Chapter 337: The Great Defeat of Takeda (Part I)
As soon as he was away from the Takeda army, Sabei received an order from Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga ordered Sabei to lead a special team to pick up Hashiba Hideyoshi and Sakuma Nobumori, who were in charge of the palace.
Sabei did not hesitate when he received the order, and immediately rushed in the direction of the Takeda Army with his subordinates. If Oda Nobunaga wants to lure Takeda Katsuyori to the bait with Orino Fushi today, then he and Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi are all bait.
As a decoy, his mission is not to desperately block the Takeda army, but to lure the Takeda army deeper. Something that can cause Takeda Katsuyori to have a strong pursuit heart, in addition to humiliating him, can only fight with Takeda Katsuyori, making Takeda Katsuyori think that he and Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi are all defeated and forced to flee. Only blood on the battlefield can make Takeda Katsuyori lose his mind, and he must unite with Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi to make the frustrated Takeda Katsuyori fall into madness.
Sabei, who had a clear plan, led his army to annihilate the Takeda army, which had broken through the defensive line, and then joined up with Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi. At this time, the three of them didn't have time to discuss it in detail, so Sabei directly told the two of them about his plan.
The two nodded after hearing this, and then cooperated with Sabei's special forces, and the strength of the three military formations was not even inferior to Takeda Katsuyori. Although it is possible to fight or bloody battles with Takeda Katsuyori, it is almost impossible to completely annihilate or defeat the Takeda army, and only by introducing Takeda Katsuyori into the encirclement can Takeda Katsuyori be further inflicted heavy losses.
The seemingly one-sided situation changed after the arrival of Sabei, and after the Einsatzgruppen under Sabei blocked the torn defense line of the Takeda Army, the Takeda Army could not help but get into a fierce battle with the Oda Army behind the Palace.
Soon, the elite Takeda Pioneer once again broke through the defense line of the Oda Army behind the palace, and Sabei signaled Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi to command the troops to annihilate the Takeda Army that had broken through the defense line, and at the same time launched a fierce counterattack against the Takeda Army.
Takeda Katsuyori, who was a little confused by the sudden counterattack of the Oda army, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and asked Anayama Nobuyojun on the side: "Nobuyo-kun, is the Oda army pretending to retreat to lure us and others?" ”
Anayama Nobuyoshi on the side looked at the surrounding Takeda generals when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If the Oda army lures us and others, why bother to resist desperately here, and the Oda army behind the palace has the family crest and military flag of Sakuma Nobumori and Yushiba Hideyoshi, these two are famous palace generals of the Oda army, and at the same time, Ming Wei Xuanxin is also a fierce general, if you lure us and others, why send them to fight?" ”
Hearing this, Takeda Katsuyori looked at the group of close ministers of the Suwa faction beside him, and saw that everyone nodded in confirmation, so he ordered to Yamaguchi Masakane: "The Red Reserve is attacking!" Crush the last line of defense of the Oda Army! ”
Hearing this, Shan County Changjing bowed his head and agreed, and then came to the front of the Red Reserve Team with his spear and horse, raised the spear in his hand and said: "You follow me out to defeat the Oda army behind the palace!" ”
After killing the Takeda samurai who rushed towards him, Sabei was pulled by Fujido Takatora on the side, and Saybei's sharp eyes pierced Fujido Takatora, but he heard Fujido Takatora say: "Lord, the red reserve of the Takeda Army has come up!" ”
Hearing this, Sabei's eyes returned to a hint of clarity, and he immediately ordered his attendants to go and inform Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi to prepare to retreat.
However, this time there seemed to be a tacit understanding between the three of them, and not long after Sabei's attendants left, Sakuma Nobumori and Hashiba Hideyoshi's attendants came to inform Sabei to retreat.
After setting up the iron artillery team responsible for delaying the pursuit of the Takeda Army, the Sabei Army, which had the smallest number of troops, began to retreat, and then Hideyoshi Hashiba and Nobumori Sakuma also began to retreat. And how could such a retreat avoid sacrifice, and the samurai and ashigaru, who were entangled with the Takeda army, were completely annihilated in Kai territory by the surging Takeda army after gaining some time to retreat.
Before the Takeda Army, which was in pursuit, had not gone far before it was beaten by the iron artillery team ambushed by the Oda Army; Too late to care about the wounded troops, Takeda Katsuyori and the cavalry rushed ahead, frantically pursuing the Oda army, which had clearly retreated.
The ambushed Iron Artillery also broke into pieces after ambushing the Takeda Army, and scattered in the dense forests on the border between Kai and Suruga.
This is also in line with Takeda Katsuyori's plan, ignore these miscellaneous fish, go straight to the heart of the Oda army, and let the Oda army pay for the blood debt.
However, Takeda Katsuyori was not dizzy, and did not have too much distance from the rear troops, but led hundreds of horsemen and close guards to rush to the front of the team.
Takeda Katsuyori began to discover the supplies and burdens that the Oda army had thrown on the ground, and immediately ordered the whole army not to pick up the items discarded by the Oda army.
Just when Takeda Katsuyori saw the military flag swaying back and forth by Sakuma Nobumori, the excitement and resentment in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he immediately raised his sword and shouted: "Kill the past and defeat the Oda army!" ”
Then Takeda Katsuyori saw more of the Oda banner, and he wanted to whip the horse under his crotch, but he found that the whip had turned into a sword at some point, so he clamped the horse's belly with his legs and forcibly made the mount speed up.
The attendants and cavalry around Takeda Katsuyori had no choice but to speed up to protect Takeda Katsuyori, and Anayama Nobuyuki and Yama Yama Masakei, who were sitting in the rear, also had to urge many samurai and ashigaru on foot to speed up to keep up with Takeda Katsuyori.
However, just as Takeda Katsuyori saw Oda Nobunaga's horse seal, a roar sounded in his ears, and in an instant, the attendants who were protecting Takeda Katsuyori fell from their horses, and Takeda Katsuyori's mount was tripped and fell to the ground. Katsuyori Takeda, who was thrown to the ground, was immediately protected by the rest of the attendants and the cavalry.
As soon as Nobuyoshi Anayama realized that the situation was wrong, he was blocked by the Oda army that had surrounded him from behind.
Sabei, who had a bloodstained face, took the bamboo tube handed by Fushiwa Akijiro, and after cleaning the blood stains on his face with water, Sabei asked Fushiwa Mingjiro, "How many people are left in the sacrificial team?" ”
Fushiwa Akijiro touched the blood stains on his face, bowed his head and said to Sabei, "There are seventeen people left!" ”
Hearing this, Sabei nodded slightly, then got up and looked at the Takeda Army in the smoke of gunpowder.
Takeda Katsuyori, who was being guarded by the attendants, endured the pain all over his body, and the horse on which the attendants had been offered galloped backwards under the escort of the remaining attendants. After sending someone to meet Takeda Katsuyori, Anayama Nobuyoshi ordered the samurai on the side: "Retreat, the Oda army has an ambush, break through from the rear!" ”
After listening to the words of Anayama Nobuyan, Shan County Changjing, who was restraining the military on the side, seemed to understand something, so he stepped forward and said to the Red Reserve on foot: "Follow me to rescue His Highness!" ”
Changjing of Bishan County took out a close attendant, handed over the ribs around his waist to the attendant and said: "Go back and inform the remaining Mino Shou to mobilize the army to enter Shimoyama Castle, if His Royal Highness Katsuyori dies in battle, he must defend Shimoyama Castle and protect His Royal Highness Shinkatsu, and then inform Takasaka Danmasa that he must repel the Uesugi clan, which is related to the survival of his family!" ”