Pillars of the Wu family

Seeing that he still didn't leave, Toyama Naokage scolded angrily: "Tokuro! You don't leave! You don't leave! If you don't leave, it will be too late! Are you going to die here with the old man?"

"It's too late!" The servants of Yuan Shan's family trembled, "The Long Tail Army has already chased them..."

Not far away, dozens of black-armored cavalry were running around like hammering taiko drums, and the legs of a few timid little men were so soft and sweaty, the black-armored knights seemed to have also noticed the Beitiao army next to the grove, raised their big The gun rushed towards the grove, Toyama Tsunakage sat down on the ground, hugged his head and lamented: "It's the Chikiremon of the Saito family, and the Saito family in Echigo is Saito Shimono Moromi. I really can't escape..."

In fact, only the cavalry of the Nagao Legion were responsible for the pursuit. The Ashgaru Corps stayed on the battlefield to put pressure on the main force of the Hojo Army. Nearly [-] cavalry chased the [-] Hojo Army to flee. There will be good results, but his goal is not simply to harvest these remnants and defeated generals, what he wants to harvest is the general general Hojo Shiyasu.

Nagao Jinghu drew out his sword and shouted: "The whole army turns around immediately after hearing the order, and targets the main force of the Hojo Army!"

The news of Nagao Jinghu's departure and return spread like wildfire. No one bothered to trace the source of the news. What a fierce aura it must be to fight the main force of the Hojo family in a frontal battle!

The morale of the Beitiao army was crushed to the bottom. The samurai didn't even have the energy to talk and hurried on their way. Many people were thinking that the faster they ran, the safer they would be, and they would take two extra steps if they had the time to gossip.Or it is good to have the remaining physical strength to deal with possible battles.

Hojo Shiyasu knew very well that it was not appropriate to fight again at this time.Even from the collapse of the main force on the East Road to the present.All the losses did not exceed [-]. The Hojo family still has a chance to fight back with confidence as long as they give him time. He said to himself: "The premise is to withdraw from this battlefield first. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. You have to retreat first. Ji Liangyi didn't often say Endure the calm for a while, and take a step back to broaden the sea and the sky? My family must endure the anger in my heart for a while, and take a step back to avoid the edge."

The senior samurai walked relatively calmly with their horses, and Matsuda Morihide, the assistant political writer, approached with his horse.Said: "My lord, the retreating soldiers are approaching the main formation. At present, [-] defeated soldiers have been gathered, and there are only more than [-] soldiers from the Ueno Army who are still clinging to the rear. Can we drive them away before continuing to march?"

"No, the ashigaru team of the Nagao army is following behind Ueno, obviously waiting for the family to stop and take care of the Ueno army. It will be difficult to leave once they stop. Get ready to take charge." Ujiyasu Hojo looked back to the north, and said wearily to himself: "Tsunaari is at ease in his family. He is more worried about Zenkuro than his family. This is the first time he leads the [-] Rangers. I hope he will not be too impulsive!"

Nagao Jinghu came very quickly, or the Hojo army retreated too slowly. The tens of thousands of troops have both two-legged ashigaru and four-legged cavalry. They were reluctant to lose, but they couldn't be dragged back. The broken Ueno Nationalist Army fought so fiercely that it affected the speed of the march.

After procrastinating for half an hour, he walked out of the Ueno border and was blocked by the cavalry of the Nagao family. Hojo Ujiyasu did not want to fight, but war is not a question of whether he wants to fight. The Hojo army did not ask the Ueno people if they wanted to fight. Nagao Jinghu won't ask him if he wants to fight Hojo.

From a distance, I saw the black long-tailed cavalry rushing from the south, and all the more than 2000 troops became tense. Except for the Rangers wandering somewhere, there were only more than 1000 cavalry left in the hands of Hojo Shiyasu, of which more than 2 Riding in the five-color backyard responsible for breaking the rear, the remaining [-] riders are Odawara horses back to the crowd. This is also the treasure that is not willing to send them as cannon fodder. The entire army of more than [-] ashigaru can only stand still and open the gun forest withstand.

