Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 849 Nobunaga's Ambition

Twenty miles west of the Yodo River, Namba, Kyoto and Osaka are already in sight.

But along the way, the grievances of the Japanese army who had not rested for more than 70 miles broke out completely.

They clamored and clamored, even though Namba-kyo was right in front of them, they were unwilling to continue walking for half a step.

The consequences of suppressing the samurai class on weekdays are fully revealed at this moment.

Before this long-distance march, the imperial court of the Japanese state could still draw cakes and pour ecstasy soup for the warriors by relying on the banner of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

But in the eyes of many samurai, after the three-hundred-mile march caused by the incompetence of the upper-level ministers, all the loyalty to the emperor was completely consumed, and it was replaced by dissatisfaction with the low status. spread.

Not to mention that this is the Japanese army in the Heian era, it is the People's Liberation Army during the War of Liberation. This kind of march that consumes a lot of energy will be complained about, and it will take a lot of political workers to appease it.

The so-called "Boss Chen's telegram popped, and Xiaobing's feet popped" appeared at that time.

It can be said that the People's Liberation Army, which is the pinnacle of light infantry, can't stand this kind of back and forth marching. Let alone the Japanese at this time, when one person rises up to make a noise, it will soon become the whole army's noise.

Moreover, the dissatisfaction soon spread from the march to the various mistakes and omissions in the recruitment of the imperial court, and then extended to the usual suppression of Warrior Yu.

The minister on the left, Fujiwara Minorai, keenly sensed the risk of a mutiny. In addition, it was almost the end of Shenzhou (five o'clock in the afternoon), and there was no warning from Fujiwara Hideko, who was investigating from a distance, so let these warriors have a meal outside the city. It's not a big problem to send a little reward and then go back to the city.

And just like this, Fujiwara Mirai didn't dare to let them enter the city like this. With so many disgruntled samurai entering Namba-kyo, they might do looting.

As a result, more than 20 Japanese soldiers who traveled for more than ten miles stopped at a place only more than [-] miles away from Namba Kyosaka and only ten miles away from the Yodogawa Bridge.

The left minister Fujiwara Miyori ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry officials in charge of military supplies to come forward and spend a lot of rice, dried small salted fish and donal beans, and started an extra meal on the spot.

At the same time, it was announced that after defeating the Yan Kou, everyone will be rewarded, and the exact military merits that can be obtained by beheading the enemy's head were also announced.

Finally, appeased by the fragrant white rice, dried salted fish and donal beans, and quenched by Wangmei, who killed the enemy and raised his status, the turbulent warriors began to calm down.

In this era of Japan, pigs, cattle, sheep, horses and birds are forbidden to eat. The only source of protein is fish and donut beans, and ordinary people can't eat it at all.

Delicious and nutritious food is the eternal pursuit of human beings, and it can indeed play a great role in calming the morale of the army.

Just like Kogoro, he was hungry and heartburned, but now that he smelled the aroma of the food, the resentment that was originally buoyant immediately subsided.

Regardless of his image, he directly lay down on the ground, chatting intermittently with his fellow robes beside him, as if all his strength had been lost.

The only thing I can persist in waiting is to wait for when the white rice will be cooked, even if I have a little rice soup to drink now!
Suddenly, Kogoro lying on the ground suddenly felt the earth tremble, and he got up immediately with alarm bells ringing in his heart.

In this earthquake-prone country, even a servant like Kogoro is very vigilant.

But soon, they discovered that the tremor of the earth was not an earthquake, but came from not far away.

In an instant, everyone's complexion changed drastically, and whoever started shouting, within a few breaths, the voice of "the swallow thief is coming, the swallow thief is coming" resounded all around.

Kogoro felt as if his heart stopped for a moment, and even the hunger in his stomach was suppressed a bit.

Countless subordinates led the family warriors to roar around, telling their servants and companions to stand up and line up.

