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In the war of the Cold Weapon Age, it was common sense to fight the generals, and the soldiers fought the soldiers, especially in Western Europe and Japan in the feudal era, knights or samurai regarded the reputation of the family and the honor of the individual as more important than life, so they disdained to fight the peasants, and were even more reluctant to die at the hands of the peasants.

In the course of the war against the Muslims, Europe slowly realized that personal honor must give way to family fame, and began to reform the military system. The model of [military generals heads-up] gradually disappeared, and in ancient Macedonia, the military [phalanx tactics] of the Roman era became popular again.

However, in Japan, inspired by the [spirit of bushido], this method of fighting, although it was considered unfeasible by military masters of later periods, was extremely unbelievably popular until the Meiji Restoration, when Saigo Takamori wore armor and fought with government troops several times during the rebellion in the southwest.

Before the Mongol invasion, the Japanese tactics were to fight separately in small groups, with the generals of one side first reporting their family history and official position challenges, and those of comparable status in the opposing side going out to report their family history and official positions in response to the battle.

Therefore, when they encountered the overwhelming assault formation of the Mongol cavalry (the simple-minded Mongol Tatars were actually learned from the Jin and Song kingdoms), not only were they beaten and had no power to fight back, but they were also inexplicable -- these barbarians did not pay attention to the rules at all!

In Europe, knightly duels outside the battlefield were also popular for a time. Even in a scuffle, the knights will consciously look for someone of the same status to compete with. Each family in Europe and Japan had its own coat of arms and flags, and there were special people who used the coats of arms to identify and record the families that participated in the war.

All the great battles were widely circulated through historical sources and literature. Usually the confrontation between the nobles was one-on-one, and how the noble, famous knight or samurai died in battle and who was killed is well documented.

However, there are exceptions, such as the pure samurai Genji in the Genpei War, which is much dirtier than the aristocratic Taira, and is often accompanied by some small actions when going heads-up. Even the source of the Yoshitsun is a conspiracy embryo.

I sometimes wonder if Lao Luo, the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", is really a military strategist, since he has done things and fought with Zhang Shicheng, then he shouldn't write "Who will come", "xx's xx is also", "nameless junior, come and die quickly", [less than three rounds, beheaded under the horse], [cover up the past] and other plots, idiots will fight like this! Wouldn't someone like Zhuge Liang who can't do martial arts be able to get along!

The most speechless thing is that after Lao Luo himself [nonsense], the authors of the next romance novels began to imitate him, "Romance of the Fengshen", "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The Legend of the Yang Family", "The Legend of Yue Quan" and other novels are all in this mode, and what other anti-heaven formations such as [Tianmen Array] and [Vermilion Bird Array] appeared...... Could it be that there were fantasy novels in ancient times?!

It is estimated that he likes to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but what he sees is only the plot of wit, and he estimates that he has mentioned the war scenes in the book all his life.

(The funniest thing is that there are many authors on the Internet who like [Three Kingdoms] actually describe the war like this, and I am crazy with joy when I read it.) ）

At this point, the situation is more stiff.

The Einsatzgruppen wants the ninja army to attack first, and similarly, the ninja army also hopes that the enemy will play this [first move].

They all want to use the tactics of [Defensive Counterattack].

As a result, the position fell silent imperceptibly -- as if the battle was over. At this time, there are three paths in either way: one is to maintain a confrontational situation; One is to resolutely attack; One is to quit the fight.

The Einsatzgruppen will never retreat, Yamazaki Nagatoku knows that the success of his actions is related to the strategic plan of the lord, if he leaves like this, he will definitely have no good fruit to eat, even if he is an old minister who is loyal to two generations at home, the lord will punish him mercilessly!

On the ninja side, the strength is at a disadvantage, but there will be Yoshikawa Motoharu's army to cooperate in the rear, and there are good conditions to take the second way; But after a day of painful lessons and torture, I have lost my faith.

They couldn't tell whether the enemy in front of them was an advance party or a ninja like them - there were no flags, no family crest on their armor, and the weapons in their hands were more like they were made for assault and quick combat.

But he was reluctant to retreat, because it was completely connected with the determination to fight, and the ninja was willing to prove himself with the determination to die.

And the current situation does not justify and need to go down this path, only maintaining confrontation is the best way. They estimated that it would only take two days for the large army stationed on the Silver Mountain to rush over and strike at this strange force.

Even if we couldn't make it at that time, we would have arrived on the morning of the third day anyway.

Reinforcements from other allies may also be available. This kind of hope has existed since the beginning of the battle, especially when the battle cannot be resolved after several attacks.

Yamazaki Nagatoku didn't want to wait any longer, he knew that if he didn't meet the deadline, he would be punished.

