As Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal rose on Mount Rinka, a large army with Hojo scales and flags instantly stood up at the foot of Mount Rinka. The number of people seemed to be more than 2,000. The Imagawa army immediately stood up in the queue.
There was an uproar - they didn't know they would encounter the Hojo Army here.
"Xiao Qilang, send someone to inform the reserve captains of each reserve team, tell them my speculation and plan, and then let them suppress the troops and stabilize the morale of the troops."
Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately gave the order, but he soon discovered that the wavering of military morale was inevitable.
From the southern foot of Mount Jinkasa and Hamaishi Mountain, 900 Akabei soldiers from Hojo Tsunadaka and 900 Huangbei soldiers from Hojo Tamashiro were killed, rushing towards the Imagawa family like tigers descending the mountain. The auxiliary soldiers walking at the end of the team
They were so frightened that they fled in panic, and about 400 auxiliary soldiers dispersed - they were all from Miura Bei, Abe Bei and Udono Bei who were walking at the end of the team. Chibei and Huang Bei also quickly cut off the Imagawa family's food route and retreat.
Locked the Imagawa army in the Yui Plains.
"The Akabei and Huangbei of Hojo's five-color flag." Himura Hiroyuki recognized the brightly colored flag at a glance, "The Hojo family is the best in the army, and their combat power is even higher than the flag's own troops!"
At this time, the main force of the Imagawa Army had basically crossed the Yuigagawa River. The five banner corps of Imagawa Yoshimoto had arrived around Honmitsu Mountain, followed closely by Asahina Bei's 1,000 people and Okabe Bei's 950 people, and then the
There were 500 Senabi and 280 Sekiguchi who had just entered the Ishikiri Forest, as well as 600 Miura, 120 Abe and 120 Unobi who were still forming troops on the east bank of the Yuigagawa River. The Imagawa family's troops were dropped from the sky.
The Hojo Army was frightened and panicked, and the cutoff of their back roads and food routes was a heavy blow to their hearts. Even strong armies like Asahina Bei and Okabe Bei were inevitably shaken at this moment.
"How to deploy? Where are the other enemies hiding?"
Just when Imagawa Yoshimoto was at a loss to deal with the situation in front of him, there was a huge noise on Rinxiang Mountain to the north. Only 800 Hojo family banner soldiers were seen roaring down, surrounded by Hojo Ujiyasu's five-colored horse seals, roaring towards
The red bird horse seal of Imagawa Yoshimoto is located. On Nakao Mountain behind Honkoyama, Toyama Tsunakage also led 300 soldiers of the Edo people to attack.
Along with the appearance of more than a thousand soldiers at the same time, there was also the sudden sound of drums in this mountainous area. God knows how many drummers Hojo Uyasu had arranged in advance as suspects in the valley, but at this moment, under the echo of the mountains, the Imagawa army seemed to be counted.
Surrounded by a hundred thousand troops, the military morale was in chaos.
"You don't want to leave me any time to think..." Imagawa Yoshimoto tightened his lips, and his heart couldn't help but feel restless, "My brother-in-law, a lion, has come down from the mountain to bite people."
"Your Highness! Please quickly regain the retreat and food routes and stabilize the morale of the army!" Akai Heigao was sweating profusely at this moment. "We only have 2 days of rations. If there is no food and no retreat, the morale of the army will not be stable!"
Do you expect everyone to fight on an empty stomach?"
"I don't know where the other ambush troops are, so how dare I go back and open up a way back?" Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the endless mountains to the north of the official road, "The official road is so narrow, we must concentrate our troops. In case of an ambush at this time
Attacking from the side, we don't even have room to adjust our formation!"
"But if we don't respond, the whole army is in danger of collapse! We must give the infantry something to do, so that they will feel that the coach is not panicking, and they will feel at ease!" Himura Hiroyuki also became anxious,
"No matter where we fight, please do something first, Your Highness!"
"I've said it all, but the problem is that I don't know where the remaining enemies are ambushed? How should I deploy them? We are in a situation of being surrounded!" Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the mountains with the sound of drums, but
He didn't know which direction to deploy. He stared at the horse seal coming from Hojo Ujiyasu, and secretly complained in his heart. However, as he looked at it, an idea suddenly came to him.
"It's really good luck. The place where my main force is deployed happens to be right next to where the young master of the Hojo family is."
"I don't care where his other ambush troops are." Imagawa Yoshimoto snorted as if he was breaking a jar, then took out his folding fan and pointed at Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal, "Miura Bei and Abe Bei are behind.
