Chapter 72: The Conquest of Kyushu (25)

As soon as Toji Michiyuki decided to take action, the leading generals gathered around him rushed in all directions one by one, returning to their ranks. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen the hanging deer began to beat the gongs and drums, the silent footsteps were hidden in the sound of gongs and drums, and they gathered together silently, just waiting for Toji Michiyuki to give an order, and then completely leave this place that broke their hearts.

Toji Dao Xue'an sat in the middle of the formation, listening to the chaotic drums beaten by the hanging deer, his face was cold, and the invisible pressure was pressing heavily on his heart, making him unable to let go.

Thinking that he went out on behalf of his father at the age of thirteen, dressed in red velvet armor tied with water-colored knots, wearing a white star pocket with an eight-phase front finger, hanging a family heirloom treasure island on his waist and riding a black hair of his beloved horse Toji with a gold-patterned saddle, he led 3,000 soldiers to Mayue Castle overnight, launched an offensive in the early morning, and broke through Mayue Castle with 5,000 troops in one day, and surrendered Sano Qinji and Wentian Shigean.

At the age of 50, he has been in the army for 37 years, and has participated in 180 battles, large and small, and although he has also been defeated, he has never fought such a bad battle as today. Toji Michiyuki's depression can be imagined.

In the first half of the period, everything was as expected, and it was easy to defeat Ryuzoji Takanobu under the cooperation of Shao Erdong Shangli, and he could return to Bungo Province after resting for two days. As a result, the victory was gone, the battle record was gone, and the allied forces of the three kingdoms of Fenggo, Chikugo, and Higo, which had worked hard for more than half a month and traveled hundreds of miles, fell apart in the face of defeat.

Originally, he wanted to use great wisdom and great strategies to win back people's hearts, but as a result, the fat queen treacherously took the lead in leaving the battlefield, so that Toji Daoxue, who had carefully planned for a long time and exhausted his efforts, found nothing, and finally had to knock out his teeth and swallow blood, and hurriedly embarked on the road back. It is said that it is the way back, but it is better to run away from the wilderness, which is a great shame for Toji Daoxue.

By Bu Weixin, under the command of a group of cavalry, galloped forward.

Yu Bu Weixin approached and knelt down on the ground and said: "Lord, the enemy army has bypassed Feiyue and is about to cut off the back road, please order an immediate retreat!" After Anton returned to the court, Toji Michiyuki sent Yubu Yushin to observe nearby.

Toji Michixue took a deep breath of the night breeze, then raised his head and said slowly, "Withdraw?" Withdraw! ”

Toji Michiyuki really wants to fight again, even if he loses. But he had to order a retreat, which he saw better than anyone else, if not for the sake of the Otomo family, but only for the sake of the Toji family.

At the sound of the order, the team that had already been unable to bear it was under the order, and the team of nearly 9,000 was divided into four columns and marched in the direction of Higo, the banner was lowered by the night wind, making a rustling sound, occasionally coughing, and a small but stern reprimand was heard at random from the head of the group.

"The enemy has fled!"

Qinghe Hengxiu listened to the chaotic sound of the drums, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of ridicule, if it weren't for their gang of old Date people making fun of Katayama Atsuga's black material, I'm afraid he would also be deceived by this kind of trick. Now that some telekinesis have been guessed, the sound of the hanging deer hitting is always different from the sound of a human beating, and you can hear it as long as you recognize it. Of course, the barracks are crowded, people are neighing, and when they suddenly hear that they take it for granted, they will think that the enemy army is gathering, and the first action is to gather men and horses to monitor the movements of the enemy army, and they will not think that this is the enemy's plan to confuse the enemy.

Even if they think that this is the enemy's ploy to confuse the enemy, they will not send troops to chase after it because of the darkness of the night, which gives the enemy time to evacuate safely. Early tomorrow morning, even if you want to chase, you can't do it because of the long distance.

However, since Qinghe Hengxiu saw through the other party's tricks from the beginning, it became delusional for the other party to retreat calmly. Qinghe Hengxiu's eyes lit up with flames, and he said in a low voice: "As Iwase Hengzhong said, even if you fall into the trap, you will not hesitate to step into the trap. ”

In the eyes of the world, Katayama Moricho and Hengcho father and son are all famous generals of the Date family, and Katayama Moricho is famous in the first battle of Tsuruga County, known as the "Hokuriku God of War", which can be said to be infinitely beautiful. made Qinghe Hengxiu, Matsushima Hengsheng, Iwase Hengzhong and other old Date family envious and jealous, and some black materials were exposed to smear Katayama Moricho, and this "hanging deer drumming and setting up suspicious soldiers" public case was mentioned again and again, to show that Katayama Moricho also had the experience of being tricked.

If the one who played Katayama Sheng Chang was a generation of famous generals, it would be understandable, the reason why it was black material, and the reason why it could be mentioned repeatedly, was naturally because the opponent was chased by Zhengheng to the sky, and he was already at the end of his rope at that time.

This public case has been mentioned repeatedly, and today the same scene is placed in front of Kiyokawa Hengxiu and Iwase Hengzhong, as Iwase Hengzhong said, even if it is an enemy's strategy, even if it is a trap, what does it matter if you step into it in front of such a big advantage.

Qinghe Hengxiu ordered: "Dazhang torch! Each of them brought me two, and then he raised his flag, beat the drums, and blew the trumpets, and the whole army marched forward. The drums announcing the advance were heard in all directions on the banks of the Chikugo River, and the formation was formed as fast as possible, and then it was converted into a battle formation and marched towards the enemy formation.

Rear Army, Iwase Hengzhongbu. Iwase Hengzhong smiled coldly and ordered: "Big torch!" Each of them took me two, and then divided into two teams to go to Gaoyu Mountain and Feiyue, and lit a fire for me on top of the mountain, and put some more. ”

Tachihara asked, "My lord, why are you lighting the torch, isn't this a signal to them, telling them that we are coming?" ”

Iwase Hengzhong smiled: "I just want to tell them that they have made a mistake again, so there are only two choices in front of them, either retreat quickly, or stay and fight with us, no matter which one you choose, it is delusional to retreat calmly." What's more, not only can they see the fire, but also Yajiro Matsushima. "Nowadays, there are very few people who call Matsushima Hengkatsu Yajiro, just like Tsuyoshi Kiyokawa Henghide Atsutaro and Iwase Hengtada Kogoro, only the closest people will say it unnaturally.

The Great Friendly Army has been defeated in successive battles, and it can be said that it has reached the verge of collapse. The fact that it has not yet fallen apart is enough to show that the leader of the army is not an idle person, and even so, the night march is already difficult, and if it is not possible to retreat calmly, I am afraid that it will collapse immediately. Now Kiyokawa Hengxiu and Iwase Hengzhong lit the torches, the drums thundered, and they strode forward, informing the Great Friendly Army that the plan of the Hanging Deer Drumming to set up suspicious soldiers was broken, and lighting the fire on the mountain was naturally to tell Matsushima Hengsheng, who was making a detour, to ask Matsushima Hengsheng to quickly chase and break the back road of the Great Friendly Army.

Attacking from the front and back, it is difficult for the panicked big friendly army not to collapse.