Chapter 61: The Battle of the Barrel Narrows (1)
At the entrance to the Narumi Hills in Aichi-gun, Owari Province, two armies are fighting fiercely. A military flag with Oda papaya flowers, nearly a thousand people, morale is high, and it is pressing step by step. There is also a unique horse riding team under the Chinese army horse seal, the number is not much, only 100 people, but the military flag is Hosokawa Matsukasa Ling family pattern.
Opposite him was a military banner with the Imagawa red bird pattern, numbering about 2,000 men, apparently in a hurry, the formation was loose, and it was because of the large number of people that it was able to withstand this fierce attack.
"Hey! How so? I thought I'd be involved in the Barrel Narrows Raid? Then he immediately won Imagawa Yoshimoto and took the first gong. How was it arranged here to be front-to-head? But it seems that if you want to win Imagawa Yoshimoto, it's not as simple as it is said in the history books. Hosokawa Nobumoto, who was muttering to himself, looked at the spearhead with a depressed expression.
But think about it, how can Imagawa Yoshimoto also be known as the "first bow of Tokaido", the avant-garde, the main team, the rear guard and other formations of the war, but the most basic military method.
"My lord! The Imagawa army has gradually gained a firm foothold, and our army has begun to show weakness. "Honda Masanobu has been closely monitoring the situation on the battlefield.
"Well, I know, I ordered the gunnery to stop the assault, hold down the position, not to mess up, and wait for the opportunity. The family's cavalry team is on standby, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Imagawa army. After Hosokawa Nobumoto gave the order, the corner of his eye looked at the side ahead, a hill a mile away.
According to the pre-war deployment, Hosokawa Nobumoto and Ikeda Tsuneko led these nearly 1,000 gunmen to attack the army of the Imagawa family's avant-garde Sena Shitoshi, attracting the attention of the Imagawa family's main camp. Oda Nobunaga himself led the Shibata Katsuya and the Madai people, a total of 450 people, to make a detour to the rear of the Imagawa family and raid the Imagawa family's main camp.
"It is worthy of being a fierce general of the Imagawa family who has been in battle for a long time, and when he was attacked suddenly, he was able to withstand the attack in such a short period of time, and there was a faint tendency to push back. Is this still a general who received a bento as soon as he appeared in the history books? It seems that real people are much more difficult to deal with than historical descriptions. "This raid, but during his eight-year travels, Hosokawa Nobumoto witnessed the Battle of Itsukushima and evolved with reference to the tactics of Mori Motosa.
Oda Nobunaga is also not a person who conformists, for the original unwritten rule that the two sides must fight, for the current surprise attack and decapitation style of change of the war method is very recognized, he is now lurking in this small mountain forest, waiting for Hosokawa Nobugen to break through the Imagawa family's avant-garde, attack the main formation, suddenly attacked.
"Hah! Ha! Drink! The sound of crackling spears in front of him, the occasional blow taking away a fresh life, and the minutes and seconds passed. Hosokawa Nobumoto had received information from the rear that Tange had been broken by Miura Yoshisa's 3,000 troops, and the garrison Mizuno Tadamitsu had been killed, and now the Imagawa army was storming Zenshoji Temple, which Sakuma Nobumori was defending. However, the good news is that in the battle of Otaka Castle, the vanguard of the Imagawa army has been exhausted due to the continuous half-day battle, and now they have entered Dataka Castle to rest, and did not send troops to reinforce Imagawa Yoshimoto's Chinese army, probably because they thought that this thousand troops could not win the 5,000 troops of the Imagawa family no matter what.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew towards the Imagawa family's army, and the spear ashigaru staggered as it was blown. The downpour was sprinkled with the trend, making the Imagawa family ashigaru even worse again, slipping under his feet and falling down.
"I'm rubbing! There is a demonic spirit! Hosokawa Nobumoto seized this opportunity, drew his sword and swung it forward, shouting with all his might, "Atsuta Daming God has appeared!" Aunt big (right now)! Ride the storm! Pick the shell (attack)! ”
"Oh!!" The Oda family ashigaru was like a chicken, taking advantage of the storm to stab with all their might.
"Heihachiro! It's up to you to take the lead! Assault! ”
"Hah!" Honda Tadakatsu leaped out of his horse, and the spear in his hand was held high, "Nether Iron Rider!" Invincible! Assault!! With the Hosokawa family's horseback team, he roared and rushed towards the embarrassed Imagawa army. He was very excited today, with a spear in his hand, dancing in a dazzling way, and the Imagawa family fell in rows with a sweep.
"Hahaha! Refreshing! "Honda Tadakatsu has been waiting for this day for a long time, and since following Nobumoto Hosokawa to defeat an enemy at the Battle of Itsukushima five years ago, he has been eager to be on the battlefield again.
Now he happens to encounter Imagawa Yoshimoto's large-scale attack, this time is not only his first battle, but also as the leader of the Hosokawa family, how can he not be excited.
In a moment, Honda Tadakatsu had already led the Hosokawa family cavalry to break into the enemy formation, and saw a high-ranking samurai commanding from a distance, and quickly slapped his horse forward, shouting, "Ha! I am Hosokawa family Honda Heihachiro loyachi, the enemy will be killed! With that, the spear in his hand stabbed straight through. The samurai on the opposite side only heard a burst of shouting in the distance, and saw a young samurai ten meters away rushing over on horseback with a gun, laughing "Nameless boy!" Look at me and take your head! Remember, I'm the first general of the Imagawa family, the sister-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the head of the Imagawa clan's kinship, the Sena family, aha? Belch!! He didn't expect that this person hadn't arrived yet, why did the gun arrive first? Stunned, he was caught off guard and was stabbed in the throat by a gun.
When Honda Tadakatsu saw that he had made a contribution with one shot, he laughed happily, stepped forward to cut off the enemy's head, poked it on the 'dragonfly cut' more than four meters and held it high to show the public, and shouted: "Shame on the enemy! I'm going to undress her! (Enemy General, Taken)"
Imagawa Ieshigashi looked at it and shouted in fright: "Ah! It's Sena-sama! Sena-sama has been taken! Run! Suddenly there was chaos, and the Oda army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and sought countless gains.
The battle lasted only a quarter of an hour, and the Imagawa family avant-garde was routed, and the entrance to the Narumi Hills was occupied, and the Oda army was victorious, and the troops raised their weapons and shouted: "Bah! Creak! Oh!! ”
The trifecta of victory echoed through the Narumi hills, and a hill 65 meters high was reached among the hills, on which Imagawa Yoshimoto's main team was stationed. Because this hill is located in the middle of the Narumi hills, it separates the already narrow road, and is called Tsukasama by the locals.
Due to the storm just now, the Imagawa family's main camp of Ashigaru all left their posts to hide from the rain, and taking advantage of this gap, Oda Nobunaga and others successfully lurked in the mountains and forests next to the barrel narrow.
Now Oda Nobunaga himself was nervously staring at Imagawa Yoshimoto's camp, and the cheers of victory also reached his ears.
However, there was still no movement in Imagawa Yoshimoto's camp, probably thinking that this shout represented the victory of his Imagawa family. It is no wonder that since Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp set out from Tsukake Castle, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had been advancing westward, had been reaping good news: Marone and Washizu were captured one after another, and Oda Kasakuma Morishige, Oda Hidetoshi, and Iio Dingmune's father and son were killed in battle. In addition, an hour ago, he had just defeated the 300 troops led by Sasa Masaji and Chiaki Tadada, and won 50 people including Sasa Masaji and Chiaki Tada. Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed after receiving the report at the time, "Even if the heavenly devil god comes, what can he do!" ”
[The Oda army, which just came to send them to death, was probably defeated by our army again] Imagawa Yoshimoto leaned back in his chair and thought beautifully.
Probably.