"It's raining so heavily, this damn weather." Kyuemon complained with a sigh. He was an ashigaru head of the Hibino family. During this campaign, he followed the family leader on the expedition and served as a lookout on the front line. At this moment, he was working in vain.
I adjusted the position of the hat, hoping that my clothes would not get wet.
"Kyuemon, stop complaining," another Ashigaru-head Dairota who came with him to investigate comforted him. "In Mino in May, it will rain heavily every time."
"It's raining so hard, they are all hiding in tents to rest, and we have to go out for reconnaissance," Kyuemon spat, "What kind of reconnaissance are you doing? Your Highness really has a lot to do! It's raining so heavily, it's hard to see.
I can’t open my eyes, my pants and shoes are as wet as lead, who will attack! Those Owari guys are not big fools!”
"That's not necessarily true," Orota laughed. "Isn't that Oda Nobunaga a famous fool? I don't know why our Highness, the Third Elder, gave Mino to him as a dowry.
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Suddenly, Dalang Tai frowned, and his voice suddenly stopped, leaving only the noise of heavy rain falling.
However, Otaro didn't reply to his words. Instead, he leaned down in disbelief and put his ear to the ground. Upon seeing this posture, Kyuemon also understood what Otaro wanted to do. He hurriedly lay down
Get down to the ground and put your ears close to the ground.
This vibration, this sound...even in the storm, it is still clearly distinguishable.
"Enemy attack!" the two shouted in unison!
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Mori Katsunari and Shibata Katsuie, one on the left and one on the right, led their men to brave the heavy rain and headed straight for Moribe's Saito military camp.
"Damn it! It's raining so hard, these Owari guys are right!" After receiving the report from the scouts, Hibino Kiyomi realized that something was wrong and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to start gathering. However, it was windy and rainy, so they gathered in the camp.
It was not easy for the troops. The Ashigaru people did not expect to fight on such a rainy day, so they hurriedly formed in the heavy rain. The noisy rain, fine rain mist and chaotic crowds caused huge chaos in the Saito family's communication system.
.In a heavy rainy day with low visibility, it was very difficult for the messenger company to find the person they needed to notify. The soldiers of the 600th Hinoya in the southeast closest to the front line had completed their formation, while the ashigaru in the northwest had not yet figured it out.
In the end what happened.
At the same time, Mori Katsunari's 200 soldiers and Shibata Katsuie's 400 soldiers had also arrived at the outskirts of the Saito family's camp and launched an attack on the Saito army that had completed their formation. Mori Katsunari and Shibata Katsuie's group
South and north, they rushed towards the Hibino family's line like a giant pliers. In order to deal with the two men, Hibino Seomi also divided the 600 soldiers who had completed the formation in half to resist the attacks of Mori Katsunari and Shibata Katsuie respectively.
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Relying on their strength advantage, the Hibino family's troops defending Mori Katsunari's side barely completed a detour from both sides of the Mori family's troops, forcing Mori Katsunari to retreat and reorganize. However, the battle situation on the other side was not optimistic. Shibata
Relying on his own martial prowess, Yamaji Masayu, the retainer of the family, led his men into the Hibino family's formation. After Shibata Katsuie discovered the progress made by his men, he immediately led a large number of troops into the vicinity of the gap and continued to expand the scope of the breakthrough. Hibino Kiyomi
Fearing that the front line would break, he had to retreat continuously, and at the same time, he added the 100 soldiers he had just assembled to his left flank, but it was still difficult to change the situation of losing ground. It rained heavily, and the movements of both armies became relatively sluggish.
Just when the situation was at a stalemate, the remaining 300 soldiers of the Hibino family completed their assembly. Hibino Kiyomi ordered the family's fierce general Adachi Rokubei to personally lead the team, pass through the gap in the middle of his own wings, and separate Shibata Katsuie and Mori
A successful connection was made, and then the two troops were surrounded from the sides and rear.
At the same time, more than 200 Joban soldiers led by Ua Qiupei, who was the second line of the Oda family, also rushed to the battlefield. After noticing Hibino Kiyomi's intentions, Uqiupei immediately ordered the Joban soldiers to run forward, make up the front, and cover the forest.
Flanked by Catcher and Katsuie Shibata.
"The whole army stands still!" After rushing to the predetermined position before the Hibino family's troops, Yu Qiupei immediately asked his men to form an array on the spot. He wanted to rush up to fight Yu Qiupei, but the Adachi Rokubei who was caught off guard watched in surprise as Tokiwa Bei passed by.
A series of dazzling formation changes immediately completed the formation.
"In the heavy rain, they were able to form the formation so quickly..." Adachi Rokuhei stared at the paper red leaves swaying in the rain on Tokiwabi's head, unable to conceal his surprise.
