"The Miura family..." Imagawa Yoshima stared at Miura Bei's position and stopped resisting, "Is this a surrender to the enemy..."
Just when Imagawa Yoshizhin was panicking, there were also bursts of whining coming from the right wing position on the southwest side. Imagawa Yoshima turned around and saw that Ichinomiya Bei had been defeated by Okabe Bei who was following him. The defeated soldiers were running down the hill in embarrassment, chasing the leader of Ichinomiya Sonoji's horse seal and running towards Imagawa Yoshima's horse seal. .
Yuhibi and Hasegawa Bei were also in full decline at this moment, and they were retreating steadily under Okabe Bei's continued pursuit. Xingjinbei and Anharabei were on the left and right, trying to outflank them. Fortunately, Kabara stood up to support and avoided the bad luck of being surrounded. However, Kabara Bei's stopping meant that Imagawa Ryozhinkata's retreat had been interrupted, and they could not return to Kabara Castle. The auxiliary soldiers who were originally retreating in an orderly manner lost their order after seeing the crisis of the battle situation, and were fleeing across the mountains and plains.
"Gather the stragglers!" Fukushima Masashige kept signaling to the fleeing Ichinomiya Muneki, "Let him come to us and gather the scattered troops. There are only a few dozen people. Those who can be sorted out in time will be with us later. We, the Fukushima family, join forces to fight against the enemy."
"Although Miura Bei over there has surrendered, their troops are still blocked on the hills. It will take some time to accept their surrender. We can delay Sekiguchi Bei, Sena Bei and Asahina Bei for a while. The enemy seems to be cut off. Our battle line, but they themselves were not separated? They were left alone everywhere! It gave us the opportunity to maneuver inside and fight with more and less! Our Fukushima Bei had just completed the backward turn to form a formation in order to deal with the Asahina family's cavalry. This is What a great time!”
Fukushima Masashige personally drew the sword in his hand, reined in the horse and turned to the west, "Eshinari, you lead 50 people to stay behind, and try your best to stop the Imagawa family's main team for a quarter of an hour. I will cooperate with Kamahara Bei to attack Okabe in a pinch. Bei, Xingjin Bei and Anbara Bei, destroy them first! Let Kamahara Bei's archery team immediately choose a position from above, and I will attack them as soon as they arrive! There is no time!"
"But what if Asahina Bichu's cavalry turns around and comes back to attack our flank?" Fukushima Masashige's younger brother Fukushima Katsunari shouted to Fukushima Masashige, "We are heading west like this. If our flank is attacked, it will be a dead end!"
"I hope he can be attracted by the fleeing auxiliary soldiers and civilians." Fukushima Masashige comforted himself sarcastically, but Fukushima Katsunari seemed not to understand the meaning of the family leader's words and questioned incredulously. "Your Highness, are you joking? Asahina Bichū is a veteran general for many years. How can he not be able to distinguish priorities?"
"Shut up! You bastard of a separate family!" Fukushima Masashige, who was already extremely angry, yelled at Fukushima Katsunari, "Then do you have any other way to turn defeat into victory? Isn't it just gambling? Isn't surrender possible?"
Fukushima Masashige didn't waste any words. He took the lead and led the troops towards the west. He rushed down from the hill where he was, constantly beckoning the ashigaru to follow him, and moved towards the backs of Okabe Bei, Anhara Bei and Xingjin Bei. The battlefield is not big, and the distance is fleeting. These three troops were originally using all their strength to besiege Hasegawa Bei and Yui Bei. They did not realize that Fukushima Bei had adjusted their formation to face the rear not long ago. For the Japanese army in the Middle Ages, it was difficult to turn around and turn around on the battlefield. It's even more difficult, and a slight mistake can cause a crash, so it takes a long time.
