the orders of Uesugi Kense. While trying his best to deal with Hojo Tsunari, he collected the defeated troops, fought and retreated, and protected Uesugi Kenmasa from Fuchu Castle.
In the early morning of the next day, the main force of the Kwantung Coalition Army, 32,000 troops, converged with the vanguard army and surrounded the 6,000 troops under the command of Nagahide Sasaki, who had been arrayed for a long time, at Shomonyama in Uebu County.
Dressed in flying dragon red armor, Sasaki Nagahide, who had a clear gaze, sat on the top of the mountain, silently watching the coalition army array, surround Jiangmen Mountain, and did not have the slightest intention of taking advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to thwart its sharp spirit first. Behind him, a newly made coffin lay quietly in the center of the makeshift altar, the lid of the coffin was not covered, and there lay the corpse of Tsukahara Moryū, dressed in military uniform. On both sides of the coffin, there are two people, Tsukahara Nagakei and Inukai Yoshio, the heavy generals of the Tsukahara family. Tsukahara Changqing was born in the Shinano Ogasawara clan, the way of the bow and horse is very good, the art of war is also a temporary choice, when Tsukahara Molong raised the army, Zhou Dashuai pretended to be stupid, Tsukahara Nagakei is the most warlike general under Tsukahara Molong, it can be said that it is the pillar of the battle of the Black Dragon River. At this moment, he was dressed in gorgeous gold-inlaid armor, his eyes were sharp, and he carefully observed the battle formation of the Kwantung Coalition Army. Inukai Yoshio is the eldest son of the dog adoptive family of the Ueno country, but he would rather give up his family status at the beginning, and follow Tsukahara Molong when he was the most down, and never give up, so he won the trust of Tsukahara Molong, and was taught the art of war and martial arts by Tsukahara Molong. On the side of the two of them, there are twelve generals who command the army, and the stars hold the moon to guard Sasaki Nagahide in the center.
Seeing that after the army was completed, Sasaki Nagahide still did not move, and the Kwantung coalition army was puzzled and decided to send troops to test it first, but who to send to test and how many people to send to test in the coalition camp caused a controversy, just when Sasaki Nagahide was waiting a little impatiently, the coalition army finally moved.
Commanded by the old Sugata Katsusada of the Oda family, the 7,000 army launched an attack on Shomen Mountain as the first wave of troops, Sugata Masada was quite happy in his heart, but Sugata Katsusada had a very serious face, but instead reprimanded his son and asked the troops not to underestimate the enemy. But Sasaki Nagahide's disability to command troops has almost become everyone's consensus, so no matter how Katsusada Kanya relieves, the wealthy families don't care much.
Looking from the mountain, the seven thousand Kwantung coalition troops were in a mess, rushing towards Shomen Mountain like a group outing, and the corners of Sasaki Nagahide's mouth showed a cruel smile: "Pass the order, put it closer and fight a round, and wait a while, I don't want the head of the sashiba, the head of the samurai is considered a battle achievement!" ”
"Hah!" The herald replied with a bang.
Just when Katsusada Sugatani watched with a worried face that the coalition army hastily set up a battle formation until the range of bows and arrows and launched an attack, the abnormality of the Tsukahara army made his heart tremble: Why did the coalition forces in each battle array shoot a few arrows sparsely, but the Tsukahara army, which had been waiting for a long time, did not release arrows?
One hundred steps, Tsukahara Army did not react.
Eighty steps, Tsukahara still has no reaction.
Sixty steps, Tsukahara's army still doesn't move!
Seeing this scene, even the hot-blooded wealthy families feel that something is wrong, but they have already rushed here, and they can't just run away because something is wrong, right? Then you're going to be laughed out of your big teeth.
Fifty steps, the soldiers in the front row of the Tsukahara Army held the handle of the knife with their right hands and knelt on one knee, and at this time, the officers and men of the coalition army saw the situation in the rear of the Tsukahara Army clearly: it was actually an astonishing number of iron artillery teams!
"My Yawata Daimyojin...... Where did the Tsukahara Army get so many iron cannons? Sugatani's face suddenly turned pale, and the low-ranking samurai in charge of commanding the iron artillery team shouted with hideous faces: "First team, shooting!! "The wealthy clans who were frightened by the terrible number of iron cannons of the Tsukahara army did not react, and were suddenly swept down by the iron cannons, in the history of Japan, it is not a terrible thing to be hit by an arrow, unless it hits the vital point, otherwise it is difficult for the arrow to penetrate the big armor, but even if you wear a thin steel plate, under the bombardment of the iron cannon, there is only one way to die. The people who rushed to the front were basically the most brave and good soldiers of each family, and they originally had to rely on them to drive morale, but who would have thought that they would be hit hard in an instant, and there was a tendency to collapse.
Katsusada Sugatani, who commanded the troops, immediately ordered to restrain the whole army, and those who retreated without permission were killed! It's not that Sugatani's Katsusada army was strict, but how could an army of 7,000 flee after being bombarded with iron artillery? If it gets out like that, he will lose face. The army in the rear reprimanded the defeated Hao clan in front of him to reflexively fight again, and the Hao clan who originally had the idea of fighting the autumn wind saw that the other party was a hard bone, how could they be willing to step forward again, and they actually stalemate like this.
Just when the seven thousand coalition forces were arguing, the front row of the Tsukahara army kneeling on one knee stood up one after another, roaring to kill the defeated Hao army, almost all of them had received Katori Shinto swordsmanship training, and their personal martial arts were extremely good, and even many of the low-level samurai who led the team were Tsukahara Moryū's classmates in the dojo. How can the wealthy clans who have no will to fight in a chaotic battle without a formation be able to defeat these tiger and wolf armies? Helplessly, the retreat was blocked, and the front was attacked again, and it was suddenly in a dilemma. After the situation deteriorated, many warriors of the Hao clan repented and planned to gather troops to fight again, but they not only recruited the troops under their command, but also attracted the swordsmen of the Tsukahara army, who specialized in killing samurai......
Sugatani Masada wanted to lead his troops to the rescue several times, but he was stopped by the rout of his own people, and by the time he finally dispersed the rout, the Tsukahara army had already retreated to the military formation, leaving only the corpses everywhere and the wails of the seriously injured.