Akabei of the Hojo family pushed the siege equipment built in two days in front of the east gate of Katsurayama Castle and attacked the city in a devastating manner. Katsurayama Bei was a subordinate of the Hojo family not long ago. Under the command of the temporary governor of the family, Ujikiyo Katsurayama, he fought against his former colleagues. Whether it was morale or fighting spirit, Katsurayama Bei was extremely low. He resisted for a few times and was rushed into the city. The flags of the Imagawa clan horsemen were planted all over Katsurayama Castle. , it did not have the effect of creating a false suspicion at all, and it seemed a bit ironic against the backdrop of the continuous influx of Hojo's scales.
"How did they know His Highness would leave today? If he hadn't left, these hundreds of soldiers would have died if they came to attack the city." While commanding the troops to resist, Katsurayama Ukiyoshi also had to be wary of his pro-Hojo faction taking the opportunity to cause trouble. , already very worried, "Has His Highness's people not come back yet? Where are our messengers?"
"When the messengers arrived at Ashigarayama, His Highness had already rushed into the formation. We couldn't contact our people, so we had to leave one to wait, and the other came back first!" Katsurayama Ujikiyo's attendant looked solemn, "Sir, we really can't do it. Just evacuate."
"How is that possible?" Ujikiyo Katsurayama loudly refused without hesitation, "If we withdraw, what will happen to Katsurayama Castle that has been passed down from generation to generation? The Hojo family has occupied Katsurayama Castle, but they cannot produce any heirs of the Katsurayama family. If I inherit it, wouldn’t it mean that Katsurayama Castle will fall into the hands of others? If that’s the case, it’s better to let my brother and the pro-Hojo faction regain power, and at least keep the family crest and territory of the Katsurayama family!”
"Why haven't you come back, Your Highness? If you don't come back, the city will really be lost..." The Kazuyama clan was sweating profusely. They looked at the mountain road to the northeast again and again, but they never saw the returning red bird horse seal. At this time, Akabe of the Hojo family had already captured the east city, opened the east city gate, and launched a large-scale attack on the Katsurayama castle castle tower. The remaining defeated generals of the Katsurayama family had to gather around Honmaru to linger, waiting eagerly for Imagawa Yoshimoto's return— —But I don’t know that Imagawa Yoshimoto is still far away on the mountain road.
"Bite your teeth and bear it! Your Highness will come back!" Katsurayama Ujikiyo stood at the top of the Honmaru Castle and personally fought with the Hojo family's Akabi who was rushing up. At the same time, he shouted: "If we lose here? Everyone who died before will be in vain." do you died?"
However, no matter how hard Katsurayama Ujikiyo tried, in the face of Chibei's attacks, Katsurayama Bei was still retreating, and soon even the Honmaru position was lost. Katsurayama Ujikiyo had no choice but to lead his subordinates to retreat into the castle tower, trying to make the last move Give it a try - and many samurai who were originally pro-Hojo faction seem to have begun to prepare for an uprising on the battlefield, support the Katsurayama clan Kiyoshi, capture the Katsurayama clan Kiyoshi, and surrender to the Hojo family again.
At this critical moment, the Hojo family's offensive suddenly stopped. Immediately afterwards, people continued to withdraw from the castle tower, turning around and running to the east of the city. Katsurayama clan was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly climbed to the top of the castle tower. Looking around, I discovered that an army had come out of the northwest mountainous area at some point - that was from the direction of Kai, under the banner of Takeda Hishi!
The group of people who arrived had about 200 riders. After rushing out of the mountain road, they rushed directly to the auxiliary troops of the Hojo family. The Hojo family obviously did not set up a horse on the official road from Suruga to Kai. The sentry was caught off guard by this turn of events and had no preparation. Before the red soldiers could withdraw from the city, the knights of the Takeda family had already rushed into the ranks of the Hojo army's auxiliary soldiers and killed them indiscriminately, easily killing them all. disperse.
