The Akamatsu Army and Urakami Army who retreated from the ferry barely had any time to breathe before they were chased and beaten by the Takeda Army who were pursuing them all the way. Without any chance to organize a defense, the Takeda Army broke into Chofukuji Temple. The fierce Kai people were not something they could resist. It didn't take long for most of the area of Chofukuji Temple to be occupied by the Takeda army. Seeing this, the Akamatsu Army and the Urakami Army no longer had the will to fight, and fled around Chofukuji Temple in a chaotic manner.
At this moment, reinforcements from the Northern Army also arrived in a hurry - the friendly troops stationed in the East Temple to the west of Suilin Temple had already heard the news. This Kyushu army, which had shined brilliantly in the first battle of Kyoto, couldn't wait to score new results against the Takeda army, which was known to be good at fighting, as a contribution to Otomo Yoshizhen's struggle for power. At the same time, the Ouchi Army and the Maori Army stationed in the Kankyo Temple north of Chofukuji Temple also launched operations, with the Maori Army as the lead, and went south to reinforce Chofukuji Temple.
"All the enemies from the last battle have gathered together." Takeda Harunobu glanced around the battlefield, and then waved his troops: "Fight out and meet the Otomo army to the west! Inform His Majesty the Imagawa family's Jibu to take over the position and replace him. I blocked the Maori Army and the Ouchi Army."
"It's too dangerous, my lord!" Naito Masahiro heard this and hurriedly stopped Takeda Harunobu: "How can you hand over your flanks to friendly forces in this situation? What if..."
"There is no chance. Imagawa Harubu is different from those daimyo whose agencies have been exhausted. How could he betray friendly forces? Let alone my friend? He will protect me at all costs." Takeda Harunobu But he laughed confidently and said, "Come on, don't worry!"
On the other side, Imagawa Junzhong.
"Leave it on me." After receiving the order from Takeda Harunobu, Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately marched westward and handed over the position at the head of Higashiyama Bridge to the Kitahata Army who arrived later. Later, Saito Army and Ori The Tian Army and the Hojo Army were also waiting to cross the river, but the progress was very slow and they seemed reluctant. But Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't care. He turned around and headed north around Chofukuji Temple, forming a horizontal formation, preparing to build defensive positions along the streets and alleys to resist the attacks of the Maori Army and the Ouchi Army. .
Mao Liyuan saw that the Imagawa army was well-organized and well-equipped, and he immediately had no intention of confronting the enemy head-on. While he sent Kobayakawa Takakage to request reinforcements from the Ouchi army behind him, he also began to look for favorable terrain to deploy defenses. But Tao Longfang obviously had no intention of allowing Mouri Yuan to be passive and sabotage. He was very dissatisfied with his "slippery" behavior and scolded Kobayakawa Takakage on the spot:
"What does Mouri Gen mean by this? The master's order is for you to attack, so why don't you attack if there are more enemies than you? Is this the martial arts of the Mouri family?"
"Your Highness Owari, please calm down and report back to your father right now. The Maori army has no intention of doing so. They are just afraid that a hasty attack will not go well and will delay the master's strategy." Kobayakawa Takakage hurriedly leaned over to apologize, and offered Maori Yuan with a smile. Just open the solution.
"This is not something you should worry about." Tao Longfang gave Kobayakawa Takakage a cold look.
Shortly after Kobayakawa Takakage turned around and left, the Maori army had to reluctantly launch an attack. But what greeted them was not only the rain of arrows, but also hundreds of iron cannons equipped by the Imagawa Army. In the narrow streets and alleys, there was no chance of a breakthrough. Just corpses were left in vain, so the Maori army had to suspend their offensive.
Just when Mao Liyuan turned around with some distress, thinking about how to explain to Tao Longfang, he unexpectedly discovered that Tao Longfang's horse print was no longer behind him. I looked around and couldn't find it. Turning around and taking a closer look, he discovered that it had appeared in the southeast of his own side - Tao Longfang led the Ouchi army to bypass Changfu Temple and went straight to Dongshan Bridge, hoping to cut off the retreat of the southern army.
The Kitahata Army stationed at Higashiyama Bridge saw the menacing Ouchi Army and quickly warned the friendly forces on the other side of the river. The first one to cross the river was the Oda Army. The Kitahata Army originally wanted them to share part of the defensive position. However, Oda Nobunaga did not even look at Kitahata Harugu and led his men directly around to the southwest.
"This bastard young master of the Oda family! Owari's big fool, he really deserves his reputation!" The elegant Kitahata Harugu was not good at cursing, and even after racking his brains, he could only come up with this level of curses. In the last battle, the Oda Army ran around and caused a mess on the entire east coast. As a result, the Kitahata Army and Tsutsui Army were completely defeated by the Otomo Army. This time, at this critical juncture, the Oda army abandoned its friendly forces and charged indiscriminately. Kitahata Haruto was really
I wish I could strangle him to death. But Tao Longfang didn't care so much, he had already rushed over with the inner army. Kitahata Harugu had no choice but to cheer up and fight against an enemy that was more than twice his number. Hojo Tsunari on the other side of the river was quite a kind person. He did not hesitate to save him, but crossed the river step by step and protected Kitahata Harugu's thin front. But Saito Michizan was not so kind and slowly lined up on the other side of the river.
