Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 219 The Impulse of Changzheng Leads to the Finale of the Defeated Xiu Family and Turns the Tide
Due to the lack of enough arrows and projectiles in the city, after the first day of the cage battle, they could not give enough counterattacks in the face of the shooting of Chang Zongga's family.

Even so, the hundreds of corpses under Zhongxi City still announced to the outside world that Zhongxi City was still in the hands of Gang Lisheng.

Although no substantial results were obtained, Yuan Qin discovered the problem of insufficient supplies in the city. He readjusted the formation that night, and launched a siege battle against Zhongxi City again the next day.

But before the start of the battle, Yuanqian keenly noticed that the situation of the battle was a little different. It was no longer like yesterday on the Beishan Mountain, and the music saw bursts of cold light.

"Could it be that Asano Nagamasa on Kitayama is going to launch a surprise attack on me when I attack the city today?" Changzong's department thought of this, and was a little afraid of the general on Kitayama. "Is it really not inferior to Bizen Hide's family?" Another famous general? Can the Hashiba family really produce many people?"

Counting the days, today is already the fourth day, and it is one of the days agreed with Gu Zhongcheng.Yesterday was the first day of the appointment, and there was no sign of Beishan being harassed, so I really don't know where Gu Zhongcheng has gone.

"Even if there is no Zhengcheng and the surprise attack is not successful, I will rely on my own strength to rush the front enemy," Changzong Gabu Yuanqin thought to himself.

Before he set off, he called the generals and changed the array again, and the important minister Kaneko Motoya led the Tosas to replace Kira Katsumi.And said to him and Yoshida Shigetoshi.

"I see that the enemy of Beishan seems to be unable to hold back, so I transferred you to the front line today. If the enemy of Beishan really makes a surprise attack, the Tosas will fight and retreat. At that time, Shigetoshi Yoshida, who is in charge of attacking the city, will transfer the target. Launch an attack on the enemy in Beishan from the flank, defeat the main force of the enemy's reinforcements and under the Zhongxi city, and the danger of Baidi city will be resolved."

Kaneko Yuanzhai said with some concerns, "If the enemy of Zhongxi City opens the city to support the enemy of Beishan, wouldn't Yoshida be in danger of being attacked by the enemy?"

"I will personally lead the formation forward. If the enemies of Zhongxi City really dare to open the city, then you will hold off the enemies of Beishan. Yoshida and I will attack the defenders of Zhongxi City from both sides and seize the city."

Nagamune's relatives seemed to have seen through Asano Nagamasa's arrangement. In fact, Asano Nagamasa was indeed making arrangements before the station as he thought.

When he planned to take advantage of Changzong's family attacking the city from the side and cooperate with the soldiers in the city to jointly strangle Changzong's relatives, Gongbu Jirun was the first to come out to oppose it.

Miyabe Jijun's extremely traditional samurai background, coupled with a period of time serving the Buddha, allowed him to receive an education far superior to that of samurai at that time.

When he heard Asano Nagamasa's plan, Miyabe Jijun was the first to come out to object, "I see that Nagamune's command is orderly, and the advance and retreat are well-founded. There is no chaos caused by the obstruction of the siege, and its army formation is not in chaos. The morale is not exhausted, how can we send troops to attack at this moment?"

"In addition, Oka Misaku led the Hashiba family's most elite defense team in Zhongxi Castle. Although Zhongxi Castle is a small city, the soldiers in the city are strong. Changzong and my family can take it for a while. I might as well continue this city. It is the best policy to waste the strength of the elders of the Changzong family and wait for the work while we are weak!"

The words of Miyabe Jijun are really old-fashioned words for the country, but it is a pity that General Asano Nagamasa and Vanguard General Tadake Hosokawa only have military exploits in their eyes.

Hosokawa Tadake even smiled at Miyabe Jijun and said, "Did the young monk forget that our military strength is about the same as that of the enemy, how can we say such words that increase the ambition of others and destroy our own prestige? His Tosa soldiers are elite, Is my Jinei soldier useless?"

