Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1040 Red Leaf 9
Omaezaki Nakahide, who led the third company out of the bastion to counterattack, was thinking about it, but suddenly found that the situation on the battlefield was a bit delicate - not only Ikeda Tsuneaki did not attack, but even Sawaki Yoshiyuki did not move, and the central bastion did not seem to be there at the moment.
What danger.
But if Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki are not enemies of the Red Leaf Army...
Gomaezaki Nakahide turned his attention to the east—the direction of the south gate of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
From the back door of the central bastion to the south gate of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, you have to walk a long way east on the filled moat, passing by the bastions of Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshino. If they take the opportunity to shoot from a high position
It is almost the same as shooting at a target, so after laying down the central bastion, the Red Leaf Army never thought of breaking into Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. But from the current situation, it seems that Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki will probably stand still...
Omaezaki Nakahide, who has always been full of evil ideas, has another evil trick in his mind.
"Go and inform the foreigner brother and ask him to close the back door quickly. I am going to lead my troops to escape!" After Omaezaki Nakahide casually sent a messenger back to the central bastion, he directed the deployment to the east without saying a word.
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"This is..." At this time, Tsuneki Ikeda at the head of the bastion watched as Hosoragi Bei's 400-man squad suddenly turned eastward and quickly passed through the open space between the Maple Leaf Mountain Castle wall and the Oda Army's bastion front.
, I was really stunned for a while, but it didn't take long to guess what they were going to do, "Do you want to enter Maple Leaf Mountain City..."
"Your Highness, what do you say, do we want to attack?" The samurai of the Ikeda family saw that the red leaf army entered the firing range of the Ikeda family's bastion, and were forced to ask for orders - but the reluctant expressions on their faces had already betrayed it.
their thoughts.
"Of course not." Ikeda Hengxing did not disappoint them, but as the governor of the Ikeda family, he still glanced at Oda Nobunaga's horse seal in the northwest with some uneasiness, "But you can't go too far and show off to the lord.
Let's just shoot at the city wall, don't hit anyone."
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"Looking for death? If you hit a few rows of guns on the bastion, they will all be corpses." Seeing that the soldiers of Hosoragi Bei gave up the counterattack and drifted away to the east, Hidetaka Kawajiri only had this thought in his heart. But he
After thinking for a moment, he immediately remembered another thing. He looked at the horse seals of Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki with worry and annoyance, and cursed in a broken voice, "These two bastards will not treat people like this."
Can you let it go?"
The gunshots and smoke rising from the bastion quickly dispelled Hidetaka Kawajiri's worries - yes, you can still find some excuses for not attacking. You can just let the enemy pass through your jurisdiction without attacking.
I'm not sure. Even if Tsuneki Ikeda and Yoshiyuki Sawaki were very brave, they wouldn't dare to indulge the enemy in public without firing a single shot, right?
After acknowledging that Hosoragi Bei had gone to die, Hidetaka Kawajiri continued to focus on the siege of the central bastion. The counterattack of Hosoragi Bei's third company just now not only caused casualties to the iron gunners and chaos to the army, but also
Many ladders were cut down, and now the Oda Army urgently needed to transport more ladders from the city to replenish them. However, Hidetaka Kawajiri waited and waited, but never waited for the subsequent ladders to be delivered. He sent someone to urge them, but instead received an urgent report.
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"Sir, something bad has happened. The Maple Leaf Army has entered Maple Leaf Mountain City and attacked our transportation team and auxiliary troops transporting ladders!" The messenger sent by Ota Ushiichi was so anxious that he kept gesticulating in front of Kawajiri Hidetaka.
, "There are hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops in the city. They were completely beaten by the Red Leaf Army. Now the city is in a mess. Mr. Ota and Mr. Yamauchi want to mobilize troops to catch the invading Red Leaf Army, but they have been in the city.
We are playing hide-and-seek here. Our auxiliary soldiers are running around in the city again, and no one can be found at all!"
"Red Leaf Army?" Kawajiri Hidetaka's eyes widened and he stretched his neck, unable to believe what the messenger said, "Where did it come from?"
"Isn't this what you should ask Mr. Kawajiri yourself?" The messenger was obviously angry, and there was a hint of anger in his words. "The flag is Xiyanagi Bei. They came in from the south city gate. Aren't they the troops that Mr. Kawajiri is attacking?"
?How did you sneak into the city!"
