On the evening of September 10, Sugiura Xuanren dragged his tired body back to Yuancheng Temple to rest, today from the early morning to the evening was killed and wounded more than 1,000 peasant soldiers, at first glance compared to yesterday's losses increased significantly, but yesterday only attacked for half a day, and today is a whole day, not his level of command suddenly improved, but until the beginning of the Shen Shi, both the army outside the city and the defenders in the city did not have the strength to continue fighting, only to reduce the battle damage.

This is the second day of the attack, so tired or this Masuyama Castle is really not easy to fight, there are only two ways up the mountain, one is the passage to Kameyama Castle on the north side of the mountain cannot be used, and the other is this passage to the south of the mountain, the mountain road is very neat to rest, but there is no road for siege around the top of the mountain, and a steep Horikiri makes their efforts in vain.

But fortunately, the Kira army in the city is much more tired than them, and it is not enough to sleep until midnight at three watches, and it is just dawn that there is a round of attack and killing, this kind of rogue tactics does bring great trouble to the defenders in the city, Sugiura Genren is secretly proud of his performance, and asks himself how much worse the commander is not much worse than the old generals in Kaga Province, the only thing lacking is that the reputation is not loud enough, and this war is regarded by him as a battle of fame.

Guanglin Temple Xiu Yuan, Anyang Temple Jun, Ben Xiang Temple Zhun Yuki today's action is a little delayed, until Sugiura Xuanren has eaten dinner before grinding up the mountain, at this time the sky has been much darker, Xu is from the three great monks who have never suffered began to get tired of this kind of attack in the middle of the night, the first day can still rush up the mountain with the strength of the army to attack the city, and wait until the night of the mountain wind, and was bitten by many mosquitoes a bunch of bags. I don't want to go up the mountain anymore.

But the military order is like a mountain. The three big monks with fat brains had to wear the hats that only women wore with bitter faces, and followed a large group of soldiers to climb the mountain. The process of the battle can be called boring, there is no light in Masuyama Castle, the whole city is quiet as if there is no one, the three monks don't think there is anything wrong with this, they don't think about letting Ashigaru pounce in front of the big door and bang the door, but yawn while letting the bow and arrow Ashigaru fire arrows at the city wall.

Broken bamboo bows and cheap wooden arrows without tail feathers are characterized by poor stability, short flight distance, and unstable flight targets. Basically, they didn't even know where to fly when they shot out, and the three monks didn't even have any plans to deal with official business, and they were still thinking about a comfortable quilt, and there were problems such as having a beautiful little novice warm quilt.

About the second watch, Benxiang Temple Zhun Yuki and Guanglin Temple Xiu Chen, Anyang Temple Ryo Jun pondered about the matter of retreating in advance, at this moment the big gate of Zengshan Castle suddenly opened, thousands of fierce ashigaru torches rushed to the stunned 30,000 troops, the unsuspecting one has always been a big mess, the front team of peasants involuntarily surged backwards, the back row of Ashigaru could not see the movement in front of the squeeze and fell into a ball.

The originally wide mountain road was squeezed into a ball by 30,000 troops. The red-eyed Kira army only woke up from a dream when they had been fighting in the same military situation, and these followers from Kaga and Echichu lacked the fundamental will to fight. As well as the basic combat quality of the ashigaru, the peasants and soldiers in the rear saw that the situation was not good, and they ran down the mountain with bamboo guns and spread their legs, and the crowded peasants in the front could only cry and climb down the mountain with their hands and feet, and they didn't know where to throw the bows and arrows and bamboo guns in their hands, and they had only one belief in their hearts to escape.

Guanglin Temple Xiu Chen, Anyang Temple Ryo Jun, and Ben Xiang Temple Zhunyu were suddenly dumbfounded, the three of them were sleepy and fat, and they were slow to move, and they couldn't turn left and right on their mounts, and they were surrounded by chaotic routs Where would anyone care about the safety of these three fat pigs, the three of them saw that the Kira Army was getting closer and closer, and the frightened souls did not possess the body and the feces and urine came out.

