Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1045 Red Leaf 14
The Kanto Army Corps on the central front is casually putting on the airs of attacking. Although many samurai are still shouting for fierce battles for military honors, most of them can't think of the end. Oda Nobutada one day
He was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide who attacked Kyoto before, which caused the morale of the Kanto () Legion to slump. The Kanto () Legion was originally established for Oda Nobutada. After Oda Nobutada died, this temporarily formed army in Kanto was expected to be destroyed soon.
Will disintegrate, and the samurai under Oda Nobutada don't know what their future will be - this makes most of the samurai have no intention of fighting, but have their own concerns.
Due to the absence of Oda Nobutada, the Kanto () Legion also did not have a unified command, and could only watch Oda Nobunaga's horse seal on the fortress from a distance - but the horse seal would only give general orders, not
Will make specific tactical coordination. Therefore, the Kanto () Legion has no cooperation at all on the specific battlefield, and just fights on its own in a loose manner. The troops directly under the Oda family behind them were frustrated by the procrastination of the Kanto () Legion.
Instead, they simply bypassed the Kwantung Army and launched attacks on the left and right wings. Wan Junbei and Jincaobei of the Red Leaf Army opposite the Kwantung Army also looked down on the combat power of the Kwantung Army, so they sent their troops to attack.
Many units were sent to support the fronts in other places. Except for the slight confusion before Jincaobei because the commander of the second company was suddenly asked for, the Kanto () Army had no more breakthroughs. However, the Kanto () Army was also happy to fight
Water, and the red leaf army in front of them are in peace.
As the friendly forces on both wings continued to circle back towards the Hongye Army, the display in front of the Hongye Army became increasingly weak. The samurai of the Kanto () Legion knew that victory was in sight. After all, it was five times the force to fight twice as long as
If you spread out your formation, there is no reason to lose.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. Yu Qiu Shang's red cloth horse seal suddenly waved quickly, and then, the soldiers of Wan Jun Bei and Jin Cao Bei, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly started killing like crazy.
came up. The soldiers of the Kanto () Legion were caught off guard by this sudden force and retreated in succession. However, after calming down, the samurai on the front line did not panic, but instructed their subordinates to fight and retreat - the Red Leaf Army
The number of people is simply not enough to support them in extending the front. As long as the Kanto Army retreats, the Red Leaf Army will not dare to pursue them - otherwise, the front will break due to insufficient numbers.
As expected, the soldiers of Wan Junbei and Jincaobei did not pursue them. After forcing the Kwantung Army back, they stopped at the starting point of the attack. But immediately afterwards, their actions caused the Kwantung Army to retreat.
Surprisingly - the soldiers of Wan Jun Bei and Jin Cao Bei retreated to both sides in very neat movements, leaving the road in the middle - as if a door was suddenly pushed open.
"Are they going to retreat?" After seeing the movement of the Red Leaf Army, Inaba Ittetsu from the Kanto () Legion thought for a moment that the Red Leaf Army launched a counterattack to distance itself in order to retreat - but he immediately realized
I thought wrong - following the gap opened by Wan Jun Bei and Jin Cao Bei, the samurai and ashigaru of the Kanto () Legion were able to directly see the movements of the Hongye Army's southern main formation without any obstruction - more than a thousand coppers.
The red leaf cavalry on the wall lined up in a charging formation of the wall cavalry that they were proud of, and continued to speed up in a mighty manner, heading towards the gap.
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Everyone in the Red Leaf Cavalry lined up together, working hard together, with their knees touching their knees. No one took a step forward, and no one took a step back. There was no room to move around, which meant that all equestrian and martial arts skills were unimportant. They wanted to
All you have to do is rush over and trade your own life with the person in front of you.
The enemy in front of them was 15,000 soldiers from the Kanto () Legion, including countless anti-horse spearmen and highly skilled samurai. However, the more than a thousand red leaf cavalry running towards them showed no hesitation or fear. They were outnumbered.
Killing the invincible enemy and saving the entire army in critical situations time and time again, this is what the Red Leaf Cavalry has been doing all along. Whether it's Mikamachi or Kurigara, they even have Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Ken
If you are not afraid of anything, how can you be afraid of the Oda troops in front of you? They are just outnumbered.
