The Long Tail Army actually gave up its position and crossed the friendly defense zone to help. The fierce Echigo cavalry charged, causing the Hojo army to be caught off guard and thrown into chaos. The Akamatsu Army and the Urakami Army randomly launched counterattacks. The Hojo Army wanted to withdraw, but they pushed each other on the west bank of the Higashiyama Bridge. Many soldiers were squeezed down the Kamogawa River and swam to escape in embarrassment.
"Don't panic, everyone, let me raid the formation for our friendly forces!" Nagao Kagetora, who was leading the charge, raised his arms and shouted to the soldiers of Akamatsu Army and Urakami Army, "The enemy's defeat has become apparent, follow me and counterattack quickly!"
After the order was given, the Nagatail Army began to pour towards Higashiyama Bridge in a steady stream, following the retreating Hojo Army in an attempt to cross the Kamogawa River. The Oda Army and Saito Army hurriedly formed a defensive formation, and the Kitahata Army on standby in the rear also rushed to support, which curbed the momentum of the Nagao Army's counterattack.
The news spread back to the main formation, and Takeda Harunobu and Taiyuan Xuezai began to discuss how to deal with it.
"In the battle a few days ago, we suffered the loss only from the Otomo Army and the Nagao Army." Haruki Takeda tapped the hanging map lightly, "Originally, in this battle, the Tokoku Daimyo who came to Sanluo were all It should be about working without exerting effort. Logically speaking, only the Miyoshi family, the Hosokawa family, the Rokkaku family, and the Yusa family are the famous names in Kinki who are truly motivated to fight. But I didn’t expect that the young master who led the Otomo family wanted to make contributions for himself. To gain fame, the Nagao Kagetora of the Nagao family was inexplicably high-spirited, which resulted in the Northern Army having two more soldiers who dared to fight. Our Southern Army had no fighting desire to respond, so we were naturally at a disadvantage."
Taiyuan Xuezhai nodded slightly and added: "It is also because the Otomo family and the Nagao family have no enemies with conflicting interests in the allied army, so they have less scruples. Tao Ouchi (Tao Longfang) of the Ouchi Army is also , our army's Asakura and Rokkaku are also motivated to contribute in this battle. However, their mortal enemies in the region are friendly forces, making it difficult for them to fully devote themselves to the battle, and they inevitably have to be wary. Since they want to take the opportunity to weaken They are afraid of being betrayed by their mortal enemy when they fight hard. But the Otomo family and the Nagao family are not like that. They are alone, so they naturally have no reservations."
"Also... His Highness, the leader, who should have the most fighting spirit, has no ambition to make progress. He always stays in the formation and waits to see the success or failure. On the other hand, the three good repairmen are full of fighting spirit and fought very hard in the last battle. Brave. Under this situation, even if our Southern Army has the upper hand in strength, its actual combat effectiveness is subtly inferior to that of the Northern Army. This battle was won, and the biggest beneficiary was the Hosokawa family. How could he not contribute so much? "Takeda Harunobu said while looking at Hosokawa Harumoto in the distance inside the tent with some dissatisfaction - he did not participate in the discussion between Takeda Harunobu and Taihara Yuksai about the battle situation, but sat beside the main tent and tasted it leisurely. Tea and painting.
Then he discovered that Imagawa Yoshimoto was sitting opposite Hosokawa Harumoto, drinking tea and admiring paintings with him - well, these "prince samurai" had similar interests.
"That guy Goro..." Takeda Harunobu laughed sarcastically.
"It's not necessarily a bad thing to have a good relationship with His Highness the Commander." Taiyuan Xuezhai explained to his apprentice with a smile, "With His Highness Dashan and me here, Chengfang doesn't need to worry about anything. In terms of military strategy, he still needs to be polished. .”
"Master Xuezhai has some ideas to break the situation?" Takeda Harunobu looked at Taiyuan Xuezhai.
