Chapter 580 42. Tsuchiya Kills Thousands of People with One Hand

There was a sudden disturbance in the "丿" formation of the Takeda army. The relatively tight formation had a slight disturbance.

Tsuchiya Sozo Masahiro, who was located outside the Takeda main camp, actually passed the troops of Koyamada and other people on the left and right wings, and surpassed the troops of Yamagata Masakage who took the lead, and launched an attack on the Yamanouchi army with a force of only a hundred or so people.

The generals in the main camp of the Yamanouchi army were puzzled. What kind of fighting method was this?

Donggou naval battle? Zhiyuan rushed into the formation alone? The rest of the horizontal formation watched the show from behind?

Just as they were wondering, about a hundred people from the Komiyayama team in the Takeda main camp also rushed out and joined the Tsuchiya team. Then there were small teams of dozens of people one after another, constantly joining the Tsuchiya team that was marching fast.

About 200 meters in front of Ogasawara Sadakei's troops outside the Yamanouchi army, the soldiers who rushed out of the Takeda army slightly reorganized, and about 500 people formed three small front arrow formations.

Then the main camp of Takeda began to beat the drums, and the troops of Yamagata Masakage, who was the first to attack, shouted and marched towards the Yamanouchi army.

"Is this the tactics of the armored army to let the dead soldiers break through, and then the main army will press on!" Kobayata was a little unsure.

There was also the old father-in-law sitting in the main camp. Kobayata felt that the old father-in-law was in poor health now, and he could only ride slowly on a horse. But seeing that he was over 60 years old, it was normal for this age. If nothing else, at least he was in good spirits.

"Which armored troops are attacking?"

"Tsuchiya Sozo, Komiya Yamanouchi Zensuke, Akiyama Kii..." Murakami Yoshimitsu signed up loudly while observing.

"They are all the backbone of the former Daizen, and only such people can serve as dead soldiers." Hosokawa Harumiya had a plan in mind, and Takeda's retainers had already calculated it clearly.

"Old man, what do you mean?" Kobayata believed in the judgment of his old father-in-law.

"It's almost the same as you expected. They should attack us with desperate soldiers. After opening the gap, Yamagata Heibei will expand it, and finally Takeda's main force will rush in. A long battle will decide the outcome."

After handing a bowl of hot tea to his father-in-law to calm him down, Kobayata picked up Yamauchi Taro and watched the battle together.

The Yamauchi army is the most common three-stage horizontal formation. The Yamauchi standing elite soldiers of the main formation are stationed on the high slope of Aruga, so they are not afraid of cannons hitting friendly forces. Even now that the A army has not entered the range, it is not worth firing at hundreds of people. At least for those of Yamagata Masakage's level, it is worth the money to fire a cannon.

In addition, the people on the front line are cannon fodder from the four major countries of Shinano. Even if Kobayata is willing, other retainers of the Yamauchi family will not allow them to use cannons on the front line.

Vassals of vassals are not my vassals!

Ogasawara is a retainer of Yamanouchi, but Ogasawara's retainers are not retainers of my Yamanouchi. Let them die, the more they die, the better.

"Send an order, let Fukashidono hold back the dead soldiers of the A army, and don't let them break through the front line!"

"Also tell the courtesan to pay attention to the Ogasawara team attacked by the A army, and be prepared for the Ogasawara team to collapse at any time!"

The rest is to watch the battle. Anyway, it's just a small team of a few hundred people. You can't mobilize 25,000 troops for such a small number of people.

As for the Takeda army that started to move, although the drums were beating loudly, except for Yamagata Masakage who walked faster, the other teams were just moving slowly. Who knows if it's to maintain the formation or what it means.

"Sa Ma Yun, let Ogasawara and Shiro of the 11th Division go to the courtesan to watch the battle!" Xiao Pingtai felt a little worried.

It was not to monitor Hosokawa Kane, but mainly to let Ogasawara's team of elite hatamoto soldiers go over and keep an eye on him. It was highly likely that Ogasawara Sadakei would not try his best to stop Tsuchiya Masahiro, so he could plug the loophole.

"I am the general of Ogasawara clan, Aoyagi Ise no Kami Kiyonaga, dare you fight me!"

