Kyogoku Takaji Martial Arts is average, and by virtue of his brother-in-law relationship with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Hideho, he was entrusted by the Toyotomi clan and fought against Torii Tadamasa as the general of the only side. And this son-in-law of the Torii clan, like the other second generation of officials on the Tokugawa side, although he has a good political strategy, but unfortunately, he did not inherit the bravery and good fighting of his father Torii Mototada. The game between the two generals was almost uninteresting, and they fought and fought in a regular manner, but due to the numerical advantage, Kyogoku Takaji's morale was superior, and Mori Hidemoto on Kohinoyama also came down to support, delaying Naito Masari's army at the northern foot of Kohiyama, so that Kyogoku Takaji could attack Torii Tadamasa wholeheartedly.

Under such circumstances, Kyogoku Takaji decided to attack with all his strength and suppress the strength of the three armies, intending to crush the demoralized Torii Tadamasa in one fell swoop. But at this moment, Naomasa Ii suddenly appeared behind the Kyogoku position, which was undoubtedly a blow to the unsuspecting Kyogoku army.

Ii Naomasa's original intention was to avoid the attack of the Toyotomi army, but he didn't expect to accidentally enter the position of Kyogoku Takaji, and he didn't expect that Kyogoku Takaji had already pressed all his troops at this time, and there was no extra combat force in this formation except for Takaji himself and more than 200 people from the horses.

"How can such an opportunity be missed?" Ii Naomasa and the retainers next to him looked at each other and smiled, yelled, and ordered his subordinate Chibei to immediately attack the Kyogoku High Rank Main Formation!

It is said that he supported 1,000 people in Honda Tadamasa and lost more than 800 people in the area of Fangmaza, but Ii Naomasa's strength was still an irreversible advantage for the more than 200 people of Kyogoku Takaji.

"It is swift as the wind, and plundering as fire." Guided by the Takeda-ryu art of war, Ii Akabei moved quickly and attacked fiercely, in the plains of the Ichima Hiragawa River, how could a daimyo like Kyogoku Takaji be able to resist? Under the leadership of Naomasa Ii, nearly 2,000 horsemen spread like a fire on the Hinobara, and the earth trembled under the trampling of the war horses, and this tremor soon alarmed the Kyogoku Takaji in the camp. He was about to send someone to investigate, but was stopped by a samurai who broke into the formation.

I saw that this samurai was sweating profusely, and he reported nervously: "My lord, something is wrong, the Tokugawa family's Ii Chibei is attacking from the rear, and he is about to arrive at the main camp, please quickly get on his horse and retreat, it will be too late!" ”

"Ii Chibei?!" Kyogoku was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground. He tugged at the samurai's coat and asked loudly, "What's going on?" Isn't Ii Naomasa supposed to be fighting Nasuawaji, how did he run behind our army? ”

The samurai shook his head. He replied, "The villain doesn't know." However, not long ago, the envoy came to report that the Ii army was indeed engaged in a battle with Mamoru Awaji, and for some reason it appeared near our army......"

"Forget it, prepare the horse quickly, I'm going to see Prime Minister An Yi!" Kyogoku Takaji was almost crazy, and he knew Ii Chibei's speed. If you don't run away, I'm afraid you can only be killed.

Unfortunately, it was too late, as Kyogoku Takaji had just walked outside the tent when Ii Naomasa's vanguard Akabi struck the main camp, and the razors of the Tokugawa cavalry slashed at the almost unsuspecting Kyogoku sergeants. The hastily formed defensive line was broken down in a moment, and Akabei, dressed in red armor, struck back and forth in the formation. Frightened, the Kyogoku army fled in all directions. Ii Naomasa took the lead in rushing into the main camp with a spear in his hand, and after learning the general location of Kyogoku Takaji from the mouth of the wounded soldiers, he immediately led an elite squad to kill him, but at this time Kyogoku Takaji only rode on his war horse, and was surrounded by the oncoming Tokugawa Legion before he ran a few steps.

