As more and more Takeda troops poured out of Taniguchi behind Baba Nobuharu, Asahina's heart gradually became cold. His plan had completely failed and could not stop the Takeda army.

And as soon as the cold wind blew, his mind calmed down a little. Looking around the battlefield, Masanobu Takasaka had already driven straight to Kambara-jo and almost disappeared from view. Further to the west, there seems to be smoke and dust rising, and it is estimated that Okabe Motonobu has fought with the suspected soldiers of the Takeda family. Near the official road on the east side, Yama County Changjing had already taken the red reserve cavalry and forcibly dispersed thousands of troops of the Imagawa family, and now he was trying to turn around to outflank his rear.

"If you don't retreat, the whole army will be planted here..."Asahi Binai quickly weighed the situation, but his eyes were a little dazed because of the embarrassment of the situation: "But if you retreat now... The thousands of auxiliaries who have been scattered are estimated to have no chance of being retracted... Under the pursuit of Takeda Akabei, I don't know how many of the 3,000 soldiers I have on hand can go back after running more than ten miles... The grain and grass that have been transported will also be fully explained..."

"There's no time to hesitate..."Asahina Taichao recalled the teachings of Imagawa Yoshimoto in the past, and his eyes suddenly became sharp and firm, "You have to make a choice!" People who can't give up anything can't do anything. ”

"Herald! Ditch the auxiliaries! Retreat now! Asahinai Taichao shouted at the standard-bearer on his horse.

"Big brother! Big brother, what did you say? Asahina Taiheng was shocked when he heard this, and he slapped his horse and rushed towards Asahina Taichao's side, grabbed the reins of Asahinata's horse, pulled it hard, dragged his eldest brother's horse ninety degrees, and stared at Asahina Taichao's eyes face to face: "Big brother, are you crazy!" Are you going to leave so many brethren behind? Is this the work of the samurai? Those are all from our Imagawa family! ”

"Matsuchiyo, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, we can't control them anymore." Asahina snorted and shook his hand, trying to pull Asahina's hand away. However, Asahina Taehyung held on to his reins and refused to let go. Seeing this, the standard-bearers on the side did not immediately issue an order to retreat, but turned their hesitant gaze to Asahina Taichao.

"Didn't you hear the order!" Seeing the hesitant eyes of the standard-bearer, Asahinai Taichao became a nameless fire in his heart, and roared sharply: "Order a retreat!" The standard-bearer was frightened to death by the fierce appearance of Asahinata, and hurriedly hoisted the flag.

After yelling at the flag bearer, Asahina Taehiro turned around coldly and looked at Asahina Taehyung. The latter still stubbornly clutched the reins of his horse, his eyes full of anger and dissatisfaction. However, Asahina Taichao only shook his head slightly when he saw this, and then said sharply, "Asahina Taiheng listens to orders!" Lead the cavalry to cover the evacuation of the army! ”

After saying the order, he coldly broke off Asahina Taiheng's hand, took the reins of the horse in his hand, and began to direct the troops to retreat from Fuji Palace.

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However, it is easier said than done.

Because the Takeda Army was one of the daimyo with the largest proportion of cavalry among all the armies of Japan during the Warring States Period. And how much of a role cavalry can play in pursuit warfare, all samurai who have fought in battles understand.

The infantry in a loose formation is already a scarecrow on the ground for a cavalry galloping at high speed. And the infantry, fleeing with their backs to the cavalry, is no different from a lamb to be slaughtered. The cavalry relied on the high speed of the horse, and could easily catch up with the fleeing infantry, and only needed to use the saber on the back or head to the back, and the huge impact brought by the horse speed was enough to kill directly. That's why, in ancient warfare, the vast majority of casualties occurred in pursuit.

In order to avoid a huge attrition of the retreating infantry by cavalry, it was either to rely on the cover of a sufficient number of cavalry, or to rely on the well-trained alternate retreat cover between the infantry, neither of which the Imagawa family had.

Of the 7,000 soldiers brought by Takeda Shingen's expedition, there were more than 2,000 samurai on horseback. Of the remaining 3,000 soldiers of the Imagawa family at the moment, there are less than 500 cavalry left. When Takeda Shingen sensed the retreat intention of the Imagawa army, he immediately ordered all the 1,500 cavalry at hand to go out and launch a tail-end pursuit of the Imagawa family from the rear and right.

With only more than 400 cavalry in his hands, he could not prevent the pursuit of 1,500 cavalry. He had also considered concentrating his forces to defeat one of them first, but the Kai cavalry was not the belly of the Oda cavalry, but one of the most powerful cavalry in Japan—if it was a head-on battle, he didn't know if the Imagawa cavalry would be able to resist three hedges.

In order to cover the right and rear flanks of his troops, he had to divide his already stretched forces in half and constantly tugged with the cavalry of the Takeda family to prevent them from rushing into the formation. However, the huge disparity in numbers and strength caused the Imagawa cavalry to be defeated, and more and more Takeda knights rushed into the Imagawa family's infantry formation to harass them, leaving a few corpses behind before leaving.

