After the Okabe family's defense line in the north was instantly crushed by Honda Tadakatsu, the Okabe family's troops in the south were caught off guard and hurriedly retreated. Some of the auxiliaries who had not yet had time to withdraw, their baggage, and the defeated and retreating troops were crowded together. The pursuers of Akihei and Asahina Taihyung's subordinates immediately stepped forward to chase and kill, and the Okabe family troops fled in confusion. After the break, a small half of the 400 soldiers were killed and captured by Asahina and Tokiwabi on the west bank of the Tsuizuma River. The troops of the Okabe family, who were fleeing eastward, lost order, snatched the right to use the bamboo rafts and bridges, pushed and crowded each other, or struggled to cross the river.

In the midst of the chaos, another general in charge of the command was also killed in the rebellion, and the rebel army fled towards the east bank of the Tsuizuma River, and no one tried to destroy the bridge and organize the pursuit of Binabi and Tokiwabi. However, Okabe, who was already in formation on the east bank, had to abandon the plan to reorganize his troops in order to prevent the enemy from being scattered by the rebels and being killed by the enemy, and the whole army immediately continued to advance eastward.

Sensing that the Okabe family's troops on the east bank of the Tsumagawa River were moving further eastward and heading in the direction of Kariya Castle, Akihei and Asahina Taihyung immediately commanded their troops to cross the river and launched a pursuit, trying to hinder the movement of the Okabe army. At this time, Asahina Taichao had already led the main army of the Asahina family, 700 soldiers and thousands of auxiliaries, and began to extinguish the fire in the Okabe family's big village so that the army could pass.

Woo Chohei and Asahi Taehyung Hina, one north and one south, began to attack the bridge. The rout of the Okabe family was powerless to stop it, and control of the bridge soon fell into the hands of the Asahina clan. Asahina Taehyung asked Yu Qiuhei to line up behind his reserve team, and he crossed the river first.

"Hurry up, everyone! Don't let the Okabe family run away! Asahinai Tai yelled urgently, "Cavalry, follow me across the river first!" Hurry up, all of you! With that, he brandished his horsewhip and urged his subordinates to hurry across the river, and he led dozens of cavalry to take the lead and chase across the river, while many of the follow-up Asahina troops crowded on the edge of the bridge, waiting to chase across the bridge.

The bridge was not too wide, and the troops of the Asahina family were desperately squeezing forward in order to pursue the exploits of the fleeing enemy, and many people grabbed the bamboo rafts in the Tsuma River, jumped on the bamboo rafts in twos and threes, and rowed towards the opposite bank. There were even some people who couldn't wait, holding their spears aloof, and rushing across the river.

However, when they arrived on the other side of the Tsuma River, the Asahina Army, which had taken the lead in crossing the river separately and had a scattered formation, had to stop. Circling on the tidal flats, Ashigaru is looking for his own Ashigaru head, and Ashigaru is looking for his own Ashigaru general, not knowing whose orders to obey. The soldiers were in a mess trying to restore the chain of command, but it was difficult to do so. And their pause blocked the other Asahina troops who had not yet crossed the river on the bridge, in the river. And the commander of the troops, Asahinai Taehyung, had already led people to chase down the defeated army, and there was no one to reorganize the troops.

The so-called half-crossing attack in the art of war is to fight these troops who have not yet completed the crossing of the river. This is because when crossing a river, the formation and organization of the troops will inevitably be disrupted, and the troops that have not yet been able to regain their formation and command are often vulnerable. Coupled with the fact that the backwater array is constantly mobilized, there is no way back, and the half-crossing attack often achieves excellent results.

Yu Qiuping abruptly recalled his evaluation of the Okabe family's river-crossing troops not long ago.

And now, this evaluation... And the current situation of the Asahina family...

In case of... I mean... In case of. Yu Qiuping looked at the troops of the Okabe family who were constantly retreating eastward. If they come back, the current situation will be out of control!

However, the scene in front of him continued to develop as Yu Qiuping expected. The Okabe Army, three miles to the east, seemed to sense the confusion of the Asahina Army and was trying to slowly turn to counterattack. It is not easy to turn around with a huge army, which buys time for Yu Qiuping to adjust his deployment.

"First send someone to inform His Highness Asahina and Lord Okupei, so that they don't rush over! It's such a mess here! "Yu Qiuping sent a herald to rush to the direction of the Binai Tai Dynasty.

"Hey! Heralds on the other side! Yu Qiuping and a few guards shouted loudly through Feng Tsugagawa, and saw a few heralds of the Bina family looking at him. Go and inform your son, and let him come back immediately to command the troops! ”

When the heralds received the order, they pursued them eastward. And Yu Qiuping immediately ordered that the three stations of the Water Atom Sutra, Mizuzunhei and Kobayakawa Yashisuke who had just been assigned to Asahina Taiheng be close to the Tsumagawa troops, immediately wade across the river and go to the front to build a defense. And Yu Qiuping also ordered at the same time that the Asahina troops crowded on the bridge immediately vacate the bridge and not try to restore the establishment on the side of the bridge! However, in the chaos, Asahina was moving very slowly, and from time to time people were squeezed into the water. Yu Qiuping was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but there was nothing he could do.

In short, even if the troops of the three people crossed the river, they still maintained a basically complete formation and formation by relying on strict discipline. After the three platoons crossed the Tsumasa River, they quickly formed a formation and marched forward in a neat manner, protecting the troops of the Asahina family, who were still a little chaotic. The other three platoons were also sent by Yu Qiuping to continue wading across the river. Naoe Tadahei was also sent out by Yu Qiuping to command the defense of these six recruit platoons.

