On the chaotic battlefield, Sano Nobumitsu, the messenger sent by the Iio nori company, could not find Imagawa Yoshima's location. He remembered before that Imagawa Yoshima's horse seal should be in the north of Kakegawa Castle before the war started. So Sano Nobumitsu
Mitsuru braved great dangers and rode his horse across the river, passing north between Kakegawa Castle and Sekiguchi Bei's positions. He was almost hit by an arrow, and then managed to escape to the north of the city. As a result, when he arrived at the north of the city, he only saw Imagawa.
Iehatamoto's army and the ground they stepped on were a mess - many corpses, weapons and flags fell into the bloody water. Horikoshi Bei, who acted together with Imagawa Yoshima, seemed to have been repulsed.
"What the hell, where is the main hall?" Sano Nobumitsu reined in his horse and saw in disbelief that the north of the city was completely under the control of the Imagawa clan. Before he could figure out the situation, another burst of arrows struck from the top of Kakegawa Castle.
, forcing him to pull his horse and run away.
"If you were repulsed, should you be heading west?" Sano Nobumitsu looked far into the distance to look for Imagawa Ryozane's horse seal, and rode his horse to the west. "Where did you retreat to? I'm so anxious, I have to hurry up.
Pass the message on! What should we do if the military situation is delayed?"
There were many messengers who were as confused as Sano Nobumitsu. Since Imagawa Yoshima's army on the entire open battlefield was ambushed by Imagawa Yoshimoto, they were all in chaos for a while, and they sent messengers to Imagawa Yoshimoto.
, requesting follow-up instructions. However, Imagawa Yoshima's horse seal was being chased by Matsui Sonobu at this moment, and kept retreating and moving, making it impossible for the messengers sent by the ministries to find anyone, and they were helpless.
They generally wander around and have to fall into the dilemma of fighting on their own.
Imagawa Yoshima himself also understood that on the ancient battlefield with a single communication method, moving the main formation and general flags would greatly hinder communication and command among the troops, and would also shake morale. At this moment, he had lost control of the northern front
With the control of several reserve teams on the southern front, he could not contact them at all. But facing the menacing attack of the Imagawa family Hatamoto, he had no other choice but to retreat.
It was only now that Imagawa Yoshima gradually understood his thoughts - they were indeed ambushed. The number of Imagawa Clan troops in front of them may be close to or even greater than his own, and they have already occupied all the terrain suitable for deploying troops - they can
With such a method, Taiyuan Xuezai must be personally commanding it. In that case, the Hojo family either made a stupid mistake during the reconnaissance, or they deliberately deceived themselves. The Imagawa family sent to Hedong at night were the suspects.
The main force has been marching westward to Yuanjiang step by step.
"Damn it..." Imagawa Yoshizhen thought of this, he couldn't help but hold his forehead deeply, feeling regretful for his rash advance and falling into the trap. He originally wanted to directly set up his main formation and horse seal on Zijiao Mountain, but ended up encountering Imagawa.
Yiyuan's head-on attack caused Ma Yin to retreat continuously, which completely disrupted our army's communication lines.
But it was not all bad news. After Imagawa Yoshima took his flag and Horikoshi and retreated to the west for a long time, he finally saw the main force coming from the west of the city. Kirabe had 500 people and Toda
500 people from Ibei, 800 from Jingyibei and 1,500 from other Yuanjiang small wealthy tribes came to the northwest of the city one after another and formed an array between Chuimu Village and Dachi Lake.
Including Imagawa Yoshima's Hatakemoto and Horikoshi Bei, their total strength has reached more than 4,500 people, and the number of soldiers has reached more than 1,600, which is enough to compete with the 1,500 Hatakemoto soldiers of the Imagawa family. Seeing that they encountered a strong enemy ahead, Imagawa Yoshimoto also brought his hand The 300 horsemen on the side drove down Zijiao Mountain and rushed behind the Imagawa family's banner soldiers. They set up their own red bird horse seals and decided to take command personally.
Imagawa Yoshima kept the 300 soldiers of his banner unit in the formation as the main force, and asked the more than 240 soldiers of Horikoshi Bei, who had suffered a heavy loss, to retreat to the back of the formation as a reserve force. Kira Bei's 170 soldiers stayed close to the south. The formation at Ochihu is the right wing. It is full of tidal flats and swamps and is not suitable for marching. It is enough to leave only a few people; 440 soldiers from Iibei and Todabei serve as the central front; while the 500 soldiers from the Yuanjiang small noble family are As the left wing stationed in Chuimu Village in the north, these small wealthy families were not very powerful. Each family only brought a dozen or dozens of soldiers. It was very difficult to command them in a unified manner. Imagawa Yoshima simply arranged them in the village. , it would be good to let them fight on their own in units of houses and blocks.
"The formation is good, you deserve to be the third brother." After arriving at the formation, Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Imagawa Yoshima's formation, and sighed with great admiration, "With the help of the terrain, the battle line has been shortened, allowing the army to be more concentrated. The deployment and The deployment of troops is also very appropriate, making the best use of everything. Especially since he has the Oike Lake as a barrier to the south. Even if the more than 330 Asahina war preparation troops in Kakegawa City want to go out and attack, they must bypass Oike Lake. This is a problem. My third brother gave the warning time so that he could transfer Horikoshi over to make up for the leak."
