Chapter 35: The Battle of Akatsuka
"Brothers! It's your time to do your best! Yamada Masamura looked at the 36 red black guards in front of him and shouted, they themselves have powerful martial arts, coupled with Yamada Masamura's high-intensity training, well, at least in Yamada Masamura's opinion, the combat power is completely superior to Takeda's red reserve cavalry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Well, this kid seems to have forgotten that no matter how awesome Takeda Akabi is, he's just a little awesome soldier, right? But what about the Oda family's red and black preparations? Maeda Toshiie, Sasa Naimasa, Naomasa Tsuka, Mori Nagahide, etc., most of them are Oda Nobunaga's future retainers, how can such a strong lineup not be strong? Well, it's only 36 people.
"Don't worry! Overlord Maru! We're not going to let you steal the show alone! Maeda Toshiie laughed, and immediately got a chorus of echoes. Most of these people are the younger brothers who have been mixed with Oda Nobunaga, so for Yamada Masamura, he relies on the title of the eldest of his younger brothers, but many people have suffered a lot.
"Master, I wish you good luck and prosperity!" "Brother Master, you have to win~" "Brother Overlord Maru, you have to establish a great meritorious service~" Yu Da mother and daughter and Ah Shi cheered for Yamada Masamura. They came specifically to see them off, although doing so made Yamada Masamura gain the envy and jealousy of Maeda Toshiya and others, but obviously, this kid is very proud of this~
Outside Nakono Castle, except for the troops on both sides of Cheongju and Iwakura, only the remaining 800 people gathered here.
"Let's go! Take back Narumi! Oda Nobunaga looked at the crowd, turned on his horse, drew his sword and shouted.
"Master Jifa, just to shout and set off, as for the trouble?" Yamada Masamura looked at Oda Nobunaga, who quietly put the sword back into the scabbard after setting off, and whispered, but unfortunately only got Oda Nobunaga back with a big white eye.
Narumi Castle.
"Hahaha~ That fool with more than 800 people dares to come and die? Come! Pass the order down and get ready to go into battle! Yamaguchi laughed, not paying Oda Nobunaga the slightest.
In order to guard against the counterattack of the Oda army, Narumi had already gathered 1,500 troops, nearly twice the size of the Oda army, no wonder Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi was so confident. Soon, Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi led his troops out of Narumi Castle, and after finding out about the movements of the Oda army, he immediately met them.
On the other side, there was no movement at all from Kasa Temple and Nakamura Temple.
Kasadaji.
"Okabe-sama, aren't we going to help the Yamaguchi family?" Katsuyama asked.
"Humph! Yamaguchi Kyoji, that guy is also vigilant, and at this time, he is still staying in Nakamura. Okabe Motonobu said with a sneer.
Well, the reason why Imagawa Yoshimoto sent him this time was to see if there was a chance to capture Narumi Castle. Although Kyotsugu Yamaguchi betrayed the Oda family, it is clear that trust was not generated so quickly for both parties. Therefore, although Nakamura and Kasadaji each had 1 and 200 troops, they did not support Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi, but each guarded against the other.
On the side of the Oda army, at this time, the Oda army had just arrived at Sannoyama, and while repairing, they waited for news from the enemy.
"Report! Yamaguchi Kyoyoshibe has left Narumi and arrived in Akatsuka, numbering about 1,500 people! There is no movement in Nakamura and Kasadaji! ”
"Hehe~ Sure enough, no one can trust the two old foxes, Imagawa and Yamaguchi......" Oda Nobunaga sneered, and then ordered, "The whole army, march towards Akatsuka!" ”
"Master Jimage, let's just kill it?" Yamada Masamura popped up at this time.
"Huh? Do you have any ideas? Oda Nobunaga glanced at Yamada Masamura and asked with disdain.
"Damn! It's a strategy! Do you understand the strategy?! Yamada Masamura was immediately angry when he heard this, especially when he saw Oda Nobunaga's face of "ghosts only believe you".
"Okay, okay~ It's a strategy~ So, my military division, let's talk about your strategy~" Seeing that Yamada Masamura's complaints didn't seem to stop, Oda Nobunaga could only helplessly perfunctory.
"Humph!" Yamada Masamura snorted coldly, and then said the strategy he thought of with a proud face, "Wait a minute, I'll take the Red Black Reserve to quietly leave the brigade, and when the main family and the Yamaguchi army are entangled, I will lead the army to directly kill their main formation......"
Oda Nobunaga listened while looking at Yamada Masamura, and there was only one thought in his mind, "It's really a rough and simple idea...... and then looked at Yamada Masamura's expectant face, Oda Nobunaga smiled with disdain, "No! ”
"Why?" Yamada Masamura suddenly quit, this is a strategy that he thought about for a long time!
"You idiot, you can't just look at the map?!" Oda Nobunaga replied angrily, but unfortunately Yamada Masamura's response to him was only an innocent look.
