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Chapter 586 Cheers
No one could have imagined that the war would come much sooner than they imagined.

In this era, there is no news that can be airtight. The protracted melee makes people panic, and they are good at seeing the clues of war from small changes.

On August 22, the wandering monk reported to Yinzhou and Tajima the news that Nizi’s family in Baekju Prefecture was preparing for war and mobilizing the people. Prepare for defense, and immediately send important officials to repair it to the neighboring country in the east.

The news of the coming war was like a plague of locusts, spreading from Hakushu, which was preparing for the war, to Inshu, Tajima, and Misaku, followed by Bizen, Harima... until it shook Gyeonggi.

Just after the end of the Battle of Changxiao last year, the somewhat stable world was once again surging, and the timber, stone and weapon merchants made a lot of money for a while.

On September [-]th, the troops of Nizi’s family, who had completed their preparations for the war, finally received an order from the Shizhou Prefecture. Under the leadership of Lusuke in the mountains, more than [-] Chen soldiers sent a letter of war to the ruling Yinzhou on the grounds that they did not want to submit to the Ming Dynasty. , Tajima's mountain masters, the two sides officially declared war.

On the one hand, Yamanatoyo scolded Nizi Katsuhisa, and at the same time wrote a letter to Nizi Katsuhisa to maintain the peace of the country. Isshiki asked for reinforcements.

When Kasuke Yamanaka led his army through the fields of Yinzhou, he finally knew Chen Bazhi's plan to send troops at this time-the rice in various places matured in October and November.

"No wonder the Shizhou Prefecture asked us to prepare for defense in the military order. With the Ice Mountain as the boundary, we will harvest all the fields in Yinzhou; if Tajima is captured, the harvest from the fields of the two countries will be enough for Hakushu to tide over any difficulties."

The warriors of Nizi's family prepared for the battle more than a month in advance. At the beginning of the war, they took advantage of it. They successively captured the two strongholds of Tenshen Mountain and Tottori in Inzhou. The dangerous pass, until the soldiers approached Tongshan City at the junction of Tajima, they were not hindered.

Frightened by the threat of the Ming army's invasion of various places, the famous mountain army did not want to be an enemy of Chen Bazhi. They only guarded the main road leading to the country of Tajima to block the attack, and did not dare to go west to fight. It's about to defect and rebel.

Shan Mingjia and Nizi's family have had many contacts in the past few years. They even helped the Nizi's family restore the country at the earliest and sent troops. However, they broke up after the Nizi's family joined the Ming Guoqin army. If one must be selected to surrender at this time , Compared with Chen Bazhi, they are more willing to switch to Oda Nobunaga and Nizi Katsuhisa.

After all, regardless of whether it is Oda or Nizi, neither of them will dump their own stoves and distribute the land of the samurai family to the people.

In the eyes of the Wu family, the real hell is in the three prefectures of the Ming Dynasty.

Outside Tongshan City, Nizi and Shanming's two armies each relied on short mountains to form formations. There was only one road to the east.

At first Lu Jie didn't dare to attack rashly because he didn't know the strength of Yamana's army, but he didn't expect that more and more Yamana's troops would gather in Tongshan City in the next ten days. In the direction of the city, important ministers Toyosuke Kakiya and Shiyi Tianjiezhuang were dispatched to lead reinforcements from the city to the north of Tongshan City.

After the Mashanna clan, the Isshiki clan's family crest also appeared on the Yamana clan's main formation. By the end of September, tens of thousands of troops had gathered between the small Yinzhou and Tajima.

As a result, Shikasuke Yamanaka did not dare to act rashly, and simply made defensive preparations, dispatching [-] generals under his command and four bandits from various places to form a defensive line between the mountains and forests. The offensive is always superior to the defensive, but in In his opinion, it is wise to go to war on the preset battlefield that he is familiar with.

At this point, the momentum of the two sides has completely changed. The former Fanshan Mingfeng State was still busy sending envoys to this side to hope to surrender. It was only when Lu Jie conveyed that Chen Bazhi asked for Shengye Yinshan that he became very angry. Now it is not like that at all. They started He strongly demanded that Yamanaka Shikasuke withdraw from Inju, otherwise he would launch an attack in October.

As the confrontation progressed, Shikasuke Yamanaka became more and more uncertain.

"General Chen still doesn't plan to send reinforcements there?"

