"Looking for a place with narrow terrain," Yu Qiuping naturally cannot sit back and watch the troops be outflanked from both sides. If that happens, even the disciplined Tokiwa Bei will inevitably fall apart like Yinma Castle.
Just as he was about to order his men to maintain their marching formation and retreat, he suddenly discovered that the situation was not very similar to previous battlefields.
Because the Yixiang Zong troops move too fast!
Yu Qiuping looked at the farmers rushing towards him one by one and suddenly realized! The Yixiang Zong troops are different from the traditional Wu family troops. They have no so-called formations at all, so there is no difference in movement speed between marching formations and formations. Official
The Yi Xiangzong troops on the road ran the fastest, while those in the fields on both sides ran slower. There was no one to coordinate and direct them at all.
Yu Qiuping frowned, suddenly realizing that he might not be able to evacuate. Tokiwabei's ashigaru turned around and left, which was no problem. But with so many auxiliary soldiers blocking the back, their speed could not keep up with Ichigo Sect.
They belong to people! But these auxiliary soldiers are all strong men borrowed from Oda Nobunaga. If he abandons them and runs away, he will definitely not get any good fruits from Oda Nobunaga.
"We are in big trouble," Yu Qiuping looked back at Anxiang City, which was only about 10 miles away from him.
"You were careless. You shouldn't have gone so deep," Yu Qiuping sighed. He really shouldn't have underestimated these rabble.
"Send an order for the auxiliary troops to withdraw into Anxiang City immediately!" Yu Qiuping ordered, "Chang Panbei stays and defends on the spot!"
"Anchor, Nakahide, you two line up on the official road and guard the official road for me," Yu Qiuping rode his horse to Fukushima Yasunari and Gomaezaki Nakahide and ordered. "Thompson!" Yu Qiuping said again.
He waved his hand and pointed to the left side behind Fukushima Yasunari and Gomaezaki Nakahide, "You take your two bow and arrow platoons and line up behind them on the left side of the two platoons. There is no need to shoot the enemies rushing on the official road, but
I'm going to shoot at the enemies who are coming from the field on the left side of the official road to slow down their march!"
"Shengzheng, Youdong, and Ziping still have a moment," Yu Qiuping shouted next, "Take your platoon and follow me to the right side of the official road!"
"Faithfulness!" Yu Qiuping gave the final instruction, "Take your cavalry and stay as a reserve force!"
The crowds on the central official road quickly rushed to the front of Tokiwa Bei's formation, but the standing Tokiwa Bei's spears stabbed together, which suddenly curbed the momentum of their charge. Generally speaking, there will not be an army
Equip all ashigaru men with long spears, because the poorly coordinated spear formations can easily be approached by the enemy and lead to passivity. The well-trained and well-coordinated Tokiwa Bei will never have such a problem. Although Fukushima Yasunari and Omaezaki Naka
One-third of Xiu's two platoons were also filled with new recruits, but they basically stood in the back row and did not affect the team's combat effectiveness.
These common people, who had never seen such a battle before, were a little surprised after losing dozens of people in one time. They couldn't help but froze in place and did not dare to move forward immediately. However, the morale inspired by religious fanaticism was really impressive.
Shockingly, Meinong's wealthy family fell apart after a single attack, but these ordinary people were only shaken.
However, their delay blocked all the central troops on the official road. They were crowded with each other and could not advance or retreat. The few officials of Honjoji Temple were unable to control the mob.
As for the troops, we can only rely on everyone to adjust themselves.
On the west side of the official road, the archers of the Yuqiu family kept attacking the advancing people. The sharp arrows caused huge damage to the people, most of whom were wearing trousers or cloth. The women and children howled to avoid the Yuqiu people.
Arrow, the team gradually slowed down due to confusion, struggling forward one foot deep and one foot shallow in the fields and swamps.
The wild land on the east side of the official road was obviously much easier to walk than the fields and swamps on the west side of the official road. In addition, without the interference of bows and arrows, these people moved forward quickly and soon caught up with the central front line on the official road.
, and tried to outflank them from the right. However, Yu Qiupei, who had been waiting in formation for a long time, immediately ordered the four platoons of ashigaru to launch a counterattack. The flag bearer vigorously waved the maple bird horse seal back and forth three times, signaling the four platoons to immediately advance and attack.
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Yikuozhong's right wing had a large number of people, and the extended front was several times that of Yu Qiuping's four platoons. Yu Qiuping did not try to spread out the entire front to deal with it, but concentrated his troops and rushed straight to the root of the right wing. Yikuozhong
The ragtag crowd could not stop Tsukiwabei's fierce attack. After a few hasty parries, the battle line was penetrated by Tsukiwabei. The right wing of the Yikuizhong seemed to have been cut off in half, floating on the right side of the official road.
Seeing this, these ashigaru warriors all came to attack Tsukiwabei one after another. Several cavalrymen even took advantage of Tsukiwabei's exposed flanks and rode towards Yu Qiupei. At the critical moment, Honda Tadakatsu stepped forward. He
Hengdao immediately killed three people under the horse, protecting Yu Qiuping's horse seal. Ryuko, who was on the battlefield for the first time, did not show any stage fright at all, and even helped Honda Tadakatsu kill the last one.
attacker.
After cutting off the connection between the right wing and the main formation, Yu Qiuping immediately took advantage of the chaos on the part of the main formation and suddenly turned eastward, facing the right wing of the outflanking Yikui people, exposing his back to the Yikui people who could not react.
