Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 113
The two armies fought until 10:2000 in the morning, and the 300 people who were in charge of coercing Ukita's right-wing forces, Kira and Satake, were defeated after paying the price of more than [-] people.

The entire formation turned around and retreated from the front line. At this time, the supporters of Changzong's Ministry were only less than 500 meters away from them.Kira and Satake tried desperately to restrain the formation, but the entire army lost its courage.

Finally, under the persuasion of Xinqin, he took the remnant army and withdrew to Mount Iino to regroup.

However, Suzaku Bei, who was in charge of defending the right wing, actively pursued the remnants of the enemy under the leadership of the captain Takayama Shimune, and pushed the front line 300 meters to fight with Changzong's followers.

Hidean Togawa led Okube to appear from behind Suzakube, and turned to surround from the left wing of the believers. Behind the 1500 people were 500 horsemen, dressed in standard uniforms, and blue goose feathers on their heads, galloping past the bannermen. .

When they rode past the faithful Nagaoka congregation, they bent their bows and set up arrows, and shot towards their left hands. The unique sound of "swish" made by the arrows received great psychological pressure.

"Be careful, it's the Yabusame team!" Xinqin tried to remind the soldiers in the team to be careful, but he just fired a round of arrows when the team raised up and passed by, and did not continue to exert pressure on the periphery.

Hideka's banner team advanced from the far right of the battlefield, and the pursuit had just broken up, and Kira and Satake, who were trying to regroup, went straight away.

Naturally, the two of them did not dare to go back to Iino Mountain directly, and pulled the team down to the plain 1km away from the battlefield in an attempt to regroup. The peasants in the team scattered under the scolding of the warriors. soldier.

Finally, after more than ten minutes of forming the team, the formation was acceptable. Zhuanglin Yixin and Yoshioka Jokichi divided the Banner team into two, and shot at the Kira's close troops from both sides.

At this time, the disadvantages of the Japanese heavy rattan bow were undoubtedly revealed. A heavy rattan bow with a bow length of 1.8 meters, matched with a 1.6-meter horse and a person about 1.6 meters tall, would extend to the ground like a long stick even when riding on a horse.

Knight archery can only draw the bow obliquely. The accuracy and flexibility are completely inferior to the short bows and horn bows of the Mongols in East Asia. It is impossible to switch from left to right while riding a horse.

The Xiu family has no good solution at the moment, maybe it can only be solved after they do business with Dameng in the future.

At this time, the Guan Ning Army is the biggest traitor in East Asia. Materials from Mongolia, Daming, North Korea, Jurchen, and Japan can all be obtained from them. As long as the money is enough, Li Chengliang will sell you the goods himself.

Let's go back to Sanuki first.

Although the flexibility of Japanese riding and archery is not as good as that of Mongolian knights, the sense of oppression on the battlefield is not inferior at all. There are only 500 bannermen shooting arrows at Kira from the left and right wings. The army is surrounded by tens of thousands of horses.

The arrow pierced the air and made a unique whistle, taking away the lives of soldiers like a life-seeking talisman.

In addition to being full of fear of the unknown, human beings are also full of awe for a certain thing that will take your life away. At this moment, the sound of the Yaspro arrow seems to be the announcement of death, which puts great psychological pressure on these low-level soldiers.

The Nishitosa Army, whose morale had just improved, couldn't bear the pressure again, and retreated. This retreat was really a retreat. Weapons, equipment, flags, and everything that prevented him from escaping were all thrown on the ground, fearing that he would He ran at the end and was hit by a Yasupro arrow.

How can a two-legged man outrun a four-legged knight? In the end, he was chased by the banner team and shot and killed many people.

The Yuanqin of the Changzong Ibu who was condescending, naturally found that his left wing had undergone a sudden change, and he also saw clearly the retreat of Kiraqin.
As soon as Kira's relatives retreated, the support troops of his eldest son Xinqin became the turtle in the urn, and the Ukita army would surround them from three sides.

But at this moment of the war, he has invested 13000 people on the front line. In addition to his own team of 2000 people, there are only 2700 people from East Iyo, 2500 from Sanuki, and 2000 from Nishi-Awa.

Despite the large numbers of these two teams, their fighting power is really not to be admired. Qin Yuan brought them here to strengthen their momentum. If they expect them to attack the stronghold, I am afraid that not only will they not be able to establish meritorious deeds, but they will also disrupt their own formation.

But in order to save his son, he had no choice but to order Banner Ma Kai to pass on the order to Kira, try his best to reorganize the formation and report to him, and at the same time, he dispatched Iyo, who were more determined to go home, to support Xinqin .

On the frontal battlefield, under the attack of cannons, the 3500 Awa people led by Xiangzong's Ministry of Qintai were completely separated from Changzong's Ministry of Qinji's vanguard army. Half of the 1200 people in the team were locked up together with Xiangzong's Ministry of Qintai In the cage.

