Chapter 738 19. Lieutenant General Has Stomachache and Refuses to Send Troops

Hirate Fanxiu, who was riding on his horse and loudly motivating the soldiers to fight back, suddenly felt a sense of crisis. Years of experience in life-and-death battles told him that danger was approaching, and he immediately lowered his body to avoid it.

It's a pity that such a big living person is still on the horse, doesn't he stand out from the crowd? More than a dozen pelted stones hit him and the horse underneath him. Before anyone could say anything, the horse was startled.

As soon as the hoof jumped, Hirate Fanxiu was knocked off the horse. Fortunately, these days, Japan does not use stirrups, but uses horse shoes that look like slippers. If you fall, you will fall, and you will not be dragged away by the frightened horse.

"Hirate Minister has been taken over by Lord Anayayama Mutsu Nobunobu!"

The Oda army, which was already excited by the Tokugawa defeat, was shocked and quickly looked up to find their commander Hirate Genhide.

Where can I still see people?

When the general disappears, even the most elite troops will feel panic. However, the battlefield at this moment did not give the Oda army a chance to panic. Two to three thousand Tokugawa troops retreated in great numbers. The armies were crowded in positions before and after the second horse defense fence and between the third horse defense fence. , you may not be able to run even if you want to.

"It was me, Hirose Gozaemon, who was the first to break into the enemy formation!" Hirose Keifusa, the retainer in charge of Yamauchi's plan, shouted while holding a katana and slashing with all his strength.

"Instruct all the troops to pull out the horse defense fence and continue to advance!" The master plan in the mountain took advantage of the victory and moved forward to the vicinity of the first horse defense fence.

The kotaiko drum kept beating "dong dong dong dong dong", and by this time even Nobukun Anayama and Nobuyuki Kawae were working hard. Seeing that victory is imminent, who would not kill the enemy with all his strength to gain meritorious service?

At the same time, the first horse defense fence of the Zhide Allied Forces had been completely broken through. The overwhelming advance of the Yamauchi Army made the Zhide Allied Forces unable to lift their heads.

Especially when Ashikaga Yoshiaki's Gohakuta Yamata came out into battle, the battle in the middle became intense.

Oda Nobunaga observed the overall situation from the bombing platform. It was not surprising that the Tokugawa army collapsed. It was strange that the Tokugawa army was attacked by three or four times the enemy force. It was strange that they did not lose.

Since I had anticipated it, I wouldn't be too busy. Anyway, there are still 12,000 horses from the general reserve force, the Hokahata, so no matter how useless the Hokahata are, it won't be a big problem if they can withstand it for a few hours.

After all, you are just 12,000 pigs, and the Yamauchi Army can’t catch them all in an hour!

On the one hand, he ordered Kitahata Shingo on Mido Mountain to go down the mountain to save the battle on the right wing. On the other hand, he was nervously searching for the whereabouts of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Kodaira.

If any one of them can be killed, the Yamauchi army will be horribly shaken, and it is not impossible for the entire army to be defeated.

Not sparing any ammunition at this time, Kou Feilin's cannon opened fire again, violently firing at the location of Genji's imperial white flag. Although there is no guarantee that Ashikaga Yoshiaki is there, I can't say for sure.

"Your Highness, Officer Hirakawa was attacked by the Kaibi people and has lost his trace!" An envoy ran to the formation and loudly reported.

"What!"

Oda Nobunaga shifted his attention from the middle section of the Yamauchi Army, which was being bombarded by artillery, to the right wing of the Oda Army. The situation that was originally withstandable actually showed a collapse trend.

Hirate Fanhide, who was the early supporter, was nowhere to be seen, and Kitahata Nobugi, who was the later supporter, had not even come down the mountain.

"Katsumi! Another left! The two of you immediately lead the team to save Tokugawa Mikawa Mamoru! If you don't do it, we will retreat and take the lead!"

