Chapter 568 The 7th Array - Breakthrough! [4300 Words] (2/2)
Today's second update, including the one during the day, has a total of 14,000 words updated today, which is the largest number of updates in the past month or so. The author has nothing to ask for, but just wants some monthly votes (Leopard)
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Matsudaira Sadanobu felt uneasy from the beginning.
No.
It should be said that after learning that Ogata Ittosai was located in Ezo, Matsudaira Sadanobu's mind has not been very peaceful.
The two names Ogata Issei and Majima Goro are constantly intertwined in Matsudaira Sadanobu's heart...
But for some reason, the unrest in my heart was so intense at this moment.
"Lao Zhongsheng."
Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was slightly dazed because of his uneasiness, suddenly heard Inamori's call beside him.
Daomori was looking at him with worried eyes now.
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere in your body?"
"I'm fine." Matsudaira Sadanobu shook his head.
Although Matsudaira Sadanobu said "it's okay", Inamori couldn't help but looked up and down Matsudaira Sadanobu several times with worried eyes.
However, since Matsudaira Sadanobu said that he was fine, Inamori was inconvenient and did not have the courage to talk to Matsudaira Sadanobu and ask more questions.
So, he turned his head back, preparing to turn his attention back to the now crumbling Red Moon Fortress.
But just as he turned his head back, out of the corner of his eye, Inamori suddenly caught sight of something that seemed to be in the southeast, approaching them quickly.
This unknown object caught Inamori's eyes and attention.
"what is that……?"
As Daomori murmured, he raised the telescope in his hand and looked toward the southeast.
The scenery to the southeast appears in the telescope.
The blood in Daomori's body also solidified with this glance at the camera.
In the footage, Daomori saw nearly 70 cavalrymen forming a neat wedge formation.
The snowflakes raised by the horses' hooves rolled into the air like a whirlwind. The cavalry team passed through the vast snowfield like a gust of wind, and directly in front of their charging direction was his army.
The leader of this cavalry team is wearing a set of blue and gold mighty battle armor. Judging from the style, it seems to be a set of Southern Barbarian harem. There is a flag tied to the buttocks of his war horse. There seems to be something written on the flag.
But the distance is too far, even with a telescope, you can't see clearly what's written on it.
At this moment, countless questions popped up in Daomori's mind.
But the next moment these questions appeared, they were all shattered, gathered together, and turned into a scream.
"Send an order to Katsuragi in the rear!" As the exclamation spurted out from Daomori's throat, cold sweat burst out from Daomori's sweat pores, "There is a cavalry attack! Let him be prepared to attack!"
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Because Daomori believed that he could capture the fortress this morning, he pulled all the troops out of the military camp. Currently, the only ones left in the camp are some wounded people and those responsible for taking care of the wounded and taking care of the baggage.
A small number of soldiers.
The remaining soldiers were all arrayed outside the Red Moon Fortress.
With such a huge army, it was naturally impossible for them to all rush up to attack the fortress. After all, there was not such a big place to spread out so many troops.
The troops currently responsible for attacking the fortress only have 2,000 men from the Second Army.
The rest of the army, nearly 7,000 men, were arranged in seven large formations parallel to the Red Moon Fortress, with an average of 1,000 men in each formation.
In order to facilitate the command, Daomori called the formation closest to the Red Moon Fortress the 1st formation, and the one behind the 1st formation was the 2nd formation... and so on.
The mission of each formation is to be ready to step forward to support the siege at any time, and to rush into the fortress after the city gate is opened to launch a suppressive war, quell the remaining resistance forces in the fortress, and take complete control of the fortress.
Inamori's main formation is located between the 3rd and 4th formations in the middle of these 7 formations.
Because the Second Army, a direct descendant of the shogunate who still has plenty of physical strength and fighting spirit, will be responsible for the main attack to seize the city, the remaining 3,000 troops of the Second Army formed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd formations closest to the city fort.
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As for the men and horses of the First Army and the Third Army, they formed the 4th Formation, the 5th Formation, the 6th Formation, and the 7th Formation, which were arranged in sequence behind the 3rd Formation.
Among them, the 4th and 5th formations are the troops of the Third Army (Aizu Army), while the 6th and 7th formations are the troops of the First Army.
That's why Inamori was so anxious to send an order to Katsura Yoshimasa. The first to face the cavalry team attacking diagonally from the southeast was the 7th formation at the rear.
However, Gui Yi was not aware of the danger behind them at all at this moment.
At this moment, Gui Yi was in the center of the 6th formation. He looked expectantly and proudly looked at the fortress in the distance. He didn't even dare to blink for fear of missing the moment when the fortress fell.
