Chapter 146: Defeat One

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"Shoot the arrows!"

In the pavilion at the head of the wall, the cold sound of orders sounded, and rows of sharp arrows broke through the air, carrying a terrifying roar, pouring down like a storm towards the heads of the Maori army vanguard of Kumagai Nobunao and Yoshikawa Motoharu, and the screams and wails continued to sound, and the Maori army fell down one by one as if they had been cut down to the ground. The iron cannon gunpowder had long been exhausted, and the golden soup had been dumped, and only the reserves of bows and arrows were continuously supplied. When Zhengheng came out, he thought that the battle with Maori Yuan on the spot would be a protracted defensive battle, so he deliberately arranged a large number of craftsmen to make bows and arrows, but he didn't have to worry about the number of bows and arrows at all, and he didn't need to think about the land in a short time.

In the era of cold weapons, the most unignorable weapon is the bow and arrow, and it has been mentioned many times in the previous article that the Maruki bow is unbearable, but in the absence of a large number of firearms, more than 10% of the damage caused by the bow and arrow is in the defense of the city. Nobunao Kumagai's majestic body shrank under the base of the city wall, dodging the bows and arrows that poured down, and the tiger's eyes almost burst into flames, and the soldiers on the ground wailed but they were all elite soldiers he had trained with great difficulty, and they had not had time to realize their dream of making meritorious achievements and sealing their wives and children, and they fell in a cold foreign land. Aki domestic heroes rose together, Mori Yuan was the only family, Kumagai Nobunao and other powerful people were the leader of the alliance, Mori Yuan was the most powerful, and the strength of powerful people such as Kumagai Nobunao was not weak, otherwise Mori Yuan would not have let Yoshikawa Motoharu marry Kumagai Nobunao's daughter as the wife of the main room as a means of marriage.

Mori Moto's troops were sent to fight against the three thousand Yasu soldiers brought by the Date clan, of which nearly 1,000 were the private soldiers of each family, and this battle should not have been led by Kumagai Nobunao, but Yoshikawa Motoharu lost all the Yoshikawa troops brought by Yoshikawa Motoharu in the last battle of the Takayagawa Gorge, and Yoshikawa Motoharu begged bitterly. As Yoshikawa Motoharu's father-in-law and most powerful supporter, Nobunao Kumagai agreed to dispatch the Kumagai Army as the vanguard. Originally, I thought that the Date army would win the field battle by intrigue and trickery, and it would definitely not be good at defending the city, but I didn't expect that so many means would be prepared, first a burst of fiery firecrackers, and then a strange smell of hot soup. Now countless bows and arrows have been overturned.

Yoshikawa Motoharu swung his sword and flew two screaming arrows, and the cat bent into the corner where Kumagai Nobunao was hiding, and gasped: "Father-in-law, it's not a way to go on like this, I'm afraid that before the city is broken, all the soldiers of the vanguard battalion should be shot to death." Why don't I take someone to kill again? ”

Kumagai Nobunao glanced at Yoshikawa Motoharu, snorted coldly, and flatly refused: "No! Of course he won't agree, all the private soldiers of the Kumagai family are in battle this time, and the private soldiers of the Kumagai family are the ones who have suffered the most casualties. If you attack now, you can break through the walled city, and you can get the materials in the city. If he could plunder the country after the victory, of course he would not fail to agree to Yoshikawa Motoharu's request, but he could not see any hope of victory. Nearly 400 private soldiers under Kumagai Nobunao are still able to fight more than 100 people, and the remaining 300 people are not killed on the spot, and the most tragic thing is not that they died on the spot, but that they were lying on the battlefield and suffered two or three injuries.

Nobunao Kumagai's gaze gradually cooled, and he glanced back at the Mori Motosho headquarters. He took a deep breath of cool air, as if he had made a great determination, and sighed, "Ask for help!" Ignoring Yoshikawa Motoharu's angry rebuttal, he ordered the herald to wave the flag, but the herald had already died under the bow and arrow, and in the end he had to wave the flag himself, but in order to let the people in the rear see the slight position, he was taken care of by more than ten bows and arrows.

Mori Moto's ankle injury gradually became more and more serious, but after a long period of pain, he became numb. He thought that there was not much to do, and when he saw Kumagai Nobunao waving the flag, he sneered, and he sent Kumagai Nobunao as the vanguard without any good intentions, and borrowed the hand of the Date family to consume the Kumagai clan. Even if the victory is achieved, the Kumagai clan, who served as the vanguard after the war, will inevitably suffer a great loss of vitality, and even if he gets a pension, it will take time and energy to restore his vitality, and then Mori Moto will have a way to suppress the unruly Kumagai Nobunao obediently. Maori Yuan used different means to achieve hegemony step by step, he is handy in this regard, even if he is now, he can do it calmly, this time it is the result of using the relationship between Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kumagai Nobunao to operate the results, but what he didn't expect was that the casualties would be so tragic.

Mao Liyuan was not complacent about his success again, but was a little hesitant, and his face was extremely pale from the pain of his ankle, but after all, he was a battle-tested veteran of the battlefield, and understood that hesitation was a taboo on the battlefield, and now he could either attack to the death or slowly retreat in order to have a follow-up effect.

