As the sky gradually cooled down, Imagawa Yoshima also saw the situation on the battlefield clearly. Imagawa Shimoto actually left the army in the north. Those camps and flags were not false, but were places where troops were stationed. And the south was completely empty.
The darkness is not hidden intentionally, but there is really no one there.
"Is it true that Sena Ujitoshi was not a double agent, but actually deceived Imagawa Ujimoto? Did he trick him into ambushing an army in the north?" Imagawa Yoshima was speechless, and the situation in front of him made him laugh and cry, "Then I would rather
Is it because you are clever but you are misled by your cleverness?”
"Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself. Conspiracies are just like this. No one can predict who will win." Iio Noriyuki looked at it openly, "A conspiracy is nothing more than linking one link after another, and one step will win the other. But if you think too much,
If you take two steps, you'll be shooting yourself in the foot."
"Fortunately, after they saw Toda Danmasa (Yasumitsu Toda) setting fire in the south, they transferred the main force from the upstream ferry to the south. They only called it back now, wasting a little time and allowing our vanguard to land.
"Iio Noriken looked at Horikoshi Bei who had already entered Sena Bei's camp, Iio Bei, and Okuhira Bei and Kira Bei who were about to complete the river crossing. "Otherwise, we would be the ones who were hit halfway across the river."
The two sides exchanged strategies, and the final result was a head-on decisive battle at the ferry upstream in the north. 2,500 people from Iio, Horikoshi, Okudaira, and Kirabe faced off against Asahina, Sena, Ogasawara, Matsui, and Shinno.
There were 2,500 people prepared, each with more than 800 soldiers fighting. The auxiliary soldiers of the rebel army did not cross the river, while the auxiliary soldiers of the counter-rebel army hid outside the battlefield on the east side.
At this moment, Sena Bei's 170 soldiers were already in crisis under the attack of three times the strength of Iio Bei and Horikoshi Bei. Even Sena Uji Sada and Sena Uji Toshi had to personally carry their swords into battle. Sena Bei
Behind the east side is the hill where Imagawa Ujimoto and Asahina Tainou's headquarters are located. On the north side are Iiobei's 200 soldiers, on the south side are Horikoshi Bei's 300 soldiers, and on the west side is the Tenryu River, which is blocked.
In the land of death.
"Go, rescue Sena Bei's brothers!" Asahina Yasunaga, who was the first to rush back to the battlefield, led 100 soldiers to attack Horikoshi's back. The leader, Horikoshi Sadaki, immediately arranged for his eldest son, Horikoshi Nobu, to detach a force.
100 soldiers responded to the enemy. Asahina Yasunaga led several Hatamoto samurai and urged the horses to attack the Horikoshi family's front line. Because the Horikoshi family mobilized hastily, they were unable to move the spearmen to the front, and instead sent more than a dozen spearmen to the front.
A sword-wielding soldier came to resist the cavalry - which was naturally unstoppable. Asahina Taichang led the crowd on horseback, swung his swords left and right to open up the space, and already opened a hole in the battle line. The Asahina family behind him
The young men shouted loudly and rushed forward, almost repelling Horikoshi Nobu.
At this moment, a shower of arrows suddenly flew from the west side. Asahinaitai, who was the first to charge, was hit by three arrows on his long shoulder armor and retreated in a hurry. Several other warriors were also forced back by random arrows. One unlucky man even
He fell off his horse and was hacked to death with random knives. He turned around to look at Taicho Hinata, and saw Okuhei, who was still struggling to cross the river on the ford. In order to cover the friendly forces, he mobilized an archery team to attack the shore. However, the current was fast and the distance was far, so this
The Arrow Team failed to cause much damage, but only delayed the offensive of Asahina Yasushiro's headquarters.
"First of all, make room quickly!" At this time, the 100 soldiers of Asahina Taichi who were following behind Asahina Taichi were blocked on the road and couldn't help but urge. They could only see the feathers in front of them.
Arrows were flying randomly, and shouts of killing were heard constantly, but in the crowds of people, they had no idea what was going on in front of them. Behind them, the Asahina family's 130th soldier, led by Asahina Kantoku, was also overwhelmed by the crowd and unable to move forward.
"The distance between this mountain and the river is too small, and it's all blocked by Horikoshi." Yasuno Asahina on Honjin Mountain could clearly see the problem, and signaled the flag bearer of Imagawa Ujimoto to start shaking the red bird horse seal, "
Let Higo Mamoru (Asahina Yasutoshi) lead the army up the mountain, then climb down the mountain, and directly enter the Senabe camp for rescue. Then let Tanba Mamoru (Asahina Chitoku) lead the army to bypass the mountain from the east and from the north.
Fight back and attack behind Iio Bei!"
After Akatorimain gave the order slowly, the second and third soldiers of the Asahina family who were crowded on the shore quickly left. After that, Matsui's 80 soldiers, Ogasawara's 100 soldiers and Shinno's soldiers
The 70 soldiers also followed. Asahina Taino noticed that the two detour roads were already crowded, so he ordered them to stay put.
"Hold on, the reinforcements will be here soon!" Sena Ujisad watched the flags waving on the mountain and knew that Asahina Yasuno was directing the rescue, so he shouted to boost the morale of his subordinates. In order to avoid being injured by the drifting arrows, Sena Usada
I chose to dismount and take command.
Unlike the southern front, the situation on the northern front where Sena Ujitoshi is personally in charge is much worse. While resisting, the soldiers on the southern side can still see Asahina's troops trying to rescue them in the distance, but the northern side can only fend off Iio Bei in vain.
The fierce attack. Sena Shitoshi finally retreated to rest for a while, wiping the blood on his cheeks with his sleeves. However, after seeing many more mounted samurai from the Iio family leading the ashigaru charge, he had to raise his sword again.
To make up for it. Sena Shijun is usually a slightly introverted person, and he can't yell to boost morale like other samurai. But his slightly frail body does not hesitate to risk his life to fight on the front line, which is in itself
It has inspired the soldiers of the Sena family.
After a fierce battle for a long time, Sena Bei's casualties gradually approached 30% - this was already a very dangerous number for the medieval Japanese army. Seeing that the battle line was about to break, cheers suddenly came from behind the formation. Sena Ujitoshi turned his head.
Look, I saw Asahina Taitomo's army fighting down from the main mountain, and Asahina's reinforcements also circled behind Iio Bei, forcing Iio Bei to separate his troops for defense, and Sena Bei's pressure was suddenly relieved.
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"Let Higo Mamoru take over Senabe's position, and move Senabe to the back of the formation to take a rest." Asahina Yasuno issued an order to the flag bearer, and at the same time looked to the south, "Ask Ogasawarabe to follow Asahina Nibi.
Take the route up the mountain and enter the main formation as a reserve team. Then let Matsui Bei and Shinno Bei..."
"What do you want them to do?" Imagawa Moto asked in confusion when he saw Asahina Yasuno hesitated.
"I want the two to cross the river in the opposite direction, forcing the opponent's Okuhei and Kirabe who have just landed to return to support the main formation." Asahina Yasuno raised his hand and pointed to the empty main formation under Imagawa Ryoshin's fake red bird horse.
"But it always feels like a trap. There is no reason to leave the formation so empty, as if there is no defense at all."
After Asahina Taino considered it for a moment, he still issued the order, "Let Ryobi cross the river. To put it bluntly, Imagawa Yoshima is just a rookie who has fought once and suffered a huge defeat. I didn't catch him even after he showed his flaws.
reason."
After giving the order, Asahina Taino breathed a sigh of relief, took out the wine gourd from his waist, and began to pour several sips of wine into his mouth. When the battle was tense just now, he didn't even have the chance to take a sip.
"Is the victory certain?" Imagawa Ujimoto read some information from Asahina Taino's body language.
"Just wait for the nobles in the camp to deal with the Toda Bei who acted as a feint attack. With three times the strength advantage, there is no reason why we can't win." Asahina Yasuno sat down on a stone and looked towards the south.
Da Ying had not paid much attention to him, but his drinking speed gradually slowed down, until the hand holding the drink was also hovering in the air.
Because it can be seen at a glance from a high place that Toda Bei and the people of Enji are obviously "fighting a tacit fake war". It seems that arrows are flying randomly and swords are intersecting, but in fact there is basically no change in the battle line.
There were only a dozen or so casualties. The two armies had obviously made secret arrangements and agreed not to be serious about each other.
"Is this... they want to preserve their strength so that they can bargain with their master later?" Asahina Taino put down the wine gourd and guessed incomprehensibly.
"Could it be that he colluded with my third brother to rebel?" Imagawa Ujimoto gave another possibility.
"That's absolutely impossible. All their children have been sent to Kakegawa Castle as hostages. How could it be the other way around? This is different from the daughters of the Horikoshi family who have been married into other families. They are both the eldest sons of the clan. How can they just abandon them?"
Asahina Tai could retort without thinking, "But it doesn't matter, even if we don't rely on them, we can win the battle head on."
Imagawa Ujimoto nodded thoughtfully and looked at the battle situation on the front battlefield. The sky was gradually getting brighter. After the three reinforcements arrived at the Hina family, Sena Bei had already slowed down. Instead, Iio Bei and Horikoshi landed.
Bei fell into a situation of being flanked. Matsui Bei and Niino Bei who were crossing the river also immediately restrained the enemy's reinforcements. Okuhira Bei and Kira Bei, who had finally crossed the river, had to turn back into the rushing river again and rush back to rescue themselves.
The two armies marched through the night, wearing armor and paraphernalia and swimming in the shallows twice. The two armies had already exhausted most of their energy before fighting. If they really fought, they would probably not have much fighting power.
Imagawa Ujimoto looked at Matsui Bei and Shinno Bei who had crossed the other side of the river, and then at the people from the Toe country who were behaving strangely in the camp. Several thoughts suddenly flashed through his mind. After a while, he put them together
It became an idea.
"Binakamori, I have a bad idea." Imagawa Ujimoto muttered with a wry smile, "I feel like... there is nothing we can do."
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Asahina Taino turned around and asked.
"If the people from the Toe country in the camp now switch sides and go north to capture the ferry where Matsui Bei and Shinno Bei just crossed the river, then the two reserve teams that have already crossed the river will be trapped on the other side. Kii Mamoru (Asahina Yasunaga)
The backs of the reserve team will also be outflanked by them." Imagawa Ujimoto himself was a little reluctant to continue talking, as if he didn't want to face such a result, "When the time comes, these three reserve teams will be captured. My third brother
Do we have any room to refuse if we exchange them for the hostages of the wealthy families in Yuanjiang?"
"Oops." Asahina Tainou stood up suddenly, but the camp in the south had changed.
