On May 7, the fourth year of Tianwen, Guanyuan.
Just now, Kyogoku Takamasa was sent away, but before Kyogoku Takamasa could sit down, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.
As the Asakura family's troops gradually entered the battlefield, Toki Yorigi's troops directly pressed forward. Unlike the Kyogoku family and the Rokkaku family who were restrained, Toki Yorii was very eager.
After all, several forces gathered here, but each had their own agenda.
Although the Kyogoku family worked hard, they did not want to contribute, and the same was true for the Rokkaku family. However, the Asakura family does have substantial interests in the Mino area, and Toki Yorigi hopes to achieve a quick victory and expel Toki Yorijun and the Asakura family's forces from Mino in one fell swoop.
At this time, Toki Yorigi's side clearly has the upper hand. All the strongholds of Toki Yorijun's side in Mino have been captured. Toki Yorijun has been driven to the Sekigahara area like a bereaved dog. Now is the time to eliminate them in one fell swoop. The timing is right, and Toki Yorii will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.
The Asakura family's troops were deployed in the area of Mount Tenman and Mount Sasao, while Toki Yorii's advance formation had already advanced to the center of Sekigahara, and Toki Yorii's main formation was stationed in the area of Mount Mobei.
At noon, without waiting for the Asakura family to have a meal, Toki Yorigi immediately drove to the foot of Tianman Mountain. Asakurajiagou (traditional Chinese for gou), Jiang Jingyi and Zenboi quickly set up their positions at the southern foot of Tianman Mountain. The formation was set up, and then the two sides began to shoot each other with bows and arrows.
Toki Yorigi's side was led by Sengoku Yuomamori, followed by Akechi Mitsutsu (grandfather of Mitsuhide Akechi), Saito Toryō (Mino guardian), Takenaka Shigenoto (Takenaka Hanbei's father) and others. With the support and the personal presence of Nagai Norihide, the Asakura family was overwhelmed by their superiority in military strength.
The Asakura family had just arrived at the battlefield, and some of the troops hadn't even settled down yet. They were suddenly attacked before they even had time to eat, and they were immediately thrown into disarray.
Asakura Keiki, the general of the Asakura family, learned about it and hurriedly asked his troops to follow the Yamazaki Yoshie to support Tenman Mountain. Asakura Ketaka, who had set up a formation on Sasao Mountain, also quickly joined forces with Horie Keiyong and Yin Mumeiman rushed to the north side of Tianman Mountain to respond.
For a time, the battlefield that was originally a small-scale battle was upgraded to a large-scale battle, with tens of thousands of troops from both sides entering the battlefield.
Although the general of the Toki family is Toki Yorigi, it is Nagai Norihide who actually directs the battle. Seeing that the Asakura family's troops had been mobilized by himself, Nagai Norihide sent people to urge Toki Yorigi of his own camp to march towards the battlefield, and at the same time sent people to ask for help from the Rokkaku family and asked the Rokkaku family to join the war.
The Asakura family was caught off guard, and Mobeishan almost fell under the attack of the Toki family and panicked. Asakura Kageki quickly ordered people to light a beacon in the main camp to ask for help from the Kyogoku family.
Of course Kyogoku Takamasa, who was standing on Matsuo Mountain, saw the beacon fire ignited in the Asakura family. In fact, he didn't need to see it. As long as Kyogoku Takamasa was not deaf, he could have heard the huge formation on Mount Tenman.
Originally, I planned to wait for Kyogoku Takayoshi to come back before making any plans. After all, Sekigahara is not far from Kyoto, and if you ride a fast horse, you can go back and forth in one day.
But as soon as Kyogoku Takamasa left, the two sides started fighting, and judging from this posture, the battle would not stop easily, which put Kyogoku Takamasa in a bit of a dilemma.
In this situation, should I join the war or not?
"Lord, the Asakura family has set off a beacon fire for the second time!"
"Lord, the power of Chaocangjiagou River has been defeated!"
"The Mino side has not broken the momentum, and the Endo side has arrived on the battlefield and is heading towards the Asakura family's main formation!"
"Report! The Toki family's main formation in the rear begins to move!"
Listening to the battle reports that kept ringing in his ears, Kyougoku Takamasa began to sweat on his forehead. Judging from the current situation, the situation on the battlefield is almost one-sided towards the Toki family.
But it stands to reason that it shouldn’t be like this?
He had just fought a battle with the Asakura family, and Kyogoku Takamasa had a certain understanding of the Asakura family's strength and Ashigaru fighting capacity. Logically speaking, even if Asakura Sotetsu was not the leader, he could not be dismissed like this. Rubbing on the ground? ? ?
Kyogoku Takamasa was puzzled, and Asakura Kageki even scolded his mother.
"The bastards of the Toqi family actually launched an attack while my family was having a meal. It's really disgusting! Damn it!"
"Why hasn't there been any movement from the Kyogoku family? Are you just sitting back and watching Tenman Mountain being captured by the Toki family?"
"Trash! Tell Mizojiang Jingyi that if you can't stop the Toqi family's troops, there is no need to come back!"
In the main formation of the Asakura family, Asakura Kageki was urging Xiao Xing to dress himself up while giving orders quickly. This is the first time Asakura Kageki leads an army alone, and it is also a chance for Asakura Sotechi to prove himself!
If something unexpected happened in this battle, then his position in the Asakura family would be in jeopardy.
"Your Highness, we have lit up the beacon fire twice, but there is no sign of sending troops from the Kyogoku family at all!" A man nearby replied with a sad face.
"Trash, won't you personally go to the Kyogoku family's main formation to urge you?"
"Ha!" Sidekick left the formation in a panic and ran towards Matsuo Mountain.
Here, Asakura Kageki also got dressed with the help of Xiao Xing, and he was also muttering in his heart at this moment, wouldn't the Kyogoku family want to rebel?
When he thought of this, Asakura Kageki's heart skipped a beat, and his heart became anxious.
"Report, the Toki family's main formation has begun to move towards the battlefield. The enemy's Nagai, Fuwa, and Endo forces are marching towards the main formation!"
"Quick!" Asakura Kageki tied the saber around his waist, "Quickly gather your troops and follow me to meet the enemy!"
"ha!"
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Nangong Mountain, the main formation of Liujiajia.
The envoy of the Toki family had also arrived here long ago to inform Rokkaku Sadayori of the war ahead, and asked Rokkaku Sadayori to quickly send troops to support, and was concentrating superior forces to quickly defeat the Asakura family's troops.
While Rokkaku Sadeyori agreed, he calmly ate the soup rice. The small fish in the bowl was caught from Fujikawa not long ago. It was very delicious, which whetted Rokkaku Sadeyori's appetite.
While Tadayori Rokkaku was tasting the river delicacies in his bowl, he raised his head and asked, "Is there any news from Kyogoku Nagato Shou?"
"Going back to my lord, I haven't seen Kyogoku Nagatoshou return, but our detectives saw from a distance that several of the Kyogoku family's main formations left Mount Matsuo and headed towards Kyoto!"
"Oh?" Hearing this, Rokkaku Sadayori quickly put down the bamboo stick in his hand, "Kyogoku Nagato Shou has left and never returned, could it be..."
"Is there any change in the Kyogoku family's military strength?"
"Smoke can be seen rising from all over Matsuo Mountain in the distance, but there is no movement, and there is no news of the Kyogoku family's troops dispatched on the battlefield."
"It seems that Kyogoku Nagatoshou has persuaded the Kyogoku family to go to Kyoto first. It seems that Kyogoku Sakyoushin is ready to listen to the Hosokawa family's opinion."
"So, the Kyogoku family will not send troops for the time being."
"As for the Toqi family...does my family want to send troops?"
Rokkaku Sadayori shook his head, "Stupid! If my family sends troops at this time, wouldn't it force the Kyogoku family to join the war?"
Seeing that a py deal is about to be reached with the Kyogoku family, how could Rokkaku Sadayori easily send troops!
"Send someone to reply to the Toqi family and say..."
