Chapter 408 was unexpected

In the big tent outside the city of Xingguo Temple, Hojo Yasu saw that people were coming from the camp, and he didn't open his mouth and asked, "If you have anything to report, let's talk about it." ”

I only heard the ashigaru anxiously say: "Report to the lord, the big thing is not good, thousands of the Takeda family are killed from behind, and the lord is asked to prepare early." ”

"What... What the... The Takeda family Akaibei killed from behind? This... How is this possible..."After listening to this, Hojo Shiyasu was not stunned on the spot.

The day before yesterday, the detective he sent outside Sunfu Castle also said that the Takeda Army was still attacking Sunfu Castle, why did it appear here now?

Hojo clan Kangzhi said, although the Takeda family is elite, but the total number of people is only about 3,500, Takeda Shingen led a few thousand Chibei to attack Sunfu City, so where did the thousands behind him come from? Could it be that the Takeda family has expanded the number of red bins? This is impossible, it is impossible for me not to know such a big thing.

Then there is only one reason, I'm afraid it's Takeda Shingen who has divided his troops, but I don't know where the main force of the Takeda Road is, thinking of this, the Hojo clan Yasuya also knows that the Takeda Army has no time to hesitate, if the Takeda Army rushes over like this, then the army of the family will not be able to resist the assault of the Takeda family, so that it is not Takeda who is defeated, but the family.

And it's not just that, I'm afraid that from now on, the country of Suruga will also fall into the hands of Takeda Shingen.

Therefore, he didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly go to the outside of Xingguo Temple to give an order, ordering them to immediately disengage from the defenders in the city and line up to meet the enemy, quickly." ”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he only heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves from behind the battle, even if Hojo Shiyasu didn't see it, but he had already guessed that the Takeda family was attacking, and just listening to the sound of horses' hooves, you could hear that the Takeda family's army was definitely thousands of people.

He really didn't expect the Takeda family to come so quickly, since he could already clearly hear the sound of horses' hooves, it was too late to send someone to give an order outside the city of Xingguoji now.

And the attendant was just about to go out to deliver the order, but he was stopped by Hojo Shiyasu again, only to hear him sigh first, and then said helplessly: "Order the troops outside the city of Xingguoji to retreat." ”

After speaking, I saw him stand up and walk towards the outside of the curtain. In his opinion, although the Takeda family has not yet rushed to the outside of the Xingguo Temple City, but the result of this battle is no longer suspenseful, the army of the family is all foot troops, if the formation is good, with the advantage of numbers, it is not afraid of the Takeda family Chibei, but now the array is obviously too late, and it is extremely flat here, the army of the family is not relying on the situation, it is impossible to block the attack of the Takeda family Chibei in a group, rather than being killed by the general of the Takeda family at that time, it is better to order the withdrawal of the army now, so that in this way, The strength of the army can be reduced by some losses.

Just when more than 1,000 troops in the formation led by Hojo Shiyasu had just withdrawn, Takeda Shingen's two thousand Chibei under his command had already killed outside the castle of Kokokuji and fought with the Hojo army.

In order not to annihilate the whole army, so after receiving the order of the lord, he immediately discussed it urgently, and finally made a helpless decision, that is, a general led a thousand troops as the palace army, and the remaining four thousand troops were evacuated in an orderly manner in the north and south.

In the end, after some scramble, Yasukatsu Kasahara came out on top and was responsible for dragging the main enemy. Although Kasahara Yasukatsu is not ignorant of the way, he led a thousand troops to drag the enemy, he must die, in the face of the enemy's thousands of red reserves, as well as the encirclement of the army in the city, he only relied on a thousand troops, without any fortifications, there is no way out. …,

And he only hoped that he could hold off the enemy for a little longer and buy some more precious time for his own army.

Soon the Takeda army rushed to the front, due to the disparity in strength, even if the thousand Hojo army had lined up the gun array before the enemy rushed in, however, under the impact of Akabei, the phalanx was easily torn apart by it, and although the Takeda family Akabei did not slow down at all in the face of the Hojo family's gun formation, but in addition to the front of the army was hung on the blade of the gun, the cavalry behind did not suffer many losses, and the Hojo army under the enemy's assault, the casualties have exceeded one percent, and the enemy only attacked once, There were more than 100 ashigaru falling to the ground, that is, the flag of the Hojo family of this thousand troops, which was mostly favored by the Hojo clan on weekdays, so it did not break up directly, otherwise there would have been no one left.

Because Kasahara Yasukatsu had long known the power of the Takeda family, before he launched a surprise attack, he ordered his ashigaru to assemble twenty or thirty meters away from the city wall, so that even if the cavalry assaulted, it could only be assaulted once, otherwise, there was no need for the enemy in the city to besiege, only the enemy was attacking back and forth once or twice, and if the casualties of the troops under his command were more than half, no matter how loyal they were, they would definitely collapse, so that the goal of dragging the enemy could not be achieved at all.

