Twenty miles west of Yodogawa, Namba, Kyoto and Osaka are already in sight.
But along the way, the resentment of the Japanese army, which had not stopped for more than seventy miles, completely broke out.
They were clamoring and clamoring, and even though Namba Kyo was right in front of them, they were unwilling to continue walking even half a step.
The negative consequences of the usual suppression of the warrior class were now fully revealed.
Before the long march, the Japanese court could still paint cakes and pour ecstasy soup on the warriors with the banner of loyalty and patriotism.
However, after this 300-mile march, which in the eyes of many warriors was caused by the incompetence of the upper-level ministers, all the loyalty to the emperor was completely consumed, and was replaced by dissatisfaction with the low status. spread.
Not to mention the Japanese army of the Heian period, it was the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War. This kind of march that consumes a lot of energy will be criticized and requires a large number of political workers to appease it to solve it.
The so-called "Boss Chen's telegram snapped, Xiaobing's feet popped" appeared at that time.
It can be said that the People's Liberation Army, which is the pinnacle of light infantry, cannot stand this kind of back-and-forth march. Let alone the Japanese at this time, if one person starts to make a noise, it will soon become a noise of the whole army.
And the dissatisfaction soon spread from the march to the various mistakes and omissions in the recruitment of the imperial court, and then extended again to the daily suppression of the remaining warriors.
The left minister, Fujiwara Minori, keenly sensed the risk of mutiny. In addition, it was almost the end of the year (5 p.m.) and Fujiwara Hidego, who went to investigate from a distance, did not send a warning, so he let these samurai eat a meal outside the city. Once you're done, you can pay some rewards and then return to the city. It won't be a big problem.
And as it is now, Fujiwara Sanyori doesn't dare to let them enter the city like this. With so many disgruntled samurai entering Namba Kyo, they might commit plunder.
As a result, the more than 50,000 Japanese troops who had traveled more than ten miles stopped at a place only more than twenty miles away from Namba Kyo-Osaka and only more than ten miles away from the Yodogawa Bridge.
Minister Minori Fujiwara ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs official in charge of military supplies to come forward and provide a large amount of white rice, dried small salted fish and donut beans, and start an extra meal on the spot.
At the same time, he announced that after defeating the Yan invaders, everyone would be rewarded, and also announced the exact military merits that could be obtained by beheading the enemy.
Finally, comforted by the fragrant white rice, dried salted fish and donut beans, and quenched by the desire to kill the enemy and improve their status, the restless warriors began to calm down.
In the Japanese country of this era, it was forbidden to eat pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, and birds. The only sources of protein were fish and donut beans, and ordinary people could not eat them at all.
Delicious and nutritious food is the eternal pursuit of mankind, and it can indeed play a great role in soothing military morale.
Just like Kogoro, he was hungry and had heartburn in his stomach, but now that he smelled the aroma of the food, the resentment that had been rising immediately subsided.
Regardless of his appearance, he lay down directly on the ground and chatted intermittently with his comrades beside him, as if all his strength had been lost.
The only thing I can persist in waiting is to look forward to when the white rice will be cooked, even if I have some rice soup to drink now!
Suddenly, Kogoro, who was lying on the ground, suddenly felt the earth tremble, and he immediately got up with alarm bells ringing in his heart.
In this country with many earthquakes, even a follower like Kogoro is very vigilant.
But soon, they discovered that the tremor in the earth was not an earthquake, but came from not far away.
In an instant, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and someone started shouting. Within a few breaths, the sound of "The thief is coming, the thief is coming" rang out all around.
Kogoro felt as if his heart had paused, and even the hunger in his belly had been suppressed a bit.
Countless subordinates and family warriors roared everywhere, asking their followers and companions to quickly stand up and form array.
Because of his contribution to singing Japanese songs last time, Kogoro was rewarded and did not have to go to the front to form the formation. Instead, he was assigned to a fat monk as his companion.
