Chapter 37: Collapse
Seeing that Asai Nagamasa was attracted to him, Kinoshita Hidenaga immediately turned his horse's head, and while moving closer to the direction where the Takenaka Hanbei was, he said to Asai Nagamasa: "Kinoshita Toyoshiro Hideyoshi is here, Lord Asai will be killed!" After hearing this, Asai Nagamasa clenched the sword in his hand, and struck the straddled war horse with a horsewhip, rushing towards "Kinoshita Hideyoshi", who attracted him and fled.
Seeing this, Shibata Katsuya naturally wouldn't let Kinoshita Hidecho steal the limelight, and rushed behind Asai Nagamasa and continued to shout: "Asai Nagamasa, dare me to ride!" ”.
But Asai Nagamasa did not pay attention to Shibata Katsuie's provocation, but said to the few horsemen who followed closely behind, "Give me the bow!" The attendant behind Asai Nagamasa immediately handed over the longbow he was carrying to his lord, and Asai Nagamasa took the bow and arrow, aiming it at Kinoshita Hidenaga who was galloping on horseback.
Kinoshita Hidecho had just run to the side of the people sent by the Takenaka Hanbei to support, and before everyone could react, Kinoshita Hidecho was hit by an arrow from behind and fell off his horse.
At this time, the samurai and ashigaru who came to protect Kinoshita Hideyoshi were dumbfounded, and looked at Kinoshita Hidecho who had fallen off the horse, and hurriedly rushed up to protect them. Senshi Hidehisa, who was sent by the Takenaka half-guard, took the lead, rushed to Kinoshita Hidenaga's side, and ran towards the crowd with Kinoshita Hidecho on his back.
Just when Asai Nagamasa thought he had succeeded, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately became angry and wanted to kill back, but he was stopped by Shibata Katsuie. Asai Nagamasa looked at Kinoshita Hideyoshi's close attendant who was fighting with his cavalry, and glanced at Kinoshita Hideyoshi's mille-feuille ladyboard horse seal with hatred. Then taking advantage of the brief confusion of the Oda army, he rushed out of the flank attack and retreated towards the bottom of the mountain.
Seeing Asai Nagamasa break through from afar, Burning Sky breathed a sigh of relief, and finally let go of his hand, no longer having to dissuade the real Kinoshita Hideyoshi. Burning Sky protected Kinoshita Hideyoshi in the center of the team and returned to his previous camp the same way. At this time, the samurai who were following Asai Nagamasa's assault had been defeated by the cavalry team under Shibata Katsuie and Kinoshita Hideyoshi's close attendants, and the scattered samurai had encountered the reorganized Takenaka Hanbei.
In the end, Asai Nagamasa assaulted Kinoshita Hideyoshi's cavalry and attendants, and except for a few who broke through with Asai Nagamasa, the rest were all killed by Oda's army.
After Burning Sky protects Kinoshita Hideyoshi to the main camp, Kinoshita Hideyoshi discovers Kinoshita Hideyoshi who is protected by everyone. Kinoshita Hideyoshi immediately broke free from the guards who burned the sky, rushed to Kinoshita Hidenaga, and shouted at Kinoshita Hidecho: "Koichiro, how are you!" ”
Hidehisa Senshi, who was on the side, whispered to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "Lord, Hide-sama was shot in the back by Asai Nagamasa and fell off his horse, the situation is not optimistic!" ”
Kinoshita Hideyoshi was furious when he heard this, and shouted at Xianshi Hidehisa: "Waste, how can you not even protect Koichiro, if something happens to Koichiro, you will have to apologize!" After hearing this, all the samurai around knelt down to Kinoshita Hideyoshi and said, "I am derelict in my duty!" ”
At this time, Shibata Katsuya came to Kinoshita Hideyoshi's side and said, "Monkey, when you ran away just now, but these people were desperately resisting Asai Nagamasa's assault in the back, otherwise you probably wouldn't be able to reprimand them like you do now, right?" After that, Shibata Katsuya got off the horse and continued to say to Kinoshita Hideyoshi: "There are five hundred Ashigaru in the back, this time I have moved the old bottom out, monkey, you have to command well, and I am a shame for the Oda family generals!" ”
After that, Shibata Katsuya touched Hidecho Kinoshita on the ground with his hand, and said to everyone: "Koichiro's bones are fine, but this arrow wound is a bit troublesome!" As he spoke, Shibata Katsuya pressed Kinoshita's back with his left hand and held the arrow with his right hand.
Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who originally wanted to refute Shibata Katsuie's ridicule, didn't say anything when he saw Shibata Katsuya treating the arrow wounds on Kinoshita Hidenaga's body, and turned to the burning sky who was watching the situation and said, "Mingshamen, take my horse seal and half-guard to attack the Asai army under the mountain!" It is bound to be a shame for the samurai of the Oda family! ”
After saying that, Kinoshita Hideyoshi looked at Shibata Katsuya in front of him, and while ordering his samurai to fetch a white cloth, he pulled out the arrow that shot through Kinoshita Hidechomaru. From time to time, he said to Shibata Katsuya: "There is a labor Shibata-sama, Shibata-sama is hard!" Burning Sky glanced at Kinoshita Hideyoshi, and said to the attendants who were holding horse seals around him, "Come with me!" ”
After leaving the main camp, Burning Sky glanced at the sky where the raindrops had stopped dripping, and immediately led his men to join the Takenaka half-guard, and the two agreed that this was the time when the morale of the Asai army was low, and they should immediately counterattack the enemy. Later, Kanku led his original subordinates, plus the thirty iron guns and fifty guns and five samurai assigned by the Takenaka Hanbei, a total of 127 people, and the brigade led by the Takenaka Hanbei to form a Zhengqi two forces and kill the Asai army, which had already begun to retreat.
Asai Nagamasa, who safely escaped from the attack of the Oda army, looked at the retreating and demoralized samurai and ashigaru in front of him, and said loudly to them: "The notoriety of the Oda army, you must have heard of it, we can only avoid death by fighting, we are the lackeys of the demon eradication for Bishamen Heaven today, Bishamen Heaven will definitely bless us and wait for victory, I have already shot and wounded the enemy's general, our army should take advantage of the enemy's timidity to charge again and defeat the Oda army in one fell swoop!" ”
As soon as Asai Nagamasa's words fell, he saw two teams of men rushing down from the bottom of the mountain, and there was a horse riding team looking for an opportunity behind them. Seeing this, Asai Nagamasa immediately said to the remaining subordinates of less than three hundred: "The spear formation is ready to engage the enemy, and the back row is ready to release arrows!" ”
Burning Sky and Takenaka half-guards rushed to the bottom of the mountain and saw Asai Nagamasa in formation. Burning Sky said to the half-guards of Takenaka: "Lord Takenaka, attack head-on with the iron artillery team, and attack the flank of the formation with the iron artillery team below, echoing Takenaka-sama, presumably the enemy army will collapse if it is attacked by us before it is established." With that, he lined up the iron cannons in three columns and bombarded the left side of the gun array arranged by Asai Nagamasa.
The spears that were attacked by the iron cannon fell one after another, and those who did not fall were even more afraid, constantly retracting inward, trying to avoid the bombardment of the iron cannon. As a result, the formation of the Asai army was crushed by his own people, and the gun array in front was squeezed out of the front, and the Takenaka Hanbei took the opportunity to order his samurai and gunashigaru to charge towards the gun formation in front of the Asai family, and pulled the iron artillery team to the right side of the Asai battle formation, and shot and pressed the already panicked Asai.
The Asai battle formation, which had not yet been stable, suddenly became a mess, and Asai Nagamasa wanted to assault the Oda family's iron artillery team, but because of the chaos of the formation, the order could not be conveyed at all, and after Asai Nagamasa sighed, he withdrew backwards with the samurai and ashigaru who were still able to obey the command. The Asai army, who was already in turmoil, saw that Asai Nagamasa was evacuating, and his main heart was suddenly lost, and everyone scrambled to flee backwards.
The horseback team temporarily commanded by Hidetaka Kawajiri on the mountain saw the Asai army and shouted, "Attack!" With the cavalry behind him, he rushed towards the scattered Asai army with overwhelming momentum.