On April 2, after receiving the news that the Asai family was about to declare war on the Oda family, the Oda family abandoned Kanazaki Castle and began to retreat south. On the same day, the Asakura army stationed in Hatfu immediately moved westward. In the early morning, the Asakura army with torches
Asakura's army retook the deserted Kanazaki Castle.
On April 3, the Asai family announced that they had broken their alliance with the Oda family, and raised troops to aid the Asakura family and attack the treacherous Oda Nobunaga. After receiving the news, Sakuma Nobumori immediately gathered his troops to prepare to march eastward and attack the north of the Asai family.
Omi.
However, unfortunately, Ashikaga Yoshiteru secretly gave instructions to the Hatano family to launch an attack on Yamato. And Yamato's Matsunaga Hide also moved the Matsunaga family's army to the border between Kyoto and Yamato in the name of "assisting the defense of Kyoto."
In the afternoon of the same day, after receiving the news that the Asai family and the Oda family had broken their alliance, Miyoshi Nagaitsu and Miyoshi Masayasu who stayed behind at Takaya Castle in Minamikouchi and Minamiiizumi began to assemble their troops. Charlie and Yoshioka Katsumasa who stayed behind could not cope with it, so Imagawa
Kaede requested reinforcements from the Oda family troops stationed in Yamashiro Country.
At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru himself also assembled thousands of troops under his command in Nijo Castle. For a time, Kinki was filled with dark clouds that threatened to destroy the city. Seeing that something was going wrong, Sakuma Nobumori had to retreat to Hoyama Castle.
They did not dare to continue marching eastward. However, this information failed to reach the Oroku Allied Forces in the isolated enemy territory in time. Oda Nobunaga still prepared for the decisive battle between the Asai-Asakura Allied Forces according to the original plan.
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On April 4, the Oda family's army arrived at Chohoji Temple. Since the Asai family blocked the road back to Minami Omi from the east bank of Lake Biwa, Oda Nobunaga sent troops to make a feint toward the Kuchikidani area on the west bank of Lake Biwa, making a plan to follow
The retreating posture on the west bank of Lake Biwa. Oda Nobunaga also sent an envoy to contact Kuchiki Motsuna, a wealthy family of Kuchiki Valley, requesting passage through his territory. After receiving Oda Nobunaga’s letter, Kuchiki Motsuna immediately sent a message to the Asai family and Asakura
family reported this information.
After Asai Nagamasa and Asakura Yoshikage received the news, they concluded that the Oroku coalition forces were eager to withdraw to Kyoto to stabilize the situation, so they launched a pursuit from the east and north. On the evening of April 4, 15,000 Asai family members and 5,000 soldiers arrived
On the 20-mile official road from Kanyue Mountain to the west of Chohoji Temple, the Oda family deployed 11 lines of defense with a total of 5,000 soldiers to defend it. Since the north of this official road is the mountainous area at the junction of Omi and Echizen,
To the south is Lake Biwa, which can be said to be an important road that cannot be opened by one man. If the Asai family wants to attack Chohoji Temple, the headquarters of the Oritoku Allied Forces, they can only attack along the official road.
The Asakura family's 25,000 troops also pursued them into the mountainous area 15 miles north of Chohoji Temple on April 4. However, due to the narrow mountain road, the Asakura family's 8,000 soldiers were not able to deploy in full, and could only be stationed in the form of companies and battalions.
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Let’s look at the deployment of the Oritoku Allied Forces - 5,000 soldiers led by Niwa Nagahide, Mori Katsunari, Ikeda Tsuneaki and others were stationed on the official road from Shiyue to Chohoji Temple, defending the Asai Army’s attack layer by layer, with the purpose of blocking
Asai Nagamasa. The main force of the Oroku Allied Forces was placed in an ambush in the mountains north of Chohoji Temple. Tokugawa Ieyasu's 1,700 soldiers lured the enemy on the official road in front, while tens of thousands of Oda family soldiers were hidden in the official road.
The hills and valleys on both sides are waiting for the opportunity to ambush the main force of the Asakura family.
However, Yu Qiuping was under house arrest in the camp at the moment, and 1,400 people from Tsukiwabei were also left in the main formation of Choho Temple, responsible for protecting the nearly 30,000 auxiliary troops of the Zhide Allied Forces. This arrangement actually shows that Zhi De
Tian Nobunaga's inner thoughts - he did not suspect that Yu Qiuping was collaborating with the enemy, otherwise he would not have arranged for Tokiwa Bei to guard the formation. He was just very dissatisfied with Yu Qiuping's many times of contradicting him and wanted to kill him.
The purpose of this battle of the Tokugawa Allied Forces is to prevent the Asai-Asakura Allied Forces from converging and block them to the east and north. First, rely on the dangerous terrain to block the Asai family's attack. Then, the Tokugawa Army will introduce the Asakura family troops who underestimated the enemy.
In the ambush circle, the main force of the coalition forces defeated the Asakura Army first. Then, the troops resisting the Asai family were pulled back and led the Asai family to the Chohoji area. After defeating the Asakura Army, the main force of the coalition forces reorganized and moved south to cooperate with the resistance against Asai family.
The family's troops attacked the Asai family and eliminated the Asai family as well.
The careless Asai-Asakura coalition forces did not expect that Oda Nobunaga would make such a bold move. They knew better than Oda Nobunaga that the Orita coalition forces were alone outside the country at the moment, with no guarantee of retreat and low morale, so they determined that
The Zhide Allied Forces must be in a hurry to retreat. The remaining troops are here to block the rear and cover the main evacuation. Therefore, after the two sides got in touch, they agreed to start the attack early tomorrow morning and attack the Zhide Allied Forces from both sides.
