When he learned that the cavalry of the rear army had failed to hedge, Okabe Motoshi Nobu, who was approaching the Asahina army, had to make adjustments. The Okabe family's troops were forced to stop defending at Nahihe, so that other wealthy troops would be rectified. Seeing this, Yuqiehei and Asahina Taehyung immediately sent a messenger to inform Asahina Taehyun. After learning about the latest deployment of the Okabe family, they also sent the troops to launch a battle formation. The warfighters took over from the auxiliary soldiers, dressed neatly, and advanced towards the Makimoto. And Yuqiehei's Takabata, who was behind the Okabe family, also left the official road and moved southeast, making a gesture of cutting off the Okabe family's retreat.
However, in fact, after the troops of Semena Shin-jun left, Yuqiehei and Asahina Taisho now had less than 2 ooo people, and there were not as many soldiers as the Okabe family. However, since the cavalry of the Okabe family was suppressed by the Asahina family and the intelligence was at a disadvantage, Okabe Motonobu lacked overall control of the battlefield situation. Therefore, because the banner of Semena Shin-jun has not appeared for a long time, he could not tell where Semena Shin-jun would appear and did not dare to attack.
Asahi Nata Taida knew that his troops were at a disadvantage. He was always steady and did not advance too quickly. Instead, he stopped five miles north of Natahi and confronted the Okabe family. The troops of the two families began to eat some dry food while they were resting. Now, the longer it drags, the more beneficial it is to the Adahi Nata Hitoshi. Because now, whether it is Takura Castle or Okazaki Castle, the two factions are facing each other evenly. If Asahi Nata Taida can drag Okabe Motonobu's main force here, Semine Shin-shi, as a ranger, can control these cities one by one without any obstacles, trap the Okabe family's troops in the wilderness, and force them to bow their heads.
After lunch, Okabe Motonobu seemed to have noticed the intention of the Asahina family and began to command the troops to retreat eastward. He asked the Ii family, Miura family and other wealthy troops to retreat first, leaving behind the strongest organizational rear of the Okabe family.
As soon as the Okabe family's troops moved, the Asahina family's troops immediately stuck. Okabe Motonobu, who was worried about the sudden attack of the Asahina family, had to let the soldiers be as slapped as the Asahina family to protect the auxiliary soldiers from evacuating.
At first, Okabe Motonobu tried to keep the entire army in a marching manner, but after seeing this, Asahitao immediately asked Yuqiehei and Asahitao to lead the cavalry forward to attack. The Okabe family's cavalry was hit not long ago and could not resist the attacks of Asahitao and Uzukihei and did not dare to fight head-on, which gave Asahitao and Uzukihei space to move freely.
Whenever they lead their troops to advance to the side of the Okabe family, the Okabe family's foot would have to stop and start a battle formation. Otherwise, the infantry with loose formations would likely be dispersed by the cavalry. Whenever the Okabe family's foot would adjust its formation, the Honataehyung and Yu Akihei would lead their troops to retreat and constantly raid the Okabe family's troops. The Okabe family's troops could not fight or go, and they adjusted the formation back and forth, consuming precious physical strength, and marched extremely slowly.
During this period, Okabe Motonobu tried to get his horsemen to raid Yu Qiupi's cavalry team and break the deadlock, but was driven away by the timely arrival of Kazuna Taehyung and returned without success. The archers of the Okabe family tried to snipe the cavalry team several times, but were also avoided by the cavalry even noticed.
Throughout the afternoon, the Okabe family was unable to go far under the attack of Asabe Nai Taehyung and Yu Qiuhei. The two families were connected to each other and heading east. Finally, at the fourth hour of the Youth hour, the Okabe family was forced to camp at the Eduan west of the Hokkien River, but failed to cross the Hokkien River, and entered the Kariya Castle, which was inclined to their position. Other small families of the Okabe family had disappeared from sight under the Okabe family's rear and probably had entered Kariya Castle. The Asabe army also set up a large village five miles west of the Hokkien River, monitoring the movements of the Okabe army.
That night, Yu Qiupi, who had been on the horse's back for a high intensity for a day, was a little overwhelmed. In the past, he didn't ride a horse for a day, but today he rode a horse in front of the enemy! The Okabe family's foot samurai was holding real swords and guns, and cold arrows were shot from time to time, which really made people feel worried and nervous. Whether it was Okabe's Motoshi's horsemen or the horse riding samurai in the formation, they all tried to rush up to attack his troops. Yu Qiupi's hand holding the reins was covered in cold sweat and even had some convulsions. He had to pay attention to the dynamics in all directions and beware of the dangers around him at any time.
Yu Qiuping had to sigh that it is really difficult for people with poor riding skills to command cavalry troops. This is not a flat and straight official road, but an unpredictable battlefield. In order to find fighter opportunities, he had to run back and forth in the wild, hills, official roads, grasslands, and potholes, which is a great challenge to Yu Qiuping's riding skills. In addition, he also had to hold the Qiandi with one hand and hold the reins with one hand, which increased the difficulty. What made him even worse was that he also had to pay attention to the battlefield situation and issue orders to his subordinates, which involved a lot of his energy. During the afternoon of fighting, he almost threw off his horse several times.
