Chapter Ninety-Six: The White Blade Begins
The left-wing leading samurai sent by the Miyoshi family this time were Ogasawara Narisuke and Onishi Kakuyo, with Ogasawara Narisuke as the main ones. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Ogasawara Narisuke, the official name Nagato Mamoru and the lord of Ichinomiya Castle, is also known as Ichinomiya Narisuke. His wife is the younger sister of Miyoshi Chokei, and she is considered a member of the Miyoshi family, so she is deeply used in the Awa country, and she was supposed to go to together, but she stayed because of the attack of the Kuroda family. His younger brother Ogasawara Naritaka and sister-in-law Ogasawara Mitsunobu were also in the formation.
Onishi Kakuyo, who is a national lord known for his courage in the Awa country, is known as Izumo Mamoru in his official career, and he led his two younger brothers, Onishi Lai Qing and Onishi Lai Bao, to go into battle together.
The leading samurai on the left wing were Kawashima Yuitada, Akasawa Muneden, and Umibe Tomomitsu, with Kawashima Yutada as the main force.
Kawashima Yuzhong, is the lord of Kawashima Castle in Awa Province, is a branch of the Miyoshi clan, and is also a retainer of the Awa Miyoshi clan. The lord of Banxi City, Akasawa Zong, took his son-in-law Akasawa Deer; Umibe Tomomitsu, the lord of Umibe Castle, took his sister-in-law, Umibe Yoshikiyo, as a samurai with the army.
Because this battle was inevitable, they soon approached the position of the Kuroda family on the third line and prepared to start attacking.
The Miyoshi family came from the third line this time, so the Kuroda family's long-range team couldn't concentrate on shooting this time. And because the Kuroda family's long-distance ashigaru is still too small in numbers, the other party has an advantage in numbers. So the Kuroda family's ranged units did not start firing from the moment the enemy entered the maximum range.
The soldiers of the Miyoshi family, who rushed to the front, suddenly erected more than ten large wooden planks, all of which were large planks more than one meter wide, protecting the soldiers at the front of the Miyoshi family in the back. Shinohara Nagabo thought it was very good, and these soldiers erected planks to protect the soldiers behind them.
The soldiers of the Kuroda family's firearms team are not fools, and when they see the protection of the large wooden plank in front of them, but the plank is only so wide after all, and the number is limited, there are always people who are exposed, and those people become targets.
In the first round of salvos, the firearms team shot these people who were on the move, and although it was already far away, it still caused seven or eight casualties. And there is no good way to disinfect in this era, and if you are hit by gunpowder, you are basically dead, so to a large extent, death and injury are a concept, just before and after time.
With the second salvo of the Kuroda family, when the Miyoshi family soldiers fell down again, they were finally a little chaotic. Some of the smarter soldiers realized that they had to hide directly behind the planks so that they wouldn't be targeted! If you just follow along, you'll be shot.
Since it's safest to stand behind a plank, stand behind it! As a result, the plank has become a hot and scarce resource, and everyone wants to stand behind the plank, and no one wants to become a live target.
So the soldiers of the Miyoshi family first conducted a small-scale infighting, but fortunately, this plank snatching battle did not last long, and soon the rear of the plank was full of strong men with big heads and good health.
This situation was not stopped by Yoshimitsu Azae and Mitsuhisa Kamata, because through such a competition, the last people who hid behind the planks must be elite soldiers, which was conducive to the smooth progress of their subsequent offensive tasks. After all, when fighting, under normal circumstances, elite soldiers are definitely more useful than weak cannon fodder.
The distance of a hundred steps is not far, and the soldiers of the Miyoshi family are desperately moving forward, and after paying the price of more than two hundred people, they will soon enter the white-knuckle battle.
The two firearms teams of the Kuroda family also retreated towards the two mountains according to the arrangement before the battle, and then together with the crossbow ashigaru on the two mountains, they relied on the terrain to continue to kill and injure the soldiers of the Miyoshi family from a distance.
One thing to explain here is that Kuroda Vocational High School had expected a big battle before, considering the stability of firearms, and the situation that it would explode after using it too much, so it was recommended that Kuroda Vocational High School bring all the firearms inventory, and at this time all the firearms have been stacked on top of the two mountains, just waiting for the firearms team to go up and replace the equipment. Of course, there will also be someone to help them water the firearm they used before to cool down.
In contrast, the two crossbowfoot light teams located on the two mountains were much more relaxed when facing the enemy on both flanks. Because it is looking down, even if the two wings are also placed in the front, but this cannot block the view of the crossbowmen, how they should fight, how to fight.
The enemies on the two flanks were embarrassed, and they could only rush forward with their heads down, which was considered out of sight, because they did not have the Kuroda family's special array of hats on their heads.
The first team of the Kuroda family's infantry soldiers was led by Date Masahiro, and the Kuroda family's 200 soldiers were standing elite, and they were not cowardly in the face of the 2,000 soldiers who came from the other side.
"All the soldiers pay attention, form a formation nearby, and the wounded retreat on their own, and take care of their companions at any time." Date Mashiro shouted.
"Hey!" The soldier beside him shouted loudly.
Although Date Masahiro said, this is only the responsibility of one of the chief generals of the Kuroda family. In fact, even if there was no main general, they knew that they had to form a formation to resist when facing the enemy, and soon the first team of the Kuroda family, not only three or five people formed a small formation, but the entire team of two hundred people also formed a large formation of its own.
Because the gap between the two mountains is not very wide, in fact, if you want to plug the gap, it will take less than 200 soldiers, and 50 people are enough. Now after everyone formed a formation, there were not even fifty people in a row, but two hundred people were lined up in a staggered manner.
The Harada Yoshiban, who was following them, was also ready at this time, formed the same formation, and could go up at any time.
"Everyone, please cheer up, give me a good beating, but you can't let the brothers in the back see the joke!" Date said.
"Hey!" All the soldiers of Date Zhengheng's team shouted loudly.
Date Mashiro's voice still greatly boosted morale, and even the enemy on the opposite side was stagnant.
The two sides soon collided together, and Asue Yoshimitsu and Kamata Mitsuhisa were full of thoughts that they could break up the formation of the Kuroda family's soldiers, but the result was that the Kuroda family fell one or two, and a large row fell on their own side.
What's going on? Yoshimitsu Asae and Mitsuhisa Kamata had just seen the Kuroda family's soldiers standing scattered, and they felt that the Kuroda family was indeed relying on intrigue and trickery to get everything done, and if they really fought, it was still more powerful on the Miyoshi family's side. (To be continued.) )