The generals, who were immersed in the joy of the capture of Kaizu Castle, did not know that two days earlier, on April 27, Sanada Masayuki had set out from Numata Castle with a thousand troops, crossed Asama Mountain, and raided Komori Castle, which was empty in defense. Please search (product # book...... Net) to see the most complete! The fastest update

On the 28th, Senshi Hidehisa ignored the obstruction of Hineno Yoshiaki and Kyogoku Kochi, and led 1,500 people to the south to relieve the siege of Kojushi, but was ambushed by Sanada Nobuhiro outside the city, and more than ten people including the general Shinomiya Mitsuri were killed in battle, and nearly half of the army was killed and wounded. Hineno Yoshiaki also persuaded Xianshi Hidejiu not to be rash, and Chang Xing surrounded Wei to save Zhao.

Xiujiu was puzzled, and asked the two of them: "The inner government has entrusted us to meet with them in Xiaozhu City, if this city is lost, how can we explain?" And there are still more than 1,200 defenders in Tiancheng, with the ability of the Sanada army, it is not difficult to hold on for five days, and Xiaozhucheng only has 300 peasant soldiers, and the general died in battle, the army is unstable, and there are wise generals like Anfang Shou to lead the troops to attack, and An can hold on until our army returns? At that time, I am afraid that we will not take Tiancheng, but also lose Xiaozhucheng, and we will really lose our ground. ”

Hearing him say this, Hineno and Kyogoku also hesitated: "According to Echizen Mamoru's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Hidehisa smiled and said: "The Kaizu Castle in the north is under the siege of the Hori family and the Ishikawa family, and it will be conquered in less than two days, instead of wasting time besieging the city here, it is better to solve the siege of Komoro first, and hand over the heavy task of attacking Tiancheng to the guys in Echigo, firstly, to avoid wasting our army's time, and secondly, to join the inner government one step ahead of them, of course, the most important thing is to take the head of Sanada Anbomori and avenge the defeat of Numata of the inner army. ”

Kyogoku Kochi was skeptical of Hidehisa's idea, he always felt that this was an excuse for Hidehisa to find to relieve the siege of Komoru, but Hineno Yoshiaki wavered, his army was the smallest of the three, so he was more cautious: "What Echizen Mamoru said is not unreasonable, if we lose Komoro Castle, it is really difficult for us to explain to the inner government, rather than wasting time here, it is better to wave our army to the south and flank the Sanada army with the defenders of the castle, and the credit for conquering Tajo will be given to Hori Sabu and Ishikawa Genbo as a favor." ”

"Since the two of you have made up your mind, there is nothing to say below." Kyogoku Kochi sighed, "I haven't made an inch of merit since I sent my troops, if I can't defeat Sanada Yasubo Mamoru in Koju, it's really shameless to see the inner house." ”

That night, the Shinano coalition army, with 3,000 Kyogoku troops as the vanguard and 800 Hineno as the temple army, left Tahara and rushed to Komorijo Castle in Saku County. However, Sanada Masa, who learned of his movements, saw that his plan succeeded, and quietly retreated from Omori, making a detour to the southern foot of Asama Mountain to Tajo.

In the early morning of the 29th, the Sanada army marched to Kasatori, but was discovered by the scouts of the Hineno army, and Yoshiaki immediately reported to Kyogoku Kochi, who ordered the Honeno army to be the vanguard and pursue the Sanada army, while he and Senshi Hidehisa led the main force of 4,200 people to the right flank of the Sanada army to launch a surprise attack.

However, the Hineno army was on the verge of collapse under the cavalry charge of Sanada Nobushiori, and instead of being able to contain the Sanada army, it lost many generals, and Yoshiaki was also besieged for a time, and was forced to lead the remnants out of the battle and withdraw towards Komori Castle. By the time Kyogoku and Sengoku arrived at their intended location, the Sanada army had already left Katori, so the raid turned into a pursuit, and the Sanada army fought and retreated, and asked for help from Tajo's Oyamada Shigesei.