The four thousand cavalrymen were very cunning. They did not choose to rush to the front of the Hojo Army, but instead made a detour to the rear of the Hojo Army. One of the Hojo Ujiyasu's military advisers, Ogasawara Yasuhiro was shocked and said: "Not good! Nagao Jinghu They want to eat Wusebei and turn around and chase us down!"

"If the five-color equipment is lost, I will have no place to stand. My lord, please turn around and fight again. No matter what, you must keep the five-color equipment!" Ise Zhenyun tugged at his beard anxiously, and the handsome noble fell into extreme panic. , as a member of the Hojo family, I really know the weight of Goshiki.

Ogasawara Yasuhiro's face turned pale for a while, and he said in a trembling voice: "The five-color equipment is the pride of my Hojo family. All warriors are proud to enter the five-color equipment. Losing the five-color equipment is equivalent to losing nearly half of our army's combat power, no! It should be It is [-]% combat power! The five-color equipment is the symbol of the force of my Hojo family. If the five-color equipment destroys the Edo, Xiaoji, Matsuyama, and Izu teams, it will be terrified. Therefore, the five-color equipment must not be lost! "

At this critical moment, knowing that there must be no moment of hesitation, Hojo Ujiyasu immediately showed the courage of the family governor, and ordered: "The whole army will turn to the front team and change to the rear team, and immediately support Wushibei! Then inform Hojo Tsunade to fight and retreat. Self-help!"

Nagao Jinghu led [-] cavalry on a long trek to rejoin the main force. The ashigaru garrison, who was the main force, had a lot of physical strength. Putting pressure on was intentional by Changwei Jinghu. Regardless of the success or failure of the cavalry assault, if the combat effectiveness of the main reserve team is guaranteed, it will still be able to fight.

The four shadow dancers, Nagao Kodaira Jikeren, Nagao Gonshiro Keiaki, Nagao Kanshiro Keichi, and Arakawa Izu Shouchang Mimi faithfully performed their missions. Shi Tui mixed up the five-color equipment, and the soldiers were uneasy. They wanted to drive the knights on horseback to pursue them, but they were worried that they would get into the trap.

The consequences of being distracted from his care were fully revealed. The front gradually failed to withstand the oppressive attack of the main force of the Nagao Army Ashgaru, forcing Hojo Tsunashi to take out the cavalry to drive away the harassing Nagao cavalry. Hachiman retreated as soon as he came out of battle, and it was fine if he didn't chase after him. After chasing him, Saito Chaoxin, Kanzao Jingchi and other strong generals could make dumplings for him at any time.

The flanks were harassed, the front was so crushed that they couldn't lift their heads, and Wu Sebei's casualties suddenly increased.Hojo Tsusunari was also caught in a dilemma.Fortunately, the main force of the Hojo Army provided massive support to re-stabilize the shaky situation.The generals on both sides were unwilling to fail, and the consequences would bring the battle back to a dull and bloody fight.

To the north of the big battlefield on the border of Ueno, the Takayama camp had already been deserted, and the samurai led the ashigaru out to chase the Hojo army, leaving only the peasants tremblingly guarding the gate of the camp. Most of them fled after the war, and there were only two thousand people alone in the two camps. The Hojo clan under the high mountain spat bitterly and led the army to march south.

His luck was very bad.When I hurried to the foot of Hirai Castle, I was caught up by the envoys of the Hojo family, and received a handwritten letter from Yasushi Hojo. He deliberately wrote dozens of words from his busy schedule to urge him to come back.

"No matter where you are, lead the army back immediately, and don't be entangled in the momentary profit, otherwise the formation will suffer a catastrophe! The survival of my Hojo family depends on you, and you must not make your own decisions. Remember, remember!"

Just a few dozen words weigh as much as a thousand pounds.Shigeru Hojo didn't know whether he should be excited or lament in anger.I hastily cleaned up my mood and left Hirai Castle far behind. At this time, passing by Gaoshan Daying, I can only look at it with regret. The watermelon has been thrown out, and there is no point in picking sesame seeds.

"Hirai Castle is a piece of shit, and it doesn't make sense to beat it. If you lose the battle, everything will stop, but what can I do if I rush back like this?" Shigeru Hojo began to think hard. Tanma told him to enter the battlefield before he came back to his senses.

