Pillars of the Wu family

Several fellow members of the Jiugui family laughed and said: "It seems that the so-called Inland River Navy is not as good as paper! They are all a group of guys who don't have balloons, and Ashikaga Yoshitoki doesn't have balloons either, so it's a Miyoshi family. After spending so much energy, seeing our lord bow his head in Kinai and Miyoshi escape in a hurry, this is the difference in realm!"

The samurai of the Oda family hugged their swords one by one and giggled, but they made many Kinai sailors on the boat very embarrassed. How about turning seven or eight turns to prove that the people of Kinai are all cowards without sacs, and further prove that the Oda family is invincible and invincible. It is no wonder that they are happy to hear the logic of this bastard.

Jiugui Jialong was very smart, he understood the situation on the ship just by squinting a few times, and suddenly said, "Don't be angry, gentlemen. I'm not used to this calm small river, so I can't help but say some rough words used in ordinary seas. If I hurt everyone's face with inappropriate words, I, Jialong, would like to apologize to everyone here. "

"That's right! I'm just waiting a little too impatiently, don't mind talking nonsense! Hehe..." The samurai of the Jiugui family were all pirates who robbed houses, and they were best at talking nonsense with a smiley face and ruthlessly attacking evil people. Not to mention apologizing with a cheeky face, even being caught by the enemy and kneeling down to call him father has also been done. The last thing these warriors who don't know what moral integrity cares about is face. If face can be exchanged for wine, then their face will soon be It turned into two ounces of wine and fell into the belly.

Nine Ghosts Jialong personally changed the direction of the topic.There are also pirates who have robbed wealth and killed at sea all year round and are proficient in all kinds of vulgar jokes.It didn't take long to coax this group of relatively honest bows and sailors around.Everyone said that the relationship between brothers and sisters was so good that they almost swore to be righteous brothers. At first glance, this is not a colleague who has just met for a long time, but a good brother wearing a pair of pants. The relationship is so close Unimaginable.

Nine Ghosts Jialong shook his head and smiled secretly: "The navy in Neihe is really a group of guys without balls, they are fooled by a few words, if they were placed in the open sea, I am afraid they would have died without a place to die."

At this moment, the Oda water army gradually slowed down.Under the command of Yoshitaka Kuki, the [-] boats were divided into three groups, and the left and right wings were flanked by [-] pure early squadrons, bypassing the main formation of the Sakamoto Navy, and then circled to Sakamoto Port, turned around and attacked the rear of the Sakamoto Navy. On the back, the main force charged the Sakamoto navy with more than two hundred main boats head-on.

The layout is not so detailed, but there is always some caution. Always keep the two hundred boats in the front line to prevent the Sakamoto Navy from suddenly playing an unexpected trick. The boats on both wings are all servants from the inland river. , even if the entire army is wiped out, it will not affect Jiugui Jialong half a point, but he is still careless, and even forgot to set up Xiaozao in the nearby waters as a warning.

This was a fatal oversight.As a result, Kuki Kalong never expected the direction of Katada Port, which has never been very eye-catching.At this time, more than 200 boats suddenly drilled out, turned into an off-string arrow and galloped towards Sakamoto Port. Their target was the negligent Oda Navy main formation, and all of them in the forefront were All the small morning fast boats came galloping on the north wind blowing from Lake Biwa.

The main formation of the Oda Water Army reacted immediately and sent out a Xiaozao to try to block the raid with iron cannons and bows, but they soon discovered that these Xiaozao were obviously carrying heavy loads, but they did not care about the oncoming iron cannons and bows. , as if they were not afraid, Ma Huizhong slammed into the main formation of the Oda Navy, and then the sailors on the boat ignored the sailors who jumped on board, jumped into the water and abandoned the boat and fled without saying a word. Such a strange behavior immediately caused Kuki Jialong's attention.

Jiugui Jialong said strangely: "Carrying heavy loads but no soldiers, hitting the fleet and running away immediately... No! This morning has been specially reinforced, how can there be cabin sheds, there must be something wrong!"