"What... Hosoragi..." Hidetaka Kawajiri was stunned for a long time before finally coming to his senses. He turned his head and looked eastward, and saw that the road that Hosorabi had just walked on was clean, not even a corpse.
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"Those two bastards Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki, what are they hunting? Birds?" Hidetaka Kawajiri was completely furious and yelled, "See if I don't go to my lord and give you a hard copy!"
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At this time, Gomaezaki Nakahide was leading the third company of Hosoragi Bei around Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, wantonly attacking the unarmed auxiliaries brought by the Oda family and the world's daimyo. Their purpose was not to kill more people, but to kill more people.
Just pretend to be going on a killing spree and scare the auxiliary soldiers into running around, causing even greater chaos. Ohta Ushiichi and Yamauchi Kazuhiro who stayed behind in the city tried to send people to capture Hosoragi Bei.
Troops, but where do they have the Hongye Army who is familiar with the terrain of Maple Leaf Mountain City? They followed behind and were beaten to pieces by their own panicked auxiliary soldiers. They were even ambushed, and in the end they were unable to catch up.
After the chaos in the city, Kaede Imagawa in Ninomaru also responded immediately. She decided to take advantage of the distraction of the Oda family to lead some of the defenders in the city to break out of the city from the empty east gate and occupy the east mountain of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
, and then detour to the southwest to support the Red Leaf Army's main formation.
"Madam, please think twice." Looking at Kaede Imagawa, who had already put on a military uniform, and the 20,000 volunteers who had assembled behind the Ninomaru East Gate, Masayuki Sanada couldn't help but persuade him again, "The volunteers lack training and are disorganized.
A qualified commander can still manage to defend the city and fight in the streets. If it is a field battle, once they encounter a regular army, they are not an enemy at all. What's more, they have already suffered heavy casualties, and sending them out to fight in the city is tantamount to death."
"Sanada-sama must have seen how tight the battlefield is." Imagawa Kaede on the castle tower looked at the main battlefield in the west of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. More than 14,000 Hongye Army and allied forces were being besieged by 70,000 Oda Army. The battle line was already crumbling.
"The soldiers in the city are limited, and they must go to support them at this moment."
"If Madam really wants to support you, you can arrange for someone else to lead the army. It would be better for Madam to evacuate as early as possible." Sanada Masayuki still insisted on his opinion, "The army is fierce and dangerous. Once the volunteer army collapses during the march, Madam's safety will be at risk."
It will no longer be guaranteed.”
"In order to protect his career, I have long been prepared to sacrifice everything." Imagawa Kaede could not help but turn around and go downstairs. Surrounded by the few Red Leaf Army soldiers left in the city, he led 20,000 volunteers to open Ninomaru East.
The gate broke through and left. Sanada Masayuki commanded other volunteers to open the north gate, west gate and south gate, and launched a counterattack at the same time to attract the attention of the Oda army. When the city was in chaos, Ota Ushiichi and Yamauchi Toyoto
He was so worried that he didn't have time to send people to stop Imagawa Kaede's breakout action.
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Although on the battlefields of the bastion and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, the Red Leaf Army threw the situation into chaos and contained the Oda Army's offensive. However, on the main battlefield in the west, the situation was extremely clear - the Red Leaf Army and the coalition forces were at risk at any time.
On the verge of collapse. No matter how brave and skillful they were, they faced the elite and fierce generals of the Oda family who were five times their own strength.
At the far west of the front, the troops of Amagabei and Choso were resisting the offensive of the Hokurikudo Army. After being unable to achieve a breakthrough, Hori Hidemasa's troops on the central front also turned to the western front and joined forces to attack Amakabei and Choso.
The siege of Zongga's troops.
"Please His Highness Chosou Gabu to fill the gap! The first company of Amagabei will now deploy to the side and rear!" Uji Hidetaka shouted for the order soldiers to report to Chosou Gabu Motochichi, while he quickly went down to the command line.
Tianhe Bei's first company was ordered to withdraw and move to the rear - 3,000 soldiers under Sasana Masabu were rushing southward from the west of the army in a straight line. If they were not going to the main formation, then they were trying to
To double-team to the rear of the left wing, Tianhe Bei couldn't care about anything else. He had to immediately protect the rear and block Sasaki Narimasa, otherwise the rear of the entire army would be in danger of being exposed.
