"Ittosai..." Inamori murmured, while subconsciously glancing sideways at Matsudaira Sadanobu beside him, who was also in a state of shock.
Before, he had always turned a deaf ear to Matsudaira Sadanobu's idea that "Ogata Ittosai might ask for reinforcements" - but he never thought that Matsudaira Sadanobu's long-standing worries would come true.
At this time, the messenger sent by Katsura Yoshimasa also reported another important piece of information: the cavalry brought by Ogata Ittosai was the Lucian cavalry.
Although the question of "who brought this cavalry team here" was solved, more questions emerged.
Why did Ogata Ittosai bring people to attack them?
Is Ogata Ittousai still connected with the Lucians? How could he invite Ogata Ittousai?
What does Ogata Ittosai want to do? Does he want to take our army's main line directly, or does he just want to harass us?
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Although all kinds of questions were squeezed together, making Daomori feel that his head was a little painful, but at this moment, he instinctively and quickly displayed the qualities that he should have as the commander-in-chief of the entire army.
He quickly regained his composure and then looked around.
The generals in this formation are now in a state similar to "petrified" because they have learned the name of the intruder.
Daomori, who knew he had to find a way to revive everyone's morale, thought for a few moments and said loudly:
"I was still thinking about which idiot dared to attack our army formation! It turned out to be Ogata Ittosai, a lunatic who keeps changing his ways to oppose our shogunate!"
"Hmph! Since he personally led this cavalry team, it comes at the right time!"
"The number of cavalry under his command is less than a hundred."
"And the army we are waiting for is tens of thousands of people!"
"With less than a hundred people versus ten thousand people, I have the advantage!"
"No matter how sharp Ogata Ittousai's sword is, can he still defeat our 10,000-strong army?"
"No matter how powerful his skills are, there is only one person after all! He will eventually run out of energy!"
"When his physical strength is exhausted, it will be us who can eliminate this scourge and leave his name in the history books!"
Inamori's impassioned speech succeeded in boosting the morale of many generals in the camp just as Inamori had hoped.
Some generals, probably to further embolden themselves, said loudly:
"That's right! Lord Inamori is right! No matter what we say, there is no way that we can't even deal with a mere cavalry of less than a hundred men!"
"Is there something wrong with Ogata Ittosai somewhere? Why does it come to trouble our army so often? This is the third time he has attacked our army, right?"
"Kill the executioner!"
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Looking at the changes in the generals around him, Daomori secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Inamori turned his head and redirected his gaze to the direction of the 6th formation, which was currently being ravaged by Ogata and others.
He has now conveyed the order to defend against the enemy to all the generals in the army, and has done everything he can.
All he can do now is to pray to the generals and troops to intercept and defeat Ogata Ittosai as soon as possible...
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Formation 6——
After charging all the way to this point, Ogata's human has turned into a blood man, and his horse has turned into a blood horse, like Shura who came from hell.
And behind him, Skulucci and the others now looked extremely horrifying because their bodies were splattered with blood.
Originally, the Don hippo used by Ogata and the others was extremely large, taller than many samurai.
Ogata and the others were already feeling extremely oppressive as they rode horses that were exceptionally tall in the eyes of the generally short generals.
And the way Ogata and the others were covered in blood now made the sense of oppression even stronger, making the generals of the shogunate feel suffocated even more.
Many soldiers were so frightened by the appearance of Ogata and the others that they were stunned on the spot.
Of course - these generals who were frightened by the bloody appearance of Ogata and others were only a few.
Most of the soldiers were frightened by the flag behind Ogata... to be precise, by the name "Ogata Ittosai".
This is the purpose of Ogata revealing his true face, the purpose of tying this flag to the saddle.
The reason why this large flag with "The Unparalleled Sword Ogata Issei" painted on it was tied to the horse was not only to prevent Skulucci and others from losing sight of their purpose - but also to prevent the Shogunate generals from losing sight of their purpose.
Everyone knows: Ogata Yoshi is coming!
What Ogata wanted was to use "psychological warfare" to destroy the fighting spirit of the shogunate generals.
Judging from the current results - Ogata's "psychological warfare" is quite successful.
Ogata had already heard many soldiers wailing something like "It's Ogata Ittosai" and running away in a hurry.
In order to further intensify the fear of the generals and destroy their fighting spirit and morale, Ogata never showed mercy to all the generals who blocked his way.
Like now - there is a soldier dressed as an ashigaru in front of him, roaring and rushing towards Ogata.