His reaction was still a little slow. The Oda water warrior who jumped on the boat got into Xiaozao's cabin and let out a cry of surprise after a while. Before he could react, he saw Xiaozao who was galloping towards him. , Throwing a round clay pot with sparks at Xiaozao who crashed into the formation.

The next moment, the flames splashed, lightning flashed and thundered, and the violent shock caused high waves. Even Kuki Yoshitaka was shaken to this side when he was sitting on the stable Anzhai boat. Before he could open his mouth, another rumbling explosion sounded in his ears. This time he really couldn't stand, the huge Anzhai boat seemed to be struggling in the raging waves, shaking violently and irregularly from side to side.

Even the most nimble sailors will inevitably lose their balance, not to mention the Kuki Yoshitaka who is standing on the top of the boat without shelter and handrails. Some of the bosses who accompanied Kuki Yoshitaka on the top of the Ataka boat are in bad luck. He fell into the icy lake in a wave of shock, and then the second wave and the third wave threw many people down. Compared with these guys who didn't know their life or death, Jiugui Jialong was still very lucky.

Wan Xing in misfortune, he just fell and knocked his head out of a big bag, and wanted to curse a few words about unlucky, and then there was a huge earthquake, this time the shock seemed to be near the Anzhai boat, Jiugui Jialong was very smart He lay motionless on the deck until the violent vibration gradually subsided before he looked up and looked around: "Is anyone still alive? What happened?"

"Explosion...it's on fire! Many ships are on fire...the fleet has fled! The left and right wings are routing...the Sakamoto navy is outflanking and chasing after them!" It can be vaguely seen that Nine Ghosts Jialong panicked now, he stood up and looked around, and there was a fire point everywhere, and a bloodstained blade stood in front of him, the nearest one was adjacent to the Anzhai boat, it was terrifying extreme.

"Bastard! We were fooled! The cunning Sakamoto navy didn't show their true skills. This group of cunning Uchikawa navy must have colluded to deceive me! Yes! It must be so! I'm going back and telling the lord! Let him be careful about this Cunning Inland River Navy!" Nine Ghosts Jialong cursed viciously, and by the way, pushed his responsibility completely away, waiting for the sound of dense iron cannons to reach his ears.Only then did he wake up from the blow of failure.In a hurry, he ordered the whole army to turn around and temporarily retreat into the Uji River.

Clippers loaded with rosin, kerosene, saltpeter, sulfur and a large amount of charcoal were detonated.The flames soaring into the sky, accompanied by bursts of roar like spring thunder, completely calmed the unprepared Oda water army, and the fleet, which was still outflanking on both wings, stared dumbfounded at the constant explosions and flames coming from the main formation behind them. The bright flames can be seen clearly even a few kilometers away.

A thought popped up in everyone's mind, the Oda Suijun had lost, and it was a complete defeat, far exceeding Kuki Yoshitaka's tragic defeat, and it was still a question of whether he could get back up after the fall.Now no one cares about this issue, everyone has an idea, leave a useful body and run away, and then play for Oda Tansho in the future.

Jiugui Jialong huddled in the cabin and did not dare to come out. It is not clear how many boats were lost. I just took a quick glance and estimated that the loss was no less than [-]%. With the fierce exchange of fire, shouts and cries coming from outside the boat, I can be sure.

The process of escaping is difficult and dangerous. In the face of the Sakamoto navy attacking from all sides, the stagnant boats will turn around on the spot and then accelerate slowly. The whole process will continue to face attacks.The largest ship, the Ataka ship, became a target, and the iron artillery team of the Sakamoto Navy stood on the side of the ship and aimed and fired at will.The intensive firepower focused on the attack, so that Jiugui Jialong hardly dared to show his head.

The Sakamoto navy also knew that the Antaka ship was the command ship, so they sent Kohaya Kuaiskan several times to try to rush around the Antaka ship to attack. As long as killing or capturing Kuki Yoshitaka was equivalent to breaking an arm of the Oda family, Kuki Yoshitaka like this After years of pirates, of course they also understood this truth, so they waved their flags and were surrounded by densely packed Xiaozao in all directions, making up their minds to get out even if it cost their lives.

