At 7:00 on July 26, the Oda family's vanguard troops were hidden here in a highland north of Thornsam.
The wind blew, and the black cloak roared in the wind. Oda Nobunaga was wearing black clothes and black armor, and under his two capable and domineering sword eyebrows, his eyes were staring at the Matsuhira Army not far from the south.
"Lord, please take the horses and go back." Shibata Katsuya, who was on the side of the tiger's back and bear's waist, advised, "It's enough to be carried out when the assault work is coming down."
"Haha, actually Quan Liu is worried that if the war is not going well, Yu is too far ahead and cannot evacuate." Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly, "Is our Oda family's number one strong general, and he is also cowardly?"
"I dare not, just..." Shibata Katsuya replied in a muffled voice, "Lord, you are..."
"No need to say much, Yu will not listen." Oda Nobunaga shook his head, "This is a surprise attack that blocks the fate of the Oda family. In any case, Yu must stand on the front line in person."
"Get ready to start," he snapped.
"Lord, aren't you waiting for the reserve team to assemble and then unfold?" Ikeda Hiroki, who was following him, advised.
"No need." Oda Nobunaga slowly drew his sword in his hand, high up to the sky, and the morning sunlight reflected sharp light on the blade. "This battle does not require assembly, only courage is needed." Then, his arms tightened sharply, and the samurai sword quickly slashed forward.
"charge!"
At the eighth hour of Mao, the Songping family camp was located in the pagoda.
The sudden sound of trumpets in the north made the military camp where they were having breakfast in chaos. Soon, a messenger rushed back from the lookout.
"Your Highness," the messenger reported to Matsuhei Motoyaku, who had arrived in person, "it was the troops of the Oda family Shibata Katsuya."
"How could the Oda family appear here! I want to go and see it myself," Matsuhei Motoyashi pushed away the messenger and quickly climbed to the observation deck. Tadaji Sakai, Shushi Ishikawa and other elders also followed.
When I climbed the observation deck, I saw a 30-strong foot squadron rushing out of the mountains and forests in the north, and there were more than a dozen horse-riding samurai soldiers leading the charge. In Japan, most Daming families do not have large-scale cavalry units. Generally, only samurai can be equipped with military horses, and they will generally lead the foot squad charge in their homes. Only Daming himself has a large number of knights who do not need to lead infantry.
"Your Highness, you don't have to worry. They came to the Kakusanji from the Kundui through a path." Sakai Tadaji saw Matsuhei Motoyaku trembling nervously, so he comforted him, "I have walked this path with the first lord, which is narrow and unfavorable for passage. It's already a big deal to supply 5oo soldiers to go to war. It's probably just an attack."
"We also have 5oo soldiers," Matsuhira Motokaku swallowed and silently thought, "Minghai City will be here for the next month, and we cannot give up. If you commit such a crime, the family governor will definitely take the opportunity..." Matsuhira Motokaku sighed, "Tell all departments to stick to the spot."
"Yes!" After receiving the order, the elders behind him returned to their respective troops and commanded the soldiers to take out bamboo armor from the auxiliary soldiers to complete the pre-war preparations. They began to rely on the camp to defend.
"The camp that was built in a hurry last night may not be solid enough," Matsuhei Motoyaki regretted why he allowed himself to work sloppy last night. "Immediately sending a messenger to the friendly forces of the five surrounding cities to apply for reinforcements."
The Matsuhei army's miscalculation of the situation led to their misjudgment in the initial period of time. They believed that the Oda family had only about 50 soldiers, so they did not choose to retreat, but defended on the spot.
However, when Oda Nobunaga himself and the Mahjong appeared in the mountains and forests in the north, the Matsuhei army was shocked.
"Mr. Ji, I'm myself!" Matsuhira Motokaku could no longer sit still, "How is it possible! Is the family governor himself coming to raid? Is there still..."
"It shouldn't be," Tadaji Sakai was no longer as confident as before. "This road... cannot pass through so many people. With so many war soldiers, how can the baggage team provide? They all brought their own dry food and rushed in armor?"
There was only time to set up simple fortifications such as fences and antlers around the camp, and there was no time to dig the trenches. Shibata Katsuya, who had always been accused of fighting bravely, ordered the samurai to dismount and fight in stairs, and launched a fierce attack on the junction of the Matsuhei family's defense line. Under his own leadership, the well-equipped samurai warrior charged in the battle without avoiding the ravine. The samurai sword in his hand almost cut off the wooden antlers, but several samurai were also held with iron tips. The bamboo guns pierced the armor. The Matsuhira family, which was hastily deployed defense, failed to handle the defense of the junction between the two troops, and was taken advantage of by Shibata Katsuyaki. After the precious samurai suffered huge casualties, a hole was finally opened outside the north gate of the Matsuhira family, and the foot lights behind him immediately poured in. Matsuhira Motoyaki had to send his own flag team to plug the leak. Under the fighting of Torii Mototaki and others, they finally stabilized the situation.
Nobunaga's Qimao team and Ma Fengzhong also quickly entered the battle. The number of Matsuhira family was at a disadvantage. The advantage of the defense was not reflected because of the simplicity of the camp and hasty battle. They were forced to send all the reserve teams to maintain the integrity of the front line.
