When more and more Takeda troops poured out of the valley behind Nobuharu Baba, Asahina Taitomo's heart gradually became cold. His plan had completely failed and he could not stop the Takeda troops.
As the cold wind blew, his mind calmed down a little. Looking around the battlefield, Kosaka Masanobu had already driven straight towards Kabara Castle and almost disappeared from sight. And further to the west, there seemed to be smoke and dust rising, probably from
Okabe Motonobu also fought with the suspected soldiers of the Takeda family. Near the official road to the east, Yamagata Masakage had taken the red cavalry and dispersed thousands of the Imagawa family's troops. Now he was trying to turn around.
Outflank your own rear.
"If we don't withdraw now, the whole army will fall here..." Asahina Taitomo quickly weighed the situation, but his eyes were a little dazed because of the embarrassment of the situation: "But if we retreat now... the thousands of auxiliary troops who have been scattered are estimated to have been scattered.
There is no chance to gather them... Under the pursuit of Takeda Chibei, I don't know how many of the three thousand soldiers I have on hand can return after running more than ten miles... All the grain, grass and baggage transported must be accounted for..."
"There is no time to hesitate..." Asahina Yasutomo recalled the teachings of Imagawa Yoshimoto in the past, and his eyes suddenly became sharp and firm, "We have to make a choice! Those who can't give up anything can do nothing."
"Send the order! Abandon the auxiliary troops! Retreat immediately!" Asahina Taicho shouted at the flag bearer on horseback.
"Brother! Brother, what did you say?" Asahina Taiheng was shocked when he heard this. He slapped his horse and rushed towards Asahina Taihe. He grabbed the reins of Asahina Taito's horse, pulled hard and pulled his brother's horse.
He turned ninety degrees and stared face to face into Asahina Taimo's eyes: "Brother, are you crazy! Are you going to leave so many brothers behind? Is this what the Wu family did? Those are all members of our Imagawa family.
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"Matsuchiyo, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. We can't control them anymore." Asahina Taichi waved his hand angrily, trying to push Asahina Taiheng's hand away. However, Asahina Taiheng held him tightly.
The flag-bearer on the side refused to let go of the reins. Upon seeing this, the flag bearer did not immediately issue an order to retreat, but cast hesitant eyes on Asahina Taitomo.
"Didn't you hear the order?" Asahina Taimo saw the flag-bearer's hesitant eyes, and his heart was filled with unknown anger, and he roared: "Order to retreat!" The flag-bearer was frightened half to death by Asahina Taicho's fierce look, and hurriedly waved.
The flag was raised.
After yelling at the flag bearer, Asahina Yasumi turned around coldly and looked at Asahina Yasuhiro. The latter still stubbornly held his reins, his eyes full of anger and dissatisfaction. However, Asahina Yasumi saw this.
He just shook his head slightly, and then said sternly: "Taehyung Asahina, listen to the order! Lead the cavalry to cover the evacuation of the army!"
After giving the order, he coldly opened Asahina Taehyung's hand, took the reins of the horse in his hand, and began to direct the troops to retreat from Fujinomiya.
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However, retreating is not easy.
Because the Takeda Army was one of the daimyo with the largest proportion of cavalry among all the armies in Japan during the Warring States Period. All samurai who had fought in the war knew how important the cavalry could play in pursuit battles.
The infantry in loose formation is already a scarecrow on the ground to the high-speed cavalry. The infantry who turn their backs to the cavalry and run away are no different from lambs being slaughtered. The cavalry can easily
To catch up with the fleeing infantry, you only need to use the saber to hit your back or head. The huge impact brought by the horse's speed is enough to kill you directly. This is why, in ancient wars, the vast majority of casualties were
It happened during the pursuit.
If you want to avoid the huge attrition caused by cavalry to the retreating infantry during the retreat, you must either rely on the cover of a sufficient amount of your own cavalry, or rely on the well-trained alternating retreat cover between the infantry - and both of these Imagawa
There is no home.
Among the 7,000 soldiers Takeda Shingen brought with him on this expedition, there were more than 2,000 mounted samurai. Among the 3,000 soldiers left by the Imagawa family at this moment, there were only less than 500 cavalry. When Takeda Shingen noticed that the Imagawa army
When the enemy retreated, they immediately ordered all 1,500 cavalry on hand to dispatch and pursue the Imagawa family from the rear and right side.
Asahina Taihiro could not make a living without rice. With only more than 400 cavalry in hand, he could not prevent the pursuit of 1,500 cavalry. He also considered concentrating his troops to defeat one of them first, but the Kai cavalry was not as weak as the Oda family cavalry.
, but one of the most powerful cavalry units in Japan - if it were a head-on battle, he didn't know if the Imagawa family's cavalry could withstand three charges.
In order to cover the right side and rear of the army, he had to divide his already stretched troops into two halves and constantly fight with the Takeda family's cavalry to prevent them from rushing into the formation. However, there was a huge gap in numbers and strength.
Unfortunately, the Imagawa family's cavalry was defeated. More and more Takeda Army knights rushed into the Imagawa family's infantry formation to harass them, leaving a few corpses behind before walking away.
The Imagawa family's troops were exhausted under the harassment of the Takeda family's knights. Their marching speed had dropped to almost walking, and their morale had dropped to the bottom. Every time the Takeda family's knights rushed over, the Imagawa family's ashigaru had to stop their formation.