Many of the rout soldiers were smoked by the smell of their bodies, desperately pulled away from the body, Guangrinji Xiu waved a horsewhip and crashed into the Kira army, and was stabbed into a hornet's nest by several ashigaru with bamboo spears and horses on the spot, Anyang Temple Ryo Jun, Honjoji Junyuki was already so frightened that he couldn't even walk, obediently turned over and dismounted and knelt down to beg for forgiveness, but unfortunately their movements were really difficult to distinguish in the dark night, and the ashigaru who rushed in front didn't care so much, and a shot went down to make a heart.

The morale of the general was greatly defeated, and the peasants forgot the formation queue that they had honed in battle, and did not remember that they still had weapons in their hands, and fled down the mountain crying and shouting for their mother, but the bad thing is that although the mountain road down the mountain is wide but very tortuous, it is necessary to go through several turns and Senkoji Temple and the Seragiya Valley where the Masuyama Hachimansha is located to return to the Yuanseiji Temple at the bottom of the mountain.

In less than half an hour, the first wave of troops retreated to the camp of Yuancheng Temple at the foot of the mountain, and Sugiura Xuanren, who was sleeping, was hurriedly woken up by the small surname, put on his clothes and walked out of the camp tent only to see the bright fire light in the mountains and forests in the distance illuminating the sky, and the sound of shouting and crying could be faintly heard in the whistling mountain wind.

"It's ...... Ambushed! How did you fall into an ambush! How did those three idiots bring the soldiers! You can't even do a routine siege, and you can still be ambushed in a place as big as a mountain! It's even more rubbish than a twelve- or thirteen-year-old doll! Sugiura Xuan jumped to his feet and scolded angrily, eager to curse the three monks to go down to the eighteenth layer of hell.

He was full of anger and frustration with the three useless monks, he thought that if it weren't for the Chaosheng Temple Misho Zhao had to make a balance, and handed over all the 50,000 troops to their fang officials to lead, there would be nothing, but Kaga Ichizong is that system, and the monks are not in charge of the army, that is, they will be abolished by the fang officials in minutes, from Kaga Ichi's rise to the present, so many wars have been lost in the past sixty or seventy years, and nine times out of ten are the hind legs of the waste monk leading the troops, so that the war that could have been won was lost, and the war that was originally just a small loss became a big defeat and loss.

Seeing more and more blight surging down the mountain, the little surnames suddenly panicked: "Lord! What are we going to do? ”

"How do I know what to do? Wrong! It's all! Don't hurry up and wake up the boys to retreat! The faster you run, the better! Killed by the night attack of the Kira army, let's not think about crossing the river! Hurry up and call someone! Sugiura Xuanren can't wait to kick all the little surnames of this group of elm heads down to work, and usually thinks that Mu Ne's honest little surname is very easy to make, and then he knows that the people around him are too stupid to pit themselves.

Although Sugiura Genren's cultural literacy is really inferior, it is okay. But fortunately, he was forced to read some books on the art of war by Chaosheng Temple. It is about knowing that this situation must not be held out. The ghost knows if the night attack troops of the Kira family have a backhand, even if the west bank of the Zhuangchuan River is the camp of the Chaokatsuji Temple, it is not absolutely safe.

It is actually very dangerous for him to stay on the other side of the Zhuangchuan River at this time, the elusive Kakizaki Keike and Saito Asanobu have not yet shown their heads, and the situation of Uesugi Masatoshi is completely unknown, in case the Chaokatsuji Temple is under siege, and he is unable to cross the river and is left outside the Wancheng Temple and cannot move, it is equivalent to turning himself into a dish for others to eat.

