Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1038 Red Leaf 7
When the Oda Army's ambush was dispatched in large numbers, even though the Hongye Army had been well prepared under Yu Qiu Shang's reminder, they were still shocked by the huge momentum. A full 70,000 soldiers were killed on the other side of the Yodo River.
Out, including the auxiliary troops behind them, the total number has reached 200,000 - this is more than the combined number of people on both sides in the previous largest battle - the battle of Kawanakajima between the Oda family and the Kanto coalition. The army rose.
The smoke and dust were enough to cover the sky and the sun, and rolled like a torrent across more than a dozen bridges on the Yodogawa River, almost filling the open space between the Yodogawa River and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
"Shibata Katsuie, Maeda Toshiie, Sasana Narimasa, Fuwa Koharu, and Sakuma Morimasa of the Hokurikudo Corps; Inaba Ittetsu, Ando Moriju, and Shiba Hide of the Kanto () Corps; Takigawa of the Higashi-Sandō Corps
Ichimasu, Hidemasa Tsuda, the Moto family of Nagasaki; Nagahide Niwa who stayed behind in Kinki; and Hidemasa Hori, Hidemasa Hoshiya, Kazushi Nakamura of the direct army of the Oda family..."
Mori Ranmaru held a telescope and reported the flags that appeared in his field of vision to Yu Qiu Shang one by one. Everyone in the big tent had solemn expressions - half of the main force of the Oda family in this battle was here, and there were fierce generals like clouds.
The defense line built by the Hongye Army only has 14,000 soldiers, which will only account for one-fifth of the total strength of the opposing soldiers. If Yu Qiu Shang had not noticed it long ago and did not put all the troops into the fortress front - this
At this time, the Hongye Army's main formation will be razed to the ground.
"Your Highness, there are too many people, please let me go down to support." Just taking a look at the lineup of the Oda family's ambush troops, Mori Kolong was already sweating, and said to Yu Qiu Shang.
"No, this is what my father taught me many times. You must keep enough reserves on hand to cope with various changes. Otherwise, I can't do anything and can only watch the opportunity to win slip away.
"Yu Qiushang flatly rejected Sen Kelong's request and looked at the 2,000 soldiers of the Sen family, the 1,500 soldiers of the Liaoyuan Preparation, the 1,500 cavalry of the Tongqiang Preparation, and the 1,500 cavalry of the Jingzhe Preparation without artillery who were still in the formation.
Gunnery crew members.
"But..." Yoshioka Katsumasa wanted to persuade him again, but Yu Qiushang raised his hand and pointed at Oda Nobunaga's horse seal, and whispered, "You must not be in a hurry, wait for the opportunity. Oda Army
Although there are many people, they are too arrogant because of this. They have sent out all the ambushes, and it is not easy to mobilize the troops in the fortress. In other words, Oda Nobunaga does not have any preparations that can be mobilized immediately.
We can only dispatch the troops already on the battlefield to carry out the orders. We still have a chance."
"Arrogant people will underestimate the enemy." Yu Qiu Shang took a deep breath, tried to calm down, focused all his attention on observing the battlefield, and recalled Takenaka Shigeharu's teachings, "And the teacher taught me, underestimating the enemy is
The biggest taboo of military strategists is that as long as the opponent underestimates the enemy, it is possible to defeat the enemy no matter how strong it is."
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At this time, Oda Nobunaga, as the commander of the army, was working hard to control 70,000 soldiers to cross the river. Although he was considered a veteran who had commanded many large corps in battles, he still commanded 70,000 soldiers in one breath.
He had never had any experience before - he had only commanded a maximum of 40,000 soldiers before. Therefore, he was particularly unable to coordinate the separate attack of these 70,000 soldiers.
The Hokurikudo Army on the far right in the west is almost within the range of the Red Leaves Army, but the Kanto Army in the center is moving very slowly - after Oda Nobutada died unexpectedly at Honnoji Temple, this army was leaderless and each had their own.
During the battle stage, their dilly-dallying also made it difficult for the troops under the direct control of the Oda family behind them to advance. They were blocked on both sides of the Yodo River, and many people even fell into the river in the crowd. On the east left wing, Takigawa Kazumasushi
and Niwa Nagahide have successfully crossed the Yodogawa River, vacating the bridge. The Nakamura Kazu clan seems to want to lead some of the Oda family's directly-controlled troops to bypass the Kanto () Army directly, and instead follow Takigawa Kazmasu and Niwa Nagahide to let
The scene seemed even more chaotic.
Oda Nobunaga tried to order the movement of each family at first, but soon gave up this plan. The flag could not convey such a clear order, and in the huge and messy queue, when the messenger came from the back door of the fortress,
When I walked around to the front and found the person I wanted to give the order to, I don't know how much time had passed, and the situation was different from when I gave the order. The order Oda Nobunaga brought would only be self-contradictory, causing the team to fall into further confusion and crowding.
Oda Nobunaga suddenly felt that his brain was running out. He now wished he could recruit hundreds or even thousands of people to help him command the troops - he couldn't help but envy the Yuqiu family's staff system.
