Under the attack of the arrow rain, the formation of the people of Higashi Mikawa Kingdom became a little loose. Shibata Katsuie no longer cared about the casualties and formation. He seized the opportunity, pulled his Hatamoto samurai and guards, and faced Makino Hoshi directly.
The completed horse stamp rushed forward.
The Higashi Mikawa people were just a newly assembled reserve force. They had never been under unified command before. They all received instructions from Imagawa Yoshimoto as the general. However, during this expedition, Ohara Zhenmi asked himself that he did not have the overall perspective of Imagawa Yoshimoto.
and command level, he did not dare to mobilize the small wealthy families of Higashi Mikawa one by one, so he entrusted Makino Yasunari, who was the most respectful to the Imagawa family, as the temporary commander of the people of Higashi Mikawa. Yamada Ketaka directly gave the order to Makino Yasunari, and Makino Yasunari
Come to command and coordinate other wealthy families.
However, just like the older generation of foreign retainers of the Saigo family who were dissatisfied with Yamada Keitaka, the wealthy families of Higashi Mikawa were also dissatisfied with Makino Yasunari. The territories of the Kanuma family and the Saigo family were the same as those of Makino
The families are on par with each other, but just because the Makino family is more admiring of the Imagawa family, they have to take orders from Makino Yasunari - they don't want to be angry. On weekdays, the orders for marching and camping are fine, but when it comes to the battle formation,
How can we expect them to obey orders?
The situation was going smoothly just now, and they were surrounding Shibata and preparing for a fight. In order to gain credit for beheadings and seizures, the wealthy families were still active. However, when Shibata began to resolutely counterattack, the mob immediately showed signs of wavering. Saigo Bei and Kannuma
Bei was not interested in fighting with Shibata Katsuie's elite samurai. He worked on the sidelines and watched helplessly as Shibata Katsuie fought all the way towards Makino Hosunari, forcing Makino Hosunari to go into battle himself and lead the samurai.
Fight against Shibata Katsuie while constantly calling for support from his teammates.
However, unlike Saigo Bei and Kannuma Bei who were immobile when friendly forces were in trouble, Okudaira's performance was quite positive. In the previous Enji Rebellion, the Okudaira family attacked Imagawa Yoshimoto first because of a misunderstanding, and in the end almost everyone was killed.
The family changed. The family governor, Okudaira Sadatomo, was executed. The second brother, Okudaira Sadatomo, was taken as a hostage in Yoshida Castle and was captured by Ohara. Only the third brother, Okudaira Yoshimasa, inherited the territory that had been severely cut off.
In order to allow the family to survive under the rule of the Imagawa family, Okudaira Yoshimasa changed his past attitude of not dealing with the Imagawa clan, and instead actively responded to the call of the Imagawa clan, hoping to gain the trust and importance of the master family. The Okudaira family had previously interacted with the Ichikawa clan.
During the confrontation, an attack was launched. This campaign also did not avoid hardships and dangers. The first troops to be assembled came to Yoshida Castle to report.
At the moment, seeing that Makino Yasunari's horses were in danger, and Saigo Bei and Kanuma Bei were unable to rescue them, Okuhira Yoshimasa also decided to show off his ruthlessness. He took his few poor samurai and thirty warriors with him.
The soldiers squeezed through between Kannuma Bei and Saigo Bei, shouting and killing behind Shibata Katsuie. Shibata Bei's position on the beach was in disarray, and this counterattack relied entirely on Shibata Katsuie.
The family was organized with a few samurai, but when they were attacked by Okuhira Yoshimasa, they were really thrown into chaos by Shibata Bei.
As soon as Kanuma Bei and Saigo Bei saw that the situation had improved, they immediately launched a counterattack, trying to force Shibata Katsuie and his Hatamoto samurai back. At the critical moment, Shibata Katsuie became even more animalistic and roared.
Rushing out of the queue with a sword, a human pig suddenly jumped into the Makino family's formation. Facing this roaring pig samurai, no one among the Makino family soldiers was an enemy. Several samurai wanted to greet the ashigaru.
They went up together to besiege, but Shibata Katsuie was defeated by one. He was stunned to use his personal force to create a gap, leading Shibata Bei's samurai to roar in, and the battle situation became more and more chaotic.
On the one hand, Shibata Bei's own ashigaru were defeated by Okuhira Bei, Saigo Bei, and Kannuma Bei. On the other hand, Makino Bei was beaten to pieces by Shibata Katsuie himself. The critical moment
, Yamaguchi Bei finally completed crossing the river and circled back towards the people of Higashi Mikawa Country. Yamada Keitaka noticed the crisis on the right wing and had to send all Kira Bei to cover the people of Higashi Mikawa Country.
However, further to the right, Mizuno also found a shoal suitable for crossing the river, but he could not cross it for a while. Yamada Ketaka hesitated for a long time and still did not send Tojo Matsudairabe out - considering Mizuno's lack of preparedness.
He was strong, and there were a large number of samurai detained in Yoshida Castle, so he probably wouldn't dare to fight to the death with the Imagawa Army - there was no need to waste the last reserves on hand for such a weak force.
On the left wing, the Imagawa Army gained an overwhelming advantage. Not only was the Sakuma Bei at a numerical disadvantage, they had just crossed the river and had no time to complete their formation, so they were pinned down on the beach by the Nishionjiang soldiers and beat them indiscriminately. Both Osawa Bei and Osawa Bei were at a disadvantage.