Sugiura Genren's movements were not slow, but the speed of the Kira army was faster, and Kaga, who followed the retreat, chased down the mountain as soon as the army was rushed. Sugiura Genji gritted his teeth and blocked all the routs who were packing their bags and preparing to flee, and ordered them to go out of the camp to block the raiding army of the Kira family, and ordered the troops of this camp to retreat immediately, and he personally led the flag samurai to break the rear.

Perhaps inspired by Sugiura Xuanren's bravery, coupled with his unexpectedly strong bravery, he single-handedly slashed and slashed all the way out of the camp, and the tens of thousands of troops behind him rushed out of the army, and the tens of thousands of routs regrouped to kill the Kira army that attacked the surprise, and actually pressed the momentum of the Kira army back.

Such a violent reaction greatly surprised Numata Yumitsu, and the army he led only had 5,000 men, and they were all tired from the battle. Relying on the strong physique of years of training and the resentment of two days of sleepless attacks, he chased and fought all the way and consumed a lot of physical strength. At this time, it was very uncomfortable to suddenly encounter Sugiura Genren's return assault.

The veterans of their own 5,000 troops are tired, the enemy's newly defeated army still has the strength to fight again, and the east bank of Zhuangchuan has always been ten times more than the Kira army, once the Kira army shows a little cowardice and is found by Sugiura Genren to fight back, these 5,000 tired soldiers may not even have a chance to escape back to Masuyama Castle, and the danger of the destruction of the whole army is like a Asama volcano that erupts at any time, and the heart of Numata Yumitsu is not at peace.

In the middle of the night, the fire along the Zhuangchuan River was soaring, thousands of samurai lit torches in the dark night to fight to the death, the samurai of the Kira army were all brave and brave, but it was not an iron body that could not be outnumbered and still maintain the victory, and gradually the army could not take root and retreated, and the situation began to fall like the unfavorable situation of the Kira army.

At this time, it was the key node of the reversal of the momentum of the two sides, and Numata Yumitsu understood that if he didn't do something at this time, he would only die on the spot, and immediately shouted: "At this moment of life and death, it is the time for me to wait for the samurai family to die for the Ashikaga family!" Listen to me! Form a Sharp Arrow! Assault with me! There is death and no life, there is advance and no retreat! ”

"Hey! Assault! "In the face of the cold guns, the samurai of the Kira family were fearless, raised their snowy swords and rushed towards Kaga with Numata Yumitsu, there was no fear and cowardice in their eyes, the samurai's concept of honor and disgrace is based on the importance of life and death, and people can die but their dignity cannot be humiliated.

The Kamakura shogunate collapsed for two hundred years, but it will not erase the glory precipitated in the samurai bloodline, looking for a master is always the most common idea of the samurai, and encouraging the samurai to die for the sake of the family is the most incentive method, which is not contradictory to winning the war and getting the credit to be rewarded, there is an element of obedience in human nature, just like Kawachi Genji and Genji nobles, this is the result of the Banto samurai highly sought after.

Before the charge began, the bows and arrows in the back row raised their longbows and threw a dense rain of arrows, more and more bowstrings fluttering from behind them, and sharp arrows pierced the night with a low whistling sound, piercing the rudimentary armor of the army and burrowing into the flesh and blood, and a handful of blood spurted out of their desperate faces.

Kaga has always ushered in the first round of the outbreak of the Kira army, and the rhythm of the attack of the wind and fire came to a standstill, and in the face of the fierce Kira army, the head of the Kaga army fell into a brief confusion, and they didn't understand why the Kira army dared to rush so fiercely when it was clear that their morale, troops, and physical strength were superior, and the battle seemed to be about to win.

The rain of arrows is still throwing the deadly rain of arrows all the time, with the advance of the Kira army, they are also constantly following up the projectile, advancing more than a dozen steps to stand and shoot the tactical action of advancing more than a dozen steps to shoot, showing the strength of the quality of the soldiers of the Kira army to the fullest, like the continuous autumn rain slapping the plantain like a muffled sound like a sonata with a strange rhythm, each melody exudes a bewitching and magnificent blood flower.

