At six o'clock in the hour, the Asai Army was in the main formation.
"Sir Yuqiu said that Inazhi Village has been defended, and the enemy troops from the rear cannot come. There is no need to worry about the rear. Why do you insist on retreating, Isono-sama?" Asai Nagamasa looked dissatisfied at Isono Umasa who was kneeling in front of him.
"I have always felt that something was wrong before I went down, so I finally waited for the opportunity when the Rokkaku family's offensive was suspended, and came to see Your Highness." Isono Danmasa sighed. After Asai Nagamasa divided his troops, he was no longer able to attack. Haibei could not
Independently resisting the 1,000 people of Kamao Sadahide and the 2,000 people directly under the Rokkaku family, Asai Nagamasa sent Endo Naomiya to support him. Akao Kiyosuna in the west had already begun to shrink his position and gave up continuing to attack Rokkaku Yoshiharu.
On the eastern front, Masa Isono also reduced his defenses and rushed back to his own formation. "While you can still retreat, please retreat as soon as possible, Your Highness!"
"Why is Isono-sama, who has always been the main warrior in the family, thinking about retreating now?" Asai Nagamasa scolded in a low voice, "Hurry back and prepare to attack!"
"I am not cowardly!" Feeling that his dignity had been insulted, Masa Isono argued with a blushing face: "If the army retreats, I am willing to fight to the death from behind!"
"I was surrounded in Sawayama Castle before, so I don't know His Highness's plan." Isono Danmasa said in a low voice, "But from what I see, it is probably Takanose Hidetaka who rebelled against Hidden Castle and led the Rokkaku family back to the west, and the army followed them in pursuit.
, thereby taking the opportunity to win in the field battle."
"It's just! Your Highness, why didn't you think of it!" Isono Yuanmao's voice suddenly became louder: "The Rokkaku family's most important ninja intelligence, Takano Se Hidetaka, has had different intentions for a long time, how could they not know!"
The Asai family Ashigaru around the main formation were all shocked.
"Previously, I thought that we were lucky enough to take advantage of the various divisions of the Rokkaku family to evacuate and capture their main team." Isono Tamashiro shook his head, "But the Yamaoka family had a premeditated plan as soon as they came out of Arakami Mountain.
Ambush! If they really retreated separately, why didn't the Yamaoka family go back to their base in Minamiomi and head toward Arakami Mountain? They just wanted to ambush our rear army and cut off our retreat to the north!"
"What do you want to say, Isono-sama?" Asai Nagamasa tried hard to keep his tone stable.
"The Rokkaku family wants to set up an ambush and destroy us all!" Isono Danmasa said solemnly, "They must have deliberately returned westward, led us from Kitaomia into the hinterland of Minamiomia, and then defeated us in one fell swoop!"
As soon as this statement came out, the surrounding Asai family Ashigaru were shocked and fell into panic.
"We have fallen into a trap! While there is still a retreat to the east, Your Highness should quickly cross the Edogawa River and Uso River from the northwest of Hida Castle to retreat!" Isono Watamasa leaned over and kowtowed: "I am willing to cut off the rear and cover you, Your Majesty.
Withdraw to Kitaomi!"
Suddenly, the sound of war drums sounded from the side of the Rokkaku family's position, and both the frontal battlefield and Rokkaku Yoshiharu who had been facing each other launched an attack.
"How is that possible! Why did the Rokkaku family suddenly attack!" Isono Yuanmasa was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his head, and saw that at the head of Hitian Castle to the east, there was a fire smoke! A pattern of tens of thousands of urgent fire smoke!
"Is there an ambush there too!"
At six o'clock in the hour, northwest of Feitian City.
The 4000 Hexagon Army, led by Shindo Kenmori, came all the way from Toyogo, passed through the bridges of the Uso River and the Edogawa River in the northwest of Hida Castle, went all the way west, and went straight to the side of Norada Asai's house.
Go. And the road they are passing now is the same road that the Asai family took when heading to Norada - it was also the only retreat route for the Asai army after the retreat route in the north was blocked by the Yamaoka family.
Besieged on all sides.
At this time, Yu Qiuping, who had just stabilized the situation in Daozhi Village, immediately discovered the smoke at the head of Feitian City.
"Is there an ambush coming from the direction of Feitian? This formation! There are only a few people left!" Yu Qiuping hurriedly commanded his subordinates to evacuate from Daozhi Village, leaving the second bei of the Asai family to defend on the official road, while he led the third bei quickly
Evacuate the house and return to support Asai Nagamasa's main formation. Seeing this, the Rokkaku Army quickly launched a full-scale attack. The second preparation soon could not hold on, and withdrew from Inazada Village and retreated to Norada. The Rokkaku Army followed closely
Unable to give up the pursuit, some ashigaru detached themselves to bypass Erbei and chased after Sanbei.
At this time, the Hexagon Army on the front battlefield saw that all the ambush troops were in place, and the Asai family was already surrounded. They were also full of fighting spirit and launched counterattacks one after another, entangled the Asai Army in front of them and prevented them from returning to the reinforcements. The Asai Army was in chaos.
