Genshin Impact: The Journey Begins with a Battle

In late August, 1504,

General Raiden sat in a city on the border of Shinagawa and Kai in Musashi Province with a cold face.

Hojo Aso walked quickly from outside the room into General Raiden's temporary residence, and with a somewhat anxious look on his face, he made a gesture to General Raiden and handed him a document. General

Raiden calmly read the latest intelligence and cast his eyes on the huge sand table on the table, which was filled with the distribution of troops of several forces.

"General, it seems that those people are impatient to finish this encirclement battle before the autumn harvest and suppress our forces to the capitals of Sagami and Musashi."

Hojo Aso expressed his reasoning based on the information he obtained. After all, the coalition forces of the Ashikaga shogunate have already approached the border of Musashi and are organizing the siege preparations in an orderly manner.

General Raiden, exuding an aura of"keep away from strangers", said bluntly:"On the contrary, the Ashikaga shogunate's control over the daimyos of various countries has become unimaginably weak. They just want to use a victory in a war to re-promote their power."

"Otherwise, the forces besieging us would not only be the shogunate coalition forces in the Kansai area and the armies of the two neighboring countries, but the forces of Mutsu, Hitachi, and Shimotsuke would just sit back and watch without taking any action."

""I see! The general is as good as a god!"

Hojo Aso also took the opportunity to flatter him. He knew very well that most of his status was given by the gods in front of him, whom people dared not look directly at.

General Lei Dian glanced at the sand table, pointed to a small flat plain between the two armies, and said:"Mobilize the troops. The decisive battle will begin here in two days. Without orders from the counties and cities, it is strictly forbidden to open the city gates."

"The details of the battle will be finalized after a day of rest."

When Hojo Aso saw General Raiden's gesture, he saluted General Raiden very respectfully and ran towards the military camp.

Two days later, there were more than 80,000 troops on the plain. The shogunate coalition and the army led by General Raiden were facing each other across several kilometers.

Among the shogunate coalition, the commander was looking at the 20,000 troops in the distance, which were neatly arranged without any noise, with great seriousness, and felt uneasy.

"Do you Onmyoji have any way to cause a commotion on the other side, so that we can have a chance to defeat the enemy army?"

The Onmyojis who were watching the strong, armored, and resolute soldiers on the other side showed bitter expressions.

"I'm sorry, General, you should have seen that the opposing army is not only high-spirited but also strong. The magic array we set up and the shikigami we summoned can hardly resist the army's vast blood and the majestic military force."

The commander-in-chief of the shogunate heard the answers of the Yin-Yang masters, and felt helpless. He was not one of those nobles in Kyoto who were addicted to wine and money, and he knew the shortcomings of these practitioners very well.

If they were dealing with dozens or even hundreds of people, these practitioners could show the advantage of suppression, but when facing an army that was full of spirits and had a unified will, the gathered mental power could easily make the magic power and spiritual power out of the control of the practitioners, causing the practitioners to become ordinary people.

Unless the realm of the practitioners reaches the so-called"big" level of strength, these practitioners can only do some auxiliary work in real military battles.

""General, we have prepared the offensive formation. Do you want to conduct a one-on-one duel?"

The commander of the coalition heard the voice and turned around to see a middle-aged man wearing a well-made suit and holding a spear reporting to him. He could naturally recognize the other party's identity, Takeda Hiroyu.

One-on-one duel refers to the confrontation between generals in ancient wars, which is based on showing off military strength and boosting morale to give one's side an advantage.

The commander of the coalition looked at the enemy army opposite, which was almost 100% armored, and he thought in his heart. Except for the large number of people and more cavalry than the enemy, his side was at a disadvantage in other aspects. The importance of morale is more important now than at any time.

"Mr. Takeda, you are the most powerful among our shogunate army. If you can defeat the enemy in one battle, I will let the Ashikaga general hand over the position of protecting Musashi to the Takeda clan."

"Yes, General, I will definitely demoralize the enemy."

……

General Raiden was gazing into the distance from the high platform of the army. He was wearing the same armor he wore when he was in the position of the God of Fujin Takenami, but it was more conservative.

"Has the cavalry team completed the ambush behind the enemy?"

""General, the cavalry is already in ambush, and the artillery is ready to go, but the enemy is charging at us, so I don't know if we should fight them back."

A general in armor looked at General Lei Dian with a fanatical look, as if he wanted to get General Lei Dian's permission to kill him.

"Bai Yue will go forward to attack the enemy. Once the enemy is killed, he will launch an attack. It is time to let them feel the changes of the times."

"Yes, sir."

Guhuotiao, who was sitting quietly on the side, heard the order from General Lei Dian, picked up his umbrella sword, saluted General Lei Dian, and quickly walked to the front of the battle.

General Lei Dian saw Guhuotiao riding a horse, and came to the front of the two armies and had a verbal argument with the enemy's generals. Then the other party became furious, picked up the bow and arrow and launched a long-range attack on Guhuotiao.

At this time, Hojo Aso walked to the high platform in the tent with an angry face, and said respectfully:"General, I have investigated clearly that the people who informed the public are the Takeda family of Kai and the Ota family of Musashi."

General Lei Dian had a cold expression when he saw Takeda Hiroyu on the opposite side pick up a spear and have several weapon confrontations with Guhuotiao, but was directly killed by Guhuotiao's superb martial arts.

"The enemy general has been killed by our army. We ordered the artillery troops to charge, and the foot soldiers to follow closely to prepare for support. The archers took the elite troops of the shogunate as their main target."

General Raiden did not answer Hojo Aso, but deployed the army and gave attack instructions. The generals immediately mobilized according to General Raiden's command, and the training experience accumulated in peacetime immediately played an important role.

Different troops immediately launched high-speed cooperation. The artillery troops strode forward with flintlock rifles in hand and charged, causing chaos in the shogunate coalition. After all, it was just an ordinary one-ki battle, and you started a battle.

The commander of the coalition forces was not an ordinary person. He immediately let his most elite foot soldiers press forward, and at the same time dispatched other coalition forces to encircle and attack.