Yumitsu Numata rushed into the formation at the first moment. Raise the sword in his hand and slash away the gun in front of him. Slipped at the stunned one. Half of the head of the Lian Kasa was cut raw, and the inferior Jin Kasa could not provide them with effective life support, and its effect tended to zero infinitely under the sharp sword.

The mechanical swing of the knife cut through the body of the light again and again, and there seemed to be a wonderful illusion when listening to the crisp sound of bones shattering, and when the knife penetrated those mental breakdowns, the sound of a sharp object piercing into the defeat was the most fascinating, and Yumitsu Numata, who was concentrating on killing the enemy, had forgotten when and where he was, and there was only the sound of cutting bones one after another in his head. There were also cries, wails, and groans of pain.

The battlefield life in front of the temple is filled with a faint layer of blood mist, bright blood-colored flowers bloom from time to time, and the body will twitch a few times before falling down when a broken corpse cavity is cut, Yin Hong's blood is like a spring gushing out and pouring on Numata Yumitsu's body, dyeing his black armor bright red, and the bright red blood is soaked into his face along the gap in his face, and the stinky blood is very uncomfortable, and the ground under his feet has merged into a flowing dark red stream.

Sugiura Genren did his best to maintain the broken formation, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before these routs, who were not much better than the rabble, could not stop the Kira army. The uncertain fate seemed to be playing tricks on him, and just now gave him a false hope that he could hold on and usher in a chance to turn defeat into victory. But in the blink of an eye, it turned into a rout.

He didn't intend to rush to the front to resist the attack for these soldiers who collapsed again, and looked back to find that a golden dragon on the mountain had been killed from the foothills of the southeast, Sugiura Xuanren sighed: "Sure enough, it is the reinforcements of the Kira family, no wonder the attack of Zengshan City in the day today is so inactive, it turns out that there is still a piece hidden in Yaskawa City on standby, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, I still have to keep a useful body!" ”

Sugiura Xuanren quietly turned his horse's head, and went straight to the Yuancheng Temple ferry without saying a word, and the Qiben samurai with him cleared a passage early and followed the footsteps of the main general, taking advantage of the hazy night to quietly leave the Yuancheng Temple main formation, and there were several small boats waiting for them outside the Yuancheng Temple ferry, and his main army was evacuated very quickly under the premise of abandoning the heavy grain and grass, and he was the last group of people to retreat.

After another quarter of an hour, when the army could no longer maintain its position and began to retreat, it was found that the main general had disappeared into the long night, and suddenly the army was in turmoil, and Numata Yumitsu found that the army had suddenly become a mess of disorder, and immediately realized that the handsome banner of the Chinese army had disappeared, so he shouted: "Sugiura Ichiki has fled!" Catch the defenders of Sugiura and will be rewarded! Life or death! ”

Several officials found that Sugiura Xuanren did run away quietly, and secretly hated that this guy didn't pull himself up when he ran away, but they didn't want to think that Sugiura Xuanren was secretly running away, if they shouted at them, then they didn't call it secretly escaped, if they shouted, you had to call him and then pass ten or ten to hundred, then it would change from fleeing to retreating.

In desperation, they had to take the strength of each family and retreat to the Yuancheng Temple ferry, trying to find the boat that transported them, and with 5,000 tired soldiers to kill the enemy army several times their own, the Kira army was full of energy and momentum, and took advantage of their strong period to drive the rout army to Zhuangchuan Yuanseiji in one fell swoop.

There were about 25,000 troops who were driven to the bank of the Zhuangchuan River, and when these troops came to the Yuanchengji Ferry, they were desperate to find that there was not even a sampan left on the side of the ferry.

The officials of Kaga Ichikozong looked at the surging river and rushed endlessly, and they jumped to their feet angrily and scolded Sugiura Genren for being ungrateful, and others couldn't blame him for running away without saying a word, but it was too hateful for you to get the boat to the other side of the river, and the peasant soldiers who had always been in a commotion gradually showed signs of disobeying the command, which made the officials scratch their heads anxiously.

