Chapter 384: Bloody Battle in Hachimangahara
Although Takeda Nobuyoshi was able to survive by decisively leading the remnants to retreat and recuperate, if this is the case, the Uesugi army will definitely pursue it, and the final result will be to introduce the Uesugi army into the main camp. In order to prevent the Uesugi army from approaching the main camp, Takeda Nobu desperately delayed the time and fought to the death. There is no other way but to die on the battlefield. During this period, it is up to the elder brother Takeda Shingen to consider strengthening the defense of the main camp or retreating into Kaijin Castle.
Although Takeda Shingen ordered Takeda Shinshi to continue to hold on at all costs, Takeda Shingen still sent a total of more than 1,500 troops under the command of Kurihara Kando and Yokota Yasukei (formerly Torain Nagao and Yokota Takamatsu's adopted son) to support Takeda Shinshige, and he continued to keep an eye on the battle situation.
The Takeda Army on Hachiwatahara relied on the 20,000 troops who had gone to Mt. Tsumeme to arrive here as soon as possible. Until then, resist it no matter what. The longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for the Takeda Army.
However, the killing of famous samurai of the Takeda Army in various parts of the battlefield has become so serious that even Takeda Shingen is worried.
Under the efforts of the generals such as Koo Yumitsu, Tsujin Yinhisa, Kibe Kuji, and Tsujin Hisaaki, Takeda Nobuyoshi finally escaped with one man and one horse, and after learning that his father Takeda Nobuyoshi was taken by Koyama Asaki, he fled in the direction of Uehara Castle in Suwa County without looking back.
Because of the death of Takeda Nobuyhiro and the high morale of the army, the morale of the army became more and more low, and finally it could not support it, and was defeated by the superior forces of the Uesugi army in a blink of an eye. Soon, the generals of Suruga under Takeda Nobuyoshi, Fuji Nobutada, Ohara Jinmi, Anhara Tadashi, Anbara Mitsukyo, Yubi Tadamitsu, Yubi Masanobu, Nishiyama Mitsuei, Nishiyama Mitsukin, Miura Yuanhisa, Miura Yoshikagami, Pregnant Ishi Motoyasu, Otsuka Soldier Uemon and other generals saw that the battle situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to the Takeda army, so they stopped resisting stubbornly, and were about to collapse at the first touch, and also made the generals of the Takekawa and Tsujin generals who were fighting a bloody battle with Ota Shimasabu suffer the enemy.
When he learned that Takeda Nobushigeru had died in battle, Takeda Nobutoshi fled the battlefield with one man and one horse, and the people of Suruga Province were about to collapse at the touch of a button, he knew that continuing to resist stubbornly would only be a mantis arm as a car, hitting a stone with an egg, and not measuring his own strength, and in the end, he was likely to follow in the footsteps of Takeda Nobushi, Mieda Torakishi, Kanamaru Torayoshi and other important ministers. In order not to sacrifice his life in vain on this Hachimangahara, Anayama Nobuyojun immediately ordered his retainers and Izumi University Suke, Ashizawa Motochen, Hosaka Sake Brewing Suke, Hosaka Tadagami, Hosaka Sabu, Maejima Norrihiro, Maejima Noriomori, Baba Hazaemon, Sano Tomoshige, Sano Yasumitsu, Manzawa Junyasu, Mochizuki Zenzamon and others to quickly evacuate to Kokai Province. First, it can retain a living force for the Takeda family; Second, Takeda Shingen did not dare to hold him accountable easily after the war, because Anayama Shinjun concluded that even if the Takeda family won this battle, their vitality would be greatly damaged.
After learning that Nobuki Anayama led an army of 3,000 people composed of Kai Jumo Prefecture to withdraw from the battlefield, they did not dare to take the initiative to pursue, so they launched a series of fierce attacks on the two divisions of Takeda Nobuyoshi and Naito Masatsuki after annihilating most of the Takekawa and Tsukin.
At the same time, Saito Asanobu, Kaganya Keitori, Shida Haruyoshi, Hirako Bomasa, and Kurokawa Kiyomi quickly attacked the array of Takeda Katsuyoribu, which was located in the center of the front line.
"Crush them! Defeat the Takeda Army! Defeat all enemies in sight! Saito Asanobu waved the spear in his hand while encouraging his own troops, and at the same time swept many of the Takeda army's miscellaneous soldiers to the ground. Covered in blood, Saito Asanobu looked as terrifying as an asura, and his retainers followed his lord and rushed forward.
Because the Uesugi army was menacing, Takeda Katsuyori's flanks and retainers began to cringe a little, but he loudly reprimanded his retainers: "Everyone, can you still be called my retainer of Takeda Shiro Katsuyori?!" Don't let the dirty feet of those thieves with the Mifu Deer Banner continue to step in. Don't put the Takeda family to shame! ”
After reprimanding his cowering retainers, Takeda Katsuyori began to wait for him. With the encouragement of Takeda Katsuyori, the ashigaru men aimed the tips of the three spears that were tightly lined up at Saito Asanobu, and rushed towards the Uesugi army with the determination to die on the battlefield. For a time, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. However, even the superior Uesugi army was unable to quickly defeat the forces of the powerful commander Takeda Katsuyori, and not only that, but as time passed, they began to be gradually suppressed by the other side.
"Don't be afraid! Is there anyone who wants to retreat for fear of being taken over by the pus-filled samurai of Koshu?! Saito Asanbu shouted with bloodshot eyes, but his forces were gradually repulsed by Takeda Katsuyoribu.