Unfortunately, at the exit of the mountain forest, the Takigawa family, Mori family, Sasa family and Sakuma family appeared. The total number of troops invested by the Oda family on the battlefield was as high as 2ooo. Oda Nobunaga decisively ordered the newly joined forces to not change into combat formations, and directly maintained the column, drove to the two wings of the Matsue family's defense line and then expanded horizontally, surrounding the weak defense line. At the moment of Tatsukiji, the Matsue family's already stretched defense line was declared lost. Matsue Motoyashi, who had no time to shrink the troops, watched helplessly as the troops were broken down and lost their establishment after being penetrated, and the entire line collapsed. Nobunaga's The female cavalry team even tried to take Matsuhira Motokaku himself directly. Under the desperate protection of the cavalry of the Qizhong team, Matsuhira Motokaku escaped. The Oda family cavalry did not choose to pursue the infantry of the Matsuhira family as soon as possible, and also gave the infantry time to throw away their armor and weapons and escape into the mountains. However, there were only a few dozen troops evacuated with Matsuhira Motokaku himself. If the Matsuhira army wanted to restore combat effectiveness again, it would probably take nearly a month to wait until these separated troops returned to the team and then returned to the establishment. The supplies transported by the Matsuhira family through hardships fell into the hands of the Oda family.
After the Oda family cleaned the battlefield, they immediately began to consolidate the defense of the camp. As expected, at the 8 o'clock in the morning, the support troops of the Takugawa City came late. Nobuna Asahira only received the first report from Matsuhira Motoyashi, saying that nearly 50 people in the Oda family might have attacked the transport team in Tansanama. So he hurried over with 3oo soldiers and 6oo auxiliary soldiers. Seeing that the camp had changed hands, the Oda family was strengthening the camp and was shocked.
"Mankawa, I usually advocate how persevering samurai he is, but he can't hold on for even an hour?" Asahi Nashina immediately commanded the troops to attack, and caught the Oda family off guard. However, the Oda family's huge troops quickly out of his imagination.
"There are at least 15oo soldiers here!" Nobuki Asahi Naka looked at the huge queue of Oda's family coming out of the village to fight, and took a breath, "This number of soldiers must have nearly 3oo auxiliary soldiers. So, are there more than 4,000 people here? Didn't they fly over from Ota!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, he quickly retreated, but it was too late. The difference in number of people made the troops stick to the formation after a little contact, and could not adjust the formation and retreat, and was eventually defeated in full. Nobuya Asahi Nao himself had to flee with the abandoned Hamamoto army, and simply did not pursue the Oda family, and did not cause any greater casualties. After receiving the news of Nobuya Asahi Naota, Ueda Nao immediately contracted all the troops and scouts, defended the city with all his strength and conveyed emergency military information to the rear. This was also the first messenger to rush back to Okazaki Castle to call the police.
Okabe Motoshinobu, who had left Nagahide, escaped from the entanglement of Niba Nagahide who was left behind. When he arrived at Tuosama, he happened to see the entire Oda family attacking and defeating the troops of Dagucheng. After weighing the situation on the battlefield, he immediately retreated to Nagahi Castle. The Oda family could not pursue the situation, and Okabe Motoshinobu was able to escape unscathed. However, this emergency mobilization also exhausted the excess food and grass in Nagahi Castle. Okabe Motoshinobu, who had only three days left, was unable to move any movement. The Oda family simply did not know this.
However, Okabe Motonobu, who had retreated back to the city, found that his prophecy at that time was not true. The Oda family, who had brought food and supplies for a day, attacked the food and supplies team of their own. The Oda family's troops who had obtained food and supplies had no worries.
"There must be an insider inside! I'm still in the advanced level!" Okabe Motonobu cursed fiercely, "Otherwise, how will the specific itinerary of our food and grass team fall into the opponent in advance?"
It was already good for Okabe Motonobu to retreat in time. Next, the reinforcements from Okabe City hit the main force of the Oda family and collapsed at once. Under the pursuit of the mother-clothed crowd, the entire army was almost destroyed, and the city lord himself died on the battlefield. The remaining troops of Okabe City hurriedly asked for help from Naruto City. Okabe Motonobu sent several old families to leave with one-third of the soldiers, in fact, to share the pressure on food and grass.
Matsuhira Motoyaki retreated southward and happened to meet the Anxiang Castle defender led by Nobua Asahina and Kariya Castle defender led by Nobua Akane and Nobua Mizuno. After being told that the enemy was unprecedentedly powerful, the three of them immediately retreated to Kariya Castle and Anxiang Castle to consolidate their defense. These 5oo warriors are the only mobile forces that Mikawa can mobilize now.
Time goes back to the evening of July 28, Okazaki Castle.
Semeshi Toshi convened nearly 100 samurai and samurai along the way. In addition to Okazaki Castle's left-behind troops, the number of troops that can be mobilized reached 2Obama and 6Obamamasaki. Hiroshi Hoshi went to Minami River to continue to recruit troops urgently. In the evening, Semeshi Toshi who arrived in Okazaki Castle listened to the military information report, he held a pre-war assessment meeting for the leaders of more than 200 people, and Yu Qiuhei also participated.
Chapter completed!