On the afternoon of November 7, the ninth year of Tensho (1581), the Kwantung Allied Forces set out from Zenkoji Temple, crossed the Saikawa River to the southwest, and began to advance towards Mount Tsumame. In the evening, the Kwantung Allied Forces climbed Mount Tsumame, and the entire northern Shinano was visible
It also caught my eye instantly.
Then they were surprised to find that the Oda Army did not launch a fierce attack on Kaizu Castle. Shibata Katsuie led 40,000 people from the Hokurikudo Army to surround Kaizu Castle, and then the auxiliary soldiers began to build siege equipment with great fanfare. At this time,
At the same time, Yu Qiupei's 40,000 Hongye Army had actually crossed the Chikuma River northward and set up camp and built fortifications on Kawanaka Island, 20 miles east of Tsumuyama.
"What are the Oda troops doing?"
From the commanders and daimyo such as Takeda Katsuyori, Hojo Tsunari, and Hojo Tsunaka, to the ordinary ashigaru of the Kanto Allied Forces, no one knows what the Oda army is thinking at this moment. Because at this time, the troops are divided into two places, one of them
It is completely meaningless for the troops to go north across the Chikuma River and enter Kawanaka Island.
Originally, the Oda Army could have used the barrier of the river to set up a defense line on the south bank of the Chikuma River, making it difficult for the Kanto Allied Forces on the north bank of the Chikuma River to cross the river to support Kaijin Castle. However, the Oda Army gave up the advantage of attacking halfway across the river and took the initiative to cross northward.
Chikuma River. The Oda Army, which was already at a disadvantage, divided its forces into two areas, further widening the disadvantage. The Oda Army also did not seize the opportunity to take the initiative to attack when the Kwantung Alliance soldiers were exhausted, and instead slowly began to set up camp. This series of events
Deployment simply avoids all correct choices and is something that even the stupidest commander cannot make.
If the opponent is a new recruit of the second ancestor of Gangyuan Server, or some notorious mediocre generals, the warriors of the Kwantung Alliance Army will probably laugh out loud at this time, and then use their troops to attack the stupid enemy troops.
Defeat. However, the commanders on the opposite side at this moment are Uaki Momiji, a ferryman who has the potential to be the best samurai in history, and Shibata Katsuie, the most powerful general in the Oda family. Under their hands, such a stupid tactical arrangement is more like
It was a deliberate conspiracy. The Kwantung Allied Forces warriors, frightened by this posture, looked at each other and held an emergency military situation assessment meeting.
"What is the Oda Army doing?" Takeda Katsuyori asked this question again, but no one could give him an answer, and indeed no one could answer it.
"Could it be that they want to imitate the late lord's Woodpecker Plan?" Takeda Nobunshige's son Takeda Nobutoyo suddenly came up with an idea, "Because the late lord also led the way when he faced Lord Kenshin who was arrayed at Wimayama.
The army set out from Kaizu Castle, crossed the Chikuma River and formed an array at Hachimangahara on Kawanakajima Island. The other army was sent as a special force to attack Mount Tsuma from the south."
"The situation is not what it used to be. How can we generalize?" Takeda Katsuyori shook his head after hearing this. "At that time, Kaijin Castle belonged to our Takeda side, and we could hide our army's movements and launch surprise attacks. Now Kaijin Castle can attack Wife and Daughter Mountain in real time.
The movements of the Oda army below the city are reported here, and any of their actions are clearly visible. How to carry out a surprise attack by the Woodpecker? This Woodpecker is a bit too stupid."
"My lord is talking about..." Takeda Nobunto also laughed a little embarrassedly after hearing this, "I just suddenly felt like it, otherwise there is no way to explain why the Red Leaf Army had to cross the river inexplicably."
Although Takeda Nobutoyo just made a casual comment, the impression of the Battle of Kawanakajima was lingering in everyone's minds. In fact, when they marched to Zenkoji Temple, Kawanakajima, and Tsumayama, the Takeda family
I have recalled that unprecedented showdown, but no one said it clearly - no matter how you look at it, the Oda Army will not be stupid enough to use the plan that the Takeda Army used twenty years ago to attack the Takeda Army at the same location.
Once, right? All the wealthy families in Kanto have heard about this war for a long time. When they experienced the geography of the decisive battle in person, they couldn't help but constantly speculate on the plans of the Oda Army in the direction of the Woodpecker Plan.
"No matter what, the top priority is to rest the soldiers' physical strength first. We have traveled a long distance and the soldiers are already exhausted. It will be more beneficial to us if we can rest for a while." Satake Yoshige was the first to jump out of the endless thoughts and speculations and lowered his voice.
The voice said, "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move."
"Is time really on our side?" Hojo Tsunaka was not as optimistic as Satake Yoshige, but was worried. "In the end, we were led away by the Oda army again and were entrusted here. Now we
With all the main force deployed, who can stop the Oroku coalition forces on Tokaido? Izu and Kai are about to fall. We originally went north to Echigo to find opportunities to break the situation and fight decisively, how can we be wasted here?"
"Does His Majesty Hojo want our soldiers who have been traveling for a month to fight the Oda army in a desperate battle?" Satake Yoshitaka said with some dissatisfaction after being rejected in person.
"Rest is necessary, but the time must be grasped. We must have a decisive battle before the Tokaido Army breaks through Kai and Shinano and rushes here." Hojo Tsunaka looked around the people present, made an estimate and whispered.
, "We still have about 10 days, maybe only 7 days. In these 7 days, the winner must be determined."
"Build some siege equipment." After Hojo Tsunaka finished speaking, Hojo Tsunari added, "If the Oda family continues to strengthen the camp, we may have to carry out siege warfare by then."
