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A few small hills away from Chuanzhong Island, another rather large camp was set up. It is much richer than the current Dongjiang Army. Although the outer warriors still slept on the ground, the main camp in the middle was blocked by cloth curtains. A labyrinth-like windbreak wall, the Maeda family emblem like a grass flower, illuminated by the light of the fire inside, faintly reveals a sinister look.

Mao Jue was able to fall asleep, but Maeda Toshio couldn't. This old devil in his forties excitedly looked at the map over and over again. As long as he marched for half a day, more than 7000 Maeda troops would be able to block Chuanakajima. On the back side, in the front is Honda Tadatomo leading a coalition of [-] troops from the Shinano clans, and behind him is himself. No matter how you look at it, Mao Jue has no chance of winning.

A while ago, due to the separation of two branch vassals, the territory of the Maeda family dropped from 120 million stones to [-] million stones. If the Tang bandits who harassed the Japanese kingdom for two years were killed, the shogunate would definitely reward the new territory again, and it would be divided at that time I am afraid that the land will be doubled back.

Thinking of the glory of the Maeda family in his own hands, and in the words of his retainers, he can also be compared with his ancestor Maeda Toshie, the current head of the Maeda family couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Chapter 232. Lord Mao's Barrel

In March of the sixth year of Chongzhen, that is, March of the tenth year of Kuanyong in the Wa Kingdom, the warm sun slowly rose from the east, and the warm sunshine also made these Maeda family warriors who had spent the night in the wild and felt chills in their bones. The body began to warm up, and the ashigaru went to the nearby spring to fetch water, and the Huotou army behind them carried a rice bucket, carrying buckets and buckets of rice balls, and distributed them.

Speaking of which, these warriors are pitiful enough. Even rice balls with salted plums and salted fish wrapped in their kernels are not something most people can eat every day, let alone the extravagant meal like Mao Jue’s Tie Yijun. There are eggs, many low-level samurai ashigaru joined the lord's army, and even came here for the two meals a day.

In the rattling sound of fingers, the last grain of rice was sucked into the mouth, and amidst the sound of buzzing horns, the contented Maeda family samurai once again merged into the rolling iron stream and began to move forward. The road in early spring was still so muddy. , In the sound of baji baji, the already soft mud was trampled to pieces, and the black muddy water stained the straw sandals and trousers of these warriors.

This battle is really won. Kawanakajima is like a huge cage, locking the Ming army in the middle, surrounded by five or six times the Japanese army, and the left and right are either rivers or mountains. Maeda Toshitsu really can't see himself What's the possibility of failure, he still has "wet hair" while walking, the old devil shook his head and recited crooked poems to the half-bald mountains, but a bunch of arty vassal sycophants followed him Holding the stinky feet, applause, praise again and again, I don't know, I thought it was the Duke of Kyoto who came out to visit the garden.

Everyone is not a fool. Seeing that this battle has been won, and the title of the owner of the family is imminent, who doesn't want to increase their position, even if the new fief does not have their own share, they can reach the country with 21 shi. Many of Pu Dai's retainers were wiped out by Mao Jue, and the rest were betrayed, facing the fate of seizing the land. This is a huge cake!Once the war is over, how much of this cake can your family get?Many high-ranking warriors no longer put their hearts on war, and they all dream of the beautiful scene after the war.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, about ten miles away from Kawanaka Island, the Maeda Army came to a three-way intersection on Gutian Road. From here, to the west is the temporarily abandoned Katsuyama Castle, to the front is Zenko Temple, Asahiyama Castle, and to the east is the Awata Castle, the second Kawanakajima battle between the Uesugi family and the Takeda family was fought in the front.

On the opposite side, the military town of the Honda Tadashi Dynasty was drawn into a long line along the banks of the Shinano River. The main force was deployed in Omoroyama Castle on Tsunyoyama. The road was blocked.

Arriving here, after hesitating for a while, Toshitsu Maeda issued his most wrong order of this war.

Divide up!

"Hino Keijiro, you lead the Etchu Samurai team to the south of Awata Castle, where you join Ishikawa-sama's troops and block the way of Tang Kou's eastward advance. Guangdao, you lead the Kaga Samurai team westward to Saichuan Chausu Mountain, and surround it from the flanks. Tang Kou, make no mistakes!"

"Hay!"

The two Maeda family generals got off their horses and knelt down to pay their respects. Immediately after they yelled, the Maeda samurai quickly split into two groups and marched out left and right.

As expected of an old fox who is good at standing in line, the political considerations at this time are very clear. Maeda Mitsutaka, who is facing west, is his eldest son and the future heir of the Kaga domain. Let him alone order the Kaga army to launch an attack from Chausu Mountain. No matter what he looks like, it is a unique achievement. In front of his retainers, his body is hardened. He took away more than 7000 samurai from the Kaga country under his command.

On the other hand, the slightly weaker local samurai in Etsuchu were handed over to the Hino family, who were willing to prick them. Don’t think that the position of intercepting the east is very important. It may not be possible to go up during the battle, that is, there is at most one Hard work, everyone has credit for it, but you didn't. Picking up the plane has suppressed the Hino family again.

This gave another five thousand warriors.

About [-] elites of Kanazawa Castle remained, and the Kaga clan main formation, composed of the Kaga clan vassals, the people of the country, and many meritorious children, continued to march towards the front line of the Chikumagawa River in Asahiyama Castle.

