Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 848 Summer in Osaka

In May and June, the weather was already a bit hot, Kogoro opened the clothes on his chest, panting like a bellows, his feet had long been numb, but he was still walking forward mechanically.

The fellow robes around him were all similar to Kogoro, they didn't seem to be marching, but fleeing.

They had just come back from Dawata Park towards Nambakyo.

This was really tormenting. It was a full 170 miles from Nambakyo to Dawada Park. They had just arrived in Dawata Park, and they only stayed for seven or eight days before being urgently asked to return.

Long-distance marches, especially this kind of long-distance marches that soldiers feel is a wrong way, have a very serious blow to morale.

Kogoro is feeling this way now, extremely tired, and the patriotism that has just arisen in his heart has been wiped out.

In his imagination, he, Kogoro, should be armed with a sword, rushing into the enemy's formation to slash and kill. Even if he is outnumbered, he is still a hero who will serve the country loyally.

However, the reality gave him a blow to the head, and his blood disappeared in the gray face of running back and forth.

Fujiwara Hidesato was with the left minister, Fujiwara Minorai, and they both came from the same clan. Although Fujiwara Hidesato was a branch of the Shu clan, he had the prestige to kill Heira Shomon, and the warriors of the Eastern Kingdom were also known for being good at fighting.

At a time like this when it is necessary to borrow heavily from warriors, Minister Zuo is still very respectful to corporals, let alone his own family.

Hidego Fujiwara rode on a Hokkaido horse that is not considered short. This kind of small horse is generally only four feet, that is, 1.2 meters high. Of course, there is also a small probability of being a tall horse.

Fujiwara Hideko is the guardian of a country, so it is impossible to ride a pony. The brown Hokkaido horse under his crotch is a full five feet high.

Seeing that the team stretched for more than ten miles, the front and back were chaotic, and the order could only be maintained by a bunch of junior officers and military officers with ranks of guards (Heibei, Konoe), second lieutenants, etc., Fujiwara Hidego was in a hurry.

Whether this army is strong or not can be seen just by looking at the march. The imperial court has not dispatched tens of thousands of people to fight for hundreds of years, so the dispatching is a mess, and it cannot be called strong.

As far as Fujiwara Hidego knew, Yan Kou was from Andong, and he was always good at cavalry. Although he had never seen what Chinese cavalry looked like, he had seen Ainu cavalry before.

Although there are few people, they are sturdy and fast, and they are good at surprise attacks. I think this is the same for Yan Kou cavalry.

On the other hand, on my own side, the march was a mess, and once it was raided, it would be doomed.

Thinking of this, Hideto Fujiwara rushed to the left minister Miyori Fujiwara and said:
"Zuo Mansion, our army is about to reach the capital of Namba. There is a flat plain here, and it is very easy to be attacked by Yan invaders. Your servant, please lead your family to lead fifty elite riders, and go forward to cover and investigate for the army."

The word war did not impress Fujiwara Mirai's mind at all, because Wa Kingdom had never fought any wars, and of course he could not imagine how ferocious the Central Plains cavalry were.

For the danger of marching, Minister Zuo has no deep experience, he can't see where the danger is at all, but since Fujiwara Hidego is willing to serve as You Qiqi, he has no objection.

Fujiwara Minorai looked at Fujiwara Hideko with a smile and said: "With Kamikoku guarding the horse, the army is sure to be as stable as Mount Tai. I will send you fifty more Fujiwara knights to guard against Yankou."

In the Japanese administrative system, the counties belonging to each province are also divided into big country, upper country, China, and lower country.

The Guosi is divided into Shou, Jie, Yu, and Mu Si, etc., among which Shou is the top leader, Jie is the deputy, and the rafter ranks third. Generally, it is a local wealthy family, and the order is a clerk, and the following are officials.

Fujiwara Hidego is the Shimono Mamoru from the four ranks, and Shimono is one of the Kamikuni, so Miyori Fujiwara kindly called him Kamikuni Mamoru, which obviously meant to win over.

On the other hand, Fujiwara Hidego didn't think about it that much at all. The soldier's intuition about the crisis made him feel that something big must happen.

Immediately arching his hands, he immediately left the formation with a hundred cavalry in a hurry, and went forward to investigate.

Along the way, the walking soldiers immediately cheered when they saw Fujiwara Hideko's hundred riders.

Because most of this kind of cavalry with one man and two horses has iron armor and a strong bow hanging on the side of the horse, it is an extremely powerful force in Japan.

Due to the narrow plains of this Japanese country, there are not many cavalry. In addition, there are several small plains in Kanto and Hokkaido where their opponents, the Ainu people live, so most of the Ainu people can ride horses and shoot arrows.

