At three o'clock in the morning on March 30, the 14th year of Tianwen (1546), the Southern Army commanded the main formation northwest of Tofuku Temple.
After the Takeda Army's raid ended, the Northern Army gradually regrouped, and the Yamana Army and the Kono Army soon arrived on the battlefield. The Northern Army had about 30,000 troops outside the Southern Army's main formation. But at the same time, the Asai Army and the Wakasa Takeda Army
He also hurried back from the west bank, joined up with the Hosokawa Army stationed southwest of Tofukuji Temple, and formed a formation in front of the Hosokawa Army, competing with the Kai Takeda Army in the main formation, with a strength of 34,000 people.
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Of course, neither side can judge the strength of their troops well in the battle formation. Only Takeda Harunobu, who controlled the commanding heights, could find from a high position that the strength of the Confederate army was superior, and reported this information to the Confederate generals.
On the contrary, the samurai of the Northern Army were not clear about the ebb and flow of the military strength of both sides. As a result, the Northern Army headed by the Otomo family still launched an attack after a short rest - the target was to the west of Tofukuji Temple.
The stationed Asai Army and Wakasa Takeda Army.
However, this somewhat "ignorant of current affairs" attack unexpectedly achieved results - because the Asai family and the Wakasa Takeda family also believed that people who were "aware of current affairs" would not choose to attack at this time. From their perspective,
, the Northern Army in front of me fought all the way to the Southern Army's main formation. It was already at the end of its war effort, and was counterattacked by Takeda Harunobu. Its morale was probably not much left. Where is the fighting spirit left? Now that I saw the reinforcements of the Southern Army arriving,
The numbers are also at a disadvantage, and the formation is even more impregnable. What are we waiting for if we don't retreat?
But it was the Southern Army's carelessness that gave the Northern Army an opportunity to take advantage of. After all, compared to the Northern Army who finally rested for a while, the Southern Army's Asai Army and Wakasa Takeda Army were the ones who really ran all the way from the west bank of the Kamogawa River.
At the end of the battle, before they could even take a breath, they were immediately attacked by the Northern Army. The Asai Army and the Wakasa Takeda Army had never been known to be good at fighting, and their decline was evident not long after the war began.
Fortunately, the Wakasa Takeda family has an in-law relationship with the Hosokawa family after all. However, the Asai family and the Hosokawa family are not related, and even their backers, the Asakura family, have many conflicts with the Hosokawa family and their in-laws and allies. Naturally, the Asai family
There was no thought of helping the Hosokawa family. After a few hasty resistances, the Asai army gathered its troops and moved closer to Tofukuji Temple, seeking the protection of the Takeda army, which had a closer relationship.
On the other side, watching the Wakasa Takeda Army being beaten, Hosokawa Harumoto could not sit still, and immediately commanded the troops to press on, intending to bully the larger number and push the Otomo Army back to Takio Shrine in one fell swoop. However, the samurai of the Otomo Army
After they saw the horse seal of Hosokawa Harumoto, they all attacked like chickens - if they could break down the horse seal of the current leader, how much fame would it be? The position of the family governor of Otomo Yoshi Town also
Nail the board.
With the Otomo Army taking the lead in chewing the bones, the other four Northern Army units still had the consciousness to follow suit. Whether it was the Hatano Army and Yusa Army, which had just completed their reorganization, or the Yamana Army and Kono Army, which had arrived on the battlefield as new forces, they all followed the attack on Hosei.
The queue of the Sichuan army. The samurai of the Hosokawa family have been obsessed with Kinki for many years, and they have long lost their courage. In a hurry, they were defeated by what they regarded as the "Western country dumplings".
"It's really useless... The Hosokawa family, the Hosokawa family, if they only have this kind of fighting will, no matter how big their foundation is, it won't be long before it falls apart." Takeda Harunobu lamented the performance of the friendly forces, and then said
With one command, the military commander ordered the Takeda Army to descend from Huiri Mountain and attack the flanks of the Northern Army to relieve the pressure on the friendly forces.
However, just when Takeda Harunobu led his army to the west, he suddenly realized something in the flash of lightning.
"Maori Army..." He glanced at the flags of the Maori Army mixed in with the Northern Army. He always felt that the arrangement was a bit strange and did not look like the army's normal formation for fighting.
"Genshiro, you lead a group of people to ambush east of Tofukuji Temple." Takeda Harunobu named the name of Iitomi Masakage who was originally going to be the vanguard to go down the mountain.
"Lord?" Iitomi Masakage was a little angry when he heard this, "What do you mean? My subordinates are the elite of Kaibi. Why should I sit in the rear when I am willing to sacrifice my life?"
"Stay, I'm worried that someone wants to sneak attack on our formation." Takeda Harunobu replied seriously: "Calm down, don't fall into the trap."
At the same time, at the foothills of the northern foothills of Mount Huiri, the Maori Army did as Takeda Harunobu expected. They just set up false flags in the Northern Army's formation, and the main force secretly circled along the mountains and forests to the foot of Mount Huiri, preparing to sneak attack the Southern Army's main formation.
"The Takeda Army has moved." Yoshikawa Motoharu, who reached the foot of the mountain, turned around and reported to Motonari Mouri in the hiding place: "Going down the mountain to support the main army."
"Where is Takeda Daisen's horse seal?" Mourimoto put on the raincoat hidden in the forest and asked in a low voice.
"It also appeared on the way down the mountain." Yoshikawa Motoharu responded: "There aren't many flags left in this formation, so this is a good opportunity!"
