Chapter 165 Kamiyagawa Battle IV
At the beginning of the battle, the Tokugawa army actually had an absolute advantage in numbers, and Tokugawa Yorifu was not stupid at all. He was not sloppy in commanding the battle. If the daimyo of each team worked together, it would only be a matter of time before the Toyotomi army was defeated.
Unfortunately...
The Toyotomi army, which was not numerically superior, relied on its comeback momentum and the leadership of the famous Warring States general Yukimura Sanada to bring the battle to a level consistent with both sides even though it was weak.
Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Japanese state, combat in the cold weapon era relied entirely on manpower to fight for life, and the entire army could only accept 30% of the battle losses. A 10% loss would make an army Break the opponent with the last blow. Of course, if the opponent's battle damage has reached 20%, the battle will be over.
Take the Battle of Sarhu as an example. Although the Ming army had an overwhelming numerical advantage, it was defeated by Nurhaci one by one. In the end, the entire army was defeated. More than 200,000 people were destroyed in one blow. The battle damage actually only reached Ten percent, even the 'Dare Warrior' Jun Song's troops were defeated only after suffering close to the limit of 30% battle losses. Therefore, 30% is the final critical point of an army.
The situation between the two warring parties was tilted towards the Toyotomi army from the beginning. The shogunate was extremely wary of the Shimazu family. This time, the Shimazu family turned against the Toyotomi family. If the shogunate army defeated the Shimazu family, it would be a disaster, not to mention the annihilation of the Shimadzu family. Most of the 100,000 troops were from the Satsuma clan. They had only one way to fight to the death.
As for the existence of the shogunate army as a 'thieves-fighting army', although all the daimyo are members of the Tokugawa family, after all, they have been at ease for more than 20 years, and each vassal country has its own development. No one is willing to die in a battle that thinks It is a battle that must be won.
This is the case for Tokugawa Yorifu's son Tokugawa Yorishige. As the eldest son, he was raised in the Matsudaira family from birth. Tokugawa Yorishige's real name is Matsudaira Yorishige. It is also tradition that the eldest son of the Gosan family must adopt him.
If the situation continues as it is, once Tokugawa Yorifusa dies, the position of lord of one of the three Mito feudal families will fall on Yorishige. However, Matsudaira Yorishige will serve as his father's flank guard general this time, which is extremely important. status, and in this battle, if he abandons his own formation and escapes, it is equivalent to exposing his father to the sword of the Toyotomi army.
Tokugawa Yorishige was no fool to be able to become the lord of the Gosan family while he was still alive. How could his ability be the match of Miyoshi Masayasu?
Ever since, it appeared that Yukimura Sanada and Masayasu Miyoshi had just entered Yorishige's main formation, but Yorishige abandoned the formation and left.
Of course, there is only one example that collapses when the battle damage is less than 10%, and that is the general fleeing before the battle. I think this is what happened to Chen Cao in Liaodong. Otherwise, whether Nurhachi can defeat the Linghe River is unknown. .
It doesn't matter if Tokugawa Yorishige ran away. The worst thing is that this kid cheated his father to the end. He came running on a horse and shouted, "We are ambushed..." "The Toyotomi army is coming to kill" and so on. The words that disturbed the morale of the army. After these words were heard by the soldiers of the Yorifang main formation, the formation of the main formation began to become chaotic.
At this time, Tokugawa Yorifusa was about to make arrangements. Sanada Yukimura single-handedly rushed out from among the thousands of troops and followed closely behind Tokugawa Yorishige. Tokugawa Yorifusa was shocked and quickly made arrangements. Shouted: "Order Matsudaira and Atsumi's troops to support our troops immediately."
"yes..."
"Kill..."
The infantry of the Sanada Army, which came with the general trend, followed closely behind Sanada Yukimura. Toda Tadayoshi's own team was now entangled by Miyoshi Masayasu and could not move at all.
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Ukita Hideie had already drawn his sword at this moment. He clearly saw that he was surrounded by at least seven or eight daimyo troops. Although ten thousand reinforcements were added behind him, the reinforcements were too busy to take care of themselves at the moment.
Upon seeing this, Ukita Hidetsugi shouted: "Father, lead your troops to retreat quickly..."
How dare the Ukita Hide family withdraw? If they withdraw here, they will lose this battle. He has been imprisoned on Hachijo Island for so many years, and now that the Toyotomi family has finally come back, how can he lose again?
"Order the iron artillery team to attack the enemy on the right front wing. You and your troops will immediately kill them from that direction to disrupt their deployment..."
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Shimazu Tadahashi saw that Ukita Hide's house was surrounded and 10,000 reinforcements were also trapped inside, so he quickly reported Hideyori. Hideyori was not far away. Seeing this situation, he looked at Ohno Haram next to him: "Go. Tell Lord Zhongheng to attack with the whole army."
After Shimazu Tadahashi received the news, he walked down from the stands and said to Shimazu Tadurō: "You lead 10,000 troops and kill them from the right front wing to disrupt their deployment."
Zhong Heng looked at the front: "I will take the remaining 30,000 people and kill them from the front."
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Mizuno Nagasaki's troops have already entered the Hide family's main formation. At this moment, the two sides are fighting in chaos. The battle has reached this level. As long as either side shows signs of defeat, the battle will have a result.
