How strong is the combat effectiveness of the peasants and soldiers in this era? It's an interesting question. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In the eyes of many, peasants, combined with informal weaponry, naturally give a sense of weakness. But in reality? It doesn't seem to be the case.

Ever since the emergence of the ashigaru profession in Japan, this profession has been used as the main force of the war until now. They are all farmers who cultivate, and they all prepare their own equipment, but can it be said that they are weak? Apparently impossible. Because it is this kind of existence that seems to sound weak, I don't know how many brave samurai have died at their hands.

It is true that there are some times when their performance is very painful, such as the Battle of Kodozaka, where only 7 samurai relied on their martial courage and desperate spirit to block the pursuit of the enemy. But most of the time, they were able to complete the war tasks assigned by the samurai very well. Because although they are not regular soldiers, the vast majority of peasant soldiers, their ancestors have been doing this, and this experience, although it does not allow them to become a samurai, but at least, many of them have become qualified soldiers the moment they set foot on the battlefield.

Well, withdraw it.

The arrows continued to fall into the formation of the Oda army, and most of them were bounced off by the array hats above the soldiers' heads, occasionally hitting the armor of the soldiers, but they could not do much damage to them. And the projectiles fired by those muskets, unless they hit a place where the armor was not protected, it was difficult to cause much damage to the soldiers of the Oda family except for pain.

"Keep rushing! Arrows and muskets will not hurt you! All with me, tear each other's formations! Maeda Toshiie shouted loudly, his spear occasionally picking off the incoming arrows. He was a little excited and nervous, because this was the first time he had commanded a standing army. Although many problems can be seen during training, it is clear that real war is a completely different situation from training.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and the Miyoshi army saw that the bows and muskets could not hurt the Oda army, although they were a little panicked, but under the command of Miyoshi Masayasu, they still quickly changed their formation, and countless spears were lined up in a dense forest of guns, waiting for the Oda army to attack.

Finally, the two armies collided together, and the huge force directly caused the soldiers at the front of both sides to be shaken to the ground, and many others were directly stabbed through the spears. It's just that all this did not attract too many people's attention, because hand-to-hand combat has already begun.

"Whoosh...... Countless arrows flew around in the sky.

"Papapa...... "On the ground, the Oda Army and the Miyoshi Army are constantly coming and going. They are constantly attacking the enemy, trying to break through or hold off the enemy.

"Kill! Kill all these traitors from the Miyoshi family! Maeda Toshiie took the lead and didn't seem to care if it was a bit dangerous to do so. He kept shouting that the three good righteous successors were the orthodox of the three good families, and the three of them were just rebellious things. Because he still remembers that Miyoshi Yoshitsugu has already surrendered his family, although basically Maeda Toshiya doesn't pay much attention to that guy, and he doesn't know if it's useful to do this, but he still did it, after all, what if it has some effect?

On the other two sides, Sasa Narumasa and Ikeda Tsuneko seem to want to be a quiet beautiful man. They just kept wielding their spears and slashing the enemy in front of them, while the commander's troops continued to launch wave after wave of offensive against the enemy army.

Looking at the battlefield, Miyoshi Masayasu's expression was very ugly. Because he found that his troops were suppressed by the Oda army in such a short time. You must know that the Miyoshi family's strength is 7 or 8,000 more than the Oda family. But there are so many more people, but I can't see the effect at all.

"Could it be that the Oda family's standing army system is really all real standing soldiers?" Miyoshi Masaysu thought in disbelief.

Standing troops, each force has them, but basically they are a small part, such as the earliest Maeda family, a small wealthy family of only 3,000 stones, and the standing soldiers under their command may only be 7 or 8 people. They have uniform equipment, they have to be trained every day, and in the event of war, they automatically become squad leaders to help command the peasants.

I don't dare to say how effective these people are, but it's absolutely no problem to fight three peasant soldiers at a time. It's just that although the standing army is strong, this is simply impossible. Although Miyoshi Masaysu knew that the Oda family had a standing military system, he only thought it was a reserve military service in another way. Because in his cognition, it is impossible for any force to support the troops formed by the standing army.