"It is impossible for a famous general like Takeda Ozen not to leave enough troops to defend the formation. There must be an ambush." Mao Liyuan shook his head, waved his hand to Mao Li Longyuan beside him and said: "Longyuan, lead a group of people to feint attack.
, test the defenders of Takeda Daisen."
"Yes." Maori Longyuan took the order and left. After a while, he saw a small group of Maori soldiers with one word and three stars climbing up the path to the top of Huiri Mountain and heading towards Dongfuku Temple.
"When my father first came to Kyoto, he specially came to Tofukuji Temple and Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine to survey the terrain. Unexpectedly, it came in handy." Kobayakawa Takakage watched the familiar movements of the Maori army.
Yuanjiu was greatly impressed by his foresight.
"The Confederate Army came from the south, and this is the best place to form an array. There are so many famous generals in the Confederate Army array, how could you not see it? We naturally have to prepare early. Compared with killing generals and seizing the flag, attacking
The best time to display your martial prowess is when you enter the formation."
Mao Liyuan muttered these softly, but his eyes never left Mao Liyuan's subordinates for a moment. As they gradually climbed to the top of Huiri Mountain, their backs could no longer be seen clearly, and they could only judge based on their flags -
—The troops are currently attacking Tofuku Temple in an orderly manner and have not encountered any attacks or resistance.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The ambush is not moving?" Maori Yuan suddenly felt that the situation was a bit tricky, and on the other side - the Takeda Army who was going down the mountain discovered that their formation was under attack.
, seemed to have no concern at all, but continued to descend the mountain with great fanfare, showing full confidence in the defense of the formation.
"Reconnaissance, send people to reconnaissance in the mountains on both sides of Tofuku Temple to find the ambush of the Takeda Army. Kill the ambush first, and then attack the main formation." Mourimoto signaled the main force of the headquarters to go up the mountain for reinforcements, and arranged for Kobayakawa Takakei to lead him
He led a small group of cavalry to explore the road. Soon after, he saw the flag of the Maori family waving rapidly in the mountains east of Tofukuji Temple - he discovered the ambush of the Takeda Army. If the Maori Army did not conduct reconnaissance but directly attacked
Tofukuji Temple was destroyed by a side attack from the ambushed troops.
Motomo immediately sent Yoshikawa Motoharu to lead his elite troops, and drove directly to the east of Tofuku Temple, where they fought fiercely with Iitomi Masakei's troops who were ambushing here. On the other hand, he led the Maori army to press up the mountain and attack Tofuku.
The temple launched an attack. The ambush was contained, and the troops in Tofuku Temple were somewhat stretched to cope with the Maori army's attack.
"In the final analysis, we are just small characters." Mouri Takamoto said angrily while climbing over the temple wall under the front-line command: "A hero as famous as Takeda Daisen in the Eastern Kingdom may not even want to look at us small characters.
He may think that our Maori family has no guts to make a surprise attack on our formation, nor can we quickly cross the complex foothills of Beishan Mountain in Huiri Mountain. Leaving a team of ambush troops is already flattering us and being overly cautious."
But just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly saw his father's horse seal in his peripheral vision as a warning. He was stunned for a moment and looked around, but he didn't see the new Takeda family flag. But vaguely, there were a lot of them.
The sound of horse hooves and footsteps came from the west. In the chaos, he could not distinguish the situation. With his absolute trust in his father, he suddenly withdrew all the troops who had invaded Tofuku Temple and began to move towards the northern foot.
He retreated. Only when he was halfway through the retreat did he realize that a huge plume of smoke and dust was rising from the western foot of Huiri Mountain! The flag of the Takeda Army was still going down the mountain, but it was clear that another large army was running up the mountain!
The Takeda Army made the same move as the Maori Army by setting up a false flag! They pretended to go down the mountain to join the battle, but in fact they moved the main force back to their own formation to annihilate the incoming Maori Army in one fell swoop.
"It doesn't make sense." Mao Liyuan took advantage of his familiarity with the geography of Huiri Mountain to arrange his troops, so that the Maori Army troops could block attacks and cover each other as they retreated down the mountain, while looking solemnly at more and more people.
The Takeda Army emerged on the top of the mountain:
"It's understandable to stay in ambush, and it's understandable to send people to support, but there is absolutely no need to come with so many people - there are probably more than 5,000, right? Obviously 2,000 people can stop us from attacking our formation, so why bother? The battle at the foot of the mountain
This is the really important main battlefield. He assigned so many people to defend the formation. In a sense, our Northern Army made a profit... Only one of our Maori Army involved most of the main force of the Takeda Army.
The goal has been achieved, although there is no way to achieve great success and retreat!"
However, to Maori Genji's surprise, the Takeda Army did not turn around and go back to support the main battlefield after expelling the Maori Army. Instead, they attacked the mountain road down the northern foot from all directions, with the intention of completely annihilating the Maori Army here.
.The horse seal of Takeda Harunobu was also erected high on the top of the mountain north of Tofukuji Temple, and he personally directed the encirclement and siege against the Maori army from a high position. Under the horse seal, you can even see Takeda Harunobu himself waving the sword.
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"What does this mean..." Mouri Yuan was already sweating coldly at this moment. The last time he felt so embarrassed was when he retreated under Tsukiyama Tomita Castle. If he makes any mistakes in his subsequent command, it is very likely that he will be defeated by the Takeda Army.
All is destroyed here: "We have no enmity with the Takeda family. It is obvious that the real key battlefield is the duel between tens of thousands of people in Huiri Shanxi. Why didn't Takeda Daisen go to support the main battlefield, but instead came to attack our insignificant small army?
