May 29, evening.
The troops of Asahina's family wasted a lot of time because of their quarrel with the Matsudaira family. It was not until the afternoon that only Amakihei's vanguard troops arrived at the outskirts of Okazaki Castle at an unusual speed. By night, the Sena family's troops were busy with work.
The general will rush to the outskirts of Okazaki Castle. However, the main force of the Asahina family has just crossed the Yahagi River. Amekihei estimates that during this time, the Okabe family may have reached Kamagata or even further east.
The place.
From Okazaki Castle, there is still nearly 50 miles to go from the north to Yoshida Castle in the south. This is probably more than a day's journey. Ame Akihira estimates that from the current location of the Okabe family, it will take a long journey from the south.
There is only half a day's journey left to Yoshida Castle. In other words, no matter what, the Asahina family's troops will not be able to reach Yoshida Castle in time.
However, it was obviously unrealistic for the troops who had been on the road for a day to stay up all night and start again, not to mention the large number of auxiliary troops in the team. Therefore, Asahina Yasuhiro had no choice but to ignore the pleadings of Oppei and his son and heard that the whole army was in Okazaki.
Camped for the night on the eastern outskirts of the city.
In the early morning of May 30th, when the genius dawned, Asahina Taihiro led almost all the cavalry from several families out and ran towards the south, hoping to interfere with the progress of the Okabe family while exploring the road. Yu Qiupei also immediately
He led Tokiwa Bei and followed closely as a response. After that, Asahina Taitomo and Senaji Toshinori commanded a huge army and slowly followed them.
However, the unfortunate news soon came. At 15:00, Asahina Taihiro's cavalry team heading south had just arrived in the northern part of Mori (place name) when they were blocked by the ashigaru and cavalry under the direct control of the Okabe family who were waiting for them. From a distance
It can be seen that the Okabe family's army is continuously marching eastward through the official road from Kamagata to Mori, then turning south, crossing Toyokawa, and attacking Yoshida Castle. The leading force seems to be the banner of the Ii family. At this moment, it is already
Appeared at the foot of Yoshida Castle,
Asahina Yasuhiro was outnumbered. Even as impatient as he was, he did not dare to rush directly to the Okabe family's defense line of infantry and cavalry. He could only linger in the distance. After a while, several people rushed over at a bridge upstream of Toyokawa.
The messenger carrying the Okuhira family's flag. The Okabe family's cavalry tried to stop it, but failed to catch it. Several messengers rushed to Asahina Yasuogi's side. After Asahina Yasuogi received the news, he immediately took this
The message will be sent later.
When Yu Qiuping received the news, he had already arrived at Yanluo Temple. Several messengers from the Okuhira family said that after seeing the menacing attack of the Okabe family, the remaining troops of the Okuhira family felt unable to resist, so they had already led the Okuhira family early this morning.
The families of the Heike samurai withdrew from Yoshida Castle and planned to run directly back to Kakegawa Castle, the home of the Asahina family. The one who stayed behind to guard the city was only a general of the Okuhira family.
Just when Yu Qiuping asked a few messengers to go north to find the team to report that they were safe, another news came from the front - according to Asahina Taiheng's investigation, Yoshida Castle, with a small number of soldiers, could not hold on for long and had fallen at noon.
Relying on the cover of the Okabe family's direct control in the forest, the troops of the Okabe family are crossing the Toyokawa from the southwest of the forest and entering Yoshida Castle. However, Amakihei and Asahina Yasuhiro, who are inferior in strength, still
We have no choice but to wait silently in the north. If we launch an attack rashly and are blocked by the enemy, the Okabe family's army may outflank them at any time.
By the early hour of the afternoon, all the troops of the Okabe family had crossed the Toyokawa and set up dense camps around Yoshida Castle. The troops behind the Okabe family did not stop much and slowly gave way.
They crossed several important terrains in the forest and evacuated to Yoshida Castle across the Toyokawa River. Amakihei and Asahina Yasuhiro randomly entered the forest and faced the Okabe family's troops across the Toyokawa River.
That night, Asahina's troops still failed to reach Mori, but camped near Ganluji Temple. Asahina Yasutomo, Sena Ujitoshi and others rode their horses to Mori's outpost camp, and together with Amakihei and Asahina Yasuhiro
Discuss countermeasures.
The current situation is even worse than during the confrontation at Kariya Castle. Yoshida Castle is the most important stronghold in Higashi Mikawa, blocking the official road from Mikawa into Toga. With Toyokawa as a cover, it is even easier to defend and difficult to attack.
As long as the Okabe family holds on to Yoshida Castle, the Asahina family will not be able to move forward.
Along the way, the Okabe family kept leading the way! It was really unpleasant. The atmosphere of the meeting was also shrouded in this irritability. Everyone agreed that after the entire army gathered, Yoshida would be killed.
Yoshida Castle launched a tentative attack and put up a good fight - if the Imagawa family's mediators didn't come yet. The Okudaira father and son expressed their willingness to provide detailed geographical information inside and outside Yoshida Castle to assist the army in regaining their castle.
However, in the early morning of the next day, before Asahina Taitomo, Sena Ujitoshi and others could return to Ganluoji Temple to organize their troops to move south, Tanma, who was watching on the river bank, hurried over to report that the Okabe family's troops had evacuated again.
!