Kogoro was rewarded for his performance in singing waka last time, so he was not required to go to the front of the lineup, but was assigned to a fat monk as a companion.

In the chaos of war, Kogoro hugged the monk's hanging armor and hurriedly put it on for him.

The tension of the coming war made the atmosphere very depressing. Kogoro even saw a frightened expression on the face of this monk who boasted that he was invincible and could kill a hundred swallow thieves by himself.

There was a loud panting sound, and Kogoro turned his head to see that the hands of the owner of the manor, Ping Zhenxiu, were shaking rapidly, and beads of sweat rolled down his face.

Seeing that Kogoro was looking at him, this official who had always been aloof had an embarrassing smile on his face that Kogoro had never seen before.

Kogoro was taken aback for a moment, at this moment he suddenly felt that these officials were just ordinary people who were afraid.

Just when everyone was terrified, but still barely able to line up, cheers suddenly came from nowhere.

Kogoro fumbled around and looked around, completely unaware of what was going on.

Fortunately, not too long ago, someone came over to pass on the news, saying that it was not the Yan thief cavalry, but the Shimono guard Fujiwara Xiuxiang officials who came out to guard the army, because they carried the Fujino family banner bestowed by the left minister .

Someone even said convincingly that he saw the majestic Xia Ye Shou in red armor, who looked like a god and Buddha. They killed the vanguard of the Yan thief, and now they came to praise the left minister.

The tense nerves of the crowd immediately relaxed. Although some people still looked a little hesitant, they praised their merits, so why make it so scary!

The fat monk's complexion turned from pale to rosy in an instant, and he started bragging to Kogoro again, as if he wanted to regain some of the face he lost just now.

The undersecretary, Ping Zhenxiu, regained the image of a high-ranking official in the past, as if that embarrassing smiling face had never appeared before.

Kogoro began to quickly take off the armor for the fat monk, because he was still thinking about the food that was about to be cooked, and after the nervousness passed, he started to feel hungry again.

However, just after taking off the hanging armor, before Kogoro could roll it up, he felt that the ground that had stopped slightly just now began to tremble again.

What does it mean?Everyone is starting to get a little angry!

Although you won the battle, it is not impossible to praise your achievements, but how can you ride your horse and run again and again to scare people?

Ping Zhenxiu has been secretly regretting that awkward smile she gave to Kogoro just now, he felt that he had lost face as an official and ruined his prestige.

But at this moment, the ground began to tremble again, and when the returning cavalry began to ride their horses unruly again, it happened to be able to save some face.

So Ping Zhenxiu yelled, and jumped onto the carriage carrying luggage behind him. He originally wanted to yell at the soldiers below to tell them not to panic.

But when she jumped up, Ping Zhenxiu was immediately dumbfounded, and even the urge to urinate began to rise.

Who the hell said Shimono Mori and the others are back?

Ping Zhenxiu showed an expression of extreme horror, because what appeared in his eyes was a terrifying army galloping from three directions, glowing with bursts of golden light under the setting sun.

They pressed forward like a cloud of fire from the sky, boundless, and I don't know how many people there are.

Xiao Wulang looked at Ping Zhenxiu on the carriage, he thought that this manor was mainly speaking bold words, but after waiting for a long time, he saw that his lips were trembling, and his face was uglier than the fat monk just now.

Xiao Wulang was about to speak, when suddenly he heard the sound of dole, and an arrow seemed to grow out of nowhere on Ping Zhenxiu's chest.

Then, the little manor owner shook twice and fell off the carriage.

And at the moment when Ping Zhenxiu fell, arrows rained down like raindrops, and there were tragic wailing sounds all around. People were shot by arrows constantly, and then fell to the ground and struggled violently.

Even Kogoro saw a lot of people with four or five arrows stuck in their bodies, but they could still run fast, but they would fall to the ground just by running.