No one could answer Miyoshi Masayasu's question, and in fact he didn't dwell too much on it. After years of war, Miyoshi Masaysu has already learned not to dwell on problems, but to find ways to solve them. It's just that...... This problem is obviously not so easy to solve, especially after the Oda army rushed into the formation of the Miyoshi family.

They were all the same spears, but the soldiers of the Oda Army attacked more fiercely, and in the midst of the chaos, they were in groups of 3, 4, or 5 people to form a smaller formation, and the rigorous and skillful coordination made it difficult for the soldiers of the Miyoshi Army to resist their offensive.

And the three members of the Maeda Toshiya are like tigers descending the mountain, and there is no one under them at all. It seems that they don't know how long they have been holding back this energy.

At this time, if someone is watching from a distance, they will be surprised, because the side with fewer people is completely pressing the side with more people to fight. Although Miyoshi Masayasu and others are constantly commanding, and they have even gone down to kill the enemy in person, but in the face of the wolf-like Oda army, what they can do is really limited.

"Bastard! Is it really going to lose? Miyoshi Changyi looked at his own army that was constantly retreating and thought angrily, but he didn't know who to send this anger to. Because it seems that they didn't do anything wrong, but they just couldn't beat the Oda army.

"Three good Changyi! Finally seeing you! Why don't you hurry up and accept your life?! A loud shout sounded not far from Miyoshi Changyi, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, but it was Maeda Toshi's house. Hawkers, many battles, so that they are already very familiar with each other. But this is the first time that they are so close to each other.

"Maeda Toshiya...... " Miyoshi Nagayi muttered to himself as he looked at the Maeda Toshiya who was constantly killing on his side, although the battle situation was still anxious at this time, he seemed to have seen the picture of his own defeat. Tightening the big knife in his hand, Miyoshi Changyi suddenly burst into a loud shout, "The boy of the Oda family, I want the life of the old man, you are still too tender!" ”

At the same time as Maeda Toshiya and Miyoshi Nagaitsu fought each other, Sasa Narimasa also fought with Miyoshi Masayasu, but the difference was that Miyoshi Masayama took the initiative to find Sasa Masa. He could see that if he continued to fight like this, the Oda army, which was stronger in equipment and combat power, would definitely win, so he had no way to retreat, so he could only kill Sasa Narumasa head-on, hoping to exchange for the victory of Party B by killing the enemy's general.

Just on the other side......

"Iwanari Friends! You gutsless rat! Ikeda scolded constantly. Hawkers,This kid also tried to play a game with Iwasari Yutong just now.,It's a pity that Iwanari Yutong didn't bird him at all.,Just sent the Qiben joint force to constantly resist Ikeda Hengxing's attack.,And he stood firmly in the rear to command.。

In this regard, although Ikeda Hengxing was choked with anger, he could only continue to storm the enemy's position. He swore that if he caught Iwanari Yutomi, he would definitely teach this bastard a hard lesson. Belch...... It's nothing more than cutting him?

As time passed, in the face of the onslaught of Maeda's Toshika, Miyoshi Nagayi became more and more difficult to parry. Maeda Toshiya is 33 years old this year, in the prime of life, and has never slackened his martial arts cultivation on weekdays. And what about Miyoshi Changyi? He is 56 years old this year, and in this era when the average life expectancy is less than 50 years old, he already belongs to people who have half a foot buried in the loess. And over the years, he has been studying every day how to get the Miyoshi family back to, and how can he have the kung fu to practice martial arts?

"Die!!" Maeda Toshi's gun stabbed at Miyoshi Nagayi's heart, and Miyoshi Nagayi wanted to parry, but he was half a beat too late.

"Poof!" With a bang, the spear directly pierced Miyoshi Changyi's chest, and a large amount of blood instantly stained his armor.

"Miyoshi Family...... It's over......"

With the last year of thought, Miyoshi Changyi fell straight to the ground.

Maeda Toshiya walked over and quickly cut off Miyoshi Nagayi's head, raised it high over his shoulders and shouted, "Enemy general, Miyoshi Nagai, has been taken by my Maeda Toshiya!" ”

A shout immediately made the surrounding Oda family soldiers shout too, and after a while, the entire battlefield knew about Miyoshi Nagayi's death. The morale of the Oda army rose sharply, and the morale of the Miyoshi family naturally fell, rising and falling, and the victory and defeat were divided.

