A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Oishi Uteru suddenly remembered something. He should take his uncle Hojo Tsunari's Hachiman Dabodhisattva flag with him. This flag has not appeared in Hojo's sequence since Hojo Tsunari and Hojo Ushigeki were ordered to commit seppuku by Uesugi Kenshin.

Come to think of it, that flag with the yellow leaves of the Hachiman Bodhisattva is still very intimidating. If you use it to scare all kinds of fish in Kanto, it will definitely be unfavorable.

Not saying this in advance, Oishi Shiteru continued to observe the battle situation. In Ninja City, it is faster to send messages on horseback than to run wildly on two legs. Among the royal horses in this formation, all those who can run and jump are sent out by the Oishi family.

Actively contact various departments to prevent them from thinking that the formation has encountered a surprise attack and causing unnecessary confusion. The more than a thousand people who rushed out of Ninja City could only delay the advance of the army. Those hundreds of small boats were really disgusting.

Regarding these elusive and scurrying attacks on small boats, Oishi ordered all ministries not to skimp on ammunition and bows and arrows. After all, these attack ships were civilians. He was suddenly blinded, and they no longer dared to attack as recklessly as they did now.

"Tell Suruga Mamoru that you don't have to look back and set up your formation on the spot!" After thoroughly arranging each team, Oishi Shiteru dismounted and stood next to Hojo Uji Nao.

"Uncle, could it be that Koga's Hosokawa Saime sent a message to Ninja Castle to delay our army so that he could consolidate the defense and delay it?" Uzunao Hojo thought to himself for a while and suddenly asked.

"Hey! What His Highness said is quite right!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Dashi realized that what the young man said made sense.

The generals of the Hojo Clan's Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards in this team also nodded. After all, he is the grandson of the world-famous general Hojo Ujiyasu. He has inherited very good genes and has learned to draw inferences from one example and to think divergently.

"Your Highness, we only need to see whether the Narita people are fighting to the death. If they make a little contact and leave as soon as they touch, it is just to delay our army. The opposite is not true."

While they were discussing, the Narita crowd made a clanging golden sound, and one of the three groups of Narita soldiers retreated back, broke away from contact with the Hojo army, and reorganized.

"Koryeo (Pear) Echizen Shou (Odawara people) sent people to deliver a message, Narita people are temporarily withdrawing!" A royal horseman ran into the team and reported loudly.

"It seems that it was Hosokawa Saimei who caused the Narita people to delay our army here. Your Highness is wise!" Oishi Shiteru complimented or praised Hojo Uji Nao without hesitation.

Although Hojo Uzunao was happy in his heart, he still nodded lightly to express his acceptance of his uncle's compliment. Who could tell that he really guessed the movements of Narita's army correctly?

The whole group of Narita soldiers were encouraged to change their direction and attack another group of Hojo troops.

It was like this uninteresting fight for about half an hour. The small boats clashing in all directions were greeted by the Hojo Army. They gradually became afraid of the firepower of the Hojo Army and stopped rushing forward.

The three forces of Narita Zhong gradually began to show signs of weakness. After all, if they continued to fight for half an hour without replacement or rest, their physical strength would decline very quickly. Peasant soldiers these days cannot expect too much.

"Do you want to send someone up to bite the Narita people and take advantage of the situation to seize the city?" Kasahara Fujizaemon of the Imperial Horse Guards asked Oishi Shiteru.

"Well..." Oishi weighed the pros and cons.

If there is such a fuss today, there will definitely be no way to reach Qixicheng. It's better to seize Ninja Castle and remove the thorn in the north of Musashi. At least next year, Kenshin Uesugi will have to work harder if he wants to break into Musashi, buying more time for Hojo.

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Looking at the increasingly obvious enemy troops in front of him, Daidoji Masashige immediately ordered to change the direction of defense. I am afraid that there are many enemy troops in front of him.

"Quick! Send a message to our team. We'll encounter the enemy first. The enemy is wearing an orange horse tag! It's Hitachi Satakeomi from the Makabe clan!" Daidoji Masashige identified it and finally confirmed it.

Naturally, it was impossible for the 3,500 regular soldiers to rush forward in one fell swoop. Due to road restrictions, the defenders could only respond to the enemy with one team, and the attackers could only charge forward with a single team to fight.

After weighing it up, "Oni Makabe" Makabe Shigan decided to go into battle himself!

The founder of Kasumi-ryu Stick Technique only wore a trousers and no helmet, and had his hair combed up and tied into a braid. He didn't wear any straw sandals, just stepped on the mud with bare feet.

He raised his big wooden stile that was more than three feet long, shouted, and led his men and horses forward to attack the Hojo army.

Not only did Masashige Daidoji recognize who it was, but all the miscellaneous soldiers also recognized him. No matter what age, anyone who can use this kind of weapon is definitely a fierce general. He can defeat ten enemies with one force, and he will beat all the swords, spears, bows and arrows into tatters when he goes down on the big wooden stiles. Even if you wear plate armor, you will die if you take a blow from the club.

The wooden stile was as thick as an adult's arm, and ordinary people couldn't hold it in battle, but Makabe held it in his hand like a normal person. The few sparse sounds of iron cannons and bows and arrows roared through the air around Makabe Shigan.

When Makabe Shigan ran over this short period of fifty or sixty meters, death would come!

The spear came and he was swept away with a stick! Cut with a long knife, bend with a stick!

When they got close, they struck each other with sticks and fell down in response!

In the blink of an eye, half of the dozens of soldiers in the front line fell, and they were definitely hopeless. Everything has come out now. Even if the leg is still twitching, the person is definitely useless.

This kind of force means that there is no general in sight. Not to mention that the miscellaneous soldiers did not dare to go up, Daodaoji Masashige also did not dare to go up. With the spear in his hand, there was no way he could hit that big wooden stile.

The Hitachi soldiers, armed with guns, also violently charged into the Hojo army. The Hojo army, which was originally quite powerful, was defeated one by one by the slain god-like Makabe clan.

The Daosi team in the first line was originally intended to be mature and prudent, and built bridges across mountains and rivers to facilitate the march of the army. Naturally, this man was not a strong general who could be called the bravest of an army. He and his troops also unconsciously retreated slowly.

However, Oishi Teru, who was still hesitating before, his eyes widened, the Narita crowd boosted their morale and rushed forward again. Behind them were thousands of Shimono clans, with the flags of the Minagawa clan, Hōga clan, Utsunomiya clan, Nasu clan, Mibu clan, and Ohtawara clan rolling over like mountains and seas.

On the other side, the Yamauchi Army's conspicuous two flags, with black stripes on a white background, resembled a sweeping angry wave. Although there were insufficient dikes on both sides to pass through the fields, most of the troops came slowly and crowded in the mud of the paddy fields.

However, the slow advance and the large armies coming from three sides put huge psychological pressure on the Hojo Army.

In particular, the military forces of Xiazong, Xiaye, and Changlu appeared one after another. The huge military forces spread all over the mountains and plains, boundless.