Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 250 Thousand Cavaliers rush into the formation

The moment Uesugi Kenshin issued an offensive order.

The front row of war horses snorted white air together, whirring.

Driven by the horse warrior, the horses immersed their heads and started to run in small steps, and then rows of horse riding teams followed in step by step.

The horse-riding warrior in the front row pressed his legs into the stomach of the horse, and the horse slowly began to accelerate, and finally shook off all four hooves and ran.

The battlefield sounded rumbling horseshoes treading on the ground, this is the charge of nearly a thousand cavalry.

The white flag on the ink background behind the horse warrior gradually expanded to its maximum and straightened as the horse accelerated its gallop.

Countless flags and objects of the ‘pi’ character were agitated in the air, mixed with the assaults of the equestrian warriors in black armor, the Echihou Army’s offensive was like a giant mountain overwhelming, under the cover of the Yixiangzong disciples facing down the mountain from the top of the mountain.

After the Echigo Riding Team, the Zuqing team, wearing a hat and a small flag, also shook off their pace and strode behind the cavalry.

Each Echigo Tsukazu made a cry of killing and started rushing into the battle.

Hongan Temple reluctantly organized several lines of defense, even though the monk soldiers and monk officials kept chanting the slogan of ‘follow further, rebirth in bliss, step back, infinite hell’. But when those disciples saw the elite Echigo cavalry, their faces turned pale at the moment.

Especially the disciples in the first row, seeing the Echihou cavalry who were approaching straight towards him, he knew that he had no luck at the moment.

Many people tried to swallow saliva, but found that they were speechless, and they couldn't hold the simple spear in their hands.

"kill"

After the Echigo samurai galloped their horses to the maximum speed, they immediately faced the Yixiangzong disciples in front of them and slammed their spears directly.

The moment the two armies approached, it was like a giant* hitting the reef head-on, and in an instant they smashed into each other.

When the war horse neighed, the scream of the dying man was accompanied by the dull sound of blunt objects entering the flesh, and the sound of bloodletting from the human body.

The stench of blood only permeated everywhere in an instant.

Before facing each other, the disciple of Yixiangzong who couldn't hold the spear, they rushed the Echihou horseback team and pierced the spear into the body one after another.

And as the horse's momentum continued, the spear often pierced one or two disciples of the same sect.

At the moment the spear pierced, the echigo horseback samurai abandoned the spear, then drew the sword from his waist, raised his arms lightly at the waist, raised his wrists, and chopped down heavily.

Suddenly, the knife was sharply cut, and there was scene of stumps and broken arms flying across the battlefield.

When the horse passed by, either the human body was weakened by the horse's impulse, kicked and thrown to the side, or another disciple of the Yixiangzong was chopped down by the sword, and the horse samurai who followed immediately made up the sword behind.

The horseshoes rolled around, and the corpse or the remaining half-breathed people stepped into the mud of the city.

Ben Duo, who was watching the battle, chanted the Buddha's name heavily, and closed his eyes and couldn't bear to watch this scene again.

And the other generals were stunned when they watched Uesugi Kenshin led the banner army rushing into the battle.

It was unbelievable at first, Uesugi Kenshin unexpectedly did not wait to rendezvous with the military forces of the Yue tycoons.

And seeing the Uesugi army rampage all the way, the blockers were invincible, and everyone was shocked.

Hongan Temple's 80,000 army composed of improvised disciples was imaginary, and when Uesugi Teruhu's elites of hundreds of battles rushed into battle, they were defeated.

Yixiangzong resisted a bit at first, but as the disciples in the front were defeated, the group of disciples, half of them composed of old and weak women and children, lost their courage and began to flee everywhere, instead attacking the army behind.

The Uesugi army took advantage of the situation and repeatedly rushed. Wherever the riding team went, the disciples of the sect always fled while watching the wind. They trampled on each other. The young and strong were better, while women, children, the old and the weak became the targets of pushing and crowding each other.

The battlefield was filled with desperate crying, crying for help.

Others were holding the corpses of their loved ones, their expressions were numb, and then they were either covered up by the crowds, or their lives were lost under their horses' hoofs.

From the bottom of the generals' hearts, they hoped that the Hongan Temple would receive a lesson, but seeing the Uesugi family's power, they couldn't help being shocked. At this moment, they not only hoped that the Hongan Temple could turn the tide and drive the Uesugi army out.

"Hongan Temple was defeated. Under the impact of Uesugi Kenshin's two thousand military forces, the 80,000 Hongan Temple military was just illusory and defeated on all sides." Xiaoxian Xiaoxian said.