"The enemy's ambition is to capture the city. How could they have thought that we would come out from Beishan? I see the guards below the city. Their clothes are ragged and their nails are broken. They may not be elite. I am confident that we can take them down with a single charge."

"Hosokawaden's words are good, it's like being a father!" Asano Nagamasa took the topic and continued, "The basin in front of Nakanishi Castle is narrow, Changzong and my family are running in front, and I will chase after, and go in and out. The flow of people in the canyon will be hindered, and the natural terrain here will be their cage, and it may not be impossible to kill the head of the rebellious sect and our tribe at that time."

"This is called catching turtles in the text."

The harmony between Tadake Hosokawa and Nagamasa Asano directly set the tone for today's battle, and the other minor daimyo naturally had no excuse to object, and they all sent "the chief's advice."

On the same day, Changzong and my family changed their formations according to Yuanqin's orders. Gongbu Jirun at the top of the mountain found that the monitoring army at the foot of the mountain had changed significantly. It was not like yesterday. Everyone was wearing armor. .

He wanted to organize Asano Nagamasa to continue the attack, but Asano Nagamasa retorted back with the sentence "the arrow is on the string and has to be fired".

When Changzong and our troops released the siege to launch the attack, after only two rounds of offensives, there was a drum on Beishan, and the conch resounded through the mountains.The Hashiba army headed by the Tanba crowd rushed down from Beishan with a loud cry.Intertwined with the Tosas at the foot of the mountain.

On the Zhongxi City, Okari Katsuki, who was commanding the defense of the city, saw the Hashiba army rushing out from the northern mountain, and the Changzongga tribe's army retreating steadily under the mountain being suppressed, and misjudged the situation. He thought it was Xiu's reinforcements who had arrived.

Gang Lisheng raised his arms and shouted, "The lord's reinforcements have arrived, and the soldiers follow me out to kill the flower thief!"

Having held his breath for a long time, he opened the city gate without hesitation, broke out from the narrow tiger's mouth, and squeezed into the formation of Abozhong.Not to mention, it looks like a tiger descending the mountain, almost killing Abozhong to retreat.

However, following He Qibei's advance, a vacant space was exposed on the south side of Zhongxi City. Changzong Gabu Yuanqin, who came from Nanshan to support Yoshida Shigetoshi, seized the opportunity and took the banner directly under him to Xiang Heqi. go.

"My sons and daughters, the Bizen barbarians are coming to rob our food, destroy our homes, and ravage our women. It's time to take up arms and resist them!"

Changzong Gabu Yuanqin's speech directly stated that he defined himself as a victim. Even the samurai from Minami Iyo were quite moved, shouting the slogan "Kill all the Bizen barbarians", thinking about killing them peacefully.

The plan of Chang Zong's Ibu Yuanqin actually transitioned directly from Plan A to Plan B. Due to the attacks from two sides, the situation on Heqi Bei's side became delicate.

Although the racecourse workers tried their best to maintain the situation, the left and right sides were the elite of Yuanqin, and the owners were not inferior to Heqibei's combat effectiveness. Coupled with the excessive iron cannons on Yoshida Shigetoshi's side, Heqibei was successfully suppressed under the city. advance.

"Okali Katsura, who left the city one step later because of the gathering of Misakus in the city, saw the peace and vigor of the hard-fought battle at the top of the city. He always believed that the Hide family's reinforcements had arrived, and the overall situation would not get worse. Sheng stayed at the top of the city to take charge of shooting with a bow, while he led the main force to join the battle group below the city."

The small Nakaishi City-Yoshinogawa Basin, with a length and width of no more than 0.5 square kilometers, was crowded with more than 2 people at once. It really squeezed the place into a can, which made Todo Takatora on the other side dumbfounded.

In such a small combat area, long spears have lost the feasibility of combat, and knives, ribs, and even human teeth have become the most advantageous combat weapons. The Battle of Zhongxi City has now become a chaotic battle.

