Masahara Castle.

Hinata's expression was very solemn, the fierce battle on the battlefield was still continuing, and the soldiers were charging like crazy. It's been almost three hours, although the soldiers have climbed the city wall countless times, but they have been repelled by the brave defenders, he began to feel a little wrong, Zhengyuan City should only have 6,000 defenders, now it seems that at least no less than 10,000 people, and these more than 1,000 archers are powerful, these local garrisons of the Yanhuang tribe, do they also have such combat power?

In these three hours, he left nearly 20,000 corpses under the city, but the city was still as stable as a rock.

In the city gate on all sides, although Hyuga Zongxiu personally led an army of 50,000 to storm the west gate, but because Fang Shaochuan led the elite troops of the second dragon division to concentrate here, there was almost no pressure, only the south gate attacked by Muto Kazushi The battle was fierce, Muto Kazushi This person, martial arts and extraordinary, every time he attacked the city, he took the lead in the battle, and regarded death as home, which greatly boosted the morale of the thief army, and the three thousand defenders of the south gate were inseparable, from the overall battle situation, in the face of ten times their own strength, the third legion actually dealt with it quite easily, they were the defenders, In terms of combat power, it occupies a great advantage, although the offensive of the thief army is huge, but from beginning to end, there is not a single gap that has not been opened, and it is always just giving up their lives in vain.

Fang Shaochuan took Tian Cong, Qiao Yueyi and others to stand on top of the West City, surrounded by hundreds of personal soldiers to guard, although occasionally there were thieves killed on the city wall, but they were quickly surrounded and killed by the soldiers of the Second Division of the Dragon Soldiers, thousands of enemy corpses had been left on the city wall, the remnants of broken arms could be seen everywhere, and there was a pungent fishy smell in the air.

Fang Shaochuan frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Why didn't Chi Chuan and Bai Jisheng send troops to attack?" If this continues, the thief army may not dare to attack again. ”

Fang Shaochuan is understandable to be worried, on the surface, the thief army is attacking fiercely, but the defenders have almost no casualties, Zhengyuan City does not have any threat in the substantive sense, and the thief army has suffered heavy casualties, so if the attack continues, it will be greatly disadvantageous to the thief army.

"Captain don't worry."

Tian Cong's expression was flat, and he said calmly: "The thief army is now suffering heavy casualties, and Zhengyuan City is still strong, I have already retreated from the sun, and Senior Commander Chi and Deputy Regiment Commander Bai have rich experience in battle formations, it is impossible not to see this, now the thief army has repeatedly failed to attack, and their morale is low, I believe they will act soon." ”

Fang Shaochuan looked at the thief army formation in the distance, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if some voice came from a distance.

Looking far away, there seemed to be a wave surging on the horizon, rushing towards this place quickly, Fang Shaochuan's eyes lit up and said, "It's ...... coming."

Tian Cong also looked at it and echoed: "It's the Dragon's Tooth Group." ”

The Dragon's Tooth Regiment was full of more than 3,200 people, Duan Qi took 1,000 with him, and the more than 2,200 cavalry left behind were all dispatched at this moment, converging into a torrent, rushing towards the battlefield at a very fast speed.

Bai Jisheng and several Gao Zhan took the lead, and the cavalry behind him were advancing at full speed.

Hinata Zongxiu felt that the earth was trembling slightly, and there was a rumbling sound from nowhere, and at this time, a thief soldier reminded sharply: "Marshal, the enemy army was found in the rear, and it was the cavalry of the Huaxia people!" Behemoth Cavalry! ”

Hinata Zongxiu turned around violently, and thousands of demon beasts appeared from the rear of the military formation at some point, rolling up billowing smoke and dust, and rushed over overwhelmingly.

Most of the generals, including Takigawa Kota, had a drastic change in their faces, and deep fear flashed in their eyes.

Hinata's pupils shrank sharply, and there was a chill all over his body, if a cold wind invaded the bone marrow, where did this team of cavalry come from? Didn't all the enemy's main forces go north?

