Chapter 18 The Soldier's Trickery
"My lord! We'll be on the team in no time. Shibata Katsuya said to Guo Jia on the horse, he had already vaguely seen the mighty figure.
"I've been a little uneasy to speed up." Guo Jia didn't have any joy, he always felt frizzy in his heart from the time he set off, which was very strange.
Not far from them, an army of nearly 3,000 people was moving in their direction, and the flag of this army was printed with the Oda family crest, and it seemed that this army was the Oda army and had no way to run.
"It's Katsuya Shibata-sama! Katsuya Shibata is back! A sharp-eyed scout immediately shouted when he saw the burly middle-aged man on the horse.
"Huh? Why is Master Guo Jia here? ”
At this moment, Guo Jia and the others had already arrived at the place where the team gathered. Guo Jia looked at the team, and the morale of the nearly 3,000 troops was low and the formation was scattered, which made him even more annoyed.
"Are you guys soldiers?" A shout came out of Guo Jia's mouth.
"Look at you! The formation is not neat, one by one is like a lost dog! Are you really soldiers of my Oda family? Is this what three months of early morning training is all about? ”
Guo Jia's words stung this group of soldiers, they were forced to retreat, of course it was this kind of scattered appearance, and they fought well but suddenly obeyed the order to retreat Morale can not be low, just after Guo Jia said these words, there were complaints among them.
"We can't be blamed for this, we also want to go back to fighting."
"That's right, if it weren't for Nobuhide-sama's order to retreat, we wouldn't be so embarrassed."
Guo Jia rode on his horse and looked down at the group of people, listening to their complaints. Then he pouted and sneered: "As for you, you still want to go back and compete with the Imagawa army?" I don't know what to say! ”
His voice was not loud, but it was just heard by the group of grumbling soldiers in front of him.
"Of course we want to! But ......"
"Nothing but! You are soldiers! You are soldiers! No one can stop you from deciding! Not to mention that you are the Oda Army! Guo Jia suddenly raised his tone, and his voice was so loud that everyone could hear it.
"I want you to be invincible! What I want is for you to have a heart to move forward! What direction are you heading? Where are you going? The choice is left to you! After Guo Jia finished speaking, he directly drew his horse and galloped towards Senmo City. At this moment he heard the sound of uniform footsteps, and he did not look back, because the footsteps were behind him.
"The last general, Shibata Katsuya, is willing to serve Lord Guo Jia as a dog and horse!" Shibata Katsuya could see clearly behind him, the scattered army just now had disappeared, and in its place was the Oda army that had undergone three months of training.
"Master Guo Jia! The right flank finds enemy troops! About less than a thousand. "Shibata Katsuie himself was shuttling through the army, asking for some information, but he got a very troublesome piece of information. A group of scouts without a flag followed them all the time.
"Prepare the army, the forward cavalry, the forward infantry, the middle army bows. On the left flank, you will lead the team, and on the right flank, I will lead the team, wait for orders, and as soon as the formation is fully formed, blow the horn and cut the tail behind our buttocks. Guo Jia nodded when he heard the news, and directly arranged for Shibata Katsuya to regroup the formation. With a tail behind him, he said that nothing could be reassured.
Shibata Katsuie, who heard the order, moved quickly, and he shuttled through the entire army to give orders to all the centurions. The Oda Army, which had already improved, quickly regrouped and received information about the location of the target.
"If this victory is over, the morale of this group should be able to rise a little. It's a pity that the speed was held back by the tail. Guo Jia also vaguely saw the scout team in the jungle.
At the very moment when the formation was over, the characteristic marching horn of the Oda army sounded, which was called a trumpet brought by Nanban, and the voice was high-pitched and loud.
"Archers! Shoot the arrows! At the moment when the trumpet sounded, Guo Jia turned his horse's head and drew his katana and pointed it at the scout team ambushed in the grass and mountains!
The black rain of arrows was like locusts entering the country, swishing through the air endlessly, and the scout team that was hiding in the jungle was directly shot by this arrow, and the people hiding there were completely unaware of the sudden attack of the Oda army, and they suffered heavy casualties in panic.
"Cavalry! Assault. "Guo Jia, who was marching with the infantry on the right flank, had not yet approached the scout, but it was different to let the cavalry attack at this time, although they were wearing heavy armor and their horses were not good horses, but their speed was at least faster than that of the infantry. The entire cavalry of five hundred men instantly surrounded the scouts from the flank, cutting off their retreat route.
At this time, the scout team on the opposite side had also reacted, and they re-raised the banner of the Imagawa army, drew their weapons and prepared to resist the onslaught of the cavalry.
"Soldiers! The group on the other side is the damned aggressor! Those who violate my boundaries will be punished even if they are far away! Assault of the whole army! Guo Jiasheng shouted, this scene was exactly what he wanted to see. Now his 3,000 troops were far higher than the opposing team, and all of them were well-equipped, which also destroyed their formation in an instant, and caught them off guard. This battle is almost a must-win situation.
"Kill!" The earth-shattering battle cry roared out of the mouths of the soldiers of the Oda Army, they had been aggrieved for too long, they were defeated in retreat, and they were ridiculed by their own Owari Kuniko and another defeat! They need to vent, they need to prove.
