Chapter 54: Fierce as Zhang Fei
Oda Nobunaga sat on a rock, took the tea handed by Fujiranmaru in his right hand, took a deep sip, and leisurely watched the situation on the battlefield.
At this time, the night has completely fallen, but it is not dark, because it is the middle of autumn, and the bright moon hangs high in the night sky, illuminating the entire foothills of Mt. Hiei as bright as day.
The Oda army was like a hunt, besieging the remnants of the Tsutsui army, these soldiers were all brought by Niwa Nagahide and Hasegawa Shuichi, and the morale was high, and the spears and knives beckoned to the enemy, making the battle a one-sided slaughter.
Although Matsukura Shigenobu has been fighting for an hour, he is still full of fighting spirit and bravery, and a war horse clashes back and forth in the Oda army, as if entering a no-man's land.
At first, all the soldiers also gathered around, trying to capture this tiger general, but they were moved by Matsukura Shigenobu's spear, and under one sweep, countless casualties were killed, and the sharp tip of the spear continued to cut through the throat of Ashigaru, and under the moonlight, blood splattered on their necks, and their souls returned to the sky......
Killing to the place where he started, Matsukura Shigenobu spear provoked a ashigaru, his hands competed, "hey", he rotated, used as a weapon, and smashed wildly, and the surrounding soldiers suddenly wailed, and the rider fell from his horse, and Ashigaru died, and there were countless casualties for a while.
Gradually, Oda Jun saw that he was afraid, and they all stood aside and were eager to try, but they didn't dare to step forward. Matsukura Shigenobu sat on the horse, wiped the blood on his face, looked at the timid eyes of everyone, couldn't help laughing, and shouted: "Wait for the rats, there is a kind, come and get the head of the heavy letter...... After speaking, he laughed wildly......
Niwa Nagahide, as the commander of this hunting battle, saw Matsukura Shigenobu so rampant, snorted coldly, waved the military equipment in his hand diagonally upward, flipped it again, and made a gesture of pressing down......
He is a Confucian general, who rarely goes to the battlefield to fight in person, but he can be calm and relaxed, strategize in the strategic, and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.
When the order was issued, the Oda army immediately changed formation, and the ashigaru besieging the enemy immediately retreated, and several groups of men and horses each carried out a "bamboo row", and the green bamboo with a sharp tip outward, like a bloodthirsty "nail board", quickly surrounded from all directions, trapping the remnants of the Tsutsui army.
Some of the Tsutsui soldiers knew that the situation was critical and wanted to kill the generals before the "nail board" was closed, but before they could get closer, several spears pierced out from behind the "nail board", piercing a huge hole in their chests, resulting in blood splattering and screaming again and again......
Matsukura Shigenobu saw that there was a big killer, shouted, shook the spear in his hand, and rushed to the opposite "nail board", he was high and long, and before the opponent's spear was stabbed, a shot passed through the "nail board", piercing a foot light in the back, and then "hey", with both hands, the "nail board" was picked up hard, and smashed directly into the enemy's left position......
Suddenly, the sound of crying fathers and mothers came and went, and the "nail board" of the left formation was smashed to pieces, and many soldiers were pressed underneath, with serious casualties.
Matsukura Shigenobu urged the horse to run to the right formation, concocted the same method, and used the enemy's "nail board" to break the "nail board" formation of the Oda army one by one. Seeing that the main general was so mighty and morale was victorious, the Tsutsui army roared and gathered towards Matsukura Shigenobu.
At this time, Matsukura Shigenobu has become the "god of war" and "savior" of the defeated generals of this group of remnants, in their hearts, following this general, they can live, and he will definitely be able to take himself out to kill the general.
But they only broke through the first line of defense, and there were still several lines of defense waiting for them. Niwa Nagahide watched the remnants of Tsutsui become more and more vigorous, and he did not panic, but waved the general with a light wave and passed the order.
Hearing this, the Oda army changed formation, and the Ashigaru no longer entangled with the enemy, but retreated in great strides, leaving a wide open field. Behind, the archers immediately set up a formation, and ten thousand arrows were fired in unison......
