Warring States Eagle

On the Luo family's side, Kakukuma Ishimune, who was serving as the general for the first time, was also cautious after he left the battle from Misaki Castle.While marching cautiously, he sent scouts to scout around, especially focusing on the movements of the Naito family defenders in Katsuyama Castle.

But Takashi Naito, who led the army to take the initiative to attack, had no intention of concealing his whereabouts at all. He led an army of more than 2000 people directly along the south bank of the Houluomu River under the Katsuyama Castle to the south bank of the Houluomu River. The Luo family army quickly approached.

After receiving the news of the movement of the Naito family's army, Kakukuma Ishimune immediately set up camp on a nearby hillside called Huomishan.Below the camp, there is a narrow and flat river beach between Huomian Mountain and Houluo Muchuan.

The Luo family's army stationed on the mountain can look down at the paper river beach from a high position.And if the Naito family wanted to launch an attack on the Luo family, they had to attack from the front of this river beach.Kakukuma Ishimune is preparing for a decisive battle with the Naito family here.

Of course, in order to attract the opponent into the battlefield he chose, Kakukuma Ishimune deliberately let the cavalry lie in ambush behind Mount Huomi, and then went from the other side of the mountain to the back of the Naito family's army while the two armies were fighting. Block the back route of Naito's army.If necessary, a charge against the Naito family's rear formation will be launched, causing chaos in the Naito family's army.As for himself, he hid part of his troops in the mountains and forests, creating the illusion that the Luo family's army avoided fighting the Naito's army on the flat ground due to insufficient troops, and stuck to the mountain.

In the afternoon, after the Luo family's army had been able to rest for nearly half an hour, the Naito family's army finally arrived in a dense mass along the south bank of Houluo Muchuan.

"This is the powerful Luo family army you mentioned? It seems a bit disappointing!" After seeing the arrow fence and the two temporary trenches dug in front of the Luo family formation.Takashi Naito couldn't help shaking his head at a general beside him and said.Naito Takashi was originally preparing for a head-to-head battle with the Luo family army full of passion.As a result, now they just saw that the other party had put on a defensive tortoise formation.Takashi Naito couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Following Naito Takashi is Naito's important minister Katsumata Morinaga.He is the backbone of the family's support for Naito Takashi's faction, and it is precisely because of his support that Naito Takashi was able to compete with his powerful uncle Naito Takaharu for the position of governor.Of course, although the two uncles and nephews are fighting for the position of the family governor, there is no internal fighting like in other wealthy families. The position of governor.So this time after learning that Luo's family was coming.Takashi Naito and Morinaga Katsumata came to meet in such a hurry.Because they were not worried that Takaharu Naito would take the opportunity to hold back, but wanted to take the opportunity to gain a brilliant record recognized by everyone in the family.In fact, what the two of them were more worried about was that after learning the news of the Luo family's invasion, Naito Takaharu would also come to step in and compete with them for military merit.

At this time, Katsumata Morinaga was also carefully looking at the formation of the Luo family on the hillside at the foot of the mountain.It can be seen that the front of the Luo family's formation is indeed full of arrow fences, and two trenches have been dug.And behind the arrow fence are the arched foot light team, the iron cannon team, the long-handled gun foot light team and so on lined up on the hillside one by one.Surround Kakukuma Ishimune's Honjin with a semicircle.And in the main formation within the formation, there are warriors holding flag seals.The generals of each team, as well as Taigu Honazumi, Junmufu, messengers, army pharmacists and so on, who control the army's advance and retreat.In the formation, there was also a large banner of the Luo family with a black eagle on a white background.

Of course, Katsuma Tian Shengchang at the foot of the mountain couldn't see it so clearly, he just saw the arrangement in front of the Luo family's camp and the general situation of the Luo family's troops arranged on the hillside.The last thing left is the eagle flag.

"My lord, it seems that the Hizen Eagle is not in the formation on the mountain. The main flag on the mountain is just an ordinary Luo family flag, and the main flag with gold patterns representing the Hizen Eagle is not there." Katsumada Morinaga finally concluded.If there was no Luo Shizheng Liang in the battle, Katsuma Tian Shengchang's chances of winning would have increased a lot.

"In this case, the family should attack immediately." Naito Takauchi said immediately.

"Ah? My lord, after a round of rapid march, the soldiers are feeling tired right now? Why don't you rest for a while before attacking the mountain?" Katsumata Morinaga was taken aback by Naito Takashi's decision, and immediately Admonishment Road.

"Huh, the Ming Dynasty's military law says that if you fight, you have courage. If you let the soldiers rest, then they will slack off. If they are discovered by the enemy on the mountain, I may say that they will still fight." He was attacked by them. Besides, if you look carefully, there are not many enemy troops on the mountain, and this is a good time to launch an attack on the mountain while the soldiers still have some energy in their hearts." Naito Takayo said Said.

Naito Takashi's words are clear and logical, but he ignored the intelligence of sending people to scout the enemy before the battle.In fact, during this period, many battles between wealthy families ignored the application of multi-information. Often in wars, a team of troops would be pulled up and go out, and then the enemy and us would directly fight after encounter .And this kind of battle, the intensity of the war is very low, and it is often a battle of defeat (that is, with few casualties).Therefore, many people in later generations called this kind of war a village fight.This is a relatively backward and primitive way of fighting, and with the continuous development of the names of the Warring States, this way of warfare was gradually eliminated in the middle of the Warring States period. Due to the needs of war, people began to pay more attention to intelligence, tactics, etc. used.The ridiculous thing is that Naito Takashi is not only talking about war on paper at this time, but also insisting on this old way of war.Therefore, Katsumata Morinaga, who has rich experience in actual combat, had to advise again at this time:

"My lord, if I attack forcefully, I'm afraid it will cause great damage to my family's army. Even if my family defeats the Luo family's invading army this time, when the Luo family invades again in the future, my family may not be able to resist it! "The more than 2000 people they pulled out this time are really the largest mobilization force in the Naito family's territory. Once the losses are too large, it is indeed as Katsumata Morinaga said.It will cause the strength of the Naito family to drop drastically in a short period of time.

