The Okabe auxiliary soldiers who rushed to the river saw the river water rushing down from the upstream continuously hitting the dam. The water that had only reached the ankles before was now several times deeper, making it difficult to even approach the river.
"You have to move those sandbags and gravel away at the cost of your life!" Hisatsuna Okabe couldn't help but roared. He was the first to take off his clothes, and rushed to the river shirtless, struggling to walk hard in the rapids.
Moving forward, "Even the head of the family is risking his life, how can we retreat?"
However, the river was too fast. It was difficult to move forward when reaching the river, let alone move sandbags and gravel in the current. Seeing more and more auxiliary soldiers being swept away by the current, Okabe Hisatsuna gritted his teeth.
, and then jumped suddenly towards the river dam built by the Hojo family. He grabbed a sandbag, kicked his legs violently with the impact of the water flow, and dragged the sandbag out with the river water.
After being washed away, I finally managed to grab hold of the rocks on the shore and climb up.
When Okabe Bei's soldiers saw a whole family of relatives working so hard, everyone's blood was boiling. They jumped into the rapids with no shirts and tried their best to move away the sandbags and gravel. Some people were lucky enough to climb ashore.
, some people were directly swept downstream by the flood along with those obstacles.
"Why haven't you gone around yet? What are you doing?" Kurobei's reserve captain Tame Gentada couldn't help but feel a little confused when he saw that half of the second embankment on the Banko River had been demolished, and the water in the upper reaches of the Banko River was continuously flowing downward.
Anxiously, he looked at the Rangers he sent - they were blocked halfway by a few people.
Domu Yuanzhong then took ten of his guards and personally rode their horses to the battlefield of the Rangers in the southwest of the battle line. They found that their own soldiers, who were outnumbered, actually stopped attacking, and each of them held weapons and stared at the few people in front of them with concentration.
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"What are you all dawdling about? Why..." Domu Yuanzhong urged his horse to the front of the formation. He was about to scold his subordinates, but was suddenly frightened and speechless by the scene in front of him.
I saw that Okabe Oyatsuna was scarred and covered in blood. He was holding a katana with a chipped blade in his right hand, and a bloody rib in his left hand. There were several Hojo lying around.
A soldier at home. He tilted his head, his helmet had been knocked out at some point, and blood slid down his hair and dripped on the broken shoulder armor. He looked like an evil ghost crawling out of hell.
Okabe Oyatsuna was a close confidant of Imakawa Jiteru, and he had visited Odawara Castle with Imagawa Jiteru many times, so Tame Motochu naturally recognized him. Seeing his former acquaintance now killed like this, Tame Motochu was also frightened.
"Who else wants to give it a try?" Okabe Oyatsuna moved his neck, and the "crunching" sound revealed the unspeakable horror. "As long as I have one breath, no one can get past it."
At the beginning of Shenshi on September 28, the fifth year of Tenmon (1536), under Okabe Bei's desperate struggle, the flow of the Banko River was completely dredged, and the water that had been accumulated for a long time surged down, instantly reducing the water levels downstream of the Banko River and Yui River.
Overflowed the river.
"Damn it..." Hojo Tsunadaka, who was about to cross the river from the southern end of Ishikiri Forest and return to the west bank of the Fanko River, was dumbfounded. The pontoon bridge and several shoals in front of him were instantly swallowed up by the water. "What is Kurobei upstream doing?"
?Didn’t we agree in advance that only one dam would be released? How could we release all the water above the Banko River?"
"Your Highness, think of a solution quickly! The fire has already burned behind you!"
Akabi's soldiers fled from the Ishikiri forest in embarrassment. The thick smoke and forest fires driven by the north wind had burned their backs, forcing them to the bank of the Banko River.
"There is nothing we can do. Take off your gear and swim back to the west bank with the whole army!" When it comes to cutting off, Tsunadaka Hojo is decisive at this time. "Otherwise, we will all be burned to death here!"
"But Your Highness, if you throw away the armor and swim back, the entire organization will be disbanded. It will take at least half an hour to regain combat strength!"
"That's better than being wiped out!" Hojo Tsunaka was realistic and asked the flag bearer to give Hojo Ujiyasu a signal that "the headquarters is about to collapse." He then lowered the flagpole and swam to the other side of the Banko River with the flag in his arms.
"It's all gone, it's all gone, don't think too much about it!"
Also affected by the flood was Huang Bei from the lower reaches of the Yuigagawa River. They were currently trying to forcibly cross the river and attack the river banks held by Miura Bei, Abe Bei and Uden Bei. After seeing that the water level was rising and the floods from upstream were surging, Imagawa
The soldiers of the Yuhi Army have already started cheering, while the Hojo Army has a solemn look on its face. Although the river downstream of the Yuhi River is much wider than the Banko River, and will not be directly cut off from the return route like Akabi, there will still be most of the shoals and
The bridge is impassable.
No matter how heroic Hojo was in normal times, he retreated at this moment. Although they had already captured part of the beachhead, once the river rose and the backup could not keep up, the troops sent to the beach might be besieged and killed.
No wonder there were thunderous cheers on the Imagawa Army's position - for them, this already meant the success of the defense.
However, Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal suddenly shook towards Huang Bei - his order was for Huang Bei not to retreat and to continue the attack. Hojo Ushimasa had not yet reacted after receiving the order, as a horse was already galloping beside him.
Then he left and rushed towards the beach with his katana raised - it was none other than Tsunari Hojo.
"The flood is coming soon, and victory or defeat is just a hair's breadth away!" Hojo Tsunari shouted as he rushed to the front, his arms rustling with his movements. "If you don't want to be trapped and die on the other side of the river,
,Follow me! Kill all those Suruga guys!"