In the chaos of war, Kogoro held the monk's armor and hurriedly put it on him.
The tension of the coming war made the atmosphere very depressing. Kogoro even saw a look of fear on the face of this monk who usually boasted of his invincible power and could kill a hundred Yan thieves alone.
The sound of violent breathing came, and Kogoro turned his head and saw that the hands of the owner of the manor beside him were shaking rapidly, and large beads of sweat were rolling down his face.
He found that Kogoro was looking at him. This official, who had always been aloof and aloof, actually had an embarrassing smile on his face that Kogoro had never seen before.
Kogoro was stunned for a moment. At this moment, he suddenly felt that these officials were just ordinary people who were afraid.
Just when everyone was frightened but could still manage to line up, cheers suddenly came from nowhere.
Kogoro looked around confusedly, not knowing what was happening.
Fortunately, not long after, someone came over to spread the news, saying that they were not the Yan bandit cavalry, but the Shimono guard Fujiwara Hidego official who had come to guard the army, because they were carrying the Fujino family flag given by the left minister. .
Some people even said with certainty that they saw the Shimo Shou, who was wearing a large red armor and looked as majestic as a god or Buddha. They had killed the vanguard of the Yan thieves, and now they came to praise the left minister.
The tensed nerves of the crowd immediately relaxed, although some people's faces still looked a little hesitant. Just praise your credit, why do it need to be so scary!
The fat monk's face turned from pale to rosy in an instant, and he started bragging to Kogoro again, as if he wanted to regain a little bit of the face he had just lost.
The subordinate, Ping Zhenxiu, has returned to his former aloof official image, as if that embarrassing smile had never appeared.
Kogoro quickly began to take off the armor of the fat monk, because he was still thinking about the food that would be cooked soon. After the tension passed, he began to feel hungry again.
However, just as he took off the armor, before Kogoro could roll it up, he felt that the ground that had paused just now began to tremble again.
What does it mean? Everyone is starting to get a little angry!
Although you have won battles and it's not impossible to boast about your achievements, how can you ride your horse and run like a frightening person again and again?
Ping Zhenxiu secretly regretted the embarrassing smile he gave Kogoro just now. He felt that he had lost the official's face and his own prestige.
But at this moment, the earth began to tremble again, and when the returning cavalry began to ride horses without following the rules, they could just regain some face.
So Ping Zhenxiu shouted loudly and jumped onto the carriage loaded with baggage behind him. He originally wanted to shout at the soldiers below to tell them not to panic.
But when he jumped up, Ping Zhenxiu was immediately stunned and even felt the urge to urinate.
Who the hell said Shimono Mamoru and the others were back?
Ping Zhenxiu's face showed an expression of extreme horror, because what appeared in his eyes was a terrifying army galloping from three directions, glowing with bursts of golden light under the setting sun.
They were pressing forward like fire clouds in the sky, boundless, and there was no telling how many people there were.
Kogoro looked at Hei Zhenxiu on the carriage. He thought that the master of the manor had something to say, but after waiting for a long time, he only saw that his lips were trembling and his face was even uglier than the fat monk just now.
Kogoro was about to speak when he suddenly heard a thud, and an arrow seemed to grow out of thin air on Ping Zhenxiu's chest.
Then, the little manor owner shook twice and fell off the carriage.
And at the moment Ping Zhenxiu fell, overwhelming arrows fell like raindrops, and tragic wailing sounded from all around. People were constantly hit by arrows, and then fell to the ground and struggled violently.
Kogoro even saw many people with four or five arrows stuck in their bodies, but they could still run very fast, but they would fall to the ground just by running.
The arrow rain became more and more dense, and more and more people were injured. The peaceful military camp seemed to have turned into hell in an instant.
People kept falling, people kept wailing, and people were running around shouting the names of their mothers or lovers, causing more panic.
