Chapter 513 Life is like a chess game
From west to east, the military camps stationed in the fields and mountains and forests moved frequently. The simple camps were torn down, and the ashigaru with simple armor packed their luggage and pushed the grain bags. The wheelbarrow enters and exits the shaft gate.
In the field, the Red Army soldiers wearing red wooden armor ignored these busy ashigaru and were gathering outside the camp. Some of them had low morale, lowered their heads, their faces were dirty, and they were dragging their feet. Get out of the tent.
At this time, the main force of the Takeda Army, which retreated from the west, totaling more than 8,000 people, no longer had much energy, and there was a faint uneasiness in their eyes.
Iito Huchang was killed, and two thousand fellow Red Army soldiers who had set up an ambush were killed by the opponent's cavalry in the field. After that, Xia's cavalry was heard to be chasing them.
The battle has not even started yet, but it has been defeated twice in a row, which makes many people feel terrified.
Life is like a chess game, where there is no turning back.
In the tent that has not yet been dismantled, Takeda Shingen, who is wearing a large red armor and not wearing a yak white mane pocket, is sitting lifelessly on a folding stool in the middle, with his hands on his knees and his eyes slightly lost in thought.
"Didn't more people escape back?"
"No, Iito Homasa...has been killed. There is no need to wait for him to come back..." Itagaki Nobukata was disheveled. After saying that, he was surrounded by Amari, Kotai and Zhujiahuding among the Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda. Now there are only three of them left among the Four Heavenly Kings.
"No need to wait..." The old man sitting on the folding stool sighed softly, "I asked you to follow me here, but I didn't expect to die again."
"...Is it coming now?"< br>
"Since there are no more defeated troops to return, let's go. I don't believe that the Emperor of Xia Kingdom can defeat the red army that I personally formed, not to mention that there is Heian Kyo behind me and Oda Nobunaga to help! "
The three people over there wanted to dissuade them, but when the words came to their lips, they didn't know how to speak. In the end, the strong-tempered Zhujiao Huding spoke first, leading the conversation to the most urgent matter at the moment. Get down to business.
Ahead, the two thousand Xia Kingdom cavalry that originally attacked were getting further and further away and gradually became blurry.
The white robe was waving, Zhao Yun stepped forward with his feet, and the horse beneath him shook its mane, spread its hooves, and started to run.
The surrounding soldiers resting on the ground with their backs against the horses' legs reflexively stood up in their stirrups, sat neatly on the backs of their horses, and picked up their spears.
Here, the Red Army troops who were hurriedly mounting their horses to defend against the enemy could only retreat at this moment, while the Ashigaru were commanded to rush forward, using simple wooden shields to block the front. These Ashigaru were almost killed. With panic on their faces, they still rushed forward. The moment they faced the rain of arrows, they shouted hysterically and raised their shields.
In the wide fields and hilly areas, many scouts can be seen coming and going. The generals in silver armor and white robes stood with guns in hand. When they saw the fast horses running towards them, they turned around and handed the spears to the soldiers behind them. , took the information and looked at it, looking eastward with cold eyes.
The sounds of panic and screams were mixed together. After the front line to resist the arrow rain, the red army cavalry that had been formed had already moved. The two generals Amari Koyasu and Morokaku Tosada were protecting Takeda Shingen. , came to the front of the cavalry, and were about to run to meet the Xia cavalry, when they shot a hail of arrows and flew away like the wind.
"About eight thousand... I have found you."
The quiet white horse Yi Cong behind also followed the horse forward. Each horse's hoof pressed through the low grass and sank into the soil. The advancing cavalry team led The dull sound of hoofbeats spread like a flowing stream across the quiet wilderness.
In the distance, the wilderness shook. A cavalry of two thousand people ran wildly, drawing their bows on horseback and throwing arrows into the sky.
"Run away?" Takeda Shingen was stunned on horseback. He was about to charge into the battle himself, but the enemy turned around and left without fighting with him at all.
He was on horseback, with the Jintachi slung at his waist, the cross sword raised in his hand, and his words were impassioned and impassioned. Amari Kotaishi, Morokaku Kosada, and Itagaki Nobukata nodded secretly. This was Kai in their hearts. The tiger.
The old man in large armor nodded silently for a while, and said softly: "I understand all this, and I understand it in my heart, but let me remember Iito Homasa again."
To the east where the torrent spreads , the old man walked out of the big tent, put on his yak white mane bag, and with the help of his bodyguard, he climbed on a black war horse.
"Hai!"