The Dragon's Tooth Regiment rushed to the front in the blink of an eye, and the rear formation of the Amaterasu thief army immediately fell into a panic, and the thieves rushed forward, and the formation that was not too strict was squeezed into a mess.

Both Munehide Hinata and Takitakawa Kota realized the seriousness of the matter.

"The spearmen line up the formation, kill the mounts first, then kill the enemy, don't mess with the others, and maintain the formation." Takigawa Takashi roared loudly, commanding the Chinese army to line up a formation to block the iron cavalry that was close at hand.

The cavalry of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment on both flanks entered the distance of a thousand paces, the longbow was raised, the arrows whistled out, and a sharp sound slashed through the air, like a dark cloud, and fell into the formation of the thief army.

The piercing sound of breaking through the air was terrifying, and a large army of thieves fell in a dense rain of arrows.

The fear brought by the first wave of arrow rain has not passed, and the second wave of arrow rain has arrived, and the instinctive desire to survive easily destroys the thief army's inner obedience to orders, and they run blindly one by one to avoid the flying arrows.

The cavalry charge was close in front of them, and one by one the sharp weapons were raised high, bringing out a cold and murderous aura.

Hinata's mount under his crotch let out an uneasy roar, and Takigawa Kota's brows were locked, and his face was extremely solemn.

There was a loud "boom".

More than a thousand cavalry crashed into the thief army, just like a tsunami coming, and wherever the cavalry passed, nothing was left except a terrible howl.

The cavalry of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment on both flanks rained down incessantly, causing constant chaos to the thief army.

The deterrence brought by more than 2,000 iron horsemen is like the mad roar of death, and those who block it are all shattered.

Hinata Munehide was sweating profusely and was at a loss.

At this time, a huge shout of killing sounded from the north and south gates, Hinata Zongxiu's face changed three times in an instant, and the city gate behind him suddenly opened, and thousands of soldiers either poured out of the city gate, or jumped down from the city wall, and rushed towards this side.

"Marshal, the enemy army has not gone north at all, we have been tricked."

Takigawa Kota anxiously persuaded on the side: "Dashuai, take advantage of the defeat and retreat, your subordinates are willing to take the troops and horses of the headquarters to break off." ”

Hinata Sohide woke up suddenly, looked at him deeply, and nodded, "Okay, Takikawa-kun must be careful." ”

After saying that, he said to the soldiers beside him: "Order the whole army to retreat and return the same way." ”

With the order to retreat, the Amaterasu thief army no longer had the will to fight, and in the face of the sound of iron hooves representing death, the army was defeated like a mountain, and they fled to the south.

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The south gate of Masahara Castle.

Chi Chuan personally led his elite soldiers to kill from outside the city, and raided the thief army led by Muto Kazushi, and thousands of defenders in the city also roared out, attacking from both sides.

The thief army that had been storming for more than three hours had already suffered heavy losses, and most of the soldiers were tired, and now they were rushed by Chi Chuan, who was waiting for work, and was also attacked by the defenders, and immediately collapsed.

Muto Kazushi heard the west gate, and the east gate shouted killing, and most of the soldiers of the two gates began to flee south, knowing that the general trend had gone, so they no longer made unnecessary resistance, and the soldiers under the tent would surrender.

Tianzo Temple Jiuxin also encountered resistance at the north gate, the surrounding ambushes were everywhere, the defenders in the city suddenly killed, Tianzo Temple Jiuxin could not get rid of the death battle, and the Yanhuang soldiers who swarmed up cut it into meat paste.

The Kamakura Ze people at the east gate were rushed into the formation by a high fighter, and they were slashed with a knife in their hands, and most of the thieves under their command were surrendered, and the rest converged with Hyuga Munehide and fled to the south.

In this battle of Masahara Castle, the Amaterasu thief army killed more than 30,000 people and surrendered more than 40,000 people, and the rest fled south with Hyuga Sohide.