Ogata's whole body and mind is currently immersed in the word "breakthrough", so facing the three ashigaru rushing toward him, Ogata immediately calculated the distance between the two sides like a conditioned reflex, and swung his sword to kill this person.
The soldiers cut him down.
Da da da……
The sound of horse hooves came from ahead.
Following the sound, there was a general wearing mighty armor, riding a horse and carrying a sword towards Ogata.
Behind this general, there were only about twenty infantrymen following.
To be able to wear such luxurious battle armor, his rank must be that of a general in the army or above.
He led such a small force to meet them, probably because time was too urgent and he could not mobilize too many people.
"I am the general of Morioka Domain - Takeshi Yoshimura!"
The general announced his home loudly.
However, Ogata didn't pay attention at all to hear this guy's name.
Ogata, who was in a hurry now, was already reluctant to introduce himself to his family - and he was not interested in hearing a dying man's self-introduction.
The two rushed straight towards each other.
The weapons used by Ogata and Takeshi Yoshimura are both swords. Although Ogata's length is longer and Ogata's wingspan is larger, the attack distance between the two is actually not much different.
Just as the two horses were about to miss each other, Yoshimura clenched the sword in his palm tightly, intending to swing it at Ogata's horse.
Ogata also clenched his sword at the same moment.
The timing of the two men's sword strikes was the same - but their speed and strength were too different.
Yoshimura was about to swing his sword, but Ogata's slash had already been made.
Sakakihara Itto-ryu·Ryuubi.
The horizontal sword light swept across the head of Yoshimura Meng's war horse. After cutting off the horse's head in one go, the remaining momentum was not reduced and it swept towards Yoshimura Meng's neck.
Yoshimura Meng's head and his horse's head were chopped off at almost the same time. The headless body and horse fell to the ground weakly.
General: Takeo Yoshimura - died in battle!
Yoshimura was instantly killed by Ogata, and the more than twenty infantrymen he brought with him were all scattered by Ogata and others.
Ogata guessed: The general he killed just now was probably not an unknown general. Because after defeating the general, Ogata clearly heard the intensive screams and wails ringing around him, and the generals in front of him
The rate of defeat also accelerated further.
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The 6th formation, this formation——
"Damn it! What the hell is Kuroda doing! Why haven't you led someone over to intercept Ogata Ittosai!"
Guiyi was looking at Ogata and others who were getting closer and closer to him with panic eyes, and then looked anxiously at the direction of Kuroda from time to time.
He had just sent an order to Kuroda, asking him to lead his troops over as soon as possible to hold off Ogata and buy time for his side to set up the formation.
However - until now, he has not seen Kuroda.
Little did Katsura Yoshimasa know: while he was waiting for Kuroda's help, Kuroda was now very "relaxed".
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6th formation, flank——
"Move quickly!" Kuroda shouted loudly to a general beside him, "Hurry up and gather more people! With this little force now, we can't stop that bandit army!"
The general did not dare to resist Kuroda. After a loud response, he turned around and left to carry out Kuroda's mission of "gathering more people."
After the general left, Kuroda turned his attention back to the direction of the 6th formation's main formation, which was about to be attacked.
——Lord Gui, please wish yourself well.
Kuroda said silently in his heart.
——I can't help you...I don't want to die.
Kuroda's state of mind had undergone earth-shaking changes in just a short period of time.
When he first learned that there was an incoming bandit army and received the order to "intercept the bandit army" from Katsura Yoshimasa, Kuroda was eager to fight.
But when he used the telescope to check the enemy's situation, Kuroda's blood immediately cooled down after seeing Ogata's familiar face.
The scene in which Ogata killed three of their "Senju Seven Guns" in one breath is still deeply engraved in Kuroda's mind and left a deep psychological impact on Kuroda.
shadow.
So after seeing Ogata's face, Kuroda quickly changed his mind: What kind of thief army? I don't know~~
But Kuroda couldn't openly show that he was afraid of the enemy and would do nothing. So Kuroda chose to use "dilly-dallying" as a disguise.
Kuroda deliberately kept using the excuse that "this number is not enough" to ask his subordinates to gather more troops, in order to delay time, intending to delay until Ogata left the 6th formation.
After Ogata went far away, he led his men to pursue him in a pretense manner.
Kuroda secretly rejoiced - Qiuyue is not here now.
Qiuyue is currently recuperating in the camp behind them because her injuries are far from healed.
If Qiuyue were present, Kuroda dared to conclude that Qiuyue, whose brain was far less flexible than Kuroda's, would definitely stop Ogata at all costs.