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In the early morning of April 5, the Asai Army located at Shidake took out the battle and launched a fierce attack on the Oda family position to the west. The battle between the Asai-Asakura Allied Forces and the Oritoku Allied Forces began.
At the forefront of the eleven defensive fronts of the Orita Allied Forces is the commander of Oda Nobunaga's banner unit, Sakai Masadao. The latter is commanding 800 troops directly under the Oda family and stationed on the front line. Oda Nobunaga sent his subordinates
This fierce general was sent to lead the attack, hoping that the Eastern defense could contain the Asai family's offensive from the beginning.
"Father, what kind of flag is this troop?" Sakai Masanao's son Sakai Kuzo stared at the Asai family's troops lining up for a long time, "I have never seen this kind of flag-relying..."
"That's Eagle Bei." Sakai Masahiro glanced at it and understood that it was the troops directly under Asai Nagamasa. You didn't need to look at the flag, you just needed to see Eagle Bei's skillful and rapid formation changes and his knife-cutting tofu.
You can understand it with the ordinary square formation. It is said that this reserve force was established by Yu Qiupei with the help of Asai Nagamasa. No wonder it is so similar to Tokiwa Bei.
"But this is the flag..." Sakai Masakune was reminded by his son, and he glanced at the flag, but found that he did not recognize it, and immediately fell into deep thought. The eagle was equipped with enough light, and the samurai had the flag on their backs.
, is not the usual tortoise-shell rhombus flag of the Asai family. Instead, there are two white flags, one on the left and one on the right, with four characters written on each in black pen. They are too far away to see clearly.
When the eagles slowly pressed towards the Oda family's reserve under the command of Asai Nagamasa's white eagle horse seal, Sakai Masao finally saw clearly what was written on the flag behind each ashigaru and samurai.
Eight big characters.
"Where righteousness comes from"
"Life and death follow each other"
I also saw clearly the tenacity and determination on the faces of every Eagle Soldier.
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"The warriors of Takabei, the enemy in front of us is now the most powerful enemy in Kinki and even Japan. The Oda family owns more than 2 million koku of land and an army of more than 70,000 people. And our Asai family, the territory
There are only more than 400,000 stones, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers. What we have to do now is to hit the stone with an egg!" Asai, a long policy horse, walked in front of the phalanx prepared by the eagle and lectured loudly to his soldiers: "I...
People never speak, so I want to apologize to all of you first. Originally, we
You are an ally of the Oda family, and it was I who took the initiative to break the alliance and bring you to this battlefield of near death! In fact, this battle could have been avoided."
"But I don't want to escape!" Asai Nagamasa changed the topic and suddenly shouted in a deep voice: "The Oda family betrayed their trust, violated the covenant with our Asai family, entered our territory without authorization, and attacked our allies, the Asakura family.
The Asakura family and the Asai family have been friends for generations. In the past few decades, every time the Asai family encountered a disaster, the Asakura family would spare no effort to lend a helping hand. This is why the Asai family is what it is today! This gift of reconstruction,
Even if our Asai family is shattered to pieces, we must repay him!"
"Let me ask you!" Asai Nagamasa clamped his horse's belly, and the horse slowly paced towards the center of the phalanx, facing his loyal subordinates, these passionate men from Kitaomi.
From the day they can remember, or even from the day their fathers can remember, the Asakura family has been the Asai family's close friends and solid support. Whenever the Asai family is in dire straits under the attack of the Rokkaku family: the head of the family flees and the army collapses.
, when the territory fell and the people in the territory were randomly arrested and enslaved by the Rokkaku family's troops; those samurai and ashigaru from Echizen would always travel thousands of miles to lend a helping hand, expel the hateful invaders, and help the Asai family stand again.
He stood up and helped the people of Kitaomi escape from the war. This kindness was not only remembered by relatives and retainers of the Asai family, but also deeply imprinted in the hearts of every passionate young man in Kitaomi.
They will not forget that when they were still young, the Echizen army rumbled through the streets of villages and towns, heading to the front line to support their father and brother. Nor will they forget that when they were caught in the war, they fought bravely to drive away the Rokkaku invaders.
flag. I will never forget that the brightly armored Asakura troops that surrounded the return of their old lord Ryomasa Asai did not take anything away afterwards.
But now, the profit-seeking, arrogant and arrogant Owari people are crossing their territory to attack their Echizen friends. The number of Oritoku's coalition forces is so large that the Asakura family is unable to resist and is facing annihilation. Echizen's
The warriors and common people are about to be involved in a hellish war.
This time, it’s our Omi people’s turn to help you! This time, it’s our turn to repay your kindness! This time, it’s our turn to rescue you from the flames of war!
"I ask you, are you willing to follow me and fight to repay the kindness of the Asakura family!" Asai Nagamasa reined in the horse hard, and the horse stood up instantly. He also clamped the horse's belly and raised his hand high.
The white eagle horse seal roared with all his strength: "Fight for the justice of the world!"
"willing!"
The soldiers of Yingying Bei responded to their commander with the loudest roar of their lives. Then, whether it was rehearsed in advance or coming from the heart, all the soldiers of Yingying Bei took a deep breath and sank in again.
shouted loudly:
"Where justice comes, life and death follow!"
"Okay!" Asai Nagamasa himself had been infected by the atmosphere of the military formation. Veins popped up on his forehead and his eyes were completely red. He turned over and dismounted, handed the horse seal and horse to his guards, and ordered him to return to the formation.
.And he himself, with the sword in his hand, stood in the first row of the phalanx. Together with his subordinates, he stood with all the Omi people who had received favors from the Asakura family.
"This battle does not require command or strategy, all it requires is courage and determination to repay kindness!"