"Damn it!" Irie Chunzheng had a blue face, the red tide on his face had not subsided, and his heart was even more angry, he underestimated the enemy just now. He didn't expect that the place where the foot of the Tianwang Mountain and the Yodo River met could not be arranged with an army of 10,000 people, and could only attack on the mountain on his back, and at the same time, he didn't expect that the leader of the monks sent by Honganji would attack on his own regardless of the connection between the front and back, and he was beaten in a mess, and he was defeated without taking a round, completely disrupting his plan and making him completely passive. Behind these deserters were thousands of wolf-like shogunate troops with high morale.

Irie Harumasa has been used as an heir since he was a child to educate, learning the most orthodox art of war, you must know that he is a son-in-law, if it weren't for his father following Akutagawa Katsujuro to rebel, in the bloody massacre of Miyoshi Chokei did not save his life, Irie Harumasa is able to become the lord of Takatsuki Castle, Irie Haruji can be said to have taken away his original inheritance. If the two want to say that they have a close relationship, they can only deceive children's fairy tales, and the hatred is as deep as the sea, if it weren't for the unity of the Jiang family, I'm afraid that Irijiang Chunzheng would have already killed Irijiang Chunzheng, but Irijiang Chunzheng's life is poor. However, it is the poor life that has created the maturity and courage of Irie Chunzheng, and he knows that it is difficult to ride a tiger now.

Irie was studying the art of war, collecting various battle examples, and immediately felt a crisis. He knew that if he allowed the defeated army to crush his ranks, he would probably not be able to do anything, and only by rushing through a path would he have a chance to survive. He guessed what the enemy was thinking. The shogunate army wants to calculate him. For this reason, the dispersal of the front team has always been a pinch. Then he broke down the Irie people, took advantage of the chaos, launched a surprise attack on him, only to plunge the Irie people into chaos, and his main army took the opportunity to kill him, inflicting heavy losses on him, and finally captured Takatsuki Castle.

Irie Chunzheng resolutely ordered to form a dense array on the road. None of the defeated soldiers were allowed to approach the battle formation, and if anyone approached, they were killed, forcing the fleeing defeated soldiers to bypass the battle formation through the fields on both sides of the road and then continue to escape, so as to stop the raid of the shogunate army.

At the same time, Irie Chunzheng ordered his subordinates to go to the rear team, and asked the rear team to follow the generals behind the Irie people, cover the rear formation for the Irie people, and at the same time collect the defeated troops. to do a rematch. Soon, the crowd of fugitives rushed over. See the three rounds of the upper wheel of the banner hunting dance. Seeing the hope of survival, the deserters all cheered, and their shouts rose into the sky like a tsunami, and their running speed suddenly increased, and they rushed towards the battle array.

The drums of war were beating, the flags were flying, and the sound of the horns resounded through the mountains. The people in Irie warned the fleeing and defeated soldiers, but most of them were made up of ordinary farmers from all over the country, and the lecturers who followed them were all frightened, and they did not know the different meanings of the different banners. They were eager to grow their wings and rush into the battle formation in an instant, into what seemed to them to be the safest place.

Irie Chunzheng saw the boiling crowd and affirmed his judgment more and more. The idea of the shogunate army is to use these defeated soldiers to rush all the way down, cover their positions, inflict heavy losses on Irie, and then capture Takatsuki Castle, he is not the same as Irie Harutsugu, he joined Honganji Temple just out of realist considerations, in order to inherit Takatsuki Castle, his heart turned a thousand times, and he had already strengthened his determination. The matter has come to this point, and the only way to kill is to open a bloody road, and it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to miss a single person. He waved the hand match in his hand, and without hesitation, he swung it downwards fiercely, and categorically ordered the kill.

The Irie people came to avenge their masters, and the composition of these people was very complex, ranging from those who believed in the Pure Land Shin sect to those who were general, and there were also believers from other sects, and even more realists, all of whom had experienced various battles.

They all knew that if they let the defeated soldiers break down the array, they themselves would have to be scattered and crushed by the shogunate army, and then they would be killed and killed.

