Chapter 72 31. Zilong Shenwei Appeared in Hakone, Nagao Kagetora Is a Hero

It's not that Koheta looked down on these miscellaneous fish, but Nagao Kagetora used 15,000 ken to make them take it seriously. He beat the restless soldiers of Hojo for two days in a row, but they still looked like birds.

There was a reason why Hojo Ujiyasu had beaten these bunch of bastards to the ground year after year, and Wen Tian and Wu Xi couldn't explain it. But it seems that fighting is really not their strong point. The same is true for the Ashigaru. Echigo's Ashikaru crushed them in spirit and spirit.

Every time the miscellaneous fish went up to attack the city, the samurai did work harder because of the heavy reward, and there was still a hint of the Bando Samurai Order. However, the Ashigaru still looked timid and unwilling to exert all their strength.

Anyway, the reward for capturing the battle belongs to the samurai masters. They can take home at most two taels of rice. However, the crackling sound of iron cannons on the top of the Hojo military castle, like fried beans, as well as the overwhelming bows and arrows flying around, are warning them. Don't take the flower of death if you have no life.

Another worrying thing is that the entire army only has more than half a month of rations at this time, and it will be May soon. If we don't succeed, people will be scattered. One hundred thousand conscripted fish from Guandong are about to go home for the summer harvest. In their eyes, the righteousness of the world, the authority of the shogunate, and the survival of the people are nothing compared to the few buckets of wheat in the field.

Even the samurai will gradually become unable to make ends meet due to the military service of these people (they steal more than they spend), and eventually become war-weary. They go out to fight not only to win rewards for their meritorious deeds, but also with the intention of robbing families and making money from the war. If the war loses money, the samurai will actually get tired of war.

Koheita and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu once again went to have a military meeting. This time Nagao Kagetora may have been really angry. Under his rage, some of the daimyo managed to stay calm, some trembled, some remained silent, and some His face was angry. Anyway, all the famous people didn't speak and could only sit there quietly.

Although Nagao Kagetora didn't criticize anyone by name, he rose to the point where he betrayed the general, betrayed the shogunate, and went against the emperor and the governor without doing anything. It is a completely shameless betrayal, a despicable and invisible betrayal.

Many of his words were very serious, but he still stood on the commanding heights of morality, with the endorsement of his superiors and the imperial edict of the emperor. No one could say no to him and could only listen to his anonymous curses.

In addition to those who nominally obeyed him, there were also allies like Yamauchi, people who assisted like Satomi, and people who were coerced like Furukawa Ashikaga. Nagao Kagetora was no exception and was always scolded. Although the disunity of the Kanto generals was due to the combined effect of various factors, Nagao Kagetora's personal pride and conceit had something to do with it.

Especially people like the Narita clan, they are all ashamed. Although they followed you Nagao Kagetora, in theory their leader is Uesugi Ken|masa. They were trying to save face for Uesugi. If you, Nagao Kagetora, weren't a big deal with your fists, you would dare to run wild in this area of ​​Kanto.

Even if Satomi Yoshiyao and the like came in the name of supporting the leader of Uesugi, he could bear it even if Uesugi Ken|Masa said a few words to him. After all, I came here (I wanted to finish the fight with tears in my eyes), but Nagao Kagetora is now theoretically on the same level as him. They are all here to support the leader. I respect you as the leader of the alliance. Save face, but you can’t really take yourself too seriously.

Nagao Kagetora couldn't control so much for a while. He was angry and anxious. He saw through this group of people that they only ate food and did nothing. After going back and forth on the main seat for a few times, scolding all the noobs, he broke the riding crop and announced directly that he would be the one to do it himself tomorrow and there would be no need for you bunch of rubbish.

The Guandong miscellaneous fishes were scolded so much that they thought that what is so great about you is that we are not here to praise you. You're a fancy sedan. Without us to carry it, can eight thousand of you overthrow Hojo? Hahaha, let's ride on the donkey and read the songbook, we'll see.

Xiaoheita and Yamauchi Yoshiharu returned to the camp together and told the matter to Chief Yamauchi. Chief Yamauchi shook his head for a while after hearing this. Although the chief accountant in Yamauchi is only thirty-four or five years old, he still has twenty years of experience in bad wars. He feels that Nagao Kagetora has now severely offended the Kanto miscreants. Although he is now strong and strong, the Kanto miscreants can swallow their anger, but as soon as he shows a flaw, these people will definitely betray him without hesitation. betray him. (Historically, Nagao Kagetora was indeed almost completely betrayed by the Kanto generals, and all the gains he made during his first trip to the Kanto campaign were lost)

Xiaopingta shook his head in his heart. Sure enough, history cannot be changed, and Nagao Kagetora still has this strong temper. After all, it is difficult to conquer the world.

