26. The Price of "Left" (II)
If these soldiers of the Takeda family were excited at the beginning of the battle, then they are crazy now! The death of Masatoshi Hoshina did not collapse them, but turned them into a group of "beasts"!
They threw away their spears and jumped up at the knights on their horses, even when they watched the scimitars slash at them, and some of the successful ones fell down with their "targets" in their arms, rolling and fighting on the ground together, and being trampled by the heavy hooves of horses, turning into a pile of flesh on the ground......
"Gross~!" I felt like I wanted to vomit when I was lying in the saddle, but I retched a few times and nothing came out. I didn't know how those big and small forces that I exterminated felt before, but now I have a deep understanding of this pain! In this era, "killing" is not a mistake caused by any one person, and the course of history is a natural phenomenon like a sunny sky and a cloudy sky, and each of us will accept this reality whether we want it or not. If you don't want to be a brutal victor yourself, that's fine! Heaven will choose another person to take on this role, and you will turn into a testament to the cruelty of the victor!
"Ahh I felt my left foot lifted up by a force, and with a scream, I fell off my horse, and then a man pounced on me. It turned out to be a soldier of the Takeda Army, who took advantage of the chaos and ventured to crawl under the belly of a large number of horses, grabbed one foot and pushed me down. For a moment, countless people erupted in shock or excitement, and I was holding his hand tightly holding the dagger under the stabbing hand.
"Oh!" Just when the shiny dagger was less than two inches from my neck, he suddenly lost all his strength. After a short muffled snort, his face stiffened and his eyes protruded from me.
"Lord!" With Ah Xue's crying voice, I saw a long knife mark on the back of the neck of the corpse next to me.
"Oh!" I struggled to my feet, and "Gold" has been standing there ever since I fell off my horse. A dozen guards jumped off their horses to frame me, and I myself grabbed the saddle and stepped on the stirrups and struggled to climb upwards. It was also too many, and the armor on my body (now wearing a newly made Nanban armor) was too heavy, and the soldiers around me kept pushing and shoving in battle, and after several unsuccessful efforts, the sweat on my head fell.
"My lord! Please get on the horse! With this coquettish shout behind me, I only felt that my right foot on the ground was lifted, and then landed on a high "pedal".
I took advantage of the momentum and finally got on the back of the horse again, and when I looked back, it turned out that Ah Xue had also dismounted at some point and pushed me up with her shoulder. "Ah Xue...... "I just feel a tingle in my throat.
Ah Xue is not wearing the "peacock" outfit I gave her, it is still the original light and pure white soft armor, still without a helmet, just a ribbon with forehead protection to tie her long hair from front to back, but at this moment her face occupies a few stains caused by sweat and dust, and her body is also splashed with a lot of blood caused by the fight. But somehow, at this time, Ah Xue not only did not look embarrassed at all, but presented a somewhat "weird" beauty. "Lord, hurry up and rush out with the one in front!" Ah Xue was not in the mood to pose at the moment, and after turning over the horse, he commanded the flag book, and his own soldiers surrounded me and followed Dao Sheng and rushed forward.
The reality is always far from what people hoped for, and several of our tried charges were unsuccessful, and casualties on both sides increased dramatically. Nearly half of the soldiers of the Takeda Army have been killed or wounded, but they still hold the narrowest part of the road and fight bloodily. I felt that the morale of my subordinates was slipping away in anxiety and confusion, and how much I needed something uplifting now!
"Kohata Prosperity has been taken!" Suddenly, there was a loud shout in the distance, and I saw that it was Shinhachiro riding a horse, followed by ...... Thirty knights. The "Shura's Fury" in his hand swept a bloody path to my side, and he held a bloody human head hanging from the saddle in the air and shouted: "Kohata is prosperous, and the chasing soldiers are all gone, and no one can stop my star armor riding way!" Everyone, rush! "Let's go first.
Seeing that after the killing of "Gun Danzheng", the famous general Kohata Prosperity was taken again, and the spiritual strength of the Takeda Army was setback. Originally, these soldiers were fighting with the mentality of desperately waiting for reinforcements, but now this trailing Chibei has been wiped out, isn't it too unbelievable? Besides, the Red Reserve Cavalry is the pride of the Takeda Army, but at the moment...... Their hands trembled a little when they thought of this!
In stark contrast to the frustration of the Takeda Army, the Star Armor Rider burst out with a monstrous fighting spirit! Since Takeda Akabei is all in the picture, then what are the others? The whole army, led by two tiger generals, Shima Katsu Takeshi and Shinhachiro, rushed forward and broke through the defense line of the Takeda army. Despite his desperate shouting, Masahide Hoshina could no longer restrain the shattered troops.
Run! Run hard! I don't know if I'll be able to escape the Ascension, but I know that I've been delayed here. After a cursory look, the original 2,000 Star Armor Riders had disappeared by more than a third, and the 200 people who followed Shinhachiro to block the attack were almost wiped out. Such a sacrifice only bought us a little time, a little time to escape! As for whether it can be sacrificed worthwhile, then it depends on the following! Finally, I saw the castle tower of Ina Castle in the distance, and I was about to breathe a sigh of relief when a new situation suddenly appeared!
The earth-shattering hooves and shouts of killing came from behind again, and when I looked back, I saw another Takeda Akabi covering up, this time there were thousands of people, and the banners of Yama County and Racecourse were among them. The Red Reserve Cavalry was much lighter than ours, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching!