In order to counter them, the Wa Kingdom formed this kind of cavalry who wore armor or evolved from armor, and painted red and black armor.

In addition, they also like to wear black and red strange cloaks to make themselves look mighty.

This kind of heavy armored cavalry, which seems a bit strange to the Chinese, can be regarded as one of the sources of the Japanese three-color mother-clothed knights.

Moreover, after shooting the legendary brave and invincible Hirashomon, Fujiwara Hideko was also regarded as a brave general among Japanese warriors, and his reputation was very high. These samurai knew that it was Fujiwara Hideko who passed by, so they were even more excited.

However, Fujiwara Hidego didn't have the energy to listen to these compliments, and now he wanted to know if Yodogawa was still under his control.

The Yodo River is the most important river in Nambakyo and Osaka. At this time, the urban area of ​​Osaka was still on the east bank of the Yodo River. Therefore, the Yodo River did not pass through the city like later generations, but played the role of a moat.

But at the same time, if the enemy cuts off the bridge over the Yodo River, they will be able to block their [-] to [-] troops outside Namba, Kyoto, and Osaka.

At that time, the defense inside the city will be empty, and the people outside the city will have no supplies, and the end will come.

Just when Fujiwara Hidesato was in a hurry, a brave general in the distance also led [-] or [-] cavalry galloping over. This person was Hira Masamori who used to fight with Fujiwara Hidesato against Hirashomon.

"Fujiwara-kun is going to Yodogawa? Taira is here to help."

Ping Zhensheng asked from a long distance away, as expected of the current Japanese general who developed the Kanto, almost at the same time, both of them realized something was wrong.

Fujiwara Hidego burst into laughter when he saw Ping Zhensheng, and the shadow in his heart seemed to dissipate a lot, "Ping-kun is still so loyal and patriotic, so let's go and defend the Yodo River together."

Ping Zhensheng also laughed a few times, "Yan Kou is an elite, if you want to go, go more, what can these 200 people do?"

Speaking of this, Ping Zhensheng shouted to the Japanese people who were watching them: "This is the governor of Ueno, Fujiwara-kun, who is going to investigate the Yodogawa. Is there any brave warrior who dares to accompany you, so go meet the Yankou for a while?"

Following Ping Zhensheng's shout, many servants with manors, elite noble samurai, guards with titles of soldiers and guards responded one after another, and more than 2000 people gathered in a short while. people.

Fujiwara Hidego glanced at Ping Zhensheng approvingly. Although the two hadn't discussed it, they felt in their hearts that Yan Kou had already landed in Wakayama, and it was very likely that they would come to make a surprise attack.

Immediately, Fujiwara Hideto said to the more than two thousand people who gathered: "Since you trust me, Hidetoshi, we might as well make an agreement more clearly.

Those who are willing to obey orders and not act without authorization will stay. After defeating the Yan Kou, there will be a big reward.

If you just come to join in the fun, then please come back, this love has been inherited by Hideko Fujiwara. "

Since this group of officers and warriors can take the initiative, it proves that they are indeed some brave people. Naturally, it is impossible for such people to retreat at this time, and they expressed their willingness to obey orders.

So Hideto Fujiwara hit the iron while the iron was hot, and immediately formed a legion of these 2000 people, with him as Junyi, Ping Zhensheng as the school lieutenant, and the brigade commander, team leader and other officials.

Good guy, if this is in Dazhou, if a nobleman dares to form an army privately while the army is marching, let alone himself, the whole family will lose their heads.

But in Japan, this is extremely normal.

After the collapse of the squad field system, the army model formed by local police officers could not fight regular battles at all. Therefore, in a critical moment, it is the most effective to restore this army model of Jun Yi-School Lieutenant-Brigade Commander-Team Leader.

. . . . .

To say that the heroes of the world should not be underestimated, Fujiwara Hidesato and Heping Zhensheng really guessed right.

After Murong Nobunaga led the army to force Tachibana Yuanbao back to Osaka Castle, he immediately left Xiang Xun who had not yet left for the feudal domain to stand firm. The army also set up more flags and drums, and even put on an appearance of building siege equipment.

But Murong Nobunaga himself led 5000 cavalry consisting of Murong Yanchao, Helian Hailong, Yuan Yanchao, Zhao Siwan, Zhang Jianxiong, Yelv Guizhong, Riruge and other powerful generals, quietly crossed Osaka City, and went to sneak attack from Kobe. The returning Japanese army is the main force.

The reason why he took such a risky fight was because Nobunaga'er also encountered a lot of trouble.