Jiugui Jialong's response method is not wrong. After experiencing the shock of the explosion of the fire ship, the formation of the fleet was smashed into disarray, the sailors desperately fell into the water, and countless people were burned to death. As long as you fall into the lake, you will die. No matter how good the water is, there is no rescue. If you don't escape at this time, there is only one word "death".

Snakes can't do without a head. The commanding general huddled in the cabin and issued a retreat order desperately. It is conceivable how far the army's morale has collapsed. The inland water troops on both wings ran away completely. However, most of the sailors didn't care about the situation in the formation, and ran away without saying a word.

The victory has been decided, and the Sakamoto Navy began to encircle and reap the endgame in private. The pocket formations surrounded from all sides became tighter and tighter, trying to turn around and fight a battle of annihilation. However, the main force of the Sakamoto Navy was not enough, and the Sakamoto Navy had [-] boats. It is still too difficult for a boat to wipe out an Oda water army composed of two hundred boats. Kuki Yoshitaka is not the bow of an ordinary running boat. Beyond peers.

The [-] boats of the Sakamoto navy were spread out over a wide range, and there were inevitably gaps in the middle. Facing half of the wounded Oda navy, they could only choose a focused attack. After staring at the Ataka boats for a long time, they realized that the Oda navy had no control over the command. No effort was spared in the protection of the ship. Dozens of Xiaozao bravely fought against the Sakamoto Navy's strong attack, trying to create a gap for the command ship at all costs.

Yodogawa Mikunaga made some calculations, then ordered to turn around, set up a tactic of encircling three ques, one zooming in and chasing down the smaller ones, followed the Oda navy's back and pursued fiercely, and followed the defeated Oda navy troops to the Uji River outside Otsu Port to hide and kill them. The passing merchant ships stared dumbfounded at the fleet of Oda Suijun fleeing with black smoke.

The Sakamoto navy pursued fiercely. A dozen light-packed Guan boats took advantage of their speed and continued to focus on the left and right sides of the Antaka boat. It is riddled with holes, and there are a few that are so transparent that you can see the sun outside.

Kuki Yoshitaka urged anxiously, and the sailors tried their best to paddle, but the Antaka ship was large in size, slow to move, and slower to turn around, and was always stuck by the light and convenient shut-off ship. The firepower is far superior to that of Guan Ship, but right now it is completely suppressed by the firepower of the Sakamoto Navy.

"No, it's still too slow! If you continue chasing and fleeing into the Uji River, you may not be able to escape safely..." Seeing this posture, he thought about it and thought it was impossible, so he immediately called the surviving general of the navy and ordered: "Order all the ships to be shut down. Form two rows to separate the pursuers of the Sakamoto Navy, and the Atakafune concentrated their firepower to fight back. If they continue to chase, there will be no way out, so we must be determined to fight to the death! We Oda Samurai can't just know how to flee!"

"Yes!" The general of the navy ordered hastily, and soon the firepower of the Anzhai boat increased rapidly.Movement speed has been significantly reduced.The samurai who were going to defend all went down to paddle.Now they turned back and defended with iron cannons. There were fewer people paddling and the speed naturally slowed down. As the Anzhai boat slowed down, the escort fleet also slowed down.

This time, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and Yodogawa Mikunaga, who followed closely behind, immediately noticed that the situation had changed, and shouted: "The Oda Army has begun to retreat! Now is our good opportunity to attack and block the Uji River entrance immediately. Don't let them retreat into the river!"

The forty Xiaozao carrying bows and arrows threw off their arms and accelerated with all their strength.In a short while, it surpassed the large fleet of the Oda Navy, and the clever sailor ordered the ships to give up the pursuit of the remnants of the Oda Navy, and focused on blocking the main force where Kuki Yoshitaka was. Small fish, catching Nine Ghosts Jialong is worth more than a hundred small fish.