Although relying on skilled queue changes, Tianhe Bei was the first
The company adjusted its formation in time and rushed to the rear of the team, but the number of soldiers they faced was seven times as many as them. In order to cover the rear, the Tianhe Bei First Company had to form a horizontal formation lined up.
The battle line was very thin and was crumbling under the impact of Sasanagi Masa's troops.
"Sir!" Not long after the dispatch order was issued, Yoshida Miyaichi, the commander of Amagabei's first company, sent a request for help to Uji Hidetaka, "Sasa Narimasa's troops are on the offensive fiercely, and the first company has insufficient troops.
Risk of breakthrough!”
"I can't send any troops here! All I have to do is send all my staff to you!" Uji Hidetaka looked at the tight battle lines and troops, and the sweat on his forehead never stopped. Although Chosonggabu Motochin has
There are 5,000 soldiers, but many of them have been restrained. The troops remaining on the left wing, except for the banners of Choso Gabe Motochi himself, have all been pushed to the front line. And Uji Hidetaka even sent out his own bodyguards and cavalry.
, and barely maintained the front line.
"But sir, the south will not be able to withstand it! If it can't withstand it, Sasaki Narimasa will come around behind the army!"
"I know, I know!" Uji Hidetaka took a few deep breaths, and then ordered sternly, "His Royal Highness, Chosou, please help us fill the gap! I will draw 3 platoons from the second company's front line.
There really can’t be any more!”
After Uji Hidetaka's order came out, Chosougabu Motochin immediately pulled up his flag book and rushed towards the place indicated by Uji Hidetaka. Uji Hidetaka looked at the shaky front in the south and estimated the length of the battle.
When Soga's army arrived at the replacement site, he was sweating profusely. He saw that the samurai of the Sasa family had already made several openings in the thin front line of the first company, and were about to be in danger of sweeping over the formation.
He had to withdraw three platoons from the front and send them to the south one step ahead. At the same time, he asked the troops of the second and third companies to retreat at the same time to maintain the integrity of the front and buy time for Chang Zong's army flag to arrive.
However, by coincidence, Hori Hidemasa also launched a fierce attack on the troops of Chosoga at this time, defeating the reserve team of Xiangzong's troops. Xiangsong's Taipei blocked it when they retreated.
The route of the Chosoga Army's banner separated them from the rear. At this moment, a large gap appeared on the front line between the Hongye Army and the Chosoga Army. Once the Oda family took advantage of the opportunity to break through, the consequences would be disastrous.
Uji Hideoka's face turned pale with anxiety. Without saying a word, he rode his horse and led Amagabei's staff to draw their swords and rush towards the gap, preparing to fill it with all their strength. However, to his surprise, the Oda family on the opposite side did not take advantage of the situation to attack. There was a delay.
After about two minutes, the flag of Chosou's army finally arrived and replenished the battle line. Uji Hidetaka was surprised at his incredible good luck. Even a young military bird would have noticed the gap in the battle line just now - but Oda
But the army did not move. He looked around, and directly opposite was the banner of Maeda Toshiie - could it be that the sworn brother of the former master intended to let go?
"Sir!" Before Uji Hidetaka could reflect on his narrow escape just now, a messenger arrived, "Shibata Katsuie's cavalry is still detouring south and needs support!"
"There are really no troops left to send..." Uji Hidetaka cried sadly, but he still had to carefully continue to mobilize troops from the front.
On the far right side of the battlefield, Haizuka Koroku and Hoshio Bei, who also served as wingers, were in an equally bad situation. Although the troops of Niwa Nagahide and Nakamura Kazushi they faced were not as fierce as the Hokurikudo Army, their battlefield
The environment is even more dangerous. As the right wing of the army, the Star Fire Bei is very close to the Oda family's bastion. If they are not careful, they will enter the range of the artillery. There is no way to intercept the roundabout troops laterally. But they cannot let the roundabout troops bypass them.
On the flanks, that would threaten the retreat of Narubei and Hosoyanagi who had already entered the bastion. In a dilemma, Hazosuka Koroku had no choice but to expand his troops backwards while constantly carrying out small-scale counterattacks to contain the roundabouts.
The Oda Army. However, as the troops directly under the Oda Army continued to rush from the rear of the central battlefield to the left and right wings, the pressure faced by Hoshino Bei was also increasing. The Miyoshi Army had been defeated by Takigawa Kazumasu and Nakamura Kazuji.
They couldn't even raise their heads, let alone send people to support them.