The Mino army formation collapsed, and more than 20 ashigaru troops were prepared. Three to four thousand people ran away crying, and the Hime samurai was trapped among them, and he was drifting with the tide in a daze.
Everyone didn't know what to do. They were like sheep being driven by sheepdogs. They just followed the crowd, numbly heading south, south.
The crowd turned into a violent wave, constantly hitting the Owari military formation, and smashed the Owari military formation into chaos due to the shelling.
Hirate Fanxiu, a young person, had never seen such a big scene where thousands of people collapsed.
In her little battle experience, the Oda family was invincible, and the ones being chased away were always the enemy, not one of their own.
Due to lack of experience, the helpless Ping Pianxiu missed the last chance and watched helplessly as the crowd rushed into his queue.
If the experienced Ujie Naomoto were here, he would definitely let the iron cannons, bows and arrows fire together, forcing the crowd to retreat to the left and right wings, and not allowing the crowd to destroy his military formation.
But there are no ifs on the battlefield. An inexperienced commander hesitated at a critical moment, which ultimately led to bad consequences.
The defeated troops rushed into the Owari army formation, making the entire queue even more chaotic. What was even more frightening was that the cavalry led by Yoshigan had already followed the defeated troops and came over.
People in the queue were crowded, trampling on each other, and the crying and shouting made people lose their fighting spirit and feel confused. There were broken soldiers everywhere, and it was impossible to tell who was who.
Yiyin, who turned on the insight mode, had already chosen the best angle and pierced the enemy formation calmly, as smoothly as a hot saber cutting butter.
The Shiba Army on Maeda's side has also stabilized its position and began to cooperate with the Yoshiyin Cavalry Army on the flanks to counterattack the Oda Army.
After being attacked by the enemy troops, the Owari army formation was attacked from both sides by the cavalry army and the spear formation, and was about to collapse across the board.
At this time, the long sound of conch came from the south. Yiyin pulled the cavalry out of the enemy's formation, ran up a small slope, and looked from afar.
A reserve team turned out from behind Iwasaki Mountain and was entering the main battlefield along the streets of Northland.
Then, war drums sounded on Iwasaki Mountain, and the flags on the Spur Army began to retreat at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Yiyin's mind went blank and his pupils shrank.
The Oda family has new reinforcements entering the battlefield. Where did they come from? Is it Jiyue? The Sanada army over there was killed?
Looking up at the sun, Yiyin had just had this idea, but he shook his head and rejected it.
It's impossible. It's just past three-quarter noon. There are a total of 10,000 mountain people who dare to fight and fight on the Sanada Army's side. It's not that easy to deal with.
Even if there are 10,000 pigs, it will take one day. It is absolutely impossible for Oda Nobunaga to mobilize the Oda army from the Shiyue battlefield to help.
Since it's not Jian Yue, where did these reinforcements come from?
Yi Gin glanced at the enemy troops in the distance, then stared at the commotion of Mount Iwasaki for a moment, and gritted his teeth.
No matter where these reinforcements came from, they must not be allowed to calmly rescue the Oda Army in Higashinoyama. They must cripple the chaotic Oda Army before new enemy forces enter the field!
Yiyin said coldly.
"Blow the magic snail, prepare to charge!"
The whirling sound of the conch whirled, and Maeda's interest department in the distance also began to blow the conch in response. At this moment, the monarch and his ministers had the same mind.
Yiyin smiled slightly, glanced at the Sibo Tongxin people behind him who were standing in awe on their horses, he tucked his horse under its belly and rushed down the hillside first.
This time, Yiyin didn't waste time on the outside, but went directly to Ma Yin, who was tied with Fanxiu.
———
Seeing the Oda army approaching the battlefield in the distance, Hirate Hanhide's body was trembling a little. It was the joy from the bottom of his heart that he had survived the disaster.
But her joy had not lasted for three seconds, and the warrior Ji next to her had already made a sharp cracking sound.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Hirate Fanxiu turned his head and saw a large group of cavalry penetrating the military formation and heading straight towards him.
Glancing at the horse print behind him, Hirate Fanxiu instantly understood what the goal of this cavalry group was, and his eye circles suddenly turned red.
She gasped, she didn't want to die, the Hirate family business had just begun to prosper, how could she die here!
"Gun formation! Line up quickly! Where are the iron cannons! Pull the iron cannons over here!"
Hirate Fanxiu was anxious under the horse's seal, but the entire military formation was in chaos. No matter how many envoys she sent and how many orders she issued, it was of no use.
Her horse seal is like a rock in the stormy sea, so leaving Fanyi is like being sucked into the flow of people, never to be heard from again.
Seeing the cavalry becoming more and more aggressive, Fanxiu couldn't help but howl in despair.
She can't leave. If she dares to run, Oda Nobunaga will definitely kill her, and the Hirate family will be implicated.
Hirate Hohide knew Oda Nobunaga's character very well. The teacher-student friendship between Hirate Masahide and Oda Nobunaga could not save a deserter, nor could he save the Hirate family behind the deserter.
