Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi led his horse to the front of the soldiers and slowly stopped.
Looking at the faces before him, Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi shouted in a deep voice.
"This person!"
"Many of you may still find him unfamiliar."
"But you must have all seen the Okuragui Army that was repelled outside the city just now."
"That's right, this is what Kobayashi-kun brought…"
In front of the many soldiers, perhaps to boost morale, Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi did not hide Kobayashi Itsuki's contributions in the slightest.
Not only that, but he also unreservedly praised Kobayashi Itsuki in front of everyone as a true powerhouse far superior to himself!
Sitting on his horse, Kobayashi Itsuki looked at Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi's impassioned words below, feeling somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected the seemingly honest and reliable Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi to have such a eloquent side.
However, as a commanding general, boosting morale is a basic skill, so it's understandable.
It's just a little regrettable that he doesn't know the names of these soldiers, and there's no time to call out names now, otherwise, it would have been hundreds or even thousands of White Treasure Chests.
Amidst Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi's encouragement, soon, cheers erupted one after another.
That was a display of the soldiers' high morale, and amidst these cheers, the thick city gate opened.
Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi mounted his horse and charged out at the forefront.
"Depart!"
Accompanied by a loud shout, the entire army quickly mobilized and rushed out of the city.
Such a huge movement from Kasuga Castle naturally could not be hidden from the Okuragui Army.
They, who were originally still treating the wounded, discovered the commotion immediately and quickly sent signals, shouting loudly.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
"The guys from Kasuga Castle are out!"
The originally somewhat scattered Team quickly converged under the command of various generals, forming a somewhat loose formation.
Okuragi Takatora also received the news immediately, and after learning that Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi had actually charged out, he snorted coldly.
"Arrogant fellow, do you really think my soldiers are so vulnerable?"
"How dare they even fight outside the city!"
However, he immediately sneered.
"But this is a good opportunity. It seems they don't have many of those weapons from before, otherwise, they wouldn't have charged out; they would have surely hunkered down and fought a positional battle with us!"
With that, Okuragi Takatora said with a stern expression, "Send out the troops! No matter what, we must capture these guys in one fell swoop. Without them, Kasuga Castle will be fish on a chopping block, at our mercy!"
"Yes!"
The generals beside him also looked somewhat excited.
They had been somewhat fearful of those terrifying weapons before because they didn't understand them.
But if it was just the army led by Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi, they weren't afraid at all.
They knew the strength of Kasuga Castle all too well. In a direct confrontation, even if they had already lost so many men, the enemy was absolutely no match for them!
Following a series of commands, the several thousand-strong army quickly deployed its formation.
They surged towards Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi and the others, attempting to wipe them out completely.
Kobayashi Itsuki sat on horseback, watching the enemy army charging towards them, yelling and shouting in the distance.
There was a hint of disdain in his eyes.
He had to admit, although a few thousand people seemed like a massive scale in his eyes,
there were hardly any horses among them, let alone cavalry.
At a time like this, only generals could ride horses.
Otherwise, these few thousand men would probably be wiped out by a few hundred cavalry charging back and forth just once.
but he didn't underestimate them because of it.
Three Invisible Hands condensed from his will, gripping three riot shields; one blocked above his head, and two blocked in front.
He showed no fear against the arrows and projectiles fired by the enemy's ranged attacks.
The three Invisible Hands could last for about ten minutes.
Fortunately, with the biscuits now available, he could replenish his stamina at any time if it was depleted too much, so he didn't have to worry too much.
As both sides charged, the distance between them continuously closed.
During this process, both sides' ranged attacks also continuously caused casualties.
Most directly, Kobayashi Itsuki, sitting on horseback, could see many people running beside him suddenly fall and then be submerged in the torrent of the crowd.
Kobayashi Itsuki stared intently at the distance between the two sides, estimating that it was about right.
He directly put one riot shield back into the system, keeping the remaining two, one in each hand, in a defensive posture in front of him.
Immediately after, he summoned one of the previously installed and stored claymore mines from the system.
The three Invisible Hands quickly lifted it, holding it in the air above Kobayashi Itsuki's head like a stand.
"Ijiri!"
Amidst the clamor of the battlefield, a vein bulged on Kobayashi Itsuki's neck as he roared.
"Charge!"
Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi didn't ask many questions, nor did he look back. After hearing Kobayashi Itsuki's roar, he merely raised his katana high and let out an equally deafening roar.
"Charge!"
"Charge with me!"
The moment Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi accelerated, a thunderous explosion erupted above Kobayashi Itsuki's head.
Although Kobayashi Itsuki had tried his best to extend the length of the Invisible Hand, for him now, it was only a few meters at most.
When the claymore mine exploded in the Invisible Hand, the violent roar still made his ears ring continuously.
But this was not the time to dwell on such things.
Tens of millions of steel balls shot out from the claymore mine, evenly covering the Okuragui Army, which was still some distance away from Kobayashi Itsuki and the others.
The overwhelming steel balls left no place to hide on the open plains.
Despair.
Deep despair.
Dense whistling sounds tore through the air.
These countless whistling sounds converged, like the shrieks of vengeful spirits, harvesting the lives of the living.
The Okuragui Army, which had just finished preparing, was about to engage in a frontal battle with the army led by Ijiri Matabei Yoshitoshi, but before they even touched the enemy, they were stunned by a close-range claymore mine from Kobayashi Itsuki.
Kobayashi Itsuki watched the figures in front of him fall like cut wheat, smelling the blood in the air. His chest churned with nausea.
He swallowed hard, subconsciously recalling the humiliating modern history of his previous life.
The feeling of nausea was instantly suppressed, replaced by a surge of excitement.
What he had initially found somewhat bloody and jarring now seemed exceptionally thrilling.