"Nanosuke, Ryuko, pack your things, we have to prepare to evacuate!" Yu Qiuping returned to the tent and immediately asked his attendants to pack up the things in the tent. After hearing the order, Ryuko immediately moved the map quickly.
Pens, inks, papers, inkstones, oil lamps and other things were put into boxes and bags. Ever since Long Zi went on the expedition with Yu Qiuping, Yu Qiuping immediately felt that his living environment had improved a lot. Long Zi, who was attentive and considerate, took care of more people than his original guards.
She has taken care of everything in order, and Yu Qiuping can't do without her now.
Although Honda Tadakatsu is the captain of Yu Qiupei's bodyguard, he usually does not do these chores, as he seems to think that these are contrary to his status as a samurai.
"Your Highness, why are you leaving today after arriving just yesterday?" Ryuko asked timidly while packing up the things in his hands.
"Because the enemies are coming," Yu Qiuping smiled and touched Longzi's little head, "Thousands of enemies are coming from the west, and they are all rushing towards Inabayama Castle. If we don't leave, we will be blocked here.
ah!"
"Is it so scary?" Long Zi heard Yu Qiuping speak so scary, and the speed of collecting things in his hands suddenly accelerated, which made Yu Qiuping very happy.
"Don't worry, as long as we evacuate Inabayama Castle quickly, they won't be able to catch up with us." Yu Qiuping comforted him in a dumbfounded voice.
At 4:00 noon on May 20, the sixth year of Eiroku (1563), the Oda family began to evacuate from Inabayama Castle. In order to leave Inabayama Castle as soon as possible, Oda Nobunaga ordered all the ministries to move south quickly along the official road in marching formation to avoid
At Inabayama Castle, they were blocked by the allied forces of the Nishi-Mino wealthy family. Oda Nobunaga personally led the evacuation as a vanguard. The long, snake-like marching formation of the Oda family army stretched on the official road for several miles.
There were also a large number of auxiliary soldiers carrying heavy baggage on carts and poles.
All the improvised siege equipment seemed to be too late to be transported back, so they were all abandoned by Oda Nobunaga in Inabayama Castle. Due to heavy rain, the Oda army could not even ignite these siege equipment when they hurriedly evacuated.
At noon in the afternoon, the Oda Army arrived at Ghana City. At this time, reinforcements from Higashi Mino also arrived at Ghana City and began to attack Ghana City. Sakuma Nobumori led his troops to resist tenaciously, but there was not enough
The Higashi Mino reinforcements with siege equipment had no good way to deal with them. Oda Nobunaga was afraid that the night would be long and the powerful coalition forces from West Mino would pursue them after they arrived at Inabayama Castle. Therefore, he did not choose to support Kana Castle, but instead
He bypassed Kanana City directly from the west, went south along the Nagara River, and evacuated towards the Shijujo area in the south. He issued an order to Sakuma Nobumori, and after holding on for a period of time, he could abandon the city and retreat to follow the main force.
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Not three minutes later, on a hill in the West Qinghai area of West Meinong.
A young man with a handsome and elegant face was standing on the top of a pavilion on the top of the mountain, holding an oil-paper umbrella and quietly listening to the rhythmic sound of raindrops falling on the umbrella.
Suddenly, the rhythm of the raindrops suddenly became chaotic, and the umbrella in his hand shook slightly.
got windy.
"Master Takenaka," a servant behind him walked out of the pavilion, "the wind has picked up, would you like to return to the pavilion?"
"No need." Takenaka Shigeharu shook his head gently and continued to look at the vast plains.
When the wind blows up, eight formations come out.
The fun is about to begin.
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Not five minutes later, Oda Nobunaga received a report that the defenders in Inabayama Castle had moved south from Inoguchi Town, carrying a large number of siege equipment, to attack Kana Castle and pursue the retreating Oda army. Oda Nobunaga understood.
, the coalition forces of the Simino wealthy families are estimated to have all arrived near Inabayama Castle, which is why Saito Ryuuki was so confident to attack. Oda Nobunaga asked Sakuma Nobumori to lead his troops to evacuate Kanana City immediately to avoid being attacked by Nishimei.
The 7,000-strong army encircled and suppressed Mino. Oda Nobunaga, who was worried about being overtaken in Mino, also ordered all ministries to speed up the march. The marching team became longer and longer, and the distance between the troops became wider and wider.
However, to everyone's surprise, just when Oda Nobunaga's former army arrived at the Shijujo area on the east bank of the Nagara River and prepared to continue southward, a group of troops suddenly circled out from behind a hill on the west bank of the Nagara River.
The Saito family’s troops! They had already formed up, crossed the Nagara River at the two bridges in a fierce manner, and were heading towards Oda Nobunaga’s headquarters! Looking at the flag, it was one of the three people from Nishi Mino.
Naomoto of the Uji family!
"There is an ambush!" Oda Nobunaga was horrified that he would encounter an ambush by the wealthy people of Simino here! They came from afar and their understanding of geography was far inferior to that of the local wealthy people of Mino, so it was inevitable to encounter an ambush. However,
, all his men lined up on the official road, still maintaining a marching formation. The auxiliary soldiers and soldiers were mixed together, and most of the soldiers' armor was loaded on the auxiliary soldiers' carts and poles. It was too late!
The Ashigaru of the Oda family hurriedly donned their armor to fight, but before they could complete their formation, the Saito family's army came forward. There were 500 soldiers under Naomoto's command, and they ran straight into the Oda army.
The thin marching line of the Oda family was stretched too long, and there was no way to deal with the flank attack. The team was suddenly cut off from the center. Oda Nobunaga himself happened to be south of the cutoff position, and he suddenly met with those who followed him.