Maeda Toshitsune, who was still full of thoughts about how to distribute the results of the battle after the victory, completely forgot that even if the enemy is outnumbered, it is not uncommon in history to win more with less, not to mention Huaxia, even Japan itself has many examples, the most famous Nothing more than the sixth day of the Demon King Oda Nobunaga's famous battle. In the battle of Ozama, the four thousand Oda troops defeated the [-] to [-] Imagawa army. Yiyuan's death, before the war, the world thought it was impossible.

What's more, now Mao Jue's strength is much stronger than that of Oda Nobunaga back then.

Last night, he was no longer on the front line of Wife and Daughter Mountain. Mao Jue suddenly stopped his army at Zenguang Temple, the only way Maeda Army entered Chuanzhong Island. He was angry with Honda Honda.

As the sun rose higher and higher, the hustle and bustle in the narrow mountain road became louder and louder. Finally, a dozen cavalrymen with red feathers on their helmets galloped back, holding their whips high.

"Report! The Japanese soldiers have arrived at the foot of Mount Zengwang!"

Amidst the clattering sounds of armor leaves colliding, one after another Dongjiang warriors who were sitting and resting on the hills suddenly stood up. Amidst the swishing noise, the erected bayonets reflected a cluster of cold light to the northwest. The flock of birds hidden in the rocky mountain couldn't bear it anymore, they flew up suddenly in shock, and circled in fear on the mountain, singing without listening.

Since marching here last night, they have been waiting for this moment. In everyone's heart, the passionate blood can't help filling their heads, and their eyes are blood red.

But there was another weird movement, almost everyone moved their feet.

The originally neat military boots suddenly turned into pairs of straw sandals.

"Damn it, I haven't worn it for a few years, it's really awkward!"

Tighten the straw rope again, Shen Rong muttered awkwardly, but Zhao Tiehan next to him, with eyes like an old buddy, said jokingly.

"Master Shen, you are always delicate and expensive, otherwise, give this vanguard to our tenth regiment! We muddy legs are used to clothes!"

"Fuck off!"

Shen Rong rolled his eyes angrily.

At this time, the commotion rang out again, and the guards were shouting hastily at the side.

"The general is here!"

As everyone expected, Mao Jue was also wearing a pair of straw sandals with a bamboo hat on his back. Beside him, the newly joined female samurai Mao Liying proudly carried a long knife. Not to mention, the thousands of gourds of Toyotomi's family and the five-seven tong emblem under Maozi's banner and the Dongjiang banner also added a lot of majesty to Mao Jue. One yin and one yang protected him, and he held his head high. Stepping out of the mountain gate of Zenko Temple, there were cheers all over the mountain to meet him.

After cheering for a few seconds, the voice gradually weakened. Looking at his army and his pride, the next moment Mao Jue's loud roar echoed on the top of the mountain.

"What kind of army and warriors you are, I don't need to say more! Our Dongjiang Tieyi Army has been in the army for three years, and our victory has already demonstrated your strength!"

"So I won't say much nonsense about encouraging the morale of the army. This general will stop here, and I will just give you an order to defeat those dwarfs in front, cut off their heads, and return to this general to record credit!"

It is said that it does not inspire the morale of the army, but this short lecture has already promoted the soldiers of Tieyi to the point of invincibility, as if the victory has not yet started, and the victory is already in the palm of their hands, and it is even more exciting. thunder.

"General, Wuwei!"

"Dongjiang, invincible!"

With a swipe, he pulled out the waist knife, pointed the big banner forward, and Mao Jue also roared forward.

"Go on!"

Just like a black tide surging, the neat Dongjiang army strode down Shanguang Mountain, facing the foot of the mountain, the Maeda family warriors from the first part also showed their heads.

"What? The main force of the Tang thief is right in front of us!"

Maeda Toshinaka, who was still in the mood to recite poems just now, almost fell off his horse. Seeing the mournful expression on his retainer Yoshiki Ono's plump face, the Maeda patriarch got off his horse and landed on the muddy ground. After wandering around for several times, he gritted his teeth and whipped a whip on an innocent little tree.

"Returning the descendants of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa, you can't even look down on a Tang Kou, you're a pig!"

"Guardian, why don't our troops retreat quickly?"

"No!"

The advance and retreat of the army is not a button in a computer game, or it is as simple as a sentence in the deduction that the rear team changes to the front team. The Maeda army stretched two to three kilometers long on the narrow mountain road here does not mean that they can retreat. For a long time, especially as soon as people retreated, the morale of the army would disperse.Didn't the army see the battle of Feishui, Fu Jian's 98 troops, the strategy of Zhongbeifu, and the decisive battle of the land, the spies behind said that the Qin army was defeated, and the three armies collapsed immediately, and the army's morale was scattered. The former Qin Ming Lord who ruled the north and made countless barbarians bow their heads was terrified, leaving corpses hundreds of miles away, and fled in embarrassment.

Here, Maeda Toshinaka calmly rejected the retainer's suggestion, took two deep breaths, and looked at the Maeda family's army that was still slowly advancing. He raised his gold-plated military fan with gloomy eyes.

"Pass down the order of the main hall, the warriors of the Maeda family will fight on the spot, and let these Tang bandits experience the fighting spirit of my Hokuriku warriors!"

"Smoke the smoke! Urge Honda to gather towards me, and fight back and forth!"

"Get my battle gun!"

Humming, the half-century old man also twitched his stubborn mustache, and led the horse forward angrily.

It's just that the Dongjiang army didn't see the fighting spirit of the Beilu warriors. At this moment, their buttocks were full of eyes.