In less than two seconds, Sena Ujitoshi, who was ambushing on the other side of the Tianraku narrow room, received a messenger from Ua Qiupei. The messenger took Imagawa Yoshimoto's command arrow - which is now temporarily under the custody of Ua Qiupei, and announced that all plans were as usual.
"I didn't expect the heavy rain to come as expected." Sena Shitoshi smiled happily, "Momiji, I don't know how many other abilities you have." Sena Shitoshi passed the order to the 2,800 soldiers in the east, "Send the order. , inform the whole army of our battle plan, so as not to shake the morale of the army. Sena Bei, protect the sedan chair and horse seal in the family governor's hall! The troops under direct jurisdiction ambushing on the mountainside should retreat a little bit to avoid being discovered."
At the same time, Geshan Shiyuan on the ancient crossing path also received a messenger from Yu Qiuping, ordering his subordinates to be on strict alert and continue to repair the fortifications.
At less than three quarters, the Imagawa Army in the east of Zhongdao Village and Dagao City received a messenger from our formation.
"The plan is correct." Miura Yoshi, the commander of the North Route Army, nodded after reading it. Although he always looked down on the upstart Yu Qiuping, he had to say that the plan he and the family governor jointly formulated this time was indeed perfect. His own movements , the opponent's movements, the movements of the wealthy family, and even the weather are all included in his plan. "The entire army marches to Nakashima Village and joins the South Route Army. Accept the control of His Highness Asahina and His Highness Okabe!"
"Very good, everything is according to plan." Asahina Taichao, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, said with a smile, "Zanshoji Village, Nakashima Village and Tange Village were all abandoned by the Oda family. Our entire army immediately transported food into Narumi Castle! After the Oda army is defeated, immediately leave the city and head east, cutting off the Oda family's retreat back to Owari!"
At this time, on a big tree on the southwest slope of Okezama, several Jobanbi Ashigaru who were responsible for the lookout saw the flag of the Oda Army on the southwest side from a distance. After hearing the news, Yu Qiupei immediately I personally climbed up a tree to look out, and found that the Oda family's troops were pulling flags and flags on the official road in the distance, hoping to sneak into Tianrakuhazama. Indeed, if the Imagawa family hadn't been watching in the valley, the troops in the hills would have been unstoppable. The Imagawa Army would definitely not be able to detect the quietly advancing Oda Army. Uakihira hurriedly sent a signal to notify the Imagawa Army at the bottom of the valley and Sena Ujitoshi on the east slope.
The Oda army advanced rapidly along the official road, from the southwest of Ai Qiuping, and gradually circled to the northwest - which was the entrance to the low-lying Okehazama Hills. The moment Oda Nobunaga's troops arrived, the rain suddenly intensified. At the same time, a westerly wind that was rare in this season also blew. The big raindrops were blown by the strong wind towards the main position of the Imagawa Army in Tianraku Chama. The Oda Army who was following the wind found that the Imagawa Army was blown so hard that they could not keep their eyes open. They opened their doors and hid under tents and trees to take shelter from the rain, without any warning! And Yoshimoto Imagawa's horse seal was in the formation!
Perhaps, God really favored this man of the Warring States period. If there was no time traveler like Yu Qiupei, Imagawa Yoshimoto would really have died in the hands of Okehazama and Oda Nobunaga, the son of the plane.
"Soldiers are very fast, Suiyu will come!" Oda Nobunaga reined in his horse, and the horse stood up and let out an earth-shattering neigh. "Reten Daimyojin is blessing us! It rained so hard, Suiyu took advantage of the rain to break through enemy!"
"Charge the whole army! The Great God is protecting us!" As if to echo the roar of the Warring States Period, God sent down a thunderbolt. After the lightning, the violent thunder was deafening, and the ashigaru of the Imagawa Army's main formation were surprised. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the thunder in the west. But he didn't see lightning - instead, two thousand soldiers of Oda Nobunaga broke through the rain and came out!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The first few Imagawa Ashigaru shouted in panic. After all, they were the troops directly under Imagawa Yoshimoto. Among the 1,000 soldiers, there were 300 Hatamoto samurai, so their reaction was naturally not slow.
"Form up and defend here! Don't let the Owari guys rush into the central army!" The two or three generals who happened to be on the front line immediately ordered their subordinates to hurriedly dress up in order, and tried their best to form an array against the wind and rain. Since the Imagawa Army originally
We only planned to rest here for a short time, so we did not build external walls or trenches at all, but simply set up some camps. At this moment, there were no defenses to rely on.
A series of warning sounds and sirens sounded in the Imagawa family's position, and more and more Ashugaru hurried back from their sheltered areas, trying to form formations. However, due to the chaotic organization and narrow roads, they were crowded into a group.
At this time, the vanguards of the Oda family, Shibata Bei and Mori Bei, had already moved forward. The Imagawa family had less than a hundred soldiers who had completed their formation, and they were resisting under the command of several generals. Takagi Masaki was the leader of the Imagawa family.
A banner warrior, he is currently engaged in the most difficult battle in his life. Although His Highness Yuqiu and His Highness Sena informed them of the plan and deployment of the battle just before the war began, their troops in the lowlands of the hills
All he needs to do is fake defeat and lure the enemy. But this does not mean that he is willing to really lose miserably! If he really collapses here, even if the ambushes on both sides break out in time, the troops who lured the enemy will pay huge casualties.