Akatsuka, 1.5 kilometers away from Narumi and Sannoyama, is flat terrain, which is why Oda Nobunaga rejected Yamada Masamura's proposal. Because any ambush or sneak attack outside of this kind of reminder is simply a joke! Not to mention only 36 people!
"Is that the Yamaguchi Army over there? There aren't many people~" Yamada Masamura looked at the Yamaguchi Army not far away and said casually, the thing that was rejected by Oda Nobunaga just now had long been forgotten by him.
"yes, it's just almost twice as much as the family......" Oda Nobunaga muttered as he pouted.
"Haha~ It's just such a small person, what are you waiting for? Give the order to attack! Yamada Masamura laughed and shouted, he could feel that his sword was already unbearable.
"Don't mess with me!" Oda Nobunaga glared at Yamada Masamura fiercely and said unhappily.
Indeed, how can there be a reason to attack directly when a war starts? As the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, the archers rushed out first, and a rain of arrows was fired.
"Are you sure this thing works?" Yamada Masamura looked at the arrow that was basically dodged, and occasionally shot the arrow that was also blocked because of the array, and muttered speechlessly. But then I heard a scream, turned my head to look, only to find that a samurai not far away had been shot in the throat, fell off his horse on the spot, and died.
"Nima, how much back is this?" Yamada Masamura looked at the sad samurai and his heart was full of helplessness. And for his death, Yamada Masamura was not the slightest sad, after all, he didn't know this kid.
It's impossible for Oda Nobunaga on the side to be like this, although the Arakawa who was shot to death is not familiar with Juro and him, but he is also a retainer anyway. The loss of a retainer before the official start of the war obviously upset Oda Nobunaga, especially after the death of Arakawa and Juro had reduced the morale of his own troops.
And for this situation, Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi was very happy, "Pass the order, the whole army will attack!" Yamaguchi said with a laugh. He had already looked down on Oda Nobunaga, but now that the other party was shot to death, he couldn't hold back his excitement. "If I kill Oda Nobunaga here, will Owari be mine?"
It's a pity that he didn't wake up from this dream for too long, because after the two armies entered the hand-to-hand encounter, they did not fall as he imagined, but entered an extremely anxious situation.
Faced with an enemy nearly twice as large as himself, the Oda army did not collapse at the touch of a button, but fought desperately under the leadership of Oda Nobunaga. In particular, the Red Black Guards led by Yamada Masamura, with their high martial arts, constantly slashed any enemy army that dared to approach the main camp.
"Master Ji, you can't go on like this!" I don't know how long it took, but Yamada Masamura suddenly ran over and shouted to Oda Nobunaga. He was really anxious, although the Oda army did not fall into too much disadvantage on the scene, but the lack of numbers made the Oda army unable to change the passive situation, although it could withstand the attack of the Yamaguchi army.
"Hmm......" Oda Nobunaga nodded, looking at the silence not far ahead.
"Master Ji!" Seeing this, Yamada Masamura was suddenly anxious, he didn't want this unknown war to give him the first defeat in his life. It's just that in the face of Yamada Masamura's urging, Oda Nobunaga still did not react.
Just when Yamada Masamura was about to go crazy, Oda Nobunaga suddenly asked out loud, "Overlord Maru, if you are asked to lead the Red Black Reserve to attack the enemy's main formation, do you dare?" ”
"Huh?" Yamada Masamura was stunned for a moment, and followed Oda Nobunaga's gaze, but found that the main formation of the Yamaguchi army did not know when, and it was only less than 10 meters away from his side.
In an instant, Yamada Masamura understood Oda Nobunaga's thoughts, and immediately shouted, "Dare! Why don't you dare?! With that bunch of waste from the Yamaguchi family, who can stop me?! After shouting, Yamada Masamura turned his horse's head and rushed forward, and at the same time shouted to Oda Nobunaga without looking back, "Yoshi-sama, just wait for me to bring the head of Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi!" ”
After a few breaths, Yamada Masamura returned to the location where the Red Black Guards were, he didn't mobilize anything, he didn't explain what he was going to do, he just shouted, "Brothers, follow me!" He rushed to the enemy's main position. Seeing this, the Red Black Beizhong also followed, and for them, the only commander on the battlefield, except for Oda Nobunaga, was Yamada Masamura. Wherever he goes, they go!
"Rush!" The Red Black Guards led by Yamada Masamura constantly brandished their weapons and slashed all the enemies who dared to stand in front of them, and there was no enemy in their way. After a while, they rushed to the front of the Yamaguchi army.
Without the slightest pause, Yamada Masamura continued to rush forward.
"I'm the Yamaguchi family samurai Hagiwara......" A samurai shouted while brandishing a broadsword to block Yamada Masamura, but unfortunately, before he could finish his sentence, he was stabbed in the throat by Yamada Masamura.
Without looking at the corpses on the ground, Yamada Masamura led the red black guards, like a sharp sword, directly into the Yamaguchi army's main formation.