Kogoro was pushed around by the crowds. He didn't know where was safe, he didn't know where to go, and he didn't know what to do.
There was wailing all over his ears, and fear made him lose the ability to think. The enemy was already defeated without even seeing it.
In the distance, Murong Nobunaga coldly issued orders one after another. If you look from him, you will find that the hussars and elite grassland archers who shot out arrows cut the chaotic Japanese army into several pieces. .
Each piece was six to seven thousand to tens of thousands in size. The hussars and horse archers did not charge directly into the formation, but cut back and forth, trying to create chaos as much as possible, so that the frightened Japanese troops could follow their drive and move towards the set areas. Range ran.
Whenever he saw that a certain area was so chaotic that it was impossible to form a defense, Murong Nobunaga immediately waved his flag, and 1,500 white-robed and silver-saddled Akihiro Akiro, wearing heavy armor, would swoop over.
Moreover, these Shoichiro did not attack by riding on long armor, but by riding on the wall.
The first two rows of cavalry were armed with fragile spears, and the last three rows of cavalry were armed with fine steel sabers. After the front row of cavalry dispersed the enemy, the rear row began to slash and kill to increase casualties.
This wall-mounted heavy cavalry sprint method was inspired by Zhang Shengren from the cuirassiers.
Although it is not very useful in a strong duel, because this style of play lacks the weapon of the cuirassier - long and short muskets.
Therefore, in a strong duel, it seems that there is a lack of firepower.
But to deal with this kind of chaotic crowd, a rout is perfect.
The armored cavalry charging past as if riding on a wall were like iron brushes. As long as they 'brushed' past the crowd, they would be inundated with casualties.
The left minister, Minoru Fujiwara, was protected by a bunch of Fujiwara family soldiers and was also running desperately. Until the moment when the army collapsed, his mind had not yet recovered from the panic.
This time, he made a huge mistake!
First, the long-distance march of three hundred miles back and forth depleted the morale of the army.
Then Fujiwara Hidego was not given enough troops to ensure the safety of the army.
In the end, he easily believed the flag and thought it was Fujiwara Hidego who was back. As a result, the army was easily raided.
More importantly, he should not have agreed to light a fire for cooking in the wilderness. Even if he lit a fire for cooking, he should have set up camp, and they didn't even have a camp. In the end, the entire army was easily cut up and dispersed.
After running aimlessly for almost an hour, it seemed that the wails and shouts could not be heard. Of course, the iron cavalry that caused them to collapse also seemed to be missing.
The sky was completely dark, and Fujiwara Minoru couldn't run anymore. He didn't know where he ran. Suddenly, good news came from Kamitomon Sahebei who was exploring the way ahead.
The five famous generals, Tsushima Mamoru, and Dazaifu Grand Superintendent Ozo Harumi had already occupied a hilltop in front and established a defense.
The left minister, Fujiwara Minori, let out a long breath and almost collapsed to the ground.
The Fujiwara family warriors beside him quickly carried the actual controller of the Japanese imperial court and ran to the top of the mountain where Ozo Harumi was.
. . . .
There were still too few people, and Murong Nobunaga sighed sadly. The attrition caused by the weather and acclimatization was too serious.
This attrition is not only reflected in people, but also in war horses. The more than 10,000 war horses used in this five thousand fine cavalry raid are almost all the war horses that Murong Nobunaga can find.
Moreover, since the time of the raid was already in the evening, although they achieved a complete victory, Murong Nobunaga was not sure of the specific results.
This night was a difficult night for both the victors of the raid and those who were completely defeated by the raid.
Because both sides have to wait until dawn, the victor will know how great the victory has been, and the loser will have a rough idea of how heavy the losses have been.
Finally, at dawn, Murong Nobunaga received the battle report at his base camp by the Yodo River.
The big boy jumped up excitedly, laughed and walked out of the commander's tent. He looked at the staff officers and guards crowded outside and shouted loudly: "The enemy army has been defeated, and I have won a great victory!"