"What's your idea, Your Highness?" After last night's formation and this morning's pre-battle arrangements, Himura Ueha was already convinced by Imagawa Yoshimoto's military strategy. "Your Highness, please tell me quickly. I'm already impatient." I’d love to hear your opinion!”
"We'll find a way to recruit Third Brother as the flagship of the reserve team." Imagawa Yoshimoto's lips showed a wicked smile.
"But Your Highness, according to what I just observed, the combat effectiveness of that team is extremely high. Although it still lacks combat experience, it is fast and stable in preparing for the battle, and has strong discipline. It has the appearance of a strong army that has fought in hundreds of battles. ." Even if Himura Ueha praises his opponents, he is always eloquent, "Using them as a breakthrough point will only shoot stones in the foot. I'm afraid it's inappropriate."
"Have you noticed that my third brother has been protecting his precious team of flags and is reluctant to lose them." Imagawa Yoshimoto had already seen the clues from the battle just now, "Even if he went to cover Horikoshi's retreat, he was ruthless. I wish. If we really meet the enemy, we won’t be willing to fight hand-to-hand with them.”
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"My third brother really wants to preserve the strength of the main team. Once it is his turn to inflict heavy losses on the main team, he will definitely hesitate again and again, and even reveal his flaws." Imagawa Yoshimoto secretly hid Xuan Guange as he did when he was a child. His shoes were average, and he smiled and snapped his fingers in the direction of Imagawa Yoshima's fake red bird horse print, "What the third brother doesn't want me to do the most, I just want to do."
With the rapid shaking of the red bird horse seal, the west gate of Kakegawa Castle was slowly opened. Asahina Yasuno led the Asahina family's 330 soldiers, drove straight out of the west gate, around Oike Lake, and headed towards the rear of the Imagawa Ryojin army's front line
Outflank and leave.
"Send Asahina out before facing the enemy head-on?" Imagawa Yoshimoto felt incredible about this transfer of Imagawa Yoshimoto. He was completely different from the previous Imagawa Yoshimoto who had a veteran style when commanding the formation.
The two of them said, "Asahina Bei's movements in Kakegawa Castle are unknown, and she is a powerful new force. This is the biggest killing move in Imagawa Yoshimoto's hands. As long as Asahina Bei does not show up for a moment, I will not dare to let go."
You must keep a large number of troops aside for defense. Is there any reason to show your trump card first?"
But no matter what, since Imagawa Yoshimoto made a mistake, Imagawa Yoshima had no choice but to accept it. He arranged for Horikoshi to form a formation in the northwest of Oike Lake, waiting for Asahinabi to come around. However, he also knew that the defeated Horikoshi just now
Bei's losses were considerable and his morale was relatively low. He certainly could not stop Asahina Bei, who was the best at fighting among the Imagawa family's deployments. So, finally gaining a foothold, he began to send messengers to the northern and southern fronts, instructing them to give up temporarily.
The enemy in front of them shrinks back and joins the main army northwest of Kakegawa Castle.
Just as Imagawa Yoshima stepped up his deployment, the Imagawa Yoshinori army in front of him moved again. I saw Imagawa Yoshinori detached 200 horse cavalry, suddenly broke away from the battle line, and headed northwest, led by Akai Kurotaka.
Go. Judging from their movement track, they probably want to bypass the front line from the north of Chuimu Village and attack Imagawa Yoshima's main formation from the side. The cavalry's horses are very fast, and they have bypassed the village of Chuimu Village in a short time.
Periphery.
The most reasonable thing for Imagawa Yoshizhin to do at this time is to have his banner team face the rear. However, in this case, he has to let his precious banner face the impact of 200 elite knights of the Imagawa family. Although he has no intention of attacking his banner team.
The spear formation is very confident, but if the two sides collide head-on, no matter what, more than a hundred people on my side will die...
In order to recruit and train this group of soldiers, Imagawa Yoshizhin has spent almost all the money around him. He originally wanted to use these veterans with combat experience as seedlings after returning to the division, and continue to train a new group of recruits. If the veterans
Half of them would die right here - Imagawa Yoshima's heart ached just thinking about it. However, Horikoshi Bei had just been attracted to the south by Asahina Bei, and he had no other reserves at hand to use.
"Transfer Todabei from the central front! And transfer 200 soldiers from Tatagi Village to help!" After hesitating for a moment, Imagawa Yoshima still wanted to keep his banner team, "Transfer to the rear to deal with the upcoming attack."
The arriving cavalry!"
"Your Highness, why don't you use the flag?" Imagawa Yoshima's guards expressed their confusion one after another, "It is easy to cause chaos if people are transferred from the front."
"At all times, you must keep sufficient reserves on hand." Yoshima Imagawa quoted Napoleon's famous saying to cover up his guilty conscience. "Besides, the frontal battlefield has not yet started fighting, so mobilization is not a problem."
"Third brother, you are so obedient." Imagawa Yoshimoto saw that Imagawa Yoshima was really reluctant to leave his own team, but mobilized other troops to defend Ma Huizhong, and ordered with a smile, "Fifth preparation, hold on The Yuanjiang wealthy family in Chuimu Village. The fourth preparation, allocate half of the troops to stay in the main formation as a reserve team, and the rest all go to the south to watch Kirabei. The second preparation, the third preparation, storm Iibei on the central front. The third preparation Once prepared, stay under the horse seal and stand by."