"Hehe. Are you worried that the Luo family will continue to send troops to invade the family?" Takashi Naito smiled slightly after hearing this.He didn't look worried about this at all, "To tell you the truth, at the beginning of the year, our family has been in contact with the Sugi family of Buzen Kingdom and other wealthy families that are resisting the invasion of the Luo family, and they will jointly launch a counterattack against the Luo family in the near future. Hmph, if we hadn't encountered a series of ghost weather this year, and famine occurred on the border of our territory, we would have been out of battle a long time ago."

"Ah?" Katsumata Morinaga opened his mouth in surprise when he heard the news suddenly.

"Haha, I'm surprised. So hurry up and organize soldiers to prepare for the attack." Seeing Katsuma Tian Shengchang's expression.Naito Takashi's vanity felt great satisfaction immediately, so he immediately said, "Hmph, the last time Father listened to the advice of that despicable fellow Tao Longfang, he actually gave up on recapturing Liozaki Castle and the Kanmon Strait. Since Father If adults can't do it, then I will do it."

So under the urging of Naito Takashi, the Naito family's army, which had just arrived not long ago, immediately began to prepare to attack the mountain.

"Huh, the other side is actually planning to launch an attack first?" In the main formation of the Luo family on the slope of Huomian Mountain, Chief Akachi said in surprise when he saw that the Naito family's army was forming an array on the river beach below the mountain.Just now.Everyone was still debating whether it was because Naito's house had just arrived, the soldiers were still exhausted and the camp was scattered.Give the Naito family a fatal blow.It's good now, but people themselves have taken action first.

"Since the opponent attacks first, let's attack from the next side first." Andel, the leader of the Iron Cannon Squad, said immediately.At the end of last year, after the joint deliberation of the Military Cabinet and the Cabinet, and the approval of Zhengliang, the standing iron artillery team under his command has increased from the previous 200 to 400.This time, he was planning to use Naito's house as a sacrificial flag for the newly established No. [-] Iron Cannon Standing Team.

"My bow and arrow team can also play." Roshi Shingoro on the other side saw this and immediately begged for his life.

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll ask you two first." The terrain occupied by the Luo family's army at this time is indeed the best terrain to exert the power of shooting weapons, so Kakukuma Ishimune will naturally approve the request of the two of them. .

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Not long after the Luo family's army was ready to fight, the taiko drums in the Naito family's army formation at the foot of the mountain also sounded, and the Naito army began to attack the mountain.

Groups of footlights, armed with spears, lined up in a dense formation, and the messengers of the Naito family rode their horses between the groups and issued orders.

On the side of the Luo family's army, a 400-member iron cannon team quickly jumped into the two trenches, raising their guns one after another to aim at the soldiers of the Naito family who were advancing rapidly.And five meters behind the iron cannon ashigaru, there are thousands of archers.

"Shoot." Seeing that the Naito family's army almost covered the entire river beach, they were swarming.The chief generals of the Iron Cannon Squad and the Bow and Arrow Squad gave the order to shoot at the same time.

On the side of the Iron Pao Squadron, the Iron Pao Squadron, which was in the first row of trenches, opened fire immediately.Flames spewed out from the muzzles of a row of iron cannons, and the loud sound of the iron cannons echoed in the mountains. With the launch of the projectiles, a thick smoke filled the muzzles and was blown away by the mountain wind.

After firing one round, the standing iron artillery of this team squatted down in the trench immediately (to avoid being hit by the arrow rain fired by the enemy, and also to avoid blocking the sight of the companions behind), pointing the muzzle upwards, first Clean the gunpowder residue in the gun chamber with a push rod, then fill with gunpowder and projectiles, then compact the projectiles and gunpowder with an oak push rod, and finally insert the lit match into the fire hole.

The Naito family soldiers who were frantically rushing towards the Luo family's camp on Mount Huomi, were immediately overwhelmed by the first row of fire from the Luo family's iron artillery squadron.The soldiers of the Naito family, who were almost like targets, fell to the ground one after another.Seeing the nearby companions being killed by the invisible projectile, and the loud noise, the soldiers of the Naito family, who had never seen such a big battle, suddenly fell into chaos.

At this time, the standing staff of the Iron Artillery Squadron in the second row of trenches fired again. The loud sound and the dead bodies completely broke the courage of the Naito family's miscellaneous soldiers.What was even more deadly was that amidst the sound of rumbling iron cannons, thousands of Luo family archers also shot arrows like raindrops.Compared with the shooting speed of iron cannons, the shooting speed of bows and arrows is much faster. After two rounds of shooting by the iron cannon team, the bow and arrow team has shot four rounds of arrow rain.

There were deadly bullets that could not be seen in front of them, and a rain of arrows overhead like a black cloud, and the river beach under Mount Huomi was instantly covered with the corpses of soldiers from the Naito family.

Just two salvos of iron cannons, as the first battle, the army of the Naito family was almost wiped out, and the army in the rear was completely in chaos. Many ashigaru discarded their weapons and fled around. .

"Woooooooo..."

At this time, there was a sound of the conch horn from the road that Naito's family had come from before, and they found a black tide-like army coming towards them.

"The cavalry of our family has arrived. Blow the conch horn for me, and the whole army will attack!" At this time, Kakukuma Ishimune also stood up when he heard the sound of the conch horn, and ordered excitedly.

"Yes!" Everyone in the military curtain immediately took orders and left. (To be continued..)