For the current plan, we can only see whether he can completely defeat Hojo Ujiyasu. If successful, given his military prowess, Kanto may still be able to calm down. If it fails, it will be a group of wolves that will bite back and kill them.

The next day, Nagao Kagetora mobilized his elite Echigo troops as he announced. The whole battalion was dispatched, carrying flags and horse tags, and marched to Odawara Castle to take formation in the morning glow.

I saw Nagao Kagetora wearing a shiny Nanman body, with a flag holder on each side, one holding the Dragon Flag, and one holding the Bizi Flag. He was surrounded by dozens of warriors on horseback, each holding a spear and a sword. Everyone is wearing bright armor and looking high-spirited. It seems that what they are accompanying is not Nagao Kagetora, but the victorious Bishamonten King.

Nagao Kagetora didn't want other armies to come out to cheer him up. He only had his own eight thousand Echigo soldiers lined up in layers, and selected three to four hundred brave men to form the front line. The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind, quietly and not making a sound. Hundreds of people have gradually merged into one person, a person named Nagao Kagetora.

On the other side, Hojo Takahiro and Hojo Kagehiro, father and son, brought a few infantrymen with bows in addition to more than a hundred cavalrymen. With only five hundred of them, they were actually preparing to attack the castle defended by 18,000 or 19,000 people.

The small fish in Kanto also took the hatamoto horse ring to occupy a good position to watch the show early, holding whips or picking up horses to point fingers at Nagao Kagetora and his army.

Kobayata followed Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and rode to the front of the city. The two of them did not follow the crowd to watch the show, but chose a place close to the earthen rampart that was a little dangerous but had a wide view to watch how Nagao Kagetora attacked the city.

Nagao Kagetora did not dismount and fight on foot like others did before, but encouraged the samurai surrounding him to run with himself as the center, slowly maintaining the front arrow formation, and the distance of two or three hundred meters passed in a flash, and dozens of samurai rushed up the earth slope.

The walking samurai behind him were not out of touch, and they were obviously in good physical condition and could keep up with the trotting cavalry in a short time. Some people even shot arrows at the Hojo army on the earthen ramparts while running.

The leading Nagao Kagetora followed the bright morning light, and his originally shiny Nanman body reflected the light and shot at each other. The whole morning sun seemed to be transformed into the power of Nagao Kagetora. The speed and distance of time and space seemed to slow down and shrink thousands of times at that moment, and the roaring soldiers and the neighing of horses also turned into long and lingering notes.

It was also Nagao Kagetora's release of Yuemao. He was really majestic. Xiao Pingtai suddenly saw him wearing a white robe, white armor, and riding a white dragon horse, with a bright silver spear in his hand. He was exactly like Zhao Zilong of Changban. I couldn't help but sigh: Although we haven't become sworn brothers, we believe in our fate in the previous life. Loyalty and bravery to the Han Dynasty, friendship is like Taoyuan. A horse and a spear out of the siege, the heroic spirit makes the enemy tremble. A battle robe stained with blood, Dangyang always has this heart. Zilong, Zilong is unparalleled in the world, the reputation of the Five Tiger Generals is passed on. (A Song of Water, the Song of Zilong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dangyang Changzhi Cixindan)

Everyone in the city and outside the city was stunned at this time, such a god-like figure. A Hojo general reacted and shouted at the soldiers, asking them to shoot immediately, and then dozens of foot soldiers subconsciously fired in unison. The explosion of dozens of iron cannons was not loud, and even the extremely docile Kiso horse under Xiao Pingtai's crotch was frightened. But the horse under the crotch of Nagao Kagetora, the free-born Yuemao, was not afraid, still letting go of the four hooves, carrying Nagao Kagetora and marching forward.

There was not even a little slowdown, and the horse also learned the pride of its owner Nagao Kagetora that was unstoppable. The man and the horse exuded the same momentum, and even gave the people watching the battle an unreal and magical feeling. It felt that the whole man and the horse could really trample through everything that was blocking them.