They thought that even if Fukushima Bei wanted to retreat and attack from a flank, he would have to turn the entire unit around first, which would give them enough warning time. However, who would have thought that Fukushima Bei had already turned in advance to guard against Asahina Tenno's cavalry. Okay, now the westbound double-team speed is more than half faster than expected. By the time Okabe Bei, Kotsu Bei and Anhara Bei realized that the enemy was coming from behind, it was too late and they hurriedly adjusted their troops to respond to the enemy. But this was not easy on the fierce fighting front.
At this critical moment, Kamawara Bei's archery team, which had already occupied the ground, launched several rounds of condescending volleys of arrows, instantly killing more than twenty soldiers. In the chaos, both Anhara Bei and Kojin Bei suffered injuries caused by the break in the battle line. There was a partial collapse, and only Okabe Oyatsuna completed a simple defense by relying on Okabe Bei's strong combat power, but he still could not mobilize enough troops to defend the enemy backwards, and was beaten miserably by the surprise attack of Fukushima Bei.
Seeing that the situation had improved, Imagawa Yoshima immediately rode his horse and held the red bird horse seal to rush to Fukushima to prepare for the battle to boost morale. Under the brave performance of Imagawa Yoshimagi's lead, Fukushima Bei's samurai and ashigaru warriors all fought bravely, and were about to defeat Okabe Bei, Xingjin Bei and Anhara Bei who were attacked from both sides. Okabe Oyatsuna even had to go to the front line with his bodyguards to fill the gaps in the battle line. Fukushima Masashige immediately asked all the mounted samurai in his headquarters to take turns leading the attack on Okabe Bei's battle line. He also concentrated 20 knights to attack Okabe Bei's battle line in a roundabout way, almost penetrating Okabe Bei's battle line.
However, at this moment, wailing suddenly came from the top of the northwest mountain.
"It's over, it's over, run!" The archers of the Kamahara family were concentrating on Anbara's soldiers just a moment ago, harvesting their lives without any pressure. The next moment, they discovered that the cavalry team led by Asahina Taino had unknowingly circled to the side of the hill where they were. When the sound of horse hooves sounded, it was too late for them to escape.
The cavalry team of Genkata Imagawa rode forward. Several archers who were drawing their bows twisted their directions and shot at the oncoming cavalry. However, only one of them hit the horse, and then he was chopped down to the ground with random swords. . More people didn't even have a chance to wind up, and were already rushed in front of them by the cavalry. In despair, the remaining 20 archers threw away their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Asahina Taino didn't hesitate, and turned around to attack the flank of the Umohara Mitsuru clan.
"It's completely gone..." The Umagawara Mitsuru clan had no hope of turning defeat into victory - even if Fukushima Katsunari could encircle and annihilate Okabebe, Kōtsubei and Anharabei first, it would still be difficult to wait until the Imagawa clan's Motokata subsequent troops came up. If you lose, the most you can do is gain some time to retreat. But seeing that his archery team had been destroyed, Umohara Mitsuru suddenly lost all fighting spirit.
"Withdraw, withdraw, there is no chance. Prepare to submit a letter of surrender. Escape back to Kabara Castle first." Ubihara Mitsuru called the troops to flee to the northwest to avoid Asahina Taino's front. "This battle can't be helped." beated."
As soon as Kamahara Bei withdrew, Yuhibei and Hasegawa Bei, who had suffered heavy losses, suddenly lost their fighting spirit and broke away from the battle line and fled westward. Okabe prepared to deal with the enemy behind him wholeheartedly. Okabe Oyatsuna took some time to turn all the teams that originally attacked Kamahara Bei into formation, and counterattacked towards Fukushima Bei. At the same time, Sekiguchi Bei, Sena Bei and Asahina Bei also crossed the Miura family's position and attacked Fukushima Bei from the flanks.
At this time, the hilltop where Fukushima Enoge was stationed had also been captured by the outnumbered troops directly under the Imagawa family. Fukushima Enomoto himself was desperately fighting and retreating, moving closer to the direction of Fukushima Masaari's main army, but once A team of Imagawa troops pursued across the mountains, but he was still struggling to cope with only 40 men left. The reserve force left by Taiyuan Xuezai in the main formation also joined the battlefield and fought along the official road; Asahina Tenno's cavalry detoured straight south and flew with the reserve force on both sides, trying to capture Fukushima like a pair of pliers. Prepare to be surrounded by all.