The Imagawa family's troops were exhausted by the harassment of the knights of the Takeda family, and the speed of the march was almost as low as walking, and their morale had fallen to the bottom. Every time the knights of the Takeda family rushed over, the Imagawa family's Ashigaru had to stop and force them back, and changing the formation would delay a lot of time. If you don't line up, the wolf-like cavalry will rush in and slash and slash. Under such constant harassment, the speed of the Imagawa family is getting slower and slower, and they are about to be caught up by the infantry of the Takeda family who are following.

Asahinai Taichao sees everything in his eyes, but there is nothing he can do. In this situation, if the infantry wanted to escape, they had to leave some of them behind—in fact, they would die with their bodies. However, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the Asahinai Tai Dynasty may have to leave two-thirds of the men behind to stop the Takeda family's advance. He was able to decisively abandon those peasant auxiliaries, but when he was asked to abandon these samurai children of the Imagawa family, he couldn't be ruthless in any way.

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Asahina Taichao quickly paid the price for his hesitation.

When Asahina Taiheng's cavalry was drawn to the right and rear, the Red Reserve on the left of the Imagawa family suddenly stopped pursuing the fleeing Imagawa family auxiliaries, lined up on the official road, and then roared towards the left flank of the Imagawa family. The sound of horses' hooves and the smoke and dust were so fast that it took almost no time for the Asahi Binai Tasuo to react.

At this point, even if he was given time to react, he couldn't do much.

Before the Red Reserve rushed into the left flank of the Imagawa family, Asahina Taichao closed his eyes in despair. A moment later, screams, slashing, and wailing were heard. He opened his eyes again suddenly, only to see that the left flank of the Imagawa family, which had not yet completed the turn and formation, had been ruthlessly broken by the Red Reserve, and the demoralized Ashigaru resisted a few times indiscriminately, and then fled to the south in disarray. The confusion on the left flank further affected the right flank and the rearguard, and no matter how much the Asahinai Tay dynasty adjusted, it did not help. Seeing that the situation was out of control, Sena Nobuyi and other Imagawa family elders and important ministers directly led the troops to break away from the formation and withdraw to a safe place. As the entire army of the Takeda family charged, the Imagawa army, which had reached its limit, finally collapsed in the pursuit battle. The ashigaru men abandoned the weapons in their hands, took off the armor on their bodies, and desperately fled to the southwest. The heads of various families and samurai led their attendants to abandon their armies and flee, looking for unmarked gaps and fleeing in embarrassment.

The cavalry of the Takeda family reaped the lives of the unarmed deserters to the ground like wheat. Asahinai Taichao only felt that his heart was dripping blood, and his eyes were red, but he couldn't do anything. He recalled the cavalry of Asahina Taehyung, abandoned the battle situation and the last main force of the Imagawa family, and fled the battlefield on horseback.

Asahina Taichao and Asahina Taiheng and others fled all the way, and the number of people who followed them became smaller and smaller, and there were almost less than 200 people. Looking back, there were fleeing Imagawa troops and corpses lying on the ground on and on both sides of the official road, and the army of the Takeda family swept in like a flood, urging Asahina Tai to not stop at all.

However, when they finally fled to Kambara-jo, they found that the Akaitori military banner that originally belonged to the Imagawa clan and the Imagawa family's Nichi-ryū were gone. In its place, the military flags of the Takeda family fluttering high in the air were Takeda Ryoshi and Takasaka Masanobu.

Asahinai Tai Yi gritted his teeth, whipped his horse fiercely, sat down on his horse and ran around Kambara-jo like crazy after being in pain, and carried Asahina-Tai Chao through the already fallen Kambara-jo - he didn't even dare to look up at Kambara-jo again, and ran straight to the west side of Sunfu.

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In the Battle of Fujinomiya, the main force of the Imagawa family was almost wiped out in the pursuit battle, and in the end, only more than 800 people escaped back to Sunfu alive, and the rest were either killed or captured. Trapped north of Kambara-jo, Motonobu Okabe had no time to retreat to Kambara-jo when he discovered that the Imagawa clan had abandoned the castle and that Kambara-jou Castle had been occupied by Takasaka Masanobu, and their retreat route had been cut off. Motonobu Okabe tried to retake Kambara, but was entangled by Masatoyo Naito, who arrived later. When the main forces of the Takeda family gradually arrived, the desperate Okabe Motonobu had to lead his troops to surrender.

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In the early morning of April 27, Suruga Kunijunfu Castle is located in the west of Castle Town.

Imagawa Shin, who has always been gorgeously dressed and neat, casually wears an ill-fitting Jinhaoori at the moment, and waits uneasily for the arrival of follow-up personnel on the horse. His guards are packing up all the important documents and seals in the castle tower, and Asahina Tai Chao is also gathering all the fighting Ashigaru in the vicinity of Sunpu Castle, and will soon join him in the west of Sunpu Castle and flee to Enoe Kakegawa Castle, the main city of the Asahina family.

Junfu City is now undefensible. Even though Sunpu Castle is one of the most majestic castles in Tokaido, the Imagawa army, which has no morale, is not even able to make up for 2,000 men, and how can it stop the Takeda army, which is gaining momentum.

At six o'clock in the morning, the army led by Asahina Tai and Imagawa Shin and his attendants met in the west of the castle and were about to abandon the castle and flee. However, a stubborn figure suddenly rode away from the fleeing team and ran straight towards the west gate of Junfu City.