Chapter 66: The Battle of Namba Ta Castle

On the 20th, after the court had assigned the tasks of each retainer, he still fell into deep thought. His decision is related to the survival and honor of the entire family and all the retainers. The decision he made at the evaluation meeting is about to change the fate of the Uesugi family!

And the Hojo clan Yasu in the Gao'an Temple was also in deep thought at the moment. He knew that this battle was a big gamble! Although he only dared to come out after learning that the Uesugi army had less than 5,000 troops in Musashi according to the scouts under Tominaga Naokumu, he also learned that Uesugi Asadatsu was not in Musashi and had already gone to Aizu to take command. Otherwise, would Hojo Shiyasu still dare to come out of Odawara Castle?

The Hojo family has not forgotten the defense of their nest, and the Hojo clan is stationed in his father's Jade Rope Castle; Toyama Keitsuna was stationed in Misaki Castle; Ryosei Ando was stationed at Nirayama Castle; Ueda Kenda was stationed at Yamanaka Castle; The Hojo clan took his father's place in Odawara Castle······ It can be said that Hojo Shiyasu not only came out with elite soldiers and strong generals, but also assigned important ministers, one family, and genealogy to the important town to deploy defenses, and did not slack off at all.

The Hojo clan was ready to behead all the captured Uesugi retainers this time to avenge the death of the Hojo clan in Okushinano. Both sides are preparing for this battle with a sea of blood and hatred, and the victory or defeat of this battle will determine the future belonging of the entire Kanto! It can be said that whoever wins Musashi will get Kanto, and as long as one of the two takes Musashi, he will be able to get the entire Kanto in the next few years! The Battle of Musashi was a war that both Hojo and Uesugi could never lose. As long as Hojo can defeat Uesugi Asada, he will be able to recuperate and treat his people well. However, the arrival of Uesugi Asadashi instantly snatched him up to do what he was best at, and most of the people of Musashi Ichikoku were already focused on the Uesugi family, not a few years ago.

Early the next morning, the units of the two armies set out at the same time. Namba Kenji set up the main camp in Namba Castle Honmaru Ohiroma, and the rest of the divisions built camp houses and camps outside the castle early. On the other hand, Minori Omori and Yushige Soga, who were in charge of transporting grain and grass to the Uesugi army, were in charge of transporting grain and grass to the Uesugi army, and since the road had already been repaired, these materials were easily sent to Kawagoe Castle for hoarding in a short period of time.

The vanguard of the Hojo Army is Hojo Shizhao, the second son of Hojo Shiyasu, he has been waiting for this day for a long time, and he has been waiting for this opportunity to avenge his third brother. Naturally, the Hojo clan would not give the credit to others, he led the 2,000 troops of his headquarters to march towards Itabashi early in the morning, and the team behind him was the 2,000 troops of Toinaga Naokatsu. Hojo Shiyasu didn't want his third son to die and then his second son, of course, he wanted to let the retainer Tominaga Naokaka lead the army to respond and support. Hojo Clan Yasu himself led the army to march slowly, but the rear team was served by Hojo Tsunari, and the front team was held by Kasahara Yasukatsu.

It can be said that Hojo Shiyasu did not dare to be careless, he was very aware of the sneak attack ability of the Uesugi army. He also suffered a lot of losses, so this time he especially let Huang Bei break off, and Bai Bei opened the way. Hojo is prepared for five colors, and only three colors are left until now. If Hojo knew about it, then his face must have been ugly.

However, of course, Hojo Shiyasu will not only let his descendants send them to death. Previously, at the inauguration ceremony of the Kanto governor, Narita Nagatai, who was beaten by the dragon girl, sent someone to secretly surrender Hojo as soon as he returned. Of course, as soon as the Asadaku was over, he immediately returned to Musashi, and he didn't know about it. But Hojo seized the opportunity, and now he only had to advance slowly, and Narita Nagata knew that if he wanted to be able to do so, he would have to lead his army south to attack the Uesugi family. The Narita family, as a famous family of the Fujiwara clan, has had a tradition of not having to dismount and salute since the time of Minamoto Yoriyoshi and Minamoto Yoriyoshi's father and son, but if you encounter the dragon girl, you can only be unlucky. The dragon maiden had known about this tradition for a long time, but she couldn't bear to drag him off her horse and beat him severely. Theoretically, Narita Nagatai doesn't have to dismount even in front of Ashikaga Yoshiki and Uesugi Kenmasa, after all, the family is still there. However, the dragon girl naturally couldn't tolerate it after being a Hengwu Taira clan, and immediately beat this Fujiwara queen. As a result, Narita Nagata immediately left the United Army with his troops and returned to his home city to close his door.

On the afternoon of the 21st, Narita Nagatayasu learned that Hojo Shiyasu's army had slowly marched in, and immediately joined forces with Oda Chaoxing, the lord of Nishijo Castle, to prepare to send troops to invade Uesugi Ryo. Why did Oda Asakyo agree? Because Oda Asakei is the younger brother of Narita Nagata and the second son of Narita Qintai, he only inherited the family business of the Oda family and became the head of the Oda family.