"There are three strategies. I wonder which one Your Highness Dazen would like to hear first?" Taiyuan Xuezai looked at Takeda Harunobu meaningfully.
"Of course it's the worst policy." Takeda Harunobu said with a smile, stroking his hands, "The worst policy is the most practical one. The middle policy and the best policy may look glamorous, but in fact it requires a lot of determination, sacrifices and changes to find a good way out. Our coalition forces We are almost without a leader. Who can convince whom? Who can make the decision? Who can convince everyone to make sacrifices? Therefore, the best policy cannot be implemented at all. Only the lowest policy can be implemented. "
"Sober, that's well said." Taiyuan Xuezhai sighed in admiration, then waved his hand and pointed at the Nagao family's garrison on the map: "The next best option is to draw out the most bellicose Nagao army to encircle and kill them. Defeat the North With the help of the army, future strategies will be more effective with half the effort."
"We see the same thing." Takeda Harunobu also looked stern, "The Nagao family is bent on fighting and will never miss the opportunity to counterattack. We let the Oda Army, Saito Army, and Hojo Army use a loophole to draw them in On the east bank of the Kamogawa River, surround and annihilate them."
"However, the Long Tail Army is also tough. If they are in danger, they will definitely have the courage to fight.
The potential and combat power should not be underestimated. It is probably unrealistic to expect friendly forces to attack the enemy. "Taiyuan Xue Zhai pointedly guided, and Takeda Harunobu obviously already had the answer:
"Then the Takeda family will naturally take the lead." Haruyuki Takeda hammered his chest hard with his hand. "The Takeda family will definitely attack Northern Shinano. The Nagao family will definitely be our enemy by then. Who will the Takeda family not do? Take action? Getting rid of one of their main forces here is just what I want."·
April 8, the 14th year of Tianwen (1546), Kyoto.
Just like yesterday, the Southern Army divided its troops into three groups to attack Chofukuji Temple, Takio Shrine and Chisakein Temple. Also like yesterday, it was the Nagao family’s active support. But this time, after seeing the arrival of the Nagao Army, the Oda Army, Saito Army, and Hojo Army decisively chose to retreat. The difference is that even though the Kitahata Army who came to support did not arrive last time, the retreating Oda Army, Saito Army and Hojo Army failed to organize a solid defense. After Nagao Kagetora saw the opportunity, he immediately drove straight across the bridge and rushed to kill. What immediately came into view was the Takeda Army and Imagawa Army who were waiting in full formation.
The Takeda Army attacked from the front, while the Imagawa Army penetrated along the Kamogawa River in the north, trying to seize control of Higashiyama Bridge and trap the Nagao Army on the east bank. At the same time, the Kitahata Army, together with the defeated Oda Army, Saito Army, and Hojo Army, would regroup south of Higashiyama Bridge. It seemed that they wanted to cooperate with the Imagawa Army to launch a pincer offensive and attack Higashiyama Bridge together.
The Nagao Army immediately sent a signal to the friendly forces of Chofukuji Temple, the Akamatsu Army and the Urakami Army, for support. However, the Akamatsu Army and the Urakami Army were not related to the Nagao family. Although they remembered the kindness of the Nagao Army who came to support twice, they sent troops to guard the Higashiyama Bridge in a symbolic manner, but they did not have the consciousness to fight to the death, and they were soon defeated. The Jinchuan army drove them away.
"Wait for death." Takeda Harunobu looked with satisfaction at the gradually closing encirclement and the young samurai under the Nagao family's horse seal. "Do you think everyone is as naive as you? Would you fight for the sake of friendly forces and this? Fighting with all your might for something that doesn’t matter much?”
"How naive." On the other side, Nagao Kagetora was looking disdainfully at Takeda Harunobu's horse seal, as well as the Oda Army and other troops in the south of our army, "Such a clumsy way of luring the enemy, do you think I can't see it?"