After collecting the surrendered troops, Fang Shaochuan asked Chi Chuan to lead his troops to take care of the prisoners and garrison Zhengyuan City, while he personally led the Dragon Tooth Regiment, 7,000 infantry, and 2,000 archers to pursue the thief army to the south.

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Hinata, Munehide and Takigawa Kota led the remaining more than 20,000 thieves to flee south, they suffered too heavy losses in this battle, and urgently needed to be sheltered by Okayama Shun, and the chasing soldiers behind him made him tremble and dare not stop for a moment.

The Great Tent of the Manji Army.

Okayama Shunmasa and Okayama Nobuyoshi discuss in the tent.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and a guard broke in.

Okayama Shun frowned slightly and asked, "Why are you so alarmed?" ”

The guard replied with an ugly face: "Lord of the city, Hinata's Sohide suffered a crushing defeat in Zhengyuan Castle, and now he is coming towards us with his pursuers. ”

"What?"

Okayama stood up violently: "Didn't the Huaxia people lead their troops north?" There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Hinata-kun's command, even if he can't take Masahara Castle, how can he be defeated? ”

The guards replied: "They fell for the tricks of the Yanhuang tribe, and when they attacked the city, they were attacked from all sides, and the Amaterasu army was directly defeated, 140,000 horses, and now there are only more than 20,000 left. ”

Okayama's face turned blue, his fists clenched, and he was obviously extremely angry.

The guard continued: "Hyuga Sohide sent someone to report that the Huaxia army is now pursuing the rest of him, hoping that the city lord can send troops to support. ”

At this time, Okayama Nobuyoshi on the side said: "Brother, Hinata Sohide forgot his life when he saw the small profit, and it was not enough to conspire, and now he only has more than 20,000 people left, and they are all rabble, in my opinion, our army does not need to provide shelter, it is better to withdraw the machine and kill it, and then subdue the defeated army of Amaterasu and Amaterasu Castle, and prepare more for resisting the Huaxia." ”

Okayama Shun glanced at him in surprise, frowning slightly, considering whether he should follow his brother's advice.

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In the middle of the road leading from Masahara Castle to Amaterasu Castle, there is an endless flat land, which is the best place for cavalry to fight, and the above and below the flat land, like the head and waist of a gourd, are narrow and dangerous.

After thinking about it again, Okayama decided to rescue Hinata's Sohide, and the other party took revenge on him for his rescue.

The pursuing force was only a little more than 10,000, and although there were more than 2,000 cavalry, Manjicheng, as the most militarily powerful side of the Japanese forces, also had nearly 4,000 cavalry, and he believed that his side would be able to defeat this Chinese army while waiting for work.

On the other side, Fang Shaochuan got the report of the sentry cavalry, and had already discovered the cavalry of Manji City, the other party was ready to wait, it seemed that he wanted to fight to the death with himself on this flat land, a sneer flashed at the corner of Fang Shaochuan's mouth, most of the cavalry and mounts on the other side were ordinary beasts, and all of them were demon beasts above the second level, and the knights were even more elite in a thousand, and the gap between them could not be calculated.

On the vast flat land, the two armies faced each other.

The warm breeze blows the hems of the soldiers' clothes, and the newborn morning sun shines straight to the west, shining on the faces of the Japanese soldiers.

The Amaterasu Thieves Army listed two huge infantry phalanxes, the Manji City cavalry was divided into three teams, divided into the front, the left flank and the right flank, and the middle army and the rear army, which consisted of more than 100,000 heavily armed infantry.

On the side of the Third Army, Fang Shaochuan listed the 7,000 infantry of the Second Dragon Division in a narrow arc defense line, with sword and shield men and heavy weapons in front, spearmen in the middle, 2,000 archers hidden behind the formation, and the Dragon Tooth Regiment was located behind the archers, with arrows wound and ready to attack.

The low sound of the horn sounded suddenly, and the battle was about to break out.