However, the 1800 people outside became chaotic under the attack of cannons due to lack of command. Seeing that Ikechi Makoto could not break into the encirclement net to join the lord, he could only fight and retreat, and made peace with Kagawa who was close to the side.

At this point in the battle, the offense and defense have changed!The advantage lies in my Yuxi family.

However, the confrontation between the two sides began at 6:11 a.m., and by [-]:[-] p.m., the frontline soldiers were exhausted and were waiting for the order to retreat from the lord.

At this moment, whoever has a new force in his hands will be able to secure the victory of the battle.

Hideka was not planning to retreat, so he hurriedly sent an envoy to inform the generals of Tsuyama's left and right reserve teams in Marugame Castle, Yoshioka Takakatsu, Kamei Fusaki, and Mino's reserve captain Zhongshan Koneng, and asked them to lead the reserve team to come to support .

It was the same with Yuanqin, he asked the reserve team who was still in Iino Mountain to quickly cook a fire, obviously planning to put all their eggs in one basket in the afternoon and pay off their efforts.

Yuanqin wants to seal the victory in the first battle in the afternoon, but the Tosas who are surrounded by the front line and have been fighting for a long time don't think so.

At this moment, as the vanguard, the number of Tosas has reached 1500, and the generals Fukuliu Yishige and Tohami Takeshi died in battle one after another.

If it weren't for the prestige of the boss Nagamunebu Kichijo in the territory, this reserve team would have been defeated long ago. Even if the remaining people wanted to kill the enemy, the Tosas who had been fighting for half a day would no longer have the ability to continue fighting .

As the second team, Xiangzong Ibu Qintai was also uncomfortable. I only had more than 1200 people followed Changzong Ibu Qinji into the encirclement, but I had to share the pressure on the back and left for him at the same time. At this moment, there are less than 800 people around.

The encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and the follow-up reinforcements have not been seen for a long time. Qinji's retainer Dahei Qinqing came to ask the lord to retreat.

How could Changzong's relatives not know the difficulties of the troops, but the troops are too deep at the moment, and it is impossible to turn around and retreat. The soldiers have fought for 5 hours, and their physical strength has long been unable to keep up. The whole army broke out from the front.

At this point in the battle, the Tosas were completely unable to rely on their own strength to break out, and the entire army had fallen into a deadlock.

Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, Chang Zong's relatives felt very regretful, "These are all good sons of Tosa. I brought them to this place where they must die. I am responsible for the crime of defeat!" He was ready to perform seppuku in the battle and apologize with death.

Fortunately, he was dissuaded by his own nephew Xiang Zonggabu Qintai, "Uncle, don't criticize, the Ukita Hide family is resourceful and resourceful. We just fell into their trap. The encirclement of the enemy is still very weak. Why don't you break out with me!"

Of course, Xiangzong's family knew the consequences of doing so. Once the two vanguards retreated, it meant that the entire strategy had completely failed, and the martial arts of Changzong's family might also come to an end.

They didn't want to retreat, but they had to retreat. The soldiers had become so weak that they didn't even have much strength to deflect the spears stabbing from the opposite side.

Even if they forcibly hold on, it's just fish on the cutting board. If you still have the strength to break through the encirclement from the rear, you can escape as much as you can.

Looking at the firm eyes of this nephew, Qinji also understood the consequences of doing so. Although it was very painful, it was a decision that had to be made.

Finally, Qinji of Changzong's Ministry said to his retainer Dahei Qinqing, "The 200 people in my team didn't participate in many battles. You take them to open the way for the whole army, break down this iron gate, and take us to find Yuanqin." .”

"Yes, as ordered." Dahei Qinqing received the order, and immediately led Changzong's army, Qinji's team, turned back, and prepared to attack upwards as the new banner head.

In just a moment, a small gap was made in the weak encirclement, and Abozhong, who was in Xiangzong's department, immediately withdrew from the gap and escaped.

"Uncle, the gap is open, let's go" Xiangzong's relative Qin Tai persuaded Changzong's relative's relative Ji, for fear of being stuck here again when it was too late.

Unexpectedly, Changzong's Ibu Qinji rejected his suggestion and prepared to lead the palace army to retreat for the last time. "You take the sons and daughters to go first, and I will take care of the rear"

Xiangzong's relatives wanted to persuade him again, but his uncle scolded him, "Soldiers use their lives to open the passage, how can you allow you to waste time here. I have already said that the crime of defeat comes from responsibility." In me. I brought them here, how can I abandon them at this moment, you take the troops and go quickly, keep the passage for me, I will come later."

Seeing that the boss was so stubborn, the relatives of Xiangzong and Tai couldn't persuade them, so they had to take the Awazhong to go first, and at the same time maintain a gap for the Tosas.

(End of this chapter)