Since the army ventured to cross the sea in winter, the number of frostbite and colds in the army has increased day by day.

Before Awaji Island was captured, the number of people who were not acclimatized to the environment began to increase. If it hadn't been for more than ten days of repairing on Awaji Island, the situation would have been even more serious.

Originally, he, Murong Nobunaga, raised 4 troops and more than [-] sailors, totaling more than [-] people.

But now, in addition to the 8000 people stationed in Dazaifu, Chimaguan and Itsukushima, there are still more than 100 people who are 2% healthy.

Among them, the weaker Baqian is in the hands of Wang Jing and Li Hanqiong. Some of them are watching Ono Haogu, and some of them are wandering behind the main force of the Japanese army.

Of the remaining 5000 people, there are still 3000 people on Awaji Island, next to Murong Nobunaga, that is, [-] people.

This... In terms of the number of people, Murong Nobunaga should have sent the least troops among the conquerors of all dynasties.

He came to conquer the Wa country, and now there are only 3000 soldiers available, but the Japanese army still has more than [-] people, and the number is still increasing, except for the immobile Ono Haogu.

At the same time, there are more than [-] people in the Osaka Plain where Heian-kyo, Heijo-kyo, and Namba-kyo are located. At the last moment, it is possible to pull out another [-] young adults.

Although the enemy is weak, it will be very troublesome if there are many people.

It's not that you can't defeat them, but that it's difficult for you to control them after they are defeated. If you can't control these populations strongly, you will fall into the quagmire of war.

Therefore, Murong Nobunaga, who had not been in battle for a long time, made a surprise attack on the main force of the Japanese army with [-] elite cavalry, and tried to completely defeat their administrative command ability in the first battle.

. . . .

The Yodo River loomed in the distance, and Fujiwara Hidego could even hear the sound of the water flowing in the Yodo River. As far as the eye could see, the green rice seedlings fluctuated with the wind, and it seemed that it was another good year.

Ping Zhensheng also rode his horse to follow, seeing that the bridge over the Yodo River was still intact, he immediately felt relieved.

Nambakyo is also Osaka. The terrain is low in the west and high in the east. As long as the army can return to the city, even if the outer city cannot be defended, the Morinomiya area in the east city has a high terrain and dense water network, which is enough to hold on.

Fujiwara Hidego pointed to a dense forest in the northeast and said: "If I remember correctly, there should be a small village there.

Please also ask Mr. Ping to lead [-] elites to set up camp, and a certain one will set up a camp around the bridge. As long as the Zuofu army returns to its position, everything will be safe. "

"Here!" At this time, the upper class of the Japanese people was passing through Tang Yin, and Ping Zhensheng sang it with his hands crossed, and he was ready to take people there immediately.

It's just that he hadn't gathered all the knights under his command when he saw birds running wildly in the dense forest, branches rattling despite the strong wind, and occasionally there was the faint sound of horseshoes.

Fujiwara Hideko was shocked, "At this time, it is near dusk, and returning birds suddenly appear in the forest, there must be a large army coming!"

As soon as the words were finished, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes, and countless silver-white figures suddenly galloped out from the forest in the northeast.

They were wearing silver-white cotton armor, silver battle robes, and silver-painted hard bows, like cranes with outstretched arms, attacking from both sides.

"What a tall horse, what a speed!" Ping Zhensheng turned pale, and he shouted at Fujiwara Hidego:
"Yan Kou is coming, it really is the iron cavalry of the Shang Kingdom. Warriors of the Eastern Kingdom, follow me to intercept the enemy bandits!"

After all, Ping Zhensheng took the lead and quickly put a piece of armor on his body. He gathered more than [-] cavalry and intercepted the roaring Yankou cavalry at the waist of the left wing, hoping to interrupt the opponent's offensive and tie the knot for Fujiwara Hideyoshi. Arrays create time.

It's just a pity that he has no courage, but his equipment is too poor.

At this time, the Hokkaido horses used by the Kanto warriors were too short. Although their legs were thick and fat, they could carry heavy loads, but their sprint speed was really impressive.

And more importantly, the cavalry that the Kanto samurai faced in the past was the Ezo cavalry of the fishing and hunting people who had fewer numbers than them and had no fighting skills. Riding and fighting started at this time.

Ping Zhensheng looked menacing, but it looked a little ridiculous in Zhiluge. Those Japanese people rode ponies that were similar to donkeys, and the ponies were also short. They looked like a group of children on the grassland.

Around Zhiluge, there are all prairie hussars selected from the 12 households in the grassland. Seeing the Japanese cavalry stabbing at their waists, Zhiluge slammed a whistle, and the surrounding knights responded with ape screams, and went up and down. With the same mind, he immediately gave up the pounce and rode his horse to go around in the distance.

