Although the ending of Hojo Tsunari is embarrassing, but for a samurai, it is also a perfect way to be able to die on the battlefield at the last moment, but the Hojo clan is not so lucky, because the six thousand reserves he led are facing the Takayama cavalry, so it is undoubtedly more difficult to retreat, especially after the Takayama cavalry launched a charge from the north, hesitated and was not well prepared, the Hojo family's six thousand ashigaru did not have time to line up at all, and they were completely scattered, and they were cut into several sections by the Takayama family's cavalry team, And the Hojo clan, as the person who rushed to the front, wanted to turn around and retreat at this time, then what he needed to face was the layers of interception by the Takayama cavalry.

But just when he had nothing to do, he was ready to die, the Hojo Army, which had withdrawn from the main battlefield, finally came to him, and the Hojo clan finally saw hope, although the retainers of the Hojo family also had factions, but on the whole, the retainers were united, especially the Hojo clan was a brother with him, and saw that the Hojo clan was about to be defeated, so he immediately led his subordinates to move closer in the direction of the Hojo clan, and the other two reserve armies were the same, and the three retreating armies together had nearly 15,000 people, With them joining, it will be a little difficult for the 5,000 cavalry of the Takayama family to obtain the Hojo clan's photo.

But the Hojo clan can escape and ascend to heaven, it does not mean that the army under his command also has such good luck as him, although three nearly 15,000 troops came to the rescue, but they did not dare to stay here for too long, after all, the temple army they left behind could not stop the Takayama army for too long, once the Takayama army behind them caught up, then let alone save the Hojo clan, even if they had to fall in.

So when they arrived, they first converged with the Hojo clan and the more than a thousand ashigaru around them, and then didn't care about the remaining forces that were cut off by the Takayama army, and immediately continued to rush in the direction of Odawara Castle, and those who were scattered ashigaru, those who could rely on it would come, and those who couldn't come would have no choice. That is, the Hojo clan rushed to the strongest side of the team this time, otherwise, once it was stopped in the middle by the Takayama cavalry, it would not be easy to do.

Here, not only were the 6,000 troops under the command of the Hojo clan scattered, but the cavalry of the Takayama family, as the attacking party, was also caught in a melee at the moment, so there was no ability to immediately gather troops to pursue this Hojo defeated army, Sanada Masaaki, Yamanaka Kanosuke and others were fighting at the moment and had no time to clone at all, and in the end they could only watch the enemy go in the direction of Odawara.

And Maeda Keiji of the Hojo family's main camp also did not have the ability to intercept this defeated army, don't look at the fact that he had already led the army to rush into the Hojo main camp at the moment, but the Hojo clan Masato in order to be able to gain more time to retreat, so this time he actually left 5,000 of the 6,000 troops in the main formation to block the attack of the Takayama family banner samurai, and he himself just quickly broke away from the battle with a thousand people.

Because the Hojo family's army has retreated, the battle on the main battlefield has soon ended, and those Hojo troops who are the temple army do not have the same consciousness as Hojo Tsunari, they see that they have been completely surrounded by the two armies of Takayama and Asai, and there is no way to retreat, so many people, especially the Hojo family, immediately put down their weapons and chose to surrender, and after these examples, more and more Hojo family Ashigaru, and even those samurai have made the decision to surrender.

At this moment, in the main formation of the Takayama clan, Asai Nagamasa has already appeared here, as a daimyo with a million stones, this time he can personally lead the army to assist, which has already given the face of the Takayama clan, and there is no need for him to go to the front line to fight at all.

At this time, there was no suspense in the battle ahead, so now everyone in the Takayama Honjin should consider the follow-up questions. This time, since he was unable to defeat the Hojo army in one fell swoop, and also let the Hojo clan and 10,000 or 20,000 troops withdraw to the city, the next thing is to think about how to attack the city.

