However, the battlefield situation always changes so quickly that people are caught off guard. Just when Oda Nobunaga was pursuing the victory, the gate of the Jujujo Village suddenly opened! Nearly 400 ashigaru armed with weapons and wearing tōmaru rushed out. Attacked straight towards Oda Nobunaga's flank. The reserve on the left flank hurriedly tried to turn to resist the enemy's attack. However, because the distance was too close, they had very little time to adjust, and The number of enemies was twice as many as theirs. The formation of the reserve troops was thus completely disrupted, and they could only fight hastily.
"How come there are so many people?" Oda Nobunaga was shocked when he turned around and found that the number of Saito's troops exceeded 300. After that, something even more shocking happened to him. He walked out of the south gate of Jujujo Village A group of knights on horseback surrounded by a horse seal - that horse seal was the horse seal of the governor of the Saito family!
Saito Ryuuki personally suppressed the formation, which greatly boosted the morale of his ashigaru men. On the contrary, the Oda family troops who were attacked from the flank retreated in embarrassment, and finally collapsed due to the disorganized formation. The defeated troops fled in all directions and directly rolled back into the enemy. The reserve team in the center. Oda Nobunaga saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly gave up the offensive and commanded the troops to retreat to the side and rear. However, Hineno Hiroshi also immediately launched a counterattack. Encountered a flanking attack from two sides, Oda Nobunaga's situation was on the verge of breaking out. collapse.
"The Saito Army has a total of about 1,300 soldiers. Hongye said there are 300 people, and there are 600 people here. The maximum number in Iwazhai is 400!" Oda Nobunaga cursed angrily, "How come 400 people came out? Mamoru All the people from the village have come out? Are Sanzaemon and Gonroku fighting the scarecrow? Why is this happening?"
In fact, it was because many of the auxiliary troops led by Saito Ryuuki this time were ashigaru who had been on the battlefield, and it was their turn to serve as auxiliary troops this time. Saito Ryuuki temporarily issued them with a letter from Oda Nobuyoshi. The weapons and pills captured there allowed them to follow him out of the stronghold to attack - thus creating nearly a hundred more soldiers out of thin air.
Maeda Toshiie, who was located in the main formation, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately led the reserve team to meet Oda Nobunaga. Mori Katsunari and Shibata Katsuie also tried to go for reinforcements, but due to the small battlefield space, arrows rained constantly from the top of the city. It hindered their formation change and failed to mobilize large troops to the right wing.
After sensing the chaos on the right wing and the center, Yu Qiuping on the left wing immediately had an excuse to break away from the Saito family. He asked the honbu to call him back for reinforcements, and the harried honbu immediately agreed to Yu Qiuping's request. Yu Qiuping immediately led Chang Panbei to retreat to the safe main position to avoid being involved in the war.
At the same time, Oda Nobunaga's situation became increasingly pessimistic. He was driven to the Kiso River in the south by the Oda family who were attacking from the north and east. The three reserve units that still maintained their organization covered each other and fought and retreated. And among the collapsed reserve team, there were actually a dozen ashigaru who rushed to the bank of the Kiso River regardless of the situation, and ran along the river bank towards the pontoon bridge to the east.
"Idiot! Come back quickly!" Hiroyuki Yorilong cursed angrily: "The Saito family will not let you go!"
However, to his surprise, the Saito family turned a blind eye to the Oda family's Ashikaru who ran past him, and allowed them to escape towards the floating bridge, and then crossed the bridge and ran back to Owari - this was actually Saito Ryu. Xing Xing issued an order in advance that the surrounding troops must march.
This situation immediately seriously shook the morale of the Oda family's troops. Many Oda family ashigaru tentatively ran to the Kiso River. After discovering that Saito's army did not attack them, they immediately fled to the floating bridge.
Oda Nobunaga sensed the crisis in morale and immediately ordered the Hatamoto samurai to supervise the battle team and kill the Ashigaru who escaped from the battle on the spot without mercy. This stopped the Ashigaru's desire to escape to a certain extent, but Oda Nobunaga's troops Unable to conceal their decline, they continued to retreat toward the southwest and were chased by Saito's army.
Maeda Toshiie, who arrived in time, tried to reverse the decline of the right wing and led a reserve team of 200 people to attack Saito Ryuoke. Saito Ryuoke's team was forced to defend, delaying the attack on Oda Nobunaga's team. Shibata Katsuie and Mori Katsunari also gave up the attack on Jujujo Village and retreated back to their main formation. They then continued to move south, blocking Hineno Hiroshi's pursuers, and rescued Oda Nobunaga. Seeing that the offensive was blocked, Saito Ryuuki gave it up and retreated back to the camp near Jiujo Village.
However, Oda Nobunaga's 800 troops under direct control had lost most of their structures in the rout, and many ashigaru had fled. After Oda Nobunaga gathered his troops, only about 500 soldiers remained. On the battlefield Less than 100 people were killed or wounded, and the remaining 200 people either fled back to Owari, or were scattered in the wilderness during the retreat. In a short period of time, more than 30% of the 500 people were lost. It may never be possible to regain combat effectiveness.
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Oda Nobunaga, who withdrew his troops back to the camp, couldn't hide his anger - he was actually severely beaten by the incompetent Saito Ryuuki. He got furious in the main tent, smashed two marching horses, and covered his head and face. He scolded Mori Katsunari and Shibata Katsuie. Although Yu Qiuping was saddened by the death of the rabbit and fox, he was slightly grateful. Mori Katsunari and Shibata Katsuie were helpless in facing the Nineteen Villages, which concealed the fact that he was passively avoiding the war.
Although it is a pity that Oda Nobunaga once again escaped from the battle. However, Yu Qiupei knew that the Oda family's army was already in dire straits at this moment. Not only did they lose their retreat, they were in short supply of food and fodder, but they also suffered a disastrous defeat. Morale is low.