"No, Honganji hasn't lost yet," said Usami Nami who said, looking at the Uesugi army and Uesugi Terutor who was in front of the conflict, and said, "Honganji still has monks and soldiers."

When everyone heard Usami Nami say this, they all looked at the main formation to the east of Zengshan Castle, and just under the castle, the 80,000 Xiangzong disciples were killed by the Uesugi army and fled in embarrassment.

And under the hillside of the main formation, under the eye-catching 4D flag, there is an army standing still.

Usami Nami’s melodious voice analyzed the words and said: “This monk soldier is the real elite of Katsuko Temple and Zuizumi Temple. As long as they are not defeated at Hongan Temple, the personality of the above Sugi Teru will definitely impact the Hongan Temple’s main formation. Defeated in one fell swoop and won this overwhelming victory."

"In other words, if the Uesugi Teruto cannot attack the Hongan Temple's main formation, the 80,000 troops he defeated for a while will regroup and go into battle again. In this way, the Uesugi family will have the advantage in advance and it will no longer exist. If the battle changes from a surprise attack to a war of attrition, the Uesugi family will undoubtedly lose."

The generals all agreed. It turned out that the Uesugi family could defeat the Honganji main formation in a short period of time. This is where the winner of this battle lies.

After listening to Usami Nami's analysis, everyone who has been watching with cold eyes on the side of the sister Raizuna Koji, wondered when Li Xiao would look for such an outstanding staff.

Usami Nami felt this unkind gaze, but she didn't care about her sister Koji Raizuna, but then she happened to see a gaze looking at herself, and it was her lord Li Xiao.

Usami Nami secretly said, after a few days of contact, she knew that her lord was a thoughtful person, so you must not let him see any flaws.

Should I converge a bit?

No, if her talents are not appreciated by Li Xiao, then she will never have the opportunity to be reused by him and see the day Uesugi’s family is destroyed.

When Usami Nami saw Li Xiao's eyes turn to the battlefield again, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, the situation on the battlefield changed with Usami Nami's words. After the center of the battlefield shot a dying arrow into the air, all the Uesugi troops who were chasing by the Uesugi family began to abandon chasing the disintegrated Yixiangzong disciples. After the assembly, they attacked directly towards the Hongan Temple.

Hongan Temple's main formation, Hongan Temple Xuanzong looked at the Uesugi family's forces coming straight in his direction, waved the monk's robe, and passed orders to the monks and soldiers to guard the main formation.

At this time, there was a bang in the main array of Hongan Temple, and the name of Nanwu Amitabha Buddha.

Dressed in high wooden clogs, white robes, and armed with a naginata, Qianyi Xiangzong monk soldiers chanted the Buddha's name neatly.

The humming sound brought a bit of silence to the noisy battlefield.

The Uesugi's horseback riding team is still brazenly rushing into the enemy line, and in their eyes, the monk's combat power is not remarkable.

But when they were approaching, the first thing that greeted them was the intensive fire of three hundred iron cannons from the monks.

Bang bang

There was a barrage above the Hongan Temple army formation. Uesugi’s horseback riding team was hit by an iron cannon, and was caught off guard.

Then the monks and soldiers armed with naginata, one by one, brave as Buddhism guardian arhats, fought with the Uesugi army.

The monks and soldiers abruptly withstood the Uesugi's offensive.

Even with the above-mentioned Shan army's good combat and the superiority of numbers, it is impossible to break through this line of defense composed of the most fanatical monks in a short time.

Just when the Hongan Temple hoped to drag the Uesugi family's offensive frontally, and let the rest of the disciples reorganize and attack the Uesugi army's flank.

There was a change that was not conducive to the Hongan Temple side, and it was the direction of Zengshan Castle, which has been under siege.

After seeing Uesugi Kenshin’s reinforcements, the chief priest immediately put all the reserve forces into the counterattack. Under the courageous charge, all of the Honganji disciples who had attacked Zengshan Castle before were not in the city.

The head of the Jinbao also knew that this battle was related to the rise and fall of the Jinbao family.

So the chief priest immediately assembled all the troops and rushed out the door, assisting the Uesugi army to attack the besieged army towards Hongan Temple.

When the Jinbao family suddenly fully engaged in the counter-offensive, the second largest power, Shiina family was also ready to fall into the trap, and when he saw the Hongan Temple situation is down, he quietly moved the two thousand troops to the flank of the Hongan Temple military formation. , Suddenly went all out to attack.

Seeing this scene, the rest of the Yuehao clan would not miss the opportunity, lest they would be punished by the Jinbao family and the Uesugi family afterwards, they immediately used all their strength and launched an attack on Hongan Temple together.