The Unobei and Unobei formed on the spot to guard against enemies in the rear. The Senabei and Sekiguchibei were on standby in the Ishikiri Forest. The remaining troops, except for the fifth Hatamoto Bei to defend Honmitsuyama, the other Hatamoto Bei and Asahina Bei
, along with Okabe Bei, give me all the five-color Danma seals that besiege Hojo Ujiyasu, and strangle Hojo Ujiyasu himself!"
"This is your young master. I don't believe you won't come out to save him." Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the mountains that could not be seen. "Show up obediently, Hojo family ambush soldiers!"
"Fourth brother, how do you think Imagawa Yoshimoto saw through the ambush?"
Hojo Uyasu, who was commanding the army to attack Honkoyama, casually asked his fourth brother Hojo Uyasu beside him.
"It shouldn't be. We all used the life of the Kamahara family's Ma Zhongzhong to win his trust. Why are we still alert?" Hojo Ujiyao also looked puzzled, and then shook his head, "Sure enough, such a conspiracy is being played.
We still have to wait until Uncle Gen'an is here, we can't get him. We actually let Imagawa Yoshimoto deceive him and gave him a chance to fight in Yubi Plains."
"Haha, but the result is the same. The Imagawa family will be wiped out here, but the process becomes a little more difficult." Hojo Ujiyasu grinned a few times and looked at the Imagawa family's food route and return route that had been cut off, "But hunting
Well, it has to be a little difficult to be interesting. If the prey doesn't resist, what do you want the hunter to do?"
Hojo Ujiyao was also infected by his brother's confidence and couldn't help but echoed, "Imagawa Yoshimoto is just a young boy who has been on the battlefield twice. It is said that he is only a bystander. What kind of command experience can he have? Seeing this mountain full of mountains
The drumbeat formation and our ambush army must have been frightened out of fear! These female warriors of Suruga must be thinking only about regaining their way back and escaping. But they don't know that our other ambush troops are waiting.
They beat back."
"Fourth brother, don't underestimate the enemy too much. How can the proud disciple whom Monk Xuezai carefully taught for more than ten years be an ordinary person?" Although Hojo Ujiyasu's commanding style is very arrogant, he knows better than anyone in his heart.
"Fortunately, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark. Then Imagawa Yoshimoto doesn't know where my ambush is. Even if he wants to get back, he doesn't know where to place the defensive troops. But the Imagawa army only lasts for 2 days in total.
We have no choice but to open up the back roads and food routes. That’s why our troops in Linxiang Mountain and Zhongwei Mountain must immediately send troops to bite his tail and make it even more difficult for him to turn around and break out of the encirclement."
Then Hojo Uyasu discovered that the "favorite disciple" taught by Taiyuan Xue Zhai was even crazier than himself when it came to fighting.
"Report, young master! We have found the banners of the four banners of the Imagawa family! They are engaging our troops! The number of enemy soldiers is as many as 1,200, and we no longer have the advantage!"
"Report, young master! There are more than 300 soldiers of Asahinabei coming round on the right! They are forming sideways! Please beware of the left wing!"
"Report, young master! More than 300 soldiers from Okabe Bei are coming around on the left! They are facing our right wing in formation!"
"Are you crazy?" After receiving a series of reports from the messenger, Hojo Ujiyasu looked around in disbelief. The Imagawa Army adopted a "maximum one for one" posture, completely ignoring the retreat and food routes.
He had no intention of retreating after being ambushed, and rushed towards Hojo Ujiyasu's five-colored horse seal.
"Retreat, retreat to Rinxiang Mountain and hold on!" Hojo Ujiyasu hurriedly commanded the Hojo family's hatamoto to turn around and retreat before being stuck by the Imagawa family's hatamoto. "The mountain is dangerous, so I will hold on to my death. You can still eat me."
No? If you can’t eat me, you’ll have no way out, so just wait to die!”
"The Imagawa army is crazy... They have a total of more than 2,800 soldiers, and they took two-thirds of them to besiege my brother in one go?"
At this moment, at the foot of Mount Jinkasa, Hojo Omimasa, who was originally ordered to hold tight and guard the Imagawa army to prevent the Imagawa army from regaining their retreat, was dumbfounded - Imagawa Yoshimoto had no intention of caring about the retreat, he seemed to only want to exchange lives with Hojo Ujiyasu.
