Ashida Kunizhu was dumbfounded as he watched the Red Leaf Army's team break out from the valley mouth and charge towards his horse seal. Even if the Hatano Army used eighteen kinds of martial arts, it would be difficult to stop their determined progress. As long as there is someone
When the soldiers of the Hongye Army fell, the phalanx would immediately adjust and shrink the formation. Under the command of Yuqiu Shang and Ii Naomasa, the thin square suddenly turned into an indestructible steel plate, beating the Hatano Army to the ground.
Defeated steadily.
Seeing that Taniguchi's defense line was about to be broken open, Ashida Kunizumi had no choice but to lead his Hatamoto to the front line to supervise the battle in person. However, even though his horse seals appeared on the front line, the Ashigaru were still beaten to a halt.
As a last resort, Ashida Kunizhu cursed and led Hatamoto to the front of the defense line. What faced him was a row of Tokiwabei's spearmen.
I saw the pikemen taking two steps forward quickly, closing the distance between them. Then, I heard a loud "stab" roar, and the ten pikemen in the front row suddenly took half a step, almost
He used a uniform posture to charge back, and then fiercely thrust ten spears towards this side. Ashida Kunizumi had never seen such ferocious spearmen, and for a moment he was not like the ones he scolded just now.
The Ashigaru all made the same move - retreat.
However, it was too humiliating for the dignified head of the family to be beaten by dozens of spearmen and unable to defend his feet. After Ashida Kunizumi retreated and adjusted, he immediately commanded the samurai to come forward. He knew that the pure spear formation was most afraid of holding the line.
Once the sword samurai are close to them, the spear can only be used as a stick, and there will be a massacre. However, the proportion of samurai in the Hatano army is not very high, and the few who tried to rush into the battle before
The samurai were all stabbed to death by random spears. This time Ashida Kunizumi led ten samurai to charge together. He asked himself whether he would have no problem taking down these spearmen.
Although five of the ten samurai were stabbed to death immediately during the charge, the other four samurai rushed to the spearman with Ashida Kunizumi. Ashida Kunizumi cut down one of the spearmen to the ground with a close sword, and the other four
A samurai also hacked two spearmen to death, and the Hatano army also took the opportunity to rush forward. However, before they could further sweep the battle line, a long sword suddenly stabbed from the side. Ashida Kunizhu was taken aback and hurriedly backhanded
He tried to block, but his arm was scratched by the weird sword technique.
"Left-handed sword?" Ashida Kunizumi pushed away half a step with some surprise, and saw a young man rushing towards him very quickly. After a closer look, he found that there was no armor on the sleeve of his right arm, and the sleeve was empty.
He had dropped the spear in his hand and used the katana at his waist to fight instead.
"This...could it be the young master of the Yuqiu family?" The name of Yuqiu Shang's one-armed swordsman had already been resounding throughout the world after the Battle of Mikamachi. Ashida Kunizumi reacted in an instant. "How could the young master lead it himself?
He charged into the battle with 50 people? And he was still walking in the front row! Is he crazy?"
However, when Ashida Kunizumi was distracted for a moment, Yu Qiushang caught the flaw. He connected with several swords and directly knocked Ashida Kunizumi's sword away with one upward move. Several Hatamoto samurai of Ashida Kunizumi hurriedly
They rushed to the rescue, but the spearmen in the back row took the opportunity to poke two holes. The remaining two flag warriors besieged Yu Qiu Shang, but they were beaten to pieces by Yu Qiu Shang, and were also killed by the spearmen. Hongye Army
Under the leadership of Yu Qiu Shang, a wave of counterattack was launched. Ashida Kunizumi rolled and crawled to the ground and fled towards his own line. The Hongye Army behind him once again pressed forward with neat steps.
At this time, Ashida Kunizumi was completely helpless. One of his charges almost killed half of the samurai in the Ashida family. Without these middle-level officers, it was now difficult for him to even command the army. As the Hatano army's front faltered, Tokiwa Bei
More platoons from the second company also took the opportunity to pour out of the valley mouth. The Hatano Army completely messed up their tactics and resisted for a few times before retreating from the valley mouth and giving up the road into the Inai Plain to the Red Leaf Army.
Tokiwabei fought his way out of the Taniguchi and chased after Ashida Kunizumi's troops. Araki Utsuna from Inai Castle simply led his troops to help, and finally managed to get Ashida Kunizumi back. And the 1,000 subordinates he brought out
, those who escaped did not even earn 300.
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After leading his army into the plain, Yu Qiuping immediately began to make the next arrangement.
Inai Plain is a plain in Funai County of Tamba Province. It is also the second largest plain in Tamba Country. Its geographical location is very important. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, leaving only four mountain roads, leading to Sonobe Castle in the north and to Tamba Province in the west.
To the south of the national capital, Yasukami Castle, is the mountain road leading to Settsu, and to the east is Ryuzan Castle, which connects the border between Yamajo Country and Tamba Country. The food route for the Sanin Allied Forces was transported from Yasukami Castle to the Inai Plain. And the rice was transported to the Inai Plain.
Jingcheng is located at the southeast end of Daojing City Plain, blocking the east exit of Daojing Plain.
The first thing Yu Qiuping did when he entered the plain from the south exit was not to rush to capture Inai Castle - the Hatano army in Inai Castle had long been frightened and did not dare to leave the city to hinder the movement of the Red Leaf Army. Yu Qiuping then led the army
Arriving at the Daojing Plain northwest of Daojing City, they directly cut off the food routes of the Shanin Allied Forces, and captured all the granaries and camps that the civilians were transporting and the Shanin Allied Forces that had set up here a few days ago. After completing all this
, Yu Qiuping began to arrange for men to set up camp, and at the same time ordered the auxiliary soldiers to cut down trees and build siege equipment.