So as soon as Asai Nagamasa appeared, he didn't have a few polite words with the clan, and they talked about business. I only heard him say: "Takayama-sama, now that the victory and defeat have been divided, I admit that the morale of the Hojo Army is low after the defeat of the Hojo Army, if the city is attacked at this time, it will definitely be caught off guard by the enemy, maybe this city can be taken in a battle, I don't know what Takayama-sama thinks?" ”

When he finished speaking, he heard the clan say: "Lord Asai, the city is definitely going to be attacked, but not now, this Odawara Castle is the firm backing of the Hojo family, don't look at the battle ended in the defeat of the Hojo army, but it will not cause them much shake at all, this can be seen from the orderly retreat of the other party, and although the Hojo army has just withdrawn into the city, it may be unprepared, but after a big battle between you and my two armies, the physical strength of the army under your command has been consumed a lot, and it is not suitable for attacking the city at this moment." ”

After the clan finished speaking, Asai Nagamasa also felt reasonable, after all, as a defensive side, the Hojo Army could use the city, and the physical consumption was not serious, and as the attacking party, he had to consume several times more physical strength than the other party, and he would attack the city directly after the battle, which was definitely unwise behavior, of course, Asai Nagamasa was also too excited, so he came up with such a bad idea, after all, in history, it can be said that the battle between the Takayama coalition army and the Hojo family is definitely the largest number of people, The number of troops invested by both sides has exceeded 170,000, and if you count the battle between Satake's army and the Hojo retainers at this moment, then this time the troops invested by both sides have reached 200,000, and it is the first time that such a large-scale war has occurred in this barren land. It's enough to make the people involved in the war feel crazy, especially the victorious side, and it's understandable to make some wrong choices when it's exciting.

Of course, the clan clan did not want to directly lead the army to bulldoze Odawara after the battle, and wiped out the Hojo family in one fell swoop, but as the main general, especially the main general of this super-large-scale joint battle, he knew that he had to stay calm, otherwise a wrong choice could lead to a deviation in the result, although it was only a matter of time before the Hojo family perished after the decisive battle with the Hojo family, but now the most lacking thing in the clan is time.

He is not afraid that he will not be able to complete the task within the time specified by Oda Nobunaga, but the current situation, he has to let him grow himself quickly, and now the Kinoshita faction has completely controlled the western country, especially after it attaches importance to the economy, it is no worse than his own camp, and even in terms of strength, it has faintly surpassed his own side, this is also the first time that the Kinoshita faction has surpassed himself, if it is any other time, it will be counted, but now it is absolutely not, this is entirely because of the existence of Oda Nobunaga.

Originally, Oda Nobunaga was not a patient person, and he was still a person who dared to think and dare to do, once he failed to control the Kanto region, he would attack the emperor, so it can be known that once someone launched a rebellion, he would not have any advantage at all, especially when the army under his command was entangled by the Hojo Army, and then it would only be cheaper for the Kinoshita faction, as for whether the rebellion would happen, this clan would never have any doubts, and in history, Nobunaga only had this idea, and it had not been implemented yet, He has already died in the Instinct Temple, and if he succeeds this time, what will he do? It's definitely the end of the rebellion, don't talk about others when the time comes, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was born as a peasant, is definitely the first to jump out, and the emperor has a relatively small impact on people from the samurai, but for the samurai from the civilian family, it is absolutely mysterious, high up, and absolutely no one is allowed to violate the existence, and it is unfortunate that the current general of the Oda family in the west of the country, with tens of thousands of elites, and there are not a few capable ministers and brave generals under his command Kinoshita Hideyoshi is from a civilian background, once Nobunaga abolishes the emperor, he has enough reasons to rebel.

And in addition to him, Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely not be idle, the reason why he fled from Mikawa is not to jump out of the encirclement of the mountains and the Oda family, as long as he jumps out, he can obtain the qualification to seize the world, of course, this is only the premise, and the real opportunity, or the Oda family civil strife, once the Takayama family civil strife, then his opportunity will come, Tokugawa Ieyasu is cautious, but he will never let go of such an opportunity, especially with the help of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, even if he chooses to give up, His retainers will definitely let him make a choice. Coupled with the force of Matsunaga Hide, who had to surrender, then their power has surpassed that of the Oda family, and they have also formed a semi-encirclement of it.

If it's just like this, Nobunaga is not without a chance of victory, but once he abolishes the emperor, then there will inevitably be problems within the Oda family, external problems are easy to solve, but internal problems are troublesome, especially now the Oda family is withering, and there are not many people who can really be regarded as talents, under the attack of the three armies, the clan believes that the Oda family really has no possibility of being able to resist.