After shouting, Hojo Tsunari took the lead and stepped into Miura Bei's formation. Miura Bei's ashigaru had already aimed at this conspicuous samurai who was mobilizing morale, and in the blink of an eye, several spears stabbed him. But Hojo
However, Tsunagi used his exaggerated equestrian skills to avoid the stabbing. He stabbed sideways and chopped down three ashigaru in an instant. He used the momentum to directly turn over and jump off the horse, watching the horse crash into the enemy formation.
He took advantage of the gap created by the horses and charged in with his sword.
"What are you doing standing still? Follow up?" Upon seeing this, Hojo Weichang immediately followed and shouted to Huang Bei's samurai and ashigaru, "Young Master ordered us to attack! No one is allowed to retreat! The flood is coming.
Come on, if we want to die, we will die on the other side of the river! That newcomer is so brave, but you are hesitant to move forward, are you worthy of the reputation of the Kanto warriors?"
"Hey! Hey! Roar!"
Huang Bei's soldiers responded to the commander's order with a roar. The incoming flood not only did not destroy their morale, but actually made them more motivated to fight, as if they had set a DDL, and they rushed forward with a roar.
On the other hand, the Imagination Army thought that Huang Bei would slack off the retreating soldiers after the water rose. However, due to a careless move, Huang Bei was beaten back steadily by the attacking Huang Bei.
"What's going on?" Miura Ujimitsu didn't expect the sudden advance of the enemy in front of him. Without preparation, all the bridges guarded by Miura were thrown out at once, and even a Hojo army had already rushed to his horse.
Before printing. He hurriedly commanded his men to resist, but it was too late. The Hojo army that entered the enemy's position alone was unexpectedly brave and unusually brave. Even the Miura family's banner team could not stop it. The leader was a young fierce general. Not only was he not
He speaks Sagami dialect, but has a Suruga accent.
"The enemy general's horse mark!"
Hojo Tsunari pointed at Ma In and yelled, which made the Miura clan tremble across the crowd.
After the roar, people followed. Hojo Tsunagi plunged into the crowd with a fierce move, swinging his katana widely. Both speed and strength were far superior to ordinary people. Countless masters of the Miura family were not the same.
The enemies were defeated one after another. Hojo Tsunari was unstoppable for a while, and his troops pointed directly at Miura Ujimitsu's horse seal. The aura of revenge and resentment emanating from him made all the samurai who fought with him...
It's shuddering.
"Your Highness, retreat!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Miura Ujimitsu's guards withdrew behind Miura Ujimitsu. As soon as Miura Ujimitsu's horse seal retreated, all Miura Bei's soldiers panicked. From the subordinate general
From now on, the samurai and ashigaru have no fighting spirit, fearing that the master of the family will abandon the army and run away. Even the soldiers who still want to fight will be worried that other soldiers around them will abandon them, and in the end they will become the scapegoat who stays at the rear.
.The atmosphere of panic rose like a spiral in the army, and people were panicked for a while.
The retreating horse seals were bumping up and down, and the retreating commander had no time to pay attention to them. Naturally, he had no time to command the troops. The subordinates who lost their unified command were even more reluctant to fight. After resisting for a few times, they followed the horse.
The horse seal retreated together - this is why on the ancient battlefield, the horse seal must not be moved lightly.
"What is Miura-sama doing?" "Miura-sama?"
As soon as the Miura clan in the center withdrew, Motoma Abe and Nagamochi Uden on the two wings were immediately dumbfounded. If they did not withdraw, they would probably be surrounded and annihilated. With no choice, even if the two wanted to fight again,
He also had to lead his subordinates and retreat with Miura Uchimitsu.
"Don't let them get away!"
As soon as he saw that the Imagawa army was about to withdraw, Hojo Tsunari immediately mounted his horse and pursued him first, regardless of whether there was anyone behind him. Seeing that the fighter plane was in good shape, Hojo Tsunari did not wait for the follow-up troops to cross the river, and took the 100 soldiers who had already crossed the river.
The soldiers went straight to Miura Bei. Miura Shimitsu obviously did not expect that Huang Bei would pursue him without any preparation, and in a hurry he wanted to order the troops to turn to meet the enemy. However, Miura Bei's morale was already very low at this moment.
Tao gave the order and immediately caused chaos.
Each general led his own team and wanted to turn around, but he collided with other teams. A few people had no intention of turning around to fight the enemy, and continued to retreat with their own people. A few of the soldiers still wanted to fight.
Seeing that the troops had not been properly organized and were unable to line up, and the enemy was getting closer and closer, the general was very anxious. Half of the people chose to turn around and retreat, and in the end only 20 people were left to resist resolutely.
The resistance of this small team was instantly overwhelmed by the pursuers of the Hojo family, and the remaining Miura Bei soldiers were completely panicked. Seeing the wolf-like Hojo Army Huang Bei chasing behind them, they lost all fighting spirit.
Instead of having the fighting spirit to resist, he dropped his weapons and equipment one after another and ran away without looking back. Miura Ujimitsu also lost the ability to gather his troops at this moment, and Hojo Tsunari was chasing his horse again. Helplessly
As a result, the Miura clan abandoned the army and fled all the way to the Honkoyama main formation in the northeast. Miura Bei also announced that he was defeated.
As soon as Miura Bei collapsed, Abe Bei and Udono Bei on both wings instantly lost their cover. Their twice the number of soldiers was only a few dozen. Faced with the outflanking Huang Bei, they were also in disarray. They couldn't resist for long before they collapsed one after another. Abe
Yuan Zhen and Uden Changchi fled in a hurry under the cover of the guards, even the horse seal was brought down, for fear of attracting the enemy's attention.
