My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 517 The first generation of Hattori
The clear laughter gradually turned into a chuckle. Oda Nobunaga raised the riding crop in his hand and knocked the bamboo hat on his head.

"Haha... It suddenly occurred to me that we are in such a hurry to march. If the Xia generals, especially Guan Yu, who is powerful in China, if he is skillful in using troops and resourceful, he should take this moment to attack our army, then why don't we just capture him? "

The cold rain splashed on his face, and Oda Nobunaga continued: "Look, if we set up an ambush here to wait for work, our army will fall into a quagmire and be unable to resist at all!"

Whether it was the leading generals around or the small people on the guard side, they all looked at each other.

Shibata Katsuie looked ahead speechlessly.

"..." Takigawa Kazuki hurriedly raised his hand towards the governor on horseback and whispered: "Master, these words are a bit unlucky."

"Others say it's unlucky, but I'm the coach, so it's not me who has the final say whether it's unlucky or not." Oda Nobunaga waved his hand boldly. After laughing just now, his tense nerves finally relaxed a lot. .

He smiled and urged his horse forward, and continued: "I was just joking to make you and I feel relaxed. Moreover, in terms of military strategy, even if there are cavalry, it is impossible for them to come from the front and suddenly come around behind us, unless he starts from the beginning. Just fight this kind of master..."

The long team has reached the other side of the forest. The wind and rain brought slightly different sounds.

When Oda Nobunaga said "...idea", the sound of wind and raindrops hitting the forest and the ground suddenly became louder, and his ears were full of crackling sounds. However, in this sound, he only felt a bit of horror.

The scene of running wolves and tigers rushed into the eyes of Oda Nobunaga and a group of generals. The smiles originally hanging on their faces were frozen there. They had not yet reacted to this sudden turn, and there was only a buzzing sound in their heads. , I only heard the voice of General Shibata Katsuie next to me yelling: "Takigawa Kazumasu and Niwa Nagahide, go down and reorganize your troops and find a narrow area to form a formation——"

The entire army marching in the rear suddenly fell into panic and confusion. Before they could react, the chaos had quickly spread from the rear to the middle position here.

A group of cavalrymen after resting, swept down like a flood from a bursting embankment, and their murderous intent spread.

"Lord Oda, it's not good!"

"Everyone, start fighting on the spot!"

With the rain hitting his eyes and two strategic misjudgments congested in his heart, Oda Nobunaga's hand holding the reins trembled. His eyes almost burst open as he fiercely pulled out the "Longship" from his waist. He raised his sword and pointed towards the Xia Kingdom's cavalry, which was crashing with roaring sound below.

Oda Nobunaga was completely stunned. He didn't expect that what he just said casually would actually come true.

Not long after, the envoy who was sent out was covered in water vapor and came back from behind in a panic.

"kill--"

"Send someone over immediately to check!" Oda Nobunaga stopped his horse and waved his hand to ask the envoy to go there quickly.

The cavalrymen of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion, who were leaping forward like a long dragon, roared hysterically. When they heard the word "Feng Hou", they all urged their horses desperately. For a moment, the horses' hooves stepped on the muddy road, and the ground under their feet seemed to be shaking.

"what?!"

After the generals returned to their respective armies, the ashigaru who were originally in panic gradually began to recover. After reacting to the generals' scolding and shouting, they hurriedly set up their formations on the spot. However, in the end, their morale was not too strong compared to the opponent's. The place.

The generals around him, except Shibata Katsuie and two other minor surnames, all galloped down on horseback.

Across their field of vision, their fleeing comrades were cut down in the rain by the rushing Xia cavalry. Without any pause, they quickly moved closer to this side and were within a stone's throw.

The leading black man showed his strong upper body and galloped at the front with a big knife in his hand, slashing wildly left and right. Then he raised the knife and pointed forward, turned around and shouted at the cavalry behind him: "Kill the leader of the Japanese pirates! The one who gets the head of the bandit will be made a marquis!"

"Yes...it's Xia Cavalry, coming up from behind us!"

He hurriedly turned his head and looked over, still smiling
Then, there was a roaring sound from behind, and a sudden scream of "Ah!" was heard from the team marching behind.

"The enemy's advantages can often be seen in the eyes of a coward!"

Zhang Bao, wearing an iron helmet and black armor, also waved a spear and shouted: "Fenghou!"

In his field of vision, there was water vapor all over the sky, and behind the Lingzu troops running in panic, one, two, four... a hundred, a thousand... Xia cavalry wielded their swords and cut through the thorns and obstacles all the way from the rear.

"Get ready!" The archery team picked up their bows and arrows in the elite Ashigaru team, but at such a distance, it was almost too late. Niwa Nagahide swung a shot on horseback, and the archers fired the arrows, which were blocked by the heavy rain. Most of them were weakly nailed to the armor of the oncoming cavalry, or missed their aim and plunged directly into the path of the Xia cavalry.

The next second, the cavalry surged forward.

Zhou Cang and Zhang Bao led the tiger cavalry battalion into a hastily formed Ashigaru team. There was a loud bang, and the horses running at high speed swung their swords and hit them. In the crowd of Japanese soldiers in front, swords and shields collided with each other. The heavy sword, with the impact of the war horse, almost smashed the inferior wooden shield into pieces with one blow.

