Chapter 315: Goto is destroyed
"Huh? No? Grandeur! Seeing that the retainers rushed to the pursuers like a desperate death, Goto Junmei shouted with tears in his eyes.
"Let's go!" Seeing that it was irretrievable, Goto Junmei wiped a handful of tears after the most reluctant, and decisively led people to continue to retreat.
"Goto family Kuma is in the second, and he will be famous!" At this time, Kuma Shengzhong took more than 20 warriors who regarded death as home, and directly blocked the path of the Luo family's troops.
"Archers! Get ready...... Shooting" Yoshida Shigemasa didn't look at Kuma Morishige, and after letting the archers line up in formation, he directly gave an order. At such a close distance, it was as easy for these archers as it was to shoot at a fixed target.
A "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh" sound of bows and arrows leaving the string sounded, and suddenly turned into a rain of arrows and shot away from the opposite side.
"Ahh Yes! Ah......h
"You... You guys... Vile! Seeing that the samurai around him continued to fall, and he was also hit by three arrows, Kuma Sheng gritted his teeth and said.
"Spear formation, out of the formation" Seeing that there were still several people on the other side who were still killed by arrows, Kinoshita Masanao also shouted. The spear that had been prepared for a long time immediately attacked.
Soon, all the forces of the Goto family, led by Kuma Morishige, died tragically at the hands of the pursuers of the Luo family.
"Hmph" Kinoshita Masanao glanced contemptuously at the long time on the ground, who was already in the first two places, and snorted lightly, disdainful in his heart, This guy is really a fool. Roche military training, the enemy who can shoot from a distance must not be hand-to-hand combat. It seems that the head of the family really had foresight, otherwise, with the momentum of these people who regard death as home, even if they are killed, the family will lose a few people. ”
No, this is the Luo family's military training based on the summary of each war. Every soldier and general of Roche is required to memorize it. In Masara's view, war is all about victory, and to achieve victory by any means necessary, to hell with bushido.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't take the heads of these people, Your Highness will definitely not forget everyone's merits, let's speed up the pursuit of Junaki Goto, who escaped," Shinnosuke Akabane said, stopping a few ashigaru who were about to cut off the enemy's heads.
"What the military advisor said is very true," Kinoshita Masashi nodded straightly, "Quick, continue the pursuit immediately, otherwise the greater function will be seized by others." ”
The "others" that Kinoshita Masanao refers to are the execution of the species.
After receiving Masayo's signal from the smoke cannon, he immediately followed the strategy stated in Masaka's letter, leaving only dozens of mobilized peasant soldiers to guard the castle, and then led the first standing ashigaru team of 200 people out of the city secretly, and then with the help of Black Hawk, he successfully sneaked to the vicinity of Takeo Castle.
Yes, the task given to him by Masara was to wait for an opportunity to seize Takeo Castle.
However, when he learned about the situation of the defenders of Takeo Castle, he couldn't help but be troubled. It turned out that Goto Junmei was not a fool, and although he led a force of more than 200 people to travel, he also mobilized a lot of peasant soldiers to stay behind in Takeo Castle. According to Black Hawk, there were at least one hundred and fifty garrisons in the city.
With the strength of 200 men of the 1st Standing Ashigaru Brigade, it was impossible to capture Takeo Castle, which was currently guarded by large soldiers.
Just as he was in trouble, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind. Yes, to destroy the Goto family, you don't necessarily need to capture its city, there are other ways. Thinking of this, he had a plan in his mind.
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"My lord, will the defeated soldiers of the Goto family really escape back to Takeo Castle from here?" Don't skip words.
At this moment, Kane, who was standing on a hill next to the avenue leading to Takeo Castle, looked out into the distance. A samurai behind him couldn't help but ask the question.
"Judging from the news from the head of the family, the other party must have been defeated by the family, and the other party will definitely choose to retreat, if they don't choose to withdraw to Tang Boat City, there will only be a nest to withdraw," said the executive seed.
"However, even if the other party chooses to retreat back to the old nest, there are two ways to return to Takeo Castle, and the other party may not choose this one," the samurai continued to wonder.
With a "snap", the executive first knocked the samurai on the head with hatred, and then said Are you stupid? If you are in a hurry to get back to your nest, should you choose the one that is far away or the one that is closer? ”
"Oh," the samurai nodded thoughtfully.
"My lord, someone is coming, there are hundreds of people rushing here" At this time, a lookout ashigaru trotted to report.
"Do you see the family crest clearly?" Don't skip words. The executive asked hurriedly.
"Your Highness, the other party seems to be quite embarrassed, and there should also be pursuers behind them, so in order to speed up, they don't have any flags and fingers that mark the family crest on their bodies," Ashigaru said with a sigh of relief.
"Good, good! It must be them," said the executive and slapped his palms and said with a smile, "Everyone, the opportunity to establish meritorious deeds has come, immediately gather for me, and block the mountain path below the mountain." ”
"Hi" Ashigaru, who had long been tired of sitting, immediately got up excitedly.
And in the mountain road that leads to Takeo Castle. Junaki Goto is running for his life. Twice, he lost to the Luo family twice in a row, and each time it was worse than the other, and this time he even took the general of his own family. This Luo family seems to have become his nemesis of Goto Junmei.