And just when the clan wanted to get into the wrong, several leaders of the Takayama family, and the important ministers who had been fighting in the front of the Asai family had returned to the main formation, and now that the battle was certain, it was enough for them to have deputy commanders and others on the battlefield, and it was necessary for them to return to the main formation at this time to determine the next move, and the clan also returned to reality at this time.

After listening to the reports of the retainers, the clan immediately made a decision, asking Asai Nagamasa to immediately send troops to assist the Uesugi Shibata army and eliminate the Hojo family Shirabi, while the clan ordered the two armies of the ninja army and the cavalry to go to the north to eliminate Tamu Mototada's command. As for the rest of the army, it was left to collect and surrender the Hojo army.

Clan's thoughts, this time don't look at their side has nearly 100,000 people, but there is no possibility of besieging the giant city of Odawara, the historical Hideyoshi used more than 200,000 people to besiege Odawara Castle, and he only has 100,000 people at all The possibility of besieging the city, so that, no matter what, the Hojo family Baibei and Kurobi can find a way into the city after retreating, once they go back, then the garrison of Odawara Castle will undoubtedly grow a lot, which will bring great trouble to the clan, So in any case, annihilate them before they return to the city.

At this moment, although the Shibata and Uesugi coalition forces have 10,000 people, Hojo Hakubei is only 8,000, but the two sides have been evenly matched from the beginning to the present, and the coalition forces have no signs of defeating them at all, although the Uesugi army is not worse than the Hojo army in terms of combat power, but because of the many problems in cooperation with the Shibata army, in addition to the Uesugi army is not directly pressed by the army by virtue of the advantage in numbers, but gradually increases the troops, so it gives Hojo Shirabi a lot of respite, and also gives the other party a chance to break through, Although the Shibata army sent 2,000 troops to press on as soon as it came up, after all, this time there were not many troops under its command, even if they acted together with the Uesugi family's front line, it only reached 3,000 people, and the Hojo family's Shirabi was directly pressed first and then all of them, so soon after the battle, the coalition army's force was defeated, and even once the Hojo family's army advanced to a place less than a mile away from the main formation.

Fortunately, at this time, Sasa Nari himself led 800 troops to return to the enemy's flank, and launched an attack, interspersed between the enemy's front and middle formations, slowing down the speed of the Hojo Army's advance, otherwise maybe the other party would really hit the coalition army's main position.

After the opponent's offensive slowed down, the Uesugi army also immediately concentrated the last two formations to attack the enemy, because the enemy's first 2,000 people had been cut off from the middle and rear positions by the army led by Sasa Narumasa, so after the Uesugi family's thousands of troops were dispatched, they finally failed to escape the fate of collapse. At this point, the coalition forces finally pulled back.

Despite this, because at the beginning of the war, the two families lost 3,000 people, and they didn't want to play with the Hojo family, so they still left a lot of troops in this formation to deal with possible emergencies, and the coalition army that really fought with the enemy was less than 6,000 people, but the Hojo family Bai Bei did not have so many concerns, and the Mamiya Yasutoshi, who was transferred from Huang Bei to Bai Bei as the main general, wanted to use this battle to completely make his name, especially when the war went well, he immediately made the decision to press the whole army, Not even a single person was left in this formation, in addition to the vanguard army that had collapsed, Bai Bei also had 6,000 people on the battlefield at this moment, so it was not surprising that 6,000 against 6,000 and the two sides fought to a draw.

But at this moment, all the troops under his command have been sent out, and after receiving the order to retreat, it is not so easy to withdraw, after all, at this moment, even Mamiya Yasutoshi himself is fighting with the enemy, and his subordinates are not so simple as pressing, but they are really fighting with the Takayama Army, so that even if he receives the order to retreat, it is impossible to leave the battlefield in a short time, and just when he is in a dilemma, the Asai army came.

As soon as the tens of thousands of Asai troops arrived at the battlefield, they immediately launched an attack on the Hojo army Shirabi, and the Takayama clan wanted to completely annihilate this army, so as soon as the battle began, Otani Yoshitsugu, who was in charge of commanding the army, immediately made a decision to divide an army of 3,000 men to outflank the opponent from the east, not giving it a chance to flee in the direction of Odawara Castle. (To be continued.) )