Everyone hurried to a hill on the north bank of Toyokawa to take a look. They saw that the troops of the Okabe family were dividing into two groups and evacuating Yoshida in a mighty manner - toward the far river. All the way along the east side
On the third day, another route went south to Shirasuka. The Okabe family now has a total force of more than 3,000 soldiers. It seems that 1,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers are retreating along the eastern front, and the leader seems to be Okabe
The flags of the family and many small wealthy families. On the south side of the road, there are probably more than 3,000 people because of the obstruction of Yoshida Castle. The flags left in Yoshida Castle are the troops directly under the Okabe family.
banner, it seems that they are not willing to completely abandon Yoshida Castle, but plan to use Yoshida Castle to prevent the pursuit of Asahina's family.
However, the Asahina family did not spend much time under Yoshida Castle. Because the Toe country is the foundation of the Asahina line! Part of the territory of the Sena family and the Sekiguchi family is near the Toe Hikima Castle, and the Asahina family almost
All the territory is near Motoi Castle, Tooe Kakegawa Castle, and Kakegawa Castle also stores a large amount of grain, grass and military supplies. The Wakaze family and the Sekiguchi family left behind made the same choice as the Okuhira family left behind - they all brought their families with them.
If you flee to the strong castle Kakegawa Castle, then Kakegawa Castle is an existence that Asahina and his family cannot afford to lose.
However, Asahina's family is now isolated in Mikawa. If they want to go to support Kakegawa Castle, they must first capture Yoshida Castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This may take a day or two. At this time, Okabe
We may have already arrived at Hikima Castle. By the time Asahina and his party pursue Hikima Castle, Kakegawa Castle may have already been lost.
"It's too late." Asahina Taito whispered these words with a livid face, then got on his horse, preparing to immediately assemble the troops to go south to join forces, "Muriji, please. Although the main force has not come, please cross the river to attack first.
! We have no time!" The fall of Kakegawa Castle is something that the Asahina family cannot accept under any circumstances!
"There are at least 3,000 people in Yoshida City, and the 1,000 soldiers are all the elites of the Okabe family. There is also Toyokawa as a geographical advantage." Sena Shijun said in a low voice, "It will be dangerous for Momiji to attack rashly. Even if we have
We have superior strength and know the terrain well. This Yoshida Castle will never be taken down even if we don’t have it for a day or two.”
"It's too late!" Asahina Yasuomo, who has always been calm and peaceful, rarely lost his composure. "The Okabe family is obviously heading for Kakegawa Castle! If Kakegawa Castle is lost, everything will be gone!"
"Your Highness, calm down." Sena Ujitoshi warned in a low voice, "But right now we have no other option but to capture Yoshida Castle and continue the pursuit. It's better to calm down. Kakegawa Castle... may very well not be saved.
Please calm down, Your Highness, pursuing us rashly will only lead to greater losses."
After all, Sena Ujitoshi is an elder, and his advice is still very useful. "Momiji, it was me who made a mistake just now. There is no need to rush to attack." Asahina Yasumo took a few deep breaths to adjust his emotions, and hurriedly apologized to Amakihei and Sena Ujitoshi.
After apologizing, he prepared to ride away. He also knew in his heart that Kakegawa Castle might not be able to be defended, and the grief, anger and worry on his face were clearly evident.
Yu Qiuping also took a deep breath. From the very beginning, he had had a weird and bold idea lingering in his mind. His eyes had also been cast towards the endless mountains to the east - the Ina Mountains -
It is the junction of Toe and Shinano. The road has always been famous for being rugged and difficult to navigate. The world-famous Nagashino Castle is located on it.
The reason why Yu Qiuping keeps looking there is because he knows that if you want to enter Yuanjiang from Sanhe, there is not only the plain official road along the coast that can be taken. There is also another way, which is to cross the mountains and enter Ina from the north.
Heading all the way to the mountains in the northeast, passing through the world-famous Shitarahara, Nagashino Castle, Toei, and Sakuma, all the way to the southern part of Shinano. Then turn south and head to Inui Castle. Then cross the Tenryu Pass and head west.
, arrived at Futamata Castle, then turned south and left the mountains, entered the plains east of Yuanjiang, passed Sheshan, and finally arrived at Kakegawa.
However, no one would regard this road as a marching road.
Because this route is almost 200 miles long, most of it is rugged mountain roads, narrow and undulating, and there is a lot of vegetation covering the road. Ordinary troops, let alone treating this as a marching route, can maintain their organizational structure by walking in.
If it's complete, it's already pretty good. If I don't have it for more than ten days, I definitely won't be able to get out.
"Your Highnesses," Yu Qiuping suddenly said, "I have a suggestion."
"Momiji?" Sena Ujitoshi mistakenly thought that Yu Qiupei was going to attack Yoshida by force. "It's true that time is tight, but there is no need to take such risks."
"His Royal Highness Sena is joking, how can I be such a ignorant person?" Ame Qiupei laughed at himself, "I would like to ask Your Highness Asahina, is there equipment for 600 people in Kakegawa City?"
"More than enough." Asahina Taichao replied with a frown, not understanding what Yu Qiuping planned to do.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Yu Qiuping said solemnly with a solemn expression, "I am willing to lead Changpan's war preparation troops, carry three days of rations, abandon all the heavy armor, forcibly detour through the northern mountains, and go straight to Kakegawa Castle!"
Chapter completed!