In such an extremely harsh environment, the will to fight often becomes the key to the final outcome.On Changzong's side, due to the influence of the Yuan family's thought of defending the soil and defending the family, everyone rushed to go first and fought bravely to the death.

Yuxi's family is also okay here, with a lot of education from the usual cadres, and they can fight [-]-[-] with the Tosas, but the veteran soldiers who came down from Beishan have never seen this kind of battle.

Wouldn't it be nice to spread it out and play with guns?Isn't it good to line up fencing and rowing water?What is the worry and grievance, even the teeth are used up?

The 800 people of Yoshiji Tanaka in Asano's second team experienced high-intensity combat and began to appear unstable after reducing staff by 50 people.

After nearly a hundred people in the first two rows were almost all thrown down, the soldiers in the third row were terrified by the Tosa soldiers who looked like zombies, shouted "Evil ghost~" and turned to push the descendants to leave. Seeing the soldiers of our own side who fell on the ground and were bitten by the neck, thinking about the days when they were still singing folk songs together yesterday, they immediately decided to leave their fellow villagers and run first to pay respect.

The defeat of the Yoshida Fang created a loophole in the left wing of the Tamba crowd. "Evil ghosts" thought of the Tamba crowd attacking.

Brothers Hamada Zenzaemon and Hamada Zenemon, the two warriors who took the lead in biting the Inaba people with their teeth and ribs before, held the flag of Nagamune's clan behind their backs and charged towards the Tamba people.

The blood at the corners of their mouths hadn't been wiped off, and the Tanba crowd, who were already highly nervous, were defeated in just one meeting. It was a waste of Hosokawa Fujitaka's painstaking efforts.

The previous Tanaka Yoshiji team still retreated to Kitayama. The back road was full of friendly troops, and the Tanba people who were blocked in the back road began to attack the Tanba people on the left, including Onogi Shigeji and others.

Hosokawa Tadake still wanted to save one or two, but he was dragged off his horse by his retainer Kuga Masaobu, and ran back among the crowd, "The battle has been lost, Your Highness should still save your life!"

Unexpectedly, this sentence was heard by the surroundings, and it was infinitely magnified. People in Yu Shiba's army kept shouting "defeated, defeated, our army is defeated." or "Hosokawa Koshichu was beheaded." wait for news.

The crowd crowded each other, thinking of rushing towards the trumpet mouth on the north side of the basin. This place became the only hope for everyone to save their lives. In the entire 5000 army, no one dared to turn around and fight the chasing soldiers of Changzong's family.

Such a situation really stupefied Fujido Takahu on Ruoshan, and Changzong's relatives under the city. At this moment, the two of them had a common thought, "Is this really the mighty Yuchai Army?"

At this moment, Asano Nagamasa, Miyabe Tsutsuru and others who were still on Kitayama, with more than 3000 people who did not participate in the war, did not have the slightest idea of ​​going down the mountain to serve as the army. Asano Nagamasa's horse seal and formation flag disappeared directly from Kitayama , Presumably, he went directly down from Beishan to escape for his life.

The sudden change of the situation made Gang Lisheng, who came out of Zhongxi City, a little at a loss.Isn't Xiujia here?How did you lose?
Fortunately, the attention of the large troops of Changzong's family was all attracted by the chaotic army crowded in the canyon, and most of the army joined the battle of chasing and crushing the defeated soldiers. After all, there is soft food to eat, who would want to To chew hard bones.

Seeing that the frontal battlefield was defeated first, Yuan Changzong sent someone to Jin Zi Yuanzhai to say, "Don't kill more, try to capture strangers."

The purpose of Yuanqin's actions is very clear. He wants to use these captives as bargaining chips to start negotiations with the Xiu family or Hideyoshi, and try his best to retain a certain amount of power for himself.

Even though he mobilized fiercely before the battle, he seemed to have the potential to fight Hideyoshi forever, but he could see clearly in his heart, knowing that it was impossible to fight against the overlord Hashiba Hideyoshi in the country with the land of the Three Kingdoms.

