A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 190 Norada Battle ([-])

As the distance between the two armies continued to shrink, both sides could clearly see each other's appearance. Rokkaku Yoshiken was the first to feel that something was wrong, because the other side's equipment was too uniform and too sophisticated.

Generally speaking, most of the lowest-level Ashigaru serfs who are called upon are equipped with their own weapons and equipment, so most of them are bamboo spears. Only the relatively elite Ashgaru and Ashigaru-gutou and the like will be temporarily employed by the family. Borrowing weapons and armor, the more advanced warriors all bring their own equipment, and the family is only responsible for distributing food supplies and the like.

But now wherever they can see, there are at least more than a thousand ashigaru in the Asai family who are all equipped with the same equipment. Without exception, they all have standard tōmaru, formations and shining spears. Among them, the samurai's The equipment is also significantly better.

In comparison, the ashigaru of the main family look a bit pitiful.

Veteran Goto Kentoyo suddenly frowned: "My lord, the enemy's ashigaru in the front look like they are very elite."

"Yes, this is probably the reason why they dare to challenge our family, but where did the Asai family get so much money?" Shindo Kenmori was also very puzzled.

In fact, according to the wealth of the Liujiao family, it is not impossible to spend such a large sum of money, but these are just the lowest-level ashigaru. Is their life more valuable than a set of weapons and a meatball?
If an Ashigaru is dead, he is dead. You can definitely recruit new ones, but if these equipments are damaged, you will be the one to lose!
So Kenmori Shindo is puzzled now. He has no idea why the Asai family spent so much effort to arm some ashigaru. Is it possible that the achievement is just to look good?
Hirai Sadatake has been silent. He once sent the Asai family as an envoy to try to get married with the other party. According to his own plan, it was called a marriage, but it was actually a monarch and a minister. This family had the opportunity to embezzle the Asai family.

But a series of things that happened next were completely beyond his expectation.

First, the young master of the Asai family was so dissatisfied that he even ran away to fight. Then there were rumors that the other party dared to do this because he had inherited the inheritance of the legendary Onmyoji Abe Seimei. As the young master of the Asai family, At the same time, he is also a warrior who can defeat monsters and is an onmyoji.

Not long after that, the other party returned to Otani Castle and directly forced his father to abdicate and succeeded him as the new governor of the Asai family.

Then he heard another unfortunate news. His daughter Xiaonai, who was married to the Asai family, was not actually his daughter, but a ninja from Iga. Now she had rebelled against the Asai family and became their opponent. The ninja leader.

For the sake of his own face, except for the Lord and a few other limited people, the news was not spread out, but he couldn't really care less about it.

Now, his former son-in-law has led thousands of troops to attack his side. The thoughts in Hirai Sadatake's heart are really extremely complicated, and he has not even spoken a few words during this battle.

Rokkaku Yoshiken also felt uneasy, but the countless victories over the decades made him not think too much at all. No matter why the other party did this, it was meaningless, because the other party was the weak Asai family!
"Who is the enemy's leading general? Is it Masaru Isono, Kiyotsuna Akao, or Tsunachika Kaiboku?"

"No, look at the flags. The general is Shima Sakon, and then there are the flags of Miyabe, Paixo, and Muzo."

Rokkaku Yoshiken's face was full of confusion: "What island Sakon? I know Miyabe Castle, but where did the rest of them come from?"

The other vassals also looked at me and you, and couldn't figure it out at all, because they also had never heard of these names at all.

"I heard that Asai Nagamasa once traveled to various countries. They were probably the retainers he recruited during his travels." Hirai Sadatake said uncertainly.

Because of his daughter, after the other party ran away, he also spent money to buy some information about the other party from the Koga ninjas. However, even if the Koga ninjas were dispatched, most of the information was unclear, so he was not really sure. .

Rokkaku Yoshixian's face was immediately filled with disdain: "Does that mean they were just some ronin in the first place?"

During the Warring States Period, great and powerful forces were often destroyed. The winner had to reward his retainers with land, while the loser would inevitably have ronin who had been deprived of their land.

But generally speaking, as long as they have a certain amount of talent, the winning side will not completely kill them all or leave the other side homeless, because they are both a hidden danger and a talent.

But now these people turned out to be just ronin recruited by Asai Nagamasa during his travels. Unless the other party was in the Yuan Dynasty and had no loyalties at home, so he planned to go out and try his luck, otherwise it would be basically impossible. How many abilities may there be.

"Humph, they are just unknown people, but they dare to set up a formation on the ground. We will defeat them openly and let them taste defeat like we have done in the past few decades!"

Rokkaku Yoshihide held up the commanding weapon: "The generals will obey the order, with Shindo Kenmori and Narasaki Ikimori leading three thousand troops as the vanguard and march forward;

Later, Fuji Kentoyo and Tanaka Haribu led three thousand troops to form the second formation;

Take Hirai Sadatake, Yamazaki Muneke, and myself to lead [-] troops as the rear formation.

Don't give them a chance to rest, I want the boys of the Asai family to see clearly that our Rokkaku family is the real overlord of Omi! "

"Yes!"

Asai Nagamasa waited patiently for thousands of troops to form their formation, and then he saw the Rokkaku family's army slowly approaching. Facing the Asai family who had come from afar, they chose to attack aggressively.

However, in the decades of confrontation between the two families, the Rokkaku family has won too many times. Neither the ancestor Asai Ryomasa nor Asai Hisamasa, who now lives on a small island in Lake Biwa, can withstand the Rokkaku family's edge.

It would be abnormal if the Rokkaku family did not take the initiative to attack.

Seeing that under the command of many samurai, thousands of enemy troops were approaching, and they were shouting and shouting, Asai Nagamasa nodded slightly.

"He is near the messenger island, and the advance formation is under his full command.

Mikoto Isohara Masaru and Endo Naotsune waited for orders and prepared to double-team from both sides.

The brothers Naoyori Shinjo and Naotada Shinjo of the Third Order continued to move forward, preparing to cover Tsurun Miyabe's iron artillery unit;
Order Imamura Uji Nao and Aguan Sadazaki to stay vigilant and not to distance themselves too far from the rear. "Although it has only been a month since he joined the main family, Asai Nagamasa has a lot of time to spend with each other because he often teaches the other party the skills of communicating with the guardian spirit, and occasionally discusses martial arts. He already has a good understanding of Shima Sakon's ability.

Although Shimazuko doesn't have much actual combat experience, his command ability is indeed extraordinary. Not to mention the 2000 people, even if it is tripled or five times, he feels that the opponent should be able to command smoothly and freely, even better than Nagamasa Asai himself. To get better, this is probably the so-called talent!
The enemy troops continued to advance, and thousands of them moved together, causing the ground to tremble slightly, and the atmosphere in the army became increasingly tense.

But unlike the Ashigaru who were full of fear in their eyes, the infantrymen of the Asai family were more excited because before the war started, the lord once again reiterated to them the method of obtaining military merit.

As long as you have beheaded 5 people in total, you will be eligible to become the captain of the infantry, enjoy [-] shi of land, and the tax rate will be adjusted to [-]%.

You must know that among the first batch of infantrymen they followed, a considerable number of them had participated in many battles against bandits and bandits, and those heads were also included, so as long as many people worked hard, they could be defeated. Go one step further yourself!
Seeing that the enemy troops kept approaching, and soon entered within 100 meters, and were still shouting for a rapid approach, Ieka Baigo, Yuuri Kizo and others couldn't help but look at their commander, Sakon Shima.

Although they have achieved considerable military success under Zuohe Mountain Castle before, who would dislike this thing?
Now they are infantry generals. Maybe they can fight better this time and even win over the enemy's general. Even if the lord cannot directly appoint himself as a general, at least his salary will be more, right?
Shima Sakon took a deep breath. It was obviously his first time to step into a real battlefield, but the Lord allowed him to take full responsibility for commanding an army of 2000 people. How important was this?The other party is not the bandits and robbers in Jie Zhen Mountain, but the famous Rokkajia family that has been around for hundreds of years!

No matter what, I will never betray my lord's trust!

"Jirun!"

"Yes!"

Miyabe Jijun immediately raised his big naginata high.

In the past ten years, while seeking magic, he has also always had a wish, that is, to become the lord of the city.

In the past, he had indeed achieved it with the support of Mount Hiei and his own efforts.

But now, after witnessing the power of Master, his ambition has become even greater. Maybe he can not only be a small city lord!

"Clap la la la."

Following a series of sounds, the infantry in the front line moved half a step to the left or right, revealing the [-] iron artillerymen hiding among them, and their dark muzzles.

Of course the ordinary ashigaru of the Rokkaku family didn't understand why. They kept running forward without stopping. However, Shindo Kenmori, the general of the Senjin, suddenly felt creepy because he recognized those things, which were only in the world. Iron cannons that are only sold in towns!

"Ready, five stages of attack, release!"

Miyabe Jijun swung the big naginata vigorously, and a hundred iron artillerymen immediately pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang bang bang!"

Following a series of thunderous noises, dozens of screams suddenly came from the enemy formation. As the first target, Shindo Kenmori immediately turned over and dismounted, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. Another general, Narasaki Ikimori, was also covered in blood. He died on the spot.

Since the effective range of Nippon bows and arrows is extremely short, they all thought they were staying within a safe range, and there were ashigaru holding large bamboo bundles in front of them, ready to ward off possible flying arrows.

But they never expected that the opponent did not use bows and arrows, but instead used iron cannons with a longer range and greater power!

The entire battlefield suddenly became silent, but the cries instantly increased several levels, because Miyabe Tsurujun's iron cannon combat method is five-stage shooting. As the name suggests, there are five shots in total!

After the sound of the five rounds of iron cannons, hundreds of people from the front line of the Liujiao Army had fallen. Not all of them were killed on the spot, but most of them were obviously unable to continue fighting.

But the most serious thing was that both their generals fell to the ground. They had lost their command.

"Baixiang Jiajia, I order you to lead 500 men out of the formation from the left and attack the enemy general's position directly. I want to see the head of the other general in the enemy's first formation!"

"Muzo Yuri, I order you to lead 500 people to march from the right side, not to kill the enemy, but to drive away the opponent's Ashgaru!"

When a battle is lost, the trampling of one's own defeated troops is sometimes even more than those killed directly by the enemy. Shima Sakon, who is familiar with military literature, naturally knows this.

"Yes!"

"Let's take orders!"

Ieka Baigo and Yuri Kizo immediately rushed over with their infantry in an aggressive manner. The enemy was now frightened by the power of the iron cannon, and it was time for them to kill them!
But before they could really get close, the Rokkaku Ashigaru themselves had already turned around and ran away, crying, and some even threw their weapons on the ground in order to run faster, even pushing them. , trample on other ashigaru who stand in your way.

Although some warriors from the Liujiao family stepped forward to try to stop the defeated army, and even killed some defeated soldiers, they were soon targeted by Miyabe Jirun. There is no way to stop it.

Seeing that the situation was unstoppable, the remaining surviving warriors simply joined the fleeing team. Although they were defeated so quickly, they would definitely be punished by the lord afterwards, but punishment is better than death!

(End of this chapter)