Ping Zhensheng secretly groaned, their galloping ability of war horses was not as good as that of the opponent, and the opponent chose to avoid them without paying attention to martial arts, in order to consume their horsepower, what a shame!

Thus, such a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. Originally, Ping Zhensheng's cavalry was going to intercept, and the effect was achieved. He did cut off part of the cavalry on the opponent's left wing from the rushing posture, but he did not even follow the people. No hair was caught.

What's even more frightening is that the formation on the opposite side is not chaotic, obviously walking him like a dog!

Feeling insulted, Ping Zhensheng was furious. He was still considering whether to continue the pursuit, but the knights under his command had already rushed out.

These people usually rely on their personal bravery to make a living. When they are on the battlefield, they don't care about formations, teams, etc.

Besides, there was no need for such complicated tactics to fight the Ainu cavalry in the past!

Yoho, when Zhiluge saw that these little dwarfs were thoughtless, he was even happier, and immediately led the prairie athletes under his command to spread out further in an oval shape.

Finally, after chasing for two or three hundred steps, the Japanese cavalry finally felt that they could not pursue.

Because people's excitement has passed, adrenaline is crazily reduced, and the little donkey-like war horse is already too tired to run with sweat and foam at the mouth.

But at this time, Rirug whistled again, hundreds of grassland cavalry galloped back, and the Japanese were shocked, regardless of the fact that their horses were reaching their limit, they immediately urged them forward again.

Hey, Zhiluge saw that they were still able to move, and immediately told the knights under his command to back off and not contact them.
This made the Japanese cavalry vomit blood with anger, and Ping Zhensheng also felt the seriousness of the problem at this time, he yelled loudly for the cavalry under his command to take off their heavy armor and quickly change their horses.

But as soon as they changed their horses, Zhirug's cavalry came again in overwhelming numbers.

This time it was not a lie, because the Japanese's physical strength was at a critical point, and they were still in the gap of switching equipment.

In an instant, hundreds of prairie cavalry passed around the Japanese cavalry, and with excellent horse bows in their hands, they poured arrows on the Japanese cavalry like raindrops.

Ping Zhensheng and the others howled in pain, they could only use their horses as a barrier to fight back with their short bows as they couldn't increase their speed.

But they are basically in a state of motion. On the contrary, the prairie cavalry is constantly rotating around them. Not to mention the horse speed bonus, it is also more difficult to be hit.

More importantly, these prairie cavalry are the elite of Zhang Shengren, and the bow and body armor in their hands are not comparable to the Japanese.

In the fierce and passionate confrontation, countless Japanese cavalry who were proud of their bravery kept falling to the ground, and the arrows began to decrease until the rest of them gathered together and protected everyone with flat shields.

However, at this time, it is their doomsday.

Riluge waved his hand, and just now he didn't go on the stage, thirty well-armed cavalry rushed forward, and within a few breaths, a charge directly smashed through the gathered Japanese.

Then Zhiruge's hussars held steel sabers, followed the route of the Xiao cavalry's assault, and started harvesting directly.

Ping Zhensheng raised his long spear in despair, and before he could utter a roar, a wrought copper mace hit him on the head.

Then the cavalry who roared past greeted him with various weapons, until the brains of the brave general were smashed, he failed to kill a single enemy.

And these are just small episodes, the real battle is unfolding on Fujiwara Hideko's side.

Dealing with Hideto Fujiwara was Akiyoshiro in white robes and silver saddles led by Nobunaga Murong himself.

Since the war horses are all extremely fast Hesai Ryomas, in fact, Ping Zhensheng did not buy much time for Fujiwara Hideto.

When Fujiwara Hidego and his cavalry put on their armor and mounted their horses, Akiyoshiro in white robes and silver saddles charged to a distance of seventy or eighty steps.

The companions and servants of the Japanese samurai desperately held wooden spears and tried to stop them, buying their samurai a short precious time.

However, the arrows, which were like a storm, violently shot these servants who didn't even have a piece of bamboo armor to the ground.

Many soldiers were already clutching their necks and struggling on the ground without even seeing the enemy's face clearly.

This kind of cavalry impact far surpassed that of the Ainu people, instantly broke their fragile hearts, and they didn't even have time to cry. The moment many people fell down in the same robes, the white robe and silver saddle Akiyoshiro who came for the impact gave way. Opened the channel.

Murong Xinchang rushed to the front holding his bright silver long lance, accompanied by the most elite fifty cavalry confidants.