Suddenly, cheers rang out.
It turned out that during the chaos last night, approximately 10,000 people under Japanese left minister Fujiwara Sanyori's command were blocked on a hilltop near the sea to the west of Osaka. The specific location was approximately near the urban area of Nishinomiya City in later Japanese countries.
The reason why they were sure that the left minister, Fujiwara Minori, was there was because they raised the banner of the left minister and began to recruit nearby defeated troops to gather together.
In addition, more than 4,000 people were blocked on Takarazuka Mountain in the northwest of Osaka. The leaders were the Japanese royal family, Musashi Morukeki, known as the Sixth Grandson King, and his son Manchu.
The sixth grandson, Wang Jingji, was Minamoto Jingji, and his reputation was not well known at this time. However, ten years later, he was given the surname Minamoto and became a minister, which created the Qinghe Minamoto clan, a famous family in Japanese history.
As for the other Japanese troops, the big raid yesterday evening caused an overall collapse. More than 3,000 people were killed by the formation, and tens of thousands were trampled on each other, killed and injured.
There are still more than ten thousand people who have fled everywhere, and those who are still organized are the two groups, Nishinomiya and Takarazuka.
Helian Hailong happened to come back to protect Murong Nobunaga. When he heard that the Japanese were still setting up a banner in the West Palace to recruit defeated troops, he immediately asked for orders to defeat them.
Murong Nobunaga thought for a moment, then immediately waved his hand and refused, "Don't worry, let him gather the people together, it will save us the trouble of searching."
. . . .
Nishimiya, it can be said that at this moment, Fujiwara Sanoyi felt that the problem was serious. Yesterday's charge of the Yan cavalry left a deep shadow on him.
At this time, the left minister finally gave up all unrealistic illusions and delegated all military power to Tsushimamori Ozo Harumi.
And issued an order to the outside world, announcing that samurai who had performed meritorious service could be promoted to the high position of national guardian, just like those who had made meritorious service in the Taihei Ten Celebration, that is, Ōzo Harumi and Fujiwara Hidego who had died in the battle.
But all this seems to have come a little too late. The military equipment that has been abandoned for nearly three hundred years since Baijiangkou cannot be revived with a few laws.
At noon, Da Zangchun finally gathered 16,000 or 7,000 people in the West Palace, and found some of the food and grass that had not been burned by the Yan cavalry, and cooked a meal on the spot.
There was more or less a happy look on Fujiwara Minori's face. This is what people who are not familiar with military affairs are like this. When there are more people around and they don't look so miserable after eating, they think that their safety is guaranteed.
Only Ozo Harumi and other generals with actual combat experience still had gloomy faces. These Japanese warriors discussed it and came to a conclusion.
That is, since the Yan Thieves Cavalry can carry out such an efficient assault, they will not be so careless in allowing them to stabilize their position in the West Palace.
The only explanation is that Yan Thief deliberately brought them together, and then gathered them to annihilate them.
At this time, there were 1,000 Fujiwara samurai warriors in the Japanese army in Nishinomiya, 200 Ōzoharumi samurai tribe, and more than 2,000 samurai and warriors from other places.
The equipment includes more than 400 sets of hanging armor, about a thousand sets of bamboo plate armor, more than a thousand Maotai swords, more than 2,000 bows, more than 2,000 iron spears, wooden spears and bamboo bows, and they can barely fight.
Therefore, under the arrangement of Daizang Harumi, the Japanese army began to dig pits on the hilltop where they were located and build a horse resistance, intending to consume the Yan bandit's cavalry advantage.
At the same time, messengers were sent out in all directions, hoping to collect more troops, especially informing Yoshiko Ono in Kobe and Enho Tachibana in Osaka Castle of 20,000 people.