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Currently, the person in charge of the 7th formation is a middle-aged general named "Takamaki Chimori".
This general comes from the Yonezawa Domain and is the general of the Yonezawa Domain's vassal army. Because the Yonezawa Domain has a high status and strength among the Ou vassals, Takamaki's status in the First Army is second only to the
Katsura Yoshimasa, Kuroda and a few others.
Takamaki was currently sitting on his steed, with his arms folded and an expression as if someone owed him thousands of taels of gold.
Because the 7th Formation he was in charge of was located at the rear of the army, they were the farthest away from the Red Moon Fortress.
Looking around, the Red Moon Fortress is as small as a thumb.
And he didn't have a telescope, so he couldn't clearly see the current battle situation in the Red Moon Fortress.
So now he has no other way to find out the battle situation except waiting for the battle report to be sent over.
Send someone to ask your superiors how the battle is going? Don't be ridiculous, Takamaki doesn't want to displease these big guys above him.
Takamaki is in a very bad mood now.
Not only because the 7th team he was in charge of, which was located at the rear of the army, basically had no chance to play.
Especially because of this expedition, Gao Juan almost... no, it should be said that he did not get any military merit at all.
He led the Yonezawa clan's army to participate in this war in a mighty manner but failed to achieve any success.
Now that the Red Moon Fortress is about to fall, there should be no chance for him to make meritorious deeds in the future.
This unwillingness to not have the chance to make another contribution is the main reason why Takamaki is in a bad mood now.
well……
Takamaki let out a long sigh in his heart.
Can't some new enemies appear so that I can build some achievements...
Takamaki's murmur just fell in his heart.
Da da da da…
Um?
He suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind him.
Is it an illusion... No! It's getting louder and louder!
The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground became louder at an extremely fast speed.
Takamaki quickly turned his head and looked back.
When Gao Juan turned his head, the sound of horse hooves had turned into a muffled sound like thunder.
When his eyes turned behind him, Takamaki saw...perhaps the most terrifying scene he had ever seen in his life.
Nearly 70 cavalrymen formed a tight wedge formation and attacked their seventh formation from the rear with an overwhelming force.
Anyone who is not deaf can hear the huge thump of horseshoes.
Almost all the generals in the 7th formation turned around to look behind them and froze like Takamaki.
Finally Takamaki reacted!
"The whole army turns back! Form a gun formation! Get ready to meet the enemy!"
Although I shouted this sentence loudly, it was already too late.
When he shouted these words, the cavalry team Ogata and others had already hit the rear of the 7th formation.
It's like putting an egg on a stone: Ogata and the others are the stones, and the soldiers of the 7th Formation are the eggs.
Sakakihara Itto-ryu·Bird Thorn.
Ogata penetrated the chest of a soldier who happened to be standing in front of him with his sword, and then used all his strength to throw him heavily into the air. The soldier's body was also thrown out of Ogata's sword blade, and he slashed
Crossed a beautiful parabola and knocked all three soldiers to the ground.
Ogata bit the horse's rein in his mouth and pulled out the Great Freedom with his left hand.
The flow of two swords without self, flow.
The sword flashed everywhere, and every time Ogata swung the sword, one or several soldiers fell to the ground, mainly holding various parts above the chest.
The high-speed cavalry running into an unprepared infantry square is essentially like flames holding ice.
What's more, it was the Cossack cavalry who initiated the charge.
Cossack cavalry has quite a reputation in Europe.
The two most famous labels are proficiency in riding and bravery in combat.
Skuluch, who followed Ogata, brandished their Cossack saber, the Chasik.
The waving scimitars formed layers of light curtains.
This light curtain has only one function: harvesting the lives of the soldiers it covers.
Ogata and the others rushed into the 7th formation almost effortlessly.
The soldiers of the 7th formation, who were not prepared at all for Ogata's charge, were in a rout at the very beginning of the battle.
There are still some soldiers whose warrior souls still remain.
These soldiers, who still had the soul of a samurai in their hearts, gritted their teeth, tightened their guns, and took the initiative to face Ogata's charge.
But their bravery did not have the slightest effect.
Ogata, who was at the front, naturally received the most attacks.
Four spears came from Ogata's front and stabbed at him from four directions.
Ogata only took a glance and quickly judged the order in which the four spears stabbed him and the carrot.
Wield both swords to weaken the four spears in sequence.
Two of them were a little far away from Ogata, so Ogata let them go.
