On September 28, Yoshinaga's vanguard force of 3,000 troops officially entered the territory of Mikawa, and Sanada Nobutsuna was appointed as the general of the vanguard force.

The first thing that stood in front of the Ogasawara army was a slam with the family crest of the Matsudaira family, and the defenders of the castle immediately lit a beacon fire when they saw the Ogasawara army.

Sanada Nobutsuna ordered: "Speed up and take the castle and advance towards Hachisang Castle." ”

Kamizu Kenra immediately called for battle, and led his own reserve to launch an assault on the mountain, and although the samurai of Mikawa were heroic, their mountain was very rudimentary.

At the same time, the number of people was less than that of Kamizu's reserve, and dozens of people were killed and wounded just in the face of the iron cannons of the Kamizu team.

Kamizu Kenra personally led the team to kill it, beheaded the enemy general, and the defenders of the castle collapsed and fled to the rear of the castle.

Hachisan Castle is followed by Ashisuke Castle, Asai Castle, Onuma Castle, and Tashiro Castle, but there are also Ushikubo Castle and Yoshida Castle to the south of Tashiro Castle.

There is no need to fight these two cities, as long as one or two reserve teams are sent to pay attention to the defense.

If Ushikubo Castle and Yoshida Castle were to be taken, it would have to be a siege battle like Armageddon.

Once Ushikubo Castle and Yoshida Castle were lost, the Imagawa family would be trapped in Mikawa, and their connection with Enoe and Suruga would be severed.

The commander of Hachisang Castle is Ogasawara Clan, and his mother is the daughter of the Imagawa clan, that is, the Imagawa clan's true brother.

His official position is Zuo Jingjin, Misakumo. His father, Haruyoshi Ogasawara, was the lord of Mafuzuka Castle and the lord of Takatenjin Castle, and he would inherit this position in the future.

Ogasawara led more than 1,000 people to garrison Hachisang Castle, and after the beacon fire was lit in the mountain in front of him, Ogasawara Clan Kiyoshi had people light the beacon fire, and at the same time let his subordinates prepare to meet the enemy.

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At Okazaki Castle, a samurai rushed to the outside of the castle tower's Ohiroma and shouted, "Report! There is a beacon fire on the front line, and the enemy army is already out of battle! ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was already wearing his armor, stood up and said, "Everyone, Ogasawara Yoshicho has already sent troops, and I, Yoshimoto, can't let him invade Mikawa!"

I'm going to let him know that the Imagawa family in Tokaido is inviolable! Imagawa Yoshimoto picked up the fan and waved his big hand, "Everyone! Out of the line! ”

"Wow!" The retainers raised their arms and shouted in response to Yoshimoto.

Imagawa Yoshimoto was the first to walk out of Ohiroma, and then a group of retainers followed.

The final battle of the 22nd year of Astronomy began, and in this war, such a large area from Kanto to Tokaido, and from Tokaido to Hokuriku was involved in a great war.

The surrounding enemies besieged the two major forces of Uesugi and Ogasawara.

Imagawa Yoshimoto led his troops into battle, and when he arrived at Ashisuke Castle, he met Ogasawara Kiyoshi, the defender of Hachisang Castle.

Ogasawara Kiyoshi had injured his arm and had already bandaged it, and when he saw Imagawa Yoshimoto, he immediately knelt down and said, "I'm very sorry that Your Majesty failed to hold off the attack of the enemy's advance troops. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned and said, "How many people are in the enemy's vanguard force?" ”

Ogasawara Kiyoshi bowed his head and said, "About three thousand." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto held back his anger and said, "How did three thousand people defeat you in such a short time!" ”

Ogasawara Clan Kiyoshi hurriedly said: "The other party has a weapon that is more powerful than an iron cannon, and the castle wall was breached by the enemy in a few strokes. ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai behind Yoshimoto spoke: "My lord, what the lord of Ogasawara Castle said is right, but there is this kind of weapon among the enemy army. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned and said: "Then this Shosuke Castle can't withstand the attack of the opponent's weapons, anyway, it's a battle with Ogasawara Yoshinaga."

Shi Qing, get up, you have fought hard in Basang City, go down to recuperate first. ”

When the Ogasawara clan retreated, Imagawa Yoshimoto boarded the arrow turret of Ashisuke Castle, and he looked in the direction of Hachisang Castle, where the family crest banner of the Ogasawara family, Sanada's Rokumon banner, and the Kamizu family's family crest banner had been erected.

Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Hachisang Castle and asked, "Why don't the main family take the lead and take back Hachisang Castle before Ogasawara Yoshinaga arrives?" ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai smiled and said: "Lord, there is no need to recapture Basang City, that city has been destroyed by the Ogasawara family, and there is no great significance."

It is better to let the soldiers rest for a day and wait for work, and the decisive battle with the Ogasawara family is the most important. ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and said, "Yes, since that's the case, let's let Hachisan Castle stay in Ogasawara Yoshicho for a few more days." ”

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On the second day, Yoshicho led the main force into Basang Castle, and several holes in the walls of Basang Castle had been repaired.