What he saw was that the Nagao Legion and the Ueno National Army were attacking the Hojo Army. The number of soldiers on both sides was around 2, but the situation was overwhelmingly in favor of the Nagao and Ueno Allied Forces. Hojo Shi Fan was suddenly blindfolded, his head felt like thousands of bees were buzzing, and for some reason a thought popped into his mind.

"Finger attack! Only a flanking attack can turn the world around, only a flanking Nagao army can only be them!" Shigeru Hojo made a bold decision in an instant, 6000 people raided behind the Nagao army, and gave them a shocking gift.

The 6000 troops are rushing towards the back of the Longtail Army. The goal is to copy your back. There is no cover on the battlefield. The 6000 troops are moving together like a rolling torrent, and you can listen to it even if you are far away. Clearly, this time the Longtail Army started to panic.

How can they not be worried or afraid of being copied from behind? The samurai tried their best to suppress the commotion of Ashgaru, and urgently turned to the assault force behind them. Nagao Jinghu also noticed the movement behind him, but right now he is leading the cavalry into a five-color preparedness In the entanglement with him, he will be unable to fight back for a while.

As the distance got closer and closer, the main force of the Hojo Army also noticed that Shigeru Hojo was coming in a hurry, and no matter how stupid the samurai could see, Shigeru Hojo rushed to the back of the Nagao Army and stabbed a knife in the back. This time, the morale of the Hojo Army was greatly boosted. , the morale of the Nagao and Ueno coalition forces fell, and the Hojo army suddenly had the confidence to fight against each other. They used the brutal tactics of one life for another to force the situation back, and it became evenly matched and even moved closer to Hojo. .

The [-] troops rushed into the rear formation of the Longtail Army, reducing the movement space of the Longtail Army by more than half. The rear was originally a place for the reserve team and long-range arms such as bows and arrows and iron cannons to stand by. Now it has become a large On the battlefield, the samurai in the rear had to protect the long-range troops from harm, and also had to guard against Shigeru Hojo's roundabout flanks.

Shigeru Hojo, who waited patiently for the opportunity, quickly found the flaw in the Ashgaru formation, and rushed in with the cavalry. Following the impact of the steed, he slashed the big spear in his hand continuously, and slashed across several Ashgaru heads. However, the fragile array can't guarantee that they can avoid fatal beheadings. When the horses pass by, the bright red blood suddenly blooms.

Even the long-tailed samurai known for their bravery and skill in battle could not help but change their expressions. The young ashigaru fell into endless fear. This was the first time they had encountered a life-and-death battle. Recalling that Tokyuki Yamamoto once tried his best to describe the relationship between life and death on the battlefield. Horror, and they have laughed at it in private, but now they realize that it is real after the actual experience.

The snow-white sword shone brightly in the sun, which symbolized death and killing. Every ashigaru who saw this beam of light became the trophy of this sword. Genshiro Shida, who was guarding the rear, took a deep breath, He stared at the rampant Hojo general.He shouted loudly: "Evil thief! I, Genshiro Shida, have come to take your life!"

Shida Genshiro jumped up and slashed at the cavalry general with a heavy slash.But he was stabbed in the chest and abdomen with a backhand shot, and a blood-red spear tip pierced out from the back.The severe pain made his hands holding the knife no longer able to exert any strength. He struggled desperately and seemed to want to go back to slash at the enemy, but the cavalry general shook him off the spear with a contemptuous smile, and shouted loudly: "The enemy general Genshiro Shida was captured by Shigeru Hojo!"

"26 warriors, including Okawa Tadahide and Shota Dingzi, died in battle!"

After receiving the information, Nagao Jinghu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. The casualties of the Nagao army's rear suddenly increased and gradually became unbearable. Nagao Jinghu weighed the pros and cons and sighed: "The only solution for now is to wait. The Hojo army is about to run out of energy from running back and forth, and our side obviously has the upper hand in terms of physical strength. Wait a little longer."