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The 6th formation, this formation——
"Lord Gui! Let's go quickly! If we delay any longer, the bandit army is about to kill us!"
A military general standing next to Gui Yizheng, looking like he was about to cry, advised Gui Yizheng to escape quickly.
Gui Yizheng's facial features are now twisted together due to his tangled emotions.
The warrior education he received since childhood told him that running away is shameful.
But his desire to survive told him: Although it is shameful to escape, saving one's life is more important...
Ogata was now only about 20 steps away from him, and the distance was so close that Katsura Yoshimasa could see clearly that half of Ogata's face was spattered with blood.
And his spear array - it's still not even a prototype yet.
Gui Yi was struggling, and finally - the desire to survive defeated the honor of the samurai.
He hurriedly rode his war horse and dodged away from Ogata.
Katsura Yoshinori dodged very well in time and avoided Ogata's butcher's knife.
After Gui Yizheng fled the position, the defense of the 6th Formation completely collapsed.
Just like chasing a fleeing lamb, Ogata pursued and beat the fleeing generals in front.
Formation 6 - Breakthrough!
Although the generals of the 6th and 7th formations did not stop Ogata at all, they also bought time for the defense deployment of the rear troops.
When Ogata and the others broke through the 6th formation and prepared to launch an assault on the 5th formation, they suddenly discovered that the soldiers of the 5th formation had already set up a gun formation, waiting for them.
However, due to lack of time, the gun formations listed by the generals of the 5th formation...to put it harshly, were in tatters, with gaps everywhere.
The dense spear formation is the natural enemy of the cavalry. No cavalry team has ever been able to break through the dense spear formation.
But on the other hand - a sparse spear formation that is not dense is just a slightly harder piece of paper for the cavalry.
Ogata randomly found an opening closest to him and launched an attack.
His sword was swung in large circles one after another. Ogata was now becoming more and more familiar with swinging the sword on horseback. Wherever the blade passed, the generals of the shogunate army were either killed or injured.
Ogata single-handedly expanded the small gap in the spear formation, and the following Cossack cavalry followed the gap like a long dragon into the fifth formation.
Unlike the 6th and 7th formations, the soldiers in the 4th and 5th formations are all soldiers of the Third Army (Aizu Army).
Although the generals of the Aizu Army are far more elite than the generals of other armies, no matter how elite they are, the generals of the Aizu Army are still human beings.
Facing the enemy cavalry suddenly attacking from behind, it is impossible to complete the defensive deployment quickly. You will also feel tired and panic.
The news of "attack on the rear" and "attacker: Ogata Yoshi" has already reached the positions of the 4th and 5th formations.
Faced with this series of bad news, the generals were already in a state of panic, and after seeing Ogata break through two formations and reach their fifth formation, the panic could not stop growing.
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Wherever the sword passed by, there would be a flash of blood. The soldiers of the 5th formation faced Ogata's fierce attack, like rice cut by a sickle.
Wherever the "scythe" of Ogata and others harvested, the corpses were discharged.
Compared with the generals whose morale and fighting spirit were in a state of avalanche, the fighting will of Skulucci and others led by Ogata was like a flame that kept pouring thick oil, rising continuously.
If a general is brave, his army will be brave; if a general is a bear, his army will be a bear - this is an eternal truth.
Ogata led them and destroyed two shogunate army formations of 1,000 men like an overwhelming force - Ogata's bravery far exceeded the imagination of Scrooge, who was more familiar with Ogata.
Skulucci asked himself: If he were to play forward, he would never be able to achieve this effect.
Even Scrooge, who was familiar with Ogata, was frightened by Ogata's current bravery, let alone others.
In the eyes of others, Ogata is now as if he is possessed by the archangel Michael.
Ogata's bravery made the Cossacks' blood boil with excitement. Because of their high spirits, they forgot about physical fatigue and became more and more courageous as they fought.
Some of the generals who blocked them were killed by their swords.
Some were hit head-on by war horses and fell to the ground with only one breath left, even if they were not dead.
Some were very unfortunate - after being knocked away by war horses, they were trampled to pieces by the hooves of horses that followed, or they were trampled to death by the panicked feet of their own people.
The shogunate generals who had always used ponies produced in Japan did not expect that the combination of humans and horses could form such a killing machine, causing bloodshed wherever it passed.
Under the beam of light after the dark clouds dispersed, the Cossack cavalry led by Kazuto kept waving their swords. Wave after wave of generals trying to intercept the cavalry rushed up. They charged, attacked, and intercepted.
, and then——death, leaving only corpses on the ground.