It's a pity that every time the Hongye Cavalry made a desperate charge before, their Highness Hongye would wear his Maple Bird Horse Seal and live and die with everyone. As long as His Highness Hongye is around, the Hongye Cavalry feels that they are not afraid of anything and can do anything.
Victory. But this time, His Highness Hongye is no longer there, and the Maple Bird Horse Seal is no longer in the formation. But this time, the Hongye Army is more eager for victory, blood, and killing than ever before.
Because their highness was killed by the young Oda family members in front of them.
We must destroy all the enemies in front of us and avenge His Highness!
"For His Highness Hongye!"
The red leaf cavalry roared in unison, and the earth-shattering roar instantly covered up the dense sound of horse hooves, roaring towards the Oda army in the flying dust.
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"Line up the spear array! Form the spear array!"
"The spearmen come out!"
"Where's the spearman? Come to the front quickly?"
The Hongye Army's quick cooperation left the Kanto Army at a loss. They hurriedly tried to form a defensive formation, but it made the panicked military formation even more chaotic. When the spearmen ran into the formation in twos and threes with their spears,
When they walked forward, what they saw head-on was the neatly-organized monster-like Red Leaf Cavalry, the beasts that rushed towards them without any reason, the deafening sound of horse hooves and the roar that erupted with endless hatred and murderous intent.
In the face of the roar of thousands of troops, these Oda
The spearman at home suddenly felt that he was so small. His legs were shaking from the shaking of the ground, and his ears were filled with the sound of horse hooves and roars. In front of him, he could only see the dense rows of red leaf knights who were fighting for their lives and fiercely.
It hit him head-on. How could a man holding a long gun stop such a terrifying momentum? A mantis can only act like a chariot.
"For His Highness Hongye!"
The Red Leaf Cavalry roared and rushed into the formation. Although nearly a hundred people fell off their horses during the assassination and collision of the spears, they and the corpses of the dismounted soldiers also smashed into the Oda army's formation, and they were smashed out in an instant.
It was a mess of blood and flesh. The cavalry behind them did not even pause for a moment. They stepped directly over the bodies of the enemy and ours, brandishing their sabers, and chopped down the frightened Oda soldiers like scarecrows to the ground.
At such a high horse speed, the severed heads flew up one after another, rolling and hitting the rear army. A few unlucky Oda soldiers were hit by the horses, and their whole bodies were like playing cards.
They were ejected. The Red Leaf Cavalry's formation was like a rapidly advancing lawnmower, harvesting the lives of the Oda army who were evading in a panic. Wherever the cavalry passed, there was no longer a standing soldier. Viewed from a height
, the cavalry force forcedly opened a blood-red collapse path in the Oda military formation.
The soldiers of the Kanto () Legion on both sides of the impact road hurriedly avoided, looking at the corpses of their comrades who were rushed forward with lingering fear. They were all stunned and unable to say a word. The soldiers in the center of the Kanto () Legion
Their morale has been completely shattered. The warriors fled in a hurry with their own knights on horseback. Countless flags were waving as they tried to escape backwards and to both sides. How could the fleeing crowd outrun the horses? Each and every one of them turned their backs on the road.
The Oda Army soldier who was fighting for the Red Leaf Cavalry was cut down senselessly, and he didn't even have a chance to look at the murderer behind him before he died. A charge by the Red Leaf Cavalry just tore apart the central front of the Oda Army.
It split open and opened a bloody path paved with corpses.
This is the Momiji Cavalry that is superior to Takeda Akabi and Echigo Cavalry - even if Amakihei is gone, they are still the strongest in the world.
Before the soldiers of the Kanto () Legion who were lucky enough to survive could recover, they saw Liao Yuan Bei's army rushing out through the gap opened by the copper wall. Three of Liao Yuan Bei's soldiers were killed.
The company formed a huge "pin"-shaped formation, but the middle of the three square formations were also filled with soldiers. The morale-deflated soldiers of the Kanto () Legion did not dare to stop them. It was a good thing that they were not prepared to attack them.
How could they dare to think so unreasonably?
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"What happened to the Central Committee?"
At this time, the Oda family's army on the left and right also discovered the battle situation in the center sooner or later - the Hongye cavalry broke down the Oda family's central front with a single assault, and the army was cut into two sections, while the Hongye army seemed to be about to
All the reserves were thrown into the attack at the gap. However, the battlefield was filled with chaos and smoke, and even tens of thousands of people could not see clearly what the battle situation was like on the central front. Therefore, all the senior samurai of the Oda family were stunned for a moment.
, all turned their attention to the position of Oda Nobunaga's horse seal, waiting for the dispatch and command of Oda Nobunaga, who had a global vision - but they were greeted with even greater surprise.
I saw that the bastion where Oda Nobunaga's horse seal was flying just now was now filled with the flags of Narubei and the Mori family troops. However, Oda Nobunaga's horse seal was nowhere to be found.
"The master's horse seal was washed away?"
"Where is my lord? Is my lord okay?"
"This formation is lost?"
"How is that possible? Was Ma Yin cut down by the enemy?"
"what happened?"
The sudden disappearance of Oda Nobunaga Ma Yin plunged the entire Oda army on the battlefield into endless fear and panic. In addition, the central front line had just been overwhelmed and the entire army was divided into two ends. This fear and panic
It was also further amplified - people were panicked for a while, and the thought "Is it going to be defeated?" surged in the hearts of countless people.
"Where is the lord's horse seal?" Hidetaka Kawajiri, who was commanding his men to storm the central bastion, looked dumbfounded at the West Castle bastion not far away. He had just noticed that the Mori family's troops were attacking the bastion, but he didn't take it seriously.
After all, he felt that those few people could not defeat Oda Nobunaga's main formation. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, Oda Nobunaga's horse seal would be gone? The panicked Hidetaka Kawajiri even forgot that he was on the battlefield, but
He put down the buckler in his hand, stood up from behind the bunker, and moved his eyes, trying to find Oda Nobunaga's horse seal. However, his distraction was tantamount to exposing his body completely.
When Suzuki Shigehide on the wall of the bastion saw the gorgeously dressed samurai getting up, he fired a sniper shot without saying a word, and shot Kajiri Hidetaka in the head from between the eyebrows.
"Where did that cavalry go?" Takigawa Kazumasaki, who was at the forefront of the left wing, was a little panicked at this moment. He couldn't see the movement in the center at all. "They are not outflanking me from behind, are they? Stop the attack and leave the battle line!"
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"Stop all attacks, guard the rear, and form a circular formation!" Niwa Nagahide, who was also on the left wing, made the same judgment as Takigawa Kazuki.
On the far right wing of the army, the Hokurikudo Army suffered a greater impact than the left wing. They had already detoured back to the side of the Red Leaf Army's front line, and were thousands of miles away from the central battlefield and Oda Nobunaga's horse seal.
Separated by tens of thousands of soldiers, all they knew now was that the center had collapsed and Oda Nobunaga's horse seal was missing. The samurai deep behind the enemy lines were suddenly at a loss and had no idea what to do.
"this
…What should we do now?” Maeda Toshiie, Fuwa Koji, and Sasaki Narimasa were all stunned when they saw this. They looked blankly at the place where Oda Nobunaga’s horse seal should have appeared, wanting to wait for Oda Nobunaga’s instructions.
But found nothing.
"Do you want to retreat?" Fuwa Koji instinctively felt the danger of their position behind enemy lines. If the Oda army collapsed, other troops could run away, and they would definitely be directly surrounded by the Hongye army. "Now
It’s too late to withdraw.”
"Wait for the Lord's order..." Maeda Toshiie looked at the bastion in the west city worriedly, unable to make up his mind at all, "What's going on... Why is the horse seal gone when everything is fine?"
"The lord's horse seals have been cut down, how can we wait for someone to take command? This battle has collapsed, and now we have to rely on ourselves." Fuwa Koji is different from Maeda Toshiie and Sasaki Narimasa. After all, he is not a member of the Oda family.
Because of his background, he was not very dependent on Oda Nobunaga.
"It's impossible. Only the Mori family's troops entered the fortress just now. How could they have knocked down the lord's horse seal?" Sasaki Narimasa unexpectedly remained calm on the battlefield and guessed the correct situation.
"My lord is just transferring the horse seal, right? Is that so?"
"Transfer the horse seal? Where's the horse seal?" Fuwa Koji pointed to the empty fortress head, "It's no longer visible!"
"Then what should we do? Is it possible to retreat?" Maeda Toshiie also became anxious. Without Ma Yin's command, he was in confusion.