The chaotic right wing of the German and German coalition forces was in defeat at this moment, but not everyone was defeated.

Sakai Gaara assisted Tadashi and led thousands of people to defend the third horse defense fence!

This is why Oda Nobunaga is still willing to continue to invest troops to support the right wing, otherwise Oda Nobunaga would have beaten the drum and changed the formation. Now that the third horse defense fence has not been breached, the retreating troops can regroup, and an hour later there will be another hero!

"Move all the bombardiers to the mid-range, and then attack the formations of Yamauchi Hatakemoto and Hosokawa Saime in front of them!"

Due to the strong military strength of Oda Nobunaga's own side, he was able to resist the offensive of Generals Imagawa Yoshichichi with ease. However, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide, Mizuno Nobuyoshi, Osuga Yasutaka and others in the middle section gradually became exhausted.

Hosokawa Saime, who took the lead in the center, and several Yamauchi Army banner generals who came to support, advanced forward side by side, and now they had gained some advantages.

Even though they were bombarded by Folangji, the bannermen of the Yamauchi Army still risked their lives to attack the second section of the center. Especially Kanai Meigoro Hideharu is the most powerful, unparalleled in foot combat.

"How many times has it been a raid?"

"This is the fourth time!" Hosokawa Saime was a little anxious, but Kanai Meigoro was not too anxious.

"I'll go for the next round." Sanada Nobutsuna's nodachi had several holes in it, and this powerful and brave samurai was replaced to rest for a while.

"Okay! Gentazaemon will do the fifth stage of the advance! Cooperate with Shiro to provide support!"

Due to Hashiba Hideyoshi's extremely determined resistance, the second horse defense fence in the center still had a somewhat unyielding momentum at this moment.

"Report to Your Highness, even if there is a possibility of being destroyed, the Folangji should be allowed to advance, and the breakthrough must be accelerated!" Hosokawa Zaimei knew the principle of working hard at one go. At this time, she must be fierce. Once the morale drops, everything will stop.

After one of the envoys repeated his message, he got on his horse and rushed back to the main formation among the Echigo people.

"What Cai Nuzhu said makes sense!" If the cannon is gone, it can be recast, but if the battle is lost, the battle is really lost.

"Okay, Chiyosuke brings the Buddha machine forward and shoots at the Oda people!"

At this moment, the Yamanouchi army only had a total reserve force of 5,000 people, including the Echigo tribe, the Kaizu tribe, and Fujiwara Danmasa's Nagahashi tribe. In addition, almost all the troops were sent out, and there were no more troops that could increase the intensity of the attack.

Except for the cannon, there was nothing!

Fujiwara Danmasa rode his horse beside Ashikaga Yoshiaki, also nervously observing the battle situation. On the left wing, the Yamanouchi family was driving the defeated soldiers to attack the third horse fence, and on the right wing, Imagawa Yoshichika was launching a fierce attack with Oda Nobunaga's main force.

Only the center seemed to have won but not won, and wanted to advance but couldn't. The generals of the various tribes attacked back and forth, but failed to break through!

Perhaps seeing that the bombardment of Murakami Yoshimitsu's white flag, who joined the center first, had no effect, the Oda army finally turned the muzzle and moved the Kofilin long-barreled cannon elsewhere.

With a "bang", the Sanada ladder horse flag that was directing the attack on the second horse fence in the center was knocked down.

The hearts of the spectators trembled. Sanada Nobunaga was a foreign lord who commanded 2,000 soldiers. If such a general died in battle, it would have a huge impact on the morale of the army.

"Good, good!" Oda Nobunaga was delighted that the Kofilin cannon seemed to have worked.

At this time, another messenger ran out of the tent. Oda Nobunaga thought it was the messenger who reported that Sanada Nobunaga was killed by the cannon, so he turned his head and waited for him to speak.

"Your Highness, Lieutenant General (Kitabatake) has a stomachache and it is difficult to send troops!"