"I'm so excited!" Yu Qiuping was so angry that he even swore, "Where on earth did this kid go! Where is he! Come back and defend! Can't he hear you tell him to retreat!"
However, no matter how furious Yu Qiuping was at this moment, Omaezaki Nakahide would never be able to come back immediately. Yu Qiuping was forced to try to deploy the defense with a team of 50 fewer people in tears, and the originally planned defense circle had to be shrunk inward.
Circle. At this time, the ashigaru of the powerful clan alliance also rushed to the front of the formation.
There were less than 300 people in Tokiwa Beizhong, and there were nearly a hundred archers. It suddenly became difficult to maintain the battle line. Yu Qiuping had to ask the men of the cavalry to join the outer circle of the circular formation. What preparations were really on hand?
There is no team left.
The coalition of wealthy families unceremoniously took advantage of their numerical advantage and besieged Jobanbei's circular formation from all sides. Not only did they maintain a fierce offensive on the front, they also sent two special forces to attack in a roundabout way behind Jobanbei. As the battle line stabilized,
As well as the dispersion of the enemy's forces, the well-disciplined spear formations of the Joban Bei Ashgaru were able to show off their skills, and for a time they suppressed the offensive of the powerful coalition forces.
However, as more and more powerful coalition troops began to enter the battlefield, fighting began almost everywhere around the circle, and the retreat was also threatened. The numerical disadvantage of Tokiwa Bei became more obvious, and he was at a disadvantage. Many samurai
Relying on their strong personal combat power, the leader Ashigaru launched charges towards the circular formation again and again. Even if Charlie's archers kept firing to cover their own defensive troops, they could not conceal their decline.
However, to everyone's surprise, the allied forces of the wealthy clans, which had been going smoothly, suddenly stopped their attack amidst shouts. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and looked towards the hill just now - he saw on the hill,
Several flags of the powerful alliance were waving desperately - that was a signal to retreat.
"What's going on! Why did you retreat after fighting so well?" Although Yu Qiuping was confused, he immediately ordered the troops to readjust their formations and seize this hard-won breather.
At this time, on the south side of the hill, Miura Yoshi was hurriedly directing his men to move their horse seals and avoid them to the east. Just now, after the left wing of their powerful alliance re-attacked the hill to the west, they reported to him
There was no trace of Omaezaki Nakahide's troops who were originally there.
However, just as the troops on their left wing left the hill and headed north to besiege Yu Qiupei's horse seal, things suddenly changed. The rear guard of the left wing force who stayed on the hill suddenly moved like crazy toward the location of Miura Yoshijo's horse seal.
They were waving and shouting desperately, not knowing what to express.
Before Miura Yoshi could react, he saw a lot of bamboo rafts drifting down the Aizuma River on the west side from the upstream of the north. There were several red leaf soldiers on each raft. They circled around the Aizuma River.
He passed his army and stopped at the Qiantan place not far from his own formation. Then he formed a formation on the spot and prepared to attack the formation.
This frightened Miura Yoshihara. He was surrounded by only a dozen or so people and only five cavalry. Facing fifty well-trained elite spearmen, he was no match for him. Although the west side of the mountain
The powerful coalition forces on the hill are trying to return for reinforcements, but the way back is through a narrow tidal flat. They may not be able to reach the main formation in a short time, and there is definitely no hope.
In order to prevent the avalanche-like reaction caused by Ma Yin being cut down, Miura Yoshi was forced to start moving his main formation. More than a dozen people surrounded Ma Yin and ran towards the hills to the north. At the same time, Ma Yin also kept waving to retreat and join up.
signal to notify the frontline troops to rush back immediately to rescue the formation.
After a flurry of communication between the wealthy coalition forces, they discovered that there were only 50 Jobanbi Ashgaru who came to attack, and they were drifting from the Aizuma River. The furious Ii Naomori left nearly 500 soldiers and continued to carry out the attack on Yu Qiupei.
He personally led more than two hundred soldiers to attack Gomaezaki Nakahide.
Nakahide Omaezaki didn't want to fight, and immediately turned around and left some distance away from Ii Naomori's troops, ran towards the shore, jumped on the bamboo raft that had been prepared, and rowed towards the north. All that was left for Ii Naomori was
Their backs.
"Treat me like a monkey!" Ii Naomori spat and cursed in a low voice, "When I chase you to the shore, you run back to the north to attack the hills?"
"Pass my military order, the entire army is on standby here. If those Red Leaf Soldiers dare to land again, we will fight them back!" After giving the order with a huff, Iizhi immediately rode towards the main attack position in the north and mobilized 200 troops.
They went to the bank of the Aizuma River in the west, and cooperated with the troops originally on the west hills to encircle and suppress Maezaki Nakahide's headquarters. The pressure of Yuqiupei's headquarters was suddenly reduced, and he successfully stabilized his position, and even had a tendency to counterattack.
However, just as Ii Naomori was leading his troops around the woods and hills on the east bank of the Aizuma River, hoping to hunt down Omaezaki Nakahide's troops, the troops on the western hills shouted again. Immediately afterwards, the troops on the central hills
Miura Yoshiki's horse seal also waved again, signaling Ii Naomori to stop.
