Chapter 601: Ambush on All Sides (4)

"The high mountain army, there is a buried ...... Yes! The nearest Uesugi army was about to turn around and run back, but before they could take two steps, they were chopped to pieces by Maeda Toshiya and Machetar, who rushed to the front.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, quickly line up to meet the enemy!" Seeing that the ambush was all ashigaru, and he was planning to engage with him in a short fight, how could Murakami Yoshikiyo let go of this opportunity, the evil qi in his heart had been held all the way, and he was trying to fight a big battle with the Takayama Army to spit out the evil qi in his chest.

However, he looked at it, although the current Uesugi army is still the Uesugi army, but it is not the morale of the army when they first came, they have been ambushed by the Takayama army several times, and their morale has been reduced a lot, and this way down, they feel physically and mentally exhausted, that is, because the Uesugi army has always been disciplined, otherwise, I am afraid they would have fled a long time ago.

And when the three samurai led the 900 Takayama army to rush down the hillside, the Uesugi family's ashigaru formation had not yet been lined up, and Maeda Toshiie and others couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw this, and directly led the army to rush towards the enemy, hoping to inflict the greatest casualties on the enemy.

However, although the Uesugi army is demoralized and physically and mentally exhausted, it is an elite after a long time of training, and now they have to worry about their lives, so they can't help but work hard, although the formation has not been completed, but when the Takayama army rushed down, I saw the Uesugi family ashigaru, one after another to the ashigaru around them, although the big formation was not completed, but they were lined up into a dozen people, or dozens of people in a circle formation.

The spears in their hands were like hedgehogs as soon as they turned outward, but this defensive formation was hastily formed after all, especially the small formation of more than a dozen people. The gap in the middle of the spear is too big, it is impossible to block the attack of the high mountain army, and the defensive formation of the dozens of people is not so easy to break, because of the large number of people, so the ashigaru besieges the city in a concentric circle, and the two rows of spears are one in front of the other, sealing the gap to death. It's not that Maeda Toshiya and the others can't break it, but they don't have the time, and they are ambushed. It's only right to slam and retreat, and if you love the stack, you might be surrounded by enemies.

When Maeda Toshiie and others led the Takayama Army to attack. Murakami Yoshikiyo was not idle, he saw that although the Takayama Army had entered the army, but they were only killing in one direction, he knew that he didn't want to fight with him, but how could Murakami Yoshikiyo let them leave easily, seeing that the enemy did not kill in his own direction, he immediately led the ashigaru around him, and wanted to block the way of the main enemy, as long as the way of the Takayama Army could be blocked, then it would not be so easy for him to run.

And as long as it's glued to it. Then Murakami Yoshikiyo is confident that with the advantage of being outnumbered, it is not impossible to defeat this army of nearly 1,000 people in one fell swoop, or even annihilate it completely.

After giving the order, just a moment later, more than two hundred ashigaru gathered around Murakami Yoshikiyo, although it was a little unlikely that he would be able to block the way of the main Takayama army with such a number. However, Murakami Yoshikiyo is not too worried, he is now dozens of meters away from the Takayama Army, and thousands of troops under his command are nervously defending, as long as they are gathered together along the way, there is no need to worry at all.

Maeda Toshiie is different from Maeda Keiji, he is not hot-headed and fights the enemy. Don't look at him attacking from west to east, but the retreat he chose was not east, but north.

At that time, before leaving the army, the clan not only ordered him to lead the army to ambush the enemy, but also ordered him to join forces with himself after the ambush, how could he forget, so Maeda Toshiya and other samurai have been rushing to kill the enemy's front army, and once they see that the situation is not good, they will lead the army to retreat north.

And don't look at him tearing up and killing the enemy, but he has been paying attention to the enemy's movements, and the distance of tens of meters still can't escape their eyes, when Murakami Yoshikiyo just gathered the army, Maeda Toshiya and others have already found out. …,

And when the hundreds of troops rushed to the east, I saw Maeda Toshiie stabbing an Uesugi family to death with a spear in his hand, and said loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, and immediately retreats with me, quickly." With that, he first led dozens of his subordinates to run to the north to kill the Uesugi family who was blocking the north.

After receiving the order, the nearly 1,000 Takayama army suddenly turned and rushed to the north, although there were enemies in the north, but there were not many of them, and there was Maeda Toshiya in front of the road, how could they stop the charge of the nearly 1,000 Takayama army.

When Murakami Yoshikiyo led his army to the east, the Takayama Army had already broken away from the battle, and although it only ran more than ten meters away, it was obvious that the plan to encircle and annihilate the Takayama Army had failed.

"Give me chase, I can't let the enemy run away." After several enemy ambushes, even the always cautious Murakami Yoshikiyo was completely enraged, and when he saw that Takayama wanted to escape, he immediately ordered a pursuit.

