371 Fateful Encounter
"Full speed march! You must arrive at Toyama Castle after dark! ”
Under the leadership of samurai at all levels, a thousand people under the command of the Jimbo clan Zhang spread out and ran. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
But when Shenbao Zhang saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
Although the speed of the march is already fast, it is limited by the narrowness and unevenness of the road, so the speed of the march is still slow.
For the first time, the Jimbo clan resented the people who had hindered him in the first place in widening this path.
"Lord Zhang!"
A retainer came to the Shenbao clan Zhang on a war horse out of breath:
"Lord, if you march like this again, you will lose your combat effectiveness even if you reach Toyama Castle!"
"What nonsense!"
The roar of the Shen Bao clan forced all the words of the retainer's advice back into his stomach.
"Alas......"
How could Shen Bao clan Zhang not understand this, but the matter had come to this point, and it was not something he could easily change his plan. Yesterday afternoon, he went to meet with Kakuhiro once, hoping that Kakuhiro would slow down the pace of his advance, but Kakuhiro insisted on marching quickly, and no matter how much Zhang persuaded him, he could not change his mind.
In desperation, Zhang of the Jimbo clan took the initiative to ask Ying, and the weaker peasant soldiers of the headquarters took the lead and moved closer to Toyama Castle at full speed, while the Jimbo Kakuhiro Department stored up his strength and marched at a constant speed, in addition to maintaining the necessary combat effectiveness, he could also guard against all kinds of accidents that might exist.
In this way, Shen Bao Jueguang finally accepted it and slowly postponed the general's momentum.
This is the scene in front of me.
In essence, the Shenbao clan Zhang Nai replaced Jueguang and volunteered to explore the way ahead, becoming a bait to attract the enemy to attack, but these things, it is impossible for the Shenbao clan Zhang to say to the people below.
"If you can't rush back to Toyama Castle before dark, if something happens to the young master, you and I will not be able to protect our heads!"
He sighed, not without embarrassment,
"The Gongzhuang people were only 500 people, but they easily defeated Terashima and cut off the old man's head as if they had taken medicine...... This is a very dangerous trip, tell the people, be careful. ”
The retainer only felt sweat on his forehead and a numb scalp, and never thought that he was already in such a difficult situation, so he had to roar, and hurriedly turned around to inform the big and small samurai to go.
In the afternoon, the Shen Bao clan came to the east bank of the slippery river without danger, and the retainer said happily:
"As long as you cross the slippery river, you will reach Toyama Castle in a dozen miles!"
Shi Zhang still had a worried face, just because he knew that those who traveled a hundred miles were half ninety, and at this time they had been running for almost a whole day, and their physical strength had reached the verge of exhaustion, if there was an ambush on the other side of the river, what would ......
Something was wrong, Shi Zhang shook his head, quickly dispelled this unlucky thought, and ordered:
"Immediately cross the river and hike quickly!"
The water of the slippery river was gentle and the river was shallow, so it should not have been a place to arrange ambushes, but Shi Zhang did not dare to take it lightly, and still ordered to move forward as quickly as possible.
In just a few moments, half of the 1,000 people had crossed the river, and there was no sign of an ambush nearby, which made Shenbao Zhang feel a little relieved.
The military law is cloudy, and the soldiers attack halfway, only then they have not gained a firm foothold, and the enemy does not come, and if they wait until all their forces cross the slippery river, they will not give the enemy a chance.
The remaining hundreds of people soon stepped into the river, and just as Shenbao Zhang ordered the soldiers to form a formation to prepare for the unexpected, a low cloud of smoke and dust suddenly rose from the southwest, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually shook the deafening and resounding in the heavens and the earth from far to near.
Before anyone arrived, the voice came first.
If that's the case, Shen Bao Zhang won't be discolored.
Although the sound of horses' hooves is deafening, it sounds unhurried and rhythmic, as if it were one body, as if one person.