Fortunately, Irie and Ichiyi are two system troops, otherwise, Irie would have already collapsed like his previous team, which is also the intention of Akechi Mitsuhide to use the drive to break down the Irie, he didn't expect Irie to be so decisive, even his own people will not let go, and the killing will be more ruthless than the shogunate army. You must know that most of the people in Irie are the samurai of the land near Takatsuki Castle, and they have always come from all over the world, and these people have poured into the countryside near Takatsuki Castle, and the samurai in the countryside near Takatsuki Castle are all responsible for eating, drinking, and sleeping, and a large number of bandits and wild bandits are mixed in, so it is really a ridiculous thing to let them be disciplined.

The armies in various parts of the Warring States period believed in the rule that rabbits did not eat the grass next to the nest, and the people who entered the river naturally had to abide by the rules locally, but these people who participated in the festival were not locals, and they would abide by the rules and do a lot of evil things. Of course, there are not many things that do evil things, but it is these people who have ruined the reputation that has always been ruined. Irie Harutsugu is also a devout believer, and some people complain, always favoring the side of the party, which is why Irie Harusho has become Takatsuki Castle without causing major opposition.

Now, Irie Chunzheng gave an order, and the Irie people vented their anger, originally wanted to shout twice and then serve with spears, but now the shouts are also waived, and those who dare to rush to their military formations are all stabbed to death with spears, poking once is not enough, they have to poke again, until they die.

Not only did the wave of opposition that Irie Haru had foreseen not appear, but his reputation among the people in Irie suddenly increased a lot, and in a short period of time, he actually achieved the point of being like a body and a finger of his arm, which made him feel inexplicably happy.

Irie Harumasa made this decision, there were two consequences that he feared, the first was to be reproached by the believers of the Pure Land Shinshu sect among the Irie people, and the second was that after the war, the monks of Ishiyama Honganji Temple accused him of killing innocents indiscriminately, and in his eyes, as long as the first one was solved, then in the face of the aggressive situation of the shogunate army, the monks of Ishiyama Honganji would not make a taboo in the art of war, and it was not a simple thing to complete in a short period of time to completely solve the shogunate army. The number of shogunate troops was only five or six thousand, but behind the shogunate army was the eastern army, which had more than 100,000 troops, and once the eastern army poured in. Where is Ishiyama Honganji still having the leisure to deal with him. When the time comes, it will depend on his ability to defend.

After all, there are only a few devout believers in the Pure Land Shinshu sect. Most of them are general, and the many evil things they have done in the Takatsuki area have made them angry, and there is no opposition under the coercion, which has made his reputation even more prestigious. He knew that he had made the right move, and since he had made the right move, he could only go to the end step by step, and gave the order categorically. Keep slashing while shouting loudly to get them out of the way.

The situation suddenly became tense, and the flow of fleeing people had fallen into a frenzy, with the shogunate army chasing and killing in front of them, and the people in front of them could only bypass the two sides, but on one side was the Yodo River, which had no way out, and on the other side was the fields.

At this time, Akechi Mitsuhide of the shogunate army also felt that the flow of fleeing people had suddenly stagnated, and he was standing on a hill under Mt. Tenno. Looking down, wisdom is determined. And the flow of fugitives can also be seen clearly. Rushed to the people in the river who were closely arrayed, originally he wanted to order the command to step up the attack, but he never thought that the people in the river would be unmerciful, as long as you get close to the battle formation, you will inevitably be stabbed to death, whether it is an enemy or a friendly army, so you simply go around.

The defeated army can go around, but the shogunate army can't bypass the Irie people, his original intention is to break the Irie people, otherwise even if he kills more, it will be useless, and he will gather more and more, once he can't make progress in a short time, he will fall into the ocean of people's war and can't extricate himself.

Now there is not much time left for Akechi Mitsuhide, and there are only two options left for him, one is to retreat immediately, and then set up another formation in Yamazaki, and fight again, and the other is to continue to attack and crush the people in the river.

Irie is the first opponent that Akechi Mitsuhide has encountered that really makes him feel tricky, he has usually experienced a lot of joint battles, but he is in the position of being commanded, even if he has a command, he is not in the position of the general general, and now this time Yamazaki is the general of the shogunate army, and the victory is first of all his honor, and his reputation in the shogunate army will be completely stabilized, and secondly, it will allow more eastern troops to participate in the battle formation against Ishiyama Honganji, providing a steady stream of soldiers for his plan.