Although he was angry, he was not carried away by the anger, he thought that the enemy had dispatched thousands of ninjas before, and now there were nine hundred ashigaru, with the strength of the Takayama family, this should already be all its strength, even if there were some, it should not be too much, and the remaining army may have to stay in Matsukura Castle, so there should be no ambush ahead.

Maeda Toshiya couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the enemy chasing, although he led the army to bring many casualties to the enemy, but if the enemy could really catch up for a few miles, then the army under the command of Omiya Keiren and Sugitani Zenjubo would definitely be able to earn their part back.

However, after all, the enemy is already tired, but the Takayama army has been repairing for a long time, and in addition, this Murakami Yoshikiyo is already old, if he really wants to run, I am afraid that he will be able to throw off the enemy in less than two miles.

Seeing that the enemy behind him had been thrown away from a distance of nearly 100 meters, Maeda Toshiya ran while talking with Hidemasa Hori and Katsusuke Tanaka, and immediately ordered the army under his command to slow down a little, of course, it can't be slowed down suddenly, otherwise with the cautiousness of Murakami Yoshikiyo, it must be seen that there is fraud in it, so the Takayama Army not only did not slow down at the beginning, but also accelerated slightly, but when the distance between the two armies was pulled to about one hundred and fifty meters, it no longer accelerated, but kept it all the time, no matter who would think, This is already the fastest speed of the Gao Shan Army, and even if you want to be fast, you can't go fast.

After the ambush just now, the more you go to Matsukura City, the smoother the road becomes, and you can't even see a narrow valley, even the distance between the narrowest valleys is hundreds of meters, which makes Murakami Yoshikiyo feel at ease and boldly chase, although Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna has also persuaded the other party several times along the way to slow down, but seeing that the enemy is in front of him, how can Murakami Yoshikiyo agree, if possible, now he prefers to chase all the way to Matsukura City, although he is tired under his own command, However, the enemy was no better, and with nearly three times the strength of his own army, it was not easy to retake Matsukura Castle without the enemy being prepared.

But he just thinks about it, with the current state of Ashigaru under his command, I'm afraid that even if he can run to Matsukura City, he won't be able to stand up, how can he still have the strength to attack the city.

In the blink of an eye, he has rushed out of the road to two or three miles, at this time Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang is already tired, Murakami Yoshikiyo has been fighting outside for many years, although he is old, but it can be said that such a rapid march can be said to be commonplace, but he Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang is not good, he is pampered and pampered He usually rarely even goes out of battle, and he has not been once before running such a long way, don't look at him as a samurai, usually exercise, but it is all in moderation, if you really run, I'm afraid he can't even run ashigaru.

I saw Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang gritting his teeth and running a few steps to Murakami Yoshikiyo's side, panting and saying, "Murakami... My lord, I think the distance between the enemy and the enemy has always been about one hundred and fifty meters, and the enemy has been rested when he is ambushed again, but the coalition forces have not rested much from Sakurato Castle, and some of them have not even eaten, if they continue to chase like this, even if they can catch up with the enemy in front, they will not have the strength to fight, so ...... So let's slow down and take a break. ”…,

It's not that Murakami Yoshikiyo doesn't want to rest, but one is that he is reluctant to miss the opportunity to completely annihilate the mountain army in front of him, and another point is that he knows that once he stops, then such a tired army will not want to recover for a day or two, and the most important thing is that he is afraid that if he stops, if the enemy turns around and launches an attack, then I am afraid that with the current state of the army under his command, it will be difficult to resist at all, and then it will not be the enemy who is completely annihilated, and it will definitely be the army under his command that will be completely annihilated, so now we must continue to catch up, Even if you pay a terrible price, you must fight the enemy head-on, otherwise it will be a dead end.

Thinking of this, I only heard him say in the same breathless voice: "Lord Ji Xiaolu, do you think we still have a way to retreat now, if we don't catch up with the enemy, then there is only one way to die waiting for us, and we are dead, and there are countless retainers in the Uesugi family, and if you are killed, then the Ji Xiaolu family may no longer exist, so please hold on." ”

After speaking, Murakami Yoshikiyo didn't say anything more, because just these few words made him clearly feel that he had wasted some more physical strength.

As soon as he heard that if he didn't continue to chase him, the family would be destroyed, even if Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang couldn't run, he had to persevere.

And one hundred and fifty meters in front of Maeda Toshiya and the others are not easy, running a few miles, their bodies are also a little unbearable, although they rested for an hour or two during the ambush, but don't forget, they rushed from the island city, from the island city to the ambush site, this road is not close, and as Murakami Yoshikiyo said, once they stop to rest, then they will be more tired, when they launched the attack, they were already back and leg pain, and now they only feel that their bodies are about to fall apart. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )……,