The back of the mountain of Sawayama Castle is a bit far away from Norada, and the view is lost across the mountain. No matter how fierce the fighting is over there, you can't see it from here.
Ever since Asai Nagamasa entered the battle in the early morning, the formations of both sides had clearly become tit-for-tat.
The hexagonal soldiers are numerous and powerful, and the military force is divided into three levels, front and back.
The front formation is led by Kamao Kenhide, the second formation is led by Shindo Kenmori, and the main formation is led by Rokkaku Yoshihide. The entire army has a strength of 25,000.
In the past few days, under the efforts of Kamao and Shindo, the retainers have successively brought in more troops, which now number up to 25,000.
Although they were filled with a large number of peasant soldiers with low combat effectiveness, there were still two thousand Ji warriors.
Coupled with Minami Omi's strong financial resources, Rokkaku Yoshihide spent a lot of money in order to determine the outcome of the battle, and the mixed soldiers composed of wild samurai also numbered two thousand.
The total of these two and four thousand Ji warriors far exceeded Asai Nagamasa's expectations. But at this point, you have to get through it even if you have to hold on for dear life.
The number of Asai's troops was only eleven thousand, including more than a thousand Ji warriors, divided into front and back formations.
The first formation was led by the fierce generals Isono Umasagi and Momomouchi Zangsuke, while the rear formation was led by Asai Nagamasa and Akao Kiyozuna.
This is a posture of fighting to the death and fighting to the end.
"Jiji! Asai will rise and fall in this battle!"
The Asai family has been bullied by the Rokkaku family for so long, and the accumulated resentment suddenly burst out, and the vanguard collided with the vanguard, never falling behind.
Liujiao Yixian is calm and calm. Relying on their large numbers, this advance formation was used to drain the energy of Asai's army.
The troops here are strong, and the strength gap between the two families is too big. The Rokkaku family can kill the Asai family even with their lives, money and food, how can they lose!
Compared to the big scene of Norada, Yamago looks thin.
Yiyin Fangji has many warriors, more than 300 in number, but no peasant soldiers.
Mekada Tsunayoshi's men are the reserve troops of his own territory, with more than 600 people, most of whom are peasant soldiers.
Therefore, as soon as the war started, she was suppressed and beaten.
"Thrust! Stab!"
Oda, one old, six young, seven girls and their own ashigaru stood at the forefront of the Chinese army's attack. This is where most of the fighting died, the center of the meat grinder.
But isn't it true that those who play with guns are only one inch longer and one inch stronger? The Odas, who wanted to express themselves and win more battles, also worked hard.
A family of seven didn't want to go back alive, so mother and daughter rushed in together. Relying on the spear to gain an extra distance, a gap was instantly opened.
Mekada Tsunayoshi wanted to defend to the end. The formation in front was tight, and the sharpness of the clusters of spear points could not match the Oda people's determination to serve the public.
With this burst of strength, Zhongjun was pulled open as soon as he made contact, making Todo Torako behind him couldn't help shouting.
"Come in! Don't let them block the opening!"
The situation of the Oda people was not good. Although they rushed into the opening with their spears, their advantage was gone after entering.
The spears were good at attacking but not at defending. The enemy spear formations in front and on the left and right came at them, and five or six people fell instantly.
At this time, Mitsuhide Akechi, who was following behind, gave decisive orders and was covered with light arrows.
The shooting range of the bamboo bow is eighty steps, and it takes fifty steps to aim stably.
The iron cannon had a range of fifty steps, but it was not accurate wherever it hit. To hit the target accurately, three or five iron cannons must be fired at twenty paces.
Akechi Mitsuhide continued to charge forward with the iron cannon, and the bow and arrows were not accurate. He ordered the accompanying Hime Samurai to watch the bow and arrows and shoot forward.
It was covering the front of Oda people. There were so many people there that you could shoot it even with your eyes closed.
The ashigaru's legs can also block the arrows of the bamboo bow, but the protective area of these legs is small. Which samurai is willing to put on the full body armor of the ashigaru.
It hit the neck, arms, and lower body. It was painful, and the gun formation was scattered.
Akechi Mitsuhide rushed forward with six more iron cannons, three on each side, and sprayed them when they got close.
For a moment, the pressure on the Oda crowd dropped drastically. The vanguard troops behind them rushed in, and the entire Chinese army became a mess.