Suddenly, the situation on the battlefield changed upside down, and it gradually evolved into a situation, which is equivalent to a situation where all the powers of the Vietnamese tyrants were brought together to fight against the Hongan Temple family.

The Hongan Temple’s 80,000 troops, to be honest, is not more than half of its young men. How to resist the attack of the whole Vietnam martial arts forces, the entire battle situation on the Hongan Temple side showed signs of collapse.

"Pass the order on, let the believers stick to it, don't take a step back, we have the support of the Dharma, and stick to it."

After giving these instructions, a sense of powerlessness hit the Hongan Temple Xuanzong. Now even he does not believe these words. He stands on the main formation at this moment, watching the scene of the collapse on the battlefield, and the whole person stands blankly in the original. land.

He watched the 80,000 disciples he had worked so hard to gather, and the disciples cried out to him crying for help. This army collapsed bit by bit in front of his eyes. The more powerful tribes that he hadn't put in his eyes, at this moment. Like a sheep turned into a jackal, showing its hideous fangs.

And the culprit of all this is the capital city, Kenshin Uesugi.

Now his main formation is in danger, Uesugi's offensive is getting fiercer and fiercer. The Echihou army has approached the hill where Xuanzong of Hongan Temple is located several times, but they are all forced back by the monks in the desperate battle.

However, Xuanzong of Hongan Temple also knew that even the front of the main formation could not be supported for long.

At this moment, he had no intention of retreating. As the abbot, he had already planned to die for the law.

The more he arrived at this moment, the more indifferent his heart became. When Xuanzong of Hongan Temple gradually lost hope in the battle, a series of iron cannons rang from the flanking side of Uesugi Army.

Someone is attacking the flank of the Uesugi Army to help us.

Thinking of this, Xuanzong of Hongan Temple hurriedly looked and saw that a group of monks and soldiers carrying iron cannons and holding naginatas attacked the flank of the Shangshan army.

This sudden attack forced the Uesugi army to shrink its flank and protect it, thus hindering the frontal attack on the Honganji main formation.

"The abbot is the support of the Kaga colleagues. They blocked the Uesugi family's attack for us." A monk officer suddenly said to Xuanzong of Hongan Temple with excitement, and he almost cried with joy at this moment.

"Oh, is it the next Laizhao?" Xuanzong nodded in Hongan Temple. It seems that at this moment of crisis, there is still the same door on his side.

Xuanzong rekindled hope in the heart of Hongan Temple. He climbed up the mountain, looked around, and told the monk on the side: "Give me a boost, defeat the Buddha's enemy Ueshan Huihu, and break the evil..."

boom

Just as Xuanzong of Hongan Temple was speaking in general, an iron cannon suddenly rang from nowhere.

Hongan Temple Xuanzong looked at the bleeding wound on his chest, suddenly his body suddenly fell, and his whole body fell from the hillside.

"Abbot"

"Abbot"

A bunch of Hongan Temple monk officials, monks and soldiers rushed to the side of Xuanzong of Hongan Temple, stood in a row around his outer circle, and used a human wall to resist the iron cannon bullets that continued to fire.

But there was no sound of iron cannons.

Xuanzong of Hongan Temple looked at the sky with empty eyes at this moment, breathing quickly.

He knew from the bottom of his heart that there were Honganji monks and soldiers nearby, and Uesugi’s iron gunners could not take this opportunity to approach, and the Uesugi’s people did not use iron cannons.

More importantly, the projectile that caused the wound on his chest was shot from behind.

So this shot was obviously done by the same door in Hongan Temple.

"Beware... the next... swallow... and... me,"

After Xuanzong of Hongan Temple tried to say these words, he died.

Several trusted monks of Xuanzong of Hongan Temple watched the abbot breathe, but before he died, he heard the last few words clearly.

At this time, on the battlefield, the flag of the Kaga Shimonama clan was raised high.

Lai Zhao looked at the chaos on the hillside, but a sneer escaped from the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: This distance is sniped by iron cannons, and Xuanzong of Hongan Temple will undoubtedly die. As soon as this person dies, the forces of the Hongan Temple will have the dragons without a leader, so that the integration of the Master of the Dharma can be achieved by adding to the grand aspiration of the same family. And the great achievement made by the Shimonites, I will inevitably receive a reward. Maybe my son, Will become the next abbot of Shengxing Temple.

Thinking of this, Shimona Raizo turned to his son Shimonaka Nakataka who was staring at the battle.

"If this is the case, the more Kaga will be controlled by my next door, Nakataka, now you know that my purpose of passing the number of beads to you is to hope that you can take this important task. But before that, we Must gather the hearts of the more like-minded people."