Murong Nobunaga's evaluation of this was - 'Too weak! '
The old man shook his head and said to the surrounding soldiers: "The military preparations of the Japanese country are so desolate. The soldiers of the country of three million people are not as good as those of the Jingwei rebels and the Li family in Hechuan in the past. We will take this as a warning when we govern this place in the future."
At noon (two o'clock in the afternoon), news came to the dispatchers that Tachibana Enho in Osaka City organized more than 10,000 cavalry to prepare to leave the city to the west to meet them.
Xiang Xun personally led 4,000 elite troops to intercept outside the city. After fighting for about half an hour, Juyuan's security forces collapsed, with thousands of casualties and casualties. They retreated to Osaka City to defend and did not dare to come out again.
At this point, Murong Nobunaga no longer had to worry about being attacked from both sides, so he ordered the army to form a series of formations and advance towards the Nishinomiya area where the Japanese army was firmly entrenched.
Looking at the red and white Yan army in the distance, with heavy armored infantry as the center and light cavalry as the two wings, Ouzang Harumi's heart seemed to sink to the depths of the sea.
It can be seen from this marching ability that the elites on the opposite side are far beyond their imagination.
Compared to Ōzo Harumi who was a little further away, Kogoro and others who were squeezed into the front row faced even more terrifying pressure.
The Yan army was still hundreds of steps away, but the sound of neat footsteps, high-spirited drumming, and shining sophisticated weapons caused great psychological pressure on them.
Although they were hundreds of steps apart, some of the soldiers in front of the Japanese army's formation had already begun to cry, and countless people in the front row wished to go back to the back.
Although they did not dare to turn around and run, because they would definitely be hacked to death, they all stuck their buttocks out and kept pushing back, which was considered a routine operation.
Before the enemy arrived, the Japanese army was already undulating like waves. I don't know when this tight line will be broken.
Kogoro was more nervous than the average person. He looked at the horse in front of him and the pit in the distance, and kept comforting himself. At least he didn't have to face the terrifying cavalry yesterday.
However, it can only be said that he was too naive. When the Yan army reached a hundred and fifty steps away from the Japanese army, they simply stopped leaving.
Just when the Japanese were puzzled, more than two thousand crossbows were picked up by the Yan army.
You think that I can't do anything to you if you stay behind the trench, right?
You haven't built a fortress. Even if you have built a fortress, then I can't shoot a hundred or even eighty paces. How can those broken bows of six or seven fights in your hands be able to shoot with crossbows?
For a moment, the sound of machinery and the sound of flying iron crossbows filled the sky.
The Japanese troops in the front row kept screaming and falling down. Even from a hundred and fifty distances away, the lethality of the crossbows was still astonishing. Especially since the Japanese formed a dense formation, the lethality was greatly amplified.
The fat monk finally died. A crossbow arrow pierced his armor and easily penetrated his chest and abdomen.
Kogoro was holding a broken sword and was miraculously not hit, but his comrades around him fell down in pieces amidst shrill cries.
No one could bear the terrifying feeling of being killed while standing, and Ozo Harumi naturally knew that. He could only wave his hand in despair, and ordered his men to beat the few war drums, asking his soldiers to attack.
The soldiers who attacked had to climb over the trenches they had dug first. After struggling to climb over, they were immediately hit by horizontal crossbow arrows and thrown bow arrows, causing heavy casualties.
As for escaping, it doesn't exist. Can you outrun the Yan Army cavalry on the opposite side?
"Invincible! Invincible! He has the guts to eat more than a thousand, he is indeed invincible!"
In the battle formation, a strong man who was six feet two inches tall (1.91 meters), holding a thick-backed sword in his left hand and a fine iron bone flower in his right hand, wearing two layers of heavy armor, was shouting and killing among the crowd. If crazy.
I saw him rushing into the Japanese army whose average height was only five feet and one-two (one meter and a half). Facing these dwarfs who were only as tall as his chest, he didn't need any moves at all. Every time he used a sword or a hammer, It doesn't matter whether he is a warrior or a farmer, he will be killed instantly.