This knight of the Takeda family did not covet the head or military exploits at all, and was not interested in the auxiliary soldiers who were fleeing in confusion. They turned their horses and charged towards the Hojo family soldiers at the east gate of Katsurayama Castle. The leader could not catch up.
The weak crown was already heroic, charging forward with a sword in hand, and shouted loudly when he entered the Hojo family formation:
"I am Shiro Itogenshiro, the personal guard of the great master of the Kanto region! Among you Kanto rats, do any of you dare to fight with me?"
"People from the Takeda family?" Hojo Tsunaka couldn't help but gasped when he saw this, "How could it be so fast? The support from the Imagawa family has not yet arrived, but the people from the Takeda family have arrived? Are they from Fujiyoshida Castle?"
Or from Tsugasakikan?"
Afterwards, he quickly walked up to the Ninomaru castle tower and looked towards the mountain road in the northwest direction - on the way of the Takeda family's reinforcements, large swaths of smoke and dust were faintly visible, whether it was suspicious soldiers or a large number of reinforcements.
"Takeda Daisen is unfathomable. Maybe he had anticipated the Katsurayama Castle Incident and arranged for troops to be stationed at Fujiyoshida Castle."
The samurai of Momo have always been quite afraid of Takeda Harunobu, and Hojo Tsunadaka was no exception. Thinking of this, he decisively ordered to his subordinates: "Break out to the south and join our reinforcements."
After Hojo Tsunaka's flag was waved, the red soldiers scattered in Katsurayama Castle turned to evacuate towards the south gate. Genshiro Iitomi obviously had no intention of letting them go, and led the knights of the Takeda family to pursue and attack Hojo.
Ie Akabe held on to his tail. Hojo Tsunadaka felt cold sweat on his back - if this continues, when they retreat to the plain outside the city, there is absolutely no way he can survive with the more than 50 cavalry in his hands.
The 200 Takeda family cavalry covered the evacuation of the infantry and the dispersed auxiliaries.
"Leave one part behind." Hojo Tsunaka gritted his teeth and issued an order that was tantamount to sending his subordinates to death. However, the Hojo samurai who received the order did not hesitate and took their subordinates to fight back to the Ninomaru neighborhood.
, to buy time for the main force to evacuate.
"You spineless Sagami guy, you would rather abandon your friendly forces and die than stay and fight to the death? With more than 300 soldiers in hand, don't you even have the courage to fight with 200 of me?" Genshiro Iitomi said to Akabe of the Hojo family.
Decided to scoff, he didn't even have the interest to command his subordinates to outflank him. He directly drew his sword in his hand and launched a fierce attack from the front towards the Hojo Chibei who had left behind. In about two quarters of an hour, all the Hojo Chibei who resisted were wiped out.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Cut..." After the victory, Genshiro Iitomi glanced disdainfully at the body of the Hojo family's Chibi who fell on the ground, waved his hand, and signaled his subordinates to start cleaning.
Battlefield - these captured ordnance and weapons were a considerable amount of income for the poor Kai. He threw a bunch of heads tied around his waist to the military commander, and he squatted down and fiddled with them.
He was holding the red gauze on the body of a red body. After untying it twice, he could not untie the rope. Iitomi Genshiro simply pulled hard and pulled the gauze's shoulder armor with his arms, regardless of the blood splashed all over him.
, he took care of himself and took off all the belongings from the corpse.
Iitomi Genshiro picked up the red red utensil, weighed it, and struck it twice with the back of the knife. Then he lifted it up with satisfaction and looked at the bright red blood flowing down the texture against the sunlight.
"The color of this foot is good, like blood." Iitomi Genshiro smacked his lips, and then looked at the severed arms and limbs on the ground, "But people who wear footwear are not good at it, so the majesty of this foot cannot be shown."
In the evening, Imagawa Yoshimoto finally hurried back to Katsurayama Castle. On his way back, he received a warning from Katsurayama Castle and thought that Katsurayama Castle had been lost. However, he unexpectedly discovered Takeda Hisashi's flag at the head of Katsurayama Castle——
And the horse seal of Takeda Harunobu himself.