Sure enough, his approach caused a lot of trouble to Takeda Shingen, and when he led Akabi to break through the Hojo Army's gun array, he had to quickly pull the reins after rushing out of a distance of thirty or forty meters, and if he was rushing forward, he would crash into the city wall.

And this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the rear platoon of troops under his command is one or twenty meters away from the enemy, and the other party does not stop moving, but slowly leans towards him, with such a distance, it is impossible to launch another assault.

Seeing that the enemy was still approaching, and the space left for the cavalry was getting smaller and smaller, he only heard him say hatefully: "Attack, I want to annihilate the army in front of me, and don't let anyone go." ”

For Akabei, the strongest attack is a surprise attack, if they give up this killer weapon, their combat power will drop a lot, and the battle power of Hakubei led by Yasukatsu Kasahara is not weak, so even with the advantage of numbers, it is difficult to kill the enemy in a short time.

However, when the two armies were fighting together, the castle guard general Oyamada Nobushige, who had already received the order, had also been killed from the castle after reorganizing the army, although the army under his command was only about 1,500 people after the consumption of the past few days, but because of their participation, this thousand Hojo troops probably could not last long.

Seeing that Koyamada Nobushige had already led the army out of the city, Takeda Shingen hurriedly ordered loudly: "Quickly copy from the back and cut off the enemy's way back." ”

Koyamada Nobushige saw that the lord had already given an order, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the army around the back of the enemy, and the Hojo family's army saw that the enemy had added more than 1,000 ashigaru to run behind him, and couldn't help but lose his fighting spirit, and they all knew at this moment that if they didn't retreat now, it would be too late to retreat even if they wanted to.

After having such an idea, the Hojo army did not hesitate for a moment, turned around one after another, and fled to the east.

Kasahara Yasukatsu originally wanted to prove his loyalty by dying, but as soon as Ashigaru withdrew, he who commanded in the formation was also caught in the torrent of retreat, even if he still wanted to turn over and fight, it was impossible, and it was like this, he also saved his life.

Seeing that the enemy had begun to retreat, Takeda Shingen was willing to let go of such a great opportunity, and hurriedly ordered Chibei to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, and only had to stop until the enemy had been completely dispersed.

At this moment, Takeda Shingen is thinking, Hojo Shiyasu has always been very cautious, if he didn't lead the army to sneak attack from behind this time, he would not be able to force the enemy to withdraw his troops at all, and a battle situation like the current one may not be encountered in the future, why don't he take advantage of this big victory to lead the army to chase and kill, and go straight to Odawara Castle, maybe he can also break through this city, in this way, then the strength of the family will inevitably increase greatly, and it will also be of great benefit to Shangluo. …,

Even if he fails, it is a big deal for him to withdraw his troops, as long as he does not fight with the other party, he should not lose too much.

Anyway, now that the Imagawa family only has one Junfu Castle left, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken, so I don't have to worry about it at all, so why don't I try it.

Thinking of this, Takeda Shingen immediately reorganized his army, led nearly 2,000 Akabei, and 1,500 spears and Ashigaru went straight to Odawara Castle.

As soon as the Hojo clan Yasuya entered Odawara Castle, the Takeda family army chased it outside the city, and Takeda Shingen saw that the enemy had just entered the city and had not yet arranged a defense, so he did not let his troops repair it, so he directly attacked the city, but Odawara Castle was too strong, even if there were only 500 troops in the city to defend, it would be difficult for the Takeda army to attack Chengzhong for a while.

Takeda Shingenjian did not succeed in one blow, and the troops under his command were exhausted, so he could only order the troops to withdraw and rest.

At this time, the Hojo family's army was also ready, waiting for the Takeda army to attack, and since they entered Odawara Castle, their morale has also improved a lot, the Hojo army is good at defending, and there is a strong city to defend, so the defenders in the city believe that even if the enemy outside the city is the Red Reserve Army, which is known to the world, they will not want to attack the city.

The Takeda army attacked for three days in a row, although his command Ashigaru had exhausted all his strength, and Takeda Shingen tried his best to fail to take a step beyond the thunder pond, and the solidity of Odawara Castle was visible.

Takeda Shingen only brought 3,500 troops to Sagami this time, and there are now five or six thousand defenders in the city, and the Hojo family's army is already good at defending.

And this family's strategy is to seize Suruga, so as to open up the road to Kamiraku, as long as he can control the world, then it will be impossible for the Hojo family not to bow their heads, so why waste time here in vain