Hirate Fanxiu yelled with red eyes.
"Everyone prepare! Meet the enemy!"
———
Ii Naomasa dismounted and cut off Hirate Fanxiu's head. The horse seal was retreated by several concentric people, and Yoshigan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked around and saw that the Mino Owari army had been defeated by him continuously. The Hime Samurai and the horses were already sweating profusely and exhausted.
At this time, there was a noise in the distance. Yiyin looked towards the sound, and his heart suddenly sank.
Just when he was attacking Hirate Fanhide, the Iwasaki defense line suddenly burst out with huge force, directly pushing the Shiba army attacking the mountain back to the plain.
The Oda army of Iwasaki Mountain was chasing down the mountain, and the Oda reinforcements in the distance were gradually entering the battlefield. Yoshigami narrowed his eyes, shook his head unwillingly, and ordered.
"Let's retreat and rush back towards Maeda's interests!"
———
Hidetaka Kawajiri, who entered the battlefield, was a veteran of the Oda family. Facing the surging troops, she gave the order without hesitation.
"The gun array stabilized the formation, the iron cannons and bows and arrows came forward, and all the broken soldiers who dared to attack the formation will be killed without mercy!
Send someone to shout in front of the formation, asking the defeated troops to retreat from the left and right wings and regroup behind the formation! "
Behind her, Sakuma Nobumori's men were also slowly entering the battlefield, gradually opening up their formations, shouting to the defeated soldiers, and slaughtering the defeated soldiers who dared to rush into the formation with the same cold-bloodedness.
Both generals were experienced and instantly rescued the collapsed Higashinoyama Oda Army.
Although these Oda troops were frightened, trampled on each other, and suffered heavy losses, they were able to save most of them.
If the reinforcements did not come, the final fate of these Oda troops would most likely be to be driven around by Yoshigan's cavalry, and eventually they would be exhausted, dead and wounded.
———
On Iwasaki Mountain, Sasaki Narimasa's eyes were shining with excitement.
Supplemented by Oda Nobunaga's personal troops, the strength in her hands has completely overwhelmed the Spo army opposite.
The Shiba army that attacked the Iwasaki defense line was a coalition of shogunate samurai such as Hosokawa Fujitaka, Ninagawa Makoto, and Hatakeyama Takamasa. Their combat effectiveness was very average.
Sasaki Naimasa concentrated all his elite troops and forced the mountain to be attacked with only one counterattack. The exhausted Hosokawa army drove down the mountain.
Later, she rushed and routed the supporting Hatakeyama Army and Ninagawa Army, and drove the Shiba Army attacking the mountain towards the central army in Maeda's favor.
Sasaki Narimasa shouted.
"Move my horse seal forward, and the whole army goes down the mountain to form an array, and stick to Hosokawa Fujitaka, don't let her escape!
There is an order from the main hall to capture Sibo Yiyin alive and reward him with a reward of five hundred thousand stones. "
Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave woman. The Wu family values profits over righteousness, so who wouldn't be moved when they hear the news of five hundred thousand stones?
There are sixty-six countries in the world, and the stone height is no more than 20 million. Five hundred thousand stones, that is 23% of the land in the world!
With such great benefits, let alone Shiba Yoshigami, even if the great god Bishamonten really comes to the world, there will still be people who are dazzled by the huge reward and dare to go up and try to capture him alive.
Oda's reinforcements entered the scene, and the situation was excellent. The Hime warriors around Sasaki Narimasa cheered and shouted.
"Capture Sibo Yiyin alive, and you will be rewarded with a reward of five hundred thousand stones!"
The shouts spread from the mountains to the mountains, until all the Oda military formations were shouting.
"Capture Sibo Yiyin alive, and you will be rewarded with a reward of five hundred thousand stones!"
One after another, they are endless.
———
Shiba Yoshigan led all the cavalrymen to rush back to Maeda Yoshi's central army. Maeda Yoshiyoshi personally stepped forward to help him hold the reins and hold the horse's head.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Yoshigan jumped off his horse, regardless of Maeda's concern for interests, pointed in the direction of Iwasaki Mountain, and asked.
"Are those Hosokawa Fujitaka's followers over there?"
Maeda nodded.
"Hey, I later added Hatakeyama Takamasa, Ninagawa Prince, and some shogunate samurai families near the mountain castle."
Yiyin sighed.
"They know how to pick the weakest persimmons."
Maeda frowned.
"The soft persimmon didn't turn out well, it seems it hit an iron plate."
Yiyin said in a deep voice.
"I see that the Oda Army of Iwasaki Mountain is clinging to them and not letting them go. They are sending people to pick them up. Don't let them lead the enemy troops into our formation."
Maeda smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, my reserve team has been exhausted. Or should I go up in person?"
Yiyin looked back at the Sibo Army's reserve team, biting his lower lip and said nothing.
There were a total of 20,000 Shiba troops on the Yuwu main battlefield. While attacking the Iwasaki Mountain defense line, they blocked the main force of Oda on Higashino Mountain and created opportunities for the Yoshiyin Cavalry to charge. They had used their full strength.