As for the other two people, they were not so lucky. They were hit by the sword at almost the same time and fell to the ground.
The soldiers who rushed forward and used their arms as chariots were either hacked to death with random swords or knocked away by horses that were taller than most of them.
With this attitude of galloping in an uninhabited land, Ogata and the others cut the 7th Formation in half from the middle.
Takamaki, who was located in the middle of the 7th formation, was struggling to direct the soldiers to actively resist at the beginning.
But now that Ogata and the others have broken into their military formation, no matter what they do, it is all in vain.
They were all soldiers of the First Army, and they had all fought bloody battles to capture the Red Moon Fortress.
They were exhausted physically and mentally and had not yet recovered, and their morale and fighting will were not high.
Facing Ogata's sudden charge, their already low morale and fighting will melted as quickly as ice and snow touching salt.
More and more soldiers chose to flee to the side and make way for them, not daring to stand in front of Ogata and the others.
Seeing that there was no chance of recovery, Gao Juan immediately turned his horse's head and fled with only a few guards.
In Gao Juan's mind, he no longer thinks about meritorious service or not.
He just wants to live now.
I just want to leave here quickly and rush to the 6th formation ahead. I find Gui Yizheng and others in the 6th formation. While seeking shelter, I tell them to prepare for defense.
At this time, Takamaki hated himself very much for why he was wearing such a heavy armor.
If it weren't for the difficulty of putting on and taking off the armor, Takamaki would have really wanted to take off all the armor on his body immediately so that his horse could run faster.
Takamaki hit the horse's belly desperately, raising the speed of the horse under his crotch to the limit.
However, even though the horse's speed had obviously reached its limit, he could still hear the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer behind him, and the screams and wails getting closer and closer.
Takamaki suppressed the fear in his body and turned his head to look behind at this group of cavalry of unknown origin. They were only five steps behind him.
And this already short distance is still shortening at an extremely fast speed.
They rushed straight forward, and nothing could stop them.
After getting closer to each other, Takamaki finally saw clearly the leader of this cavalry team. His appearance was very familiar...
This very familiar person had a flag tied to the back of his horse, with a very eye-catching line of large characters written on it.
Gao Juan looked at the big flag and shouted out the words written on the flag in a daze:
"The most unparalleled sword in the world...Ogata Yishou...!"
Takamaki remembered.
Thinking about why I thought this guy looked familiar...
As soon as Takamaki read out what was written on the flag, he saw Ogata rushing behind his butt, saw the light of the sword struck by Ogata, saw the light of the sword struck by Ogata,
Sweeping towards his neck...
Ogata cut off Takamaki's head with a single blow.
Then, Takamaki's headless body fell off the horse and was submerged in the hooves of Skulucci and others behind Ogata.
Some soldiers who happened to be located nearby screamed in horror after seeing their general being killed by Ogata instantly, and their morale instantly dropped to freezing point.
The 7th Formation General, Takamaki Chimori, asks for it!
The 7th formation breaks through!
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6th Formation
"Ah... it's so noisy." Gui Yi frowned and muttered, looking behind him, "What are the people in the 7th formation doing..."
Before Gui Yizheng finished speaking, the last few syllables of his sentence "What are you doing?" were stuck in his throat as his eyes turned to the 7th Formation in the rear.
"What happened..." Gui Yi was looking at the chaotic 7th Formation behind him, murmuring with a look of confusion on his face.
"Lord Gui! Lord Gui!"
At this time, a messenger from the entire army's main formation rushed to Gui Yizheng.
"Sir Inamori is giving you an order for dozens of cavalry to attack our army from the rear! First, I order you to defend your position! Block the incoming enemy!"
"Stop the incoming enemy...?" Gui Yizheng turned his head again and looked at the 7th formation in the rear, which was already in chaos.
Just when his eyes turned back, Gui Yizheng happened to see a cavalry unit penetrating from the 7th formation.
They did not stop, broke out from the 7th formation, and continued to charge forward without stopping, pointing directly at the 6th Army where Gui Yizheng was currently located.
"Stop joking..." Gui Yizheng's face turned white at a speed visible to the naked eye, "How do you want me to defend a cavalry team at such a close distance...?!"
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This chapter was originally intended to be titled "Sword Qi Rushes to the South and Fights for Peace".
But this is a bit repetitive with the title of the previous chapter, so I changed it to the current one which is more concise and concise.
There is a saying: "The sound of the class makes the north wind rise, and the sword energy rushes to the south." This sentence is really powerful. King Luo Bin is truly one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty". Even if you don't understand the meaning of this sentence, you can still understand it.