The rain of arrows became more and more dense, and more and more people were injured. The barracks, which had been peaceful just now, seemed to have turned into hell in an instant.

People kept falling, wailing, and running around shouting the names of their mothers or lovers, which caused more panic.

Kogoro was squeezed and drifted around with the flow of people. He didn't know where it was safe, he didn't know where to go, and he didn't know what to do.

There were wailing all around his ears, and his fear made him lose the ability to think, even before the enemy saw them, they were already defeated.

In the distance, Murong Xinchang coldly issued a series of orders. If you look from him, you will find that the hussars and elite grassland cavalry who shot a rain of arrows cut the chaotic Japanese army into several pieces. .

Each block ranges from six to seven thousand to tens of thousands of people. The hussars and cavalry archers did not charge directly, but cut back and forth, trying to create chaos as much as possible, and let the terrified Japanese army drive them to the set area. Range ran.

And every time he saw a certain area was so chaotic that it was impossible to form a defense, Murong Nobunaga immediately waved the banner, and [-] white-robed and silver-saddled Akiyoshiro in heavy armor would rush over.

Moreover, these Akiyoshiro did not use the long-armed riding method to attack, but used the wall-riding attack method.

The cavalry in the first two rows held breakable spears, and the cavalry in the last three rows held steel sabers. After the cavalry in the front row dispersed the enemy, the cavalry in the back row began to slash and kill to increase casualties.

This wall-riding heavy cavalry sprint method was inspired by Zhang Shengren from the cuirassiers.

Although it is not very useful in a strong confrontation, because this style of play lacks the sharp weapon of the cuirassier-long and short muskets.

So when the strong confrontation, it seems a little lack of firepower.

But to deal with this kind of chaotic crowd, the Strike Rout is perfect.

The armored cavalry charging past the wall is like an iron brush. As long as they 'swipe' through the crowd, the incoming casualties will be in large numbers.

Under the protection of a group of Fujiwara family soldiers, the left minister, Fujiwara Mirai, was also running for his life. Until the moment when the army collapsed, his brain hadn't recovered from the panic.

This trip, he made a huge mistake!
First, let the long-distance march of three hundred miles back and forth wear down the morale of the army.

Then he didn't give Fujiwara Hidego enough troops to ensure the safety of the army.

In the end, he easily believed in the banner, thinking that Fujiwara Hideko had returned, and as a result, the army was easily raided.

More importantly, he shouldn't have agreed to light a fire to cook in this wilderness. Even if he lighted a fire to cook, he should have camped, and they didn't even have a camp, which eventually led to the entire army being easily cut and dispersed.

After running aimlessly for almost an hour, they seemed to be unable to hear the wailing and shouting. Of course, the cavalry that made them collapse did not seem to be seen.

It was completely dark, and Miyori Fujiwara couldn't run anymore, and he didn't know where he ran. Suddenly, Zuobingwei of the upper east gate, who was exploring the way ahead, came with good news.

The well-known generals from the five subordinates, Tsushima Shou, and Dazaifu Grand Supervisor Dazang Harumi have already occupied a hill in front and established a defense.

The minister on the left, Fujiwara Minorai let out a long breath, and almost collapsed on the ground.

The soldiers of the Fujiwara family who were beside him quickly carried the actual controller of the Japanese imperial court and ran to the mountain where Dazang Harumi was located.

. . . .

There were still too few people, Murong Xinchang sighed a little bit, the reduction in staff caused by the weather and acclimatization was too serious.

This reduction in personnel is not only reflected in people, but also in war horses. The more than 1 war horses used in this raid by the five thousand elite cavalry are almost all the war horses Murong Nobunaga can find.

Moreover, since the time of the surprise attack was already in the evening, although they won a complete victory, Murong Nobunaga did not dare to be very sure about the specific results of the battle.

This night was a difficult night for both the victors of the raid and the crushed losers of the raid.