At the same time, the Sanin Allied Forces on the mountain road leading to Ryusan Castle east of the Inai Plain also tried to return for rescue, but Mitsuhide Akechi's nearly 10,000 troops immediately launched a counterattack. This time, it was them who pursued Sanin one after another.
The coalition forces will not allow the Shanin coalition forces to easily return reinforcements.
Until the evening of March 6, the San'in Allied Forces failed to withdraw to Inai Castle. Instead, they received a defeat report from Ashida Kunizhu - Yamaguchi had been lost, and the Hongye Army had invaded Inai Plain, cutting off the army's food routes and supplies.
Escape route. Adachi Kisuke, who returned from Sonobe Castle, did not dare to enter the besieged Inai Castle, but stayed far away on the mountain road of Inai Plain North Road.
"It's over, it's all over now." At the evaluation meeting that night, Yamana Yutaka sat in the main seat with a gloomy face and couldn't help but sigh, "We can't go back, we're all stuck here. We can't possibly fight.
Those who win against the Red Leaf Army will have their food routes cut off, and they will all die here in a few days."
"Your Highness Yamana, there is no need to be so depressed. Success or failure is still between five and five." Akai Naomasa was not discouraged at all, but remained calm as always, "As long as Inai Castle is not lost, we will not be blocked on the mountain road.
Instead, you can enter the Daijing Plain through Daijing City and fight the Red Leaf Army."
"A battle? What to fight for? There are 10,000 people behind Akechi Mitsuhide, and nearly 10,000 people in the Red Leaf Army in front of us. How can we win with the 14,000 people at hand?" Isshiki Yoshimichi hammered the table in frustration.
He hammered the case, his hands turned red, "If it doesn't work, just negotiate peace with the Oda family and give us a way back."
"Adachi-sama from Sonobe Castle still has 1,000 men, and Araki-sama from Inai Castle still has 1,000 available troops." Tenui Jiaye interrupted in a low voice.
"Even so, there are only 16,000 people. The Oda Army has nearly 20,000 people! The Red Leaf Army defeated Master Ashida with only 50 people. We are attacked from both sides and have no chance of winning." Yamana Yutoyo laughed miserably and glanced at Ren.
Jing Jiaoye and Akai Naomasa found that their faces were still as usual.
"What if it's 16,000 against 9,000? What if we're not attacked from both sides? What if it's an unexpected surprise attack?"
Akai Naomasa asked three questions in succession, leaving Yamana Yutaka and Isshiki Yoshimichi unable to respond for a moment.
"Victory or defeat is still between five and five." Renjing Jiaye repeated what Akai Naomasa said before, "Your Highnesses need not be so worried."
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In the early morning of March 7th, after a night's rest, the Red Leaf Army recharged their batteries and began to march towards Daojing City, pushing the siege equipment they built yesterday afternoon. Since Daojing City blocked the east exit of Daojing Plain,
, if they could not capture Daojing City, they would not be able to prevent the Sanin coalition forces from returning. Therefore, Yu Qiuping did not dare to spread his troops around Daojing City, but cautiously launched an attack only from the west gate and south gate. Only Tokiwa was involved in the attack.
Yuqiupei kept the Mingdybei and Mingdybei in his hands to guard against the Sanin coalition forces. However, in order to successfully attack the city, Uqiupei Mingdybei's artillery was also sent to Fukushima Yasunari.
Yu Qiupei set up his headquarters in the center of the Inai Plain northwest of Inai Castle, stationed by Narumi Kabuto, to cut off the retreat route of the Sanin Allied Forces back to Yakami Castle. Tokiwa Bei, under the command of Fukushima Yasunari, bypassed Inai.
Southwest of the city, launched an siege.
Yu Qiuping noticed the troops that Adachi Kisuke came from Sonobe Castle on the northern mountain road. They were not many in number. There seemed to be only 1,000 people. Yu Qiuping waited for a while and found that the Sanin coalition forces still had not returned from the mountain road, so he decided to hurry up first.
Defeat Adachi Moisuke's special forces.
"The Shanyin Allied Forces have 14,000 people on the mountain road. His Highness Mingzhi can help me contain at least half of them. There are only about 7,000 people who can come to fight on the plains, more than 2,300 soldiers." Yu Qiuping looked at the sand table that the staff had rushed to make, and roughly said
Assessing the situation, "I will first kill Sonobe Castle's 1,000 reinforcements, and then use Narubei's 1,500 soldiers to hold off the main force of the Sanin Allied Forces. When Tokiwabe is defeated by Inai Castle, I will use 3,000 soldiers."
The soldiers launched a general attack and wiped out the Sanin coalition forces on the plains, and then together with His Majesty Mingzhi, wiped out the other forces on the mountain road."
After making up his mind, Yu Qiupei asked Kato Koyasu's Narubei No. 3 Company to go north to attack Adachi Kisuke's 1,000 men. At the same time, Tokiwa Bei's general attack on Inai Castle also launched. Nancheng Tokiwa Bei
The third company was responsible for the feint attack, while the 1st and 2nd companies of Jobanbei in Saijo Castle Town launched a fierce attack on the Saijo gate of Inai Castle under the cover of two reserve artillery groups with 6 artillery pieces. Even standing at the head of the city
, the Hatano family's archers could not defeat the iron cannons and artillery of Joban Bei. After a while, many red leaf troops boarded the west wall of Inai Castle.
Chapter completed!