The rain arrows shot like locusts at the enemy formation, and the Tsutsui army continued to fall, and Matsukura Shigenobu brandished his spear and dialed the eagle feather, but he could only protect himself in this way, and the rest of the soldiers became ghosts under the arrows one by one. Seeing this, Matsukura Shigenobu leaned over the ground and picked up a large flag, Cui Kai mounted, waving the battle flag and charging straight to the enemy formation.
The flying feather arrows were all shot on the banner, without hurting Matsukura Shigenobu in the slightest, rushing to the front of the enemy formation, Matsukura Shigenobu threw away the banner, shook the spear, and stabbed out in an instant, and the Oda army, which killed like pear blossoms with rain, cried bitterly and bitterly, and no one dared to do it......
In this way, Matsukura Shigenobu relied on his personal courage to break through two lines of defense in a row, but there was no soldier by his side, and the remaining remnants of Tsutsui had all died in the chaos, even he himself was sweating, his arms were sore, the spear trembled and slowed down significantly, and the war horse under his crotch was also sweaty and wet mane, Matsukura Shigenobu clearly felt that his old partner was "snorting, snorting" and panting.
Matsukura Shigen's confidence understands that if he continues to fight for a long time, he will be tired to death, but looking at it, the mountains are full of enemy troops, and if you want to kill them, it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky.
Anyway, the green mountains and green shadows here are indeed a good home. What worries him the most now is not his own safety, but whether the lord Tsutsui Shunqing escapes safely, and the more he fights here, the more hope the lord will have. Thinking of this, Matsukura Shigenobu shook his might again, and quickly stabbed two shots, knocking out the oncoming enemy general......
Long Shaocong and Oda Katsucho were both standing beside Oda Nobunaga, he saw Matsukura Shigenobu so heroic, just like Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms, the strength of the opponent, the mountains and rivers, but before he only saw this kind of scene in the book, now he is immersive, and seeing such a fierce person, it makes his blood boil.
According to the logic of the Three Kingdoms, the victor's line at this moment should be: This general is very brave, and the widow loves his talent very much, and the order must be captured alive......
But as soon as he thought of this, he heard Oda Nobunaga say, "Pass my order, be sure to capture this thief ......"
When Long Shaocong heard this, he immediately shouted loudly: "The lord has an order, capture the enemy generals alive, and don't let go of arrows!" ”
When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he was stunned for a moment, originally there was a half sentence behind him, that is, "life and death don't matter", but Long Shao's mouth was straightforward, and the order was conveyed in an instant, saying that he was pretending to pass on the order, but the first half of the sentence was right, saying that he really passed on the order, and the second half of the sentence was added by himself without authorization.
Oda Nobunaga turned his head and looked at Long Shaocong, and found that this kid was holding his chest up, still smug there, and said secretly: Stinky boy, you are very bold, the widow will write it down first, and then the old and new accounts will be settled......
In this way, Long Shaocong's voice was considered to have temporarily saved Matsukura Shigenobu's life, and the sound of "capturing the enemy general alive, not letting go of arrows" came and went, and soon reached the ears of Niwa Nagahide, he secretly said that the lord cherishes his talents, it seems that he wants to take this tiger general for his own use, but in this way, how many good men will I have to sacrifice?
Thinking of this, he didn't care about the rule of "one ride", turned his head and said to the retainer Ueda Shigean next to him: "Bring a few more people and catch this thief for me!" ”
Ueda Shigean got the order, but only brought his brother Ueda Shige, first, he didn't want to take advantage of others' danger, and secondly, he thought that the two brothers were enough, and the credit could not be taken by others. So, the two tiger generals urged the horses to raise their guns and went straight to Matsukura Shigenobu to kill, and when the two sides saw that the partial generals were out of the horse, they immediately retreated on both sides and flashed out of a field.
Ueda Shigeshi was more grumpy than his brother, urging the horse to arrive first, according to Matsukura Shigenobu is a shot, Matsukura Shigenobu saw the fierce approach, there was no opponent, but his feet stretched forward, his body stood back, and on the horse came an iron bridge, his back was close to the horse's back, and he dodged his shot.
Seeing that the enemy general was rushing over, Matsukura Shigenobu straightened his body again, swept his spear, and said, "Eat me too." I only heard the sound of "pop", the gun was in the back of the Ueda Shige, and the Ueda Shigeshi shook twice on the horse, and almost fell off the horse.