, Uden Bei, these genedai, or Ii Bei, Iio Bei, Horikoshi Bei, etc., will not miss the opportunity to beat the drowned dog. Sakuma Morishige is about to retreat the horse seal into the river, Ori
Tian Nobuhide quickly moved the archers here to cover Sakuma Morishige, barely ensuring that Sakuma Bei would not be driven into the river.
At the same time, Kondo Bei finally crossed the river, but Osawa Kisho had already noticed the movements on the left and sent Udon Bei out in advance to guard against them. Before Kondo Bei could gain a firm foothold, Udon Bei had already
The culling also put Kondo in a dilemma on the banks of the Yahagi River.
The sky was getting darker and gloomier, and the sun had already set straight towards Ise Bay in the west. After a long time, Oda Nobhiro's Anxiang soldiers finally got out from behind the chaotic defenders, took over the defense line for the defenders, and resisted Jinxibei's attack.
Attack. Under the leadership of Oda Nobumitsu, the defenders withdrew in twos and threes across the ferry bridge on the Yahagi River and fled to the north bank to rest. Instead, Oda Nobuhide's flagship team, Oda Nobuhide, prepared to cross the river for a decisive victory.
The idea is to control the battlefield before sunset.
Seeing Oda Nobuhide's horse stamps constantly swaying back and forth, giving instructions to attack, Yamada Keitaka felt his palms constantly sweating. He turned around again and again to confirm the time until sunset, and made up his mind to wait until dark.
In the battle for half an afternoon, the Imagawa Army had already taken advantage of the exchange ratio. If it could survive until sunset, the Oda Army would have to withdraw to the north bank of the Yahagi River, which would also mean leaving the wounded to the Imagawa Army. Even in
When retreating across the river at night, they would encounter double torture from pursuit and water flow, and might leave a group of people behind. Then the Imagawa Army only needed to guard the ferry tightly to block the Oda Army on the other side of the Yahagi River.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But if the position is captured by the Oda Army, it will be the Imagawa Army that will retreat. Although it will not suffer a loss, the situation of the Imagawa Army next will
It will become very embarrassing. With the two armies so close, it may be difficult for the Imagawa Army to walk dozens of miles to retreat to Okazaki Castle. The Oda Army will definitely pursue it, and the Imagawa Army's cavalry experienced yesterday's pursuit of Imagawa Goro.
After running wildly, they generally lacked horsepower and were probably unable to protect the Imagawa Army from the pursuit of the Oda Army.
And if they do not return to Okazaki Castle, the Imagawa Army must immediately retreat to Nishio Castle and Tojo Castle to avoid fighting with the main force of the Oda Army after crossing the river. But neither Nishio Castle nor Tojo Castle is a big castle.
I'm afraid it's very difficult to get these thousands of people, and the food stored inside may not be able to support the consumption of the army for a long time. If the Oda army besieges the city, things will be in trouble.
Whether it is a big victory, a small victory, or even a small loss - it all depends on the decisive battle in the last half hour. For the first time, Yamada Ketaka is looking forward to the sun going down quickly, and he even wishes he could bend his bow to make a bow.
The arrow shoots down the sun.
Oda Nobuhide's horse seals have followed the flag corps to the south bank of the Yahagi River, and even Oda Nobuhide's tall horse has appeared in sight. The morale of the Oda army has been boosted across the board, following Oda Nobuhide's flag corps.
A massive general offensive was launched. Although the Imagawa Army had the advantages of terrain and formation, the strength of the troops was still thousands of men, and all fronts would be unable to support it for a while. Yamada Ketaka also put the last reserve team into the center
battle line, but was still beaten by Oda Nobuhide's flag team.
At this critical moment, Yamada Ketaka suddenly heard several excited shouts from his own formation.
He turned around and saw that in the main formation on the hills behind, there was actually a red bird horse seal flying high - it was the supplies that Imagawa Goro brought out from the Imagawa Hall.
Under the red bird horse mark, a small figure was riding on the horse - well, the posture was a bit awkward, more like holding the horse's neck - looking in the direction of the battlefield.
"The young master is here!"
"Young Master has arrived at the battlefield!"
"Hurry up and show me, young master, our Suruga warriors fighting the enemy bravely!"
"You can't embarrass the Imagawa family and the family governor in front of the young master!"
After seeing Akatori Main and Imagawa Goro, the members of the Nishibei and Nishione clans of Hatamoto Town became full of fighting spirit and rushed towards the Oda army with shouts. The one who pushed this counterattack atmosphere to the climax was Akatori.
The bird horse seal led the charge - Imagawa Goro actually rode his horse down the hill and rushed directly to the direction of the battlefield. The 9-year-old young master, with the guards behind him holding the governor's horse seal, rushed to the battlefield in person -
-Which samurai of the Imagawa family could hold back their blood when they saw this scene? They roared and launched a counterattack, and together with the people of the country, the last fierce attack of the Oda army was firmly welded to death on the beach.
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Finally, the sun set, and only the glow remained on the horizon. Oda Nobuhide calmly chose to retreat - if he didn't leave, when it got dark and formed with his back to the water, the hungry Oda army might collapse. But their final victory
The general offensive once again broke through within a stone's throw, giving the Oda Army the opportunity to form a formation to cover the crossing of the river. Although the Imagawa Army also launched several pursuits, they did not cause too many casualties, and only captured many Oda troops.
The wounded who were not able to evacuate in time had a lot of ordnance and baggage left behind seized.
After the victory, the warriors of Imagawa Army excitedly rushed to Imagawa Goro's red bird horse seal - only to see the half-grown child hugging the horse's neck tightly, rolling his eyes and trembling, and was too frightened to move.