Seeing that the enemy army is becoming more and more unable to hold back the idea of ​​​​attacking - the fields are about to mature, and before they mature, they will definitely launch a counterattack.

Lu Jie looked at the colorful family crests among the flags lined with dwarf mountains on the opposite side from a distance, Inaba mountain name family, Tajima mountain name family family, Isshiki family family, Yagi family family, Tian Yusho family...a large area represents Tajima, Tango and other places The family crest of the city lord stood on the opposite side, while the troops on his side seemed to be pitifully small.

The short journey of the Ming army, which was supposed to send reinforcements, seemed to be far away. If there was a real fight, the four hired squads would inevitably disperse under the defeat.

The surrounding environment has reduced the morale of the Nizi family army to the lowest level.

The army of the Yamanashi launched an attack at dawn on October [-]rd. The dew overnight shrouded the Nizi army in a morning mist. The Yagi and Tian Yuzhuang troops of the Yamanashi army hid themselves from the mountain road and attacked all the way. When the sun penetrated the forest , the most peripheral troops found the enemy, at first it was just a rain of arrows, and at this time the peripheral farmers and soldiers still had the strength to fight.

However, when the form of fighting changed from bow and arrow to white blade, peasants and soldiers who lacked belly and even a few hats, even if they occupied a good location, were not the opponents of the strong and sharp warriors, and they were defeated almost immediately after the battle.

The bandits from Bozhou wielded the Nodachi and charged at the enemy's back and abdomen from the middle of the way. After killing dozens of people, they didn't dare to fight, and then crossed from the other side of the mountain road.

On both sides of the main formation on the mountain, there were seven Nizi's teams and an elite wild warrior team. Hearing the shouts of killing from the bottom of the mountain, Kasuke Yamanaka held the long knife at his side and did not get up from the pony. The envoys of the team rushed to the front to report: "The enemy army came from the city. The general of the Miyuan team was killed by the enemy, the Shenxi team was defeated, and the Shihe team retreated due to the attack of the Youshi team. The Duohu team turned and the general has been killed by the army. Mufu beheaded, now the troops will be taken over by the Yushan team, and turn around to the enemy's side!"

"here you go!"

Lu Jie applauded, then turned his head and nodded to the three generals on the left. The battle strategy has already been explained. At least for now, the battle is still proceeding according to their plan. The flanks were rounded, and then Shikasuke Yamanaka straightened his armor and stood up from the saddle.

As long as more than a thousand men can turn around from the enemy's flank, he can take advantage of the mountain and advantageous location to swallow the enemy's pioneers, and after the encirclement, there will be an annihilation battle.

After winning for a while, the scattered troops can be gathered back, and then he can use the superior force to win the next big victory in the field.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of intensive iron cannonballs from the foot of the mountain, which made Yamanaka Shikasuke feel a bad feeling in his heart.

But for a moment, the panic-stricken Banshi ran up and reported loudly: "Oda, the enemy's main line has erected the Oda family crest!"

The shadow of a famous tree and a mere Oda battle flag caused the generals of the team to panic, even the hand of Shikasuke Yamanaka, who was the general general, trembled slightly - there is no one in the world who is not afraid of Oda Everyone's strength is the same.

But as a general, he must have a tenacious will. He glanced at the generals and waved his hands: "Even if the Oda army comes to help, how many troops can be assembled in just [-] days? How many troops can reach the front line? It doesn’t matter who comes, if we win this battle, Nizi’s family will be able to control Bozhou, Yinzhou, and Danzhou. The revitalization of the family depends on the loyalty of all the kings. The defeat of this battle depends on our morale-you will stand the flag? Raise the battle flag of Ming Dynasty!"

On October [-]rd of the third year of Wanli, outside the city of Tongshan, Inaba, Japan, a large flag with Ming characters that had been prepared to be placed on the ground and rolled up on the ground was erected on the main formation of the Nizi Army in Aoshan.

Yukimori Yamanaka, wearing a deer antler helmet, stood on the mountain pass holding the flagpole and waved it left and right. He landed heavily on the ground, and the veins in his neck bulged: "Hey! Hey! Roar!"

The four teams in this formation were light enough to cheer.

In the midst of the melee, Ashigaru heard cheers from his own team on the top of the mountain, turned his head and looked, and saw the big flag with Ming characters on the top of the mountain hanging high and unfurling.

"Kill! Reinforcements are coming!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)