When Imagawa Yoshimoto returned to the vicinity of Shiratori Shrine with his horsemen, there was already a loud noise in the direction of Mount Ryumi. However, there was no high ground around Imagawa Yoshimoto. Looking from the ground, it was not known how many people came from the Oda family. .But judging from the size of the smoke alone, the number of soldiers was at least 1,500, and Oda Nobuhide's own horse seal could be seen rushing towards Shiratori Shrine.
"Retreat and lure them into an ambush circle." After seeing that his goal was achieved, Imagawa Yoshimoto did not hesitate to order a U-turn and retreat. However, just when Jinsei Bei tried to switch to a marching column and retreat, inside the Shiratori Shrine, However, the Anxiang soldiers suddenly rushed out from the west and launched a side attack on Zhenxibei. Yamada Ketaka quickly adjusted the formation and completed the formation, but the Anxiang soldiers were forced to the east - near the Oto River. .
"Let Anyuanbei form a formation to cover!" Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately ordered Anyuanbei, who was evacuating the people just now, to turn back and fight. They moved south to protect Zhenxibei's retreat, and retreated back alternately with Zhenxibei.
At this moment, the Oda army who had been killed from Ryumi Mountain came to the front, led by Oda Nobhide's horse seal and his 200 horse back cavalry. The galloping momentum of the 200 horses was quite terrifying and peaceful. Everyone cheered when they saw their governor arriving. Regardless of the frontal battlefield, Oda Nobuhide immediately rode his horse around the west side of Shiratori Shrine and headed straight to Onishi Town in the south. He seemed to want to draw a circle and outflank the Imagawa army's rear. .
Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately sent Himura Umoha and Akai Kurotaka with the horseback troops to cover the retreat, but they were still a little late. Oda Nobuhide's horseback troops broke into Onishi Town before the first part of the Imagawa Army and blocked Imagawa. The army retreated south. The horseback troops of the Imagawa Army arrived later, but the cavalry had difficulty in the streets and alleys, and could not quickly regain control of Onishi Town. Oda Nobuhide found the second floor of a restaurant in Onishi Town. Putting on his own horse seal, he began to condescendingly direct the arriving Oda army to encircle Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Retreat to the southeast!" After Yoshimoto Imagawa saw that the retreat route straight south to Onishi Town had been blocked, he immediately ordered Jin Saibei and Anyonbei to retreat southeast along the Oto River and pass through the tidal flat between Onishi Town and Oto River. Withdraw to Miai Town. "Let Himura and Akai keep an eye on the enemy forces in Onishi Town. They must not be allowed to continue heading east!"
However, on the way to the retreat of Zhenxi Bei and Anyuan Bei, one can see large numbers of prisoners and civilians supporting each other to evacuate south. They had been escorted and beaten for two days, and their physical strength was on the verge of reaching the limit, and their walking distance was natural. It was not good either. He was stumbling and couldn't walk fast at all, and he was quickly caught up by Zhen Xibei and An Yuanbei.
"Move over! Let them move over!" Yamada Ketaka shouted and waved his riding whip, fearing that these prisoners and civilians would break up the Imagawa army's formation. However, these prisoners and civilians were just a ball of loose sand, so how could they simply point to give way? Order? After all the fuss, there were still many people wandering around the tidal flats like headless flies. But the Oda army behind them was already chasing them. Zhenxi Bei and Anyuan Bei had no choice but to They were able to quickly move through the crowd in platoon units and evacuate southward.
"Your Highness, if the Oda army suddenly attacks and our formation is scattered, it will be very difficult to respond to the enemy." Asai Masatoshi glanced at the crowds of people around him, and then at the scattered flags of each department. Suggested to Imagawa Yoshimoto. From time to time, people were pushed towards Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse seal by the crowd. The guards tried their best to stop them, and the situation was a bit chaotic when the crowds collided.
"It's okay, the Oda Army has no chance to attack us." Imagawa Yoshimoto was always paying attention to the flags of the Oda Army going south - Oda Nobuhide's flag, Oda Nobumitsu's Senseizu, Oda Nobuhiro's Anxiangzhu and Ie Lao Saku
Ma Morishige's troops have pursued deep into the vicinity of Onishi Town, trying to encircle and suppress the Imagawa Army. And further away, there seems to be smoke and dust rising from Mount Ryumi. It should be that the follow-up troops are still following up. However, the Imagawa Army has no chance to wait until everyone
All the Oda troops have fallen into a trap - if they don't launch an ambush, Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse seals will be in danger of being attacked.
"Start taking action." Imagawa Yoshimoto asked the flag bearer to wave the red bird horse seal, and gave the order to attack the ambushes in Tanada Forest, Senshou Town, and Minamioka Shrine. However, he also kept a cautious eye and let the people on Koh-Noor Mountain
Sanhe Zhong remains on standby as a reserve team.
On June 10, the 11th year of Tenmon (1542), at noon, the Imagawa family three-way ambushes were dispatched. The Hōto Ezog from Tanada Forest, the Nakaō Ezo from Senshou Town, and the Saito Ezo from Minamigaoka Shrine all gathered together.
Troops were sent out to target the Oda Army in Onishi Town. Just now, the Oda Army, which had been besieging the Imagawa family's 1,000 Hatamoto soldiers with 2,500 soldiers, was suddenly faced with an attack by nearly 1,900 soldiers from behind.
"So many?" Oda Nobuhide also took a breath of cold air when he saw this situation, "It's more than double what I thought. Is the Imagawa family doing such a great job? All the soldiers who retreated with the auxiliary soldiers were all
No, they all came here to ambush. Isn't he afraid that I will go directly to the auxiliary troops?"
After the ambush broke out, the battle situation reversed in an instant. Oda Nobuhide in Onishi Town had to allocate a large number of troops to besiege Imagawa Yoshimoto, and turned around to deal with the Toe auxiliary troops who were coming from many directions. He originally wanted to besiege Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Oda Nobuhide's horse seal, his own horse seal was surrounded by the Imagawa family on three sides in Onishi Town.
"It's better that we hurry up." Imagawa Yoshimoto, who stopped retreating among the running prisoners and civilians, asked the flag bearer to wave his horse seal, signaling the flag bearer Xibei and Anyuanbei to prepare to assemble their troops and counterattack westward. However, people were scattered everywhere.
There were many captives and civilians, and the tidal flat beside Yichuan River was really a bit chaotic.
At this moment, a man was seen stumbling in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse. Several guards saw this and hurriedly stopped him with their swords. The man was startled and hurriedly knelt down in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse, indicating that he meant no harm.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "This warrior master Rong Chong, did you just see such a tall girl with a single braid?" The man was busy in a hurry.
He gestured his height in front of him and said to Imagawa Yoshimoto in a panic, "My daughter and I are lost and I can't find her there."
"Single braid? Wearing blue clothes." Imagawa Yoshimoto thought of Xiaokui's appearance, and confirmed to the man in front of him, "There is indeed such a little girl looking for her father."
"Ah, yes! Excuse me, samurai master, where did she go?" The man's eyes seemed to light up for an instant, and he asked hurriedly.
"South." Imagawa Yoshimoto turned back and pointed in the direction of Miai Town in the southeast. The next moment, taking advantage of Imagawa Yoshimoto's distracted turning back, the man suddenly launched an attack, pulled out a handful of ribs, stepped forward and stabbed straight.
Imagawa Yoshimoto's abdomen. The guards on both sides didn't react in time, and they didn't even have time to issue a reminder.
However, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around to dodge, then turned around and struck with the knife, which in turn forced the man into a dangerous situation. He took several steps back before he could regain his footing.
"Have you seen it already?" The man who failed to attack laughed in surprise.
"The little girl still had double braids when she met me, but I knocked one of her braids loose. If you and she were separated before, then if you are looking for someone, you will definitely say you are looking for a girl with 'double braids.'
How could it be said that it was a 'single braid'?" Imagawa Yoshimoto looked unkind and looked at the assassin in front of him coldly, "He was obviously hiding aside and saw me helping the little girl up, and I only saw her single braid.
, after hearing our conversation, he came to pretend to be the little girl’s father and assassinate her.”
"Haha, I'm quite smart, but how could such a smart person be so stupid as to come to save other people and captives when the enemy is in front of me?" The man smiled to himself, stopped pretending, and laid out his list.
In a provocative manner, "Since you found out that I am an assassin, why didn't you strike first just now?"
"I'm afraid that my guess is wrong and I accidentally injure the child's father." Imagawa Yoshimoto also simply turned over and dismounted.
"Is there really such a kind-hearted samurai in the world?" The man tilted his neck and made a few "kaka" sounds, "Really, Imagawa Yoshimoto? Come and beg for it."
"Since it's a one-horse attack, why did you make a sneak attack just now?" Imagawa Yoshimoto also held Ryuumaru in his stance and said, "Your Excellency, tell me your name."
"Oda Bungo kept his word and asked for advice." The man reported the name of the most powerful general in the Oda family.
"How could the majestic lord of the city wear civilian clothes and do such casual things, sneak attacks and hurt people?" Imagawa Yoshimoto did not expect that the assassin in front of him was actually an important member of the Oda family, and he was even more dissatisfied. But he looked at it
Seeing the shabby ribs in Oda Nobumitsu's hands, he still motioned to Hayasaka Nao next to him and asked Hayasaka Nao to give him a katana to use as a duel weapon. Hayasaka Nao then took off his own saber and handed it to Oda Nobumitsu.
After Oda Nobumitsu took the knife, he didn't even say "thank you". He turned around and slashed at Hayasaka Nao with the knife. Imagawa Yoshimoto was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to block Hayasaka Nao, and then scolded severely:
"Is this how the samurai of the Oda family fight with one horse? Where is the etiquette, justice and shame?"
"We Owari people only want to win and have no shame." Oda Nobumitsu laughed twice, pushed away Imagawa Yoshimoto and shouted at the top of his voice: "Do it! Do it! Imagawa Yoshimoto is here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, six or seven Oda family warriors in civilian attire suddenly rushed out of the queue of refugees who were fleeing nearby. They drew their short swords and slashed at the guards of Imagawa Yoshimoto. The guards were caught off guard, and many of them were knocked down at once.
, and all the horses of Imagawa Yoshimoto were chopped down by swords and lay in a pool of blood.
Chaos was not just happening around Imagawa Yoshimoto, the entire Imagawa family queue in the east of Onishi Town was in chaos at the moment. There were hundreds of Oda family warriors in civilian clothes, mixed among the prisoners and civilians, and they burst into rage upon hearing the sound.
Following the sound, they rushed towards Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse seal. The bannermen of the Imagawa family did not expect that there were so many Oda troops hidden among the refugees they gathered, and they were at a loss for a moment. The frightened people also suddenly acted like
Birds and beasts dispersed, disrupting the Imagawa family's queue.
"It's done." At this time, in the main formation on Longmei Mountain, Lin Xiuzhen clapped her hands and laughed with satisfaction. He arranged in advance for hundreds of elite soldiers to be mixed among the prisoners and civilians and be rescued by the Imagawa army, just to wait for someone close to Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Capture the thief later and capture the king first.
"Good people cannot survive, Your Majesty Imakawa. Our Oda family has always understood this, so we don't talk about martial ethics. We just want your head."