Outside, there were panicked Japanese shouting: "Xia Cavalry!"
A rain of arrows was like locusts, black and dense across the sky.
A group of about two thousand cavalry was taking a temporary rest next to a nearby dense forest.
......
Then, he turned his face sideways and glanced from the corner of his eyes: "Have you contacted Marquis Wen's cavalry?"
Takeda Shingen's impassioned attitude just now, suddenly changed. After being knocked to the bottom, he stood on the horse's back and turned his gaze to the other side, struggling to squeeze out a little sound from between his teeth.
Looking at the Red Bei Army walking out of the barracks, the soldiers and horses of his direct lineage that he personally built, the heartache of Iito Homasa's death in battle gradually disappeared, and the hero who dominated an era was back again.
"Get on the horse!"
"A brother contacted me yesterday. If I find him, he should be on his way back now."
The three of them got up one after another!
At this time, Takeda Shingen was no longer prepared to take command. He only had 8,000 men. Except for 3,500 red army cavalry and 1,500 archers, the rest were all Ashigaru, it's fine for fighting downwind.
The dried meat in his mouth was immediately bitten into pieces. He chewed it twice and swallowed it. Zhao Yun took back the gentian gun from the guard and got on his horse.
"Iitomi Komasa died in battle, and the Xia Kingdom's army may come after him, Takeda-sama! We must leave as soon as possible, return to Heian Kyo, and cooperate with the Oda army to repel the Xia Kingdom's cavalry that goes deep in alone!"
Bang, bang, bang——
The arrows poured down like a torrential rain, covering less than half of the Japanese army's Ashigaru. Most of them hit the wooden shields, and some passed through the gaps or fell in from above. The crowd was surrounded by blood.
The anger at being borrowed has not subsided.
“Break camp and return to Ping An Jing!”
At the moment when the three of them urged their horses to follow, Takeda Shingen, the three of them, and even the rest of the group were gathering outside the camp. A dull sound came to the ears of the Ashigaru and Akabei soldiers who were about to leave.
Five miles southwest of the Takeda army who broke camp and left.
Zhao Yun took out the dry food from his belt and took a bite. Bai Sensen's teeth bit off the hard half of the dried meat, "I have been traveling for several days, even if I have a night's rest, I am still exhausted, slipping them away and wearing them down. Morale and physical strength!”
Itagaki Nobukata, who commanded Ashigaru, quickly rode back from the front line and persuaded: “Master Takeda, be careful, maybe the other party is trying to lure us to attack——”
"Don't the Xia cavalry need to rest? The tigers are strong and the tigers are strong. Bring the red troops and kill with me!"
"No wait, don't let these eight thousand Japanese pirates run into their city!"
Having said this, Takeda Shingen took a deep breath and then stood up slowly.
Takeda Shingen deeply agreed with what Itagaki Nobukata said. The Xia people are cunning, and the Chinese civil and military forces are even more cunning. If they pursue at this time, there is no guarantee that the other side will still have a force. On the way, he set up an ambush and waited to eat his elite troops.
Alternatively, the other party has arranged another force to wait for the opportunity, waiting for him to lead the Red Army to leave, so he took the opportunity to attack the Ashigaru team.
"Then ignore this Xia cavalry and leave immediately!"
After weighing the situation, Takeda Shingen decided to give up the idea of competing with the other party. After all, he joined forces with the Oda army and first defeated the Xia Kingdom's troops who had penetrated deeply alone, and then relied on Heian Kyo and the two urn fortresses to firmly hold back the Xia Kingdom. Army, when they run out of food, the battlefield will turn around.
After his order fell, Itagaki Nobukata, Amari Koyasu, and Morokaku Kosada had no objections. They immediately ordered the Red Army cavalry to leave first, while the Ashigaru team had no choice but to abandon the injured. The soldiers followed closely behind the Red Bei Army.
However, the Xia cavalry who had left not long ago came back half an hour later. Just like before, they started shooting on horseback, shooting at the ashigaru who had fallen behind and had only a bamboo spear as a weapon. Suddenly shot.
Not waiting for the Red Bei Army to detach a cavalry team to turn around and fight from the front, these white horse rebels fired a hail of arrows and fled again.
Over and over again, the three thousand ashigaru who originally broke camp and left, after several harassments, suffered more than a thousand casualties. However, Takeda Shingen's red army had no war horses and a lot of them, but they did not dare to attack at will. , fewer people were sent out, and they were afraid of being ambushed, so if they didn't send out, they would be constantly harassed.
