Chapter 53: The Great Army Joins In
P.S: Childish Knife: An ancient Japanese weapon, similar to a European halberd, with an oak handle with a scimitar about 30 to 60 cm long.
Tsutsui Shunqing saw that the fire was getting stronger and stronger, and he was very happy, and when he was complacent, a sudden wind suddenly rose, and the broken branches burning in the forest were blown by the wind and flew to his army. Because the Japanese soldiers were all planted with flags behind them, the sparks stuck to the flags, and they burned immediately, and suddenly more than a dozen soldiers were on fire, crying fathers and shouting mothers, one after another......
The army immediately rioted, and Ashigaru, who was far away from the woods, immediately ran over and helped his companions to extinguish the fire, and Matsukura Shigenobu had also arrived, beckoning everyone not to panic, and had people cut down branches and beat the flames.
But at this moment, the originally clear sky was covered with dark clouds and rain, and the burned soldiers were rescued in an instant, but the fire in the forest was also extinguished in an instant. Tsutsui Shunqing sat in front of the horse, took off the buffalo ribbed helmet on his head, his eyes were wooden, and he let the rain lap on his bald head, without any reaction.
Matsukura Shigenobu urged him to step forward, and said in a sad voice: "Lord, withdraw ......"
Tsutsui Shunkei did not answer, but muttered to himself: "God will not help me, God will not help me...... Let his subordinates, take his horse's head, and leave in despair......
But now that I want to retreat, it is too late, only to hear the sound of shouting and killing in the forest, dozens of people with knives and spears in their hands, like a tiger roaring in the forest, roaring and rushing over.
Because the Tsutsui army experienced this strong wind and rain and was preparing to retreat, its morale was extremely low, while the Oda army was alive, but its morale was high, and compared with the two, the Oda army, which was small in number, actually gained the upper hand instantly.
What's even more strange is that as the fire went out, the wind and rain suddenly stopped.
Long Shaocong still followed Oda Katsucho, outsiders seemed to him to be protecting the young master's safety at all times, and he was loyal to his duties, in fact, he knew that although Oda Katsucho was young, he had superb martial arts, and it would be safer for him to follow him and maneuver around the enemy army.
And the two of them did cooperate seamlessly, here Oda Katsucho just opened a person's long knife, Long Shaocong leaned in behind and stabbed, "poof", the knife went straight into the other party's chest......
Turning around, Oda Katsucho just solved the opponent's life with a knife, and another enemy soldier rushed to help, Long Shaosang's hands were quick, and he took the lead to master the spear for the young master, and Oda Katsucho didn't look at it, and with a backhand knife, he accurately stabbed the opponent's throat......
Seeing the ferocity of the enemy, Matsukura Shigenobu hurriedly said to Tsutsui Shunkei: "The lord quickly withdraws, and the minister is coming to break off!" ”
But before Tsutsui Shunkei could speak, Oda Nobunaga was already shouting in the chaos: "Old thief Tsutsui, your death time is coming, who will ask for the head of this thief for the widow!" ”
"I'll go!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw a purple-clothed young general, carrying a sword, and rushed forward, it was Oda Katsunaga. This was the first official battle he participated in after the Yuan service, so he was eager to make meritorious contributions. When Long Shaocong saw it, he naturally followed the young master and killed Tsutsui Shunqing.
Matsukura Shigenobu shouted, "Rest hurting my lord! As soon as he urged his mount, he pounced on Oda Katsucho with a spear, his horse was fast, the last to arrive first, and he rode on the horse condescendingly, and according to Oda Katsunaga's lower abdomen, it was a shot.
Oda Katsucho saw that the gun was in front of his chest, and did not flinch, his right hand turned the knife horizontally, and his left hand pressed the back of the knife, and put it on Matsukura Shigenobu's spear, leaned forward, and his feet were forced, and he took off in an instant, and a beautiful swallow turned over in the air, and he held the knife with both hands, and came to a "force splitting Huashan", and slashed down according to the top of Matsukura Shigenobu's head......