The Ashigaru are all brothers who have been with him for a long time, so naturally he cannot just watch them die.
So, as one of the several generals at the front, he immediately commanded his subordinates to assemble and begin to resist. Since the space at the front was relatively wide, he had assembled the forty-odd men under him before the Oda family rushed forward.
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However, the ferocity of the Oda Army far exceeded his imagination. Today's Oda Army is completely different from the Ashigaru in the past, who were jokingly called "the weakest Owari soldiers in the world".
As if possessed by a god, it frantically attacks its own defense line.
Originally, according to the high combat effectiveness of the troops directly under the Imagawa family, they would not be at a disadvantage even if they faced such an enemy. However, the most terrible thing was the heavy rain! This heavy rain can fall at any time, but why did it choose this time? The wind direction is like this.
It was an unfavorable time! The heavy rain was carried by the wind and hit his face. Many of the Imagawa Ashigaru around Takagi Masato had to free their hands to wipe their faces, otherwise the rain would completely blind their eyes.
Opening their eyes, the people on the front line even had to squint their eyes to fight. The Oda army had no such trouble at all. The raindrops hitting their necks and backs of heads had no impact at all. Imagawa, who could not concentrate on the battle,
The army was beaten back steadily, and from time to time someone was stabbed to the ground because of his carelessness when wiping his eyes. The frightened Imagawa family did not dare to be distracted anymore, but they could not see the enemy clearly because of the rain.
If you dare to attack, you can only retreat continuously and seek support from your companions.
However, pushing on like this was not an option. The weak troops of the Imagawa family could not withstand the exhaustion. After a while, holes were torn in many places in the defense line. The Oda family's ashigaru took the opportunity to rush in, and the front-line Imagawa family's ashigaru were forced to attack.
They retreated in embarrassment, but were squeezed by the Imagawa family's Ashigaru who were trying to form a formation behind the formation.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way behind!" Takagi shouted anxiously. However, before he could shout the next sentence, a spear suddenly pierced his lower abdomen. The severe pain from his abdomen made him a little uncomfortable.
He turned around with confidence, and saw that the dozen or so ashigaru in front of him had died in the heavy rain. Before he could react, there was another severe pain in his abdomen, and another spear pierced his abdomen. There was blood.
Big mouthfuls came out of his mouth, and his last thought before his death was to slander Yu Qiupei and Sena Ujitoshi.
"There is no need to fake defeat at all... This kind of heavy rain cannot be stopped in the first place!"
While the battle in Okehazama was in full swing, the Imagawa Army in Narumi Castle was deploying according to the deployment. After the South Route Army led by Asahina Yasutomo and the North Route Army led by Miura Yoshijo joined forces, they did not enter Narumi Castle, but
They set up camp around the east side of Narumi Castle, waiting for the arrival of the Oda army. Okabe Masatsuna led the rest of the Okabe family's troops and escorted a large number of grain transport teams into Narumi Castle. Narumi Castle was dominated by the Okabe family's troops.
Nearly 5,000 people are garrisoned, and there are nearly 10,000 Imagawa family troops setting up camp outside Narumi Castle, which can be said to be impregnable.
The defeat of the Imagawa family's main formation was inevitable. The narrow hills left the defeated troops with nowhere to escape. They could only continuously roll back the battle line behind them, crushing all hopes of the samurai's attempts to reorganize their formation. Nearly a thousand copies of the Imagawa family's
In the pouring rain, Jin was chased by the Oda family and fled backwards. The flags of Erbinryo were flying everywhere. As the Oda family continued to pursue them, they were getting closer and closer to the location of Imagawa Yoshimoto's seal!
Oda Nobunaga urged the horses and led his men to charge with the horsemen. In his peripheral vision, he saw a dozen Oda Ashigaru cutting off the heads of the dead Imagawa Ashigaru to mark their merits, and he couldn't help but angrily shouted
The horse whip whipped up and he roared: "Don't take the head! Don't take the head! Save everything!"
Oda Nobunaga waved his riding whip until Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse seal: "All I want is the head of Imagawa Harubu! Attack! Don't stop!"
Under the supervision of Oda Nobunaga and the mother-in-laws, all the Oda Ashigaru gave up beheading to record their merits, and instead swarmed towards the location of Imagawa Yoshimoto's Red Bird flag. The Imagawa family's flag was aware of the Oda family's intentions.
The samurai turned around with their plans to respond to the enemy, hoping to hinder their progress towards Imagawa Yoshimoto's location. However, they were outnumbered and were immediately drowned in the storm by the Oda family's ashigaru.
After six seconds, the heavy rain gradually stopped, and the advantage of the Oda army was not as huge as before. But fortunately, the Imagawa family's main formation had no intention of fighting, and the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers fled back one after another. Even Imagawa Yoshi
Yuan's horse seal also began to shake, and he was surrounded by all the troops and left. Oda Nobunaga saw that Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to escape. If he was allowed to escape back to the 2,000 soldiers in the rear army, there would be no hope! He didn't care.
He recklessly urged the horsemen and women to join him, galloping through the muddy hills filled with rioters, cutting down everyone who stood in the way regardless of whether they were enemies or friends, and rushed towards Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse seal.
Chapter completed!