Yoshicho saw Sanada Nobutsuna and Kamizu Kenryo and a few others, and said with great joy: "Yes, with the prestige of our own family, the Imagawa family will definitely not dare to underestimate us."

Prepare for a day's rest of the army, and tomorrow you will have a decisive battle with the main forces of the enemy. ”

Sanada Nobutsuna said with a smile: "Ha, don't worry, tomorrow's ministers will be the first to break through the Imagawa family's main camp and seize the gun." ”

On the second day, October 1st, Yoshicho led the army out of battle, and on the frontal battlefield, Yoshicho dispatched a standing army of nearly 10,000 men.

At the same time, there are also teams of Chinese people such as Isshiki Yoshilong and Rakukawa Jiji on both sides.

The battlefield was on the plain between Hachisan Castle and Ashisuke Castle, and the main formations of both sides were in the city.

With a telescope in hand, Yoshicho climbed onto a ten-meter-high arrow turret to check the changes on the battlefield.

On the plain between the two cities, tens of thousands of people set up a formation, and it was a radius of several miles with banners waving, densely packed with people.

After the two sides were arranged, a samurai rushed out from the Imagawa family's side and ran to the Ogasawara army to call for battle.

The samurai shouted, "In the family of the Imagawa family, the retainer of the old Amano family, Saburo Saemon Matsubara, go on!" Please advise! ”

As the leading general, Sanada Nobutsuna could endure the enemy's call for battle, and immediately said: "Sazaemon, you go!" ”

Haruhara Sosaemon slapped his horse out, rushed out of the military formation, and came to Matsubara Saburo Saemon.

Matsubara Saburo Saemon asked, "Come and get a name!" ”

Haruhara's Sozaemon shouted, "Boy, listen up! Below is the Ogasawara family, the pen head family, the old Sanada family, the retainer Haruhara Sozaemon! ”

Matsubara Saburo Saemon smiled: "Okay, it's quite a samurai, so let's fight it out under the eyes of tens of thousands of people around here!" Look at the guns! ”

Haruhara's Sozaemon sneered: "Carving insect skills! Sine! ”

"Ding..."

The two crossed each other, their guns colliding, and there was a sound of iron striking sounds, and the two were evenly matched in the first round.

After each of them had taken a few steps, they immediately turned their horses and continued to charge.

This time, Matsubara Saburo Saemon held the spear high, and Haruhara Sozaemon held the spear, and when the two were about to approach, Matsubara Saburo Saemon needed to pull back the spear slightly, and Haruhara Sozaemon pushed forward hard.

At that moment, one after the other, the competition between the two ended.

Just when everyone was watching, the two crossed over, and everyone held their breath, waiting for that second.

Just listening to the sound of "...", the blade of Haruhara Sozaemon's spear hit the throat of Matsubara Saburo Saemon, and because of the impact, Matsubara Saburo Saemon's head fell off Generally, yes.

His mount continued to run a few steps forward, and the head of Saburo Saemon Matsubara, still hanging around his neck, only fell as the horse stopped.

Haruhara Sosaemon raised and shouted, "Matsubara Saburo Saemon has been taken by me, Haruhara Sozaemon!" ”

Seeing this, Yoshicho picked up the military match and said, "Samurai of the Ogasawara family, show your bravery to the samurai of Tokaido, and let them know who the real samurai are!" ”

"Out of battle!"

The retainers under the arrow oars raised their arms and shouted, "Wow! ”

"Woo~" The sound of the conch blew.

As the leading general, Sanada Nobutsuna raised his spear and shouted, "Kill! ”

Sosaemon Haruhara, who had already returned to his main camp, shouted, "Kill it!" ”

"Rush!"

In the left rear of the vanguard troops, Miki was filling his men with ammunition for the collapse of the country, while ordering the Iron Artillery Team and the Big Barrel Team to rush forward.

Imagawa Yoshimoto's side has also let his subordinates charge, and the front-line troops are the first to attack, and the troops behind are waiting for new military orders.

The armies of both sides approached like a wave.

Miki raised his sword and shouted, "Fire!" ”

"Boom, boom..."

The six gates of the country collapsed one after another, and they fell into the Imagawa family ashgaru phalanx, and several hundred people who were charging were shot, killing and wounding more than 100 people.

This round of shelling caused some confusion among the Imagawa family's attacking forces.

Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was watching from the arrow oars in the city, frowned and said, "Damn, what kind of weapon is this, the power is huge!" ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this is the weapon of the Southern Barbarians, and the iron cannon is also a weapon brought by the Southern Barbarians." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto said angrily: "It's hateful, this family also wants to get this weapon." ”

He continued to look at the battlefield, and after a few minutes, the phalanx of the people in front of the Mikawas had stabilized, and those Mikawa samurai saw that their family's ashigaru and miscellaneous soldiers were in chaos, and directly slashed and killed a few cowards, which immediately shocked his subordinates and remobilized their morale.