The Huaxia army was in full array, and the Amaterasu thief army marched slowly with neat steps, and the Manji City cavalry in front of it was divided into two parts on both sides, following closely on the flank of the thief army.

The sound of the horn became louder and more urgent, and the two armies were getting closer and closer.

From time to time, the cavalry let out a manic roar, and the cavalry of Manji City reined in the reins of their horses, slapped their mounts wildly, and began to accelerate.

The two sides of the thief army's military formation quickly divided into two torrents, from the outside to the inside, converging into one place, and rushing towards the center of the arc formation in front.

The sword and shield bearers at the forefront, all veterans of battle, tightened their large shields in their left hands, erected them en masse, and placed them on their shoulders, ready to resist the cavalry charge.

The archers at the back of the formation took out their arrows and drew the bowstrings, and as long as the school officer gave the order, the arrows rained down all over the sky.

The cavalry of Manji City is getting faster and faster in the march, and the speed has been increased to the extreme, and the cavalry in the front row suddenly took out their bows and arrows, and the arrows were full of arrows, and the movements were uniform, and the excellent horsemanship was undoubtedly revealed.

Woohoo!

The rain of arrows in the sky fell wildly, rushing straight into the formation of the Third Legion, and the sword and shield hands in the front row raised their big shields with a "poof", and the pikemen and archers behind them instantly crouched down.

Knock knock ......"

The arrows slammed into the iron shield with a crisp sound like pearls falling on jade plates, occasionally shooting through the dense shield wall and onto the soldiers' iron armor, causing negligible casualties.

After the rain of arrows of the Manji City cavalry, the two thousand archers behind the formation of the Third Legion immediately stood up.

"Sixty degrees in elevation, put." With a loud roar from the school officer, two thousand feathered arrows pierced the sky, bringing a whistling sound, and rushed straight into the Manji City cavalry formation like a deadly ghost.

The wails of the mounts and the wails of the soldiers rang out at the same time, and a large number of cavalry stopped their charge.

The Amaterasu thief army began to accelerate, and the Manji City cavalry located on both wings moved noisily, like two sharp arrows, straight into the two wings of the Third Army.

The Manji City cavalry at the forefront raised their bows and arrows again, and another wave of arrows poured out.

The Third Legion did the same thing, and the sword and shield soldiers minimized the casualties caused by the arrows. Then the two thousand archers fired another volley, and the arrows continued to plunder the lives of the opposing cavalry like a talisman.

At a distance of 1,000 steps, the arrows passed through three rounds, and more than 10,000 arrows were fired between the two armies, and nearly a fifth of the cavalry of Manji City fell.

There was a loud bang, and the mount crashed into the iron shield with an earth-shattering roar.

Although the sword and shield men of the Third Legion were extremely brave, they were still unable to resist the fierce beasts with their bodies, and the rows of pikemen behind them were desperately resisted so that they would not be broken through the formation by the opposing cavalry.

Even the strongest soldiers were only able to withstand the impact of these giant beasts' full charge, the loud noise in the ears made people's eardrums tingle, and the green tendons on the left arm of the sword and shield hand burst out, with the help of several comrades behind them, they successfully blocked the impact of the enemy, but there were still a few soldiers who were directly rushed to the ground by the Manji City cavalry, and the horses stepped on.

The officers shouted loudly behind the formation to encourage the morale of the whole army. As long as they can withstand the first round of the enemy's onslaught, then the Manjicheng cavalry, which has lost its mobility, is a fish on the chopping block and can only be slaughtered.

The soldiers in the middle of the defense line were retreated by the Manjicheng cavalry for several meters before slowly stopping, nearly a thousand sword shield hands only felt that the left arm holding the shield was sore, but they still struggled to wave the right hand Pu knife, slashing the Manjicheng cavalry on the mount, with the tacit understanding of the spear from the gap to stab out, leaving a blood hole in the Manjicheng cavalry or mount, the heavy weapon hand waved the weapon in his hand non-stop, every wave, the enemy cavalry and the horse smashed to the ground.