Chapter Twenty-Eight: The War
The night was silent, the first rays of the morning sun rose from the horizon, and the banks of the riverbed were noisy and full of people.
The samurai ashigaru were all enjoying breakfast, maybe this was the last meal in the world, and everyone ate it very sweetly and seriously.
Yiyin took the rice balls that had been roasted by the benefits, looked at the other side and sighed.
"I always feel that this battle is very passive."
"Definitely, I just observed the other party's morning cooking fireworks, which are two or three times more than ours."
The interests said with a big grin, Yiyin's face stiffened, this guy will not comfort people at all, and the already nervous mood at the beginning is even worse now.
Subconsciously looked at the system, and the 100 points that killed Oda Nobutomo before were used during the winter hunt.
More than ten people were killed before and after the winter hunt, and a vicious party system gave 10 kill points, and now there are still 143 points on the body.
Suddenly, my heart moved, and the ghost sent the god to open the insight mode.
A curtain of light swept around the body and disappeared, and the rebel camp in the distance showed some interesting words.
Full of energy, emotionally stable, and ready for battle.
Kindness? Look at the side again.
Energetic, morale high, ready to fight.
After looking at it for a few seconds, Yiyin turned off the insight mode, and the kill value was still 138 points.
It's kind of interesting, Yiyin thought about the meaning of the words.
Each unit has three literal states, the first one looks like physical strength, the second looks like a morale state, and the third one is a combat state, right?
Suddenly a little excited, it turned out that the insight mode was used to observe the opponent's army formation on the battlefield, no wonder there was no reaction to the previous crusade against the evil party.
"Benefit, do you believe that there is a god in this world?"
Yiyin, who is in a good mood, asks for benefits.
"Of course there are, there are eight million gods in Japan."
Yiyin forgot that this is a place where cats and dogs can become gods when they die, and they are suffocated by a word of interest.
"For a moment now, I felt like I had become a god on the battlefield, a god of war."
Yiyin raised his eyebrows and said to the benefit.
"You can pull it down, look at our ashigaru, it's only been a few days of training, and yesterday we ran a few laps and still have soft hands.
I don't know how to pull across when I go into battle, but I will protect you behind you when the situation is not right. ”
Completely out of mood by a few words of interest, Yiyin glared at her angrily.
"Shut up!"
The interests looked confused, and turned around to nibble on their rice balls, muttering in their mouths.
"I'm not used to hearing advice. Hum.. Man.. ”
Yiyin ate the rice balls helplessly, and the tension in the face of the initial battle disappeared.
The Shonai River flows north to the south, with Mori Kasei's reserve in the upper reaches of the north and Kawajiri Hidetaka in the lower reaches of the south.
Most of the Warring States garrisons were composed of 10,000 stones, with a number of between 300 and 800, often led by dozens of samurai with 150 to 250 ashigaru, and hundreds of peasants and soldiers equipped with the axle weight of grain and grass.
Most of the ashigaru labor force is not engaged in production in the village fields, and the combat effectiveness is better than that of the peasant soldiers, but it is also limited.
The Ji samurai is the backbone of the reserve, consisting of the relatives of the reserve general, the retainers, and the forces sent by the master's family. Well-armed, good at fighting, and often not afraid of death.
The few peasant soldiers who participated in the war this time were all the main force in the family. The rebels numbered more than 1,500 men.
The two reserves of Nobunaga were only five or six hundred people, plus the guards near Kiyosu Castle in the main formation, the number of people who came to help the battle was only more than 700 people, and the only Chinese were Spo.
"We're too unlucky."
With interests complaining on the side, Yiyin seriously observed the battlefield, this was his first battle.
Their position was at the front of the camp, and because they were too few in number and had to hold this section of the river, Nobunaga was forced to discharge an almost horizontal defense.
The formation is thin and the reserves are scarce. Yiyin, a battlefield beginner, felt that the situation was not good.
The upper and lower reaches were guarded by the only two reserves in Nobunaga's hands, and behind the junction in the middle was Nobunaga's main formation, and in front was responsible for covering the defenders of each city, and behind the defenders was the Spo.
It's not that they don't use the Spo people as cannon fodder, but they don't have confidence in the countrymen, for fear that they will collapse at the touch of a button and affect the whole situation, and they will be used as a supplement behind the defenders.
As a sandwich biscuit between the main formation and the first hand, this position is really awkward, no wonder the interests are muttering in their hearts.
This is the work of the meat grinder, the most vicious beating, it is not easy to run if you lose, behind is the main formation, and most of the supervising teams kill people.
The interest jumped off the horse and jumped up in front of the line. Jumping and rubbing. Jumping and rubbing. And then ahhhh
"Benefit Ji. What are you doing here? ”
Yiyin looked at her with a headache.
"Lord Yiyin, my name is Dumping, do you understand? It is a song and dance that boosts morale in front of the battle. What do you think! Isn't it particularly handsome! ”
glanced at Ashigaru, and his face was full of "Is it really okay to follow this kind of person?" Yiyin sighed silently.
"You... It's good to be happy. ”
On the other side, Shibata Katsuie observed Nobunaga's formation and shook his head slightly.
The huge disparity in numbers is evident in the head-on battle.
No matter how strictly Nobunaga guarded against death, as long as Shibata Katsuya stretched the formation, the opposite side had to follow and lengthen the area of defense.
The formation is getting thinner and thinner, and now the opportunity to attack is ripe.
"Tsunetashi Miyai."
"The subordinates are here."
Miyai, who was standing on the side, was a middle-aged woman like a leopard, an old man who had followed Shibata for many years.
"Your reserve takes the lead and hits the middle of the opponent. I'll let the left and right follow up and suppress the reserve action on both sides of the opponent.
Your mission is to crush the weak points in the center and threaten your own position. Don't be greedy, just push the enemy back. ”
Shibata's tactics are simple and direct, and the upstream and downstream reserves are all led by battle-hardened veterans, but Nobunaga's people are too few, and the middle junction is mostly filled with miscellaneous soldiers.
Once defeated, the entire formation will be shaken and will have to retreat and regroup.
This is the result of too few people and a lack of reserves, and the defeat of any weak point will shake the entire front.
Her purpose was not to defeat in a battle, but to force Nobunaga to retreat.
Although the dry river has little effect on the attacking side, it needs to be cautious enough on the battlefield, as long as the opponent is forced back, the whole army can calmly cross the river and fight again.
Moreover, the number of opponents is already small, and the morale is hit after the loss in the first battle, and the decisive battle in the later part will be more favorable.
"The other party moved."
Seeing the other party's military column moving forward from a distance, Yiyin said to the benefit. The interests stopped moving, looked intently ahead, and nodded slightly with a solemn face.
Ahead, Sasa Sunsuke looked back at the noise behind him, and pursed his lips disdainfully, these people are really unreliable.
She is a woman from the side branch of the Sasa family, and like the Maeda Toshi family, she left home early to find the main family.
Fortunately, Oda Nobunaga trusted him, starting as a samurai defending the city, and working his way up to the current leader of the defenders of Kiyosu Castle.
This time, he was ordered to control and integrate the defenders of several nearby cities and serve as the vanguard of the formation.
I was very proud. When this battle is over, you will be rewarded, right? It should be enough to go back to his hometown and marry the man he loves and have a daughter.
"Blow the snail and beat the drum! Raise your gun! Get ready to take on the enemy! ”