The troops of the various retainers of the Oda family lost contact! The Oda family army who lost contact with their commander suddenly fell into panic.
"What's going on in the front!" Yu Qiupei, who was in the position of the central army, could only see the position of the front army in the south. The flag of the Uji family Naomoto and the Oda family's papaya flag intersected. He couldn't help shouting in surprise: "
Shouldn’t the wealthy families of Simeon go to support Inaba Mountain! Why is there an ambush here!”
Before he finished speaking, there was a huge commotion from the bridge in the northwest. Yu Qiuping turned around in surprise and saw that on a bridge in the northwest, there was also the flag of the Saito family troops waving - that was the flag of Fuha Koji.
!Another well-arranged reserve team came out from behind the hillside and was currently passing the bridge over the Nagara River, heading towards the Oda family’s rear army—Ikeda Hengxing’s headquarters! Ikeda Hengxing’s original mission
It was to escort the baggage. At this moment, all the soldiers were basically maintaining a marching formation. No one was wearing trousers. The troops were mixed with grain trucks, auxiliary soldiers and a large number of pots and pans, and they were completely unable to resist!
"Jiwabei! Get into formation immediately!" Yu Qiuping hurriedly issued the order. The ashigaru of Tokiwabei had already worn their giju on their bodies due to the lack of auxiliary troops, but it was convenient at this moment. They left the official road from the west side,
When they arrived at the wasteland to the west of the official road, they quickly completed the formation with skillful queue changes. Without saying much, Yu Qiuping immediately broke away from the central army and headed towards the rear army in the opposite direction to relieve Ikeda Hengxing.
As soon as the baggage train of the Oda family's rear army saw the menacing Saito family's army attacking the unarmed people, many people immediately scattered like birds and beasts and fled towards the safety of the southeast. Koharu Futa was not polite and immediately sent out his cavalry team.
To chase and drive away these auxiliary soldiers who were fleeing in embarrassment. Ikeda Hengxing's troops were beaten back by the deserters, and were about to be defeated by Fuwa Koji without any chance of fighting back. At the critical moment, Tokiwa Bei arrived in time. 400 soldiers
A neat formation of spears was arranged, and they headed towards the flank of Fuwa Koji's headquarters. Fuwa Koji was surprised that Yu Qiupei's troops could make such quick adjustments to the battle formation, and they did not dare to neglect, so they had to give up the attack on Ikeda Hengxing's troops.
The enemy's pursuit turned to Yu Qiuping.
The Fubo family's troops were indeed rumored to be a strong force in Nakanishi Mino that dared to fight, and they actually withstood Tokiwabei's offensive for a while. Ame Qiupei's counterattack bought precious time for Ikeda Hengxing, and he hurriedly relied on Kando Lie
Formation, prepare to attack Guangzhi together with Yu Qiuping's troops.
However, before Ikeda Tsuneaki could take action, smoke and dust immediately rose on the official road to the north. Yu Qiuping looked around and immediately saw that it was the flag of Ando Mamoru who came to pursue him! The heavy rain seriously affected the field of vision.
So much so that the two ambush troops had not been noticed for a long time, and the Saito family troops coming from the north had approached such a close distance. Ikeda Hengxing had just noticed it. The troops were so numerous that they were estimated to be close to
With 2,000 people and 600 to 700 soldiers, the weak Ikeda Hengxing had only 400 people and more than 100 soldiers. He was no match at all. As soon as the battle started, he was immediately at a disadvantage!
Yu Qiuping felt something bad! Because Ando Mamoru's troops came from Inabayama Castle! He was likely to be followed by the main force of the Nishimeno wealthy coalition who went to save Inabayama Castle! After seeing this, he immediately ordered his troops
Intensify the offensive, intending to defeat Furu Koji's troops before the army arrives, and then immediately retreat with Ikeda Heike under cover.
However, Ikeda Tsuneaki's troops were defeated faster than he imagined! Ando Mamoru, who had a large number of people, quickly commanded his men to outflank Ikeda Tsuneaki's fragile wings from the right side of the official road, defeating Ikeda Tsuneaki in one fell swoop.
Ikeda Hengxing's battle line suddenly collapsed and fled towards the south of the official road!
His withdrawal would ruin things. As the pursuing Mamoru Ando continues to move south, the flanks of Tokiwa Bei, who is fighting with Fuwa Koji's troops on the west side of the official road, will also be exposed. Uakiuhei hurriedly ordered Mizu Atotsune, Gomaezaki
Nakahide's platoon immediately adjusted its formation, turned to the right, and blocked Ando Mamoru's side attack. However, Amakihei's situation at this moment was extremely dangerous, and he was surrounded in a narrow area on the west side of the official road and on the east bank of the Nagara River.
Inside, Ando Mamoru's troops seem to be trying to circle back to the south of Yu Qiuping and completely encircle Yu Qiuping here!
Yu Qiuping did not dare to be too big, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to set up a semicircular formation with their backs to the river, covering the auxiliary troops and cavalry inside the center of the circle, and fight while retreating. Ikeda Hengxing seemed to be aware of Yu Qiuping's danger,
He personally led the dozens of soldiers who could still be mobilized to launch a counterattack towards the location of Ando Mamoru's horse seal - this moved Yu Qiuping, but it was of no avail. Ando Mamoru immediately mobilized a hundred soldiers and his cavalry.
The troops surrounded them, and Ikeda Hengxing was also in a desperate situation. His dozens of people were even more embarrassed than Yu Qiuping's troops, and Ikeda Hengxing himself was in danger of being extorted.
However, Ikeda Tsuneaki's desperate attack made Ando Bei's lineup somewhat loose! If Tokiwa Bei is willing, he can forcefully break through from the south now!