"It's broken! The Sakamoto Navy is going to block the escape route!" Kuki Yoshitaka found out in a panic that he had made the worst mistake he should have made. He obviously wanted to flee to the Uji River but he didn't take pictures of the supporting fleet. The fleet was slow to escape If not, now that the mouth of the Uji River is blocked by ships, it will be even more difficult to break through. Even if it is only forty ships, it will only delay a little time, which is fatal.

The mouth of the Uji River was sealed off, and the Oda water army lost hope of escape.It was too late for Kuki Yoshitaka to send Xiaozao to rush to the mouth of the river in vain, and the Sakamoto navy who followed closely provided continuous support.Cutting off the last ray of hope for the Oda Navy to storm the defense line, dozens of large and small ships across the mouth of the Uji River are like a city wall that can never be surpassed, so high that it is desperate.

Kuki Yoshitaka risked his life to board the deck, looking around, there were only a handful of boats with papaya patterns on them, and white Ashikaga family-mon flags waving in the distance, staring at these boats and muttering: "One, two, three ... 75, 76, 77, do I only have 77 ships left? And more than half of them are injured... The Sakamoto navy still has at least [-] ships to fight again, with more firepower and more troops than ours, The way to retreat is blocked, and we have no choice but to give it a go!"

Today's Oda Nobunaga is the overlord of Kinai, and he has never had an impressive record of defeat, giving him a halo of invincibility. This is the second invincible force in Kinai since Ashikaga Yoshitoki The samurai, what is even more bizarre is that Oda Nobunaga's fortune-telling process is comparable to a dream. It only took more than ten years from the lord of the Owari Bangoku to the Daimyo of the Three Kingdoms in the Owari. At that time, the speed of sweeping the Kanto was even faster.

The two samurai with impressive records have their own strengths and weaknesses. At first glance, they can be bright for a while, but public opinion in Kinai does not see it that way. When it comes to the achievements of these two men in Kinai, it is obvious that Oda Nobunaga is more convincing Strength, Ashikaga Yoshitoki fought against the Miyoshi family and retreated after only three years, and Oda Nobunaga only took three months to disintegrate the Miyoshi family and fled back to Shikoku in embarrassment. This is also the reason why some samurai of the Oda family looked down on Ashikaga Yoshitoki.

No matter how powerful Oda Nobunaga is, at least the Oda Navy is not comparable to the 20-year-old Sakamoto Navy. This time, the main fleet sent to Lake Biwa has more than [-] large and small ships, and more than [-] servants This scale is comparable to the total size of the Kanto navy, not to mention that there are still navy left behind in Jiyi, Ise and other places.

But despite being so strong, he was beaten helplessly in a water battle. Jiugui Jialong, who has always been shrewd and decisive and never made mistakes, encountered a fatal mistake. More than half of the two hundred boats were destroyed by fire and explosions. More than [-] ships were destroyed in the attack, and less than [-] ships of all sizes survived, and more than half of them were wounded. With such a small force, no matter how hard they fought, they were able to win and kill them.

Kuki Yoshitaka knew that he was hopeless, and Yodogawa Mitsunagi also understood that the Oda Suijun had no reasoning, so he ordered: "The whole army speeds up, surpass the Oda Suijun with all their strength, and annihilate them here... and! Live or die!"

In the last round of attack, the remnants of the Oda Navy were surrounded by groups to death. The Sakamoto Navy was still cautiously using iron cannons and baked jade to open the way, forcefully blasting a passage to the command ship. In the face of strong firepower, all resistance relying on wooden decks is futile.

The boats of the Oda Navy were constantly being ignited or sunk by roasted jade. The sailors of the Oda Navy jumped into Lake Biwa in a hurry to hope for a small life. Usually, they would be locked on the target immediately and killed with bows or iron cannons. , The battle situation turned into a one-sided crushing massacre.

The sailors, who were eager to make contributions and boasted of being strong in water skills, called for the battle one after another.What these non-samurai sailors most desire is military exploits.Get money for beheading.If you have military exploits, you can get rewards for knowledge and deeds. The amount of interactive land knowledge and deeds means becoming a samurai, and no longer an ordinary fisherman who earns a living on the water in the countryside.