If he fails, he will not only lose face, but will have no status in the shogunate, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who is accustomed to shirking responsibility, will also put all the responsibility for failure on his head, and he can only apologize for his failure when the time comes.

Victory gains everything, defeat loses everything, this is the cruelty of the Warring States Period, and it is also an important reason why any military general cannot fail. Subordinates can fail, but as the main general, they can't fail, and if they fail once, their vitality will be greatly damaged, and they will never be able to live forever.

Wise Mitsuhide took a breath, then made a decision, and said, "The whole army will attack, whether it is the fire head army or logistics, all follow me!" Then, ignoring the resistance of his retainers, he took a spear in one hand and ran down the mountain, rushed to the bottom of the mountain, mounted his war horse, and led the remaining six or seven hundred men all the way forward.

Akechi Mitsuhide made preparations for a decisive battle, but Irie Chunzheng encountered a lot of trouble, and the rear army withdrew in advance, which made Irie people become a lonely battle, you must know that he originally wanted the rear team to come to his aid and protect the safety of his rear formation, but he never thought that the rear formation was also unstable after seeing the collapse of the front formation, but it did not collapse like the front formation, but retreated. The notice was given, but it was only after the retreat preparations had been completed.

At this time, Irie Harumasa's team has been engaged with the shogunate army, the two sides are killing flesh and blood, Irie Harumasa heard the news of the retreat of the rear team, and was so angry that he jumped like thunder, you must know that in this way, let his Irie people fight alone, and at the same time, because the right side is the fleeing defeated army, the left side is Yodogawa, and the back is still in retreat, and the front is the shogunate army that is engaged. There is no room for manoeuvre, and at the same time, everyone in the river knows the news of the collapse of the front and the retreat of the rear formation, and the morale is low.

Hard fighting is the stupidest way in the end, the morale of the Irie people is low, the shogunate soldiers are fighting, the killing is suddenly white-hot, when Akechi Mitsuhide personally led the reserve to bypass the Irie people, killed dozens of slow-running defeated soldiers and then attacked the Irie people from the flank, the defeat was decided.

After dark, the battle ended. The people in the river were divided into two groups and led the army to break through and flee, most of them followed the river to flee along the Yodo River to the rear, and some of them swam across the Yodo River, seven or eight thousand people came, the momentum was violent, and nearly half of the loss was lost when fleeing, like a lost dog.

The front team, which has always been the same, suffered the worst losses, but the rear team gathered a lot of people from the front team, and expanded to more than 4,000 people, but the morale was completely absent and there was no fighting spirit, but the people who entered the river actually did not die very much, only more than 100 people.

However, there were only more than 400 people left in the Irie group who withdrew to Takatsuki Castle, and on the way to break through, there were many traps dug in the rear team during the escape, which caused them a lot of difficulties, and at the same time, the team of more than 100 people who swam across the Yodo River had not returned.

The Battle of Yamazaki began and ended quickly, and after only an afternoon of killing, the battle ended, and the Shogunate lost dozens of men in the direction of the Shogunate Army, and began to march towards Takatsuki Castle after regrouping.

Akechi Mitsuhide sent an envoy into Takatsuki Castle, and the guard of Takatsuki Castle, Irie Harumasa, actually received this envoy, you must know that the two are still fighting to the death during the day, and they are inseparable from each other, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies of life and death, and they actually drink and talk at night.

Irie Harumasa thought very clearly, if he won the battle of Yamazaki in the end, then the fact that they had always killed one person would not be a thing, and the people of Ishiyama Honganji did not unload the mill and kill the donkey right now for the sake of the overall situation. But the reality is that they have failed, and they have been defeated very badly, and there are only 500 people who still have the strength to fight in Takatsuki Castle, and their morale is lost, and there is still a team of 4,000 or 5,000 people outside Takatsuki Castle, and the people of Ishiyama Honganji Temple will definitely hand over the defense of Takatsuki Castle to Ichichi outside the castle.

The war was so cruel that after Harusama Irie consulted with the envoy of Akechi Mitsuhide, the two banners of the shogunate were hung at the head of Takatsuki Castle on the second day. (To be continued.) )