The battle cry crushed the Imagawa scouts like a giant beast, and with one of their hesitations, the Oda cavalry had already rushed into their ranks, retreating with a single blow, and they entered the flock like wild beasts, and after the impact and slaughter, they withdrew with the spoils of war. They were followed by Guo Jia's infantry battalion on the right flank, but in an instant, a crushing situation was formed.
The victory of this war is actually very simple, the information is in place, Guo Jia changed the formation in advance, and let the archers release arrows to kill the hidden scouts for the first time before the attack, and Guo Jia took the mentality of his own team, and ended the battle after two waves of impact. And Guo Jia's goal has also been achieved, the morale of the Oda army is fully mobilized, and they can fight with the Imagawa army!
"Regroup, the cavalry battalion is spread out on both wings, the heavy armor is in the front, the infantry battalion is in front, the archers are in the army! The Iron Gunners battalion is pressing! Continue to Morisose. Guo Jia didn't show any joy at this time, as if everything was under his control, which was for his soldiers to see.
"March!" Seeing that the army had been reorganized, Guo Jia directly ordered the march.
"My lord, what do you think of our chances of winning against the Imagawa army now?" Shibata Katsuya rode a horse to Guo Jia's side and asked quietly.
"Defeat is inevitable." Guo Jia sighed, he was not arrogant because of the victory in the battle just now.
"Then, why do you want to go?"
"Father's still there! Gotta go! Guo Jia shook his head.
"Doesn't your lord really have any chance of winning?" Shibata Katsuie didn't believe it, because the Oda army was not damaged at all when he was fighting the scout team just now.
"Don't ask, if you say that you have no chance of winning if you recapture Morisue Castle, according to what you said, the Imagawa army has about 8,000 troops, and if you look at us, it's only about 3,000. And attacking without a stronghold has almost no chance of winning. But if they don't confront it head-on, the Imagawa army will definitely die. Don't worry, since he dares to rob me of the end of the forest, I will also rob him of a few cities, and I will not be rude! Guo Jia waved his hand and raised his head to look at the sky. The sun has long since set in the west.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's still twenty miles away from Senmo City." Guo Jia frowned, the bad premonition in his heart gradually rose, and his whole person was already worried!
"Yes, almost." Shibata Katsuya saw that Guo Jia's face was getting worse and worse, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, are you okay?" ”
"Inform the whole army to speed up the march! The cavalry was completely dispersed, and waited until it was within ten miles of the end of the forest. Guo Jia did not answer Shibata Katsuie's words, but gave another order.
Wolf smoke! They've reached the vicinity of Senmo Castle, and they've seen wolf smoke! This is not the smoke of the householders, but the smoke of the wolf! The thick smoke that obscured the sky and the sun heralded the beginning of the attack and defense of Morimo Castle.
At this moment, Guo Jia saw tears in his eyes after seeing the wolf smoke, and he was stunned and wiped away the tears with his hands. "What's wrong? How do I? Don't? ”
Although Guo Jia didn't spend too much time with Oda Nobuhide, his body couldn't deceive himself, and the moment he shed tears, he realized that the bad premonition in his heart had happened. It is likely that Oda Nobuhide has died in battle.
With the actions of the army, the end of the forest city also appeared in their field of vision, different from before, at this time the forest end of the castle tower is burning this raging fire, they found the wolf smoke from here!
There was a hawk falcon cry in the sky, which was a special contact method that was difficult to know. The falcon flew to Guo Jia in an instant, and then threw a bamboo tube-shaped thing to Guo Jia, spreading its wings and flying away.
"This battle is led by the Geshan clan, with a total of 9,000 people, with the goal of taking Morimo Castle." The information in the bamboo tube is not good news.
"Give me the order and change the formation. The vanguard retreated to the large battalion, the infantry turned to the front, and the iron artillery battalion all ignited and entered the forward position! The cavalry teams on both flanks were retracted, and the cavalry on the left flank sent ten lightly armed to Senmo City to investigate the opponent's formation and offensive and defensive battles! ”
One order after another was issued, and the Oda Army, who was constantly being tempered by Guo Jia along the way, had also become accustomed to this thing, and had changed the entire formation almost instantly.
"Slow down!" Guo Jia waved his hand and personally lowered the speed of the march in front of the battle, waiting for the information brought by the cavalry sent out.
Everyone was extremely anxious, and they didn't know why they slowed down their march when they arrived at the foot of Senmo Castle until the cavalry sent by Guo Jia returned.
"Report! Lord Guo Jia! "However, only nine of the ten cavalrymen sent out returned." Lord Guo Jia! Nobuhide-sama him! ”
Before the cavalryman could finish speaking, Guo Jia felt a loud bang in his ears, and his chest was like a boulder pressing on it.
"Master Guo Jia! Nobuhide-sama ...... Dead in battle! The news brought by this soldier was instantaneous, and the entire Oda army heard it.
Chaos, this is the Oda army only chaos at all. There were even some iron-clad men who cried.
"Imagawa Yoshimoto! I, Guo Jia, don't kill you, how can you be worthy of the glory of the Oda family! Army! Who wants to be with me will be this day to kill the Imagawa army! Guo Jia's words were full of killing intent, he was completely different from the soldiers on the battlefield at the moment, one side had a killing intent, and the other side had a mighty fighting intent.
"Me!"
"Add me!"
The voices of the soldiers converged into one sentence, "Imagawa Yoshimoto, our Oda Army will never die with you!" ”
"All marches!" With Guo Jia's order, which lasted for three months, the battle of Narumi and the Three Cities began.