Just when Takeda Harunobu was about to close the net and encircle him, Nagao Kagetora advanced instead of retreating and led the crowd towards Takeda's army. Takeda Harunobu hurriedly turned around to form a formation, but the Nagao Army floated away directly in front of him, turned to the northeast and killed - getting out of the gap between the Imagawa Army and the Takeda Army - that was the Takio Shrine direction.
The Imagawa Army was moving westward, and the Takeda Army was arrayed on the spot. In a hurry, no one could keep up with the Nagao Army's actions, so he rushed over. And if the Nagao Army continues to the northeast, it can immediately rush to the back of the Asakura Army and the Asai Army that are besieging Takio Shrine - directly crush these two armies.
The main force frantically warned the Asakura Army and Asai Army, and the messenger soldiers sent out rushed towards Takio Shrine, but the speed of the Nagao Army was not much slower than that of the messenger soldiers. When Asakura Soutei received the news, he was shocked When he turned to look behind him, the vanguard of the Long Tail Army was almost in front of him.
At the critical moment, another group of knights came to kill them. Asakura Soti took a closer look and realized that it actually had the red bird horse seal of the Imagawa family governor. They detoured from the other side of the street and happened to stop in front of the Long Tail Army's pioneer knight. Then they did not rush into the formation, but reined in their horses together, picked up the loaded iron cannons, pointed at the long-tailed army and pulled the trigger. After the smoke rose, the horses and knights from Echigo immediately fell on their backs amidst the loud noise and rain of bullets.
"It's an iron cannon!" Nagao Kagetora himself reacted, but the "hillbillies" of Echigo had never seen such a novel weapon before, and they were immediately thrown into chaos. If you want to regain morale and organize an attack, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. But now that the long-tail army is alone and deep, time is the biggest risk. In case the various units of the Southern Army react, they will come to support. But that's troublesome. As a last resort, Nagao Kagetora wisely chose to give up the attack and led his troops to rush westward again, trying to go north along the Kamogawa River and withdraw to the control of friendly forces. However, Imagawa Yoshimoto did not resist forcefully. After rescuing the friendly troops, he decisively opened the way to let the menacing Nagatail army leave.
"So fast... When did Goro get around?" At this time, Takeda Harunobu, who was shocked into a cold sweat, had time to look at the battle situation. "Could it be that the Nagatail Army had just moved, and he had already brought his own
The flag base took a detour and intercepted it? "
But after just a few simple glances, Takeda Harunobu, who had just experienced a tactical failure, had calmly sensed the new fighter plane. Although the evacuation of the Nagatail Army was probably unstoppable, the enemy forces across the Higashiyama Bridge were now only The weak Akamatsu Army and Urakami Army were left. To the southeast of Higashiyama Bridge, six armies, namely Takeda Army, Imagawa Army, Saito Army, Oda Army, Hojo Army and Kitahata Army, were assembled. The control of Dongshan Bridge is still in the hands of Imagawa Army at this moment.
"Cross the river and attack!" Takeda Harunobu sent a messenger to Hosokawa Harumoto and Taihara Yuksai of our own formation, requesting them to change their command, while waving a flag to the Imagawa Army not far away. Before mobilizing other friendly forces, I wanted to cross the Higashiyama Bridge and march westward with the Imagawa Army. After receiving Takeda Harunobu's request, Imagawa Yoshimoto did not hesitate and immediately led the team through Higashiyama Bridge and launched an attack on the Urakami Army position at the bridge head. The Urakami Army was originally in the "watching stage" and planned to wait and see the Confederate Army's encirclement and suppression of the Nagao Army. Unexpectedly, the flames of war suddenly burned on their heads, and the Imagawa Army broke through the position in three blows.
After crossing the Higashiyama Bridge, Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately commanded the troops to spread out to the left and right wings along the river to expand the position on the west bank. Subsequently, the Kai samurai of the Takeda Army followed aggressively, charging straight out of the passage given by the Imagawa Army and heading towards Chofukuji Temple.
