Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 62 Yuxi and more arrows retreated to Jichuan, Yuanchun wanted to defend Miziguan
On March 18th, the two armies set up formations in the west of Yatsuhashi early in the morning. After the morale of the Iijingomiya Shomoto's family was boosted, under the leadership of the old man Ogawa Shigeyuki, the Miyazhuang Yuanjia sent 600 troops to the Ukita Army. .

On the side of Ukita Army, Osafune Sadaon, who was the general in front of the battle, said to the left and right, "Pass down, don't shoot arrows. This is just the forerunner of the Yoshikawa family."

The envoys who received the order rode horses through the Ukita formation, and conveyed Osafune Sadain's order to each team.The captains of the upper road equipment who received the order also talked about it with their subordinates.

Until these 600 people got close to Ukita's army, jumped off Dobori, climbed up to Ukita's side, and were stabbed down by Ashgaru at the forefront.

Although Ukita's army resisted weakly, Gong Zhuang Yuan's family would not despise Xiu's family.After confirming with his father Yuanchun, the 3200 Hoki people were divided into two teams and headed for Yaqiao City.

The infantry marched to about 100 steps, and Yoshikawa's archers began to shoot arrows sporadically, most of which were blocked by Ukita's wooden poles and bamboo bundles.After walking about 50 steps, more than 80 iron gunners in the front row fired a salvo in the direction of Ukita.

The projectiles of the iron cannon sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun, crackling and hitting the wood and bamboo bundles, and some stray bullets passed through the gap and shot into the body of Ashigaru behind him, spattering a spray of blood.

"Steady the formation, wait for the enemy to charge and fight back!" The captain of the reserve team standing at the front ordered his subordinates. At this time, the front line of Ukita's army was already under tremendous pressure, and there must be relief from the superiors to stabilize.

In fact, at about 100 steps, Yuxitabei's arrow rain can be shot out to teach Boqibei to be a man. It's just that Xiujia's longbow production is not so fast, so far only more than 2000 pieces have been produced.

Excluding the loss of training and early battles, this battle brought 1600 cards to Hoki.There are 400 for Toyama, 800 for Michijo, 400 for Mino, and 200 for Tsuyama.The remaining ashigaru can only be filled with old and weak Maruki bows.

For Maruki bow, not only the range is short, but also the power is weak. Hideka knows that the Maori army does not know the power of "Ukita Gatling", so it must be used as the trump card when it is most needed, and it will defeat the Yoshikawa army in one go.

Whether it was the 600 people just now or the current first wave of 1600 people, it was just a tentative attack by the Yoshikawa army, and Hideka must not use his trump card at this time.

Seeing Ogawa Shigeyuki approaching within 1600 steps with another 50 people, following the iron cannons of the Yoshikawa family's ashigaru fire, at the order of the samurai, he charged towards the Ukita army's line.

It wasn't until this time that more than 100 iron cannons on the front line of Yuxi's family began to explode.Yuxi's iron cannon bullets flew unscrupulously among the unobstructed crowd, and dozens of people fell down at once.

However, the Hoki troops of Gongzhuang Yuanqin still rushed down the Tubori by virtue of the superiority in numbers, and began to climb to the other side, and the Iron Cannons who had just fired the first shot 50 steps away also came to the edge of the Tubori to load ammunition, ready to attack Ukita The army opened fire.

Seeing the dense crowd piled up on the opposite side of Dobori.The five captains stationed on the front line gave the order to fire.In an instant, 5 iron cannons were fired in three bursts.

Facing the dense crowd, the iron cannonballs hit the hoki people on the opposite side of Dobori without fail. Some samurai who were just showing off their power to boost their morale were hit by multiple bullets in an instant, and landed in Dobori.

Under the fire of three waves of iron cannons, more than 100 Hoki people fell down, and even a piece of Dobori was completely empty.

Ashgaru, who had just climbed halfway, looked at his fallen companion behind him, swallowed, and chose to continue upwards, but just as his head was exposed, Ukita Ashgaru, who had been guarding on the earth wall for a long time, picked Horiuchi down with a spear.

The 1600 Hoki people at the forefront lost less than 200 people in the first wave of battle, and their morale stagnated. However, the second wave of 1600 people who did not know the situation behind them immediately overwhelmed, and the descendants pushed the predecessors to the Ukita army. go ahead.

Finally, a few members of Shonai took advantage of the slope of the earthen wall to stand firm, and brandished samurai swords, trying to chop at the Ukita army inside the fence, but they still joined forces to pick Horiuchi down.

Time passed quickly, and Yuxiduo's second round of iron guns had been loaded, and he roared at the Yoshikawa army. After the round of gunshots, more than 100 people fell down.

On this channel next to the mountains and facing the sea, the Hoki people encountered obstacles in the first round of attack, and lost 1/9 in just one charge.After all, it was only the army of the old era. Faced with a huge casualty ratio, the Hoki people at the front line began to flee, leading the army behind to retreat.

Seeing the impotent Gongzhuang Yuan family, they finally ordered to withdraw their troops.Hoki all retreated under the iron cannon of the third round of Ukita's army.

Ukita's army could not be broken in a moment, Yoshikawa Motoharu chose to retreat, and the 1 Yoshikawa army began to retreat to Akasaki.

In the next three days, the Maori army came to Yahashi to form a formation as usual, but did not launch an attack on Ukita's army. The two sides demonstrated against each other across the earthen wall like a sit-in war.

On the fifth day, Yoshikawa’s army finally made a move. Hoki was still in charge of the first battle, but the people in the front row had more bamboo bundles and wooden poles as barriers, and the people in the back no longer looked at the guns on their shoulders. Instead, they all carry a bag of soil.