Stimulated by their achievements in battle, the young sailors were all alive and well, and their eyes glowed. They rushed out with a sword in their hands and put them on simple girdles, or they looked for an opportunity to jump on the deck of the boat of the Oda Navy, or jumped into the water. Swim all the way to climb the ship's side, and rely on beautiful water skills to enter the body to find the single samurai killer.From time to time, you can hear the sound of fighting and wailing in the cabin in the right place. Usually, this kind of person is also the least afraid of death.

The fierce battle lasted until the evening and ended in a hurry. The resistance of the Oda army became smaller and smaller. At the beginning of the fierce counterattack, only the sound of scattered iron cannons could be faintly heard. At the moment when the last twilight hangs in the sky and sinks into the earth, the body of Yoshiron Kuki was found in the cabin, and a few words of death were written on a piece of white paper left behind. The general of the Oda Navy has long since returned Huang Quan has gone.

Kuki Yoshitaka must die and not die. If he does not die, he will be captured by the Sakamoto Navy.Oda Nobunaga would never spend a lot of money in exchange for a loser, he was no different from dead if he was captured.But being captured and being dead are different after all, and all the hopes of the Zhimo sailors are carried on his shoulders.

If this disastrous defeat can escape with half or one-third of the fleet, maybe you can find a reason to explain to Oda Nobunaga, but the two hundred ships were wiped out, how can you explain yourself when you are captured? However, the utilitarian Oda Nobunaga can accept limited failures, but cannot accept complete failures, let alone incompetent generals.

Nine Ghosts Jialong Yingming I was confused for a moment. In the past, no matter how good he was, he would become a representative of mediocrity and foolishness if he capsized once in the gutter. Knowing not to advance aggressively, but advancing aggressively for the sake of attacking.

Knowing that the Sakamoto Navy may be cheating, he still wishfully believes that the enemy is really weakening. Knowing that the battle is about to be defeated, he has a lot of worries and doesn't give up the Antaka boat and run away immediately. He is paying the price for his stupidity and wishful thinking. Death deserves more than guilt and deserves death.

This water battle on Lake Biwa was very dynamic. It was fought from early morning to evening, from Sakamoto all the way to Otsu. There were countless merchants, monks, and samurai who stopped and watched along the way. They witnessed a legendary water battle with their own eyes and proved it with facts. How absurd is the so-called theory of Oda Nobunaga's invincibility. All the main forces of the Oda Navy were wiped out in World War I, just like crippling a leg of the Oda Army. Is Oda Nobunaga still invincible?Obviously not.

When the results of the water battle spread across Kinai and even the world, the mythical halo of the Oda family's invincibility gradually faded, and soon someone found out that Oda Nobunaga had repeatedly lost to the Saito family in his early years, the Battle of Ozazama In the past, I couldn't get much advantage from the Imagawa family. Facing Takeda Shingen, I could only passively defend the castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu in Okazaki Castle was beaten every now and then, and he was crumbling many times because of the tenacity of the Mikawa samurai. .

Owari's weak soldiers, weak generals and incompetent people, Owari's big fool did many deviant and evil things, etc., all of which were revealed by the ship brothers one by one. Playing the role of a thug, leading a group of Owari warriors who do not belong to the imperial court or the shogunate into the palace and arrest anyone who sees them, and kill them when they see resistance. The arrogance and domineering are far worse than the samurai of the Four Kingdoms who did a lot of evil by robbing Kyoto. At least the samurai of the Four Kingdoms only searched and looted Konoe's mansion, and did not dare to break into the palace to arrest people, kill people and depose the emperor.

This time Owari's weak soldiers once again exposed their bullying and fearful nature. Under the raid of the Sakamoto navy, the entire army was wiped out. Even the general of the navy, Kuki Yoshitaka, killed himself. Oda Nobunaga's reputation is like last year. Like him, pressing him down with one heart and one mind, this is called the higher the praise, the harder the fall, and the reputation is actually hard to live up to.