They formed a group, and the various units were unable to easily break away from contact in a hurry. Only Ohnoki Shigetoshi forcibly broke away from the battle line and returned to support the main formation.
At seven o'clock, the Yamaoka family's troops pursuing Yu Qiupei also rushed to the north of the battlefield. The second and third preparations under the direct control of the Asai family were resisting and moving closer to the main formation. The Yamaoka family's troops were in hot pursuit. Asai Nagasaki
In desperation, Zheng Zheng had no choice but to send 1,000 remnants of Asai Ryochi's remaining soldiers to support him.
On the east side of the battlefield, in order to prevent Shindo Kensei's team from approaching the battlefield, Takanoze Hidetaka also pulled all 600 people from the Takanoze family onto the battlefield and went out of the city to contain Shindo Kensei. Shindo Kensei ignored Takanose Hidetaka's words at all.
After leaving 1,000 men to storm Takanoze's house, he immediately took the remaining 3,000 men and went straight to the flank of Asai's army. Asai Nagamasa could not let this army sweep the flanks of his frontal battlefield, so he had to personally lead a group of
More than 1,000 troops from Preparation, Ma Zouzhong and Onoki Shigetoshi met the 3,000-man troops. Now, Asai Nagamasa has no other reserve troops in his hands.
Among the various fighting forces on the battlefield, except for Akao Bei who was able to gain an advantage over Rokkaku Yoshiharu, Umori Bei, Kaibei Bei, Aguan Bei, Isono Bei, and Amakihei's troops in the north were all suppressed and beaten by the Rokkaku Army.
, unable to get away. And Asai Nagamasa himself was facing nearly twice the number of people, struggling to support himself.
As for the Rokkaku family, there are still 2,000 elite troops directly under the headquarters and 200 horse troops that have not been used. Once they enter the battlefield, the Asai family, which has no remaining strength, will collapse immediately!
"Damn it, we can't evacuate anymore!" Masa Isono looked at the Asai army that was completely surrounded and felt a sense of despair.
"One Bei, Two Bei, Three Bei, Kaibei Bei, Akao Bei..." Ishikawa Goemon stood with one foot on a branch, shielding his eyes from the dazzling sunlight with his palms, and counting the flags on the opposite side.
"... Ohnoki Bei, Takano Sebei. In addition to Momobai Bei and Mita Murabei who were defeated before. Your Highness, we are all here!" Ishikawa Goemon said excitedly to Rokkaku Yoshiken, "That time three months ago.
During the investigation, all the Asai family's reserve troops appeared on the battlefield!"
"Okay, the enemy has no remaining strength!" Rokkaku Yoshihide waved his hand, "We will attack with 1,000 more direct troops! It is enough to leave 1,000 people and horses in our formation!"
As 1,000 fresh troops joined the frontal battlefield, the Asai Army, which had fought hard for a long time, was hungry, and had a sharp decline in morale due to the ambush, could no longer hold on and retreated towards the main formation. Envoys asking for help ran to Asai Nagasaki one after another.
However, Asai Nagamasa could not send anyone out. The Hexagon Army in front of him was nearly twice as many as him. The young man who was so high-spirited before the war could only support himself now.
As the central front was pressed closer and closer to Asai Nagamasa's main formation, the entire formation also fell into pieces. Asai Nagamasa had lost contact with the Akao family to the west, and the latter had to think about withdrawing to the northeast to ensure that no
Being attacked from both sides.
However, both the retreat route to the north and the retreat to the east have been firmly blocked, and the Asai Army, which has no remaining strength, even has no ability to organize a breakout. The Ashigaru were helpless to find that the outcome of this battle was unexpected.
It was even more tragic than the previous Battle of Takamiya. Although the Rokkaku Army was defeated by the majority of the troops in that battle, Sawayama Castle was not far away. The defeated troops fled into the city to hold on, and the Rokkaku family was helpless.
But this time, they went deep into the hinterland of Minami Omi, and all the retreat routes around them were blocked. Once the troops were defeated here, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Hexagon Army. The army could only break into pieces and see if they could escape with luck.
They ran back to Kitaomi for dozens of miles. And the Asai family, which had lost almost all its organic troops, would be unable to make any resistance in the next few months. All the cities in Kitaomi could only be captured by the Rokkaku family.
The history of the Asai family as a daimyo may be coming to an end.
At the first moment of Shenshi, Asai Nagamasa’s horse seal was placed.
"Your Highness! Please retreat first!" A guard saw that the entire army was about to collapse, and understood that there was no way to survive this battle. "Your Highness, you cannot die here! If you can't go back, the Asai family will really be doomed!"
"The guard shouted loudly, "There are still a hundred horsemen and cavalry here, which can definitely protect you from breaking out! Your Excellency, quickly flee eastward to Hitian Castle, and then flee north back to Kitaomi River to hold on!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Realizing that the situation was irreversible, the horsemen and elders persuaded Asai Nagamasa to leave.
"Your Highness, if you are caught, we will really have no chance of survival!" An old minister hurriedly advised: "You can quickly escape back to Xiaogu City and gather a wave of peasants and soldiers to defend us. We can still survive
I’ll survive it!”