Ueda Shigean saw that his brother had suffered a loss, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he shouted, used the spear as a stick, and smashed it into Matsukura Shigenobu's front door. Matsukura Shigenobu raised his spear to parry, and with a "dang" sound, the two guns collided, and at the same time shook the arms of the two of them, and they couldn't help but save a sentence for each other.
Here, Ueda Shigeshi turned the horse's head again, and stabbed Matsukura Shigenobu in the back of the heart, Matsukura Shigenobu heard the sound of the horse's hooves behind him, and quickly knocked off Ueda Shigean's spear, turned sideways, and dodged a blow from Ueda Shigenobu......
In this way, the three guns flew up and down, the three horses circled left and right, and the three generals did not give in to each other, only the sky was dark, the mountains and rivers were shocked, and the bright moon changed color......
At this time, the Oda army had already surrounded the three generals, lit torches, and kept shouting and cheering, not only cheering for their own people, but also applauding Matsukura Shigenobu's bravery.
Long Shaocong stood on a high place, seeing the three generals fighting like a lantern, he felt quite a taste of "Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu", and his heart was not enjoyable, and the Aoki Saemon next to him had never seen such a wonderful fight, his eyes were unblinking, and he stared at it.
Only Oda Katsucho was there with his face flushed, as if it was luck, if it weren't for his father sitting on the side, he would have already gone out to try his skills.
They have their own thoughts on it, but they don't know the pain of fighting on the battlefield, the two Ueda brothers saw two dozen one, still fighting each other, couldn't help but feel anxious, wanted to call others to help, and felt that they had lost face, so the two gritted their teeth, and didn't care whether they were captured alive or alive, shaking their spirits, and the two snatched each other's face, throat, chest, lower abdomen and other vital points, and frequently pierced them, and the moves were swift and fierce.
Matsukura Shigenobu was even more sad at this time, from early morning to night, he didn't even drink saliva, his body had reached the limit, he felt that his two arms were sore, and he was already slow to react, the armor on his body was like Mount Tai, so that he couldn't wear it, and his eyes were sometimes in a trance, and he didn't pay attention, and he was shot in the shoulder by Ueda Shigean.
He knew that if he continued to fight like this, his life would be at stake, so he was ruthless, secretly thinking that he would die horizontally and vertically, and in the end it was better to fight hard and fight!
Thinking of this, he let out a loud shout, exerted all his strength, shook the big gun on both sides like a dragon swimming into the sea, and stabbed out left and right with a series of marksmanship......
Seeing that the other party had gradually declined, the two Ueda brothers were secretly surprised, but they didn't expect Matsukura Shigenobu's swift blow to be like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, majestic, and in a panic, they immediately rushed back to cover it.
Matsukura Shigenobu took advantage of this opportunity to turn the horse's head, turn around and run, but instead of running for his life, he went straight to the direction where Oda Nobunaga was, and shouted as he ran: "Nobunaga child, today Shigenobu is here to take your head." ”
The final soldier was taken aback by the sudden change, and was immediately stunned, and when they remembered to stop it, Matsukura Shigenobu had already rushed out of the way.
But just when he was still three feet away from Oda Nobunaga, the dust suddenly flew and a stumbling rope was raised, and Matsukura Shigenobu attached himself to the war horse and said: "Horse, horse, today's success is a failure, and this move is again!" ”
As if he understood his master's words, the war horse roared, raised its front hooves sharply, and jumped over the tripwire.
But after the first one, and then the second tripwire bounced again, and Matsukura Shigenobu lifted the reins, and the war horse jumped and jumped again......
Then, there is the third and fourth course...... Matsukura Shigenobu's horse jumped five times in a row......
Niwa Nagahide's heart was about to rise to his throat at this time, because he knew that in order to protect the lord's safety, he had arranged a total of six triphorse ropes, and Matsukura Shigenobu actually jumped over five, and there was only one triphorse rope left in front of him, if he couldn't stop him again, the lord's life was in danger!
But at this time, whether it was Matsukura Shigenobu or the war horse he sat on, it had reached the limit, he obviously felt that the war horse was trembling all over, but seeing that a tripwire bounced in front of him, Matsukura Shigenobu gritted his teeth and said: "Horse, horse, this last one, you have to jump over for me no matter what!" After saying that, he lifted the reins with all his might, only to hear a low roar from the warhorse, raise his front hooves, and leap to his feet......