The appearance of standing troops quickly broke the deadlock on the battlefield, or in other words, averted the crisis of destruction.
Well, it's the crisis of those cannon fodder men.
The original cannon fodder, led by the coalition warriors, continued to retreat and was about to disappear.
But after joining these warriors, the decline of the battlefield was suddenly restored, and the battle line was even pushed back.
The battlefield at this time was located in the center of the two armies.
In front of him were naturally the dojo army that came to attack the city, and behind him were the defensive coalition forces.
In the previous war, the coalition sent 10,000 archers for the first time, and there were 5,000 temporary peasant soldiers outside to resist, which was considered their first wave of troops.
Then the dojo army sent out the 8,000 cannon fodder, successfully disrupting the more than 10,000 coalition forces.
Subsequently, with the support of 5,000 standing troops sent by the coalition forces, the originally chaotic situation stabilized.
This means that within the entire battlefield, the coalition forces have invested a total of 20,000 troops. However, after the chaotic battle just now, the 20,000 people lost more than 6,000 people, but they were all temporarily recruited militiamen, so the loss in strength was not too great.
Now that 5,000 first-order legions have been invested in the dojo, the war situation has begun to become balanced again.
"kill!"
Yamashiro roared angrily, waved the samurai sword in his hand vigorously, and killed the allied peasants and soldiers with frightened faces in front of him.
As a warrior who was promoted from a pariah, Yamashiro cherishes everything he has now.
Not only did he now have the rice he had dreamed of before, but he had also been promoted to the position of squad leader, with 20 cannon fodder under his command.
Everything now was like a dream to him, as if he would wake up at any time, filling Yamashiro's heart with fear.
So in order to dispel this fear. Every time he goes to the battlefield, he takes the lead and fights on the front line, charging into the battle with unstoppable courage.
This is why he was able to become the squad leader with only a mere first-level strength.
You must know that according to the practice of the dojo army, this kind of small captain's position is usually performed by a samurai with a strength of up to the second level, but a small person with low strength like him cannot get his turn.
But it was because he was brave enough to die on the battlefield several times and rushed to the front every time he fought. Therefore, after less than three battles, Yamashiro had beheaded seven people. Because of this merit, he was promoted to squad leader. This position can be regarded as an exceptional promotion.
So for all this, Yamashiro was very grateful, and he showed more courage on the battlefield, wanting to use the blood of his enemies to repay the dojo's kindness to him.
Today is no exception.
Three hours have passed since he became the cannon fodder on the front line. During the long battle, the katana in Yamashitarou's hand has cut off the heads of five enemies, and the blade has been broken into several gaps. covered in wounds.
And he became a little overwhelmed by the long battle. He was panting, and the white air sprayed from his nose could be shot far.
But for the sake of his master's kindness and to protect his current honor, he abandoned all physical fatigue and rushed forward brazenly.
Inspired by him, the three or four remaining men behind him also cheered up and rushed forward with a few howls.
All of a sudden, four or five of the dozen enemy ashigaru who stood in front of him were chopped to the ground, and the rest were washed away. They lost all their courage and fled to the rear.
Seeing that his eyes suddenly became empty and there were no more enemies within a dozen meters around him, Yamashiro couldn't help but feel relaxed. He felt infinitely tired and could no longer hold the long knife in his hand.
However, the current situation did not allow him to rest. Although his eyes and hands were as heavy as a thousand pounds, he still held on and braced himself to continue dealing with the coalition soldiers slowly surrounding him.
However, before these coalition soldiers could surround them, suddenly there was a scream, and some soldiers wearing blue military uniforms with a thin layer of leather armor on the opposite side came to kill them.
These soldiers moved quickly, waving the long swords in their hands like flowers. People could only see a flash of white light, and could not see the trajectory of their movements at all.
Lines of white flowers lit up, and then the coalition soldiers in front of them couldn't help but shine with blood, making the flowers even more gorgeous.
After a while, Yamashitarou, who originally thought that he was about to die at this moment, returned to the embrace of Amaterasu, suddenly became happy. He was holding the long sword tightly in his hand to fight to the death, but he couldn't help but relax, and his anger suddenly vented. .
He was exhausted, nodded towards the group of soldiers wearing blue leather armor, and then fell to the ground, breathing heavily, and couldn't get up.
After the group of blue-armored soldiers saw it, they didn't say anything. They just passed them and killed the coalition soldiers in front who started to counterattack again.
These soldiers formed a human wall in front, and they fought and crowded together with the coalition forces on the opposite side, seizing a temporarily safe open space for Yamashiro and others.
The same scene keeps appearing on the battlefield, but perhaps many people are not as lucky as Yamashiro and can be rescued before death.
However, with the addition of these 5,000 first-level soldiers, the situation on the battlefield has indeed reached a balance point.
There are coalition warriors on the opposite side, plus some standing support, plus a large number of cannon fodder peasants and soldiers. It is still very difficult for these 5,000 first-level soldiers to fight and maintain the front line without being defeated. Even if they really Very dedicated and awesome.
In view of the current stalemate, Tomita Yoshinari could not help but order again, sending 5,000 first-order soldiers here to open a breakthrough at once.
Soon, another five thousand densely packed soldiers pressed forward. The coalition soldiers who were fighting in the melee couldn't help but feel great pressure after the addition of these 5,000 people.
The battlefield that could have maintained a tie or even had a slight advantage suddenly fell into a precarious situation again.
There were even small-scale defeats in some places, and it looked like something big was about to collapse.
However, although these people can't stand it anymore, the leaders of the coalition forces behind them cannot just sit idly by.
This war is related to the survival of their forces in the future, so how can they give up so easily.
Then, another 10,000 cannon fodder were marched up. For these coalition forces, they could raise a batch of cannon fodder at any time, and they would not feel bad if they died no matter how many times they died.
Although there is not much cannon fodder on the entire battlefield now, there are still countless untouchables behind them, and they can recruit tens of thousands more at any time.
So even if all these cannon fodders died on the battlefield, they would not be anxious. At most, they would feel a little distressed.
(End of chapter)