"But it's all the same." Oda Nobunaga glanced at the chaotic military formation - although slowly, each department was slowly adjusting, "70
000 people fighting 14000 people, no matter how hard you fight, you will always win, it’s a meaningless battle.”
"Lord." Just as Oda Nobunaga was thinking about this, Hatamoto suddenly reported to him, "Kamao-sama asks for an audience."
"Let him come here." Oda Nobunaga waved his hand. After a while, he saw Kamao Clan coming to his side from his position and bowed very politely.
"Your Majesty, I have some thoughts on this battle." Pu Shengshixiang pointed to the hill where they were ambushing Otong, and then raised his hand to point at the battle lines of Hongye Army, Chang Zong's Army, and Sanhao Army.
"I don't know if the Hongye Army noticed our Datong position or for some other reason. Their formation at the moment is beyond the range of the Datong. If a battle breaks out there, our Datong will not be able to help at all. I would like to make some suggestions.
, it is better to stop outside the effective range of the iron cannon and shoot at the Hongye Army. The number of our iron cannons is several times theirs, and the Hongye Army will definitely be unable to resist first and have to charge us. At that time, we can
They were forced into the range of our cannon."
Oda Nobunaga knew that Kamaojigo's suggestion was correct, but after just taking a look at the colorful flags and messy formations in the army, his motivation to implement the plan was greatly reduced - it was necessary to coordinate so many people to execute such a complicated plan.
Tactical instructions gave him a headache just thinking about them.
"It's meaningless. You'll win no matter how hard you fight. Five times the force is like a tiger fighting a rabbit. Using such a cowardly tactics will make the world laugh at you. Aren't there so many big names on the fortress waiting to be laughed at?
?" Oda Nobunaga raised his eyes and glanced disdainfully in the direction of the world's great names, "No need to shoot, just start hand-to-hand combat and just fight through. The enemy cannot be an enemy of one."
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In front of the overwhelming 70,000 people of the Oda family, the front line of the Hongye Army and the 14,000 allied forces was as thin as a piece of paper. But this piece of paper burst out with amazing fighting spirit. In front of the Oda Army, they lined up from west to east.
The ones opened in order are Tianhe Bei, Changzong's Army, Wanjun Bei, Jincao Bei, Sanhao Army and Xinghuo Bei. Changzong's Army and Sanhao Army are okay, but the other four Hongye Army's reserves are at this moment.
His momentum was clearly driven by the risk of his life.
In just the first round of confrontation, when the experienced samurai of the Oda family and the ashigaru were about to engage in a few tentative strikes, the long spearmen of the Hongye Army shouted "For His Highness Hongye" and bumped into them.
He had no intention of blocking at all. He could only see his opponent's head and the spear in his hand. He thrust out the spears without hesitation. Under the random gunfire, the soldiers on the front line of the Oda family suffered heavy casualties, especially those in the center.
On the front line, Oda Nobutada's Kanto Army Corps was in low morale because they were leaderless. The soldiers behind looked at the corpses of friendly troops on the front line and the beast-like soldiers with red eyes and roars, and were a little overwhelmed by the momentum.
Although the number of the Oda Army is five times that of the Momiji Army and the Allied Forces, it cannot be fully deployed even if it is sandwiched between Maple Leaf Mountain Castle and Yodogawa.
"The courage is admirable, but it is meaningless in the face of absolute numerical suppression." After Oda Nobunaga saw that the attack on the central front was not going smoothly, he was not impatient at all, but directly ordered the flag bearer, "Don't worry about the central front.
Now, the left and right sides are pressing forward, so that Gonroku and the others on the far west side of the right wing and Hikoemon and Yonegoro on the far east side of the left wing are directed to the side and rear of the Red Leaf Army's front to outflank them. They don't have enough numbers, so we can only expand the rear group."
Oda Nobunaga's tactics were immediately effective. The Oda Army, which began large-scale roundabout operations, was able to expand the battlefield to a wider south, allowing more troops to enter the battle and fully exerting its numerical advantage. Due to the strength of the Red Leaf Army and the Allied Forces,
The number of troops was too small. When faced with the risk of being outflanked, they had to continuously send troops to protect the rear. However, they could not shrink their troops, otherwise they would not be able to protect the main formation behind them. This contradiction resulted in the extremely thin front lines everywhere. A red leaf
The soldiers of the Red Leaf Army and the Allied Forces may have to deal with attacks from two or even three enemy armies. With the numerical advantage, the Oda Army has regained its momentum and has the momentum to semi-encircle the Red Leaf Army and the Allied Forces. The Red Leaf Army
and the coalition forces immediately fell into a bitter battle.
"Why didn't the people from Chosou's army follow?" On the central front, Kitahata Kage was leading Wan Junbei to shout for a fierce battle, beating the Kanto Army to a halt. Just when he was about to launch a short counterattack
When they defeated the reserve team in front of them, they found that the Fukudome Headquarters who had been assisting in the battle just now had withdrawn.
Kitahata Kageie turned around to look, only to find that the Chosoga Army, which had been doing well just now, was already in a hard fight. Unlike the fish belly faced by the central front, the Chosoga Army on the left and Amagabei were facing each other.
