。 At the same time that the abbots of Honganji Temple were discussing secretly, the 1,800 troops of Eima and Kokubunji Temple had already crossed Kojima Castle and headed straight for Matsukura Castle. "Report, Lord Takayama, the total army of 1,800 monks and soldiers of Jiangma and Kokubunji Temple has passed through the island city, please prepare as soon as possible."

Hearing this news, the head of the Gao Shan clan couldn't help but smile coldly, although the opponent's army has 1,008, but at least 1,500 of them are peasant soldiers, and looking at his command, although the army that went out of the city to meet the battle is only 1,200 people, but among these 1,200 people, there are 800 elites, with such a lineup, it is simply easy to defeat the enemy.

I only heard him speak: "I know that I have said, and I will immediately send an order to go down, so that Ashigaru will be full of food and rest, and be ready to go out of the city to meet the enemy at any time." ”

In order to let the army under his command have enough physical strength when attacking Matsukura Castle, the marching speed was very slow, and after more than a day, this army appeared two miles outside Matsukura Castle.

As soon as the army was grounded, I saw a cronie in front of me rushing towards him, only to hear him say in a panic: "Report... Newspaper to the lord, high mountain... The Takayama army has already lined up a mile outside Matsukura Castle, and the army has as many as 1,200 men, and it is up to the lord to decide. ”

"What! Tell me a little more, how many mountain troops are there? After hearing this number, Jiang Ma Shisheng couldn't help but be taken aback, didn't the information he got before say that there were only four or five hundred defenders in Matsukura City, even if you added the Inner Island Army that fled from Xiaodao City, the number of people would not exceed eight hundred at most, but now there are so many more, which is really difficult for him to accept.

"The subordinates did not dare to deceive the lord, the enemy did have 1,200 men, and they were already in formation outside the city."

At this time, the abbot of Kokubunji Temple had also come over, and after hearing the news, he was shocked at first, but he was quickly relieved, and only heard him say: "Don't worry, Lord Jiangma. If there were so many elites in the Takayama Army, I am afraid that they would have been transferred to Takayama City to help in the war, so this seat thinks that this is an extra military strength. I'm afraid it's just a peasant soldier temporarily recruited by the Matsukura Castle Guard, so there is no need to worry about it at all. ”

After hearing this, Jiangma Shisheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, he agreed with these words very much, he could temporarily recruit peasant soldiers to participate in the war, then of course the garrison of Songcang City would also think that if it was just a few hundred more peasant soldiers. Then it really won't affect the situation of the war.

Thinking of this, I only heard him smile and said: "This Matsukura Castle guard is really a bold man, but when it comes to this ability, it is far worse than his brother, if he retreats in the city to defend, with his current number of troops, it is difficult to capture this city in a hurry, but he actually went out of the city to fight in the field." It's all about looking for death. ”

"What Master Jiangma said is indeed right, and in the battle later, the enemy's elite will be dealt with by this temple. As for the peasants, they were handed over to the enemy. ”

Then the two didn't say anything more, but began to make the most difficult preparations, and the two armies are currently only one mile apart, such a distance is for the monks and soldiers of Jiangma and Kokubunji Temple, in an instant.

However, when they led the army to the battlefield, they were a little dumbfounded, the enemy did have some peasant soldiers in the formation, but the number only accounted for more than 30% of the total army at most, and looking at the rest of the army, everyone was wearing armor. Armed with a long-handled childish sword, there are as many as 800 people, not to mention that there are peasant soldiers to help in the battle, even if there is not, with such a number of elites, the army under his command is not an opponent.

This is not an exaggeration at all. If the war starts, the result will definitely be what they think, if the monks of Kokubunji Temple can block the enemy, but the Jiangma army is basically a temporary collection of peasant soldiers, most of them have not been on the battlefield, as long as the high mountain army with 300 troops entangled the monks of Kokubunji Temple, the remaining 800 troops to attack these temporary patchwork troops, then this battle, Jiangma and Kokubunji allied forces will be defeated without suspense. …,

Now I want to retreat, but it's too late, the distance between the two armies is only less than three hundred meters, once retreated, the enemy then covered up, the coalition army will collapse, they will collapse, then the Jiangma family has no army to use, no military momentum, what to use to keep the territory?

After seeing that the other party had so many elites participating in the battle, Jiangma Shisheng suddenly had no idea, only to hear him quickly ask: "Master, look... What do you think we should do now? ”

After seeing this situation, the abbot of Kokubunji also had no idea, but he knew that if he fought with the enemy, then there was still a glimmer of hope for victory, and if he retreated now, then there would really be nothing, anyway, the left and right were dead, so it was better to fight with the enemy, anyway, Kokubunji Temple was not far from Fangka City, and there was the protection of the army of the Takeda family, and the mountain army could not do anything to themselves.

As for whether the Jiangma family is dead or alive, what does it matter to him, it is not a bad thing to be destroyed by the Takayama family, and after the Takeda army destroys the Takayama family, the benefits that Kokubunji can get will be a lot, thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "At this point, what else can I do, now only by fighting with this Takayama army can there be hope, if you flee without a fight, Kokubunji and the Eoma family are not far from destruction." ”

After listening to Jiang Ma Shisheng, he just nodded helplessly, and didn't say anything, it's too late to say anything now, so it's better to give it a go.