Because both sides have to wait until after dawn, the victor will know how much he has achieved, and the loser will know roughly how heavy the loss is.

Finally at dawn, Murong Nobunaga received the battle report in the base camp by the Yodo River.

Hao Daer jumped up excitedly, walked out of the commander's tent with a big laugh, looked at the staff officers and guards crowded outside and shouted loudly: "The enemy army has been defeated, I have won a complete victory!"

Immediately, cheers shook the sky.

It turned out that in the chaos last night, about [-] people under the left minister of the Wa Kingdom, Fujiwara Miyori, were blocked on a hill west of Osaka by the sea.

The reason why it can be determined that the left minister Fujiwara Minorai is there is because they unfurled the banner of the left minister and began to gather nearby defeated soldiers to gather.

In addition, more than [-] people were blocked on Takarazuka Mountain in the northwest of Osaka. The leader was the Japanese royal family, Musashi Shoujingji, known as the sixth grandson king, and his son Manzhong.

The sixth grandson Wang Jingji is Minen Kinki, and his reputation is still unknown at this time, but ten years later in history, he was given the surname Minamoto, and he will be a minister. After that, he created the Qinghe Genji, a prominent family in Japanese history.

As for the other Japanese troops, the big raid yesterday evening led to an overall collapse. More than 3000 people were beheaded, and tens of thousands were trampled and killed.

There are still more than ten thousand fleeing everywhere, and now they are still organized, that is, the two groups of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka.

Helian Hailong happened to come back to protect Murong Nobunaga, and when he heard that the Japanese were still raising a banner in the West Palace to attract defeated soldiers, he immediately asked for orders to go and defeat them.

Murong Nobunaga thought for a while, then immediately waved his hand and refused, "No hurry, let him gather people here, we'll go find it if it's easy."

. . . .

Nishinomiya, it can be said that at this moment, Miyori Fujiwara felt that the problem was serious. The charge of the swallow cavalry yesterday left a deep shadow on him.

And at this time, the left minister finally let go of all unrealistic fantasies, and delegated all the general power to Tsushima Shou Dazang Harumi.

And issued an order to the outside world, declaring that the samurai who have made meritorious service can be promoted to the high position of the national guard just like the Taiping Tianqing meritorious servicemen, that is, Dazang Harumi and Fujiwara Hidego who died in battle.

But all of this seems to have come a bit late. Since Baijiangkou, the military equipment that has been abandoned for nearly 300 years cannot be revived in situ with a few laws.

At noon, Dazang Chunshi finally recruited 7000 people in the West Palace, and found part of the food and grass that had not been burned by the Yan thief cavalry, and cooked a meal on the spot.

Miyori Fujiwara's face was more or less joyful. People who don't understand military affairs are like this. Seeing that there are more people around and they don't look so down after eating, they think that their safety is guaranteed.

Only Dazang Harumi and other generals with actual combat experience still had a gloomy face. These Japanese warriors deliberated and came to a conclusion.

That is, since the swallow cavalry can make such an efficient assault, they will not be so careless to let them stabilize their position in the West Palace.

The only explanation is that the Yan thief deliberately brought them together, and then gathered and wiped them out.

At this time, there were 1000 Fujiwara samurai in the Japanese army in Nishinomiya, 200 Dazang Harumi samurai trilogy, and more than [-] other samurai and warriors from various places.

Equipped with more than [-] sets of hanging armor, [-] sets of bamboo armor, more than [-] Maotai knives, more than [-] bows, more than [-] iron spears, wooden spears and bamboo bows are worthless, and they can barely fight.

So under the arrangement of Dazang Chunshi, the Japanese army began to dig pits on the hill where they were, and built refusal horses, intending to consume the advantage of the swallow bandits' cavalry.

At the same time, messengers were constantly sent to all directions, hoping to gather more troops, especially to inform the 2 people of Yoshiko Ono in Kobe and Tachibana Yuanbao in Osaka Castle.