Oda Nobunaga, who was in charge of the Guanyin Temple City and supervised the battle, also received this information for the first time. At first, he didn't believe in the information that the entire army was wiped out. It wasn't until he checked back and forth several times that the result was the same, that he realized that the situation was far worse than he imagined. It was much more serious. Yoshitaka Kuki, who had always been the most reassuring, was defeated by Uji Kawaguchi. This blow was not a heavy one.

The powerful naval force is one of the most proud military forces of the Oda family. The Kuki Yoshitaka trusted by Oda Nobunaga is not an ordinary person. At least the commanding ability of water warfare is beyond the reach of ordinary mediocrity. Yes, these days, he can express his understanding even if he loses many small defeats, even if he loses a big defeat, as long as he can gain something and learn a lesson, Oda Nobunaga still believes that he will wipe out the Sakamoto Navy, because he believes that the general he used If he is the best, he will surely succeed, but this time he failed.

Oda Nobunaga held a glass of Nanban special product and a glass of bloody wine, coldly glanced at the warriors in the evaluation room, and said: "In a fiasco, more than [-] people were killed and wounded by the navy, and [-]% of the elites were once Destroyed, the most abhorrent thing is that Jiugui Jialong buried all the essence of the navy in Lake Biwa. Who can tell the family what happened? Why did the family lose? Why did they lose so badly in this small river? Why? Huh?"

The officials were drenched in cold sweat and said nothing, but Oda Nobunaga did not intend to let them go, and directly called Nobumori Sakuma's name, and the latter was forced to stand up and said: "We failed because of Kuki Yoshitaka's mistake, so The navy was destroyed, it was the general's mistake, we used the wrong general..."

"It's a good reason to rely on someone else. Failure is the general's fault. If Kugui Jialong is at fault, then who should be replaced by the family, Hanyusuke continued!"

"Your servant..." Sakuma Nobumori was stunned for a long time and said nothing, it was clearly the season of early spring, the bean-sized beads of sweat kept falling on his head, he just knelt on the ground and bowed his head to say sorry.

"Hmph! It's not as useful as the dead Kuki Yoshitaka..." Oda Nobunaga turned his face in disgust, Sakuma Nobumori turned pale and lowered his head, Shibata Katsuie looked at the pained expression of his best friend with sympathy, secretly Sighing that he was so unlucky to encounter such a difficult question, no matter how he answered it, it was difficult to satisfy Oda Nobunaga. After all, it was a win or not, and he also rewarded the elite of the navy and the fiasco of most ships. Wrong.

Hashiba Hideyoshi was also very excited at first, thinking that there was a chance to stand out. After seeing what happened to Nobumori Sakuma, he quickly lowered his head and bowed his body obediently like a kitten, trying to avoid being stared at by the enraged lord. Most of the samurai in Japan have similar attitudes and practices, all of which are seen by Akechi Mitsuhide, as Oda Nobunaga's nominal righteous brother relationship, and the special background of the shogunate samurai, he was in charge of the second campaign in Kyoto, As well as the service of the National Police in Shancheng,

He squinted at the life of the Oda family samurai with cold eyes, bowed his head and made a contemplative expression to avoid this encounter. He was not willing to provoke Oda Nobunaga who looked like a tyrannosaurus for such a small matter. The irrational anger was just Simply venting, no matter who chooses to take the lead, there will be no good results.

"My family can't accept failure. If you fail in a water battle, you can get it back from the land. If you can't win today, you can find a way to win tomorrow. The supporter has been fighting for many years to kill the enemy and win. If it is useless, why bother to support it." Zhi Zhi Tian Nobunaga raised his head and drank the wine, flicked his sleeves and strode away like a shooting star. (To be continued..)

ps: Bow and thank the book friends Dog in Pants, Masanari Hattori for the reward, thank you!And Wu Mei would like to thank all book friends for their monthly ticket support. This is the first time Wu Mei has received 300 tickets a month, thank you very much!And I wish you all a happy May Day!