They crowded into a ball and desperately jumped into the icy river, trying to cross the Zhuangchuan by swimming, but the clothes and armor they wore were too heavy, and they sank into the rolling Zhuangchuan after struggling for a long time, and jumped into the river like dumplings Two thousand people, less than five hundred people managed to swim to the other side of the river, these people either had better water properties or took off their carcass, and the previous successes gave them great inspiration. The peasants and soldiers, who had always been in a hurry, immediately unloaded the carcass pills that had been leaked and jumped into Zhuangchuan. It's a pain for people who can't swim.

I don't know who shouted: "Look! It's the Kira Army of Yaskawa Castle here! Jump into the river and swim over! ”

Looking back, sure enough, it was the shadowy Kira Army who came from the direction of Yasukawa City. At this time, even the landlubbers couldn't help but be ready to move, but at this moment, dozens of small mornings suddenly appeared in the lower reaches of Zhuangchuan, and the defeated army that was desperately swimming across the Zhuangchuan River was a rain of arrows, which extinguished the last hope of these routs.

Numata Yumitsu took the opportunity to surround the ferry crossing of Yuanseiji Temple, and shouted at the quail-like army: "There is an interception in front and a chasing soldier in the back, and you still don't surrender quickly!" Those who descend will not die! If you don't descend, jump into the river by yourself! ”

Several Fang officials smiled bitterly, gritted their teeth and shouted: "Let's descend!" We will surrender! ”

On the other side of Zhuangchuan, the main camp of Chaosheng Temple Miteru also fell into a commotion, and in the middle of the night, a large wave of retreating troops suddenly surged. The noisy movement woke up the sleeping soldiers, and the monks of the Kaga Ichikozong did not understand what the withdrawn army was called, but Sugiura Genren never appeared, and he grabbed a few officials and said something about the night attack in a daze, and they didn't know what the situation was, which made the great monks very annoyed, and they could only have ghosts when their good sleep was disturbed.

About the fourth watch, Sugiura Xuanren finally came to the camp, and as soon as he came, he was surrounded by a large group of monks and questioned what he had done. There is no war ahead, how can I withdraw and fight with you, and the military situation is urgent to make way for me! Misunderstand the military situation, beware of the big monks, all of them will kick your head as a bow! ”

The gossip monks were frightened by the loud voice of Genren Sugiura. only to find that the samurai around him Sugiura Genren were covered in blood, and many of the samurai were covered in tattered armor and bandaged wounds. The thick bloody aura suddenly made the monks scatter, and the flag warrior of Sugiura Genren spat at the mouth, disdainful of these guys who could not do anything but eat, drink and have fun.

After a while, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Chaosheng Temple Mi Zhao looked at Sugiura Xuanren with his clothes on, and asked coldly: "You Yamaura Iki Mamoru is not a teenager, but you have also experienced a few big scenes in Echizen and made a lot of achievements, why did you fall to the bottom of this?" If you retreat at night, what's the use of having so many troops? What's the use of you as a general? ”

Sugiura Genren, a seven-foot strong man, is like a small character in front of the Chaokatsuji Temple, and he doesn't even dare to raise his head, and he doesn't even dare to give birth to half a point of the thought of refuting in his heart, this Kaga Buddha Country was the Buddha country of the Kaga Three Temples forty years ago, and it has become the Buddha country of their Chaokatsuji Temple since the size of the one, maybe the Chaokatsuji Temple Miteru is not strong in the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, but there is still great authority in this Hokuriku Province.

And the Chaosheng Temple Mi Zhao to Sugiura Genren is also regarded as the grace of knowing and the grace of carrying it, since the end of the astronomy in the war with the Asakura family, Sugiura Genren was promoted to the side by the Chaosheng Temple Mito, and then seven or eight years of kung fu all the way to become a number of generals in Kaga, this kindness Sugiura Genren must be remembered.