At this time, Yamazaki Nagatoku was sitting in the temporary [Honjin] at the front line, and looked at the sun in the southwest. He felt that in order to facilitate the future operation, in order to preserve the living force, it was necessary to strive for victory, even if the casualties were greater, than to retreat and be pursued by the enemy, or to be bombarded indiscriminately by the inexplicable [grenades].

He observed the position of Hebei Yicheng on the right flank, where the firing range was better, and received reports from them that he was able to withstand the enemy. He ordered them to hold their positions and have a chance to advance again.

Before the sun went west, he didn't have much to worry about the enemy's reinforcements, but because he had been fighting for too long, the enemy's reinforcements might come, and even if he didn't dare to fight boldly, it would be dangerous to put them on the flanks. On the one hand, he ordered Kimura Yoshikiyo to divide another part of his men and horses, go forward for about ten miles, and if the enemy advances, he will fight and retreat; If you don't move, monitor the enemy on the spot. On the other hand, it was determined to quickly resolve the fighting.

A new order was given for the attack, and the archers and iron gunners of the first column of the Einsatzgruppen quickly completed their preparations for firing, so that Kimura Yoshikiyoshi and Yasuda Kunitsugu could cover the advance while the two teams charged, and at the same time prevent the enemy from counter-charging.

The advance team, having received the order for the assault, was completely lightly armed, and was scheduled not to avoid bombs during the assault.

The Kimura and Yasuda teams advanced covertly, and after a few minutes, the advance team rushed to the enemy, and then countless white smoke balls and rumbling explosions appeared, and the first one had just flown away, and the new one rose again, like a pearl spring, constantly bursting and gushing out.

(I feel that this [smoke bomb] is about to become another bug in this book)

[Kill, kill, kill!! 】

All the weapons in the battle position roared and roared, and the ninja soldiers who stood up and threw [grenades] fell in large numbers - perhaps it was the speed of the enemy's advance and the pussy that made them stunned as ninjas.

The white smoke balls have also been slightly reduced. The soldiers of the Einsatzgruppen took the opportunity to rush into the white clouds, so many balls of black smoke immediately poured out from the ninja army's position, the highest mountain, and the Einsatzgruppen soldiers took advantage of the black smoke to rush to the ninja army's side, so that the white cloud world gradually dissipated, and in its place, a new black world rose on the mountain. The gunners and archers of the Einsatzgruppen took cover of their positions and stopped firing, but they were still in a ready position.

After hand-to-hand combat, long-range weapons become useless, and the powerful [grenade] loses its value, and throwing it at such a distance will accidentally injure one's own people.

The sound of gunfire gradually stopped, and the black or white smoke was no longer visible, replaced by flashes of swords in the hands of both armies waving across the position.

The ninja army was caught off guard and was psychologically weak, and the enemy was not actually a ninja like them, but a regular army with good skills, and the shortcomings of their own lack of hand-to-hand combat were quickly exposed.

Several ninjas were splattered with blood, and they were slashed to the ground.

[Retreat quickly!] These enemies aren't ninjas! We can't deal with them alone! 】

I don't know who shouted, probably the leader, the ninjas hurriedly retreated as if they had been amnestied, they didn't even care about their own positions, and let the enemy capture them.

Defeat the ninja who retreated from the battle, and the army was crushed, and thousands of hearts commanded thousands of legs, scrambling to roll down from the barren mountain.

The ninjas running behind didn't even make a move to resist, they seemed to just want to get out of the damn barren mountain.

There is no other movement, only the swing of thousands of legs; There were no other sounds, only constant wheezing; Sometimes there is also a short and rapid [go! Let's go! [You guy dare to stand in the way] shouts and insults of fear.

Some don't use their feet to walk, and slide down the steep slope and roll; Some threw away all their weapons and fled alone; Some knew that they were running slowly and couldn't escape, so they simply knelt on the ground and surrendered, asking [Master Samurai] to avoid death; Some run under the shrubs, weeds, and rocks to avoid the rush from behind.

Ninjas who fight for money aren't brave at all.

Far from being as heroic as depicted in Koga Ninja and Ninja City, the reason why lowly ninjas were looked down upon by samurai was not only because of their humble origins and dishonorable methods, but also because of their greed for life and fear of death, their lack of courage and the lack of a spirit to die made it difficult for their employers to treat them as their own.

Among them, the middle ninja who was in charge of the command tore off the [ninja chapter] they used to show off their identities before, abandoned their swords, and prepared to be captured together in the lower ninja.

Behind this group that rolls down in no order, there is another group that rolls down in no order, although they are also not neatly organized, and they are also scrambling to roll, but the thousands of legs are commanded by one heart.

Although they also had constant gasps, they were swallowed up by the roar of their shouting and killing, and they couldn't tell what they were shouting and what they were shouting.

The Einsatzgruppen must kill them all! Although it is impossible for Yoshikawa Motoharu not to know about this side of the matter, the confidentiality work still has to be done!

So, everyone must die!