Unexpectedly, the various daimyo surrounding the center seemed to be on fire. Even though their subordinates were already declining, everyone was taking turns arranging their subordinates to come forward for a decisive battle.
If this round of battle continues, Ukita Hideie will eventually collapse.
At this time...
"This battle has been defeated..."
"The general has withdrawn..."
I don’t know who shouted the first sentence. After Mizuno Nagakatsu heard it, he immediately turned around on his horse and looked at Tokugawa Yorifou’s main formation behind him. The Tokugawa main formation was now frightened and fled backwards.
If this continues, wouldn't it mean that all the seven daimyo surrounding the Ukita Hide family would be exposed in the middle of the Toyotomi army.
Shimazu Tadayo and his troops had just arrived at the right front wing, but saw the shogunate army starting to run back crazily. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately gave up the idea of surrounding the right front wing shogunate army, and immediately led his army to detour to join the Sanada army, and then came from behind Surround these tens of thousands of people.
Fortunately, Shimazu Tadayō's resourcefulness was good and his choices were correct. It was precisely because of this that Tokugawa Yorifu was hit hard.
It turned out that after Tokugawa Yorishige shouted words that disturbed the morale of the army, more than a thousand cavalry led by Sanada Yukimura had broken into Tokugawa Yorifu's main formation. In addition, Tokugawa Yorishige's very inflammatory words made the entire Tokugawa army Yorifu's main formation was in chaos, and after being attacked like this by Sanada Yukimura, Tokugawa Yorifu himself was carried away by his retainers.
The main formation retreated, and the three daimyo reserve troops behind him ran away one after another, in disguise, abandoning all the nearly 100,000 people in front who were fighting to the death with the Toyotomi army.
The opponents who could have been defeated in a while suddenly shouted in unison that Tokugawa Yorifou was defeated, causing the former army to be in chaos, and the various daimyo had the idea of escape.
It wasn't until Yukimura Sanada and Tadayō Shimazu joined forces and surrounded the front troops of the shogunate army that Osuga Yasuhei, the outermost commander, issued an order for the entire army to retreat.
If one person runs away on the battlefield, it will immediately trigger a chain effect. In an instant, countless shogunate troops will flee.
Ukita Hideie looked at this scene and shouted loudly. This scene clearly happened to him back then, but at this moment, the identity of the person running away and chasing him changed.
Mizuno Nagakatsu never dreamed that his own team would be completely surrounded by the enemy. It was impossible for his people to escape now. Takeda Tsuna's team at the outermost edge, who was responsible for the response, was now divided and surrounded. In the circle, Takeda Tsuna has chosen to escape at this moment, because he can see clearly that if he does not run at this time, not only will he not be able to meet Mizuno Nagakatsu, but he may even lose all the troops he brought here.
Sanada Yukimura rode towards Mizuno Nagakatsu on horseback. The frightened Mizuno Nagakatsu immediately arranged for his retainers to resist. However, in the face of the absolutely superior cavalry, these retainers did nothing more than use their arms as chariots.
When his subordinates had no way out, Mizuno Nagakatsu ordered his close retainers to serve as intermediaries. Before Sanada Yukimura could kill him, he committed seppuku.
When the general died, his trusted retainers beheaded him and escaped under the cover of a group of dead soldiers. Then the others followed the old rules and finally laid down their weapons and chose to surrender.
Kamiya River, the first official confrontation between the Toyotomi Army and the Shogunate Army ended with a complete victory by the Toyotomi Army. In this battle, the Toyotomi Army killed one of the Tokugawa Daimyos, Mizuno Nagakatsu, and seriously injured the Daimyo. Shigemune Itakura.
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"Lord, our army has won a complete victory in this battle. We have beheaded more than 17,000 people, captured more than 30,000 people, and captured countless more. At this moment, Tokugawa Yorifou's camp has retreated thirty miles to avoid the battle."
Sanada Yukimura showed a long-lost smile. After reporting the battle situation, he sat down. He was really too tired.
After Ukita Hideie burst out laughing, he looked at Hideyori: "My lord, we have won a great victory. Our Toyotomi army will be able to decisively fight in Gyeonggi Province again. At this time, Tokugawa Yorifou must not know how to explain to Tokugawa Hidetada."
Toyotomi Hideyori nodded: "This great victory is all due to the concerted efforts of all of you, but this is only the first victory, and the main force of the Tokugawa army is still on the way."
As soon as Toyotomi Hideyori finished speaking, Ukita Hideie immediately frowned: "The decisive battle is coming soon, Yukimura-sama should worry more."
Sanada Yukimura also became serious and looked at Hideyori: "My lord, when the war begins, my lord will have to fight in person. Yukimura cannot protect my lord, so my lord must be more careful."
Hideyori nodded: "Yukimura-sama must be careful as a surprise attack force. By the way, when will the Ming army arrive?"
Osamu Nagano said: "They went to Hizen Country before our army set off. Time is not short now. It is estimated that they should be able to reach the Kamiya River before the war begins."
"They don't have a guide, Mr. Ohno. It's better for you to go there yourself. The Ming army is very powerful and can hit the shogunate army by surprise in the decisive battle." Ukita Hideie said.
Chief Ono stood up: "It is related to the rise and fall of my Toyotomi family. I will leave immediately..."
