I only heard the clan sect speak: "In this battle, not only will Iimori City be broken, but also the enemy's thousand-strong army will be defeated, do you have anything else to say?" ”

I heard the retainers hurriedly say: "Everything is subject to the arrangement of the lord." ”

"Okay, Masakatsu Wasuka!"

"The subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord."

"I ordered you to lead the ninjas to immediately infiltrate Iimori Castle, create a riot, take the opportunity to seize the city, and immediately sweep the city after seizing the city, is there a problem?"

Wasuka Masakatsu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that the lord had entrusted him with the heavy task of attacking the city, but he hurriedly replied: "Please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to the lord's trust." ”

"Okay, then you can go down and prepare at once."

After Wasuka Masakatsu left, he heard the clan say again: "You and others immediately gather the army and follow me to the designated place to ambush." After saying that, I saw the clan stand up and walk quickly towards the mount.

Since there are currently less than 1,000 craftsmen and farmers repairing the castle in Iimori Castle, it is impossible to let all the ninja army mix in, so Wasuka Masakatsu can only order the 20 ninjas under his command to blend into the castle, and the other 180 ninjas change into ordinary clothes and wait for orders in the castle town.

And he himself has already infiltrated the castle tower, and if he has the opportunity, he will directly ask for Miyoshi Yasunaga, as long as he dies for a while, I am afraid that the ashigaru in the city will immediately collapse.

Half a day later, the sky was gradually darkening, and the remaining troops led by the clan had already arrived at the designated position and were ready.

And when the Takayama Army was just ready. I saw a Miyoshi family flag Ashigaru from the front of the horse towards the north of the direction of Katryuji Castle, and everyone in the Takayama family knew that it was Wasuka Masakatsu who started to do it.

"Report to the lord, the enemy is less than a mile away from here, and please prepare as soon as possible."

"Knowing the way, immediately inform the troops under your command to get ready, and everything will be done according to the plan."

It didn't take long to see Nakagawa Kiyohide leading a thousand troops to rush towards the south. Due to the urgency of the situation, and Nakagawa Kiyohide, he really didn't expect that the Takayama clan would suddenly change its strategy and stop attacking the city. Instead, he turned the target into himself, so he didn't send scouts to the front to investigate, and soon the thousand troops had entered the woods.

Since it was already dark, they didn't notice anything unusual around them, but danger was getting closer and closer.

Seeing that the enemy had all entered the woods, the clan did not hesitate, but only listened to his loud order: "Attack!" ”

When the clan's voice fell, the arrows and cannons in the Gaoshan army were fired. The enemy is on the run, unprepared. So just this round of salvo wiped out nearly 10% of the opponent's military strength.

The enemy Ashigaru couldn't help but panic when he saw that he had been attacked, thanks to the fact that they were all the banners of the Miyoshi family, so they did not disperse, otherwise, when the enemy sneak attacked, nearly one percent of the army was killed at once, and the rest of the army had already fled.

And Nakagawa Kiyohide, who led the army, was stunned for a moment when he saw that the middle and rear teams were attacked. Then he hurriedly ordered loudly: "Quickly extinguish the torch and rush out of the forest, quickly." ”

Nakagawa Kiyohide is also a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and in such a situation, he knows that the longer he stays here, the greater the loss, as long as he reaches an open place, then he will not be afraid. According to his thoughts, the Takayama army should not have many troops ambushing here, after all, before this, his troops were scattered among the three kingdoms of Settsu, Hanoi, and Izumi, so he did not feel afraid. And I want to fight with it.

However, when he had just finished giving the order. Seeing that the enemy launched a second round of attacks, he also immediately came to his senses. If he didn't pay much attention to it just now, then now he has noticed it, not to mention anything else, judging by the sound, the enemy's iron cannons and bows are definitely quite a lot, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to cause such great damage to the troops under his command. …,

Could it be that the Alpine Army has already been assembled and has set its sights on itself? And his idea was quickly verified, he thought that as long as he could run out of this busy woods, he would be safe, but when they ran out of the woods, they found that there were torches outside, and they saw a hundred cavalry lined up a hundred meters away from him, waiting for him.

If the fighting spirit of the Ashigaru of the Miyoshi family just now has not been completely lost, then when they saw the cavalry outside the woods, they no longer have any fighting spirit.

"Quick, run, the enemy's cavalry is about to rush over, and if you don't run away, you will die."

But Nakagawa Qingxiu knew that if he fled like this, then he would not be able to escape at all, so he shouted loudly: "Don't panic, all retreat to the west." ”

However, no matter how he shouted, except for the lower-ranking samurai who led the army and more than a hundred flags quickly approached him, the remaining six hundred or so Ashigaru completely took this order as a deaf ear, and habitually turned around and ran back, the only thing they were better than the peasants was that although they had already planned to escape, they did not drop the weapons in their hands.

However, as soon as they turned around, they found that there was also a clear light behind them, and they saw that hundreds of iron cannon ashigaru and bowshigaru had already emerged from the woods, and they had lined up to block the way.

"Shoot the arrows."

"Shoot."

"Assault!"

At this moment, the three armies of the Takayama Army launched an attack on the enemy in front of them at the same time. And the only one who didn't move was the elite armor rider who was guarding the clan's side.

At first, the clan did not have the intention of completely annihilating the enemy's thousand troops, after all, the other party was also a trained elite banner, but what surprised him was that this battle would go so smoothly, and the other party could not be called an elite at all, their performance in the eyes of the clan was just a peasant soldier wearing armor, so he immediately changed his decision and wanted to wipe them out.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the clan: "Watanabe Shougang, you immediately lead the elite armored cavalry to outflank the enemy's west." ”

"It's the lord." After receiving the order, Watanabe Moritsuna immediately led his army and rushed towards the enemy's west.

Since the bow foot light and iron cannon foot light appeared behind the enemy, the army that had been fleeing in the direction of the woods had to change direction, but when Nakagawa Kiyohide led the army to resist the attack of the Takayama army and flee to the west, he found that there was another Takayama cavalry in front of him, and if he wanted to turn back and retreat from the east, it was obviously too late.

And no one knows whether there is still an army waiting for him in the east, if he turns back, whether there is an enemy army in ambush here, it will cause heavy losses, rather than this, it is better to break through from the front, anyway, there are only 100 cavalry in front, as long as you can pass this pass, immediately enter the woods, then it will be much easier to retreat. Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate and immediately rushed towards the west. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )