After seeing only a few patches of forest in the southeast, an army of more than 3,000 people suddenly emerged, under the banner of Imagawa Niyinryo. They ignored it and went straight to the back of the Matsudaira family's battle line. The leader was the Imagawa family.
Hatamoto Gomori, led by Matsui Sonobu, were advancing rapidly in a marching column, and had arrived on the battlefield in an instant. Behind him were Mitsuto Bei, a high-ranking member of the Umeyama clan, and Osawa Beiwa.
Matsui Bei.
"It was the main force that Yutaka Furuno brought to Yoshida Castle to put down the rebellion..." After Yasutaka Matsudaira saw this, he almost fell off his horse in panic, and hurriedly came to Matsudaira Nagato's side, "Grandpa, what should we do?
?”
"Is there something wrong with Yutaka Furunoji's brain?" Matsudaira Nagachichi was filled with resentment. He gripped the horse's rein tightly, almost bleeding from his old hand, and cursed angrily, "He just wants to do nothing and just wait."
In Yoshida Castle, the positions of the Imagawa family's aide and even the family governor were enshrined... Why did you come back to save Imagawa Yoshimoto? What good would it do to him? Is he a young son? If you don't care for yourself, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth!"
At the same time, Yutaka Nakonoji in the military formation was urging his men to move behind the main force of the Matsudaira family, intending to catch them all in one fell swoop.
"We have drawn them out. The Matsudaira family has indeed been fooled." Furunoji Yutaka sneered and shook his head repeatedly, "You thought I wouldn't come? So you just sent all the troops out in a big way, so that no one was guarding behind you. Wipe them all out.
, don’t let anyone go!”
"Don't underestimate the blood relationship between brothers..." Furunoji Yutaka rode his horse forward while looking at the horse print of the Matsudaira family, guessing how the Matsudaira eldest relative under the horse mark would be gnashing his teeth at this moment, "You can't do anything for people.
I will be punished by heaven and earth...but there will always be some people who will make others willing to be punished by heaven and earth and want to help them."
The appearance of the main force of the Imagawa family made the entire battle meaningless in an instant. The Matsudaira family had already pressed forward with their entire army and spread out their horse seals to besiege Imagawa Yoshimoto. There was not a single soldier in the formation. Even a hundred-man army
The combat troops were enough to destroy the Matsudaira family's command post - not to mention the thousands of combat troops - which was almost as many as the Matsudaira family's entire army.
There is no room for improvement in the war situation.
After all, Matsudaira Nagauchi is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for half his life. His choice to escape was unambiguous. He took Matsudaira Yasutaka, Matsudaira Nobusada and other close followers to abandon the army and abscond, and headed northwest without saying a word. They planned to bypass the battlefield and cross the border.
Cross the Oto River and run back to Okazaki Castle.
The soldiers of the Matsudaira family were not so lucky. When they were fighting on the front line, sooner or later they discovered that the roaring army appeared behind them. Everyone was frightened and at a loss - if they couldn't
If the formation is adjusted in time, the Matsudaira army that was attacked will collapse instantly. Every samurai and every ashigaru turned their attention to the horse seal at this time, hoping that their commander could come up with a solution - but what they saw was
Only the horse prints and people who were cut down went to camp in the empty main formation.
The morale of the Matsudaira Army on the east side of the battlefield suddenly collapsed. Each unit withdrew from the battlefield one after another and gathered under the leadership of their own samurai to escape. The few samurai who still wanted to resist were immediately surrounded and annihilated by the outflanking Imagawa Army reinforcements, and more people
The Imagawa troops, who had been spread out while escaping, made forced landings one after another.
The wave of retreat rolled from east to west. More and more Matsudaira troops realized what was happening in front of them, and the huge army dispersed like birds and beasts. However, all retreat routes had been blocked by the Imagawa troops. On the plains beside the river, they had no chance.
There was nowhere to escape. A few people crossed the Yahagi River and swam to the west bank, while more people had no choice but to throw down their weapons and kneel down to ask for surrender. The Matsudaira clan, the Sakurai Matsudaira family and the Fukugama Matsudaira family were almost completely wiped out.
"Don't panic, don't panic, there is still a chance!"
Matsudaira Nagachichi, who fled on horseback, looked back at the chasing Imagawa cavalry while constantly calming the emotions of the people around him, "Takematsu Maru (Matsudaira Hirotada) is still in our hands! The Imagawa family dare not do anything wrong! We
Escape back to Okazaki Castle and use Takematsumaru as a hostage to negotiate with them, and you will definitely not let the Imagawa family succeed!"
"But our entire army was wiped out in this battle. Most of the Matsudaira family's troops are gone. How can the remaining people fight against the Imagawa Army?" Matsudaira Nobusada was extremely anxious. "What's more, the Oda Army is also besieging Anxiang City. Maybe
We will cross the river to Okazaki Castle tomorrow, what should we do?"
"This is our chance of survival, idiot!" Matsudaira Nagauchi cursed at Matsudaira Nobusada, "Both the Oda family and the Imagawa family want the support of the Matsudaira family, so we have room for maneuver! Besides, we have
There are thousands of people in Okazaki Castle Castle, including the Goi Matsudaira family, the Tojo Matsudaira family and the Miki Matsudaira family. It will not be a problem to hold on for a while, and they will never be overthrown by the Imagawa family!"
"That's right! With my brother (Matsudaira Nobutaka) and my family's army here, Okazaki Castle can't be defeated by the Imagawa family without siege equipment with only a few thousand people!" Matsudaira Yasutaka was told by Matsudaira Nagauchi.
He regained his energy and said in a deep voice as if to cheer himself up, "We still have a chance to turn defeat into victory!"
A group of people hurried across the bridge over the Oto River and rushed all the way to the castle town of the southern part of Okazaki Castle. Behind them, the Imagawa family's cavalry also chased them to the bridge over the Oto River. The residents of the castle town were frightened by the sudden galloping knights.
They all hid in their rooms in panic. Matsudaira Nagauchi went straight to the south gate and shouted to the top of the city: "I am Matsudaira Izumo Shou, open the door quickly!"
"Grandfather?" A surprised shout came from the city gate. A moment later, Matsudaira Nobutaka, who was staying at Okazaki Castle, was seen staggering to the top of the city, leaning on the wall stacks and sticking his head out, "Why are you here?
Aren’t you going to ambush the Imagawa Army in the south?”
"We're defeated, we're defeated, stop talking, open the door quickly and let us in. Didn't you see the pursuers are right behind you?" Matsudaira Nagachichi was so anxious that he got angry, and regardless of his white beard, he yelled, "
Open the door quickly!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes...yes...let's start!" Matsudaira Nobutaka's voice almost burst into tears, and he slowly backed away until he retreated into the shadow beside the stairs.
Then she begged tremblingly: "Woman, can you move the knife away? My neck is scratched!"
"A manly man, are you afraid of pain? There is really nothing you can do..." Ginkgo, who held a knife against Matsudaira Nobutaka's neck, chuckled, then frowned and scolded in a deep voice, "Why don't you ask someone to open the door and let them in?
Then take it on the spot!"
Time goes back to last night, late at night on September 29, the 9th year of Tenmon (1540), Matsudaira Nobutaka was slowly leaving the dungeon.
He came here to visit Matsudaira Hirotada who was imprisoned here - after all, Matsudaira Hirotada is also his nephew, Matsudaira Nobutaka still misses this family relationship. To be honest, in fact, compared to Matsudaira Nobusada
, Matsudaira Nobutaka still supports Matsudaira Hirotada as the governor of the family. He had secretly planned to launch a coup in Okazaki City to bring Matsudaira back - who would have thought that Matsudaira himself actually asked the Imagawa family to lure the wolf into the house.
Brought the Imagawa army to Mikawa.
The previous incident of the Imagawa family snatching Yoshida Castle had caused panic among the Matsudaira clan, and Matsudaira Nobutaka was no exception - he was worried that Imagawa Yoshimoto would use Matsudaira Hirotada as his banner to usurp the Matsudaira family's territory. Therefore, when his grandfather Matsudaira Nagauchi
When he secretly linked up with everyone to deal with Imagawa Yoshimoto, Matsudaira Nobutaka chose to join after much hesitation. He was different from Matsudaira Nobusada, who was at odds with Matsudaira Hirotada. He did not want to target Matsudaira Hirotada, but just wanted to keep his own territory.
Therefore, when Matsudaira Hirotada was accidentally captured, Matsudaira Nobutaka immediately interceded with Matsudaira Nagauchi on his behalf - but Matsudaira Naganchike was very cruel to his great-grandson and directly imprisoned him in the dungeon. Matsudaira Nobutaka couldn't bear it, so he came in private
Visit Matsudaira Hirotada and bring him some food.
After watching Matsudaira Hirotada, Matsudaira Nobutaka was ready to leave the dungeon and return to Okazaki Castle Castle to take charge. Now the struggle between Matsudaira Army and Imagawa Army has reached a fever pitch. As the remaining defender of Okazaki Castle, he must fulfill his duties faithfully - his brain
This was what Li thought until he happened to pass by the cell where the maid brought by Imagawa Yoshimoto was imprisoned.
After seeing the maid named "Xing'er", Matsudaira Nobutaka's eyes suddenly straightened, as if he couldn't move forward - no wonder so many jailers like to hang around outside this cell without staying anywhere else. Imagawa
Yoshimoto's maid is really beautiful and beautiful - no wonder there are rumors that Imagawa Yoshimoto is drunk in the bed every day and ignores political affairs - with such a maid, who can get away from the bed?
However, Matsudaira Nobutaka still wanted to save face. It was too blatant to take the female prisoner directly from the cell. So he coughed twice and looked at the pens of his horses. The pens nodded understandingly, and Matsudaira was satisfied.
Returned to the castle tower - then showered and changed clothes, eager to get ready.
It didn't take long for the capable pen to bring people into the castle tower. After Nobutaka Matsudaira heard the movement downstairs, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Come here, bring that little bitch up to me!"
After the maid was sent to the door of the dormitory, she was immediately frightened by the circle of brightly armored warriors on the top floor of the castle tower. She fell to the ground and kept shaking. Matsudaira Nobutaka cleared his throat, as if to show off his strength.
He shouted manly: "Everyone, go down and stay downstairs! Do you still want to listen to my advice? No one is allowed to go upstairs without my order!"
After the warriors went downstairs, the maid staggered into the bedroom with her head lowered.
"Come here, beauty! I won't harm you. Just listen to me and I'll make sure you're fine." Nobutaka Matsudaira showed a lewd smile and opened his arms to the woman.
The maid moved a little cautiously, her restless little hands having nowhere to rest.
"Get closer!" Matsudaira Nobutaka urged anxiously, and he took a few steps forward, "It's not close enough!"
The maid seemed to be frightened by Matsudaira Nobutaka's actions, and turned around and ran towards the foot of the house. Matsudaira's animalistic nature suddenly became fierce, and he chased after her like a hungry tiger. The maid fled to the weapon rack, with no way out, and her back was against the wall.
He began to tremble in a panic. Matsudaira Nobutaka couldn't care less about his appearance at the moment, so he pounced on him - and what greeted him was not the gentle nephrite, but the cold chill.
He was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at the blade on his neck - the maid pulled out the knife from the weapon rack at an astonishing speed and pointed it at his neck with perfect accuracy.
"This is close enough." Ginkgo laughed contemptuously, slightly changed the angle of the blade, slowly pressed down the katana, and at the same time scolded with a frown: "Kneel down for me, young lady!"
This time it was Matsudaira Nobutaka Rokugami's turn. He had not yet calmed down and just obeyed the instructions honestly.
"You really don't regard cats as tigers?" Ginkgo glanced coldly at the samurai in front of her, "They just have some physical differences."
"Shout outside the house and ask your people to untie the other maid who is locked in the dungeon and bring her over." Ginkgo gave the order without any doubt, "Just say: 'Come here, bring the other little girl.'
You are not allowed to change a single word. This is the conversation I heard between you and your men just now. Don’t even think about passing on secret signals."
"This girl..." Nobutaka Matsudaira didn't realize until this moment that the "maid" in front of him was not a good person, and he also realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Don't think too much, Okazaki Castle is already in my hands." Ginkgo hit the knife hard again, and the pain was so painful that Matsudaira Nobutaka almost screamed.
Ginkgo didn't say much, she just laughed and returned the original words:
"I won't harm you. Just listen to me and I'll make sure you're fine."