Chaosheng Temple Mi Zhao vented his anger and felt that it was a bit excessive just now, he also knew that the situation on the other side was indeed beyond his expectations, and the Guanglin Temple Xiu Yuan, Anyang Temple Ryo Jun, and Ben Xiang Temple Junyuki sent by him were indeed bastards who had more than enough success and more than defeat, and if this war was to be lost, it would be lost to these three innocent monks.

But the problem is that the internal rules of checks and balances in Kaga are the combination of the fang officials and the monks, with the fang officials as the bones, the monks as the viscera, and the believers as the flesh and blood.

Send Sugiura Xuanren to lead an army of 20,000, then the corresponding monks should also be matched with more generals as a balance, but most of the monks and disciples he is matched with are brains full of fat waste, but he can't arrange the monks, he himself is the leader of the monks, and he can't betray his own class, without the support of the monks, there will be no such strong mastery of the Chaosheng temple family.

After all, there are both military exploits and military power in the front-line battlefield of Echizen, and it is not much stronger than staying in Kaga to eat and drink, and the monks who have a little ability or a larger heart go to Echizen country early, and those who stay in Kaga country to serve the Chaosheng Temple are all mixed eating and waiting for death, and they choose to choose three monks who look reliable, and the result is still so tricky.

It's a pity that such a young man in Guangde Temple has repeatedly made mistakes and sinned Chaosheng Temple Zhao, this time the temple is really like coming back and blowing a little pillow wind so that he decided to take advantage of this defeat to dispose of him, now I think about it is still too simple and rude, if you keep the life of Guangde Temple Chengxian and let him make meritorious contributions, it will definitely be stronger than these three wastes, maybe it can also achieve good results.

It's useless to think too much, Chaosheng Temple Mizhao felt that the heavy words just now would also be effective, so he reassured: "Forget it!" The poor monk also knows that he is too harsh on you, but you have to understand how much the poor monk expects you heavily, and you should also know how unfavorable the current situation is to our Kaga Ichikozong, and the main mountain has already had a motion to remove Kaga Ichichi as the general general, if it is not estimated that the power of the poor monk's faction in Kaga is too strong, I am afraid that it would have been replaced by someone from the lower family to be this Kaga Ichijo general.

You must know that once a monarch and a courtier, if you change someone from the next family to be the general general, you will inevitably suppress a general like you, where will you give you the opportunity to command an army of 20,000? Even if he doesn't move your status but transfers you back to Echizen as a town general, will you still have a chance to be the leader of the banner in the future? They won't give it to you, only the poor monk can give it to you, so you have to fight for some anger yourself, and you can't always lose the battle, which will embarrass the poor monk and it's not good for you! ”

Sugiura Xuanren lowered his head and whispered, "Yes!" I Xuanren must keep it in mind and dare not live up to the kindness of the great monks! ”

Chaosheng Temple Mi Zhao caught a glimpse of Prajnain Zhenru slowly walking up to him with a bowl of soup and snuggling beside him, with a faint smile on his face, and the face of this little monk showed a tenderness and sweetness that can only be seen between men and women, Sugiura Genren hurriedly turned his head to avoid their intimate scene, this kind of thing has also been invited by his colleagues to play with him, but he was sternly rejected by Sugiura Genren, he always felt that men who were more like women than women were demons.

Prajnain is really like a woman serving her own man to feed the soup spoonful by spoonful to Chaosheng Temple Miru to eat, the two of them from time to time to rub out a little spark or something like that Sugiura Genren wants to vomit, this meal of warm soup after feeding Prajnain only smiled and turned away, that scene in the Chaosheng Temple Mi Zhao seems warm and happy, in the eyes of Sugiura Genren is embarrassing and cold.

After the little monk drifted away for a long time, Chaosheng Temple Mi Zhao came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly and asked, "Tell me what is going on tonight, right?" (To be continued......)