Nagao Kagetora rushed fast, and his two horse flags were not far behind, following closely. At this time, there was another round of volleys of bows and arrows on the city wall, but at a distance of ten or eight meters, dozens of arrows actually avoided Nagao Kagetora. There was another round of volleys of iron cannons without interruption. Nagao Kagetora shouted angrily, "The Hojo traitors will die quickly." He suddenly jumped into the air with the reins of the horse that released Yuemao, and the dozens of lead bullets all missed. Nagao Kagetora broke through the top of the Hojo clan's city wall, and the Bi flag and the Luanlong flag then stood on the top of the city wall.

The Kanto rubbish who were still eating melon seeds and preparing to see Nagao Kagetora make a fool of himself were so shocked that their jaws dropped. They had fought for nearly a week with 100,000 people, but they were not as good as Nagao Kagetora with one horse. This is too bullying. Did they use cheats or lose the cheat code?

100,000 people!

100,000 people!

The battle started when the sun rose in the morning and ended when the sun set in the afternoon. They fought for more than ten hours a day, taking turns to charge the earthen rampart non-stop. It took a lot of effort, and dozens or hundreds of people died (yes, 120,000 people from both sides fought for a week and hundreds of people died). In the end, they were no match for Nagao Kagetora fighting for one minute!

All the anger, dissatisfaction, resentment, disgust, disgust, etc. that they had towards Nagao Kagetora yesterday immediately turned into admiration and fear. Admiration was for his bravery in charging to the top of the city alone, and fear was that such a powerful person would become their big brother in the future.

In short, the entire battlefield was full of exclamations and sighs. The alarm bells of the Hojo clan in the city rang loudly, and smoke of different colors burned on the castle tower. The messenger's horse galloped, and the sound of mobilizing people and horses was endless. A horse flag with a rotten leaf yellow Hachiman and a horse flag with the power of Hakone Kongo rushed to the top of the city at a high speed.

Under the two big flags, there were countless small flags, which gathered together and bravely rushed to the earthen rampart. While running, he shouted: "We won, we won, we won!"

However, how could the soldiers of the Nagao Army miss the opportunity to break the city that Nagao Kagetora risked his life to win for them? The cavalry used horses to hit or push down the fences on the top of the rampart. The infantry formed a team of three or five people, and strangled the Hojo Army on the top of the city with a seemingly loose but actually tight team.

Both sides were strong soldiers with high morale and skilled combat skills. But everyone present could see that Nagao Kagetora alone was worth a hundred, a thousand or even ten thousand of the most elite soldiers on the battlefield. His presence allowed the soldiers to completely ignore the level of the opponent and directly press forward without fear of any difficulties and dangers.

When Xiao Ping Tai saw this, he thought that this battle was worth fighting, and he could fight it. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu next to him was also encouraged. Regardless of the dissuasion of Yamauchi's chief accountant, the two of them left the bunker with dozens of hatamoto and quickly ran to the top of the city.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu led the way, spurring his steed, and the Yamauchi warriors followed closely on horseback or on foot. Kobayata took the two horse flags and tied them behind his back, then he held up two guns and advanced without a helmet.

At the same time, Hojo Tsunari and Hojo Nagatsuna (Genan) had also rushed to the foot of the fort, each commanding their soldiers to form a tight formation, and went to the earth fort to compete with Nagao Kagetora. Nagao Kagetora killed a few Hojo soldiers on the scattered fort, and when he saw the horse mark of the rotten yellow Hachiman, he pointed his long spear and rode to kill.

The people on the top of the fort were just ordinary foot soldiers and samurai, who were not as useful as the yellow Hachiman Hojo Tsunari. There were so many foot soldiers that could be replaced after they were killed, but Hojo Tsunari only had this one, and killing him would make the enemy in front of him collapse.

At the same time, on the other side, Hojo Takahiro and his son also rushed to the top of the fort, and without hesitation, they shook off the entanglement of the Hojo soldiers, and asked a hatamoto to rush forward to attract the attention of the Hojo army, and then led the most elite samurai to abandon their guns and hold bows, and ran to not far behind Nagao Kagetora.

At this time, there was no samurai guarding Nagao Kagetora except a flag bearer, but he was fearless.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu shouted, "Danzhenggong, wait a minute!" He rode his horse and galloped behind him. Kobayata continued to do his old job, carrying two horse flags and holding a long spear and following behind Yamauchi Yoshikatsu on foot. Kobayata's riding skills were really not good, just in case, it was safest to go into battle on foot. In addition to the two of them, other Yamauchi flags gradually dispersed and fought with the surrounding Hojo soldiers.