Murong Nobunaga's evaluation of this is-'too weak! '

Hao Da'er shook his head, and said to the surrounding soldiers: "Wa's military equipment is so desolate. In a big country of 300 million people, the soldiers are not as good as the Jingwei rebellion and the Dingnan army in Hechuan in the past. Let's wait In the future, we must take this as a warning when governing this place.”

Before it was over ([-]:[-] p.m.), news came to the trainer that Tachibana Yuanbo in Osaka City organized more than ten thousand cavalry to go out of the city and go west to meet them.

Xiang Xunqin led [-] elite soldiers to intercept outside the city. After about half an hour of the battle, Ju Yuanbao's entire army collapsed with thousands of casualties.

At this point, Murong Nobunaga no longer had to worry about being flanked by front and back, so he ordered the army to line up and march towards the Nishinomiya area where the Japanese army was firmly defending.

Dazang Chunshi looked at the Yan army, which was divided into red and white in the distance, with heavily armored infantry as the center and light cavalry as the wings, and the Yan army slowly approaching, his heart seemed to sink into the depths of the sea.

It can be seen from this marching ability that the elite on the opposite side is far beyond their imagination.

Compared with Dazang Harumi, who was a little farther away, the pressure faced by Kogoro and others who were squeezed into the front row was even more terrifying.

Yan Jun was still hundreds of steps away, but the sound of orderly footsteps, the high-spirited drum music, and the shining sophisticated weapons caused great psychological pressure on them.

Although hundreds of steps away, some of the soldiers in front of the Japanese army began to cry, and countless people in the front row hoped to go back to the back.

Although they didn't dare to turn around and run, because they would definitely be hacked to death, but all of them pouted their buttocks and kept arching back, which was considered a routine operation.

Before the enemy arrived, the Japanese army was already up and down like waves, and at some point, this tight thread would be broken.

Kogoro was a little more nervous than ordinary people. He looked at the horses in front of him and the pits in the distance, and he kept comforting himself, at least he didn't have to face the horrible cavalry yesterday.

However, it can only be said that he was too naive. When the Yan army was 150 steps away from the Japanese army, he simply stopped leaving.

Just when the Japanese were wondering, more than two thousand crossbows were picked up by the Yan army.

Do you think I can't do anything to you if you stand behind the trench, don't you?
You didn't build a fort, even if you built a fort, then I would shoot at [-] or [-] paces, and those broken bows of six or seven fights in your hands can shoot at crossbow arrows?

For a moment, the sound of the machine gun and the flying sound of fine iron crossbow arrows filled the sky.

The Japanese soldiers in the front row kept screaming and fell down. Even at a distance of 150, the lethality of the crossbow arrows was still astonishing, especially the dense formation of the Japanese, which greatly magnified the lethality.

The fat monk finally died, a crossbow pierced through his armor, easily piercing his chest and abdomen.

Kogoro was holding a broken-haired sword, and miraculously missed the shot, but the comrades around him fell down in pieces amidst the screams and cries.

No one could bear the horror of standing and being killed, and Dazang Harumi naturally knew that, he could only wave his hand in despair, ordering people to beat the few drums, and let the soldiers under him attack.

And these attacking soldiers had to climb over the trenches they had dug first, and after struggling to climb over, they were immediately hit by both flat-fired crossbow arrows and thrown bows and arrows, causing heavy casualties immediately.

As for escaping, it doesn't exist. Can you outrun the Yan army cavalry on the opposite side?

"Invincible! Invincible! Over a thousand guts are indeed invincible!"

In the battle formation, a strong man with a height of six feet two inches (1.9 meters one), holding a thick-backed sword in his left hand and a fine iron bone in his right hand, and wearing two layers of heavy armor shouted and killed in the crowd. Madness.

I saw him rushing into the Japanese army whose average height was only 1.5 feet [-] ([-] meters five). Facing these dwarfs who were only as tall as his chest, he didn't need any moves at all. Whether he is a warrior or a farmer, he is killed instantly.

