As Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal rose on Mount Hayashi, a large army with Hojo scales and flags stood up across the entire foothills of Mount Hayashi. The number of people seemed to be more than 2,000. Immediately there was an uproar within the ranks of the Imagawa Army - they did not know that they would encounter the Hojo Army here.
"Xiao Qilang, send someone to notify 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 should be inevitable.
I saw 900 Akabei of Hojo Tsunaka and 900 Huangbei of Hojo Nosho from the southern foot of Mount Jinkasa and Hamaishi Mountain, and they rushed toward the Imagawa family like tigers descending the mountain. The auxiliary soldiers walking at the end of the team fled in panic, and about 400 auxiliary soldiers fled - they were all from Miura Bei, Abe Bei and Udono Bei who were walking at the end of the team. Chibei and Huangbei also quickly cut off the Imagawa family's food route and retreat, locking the Imagawa army in the Yubi Plain.
"The Akabei and Huangbei of Hojo's five-coloured army." Himura Hiroyuki recognized the brightly colored flag at a glance, "The Hojo family is the best in the army, and its combat power is even higher than the flag's own army!"
At this time, the main force of the Imagawa Army had basically crossed the Yuigagawa River. The five banner teams of Imagawa Yoshimoto have arrived around Honmitsu Mountain, followed closely by Asahina Bei's 1,000 people and Okabe Bei's 950 people, followed by Sena Bei's 500 people and Sekiguchi Bei who have just entered the Ishikiri Forest. 280 people, as well as 600 people from Miura, 120 from Abe and 120 from Uden who are still forming a team on the east bank of Yuhikawa. The Imagawa family's army was frightened by the Hojo Army falling from the sky, 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 clamor on Linxiang Mountain to the north. I saw 800 Hojo family flag soldiers roaring down, surrounded by Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal, and headed straight for Imagawa Yoshimoto's red bird horse seal. On Nakao Mountain behind Honkoyama, Toyama Tsunakage also led 300 Edo soldiers to attack.
Along with the simultaneous appearance of more than a thousand soldiers, there was also the sudden sound of drums in the mountainous area. God knows how many drummers Hojo Ujiyasu had arranged as suspects in the valley in advance, but at this moment, under the echo of the mountains, the Imagawa army seemed to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, and the morale of the army was in chaos.
"You don't want to leave me any time to think..." Imagawa Yoshimoto pursed his lips, and his heart became 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 let the infantry have 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, 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 that were ringing with drum beats, but I don’t know which direction to deploy. He stared at the horse seal coming from Hojo Ujiyasu, groaning secretly in his heart. However, as I looked at it, an idea suddenly came to me.
"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 Unoden Bei formed a formation on the spot to guard against enemies in the rear. The Sena Bei and Sekiguchi Bei were on standby in the Ishikiri Forest. The remaining troops, except for the Hatamoto Fifth Bei to defend Honmitsuyama, the other Hatamoto Bei and the Asahina Bei , Okabe Bei, all give me the five-color Danma Seal to besiege Hojo Ujiyasu, and strangle Hojo Ujiyasu himself!"
"This is your young master. I don't believe you won't come out to save me." Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the mountains that could not be seen. "Show up obediently, Hojo family ambush soldiers!"
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"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 We still have to wait until Uncle Gen'an is here, we can't get him. I actually let Imagawa Yoshimoto deceive me 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 still a bystander. What command experience can he have? Seeing this mountain full of The formation of drum beats 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. 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.
"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 put the defensive troops. But the Imagawa army only has 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 through.”
Then Hojo Uyasu discovered that the "proud 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 from Asahinabei on the right side! 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, and had no intention of retreating after being ambushed. They rushed towards Hojo Ujiyasu's five-color horse seal with all their thoughts.
"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!”
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"The Imagawa Army is crazy... They have a total of more than 2,800 soldiers, right? They took two-thirds of them to besiege Big Brother in one go?"
At this moment, at the foot of Mount Jinkasa, Hojo Noshimasa, who had been ordered to guard the area and prevent Imagawa's army from retaking the 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 starve to death in the Yubi Plain. How could Imagawa Yoshimoto take such irrational actions?
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 Uyasu was the eldest heir to the Hojo family and 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 Chibei, 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 riding whip 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 being beaten so hard that he keeps retreating. How can he give orders? If he 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 Tsunaka, he rode his horse and rushed eastward, "Hitachisuke, hurry up and follow me! Go and save my big brother!"
"There is nothing we can do about it... the 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 Akabiya. Chased him.
Not only Huang Bei and Chi Bei, but also the 900 people of Bai Bei and the 900 people of Qing Bei who were ambushing at the eastern foot of Hamashi Mountain could not sit still. Kasahara Nobuya and Tominaga Naokatsu were both veterans who had served the Hojo family for a long time. Seeing Hojo Ujiyasu in danger, they hurriedly came out of the mountain forest where they were hiding and moved to the Banko River in the east. An attempt was made to cross the Banko River and then the Yuiga River to rescue Hojo Ujiyasu.
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"Isn't it time to come out, the hidden ambush soldiers?" Yoshimoto Imagawa, who was at the high point, could clearly see the reinforcements of the four Hojo family's reserve units 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 three preparations only have less than 300 soldiers, and the two opposite units have a full 600 soldiers, and their combat strength is also very low. They are far better than us, how can they resist?" Seeing the urgency of the situation, Femura Yangha 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 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 Rinkayama, no one was seen doing anything with the Yuigagawa River - indicating that there must be Hojo troops stationed in the upper reaches of the Banko River, blocking the flow of the Banko River, 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 Udono Bei to defend the river bank. However, be careful that the Hojo family may ambush nearby! Just wait for someone to dredge the river!"