"The only choice is to go up!" Adachi Rokubei snorted coldly. He took out the Chotachi sword from his waist and strode to the front of the team, "Brothers! Follow me!"
Standing at the front of Tokiwabei's team was the archery platoon led by Charlie. In the heavy rain, the power of the bows and arrows was greatly weakened. They fired twice in a row, but failed to cause many casualties to the enemy, and hurriedly retreated to the rear of the formation.
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The Hibino army roared and rushed towards the forest of Tokiwabei's spears in the heavy rain. As the distance between the two armies continued to get closer, Tokiwabei's spears were also flattened. The first row squatted down, and the second row stretched out their spears.
Following the command of "thrust", two rows of silver snakes suddenly spat out messages at the same time, taking away dozens of lives in an instant. But this Hibino family's army was not a weak force like the coalition of wealthy families;
The bodyguards that Hibino Kiyomi relied on to become the No. 1 Overlord of West Mino, they also stabbed more than a dozen of Tokiwabei's ashigaru at the same time, and many others relied on their flexible dodges and blocks to avoid the fatal thrusts.
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After the first round of thrusts, the Tokiwa Bei Ashgaru in the first row quickly stood up and began to fight with the rushing Hibino Army. Many of the Hibino Army Ashari who were already close were grieving because they had entered a range where their spears could not be used flexibly.
At this moment, the second row of ashigaru's life-threatening spears kept thrusting out from the gaps between the people in the first row, delivering fatal blows to the ashigaru who had not yet had time to use their close combat skills.
The two ashigaru armies were fighting together, stabbing, slashing, blocking, dodging, and constantly clashing with swords, guns, swords and halberds. But it was obvious that Tokiwa Bei's ashigaru had the upper hand. Not only were they strong in armor, but their cooperation with each other was also excellent.
They have a very tacit understanding, and have an aura of looking back at death. They look like veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. On the other hand, the Hibino family, although they are also used to fighting, are suppressed by Tokiwa Bei in terms of momentum, and it is difficult to break Tokiwa Bei.
of gun array.
Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Adachi Rokubei was also a little anxious. He personally raised the sword and went into battle. After sideways avoiding the two spears that were stabbing him, he cut off the two spear shafts with his backhand. He then jumped forward with a lunge.
Just as he was about to slash the two ashigaru with his sword, the ashigaru in the second row stabbed him randomly, forcing him back several steps. The two ashigaru in the first row who had lost their weapons immediately joined the rear.
The people in the platoon exchanged positions, but the entire formation remained intact.
"Damn it!" Adachi Rokubei's forehead veins popped out. He roared and then rushed forward. The three Ashigaru guarding him in the first row thrust out their spears again. Adachi Rokubei looked at the timing.
He jumped forward suddenly, rolled forward on the spot, and rolled from under the straight outstretched spear to the feet of three ashigaru. Using the momentum, he made a backhand slash, directly cutting down the ashigaru in the center.
Then he rushed into the spear formation regardless. The Ashigaru in the second row hurriedly thrust his spear at him, but he blocked it with his sword. Adachi Rokubei took advantage of the situation and made a big circle, flying the spear high into the air, and then
He kicked down the ashigaru in front of him. Just before the ashigaru around him came to surround him, he first chopped down the ashigaru around him with two clean swords. He led the men behind him to attack the spear formation, and then
Charge forward again and kill the ashigaru in the third row.
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"So strong!" Yu Qiuping squinted in the heavy rain and watched the Adachi Rokubei wreaking havoc in his formation. If it were normal, he could wait for the ashigaru heads to react on their own and repel the enemy troops who entered the formation.
But this time the enemy seems to be a big deal, "Nanosuke! Come on! Give him some color and see!"
After Yu Qiuping called Honda Tadakatsu's name, Honda Tadakatsu, who had been eager to try, immediately drew his knife in his hand and rushed towards the Adachi Rokubei. The Adachi Rokubei was originally fighting three spear ashigaru.
Seeing Honda Tadakatsu approaching fiercely, he hurriedly jumped back and jumped to a safe area. He looked at Honda Tadakatsu in surprise. He was obviously just a boy in his early teens, but he actually had such strong murderous intent!
And unlike other Tokiwabi Ashigaru, Honda Tadakatsu was the only one among the hundreds of people who did not have a red leaf on his helmet. Adachi Rokubei snorted and looked at Honda Tadakatsu with disdain.
Katsu glanced at him. Honda Tadakatsu did not hesitate and led the surrounding Tokiwa Bei Ashgaru to counterattack towards the gap.