The shields broke, shattered, or fell out one after another. The ashigaru behind the shield was also squeezed by the force of the push and sat on the ground or fell down. The front line pushing the road opened a gap in this moment.

Zhou Cang spat out a mouthful of blood. After his horse lost momentum, he turned over and dismounted and stepped on a Japanese soldier who was trying to get up. The sword in his hand casually slashed across the opponent's neck, causing a scream to be heard.

Immediately, a shirtless swarthy man, dragging a broadsword, charged into the Japanese soldiers' array on foot.

At this moment, a large number of Tiger Cavalry Battalion cavalry rushed into the front line and wildly waved their swords at everything they could see ahead. A series of sword rays intersected, flesh and blood flew, the screaming figure fell down, the human arm flew, someone rushed up, stabbed at the opponent's horse, and his head was immediately cut off by the swung blade, and the headless body Spurting hot blood, he stumbled for a few steps before falling down.

In just ten seconds, the Xia Kingdom's cavalry moved from east to west, overthrowing Japanese soldiers one by one. The figures of war horses and people intertwined, killing each other fiercely.

"Let the mother-in-laws go up -" Oda Nobunaga, who was being guarded by his subordinates, threw away the bamboo hat on his head and continued to give orders to the envoys beside him while wielding the Nagabune sword.

But right now, Shifan is completely not enough.

Shibata Katsuie galloped back from below with a cross gun in his hand. At this time, all of his personal guards were injured, and the several groups of ashigaru under his command were completely demoralized and were just trying to escape.

He rushed up the high slope and led his bodyguards towards Oda Nobunaga. He wiped the blood on his face and said, "Oda-sama, the mother-in-laws cannot waste this place. The morale of the Xia Kingdom's cavalry is strong. They are charging over. The momentum has been set up, but our morale has been dampened. Compared with them, the mother-in-law soldiers have no speed advantage. If we meet the enemy head-on, they will be scattered by the opponent!"

Over there, Oda Nobunaga, who gradually calmed down, fell silent. He did not speak, which showed that Shibata Katsuie's words were correct.

"Guan Yu took a detour behind us. He no longer has to fight in the front... In other words, he is very confident that the Xia army in front can defeat the Takeda army..."

He thought for a moment and said.

While he was still speaking, a bold and clear voice suddenly sounded.

"Japanese pirates——"

On the muddy road, a charcoal-red war horse, dragging the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, galloped over the corpses stretching all over the ground, rushing straight towards the hillside.

Seeing this scene, Shibata Katsuie sent out all his personal guards, then turned around and shouted to Oda Nobunaga: "Oda-sama, leave immediately!"

Below, a figure wearing half a green robe and half a golden armor, with a beard and beard flying diagonally, rushed towards the Japanese soldiers who were rushing towards him. The running horse directly knocked the opponent away, fell to the ground with a backhand knife, and fell to the ground with his brains split.

He stared at the figures standing on the slope without saying a word. The red rabbit horse under him was breathing heavily, and its thick limbs sank into the mud. Then he stepped out again with countless mud, and the shaking rain splashed everywhere.

There were still Japanese soldiers charging towards them with guns, but Guan Yu swung his sword to kill them one by one.

Seeing the opponent advancing, a huge sense of horror instantly enveloped Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga was pulled by the reins by Shibata Katsuie and his horse rushed into the forest.

Several people with minor surnames also followed behind and rushed into the forest, leaving only a group of personal guards to stop the other party.

At this time, on the road below, the spear tip struck against Zhang Bao's armor, making a banging sound.

He and Zhou Cang were still charging forward. In their eyes, the strange Japanese cavalry carrying a ball did not rush over. Instead, led by a Japanese general, they rushed into the nearby mountains and forests very quickly.

Zhang Bao wanted to rush over, but was stopped by Zhou Cang: "The forest is not suitable. The cavalry of the Tiger Cavalry Camp are fighting. Don't go in!"

At this moment, in the peripheral vision of the two of them, a fiery red figure came galloping from the east direction in the heavy rain.

With just one glance, Zhou Cang recognized the other person: "Marquis Wen, why are you here?"

However, after asking this question, he quickly added another sentence.

"What is Marquis Wen doing here?!"

It was Lu Bu who was galloping over. He single-handedly rushed behind the Ashigaru formation in front and cut through the waves to kill him. When Zhou Cang's words came out.

As they passed each other, Lu Bu replied: "Let's see what else the Japanese generals here can find!"

Zhou Cang and Zhang Bao were suddenly confused.

Looking at each other helplessly, they galloped past them, and then the prancing horse rushed towards the hillside and disappeared at the edge of the forest in the blink of an eye.

……

at the same time.

Oda Nobunaga, who was running in panic in the forest, took something out of his hand and threw it to the ground. A cloud of thick yellow smoke rose up, passed through the dense branches, and floated into the rain outside the forest.

After running for less than two-quarters of an hour, when they were about to leave the mountain forest, they saw an upright figure standing on a high rock nearby. He was covered in dark tights, with two ninja swords on his back and a black scarf on his face.

"Hattori Hanzo, waiting for Oda Nobunaga's dispatch!"

The voice spread in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)