If Ashigaru is protected, it will delay the return to Heian Kyo. Completely and completely trapped in passivity.
"These Xia cavalry... are simply too hateful!" Zhu Jiaohuding shouted in frustration in the team.
Amari Koyasu also showed concern: "Master Takeda, if this continues, they will bring down the enemy sooner or later. It is better to give up... the Ashigaru team and go all out, or lead the Red Bei team to have a showdown with the Xia Kingdom cavalry here. Win or lose!"
Takeda Shingen looked back and saw that the Ashigaru team hanging far behind was panicked and their morale had long been lost.
It has become a complete burden.
He took a deep breath and nodded: "The viper bites the hand, the strong man removes the wrist!"
Perhaps he knew that Lord Takeda Shingen in front was going to abandon them, and only a thousand or so people were left. Everyone in the Ashigaru team ran wildly, crying for their fathers and mothers. However, the advancing Red Army troops had no intention of stopping and roared away on their horses.
Soon, Baima Yicong returned again and saw that the Japanese soldiers were no longer in formation on the field. Zhao Yun lifted them up casually, and two teams of cavalry surrounded him on both sides and fled on the field. The Ashigaru teams were slaughtered one after another.
Zhao Yun inserted the gentian gun next to him, looked at the killings in the field, moved his knuckles, and heard a slight crisp sound.
"A strong man who has broken his wrist still knows a lot!" He turned his head, his eyes slid to the corner of his eyes and looked in another direction, "Where are Marquis Wen's cavalry?"
"They have already detoured to the south." The messenger answered truthfully. .
In fact, shooting arrows back and forth is not only a tiring tactic, but also slowing down the main force of Takeda Shingen. As early as when Zhao Yun carried out the second wave of harassment, he had already received a reply from Lu Bu.
After roughly understanding the opponent's position, he consciously or unconsciously began to intimidate the Japanese army and drive them southward.
"Marquis Wen also has two thousand cavalry on his side. Excluding the wounded, I still have one thousand nine hundred and twenty cavalry. I should be able to defeat the enemy."
As he spoke, to the east at this time, 2,500 Red Army cavalry were running non-stop, and 1,500 horse archers were running on both wings.
As a cavalry archer, the reason for being on the left and right is to have better space for roaming.
On this journey, after the whole journey, I was no longer harassed by Xia Guo's hateful cavalry. Seeing that I was approaching the boundary of Heian Jing, Takeda Shingen finally relaxed a little.
Once you enter Heian-kyo, there are soldiers and horses in the city to support you, and the Oda army can also support you. You no longer have to fight alone and worry about being ambushed on the way.
Boom!
It was like thunder suddenly ringing in his ears. At first, the old man thought it was the sound of his own cavalry running, but as a war-experienced daimyo, he could sometimes distinguish something from the sound of horse hooves.
"Master Takeda, look over there!" The attendants around the old man suddenly reminded loudly.
Takeda Shingen's eyelids twitched, and he turned his head to look south on the running horse. A black torrent was twisting out from the foot of a hill over there.
The red horse rushed out like lightning, its cloak spread out with a roar, and the halberd dragged upside down on the ground, kicking up streaks of dust.
Behind the opponent, there were densely packed string-controlled wolf cavalry, two thousand in total, rising and falling as they advanced. The churning iron hoofs dug into the soil, and when they stepped out, they turned up the mud and made a deafening sound. Voice.
"Japanese pirates, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Lu Bu's voice echoed throughout the sky.
At that moment, murderous intent filled the field!
The iron hoofs almost shattered the ground, and the roar they caused made the earth tremble. His red cloak fluttered, and above the running horse with flying red clouds, Lu Bu hung his halberd, turned his bow, buckled an arrow, and shot Looking at the Japanese cavalry group that was also running in the distance to the east, he shot an arrow at them.
The arrow left the string and made a sound like a whistling wind. Grass clippings and dust on the ground were instantly lifted up, forming a hurricane shape visible to the naked eye along with the arrow.
Among the running Red Bei Army horse archers, two people were instantly penetrated by arrows, causing a cloud of blood mist in the sky. They still shot through three more people without stopping, until the seventh person was shot through. The men and horses were crucified together, almost crossing more than half of the cavalry team.
"Keep moving forward, shoot as you go!"
Takeda Shingen was among the red cavalry in the middle. He saw the figure of the speeding red robe and red horse, and he had probably guessed the identity of the other party.
——Flying General Lu Bu!