Hojo Takahiro, Hojo Kagetora and his son and several of their followers shot arrows to kill the warriors who blocked Nagao Kagetora, and the flying arrows fell wherever they hit. He kept taking the names of the Hojo soldiers without any stagnation.

And Nagao Kagetora had only one goal, that was Hojo Tsunari under the horse flag of the yellow eight banners of the rotten leaves.

Soon, a warrior led dozens of soldiers to block the road again. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu immediately rode forward and shouted loudly: "I am a member of the Ashikaga clan of the Seiwa Genji clan, a descendant of Ashikaga Takauji, the last descendant of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the grandson of Prime Minister Yamauchi, the son of Yamauchi Major General Shinano no Kami, and I am Yamauchi Sasuke Yoshikatsu, who comes to ask for advice."

The man was not in vain: "I am a member of the Ashikaga clan of the Seiwa Genji clan, a servant of the shogunate Shinji, a descendant of Hojo Sakyo no Daifu, the grandson of Hojo Jyousuke, the son of Hojo Saemon no Daifu, and I am Hojo Yasunari (Hojo Ujiharu)."

Yamanauchi Yoshikatsu immediately stepped forward to block him. Nagao Kagetora said to Sasuke, "Be careful," and continued to rush towards the horse mark of the yellow Hachiman of the Kuchiba.

Nagao Kagetora pointed his spear forward, and none of the Hojo soldiers on the left and right dared to confront him, and they all dodged.

In front of him was Hojo Tsunaari, and Nagao Kagetora shouted loudly: "Where is Hojo Saemon-no-doctor (there is no such position as Saemon-no-doctor in Japan. Hojo Tsunaari is called this because he served as Saemon-no-jo, which is usually a sixth-rank position, but when Hojo Tsunaari was granted it was a fifth-rank position, and the fifth-rank position is also called the rank of a doctor, so Hojo Tsunaari was not called Hojo Saemon-no-jo, but Hojo Saemon-no-doctor)?"

As a result, the Hojo army was frightened by his momentum, and dozens of people actually surrounded or forced Hojo Tsunaari to retreat. Think about it, Hojo Tsunaari is also a famous man, and he can inspire the morale of the three armies just by standing on the battlefield. But he happened to run into Nagao Kagetora, and even the most determined soldiers would be scared when they saw such a powerful samurai.

As a result, it didn't matter if these samurai were scared, they also took it for granted that Hojo Tsunaari should not be able to beat Nagao Kagetora. They should have quickly escorted Hojo Tsunari as he turned around, ready to counterattack at any time.

Just thinking so, they lost the last chance of the Hojo army to tie the game. Instead, they fueled Nagao Kagetora's victory.

Nagao Kagetora watched Hojo Tsunari being swept away, and then he saw that there were Hojo soldiers all around, and Fangsheng Yuemao was also breathing heavily, so he couldn't charge into people anymore.

So he aimed at the target, threw the long spear in his hand with three points in a line, and the sound of breaking through the air was piercing. In a flash, it pierced the chest of the flag bearer with the rotten yellow eight-foot horse flag on his back. The man immediately knelt on his knees and fell to the street.

Nagao Kagetora immediately drew out Azuki Nagamitsu, patted Fangsheng Yuemao's horse neck, and rushed to the back of the dead flag bearer with another encouragement, and pulled out the horse flag with force.

Seeing this, the nearby Nagao soldiers and Yamanouchi soldiers immediately shouted: "Doctor Hojo Saemon has been defeated, why don't you surrender quickly!"

The thousands of Tamanawa troops under the Hojo army saw the main general turned in and the Hachiman horse flag was also tied up, and they all shouted, some fled backwards, and some knelt on the spot to surrender.

At this time, the Nagao knights also gathered around 20 to 30 riders, and Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu and Kobayata did not continue to entangle the enemy general but ran to join Nagao Kagetora.

At this time, Yamamotoji Sadanaga outside the city also led 400 to 500 people to the top of the city, and he ordered people to send new war horses to Nagao Kagetora.

Nagao Kagetora shouted, gathered 40 to 50 riders and bravely rushed towards the Hojo Nagatsuna's troops, using his long spear with blood and internal organs and meat, waving to encourage the knights.

The Nagao army finally occupied a section of the earthen rampart.