Long Shaocong saw from behind that Oda Katsunaga's entire movements were extremely chic and beautiful, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.
Matsukura Shigenobu saw that the other party was coming quickly, but the spear had been stabbed out, and it was not easy to take it back, so he had to pull out the short knife at his waist with his left hand, and hold the handle of the knife upwards......
After all, Oda Katsunaga is not yet an adult, and his strength is insufficient, so the strength of his arms is only tied with Matsukura Shigenobu's one-arm battle, and before he can change his moves, he sees the opponent's right hand push the spear forward, and the barrel of the gun hits him in the chest, hitting a strong knot, and he is also knocked out of the horse.
Long Shaocong saw clearly in the back, Oda Katsucho completely suffered the loss of inexperience, but on the battlefield, he couldn't think too much, seeing that the other party had arrived, Long Shaocong cut away and went straight to the enemy's horse leg to chop.
He thinks of "shooting people and horses first, and capturing thieves and kings first", but this is what he sees in his books, but it is not easy to apply it to reality......
Seeing that another young general was coming to his horse's leg, Matsukura Shigenobu lifted the reins of the horse, only to hear a howl of "neighing", and the front hooves of the war horse instantly took off......
Long Shaocong misses a blow.
This horse has followed Matsukura Shigenobu for many years, quite spiritual, at this time without the master's instructions, the vacated front hooves directly stepped on Long Shaocong, if this time was stepped on, it was necessary to break the bones and tendons.
But today's Long Shaocong is also not what it used to be, after the battle of Panxi Village, he personally realized the mystery of swordsmanship, and after these months of learning from Miyamoto Wuji, it can be said that reaching out has been quite good, what is lacking is only the experience of fighting and a little courage.
Seeing that he was not flustered, he rolled to the side in an instant, and before he could fully stand up, he slashed at the hind legs of the war horse again.
Matsukura Chong secretly scolded Long Shaocong for being shameless, not daring to compete with himself head-on, and actually greeting him on the leg of his war horse, he had never seen such an undisciplined young man after marching and fighting for so many years.
It turns out that in the ancient battlefields of Japan, there was an unwritten rule that in order to show respect for the enemy, the two sides fought one-on-one, and they would never attack the war horse, otherwise even if you won the other party, you would be laughed at by everyone, which is called "one horse".
Moreover, before the Warring States Period, two people fought, outsiders could not interfere, and the losing party had to be willingly cut off by the other party, and their own side would not cry and shout to take revenge, because it is not shameful to die on the battlefield, in the hands of an enemy stronger than yourself, but a great honor.
But how can Long Shaocong from later generations understand this, in his dictionary, as long as he saves his life and wins against you, don't care about what tricks I use, the so-called "heroes don't ask where they come from".
It's just that although his unconventional approach made Matsukura Shigenobu very uncomfortable, it didn't bring real harm to the other party, after all, Matsukura Shigenobu has experienced a hundred battles and is not comparable to Long Shaocong.
As soon as he saw that the enemy had arrived at his horse, he immediately clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and the war horse understood, raised his hind hooves, kicked and kicked up a burst of dirt and grass clippings, and the harmful Long Shaocong ate a mouthful of mountain soil, and he couldn't stop retching there, and he didn't care about cutting off the horse's legs again.
Over there, Oda Katsunaga rushed up again, raising his knife and stabbing Matsukura Shigenobu in the thigh. Matsukura Shigenobu looked at it and smiled secretly in his heart, these two young men are really interesting, one specially greeted my horse legs, and the other specifically stabbed my thighs.
At this time, Hori Hidemasa had already re-mounted his war horse, and when he saw Tsutsui Shunkei being surrounded by soldiers, he was about to flee, and immediately shouted: "Tsutsui old thief, take your life!" After speaking, as soon as he urged the war horse, he raised his knife and ran to Tsutsui Shunqing to kill him.