At this time, Zhukakusada, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and his archers have separated from the formation, probably to hold back the opponent for Takeda Shingen. At the same time, Zhukakusada has already wanted to compete with Lu Bu.
Among the Four Heavenly Kings, he has the highest martial arts skills, the greatest strength, and the shortest temper.
"They are all afraid of you, but I am not afraid!"
The horned tigers galloped forward to meet the figure carried by the red horse that was also charging ahead.
Almost at this moment, Takeda Shingen turned his head and glanced, picked up the military equipment in his hand, and waved it away among the team.
Secret Technique of the Legion: Red and Elite!
This is a rare secret technique that can improve the arm strength and range of the archers under their command.
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"Hahaha! Japanese pirates, I was worried that you wouldn't come!"
The wind blew across the field, the cloak fluttered behind me, and the long golden crown swayed slightly, and the whole body The figure with the beast's face and its head swallowed by the chain armor let out a heroic laugh on horseback. Lu Bu inserted the bow in his hand back, took Fang Tian's painted halberd again, and hung it diagonally on the side of the horse. When the tip of the halberd scratched the soil, his voice Heroic.
"I am Jiuyuan Lu Fengxian——"
Fei Yan Hong Yun Ma seemed to feel his master's fighting spirit, neighed loudly, increased his speed again, and threw out the string-controlling wolf rider behind him. Tens of feet away, facing the rain of arrows fired from there, he rushed directly into the cavalry of nearly a thousand people.
One man and one horse leaped into the air, shouting loudly.
“——Who can stop it!”
Bah, bah, bah, bah…
Countless flying arrows were knocked away by the painted halberd that danced out the afterimage. Going out, the flying red cloud horses ran into the scattered group of Red Bei Army archers. Countless arms holding the bows were severed by the swung halberds. With blood lines, they all lifted the bows into the sky. The Japanese horseman who was still riding and shooting didn't know when he lost his arm. After running a few steps, the severe pain hit him. He suddenly let out a heartbreaking scream on the horse, then fell off the horse and was killed behind him. The approaching horses were trampled to death.
Colliding with Lu Bu among the horse archers, he waved his halberd wildly. The churning air waves could push a person's body off the horse's back and disintegrate in mid-air. , as soon as he rushed in front of Lu Bu, his weapon was knocked away directly. Lu Bu didn't even know that this man was a Japanese general. Just like killing other Japanese soldiers, he casually slapped the opponent's thin medium-sized armor with his halberd. , the copper and wood armor pieces on it shattered directly, and there was a sound of bones breaking in the chest.
Zhu Jiao Hu Ding's rough face froze, and his entire chest almost collapsed. He flew out like a cannonball, spraying blood mist in the air, and rolled into a bunch of bloody gourds when he hit the ground.
At the same time, the two thousand string-controlling wolf cavalry following Lu Bu started to shoot at each other in the field with the archers of the Red Army. As soon as they made contact, they suffered a big loss. Unexpectedly, the opponent's shooting range was higher than his own. After cruising for a while, they turned into more than a dozen small teams. They raised their spears or pulled out the swords on their waists, approaching the opponent from all directions with a surge of horse archers and engaging in close combat.
On the other side of the battlefield, Takeda Shingen, with the remaining 3,500 Red Army cavalry and 500 archers, had escaped from the outflanking of the Xia generals in the south. When he turned around, he saw the various The scene of the horned tiger being beaten away suddenly made his heart tremble. He knew that the horned tiger would have no chance to survive.
He looked left and right, closed his eyes slightly, and yelled: "Drive!"
The remaining Itagaki Nobukata and Amari Koyasu had tears in their eyes, and they were filled with grief and anger. , but they also understand that they are now on the verge of despair. If they turn around to save them, the Xia cavalry behind them will definitely catch up. Once the two sides are alone, the entire army will be annihilated.
"The death of Morokakusada in battle is full of glory!"
Takeda Shingen said something on the ground between the two of them while riding forward.
However, someone suddenly reined in his horse in front, and there was a neighing sound of war horses. Takeda Shingen hurriedly reined in his horse and stopped, shouting in a low voice: "What's going on?"
ganlihutaicu The horse rushed forward, and before he could speak, he saw an infantry of more than a thousand people at the front of the cavalry arrayed in array.
A black man wearing black armor and holding a snake spear eight feet long ran out of the formation, throwing out a beautiful and elegant ball, raising smoke and dust.
"Japanese pirates, do you know your Grandpa Zhang?"
The leopard's head is ringed with eyes, and its voice is like thunder.
(End of this chapter)