To the ears of others, the sound of the horse's hooves is magnificent, like the sound of heaven, but for the thirty-year-old and knowledgeable Shenbao Zhang, this is undoubtedly a symphony of death!
Because this is not just cavalry, but also a cavalry army of hundreds of people!
With such a large number of cavalry, unless all the samurai on horseback are gathered, not to mention the Shiina family, even in the country of Echichu, there is no such a large cavalry team.
What's more, the powerful momentum exuded by this cavalry army told him that this was not a hastily patched together ragtag armament.
Since this cavalry army is not its own family, nor does it belong to Vietnam, what kind of force is it?
Zhang Ke of the Shenbao clan was stupid enough to think that this was the bow village of the soil and the government.
"Array! Array! The spears are lined up in front of the gun, and the bows are light......"
After a day's journey, he was too nervous, and Shen Bao's command voice was a little hoarse.
However, Zhang of the Shenbao clan seemed to have forgotten that not only himself, but also a thousand soldiers and horses under his command were also a day's journey. There was no war horse to walk, and he had just waded across the river, and the muscles that were originally tense began to ache, and the numbness and itching were unbearable. Not to mention arrays, even it is a little difficult to pick up arms.
For these ordinary peasant soldiers, it is already good to take up arms at this moment, how can they quickly form a strict formation like a regular army?
"Yo...... This guy hasn't been scared yet, I don't know which one? ”
After a distance of two hundred paces, Zuo Zuo Chengzheng raised his hand, and the five hundred cavalry behind him also stopped their horses with a "step".
"Look at the banner, it's the army of the gods Bao Zhang...... He is also quite famous in Vietnam, but how can the light of the fireflies compete with the bright moon? ”
Kawada Nagakin, who was next to Sasa Narumasa, said without thinking.
"You're a kid who can slap the horse."
Sasa Narumasa scolded with a smile, secretly surprised by Kawada's performance in his heart.
Not because of Kawada's flattery, but because of Kawada's mentality.
Regarding his atrocities in the castle town the day before yesterday, Kawada Naga seems to still have an obsession, the naïve and naïve thoughts that only young people have, and the kind of compassion for the weak has not been abandoned. Originally, Chengmasa was still thinking about how long it would take for Kawada to get used to, but now it seems that he is too worried.
Blood is indeed a "treasure" that refines people's hearts, and as long as you take this step, you can make people grow in the shortest possible time.
For himself, Cheng Zheng can be regarded as knowing a lot. He has become a devil and cannot turn back. This is true of oneself, and so are those who follow him. If Kawada can't adapt, he can only be eliminated. Such kindness, such compassion, it is impossible to become one's own retainer, rather than this, it is better to split up in two, which is good for you and me.
"Anyway, hasn't the Shenbao clan Zhang lined up yet?"
Sazuo Chengzheng put up a pergola with his hand, looked at the Shenbao Army that was still in chaos two hundred paces away, and smiled disdainfully.
An army without a formation will surely collapse under its own iron hooves.
Of course, even in arrays.
"This battle is still commanded by you."
"Hay!"
"Remember...... No troops will be left behind! ”
No surrenders?!
Masashiro Dohi and Kawada Nagashi couldn't help but widen their eyes, although they were mentally prepared, but Sasa Narumasa really gave such an order, which was still unacceptable.
After this battle, not only will the name of the powerful general of Tufei Zhengfan resounded throughout the country of Vietnam, but it will also be accompanied by his notoriety of "killing and surrendering"! Tufei Zhengfan and the Gong Zhuang people under his command will become notorious!
Thinking of this, Tsuchihi Masahiro couldn't help but hesitate a little, and Sasa Narimasa in front of him seemed to have a keen grasp of this, and smiled softly:
"Don't want to get your hands dirty?"
This sentence was like Huang Zhong Da Lu, and it shook violently in the mind of Tu Fei Zhengfan. (To be continued.) )