At this time, Takeda Harunobu had already taken his own flag and rushed back to the Takeda army, preparing to take action personally to direct the encirclement and suppression of the Oda army.
The Fuji Army will attack us, so we have arranged early for the Takeda Army not to go north for rescue, and deliberately expose a flaw to lure them into action, and then go west to ambush them on their retreat road. We will wait for work and catch them all in one fell swoop."
Watching the Oda army in front of him begin to change their formations, and watching a group of cavalry flying the Nijohibi banner begin to charge westward, Takeda Harunobu had a panoramic view of all the changes - Oda Nobunaga clearly wanted to lead
They broke through and deliberately let Ashikaga Yoshitō leave to distract their attention. The Takeda Army only needed to hinder their breakout, then detach a group of cavalry and launch a side attack on the hurriedly fleeing Oda Army to defeat them all here.
Just when everything was ready and all he needed was the east wind, Takeda Harunobu suddenly felt a cold northwest wind - and the sound of horse hooves from the northwest. He had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he quickly denied it.
——You can’t back it up so much, what a hatred.
In the end, it was just such a small amount of betrayal, and there was really such a big hatred.
The flag raised in the dust of the horse's hooves is none other than the Echigo Long Tail Nine-Year Pattern.
Nagao Kagetora led the Nagao army, roaring from the official road from Tanba to Kyoto, and went straight to Mibuji Temple where Takeda Harunobu's horse seal was located.
"Nagao-sama, why is this happening?" At this time, the Miyoshi family also noticed the movements of this "friendly force" of the Northern Army, and hurriedly sent out envoys to rush to Nagao Kagetora's horse seal, trying to communicate with him. However,
Nagao Kagetora was marching very fast, and as the horse galloped, the position of the horse seal changed rapidly, making the Miyoshi family's envoy chase for a long time before finally catching up.
"I didn't expect that the repair doctor would be so loyal to the country. Even if all our Northern Army troops have withdrawn and only one family is left, he will still fight back to Kyoto to avenge the Kōhoden!" Nagao Kagetora hammered his chest hard with his hand.
, shouted excitedly to the envoy of the Miyoshi family: "How can our Nagao family sit idly by with such loyalty, and how can we let the Miyoshi family face the entire Southern army alone? After seeing your army go and return,
, I will immediately lead my troops to follow up and together we will defeat the Confederate rebels!"
"Ah..." The envoy of the Miyoshi family was speechless. He never expected that Nagao Kagetora and the Nagao family would have such a wonderful misunderstanding. Is there really a fool who is dedicated to righteousness in this world? No, how should he deal with him?
Explain, the Miyoshi family has reached a secret agreement with the Imagawa family and the Takeda family? My lord has not authorized me to say this...
Just when the Miyoshi family's envoy hesitated, the Nagao family's vanguard had almost reached the Takeda family's formation.
"Lord Nagao, please take a break!" The messenger from the Miyoshi family couldn't care less and had to shout.
"I've been punishing thieves for a while, how can I rest for a while?" However, Nagao Kagetora ignored him and commanded his men to rush towards the Takeda family's defense line.
"I'm really unlucky. What kind of trouble do I have with your Nagao family now? Do you want to ruin my good deeds over and over again?" Takeda Harunobu looked like a clingy fly. He only chased the Takeda army for several consecutive battles.
The Nagao army who was beaten couldn't help but cursed: "You have withdrawn the capital, and you have made a special trip back to Kyoto just to disgust me? What good does it do to you? Can't you think more about the Nagao family yourself? Is this how you lead the army?"
"
Even with the scolding, Takeda Harunobu did not dare to take it lightly, because the troops of the Nagao family were coming in a steady stream, and he had long known the ferocious combat power of the Nagao army. As a last resort, he had no choice but to mobilize troops from the Nagao family.
All the troops who went to encircle and suppress the Oda Army were pulled back to set up defenses, and they were able to barely block the Nagatail Army's offensive.
Oda Nobunaga, who was lucky enough to save his life, saw the God-given opportunity and led his army to escape without saying a word, heading east without even daring to look back.
On the other side, Miyoshi Nagakei had just welcomed back Ashikaga Yoshito, who had been driven away by Oda Nobunaga as a bait. On the other side, he was informed that the Nagao Army was already at war with the Takeda Army, and he was also surprised.
"Unplanned incident..." Miyoshi Changqing was secretly surprised, but surrounded by his subordinates, his face remained calm and composed, as if he had expected all this, and he said confidently: "Mr.
The Fangdian has been protected, so we have nothing to cooperate with the Imagawa family and the Takeda family. This long-tail army is what I deliberately lured to contain the Takeda army, so that they have no chance to annihilate the Oda army."
"Then according to the master's wishes, there is no need to send someone to mediate them?" Matsuzuki Nagahide asked with a smile on his face.
"That's natural." Miyoshi Changqing looked fierce and waved directly: "Ignore them, immediately lead the army to the east, pursue the Southern Army, and see if we can find a chance for the Hosokawa Army, the Rokkaku Army and the Tsutsui Army to fall alone.
Eat one of them hard."
"The Sanhao Army is back?"
At this time, Hosokawa Harumoto and Rokkaku Sadayori, who had already retreated to Pyouji Temple to join the army, were informed of the information discovered by the scouts.
"Yes, the Miyoshi Army suddenly turned back from Tanba Mountain Road not long ago. They were fighting fiercely near Nijo Castle. They seemed to be fighting Saito Army and Oda Army." The samurai who stayed behind hurriedly reported to the two family governors: "We have seen it.
The defeated troops of the Oda Army and Saito Army fled in the direction of Zenchoji Temple, and the pursuers of the Miyoshi Army are expected to arrive soon."