After nightfall, another assessment meeting was held in the big tent of the Asahita Tatsuo. Asahita Tatsuo first showed everyone the information collected this afternoon. First, Asahita Nobuna and Katsuyama-moto from the Tatsuo Castle continued to confront each other. After reaching a certain tacit understanding, the two sides led their troops to leave the Tatsuo Castle and abandoned the city within the territory of Hayao. Asahita Nobuna directly went west to chase the troops of Sena's Tsuna. Katsuyama-moto returned from the east and took a detour to Okazaki Castle.
Before the night, Semine Shishi Toshi also sent someone to pass on a message. After a day of quick marches, he had already passed by Chiri and arrived at the Ankashi Castle where Asahi Nobua was located. Mizuno Nobumoto of Kariya Castle had confirmed to be facing the Okabe group and sent many provocations to Ankashi Castle. Semine Shishi Toshi also said in the letter that after learning that the two armies were in war in Nakashi, all martial law was already in place between Kariya Castle and Ankashi Castle. Asahi Taisho had sent a messenger to give Okashi the message brought by Okahi Satokiyo, Okabu Motoshi tried to take the entire army to seize Okazaki Castle, and this news was also passed on to Semine Shishi Toshi. After learning the news, Semine Shishi immediately set out to arrange the defense of the official roads and villages outside Ankashi Castle, preparing to prevent the Okabu family from going around Ankashi Castle and entering Okazaki Castle after passing Kariya Castle.
Now, all the important officials of the Imakawa Army are basically gathered in Mikawa, and an unprecedented battle is about to be held. From the Eduan where Asahina and the main forces of the Okabe, Kariya of Mizuno Nobumoto, the Sushi of Seine and Asahina Nobuan, and the Okazaki Castle where Hiroshi and Ii Okazaki are almost on a horizontal line from west to east. The forces of both sides are intertwined, and the situation is unpredictable.
The only thing that made Yu Qiuhei a little uneasy was Matsuhira Motoya. Kobata Katsumoto was sent out to find Matsuhira Motoya, but there was no news yet. The Ohiri family said that during the great collapse outside Naruhira Castle, the Matsuhira family successfully fled in chaos and should not suffer much casualties. However, until now, they were not aware of their whereabouts. Due to the collapse of the army, the entire Imakawa family's contact line at the border of Ozawa Sanhe River tended to collapse. In addition, the two Okabe Asahina families were hostile to each other, so many of the inns' messengers did not know what to do. Therefore, even if Yu Qiuhei wants to contact his own Honkai Castle, it is even more difficult.
It was precisely because of the crisis in contact that Asahita Tori attaches great importance to the collection of intelligence. He sent many missions to reconnaissance around the Okabe family's camp, and after nightfall, he also erected a watchtower to monitor the situation of the Okabe family's camp.
"No matter what, you have a good rest tonight." Asahitachi ordered, "Tomorrow, the Okabe family will rely on Kariya Castle as an obstacle and move eastward to Okazaki Castle, trying to get rid of us. We may face great difficulties. Please be mentally prepared. Let's stay and take turns to watch, and then go back to rest."
At the eighth hour of Yin on May 21, Yu Qiuping still woke up early. To be honest, he has been on the battlefield several times, but he is still nervous. Listening to the snoring of his subordinates in the camp, Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly. Even the recruits recruited just now this year slept better than himself!
But His Highness, the governor of the family, just left... Where can I sleep?
Yu Qiuping shook his head vigorously and drove the thought out of his mind. Once he fell into sadness and memories, his mind would be in chaos and he could not do anything.
Just as he was thinking about it, a drum sound suddenly sounded. The snoring that had just been shocking was cut off by the drum sound, and replaced by people asking each other at a loss. After Yu Qiuping recognized that this was the drum sound of his army's emergency convening subordinates, he immediately turned over and got up, put it on his gloves, and ran to the main account. On the way, he happened to meet the commander who came to inform him to go to the main account.
"What did you have?" Yu Qiuping asked anxiously, "But the enemy suddenly attacked!"
"No, Your Highness Hongye doesn't have to worry." The messenger replied gasping for breath, "On the contrary, our messenger appears, and the Okabe family seems to be preparing for retreat! The entire camp has moved, probably to cross the Imma-gate River!"
"It's not dawn yet!" Yu Qiuping looked up at the sky that had just turned white, "Does the Okabe family want to grab time so much?"
The river is not too deep, and you can barely pass by the water, but the river surface is a bit wide, which will probably take a certain amount of time. There are also many bridges on the journey from Jiangdu to Kariya, which can be passed by the army.
After crossing the Imai River, Kariya Castle is a few miles away! If the Okabe family really enters Kariya Castle and gets away from it, it will be difficult for the people on the Asahina family to stop the Okabe family from moving. The Okabe family's goal is to go to Okazaki Castle! If the Okabe family members are asked to arrive at Okazaki Castle first, the situation on the Asahina family side will become very bad!
Then, it is clear at a glance what choice the Asahina family should make - follow and chase immediately! You cannot let the head of the Okabe family enter Kariya Castle without any obstacles!
"His Highness Asahina has any orders?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"Your Highness has asked the second young master who is watching to pursue him immediately, interfering with the Okabe family's crossing the river!" The messenger replied, "I would like to ask Your Highness Yuqiu to gather troops to pursue him immediately!"
Chapter completed!