In the middle of the battle, 800 reinforcements from Oyamada raided the left flank of the Senshi army, Sanada Masayuki also ordered Nobuya to launch a counter-charge, and the Senshi army gradually lost support, Hidehisa asked Kyogoku Kochi to lead the troops to support, but due to the narrow terrain, it was not suitable for a large army to fight, Kochi only sent 500 people to help it repel the Sanada army, and prevented Hidehisa from pursuing further, persuading it to go to Korujo Castle to join Hineno first, and then seek another way after regrouping.

In the battle of Kasato, the Sanada army defeated Hineno and suffered a small defeat to the combined forces of Senshi and Kyogoku, with more than 300 casualties; In the Shinano coalition army, the Hineno Yoshiaki Department suffered the heaviest casualties, reaching 400 people, and many generals were killed in battle, basically losing their combat effectiveness; The Xianshi and Kyogoku armies were defeated and then won in the pursuit battle, losing more than 200 people, and the three sides suffered a total of 650 casualties. After this battle, Sanada Masayuki led his troops to Tiancheng and decided to cage the city.

However, with the fall of Kaizu Castle in the afternoon, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and more than 11,000 troops of the Hori and Ishikawa coalition rushed south, conquered Toishi Castle northeast of Tajo, and prepared to launch a general attack on Tajo the next day. Kyogoku Kochi, on the other hand, received a secret letter from Ieyasu in the middle of the night, asking him to lead his troops eastward and attack Matsui Tianjo Castle together.

So in the early morning of the 30th, Kyogoku and Senshi rushed to Matsuida with 4,300 men, and 400 people from Hinenobe stayed behind in Komojo. Horihide was more focused on the north of the castle, Ishikawa Yasunaga was in the west of the castle, and Masayuki decided to move on the defense, focusing on the attack on the Ishikawa army and the Hori army on defense.

At noon, Masayuki sent a cavalry out of the west gate to investigate the enemy's situation, Yasuchang ordered Kangji to attack, Sanada army retreated all the way south, led Kangji to the valley south of the city, all the ambushes around him, Kangji was taken by Sanada's retainer Kaino Jinping on the spot, and only more than 200 people of the Ishikawa army survived nearly 1,000 people. Kang Chang was furious and personally attacked Simon, but was wounded by iron cannons and was forced to withdraw to his own position.

Tajo is located in the center of the Tian Basin, on the shore of the Chikuma River Ni Abuchi cliff, the terrain is dangerous to be the Kaijin Castle. As the main castle of the Sanada clan, Masayuki devoted a lot of energy and material resources to the development and construction, for example, in order to ensure that the water source of the cage castle was not exhausted, Masayuki introduced water from the Kamigawa River and the Yaide Zewa River to the castle, and also dug a well on the east side of the southwest ridge just in case, and these measures played an important role in this cage castle. Although Hori Hideshige had a heavy army, he had no way to start in the face of such a fortified city, but was often used by the Sanada army to take advantage of the terrain to intersperse sneak attacks, and in less than a day, he was already a little anxious, so he could only rely on the bombardment of the large barrel to coerce Masayuki to surrender out of the city.

At the same time, the Tokugawa army's attack on Matsui Tianjo did not improve. The Asano army ambushed the combined forces of Kyogoku and Senseki at the junction of Usui and Shinano, and then the two sides engaged in a fierce battle, making it difficult for the latter to reach Matsuida to join the Tokugawa army; In order to further demoralize the Tokugawa army, Asano Nagamasa led the Tokaido armies to launch a large-scale attack on the Tokugawa Kanto Territory, and the castle of Bowlata, Ninja Castle, and Matsuyama Castle were lost one after another, and Kawagoe Castle was slaughtered by the Toyotomi army after the castle was broken due to the resolute resistance of the castle lord, and the vanguard of the army was only fifteen miles away from Edo Castle at this time.