In the face of the powerful Ii Akabei, the few remaining samurai around Kyogoku Takaji were not timid, but there was a huge disparity between the enemy and us, and they were all killed in a moment, leaving Kyogoku Takaji alone to immediately be surrounded by others, looking at the surrounding Tokugawa army with a panicked expression.

"Prime Minister Otsu hasn't seen you for a long time."

Kyogoku Takaji followed the prestige, and saw Naomasa Ii riding a horse from behind the encirclement to him, and greeted him with a smile.

"The Red Bei of the military department is really elite, and in just this period of effort, he will be defeated in the lower horse house, I really admire." Kyogoku replied tremblingly.

Ii Naomasa knew that Nasu Ziyoshi and Kawajiri Hidenaga's pursuers were about to arrive, so he didn't buy Sekiko, and asked bluntly: "Lingdi Ina attendant (Kyogoku Kochi) has joined the camp of the family, for his sake of face, I can let you go, but you have to promise to lead your 6,000 troops to defect together, help the inner government defeat the right house, and protect the young lord's country." ”

"Protect the young master?" Hearing this, Kyogoku sneered, "You say that, do you believe it yourself?" If it weren't for the right government to turn the tide, this world would be the Tokugawa family, right? ”

"Hugh has to say more," Naomasa Ii roared in a low voice, "agree or disagree, Your Highness just has to tell you." ”

"Providence is like this, what can Gao Ji do?" Kyogoku Takaji smiled bitterly.

"What do you mean?"

Kyogoku Gaoji nodded solemnly: "Just according to what the Ministry of War said." ”

"That's very good." Naomasa Ii laughed and comforted: "Your Highness, rest assured, as long as you can defect, our family will definitely win the final victory!" ”

With that, Ii Naomasa signaled the army to get out of the way, walked from Kyogoku Takaji to the front of the line, and marched with Ii Naomasa towards the battlefield where the Kyogoku army was located.

The Tokugawa army's surprise attack on the Kyogoku main camp was clearly observed by the Mori army stationed on Mt. Kohino, and the garrison commander Mori Hiromoto immediately sent someone to Mori Hidemoto at the foot of the mountain, suggesting that he immediately send troops to stop Ii Naomasa.

Ii Naomasa's original idea was to pass through the Kyogoku Takaji position, go directly to the battlefield where Torii Tadamasa and the Kyogoku army fought fiercely, persuade the Kyogoku army to surrender and then combine the three armies to destroy the 7,000 troops of Mori Hidemoto, and then attack the Hideho main camp from the flank.

However, he overlooked one point, that is, although Mori Hidemoto fought fiercely with Naito Masanari, unlike Kyogoku Takaji, he did not send all his troops, and he still had 2,000 troops in his hands as a reserve stationed in this camp in case of emergency.

After receiving the news, Mori Hidemoto immediately convened a military meeting. He thought that although it was difficult to win against 6,000, he could delay time and buy time for the arrival of Nasu Shikichi and Hidecho Kawajiri; Not only that, but the surprise attack of the Maori army can also disrupt the position, take the opportunity to rescue Kyogoku Takaji, and prevent the Kyogoku army from turning against each other.

The situation was urgent, and the Mori retainers expressed their support for Hidemoto's idea, and the 1,500 troops led by the general Watanabe Naga were ambushed on the road that the Ii army at the northern foot of Mt. Kohiki must pass, while Mori Hidemoto himself led 500 men to sit in the main camp to avoid repeating the mistake of the Kyogoku High Division.

At the same time, the envoy sent by Nasu Ziyoshi also reported to him the situation of the Kyogoku Honjin. In fact, Nasu Ziyoshi and Kawajiri Hidecho were not too far away from Ii Naomasa's army at first, but I's army was dominated by cavalry, while Nasu and Kawajiri were mainly iron cannons and ashigaru, so the pursuit speed was naturally a beat slower. By the time they arrived at Kyogoku Honjin, Naomasa Ii had already left.

Fortunately, Mori Hidemoto's blockade delayed Ii Naomasa's journey and bought enough time for Nasu Zikishi's reinforcements.