When Matsukura Shigenobu heard the shout, he turned his head and saw that it was his old rival Hori Hidemasa, and he didn't care about entanglement with the two young generals, so he swept the spear and forced the two to retreat a few steps, and then turned the horse's head and rushed towards Hori Hidemasa.
"Don't hurt my lord, look at the gun!" When the sound arrived, the spear flashed with cold light, and with a thousand momentum, it pierced Hori Hidemasa's waist.
Seeing the ferocity, Horihide Masato hurriedly slashed his knife sideways to block the other party's gun, and the two fought together.
Matsukura Shigenobu knew that the situation was critical, and if he resisted for a while, the chances of the lord escaping would increase by one more point, so he shook his spirit, trembled his spear, and with the sound of the wind, he greeted Hori Hidemasa in the upper, middle, and lower ways.
And Hori Hidemasa has followed Oda Nobunaga for many years, although he is not a first-class general in the Oda army in terms of martial arts, but he is not a mediocre talent.
During the fight, Matsukura Shigenobu peeked and found that the lord was still standing in place and did not leave, knowing that he was worried about his own safety, he refused to leave alone, and yelled anxiously: "The lord is going to go, Shigenobu will arrive later!" After saying that, he opened the slash from Hidemasa Hori's oblique stab.
When Tsutsui Shunqing saw that the situation was critical, and if he didn't leave, he would really die here, and shouted at Matsukura Shigenobu: "Qing should be more careful!" After speaking, I thought that I was still a victor just now, vowing to slash the enemy, but now I am like a lost dog, fleeing in the wilderness, and the things on the battlefield are really changing rapidly, I suddenly felt dozens of years old, let out a long sigh, and turned the horse's head.
But just when he led a group of soldiers and just wanted to leave, a feather arrow with the sound of the wind shot towards his back, and with a "poof", it was deeply nailed into his left shoulder, and Tsutsui Shunkei made an "oops" sound, and immediately fell off the horse, was rescued by the soldiers, and rolled into the grass next to him......
Later, Oda Nobunaga put his longbow horizontally in front of his horse, snorted coldly, and showed a victor's look on his face......
At this time, Hidemasa Hori and Shigenobu Matsukura were still inseparable, but he had gradually fallen behind, and he only had the ability to parry, and he had no power to fight back. Oda Katsunaga had already found his war horse at this time, and he was swinging his sword, and he wanted to come over to help Hori Hidemasa.
Matsukura Shigenobu saw that the lord had left, and knew that it would be detrimental to him to continue fighting, so he stabbed three shots in a row, "pop papa", like a long snake spitting out a letter, extremely fierce, and came straight to the opponent's face, Hori Hidemasa quickly shrank his neck and hid his head, dodging his spear.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Matsukura Shigenobu turned the horse's head, turned his head and ran. Hori Hidemasa looked up and saw that the other party had already run out three feet away, hurriedly urged the mount, chased closely behind, and shouted: "Thief general, Hugh away, I will fight you for another three hundred rounds." ”
As soon as the Tsutsui army saw that the main general had withdrawn, they no longer fell in love with the war, turned around and ran down the mountain with Matsukura Shigenobu, and everyone knew in their hearts that if they continued to fight here for a long time, they would have to die here.
But just when Matsukura Shigenobu led everyone to kill out, he suddenly saw the opposite pennant unfurled, the Yongle Tongbao battle flag and the papaya pattern flag all over the mountains, Niwa Nagahide on the left, and Hasegawa Shuichi on the right had already led the men and horses to block the retreat.
When the Tsutsui army saw that the other party's reinforcements had arrived, they suddenly lost the courage to fight again, and one by one they showed timidity and kept retreating. Seeing this, Matsukura Shigenobu raised his spear and shouted: "All the soldiers, listen to my orders, and kill the generals together!" With that, he shouted loudly, and urged the war horse, like a dragon entering the sea, and rushed straight to the enemy formation......