His purpose for fighting this battle is also very clear, that is, to tell Hideyoshi with practical actions that I am not easy to mess with, and I am willing to give you face to surrender to you, but you also have to give me face, don't force I am too much.

Commonly speaking, there is no problem with this idea, but don't forget who Hideyoshi is, he is a man who can beat North Korea twice.

Doesn't he know that Daming is hard to win?All he cares about is his own face.First of all, the Xiu family would not agree to the peace negotiation, even if the Xiu family agreed to the peace negotiation, Hideyoshi behind him immediately jumped up, and the next day he commanded an army of [-] to the front line, and personally directed the offensive against Changzong's family.

From this point of view, Yuan Qin's fantasy will eventually come to naught.

Let’s talk about the Nakanishi City side, Okari Katsuki saw that he was invincible, and began to command the troops to retreat to the city one by one, but the core of the Tosas and Shigetoshi Yoshida under the command of Nagamunegabu Yuanqin bit them hard, and He Qibei could only be forced Stay and serve as the first runner-up.

Qin Yuan’s mentality at this moment is not quite the same as before. Before he returned to attack the city, he needed to spend a lot of money to monitor the enemy army in Beishan. Now that the enemy in Beishan has been defeated, it is only time for him to fall to the west. That's all.What he has to do now is to kill the defenders in the city as much as possible to prepare for the subsequent siege.

However, just as Yuan Qin was looking forward to the good old days, the situation in the battle in the north changed suddenly.

Just over half an hour later, the peaceful atmosphere under the Zhongxi city retreated back into the city, and the iron cannons in the direction of Beishan suddenly rumbled, mixed with the sound of shouting and killing.

"Don't panic, it must be Gu Meizuo who led the Rangers to launch a pincer attack on Yuchai's army!" Yuan Qin quickly comforted everyone.

However, Beishan's iron cannons did not stop. With the sound of the first iron cannon, the second and third rounds of firing quickly followed. Such a high-density iron cannon shooting would kill even the entire Changzong family. Not enough!
But at this time, on the opposite side of the Beishan Gorge, there is a plain extending from Baidi City, which is just across the Yoshino River from Ruoshan.At this moment, this side has been occupied by Erziwen flags all over the mountains and plains.

On this side of the Yoshino River, Asano Nagamasa, who had just disappeared on Kitayama, reappeared and commanded 3000 people from his own side to kill from Kitayama, toward the waist of Nagamune's family.

The army, which was still retreating just now, turned around like a wave of dominoes, and came back to fight back against the chasing Changzong Ibu.

The situation of the battle became so fast that the ordinary ashigaru, who was still rejoicing in reaping his head and getting the loot just now, was a little confused. What happened on the other side?Why do you suddenly have the courage to come to yourself?

Brother Hamada Zenemon took a closer look. Behind the retreating army, he could vaguely see a variant of the "Gosan Tongmon" flag being raised high. Anyone with this flag, regardless of their status or official position, will be executed."

On both sides of this flag is the head that was inserted high with a long spear, and the blood flowed down the long spear. On the head, all the facial features looked at him with ferocious faces.

"Boom, boom, boom~" "Woo~~~~~"

Following the sound, Hashiba's family actually set up an formation on the plain across the Yoshino River. Among them was a young samurai, wearing gorgeous armor, sitting on the side of the Yoshino River. On both sides of him were more than a hundred golden armored warriors, and after that there were powerful warriors. Hundreds of people surrounded him.

On both sides of the surrounded young warriors, there were special flag-bearers who held up the "Wu San Tong Wen" flag, and then someone held up an upside-down thousand-layer gourd horse seal, and on both sides were written " The two flags fluttering in the wind are the emperor's imperial bestowal to the fifth and third hall show family" and "from the four Xiazuo guards to supervise the hall show family".

It turned out to be Hashiba Zuowei Gate Supervisor Xiujiadian who came in person!

(End of this chapter)