Nagano Ye was beheading a black samurai with a sword, retreated into the formation surrounded by more than a dozen servants, and deliberately beheaded a few samurai at the risk of his own life to test how much strength the Hojo army had left, and returned to the simple basics Asked in the formation: "Ask how many Nagao halls, Numata halls, and the seven highnesses have rested? Let them come over quickly after resting, and if they come half an hour later, they will have a meal regardless of victory or defeat." Big loss."

"Yes!" The envoy of the Nagano family got up and left, and the more than 3000 people making soy sauce had been "resting". No wonder Nagano Yezheng looked sour.

"Uncle, do you mean that victory or defeat will be decided within half an hour?" Nagano Yegu looked at the sky.I asked myself and answered: "That's true. The sun will set in another hour. The Beitiao Army must be too tired to lift their hands after fighting all day, and it will collapse in half an hour at most."

"That's right! I can be sure that the Hojo Army is reaching its limit. At the end of its strength, that's the reason why the arrows can't pierce Lu Jin." Nagano Yezheng nodded approvingly.

Hojo Shiyasu also understands that the current situation is not good for them. The reason why he continues to fight is the continuous gathering of defeated troops. It is located on the small plain at the junction of Ueno and Musashi. After that, since the start of the war, more than 3000 retreated soldiers have been gathered one after another.

Some Chinese people, including Koga Furukawa Ashikaga Fujimasa, also regrouped under the banner of the Hojo Army. Even though the total army strength was reduced due to a big defeat, the main force of the Hojo Army still reached more than 5000 people. There are nearly [-] Rangers, and they have already gained an absolute advantage in terms of numbers.

And he knows very well what is the reason for maintaining high morale now. All Hojo samurai are holding a breath in their hearts. This will to win or survive supports them to continue fighting. Everyone is already very tired, but no matter how tired they are. He can't stop, anyone who stops at this time will die, there is no luck at all, Hojo Shiyasu dare not say the word retreat, he is afraid that if he says it, the army will be defeated, and the samurai who are fighting desperately can come back alive I'm afraid not many people go to Odawara.

Just when new cavalry was being prepared on the battlefield to support the rear, a new change appeared on the battlefield. Behind the ranger led by Shigeru Hojo, there was a sudden sound of rumbling horseshoes. Not only the Nagao family was shocked, but even Hojo Shi Fan was also panicked, everyone on the battlefield turned their eyes to the north, where did another army come from, both sides were thinking silently that it was their own friendly army.

In just half a quarter of an hour, it seemed as long as half a century. The noisy battlefield suddenly quieted down, as if everything had become very slow. It wasn't until the messy variegated flags caught people's eyes that both sides showed expressions of relief at the same time. , and made an expression at the same time: "So it's just the people of the country."

The Nagao Army took a closer look and found that it was Kiryu Suzuna, Yamagami Teruhisa, Yura Chengshige and other people from the Eastern Ueno Kingdom who had escaped a long time ago. They suddenly came back and obviously did not come to make soy sauce. They rushed straight behind Hojo Shigeru aggressively. , It was about to form another front and rear pincer attack.

"Wait! This is wrong! Why are there so many people from the country, why are they here! Why...their target is us!" The blood on Hojo Shiyasu's face faded away in an instant, and he clenched his fists and shouted: " Order Hojo Tsunasari to attack with all your might! Take Nagao Keigoro... No! Ueno people! It's better to take more hostages, remember that the hostages in my family want to live, and use his life for the life of my Hojo Army Sanwanjiro !"

"Yes!" Shi Fan's whole body was shocked, and he hurriedly rode his horse and galloped away.

The most feared thing in war is uncalculated changes, but uncalculated changes are also the most likely to occur in war. Every change will torture the commander to exhaustion and even mental breakdown.For example, Ujiyasu Hojo was tortured so much that he almost passed out.High blood pressure runs in his family from generation to generation.The eating habits of medieval Japan were salty, and it was difficult to solve the knots of thinking and worrying every day. This time, it was a blessing in misfortune not to get sick on the spot.

The family members of the Hojo family were helpless. For the first time, they felt that they were so powerless. They lamented in their hearts: "Please God and Buddha bless my Hojo family to tide over the difficulties, and bless the Lord to lead us out of danger!"