Narita Nagata and Oda Asakei had already gathered an army of 3,000 troops consisting of ashigaru and peasant soldiers to invade Ishito Castle, and the Asadachi had been waiting for a long time.

In the early morning of the 22nd, the sound of iron cannons sounded first outside Nambada Castle. The Hojo clan and Tominaga Naokakatsu were the first to engage with the four hundred troops led by Jieshan Yunkatsu, and the Hojo clan seemed to think that this battle would be easy to win, so he did not pursue with Tominaga Naokumaki, and led a thousand troops alone to quickly catch up.

However, the Hojo clan is still too young, and Jieshan Yunsheng did this to lure him out, although he has not many troops, but the hundred swords he carries around him are enough to fight with the Hojo clan's 1,000 troops for a long time.

Just when the Hojo clan was about to catch up triumphantly, suddenly two teams of troops were killed in the woods on both sides of the road, which caught the Hojo clan off guard! In addition, after the reflexive reflexive battle of the Jieshan Yunsheng team, the 1,000 troops of the Hojo clan fell into chaos in an instant. And a samurai on horseback wearing a red carcass and holding a spear yelled: "It's Toshimitsu Anazawa, a retainer of the Uesugi family, and the Hojo clan is gone!" Take your life! ”

Anazawa Toshimitsu's roar made the Hojo clan feel empty, and the ambush soldiers on both sides of the road added up to only five hundred, plus the hundred troops of Jieshan Yunkatsu were only six hundred. It can be said that as long as he calms down, he can wait for reinforcements from Tominaga Naokaturi.

"Fire!" At this moment, when the Hojo clan was just about to lead his troops to retreat, another army cut off his back road! Fifty iron guns and one hundred guns suddenly appeared in the rear of the Hojo clan's department, and the iron cannons were pointed directly at the Hojo clan.

"Deus Ex!" The Hojo clan was lucky to have a fate, and the first round of iron cannon fire hit the horse behind him, but he was unharmed.

Although the Ashigaru of the Hojo Army heard the order to break out, after all, they were a conscripted Ashigaru and peasant soldiers, and unlike the Uesugi Army, which was all professional, they were very inexperienced in quality, individual combat, and team cooperation. Such a deficiency is really very fatal.

Ogasawara found that the enemy general was safe and sound, and ordered two of his ashigaru to quickly reload an iron cannon, and half of the guns under his command were thrown into the melee. The speed at which the two Ashigaru loaded together was still very fast, and after a while, Ashigaru handed it to Ogasawara Sadatane, who was sitting on the horse.

"The chastity is not filial, and it is ashamed of the way of the arch and horse of the ancestors!" Ogasawara had secretly learned to use iron cannons before, but he still had to apologize to the sky on the battlefield to his ancestors before raising his gun and aiming at the Hojo clan who was waving his baton in the crowd.

“beng·····” Just as Ogasawara Sadago slowly pulled the trigger, the gun went off, and the Hojo clan not far away also fell.

"The enemy general has been killed!" I don't know who shouted, although no one was sure whether the Hojo clan was alive or dead, but it made the morale of the army under the command of the Hojo clan fall to the bottom in an instant, and many people rushed to escape. And Jieshan Yunsheng and others are also happy to see such results.

"All back! I'm not dead yet! Hojo shouted as he was held up by two stables and covered his bleeding right shoulder with his left hand, but no one paid attention to him, and on the contrary, the peasants and ashigaru were reluctant to continue the battle even if they were killed by the samurai leader. At this moment, the Uesugi army led by Jieshan Yunsheng and others had rushed to the front line to support the 300 troops who were still fighting hard. However, Toshimitsu Anazawa let most of the army leave, and he left the ten samurai on horseback with him.

"Hojo Clan, your life is really big." Toshimitsu Anazawa smiled when he saw the Hojo clan being helped on the horse by two samurai on the side of the road.

"My lord, go away! Hirogen in Shimobayashi to be your opponent! A samurai dressed in a carcass and carrying his mother's robe behind him clenched his spear and pointed it at Toshimitsu Anazawa, who wanted to use a horse to add time to the retreat of the Hojo clan.

"Yes! Let the horses come! "Toshimitsu Anazawa knew that even if the Hojo clan left here, it would not be possible to be cured quickly, after all, the lead bullet of the iron cannon would become inflamed when it penetrated the human body, and as long as it dragged on for a long time, he would still die.

"Please advise!" Hiromoto Hayashizaki quickly rushed towards Toshimitsu Anazawa after clamping his horse, and Toshimitsu Anazawa handed over the heavy wisteria bow from the samurai on horseback next to him, and immediately drew the bow and arrow, shooting directly at the horse under the crotch of the Hojo clan.

With a whoosh, the arrow instantly flew away from Toshimitsu Anazawa's fingers and flew straight towards the horse under the crotch of the Hojo clan, who was still moving slowly. Soon, with the wail of the horses, Hojo was thrown down. And Anzawa Toshimitsu immediately threw away the heavy vine bow, picked up his vermilion spear and stabbed Hayashi Hiromoto, who was already very close to him.

