Chapter 255 30. An Extra Bullet Appeared Out of Nowhere

As if to echo Matsumi Sai, the already sparse shouts of killing suddenly burst out!

After a night of harassment, the Kiso army had already figured out who was stationed in each part of the camp and the configuration. In order to prevent the soldiers from panicking at night and to allow the soldiers to identify them, all the flags and horse marks of the generals were illuminated by the bonfire.

Except for Kobayata's horse mark, all the samurai commanders went down to the camp to fight back against the harassment of the Kiso army.

Originally, Kobayata was the head of the hatamoto, and he should have commanded hundreds of elite hatamoto soldiers. But Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was not a Confucian general who sat firmly in the center of the army, he was also a brave general who could charge and fight. So all the hatamotos returned to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's main team, and Kobayata could only temporarily take over the small pack team left by Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's main team.

Now Kobayata has truly become a Koheta magistrate. Of course, in addition to the nearly 1,000 men, Kobayata also temporarily recruited 200 Renkawas as the guards of the Koheta team, plus 50 to 60 iron cannon foot soldiers, and the Tongxins to maintain the team, there are more than 300 combat-capable teams.

This team has never been in battle. The combat effectiveness of the Renkawas is exactly the same as that of the Suwas. In the Battle of Uedahara, they had eyes behind their heads and ran faster than Kobayata. They are better at farm work than running, and running is better than fighting.

In other words, it was Kobayata's group of men with no combat effectiveness and the Renkawas with very low combat effectiveness who were harassed last night without engaging in battle.

Kobayata's horse mark did not appear in the team that counterattacked the harassment last night. The Kiso army has now seen through the location of the Yamanouchi army's reserve Koheta team with more than a thousand people but no combat effectiveness. Kiso Yoshimasa waited all night for the opportunity to fight on a cold autumn night. He found out the weakest link in the Yamauchi army camp.

"The small caravan team of Danzheng is in danger!" Matsumi-sai grabbed Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's hand and pointed to the camp of the small caravan team behind the main camp.

Kobayata's head suddenly exploded, "I've been tricked by Kiso Yoshiyasu!"

"Shinshu no Kami, I'll go back to the team to reorganize the troops." Kobayata left after saying this, and there was no room for hesitation at this time.

But before Kobayata finished speaking, the originally scattered night attack Kiso army gathered into large groups of 200 to 300 people under the command of Chimura Yoshishige and Yamamura Yoshihou, and began to launch a strong attack on the left and right sides of the Yamauchi army camp regardless of life and death. (If the Kiso family loses, they will die. Not to mention that they still have fighting power after not sleeping all night, the desire to survive when facing death can make miracles happen.)

The drums and conch shells in Kiso Fukushima Main Castle also began to sound continuously. More than a thousand soldiers in the castle had been preparing for a long time. They rushed to the Yamanouchi Army camp under the castle under the banners of Kiso Kaga-no-kami, Kamimatsu Izumi-no-kami, and Shikawa Ise-no-kami.

The Yamanouchi Army camp was in chaos, not to mention the soldiers who had just lain down after a night of hard work. The soldiers who had just woken up after being harassed all night and were still sleepy and confused were not much better. The camp was full of soldiers running around in panic and at a loss, and signs of instability gradually appeared.

"Your Highness, immediately dispatch the main camp's hatamoto to suppress the soldiers, and the generals of each team should immediately return to the team to organize the troops. Then summon the iron cannon foot soldiers and archery foot soldiers to guard the main camp, but if any soldiers approach, they will be killed immediately. As long as the main camp is not in chaos, everything will be fine." The old man immediately told Yamauchi Yoshikatsu the importance of the main camp. Now the soldiers are in chaos, if the main camp is also in chaos, then the big thing will be over.

"Everything depends on the old man!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu bowed and saluted to Matsumi Sai.

"Stable manager, I will go to the front camp to defend." Hosokawa Cainu didn't care that she hadn't slept all night, she put the hat on her head, jumped on the warhorse and left.

"Koheita, you also go to the back camp quickly to prevent the small pack team from collapsing. Sa Ma Yun, you go to the left camp, and Shiro, you go to the right camp. Ming Goro, take my hatamoto to suppress the soldiers, and it is strictly forbidden to rush into the camp." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu calmed down.

With the help of Tatsuzo, Kobayata also mounted his warhorse. At this moment, the samurai in charge of the Kohe Carrier Team was Aji, and Kobayata's Sennari Bamboo Leaf Horse Mark was kept in Nanaki.

But before they set off, the Kohe Carrier Team completely collapsed in front of everyone. With a "bang", the fence was overturned in large sections, and nearly a thousand miscellaneous soldiers turned around and fled like headless flies to avoid the Kiso soldiers rushing head-on.

The dozens of archers of Lianchuan who were still holding on to the fence and Kobayata's standing iron cannons were also driven by the crowd and were forced to retreat backwards. Chaotic shouts continued to ring, and even words like "Zixiaoji Danzheng has been killed" and "Yamauchi Shinshu-no-kami has been killed" were heard.

The situation was almost collapsed at this time, and the rear camp was scattered and completely in chaos.

"In a hurry, don't turn back. Lead a hundred men to set up a formation first, block the fleeing soldiers and defend the Kiso army from attacking the main camp." Matsumi-sai immediately asked Kobayata to change his plan and temporarily serve as the front guard of the main camp.

"Bring the horses, bring the horses, all the horsemen get on the horses. Light the matchlocks and load the iron cannons." Matsumi-sai kept giving orders.

The situation was extremely critical. The horsemen were the most elite pure samurai cavalry team. Everyone was skilled in martial arts and held two guns. Now Matsumi-sai meant that they should prepare immediately. Once things were irreversible, they should immediately escort Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to run away.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu had never experienced such chaos. With the help of his attendants, he had to put on someone else's current armor and put on a hood. At the same time, he threw away all the flags, logos, and hairbands on his armor that indicated his identity. Then he asked another samurai to take Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's two-lead two-front standing Nanman hood as a substitute.

Koheita quickly gathered the regular ashigaru of the formation, and appointed two unfamiliar Hatamoto samurai as temporary ashigaru leaders. Reluctantly, they gathered two columns of Nagasaki Ashigaru and rushed towards the direction of Kiso Yoshimasa against the disintegrating flow of people.

Seeing the shining tip of the long spear, the crowd that broke up knew not to hit it. They dispersed to both sides, and at the same time avoided attacking Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's main formation, buying some time for Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to continue deploying his troops.

Just when Mrs. Xiaoping encouraged the soldiers loudly, hoping to hold on for a while longer. As far as the eye could see, dozens of meters away, a swaggering flag of sunlight and moonlight was erected. The dazzling golden bamboo leaves at the top of the flag clashed with each other in the autumn wind, announcing that the owner of the horse flag, Zixiaolu, was upright and the Zhonggang family was approaching the battle.

Then a warrior in black armor jumped onto the horse and stood under the horse mark. An ashigaru beside him was beating a small jintaiko drum.

The sound of the drum is not loud, but it calms people's hearts. The illustrious martial name of the "Guerrilla Bombs" Zixiaolu Gang family was somewhat useful. The panicked soldiers gradually gathered under the horse mark.

Where did "Zi Xiaolu play straight" come from?