They are the elite of the Hokurikudo Army. The mounted samurai of the Hokurikudo Army are leading the ashigaru in launching rounds of charges, repeatedly eroding the front line of the Chosou Army, forcing the Chosou Army to
Withdraw the troops originally sent to the central front.
Kitahata Keike continued to look to the west, and Amagabei on the far left seemed to be in trouble. Maeda Toshiie's troops were constantly moving to the southwest, and had no intention of directly engaging Amagabei, but wanted to take a roundabout way.
Behind the Red Leaf Army's battle line, Tianhe Bei had to turn and retreat simultaneously, and deployed his troops in the direction of Maeda Toshiie.
"The battle line is too long..." Kitahata Keike just took a look at the formation of the Red Leaves Army and felt something bad. "If we can't block the Oda Army in the north, the numerical disadvantage will immediately become apparent..."
At this time, Jin Cao Bei, who was fighting against the Oda-class Kanto () Corps on Wan Jun Bei's right, also lost the assistance from the Miyoshi Army on the right.
"It's terrible..." Captain Shinaki Noriyoshi discovered the crisis of the situation at a glance. Takigawa Kazumasa launched a fierce attack on the Miyoshi Army, forcing the Miyoshi Army to call back all its troops for defense. Niwa Nagahide
He led his troops to continuously move to the southeast, and made a detour behind the Red Leaf Army's front line, outflanking the Red Leaf Army and entering the fortress. It also involved Hoshio Bei to follow the movement to the southeast. However, behind Niwa Nagahide, the Oda family had nearly 8,000 people.
The direct-administered soldiers have already come around from behind the slow-moving Kanto () Army, and seem to be planning to cooperate with Takigawa Kazugoshi to attack the Miyoshi Army.
"Send four platoons to support the Miyoshi Army. By the way, inform Mr. Hoshisuka of Hoshinobi to pay attention to the left!" Nariyoshi Shinkange gave the order quickly while asking the soldiers of Hoshinobi who were preparing to counterattack to switch to defense. "
Leave some manpower behind, if the Oda family takes a detour, they will be in danger immediately behind them."
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At the same time, on the bastion battlefield, Hidetaka Kawajiri, Kamao Clan, and Nagakon Kanamori led the troops directly under the Oda family to launch a fierce attack on the central bastion occupied by the Red Leaf Army from the West Castle bastion. However, the passage between the bastions was blocked.
It was not spacious and it was difficult to form a breakthrough. So the Oda family tried to jump directly between the corners of the two bastions. This was immediately taken care of by the soldiers who were good at using iron cannons. The iron cannons of the special company
The masters were even better at this kind of guerrilla warfare, where they shot and dodge, and they made the Oda army miserable.
Suzuki Shigehide was squatting behind a wall of the bastion at this moment, quickly loading the iron cannon in his hand. It must be said that the walls of the Oda Army were very solid, and the width and height were just right.
Suzuki Shigehide is hiding very comfortably.
He slightly leaned the cannon out of the wall and made a fake gesture of getting up. The next moment, three or four projectiles were fired at the wall. Suzuki Shigehide, who deceived the blow, immediately stood up.
, completed the aim in an instant, and shot an Oda Army iron gunner who had just finished shooting in the head with one shot. Then he immediately lay on the fort wall, crawled behind the wall stack, moved to another wall stack, and quickly changed ammunition
Then he raised his head slightly and observed the situation outside at an angle that would not knock him down. He locked his eyes on an Oda samurai who was trying to jump onto his own wall. He stood up suddenly and shot the Oda samurai who had just jumped.
It was shot down in the air and fell to the ground in the gap between the two bastions with a wailing sound.
Like Suzuki Shigehide, the 400 Kii iron cannon masters of the special company were frantically consuming the vitality of the Oda family in the rhythm of guerrilla warfare they were most familiar with. One group of the Oda family's iron artillerymen died and another group was pulled up, trying to jump over.
One team of samurai died and another team was brought up, but no effective results were achieved.
"Damn, I'm so annoying." Kawajiri Hidetaka was beaten endlessly by Mingbei and the iron gunners of the special company. Kawajiri Hidetaka couldn't help but cursed, "Open the back door of the bastion, release the soldiers, and go from behind the bastion.
Go around and flank the central bastion!"
"Kawajiri-sama?" Kamao clan was very puzzled by Kawajiri Hidetaka's order and questioned loudly, "After the troops leave from the back door of our bastion, if they want to capture the central bastion, they can only hit the central bastion and drive directly behind it.
The back door will do. But if we hit the door there, wouldn't we be exposed to the firepower from the two corners of the bastion? Wouldn't it be equivalent to attacking the bastion ourselves?"
"Then let's go for it. We have many people. We don't mind opening multiple lines, and we don't mind killing people! Didn't we build a bunch of siege weapons for the siege of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle before? Hurry up and let Mr. Ota and Mr. Yamauchi in the city attack Ninomaru.
Send me the ladders and rams and push them here to build the bastion!" Kawajiri Hidetaka waved his hand and sent the ordering soldiers to rush to deliver the order. At the same time, he stared fiercely at the flag of the Red Leaf Army on the central bastion and cursed.