A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

As if to echo Matsumi Zhai, the already sparse shouts of killing suddenly broke out!

After a night of harassment, the Kiso Army had already figured out who was stationed in various places in the camp and the configuration situation. In order to prevent the soldiers from panicking at night and allow them to identify them, the flags and horse markings of all generals were illuminated clearly by the bonfire.

The samurai commanding troops from top to bottom, except for Koheita's horse mark, did not show up, and they all went down to fight back the Kiso army's attack.

It turns out that Koheita was the flag bearer and should have commanded hundreds of elite soldiers of the flag family. However, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was not just a Confucian general sitting firmly in the middle of the army, he was also a brave general who could charge and fight. So all the Hatamoto members returned to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's main team, and Koheita could only temporarily take over the Xiaohe Tuo team left behind by Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's main team.

Now Xiaopingtai has truly become a Xiaohe Tuo team. Of course, in addition to the nearly 1,000 handymen, Xiaopingtai also temporarily recruited 200 riders from Lianchuan to serve as Xiaohe Tuo team's guards, plus five There are sixty iron cannon ashigaru, as well as the doshinzu who maintain the team, and there are more than three hundred combat-effective teams.

This team has never gone into battle, and even the Kawazu's fighting ability is exactly the same as that of the Suwans. When Uedahara fought together, he had eyes in the back of his head and could run faster than Heita. Their farm work is better than running away, and running is better than fighting.

In other words, the ones who had not engaged in battle last night and were harassed were Xiao Ping Tai's group of handymen with no fighting ability and the Lianchuan people with low fighting ability.

Koheita's horse mark did not appear in the counterattack team last night. At this moment, the Kiso Army had an insight into the location of the Yamauchi army's reserve Kohe pack team, which numbered more than a thousand but had no combat effectiveness. Kiso Yoshimasa waited all night for the fighter plane to finally arrive on a cold autumn night. He found out the weakest link in the Yamauchi Army camp.

"The Xiaohe Tuo team is in danger!" Matsumisai grabbed Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's hand and pointed to the Xiaohe Tuo team camp behind the formation.

Kodaira's head suddenly exploded, "I've suffered from Kiso Yoshiyasu!"

"Shou Shinshu, I will return to the team to organize the troops." After finishing speaking, Koheita left. At this time, he could not help but hesitate even a little bit.

But before Koheita finished his words, the originally scattered night attack Kiso army gathered into a large force of two to three hundred people under the command of Chimura Yoshige and Yamamura Yoshihou, and began to launch attacks on the left and right sides of the Yamauchi army camp regardless of life and death. storm. (If the Kiso family loses, they will die. Not to mention that they still have fighting ability after not sleeping all night. The desire to survive can do wonders for people who are about to die.)

The taiko drums and conch shells in Kiso Fukushima Castle also began to sound continuously. More than a thousand soldiers in the city had been preparing for a long time, and under the banners of Kiso Kaga Mamoru, Uematsu Izumi Mamoru, and Zhigawa Ise Mamoru, they marched towards the mountain below the castle. The military camp rushed in.

Chaos arose in the Yamauchi Army camp, not to mention the soldiers who had just laid down after staying up all night. The soldiers, who had just woken up and were still sleepy and confused after being harassed and quarreled all night, were not much better. The camp was full of soldiers running around in panic and at a loss, and signs of instability gradually appeared.

"Your Highness, immediately send the flag base of our team to suppress the soldiers, and the generals of each team will immediately return to the team to organize the troops. Then summon the iron gun ashigaru and bow ashigaru to guard the formation. If any soldiers approach, kill them immediately. As long as the formation is not in chaos, everything will be easy. "The old man immediately told Yamauchi the importance of Yisheng's formation. Now the soldiers are in chaos. If this formation is also in chaos, it will be a big deal.

"Everything depends on the boss!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu bent down and saluted Matsumisai.

"Dianmang, I'll go to the front camp and hold on." Hosokawa Tsainu didn't care about staying up all night, put her bag over her head, jumped on her horse and left.

"Xiaoheitai, you also go to the rear camp quickly to prevent Xiaohe's pack team from collapsing. Zuo Ma allows you to go to the left camp, and Shiro you go to the right camp. Minggoro takes my banner to suppress the soldiers, and it is strictly forbidden to riot in the camp." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu composed himself.

Xiao Pingtai also got on the horse with the help of Chen San. At this moment, the warrior in charge of Xiao Hetuo's team was Aji, and Xiao Pingtai's Qiancheng bamboo leaf horse badge was kept in Qigui's hands.

But before they even set off, the Xiaohe Tuo team completely collapsed in the eyes of everyone. With a "boom", a large section of the fence was overturned. In order to avoid the Kiso soldiers rushing from the front, nearly a thousand handymen turned around and ran away like headless flies.

The dozens of Yumiya ashigaru of the Lianchuanzhong and the standing iron cannon ashigaru of Koheita who were still holding on at the fence were also driven by the crowd, and were involuntarily pushed back. Miscellaneous shouts continued to sound, and even the words "Zikoji Danzheng has been killed" and "Yamauchi Shinshu Mamoru has been killed" were heard.

At this time, the situation was almost collapsed, and the rear battalion was dispersed and completely in chaos.

"It's an emergency. Don't turn back. Lead a hundred people forward to set up a formation to stop the defeated troops and prevent the Kiso army from attacking the formation." Matsumisai immediately asked Koheita to change the plan and temporarily serve as the front guard of the formation.

"Bring the horses, bring the horses, and all the horses will mount their horses. Light the match ropes and load the cannons." Matsumi Zhai continued to order.

Now the situation is extremely critical. Ma Yuzhong is the most elite pure warrior Feng Gongren cavalry team. Everyone is proficient in martial arts and holds two guns. Now Matsumisai's intention is for them to prepare immediately, and if things become irreversible, they will immediately protect Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and run away.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu had never experienced such chaos, so he had no choice but to put on someone else's clothes with the help of his attendants, put on his pocket, and at the same time threw away all the flags, logos, and hairbands that marked his identity on the armor. Then let another samurai bring Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's Erbiki Ryozentachi Nanman Kabuto as a substitute.

Koheita quickly gathered the regular ashigaru of the formation, and appointed two unfamiliar Hatamoto samurai as temporary ashigaru leaders. Reluctantly, they gathered two columns of Nagasaki Ashigaru and rushed towards the direction of Kiso Yoshimasa against the disintegrating flow of people.

Seeing the shining tip of the long spear, the crowd that broke up knew not to hit it. They dispersed to both sides, and at the same time avoided attacking Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's main formation, buying some time for Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to continue deploying his troops.

Just when Mrs. Xiaoping encouraged the soldiers loudly, hoping to hold on for a while longer. As far as the eye could see, dozens of meters away, a swaggering flag of sunlight and moonlight was erected. The dazzling golden bamboo leaves at the top of the flag clashed with each other in the autumn wind, announcing that the owner of the horse flag, Zixiaolu, was upright and the Zhonggang family was approaching the battle.

Then a warrior in black armor jumped onto the horse and stood under the horse mark. An ashigaru beside him was beating a small jintaiko drum.

The sound of the drum is not loud, but it calms people's hearts. The illustrious martial name of the "Guerrilla Bombs" Zixiaolu Gang family was somewhat useful. The panicked soldiers gradually gathered under the horse mark.

Where did "Zi Xiaolu play straight" come from?