Chapter 406: Glory Despite Defeat
Because all the samurai present had their own ideas and did not stop in time, the battle continued, and when they reacted, the Takeda family Akaibei and the scimitar rider rushed towards each other again, even if they wanted to stop now, they were not in a hurry. **
On the field, only the sound of horses' hooves could no longer be heard as at the beginning, and when the third assault was launched, only the roars of the sixty or so scimitar riders were heard one after another, and even the sound of horses' hooves was drowned out by their shouts.
"Brothers, rush, even if you fail, let the Takeda family know the bravery of the mountain scimitar ride of the Takeda family."
"During the battle of Luyuan, the elite cavalry did not take a step back, and today it is our turn to perform, and our scimitar cavalry has no bad seeds."
"Even if I fail, I can still defeat with dignity."
And when the Takeda family Chibei launched this last attack, he thought that the other party didn't even have a weapon in his hand, and after seeing him attack, he would definitely scatter and flee, so as to wait for the adults to call a stop.
But what they didn't expect was that the other party not only did not flee, but also rushed towards them, which... How is this possible, could it be that the more than sixty cavalry of the other party are crazy? Chibei, who was originally terrifying to others, also experienced this feeling for the first time, and soon the two armies were fighting together, because the scimitar had no weapon in his hand, so they could only use their bodies to hit the enemy, and there were people who grabbed the wooden spear in the opponent's hand, even if they had been stabbed by the other party, they did not mean to stop and quit.
The Takeda family was already a little timid when they saw the other party rushing towards them, and when they made contact, the other party fought with them in a life-for-life style, and it was the first time they had encountered such a crazy military situation, so in a panic, they all didn't know how to deal with it.
In their opinion, the other party was no longer competing with themselves, but was bursting out with their true strength to fight with themselves, and the most arrogant trace in their hearts disappeared with the onslaught of the scimitar rider.
However, no matter how desperate the scimitar rider Ashigaru is, this is not a battlefield after all, there are rules and restrictions, even if they knock a few more Akabi off their horses, but how can they be the opponent of Akabi with weapons, when this battle is over, the remaining sixty or so Ashigaru are all stained with powder, and there are less than sixty people left in the Takeda family Akabi who are still on horses.
Seeing that if you don't stop it, the scene is likely to get out of control, so the Takayama clan, Akiyama Nobutomo and Sanada Yutaka came to the middle of the two armies at the same time to stop this contest, although this is only a competition, but because the last battle between the two sides used all their strength, so in addition to the more than ten people who fell off the horse were injured, the other two also had a lot of ashigaru minor injuries, especially the Takeda family Akabei, just now because they didn't expect the other party to throw the weapon in their hands, so there were four or five people who were smashed in the face. I saw that some of them had blue noses and swollen faces, and some of them had blood flowing down their faces.
Seeing this, the clan sect couldn't help but say with a guilty face: "Lord Akiyama, I'm really sorry, it's the clan's lax discipline that caused the army under his command to foul the law, and he will definitely be punished after he goes back." ”
Although he said so in his mouth, but at the moment his heart was secretly cool, he couldn't help but say, you are the elite under Lao Tzu's command, even if there is no weapon in his hand, it can also make the Takeda family Chibei frightened, especially the remaining sixty or so after the most reckless, after going back, not only can not be punished, but also rewarded heavily, as the army under Lao Tzu's command is this ruthlessness, only full of wolf nature can become an invincible strong army.
However, the Takeda family's Akabi really can't be underestimated, it seems that it is better than the scimitar in terms of combat power, and it seems that when they meet on the battlefield in the future, they must not be careless. …,
Although this contest ended in the defeat of the Takayama army, the result made the clan very satisfied, and the enemy could not understand the combat power of his army, and gave Chibei a heavy blow, so it can be said that the goal of this time was all achieved.
Akiyama Nobuyo was very irritable at the moment, although there was a foul by the Takayama army first, but even if the other party did not foul, the loss of the army under his command was still more than forty percent, and his illusion of wanting to sweep away the face of the Takayama clan was also shattered, so he was really in no mood to stay here anymore, just listened to him and the Takayama clan and others have a few polite words, and after arranging the wounded, he returned to the samurai mansion first.
At the same time that the scimitar cavalry under the command of the clan clan was competing with the Takeda family's Akabei, Takeda Nobugen's own 2,000 Akabi led his 2,000 Akabi to rush to the Higashi-Suruga River all night to support Koyamada Nobushige, who was resisting the Hojo family's attack.
Takeda Shingen is a person who has seen the Hojo family's five-color combat strength, although in terms of its combat power, it is worse than the main family's red preparation, but it is better than the large number, so if the two armies fight head-on, he doesn't want to get any bargain at all, and now the family is attacking Suruga, and the battle with the Hojo family must not be delayed, so as not to have many dreams at night.