But Tao Lungfang didn't expect so much. When he saw Saito's army arrayed by the river, he mistakenly thought that they wanted to shoot arrows at Ouchi's army in the west of the river across the Kamogawa River, so he took the lead and pulled out several groups of archers. On the west bank of the Kamogawa River, a round of arrows was fired at Saito's army. This time, the samurai of the Saito Army did not dare to neglect, and they also led their subordinates with their bows and arrows in response to the provocation of the Ouchi Army.
To the west of Changfukuji Temple, the Takeda Army and the Otomo Army were fighting fiercely. Although the Otomo Army is eager to perform meritorious service, there is a certain gap between the quality of the soldiers and the command level of the samurai and the Takeda Army. In this one-on-one contest, they gradually fell behind.
Otomo Uizhen kept calling for support from the Akamatsu Army and Urakami Army, hoping that they would gather the defeated troops as soon as possible and come to the battlefield for support. However, the Akamatsu Army and the Urakami Army were so badly charged by the Takeda Army just now that they could not reorganize themselves in a hurry. Even if they were reorganized, Akamatsu Harumasa and Urakami Masamune were not interested in taking huge risks to reinforce the Otomo Army. They had just gathered the troops. If the army is defeated again, it will be completely over.
As good fortune never comes in pairs, misfortune never comes alone. The Akamatsu Army and the Urakami Army did not come, but the Oda Army did. They circled out from the south of Chofukuji Temple and captured the unattended Suirin Temple. This was originally the headquarters of the Nagao Army. , but due to the long-tail army crossing the river for support, it is now empty. While Oda Nobunaga was beating gongs and drums in Suirin Temple, the flags of the Oda Army were filled with flags, marking another achievement of the Oda Army in the Battle of Kyoto. He immediately led his troops out of the temple and went straight to the East Temple, the back road of the Dayu Army, hoping to capture this temple complex with the longest history.
When Otomo Yizhen saw this, he suddenly felt bad. He was entangled by the Takeda army here, and it might not be that easy to escape and return to defense. Unexpectedly, Takeda Harunobu opposite him was more worried about the Oda army's meritorious service than he was, so he decisively stopped the offensive, pulled the troops back and retreated. Otomo Uizhen also tacitly stopped the exchange of fire, and the entire army withdrew towards Toji.
The Takeda Army was not idle either. After getting rid of the Otomo Army, they raised their troops and headed north. They also bypassed the confrontation line between the Imagawa Army and the Maori Army, and outflanked the retreat of the Ouchi Army and the Maori Army - Gankyoji Temple. . Seeing that the situation had changed drastically, Maori Yuan hurriedly wanted to return to the defense, but Yoshimoto Imagawa, who was opposite him, would not let the enemy leave like Takeda Harunobu, and immediately led the entire army to launch a general attack, immediately defeating the Maori army. Akamatsu Harumasa and Urakami Masamune, who were originally reorganizing the stragglers southwest of Kanjioji Temple, saw the menacing Takeda army, and suddenly they couldn't care about anything else. They turned around and continued to flee north.
Once Takeda Harunobu takes Kankyoji Temple in turn, the Maori Army and Ouchi Army in the south will be completely surrounded between Kankyoji Temple, Chofukuji Temple and Kamogawa, with no danger to defend and no way to escape. With the Imagawa Army as a powerful helper, Takeda Harunobu is not worried that no one will cooperate with his attack to gnaw the bones. The gains of these two troops are certain.
Just as Takeda Harunobu rushed into the Kankyo Temple at the head of the crowd, a flash of sword light suddenly flashed across from him. Under the crisis, Takeda Harunobu hurriedly raised his military equipment to block, but was almost knocked off his horse by the powerful and heavy blow. The horsemen behind him hurriedly stepped forward to protect him, and then drove back the intruder.
After Takeda Harunobu calmed down, he turned around and glared, and found that the attacker was none other than Nagao Kagetora - and the Echigo cavalry following him. After they escaped from danger on the east bank of the Kamogawa River, they rushed all the way non-stop. Finally, they circled back to Gankyoji Temple from the Shichijo Bridge, caught up with the supporting friendly forces, and faced the Takeda Army head on.
"It's so good, why is it that you are always against me? It's you every time!" Takeda Harunobu was so angry that Nagao Kagetora suddenly appeared and ruined everything. He commanded the entire army without saying a word. Press on, "Hit me!"
"It is my life's work to destroy you, the traitor!" Nagao Kagetora didn't hesitate. He raised his Azuki light and personally led his men towards Takeda Harunobu, "Go to hell!"
On the other side, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who finally dispersed the Maori army, immediately led his troops north to Gankyo Temple. He originally planned to cooperate with the Takeda army to attack the Nagao army severely, but found that the northeast direction
At the new Zenkoji Temple, reinforcements from the Northern Army arrived - the flag was the third-order nail of the Miyoshi family.
"Enemies meet on a narrow road." Imagawa Yoshimoto saw Miyoshi Nagakei's horse seal at a glance, laughed and ordered to his subordinates: "Join the battle group and seize Ganjiao Temple!"
"The actions of the Jiajun Alliance Army are really scary. In just a few hours, they defeated our front-line defenses on the west bank of the Kamogawa River." Miyoshi Nagakei looked at the corrupted battle situation in surprise, coldly The ground soldiers came forward and said, "But that's it, don't even think about making another breakthrough!"
