Chapter 662: The Situation Has Changed Dramatically
The samurai leading the Takeda Army was shocked when he saw this, don't look at the other party, there are only 100 people, but he can see that these 100 people are not ashigaru at all, but real samurai, with only more than 200 ashigaru, he wants to fight with the enemy's 100 samurai, this Kotsu Juro Bei has not been arrogant to this extent, and he has now completely regretted it.
If it wasn't for the hot head just now and the army rushed over, then with the gun array at least able to resist for a while, but now the team under his command has been scattered, and the enemy has rushed into the team, and he can't stop it, but he knows that now he has no way to retreat, as long as he retreats, then these hundred warriors can take the formation directly, even if the army of this formation can block their attack, but the other front troops see this, they have to return to help, if the next time comes, the enemy can then cover up, how can the family still be undefeated, Therefore, he could only lead the army to insist, and at the same time send someone to report the situation to the lord quickly, even if he could not send reinforcements, he could make preparations in advance.
I only heard him shout loudly: "Someone come, report the battle situation to the lord as soon as possible." ”
He was so loud that not only Ashigaru around him heard it, but even Keiji Maeda, who was not far away, heard it really.
I saw him laugh and roar: "Ha Luha, don't you add a sentence in the report, just say that the middle road has been defeated, let Shan County Changjing wash his neck, and wait for this to meet the Taidao in the hand of my Maeda Keiji." Ha Lu Ha! With that, he rushed towards the samurai who had just spoken.
"Quick, stop him!" After hearing this, the warrior of the Takeda family couldn't help but immediately order to the ashigaru beside him, if in normal times, the other party insulted the lord like this, even if the opponent couldn't defeat the other party, he would go forward and fight with him, but not now, he knew that once he was killed, then the army under his command would inevitably collapse. The army led by himself retreated, then the lord would be really dangerous, so even if he didn't want to, but for the safety of the lord and the victory of his family. He can only be a turtle with a shrunken head once.
The ashigaru who was sent quickly rushed to the rear of the main formation, and after entering the curtain, he only heard him say breathlessly: "Report to the lord, the Takayama family suddenly killed a hundred samurai from the middle lane, and it is really difficult for the subordinates to block the opponent's attack, I am afraid that it will not take long for the middle route army to be defeated by it." The Xingjin people sent their subordinates to report the battle situation to the lord, and asked the lord to make a decision as soon as possible. ”
After hearing this, Shan Changjing stood up suddenly, only to hear him roar: "Can anyone tell me where these hundred samurai came from?" ”
It has only been less than two months since the formation of the Takayama family banner samurai, and it is very inconvenient for Hida to pass on the news.
He only knows the way. There were some changes in the guards around the Gaoshan Clan, from the original two hundred to one hundred, he thought. The other party is to let more troops fight, so he has no choice but to do it, and he only treats these hundred guards as ordinary banners, he doesn't think that the Takayama clan has such courage at all, and recruits a hundred samurai at once, but the Takayama clan really did it, no wonder Yama Yama Changjing was surprised.
Originally, the battle situation had been developing in the direction he wanted, but these hundred banner-based samurai completely disrupted his arrangement. If you can't effectively restrain the opponent's attack, then before the Wind Demon Kojiro leads the ninja army to help, he will already be defeated.
Come to think of it. I only heard him speak: "Quickly adjust the strength of the 200 troops of this formation to the middle to help in the battle." Just go! ”
"The lord can't, if you do this, once the enemy attacks, then this formation will not have any ability to protect itself, please think twice."
"Shut up! If you don't send military assistance, your family will only lose faster. Now what we have to do is to delay as much time as possible, the Wind Demon Ninja Army should be almost there, as soon as they arrive, they can achieve victory, even if the formation is empty. Without further ado, go ahead and give orders! ”…,
When a junior samurai Gangyi led the 200 Banners Honashigaru out of the main formation, Yama County Changjing thought that just these 200 Ashigaru went to help, I was afraid that it would not be able to block the enemy's attack, so when he thought of this, he only heard him open his mouth again: "Order the army of the northern front, and under the condition of being able to block the enemy's attack, draw troops as much as possible to assist the middle road, go." ”
Just when Maeda Keiji was about to defeat the Takeda army in the middle, he saw hundreds of Takeda troops rushing towards his side from the east and north, with a total number of about five hundred, and he could feel that the enemy army in the middle lane who was fighting with him had recovered a lot when they saw that reinforcements were coming, and most of the ashigaru had recovered from fear.
Maeda Keiji's face also became gloomy, if the enemy only sent one or two hundred people to support, he was confident that he would defeat it in a short time, but this time it was five hundred, plus the battle with him, there were still more than one hundred and eighty Takeda Middle Route Army, and its total number had reached nearly seven hundred, and there were less than a hundred people under his command.