But the Hojo family is all footed, good at defense, if you want to quickly defeat them, it is not an easy thing, if you want to achieve this goal, there is only one way, that is to detour behind the enemy, launch a surprise attack on the Hojo family, only in this way can you quickly solve the battle.
Thinking of this, Takeda Shingen immediately changed his course and left behind the enemy.
And at the same time, Shingen felt a little regretful, if the family can have a naval army, he can take advantage of the Hojo army to go directly to take Odawara Castle, this city has been thinking about him for a long time, if he can take this city, then he will definitely not hesitate to move the city there.
Odawara Castle is ten times stronger than Kofu Castle, even if it is called the world's strongest castle, it is not too much, although I am afraid that this time there will be no chance, but Takeda Shingen believes that one day, Takeda Ling will wander in this castle.
Since this idea was born, then it was necessary to make some preparations in advance, and the places under his control were all inland, not near the sea, even if he wanted to build a naval army, there was nowhere to build, but now it is different, seeing that Suruga is about to be captured by the family, and the territory of the family also has a place in the sea, and the matter of the navy cannot but attract the attention of Takeda Shingen.
And it just so happens that there is a large naval army under the command of the Imagawa family, and if it can be allowed to return to its own family, it will save a lot of effort.
Thinking of this, Shingen immediately sent his retainers to persuade Kohama Keitaka to return to his family.
Two days later, Takeda Shingen had already led his 2,000 Akabi to quietly go around the Hojo family's camp, but he did not immediately give the order to attack, but sent people to listen while letting Ashigaru repair.
The other side has a camp to defend, and there are thousands of elite defenses, so Takeda Shingen is not arrogant enough that only the two thousand men and horses under the command of Ping can capture the enemy camp, he only waits for the other party to send out the army, and when he fights with Koyamada Shinshige, he is ordering an attack, so that the certainty of directly defeating the enemy will be greater.
At this moment, Hojo Shiyasu did not know that Takeda Shingen had led the Red Reserve Army to go around his back, so he still did as usual, and after leaving 500 troops to defend the camp, he led the remaining army to the outside of Kokokuji Castle, which was a mile away, and prepared to attack the city.
"Report to the lord, the Hojo family's army has left the camp and began to march towards Xingguo Temple City, and I ask the lord to decide." I saw that the person who went to inquire was Ashigaru, rode his horse and galloped in front of Takeda Shingen, dismounted and saluted.
After hearing this, Takeda Shingen's eyes couldn't help but light up, the opportunity finally came, and he only heard the order to this akabi ashigaru: "Okay, I know the way, you immediately go to Kokokuji Castle to inform Koyamada Nobushige, and after the Hojo family's battle is in chaos, he will lead the army out of the city and join me, there must be no mistake, go." ”…,
"It's the lord, and my subordinates will go to Xingguo Temple City."
After the Ashigaru left, Takeda Shingen did not immediately lead the army to attack, and waited patiently.
The Hojo family's army is now not far from the camp, if he orders his army to attack now, he is afraid that the Hojo clan Yasu will lead the army back to the camp to resist, so that the field battle will become a tough battle, even if the defenders in the Kokokuji Castle are added, the strength of the family army is inferior to the other party, and the red preparation is stronger than the field battle, and the attack is very strong, if the Hojo army does not withdraw, maybe it will be consumed.
This battle must be resolved quickly, so Takeda Shingen had to suppress the anxiety in his heart and patiently wait for the Hojo army to stay away from the camp.
About another pillar of incense passed, and it was expected that the Hojo family's army had almost arrived outside the castle of Kokokuji, and that Hojo clan Yasu had no possibility of escaping back to Yingqi, only to see Takeda Shingen turn over and get on his horse, and the military fan in his hand pointed forward vigorously, and said loudly: "Target Hojo Army outside Kokokuji Castle, attack!" After speaking, Takeda Shingen grabbed the horse's belly and rushed to the front.
If you want to raid behind the Hojo army, you have to pass through the camp set up by the Hojo family, and Takeda Shingen didn't want to avoid them at all, anyway, even if the defenders in the camp find out that the whereabouts of the army under their command have nothing to do with it, the army of the family is fast, I'm afraid that after the Hojo army is defeated, the defenders in the camp can reach the front line.
Although there were 500 people in the temporary camp of the Hojo family, more than half of these 500 people were injured during the attack on Kokokuji Castle, and they had not yet returned to the Ashigaru in the territory of the Hojo family, and the army with real combat strength was only less than 200 people.
With the loud sound of horses' hooves, in the camp, Ashigaru, who was originally chatting casually, couldn't help but be startled, and then only heard Ashigaru shouting on the lookout: "Enemy attack, enemy attack... The Takeda family is rushing here..."
"Hurry... Close the gate of the walled area, don't let the adults rush in, hurry! ”