"What on earth is going on!" Ii Naomori cursed in a low voice. Without waiting for the messenger to come and report back, he personally rode his horse up the hill to the west and looked at the entire battlefield from a high place. Then, he was stunned.
In situ.
I saw the bamboo raft carrying the red leaf soldiers, going up and back on the Fengzuma River, starting from behind the woods, drifting down again from north to south. Taking advantage of the speed of the water, it rushed south quickly, chasing all the wealthy people who came to pursue and intercept them.
The coalition forces were left behind. The bamboo rafts crossed the battle line of the wealthy coalition forces, crossed Miura Yoshiji's horse seal, crossed those hills, and still headed straight towards the south.
"What... are you going for?" Ii Naomori froze on the spot, "There are... no soldiers left in the south? Could it be that they abandoned the army and ran away! Will the red leaf soldiers also run away without fighting?"
Not only Ii Naomori, but also the troops of the wealthy coalition forces were all confused and did not understand what Omaezaki Nakahide wanted. They could not even see the wealthy coalition forces led by Omaezaki Nakahide, let alone be confused from a distance.
The rain and autumn subsided. The powerful coalition forces that had been besieging his troops suddenly retreated for a while, and when they came back, there were many fewer people. After a while, many people were transferred away. Now, in front of me,
The powerful coalition forces were no longer able to continue the attack, and nearly half of the troops were sent to the bank of the Aizuma River on the west side, seemingly to surround Omaezaki Nakahide.
Yu Qiuping once again set his sights on the northwest ferry. Asahina Taito's main army has begun to cross the river, and Asahina Taito's troops are about to complete their reorganization. There is not much time left for the powerful coalition forces. If the powerful coalition forces cannot launch again
A general attack, and their raid will face failure.
Although the main army is relatively safe, Yu Qiuping is still worried about Omaezaki Nakahide's troops. He may now face hundreds of people chasing and intercepting him!
At this time, I met my wife on the river.
Omaezaki Nakahide and his temporary platoon drifted down the river and had already crossed the front lines of the two armies far away.
"Sir, what are you going to do this time?" Several ashigaru heads in the platoon were frightened by Omaezaki Nakahide's series of ever-changing operations. They first retreated towards the river bank, then counterattacked, and then retreated again,
They detoured from the Aizuma River to attack the enemy's main formation. Then they retreated from the river again, briefly returned north, then went south again along the river, heading straight for the enemy's rear.
"How did I know?" Nakahide Omaezaki stretched out comfortably and smiled lazily, "The other side thinks I'm going to retreat, so I'll fight back. If the other side thinks I'm going to escape back to my own formation, I'll attack their base.
If they think I want to go north, I will go south. Anyway, what the other side guesses we are going to do, we just won’t do it! Let’s talk about the rest!”
"But sir, we are getting further and further away from our army! Where should we go next?" Ashigaru asked anxiously.
"It depends on fate! The worst case scenario is running to the West Bank and landing. Don't worry about Your Highness and the others." Nakahide Omaezaki laughed loudly, looked around, and suddenly gave a high-five!
"Brothers, look there! We've hit great luck!" Omaezaki Nakahide excitedly pointed to the shore not far away. One mile to the south of the powerful coalition forces, there were more than 2,000 people, "The auxiliary soldiers of the powerful people."
, they are all there for us to harvest!”
"All aboard!" Omaezaki Nakahide ordered, "form up and attack the enemy's auxiliary troops!"
By the time Miura Yoshi received the emergency call from the auxiliary troops, Omaezaki Nakahide's subordinates had already entered the auxiliary troops. If the warrior ashigaru usually still trained during the leisure time, the auxiliary troops and civilians were completely in the off-farm time.
They were just strong men pulled from the territory at that time. These rabble-rousers with low morale and scattered structure, no matter how large they were, would not be an enemy of well-trained elite soldiers. Gomaezaki Nakahide's troops had not yet broken out into battle with them.
There were already many people running away in all directions.
Some people ran towards the north to join the soldiers, while others scattered towards the southeast. A few dozen warriors in the auxiliary army tried to maintain order, but in vain.
When they learned that the auxiliary troops had been attacked, the wealthy coalition soldiers were panicked and had no intention of fighting. Ii Naomori had already assembled his troops and was preparing to launch a general attack on Yu Qiuping's headquarters. However, as soon as the governors of the small wealthy families heard that they were coming to pull out their territories, they
When farmers were attacked, they all asked for immediate help. They were no different from wealthy families such as the Miura family and the Ii family. There were only nearly a hundred men in the family. The income from agricultural taxes was very important. These strong men usually worked in farming.
The main force is very valuable, and even losing ten people is a huge loss.
Therefore, under the unanimous protest of the wealthy clans, Ii Naomori and Miura Yoshi were forced to retreat and return to the south. Yu Qiupei, who breathed a sigh of relief, immediately approached the south and reoccupied the three hills, thus gaining a lookout
From the view of the battlefield, he immediately understood what Omaezaki Nakahide had done - at this moment, the latter was hurriedly retreating towards the river, intending to get on his bamboo raft and escape again before the enemy arrived.
"This kid has achieved great success this time." Yu Qiuping was angry and funny, "He jumps around like MacArthur, but he is really his."