However, the current in the center of the river was turbulent, and the width of the river was not short, so it took a lot of time to wade across the river, and the troops of the Okabe family had also completed their adjustments, and nearly 300 soldiers who had turned to finish were coming to the west. However, at this time, the chaotic Asahina army on both sides of the river bank became more and more chaotic under the urging of Yu Qiuping, and the bridge was empty, but there were many people crowded on both sides of the bridge, and it was impossible to pass at all. It is estimated that until the Asahina army on the other side of the river restores order, it is not necessary to queue up to cross the river.

Seeing that Okabe's family was so powerful, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but sweat for the troops on the front line. Naoe Tadahei pressed his troops forward, away from the river bank, so that the hundreds of Asahina's troops who had already crossed the river had room to rectify. Asahina Taehyung himself also led dozens of cavalrymen to constantly harass the troops of the Okabe family, and the cavalry sent by the Okabe family to cover the flank.

Next, as long as we can wait for the Asahina family to restore order, we can stabilize the defense line on the west bank. Crossing the river and retreating in front of the enemy is absolutely not to think about it, only let them build a bridgehead for advancement. He crossed the river with the rest of Chang Panbei and the main army of the Binai Dynasty behind him to stabilize the formation.

"This lesson is too painful." Yu Qiuping secretly sighed, "You must be careful when crossing the river in the future, if it is as chaotic as today, you will be hit by a devastating half-crossing." The men of Asahina Taehyung are all elite, and they are extremely brave in battle, but once they lose their organization and command, they will still be scattered. ”

Yu Qiuping looked back at the fire, and the subordinates of the Asahina Tai and Okuhei families were struggling to extinguish the fire. However, due to the extreme congestion on this side of the river and the lack of means to fetch water, the progress of the Asahinai army in extinguishing the fire was unusually slow.

Just as Yu Qiuping was thinking about whether to organize some people to help fetch water and put out the fire, a panicked shout suddenly came from the opposite side of the riverbank, and Yu Qiuping looked blankly towards the side of the riverbank, only to see that the Asahina family troops on the riverbank, which were about to be reorganized, suddenly became chaotic again. Many people pointed to the south, the east bank of the lower reaches of the Tsuma River, in disbelief, and shouted something to each other.

"What's going on!" Yu Qiuping reined in the reins of the horse, turned with the horses, and looked down the Fengzuma River towards the south. Stand upright with your feet on the stirrups.

I saw smoke and dust billowing out.

He was stunned too.

Vaguely, he recognized several flags flying high.

Ii family, Miura family... Follow the many wealthy families of the Okabe family... It's all here. They came out behind a few hills four miles to the south! At a glance, there were more than three thousand people. The number of soldiers must be close to a thousand! This army was killing along the east bank of the Fengzuma River all the way to the ferry to the north.

How could those wealthy families appear here!

Shouldn't they have retreated long ago! How could it be ambushed here? Shouldn't the Okabe family retreat to Okazaki Castle? Why ambush us here?

Are we careless? We thought that the goal of the Okabe family was Okazaki Castle, and we would not dwell too much on it, but would retreat all the way east. I thought that these wealthy clans had already withdrawn to Kariya Castle, and they sent all the scouts to reconnoiter the camp of the Okabe family, and did not pay attention to the upstream and downstream of the Azuma River!

A series of question marks flashed in his mind, but Yu Qiuping had no time to answer.

Because at this moment, the east bank of the Fengzuma River is already facing a catastrophe. The only six platoons of soldiers had already advanced to a mile away from the river bank and fought with the Okabe family, who had reflexively killed. In the face of the larger number of Okabe families and the steady stream of rear troops, it would be good for them to hold on, let alone retreat. And at this moment, what was exposed in front of the more than 1,000 Hao clan soldiers was the Asahina family troops who were behind the advance team of Tokiwa Bei and were reorganized against the riverbank. The hundreds of soldiers who had lost their organization, were in chaos, and were defenseless, and they were powerless to resist the onslaught of those more than 1,000 soldiers.

If you let the more than 1,000 soldiers stick to the north of the Fengzuma River to kill them, they will disperse the troops of the Asahina family. Then the six platoons of Tokiwabi, who had already crossed the river, would also be cut off from the retreat route back to the Tsumasa River, and the entire army would be annihilated under the attack of the Okabe family.

"Masatsune, do you understand now?" Okabe Motonobu watched everything go according to plan and smiled with satisfaction, "Why do I still want them to participate in the evaluation meeting when I know that the Okuhei family may rebel." ”

"Brother is letting the Oupin family know about the wrong plan?" Okabe Masatsuna threw himself to the ground in admiration, and said convincingly: "Then let them tell the Asahina family about the plan of 'the Okabe family is bent on withdrawing to Okazaki Castle'." Let the Asahina family carelessly underestimate the enemy, only thinking about pursuing and hindering us all the way, and neglecting reconnaissance and lowering their vigilance? Thus seize the opportunity and ambush them! ”

"Exactly." Okabe Motoshin said in a deep voice, "That's why I asked you to learn more and watch more. ”

"Brother's clever calculation, I admire it." Okabe Masatsuna exclaimed, "Now the Asahina family and the Yuqiu family are difficult to fly!" ”

"War is cruel and full of deceit." Okabe Motonobu sneered, "If you are not careful, you will lose everything." ”

"I'm going to prove to you with my actions—" Okabe Motonobu slowly drew his sword in his hand and pointed to the distant opposite shore, where Asahinatai's main army was located, "Why is the first general of the Imagawa family to be my Okabe Motonobu, not him to Binatai!" ”