Adachi Rokubei took a few breaths and immediately rushed forward with a roar, and slashed at Honda Tadakatsu. Honda Tadakatsu knew that his strength might not give him much advantage, so he held the knife horizontally with both hands to resist.
After this blow, he frowned and exerted force suddenly. The huge force poured into the sword and blocked Adachi Rokubei's sword.
"What a boy!" Adachi Rokubei was a little surprised. He was a famous strongman in Mino, but he could only compete with this young boy at a 50-50 strength comparison.
At this moment, the Tokiwa Bei ashigaru stabbed the two ashigaru beside the Adachi Rokubei one after another. Their fall directly exposed the Adachi Rokubei to the siege of Tokiwa Bei. A Tokiwa Bei ashigaru
He suddenly thrust out his spear and stabbed Adachi Rokubei in the ribs. Adachi Rokubei, who was entangled by Honda Tadakatsu, was caught off guard and was about to be stabbed.
"stop!"
Honda Tadakatsu suddenly let out a low roar, which frightened the Tokiwabi Ashgaru into hastily stopping what he was doing, saving Adachi Rokubei's life.
"This is a duel between samurai," Honda Tadakatsu said coldly, "Just attack, don't interfere here!"
Seeing the Jobanbi Ashgaru surrounding him turning to attack the Hibino family's army, Adachi Rokubei looked at the young man in front of him with some admiration.
"Boy! You have the guts!" Adachi Rokubei praised, "Come on!"
Honda Tadakatsu didn't say much. He held the sword in his right hand and made a sudden side slash. Adachi Rokubei blocked with the sword in both hands. After taking the blow, he was about to block Honda Tadakatsu's sword with all his strength. But he didn't want to.
Honda Tadakatsu suddenly withdrew his strength, and Adachi Rokubei jumped away. His body staggered and a flaw appeared. Honda Tadakatsu immediately stabbed his face with his sword. Adachi Rokubei stepped back and blocked, but he never thought
Honda Tadakatsu turned stabbing into slashing again, and made a sharp slash. The blade of the blade hit Adachi Rokubei's blade all the way down, and slashed hard on Adachi Rokubei's left wrist holding the sword.
The cut was bloody and bloody. Adachi Rokuhei was briefly distracted by the pain, but Honda Tadakatsu immediately seized the opportunity and slashed his neck with a knife, killing him.
"The Adachi Rokubei have been captured by our army!" Nakahide Omaezaki, who was not far away, had already prepared this sentence and shouted excitedly. The Tokiwa Bei Ashgaru were as powerful as a rainbow, and the Hibino Army was no better just now.
The easily opened breaches were also resealed. After losing the Adachi Rokubei, their morale was low and they were leaderless. They were retreating steadily under the attack of Tokiwa Bei's spear array.
Watching the central front continue to collapse, and his beloved general Adachi Rokubei being punished to death, Hibino Kiyomi could no longer sit still. He personally signed his horse and rushed to a small hill on the front line to supervise the formation, which was far away from the battle line between the two armies.
It was less than twenty meters away. However, before he could issue the first command, an arrow shot through the air and hit him in the chest. He vomited blood and fell straight down.
Twenty meters away, such an eye-catching target standing at a high place was nothing more than a fetch for Charlie.
The general was hit by an arrow, the first fierce general was defeated, and the morale of the Hibino army was completely lost. After a few hasty resistances, Shibata Katsuie broke through the flank, and the injured Hibino Kiyomi was also taken away by Shibata Katsuie. Seeing that nothing happened
The Hibino army, which had no chance of winning, retreated like a tide, and a large part of the people fell back into the camp. The three villages in front were immediately lost. Nagai Guards, who was reorganizing his troops and preparing for support, was caught off guard and had to retreat into the main camp to defend.
However, amid the wind and rain, the camp was in chaos and it was difficult to reorganize it. When many people saw the Hibino family's defeated troops fleeing in all directions, they thought that the defeat was certain, and people were panicked. There were even many troops directly under the Saito family because they could not contact the commander-in-chief Nagai.
Guards, and retreated to Inabayama Castle on their own.
When Oda Nobunaga's main team arrived on the battlefield, the troops of the Shibata family and the Mori family immediately made a move to surround the main stronghold. Nagai Wei'an was afraid of being surrounded and hurriedly retreated from the main stronghold. Unfortunately, during the retreat,
, he himself unfortunately lost his horse and was captured by Yoshiyuki Sasuke, who was chasing after him. The remaining Saito family troops scattered like birds and beasts and fled. Because the heavy rain blocked their sight and they were not familiar with the terrain, the Oda family gave up the pursuit and let
Most of the Saito family's defeated soldiers were able to escape.