Yoshihiro also didn't know where Oda Nobunaga found a large number of reinforcements, which seemed to number 20,000 to 30,000.
This completely shattered Yoshigan's wishful thinking. His plan to use the Dokiyama artillery to annihilate the Higashinoyama Oda Army was completely bankrupt.
The appearance of a large number of Oda reinforcements has exceeded the limit that the Spo army can resist. At this time, we must consider not continuing the attack, but how to get rid of the enemy and withdraw from the battlefield with dignity.
Just when Yoshigan was hesitating, the artillery fire from Dokiyama rang out again, accurately hitting the Oda army that was gathering down the mountain at the Iwasakiyama defense line.
Maeda's interest perked up.
"Okay! Well done! Now Hosokawa Fujitaka and the others are fine."
The Oda Army at Mount Iwasaki was in confusion due to the sudden artillery fire, and the pursuit of the Shiba Army also stopped.
Shiba Yiyin frowned, because the interval between artillery fire was too long. He heard the roar of three rounds of artillery fire in total, and the interval was very long.
He looked in the direction of Tangmu Mountain. He didn't know whether the artillery fired too many times and the barrel could not cool down, or there were not many shells left.
In short, although Hosokawa Fujitaka and the others successfully withdrew, Dokiyama's trump card was also useless and could not help.
After fighting all morning, Sibo's army of 20,000 men was left with 16,700 men and horses.
On the opposite side, the newly joined Oda reinforcements on the battlefield were no less than 20,000 people, and the Oda army on Iwasaki Mountain was also coming down the mountain, with at least five to six thousand people.
In addition to the Higashinoyama Oda Army that was not wiped out, they reorganized behind the Oda reinforcements and may return to the battlefield at any time, which is another five to six thousand people.
In other words, Shiba's army had to fight one against two, and the exhausted army faced the fresh force of Oda who had just entered the battlefield with recharged strength.
Just when Yiyin lamented that this battle was unwinnable, there was a steady stream of noise from the other side.
Yiyin asked.
"What's shouting on the other side?"
Maeda listened intently, but it was too far away to hear clearly. She waved her hand and gave a few instructions to Hata Ben beside her, who then mounted his horse and galloped forward.
After a while, a certain figure was brought back by Hatamoto.
Maeda asked.
"What are the enemy lines shouting?"
The famous creature glanced at Shiba Yiyin, fell deeply to the ground, and did not dare to speak.
Yiyin said softly.
"It's okay. Just tell me. What are they yelling about?"
Monogamiban said in a low voice.
"They are shouting, capture Sibo Yiyin alive, and the reward will be five hundred thousand dan."
Maeda was furious, grabbed Monomiban by the collar and pulled her up from the ground.
"Ba Ge Ya Lu! How dare you say it again!"
The Mononomiban seemed to be frightened and shouted.
"They are shouting to capture Si Boyi alive... No, it's Jindo Palace, offering a reward of 500,000 stone to Zhixingchi!"
Maeda Yoshi threw her to the ground and cursed.
"The arrogant and disrespectful person!"
Yiyin grabbed Maeda's interest and shook his head. Monogamiban kept kowtowing to apologize, Yoshigami said to the people around him.
"Take her down and reward her with a small gold medal."
When Mononomiban was taken away, Maeda's eyes turned red and he shouted.
"Your Majesty! I will fight them!"
The concubines around him were so angry that they couldn't help Maeda's interests, so they all asked for a fight.
Yiyin shook his head and sighed calmly.
"Fifty thousand shi Zhixing, my Sibo Yiyin is worth half a million shi, and I still want to capture him alive?"
Just as he was saying this, a war horse came galloping from behind the formation. Just as it approached, the knight dismounted and rushed forward. It was Akechi Mitsuhide.
"Your Majesty!"
Yiyin smiled.
"Akechi-hime, you came at the right time. Oda Nobunaga seems to have set a 500,000 koku plan to capture me alive. Are you generous or stingy?"
Akechi Mitsuhide said hastily with a serious face, losing his usual elegance and calmness.
"Your Majesty, the Guoban cannon barrel in Tangmushan has overheated and cannot fire anymore. The Nanman officer asked me to apologize to you."
Yiyin shook his head and said.
"Christina tried her best, but I didn't realize that Oda Nobunaga had reinforcements, and I don't know where she got them."
Yiyin sighed, this battle can't go on. His side is out of men and horses, and his number is less than half of the opponent's. This is nothing. He should find a way to leave the battlefield and preserve his strength as much as possible.
But the enemy has already entered the battlefield, and it is impossible for him to leave smoothly. He will definitely cover up and pursue them, which will cause a lot of trouble.
Just when Yiyin hesitated, Akechi Mitsuhide said solemnly.
"Although the collapse of the country in Tangmu Mountain was a misfire, there was a great victory on the side of Jiyue."
Yoshigan was stunned and looked at Akechi Mitsuhide.
"A great victory?"
(End of chapter)