Some of the soldiers who couldn't stand the terror brought by Ogata screamed in terror and pushed and squeezed, making the already chaotic military formation even more chaotic.
After leaving another corpse on the ground, Ogata's sickle successfully penetrated the entire fifth formation from south to north.
Formation 5 - Breakthrough!
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When Ogata first started to attack the 6th formation, someone on the wall of Red Moon Fortress noticed something strange about the Japanese formation outside the city.
It wasn't until the 6th formation was broken through and the 5th formation was defeated that the Ainu people on the wall were finally convinced that reinforcements were coming!
"Everyone, look!"
A certain Ainu shouted.
"It's reinforcements! There are reinforcements attacking Kazuto's military formation!"
This Ainu man's voice was so loud that most of the people on the city wall - including Chanupu, Shendu and others heard his shout.
"Reinforcements..." Holding the Japanese sword, Shendu, still maintaining the sword-drawing stance, looked out of the city blankly, "Why are there reinforcements coming... Where are the reinforcements coming from?"
Compared to Shendu, whose face was only filled with "doubt", the expression on Chanup's face was much more complicated.
He stared blankly at the cavalry team fighting outside the city.
Although the distance was too far to see the whole cavalry team clearly, Chanup knew who brought this cavalry team here.
"I'm so grateful..." Chanup, with red eyes, murmured in a low voice with a slightly trembling voice, "It took only 13 days to come back..."
More and more people discovered the cavalry team that suddenly appeared outside the city, and discovered the bloody battle outside the city.
A strange "truce state" appeared on the inner city wall of Red Moon Fortress.
Both Kazuto and the Ainu were all attracted by the battle outside the city, with various expressions on their faces.
The Ainu people looked hopeful.
And people, on the other hand, looked panicked.
"Where did these reinforcements come from? Why did they attack Kazuto?"
"It doesn't matter where they come from! As long as they help us deal with Kazuto!"
"The number of these reinforcements is so small!"
"It may be a small number, but look! Kazuto is completely defeated! Maybe we can really defeat Kazuto in one go!"
"Quick! Defeat these Kazuto!"
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On the city wall, the Ainu people who had become disheartened because they felt that there was no hope of defending the city, the fire in their chests was rekindled with the flame of hope due to Ogata's arrival.
Many people spontaneously supported Ogata and others who were fighting hard, even though they knew that their voices could not be heard at all.
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The shogunate army, the entire army's main formation——
The generals in this formation have been stretching their necks, trying to observe the battle situation.
After seeing Ogata break through their 7th, 6th, and 5th formations in a row, and then launch an assault on the 4th formation, their expressions at this moment were quite wonderful.
They looked at each other, and what they wanted to say was engraved on their slightly frightened expressions.
"They are still charging straight in... without any intention of leaving or changing direction... Their target... could not be... our army's main formation...?"
I don't know who it was, but said this in a slightly trembling voice.
Although the sound of this voice was not loud, it was just enough for everyone in the formation to hear clearly.
This general's words expressed the anxious questions that everyone had been swirling in their minds since just now.
"Damn Ittosai..." Inamori gritted his teeth, "Do you want to imitate Sanada Yukimura's final blow in the Osaka Summer Formation..."
In the final battle two hundred years ago that decided whether the world would be surnamed Tokugawa or Toyotomi: During the Summer Battle of Osaka, seeing that the chance of victory was slim, Sanada Yukimura pretended to make a last-ditch effort - leading the cavalry to attack the Tokugawa army's main formation.
, intending to directly take the head of the commander-in-chief of the Tokugawa Army: Tokugawa Ieyasu's deeds are naturally not unfamiliar to Inamori and other generals.
"Sir!" A certain general shouted to Inamori, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, "The bandit army is almost here! Let's retreat quickly!"
Inamori's main formation is located between the 3rd and 4th formations. And Ogata has already begun to attack the 4th formation, which means - if Inamori and the others don't evacuate quickly, their main formation will be completely exposed.
Ogata and the others were defeated.
Daomori is in a very bad mood right now.
After hearing the general's suggestion to retreat, Inamori seemed to finally be unable to bear it anymore. He threw the military equipment in his palm to the ground and roared:
"The 7th formation, the 6th formation, the 5th formation - there are 3,000 troops in the three formations, but no one can stop this executioner?!"
Under Daomori's roar, all the generals in the formation lowered their heads one after another, not daring to say even half a sentence for fear of offending Daomori's current bad luck.
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The author has fulfilled his promise today and published a 6,000-word chapter. This kind of action scenes are always difficult to write, so it has been difficult to increase the output...
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