Lin Zhengxin didn't feel good at this time.
Yesterday, he had been fighting for a whole day and was captured despite fighting hard. He was finally rescued, but unexpectedly he encountered a fierce enemy attack the next day.
Originally, if Toshimasa Asai and others were present, the Asai family had quite a lot of troops at the mouth of the Asawa Minato River, so there would be no problem in blocking the Rokkaku family's offensive.
But late last night, I don't know what happened to the Asai family's main formation, and they successively transferred the troops of Asai Toshimasa and Asai Nomasa. Only Lin Masanobu and a dozen old and weak soldiers were left on the entire Asai River bank.
The order left by Asai Toshimasa and others when they left was for Lin Masanobu and others to stay here. They must fight to the death and not retreat, even if they die, they cannot escape.
But is Lin Zhengxin a fool?
no!
Are those old fritters who follow Lin Zhengxin fools?
Neither!
So, when the Rokkaku family's troops began to march towards the bank of the Chaozu Minato River, Lin Zhengxin and others ran away without saying a word.
Just kidding, there are hundreds of enemy troops on the opposite side, but Lin Zhengxin only has about a dozen weaklings here. Why don't they run away and wait to die?
"Zabei, where are we going now?"
"Why don't we go back to the village? There are so many enemy troops here. I'm so scared."
The people who followed Lin Zhengxin were all Ashigaru from the same village. They had a private discussion last night and came to the conclusion that "whoever doesn't run away is a bastard." However, if they escape privately, they will be in serious trouble if they are liquidated by the Asai family after the war.
So at this time, they could only focus on Lin Zhengxin.
After all, Lin Zhengxin was born as a warrior and had seen much more of the world than they did, so they couldn't help but regard Lin Zhengxin as their backbone.
"You must run away. If you stay here, you can only wait for death. But you must not return to the village. Otherwise, if the Asai family settles accounts after the fall, it will be troublesome!"
"But why did the Asai family gather their troops so suddenly?"
"Not only the Chaozu Minato River estuary, but also those near Ueda Village have been transferred. Isn't Asai-den afraid of the Rokkaku family's troops crossing the river?"
"Or are you saying that the Asai family is making big moves?"
It's a pity that even if Lin Zhengxin picked his head open, he couldn't draw any valid conclusions. He is just the lowest level ashigaru Kotou in the Asai family, and his level of contact is too low. There is no way to know the next move of his family in advance, so he can only act according to orders.
"My lifelong ambition cannot end here, I must escape from here!"
After making up his mind, Lin Zhengxin called the other ashigaru, and then said loudly, "I will leave Omi soon to find another way out. You can return to the village. If anyone asks about it afterwards, you can put all the blame on me." That’s it!”
"Zabei, take care on the road!"
"Yes, Zuobei, you can come back to the village when you have time. My sister has been thinking about you all the time."
The Asai family's military strength along the Amano River was "completely defeated", and the entire defense line from Ueda Village to the mouth of the Asazuma Minato River completely collapsed. The Rokkaku family's troops occupied almost all crossing points along the Amano River.
The Rokkaku family's military strength was initially very happy.
But when Takayoshi Hirai, Takatō Goto and others met at the Asai family's main formation, the two were dumbfounded for a moment.
"Why is this formation empty?"
"Where is Asai Ryomasato?"
"On the way down, we didn't encounter many soldiers from the Asai family at all. Where are the people from the Asai family?" Goto Takatoyo looked confused.
Hirai Takayoshi was also confused and said, "I marched all the way from Shimoda Village to here. Apart from asking for more than ten people, I didn't encounter any other troops."
"Could it be that the Asai family's troops have withdrawn to Otani Castle overnight?"
"How could Asai Ryomasa be willing to give up the natural obstacle of Amano River so easily?"
While Hirai Takayoshi and Goto Takataka were speculating on the whereabouts of Asai Ryomasa, near the Rokkaku family's main camp on the other side of the Amano River, Asai Ryomasa was leading the Asai family's troops to launch a fierce attack on Rokkaku Sadeyori.
Asai Ryomasa had gathered troops scattered throughout the Amano River in the main formation as early as last night, in order to concentrate superior forces to raid Rokkaku Sadeyori's main formation the next day.
Although this approach was very risky, Asai Ryomasa had no other choice.
The Asai family has few soldiers. If they only send a few people to attack, even if these people are elite members of the Asai family, it will be useless in front of thousands of Rokkaku family members. Therefore, Asai Ryomasa can only make a desperate move, gather all the troops together, and burn the boat!
"Lord, the Asai family's offensive is extremely fast. They have defeated three of our formations in a row. If the fourth formation is defeated again, the opponent will attack us!" In the Rokkaku family's main formation, Ogawa Boqishou was kneeling in the main formation covered in blood. Inside, he reported with a heavy face.
Looking at the bloody battle of Ogawa Hakushu, Rokkaku Sadayori barely controlled his inner anger and said slowly, "Asai Ryomasa is indeed an outstanding person. He has such courage. It's really surprising!"
"Immediately send an order to Kaga Hirai and Tajima Goto, asking them to quickly bring troops back for reinforcements! Since the Asai family's troops have crossed the Amano River and come to our side, there is no need to continue to attack the Amano River. The spy’s stronghold.”
"ha!"
Not long after Ogawa Boqi Shou left, a panicked envoy ran in.
"Lord, what's bad, the rear of our formation was suddenly attacked!"
"Why do people from the Asai family appear behind me?" Rokkaku Sadarai couldn't keep calm at this time, and stood up suddenly and roared.
"It's the Watanabe family. The Watanabe family has rebelled!"
"Watanabe Takashi! Bastard!" Rokkaku Sadayori threw the gold-lacquered Wolong standing bag on the table to the ground. His chest heaved up and down violently, showing that he was very angry. "There are still troops near this formation. Can it be mobilized?”
"No more. Everyone is in four formations to resist the Asai family, and the Lord's team is also defending against the Hori family's troops!"
"Asshole, Takashi Watanabe really knows how to choose the right time. Where can I go to mobilize our troops at this time!"
"Wait a minute." Rokkaku Sadayori's eyes flashed suddenly, "Where are the Kyogoku family's troops? Didn't they say they would arrive today?"
"Yamashiro Shou, what on earth is going on?"
Shindo Sadaharu was also a little confused at this moment, "Maybe there is something wrong with the Kyogoku family. I will send someone to help."
Uchiho Kawara, the Rokkaku family main formation.
Asai Ryomasa divided his three thousand troops into three teams, led by Asai Toshimasa, Asai Nomasa and himself, and went straight to Rokkaku Sadayori's main team.
Initially, when crossing the river, they encountered a stubborn resistance from Sadahide Kamou, but Sadahide Kamou did not expect that the Asai family's offensive would be so swift and violent, and they were quickly defeated. Subsequently, the Rokkaku family's second and third formations were quickly defeated due to no preparation at all.
To make matters worse, in addition to the Asai family's troops, there are more than a thousand Hori family troops on the right side of Iwaki Mountain who are also attacking. Ogawa Boqishou fought hard for half an hour and was unable to parry, so he retreated to his own position.
In desperation, Rokkaku Sadeyori could only deploy all his troops in the fourth formation in an attempt to hold the formation's last line of defense.
However, it all seems to be too late.