"Poof!" Miyoshi Masayama looked at Sasa Chengzheng resentfully, if his eyes could kill, Sasa Chengzheng didn't know how many times he had died.

"The distraction on the battlefield is not dead, and the only one I have seen is the kid Yoshinobu." Sasa Chengzheng looked at Miyoshi Masayasu with a flat expression, then pulled out his spear and stepped forward to cut off Miyoshi Masayasu's dead head.

However, two generals died in a row in a moment, and the Miyoshi family's troops collapsed in an instant, even if there was Iwasari Yutong holding on.

"Humph! Are you finally going to fight hard? Ikeda looked at Iwanari Yutong playfully, but he also secretly admired it in his heart. In fact, he already knew that Iwasari Yutong's martial arts were not very good, so although he was rejected for a ride before, after losing his temper, Ikeda Hengxing didn't care too much. But now, Iwanari Yutong actually rushed up directly after learning that Miyoshi Changyi and Miyoshi Masaysu were killed in battle.

"Do you want to die in battle like a samurai?" Ikeda looked at Iwanari Tomotsu, who was getting closer and closer, and thought, "Then, let me fulfill your wish." Thinking about it, Ikeda Hengxing greeted him with a spear.

The two horses intersected and separated, and Iwanari Yutong fell heavily to the ground. In the face of Ikeda Hengxing, Iwanari Yutong couldn't hold on to even a move.

A moment later, the news of all three of them being killed spread throughout the battlefield.

"Abandon your weapons and surrender, surrender without killing ......" At the signal of Maeda Toshiie and others, the Oda army shouted while attacking.

"Smack!" When the first person to drop his weapon appeared, the war was over.

Soon, nearly 20,000 Miyoshi troops were all surrendered, and the troops of this era did not fight to the last drop of blood for their families. If the general is general, maybe they will fight to the death, but as soon as the general dies, they will either flee or surrender directly. Well, the act of fleeing is more common, after all, Japan is mountainous and forested, and it is really difficult for you to hunt them down if you find a random place to drill.

However, the Miyoshi family's troops had no choice, they crossed the sea, and if they wanted to escape, it was impossible for them to leave by boat under the pursuit of the Oda family. But if you flee somewhere else and then take a boat back? Well, if that's the case, it's better to surrender directly, at least the fact that the Oda family doesn't kill the surrendered soldiers is nothing but the name. Well, the power of public opinion is terrifying.

"What now?" While the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, the three of Maeda's Toshiya gathered together to discuss the next steps. To be honest, they didn't expect everything to go so smoothly at first, and the 20,000 Miyoshi Army was defeated by them in less than half a day. Although the goal was achieved, the problem also came, originally their mission was to block the Miyoshi family, but now that the Miyoshi family has been defeated, they don't seem to have much to do until they get Oda Nobunaga's order.

Of course, Oda Nobunaga had given them the freedom to act as they pleased, as long as they could guarantee to hold their territory. And this is also the reason why Maeda Toshiya asked this sentence, the troops of the Miyoshi family have been defeated, and the surrendered troops are all here, obviously there is no need to worry about the comfort of Izumi, provided that these surrenders are dealt with.

"Why don't you hand it over to Shigeharu Takenaka in Kii Province? He was one of the three divisions of the armed forces that prepared Yixin, and believed that with him, these troops would not be able to turn the sky. And we~" Ikeda Hengxing thought for a moment, then shook his head, "During this time, let's collect information first, and at the same time send someone to report the situation here to the lord." ”

"Support Sakuma-sama, or support Hashiba-sama." Sazuo Chengzheng said silently.

"Harima, ah......" Hearing Sasa Narumasa's words, Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing's faces suddenly became solemn. The name of the Maori family alone is enough to give people an invisible pressure. Although it was extremely easy to win against the Miyoshi family Maeda Toshiya and others this time, no matter how naïve people were, they would not think that the Maori family's troops would be so vulnerable. Not to mention the general of the Maori Army, who commanded Sanyo Road, is known as Takakei Kobayakawa who inherited the strategy of Maori Moto.