Chapter 30: Fierce Battle
Niko Katsuhisa also put on a tendon pocket and came to Gamo Jun; Three Gamo family samurai had already greeted them, and one of them, a young samurai named Yokoyama Jitsu, seemed to be unable to hold back the excitement in his heart:
"We are waiting to follow His Highness, and we must not let the Oda family underestimate our Gamo family samurai!"
Katsuhisa nodded at him with satisfaction, and then smiled at the others and asked:
"Would you like to fight to the death with Shengjiu?"
"I'm waiting to go!"
The other two replied in unison; Katsuhisa took the cross gun handed over by Yokoyama Jitsu, which was Gamo Kenhide's love gun "Red Ten Characters".
He raised the red ten-character spear and shouted at the samurai of the Gamo family:
"As a samurai, you should have the courage to go against the grain, and it is an honor to lead everyone to a shame, husband, and courage! Even if there are tens of millions of people, I am also willing to go! This is the way of the samurai below! ”
Yokoyama Jitong also raised his two guns and shouted:
"Eh~eh~Oh~"
Eh~eh~Oh~
More than 200 Gamo troops roared vigorously, and the sound of high morale even shocked Niwa Nagahide's main formation.
At this time, Niko Katsuhisa was riding on a horse holding the Red Ten characters, and the pace of the horse was slowly picking up, and the fifteen Niko samurai were all armed with riding spears to follow, including Ogasawara Naganobu, who had just joined.
"Kill!"
Oh!
Niko Katsuhisa took the lead and led the Gamo army down the hill, but deliberately avoided the main route of Oda's rout.
There were scattered Oda troops all over the sky, but there was one group of people who were particularly conspicuous, and that was Akechi Mitsuhide and his party, who were fighting and retreating, who told them to wear the most expensive armor!
It was obvious that Akee Takakei didn't want to let go of the opportunity to kill the Oda family's general, and he forgot that Akee Sadakei told him to only rush and kill for a while before retreating.
Takakei didn't pay attention to the other Oda miscellaneous soldiers, but led people to chase and beat Akechi Mitsuhide and the others, and the hand crossbows of the Koga people also continued to attack the samurai around Akechi Mitsuhide.
"My lord, be careful."
"Kuro!"
At this time, Mitsuhide's beloved horse had been shot to the ground by Koga, and Akechi Mitsuhide saw that Kuro used his body to block a crossbow arrow for him, and hurriedly supported him.
I saw a short crossbow arrow shoot through Akechi Kuro's shoulder, and Kuro angrily wanted to pull out the crossbow arrow, but was immediately stopped by Akechi Mitsuhide:
"Can't pull it out! Hold on, let's go back to camp. ”
Kurou can only endure the pain, continue to fight and retreat, Kuro's full name is Akechi Saemon Hidemitsu, Akechi Hideman's younger brother, because of his considerable military strategy, plus his surprisingly beautiful appearance, he is called "Kuro Genji" in the Oda family, and Akechi Mitsuhide and others are also used to calling him Kuro.
Bang!
Suddenly, another samurai beside Akechi Mitsuhide was knocked to the ground with the precision of the iron cannon.
Akechi Mitsuhide, who was familiar with iron cannons, knew how terrifying it was to be able to kill others with a single iron cannon, and when he heard the sound, he saw a man wearing a turban about twelve miles away from him holding a dark red iron cannon.
A sloppyly dressed ninja next to the man looked at Akechi Mitsuhide, spit out the grass roots in his mouth, and asked him who was filling gunpowder projectiles with a puzzled expression:
"Sugiya, are you regressing? Didn't take down that guy. ”
The person who quickly loaded the iron cannon next to him was none other than Koga's No. 1 iron gunner, Sugitani Zenjubo.
Sugitani didn't answer, he could have hit Akechi Mitsuhide directly at this distance, he was deliberately merciful, because he had also crossed paths with Akechi Mitsuhide in the past.
In the seventh year of Yongro, when the Akechi Mitsuhide family passed by Koga, it was Sugitani Zenjubo's brother Sugitani Dingyori who entertained their family, because Zenjubo and Mitsuhide both loved iron cannons, the two exchanged with each other during that time, and learned from each other, and the outstanding talent of Zenjubo also made Mitsuhide admire, and Mitsuhide's use of iron cannons in war also made Zenjubo suddenly open.
At this time, Sugitani Zenjubo did not fire again, he looked at Akechi Mitsuhide, who was protected in the crowd, and opened his mouth and shouted:
"Jubei, long time no see, I'm Sugitani Shijiro!"
Wise Mitsuhide heard the prestige, and it turned out that the mage turban was the former Shijiro! He understood instantly, so he laughed and replied loudly:
"Ahh It turned out to be Jiro! Thank you for your mercy. ”
The corners of Sugitani Zenjubo's mouth rose, and he put the iron cannon on his shoulder and continued to shout to Akechi Mitsuhide:
"If you meet me next time, I won't keep my hand!"
After saying that, he walked back with the iron cannon, and when he said goodbye, he said goodbye, and you have become the wise Mitsuhide of the Oda family, and I am no longer the Shijiro I used to be!
"Huh? Sugitani, why did you leave, this is a great achievement! Feed! I'm talking to you! ”
"No matter how loud you are, I'll crash you."
The man swallowed, not daring to stop Sugitani from leaving.
At this time, the siege of Akechi Mitsuhide continued, and Catie Takashi looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and the others who had gradually been surrounded by the Koga crowd with a strange smile.
"Wise Mitsuhide must not be allowed to run away, and the person who takes his head will be rewarded with fifty yuan!"
"Oh!"
When the people heard the reward, they stared at Akechi Mitsuhide with red eyes.
