Sekigahara, in addition to being a transportation artery connecting the east and west, is also a place with beautiful scenery.
Aikawa and Fujikawa echo here, and Mount Sasao, Mount Nangong, and Mount Matsuo face each other here. It is truly a place of lush greenery and beautiful mountains and waters.
August is the height of summer, and the sun breaks earlier than usual.
A red sun has gradually emerged from the east, but the sunlight does not shine directly on the earth, but is obscured by a thick layer of fog. From time to time, the sun penetrates the clouds and fog, giving the entire Sekigahara area a unique look.
However, Kyogoku Takamasa had no time to enjoy such a sunrise scene at this moment. Not only Kyogoku Takamasa, but also the thousands of Kyogoku Ashigaru who were waiting behind him.
An hour ago, Kyogoku Gaomasa began to mobilize troops. Because he was worried about being noticed by the detectives and shugenja installed nearby by the Rokkaku family, Kyogoku Takamasa asked his subordinates to be careful.
In fact, Kyogoku Takamasa was not completely sure about this surprise attack.
Everything seemed too hasty and unprepared. But fortunately, the Rokkaku family probably didn't expect Hosokawa Motaka to go to "report the good news" first, and the Kyogoku family to launch a surprise attack.
Of course, Kyogoku Takamasa never fights an uncertain battle, and he also has a hidden card that may have unexpected effects at critical moments.
"Lord, we can't wait any longer. The fog has begun to lift. If we wait any longer, our military strength will be easily exposed!" Hatayama Chaobu said eagerly at the side.
Kyogoku Takamasa looked around, tightened his grip on the handle of the knife, and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, all ministries will act according to plan!"
"The enemy is in Nangong Mountain, we must not let Rokkaku Sadai come out of here alive!"
"Hah!"
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The Rokkaku family's front line is located at the foot of Nangong Mountain. The Rokkaku family's old man, Taishide Tasho, led his troops and was stationed here.
Kamao is a relatively powerful retainer within the Rokkaku family, and Kamao Sadahide is also trusted by Rokkaku Sadai. As a powerful retainer in the family, Sadahide Kamao has long been active in all the major wars that the Rokkaku family participated in. Generally, in battles, the Kamao family will be at the front line.
Kamao Sadahide has been living a comfortable life in the past two years. Rokkaku Sadai is paying more and more attention to him. Kamao's voice in Rokkaku's family is getting more and more important, and he is reaping more and more benefits.
What makes Sadahide Kamou even more happy is that the new castle he built at a huge cost has been built in Hino Township (Hino Castle). Sadahide Kamou is preparing to move the castle from the dilapidated Otowa Castle to Hino Township after the battle. go.
It is said that people are in high spirits when happy events happen. Kamo Sadahide has been quite energetic recently and wakes up very early every day.
Under the service of two nicknames, Sadahide Kamou put on his regular clothes and prepared to go out for a walk. Yesterday Rokkaku Sadai hosted a banquet for Hosokawa Motaka, and Sadahide Kamou naturally participated. It was inevitable that "the emperor and his subjects had fun together" during the banquet. My mind is still a little dizzy at the moment.
Slowly walking out of the camp, Sadahide Kamao carefully walked around some peasant soldiers sleeping on the ground (ordinary peasant soldiers usually slept against trees or haystacks during war, while the lower peasant soldiers did not have tents during the war, only senior samurai) There will be independent tents), and there is a stream in front of the camp. Kamao Sadahide is going to wash his face first.
Seeing the clear stream rushing past in front of his eyes, Sadahide Kamou squatted down quickly, and then picked up the water with his hands.
Just when he was about to take a few sips, he suddenly glanced out of the corner of his eye, as if he had discovered something extraordinary, and he froze in place for a moment.
After a while, Sadahide Kamao stood up with trembling legs, pointed at the dense forest in front of him and shouted: "Are the Asakura family's troops in the forest?!"
"Can you please meet me, the leader? The relationship here is a bit complicated, please allow me to explain it slowly!"
Just now, Sadahide Kamao inadvertently saw many ashigaru figures appearing in the forest not far away, and it looked like they were not wearing the military uniforms of the Rokkaku family.
Kamao Sadahide subconsciously thought that the Asakura family had some idea of the military strength of the Rokkaku family, so he quickly greeted Linzhong.
After all, in Kamao Sadahide's view, since the Hosokawa family has already reached an agreement, the next battle will definitely not continue. The Asakura family must have not received the news yet, so they just need to explain it clearly to the other party to avoid the "misunderstanding" from continuing to occur.
However, after Kamao Sadahide finished speaking, there was no movement in the forest.
After a long time, Kamo Sadahide continued to speak: "I am Dr. Kamo Zuobing of the Kamo family in Otonyu City. Can General Lin Zhong show up to see you?"
After all, Sadahide Kamou was also slowly walking towards the back.
However, as soon as he took two steps back, a sound broke through the air, and several feather arrows flew out of the forest in the blink of an eye, heading straight for Pu Shengdingxiu.
Kamao Sadahide has been in battle for a long time. He is not too familiar with the sound of bows and arrows coming, and his body instinctively disperses to one side.
But Kamou Sadahide obviously underestimated the archery skills of the archer in the forest, and also underestimated the number of arrows flying towards him.
"ah"!
A scream rang out in the forest, breaking the tranquility of the early morning.
Kamao Sadahide may have been considered a strong player in the family before, until he just got an arrow in the knee...
He regretted a little. If he had turned around and ran away, maybe he could have run away, right?
He struggled to sit up from the ground and looked at the two arrows stuck in his right leg. Sadahide Kamou gritted his teeth in pain.
"You actually attacked me secretly, you really don't have martial ethics!"
At the same time, a group of ashigaru figures slowly appeared in the forest, and after seeing the flag-supporting pattern behind the opponent, Sadahide Kamou was shocked and speechless.
In the opinion of Kamou Sadahide, if the Asakura family's military strength is strong, even if the opponent really succeeds in a sneak attack, it will not be a big problem. After all, there are only a thousand people of the Kamou clan here in the front line. Hold on for a while and wait for Rokkaku Sadeyori to send reinforcements. Just fight it off.
But the ashigaru in front of him was clearly from the Kyogoku family... This would be a big problem.
But at the same time, the question also arises. Didn't Hosokawa Motaka say yesterday that the Hosokawa family had already agreed to the agreement of the main family? Why did the Kyogoku family raid the main family at this time?
Haven't the Kyogoku family always looked down upon the Hosokawa family?
“I thought it was just a stray fish, but I didn’t expect to catch a big fish!”
"Doctor Kamou Zuohei, right? I'm staying with Akao Misaku of the Kyogoku family!"
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Rokkaku's main formation, Rokkaku Sadayori had just gotten up at this time.
Yesterday, he drank too much, so Rokkaku Sadarai was approached and dragged around before he got up from the bed. Just as he was about to get angry, he saw that the person standing in front of him was Monomiban Tou of the clan, Rokkaku Sadayori suddenly had an ominous premonition.
As expected, Monojian Bantou was given a slap in the face as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Lord, it's not good. A large number of troops from the Kyogoku family suddenly appeared in the west and south of Nangong Mountain and launched a surprise attack on my family. The troops of the Hamo family in the front line have been defeated!"
"Now the troops of Busi and Hirai are under fierce attack from the enemy!"
Rokkaku Sadarai obviously hadn't reacted to Monomiban's words for a while. After a long time, he spurted out a mouthful of old blood, "How dare you do this!"
"Kyogoku kid, why do you go against my family so many times!"
"My heart... hurts so much..."