"Is he pretending to be a suspicious soldier?" Imagawa Yoshimoto secretly speculated, but after entering the city, he immediately saw Takeda Harunobu himself in the castle tower.
"Torachiyo, why are you here?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was startled.
"Master Yukisai asked us for help, saying that our place is close to Katsurayama Castle." Takeda Harunobu crossed his arms, tilted his head and looked at Imagawa Yoshimotochi, "What do you mean, Goro, you are on the front line? I didn't expect you to really
On the "front line"."
"Yeah, I'm exhausted. Half my life is gone." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the dirty clothes and armor on his body and wished he could take a bath immediately.
"I heard from your Imagawa family retainers that you used that iron cannon?" Takeda Harunobu looked over Imagawa Yoshimoto's shoulder to the dark barrel of the gun on his back, "Use it on horseback to harass the opponent's infantry.
To slow down the march?”
"It's not all on horseback. It's just that when maneuvering, you still have to stop when you want to reload, and you have to dismount to shoot." Imagawa Yoshimoto touched the barrel of the gun behind his back, and there was still some residual warmth on it.
"Then when someone chases you with cavalry, what do you do? Do you fight back with bows and arrows?" Takeda Harunobu seems to be quite interested in these questions, and he has the momentum to break the casserole and ask the question.
"Don't talk about this for now. I'll talk to you in detail another day." Imagawa Yoshimoto waved his hand, and then pointed to the garrison of the Takeda family in Honmaruchi, "You only came with 200 horses?"
"Yes, there are cavalry running on the mountain road behind with broomsticks tied to them, deliberately raising smoke and dust." Takeda Harunobu nodded matter-of-factly, "If you ask for help in a hurry, how can you mobilize the army? The main force behind wants to come to Hedong, at least.
Got ten
It’s half a month.”
"Then you're not afraid of being stuck in this lonely city alone?"
"What are you afraid of?" Takeda Harunobu dismissed Imagawa Yoshimoto's worries, "This Katsurayama Castle is the chessboard. With Katsurayama Castle in your hands, the Hojo family will no longer have a foothold in Kadong. If nothing else, he
Now it is difficult for the two armies to even join forces, they are completely separated by the Katsurayama Castle. If the lion is wise, he should retreat on his own. How can he dare to fully siege the city? Otherwise, as soon as the Imagawa family's army arrives from the south, the Hojo family can be
Half of the army is blocked on the mountain road south of Geshan Castle."
"Is it really as useful as you say?" Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned doubtfully, "My teacher also said that this Kuzuyama Castle is extremely important, and I must protect it at all costs."
"Of course, Kuzuyama Castle is the most important link on the mountain road around Mount Hakone. Taking Katsurayama Castle is equivalent to cutting off this road around the mountain. From now on, it will be difficult for the Hojo family to attack on two fronts, and the two armies have no way*
**He. And if all the troops from Sagami take the south route, the traffic in Hakone is so limited, and his army will have to be delayed on the road for a long time. Even if he enters Suruga, he will not dare to go north to besiege Katsurayama Castle, otherwise he will be defeated by you.
The troops marching east from Suruga cut off their retreat. If they leave Kuzuyama Castle alone and go directly west to the hinterland of Suruga, they may be cut off by the troops heading south from Katsurayama Castle." Takeda Harunobu pointed to the mountainous peaks of Hakone to the east.
Mountains, Imagawa Yoshimoto continued to gesture:
"If Sagami's troops all take the northern route to Mount Ashigara, then he will not be able to obtain food and grass from Izu. The supply volume on the mountain road close to Mount Ashigara is not enough for the army to move, and they still will not have enough strength to capture Katsurayama Castle. But instead
Come here, if your Imagawa family wants to attack Katsurayama Castle, it will be equally difficult. You will also face the risk of being cut off by the troops from Izu and Sagami. So, this Katsurayama Castle is a nail, firmly nailed to the city.
The border between Suruga, Sagami, and Izu is difficult to capture by military means, and can only be achieved through maneuvering. Whoever can capture Katsurayama Castle will control the initiative on the entire border."