The opponent's army is seven times larger than his own, even if the samurai under his command are strong, in the case of one enemy and seven, even if they can win in the end, the time required is definitely not short, let alone launch an attack on the enemy's main formation within the time of one pillar of incense.
He didn't think about sending someone to inform Omiya Jingren to lead the army to help in the battle, but Shigeto Bow and Ashigaru were both long-range offensive troops, and now he led his subordinates to fight with the enemy in one place, even if they came to help, it would not have any effect.
Before, he always felt that his family's heavy wisteria bow team was very strong, but now he thinks that this heavy wisteria bow ashigaru is not even as good as his own iron cannon team, and the iron cannon ashigaru has some melee ability to insert iron thorns into the iron cannon, but the heavy wisteria bow ashigaru can't be counted on at all in this regard, they are completely the king of long-range attacks, and the waste of close combat.
No matter what Keiji Maeda thought, the other party's reinforcements still came, and he could only fight hard, hoping to defeat them as soon as possible.
And when the enemy's reinforcements reached the middle lane, not long after the battle with Flag Ashigaru, the clan had already received a report from the ninja. When he finished listening, he couldn't help but move in his heart, only to hear him quickly ask: "How many ninjas are there on the northern front of this family who have not been involved in the battle?" ”
"Back to the lord, there are still six hundred ninjas on the west bank who have failed to launch an offensive against the enemy on the east bank, and I ask the lord to decide." I heard the ninja quickly answer.
As soon as the ninja finished speaking, Honda Masanobu then asked, "How is the battle on the southern front?" ”
"Back to Benduo, the army of the southern front is in a stalemate with the enemy."
Honda Masanobu couldn't help but nod after hearing this, but he didn't say anything, he knew that even if he didn't say it, the lord would understand what he meant.
And the clan has the same idea as him, if he sends a part of the ninja army on the northern front to support the middle road, then the enemy's army still has a certain advantage, and the result is estimated to be a stalemate, and if the ninja army is sent to support the southern front, then the situation will be very different, the current army of the family has reached 950 people on the southern front, even if the 200 iron cannons defending on the west bank are removed, there are still 750 troops participating in the battle.
Moreover, it has been fighting for a long time now, and it should have already achieved some advantages, and if the southern front is increased at this time, then the advantage will be too large for the enemy to bear, so that it will be completely achievable to defeat them.
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the clan sect: "The order, the ninja army that has not participated in the battle on the northern front will leave two hundred people as a reserve, and the remaining four hundred people will be immediately transferred to the southern front to fight." ”
"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it."
Just as the ashigaru was about to leave, another ninja ran in and said loudly, "My lord, my subordinates... It was discovered that Yamauchi-sama led twenty new writers under his command, Ashigaru, was galloping towards the main formation, and asked the lord to decide. ”…,
After hearing this, the clan was shocked in his heart, shouldn't Yamauchi Kazutoyo lead a group of three hundred new writers to guard Yitian Town at this time? Even if the monks and soldiers of the 300 Kokubunji Temple who were stationed outside Masuda Castle did not go north to support Kojima Castle, but went south to support the Takeda family, it should have been this group of thieves who arrived first, and even if Yamauchi Kazutoyo arrived first, he should not have only led twenty ashigaru to come.
Could it be that something has happened in Yitian City? But the enemy is only 300, the defenders in the city are 400, and there are still cities to defend, how can such a thing happen.
Just when the clan didn't know why, I saw Yamauchi Ichitomo stumbling in from the outside, as soon as he saw the clan, he heard him cry: "Lord, his subordinates are incompetent, Yitian City has been taken by the enemy, and his subordinates wanted to live and die with the city, but they were sent out by the army under his command, and now I have come to report to the lord, and I also ask the lord to allow his subordinates to apologize." ”
"What... What the! You... Tell me again! After hearing this, the clan stood up violently, and the news shocked him too much.
"Lord, just when the defenders in the city were fighting with the enemy again, suddenly out of nowhere to kill two thousand ninjas, the army in the city was fighting with the enemy in the front, and the other three sides of the defense were weak, these ninjas easily attacked the city from the side of the order, and the army under his command was in order to allow his subordinates to bring the news to the lord, so he sacrificed his life to resist, although the subordinates did not know the situation behind, but I'm afraid it would be difficult for anyone to survive, lord, all this is the fault of his subordinates, and please let his subordinates apologize."
After hearing this, the clan sat down weakly, he didn't care about Yitian City, as long as he could repel the Takeda army in front of him, then he would lead the army to take the city back, what really made him feel distressed was the nearly four hundred new writers who had been following him for many years, and they were all veterans who had followed him for many years, and they were not loyal and powerful, and they had lost so much at once, and the heart of the clan was already dripping blood.
And he will face the support of the enemy's 2,000 ninja army, if the ninja army is killed, with the current situation of joint battle, there is absolutely no possibility of stopping the army. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )