Chapter 678: Mount Ontake
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The 100,000-strong army under the command of Koya Saichiro accelerated to the south.
In the early afternoon of the same day, the army arrived at a small village just over a dozen miles from Mt. Ontake.
A horse scout rushed towards him, and seeing this scene, Ichiro Himiya subconsciously had a bad premonition.
"Oh no, my lord! Mount Ontake was lost, and the lunge Entaro was beheaded by Gan Ning, the main general of the Wei army! The scout reported urgently.
"What?!" Saichiro Himiya was so shocked that he almost fainted.
"What now, King?" The general Sanada Yukimura asked a little unmistakingly.
Beimizuoichiro's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "We must capture Mount Yuyue, otherwise once the follow-up troops of the Wei army arrive, we will have a big deal!" ”
"How many Wei troops are there in Mt. Ontake?" Koya Saichiro asked the scout.
"About twenty or thirty thousand."
Kiya Saichiro immediately ordered, "Sanada, you immediately lead the front team to attack Mt. Ontake!" ”
Sanada Yukimura promised and immediately went down.
"Order the left team and the right team to advance to the two flanks of Mount Ontake to respond to Sanada, and the middle army and the rear team will advance with our royal banner!"
"General, the Evil Horse Taiwan Army has appeared!" The sentry in charge of the gap shouted as he pointed down the mountain.
Gan Ning looked down the mountain, and sure enough, he saw that thirty or forty thousand evil horses and Taiwanese troops were rushing towards this side, kicking up smoke and dust in the sky, and the momentum was quite large.
Gan Ning smiled and said with a mocking smile: "Yo, it's coming quite quickly!" The surrounding soldiers couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"General, there are not many enemies, just rush down and ****!" A lieutenant said eagerly.
Gan Ning glared at the captain and said seriously: "Since they want to attack the city, how can they not give them a chance to perform?" Pass the order down, and the armies are ready to fight! ”
"No!"
The Ontake Camp is located halfway up Mount Ontake. Directly north, the 30-degree slope of the hill is the avenue leading to the Mt. Ontake Stronghold, which is flanked by cliffs and terrifying thorn bushes, and although there is a road to the south that leads directly to the Nanyuanmen, the road is so rugged that it is impossible for a large army to spread out to the south.
Sanada Yukimura led a front team of 35,000 men and horses to the foot of the mountain, and looked up at the majestic Mt. Ontake and the camp halfway up the mountain in front of him, and couldn't help but frown in his heart.
"Drumming. Team Yagyu attack! Sanada Yukimura ordered.
The sound of the leather drums peculiar to the Fuso people rang out, and Sanada Yukimura's subordinates pulled out their swords and pointed at the camp in front of them and shouted, "Rush up!" ”
Thousands of Evil Horse Taiwanese troops shouted loudly and rushed up the hill
"General?" Sun Tao looked at Gan Ning, looking a little impatient.
Gan Ning touched his chin and sneered: "No hurry! Wait for them to run first! Crossbowmen ready, rolling stones and wood ready! ”
"No!"
The five or six thousand Yamatai troops continued to approach the camp on the mountainside, and it seemed to be very smooth. The soldiers of the Yamatai army who watched the battle at the foot of the mountain all looked excited, perhaps they were fantasizing about the scene of their own army rushing into the camp and slaughtering the Wei army.
However, Sanada Yukimura, who was a general, did not think so, and he frowned and looked at his own soldiers who were constantly approaching the Wei army camp.
The Evil Horse Taiwan Army rushed halfway, and at this time, the five or six thousand Evil Horse Taiwan Army were a little out of breath, and it was no wonder that after running for such a period of time wearing armor and carrying weapons, it was a person who would feel tired.
At this moment, Sanada Yukimura Sha, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, began to dance quickly from side to side on the other side's sentry tower. He couldn't help but be shocked, and then he saw countless rolling stones being thrown out of the wall of the camp. Rumble down the hillside and go straight down the mountain. Sanada Yukimura's face changed suddenly, and the excitement in his eyes disappeared in an instant.
The Evil Horse Taiwan Army, which was advancing halfway up the mountain, was shocked to see countless rolling stones rushing down with the momentum of thunder, and couldn't help but look pale and stunned in place.
The rolling stones swept through the middle of the Evil Horse Taiwan Army like a torrent, and the soldiers of the Evil Horse Taiwan Army were like the poor porcelain vase in the bowling alley, and the screams were combined with the roar of the rolling stones, and the soldiers of the Evil Horse Taiwan Army were crushed by the rolling stones one after another. The undead dropped their weapons and swooped down the hill like frightened rabbits.
The hillside finally fell silent, and the scene in front of me was chilling, with bloody corpses scattered on the hillside in various postures, and some twisted figures still wailing in pain.
The soldiers of the Yamatai army under the mountain looked at everything in front of them in a daze, and their faces turned pale.
"General. Now what? Yanagi Shinyin asked with difficulty
Sanada Yukimura came back to his senses, glanced at the camp on the mountainside, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Attack!" Go on the offensive!! ”
Yanagi Xinyin originally wanted to say something, but when he saw the cold color in Sanada Yukimura's eyes, he couldn't help but salivate, promised, and went back to the front.
The war drums of the Yamatai army sounded loudly again, and the officers and men of the Yamatai army launched another attack on the mountain at the urging of Yanagi Shinyin.
The battle continued until just before evening, and Sanada Yukimura's team suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in the course of the day, but no progress was made, and more precisely, Sanada Yukimura simply did not find a way to overcome the hillside in front of him.
The torches were burning in the big tent of the Yamatai people, and the general of the Yamatai army and the Himiya Saichiro in the tent were gloomy, and today's situation made all of them have a very bad premonition, and the soldiers outside the tent sat around the fire, one by one, languishing.
"My lord, the camp of Mount Ontake occupies a favorable position and is condescending, while we attack from below! Before the army approached the barracks, most of them were lost on the hillside, and if we continued to fight like this, I was afraid that we would be exhausted by more than 100,000 people, and we might not be able to defeat it! Sanada Yukimura said with some frustration.
Shiba Saichiro frowned and didn't speak, Honda Tadakatsu jumped out, pointed at Sanada Yukimura and said angrily: "Sanada-kun, is this little difficulty in front of you make you lose your fighting spirit and confidence?" ”
Sanada Yukimura said excitedly: "I'm just going to tell you the current situation!" This difficulty in front of us cannot be overcome with faith! ”
Honda Tadakatsu, who has always been conceited, could not listen to Sanada Yukimura's explanation, and was about to shout a rebuke, but at this moment, Shimizoichiro spoke, "Okay! Stop arguing! Sanada-kun is right! Ontakesan Fortress is not that easy to fight! We have to figure it out! ”
Zoichiro Himiya paced back and forth in the big tent, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and the generals did not dare to disturb Zuoichiro Himiya, and looked at him.
Shibata Saichiro suddenly stopped and asked Shibata Takeriku on the side: "Shibata-kun, your hometown is near here, so you should be familiar with Mt. Ontake, right?" (To be continued.) )