"Is it really to lure the enemy to counterattack?" Rokkaku Sadayori couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong, "It's impossible... After all, it is a scattered coalition. How can the three good repairmen persuade the others?
All the ministries followed him to fight back? Could it be that the Miyoshi repair family came after him?"
"What about the movements of our other daimyo?" Hosokawa Harumoto continued to ask from the side.
"The Kitahata Army and the Tsutsui Army are stationed at Shin-Zenkoji Temple in the south. They arrived late. Your Highnesses did not go to Shokokuji Temple just now. The troops are well organized and are already preparing to respond to the enemy. The Takeda Army (Wakasa Takeda family) is still at Shin-Zenkoji Temple.
, His Highness Takeda is still on the way, and he won't be able to get through for a while. The Asakura Army and the Asai Army seem to have merged and are crossing the river to the east of the river. They have no intention of attacking the Northern Army." The samurai who stayed behind poured out the information one after another.
He reported it like a bean, and Hosokawa Harumoto suddenly felt a little confused.
"If you come here with bad intentions, you can't fight the Miyoshi Army here." But Rokkaku Sadayori had already made a rough judgment of the situation and calmly suggested: "The morale of the soldiers is not stable. Imagawa, Takeda, and Asakura will provide strong reinforcements."
They have evil intentions, and it’s hard to say whether they will actually become our enemies in turn. We must retreat immediately, return to the strong position before the Confederate attack was launched, reorganize, and then try to win over friendly forces as much as possible before making plans.”
"Are we going to abandon the Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle?" Hosokawa Harumoto was a little unwilling to hear this, "Then wouldn't this battle be completely in vain? We retreated to the place where the attack started, and the orphan of the deceased Kōhoden was not able to be picked up.
The main force of the Miyoshi family was intact, and Kyoto was returned to them..."
"But the Northern Army has been disintegrated." Rokkaku Sadayori said with relief, "Miyoshi Repair can no longer raise this army."
"Didn't the Southern Army also disintegrate? They may even be fighting each other." However, Hosokawa Harumoto knew it in his heart, but he was not ignorant of the general situation. He knew that there was no other choice at the moment, so he could only sigh:
"Understood, retreat quickly."
After Hosokawa Harumoto gave the order, the Confederate troops who originally stayed at Zenchoji Temple, Hedoji Temple, and Shin-Zenkoji Temple began to evacuate. Rokkaku Sadeyori asked the Kitahata Army and Tsutsui Army to move westward to the Hokoji Temple to cover the flanks of the friendly forces. The Hosokawa Army
, the Rokkaku Army and the Wakasa Takeda Army went south in sequence, without worrying about the life and death of the Saito Army and the Oda Army - of course, they had already escaped by virtue of their own ability. The Asai Army and the Asakura Army had already crossed the Kamogawa River.
, starting from the east bank of the Kamogawa River and heading south to evacuate the main formation.
On the other side, the Takeda Army and the Nagao Army were still fighting fiercely inside and outside Mibuji Temple. Neither of these enemies cared about the evolution of the overall situation around them. They just fought desperately, eager to put the other party to death. Fortunately, Miyoshi Nagakei ignored them.
, went straight south to Oizumi Temple and began to pursue the southern army. Upon seeing this, the Tsutsui Army and Kitahata Army of Hoko Temple immediately evacuated to Kankyo Temple - in this situation where the trees fell and the hozens dispersed, they had no interest in defending the rear of the friendly forces.
But Miyoshi Nagakei's goal is very clear - the Tsutsui Army from Yamato. The Kitahata family and the Miyoshi family don't have much connection, and he can't catch up with the Rokkaku and Hosokawa families, so he simply pursues the Tsutsui Army.
Butt beating - weakening the power of the Tsutsui family will greatly help Matsushita Nagahide's Yamato strategy. The Tsutsui army was beaten terribly and frantically asked for help from friendly forces, but everyone only allowed the cavalry to surround them in a symbolic way.
He circled the area and asked the archers to fire a few arrows, but no one really helped.
The entire Kyoto battlefield seemed to have turned into a racing game. The large number of the Southern Army was not interested in fighting, and they just wanted to run back to the solid position where their attack was launched. However, the Miyoshi Army, whose number was only a fraction of the Southern Army, became
The chasing side can't help but make people feel ironic. Except for the Takeda Army and the Nagao Army - they seem to have stayed out of the matter. They are like two swordsman masters. Even in the chaos, they have to ask their subordinates to clear an open space.
Let the two of them fight in a duel and decide the winner.
But when the "runners" finally reached the finish line, they found that the first place had already arrived - the food, luggage, ordnance, and military pay they had stored in their respective camps had all been looted. I asked the few who were left behind.
After the samurai and civilian husbands met, they were told that the samurai of the Imagawa family had not long ago forcibly led their troops to "take away" almost all the supplies on the grounds that they were "in urgent need of fighting the enemy on the front line."
It turned out that the Imagawa Army never had a large force to go north to join the governor of his family. It had no intention of going north from the beginning. Instead, it had already gone directly south and captured the camps of the southern daimyo who were friendly forces. Judging from the distance and time,
, this was even before the internal strife broke out in the Xiangguo Temple in the Southern Army. In other words, Taiyuan Xuezhai had long thought about turning against the Xiangguo Temple, and thus left a "good plan" for the Imaguan Army in advance.
"Yukisai... you bastard." At this time, even the usually elegant Rokkaku Sadeyori couldn't help but curse. Looking up, Imagawa's Akatorimain was already far away at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine.
It was flying above the main formation.
Also "protected" by the Imagawa army in the main formation was Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the shogun supported by the southern army who was placed in the main formation.