Hojo Tsunashige received this order and thought about the countermeasures after a little calculation. As early as half an hour ago, he had noticed the lack of physical strength of the soldiers, and deliberately gathered the main force to call for more friendly troops to support.It is unwise to use five colors to prepare for the main force of the long-tailed army, and good steel should be used wisely.

Without further hesitation, Hojo Tsunashira immediately issued a mobilization order, and all the five-color equipment withdrew from the battlefield to target the Nagano Army and rushed over. Ignoring the Ueno people and going straight to the Nagano army, so when the Ueno people found Wushibei passing by them aggressively, their first reaction was to be thankful that they had escaped.

The second reaction is to worry about the safety of Nagano Yezheng, and the third reaction is to weigh whether to rescue or not.Take a closer look at the more than 9000 people in Wushibei, each of them looks like a crazy tiger, and they rush at the Nagano Army desperately.Even the long-tailed army behind them didn't care, and in the end they wisely chose to sit on the sidelines, anyway, it wasn't me who died, so it didn't matter whether he died or not.

Nagano Yezheng never expected that the situation would suddenly reverse. The situation was so good that it collapsed. None of the allies of the Ueno people came to the rescue. Most of the twelve sons-in-law were isolated outside the encirclement. Their first The first reaction was to rescue, but when he encountered the crazy Wu Sebei, he quickly retreated timidly.

It was too late to scold his sons-in-law for being too cowardly. Nagano Yezheng got on his horse and led the army to fight again. He soon found himself surrounded. Hojo Goshiki seemed to be deliberately oppressing his own space, forcibly separating the main force of the Nagano army from himself. Nagano Yezheng rushed left and right and was unable to break out of the encirclement. In the end, with more than 100 riders, he was trapped by the ashigaru coming from all directions. In the encirclement of heavy troops, Nagano Yezheng saw Hojo Tsunari.

"Bastard! I can't let you capture me even if I die today!" Nagano Yezheng drew out his sword and rushed towards Hojo Tsunari, but was tied tightly by several sets of horse ropes.

Hojo Tsunacheng said indifferently: "Thanks for the cooperation of Shinano Mori, we only captured Shinano Mori to save our lives, as long as the long-tailed bombs are released from the main hall camp and we can escape, Shinano Mori will be free again immediately! So Shinano Mamoru had better not seek death, you must know that the Nagano Army who lost Shinano Mamoru is worthless, Shinano Mamoru gave up his life for a moment of humiliation, and made my Hojo family into a hurry, no one wants to live!"

Hojo Tsunashige's voice was not loud, but it fell into the ears of the Nagano family samurai, but it was as cold as the north wind in the twelfth lunar month, which made them tremble uncontrollably. : "So that's how it is! I wonder why the Hojo family went crazy to catch the old man. It turned out that it was for this reason... Forget it! This time, the old man admits it!"

It is very difficult to kill 3000 people. Compared with it, it is very easy to capture [-] people alive. This is the same as the besieged city and the poor. Alive, since Genpei, such things as samurai integrity are for sale, and Nagano Karmasa fully understands Hojo Tsusunari's intentions before making the decision to let him go.

The main general was captured and the Nagano Army quickly gave up resistance. At this time, the Ueno National Army woke up like a dream and realized that the general was captured and rushed to rescue. Naturally, it ended in failure again and again. Also, Numata Koyasu and Ueno Shichibong also realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly led their troops to rescue the more than [-] people who were subdued by Hojo Tsunashi and easily retreated.

At this moment, Hojo Tsunashige showed extraordinary on-the-spot command ability. The success of this raid is firstly because the timing is very accurate. If the vigilance of the Ueno National Army has not dissipated earlier, it will definitely fail. The second is Because the surprise attack came so suddenly that everyone didn't realize it. The third was to capture more than 3000 prisoners in exchange for a thousand lives at all costs. If you didn't have the guts to bet, you would definitely miss this opportunity.

He won the bet, and the Hojo family also won the bet. When the Higashi Ueno Nationalist Army stabbed Shigeru Hojo from the back, Tsunashi Hojo left a precious retreat for more than 1000 people with the lives of 3 people. (to be continued..)