Just one round! Hayashi Hiromoto was picked off the horse as the head of the Hojo clan's Zhaoma Mansion, which should be said to be his strength is too poor, or should it be said that Anzawa Toshimitsu's martial arts are stronger than him.

"Lord, go quickly!" Subsequently, two of the twenty samurai who were guarding the Hojo clan immediately took the initiative to break off. And Hojo was helped up with a horse and slowly left the battlefield. And Toshimitsu Anazawa is just pretending to be pursuing, and his purpose is not to get the Hojo clan's photos, but to kill the samurai of the Hojo Army. As long as there were fewer and fewer samurai, the combat effectiveness of the Hojo Army, which consisted of 60 percent of the peasants, would become less and less.

Soon, Toshimitsu Anazawa chased after ten Hojo Army samurai along the way, and the samurai who accompanied him were responsible for removing their heads.

Just when Tominaga Naokatsu had already attacked the original 300 Uesugi army with only 100 guns, and surrounded it, an envoy jumped off his horse in a panic: "My lord, it's not good! The second young master, he was ambushed by the Uesugi army! And it was hit by an iron cannon! ”

"What?!" Hearing this, Tominaga Naokumi panicked instantly, his task is to be responsible for the safety of the Hojo clan, he will not say anything if the old bone dies Hojo clan, but the problem is that if the Hojo clan dies, he will have a seppuku. He could only shake his head helplessly after looking at the Uesugi army fighting to the death in the suburbs not far away, this is the gap in military strength. Thousands of people couldn't quickly defeat the army of hundreds of people, and the face of the Hojo family was gone.

Tominaga Naokuma had no intention of fighting again at this moment, so he immediately led his army to withdraw. However, just when he led the army to evacuate, he happened to encounter the military strength of Ogasawara Nagasagawa and Katsuyama Yunkatsu, and after being raided by the two, the Qingbei army retreated to Akatsuka after losing 200 people. However, Hojo Clan Yasu had already arrived in Akatsuka, and also saw the Hojo clan who was carried into the main camp.

In the battle outside Namba Castle, the Uesugi army lost 300 Ashigaru and none of his retainers were wounded. And the Hojo family is different here, not to mention that the Hojo clan who served as the pioneer was seriously injured, and even Hayashi Hiromoto, an old subordinate of the Hojo clan, was killed when he broke off. When the Hojo Army Aobei fought the 300 Uesugi Army head-on, the number of dead had already reached 500! That's not all, the 1,000 troops led by the Hojo clan were almost wiped out after being ambushed, and there were 500 dead in the battle! Before and after, in the battle of Namba Ta Castle, the Hojo Army killed a total of 1,200 people! The 4,000 troops went out, but only 2,000 troops returned, and many people were either captured or ran away with oil on the soles of their feet.

"Tominaga won! Explain to me how the photo came to be like this! Why don't you have anything! "Hojo Shikang is very angry now, and his son almost died again before the feature film started, although it is almost now.

"The lord and the minister are guilty. The second young master pursued the defeated enemy army alone, and was wounded by the ambushed enemy army with an iron cannon, and the minister was still commanding the battle at that time! Tominaga knelt down in front of Hojo Shiyasu, who was now the oldest of all the people present.

"My lord, it's not Tominaga-sama's fault. Lord Tominaga's Qingbei still has 1,300 troops preserved, and it still has the combat power to fight. But the strength of the second young master's army is ......" Kasahara Yasukatsu didn't dare to continue, the Hojo clan almost defeated the two thousand troops in the first battle, and Tominaga Naokaka brought back a large army, and also took in some of the defeated troops of the Hojo clan on the way.

"Don't think that if you are a heavy minister under my father, I won't dare to kill you!" Hojo drew his saber and rested it on Tominaga's right shoulder.

"The minister is guilty, I wish I died!" Tominaga Naokakatsu knew that his sin was unforgivable, so he immediately closed his eyes and quietly waited for Hojo Shiyasu to swing his sword.

"My lord! Please calm down! The surrounding retainers dissuaded Hojo Shiyasu one after another, hoping that he would take back his fate, and also hoped that Tominaga Naokakatsu would avoid death.

"I've made up my mind!" Hojo Shiyasu swung his saber at Tominaga Naokumaki in front of everyone. However, after picking up the knife, Tominaga Naokumi did not die, but his hair was cut off and scattered all over the ground.

"My lord?" Tominaga Naokatsu looked at Hojo Shiyasu suspiciously, not knowing why he did this.

"From now on, the former Tominaga Naokatsu has been corrected by me! Now the military is discussed. Hojo then put away his saber and returned to sit on the maza. In his heart, he wanted to kill him, but the big war was imminent, and he couldn't kill the general for his own personal grudge. This can also allow Tominaga to serve the Hojo family to the death, and it can also let the retainers see that they are not the lord of mediocrity, and when the war is imminent, the veteran will not kill.