Chapter 419: Tadanobu Motoyama VS Kenji Kitura
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After a while, the Tsugawa family's naval vessels began to change. The left and right wing generals Sama and Niito Yoichiro suddenly understood Motoyama's intentions, and hurriedly commanded the ships under his command to begin to kill the two wings of the Toga people.
The Tsugawa family navy was mainly centered on the admiral's ship, and there was an advance guard fleet, with the left and right middle guard ships and the left and right rear guard ships preparing for battle. And Yoichiro Sama and Yoichiro Shinto are in charge of commanding the left and right central guard ships. After the order was given, the ships under the command of the two men began to rush towards the flanks of Toga.
On the Toga side, Hahasaburo Miyazaki and Senbei met with the Iwafune people (although they are all collectively called the Tsugawa family water army, but in order to distinguish them, they are still called Motoyama and Iwafune. Killed himself, and immediately rushed up to resist the attack.
"Shoot the arrows!" Sama and Ichiro yelled loudly. As soon as Sama and Ichiro finished speaking, nearly 50 archers on the three small morning boats on the left flank suddenly began to fire arrows at the Toga naval army that was approaching them in front.
In naval or water warfare, in this era when iron cannons were not yet commonplace, bows and arrows were the main weapons of long-range combat. Kohaya ships are generally divided into bow Kozao and Momi Kozao. Bow Koza is a Kozao boat that takes an archer aboard, while Monomi Koza is used to probe information on the front or transmit military order information, similar to a scout with the sea. Sama and Ichiro have 3 small hayafunes and 2 seki ships under their command. One is Sama and Ichiro's ship, and the other is the main warship.
The Kohayafune is a ship that harasses and pins down enemy forces, and the main ship in real combat is the taller Sekibune. Since the Iwafune group was relatively more in number, it was in the battle with Ichiro and Hahasaburo Miyazaki in Sama on the left flank. Sama and Ichiro have two boats, while Hahasaburo Miyazaki only has one boat of his own.
The archers on both sides kept firing their arrows from afar, and the sea was rough because of the strong wind. The small morning boat rose and fell in the waves, and for a time the archers on both sides could not stand on their feet at all, so the accuracy of the arrows was much worse.
Sama and Ichiro stood on the Sekibune, looked at Kozafune, who was the first to enter the battle, and said, "Order, three rounds of rapid fire, rockets!" ”
"Hah!" The flag-bearer on the side hurriedly raised a flag in his hand high, and then waved it a few times quickly.
On the Kohaya ships, which are fighting ahead, there is a Ashgaru who is dedicated to checking the orders of the main general. After seeing the information transmitted by the general on the ship, the ashigaru suddenly opened his throat and shouted, "Three rounds of rapid fire, change the rocket!" ”
In the Tsugawa family, the Tsugawa Soji generals also managed the naval army roughly according to the management model of standing ashigaru. A small hayafune is in charge of a leading samurai, and a sekibune is a light head. The left and right wing generals and the front and rear guard generals are led by the ashigaru generals.
The leader of this small hayaya boat, the samurai, was called Kosu Ichiten, and he was a descendant of the Kosu family in the land of Awashima, which is adjacent to Echigo and Hazen. The Kosu family was destroyed by the Echigo Ayukawa family decades ago, and now Kosu is trying to restore the family name.
"Rockets! Shoot! Xiao Su waved the sword in his hand, constantly urging the archers beside him to start shooting.
As the order was given, one by one the archers began to tell the story of rockets being fired at the Toga people. Although rockets are not as lethal as ordinary arrows, ships are made of wood, and once a fire ignites a ship, it can be much more useful.
In the blink of an eye, the left and right flanks of both sides were fighting together. Sama and Ichiro and Hahasaburo Miyazaki each command their ships, and each side attacks each other from a distance with arrows.
In a short time, a Toga's ship was the first to burst into flames, and then the wind soon burned the entire hull of the ship. When it was useless to fight the fire, the sailors on this boat jumped off the boat and escaped.
In less than half an hour after the start of the war, a small hayagane was lost, and Hayazaburo Miyazaki and Kenji Kitaura in the rear had very ugly faces.
On the side of the Tsugawa family, after Tadanobu Motoyama saw that the left wing had gained a certain advantage, he hurriedly said to Shiro Iwafune on the side, "Lord Iwafune, you immediately go to support Sama and Ichiro, and cooperate with Sama and Ichiro to quickly defeat the local left wing." Then the Hui army and Shinto and Ichiro flanked the enemy's right flank. In this way, the enemy army will have no power to return to the sky! ”
"Good!" Shiro Iwafune didn't say much, and hurriedly jumped from the general's ship to the side of the waiting ship, and then said loudly, "Sail!" Target the right flank of the enemy, charge! ”
Suddenly, the Guan boat rushed out like an arrow from the string, followed by two small morning boats.
With the arrival of Shiro Iwafune, the situation became more and more unfavorable for Hayazaburo Miyazaki. Although Kenji Kitaura in the rear had the heart to support Hayazaburo Miyazaki's battle, there were only 3 Kohaya boats left by his side. If the ships were sent to support Hayazaburo Miyazaki, then the Tsugawa family's navy would be able to kill them directly.
Kenji Kitaura didn't think he could stop more than 10 boats from the mountains with a single ship.
Just when Kenji Kitaura was anxious, a voice pulled Kenji Kitaura back from hell to heaven!
"Leader, look, it's Hachiro! It is the ship of Okubo-sama! One of the Toga-gun archers said loudly.
Kenji Kitaura immediately looked back and saw a fleet rushing towards him from the direction of Ogakan. Isn't the flag hoisted on the fleet the Hachiro people who have been thinking about it for a long time?
"Haha! There is no endless road, everyone! The people of Okubo Nagaki are here, and we are saved! Everyone, rush with me! Seeing that reinforcements were coming, Kitaura Kenji had disappeared from his previous concerns, and hurriedly commanded the remaining ships to support the seven or eight ships that had prepared Iwafune to besiege Hayazaburo Miyazaki.
Hahasaburo Miyazaki was about to burst into tears at this time, not moved, but smoked. Miyazaki's boat was besieged by four or five Iwafune Kohayafune, and nearly 60 archers on four Kozaruma boats continued to shoot round after round of rockets, igniting Miyazaki's boat directly.
The speed of the ship is not as good as that of Kohayafune, and Hahasaburo Miyazaki can't run if he wants to, and he can't catch up if he wants to. There were originally two small hayafune guards beside him, but with the killing of Shiro Iwafune, they were directly dispersed.
At present, his only two small morning boats are also surrounded by the Iwafune crowd in front of them, unable to move, and may sink at any time.
Fortunately, due to the timely arrival of the Hachiro people, Kenji Kitaura finally had the confidence to come out to support. With the arrival of Kenji Kitura, the three small hayafunes hurriedly isolated the small hayamoes of the Iwafune group from the boat of Hayazaburo Miyazaki.
Hahasaburo Miyazaki seized the opportunity and hurriedly commanded his men to start fighting the fire. And Kenji Kitaura also took over the command and began to command the five small morning boats on the field to meet the battle.