Chapter 145: Decision Five

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The situation can be said to have taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the joy of being able to force Maori Moto to sign a humiliating armistice agreement is still rippling in my heart, followed by an unexpected enemy attack, or Maori Moto, who was already impatient to return to the country, the gap between the two moods is like going from heaven to hell. Standing in the main camp of the Xiyi Yuan Formation, Zheng Heng looked at the enemy who had already pushed him to hell, his face was as ugly as he wanted, anger had swept all his thoughts, and the words he had originally thought of mocking Mao Li Yuan were swept into the corner of the corner by this sudden attack.

Time gradually passed, the sky also woke up from the deep darkness, the morning light slowly rose from the horizon, and you could vaguely see the name of the enemy general flag erected half a mile away, written by Chinese characters, but not traditional characters, but written by simplified characters, from a distance it should vaguely be the words "million hearts". Thousands of troops inside and outside the Nishigahara Formation, many people have seen this flag on the battlefield, the later stage of the Battle of the Takayagawa Gorge was fought under this banner, the owner of the banner, it was the enemy commander who came out of the battle this time, the leading wisdom general of the Western Kingdom, and also the male lord of the two countries of Aki and Bigo, if Zhengheng did not guess wrong, when it was the head of the Maori clan of Aki Country, Mao Li Yuan personally led the army to attack.

The morning light became clearer and clearer, and the four characters of the million hearts embroidered on the white flag, Zhengheng gradually fell into his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be burned, and he involuntarily shifted his gaze away. In addition to the big banner outside the Higashigahara Formation, where it was covered by billowing smoke and dust, there were thousands of enemy troops attacking the Higashigabara Formation one after another, and the vague figure of the Higashigabara Formation seemed to be about to fall. Those who have been in the war for a long time can see that the Higashiehara Formation is still in the hands of the Date Army, and the result that the enemy cannot shake the Higashiehara Formation is that hundreds of corpses are left behind, and the second strong attack has begun. Yes, the Maori Yuan clearly did not appear to have stopped attacking. Under the crisis of the sun gradually rising and counterattacking, there was no intention of retreating, and the strong fighting spirit made the political balance in the far west of the Ehara a little undecided.

As the sky gradually brightened, Zheng Heng and the others finally saw the scale of the enemy clearly, and his mood gradually calmed down, and asked in a calm and calm voice: "How many people did Maori Lao'er bring?" "Count the troops. It is the most basic subject in military science, and scouts with excellent ability or generals who are experienced in military affairs can often see at a glance how many enemy troops there are in front of them, and then deduce the total strength of the enemy army, and they do not need to wait in line to count.

In the same way, as long as there are generals with a little military acumen. In order to prevent their troops from being seen through, they will use various means to cover up and camouflage. Originally, Maori Yuan wanted to use the night to blur the number of troops attacking, but by dawn he did not break through the set target, so that the people of the Date family could roughly guess the approximate number of Maori troops.

The old and sophisticated Ishikawa Hisabaka pondered for a moment and said, "Judging from the flag, it is about two thousand five hundred. ”

The other generals reported the approximate number, but they were all between two thousand five or six hundred. Zheng Heng nodded slightly, it was not that he couldn't see the number of enemy troops, but he wanted to listen to the opinions of the generals. He pondered for a moment, counted with his fingers, and said, "Judging from the information gathered, since the Battle of the Takayagawa Gorge, the Maori army should have been stationed in the Kamibe Plains about 3,500, of which the Bigo people accounted for about 1,000 people, not including the more than 1,200 Sugihara people. Judging from the fierce morale, is Maori Lao'er really so confident that he can capture the Dongyi Yuan Formation in one battle. Leave no room for error. ”

Zhengheng's doubts come from the confidence in the East Ehara Formation, the construction of the East Ehara Array is about ten days later than the West Ehara Array, the West Ehara Array was originally a manor remodeling, but the East Ehara Array was built on the ground, and it is poured into most of the painstaking efforts of Zhengheng, and it is built into a bridgehead for the strategy of the back country, and the construction is quite solid. Compared to the Nishihara Formation, no military general who has seen its general structure will think that this fortified city can be captured in a single battle. Mao Liyuan, known as the first wise general in the West, knew that the night attack was no longer possible, and he insisted on forcibly attacking.

The troubled times of the Warring States of the Wa Kingdom were a period of great exhibition of castle technology, no matter who it was. Anyone who has participated in a siege knows a clear truth, the best way to attack a castle made of stone is not to storm it, but to surround it, and compete patiently to exhaust food and water as the way to attack. This is also the reason why castles have appeared one after another on the land of the small Wa land, and there is a lot of construction in the mountainous areas, and the result is that the tactics of siege warfare are becoming more and more simple, and the Totitsu Hideyoshi's Tottori food and Takamatsu flooding, which are touted by later generations, are just tactics on the basis of long-term sieges.

Everyone knows the solidity of the Dongeyuan formation, but Maori Yuan, as a wise general, used the most stupid and bloody method to forcibly attack, which is not logical and does not fit the current situation. When the night attack failed, it should have been withdrawn as much as possible when the Date army had not yet counterattacked, and even an ambush battle in the Takayagawa Gorge was a good choice, but Maori Yuan did not do this, but instead used the most elite troops of the Maori family to fill it with human lives, which is the biggest doubt of Zhengheng now, and it is also the problem that has been hesitating.