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In the early morning of November 8, the ninth year of Tensho (1581), the Oda army, which had also rested all night, did not move further, but strengthened their camps at Kaijin Castle and Kawanakajima Hachimanhara. At the same time, there was news from the south.
Here comes the worse news for the Kwantung Allied Forces - Izu Nirayama Castle has been suppressed by Takigawa Kazumasu, and the Oda Army is fighting in two directions towards Hakone. And Tokugawa Ieyasu has also surrounded Shinfu Castle, leaving Nobuyama Nobu behind.
Jun was in a bitter battle. Takeda Katsuyori was originally going to Anayama Nobu-kun to evacuate all the hostages of the wealthy families and the families of the Takeda family's important officials to Uehara Castle in Shinno Province before the siege of Shinfu Castle. However, until Shinfu Castle was surrounded, Uehara Castle
Nagasaka Mitsuken did not see the evacuated troops. He hurriedly rushed to report to Takeda Katsuyori, which made Takeda Katsuyori very uneasy. In order to prevent the military morale from being shaken, he suppressed the news and even
None of his cronies were informed.
On November 9th and 10th of the ninth year of Tensho (1581), the Hongye Army's position on Kawanaka Island was still dusty. It seemed that the construction of the fortifications was still not completed. However, the Oda Army made no further movements, and the Kwantung Allied Forces were able to
Seize this hard-won opportunity to rest and rest for another day. However, senior samurai such as Takeda Katsuyori, Hojo Tsunari and others knew that the situation on the Tokaido in the south was already very pessimistic, so they gradually became unable to sit still.
On the night of November 10th, when the warriors of the Kwantung Allied Forces were discussing how to act next, something unexpected happened suddenly. After nightfall, a warning bonfire was suddenly lit at the top of Haijin City, which had been peaceful for three days. Because the moon was illuminated tonight.
Dark clouds obscured the shape of the smoke, and the information that could be conveyed by the bonfire alone was very limited. The Kwantung Allied Forces far away on the Zima Mountain did not know what happened. They immediately sent out ninjas to conduct reconnaissance, but they were all unable to do anything for Weaver.
He was blocked by the Tian family's ninjas.
Just when the commanders of the Kwantung Allied Forces were feeling troubled, the Oda Army under Kaijin City revealed their movements. Large numbers of troops were seen holding torches and leaving the hard drive where they had been operating for a long time, and maneuvered straight to the mountain road in the southwest.
"Take the mountain road southwest of Kaizu Castle. Where is the exit?" Hojo Tsunari asked Takeda Katsuyori immediately after noticing the movement of the Oda army.
"After taking a detour to cross the river, you can appear on the south side of Mount Tsuma." Takeda Katsuyori's expression was not clearly visible in the dark night, but his surprise and bewilderment could also be heard from his tone.
"You don't treat us 100,000 Kwantung Allied Forces as human beings." Satake Yoshige sneered twice when he saw this, shook his head and said, "It's okay to say goodbye across the river in front of us, now just let a group of people go south.
Far away from the battlefield? Do they really think Yuqiu Hongye’s 40,000 people are enough to stop our 100,000-strong army?”
"Let's attack, what else is there to say?" Satake Yishige looked at several samurai of the Takeda family and the Hojo family, "Originally I wanted to rest for a while, but since the Oda family gave the opportunity so arrogantly, there is no other way.
It makes sense. Wait until daybreak and we can take down the red leaves of Yuqiu."
"The Oda army first divided its forces and sent the Momiji army across the river, and then simply withdrew all the support across the river... This is because they want to lure us to attack Yuqiu Momiji at all costs." Hojo Tsunari murmured in a low voice.
Dao, thinking about the situation in front of him, "Why is this... Even if it is as strong as the Red Leaf Army, it is difficult to win against our 100,000 strong Kanto army. We are not the Shanyang Dao. Those in the Shanin () Dao are poor and weak.
A weak brigade that lacks equipment. What does Shibata Katsuie want to do after he splits his forces and goes south?"
"Isn't this exactly the same as the Woodpecker Plan of the late lord and Lord Yamamoto?" At this moment, Takeda Nobutoyo, who had previously proposed the Woodpecker Plan conjecture, spoke again, "The main army formed an array at Hachimangahara in Kawanakajima, and then the Rangers marched southward.
Road, side attack Wife and Girl Mountain!"
"No way, are they really imitating their father? What's the point of such actions? Don't our Takeda family know the Woodpecker plan better than they do?" Takeda Katsuyori's face was full of black lines at this moment, and he had no idea about Ori
Tian Jun is operating something, "We even know the method of cracking it clearly... before the Rangers come back, we can rush to Kawanaka Island from Wife and Girl Mountain and defeat the main army first."
"Just do what His Highness Takeda said." Hojo Tsunadaka, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "After dawn tomorrow, if it is confirmed that Shibata Katsuie has really led his army to leave, we will raid Amaki Momiji's location."
"But!" Takeda Katsuyori was stunned when he heard this, "Isn't this exactly the same as the Woodpecker Plan? How could the Oda family make such an arrangement?"
"It is because of the Woodpecker plan that they dared to act like this. They just want to use the well-known Woodpecker plan as a cover-up to make us suspicious, thinking that they cannot copy the Woodpecker plan and must have other back-ups...
…But in fact, they are just copying the Woodpecker Plan. They used this to drag us here. We fell into the trap and were detained for three days, but we did not dare to take action against the Oda Army across the river." Hojo.
Tsuna took a deep breath, and his eyes became sharp, "Let me ask you, if there was no Woodpecker plan ahead, wouldn't we have attacked when we saw the enemy dividing their troops so stupidly? Then why would it happen because of such a plan?
You have a plan, but you don’t dare to act on it?”
Chapter completed!