Under the cover of bamboo bundles and wooden logs, the task of moving the stone trunks was quickly completed, and the Jiyue Mountain Road was finally successfully cleared.
After receiving the news from the front line, Kyogoku Takamasa immediately ordered the entire army to march.
The road to the base of the mountain is long and narrow. If there is a stalemate, the Kyogoku family and the Asai family will spend a long time here. This is obviously against the original intention of Kyogoku Gaozheng. This time the Kyogoku family went out to battle, originally intending to quickly defeat the Asai family while they were always looting the territory of the Asai family. Naturally, it was best to do it quickly.
Mototaka Nomura felt that he had lost face the day before yesterday, and today he had to regain his sense of presence no matter what, so he personally picked up a spear and rushed to the front of the team. Next came the secondary team of Hikaru Numata, and then Kyogoku Takamasa's main team.
Trees and bamboo bundles were erected on both sides of the mountain path. No matter how much Wakisaka Yasuaki and others in the dense forest tried, they could not have any impact on the Kyogoku family.
They passed this mountain road without any danger, and soon a slightly wider forestland appeared in front of Nomura Mototaka.
Before Nomura Mototaka could stand still, a cry of killing suddenly rang out, and then a group of Ashigaru from the Asai family suddenly came out of the forest.
"Array up!"
"Don't panic, hold your spear high, and wait for the enemy to rush forward and slap him with your spear!"
When farmers and soldiers fight, there must be warriors supervising and commanding the battle, otherwise it will collapse at the first touch. This has been confirmed by various joint battles over decades or even hundreds of years.
With Nomura Gentaka around, the peasants and soldiers seemed to have found their backbone, and began to raise the three and a half spears above their heads in accordance with Nomura Gentaka's order.
The Asai family's troops that rushed out of the forest were not many, and it seemed that their number would not exceed two hundred.
The tall samurai at the head stared at the Kyogoku family's military formation, showed a disdainful look, and then waved his hand, "Kill!"
oh!
With just one order, his subordinate Ashigaru rushed out with his spear raised high, which was enough to prove the status and prestige of the samurai at home.
Twenty steps!
Ten steps!
Five steps!
"beat!"
Nomura Gentaka calmly roared, and the more than a hundred peasants and soldiers under his command were very obedient and suddenly swung down the spears they held high in their hands. The Ashigaru of the Asai family who rushed towards them was hit instantly, and screams continued for a while.
In this era, in addition to the low military literacy of the peasants and soldiers, the low casualty rate of Ashigaru was also due to the way the Ashigaru fought.
Different from the ancient Chinese spears, although the R-type spear is longer, its combat method is to slap rather than stab. Japanese spears mostly use bamboo as the shaft. Although the barrel is long, it is extremely soft and unstable. If you choose to stab, the head of the spear will swing left and right, and it will basically not hit the target.
Instead, he chose to slap. Although it cannot cause direct damage, it can cause a "bludgeoning" effect because of the soft elasticity of the gun body. If someone with strong strength hits a vital point, the combat effectiveness will be lost in an instant, and internal bleeding, fractures, etc. are not impossible.
The villagers' armed fighting officially began.
When the two sides came into close combat, the battle basically began in earnest, and it fell into a "stalemate" stage from the beginning. Ashigaru from both sides surrounded a certain area and kept shooting with guns a few meters apart.
When the battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, only a few Ashigaru men from both sides had fallen.
There is no doubt that these fallen ashigaru are all hot-blooded young people, also commonly known as "SB". Only experienced ashigaru will not break away from the team and rush towards the opponent's samurai like these young people. .
Although it is good to have dreams, how can dreams be realized so easily?
Throughout the history of the Warring States Period, there have been countless large and small battles. How many peasant Ashigaru really relied on killing enemies on the battlefield to get ahead? It's not as practical as warm straw sandals, which are at least not life-threatening...
"Numata Etchu is here, the rats from the Asai family come quickly to take care of him!"
While the battle was in full swing, Numata Mitsukane of the Kyogoku family's secondary formation arrived with his troops and immediately rushed out to join the battlefield.
During the Asai family's military situation, Amamori Sadji looked up after hearing the movement, and saw that Numata Hikaru's team did not panic after joining the battlefield. He calmly said to a young samurai beside him, "Yabei, today This is your first battle, so perform well."
"That Numata Etsuchu is not a person with outstanding martial arts reputation, so I leave it to you!"
"Don't worry, father, I will never disgrace my family's name!" The young warrior nodded and said confidently.
After saying that, the young samurai took the spear from the hand of a gunman next to him, and then waved his hand and said, "Follow me, everyone. Today I, Amamori Yabei, will attack the enemy and make achievements!"
"kill!"
Umori Yahei Kiyosada, the son of Umori Sadashi, the young master of the Umori family, and one of the three famous Kai Akame generals in history.
Umori Kiyosada has just entered the Yuan server this year. As this battle is the first battle, Umori Tetsuji naturally attaches great importance to it and gathers most of the warriors in the family together to protect Yumori Kiyosada.
Generally speaking, in the first battle of a "status" young samurai like Yumori Kiyosada, there is no need to go into battle to kill the enemy in person. All the family samurai need to do is seriously injure an enemy soldier, and then Yumori Kiyosada goes up and cuts off the head. Level is enough.
At this time, the melon-eating crowd who had been prepared for a long time chanted words such as "Young Master's first battle to defeat the enemy" on the battlefield. In a short time, Yusen Qingzhen's "Martial Name" will be greatly improved, leaving the first battle to defeat the enemy. reputation.
However, the Yusen family has a strong family tradition and is not interested in such things, so Yusen Qingzhen had to go into battle in person and fight with real swords and guns.
As soon as Numata Mitsukane joined the battlefield, Amemori Kiyosada rushed over with his men.
Numata Mitsukane did not dare to be careless, and quickly changed the target and commanded the peasant soldiers to start fighting with Yumori Kiyosada.
Yumori Qingzhen is worthy of being a fierce man who can leave his name in history. Although it is only his first formation, he already has a lot of fighting experience. After rushing into the formation, he kept waving the spear in his hand. In less than a quarter of an hour, he has already completed the battle. Recruit three peasant soldiers.
Moreover, there were more than ten samurai guards beside Yumori Kiyosada, and the offensive was very sharp, beating the peasants and soldiers under Numata Hikaru's command to the point where they were unable to parry.
Samurai have received systematic military training since childhood, and their combat effectiveness and equipment are not comparable to that of peasant soldiers. As long as the number of warriors reaches a certain size, the "collective charge" formed by them can often defeat peasant soldiers several times their size.
Most of the peasants and soldiers under Mitsukane Numata were tribesmen and villagers who had migrated from Xiongchuan Township. Although the equipment was simple, the folk customs of Xiongchuan Township were sturdy and battle-hardened, so although they were at a disadvantage, they would not be defeated in one blow.
But even so, Numata Mitsukane's team still played very hard. There is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of samurai is not comparable to that of peasants and soldiers.
Just when the battle was losing, two loud shouts came from behind the battlefield!
"Kaihoku Zenemon is here, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Who dares to fight with me, Akao Mei!"
It was actually Kaiboku Tsunachika and Akao Kiyoshizuna who came together to kill him.
For a time, the three generals Hai Chiyu gathered together.
It can be expected that a wonderful battle is about to take place.