This formation. He personally led four platoons of subordinates to rush towards the right wing of the Yi Kui Army again, beating the right wing of the Yi Kui Army in a chaotic formation and retreating further and further away from the main formation.
However, Yu Qiuping did not try to pursue and fight, but immediately turned around and retreated behind the men of Omaezaki Nakahide and Fukushima Yasunari. At this time, the left wing of the Yikui people had already rushed to the distance of Charlie Archery Team under the rain of arrows.
The position was more than 100 meters away. After Yu Qiuping asked Charlie's troops to shoot once, they immediately withdrew diagonally to the rear, making way for the main force of the four platoons led by Yu Qiuping.
At this time, the monks of Honjoji Temple dispatched their most elite 300 monk soldiers, leading a group of people to rush along the official road towards the troops of Gomaezaki Nakahide and Fukushima Yasunari, making the situation of the two platoons difficult.
Get up. Yu Qiuping didn't hesitate much, and immediately led the main force of the four platoons to attack the left wing of the Yikui group who had finally arrived. They had long been exhausted by the arrow rain and the farmland, and they were no match for the 200 Joban Bei Ashigaru. Once again,
He was beaten and retreated along the original path.
After Yu Qiuping chased for a while, he once again ordered all his men to turn left and face the direction of the official road. After the formation change was completed, 200 Changpanbei's soldiers launched a side attack on the main force of attacking monk soldiers on the official road. They were caught off guard.
The chief officials of Honjoji Temple hurriedly led their troops to retreat toward the southeast. A large number of Yikui soldiers broke up on the central front due to being attacked from two sides and fled towards the south. Yu Qiuping asked the cavalry team led by Nobuyuki Anesama to briefly attack the Yikui soldiers on the official road.
The main force was driven farther back to prevent them from gathering troops.
Yu Qiuping had no intention of pursuing the victory, because there were too many enemies, and those fanatical believers were high-spirited. The left and right wings had just been defeated by Yu Qiuping, and now they were heading towards Yu Qiuping again. If it hadn't been for Yu just now
Qiuping concentrated four platoons to attack the left and right wings respectively. It was impossible to win with two platoons of 100 soldiers. He could only win a victory by relying on time difference.
The auxiliary soldiers had already taken advantage of this time to run a long distance. Yu Qiuping, who had bought time, immediately ordered Chang Panbei to change into a marching formation, run north along the official road, and quickly evacuated.
"That Yuqiu Hongye, the defense is really amazing!" The official of Honzheng Temple had an acquaintance with Yu Qiuping, who was the county magistrate of Bihai County in Sanhe Kingdom. After seeing Yu Qiuping's perfect defensive withdrawal, he had to smack his tongue.
Praise. They chased Yu Qiuping's troops all the way north, but were blocked by Yu Qiuping, who relied on the narrow terrain of two hills to defend. There was a huge army in the air, and they had nowhere to attack in the narrow terrain.
However, just when the official was thinking about how to get back to the side of Yu Qiuping's headquarters, thick smoke burst out from behind him - that was the direction of Shanggong Temple and Shenglian Temple.
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What happened after that was a matter of course. Honjoji Temple, whose main force was held back by Yu Qiupei, was unable to rescue Sanggongji Temple and Shougenji Temple as allies - they had to face the attack of 2,000 soldiers of the Matsudaira family, and they fell quickly.
The members of Honjoji Temple were forced to retreat, but they suffered heavy losses under the pursuit of Tokiwa Bei. Many of their subordinates were separated due to poor command. In the end, they were surrounded by Yu Qiupei and Matsudaira Ieyasu in Honjoji Temple, leaving only
More than 3,000 people descended.
The siege lasted for many days, and there was no hope of victory for the Honjoji Temple. In desperation, the Honjoji Temple had no choice but to humiliate and make peace, and executed several monks. As the culprits of the trouble, they asked Matsudaira Ieyasu to surrender.
The privileges of the guardians of the three temples were confiscated, and many temple estates were lost. Some of the estates and temples were burned by Matsudaira Ieyasu. However, some of the retainers who had been forced to join the Matsudaira family this time returned to the Matsudaira family.
, and some retainers headed by Honda Masanobu chose to go into exile.
After the problem was solved, Amakihei was about to return to Owari. Matsudaira Ieyasu personally went to Chiri Castle to help Amakihei practice. In order to thank Oda Nobunaga for his selfless help this time, Matsudaira Ieyasu specially sent a letter to Oda for his eldest son.
The elder princess asked for marriage and asked Yu Qiuping to help bring the news to Oda Nobunaga.
After Oda Nobunaga learned of Matsudaira Ieyasu's request, he readily agreed to Matsudaira Ieyasu's request and said that when his daughter grew up, he would send her to Mikawa. Amekihei's triumphant return this time also made Oda Nobunaga
Very satisfied, the remaining 4,000 stone territory of Yeli County was also sealed to Yu Qiuping.
Before Yu Qiupei returned to the territory, he sent an envoy back to the territory. He asked the people who stayed behind to start training a group of new soldiers to make up for the losses in this battle. And Oda Nobunaga's city building plan was also proceeding in an orderly manner.
.Although Oda Nobukiyo tried to harass him, he was defeated by Shibata Katsuie and returned.
On May 12, Komakiyama Castle was officially completed. Oda Nobunaga issued a summons order to the entire Owari territory, and the large and small retainers led their men to the assembly area. The Oda family's residence in Kuroda Castle and Komakiyama Castle in Amakihira
A total of nearly 10,000 troops were assembled, and their intention was obvious - to attack the Inuyama and Oda family from two sides.