To force them back, changing formations will take a lot of time. If you don't line up, those wolf-like cavalry will rush in and kill them. Under such constant harassment, the Imagawa family's speed
It was getting slower and slower, and it was almost overtaken by the Takeda family infantry that was following.
Asahina Taito saw everything, but was unable to do anything. In this situation, if the infantry wanted to escape, they had to leave some people behind - in fact, they would die. However, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides,
, Asahina Taitomo may have to leave two-thirds of the people behind to stop the Takeda family's progress. He can decisively abandon those auxiliary soldiers who are from peasants, but when he is asked to abandon these Imagawa family's martial arts disciples, he has no regard
No matter what, I can't be cruel.
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Asahina Taitomo soon paid the price for his hesitation.
When Asahina Taihiro's cavalry were attracted to the right and rear, the red troops on the left of the Imagawa family suddenly stopped chasing the fleeing Imagawa family's auxiliary troops, formed a formation on the official road, and then moved toward the Imagawa family.
The left wing roared towards him. The sound of horse hooves and the rising smoke were approaching so fast that Asahina Taito almost didn't react.
Now that the matter has come to this, there is actually nothing he can do even if he is given time to react.
Before the Akabi team rushed into the Imagawa family's unprepared left wing, Asahina Yasumo closed his eyes in despair. A moment later, screams, slashing sounds, and wailing sounds reached his ears. He suddenly opened his eyes again,
I saw that the Imagawa family's left wing, which had not yet completed its turn and formation, had been ruthlessly broken through by the Red Guards. The low-morale Ashigaru resisted for a few times and fled toward the south in embarrassment. The chaos on the left wing further affected the right wing.
and rearguard, no matter how Asahina Taitomo adjusted it, it was of no avail. Sena Nobuteru and other elders of the Imagawa family, Shigeomi saw that the situation was out of control, and they directly led their troops to break away from the formation and withdraw to a safe place. As the Takeda family all
The army charged, and the Imagawa army, which had reached its limit, finally collapsed in the pursuit. The Ashigaru abandoned their weapons, took off their armor, and fled toward the southwest with all their might. The heads of each family and samurai led their own
The attendants abandoned the army and fled, looking for unguarded openings to escape in confusion.
The Takeda family's cavalry harvested lives, cutting down the unarmed deserters like wheat. Asahina Yasutomo felt his heart was bleeding and his eyes were red, but there was nothing he could do. He recalled Asahina Yasuogi's cavalry and gave up.
After understanding the situation of the battle and the last main force of the Imagawa family, he rode his horse and fled the battlefield.
Asahina Taito, Asahina Taihiro and others fled all the way, with fewer and fewer people following them, and there were almost less than 200 people. Looking back, I saw Imagawa troops escaping and lying on the ground on and on both sides of the official road.
The body of the Takeda family swept in like a flood, urging Asahina Taito to dare not stop.
However, when they finally escaped to Puhara Castle, they found that the red bird military flag that originally belonged to the Imagawa clan and the Erbikiryō of the Imagawa family had disappeared. Instead, the Takeda Hishiwa flag was flying high.
The military flag of Masanobu Kosaka.
Asahina Yasumo gritted his teeth, whipped his horse whip fiercely, sat down on his horse and felt the pain, then ran like crazy around Kamuhara Castle, carrying Asahina Yasumo quickly through the occupied Kamuhara Castle - he didn't even dare to raise his head again.
Take one more look at Kabara Castle and run straight to Sunfu on the west side.
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During the Battle of Fujinomiya, the main force of the Imagawa family was almost wiped out in the pursuit battle. In the end, only more than 800 people escaped back to Sunfu alive, and the rest were either killed in battle or captured. They were trapped in Oka north of Kambara Castle.
Before Motonobu could retreat to Kabara Castle, he discovered that the Imagawa clan had abandoned the city. Puhara Castle was occupied by Kosaka Masanobu, and their retreat was also cut off. Okabe Motonobu tried to take back Puhara Castle, but was stopped by the Japanese who came later.
Naito Masayo persisted. When the main force of the Takeda family gradually arrived, Okabe Motonobu, who had no choice but to lead his troops, surrendered.
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In the early morning of April 27th, the castle town west of Sunfu Castle in Suruga Province.
Imagawa Ujima, who was always dressed gorgeously and neatly, was casually wearing an ill-fitting Jinhaori at the moment. He was anxiously waiting on his horse for the arrival of the follow-up personnel. His guards were packing up all the important documents and seals in the castle tower, and Asahina Tai
Asaya gathered all the ashigaru who were still capable of fighting near Sunpu Castle, and would soon join him in the west of Sunpu Castle, and together they fled to Toe Kakegawa Castle, the main city of the Asahina family.
Sunpu Castle is now unable to defend. Even though Sunpu Castle is one of the most majestic castles in Tokaido, the Imagawa army, which has lost all morale, cannot even make up 2,000 men, so how can it stop the strong Takeda army.
At six o'clock in the morning, the army led by Asahina Taito and Imagawa Uzuma and his entourage met in the west of the city and were about to abandon the city and flee. However, a stubborn figure suddenly rode away from the fleeing team and headed straight towards Shun.
The west gate of Fucheng ran in the opposite direction.
Chapter completed!