With the sound of the marching conch, Hoki began to advance towards the Ukita Army. As usual, it was 100 paces of archery and 50 paces of iron cannon shooting. However, it was no longer sufficient for the army, but 20 paces as a unit. Slowly move forward, and every 20 steps will shoot a round of iron cannons at Ukita Army.

Of course, Ukita's army would not let them shoot. When the opponent got closer to 30 steps, Ukita's iron cannons began to fight back, but the opponent also had a certain blocking ability. Even if the iron cannon projectile hit the wooden pole, it could rely on luck to pass through the bullet. The ashigaru in the middle and rear will be helpless if they hit the bamboo beams.

When the hokis came to the 10th step, the front row put the bamboo bundles and wooden poles for reinforcement, and the hokis, who were carrying the earth on their backs, began to rush towards the earth, throwing the straw bags in their hands into the earth in an attempt to level the earth.

"Shoot! Absolutely don't let them, Shibori!" Ukita Army's Ashigaru with Marugi bows, under the command of the samurai, shot the arrows in their hands at the Hoki people on the opposite side.And the iron cannons also shot projectiles at these guys who covered the soil and filled the pit.

The fallen corpses fell into the earthen burritogether like these soil bags. The Hoki people continued to rotate their troops and filled the soil in the soil. After paying the price of more than 400 people, the morale of the Hoki people was on the verge of collapse. Finally, several passages were filled.

The Hoki group, who had been passively beaten for a long time, finally retreated to the rear under the leadership of Gong Zhuang Yuanchun.So far, Hoki has lost 1/5, which is beyond use.

As the Yoshikawa Army's Hoki retreated, Yoshikawa Motoharu's Izumo Army began to press forward. When approaching 60 steps, the Iron Cannons and Arched Foot Lights fired a salvo in the direction of Ukita.

Hundreds of people fell in Yu Xiduo's formation.Ever since the reform of the Xiu family's military system, Yu Xi has always been the one who shoots at others more often.

Finally, Osafune Sadakin saw the red flag waving at Yahashi Castle behind him, and gave the order to fight back.

Yu Xiduuo, who held back for a long time, pulled the bow and arrow in his hand, even the Ashgaru who was holding the Marugi bow, still tried his best to draw the bow to its fullest.With a strange whistle, an out-of-control arrow rain shot out from Ukita's formation, and more than 5000 arrows hit the Yoshikawa army like a fist.

At the same time, Ukita Hide's family had prepared for a long time, and 32 human-powered trebuchets were pulled by people to throw ignited cannonballs, which exploded in the Yoshikawa army formation.

The samurai and ashigaru with the Marugi bow are fine, as long as they are not shot at the neck and other unprotected places, the arrow rain will be stuck and will not really hurt the body, but the guy named by the 1600 long bow and arrow rain They will be miserable.

Facing the armor-piercing arrows that were specially lengthened and reshaped, their lives ended with a muffled groan.The rate of fire of bows and arrows is much, much faster than iron cannons.

Ukita Army's arrow rain came round after round like raindrops.Just a few minutes later, there was a vacuum between the first and second formations of the Yoshikawa Army, and at least 6 people fell.

The front part of Yoshikawa's army relied on wooden poles and bamboo beams and nothing happened.The hundreds of people in the rear of the second formation were safe and sound because they were out of range, but most of the first formation in the middle and the front of the second formation received saturated blows.

Ukita Army's arrow rain almost cleared out a no-man's land.The Yoshikawa army who fell to the ground from the arrow may not die immediately. The wounded wailed and stretched out their arms to their companions on both sides, hoping to help them.

Yoshikawa Motoharu, who saw the tragic situation in front of the formation, suddenly stood up from the horse, looked at the battlefield in surprise, the wailing of the wounded resounded through the sky, and several soldiers who were still able to move supported each other and wanted to get up. Walking towards the Yoshikawa army formation, a single arrow shot from behind accurately pierced his body, and he fell to the ground unwillingly.

Yoshikawa Motoharu stared wide-eyed, looking there with red eyes, looking at the fallen soldiers, his right hand desperately clutching the Kintsu in his hand.After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "Ming Jin retreats!"

Of course, Yoshikawa Yuanjia was not willing to retreat like this, he knew that if he retreated today, Boqi would be exposed to the blade of Yuxi family, but he had no choice.

The Yoshikawa Army, which lacked the necessary offensive, had no strength to fight back against Ukita's slow advance.Besides, the rain of arrows from Yuxi's family will reap the lives of the soldiers of the Yoshikawa family one after another.All he can do is rely on the city to hold on.

In just 5 days, more than 1500 people fell in front of the Yatsuhashi formation, while the Ukita Army on the opposite side suffered little damage.

The number of Yoshikawa Motoharu's army is not as good as that of Ukita. Since Yukita cannot be defeated in one go, there is no point in continuing to fight here.

That night, Yoshikawa Motoharu left the Hoki people to settle in Akasaki, Zhongshankou, Changfu, Nawa, Dashankou, Dianjiang and other cities. There were only 500 defenders assigned to Meicheng. It was impossible to rely on these people to resist the invasion of Ukido Different from idiots talking about dreams.

In fact, Yoshikawa Motoharu's purpose is to rely on these cities to delay Ukido's attack speed, so that he can strengthen the Yonago Plain, Takao, Hoshoji, Yonago, Shinzan and other cities at the junction of Hoki and Izumo.

These cities are densely covered in the dangerous places of the Yonago Plain, and they are the last strongholds for guarding Izumo. Yoshikawa Motoharu is going to fight to the death with the Ukita Hide family here again.

(End of this chapter)