Chapter 44: Ambush

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The sedan chair driver in which the stone crab Shouyuan rode has been changed several batches, and the rapid march is no longer bearable for ordinary ashigaru, let alone to support such a heavy cage to run, and the stone crab Shouyuan sitting in the cage almost bit off his tongue with a bump, and bit the branch with his teeth, and his teeth and lips were bitten out of blood. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

Time is pressing, Stone Crab Shouyuan must rush back to block the Date army before the fall of Stone Crab Mountain City, otherwise the military spirit will inevitably collapse, and the homesick Ashigaru will all flee home, and he will have no way out, either flee to another country and continue to live that life in secret, thirteen years have made him unbearable, or commit suicide by seppuku. In order to probe the enemy as much as possible, all the spies that Stone Crab Shouyuan could send were dispatched, for fear that the Date army would ambush him halfway instead of attacking Stone Crab Mountain Castle.

One after another, the spies rushed back. "Report to the city lord, Stone Crab Mountain City has been attacked by a large number of Date troops." "The newspaper city dominates the conclusion outside the city of Shicrab Mountain, and the estimated number is no less than seven hundred." "Report to the city lord, no enemy ambush was found at the ferry, and Lord Inoue of Stone Crab Mountain Castle asked for help." One unfavorable news after another came like snowflakes, and the shape near Stone Crab Mountain City became extremely grim.

Hearing that the situation in Stone Crab Mountain City was urgent, Shi Crab Shouyuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the return, but there was no reason, and the exhausted Stone Crab Army under the rapid march was really afraid of attacking halfway.

As long as the road is safe, Stone Crab Mountain City will be safe in a short time, as long as you rush to the city, it is difficult to predict the victory or defeat under the attack inside and outside the city.

Afraid of being ambushed, the stone crab army played a total of more than a dozen torches, which shows that it is a small basin terrain, which is much flatter than other places, but there are still 13 ashigaru left behind, climbing over a hill, a large number of torches suddenly appeared in the distance in front of them, and the conch beat the drum and shouted to kill, and the cage stopped again.

Stone Crab Shouyuan's face turned pale, spit out the branch in his mouth, and climbed out with the help of two retainers, looking at the direction of Stone Crab Mountain City in the spring breeze, and muttered in his mouth: "The competition for Stone Crab Mountain City is very fierce, so Date Masahiro has already planned it, and the dispatch of troops shows that it is not to fight for the hegemony of Kusama, but to open the passage of the Kosakabe River into the Takaliang River." I see that the number of Date troops is not only 300, but there are 7 or 800 people, and Inoue Kansuke is in danger! "I began to think about it.

The size of the army is specified by the size of the territory and the amount of food produced, according to the estimation of the Ida's territory before the war, the Ishitaka of the Date family, should have 3,000 koku standing army of 400 people, and the mobilization force should be more than three times that of the standing army of 1,200 people, and in the estimation of the continuous fighting in January, the number of troops brought out by Date Masahiro should be 800 people, not 300 people who entered the Kusama.

They were all waiting here.

Ohara Shinzaemon's face tightened, he didn't expect the competition to be so fierce, the horror on his face did not fade, and he asked in surprise: "Your Highness, could it be that Date Masahiro had already premeditated, but no one knows that Your Highness, you have returned to prepare for China, and it is only then that you will raise troops to fight him." ”

Shi Crab Shouyuan's heart was also abrupt, and now there is only one explanation and said: "It seems that Date Zhengheng has indeed received the help of Nizi Jingjiu, otherwise he can't explain this matter!" ”

Ohara Shinzaemon said, "Your Highness, do you want to send Ashigaru to the other side to reconnoiter first, so that the others can rest and recuperate, everyone is too tired." ”

Now is not the time to rest, at this moment, if you see Stone Crab Mountain City in flames and rest, the whole army will collapse immediately, only if they return to Stone Crab Mountain City immediately, they may still be able to rely on the eagerness to defend their hometown, and their morale will rise.

Stone Crab Shouyuan has been away from Stone Crab Mountain Castle for thirteen years, and the time of departure is too long, and the only people who followed him to Tsukiyama Tomita Castle were Ohara Shinzaemon and Inoue Kansuke, Inoue Kansuke was left by him in Stone Crab Mountain Castle to stay, and Ohara Shinzaemon went out as a deputy general.

If it weren't for the fact that Shi Crab Shouyuan was still nominally the city lord of Stone Crab Mountain City, and Yu Weicun would not be able to sit firmly in the position of the city lord, but there were still many people who disrupted the military plane, tried to escape, or even deliberately disagreed with Shi Crab Shouyuan.