"Go attack Yu Qiu Shang's main formation!" Sasaki Namasa also raised his hand and pointed in the opposite direction to Fuha Koji, "Look, there is no one in this formation! All the troops are engaged in the attack.
It’s gone! Now it’s just an empty city plan!”
"How can we attack with such morale?" Maeda Toshiie looked at his samurai and ashigaru. They all stopped attacking, distanced themselves from the Red Leaf Army from a distance, and looked uneasily in the direction of the bastion, "
And once the horse seal is lost, people on the front are probably going to retreat! Let's attack our formation first. If they retreat on the front, won't we be in trouble? When did the horse seal not fall off... What should we do?
Is that good? We are leaderless..."
"Where is Shibata-sama? Go and listen to Shibata-sama's command!" After reacting, Fuwa Koji tried to search for Shibata Katsuie's flag, but found that the latter was galloping towards a small hill on horseback, as if he wanted to reach a high place.
Take a bird's eye view of the battlefield.
At this time, beside the central front, the troops under the direct control of the Oda family fell into even more serious chaos.
"My lord..." Hachiya Yarotaka rubbed his eyes over and over again in disbelief, but Oda Nobunaga's horse seal could not be found. From his position, he could clearly see the movements of the Red Leaf Cavalry - they fought a line
After the bloody road, there was no intention of outflanking him, but he headed straight to the Yodo River in the north. "Where is my lord? What should I do now?"
"The troops of Rakihara Bei have also rushed over!" Nakamura Kazushi also discovered the new movement of the Hongye Army, "They are rushing towards Yodogawa! What are they going to do! Are we going to stop them?"
"How did I know!" Hiroyuki Hiroyuki scolded his juniors loudly, pouring out all his negative emotions. "How did I know what to do now? Wait for the master's command!"
"Hori-sama's flag is moving!" The sharp-eyed Nakamura Kazushi saw Hori Hidemasa's flag waving crazily in the rebel army to the west. The flag signal was signaling that someone was going to the rear. Hori Hidemasa seemed to want to report the battle situation.
In the entire army, but on the chaotic battlefield, few people noticed the Hori family flag that was waving the flag crazily.
"The lord's horse seal is missing? Whose command should I listen to now?" Yorotaka Hazuya looked at the battlefield in confusion, looking at one flag after another without any direction, "Do you want to look at His Highness Takigawa? Or look at His Highness Shibata.
of?"
"Lord Ando's troops seem to be retreating! And Lord Shiba!" The sharp-eyed Nakamura Kazuji discovered the situation on the battlefield again. Ando Mamoru and Shiba Hide were overwhelmed on the central front, and Oda Nobunaga's horse seal disappeared.
Finally, they seemed to have lost the will to fight. They were waving their flags and giving instructions to retreat, leading their soldiers to run towards the northeast. Their escape caused a chain reaction - many warriors near the center seemed to have
I thought that Oda Nobunaga's main formation had been destroyed. Although I didn't know how the battle was lost, it was time to retreat quickly - otherwise, what should I do if I ran too slow and was surrounded and suppressed by the Red Leaves Army?
"Shibata-sama... ran away too?" Yorotaka Hachiya, who finally found Shibata Katsuie's flag, didn't know that Shibata Katsuie was trying to find a high ground, and thought that Shibata Katsuie's northwest-moving flag was also leading the Hokuriku Road.
The legion retreated.
"Since His Majesty Shibata has left, let us retreat too!" Amidst the retreat that was about to begin, Hōya Yorōryō made a prompt decision and shouted to Kazuji Nakamura next to him, "Let's retreat to the West Castle Bastion to meet the lord! The lord is now
I don’t know where it is! I don’t know if there is any danger!”
On the battlefield, nearly 70,000 Oda Army soldiers lost the command of Oda Nobunaga and were running around like headless flies at the moment. No one could react to the sudden change in the battle situation, and no one went there immediately.
Intercepting the Tongqiang Bei, the Yuanbao Bei and the Jingzhe Bei that rushed out from the hole in the central front. Only Naomasa Hori, who was responsible for guarding the Otsutsu unit on the hill on the other side of the Yodogawa River, understood what was going on - he had a very clear vision on the mountain - a
In the chaotic Oda family's army, Tongqiang Bei and Liaoyuan Bei had no intention of paying attention to them, but went straight to the hill where the Otsutsu team was located to kill them.