After a night of silence, the first ray of sunshine rose from the horizon in the morning, and the riverbanks became noisy and full of people.
The samurai ashigaru are all enjoying breakfast. Maybe this is the last meal in this world. Everyone eats very sweetly and seriously.
Yiyin took the rice ball baked by Yiyi, looked at the other side and sighed.
"I always feel that this battle is fought very passively."
"Definitely. I just observed the other party's morning fireworks, and they must be two or three times more than ours."
Yiyin said carelessly, and Yiyin's face froze. This guy didn't know how to comfort people at all. The already tense mood in the first battle was even worse now.
I subconsciously looked at the system and saw that I had used some of the 100 points I had from killing Oda Nobutomo during the winter hunt.
Dong Shou killed more than ten people before and after, and the evil party system gave him 10 killing points, and he still has 143 points.
Suddenly, something clicked in his heart, and he accidentally turned on the insight mode.
A curtain of light swept around the body and swept away, revealing some interesting words on the rebel camp in the distance.
Be energetic, emotionally stable, and ready.
kindness? Look to the side again.
Full of energy, high morale, and ready to fight.
After watching for a few seconds, Yiyin turned off the insight mode, with 138 kill points left.
It’s interesting, Yiyin thought about the meaning of the words.
Each unit has three textual expression states. The first one looks like physical strength, the second one looks like morale state, and the third one is combat status, right?
Suddenly I was a little excited. It turned out that the insight mode was used to observe the opponent's military formation on the battlefield. No wonder there was no response from the previous crusade against the evil party.
"Benefit, do you believe there is a god in this world?"
Yiyin, who was in a good mood, asked about the benefits.
"Of course there are. There are eight million gods in Japan."
Yiyin forgot that this was a place where cats and dogs could become gods after they died, so he was held back by a word of profit.
"For a moment just now, I felt like I had become a god on the battlefield, a military god..."
Yiyin raised his eyebrows and said to Li Yi.
"You can pull them down. Look at the ashigaru we have. They have only been training for a few days. They ran a few laps yesterday and are still weak.
I don’t know how to pull him apart when we go into battle later. If the situation is not right, you can run quickly. I will protect you from behind. "
Being completely put out of mood by the words about profit, Yiyin glared at her angrily.
"Shut up!"
Yi Yi looked confused, turned back to chew on his rice ball, and muttered.
"I can't stand hearing good advice that offends my ears...Humph...man..."
Yiyin ate the rice ball helplessly, and the nervousness of facing the first battle disappeared.
The Shonai River flows from north to south, with Mori Katsunari's reserve team in the north upstream, and Kawajiri Hidetaka's reserve team in the south downstream.
Most of the Warring States preparations were based on ten thousand stones as a unit, with a number of between 300 and 800. They were often composed of dozens of Hime warriors leading 150 to 250 ashigaru, and hundreds of peasant soldiers equipped with axles for transporting grain and grass.
Most of the Ashigaru are surplus laborers who are not engaged in production in the villages and fields. They serve as soldiers and fight for a living. Their combat effectiveness is better than that of peasant soldiers, but it is also limited.
The Hime Samurai are the backbone of the reserve army and are composed of relatives, retainers, and troops dispatched by the master's family. Well-equipped, good at fighting, and often fearless of death.
There were few peasants and soldiers participating in the war this time, and they were all the main force of the family. The rebel strength exceeds 1,500 people.
Nobunaga's two reserve teams only numbered five to six hundred people. Including the guards near Qingzhou City of the main formation, the number of Chinese people who came to help in the battle was only more than 700 people. Among them, the only Chinese people were Shiba Zhong.
"We are so unlucky."
Benefit complained on the side, Yiyin observed the battlefield seriously, this was his first battle.
Their position was in front of the main formation. Because there were too few people and they had to defend this section of the river, Nobunagata was forced to form an almost horizontal defense.
The formation is thin and the reserves are few. A junior brother like Yiyin felt that the situation was not good.
Guarding the upstream and downstream are Nobunaga's only two reserve troops. Behind the middle connection is Nobunaga's main formation. Those in front are responsible for blocking the city's defenders. Behind the defenders are the Shibazhong.
It's not that they don't regard the Sibo people as cannon fodder, but they just don't have confidence in the Chinese people, fearing that they will collapse at a moment's notice and affect the entire situation, and be used as a henchman behind the defenders.
As the sandwich biscuit between the main formation and the vanguard, this position is really awkward. No wonder Benyi is murmuring in his heart.
This is the job of a meat grinder. You can take the most severe beatings, but even if you lose, you won't be able to run away. Behind you is the main formation, and most of them are the supervising team killing people to establish their authority.
Benefit jumped off his horse and jumped in front of the team. . Bounce. . Bounce. . Then he shouted a strange sound. .
"Benefit Ji...what are you doing..."
Yiyin looked at her with a headache.
"Lord Yiyin, my name is Qingqi, do you understand Qingqi? It's a song and dance to boost morale in front of the battle. How about it! Isn't he particularly handsome!"
Glancing at Ashigaru, whose faces were filled with the meaning of "Is it really okay to follow this kind of person?", Yoshigami sighed silently.
"as long as you are happy.."
On the other side, Shibata Katsuie observed Nobunagata's formation and shook his head slightly.
The huge gap in numbers was clearly visible in the head-on battle.
No matter how hard Nobunaga prevents deadlock, as long as Shibata Katsuie stretches the formation, the opponent will have to lengthen the defensive area accordingly.
The formation was getting thinner and thinner, and now the opportunity was ripe for attack.
"Miyai Tsunechu."
"My subordinate is here."
Miyai standing beside him is a leopard-like middle-aged woman, an old man who has followed Shibata for many years.
"Your reserve team will take the lead and hit the opponent's center. I will have the left and right follow up to suppress the opponent's reserve team movements on both sides.
Your task is to defeat the weak point in the middle and threaten the formation. Don't be greedy, just push the enemy back. "
Shibata's tactics were simple and direct. The upstream and downstream reserves were all led by experienced veterans, but Nobunaga had too few people, and the intermediate connections were mostly filled with miscellaneous soldiers.
Once defeated, the entire formation will be shaken and have to retreat and reorganize.
This is the result of too few people and lack of reserves. The defeat of any weak point will shake the entire front.
Her purpose was not to defeat him in one battle, but to force Nobunaga to retreat.
Although the winter-dry river has little impact on the attackers, they need to be cautious on the battlefield. As long as they force the opponent back, the entire army can calmly cross the river and fight again.
Moreover, the opponent's number is already small. After losing the first battle, their morale is hit, and the subsequent decisive battles will be more advantageous.
"The other party moved."
Seeing the opponent's army moving forward from a distance, Yiyin said to Benefit. Yi Yi stopped his movements, looked straight ahead, and nodded slightly with a solemn expression.
Ahead, Sasa Sunsuke looked back at the commotion behind him and curled his lips in disdain. These Chinese people were indeed unreliable.
She is a girl from a side branch of the Sasa family. Like the Maeda Toshi family, she left home early to look for her master's family.
Thanks to Oda Nobunaga's trust, he started as a defender and became the leader of the Kiyosu Castle defenders.
This time, he was ordered to face the crisis, and he controlled and integrated the defenders of several nearby cities to serve as the vanguard of the formation.
I feel very proud. When this battle is over, you will be rewarded, right? It should be enough to go back to your hometown, marry the man you love and have a daughter.
"Blow the conch and drum! Raise the gun! Get ready to engage the enemy!"