Seeing Asai Nagamasa's face flushed, he didn't say a word, and the people around him tried to persuade him.
"If it doesn't work, just like the late lord, flee to the Echizen Asakura family for refuge! The late lord can revitalize the Asai family, and so can you, my lord!" several horse guards advised.
Asai Nagamasa shook his head unwillingly and stared at Rokkaku Yoshihide's main formation - there were 1,000 elites and 200 cavalrymen there.
"Your Highness! Don't do anything stupid. It's useless to attack the horse seal!" Several guards said anxiously: "Victory or defeat is a common thing for a soldier. Your Highness has fought well in this battle! Don't be unwilling! Just retreat when you need to!"
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"I ran away, what will you do, what will the whole army do?" Asai Nagamasa murmured, but his eyes never left Rokkaku Yoshihide's main formation for a moment.
"We will find a way to escape back! If we break into pieces, we will escape even if we risk our lives!" The general said urgently, "Your Highness, please leave quickly. We will fight until the end to buy time for Your Highness! Your Highness has escaped.
We just ran away!"
"Your Highness! Don't hesitate! Let's go!" Several horse generals called the horsemen to assemble without explanation, and then stabbed Asai Nagamasa's horse in the buttocks, causing the injured horse to go crazy.
The horse jumped out and ran towards the gap between the teams on the east side. Asai Nagamasa turned around and wanted to shout something, but he was too late to stop the horse. He grabbed the horse mark stuck in the ground and tried to take the opportunity to slow down, but was stopped by a hand.
The horse seal was pulled up. A hundred horsemen and cavalry followed closely behind, covering the governor's breakout towards Feitian City.
At this time, everyone in the Hexagon Army's main formation was seeing Asai Nagamasa's horseback crowd surrounding Asai Nagamasa's horse seal, fleeing toward the east, abandoning his army.
"Oh! The abandoned army absconded!" Yoshihide Rokkaku sneered, "I thought you were so brave, but at the critical moment you weren't just a coward like your father! You abandoned the resisting army and ran away! "
"Chase! All 200 horse warriors are going to chase! Get that boy Xianzheng back!" Rokkaku Yoshihide waved his hand, and the Rokkaku army horse warriors who had been ready for battle immediately left and headed straight for the Asai Army. cavalry.
"Besides, forget about escaping, you still run away with your horse's seal!" Rokkaku Yixian laughed loudly, looking at the three-sheng tortoise shell swaying in the wind, "Isn't this a target! I'm afraid our people can't find it. You? Even your father knows that when you escape, you have to cut down the horse seal! Hahaha..."
The Asai army is in formation.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, he ran away! Did he leave us alone?" The ashigaru of the Asai Army were almost in disbelief when they saw the horse prints running towards Hidden Castle in the east.
"Don't talk too much! His Highness is going to call for reinforcements! He's not abandoning the army and absconding!" Yusen Qingzhen shouted sternly, but his eyes did not leave the horse seal, "You are all resisting to the death! Cover Your Highness!"
"Resist with all your might! No retreat is allowed!" Masa Isono's eyes were completely red at this moment, "Your Highness is the hope of our Asai family, we must cover His Highness's evacuation! Fight to the end!"
Although the generals of the Asai Army tried their best to suppress it, the sudden withdrawal of the commander still caused a devastating blow to morale. The Ashigaru Asai Army on all fronts had no intention of resisting and were retreating steadily. The Hexagon Army took advantage of the victory and pursued it, defeating the Asai Army in one fell swoop. The front is torn apart.
When the Asai family's horsemen fled to the edge of Feitian Castle, Amano Keitoku at the head of the city quickly ordered the people left behind to open the city gate and let Asai Nagamasa in. Then he desperately closed the west city gate, blocking the Rokkaku family's pursuers. Outside the gate, the Rokkaku family members gathered around for a discussion, and immediately went around to the north gate, intending to block Asai Nagamasa's escape route back to Kitaomi.
A moment later, before the Rokkaku family's pursuers could react, the south gate of Feitian City opened. One hundred cavalrymen did not mark their horses this time, and headed southeast all the way.
"I learned to be smarter this time. I knew I couldn't run away with my horse's seal!" Rokkaku Yixian laughed loudly. "Instead of escaping to the north to regain my ability, I ran to the south instead. It's a bit brave! However, I can't escape either. Yes! The south is also my territory!"
After realizing that they had been fooled, the two hundred six-cornered horses immediately turned south around the city and gave chase.
"Xianzheng, you are too young after all. You don't understand the secret of the art of war!" Rokkaku Yoshihide laughed loudly, "Everything is in my plan!"
"Everything is in your plan." Yu Qiupei, who was on the battlefield north of Noragada, was looking at Matsushita Qingran next to him with great reverence, "Hanbei, you are really amazing."
"Red leaves are a blessing." Panasonic smiled softly, his eyes focused on the battle situation in the south.
"No, there is no award." Yu Qiuping shook his head with a firm expression, and solemnly bowed his hands to Matsushita Qingluan: "I have exhausted all my plans and strategized. I dare to conclude that Hanbei you will definitely--"