Mao Liyuan did not make a decision, but the political balance on the other side forced him to make a decision, and the Date army started in an orderly manner under the order of the political balance. After praying for a while, the orders were laid down, and groups of soldiers lined up on the pontoon bridge.

A group of captains of spearmen carried wooden poles and iron spears that were obviously half a length longer than the Maori army, and they were lined up like a gun forest, and behind the gun forest were more than 1,000 infantry armed with long knives, which was known as the only Ueno Masada, which was known as the only infantry battle, that is, the original Bronze Mountain Ueno Taro.

Date Masahiro personally led more than 100 cavalry and thousands of elite yellow infantry armed with swords to slowly come out, in fact, as the main general, he should not go to the battlefield in person at all, but the opponent is Maori Yuan, if you don't come to the battlefield in person, it is a very regrettable thing.

In today's battle, he was supposed to command the army and judge the situation, but seeing the arrival of the Maori Yuan banner, his blood as a traverser was boiling, although Date Masahiro had achieved brilliant results after more than ten bloody battles in two years, but the situation as today was very few.

The opponent is a Maori yuan?! Thinking so, Zhengheng held the handle of the spear, looked at the banner of the million hearts on the opposite side, and thought silently: "If we win today's battle, then we will be able to break through the defense line of Bigo in one fell swoop, and the glory of the Date family will shine on both yin and yang, and obtain most of the land of Bigo, plus Bei China, and you will be able to officially become a daimyo!" Even Niko Haruhisa didn't dare to despise me. ”

When the Date army began to cross the Oda River and set up a formation, the Date army in the Higashi-Ebara camp also began to assemble, and Noyama Masashi raised his sword in his hand and shouted, "Open the gate, rush out, and flank the enemy!" Saying that, he was the first to cheer, and the first one rushed out of the East Ehara formation, and the soldiers behind him held their weapons high like tigers descending from the mountain, roaring like thunder, carrying an unstoppable momentum, and killed without hesitation.

At this moment, the battle situation completely turned to Date's side, and the numerical advantage made the situation on the battlefield begin to become clear, and the thousands of defenders in the Higashigahara Formation, plus the 6,000 troops brought by Date Masahiro himself, and 3,000 people waving flags and shouting on the other side, the disadvantage of having few Maori families suddenly appeared. Although the soldiers resisted with the determination to die, they still could not resist the opponent's attack and retreated, and the casualties were increasing.

At this moment, the forward battalion and the Maori army on the right flank were surrounded by a large number of Date regiments, and were in the midst of a bitter battle, and judging by the wounded on the roadside, victory or defeat was already known.

Mao Liyuan is worthy of being on the battlefield for a long time, as soon as the Date army crossed the river, he understood that nothing could be done, and immediately decided to retreat slowly, and at the same time decisively issued an order to the whole army: "The Date army has entered my hub, and the order is that the whole army immediately move to the front of the Takayagawa, where the enemy will wait, and the soldiers of the whole army will only be allowed to advance, not retreat, and every enemy killed will be rewarded with a hundred letters." ”

It's just that Maori Yuan's order was issued a little late, and now the front armies of the two armies have been engaged in battle together, coupled with the sudden appearance of the Dongyi Yuan Formation disrupted the layout of the Maori Army, the front army and the right flank of nearly 1,000 troops fell into the encirclement of regiments, and it is not easy to retreat, but if you want to rescue these more than 1,000 troops, Maori Yuan must throw all the remaining combat power in his hands to be effective.

The extremely tragic siege was launched in front, but the second formation of the Date Army and the 2,500 men and horses of the main formation remained unmoved, and their position was about 100 meters away from the first formation in the front line, and they could support it with just one charge, and behind it was Odagawa, and on the right was the Higashigahara formation, which was quite safe.

Zheng Heng looked at the tragic siege battle, his eyes kept looking at the banner of a million hearts, and he silently thought in his heart that his desire would not reach, waiting for Mao Liyuan to make a move, his face was flat, and there was not much change, but the handle of the gun he was holding betrayed the same anxiety in his current mood

Maori Yuan began to retreat, and the front and right flanks of the siege were like abandoned pawns, who wanted to fight to the death, but when they heard the Date army shouting that the surrenderers would not be killed, they immediately threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground. The soldiers of the Date family continued to attack the Maori army formation on the battlefield, the spear formation of the Date army slowly advanced to the vicinity of Kumagai Nobunao, and Noyama Masano had advanced behind them, and now there was still a stubborn one, only the pro-guards beside Kumagai Nobunao remained, and Yoshikawa Motoharu didn't know when he left the battlefield and fled for his life, discarding everything.

However, the stubbornness of the guards did not last long, and in the face of the Date army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, Kumagai Nobunao was quickly captured. The sun finally rose in the sky, and the battle on the battlefield finally came to an end, and Maori Moto's team had withdrawn from the battlefield and retreated to Takayagawa, leaving nearly a thousand people, of which more than 400 were lying on the battlefield forever. (To be continued.) If you like this work, (.) vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M to read.