In the front line of the formation was a samurai whose name Kobayata had hardly heard of, and the old father-in-law next to him probably knew what Kobayata was thinking. "The lord of Aoyagi, Nishina Shinano no Kami Morikuni's second son."

"Oh~~~" Kobayata and Yamauchi Taro seemed to understand something, and then they both didn't understand shit.

Who cares who he is, whether he can beat Tsuchiya Masahiro is the key!

"I am Tsuchiya Sozo!" With a loud shout, Tsuchiya Masahiro came up and shot.

The soldiers of Tsuchiya's team were all determined to die, and they fought to the death, and each of them was eager to be the first. Not only was Tsuchiya Masahiro suppressing Aoyagi Kiyonaga, but the soldiers also suppressed Ogasawara's soldiers, and the situation was one-sided.

Several of Tsuchiya Masahiro's family members came forward and stabbed Aoyagi Kiyonaga with long spears. Aoyagi Kiyonaga, who was already struggling to defend himself, was a little courageous. He rolled directly to the ground, risking falling off his horse and getting injured.

The soldiers' attacks were resolved, but Tsuchiya Masahiro followed him like a shadow and shot him in the buttocks. Everyone knows that the armor of these samurai is called Kusazari, which is usually made of stacked armor plates or woven with chain mail.

It seems to be okay at ordinary times, but it broke when it was stabbed.

Aoyagi Kiyonaga was stabbed in the buttocks and was directly hit diagonally. He was dead.

"Aoyagi Ise-no-kami has been killed!" The Tsuchiya team cheered.

If you take the initiative, it will be much easier to fight. More than 2,000 people in Ogasawara were forced to make a small gap by only 500 people.

Ogasawara Sadakei felt very annoyed. He certainly didn't plan to fight for the Yamanouchi family, but if he was defeated in such a confrontation, he would lose face.

With a glance, his close aide Asano Kyuuemon understood and rushed out with a gun in hand.

This Asano Kyuemon was a brave general. He was stranded in Kyoto with Ogasawara Nagatoki and was loyal to the Ogasawara clan. In addition, he was an excellent spearman, so Ogasawara Sadakei had high hopes for him.

"The lord of Azumi County, Jima Castle, and the son of Asano Shikibu, the junior assistant." Seeing two pairs of fluttering eyes staring at him, Hosokawa Harumiya had to continue to introduce him.

Still didn't know him, and it was another person he had never heard of. Koheita and Yamauchi Taro continued to watch the show, no! It was to watch the battle!

Asano Kyuemon's spearmanship was really good. He fought with Tsuchiya Masahiro on horseback and was not at a disadvantage. He fought back and forth. But before he could be proud for long, Tsuchiya Masahiro held the spear in his right arm and sent it forward, and pulled out the wakizashi with his left hand and threw it at Asano Kyuemon's head.

Both sides were dead. Asano Kyuemon panicked and dodged the wakizashi, but not the spear. He was directly stabbed off his horse by the huge inertia of the spear, and died as dead as he could.

The morale of the Ogasawara team dropped greatly. It had only been a short time since the fight started, and two generals had died. This Tsuchiya Masahiro was too fierce, and the miscellaneous soldiers began to retreat unconsciously.

The military supervisor Ogasawara Nagamasa saw that this was not going to work, so he drew his bow and shot an arrow at Tsuchiya Masahiro.

With a "huh" sound, it pierced through the shoulder armor and pierced into Tsuchiya Masahiro's left arm.

Tsuchiya Masahiro was not afraid, gritted his teeth and broke the arrow, and ran straight towards Ogasawara Nagamasa. Ogasawara Nagamasa's kung fu was all on the dart horse, how could he defeat Tsuchiya Masahiro, so he rode away.

It happened that Inugami Masanobu was also sent up by Ogasawara Sadakei, and seeing Tsuchiya Masahiro being shot by an arrow, he thought he could come up and take advantage of it.

Who would have thought that Tsuchiya Masahiro would become more and more courageous as he killed more people. He threw away his spear, held the long knife in one hand, and slashed at Inugami Masanobu head-on.

"Inugami Daisuke has been killed!"