Seeing that everyone was unable to escape, Akechi Kuro pushed away Akechi Mitsuhide and shouted anxiously:
"Lord, let's go, let's break off here, otherwise no one will be able to escape."
"No, your brother doesn't know if he lives or dies, I can't leave you anymore."
Jiulang stubbornly roared: "How can you be a general!" Come on! ”
Akechi Mitsuhide also knew the intentions of his retainers, so he could only agree in silence, and Mitsuhide took advantage of the chaos to highlight the encirclement of the Koga people.
At this moment, a team of horses came towards Mitsuhide, and they bypassed Mitsuhide with swords and fought into the Hexagonal Army, followed by a large number of ashigaru, all of whom carried the crane-patterned flags of the Gamo family.
Katsuhisa stabbed an enemy soldier to death with a cross gun and smiled at Mitsuhide:
"Wise Lord go and gather the army, I'll leave it to me."
Wise Mitsuhide looked at Niko Katsuhisa gratefully and nodded heavily:
"Thank you Katsukuden, and be careful of those enemy arrows."
At this time, the battle situation was urgent, and it was inconvenient to say much, so after Katsuhisa nodded in greeting, he rode his horse and rushed to Catie Longjing and other enemy troops.
"Scatter them! Kill! ”
Under the order of Katsuhisa, all the generals of the Niko family were not afraid of death and rushed straight to Catie Takashi and others, and under the leadership of so many samurai masters, the morale of the Gamo family was greatly boosted and they rushed towards the enemy army with a desperate shout.
The Hexagonal Army didn't expect that there would be a Oda Army at this time to dare to assault, how could they, who were already careless, withstand the assault of a dozen or so samurai, and many of the Koga people turned their heads and ran away, or you samurai masters to fight hard! Let's go first.
"Steady, our reinforcements will arrive soon, stop them!"
Catfish Longjing is desperately trying to maintain the morale of the army under the protection of everyone, and at this time he can gather about sixty people; Just now they were surrounded by the enemy generals, but in the blink of an eye, they were surrounded by the enemy, and the matter of the battle formation was really changing rapidly.
After a round of impact, the Nizi people will abandon the horses and choose to fight on foot, but there is no way for this horse to fail, it can only become a burden.
Kanosuke and Yahachiro are both armed with a big body gun, and the other is armed with a cupola sword, like the reincarnation of a demon attacking the enemy in front of them fiercely, and the goods in the hands of Catie Takashi are their opponents.
Ogasawara Nagannobu and Hirano Kabei and Yokoyama Jitsu, the three of them formed a formation, holding a sword, a rifle, and a sickle respectively, and the three of them cooperated with each other very tacitly, killing the Hexagonal Army in front of them and retreating again and again; The Gamo family ashigaru behind them was overjoyed to beat the water dogs, and it was great to follow so many samurai masters to pick up the bargains.
"Don't cut off the head, there will be a heavy reward after this battle, kill me! Enemy warriors must not be allowed to escape. ”
Oh!
As Katsuhisa's shouts spread throughout the army, the ashigaru lost the head of the enemy army in their hands and continued to charge with the samurai.
At this time, the young Catie Longjing finally remembered his father's instructions: rush to kill for a while, and turn back immediately;
Now that he finally came to his senses, he turned his head to look in the direction of Catfish City, only to see that the fire had become smaller, and there was a hexagonal army paving the road, rushing out with the banner of the hexagonal family, and there was a happy expression on his face, it must be his father who came to save him.
Suddenly, his expression froze, and he looked incredulously at the head of the spear that pierced his chest; His back showed the cruel expression of Niko Katsuhisa, and Katsuhisa stabbed him to the ground with a fierce force.
"Young master!"
"Yikes! I'll kill you! ”
The samurai of the Catie family, who had just reacted, roared and rushed towards Niko Katsuhisa, but was stopped by several people, who were none other than the wise retainers led by Kuro.
Katsuhisa drew a short blade, cut off the head of Catie Takashi, and shouted at the battlefield:
"The head of Catie Longjing is here, and the person who takes its head is the son of Ni Shiro Katsuhisa!"
Oh!
The death of the enemy general has greatly boosted the morale of the people around him, and the samurai ashigaru of the Gamo family are overjoyed, and Katsuhisa-sama is ashamed of us! This battle will be won!
Katsuhisa watched the injured Kurou still be so tenacious and heroic against the enemy samurai, and the wise family really can't be underestimated!
Due to the surprise attack of the Katsuhisa army in adversity, many of the scattered Oda troops around them joined their team, coupled with the death of Takashi Catoe, the haze of the fiasco just now was swept away.
Katsuhisa and the others did not stop after killing these Koga people, because a reinforcement from Catoe City had already rushed towards them.
Katsuhisa tied the head of Takashi Catoe around his waist, wiped the blood on his face, and smiled at the generals beside him:
"Haha, do you still dare to fight?"
Yokoyama Jitong tore off the tendon pockets on his head and laughed:
"Follow His Highness Katsuhisa, why don't you dare!"
"Hahaha!"
The rest of the samurai burst out laughing.
Niko Katsuhisa pointed Akajumon forward and rushed towards the enemy first, and all the samurai and Ashigaru followed him again without hesitation, and more and more of the Oda samurai in the rout were infected by this scene and joined Katsuhisa's team.
Oda Army Niwa Main Formation:
Niwa Nagahide looked at the Niko Katsuhisa army who was attacking again in surprise, and the general Pei smashed it down:
"Niko Katsuhisa is really brave! Take advantage of this opportunity, you and others immediately gather all the armies, and all the troops in this formation immediately go to the aid and press the enemy back into the city. ”
"Oh!"