There was not much room for a melee with less than a thousand people, and the chaos in the center quickly spread to both sides.
Mekadada Tsunayoshi secretly screamed, and pulled the flags on the left and right sides forward. It took seven or eight blows to stabilize the morale of the army.
At this time, from Yiyin's rear formation, there was a burst of conch sound. The vanguard from the front heard this and rushed to the left and right with all their strength, leaving the center as empty as possible.
The bows, arrows and iron cannons did not stop, and they poured forward without any effort, leaving Mekada Tsunayuki confused about the situation for a while.
Although the formation is a bit chaotic, it is still early to collapse. At this time, she was preparing to lead her team to fight and retreat, and return to the camp behind to defend.
As long as we get through today, we will withdraw to the Norada headquarters tonight and report to the master. The mission was to monitor the back door of the mountain city, so this was not considered a defeat.
Mekada Tsunayoshi, who had long forgotten to put the crotch cloth on Yoshigan, was just thinking about getting through it.
But Yiyin was not prepared to give her a chance. The two sides have been fighting fiercely, and the passage directly in front has been opened.
She nodded to Otani Yoshitsugi behind her, who raised his flag and pointed forward.
Yiyin took the lead and rushed out. After running thirty or fifty steps, he quickly picked up his horse and rushed towards Mekada Tsunayoshi's formation flag.
In order to supervise the battle, Mekada Tsunayoshi leaned forward a few points, and then directed the reserve team to retreat, and the entire formation retreated a few points.
Now, people and flags were not far from the front line.
Eleven war horses are in front, and they are all driven by Ji warriors who are the most skilled in martial arts. The horse twenty-three is behind, and he is also followed by good players.
Compared with war horses, these war horses are either congenitally defective or old war horses, and are sold to farm animals for farming and carrying goods in the countryside.
After all the hard work today, I'm afraid not a few horses will survive. But when he rushed out, he was so frightened that Mekadada Tsunayoshi was heartbroken.
An ordinary reserve team only has fifty or sixty warriors, and more than two hundred ashigaru. Observing the battlefield before, the calculations were accurate.
Who knows, the Teng Tang people brought hundreds of Ji warriors this time. Who knew that Yiyin was quietly waiting behind with thirty-three of his most elite men.
At this moment, the horse-riding warriors came out to charge into the formation. The scattered spear array could not stop them at all. They used the speed of their horses to rush into the Mukada army formation for more than ten steps.
The first ashigaru were completely destroyed, but the Mekada family was not without warriors. More than ten Hime samurai from the following formation led a small group of ashigaru to hold up their guns to stop the cavalry.
There were no such ants in Yoshiyin's eyes. He glanced at Mekada's formation flag and rushed in that direction.
A conflict between a gun and a horse comes when one's character explodes. Four Ji warriors were killed with five shots, and the 50% fatal blow was suddenly increased to 80%. This luck would make you buy lottery tickets.
As soon as the four Ji warriors died, the numerous light peasant soldiers under their control fled in an instant, taking the other teams with them and turning them upside down. The cavalry following Yiyin took the opportunity to kill countless people.
Mekada Tsunayoshi couldn't see what was going on and was about to retreat. As soon as her formation flag moved back, she heard Yiyin shouting.
"Mekarada Tsunayoshi ran away!"
The Ji warriors on horseback understood and shouted along.
The Mekada army who was still fighting with the Todo people in front heard the shouts from behind and turned around to look.
His own formation flag was moving back, and suddenly the morale of the frontline troops was in chaos. Within a moment, the Ashigaru peasants and soldiers turned around and fled.
Mekada Tsunayoshi also knew that it was over at this time. He tried to run away, but was blocked in the chaotic army and could not move.
"Mekada Tsunayoshi!"
After killing several peasant soldiers blocking the way, she heard a man yelling from behind.
Turning around to look, a spear was thrown at him, barely hitting her front armor.
I still wanted to laugh at what this stupid man was doing, but his vision went dark, and he fell off his horse and died.
"Mekada Tsunayoshi was begged by me, Shiba Yoshiyin!"
Maeda Yoshitsugi and Otani Yoshitsugi rushed up and overturned the flag guard, cut off the formation flag of Mokada army, and the enemy army collapsed.
Yiyin looked up and saw that the sun was still far away from noon.