Not only that, more than ninety percent of the soldiers in the army are all from the peasants under the city of Stone Crab Mountain, if these peasants see that the city of Stone Crab Mountain is in flames, where do they have the courage to go up and fight hard, and if they do not defend it strictly, they will have to collapse without rushing to the city of Stone Crab Mountain.

In this way, only the whole army assault is the best policy, and Shi Crab Shouyuan shouted: "The whole army is assaulted, strictly prevent defection!" ”

On the top of the cliff on the opposite bank, Zheng Heng, who was lying on his stomach, looked at the torch that suddenly appeared, his eyes were deep, and he muttered in a low voice: "It's finally here!" He just wanted to calm down and calm down, so he closed his one eye, let the wind in his ears whistle, opened his eyes, let out a turbid breath and asked, "Are the archers just for?" ”

"It's coming! Here it comes! The enemy is starting to swim across! ”

"All in place! Man your posts! Zhengheng ordered, shouting in a low voice the order to prepare for battle, looking unafraid of battle.

Shi Crab Shouyuan, who was swimming in the crossing, suddenly raised the sedan curtain and ordered: "Light the torches, blow the conch, boost the morale of the defenders of Stone Crab Mountain City, tell them that reinforcements have arrived, let them stick to the castle, and there must be no mistake." ”

The melodious and far-reaching sound of conch sounded at the ferry, and countless torches were raised on the banks of the Gaoliang River. Zhengheng stood up, pulled out his heavy vine bow and fired an arrow towards the torches, shouting, "Aim!" Get ready...... Put......! ”

"Boom, Boom, Boom......" The whistling sound of the arrow cluster tearing through the air cut through the air, and a dense array of arrows raised a beautiful arc in the air, shooting towards the oncoming enemy less than thirty meters, shooting towards the bottom of the cliff through the top of the cliff, with the help of gravity The power is even stronger.

The Date army at the top of the cliff waited for work, shooting down from a high place, the arrows were farther and more powerful than the horizontal shots, and the sudden shooting made the ashigaru people who had just climbed the river at the bottom of the cliff and had not yet understood the southeast and northwest immediately rioted. The raised torch became the best target, and in the blink of an eye, the arrow rushed towards the target, whizzing into the body, causing intense pain.

"There is an ambush, retreat!" "Enemy attack, retreat!" "Run away, Stone Crab Mountain City is about to fall, everyone run!" "Mind the birds, go home and see what's going on at home!" More and more ashigaru began to crumble in the face of ambushes.

The stone crab Shouyuan, who had just swam to the river, changed his face greatly, and said viciously: "Damn...... Kill me ......"

Ohara Shinzaemon gasped, and the worst result appeared, and he yelled: "Don't panic, don't panic, kill them, they don't have many people, kill ......"

It's too cunning for the Date Army to set up an ambush at such a necessary place, and if the Stone Crab Army wants to break through and return to Stone Crab Mountain City, it must deal with the Date Army on the top of the cliff. However, the location of this ferry is very special, there are cliffs on both sides, and there is an open river bank under the cliff, and a gap can be found on one side of the cliff to climb up, but to rush up from the gap, and to engage the Date army guarding the gap, it is inevitable that there will be heavy casualties.

What's even more hateful is that due to the height of the cliff, it is difficult for the stone crab army at the bottom of the cliff to shoot arrows on their backs, while the Date army at the top of the cliff can shoot deadly arrows calmly, which makes the soldiers of the stone crab Shouyuan can only look at themselves, but they can't hurt the enemy in the slightest.

The terrain is favorable to the Date Army, and the situation of Stone Crab Mountain City is critical, which is very unfavorable for the Stone Crab Army who are in a hurry to return. He didn't expect that in the case of storming Stone Crab Mountain City, Date Masahiro would still be able to endure the strategy of time and ambush himself with the advantage of location.

The Stone Crab Army began to collapse, especially as the flames of war gradually extinguished at Stone Crab Mountain Castle, and more and more Ashigaru joined the ranks of the swimmers, retreating to the other side and then running to the other side of Stone Crab Mountain Castle at night, hoping to find a small boat to cross the Takaliang River and return home.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer torches, Zheng Heng understood that the other party had begun to retreat, and in the dark night, Zheng Heng was not much sure that he would be able to pursue the other party, so he could only give up the attack and wait for dawn.

Looking at the sky, Zhengheng instructed Akagi: "Akagi, you lead 100 people to watch here, and you can capture as many as you can tomorrow morning, and you have to find out the movements of the stone crab Shouyuan!" ”

As he spoke, Zhengheng lit a torch and led the rest of the soldiers towards Stone Crab Mountain City.

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