The morale of the Hojo soldiers under the earthen ramparts was gradually shaken and scattered. Only the Hakone gods who gathered under the Kongo Horse Mark of Hakone's authority still had some firm will to fight.

They were still fighting with the hundred dismounted samurai arranged by Hojo Takahiro. On the other side, Yamamotoji Sadanaga commanded hundreds of reinforcements and hundreds of iron gunners to support Hojo Takahiro's army.

On this side, the chief accountant Yamauchi also stamped his feet and scolded Xiao Ping Tailang and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu for taking risks, and pulled two or three hundred samurai and servants to desperately fight to the top of the city to support.

Others such as Nagano Yoshimasa and Ota Sukemasa also gathered their most elite warriors, and they rushed to the top of the city with 500 men and 300 men. Satomi Yoshiyasu was even more active, calling on the Boso navy to fiercely attack the Sagami navy in the port, not seeking annihilation, but to increase the momentum.

At this time, there were already 2,000 to 3,000 elite Kanto coalition forces on the city, and the two slopes were completely occupied, and the Hojo soldiers were in a state of decline.

Turning to Nagao Kagetora, the streets in the city were a little narrow, and Nagao Kagetora, who had gathered soldiers, was impatient and stopped waiting. "Samasuke is really young and promising. Do you dare to go with me to take the head of Hojo Nagatsuna?" Nagao Kagetora on the battlefield was full of enthusiasm, and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu did not give in at all: "Danzheng, please."

The two exchanged glances, pulled the reins at the same time, and joined forty or fifty riders to stir up the Hojo soldiers scattered on the streets and under the city, and rushed towards the Hakone Authority Kongo Horse Mark.

Nagao Kagetora used his body as a spear head, and with a long spear, he stabbed left and right, and the army was in awe. The flag of the character "Bi" followed closely behind him, fluttering in the wind.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu opened his bow left and right, and the strings made a bang, bang, bang, and soon the twenty arrows in the quiver were exhausted. Kobayata followed Yamauchi Yoshikatsu on foot, caught the bow thrown by Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, and handed over the spear.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu also shouted: "Yamauchi Sasuke Yoshikatsu is here, the Hojo traitor will die quickly!" Kobayata held up two horse flags and sweated for him. You have become famous, and you have become famous enough. If there is a cannon next to you, I will commit seppuku to apologize even if you die. Please stop shouting.

But this small group of people became more and more powerful as they killed. Each knight shouted and fought fiercely, holding up their spears and swords, and finally stepped out a road that led directly to Hojo Nagatsuna.

Yamamotoji Sadanaga also commanded his troops to attack from both sides. Hojo Nagatsuna's troops fought more firmly at this time, and there were even many monks with monk scarves on their heads holding naginatas and slashing repeatedly.

However, Nagao Kagetora didn't think he could defeat him in a single blow, and he still rushed forward bravely.

Suddenly, the Hojo army's waves rolled, revealing the black muzzles of dozens of iron cannons. Almost at the same time, "Not good!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Kobayata shouted together. The two of them were still several horse lengths away from Nagao Kagetora, but Nagao Kagetora had already rushed to the front alone because his warhorse was newly replaced and had the most physical strength.

A samurai of the Hojo army shouted to shoot, and dozens of iron cannons exploded. In the thick smoke, the chestnut warhorse under Nagao Kagetora's crotch suddenly jumped up, blocked Nagao Kagetora with his body, and then slowly fell to the ground with a neigh.

Nagao Kagetora's eyes were filled with tears, and he patted the horse. The chestnut horse slowly lowered its head, and then lost its last bit of strength and died magnificently.

Nagao Kagetora could not see much expression. He carried a gun and walked quickly across the distance of more than ten meters. He recognized the samurai who was standing there and gave the order to shoot, and stabbed him without hesitation. The man still did not react, and coughed a few mouthfuls of blood and fell to the ground.

At this time, the Nagao cavalry also rushed over, killing dozens of iron gunners who had no time to reload.

Looking at the Hakone authority Kongo horse mark, there was no one.

There were panic and noisy bells from Odawara Castle, and the last courage of the soldiers who had been holding on to the earth ramparts disappeared. They dragged their long guns and fled to Odawara Castle. Some even knelt down and surrendered directly.

The earth ramparts of the outer city of Odawara, which had not been breached for fifty or sixty years since the early cloud settlement, fell!

Today's super big chapter!