These Japanese people don't even have bamboo armor, so they can't defend against the fine iron weapons from the Central Plains. At the same time, their broken copper and rotten iron knives, let alone two layers of heavy armor, can't penetrate even one layer of armor.

Zhao Siwan seemed to have fallen into a state of extreme madness. What he wanted in his life was to be invincible in the world.

But in the Central Plains, although he is also a brave general, compared to Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Zhang Cheng, Gao Xingzhou, Gao Huaide, Fu Yanqing, Huangfu Yu, Murong Yanchao, etc., he is nothing!
At least the Central Plains can field dozens or hundreds of generals who are stronger than him, and even his master's consort Zhao Kuangzan and Zhao Siwan can't beat him.

So, this crazy guy, he didn't know which warlock's heresy he had listened to, thinking that cannibalism can increase the force value, and as a result, he was exiled under Murong Nobunaga's command, and became an existence that pigs dislike dogs.

However, at this moment, when he came to the Wa country, Zhao Siwan finally felt the feeling of the overlord of Chu.

There is no need to think about defense, anyway, there is no one-sided general, all you need to do is to kill as much as you want.

Driven by Zhao Siwan, Qianyu Qihuolang's fighting strength soared to a point where even Murong Yanchao was a little scared to watch.

This group full of lunatics, schizophrenia, and anti-human madness, if they really want to completely release their inner demons on a suitable occasion, the fighting power they will explode is very terrifying.

It's just that Zhao Siwan was feeling the ecstasy that he finally became the enemy of ten thousand people, but the second crab and the third shrimp were about to cry.

Especially when he gave up the inspector title to compete for a bigger and richer Haisanxia, ​​he couldn't believe that such a weak Japanese army was worthy of a great reward from King Murong.

'jingle! Someone knocked the horizontal knife in Haisan Xia's hand, which made him startled.

On the opposite side stood a guy wearing hanging armor and holding Mao Taidao over his chest. He seemed to be a brave Japanese general, at least his sword skills far surpassed that of Bai Shuilang's silly boy who went ashore.

But Hai Sanxia wanted to cry even more, because he knew that soon this fool Japanese general would stab his chest with the rotten knife in his hand, and then be hammered to death by the bone of his left hand.

This is the level of the brave generals of the Japanese country. How many merits can this combat power be worth?
Sure enough, there was another clear sound, and the so-called hundred-forged Mao Tachi stabbed hard into Hai Sanxia's chest.

But Hai Sanxia just shook it a bit, and the steel plate of the cloth-covered iron armor easily blocked the sharp edge, and then there was another clear sound, and the Mao Tachi knife snapped in response.

The Zuo Bingwei at the upper east gate was stunned, this is their family's treasured sword!I don't know how many times I helped him win the challenge and how much reputation of bravery he accumulated, but he couldn't even break the armor of a small school in the face of the Yan thief.

Guduo who roared in was no longer important, and the left guards at the upper east gate were heartbroken. This army was finished, and the country of Wa was also finished.

Murong Nobunaga was very calm, he didn't pay too much attention to the battlefield at all, because it was impossible to defeat it.

He is a little teary now, it turns out that his father still loves him.

North Korea and Japan in the east of Haidong are actually exactly as the adults said. Although they are a little remote, they are not barren, there are many people, and their resistance is not strong. It is far better than going to Dali or going to the middle of the river.

Such a big son burst into tears, what a good father!

He sent his own son to Dali, which is poor in mountains and rivers, and Hezhong, where the situation is complicated, and let him, such an adopted son, monopolize such a good place.

Murong Xinchang thought in his heart, he vowed to fulfill his father Zhang Shengren's entrustment, and transform Goguryeo, the country of Wa, into a more Chinese-oriented place than the land of Andong.

(End of this chapter)