However, he only had 2 days of rations in total. Even if he replaced Hojo Ujiyasu, he would not have the strength to fight anymore, so he could only be trapped in the Yui Plain and starve to death. How could Imagawa Yoshimoto make such an irrational action?
However, no matter how irrational Imagawa Yoshimoto is, and no matter whether the Imagawa army will be annihilated in the end--no one in the Hojo family can accept the life of Hojo Ujiyasu in exchange for this victory--no one
People can accept it. Hojo Ujiyasu was the eldest heir to the Hojo family and was also a talented commander. How could he die here?
Without saying a word, Hojo Weimasa immediately led Huang Bei out of the established position and headed towards Yuigagawa, preparing to relieve Hojo Ujiyasu.
"Third Young Master (Hojo Nomasa), what are you doing?" Hojo Tsunadaka, the reserve captain of Akabei, saw that the friendly troops broke away from the established deployment without hesitation, and anxiously rode forward and shouted, "
The order given to us by the young master is to stick to the Imagawa family's retreat!"
"Brother, there are almost no people left now. Does Hitachisuke (Hojo Tsunadaka) still have any orders?" Hojo Weichang was so anxious that he pointed the horsewhip in his hand at Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal.
"If the young master needs support, he will naturally give us orders! Until then, we should stick to our position!"
"Brother is beaten so hard that he keeps retreating. How can he give orders? If brother makes a mistake, what's the use of this retreat? What's the use of this victory?" Hojo Weimasa's eyes were red with anxiety.
, no longer paying attention to Hojo Tsunadaka, he rode his horse and rushed eastward, "Hitachisuke, hurry up and follow me! Go and save my big brother!"
"There's nothing we can do about it... Young Master's life is still at stake!" After all, Hojo Tsunadaka is the adopted son of Hojo Ujitsuna. Naturally, his voice and status in the family are not as good as those of a biological son like Hojo Oimasa, so he had no choice but to obey his orders and lead Chibeya.
He chased after him.
Not only Huang Bei and Aka Bei, but also the 900 people of Hakubei and the 900 people of Aobe who were ambushing at the eastern foot of Hamaishi Mountain could not sit still. Kasahara Nobuhi and Tominaga Naokatsu were also veterans who had served the Hojo family for a long time.
Seeing that Hojo Ujiyasu was in danger, he hurriedly broke out from the mountain forest where he was hiding and moved to the east of the Banko River. He tried to cross the Banko River first and then the Yuiga River to rescue Hojo Ujiyasu.
"Isn't it time to come out, the hidden ambush troops?" Yoshimoto Imagawa, who was at the high point, could clearly see the reinforcements of the four reserve units of the Hojo family that were moving eastward. "Let Miura Bei, Abe Bei and Uden
Bei uses the obstruction of Yui River to stop Huang Bei and Aka Bei! Sena Bei and Sekiguchi Bei who are ambushing in Ishikiri Forest should not act rashly and wait for Haku Bei and Ao Bei to cross the Banko River before attacking. Okabe Bei immediately heads northwest
Crossing the Yui River, we must establish our position before Hakubei and Aobe cross the Banko River!"
"Your Highness, I'm afraid that Miura Bei, Abe Bei and Uden Bei are no match for Huang Bei and Chi Bei. Our Sanbei only has less than 300 soldiers, and the two opposite units have a full 600 soldiers, and their combat strength is also very low.
How can they resist if they are far superior to us?" Seeing the urgency of the situation, Himura Hiroyuki rarely made suggestions in a tough tone.
"That's why I have to mobilize Okabe to cross the Yui River immediately." Imagawa Yoshimoto said while pointing to the water of the Yui River in the distance, "I am very familiar with this area. After the Yui River and Banko River merge, the water level downstream is higher than
It is usually much lower. But from the intersection to Rinxiang Mountain, no one was seen doing anything to the Yuiga River - indicating that the Hojo Army must be stationed in the upper reaches of the Banko River, blocking the flow of the Banko River, and waiting to release the water.
Water attack. I just used this move a few days ago, wouldn't it be unfamiliar to me?"
"Send an order for Okabe to cross the Yui River and immediately go north along the Banko River, seize control of the Banko River waterway from the Hojo family, clean up the river channel, and restore the flow of the Banko River to normal. Once the Banko River is unblocked, Yui
The water level in the lower reaches of the river will be much higher, and it will be easier for Miura Bei, Abe Bei and Uden Bei to defend the river bank. However, be careful that the Hojo family may ambush nearby! Just wait for someone to dredge the river!"