Miyahara Tanba looked up at the Higashi-Ebara formation, perhaps because he was blind due to old age, and he couldn't see it exactly, but when he retracted his eyes, his pupils suddenly shrank, slapped his knees, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, could it be the idea of hitting those three pontoon bridges?" After he finished speaking, he pointed to the three pontoon bridges that connected the east and west of the Ebara formation.

Ishikawa Hisataka also looked at the three pontoon bridges, shook his head slightly and said: "It shouldn't be, if you really have the idea of three pontoon bridges, last night when we all shifted our attention to the Higashigahara Formation, we had to take a boat to raid the three pontoon bridges, once the pontoon bridges were destroyed, there was a great possibility that the Higashigabara Formation would fall, but the sky was getting brighter, and now even if the pontoon bridge was attacked, it was far less effective than last night." Don't forget, now there are more than 1,500 defenders in the East Ehara Formation, and there is no shortage of food and water, so Mao Liyuan still thinks that he can conquer it as much as possible, and he doesn't have to think about it. ”

Zhengheng also nodded, Ishikawa Hisada's words were also what he was puzzled about, before the night attack, there were more than 1,000 defenders in the Higashihara array, if there was a sudden night attack, plus the pontoon bridge was destroyed, it may be possible to fall because of this, which is also something he didn't expect yesterday, but now that he thinks about it, he is quite embarrassed, but since the pontoon bridge was not destroyed, then what is the strategy of Maori Yuan. Zheng Heng pursed his mouth tightly and muttered a few words in a low voice, but he couldn't guess Maori Yuan's thoughts, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and the look on his face quickly regained the look of a ruler, which was a sharp, strong, and decisive look. He knew very well that no matter how he guessed, he couldn't guess what Maori Yuan had in mind, and since he couldn't guess it, he said: "Since we can't guess Maori's thoughts, since he wants to find death, then don't blame us for being ruthless, he wants to end the war as much as possible, don't we want to?!" Yoshida Masanari, you lead the 3rd and 4th teams of 500 people to search along the Oda River, and once the enemy army is present, fight and retreat to Qingyin City. ”

Qingyin Castle was built by the Nasu clan when the Oyama clan became the acting official of Ebara Zhuang during the battle of the Oyama clan, and the Oyama clan has already become a thing of the past along with many families who have died in the troubled times, and the castle they built tells the glory of the past.

Yoshida Masanari hurriedly stood up and responded, "Yes, Your Highness!" Then he departed through the side door with five hundred red people.

Masahiro also ordered another general, Matsushima Yajiro, to lead 300 people down the Oda River to camp in the White Castle, this White Castle is a mountain castle, it is the most important castle to protect the flank of the Nishi-Ebara Formation, there were originally 300 defenders, and now there are 300 more garrisons, and the mountain castle garrisoned by 600 people is enough to hold and protect the flank of the Nishi-Ebara Formation.

Qingyin City and Baixian City are like two gates, closing these two gates can tightly lock the West Ebara City sandwiched in the middle, even if these two gates are opened, with nearly 5,000 soldiers and 3,000 people in the Nishigabara array, it is enough to break the bones of the enemy. As long as the Nishi-Ehara formation is still in the hands of the Date family, no matter how you look at the victorious side now, what is there to be afraid and hesitate about, he looked at the Maori army that was still attacking, and after assigning two units to protect the flanks, he snorted coldly and said: "At present, I have 8,000 men and horses, and the enemy army does not know how to force the siege of the city, and if he does not change his will, how can he fight to the death with me!" Since you want a decisive battle, then I will give you a decisive battle! ”

When the Date Army began its final mobilization, outside the Higashi-Ebara Formation, Maori Yuan looked at the repeatedly unbreakable Higashi-Ebara Formation, frowning and thinking, "Why hasn't there been any movement yet?" His ankle injury did not seem to be relieved in the slightest, but he still did not pause in the slightest to attack the East Wing Yuan formation, but his mood became more and more gloomy.

The change in the situation has already been calculated by Maori Yuan, and the night attack that he thought of turned into a strong attack, and the Einsatzgruppen that was supposed to go to burn the pontoon bridge has not made any movement so far, and there has been no movement outside the reinforcement army sent by Nishigahara last night, which also makes Maori Yuan already believe that Date Masahiro's idea of using strange soldiers is very wrong, forming the most unfavorable oil war for the Maori army.

Maori Yuan carefully studied a series of joint battles of Date Mashiro, and saw the opportunity, Date Masaki is accustomed to strange soldiers, and has never defeated the opponent in a dignified manner, even if it is a battle in the Takayagawa Gorge, it is also a gamble on the national fortune, obviously determined that Date Mashiro will definitely fight back violently if he sees the Maori army attacking this time, which gives him the opportunity to lure the Date army into the Takayagawa Gorge, and then it will be another ambush battle, and the balance of victory will fall into his palm again.

However, Date Zhengheng was not fooled, which put Maori Yuan in a dilemma, and the war was still withdrawn. (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.