Chapter 249: The Battle of Hidaka River (1)
Knock knock! The taiko drums sounded in unison, and the Battle of Hidaka River began.
"Shoot!"
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
Zhezhi Kiyohiro led the iron artillery team to shoot at the opposite bank, although the enemy was not within range, there was no lethality at all. However, the smoke of gunpowder in the sky and the neat platoon of guns had already achieved the effect of deterring the enemy, and the Tayama army did not dare to press on the river at all.
"Forward!" Miyoshi Yoshitsugu commanded 3,000 people in Kawachi, slowly flowing into the Hidaka River, and with the iron artillery team's pressure array, he could cross the river boldly with confidence.
"Steady! Let them cross the river! "Segawa Morinao was in the first formation of the Tayama Army, and he was a member of the Kii people, and his castle, Kamamine Castle, was close to the domain of Hosokawa's retainer Horiuchi Clanzen. In recent years, he has also been fighting with the Horiuchi family, and joined the Tayama rebels in order to protect himself.
"Stand still! Hurry up, hurry up! "Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, who crossed the Hidaka River, did not immediately enter the battle, but first knocked out the water droplets on his body, and the team readjusted the formation.
"Excellent! Sortie! After a while, the Hanoi people relined the queue and slowly walked towards the Tianshan army with their spears raised.
"Archery!" Tamaki Naokazu commanded the archers to block the advance of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, who was the lord of the Hitakakagawa region and the second largest wealthy clan in Hidaka Prefecture. His wife is the leader of the first wealthy family, Yukawa Naoharu, the daughter of Yukawa Naoharu.
"Don't hold back! Keep moving! Miyoshi Yoshitsugu withstood two rounds of arrow rain, dropped more than a dozen corpses, and came to the front of the Tianshan army.
"Attack!" Both sides shouted at the same time, spears flapping at each other, occasionally knocking one person down with one blow.
"Strategist, do you want to attack now?" Gamo Fuxiu was eager to try, and he had been facing the enemy for a long time.
"Well, it should be about the same." Honda Masanobu used a monocular to observe the enemy's flag and estimate the number of troops the enemy had put in.
"Judging from the banner, the main force of the Tayama Army, the Yukawa people, is in the main formation, but I guess that it is just a bluff, and the Yukawa people must have been lurking around waiting for the opportunity. In that case, our original plan remains unchanged, so you two can go down and prepare. Honda Masanobu put down the binoculars in his hand and commanded calmly.
"Yes!" Oura saluted Shin and Gamo and excitedly ran down the hill to return to their respective reserves.
Soon, Dinghai Bei and Saga Bei forcibly crossed the river from the left and right sides, and like a pair of pincers, they bit into the main camp of Mukaiyama Takamasa.
"The Hosokawa army has finally moved, and it is in vain that we have been in ambush for so long." Yukawa Naoharu hid behind a large tree and quietly watched Hosokawa's 1,000 troops depart.
"My lord, but there are still more than a thousand people in Hosokawa's main formation, and the flag should be Sekihara. It is said that this army followed Hosokawa Nobumoto to the east and west, and repeatedly made war exploits, and was the elite of the elite. "Haruhiro Nobe hides behind another tree and observes, he is the important minister of Naoharu Yukawa, the number one fierce general.
"It's almost over, if even these thousand people are transferred, I wonder if Hosokawa Nobugen has set a trap for us, you must know that he is a famous wise general of the Oda family." Yukawa Naoharu had to be cautious, after all, Hosokawa Nobumoto's name was too big.
"My lord, in that case, let's still raid from the back of Hosokawa's main formation? Like the last time you killed Yoshiken Miyoshi? Haruhiro Nobe smiled cruelly, the tactics of the year can be called a classic.
"That's right, after these people who left will fight against their own family, let's leave and launch a surprise attack, or use the iron artillery team as the main force!" Yukawa Naoharu beckoned, and everyone hid in the mountains and forests again.
"Kill!" Dinghai Bei and Saga Bei successfully detoured back to the two flanks of Tayama's main formation, and Tayama's army also seemed to have been prepared to send troops to meet them.
"Thrust!" Oura did not attack for Shin and Gamo Fuxiu at all, and they made a stunner as soon as they came up.
"Oh!" The Hosokawa army ran two steps, and one by one stabbed straight into the line of the Tayama army.
"Ahh "Ugh!" Puff puff! The front row of the Tayama army was just about to raise his spear and prepare to slap, when he was stabbed down by an oncoming stab, and he fell into chaos.
"Calm down! Stabilization! "Tayama's genealogy retainers Tange Morichi and Tagawa Juntada fought hard to hold on to their forces, and once they were defeated, Tayama Takamasa would be exposed to the enemy's forces.
"Thrust Triple Strike! Rise! Oura seized the initiative in time for Shin and Gamo Fuxiu and launched a continuous onslaught.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! ”
The Hosokawa army marched at a unified pace, one thrust every three steps, and each thrust ruthlessly harvested one fresh life after another.
"Ahh Damn! "These improvised peasant soldiers, who have never seen this kind of battle, saw their partners around them being stabbed to death one by one, they screamed in fright, and ran away.
"Bastard! Hold it! Don't run! Don't run! No matter how much the Tayama warriors scolded, they couldn't stop the peasant soldiers from fleeing.
"My lord, the left and right formations of the family are about to collapse at the touch of a button, it seems that this is the elite troops of the Hosokawa family. It's better to move back in this formation and avoid the edge for the time being. You Zuo HD hurriedly suggested that he was an important minister of the Tianshan family tree, the guardian of Kii Province, and the traitor Hanoi Guardian of the You Zuo religion, in the same vein.
"However, in this way, the current formation will be disconnected from the previous formation, won't it make them fall into encirclement?" Tayama Takamasa's heart was very struggling, and since the battle, 3,000 troops have been invested in the front. Later, when he found out that the Hosokawa army had made a detour, he was very happy, thinking that he had succeeded in luring the strength of the Hosokawa main formation, and he also divided half of the only 2,000 people in the main formation to resist the Hosokawa army.
Unexpectedly, the Hosokawa army fought so violently that in the blink of an eye, the left and right flanks were already no longer good. He is now riding a tiger and it is difficult to get down, whether he advances or retreats.
"My lord! Look no further! The enemy is about to be killed! You Zuo was so anxious that he could not do it, he had already seen that the discipline of these two reserve teams was so strict and the courage of the battle, and the thousand people in his own formation were not their opponents at all.
"Wait, wait, wait. As long as Yukawa Naoharu and the others succeed, we will win. "Now Tayama Takamasa has pinned all his hopes on the Yukawa people, and the number of people who participated in the raid totaled more than 1,000 people, more than half of whom were iron cannons, which was the trump card in the hands of the Tayama family.
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
As if to verify Tayama Takamasa's prophecy, a deafening sound of iron cannons was heard on the hill of Hosokawa's main camp.
Just by listening to the sound, you can know that the number of shots just now is definitely more than 500 iron cannons, and the lethality at such a close range can be imagined.
Everyone on the battlefield not only turned their heads to look at the large horse seal flag representing Hosokawa Nobumoto on the hill. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie