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

Chapter 217 First Meeting with Yilong
Although the Asai Army had already set up formations near the river in advance and occupied favorable positions such as the bridgehead, after a short rest, the Yilong Army still did not stop its actions.

Soon a large number of troops had occupied the south of the nameless bridge, which was more than three meters wide. Dozens of ships of various sizes were also loaded with ashigaru and lined up on both sides of the bridge.

Everyone looked at each other across the river, waiting for the most critical moment to arrive.

Even Asai Nagamasa was a little excited.

During the last Norada battle, the Liujia Army was too incompetent, and a large number of ashigaru were frightened by the iron cannon. Except for Liujia Yixian's own team, almost only a few core warriors in other teams maintained tenacious resistance. It was just a small test, and he easily defeated the Rokkaku family's [-] troops.

I wonder how strong the Yilong Army can resist this time?

After a brief silence, Asai Nagamasa and others saw a samurai riding a tall horse, wearing a powerful black armor, and even a dark mask on his face emerging from the crowd.

Everyone knew that the rightful owner was coming.

And in Asai Nagamasa's psychic eye, more things can be seen.

The invisible gray and blood color lingering around the opponent's body is the resentment of death and the thick bloody smell, and is mixed with a very strong demonic energy. With these characteristics, except for Saito Yoshiryu who has created many demons, , who else could it be?
However, it seems that it is not just that, there is also a more mysterious force that surrounds the other party, preventing him from getting a glimpse of it.

But just the tip of the iceberg can let him know that the other party is indeed not easy to mess with, and he also senses the unique aura of the guardian spirit, and there are more than one!
It seems that this man who has been living in the shadow of Dao San is by no means as ordinary as the outside world thinks. Even if it is a mysterious and strong man like Layman Guoxin, I am afraid it is impossible to give other people two guardian spirits casually. Bar?
And since ancient times, even great onmyojis like Abe Seimei believed that ordinary samurai could only be hosted by one guardian spirit. However, with Axiu in front of him and Yilong in the back, the talents of these two siblings are really amazing enough. I don’t know where their mother came from.

Wait, Asai Nagamasa suddenly noticed a key point that he had ignored before. Axiu and Yilong are siblings. Since Axiu is a half-demon, how can Yilong be a pure human?This is probably why he also wears this dark mask!

He turned to look at Axiu, and found that the other party, who had always had a calm expression, was showing some emotion at this moment. It seemed to represent a sad expression. It seemed that she had longed for family affection. It was a pity that her compatriots The brother is a cruel man like Yoshiryu Saito, who tried to kill his father with a monster.

While thinking about it, the general in black armor suddenly shouted: "I am Yoshiryu Saito, where is the traitor Saito Dozo?"

His voice was so loud that it vibrated for miles in an instant, and even the thousands of soldiers behind Asai Nagamasa could hear clearly.

Ordinary infantrymen just felt that the other party's voice was a bit too loud, but Shima Sakon, Numata Yumitsu and others all looked a little more serious.

Although they all already know that Yilong must have special power, after all, His Highness has just said that the corpses and monsters that appeared before were all created by the other party, but now it seems that the other party can not only create monsters. .

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but snorted when he heard this. He only mentioned Tao San, but completely ignored himself. Was he deliberately trying to give himself a blow?
So he replied without any sign of weakness: "Master Daosan doesn't want to see you, a rebellious son, so now your opponent is Asai Nagamasa!"

"And didn't you claim to be the posthumous child of the Toki family? Why do you still call yourself Saito Yoshiryu? You should be called Toki Yoshiryu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tsugujun Miyabe behind him was the first to laugh. Then Ryochi Asai, Masumi Asai and other members of the family also reacted and laughed along with him, and even stretched out their hands to say something to Sai. Fujiyoshiryu pointed at the person.

Of course they didn't think what their lord said was funny, but they all saw that the lord was deliberately trying to anger the other party, and of course they couldn't be weak at this time.

Especially for the many members of the Asai clan, although the family's territory and power continue to increase, more and more excellent foreign samurai are joining the family, and local retainers such as Endo Naosuke and Miyabe Tsugujun are quickly showing their belongings. Their own edge.

In contrast, their sense of existence as a group is getting lower and lower.

So when the head of the family decided to march into Meinong this time, they had already made a secret decision, and they must let the lord see the strength of their sect!
Saito Yoshiryu was immediately furious: "Asai Shinkuro Nagamasa, how can you, a guy from Kitaomi, be worthy of the name Shinkuro? You only defeated the Rokkaku family by luck, how dare you compete with me for 50 koku?" Are the Mino Saito family hostile?"

Of course he had reason to be angry, not only because he was poked in a sore spot by the other party, but also because compared with the noisy retainers behind the other party, the one behind him was too quiet.

Obviously after he succeeded, the family had begun to implement the "collegial system of important ministers" to strengthen the voice of the retainers, but now they are still acting like that.

Sure enough, last time I defeated Dao San due to the absolute difference in strength, but failed to make them sincerely join him?
Fortunately, the ungrateful Asai Nagamasa came here to die, so that he could use his true power to defeat the Asai family and let the whole of Mino, and even the whole world, see his power!

"Oh, I have the same doubts. What virtue and ability do you have that dare to use the same name as me?"

Although Asai Nagamasa was still smiling, he showed no sign of weakness in his words.

Perhaps it was some kind of coincidence that the nicknames of Saito Dozo, Saito Yoshiryu, and himself were all Shinkuro. Although he didn't like this nickname, he was not so happy to share it with others.

Now that Dao San is dead, it's time to send Yi Long to meet his father!

Saito Yoshiryu was even angrier when he heard the words: "It's just the benefit of the tongue, let me see if the bones of your Asai family can withstand the sword in my hand!"

Asai Nagamasa was still smiling, he just pulled out his sword and pointed it at the opponent from a distance.

Although he didn't speak, everyone understood what he meant: If you can do it, just let it go!

"Damn it, let me attack. I will take your head first and then go to Lushan City to kill the abominable Dao San!"

Following Saito Yoshiryu's roar, the Yoshiryu Army, which had been prepared for a long time, launched an attack. A large number of elite ashigaru, led by samurai, launched a charge from the south side of the approximately three-meter-wide bridge. , at the same time, dozens of large and small boats also carried a large number of ashigaru towards the north shore.

No need for Asai Nagamasa to speak, Shima Sakon and others who had been preparing for this for a long time also shouted loudly, letting the samurai and infantry under their command take action.

Hundreds of infantrymen at the front suddenly spread out to both sides in unison, revealing the dark muzzles of the guns behind them. Tsugujun Miyabe, an iron cannon leader, laughed out loud for the first time: "Let the hateful Yilong Army taste it." Taste our power, the five-stage iron cannon!"

"Bang bang bang!"

With a series of muffled sounds, the samurai and ashigaru, the fastest and most elite warriors, fell down 50 to [-] in an instant.

The width of the Nagara River is only a few dozen meters, which is a great advantage for the Yilong Army trying to cross the river. However, at the same time, this distance is also within the optimal range of the iron cannon!

"Bang bang bang!"

There was another series of iron cannon blasts, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth times.
Before the Yilong Army could make any response, hundreds of iron artillery soldiers fired thousands of rounds of ammunition at once. With preparations in advance and the cover of a large number of infantry around them, even if the enemy looked extremely fierce , only a few dozen meters away from him, but all the iron artillery soldiers were calm and pulled the triggers very steadily.

Not only because of their trust in friendly forces, but also because this is not the first time they have faced such a battle.

Whether it is the Rokkaku family of Sawayama Castle and Noragada, the Yilong Army under Sagiyama Castle, or the enemy in front of you, there is no difference in front of Tiepao, they will only have the same end!
In less than ten breaths, at least more than five hundred members of the nominal Dragon Army lost their lives. A large number of corpses almost blocked the Nagara River, and the river was instantly dyed red.

It was the first time that the Yoshitatsu Army saw the power of large-scale iron cannons. Almost all of them were stunned by such a cruel attack. Even Saito Yoshitsune himself was frightened.

Damn it, is this the weapon Asai Nagamasa used to defeat the Rokkaku family?He actually used the same trick as that idiot Owari!

Then can I and the powers I hide survive in the face of this kind of weapon?
But then he gritted his teeth hard. No, there was no need to doubt that the power he was willing to give up everything in exchange for would definitely be able to defeat these hateful humans. He not only wanted to surpass Dao San, but also conquered the entire Nibon. ah!
After the thunderous sound of the iron cannons gradually died down, the surviving Yilong Army finally had time to react. Many Ashigaru immediately cried and tried to retreat, and the originally neat formation disappeared instantly.

"What, what is this?"

"Monster!"

"I don't want to fight them!"

"Sir Zhuyao Shangguang is asking for death!"

"Run, run!"

Seeing that a large number of ashigaru were about to flee or even attack his own formation, Saito Yoshiryu immediately drew his sword out of its sheath and rode directly towards the group of commotion ashigaru.

The two swords, one long and one short, were swung at the same time. A flash of blood appeared, and several heads were chopped off in an instant. Not only did he show his extraordinary martial arts, but he also showed that he possessed two precious swords.

Looking at the purple and red blade, the thick white bones decorating the blade, and more importantly, the strong resentment lingering on the blade, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Asakura family's general, Mana Naozumi, who had visited our family before, was said to have beheaded more than sixty times with his Taro sword, but the blood stained by Yilong's pair of weapons was more than ten times more?
"Damn it, don't retreat, keep moving forward, they won't have to use this trick a few times!"

His personal guards followed him and came forward one after another. They slashed with their swords without hesitation, killing dozens of fleeing ashigaru in one breath. The killing was so frightening that the ashigaru no longer dared to attack. He ran away and then stopped for a moment.

At this time, some warriors finally began to stand up bravely, shouting loudly and trying to reorganize the team.

But this put him in a very disadvantageous situation, because he was still within the range of the iron cannon. Although the iron artillery soldiers were unable to fire for a while, Zahezhong's iron cannon had not yet fired!

"Bang bang bang!"

There was another series of sounds, and the warrior who was trying to regroup the defeated troops immediately fell down with blood spurting from his body. Some warriors next to him were stunned for an instant.

Then someone couldn't help shouting: "Sama Tadano Sato died in battle!"

Saito Yoshiryu's expression changed instantly. He looked fiercely at the person who fired the gun, and found that the young man was blowing smoke from the gun while looking at Sato Taduno's body with a smile on his face. .

In front of him and behind him, there were some guys dressed similarly to him. They didn't look like samurai from the Asai family, but more like temporary mercenaries.

"Using iron cannons as weapons, are they members of the Zaga people? But isn't it rumored that the Honganji Temple in Nagashima City is hostile to the Asai family? Why would the Zaga people who also belong to the Honganji camp help them?"

But this is actually not important anymore. He has already seen his general being killed by the opponent. No matter what the opponent's status is, he must pay the price!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Saito Yoshilong shouted, quickly took out something from his arms, and then crushed it vigorously.

A faint red light flashed away, and then spread across half of the battlefield in an instant.

The Yilong Army, who were still crying, stopped their original movements almost at the same time, and even their eyes became dull.

After another two or three breaths, they seemed to regain consciousness.

Whether it was a brave samurai or a cowering ashigaru, under the influence of the red light, they all seemed to be filled with courage.None of them wanted to retreat anymore. Instead, they all panted heavily, stared with slightly red eyes, shouted loudly, and launched a charge towards the Asai Army on the north side.

And this time, they will not be defeated by the iron cannon again!

The many generals in Asai Fang felt the difference in an instant, and they all looked at their lord in surprise, wanting to find an answer.

After the iron artillery team showed off its power just now, many of them thought that they were sure to win this battle, but who would have thought that Yilong would have such a trick?
It's not that they can't fight, it's just that when it comes to spells, they subconsciously want to hear the voice from their lord.

In fact, Asai Nagamasa did have a rough guess.

"Using the power of spells to forcibly stimulate morale and strengthen physical strength? Covering so many soldiers, I don't know how much the price will be paid by you and them?"

Sighing softly, Asai Nagamasa suddenly raised his sword forward: "Generals, there is no need to panic. Some of Yoshiryu's evil spells will definitely not last long. Victory will eventually belong to my Asai family. Let me defeat the enemy here, and then Let’s open up territory for our family and enter Meinong!”

Following his words, a thunderbolt appeared very abruptly, causing a loud bang, as if agreeing with his words.

Whether it's a samurai or an infantry, all of them cheered up, even if Yilong knew how to cast spells, so what?The lord has received the inheritance from Qingming Gong!
"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Oh oh oh, you are indeed my lord!"

"All troops, attack hard!"

"Defeat the Yilong Army!"

Many generals cheered in response to their lord, and then began to actively command their troops to fight.

Soon the panting Yilong Army crossed the Nagara River and slammed into the position of the Asai Army, which was waiting for them. Blood spattered everywhere, and dozens of people on both sides fell forever in an instant.

But in general, the Asai Army, which is well-equipped and well-trained, and also occupies a favorable location, has far fewer casualties than the Yilong Army that takes the initiative to attack. Almost every death of the Asai Army can be exchanged for at least two, The lives of three, or even more, Yoshiryu Army Ashigaru.

Maybe an ordinary samurai can barely break through the gun formation with his own martial arts, but when faced with a dense gun formation, an ordinary ashigaru can only rely on his own life to create opportunities.

After discovering this, many generals breathed a sigh of relief, completely let go of their worries, and began to direct the battle more calmly.

Asai Nagamasa can also confirm that the general effect of Yilong's spell is to confuse the mind and make them temporarily lose their fear, but it does not strengthen their physical strength and strength at all.

The attacks of the ashigaru of the Yilong Army are still so weak, and they will still die after being struck by a sword.

Even because Yilong's spells made them fearless of life and death, they rarely dodge attacks and would only trade one life for another, which further increased their casualty rate.

So in less than half a quarter of an hour, coupled with the powerful display of iron cannons, thousands of ashigaru of the nominal dragon army fell forever in the Nagara River.

The river water had long since lost its original clarity, replaced by blood red.

Although the many generals of the Asai Army were overjoyed, because every corpse of the enemy soldier represented their merits, the many generals of the Yilong Army were uneasy and even trembling in their hearts.

Most of them are experienced warriors who have been in the army for several to ten years, but have they ever seen such a tragic war?

Generally speaking, if the damage of an army exceeds [-]%, the morale will almost collapse. Even if the samurai can still resist, the ashigaru cannot bear it.

Because even if they win the battle, most of the benefits belong to warriors at all levels and have little to do with them. Of course they will not fight desperately.

If you can persist to [-]% casualties, it will basically be a cage battle or the last battle for a certain force's life and death.

But now, they only saw the lord waving his hand. Those who rushed over, whether they were samurai or ashigaru, almost all refused to retreat. This could not even be explained by simple high morale.

And no matter how loyal a samurai is, he will not directly hit the enemy's spear as stupidly as he is now!

So, is it really the Lord's trick?No wonder he knew that his opponent was Asai Nagamasa, the so-called "Dragon of Omi" who could use magic, but he was still so confident!

As time went by, the number of casualties on both sides increased rapidly, and at the same time, the offensive momentum of the Yilong Army gradually weakened. It seemed that the spells Yilong had cast on them had gradually begun to fail.

Asai Nagamasa, who was responsible for commanding the entire army but did not personally participate in the command, noticed this change immediately, so he immediately ordered Shima Sakon to prepare to put the reserve troops into battle.

When the Yilong Army completely loses the blessing of magic, it will be their best chance to counterattack!

Of course, Yilong on the other side also noticed this. Although others could not see his expression because he was wearing a mask, the soldiers behind him seemed to feel the cold murderous aura gradually spreading.

After communicating several times with very secretive eyes, Ando Mamoru, who was the leader of the three Mino people, finally took the initiative to stand up.

"My lord, the situation seems to be unfavorable to our army. How about we withdraw our troops for a while and then send someone to inform Lord Inaba Ittetsu to join forces with our army and fight another day?"

He didn't say it was okay, but this statement made Saito Yoshiryu make up his mind.

He originally thought that his side had an advantage in terms of military strength and had defeated the Daosan Army several times. This was the period when morale was at its peak. Moreover, the flow of the Nagara River had been slow recently, so even if they crossed the river to fight, it would not have much impact.

But he never expected that the Asai army would be so well-trained. How could they be ashigaru who were summoned? They were not much worse than the lowest level samurai!

However, I also have other backup methods.

Although it was originally reserved for Dosan, since Nagamasa Asai is seeking death, let him have a taste of it too!
He immediately snorted coldly and waved his hand towards Ando Mamoru: "No, that's okay. Today I will show you the true power of Saito Yoshiryu!"

He reached out and took out a black token and several shimmering golden-green gems from his arms, and then slammed it directly into the token.

There was no sound that Mamoru Ando expected. All the gems were absorbed by the token like water. Then Yilong waved his hand again, and nearly a hundred scarlet rays of light flew out of his token extremely quickly. go out.

The next moment, accompanied by a series of sounds of flesh tearing, some hideous and ugly monsters with green ghost horns on their heads "grew" out of the bodies of many samurai and ashigaru in front.

Regardless of whether they were cold corpses a few breaths ago or warriors who were still fighting, at this moment they were like shabby bags of flesh, torn apart by the monsters born in their own bodies.

All the monsters roared up to the sky in unison, and then looked straight in the direction of Saito Yoshiryu, as if waiting for his next order.

When those monsters with green faces and fangs, covered with bone spurs, and even bathed in dripping blood looked over with red eyes, such a horrifying scene shocked not only the Asai army, but also the many samurai and ashigaru of the Saito army. Terrified.

In fact, many people in the Asai army had seen monsters including ghosts during the previous Norada battle, and at least they had some ability to resist. However, this was the first time for the Saito army to see them. monster.

Even though they were nominally their friendly forces, they felt no joy at all, only full of fear.

Even those Yilong soldiers who were originally affected didn't know whether it was because of the impact they received, or whether Yilong's spells gradually became invalid, and they gradually recovered their original minds one by one.

Many people saw that their comrades who were fighting side by side with them just now were torn apart by monsters coming from inside their bodies. Many of them were frightened and paralyzed on the spot, and even urinated from fright. The rest were almost all alone. A panic-stricken person.

Seeing that they were about to turn around and run away in the next moment, Saito Yoshiryu groaned and took out the spirit stone again, spreading a large red light with his hand.

Just like before, no matter what the state of the Yilong Army on the front line was originally, they all turned into that militant look again.

Now everyone on both sides of the enemy knows that Saito Yoshiryu is also a proficient magician, but unlike the "Omi Dragon" who has been inherited by Lord Seimei, his messenger is not the shikigami of the Onmyoji, but It's a monster!
Saito Yoshiryu immediately couldn't help laughing three times, and looked down at the many retainers: "Hahaha, what do you think of my magic? There are so many monsters joining our army, can my family surpass them under my leadership?" The abominable Dao San even swept across the entire Nibon?"

Many retainers just woke up from a dream. No matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface they all unanimously began to praise Saito Yoshiryu.

Mamoru Ando, ​​the leader of the three people in Mino, seemed to praise him repeatedly and bowed his head to express his congratulations, but in fact, he was trying to cover up the fear in his heart.

Sure enough, everything Hanbei said was true, so what should he do next?
On the other side, Takenaka Hanbei, who was hiding in Ando's army, also turned pale instantly.

Although he had already expected it, he still didn't expect Yilong to be so ruthless.

If monsters are hidden in a human body, even without the help of magic, it will be a matter of time before they break out, right?From the moment they made the decision, their fate was actually destined, that is, complete death!
I don’t know whether their souls can still go to Hirazan in the underworld after such a cruel death method?

"Teacher, what should I do?"

Just when Takenaka Hanbei wanted to ask his teacher and guardian spirit Shirasawa for advice, he heard Saito Yoshiryu in front laughing and using a spell again.

"Watch out, my power is more than just that!"

"Woooooo!" "Hohohoho!"

Following Saito Yoshiryu's movements, a series of chaotic beast roars suddenly sounded in the southeast of the Yoshiryu Army's main formation, and then in everyone's shocked eyes, dozens of them were covered with thick hair, their heads The super-giant apes with golden-green ghost horns broke out of the wooden cage one after another.

There was no order from anyone at all, so they picked up the huge guns that were already prepared beside them, which were as thick as eggs and four or five meters long, and then stared wide-eyed like those blood-bathed ghosts just now. His eyes were looking in the direction of Saito Yoshiryu, waiting for his order.

Without anyone having to say anything, everyone knew that these giant apes, which were three to four meters tall and had muscles all over their bodies, were definitely more powerful monsters than those monsters!
While everyone was shocked, Saito Yoshiryu frowned secretly, because the number was much less than he had expected.

Even though they had prepared enough corpses and spirit stones, and sent some rat demon ninjas to assist them, did anyone still escape?
Those rat demons are still as unreliable as ever, but it doesn't matter, even if there are a little less, with them as the vanguard, it is enough to sweep the Asai army!

Thinking of this, Saito Yoshiryu suddenly raised his two swords: "Attack, after today, Nippon will only have one daimyo named Shinkuro!"

(End of this chapter)