The army was defeated like a mountain.
Imagawa Yoshizhen truly realized the meaning of this sentence. The dawn was fleeting and the fate of defeat was inevitable.
"Let's go, lead the Third Young Master to break out of the encirclement!" Masashige Fukushima also understood that the situation of the battle could not be reversed, and immediately ordered the knights on horseback to protect Imagawa Yoshima and rush towards the gap in the encirclement. The Fukushima infantrymen behind them tried their best to catch up, but they were still pushed further and further away. Imagawa Yoshima had no time to look at the friendly troops behind him. On the battlefield filled with flying arrows and smoke, he could only use all his strength to control his horse and sit down in order to keep up with the speed of the cavalry.
The shouts of killing gradually stopped, and Imagawa Yoshima's troops who were still fighting were no longer visible on the entire battlefield, but Imagawa Yoshima managed to escape. Fukushima Katsunari arranged for groups of soldiers who dared to die to delay time, and finally opened a safe distance. At this time, there were only more than 40 people left around Imagawa Yoshima and Fukushima Katsunari. The main force was Taiyuan Xuezhai was completely surrounded and annihilated. If he had not thought of turning defeat into victory just now, but had directly led his troops to retreat from the battle line after the Miura family surrendered, maybe some of their effective forces could still be retained.
Fukushima Masashige was so angry that he punched his thigh so hard that his right hand was cut open by the skirt armor on his leg. And Imagawa Yoshima looked back at the battlefield full of reluctance - in less than two hours, the entire army was finished.
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Fukushima Masashige protected Imagawa Yoshima all the way west to Imagawakan, but they no longer dared to enter the city at this moment - Shouguini was able to bring troops to Imagawa Ujimoto before the battle, indicating that she had been secretly connecting with the army, so Imagawakan The remaining 2,000 or so Imagawa family banners must have also obeyed Sugini's orders. Fukushima Masashige and his party bypassed Imagawakan from the north of the city and fled all the way to Fukushima Home Furnishing City Hanakura Castle in the northwest.
On the morning of March 27, the fifth year of Tenmon (1536), Imagawa Yoshima and Imagawa Ujimoto fought in a battle in Kamabahara, Suruga. The battle was a great victory for Imagawa Ujimoto. Imagawa Yoshima almost escaped with his life. It is known as the Battle of Kamawara in history. The defeated Imagawa Yoshima and Fukushima Masashige fled into Hanakura Castle before evening and mobilized the remaining soldiers and citizens to defend the city. After nightfall, Imagawa Ujimoto arrived with his pursuers and surrounded Huacang City heavily.
In the early morning of March 28th, the fifth year of Tianwen (1536), Shouguini formally announced outside Huacang City that Imagawa Shimoto would inherit the position of governor of the Imagawa family, making him the eleventh generation of the Imagawa family. However, Imagawa Yoshima was branded as a traitor by Shouguini as the traitor who murdered the former masters Imagawa Ujiteru and Imagawa Hikoro, and called on all the Imagawa family retainers to join in the crusade.
As soon as this order came out, whether it was the Asahina family, Okabe family, Sena family and other families who were on the side of the Imagawa clan; or the Abe family and Uden family in the mountainous area north of Suruga who had not received the news before and were not notified until now. The Imagawa family, the Ogi family and other families; or the Miura family, Kamabahara family and other families who were originally on the side of Imagawa Yoshima - all Imagawa family retainers, except the Fukushima family, all submitted an oath to recognize the Imagawa clan as the successor to the family governor. position, and everyone is passionate about avenging Imagawa Shiteru.
Shougini transferred all the government and military power of the Imagawa family to Imagawa Shimoto, and Imagawa Shimoto appointed Taiyuan Xuezhai as the family minister to handle all matters on his behalf.