Seeing this, Kenshin quickly ordered Katsunaga Sebe and Shitoyo Tsukiji, who were one of the guerrillas, to break through from the flank of Takeda Katsuyoribu. Takeda Katsuyoribu, who was chasing Saito Asanobu and slightly stretching the longitudinal length, was attacked from the flanks of Katsunaga Sebe and Tsukiji Shitoyo, forming a situation where they were attacked in the middle section. Despite this, Takeda Katsuyori did not panic, and ordered his teams to temporarily retreat, and after withdrawing from the teams, Takeda Katsuyori's division gradually recovered its formation.
Seeing the decline of their own units, the Takeda Army's main team did not care, and still stuck to the same place as a mountain. Takeda Ling (the family crest of the Takeda family, one is derived from the word "Tian" in the surname of the Takeda family; It is also said that the family crest of the Takeda family comes from their ancestors Shangqing and Genji, and the armor worn by Gen Yoshimitsu [shield without armor] has a diamond pattern), Sun Tzu Siru's Banner (derived from Sun Tzu's Art of War, "its speed is like the wind, and its Xu is like a forest; Plunder is like fire, immobile as a mountain". Takeda Shingen is known as RB's first art of war, familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War), Yin Hua Ling (appeared in the portrait of Takeda Harunobu), Konji Zhu Rilun Takeda Ling Imperial Banner (given by the imperial court), Akachi Kurohana Ryoshi Honjin Banner (derived from the Takeda family crest, used in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima), Sanskrit Suwa Law Flag (Takeda Shingen believes in [Suwa Myojin], so he made a batch of array flags, on which are written the god name of Suwa Myojin: Nan no Suwa Nangong Dharma Upper and Lower Great Myojin), Suwa Law Flag (Suwa Myojin is the land god of the Shinano region, Flags such as the Akahimaru Imperial Banner (given by the Imperial Court), the Hachiman Great Bodhisattva Banner (regarded as the god of war in RB, and the unity of gods and Buddhas), and the Katsujun Jizo Great Bodhisattva Banner (RB Esoteric Victory Army Jizo Bodhisattva, wearing armor and straddle a war horse, used to pray for victory in the war) fluttered in the morning breeze. Takeda Shingen knew very well that the Uesugi army's main team was about to kill, and this matter was unavoidable, but at this moment, he wanted to delay as much time as possible and wait for the arrival of his 20,000 partial divisions.
Just as the generals of the Takekawa and Tsujin clans began to disperse and flee, a general on the right wing of the Takeda Army led his troops out of his position without authorization, shouting the slogan "The old man wants to live and die with the Pawn Stable Hall" and entered the Uesugi army. This person is the Zhujiao Tiger Ding (Muroju Huding, Muroju Masashi, Muroju Huguang, Muroju Hucheng's adopted son, Matsuo Nobuken's younger brother), the sixth male of Takeda Shingen's grandfather Takeda Nobumasa (the word "Chang" is the partiality of Shinchang), and it is also Takeda Shinshihiro's "Fu Servant", and he has already formed a deep relationship with Takeda Shinhiro like a father and son.
Dressed in scarlet armor and carrying a spear and a half, the sixty-one-year-old veteran rode alone into the army of Sebe Katsucho, and finally died in the chaos, and his head was taken off. After learning that the head of the Akakura had fallen into the hands of the Uesugi army, the head of the Akakura Tiger was determined by the Morikaku Tiger, and the Shoichi Shoichi and Ishiguro Goroubei were still unable to take back the head of the Akaguru Tiger, and after a bloody battle, they were still unable to take back the head of the Akakura Tiger. In the end, they had no choice but to gather the remnants and quickly retreat to the vicinity of Takeda Shingen's main camp.
The near-suicidal attack of the Shokaku Tiger did not hinder the Uesugi army's fierce offensive, except for making the Takeda army's already chaotic formation even more chaotic. After the Takeda Nobushiro Department was almost completely wiped out, Ota Shimasa, Koyama Asayayuki, Kano Hideji, and Yamamoto Temple Shocho continued to advance on the front, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the 2,000 troops of Takeda Nobuyo's Division, which was good at calligraphy and painting, and the 1,500 troops of Kurihara Kando and Yokota Yasukei, who came to support, were defeated one after another.
And the Usami Dingmanbu with the "none" banner successfully circled the front of the Takeda Shingen's main camp, which was guarded by the Tokaido lords such as the Mikawa Pioneer and the Yamake Sankata led by Yama Yama Masamitsu, and Usami Dingman constantly sent a small number of horseback warriors to provoke the Yama Yama Shomanbu.
Yamasanmasa was full of blood and strength, and soon forgot his duty, brandished the sword, and led his subordinates to kill Usami Dingmanbu, and since then there has been a fatal flaw in the front of Takeda Shingen's main formation. The left and right flanks of his main camp were garrisoned by the ashigaru generals Yamamoto Kansuke and Hatsukano Tadaji, but then they were also on the verge of collapse under the repeated assaults of the banners under Kenshin such as Yasuda Keimoto, Nagao Keiren, Nagao Keikin, and Kojima Sadako.
After a while, Hatsukano Tadaji was unable to resist the attack of the Uesugi army and died heroically, while Yamamoto Kansuke quickly gathered the remnants of the army, calmly maintained the weak defensive line behind the defense gate, and desperately resisted the onslaught of the Uesugi army with bows, iron cannons, and three guns.