The chief of the Takayama clan and Tanaka Katsusuke sat in the main formation, and as soon as the enemy coalition appeared, I saw Nakajima Katsujiro walking over quickly, and said loudly: "Report to the lord, Tanaka is great, the enemy's 1,800 troops have arrived, and please make a decision." ”

When he heard the news, he only heard the head of the Takayama clan say calmly: "Order, the whole army will immediately attack the enemy!" ”

"It's the lord!" After the order was issued, in addition to the 200 guards defending in the main formation, 600 elite Takayama troops in front and 400 peasant soldiers in the rear, led by samurai, rushed towards the combined forces of Eima and Kokubunji on the opposite side.

"Attack!" Seeing that the enemy had launched an attack, Jiangma Shisheng had no choice but to give the order.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies fought together, but this battle, the judgment was made, although there were more than 300 Gaoshan elite Ashigaru in the presence of the monks and soldiers of the Kokubun Temple, but the remaining nearly 600 elites were left unattended, and they quickly separated from the team and attacked those peasant soldiers.

How could the bamboo spear and wooden stick in the hands of the Jiangma family be able to block the attack of the elite of the Gao Shan family, who was wearing a full set of armor and holding a long-handled childish sword, even if the weapon in his hand was lucky enough to touch the enemy, but because it was protected by armor, it could not cause effective damage to it at all.

The Takayama Army is different, although the length of the long-handled swords in their hands is only about one meter eight, which is much shorter than the weapons in the hands of the enemy, but the blades are very sharp, and with all their strength, even the wooden sticks with the thickness of the wrist can be split in half, so even if the enemy resists with the weapons in his hands, it is still difficult to escape the fate of death.

Just a moment later, nearly five hundred elite members of the High Mountain Family had already slaughtered into the ranks of enemies who were several times their size, and their target was not these peasant soldiers.

Before the battle began, the head of the Gao Shan clan had already ordered, if conditions permitted, not to build too many casualties for the enemy, after all, he knew that the losses of the Dao family in this battle were very serious, and after the battle was over, it would be replenished immediately, and there was no suspense about the demise of the Jiangma family, so that in order not to let the quality of the soldiers of the family decline, then the best way was to choose from the territory of the Jiangma family, so this battle must control the enemy's casualties, I am afraid that among the more than 1,000 people, There should be many ashigaru who can be recruited by the family.

The leading samurai under his command resolutely carried out the orders of the lord, and they would never kill the enemies who took the initiative to dodge, and those who stood in front of them could also catch up, and only those who stubbornly resisted, they would kill them, so that the total number of enemies they killed was only a few dozen. …,

Most of the peasants had never been on the battlefield, but they were not fools, and when they found out that they could save their lives by retreating to the side, who would stand in front of them and die in vain.

In this way, the six hundred mountain elites did not take much time, and without many casualties, they were already about to rush out of the enemy ranks.

In this battle, Jiangma Shi Sheng knew that the chances of victory were not great, so like the abbot of Kokubun Temple, he did not lead the army to kill at all, but hid behind the battle, once the army in front was defeated by the Takayama army, then he would definitely turn around and flee without hesitation.

And now, although the army under his command is still showing signs of defeat, the more than 1,000 peasant soldiers have no will to fight at all, and as soon as the enemy rushes, the peasant soldiers in front of them immediately flash to the side, and no one comes forward to stop them at all, which is no different from a rout at all.

Seeing that the hundreds of enemies are getting closer and closer to themselves, it doesn't take a cup of tea to kill in front of them, and the nearly 300 monks and soldiers have been entangled with the Gaoshan army, and there is no possibility of returning to the army to rescue, so that once the enemy army rushes over, only a hundred flags can not stop the enemy's attack at all.

Thinking of this, Jiangma Shisheng couldn't help but look at the abbot of Guofen Temple, only to hear him speak: "Master, the enemy is about to attack, it seems that there is no chance of winning this battle, it is better to... It's better to retreat quickly. ”

Seeing that the nearly 300 monks under his command have already fought with the enemy, how can it be so easy to retreat, if the order is given at this time, I am afraid that none of the monks under his command can escape. Looking at Jiangma Shisheng and a hundred flags around him, it is better to let them rush up, so maybe they can also disrupt the attack of the Gaoshan army, rescue some more monks, and also play a role in weakening the Jiangma family, although the battle is lost, but for themselves, they can still get a lot of benefits.

So I just heard him say angrily: "Do you think we still have a way out now?" Even if you retreat, you must let your 100 bannermen block the enemy's attack, otherwise, the enemy will then cover up and kill, and it will not be so easy to retreat. ”

The loss of the peasant soldiers will not feel distressed in Dajiangma Shisheng, and if the hundred banners under his command are wiped out, how can the Jiangma family continue to survive, and then he will be alone, even if he defects to Takeda, the possibility of being taken in by the other party will become very small, thinking of this, he can't help but start to hesitate. (。 )