Chapter 63: The Expedition to Kyushu (16)

The collision between the Date Army's Iwase Department and the Otomo Army's Toji Department entered the most fierce fight from the beginning, and the roar of the iron cannon resounded in the sky, so that the Otomo Army could not raise its head, and the Otomo Army archers suffered heavy casualties, but they did not completely collapse after cutting off several heads under the supervision of the samurai. The barrage of barrage and smoke from the iron cannon surrounded www.biquge.info the entire battlefield, and the battle was quite fierce.

On the two flanks of the archers of the Great Friendly Army, more than 200 cavalry teams were already lined up in two teams and stood by, and Bu Weixin and Shi Wei distributed the two wings to rescue the past if there was disharmony in the battle.

Toji Michiyuki's face was dark, he didn't expect that the iron cannon of the Date army was so sharp, and a distance of one hundred and twenty steps could cause huge damage, he didn't care about casualties, he was ruthless, and the military equipment swung forward.

Ono was fortunate enough to be ordered, and the Overseers stormed and marched towards the Date army at all costs.

Iwase Hengzhong also did not expect that Toji Michiyuki would have a self-sacrificing internationalist spirit, he also did not spare his hand, and ordered loudly: "Line up in front, and the iron artillery team shoots freely!" ”

Iwase Hengzhong saw that he had an advantage in long-range shooting, making use of his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, waiting for the big friendly army to attack, they suppressed it with iron cannons, and then pressed it in one fell swoop, which became the last straw that crushed the big friendly army.

"Bang bang ......" iron cannon sound continued to sound, and the charging big friendly troops fell to the ground one after another, mourning all over the field, before the two sides collided with the spear arrays, the dense array of the big friendly army had been sparse a lot.

The sound of war drums shook the earth, and everything on the battlefield around them was enveloped in earth-shattering shouts of killing. When the big friendly army rushed to the front of Date's army with guns less than thirty paces, the pikemen who had been kneeling on one knee suddenly stood up at the sound of the military order, holding their guns side by side. The Iron Artillery retreated to the center, ready to wait for the enemy to retreat and once again wreak havoc on the fleeing enemy with iron bullets.

Toji Michiyuki stood on a high place and looked at the entire battlefield from afar, his face became extremely ugly, judging from the sound made by the battlefield, there was only one place on the battlefield, and there was no sound anywhere else.

Toji Michiyuki had expected that no battle broke out on Mount Kora, and when he was desperately fighting, the defenders on the eastern slope of Kora Mountain watched the tiger head and watched them fight desperately.

Toji Michiyuki ordered, "Mingjin! Cavalry cover! ”

When Iwase Hengzhong was about to send all his men and horses, the Chinese army of the Great Friendly Army let out a "clanging" sound of metal knocking, and the Great Friendly Army, which had already rushed to the front of the battle and was about to break out, suddenly strode back and withdrew from the battlefield.

Iwase Hengzhong shouted viciously: "Bastard, the iron cannon team is waiting!" He did not lose his mind and sent out the infantry to pursue the Great Friendly Army, because he did not have enough cavalry, and if he sent it, he would probably be intercepted and killed by the cavalry of the Great Friendly Army, and the only way to lose was to use iron cannons to greatly kill them.

The roar of the iron cannon sounded again, and when the Great Friendly Army withdrew from the battlefield, Toji Michiyuki's heart was dripping blood, how could he have thought that the casualties of the 5,000 army had reached 30%, the corpses were all over the field, the blood flowed like a river, and a section of the Chikugo River turned red.

Iwase Hengtada ordered the heads of the fallen allies on the battlefield to be cut off, and at the same time, he retreated in formation amid cheers and turned in the direction of Mt. Kora. After repelling the Great Friendly Army, if he pursues again, the more than 10,000 enemies on Kora Mountain may cut off his retreat.

Iwase Hengzhong shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, if they continue to charge, we may entangle them, and these five thousand men and horses have to be explained here, hehe, now Matsushima should be in a hurry." ”

Indeed, as Iwase Hengzhong expected, in the case that Kiyokawa Hengshu won the battle of Shifukuji Castle, and Iwase Hengzhong repelled the Great Friendly Army in a battle and killed more than 700 heads, Matsushima Hengkatsu ruthlessly led the headquarters to kill Feiyue, and saw that Iwase Hengzhong seized the opportunity, and immediately ordered the headquarters to launch a full-line attack, taking advantage of the retreat of the main force of the Great Friendly Army to storm Feiyue's Chikugo people with thunder.

The Matsushima Department of the Date Army was overwhelming, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Life and death are at stake, and the Chikugo people on the flying mountain have to face the cruel reality, it is not that they do not want to surrender, but it is Matsushima Hengsheng who launched a fierce attack without giving them a chance to bargain.

The general leader of Chikugo, Kamachi Kansheng, gradually calmed down from the initial panic and ordered his soldiers to defend the mountain. Puchi Jiansheng was old in battle, and he knew that they were condescending to Feiyue, who had a slightly slower slope, and they could withstand two or three days no matter how bad they were.

Judging from the shelter of Takashin of Ryuzoji Temple, Kamachi Jiansheng has no intention of being loyal to the Otomo family, and he has no intention of giving the Otomo family a funeral, but he just wants to buy a good price to protect the Kamachi family.

Kamaike Kanmori's idea fell into Toji Michiyuki's calculations. Toji Michiyuki resisted desperately for Higo and Chikugo, suffered heavy casualties, and had to break their promise and withdraw from the battlefield, and Higo and Chikugo had no reason to blame them, and did not see that their casualties were as high as more than 30%.

Now if the Higo people want to withdraw from the battlefield, they need Toji Michiyuki's response, and they have to pay a heavy price, and they have a blood feud with the Date family, so the Higo people have to follow Toji Michiyuki all the way to the dark.

And the Chikugo people have gradually decided a winner, and if the Date army wants to seize Chikugo Province, they will completely suppress the Kamachi clan, so Kamachi Kanmori's plan to buy himself at a good price will be completely frustrated. Anyway, Toji Michiyuki had to withdraw from Chikugo Province, and Chikugo suffered heavy casualties and mourning, and it would be very difficult for the Date family to rule Chikugo Province again.

Toji Michiyuki's strategy is very vicious, and after paying the price of 30%, it seems that all of them fell into his calculations, but he ignored the existence of a person. After the dedication of Sefukuji Castle, Kiyokawa Hengxiu did not stay for a moment, he sent people to urgently stop the battle between Iwase Hengzhong and Matsushima Hengkatsu, and asked them to strengthen their vigilance and wait for tomorrow to start the battle after dawn.

Iwase Hengzhong has the battle in hand, but he has no intention of fighting again overnight, not to mention that the Takara Mountain is steep, even if the slope in the east is a little gentle, it is compared with the steep west, if you want to attack from this side overnight, the casualties will inevitably be quite large, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Matsushima Hengsheng was hindered by the prestige of Qinghe Hengxiu's chief general, and knew that if he did not obey Qinghe Hengxiu's arrangement, he was afraid that the relationship between the two sides would be overshadowed for decades, and it would not be cost-effective to wear him a small shoe at that time, so he stopped the offensive, withdrew from the battlefield, and chose a place to station.

The successive stops of Iwase Hengtada and Matsushima Hengkatsu cast a shadow over Toji Michiyuki's plans.

The candle flame was dim, and Toji Michiyuki sat in the tent, his eyes closed, he never thought that the Date army, which had been attacking and fighting fiercely, would suddenly stop and mutter, "The night is long and there are many dreams. ”