The furious Oda Nobunaga refused to listen to the dissuasion of others. After the defeat, instead of retreating, he allowed the auxiliary troops to join the main army. He advanced another five miles east and set up camp under the nose of Jujujo Village. They reached the main camp and began to gather the skirmishers. The Saito family's ashigaru were probably a little tired after encountering two battles in one day, so they did not take this opportunity to attack the Oda army.
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However, the battlefield situation always changes so quickly that people are caught off guard.
In the evening, the two families' positions were filled with smoke. The Ashigaru people, who had fought hard all day, were preparing to enjoy a simple dinner. However, to everyone's surprise, a figure suddenly moved on the south bank of the Kiso River!
Oda Nobunaga hurriedly mounted his horse in person and came to the north bank of the Kiso River to take a look. That was the flag of Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sasana Narimasa! As the reserve force of the army, they finally arrived today! They were originally escorting grain and transportation. While walking slowly on the road, they suddenly received an emergency messenger from Oda Nobunaga. Seeing that Oda Nobunaga's retreat was in danger, the two of them had no choice but to unite at this moment. Although they had never dealt with Oda Nobunaga, they had no choice but to unite. They abandoned all their food and grass along the way. and transportation equipment, and began a rapid march. When their vanguard cavalry arrived at Kuroda Castle, they happened to see the defeat of the Oda family's army.
As a result, the two immediately waited in Kuroda Castle for the arrival of the follow-up troops. Finally, at the beginning of the hour, a total of 300 soldiers from the Ikeda family and the Sasa family arrived at the scene. Ikeda Hengxing and Sasao Narimasa are both young men with high spirits.
Without saying a word, he led the soldiers and rushed to the pontoon!
The troops of the Saito family were all having a meal and did not gather at all - because the Oda family opposite was also dining, so they relaxed their vigilance and did not expect that a Cheng Yaojin would come out from the side. The troops of the Saito family thought in a hurry
It was time to assemble and form a formation, but the progress was slow because the Ashigaru were too exhausted. A quarter of an hour was not enough for them to complete the formation. Before the Saito army could be assembled, Sasaki Narimasa and Ikeda Tsuneki had already crossed the river.
Come. Since we had not considered the south side of the camp before, there would be enemies coming from the direction facing the Kiso River. Therefore, the defense of the south gate of the camp was very weak. The Oda army rushed into their camp in three strokes.
A fierce attack was launched against the assembled Saito army, causing chaos in the Saito family camp.
"It's Hengxing and Naizangsuke!" Oda Nobunaga shouted excitedly: "Two boys! Well done!"
"Your Highness, please assemble your troops immediately!" Naomasa Naomasa, who was following Oda Nobunaga, said, "After forming your formation, attack the chaotic enemy!"
"No need! It's too late! It takes too much time to form a formation! There is no formation on the opposite side anyway!" Oda Nobunaga once again threw the folding fan in his hand towards the Saito family, then clamped the horse's belly and used his riding crop vigorously
He whipped his horse and sat down, without waiting for the troops around him, he rushed out of the camp at the head of the pack.
"This battle! All you need is courage!" Oda Nobunaga shouted, "Soldiers need to be quick, so follow me!"
"I'm going!" The surrounding senior generals and ashigaru were dumbfounded as they watched the head of the family rush out, riding alone towards the thousands of local troops. After a moment, the mothers and horsemen immediately
After reacting, they rode their horses and rushed after Oda Nobunaga. Shibata Katsuie, Mori Katsunari and others also shouted and led their confused subordinates, and followed Oda Nobunaga in a pile of scattered sand towards the Saito family camp.
Ashigaru and their elders charged side by side, and strangers were mixed together, making the scene very chaotic.
Yu Qiupei looked at Oda Nobunaga and couldn't laugh or cry. However, he would not rush out stupidly. Because it only took a few minutes for his Tokiwabi to assemble in formation. When the Tokiwabi was assembled, the entire camp
The Oda army was in chaos, some were spinning around, and some were panicking. Of course, most of them followed Oda Nobunaga and rushed to the Saito family's camp. It seemed that they wanted to kill Ori in this battle.
Tian Nobunaga, I'm afraid it's impossible.
Where has Saito Ryuuki seen such a wild samurai's aggressive style of play? Although he is free, smart, and somewhat savvy, he is still only a 15-year-old child after all. He has never seen big scenes, lacks experience, and lacks adaptability.
Ability. As soon as he saw this situation, he immediately panicked. The nearly 1,000 main soldiers in his southern camp were thrown into chaos due to the surprise attack of Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sasana Narimasa. Oda Nobunaga on the other side had already led the army to attack
He came from the southern camp. In a panic, he suddenly lost the confidence to organize his troops and hurriedly fled into the Jujujo stronghold with his guards. Hineno Hiroshi in the southern camp was unable to support himself. Since he could not form a formation, Oda Nobunaga led him
The main force easily rushed into the camp and formed a melee with Saito's army. In this situation, the Oda family's numerical advantage was immediately revealed, and Saito's army was defeated and retreated. However, Ikeda Hengxing and Sasanagi Masa led
The only two organized troops in the rebel army were rampaging through the camp, unstoppable.
In the end, Saito's army was unable to resist and fled from the southern camp. Naomitsu Takeyao, who was located in the northern camp, hurriedly led his army into the Nineteenth Village, preventing Oda Nobunaga from pursuing the pursuit of expanding the victory. The defeated army was able to escape safely from the battlefield with the cover. Afterwards, Zhuyao burned down the nineteen strongholds and the grain and grass in the stronghold with his direct light, and immediately protected Saito Ryuuki in his retreat.
Chapter completed!