These Japanese people had very little bamboo armor, so they could not protect themselves against the fine iron weapons from the Central Plains. At the same time, their broken copper and iron knives could not penetrate even one layer of piercing armor, let alone two layers of heavy armor.
Zhao Siwan seemed to be in a state of extreme madness. All he wanted in life was to be invincible in the world.
But in the Central Plains, although he was also a brave general, compared to Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Zhang Cheng, Gao Xingzhou, Gao Huaide, Fu Yanqing, Huangfu Yu, Murong Yanchao, etc., he was nothing!
There were at least dozens or hundreds of generals in the Central Plains who were more powerful than him, and even his masters, Prince Consort Zhao Kuangzan and Zhao Siwan, could not defeat him.
Therefore, this crazy guy believed in the heresies of some sorcerer and believed that eating people's guts could increase their strength. As a result, he was exiled to Murong Nobunaga's subordinates and became a pig that dislikes dogs.
However, at this moment, when she came to the Japanese country, Zhao Siwan finally felt the feeling of the King of Chu, who was surrounded by thousands of enemies.
There is no need to think about defense, since there is no one-size-fits-all general, you just need to kill randomly as much as you want.
Under the leadership of Zhao Siwan, the combat effectiveness of more than a thousand beggars soared to a point where even Murong Yanchao felt a little scared when he looked at them.
This group of people who are full of bastards, schizophrenics, and anti-human maniacs, if they really want to completely release their inner demons on a suitable occasion, the fighting power they will unleash is very terrifying.
However, while Zhao Siwan was feeling the ecstasy of finally becoming the enemy of thousands of people, Hai Er Crab and Hai San Xia were about to cry.
Especially Hai Sanxia, who gave up his title as an inspection envoy to compete for greater wealth. He couldn't believe that such a weak Japanese army deserved a huge reward from King Murong.
'Jingle bell! "Someone knocked the horizontal knife from Hai Sanxia's hand, which made him stunned for a moment.
Opposite him stood a man wearing armor and holding a mao-tachi sword over his chest. He looked like he should be a brave Japanese general. At least his swordsmanship was far better than that of the silly boy Bai Shulang who came ashore.
But Hai Sanxia wanted to cry even more, because he knew that soon this idiot Japanese general would stab himself in the chest with the rotten knife in his hand, and then be hammered to death by the bone in his left hand.
This is the level of Japanese brave generals. How many merits can such fighting power be worth?
Sure enough, there was another clear sound, and the so-called Baidian Mao Tai Dao stabbed Hai Sanxia hard in the chest.
But the sea shrimp only shook for a moment, and the steel plate covered with cloth easily blocked the sharp edge. Then there was another clear sound, and the Mao Tachi sword broke in response.
Upper East Gate Zuobei was confused, this was their family's treasured sword! I don’t know how many times I helped him win the battle and how many reputations he had accumulated for his bravery, but when faced with the Yan thief, the armor on a small school’s body couldn’t even be broken.
The whistling Gu Duo is no longer important. The Zuobingwei on the east gate is heartbroken. This army is finished, and the Japanese country is also finished.
Murong Nobunaga was very calm. He didn't pay too much attention to the battlefield because it was impossible to defeat him.
He is a little tearful now, it turns out that his father still loves him very much.
The Korean and Japanese countries in the east of the sea are actually as adults said. Although they are a little remote, they are not deserted, there are many people, and the resistance is not strong. It is far better than going to Dali or the river.
The big boy burst into tears, what a good father!
He tricked his own son into the barren mountains and rivers of Dali and the complicated river, so that he, an adopted son, could monopolize such a good place.
Murong Nobunaga thought in his heart, and he vowed to fulfill his father Zhang Shengren's instructions and transform the Japanese country of Goguryeo into a country that was more oriented to China than the land of Andong.
(End of chapter)