"My lord, it's not good" exclaimed and pulled Goto Junaki back to reality.
"Haha" Before Junaki Goto could ask what was going on, he suddenly heard a long laugh in front of him. He immediately looked up and saw a team of hundreds of people blocking the road in front of him. At the head of the pack was a young general.
"The Luo family has been waiting here for a long time," the young man shouted, "The Goto family's men are defeated, will they be captured or will they give up their lives?" The contempt was palpable. Of course, there is also the power of contempt for execution. There are only about 100 people in the Goto family in front of them, and many of them are still injured, and they are even more demoralized and have no fighting spirit at the moment. And there are 200 people on the side of the Luo family, who have been recuperating for a long time, which can be described as having a high fighting spirit.
"My lord, what should I do?" Seeing that such a team of interceptors was suddenly encountered on the mountain road, the retainers next to him asked with a shudder.
"My lord, it's not good, the pursuers behind are catching up" Before Goto Junmei could answer, even worse news came again.
At this time, Goto Junaki no longer paid attention to the panic of his retainers, but looked around, trying to escape into the mountains and forests. But as he kept looking, the more desperate he became.
I saw that there were relatively steep slopes on both sides, and even if he could climb up, he would become a target for the enemy.
"Wait, isn't this where the last time the coalition intercepted the Hirado Matsuura army? It was here that Matsuura Takanobu of Matsuura Koshin was killed in battle, and the important minister Yasukei Tada was also beaten to death after being cut off alone. Could this be my burial place? Goto thought desperately.
"Kill! Don't let other teams take the credit" At this time, the executive also saw the Luo family's chasing soldiers on the mountain road in the distance, and immediately shouted.
"Kill" Ashigaru, who was behind the execution of Tankane, immediately turned into a vicious wolf and howled to kill the Goto army like a lamb.
"Kill, it's time to establish meritorious service" The pursuers led by Kinoshita Masanao and Yoshida Shigemasa finally arrived, and seeing that the troops who carried out the attack had already launched, they secretly said shamelessly, and then also attacked.
Roche formed a front and back attack. Moreover, the two teams together have more than 300 people and nearly 400 people. And there are only about 100 people on the side of the Goto army. The comparison of the number of people from four to one, the disparity between the strength of the two sides. But this has instead stimulated the blood of some of them, such as Junaki Goto.
"Everyone, right now, I have to wait for the road ahead and the back road are blocked, if you don't resist, it will definitely be a dead end, it is better to give up your life, maybe there is a chance to escape, everyone, please pick up your weapons, follow my side, and fight to the death with the enemy" Goto Junaki was sure that there was no way to avoid it at this time, so he had to fight to the death.
With such a fight, he Goto Junaki may still have a chance to survive, and once these men are easily defeated, then he has only one way to die.
"Ready, release the arrows!" Just when Goto Junmei was still boosting morale, Shigemasa Yoshida on this side had already gathered all the archers together and launched a bow attack on the Goto family.
With such a narrow mountain pass, it is not possible to take advantage of the large number of people, but on the contrary, it is the time for the archers to exert their might. Now that the Goto army is being flanked by Luo's front and back, and the soldiers are densely packed on the mountain road, it can be said that as long as you shoot an arrow, you will shoot one of them, such a good opportunity, of course, the sharp-eyed Yoshida Shigemasa will not let go.
"Maintain the formation of the spear formation and push the enemy inside" Kinoshita Masanao and Kaneno saw the mystery almost at the same time, and immediately adjusted the command at the same time.
Seeing this, Goto was unwilling to die just by the neck, and shouted to kill the Luo family army on both sides of the front and back.
But these Goto troops experienced a big battle, and then there was a long run for a while, and their physical strength was already unbearable. Although he was encouraged by Goto Junmei, his fighting spirit did rise a lot. But as the battle continued, some people felt powerless, and even sat on the ground. The general trend of the Goto army has gone.
In the end, under the front and back attacks of Luo's fan, the Goto army, which was already at the end of the crossbow, was defeated, the head of the family, Goto Junmei, was captured, all the retainers and samurai were also killed, and the remaining shrimp soldiers and crab generals also surrendered.
"Strategist, what should we do next?" After hastily cleaning up the battlefield, Kinoshita Masanao, Yoshida Shigemasa, and Executor Tanaka came to Shinnosuke Akabane and asked.
"Hehe, this time to kill the head of the Goto family, you have already made a great achievement, now you have two ways to go, one is to directly return to Tang Ship City for the master, presumably the head of the family has occupied Tang Ship City at this moment, and the other is to take advantage of the situation to directly attack Takeo City" Akabane Shinnosuke said while fanning the red feather fan.
"There are still hundreds of defenders in Takeo Castle, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer in a hurry," said Kane.
"Hehe, it's actually easy to capture Takeo Castle," Shinnosuke Akabane said, fanning him with a red feather fan.
"Oh?" Everyone looked at Shinnosuke Akabane suspiciously, hoping that the latter would give an answer.
"The solution is up to them," Shinnosuke Akabane said, pointing to the prisoners and even corpses in custody on the battlefield. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )
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