Thinking of this, Xia Jian Lai Zhao climbed up the hillside and shouted awe-inspiringly: "The abbot Xuanzong was injured. You don't have to panic. Please gather our forces together, retreat the Shangshan army, reverse the battle, and avenge the abbot."

After talking about the army's strength, he moved forward courageously, fighting side by side with the monks and soldiers of Shengxing Temple, ready to turn the tide.

On the hillside, Li Xiao watched the battle under the city, and saw that Uesugi Teruhu actually fought against the Kagayue two groups with the help of two thousand troops.

Li Xiao watched from the sidelines to the left and right, and his retainers had lingering fears about Uesugi's combat power.

With two thousand people, they can actually defeat the 80,000 army, which means that even Asakura Zongdi of the year is also willing to go down.

Just at this moment, the subordinate came down to report, saying: "Master, Xuanzong of Hongan Temple was sniped and killed by iron cannon on the front line."

"Hongan Temple Xuanzong died in battle."

Li Xiaokou repeated it, but his heart was digesting this message. Hongan Temple Xuanzong is the leader of the Yueyixiangzong, a high monk with talent and prestige.

If he dies, Yue Yixiangzong will fall into a situation where there is no head of dragons, and it will be difficult to find the same person to take his place in a short time.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao looked at the Yixiangzong disciple who had been slain and fleeing everywhere at the foot of the mountain. He thought that after the first battle today, Xuanzong died, and the more vitality of the Hongwan Temple was severely injured, and whether he could recover within a few years, he was more likely to be devastated.

Just as Li Xiao was contemplating, Honda Zhengxin said: "Master, Hongan Temple is defeated, and you can no longer let the Uesugi Huihu offensive. If Uesugi wins this battle, Uesugi Kenshin can rely on the prestige of this battle. , Taking advantage of the momentum to integrate the larger and larger families, from then on, the more no one is there, the Uesugi Huihu can be prevented from swallowing."

It fits my liking.

Li Xiao glanced at Ponto Zhengxin. The chief military division under his command seemed to have thought of going with him.

Once the Hongan Temple is gone, if the Uesugi family's momentum of annexation can be stopped, then it is a good opportunity for me, Li Xiao, to rise here.

When Li Xiao thought of this, Huo Ran stood up and looked at the ministers and asked: "What do you think of the words of righteous faith?"

All the retainers looked at Li Xiao’s face with hesitation. If they said that they had never questioned Li Xiao’s words before they saw Uesugi Kenshin out of the battle, but now they have seen the elite of Uesugi army, they want them to go with the Uesugi family again. It is difficult to agree with the First World War.

The first to oppose it was Sister Xiaolu Laizuna. He said: "Master Li Xiao, forgive me for your fate. You are simply taking your own men to commit suicide. My sister Xiaolu Laizuna will never accompany your reckless behavior."

Li Xiao glanced at his sister Xiaolu Lai Gang, and saw his calm face, but his gaze showed a hint of provocation.

Following this, after the sister Xiaolu Laizuna, the generals of the Uchijima family also stood up for their support, and both sides stood in the same position.

Li Xiao glanced horizontally at her sister Xiaolu Laizuna, and said calmly: "It's okay, your military strength and the Uchishima family can stay where they are."

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Jiangma Fraser~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Compared to Zixiaolu, the three hundred old and weak soldiers of the Neidao family, his 500 army strength is what Li Xiao needs to take advantage of.

Facing Li Xiao's gaze, Jiang Ma Fraser's face was embarrassed and silent.

Li Xiao sighed and said: "If your Excellency supports my decision, I can be responsible for persuading Hongan Temple to give up supporting Lingdi."

Jiangma Fraser heard Li Xiaozhi's words, raised his head, and said: "If you can get the promise of the adult, you will leave it to the adult to drive you under the 500 army."

Seeing that Li Xiao was actually supported by Jiangma Fraser, the eyes of Lai Gang, a small road on the side, flashed with a glimmer of coldness.

With the support of Jiangma Fraser, Li Xiao felt confident.

"Everyone is not me, Li Xiao, who is good at making opinions. It's just that in this battle, if Uesugi Huihu is really able to defeat the 80,000 army by two thousand, then no one is his opponent in the world. I am Li Xiao shouldering. The trust of Master Gokan, so we must not look at Uesugi Teruto taking this opportunity to unify the Yue."

Li Xiao raised his horse whip towards Uesugi Kenshin's military force at the foot of the mountain, saying: "We want to stop Uesugi Teruho's attempt." ..