Suddenly, a well-organized army of spearmen once again blocked the intersection ahead, and there were no less than 3,000 of them! Looking at the exhausted more than 1,000 subordinates around me, I couldn't help but feel a sigh of "God will die too" in my heart.
"Look, Lord!" Ah Xue beside me suddenly pulled me excitedly. "Takenaka-sama has come to meet us!"
"Huh?" I was shocked and looked closely, but wasn't it the 3,500 foot light I left? I really understand the phrase "all plants and trees are soldiers", so it turns out that this is what I mean!
Approaching, the formation dodged a passage, and when we passed, it closed again. After the two rows of spearmen, there is the iron running ashiba, which is the traditional combat method of combining iron cannons and spears of the star troops.
"Frightened the lord!" When I came to the formation, the half-guard of Takenaka hurried over, and his face was relieved after being frightened.
"Also...... Good! I forced myself to say that it had finally collapsed now. From a distance, the Takeda Akabi stopped where it was, and then slowly retreated backwards. "Let's go into town too!" When I said to Hanbei Takenaka, I felt a little weakness all over my body.
In fact, if I look more closely into the distance, I will find a tall handsome banner embroidered with the four proverbs of Sun Tzu "wind, forest, fire, and mountain" on a hill.
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There are more than a dozen generals under the banner surrounded by many banners, guards, and personal soldiers, and the most eye-catching is a tall and burly man.
The man rode on a tall and sturdy maroon horse, dressed in a fiery red gold-inlaid silk carcass, with a white yak-tailed helmet on his head, and on the front stood two crooked horns of a little imp sticking out of his head. His face could not be seen clearly due to the obscuration of the visor, and what caught the eye was his two calm eyes without the slightest emotion, calm but not cold!
"Lord!" A general on duty stepped forward to report, and it turned out that this person was Takeda Shingen. "Masahide Hoshina is back!"
"Let him come!" Takeda Shingen was still staring at my troops retreating to Ina Castle from afar.
"Meet the lord, Baoke Zhengxiu has failed to complete his duties and has come to ask for guilt!" After a while, Baoke Zhengxiu walked over gloomy.
"It's not your fault...... Takeda Shingen comforted kindly, and even stepped forward to check on his injuries. You have done your best, and it was my mistake to fail to correctly assess the situation! I will have an arrangement for your brother's funeral, will the other losses be great? ”
"Thank you for your care!" Masahide Hoshina was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. "In a fierce battle, our army suffered huge casualties, and the number of dead in the battle alone was as high as 877!"
"877 people ......" Takeda Shingen recited the number a few times in his mouth, then turned around and asked, "Changfeng, how is the situation of the Kohata Reserve?" ”
"Back to my lord!" Naito Masaki caught up a few steps from behind. "The Nishi-Ueno Red Reserve led by Lord Masamori Kohata, all 521 people were killed, and none survived!"
"So...... The losses caused by the 2,000 cavalry of the Zhuxing Qing clan to our army are close to twice that of the 15,000 troops of the Mikata Hara Tokugawa? There was a bit of banter in Takeda Shingen's tone.
"Yes!" Naito Masatoyo didn't understand what he meant, so he had to reply stubbornly: "Our army lost 739 people in the tripartite battle!" ”
"And how many enemies did our army destroy on two separate occasions?" Shingen Takeda asked again.
"Returning to the lord......" Naito Masatyo had a trace of sweat on his head. The three parties originally annihilated 1,105 enemies, and blocked the Zhuxing Qing clan to destroy 754 enemies! ”
"Good! Ha, ha, ha......" Takeda Shingen suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. "The warriors of the Three Rivers, who are famous for their martial bravery, were scattered and defeated after losing one-tenth of them; The small merchant was born under the Zhuxing Qing clan, and even though he lost more than a third, he still moved forward bravely? That's great! Ha, ha, ha、......"
"Father!" A young military general who was nearly 30 years old came out of the crowd and said with a sad and angry face: "Please let me go and capture Ina Castle and avenge the two adults of Hoshina and Kohata!" ”
"Shiro......" Takeda Shingen looked at his favorite son, and felt that although he had the shadow of his youthful impulsiveness, he lacked a deep castle. Although the Zhuxing Qing clan was defeated, it was the strongest enemy in the two countries of Sanhe and Yuanjiang at present, and the attack on Ina City would definitely cause serious losses! But if we control all of these two countries, the power of Ina and Hamamatsu will not be enough to break through for a long time. As long as we defeat Oda Nobunaga's main force on the Owari line and succeed in Kamiraku, the two 'smart men' of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Shihoshi Kiyoshi will know what to do! ”
"Yes!" Takeda Katsuyori reluctantly retreated.
"Order Masaki and Nobubo to monitor Ina Castle, and the rest of the army to Noda Castle......"
"Report to Your Highness!" While Takeda Shingen was making deployments, suddenly a herald Pegasus arrived. "Lord Akiyama ordered the villain to report to His Highness: Three days ago, the 2,000 people of the Oda Army of Iwamura Castle suddenly split up to attack, and Lord Akiyama was afraid that this was the temptation of the Oda Army to fight back immediately! After the wise light show department was divided into zero and harassed, he retreated without engaging in battle! ”
"Oh?" Takeda Shingen pondered for a moment and said firmly: "Order the faithful to shrink their forces and enter Iwamura Castle, and keep an eye on the main force of the Wise Department to find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, and don't have to worry about the rest of the small group of rangers." Wise Guangxiu likes to use some small tricks, but he doesn't have enough grasp of the overall situation, as long as he takes every step, he is not afraid! Ignore him, the whole army will hurry up according to their respective tasks! ”