A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Chapter 466 25. Jueyi burns down Benzheng Temple

There were two loud noises, one hitting Xiao Pingtai's body, and the other hitting Uncle Tsunaliang's body.

I spent my whole life hunting geese until I was blinded by the geese pecking me.

The teams of men and horses who came out of the camp and lined up heard two loud explosions, and there was a commotion among the men and horses. The formation was shaken and the flags were crooked.

Some people want to move forward to rescue, while others want to retreat and defend the position. But fortunately, Koheita's reputation spread throughout the East was true, and everyone knew to look back at Koheita's orders from his own formation.

In addition, Xiaoping has been committed to improving the living standards of the two lowest-level soldiers, the military service members and the ashigaru, for many years. He is also tolerant and broad-minded, and he is never stingy about rewards and caress.

The soldiers are still a little bit enamored, but there is still love.

Without Xiaopingtai's order, the army would be safe after all. The commotion quickly calmed down, and there was no collapse of the entire army.

On the one hand, Koheita asked each team to form defensive formations on the spot, and ordered his uncle Tsunaliang to bring 200 elite soldiers to respond to the soldiers who had retreated from Monzen Town.

Naturally, the public would not miss this great opportunity, and the originally sparse resistance in the town suddenly became strong. Thousands of people came out of the machiya alleyway, shouting, each holding a knife and a gun, so brave.

The morale of the Yamauchi army was completely shattered by two rounds of large cannon fire within ten or twenty meters. They were originally strong soldiers who dared to fight, but now they were dominated by the fear brought by the large cannon and ran away.

The already crowded and panicked team was attacked by a group of people on both sides of the street. Not even thinking about resisting, one after another died under the nameless swords and guns.

By the time about three hundred people who entered the town fled to the bridge, the team was almost half weak, and they had no fighting spirit and no courage.

Fortunately, Uncle Tsuna's reinforcements finally arrived, and the horse flag of Sunshine and Moonlight fluttered, taking over the defense of the bridge.

Move away the wooden rafters and bamboo bundles to collect the defeated troops. Several people panicked and jumped into the ditch without knowing the direction. Fortunately, spring has come and the water has risen, so nothing will happen to you except that it will be a little colder if you jump in.

While collecting the defeated troops, Uncle Tsunaliang counted the heads. The more I counted, the colder my heart became. Qigui's team walked the slowest and fell at the end. Of course, he was also the first to come back. The number 50 only lost seven or eight people, and most of them came back intact. And the weapons and armor are all complete, nothing is missing.

Qigui's team was the most unjust. The first two teams launched an offensive, and he was ready to attack. As a result, there were two bangs, and before he could understand what was going on, he was enveloped and attacked by the defeated troops in front.

It was defeated without any explanation, and not even a shadow of a big tube was seen. I ran back to the starting position in a daze.

Uncle Tsunaliang grabbed Nanaki and said, "What is the situation in the town? How are the casualties?"

How do you ask Qi Gui to answer? He was still in shock. He opened his mouth and babbling twice. He really didn't know how to answer Uncle Tsunliang. He simply shut his mouth and spread his hands.

After a while, Kanai Minggoro and Aji's team also retreated. Kanai Meigoro, who was at the forefront, looked disgraced, and even the cherished tachi in his hand was missing. His face was black and red, he was breathing heavily, and he couldn't speak.

Aji was the worst. He was dragged out. The left arm was dripping with blood, and most of the shoulder armor was chopped off by a sharp blade. Jia Ye didn't even know where Beng had gone, and blood was still oozing out.

The injured were quickly sent to the rear for treatment, and a group of people who were pursuing them came forward fiercely.

However, seeing that Uncle Gangliang was well prepared, the soldiers and horses were not affected by the defeat. After a little trial, he took two rounds of guns and arrows and retreated as soon as he warned the crowd.

And Tai Na of this formation was really bleeding from the heart. Counting all those who escaped, at the last check, a total of 127 soldiers were lost in the town!

This loss is almost beyond Xiao Pingtai's endurance limit, too much! They are all armored soldiers and ashigaru! Each is the country's most valuable military resource.

Even though the Yamauchi family has great wealth and a vast territory, the total military service of the ashigaru is only 13,400. This small temptation is equivalent to cutting off one percent of the main combat force of the Yamauchi family!

Cheers of victory came from the town, which boosted the morale of the troops. The Panasonic team, which had made good progress, also retreated. Morale has been depleted and it is difficult to build it up again.

Kodaira really missed the calculation that Ichikui had captured Okazaki Castle last year, and there were six large barrels in Okazaki Castle that Kodaira had deceived to Matsudaira Ieyasu.

These big tubes do need to be put in for effective shooting in field battles, but in narrow streets, close combat, this is where the big tubes show their power.

These two collapses made Heita Xiao's brain go cold. Matsudaira Ieyasu was really useless. Such a powerful weapon for city defense was given to the Ichiki Army just like this.

useless!

He visited the injured Aji and comforted the defeated soldiers. Xiaopingtai withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, and once again summoned the generals in the army to discuss offensive and defensive matters.

After something like this happened, the mood of the warriors in the mountain was not very high. The shogunate was very quiet, and no one knew what to say for a moment.

Tai first asked Kanai Meigoro, who had escaped from danger, to describe the situation in the town in detail, how to advance, how to face the enemy, how to attack, and what kind of attack they suffered in the end, so that the whole team was defeated and the troops were lost.

To say he was careless, he was not careless at all. There is neither impatience nor indulgence. It can be said that there is no problem with Kanai Meigoro's command. Anyone who replaces him may not be able to do better than him.

The only mistake was that in addition to bows and arrows and iron cannons, the Yikui people actually also mastered big guns.

The sound of the big cannon actually sealed the defeat of the Yamauchi Army's front team today.

"Today's defeat, there is no need to hide it. I have failed the Prime Minister, His Highness Gong Yulin, to ruin this great mourning."

Mrs. Xiaoping did not shy away from admitting that she had made mistakes in leading the troops and asked everyone to think of ideas quickly.

This place is lost, but we still have enough capital. There are many opportunities and possibilities to make money back, don't be discouraged, quickly find a way to avenge this revenge!

Naturally, everyone was filled with indignation and petitioned one after another.

Originally, the Yamauchi Army was wary of the huge wealth and population of Monzen Town, and was thinking of ways to make a fortune.

But this defeat stimulated everyone. In the end, everyone came to fight. Now if the battle is lost, not to mention grabbing a piece of it, even this small life will have to be lost in Xisanhe.

"Today the whole army is raising fire oil and fire arrows, and tomorrow we must teach these bald donkeys in Benzheng Temple how to look good!"

Koheta hit the table with his fist, and all the Yamauchi generals who might have objected at first agreed that after so many people died, they could no longer entertain the thought of going out for a walk.

"Burn down the Honjoji Temple! Raise Monzen Town to the ground!"

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