Here are the sons of his Murong family in Guazhou, and the old Tuyuhun tribe in the Hehuang Valley. They formed the sharpest arrows and rushed towards the Japanese cavalry who had not yet run.

Thirty steps away, following Murong Nobunaga's movements, everyone took out the horned crossbows at their waists in unison.

At this time, Zhang Zhou's horn bow was more delicate and smaller than that of Tang Dynasty.

The strength is only about three or four per stone, but it is still much stronger than the horse bow. Its small size allows it to be aimed with one hand, which is very suitable for casting when charging immediately.

To put it bluntly, this is a hand gun that can only be fired once in the cold weapon period.

It avoids the problem that the horse bow must be turned sideways to be accurate when using the horse bow, and it also solves the problem of the horse bow being weak and weak, but it can only be cast once.

But this is enough, thirty steps, one stone, three four, the power is unparalleled.

The Japanese knights, who could only wear low-quality armor-hanging armor, fell off their horses one after another, and 'give way' a passage for the impact of Akiyoshiro in white robe and silver saddle.

Fujiwara Hideko looked at all this in despair, the enemy came too fast, and began to accelerate slowly after three hundred steps, and within a hundred steps, it was as fast as the wind.

In the country of Wa, the only one who can run at such a speed is the brown cloud under his crotch, but the enemy's thousands of war horses are all this kind of BMW, which is enough to see how huge the gap between the two sides is.

In desperation, Fujiwara Hideko was wearing a large red armor, which he pulled off from Heira Shomon.

The reason why the rebel who claimed to be the emperor had the reputation of being invulnerable to swords and guns in the Eastern Kingdom was actually because of this set of armor.

Murong Nobunaga also looked at the Japanese general on the opposite side. It had been a long time since no one dared to provoke him with a long spear in front of him.

Hao Daer first commanded Akiyoshiro under his command to disperse Fujiwara Hidego's cavalry directly, and then stabbed them one by one, leaving only this Japanese general who seemed to be the leader.

Fujiwara Hidego took a deep breath, and slowly began to accelerate. His target, surrounded by Yan Kou, had already pointed it out for him.

It was a thief general wrapped in silver armor. He was tall and handsome. Even if he was an enemy, he would praise his appearance.

Murong Nobunaga also rode his horse forward slowly, and when he reached the [-]th pace, he was [-]% sure that he would knock down the Japanese general opposite him in one blow.

But at this moment, the Japanese general on the opposite side threw away the spear with great speed, and at the same time took out a very exquisitely designed crossbow bolt from his arms, and then pulled the trigger.

This is Fujiwara Hideko's unique trick. His ancestor was a member of the Tang Dynasty envoy. By a coincidence, he learned the method of making this small crossbow from Tang Dynasty. Then he hid it with his broom and kept it as a family secret. arms.

The reason why Fujiwara Hidego was able to defeat the so-called invincible Hirashomon was that when he approached, he suddenly released the crossbow arrows and shot the unsuspecting Hirashomon to the ground.

Today, Fujiwara is also counting on it to work.

But at the same time that Fujiwara Hideko pulled the trigger, the horse under his crotch let out a scream and threw him off his back.

It turned out that Murong Nobunaga's horse had a crossbow installed on the side of his horse. With a light push on his toe, the crossbow arrow shot through the chest and abdomen of his mount before Fujiwara Hidego's sneak attack.

With this fall, the arrows from the short crossbow in Fujiwara Hidego's hand flew to nowhere, and he fell off his horse in a whirl, and was quickly caught.

"Why? Why do you want to invade our hometown?"

After the proud armor, BMW, and divine crossbow all worked in front of the enemy, Hideto Fujiwara, who was pinned to the ground, was left with nothing but anger.

He raised his head angrily, and looked at Murong Nobunaga who looked down at him like a god with resentment and puzzlement.

"Why? Huh!" Hao Da'er snorted coldly, "Heaven told me that the fault of not raising a godfather is rooted in you, and the predecessors will have to pay the price for what the posterity did!"

After hearing this, Fujiwara Hidego looked confused, he had no idea what Murong Nobunaga meant by this sentence.

However, he didn't need to know right away, because a strong man with red triangular eyes looked at him salivatingly, and said loudly:
"Finally let a certain family wait, is this the number one warrior of the Wa country?
Your heart gallbladder must be the most delicious and powerful. After enjoying it, a certain Zhao Siwan just ate a thousand gallbladders, and she is about to be invincible in the world, hahahaha! "

"Why? How do I know why?" Hao Da'er muttered, then smiled.

"I just know that what my father said is right, that's all."

(End of this chapter)