Soon, when they got closer, both sides launched large iron cannons and large barrels to fire at each other, and both sides suffered casualties.

Haruhara's Sozaemon hurriedly shouted, "Don't be afraid, rush over!" ”

"Kill!"

The ashigaru people continue to forge ahead.

Soon the two sides were within thirty paces.

Haruhara's Sosaemon stopped running and shouted to the left and right, "Iron Artillery Team! ”

A group of Ashigaru with iron cannons stepped forward to line up, and the Mikawa samurai on the opposite side raised their spears and shouted, and a group of Mikawa Ashigaru launched an assault towards the place where the Haruhara-Sozaemon was located.

At the same time, behind the Mikawa people, there was also a bow foot light that began to shoot arrows.

The rain of arrows fell into the Sanada team, causing many casualties.

Haruhara's Sozaemon didn't care at all, and shouted directly: "Shoot! ”

As rows of iron cannons shot at Ashigaru, a burst of white mist floated up, and dozens of people fell from Ashigaru, who was charging at the other side.

Sanada Nobutsuna, who was riding on a horse, saw a gap in the phalanx of the Mikawa people, and said with great joy: "Sazaemon, good opportunity, kill it!" ”

Haruhara's Sozaemon shouted, "Good! Spear team, follow me and kill it! ”

Several teams of gunagik, led by their respective group leaders, followed Haruhara-Sozaemon to launch an assault on the Mikawa people's phalanx.

Sanada Nobutsuna jumped off his horse, picked up the red gun, and beckoned his remaining three hundred or so ashigaru to follow behind Haruhara's Sozaemon.

Ishikawa Yasumasa saw that the other party was about to attack his omission, and hurriedly said, "Anma, you bring someone up to resist!" ”

Captain Asuma Saemon hurriedly shouted: "Hosoda, Ozawa, and Tsumura, you teams come with me!" ”

"Kill!"

"Sozaemon Haruhara, here! The spear work of breaking through the defense line of the Imagawa family is about to be accepted in the next place! Dressed in red armor and wearing a three-day moon hat, Haruharahara Sozaemon shouted.

"Hugh is going to be wild! Captain Asuma Saemon is here, and with me, you can't succeed! Captain Asuma, dressed in a black belly roll and wearing a horned hat, immediately retorted.

Haruhara's Sozaemon held the red spear upside down, and he saw the black armored military general not far away through the visor, and shouted: "Then you will have to learn your Excellency's bravery!" ”

Captain Asuma Saemon shouted, "Oh! That's an honor! ”

"Look at the guns!"

"Sine!"

The two immediately trembled together, and it was their ashigaru who was patting each other.

Sanada Nobutsuna, who was behind them, led his troops around and attacked Ishikawa Yasumasa's troops, and Ishikawa Yasuma's retainers immediately led their troops to engage Sanada Nobutsuna.

At this moment, within a radius of several miles, there was a shout of killing, and there were battlefields everywhere.

Yoshicho looked at the arrow with a telescope, and he suddenly said, "How come the Imagawa family has the flag of my Ogasawara family... Well... Wrong... Mine has red and green edges, and he's pure black.

Okay, the Sanada team is already on the verge of breaking through the first line of defense of the Imagawa family! It is worthy of being the first vanguard of the family!

Damn, what kind of idiot was that who was actually pressed and beaten by the Imagawa family's troops? Come on, go find out! Gan! There are many retainers, and I don't know which one. ”

Qing Shui Yasuying on the side said: "Lord Qiqi, that is a wealthy team in Meinong. ”

Yichang put down the binoculars and said, "Oh, no wonder the combat effectiveness is insufficient, the team of the Hao clan lacks training, and the will to fight is weak, but fortunately it is only an auxiliary force."

Kang Ying, let the reserve team you train make up for the three teams, make up for the positions of those wealthy families, and let them retire and recuperate. ”

Yasuei Shimizu immediately got up and left.

Yoshicho once again picked up the binoculars to inspect the battlefield, fill in the gaps at any time, and direct the battle.

On the other side, in the Imagawa family's main formation, one by one samurai came running and said, "Report! Captain Asuma Saemon is being taken by enemy generals! ”

"Report! The enemy general Yoshinaka Takeuchi was taken by our side! ”

"Report! The enemy Sanada Nobutsuna's garrison is about to break through the defense line of our Ishikawa team, and Ishikawa asks for reinforcements! ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned, and said angrily: "When did the Samurai of Mikawa be so pressed and beaten like this? ”

Torii Tadayoshi below suddenly got up and said, "Imagawa Temple, please let me go forward to support, and I will definitely defeat this Sanada Nobutsuna in the next!" ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and said, "Okay, I hope you can show the bravery that a Samurai of Mikawa should have!" ”

Tadashi Torii immediately beckoned his clansmen to fight, and he said to them: "Ladies and gentlemen, the lord is watching from Okazaki Castle, and everyone must not fall into the martial name of the Matsudaira family!"

The people at home of this war bird must be brave and indomitable, even if they die in battle, they cannot retreat! ”