Then it is to attack the main formation of the Takayama clan, and at this moment there are only 10,000 people left in the main formation of the Takayama army, although there are two long-range armies, but they have no fortifications to rely on, as long as they can rush to the front, then these two armies will become absolute decorations, although there are the most elite ninja army and flag warrior team in the Takayama main formation, but the family is absolutely superior in numbers, even if the other party elite can be? As long as the Takayama Clan can be defeated, the other battlefields will be won without a fight.

But just when he was dreaming like this, there was a change on the battlefield, and then he got the news, none of which was good, first received the sudden force of the Tanaka army on the north side, and the whole army pressed on, so that Hojo Tsunataka had to mobilize all the troops to deal with it, and lost the ability to encircle the Ito army, and then, it didn't take long for him to receive that Takayama retainers suddenly killed an army from the rear, especially its general was brave, forcing the Hojo clan to withdraw the military strength of the Ito army, As soon as these two pieces of news came back, the face of the Hojo clan immediately became solemn, yes, it was just solemn, and there was no panic, such a situation before the war, he had already thought of it, so he did not put all the treasures on the frontal battlefield, at this moment after hearing that the battle situation in front was not going well, there was no hesitation, and immediately sent Qingbei to fight, as for what morale will be reduced, he did not think about it, but this is only temporary for the Hojo army, it is estimated that in less than half an hour, the morale of the family will be raised to the peak.

Sure enough, after the Hojo clan sent Qingbei to participate in the battle, although the morale dropped a little, the situation was immediately reversed due to the addition of 8,000 fresh troops, and the Takayama clan immediately sent the ninja army of Ishikawa Goemon to participate in the battle after receiving the battle situation in front.

Because more than a year ago, the family had the addition of Baidi Tanba, and the ninja army of the Takayama family no longer had to worry about the source of soldiers, although at the beginning, Baiji Tanba put all his thoughts on teaching Kobe Xiaonan and several other ninjas with high understanding, but Xiaonan lived up to expectations, and it took only half a year to learn most of it, and then it was to recruit ninja apprentices in the territory, because the Takayama family did not discriminate against ninjas from the beginning, and the treatment was much more than that, in addition to the constant chaos in the field, There was no great difficulty in recruiting personnel, so 3,000 people were recruited, and after a year of study, there were 2,000 people who became qualified shinobi, and with their joining, the size of the Takayama family ninja army jumped to 5,000.

Don't look at their number is much less than that of Hojo Qingbei, but the clan has absolute confidence that with these five thousand ninja troops, they will be able to defeat the other party.

At the same time that the clan clan and the Hojo clan continued to deploy troops, battles on other battlefields had also been carried out, so the information on these battlefields continued to come like the clan clan's main formation.

In terms of other battlefields, due to the absolute superiority of the coalition armies in terms of strength, the coalition forces have the upper hand, especially on the south side of the main battlefield, in the direction of Sakuma, Sakuma Nobumori has an army of 20,000 this time, and the opponent's Narita clan commander has only 7,000 troops, and the combat power of the army under his command is far worse than the elite under the Hojo clan, and even the Sakuma army is inferior, as soon as the two sides fought, Sakuma Nobumori immediately achieved an absolute advantage, that is, the other party took defense as soon as he came up, And with the help of the terrain of the Jiu Chuan River to arrange defenses, otherwise, maybe it would have been surrounded and annihilated by now.

And after receiving this news, the clan couldn't help but feel good, once the Sakuma army defeated this enemy army, then after the family had 20,000 troops into the main battlefield, even if the Hojo clan used all the reserves, there was no hope of victory.

But when he just thought of this, he suddenly had a bad premonition, and the clan thought that the Sakuma army sent 20,000 troops this time, and the Hojo clan did not know, it can be said that the Sakuma army was out of his own strength this time, and the force with the most troops, since he knew, then why assigned the Narita army, which was 7,000 troops and was not very strong, to deal with it? There must be a problem here, otherwise, the Hojo clan might as well admit defeat directly, after all, the Hojo clan must know in his heart that he wants to use 5,000 troops to block Sakuma's 20,000 troops, and there is no possibility at all in the case of a field battle, after thinking about this, the clan thought about it carefully, he wanted to find out if he missed a certain army of the other party, but after thinking about it, he is now completely sure that the Hojo army has absolutely no extra military strength now, and even if there is, the number will definitely not exceed five thousandAs for the military strength of the other retainers of the Hojo family, the clan had received information long before the battle, and they had all gone to Hitachi to avoid a surprise attack by the Satake family. In this way, the clan is even more confused.

Fortunately, at this moment, the three military advisors in the family are all there, since they can't think of it, it's better to ask.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect ask: "Three military advisors, you have also heard the news just now, and there is no big problem with other battlefields, but there is one thing that the clan clan does not know, that is, on the south side of the sake sakazaka river Sakuma, why did the Hojo family only appoint 7,000 people from the Narita clan to resist Sakuma's 20,000 troops?" Isn't that tantamount to throwing in the towel? But I don't think that the Hojo clan's intention is like this, so there must be something in this that I didn't expect, but I have thought about it carefully just now, and the other party has no military strength to use. ”

Even if the clan didn't ask, after hearing the report of the flag warrior just now, Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki had already realized the problem, although Hosokawa Fujitaka was slightly inferior in terms of strategy, but after the clan said it, he immediately realized that there must be a trick in it, so he also began to think about it.

It didn't take long, but I heard Sanada Masayuki suddenly raise his head and said in a panic: "Lord, there is no time, please immediately order the bow team and iron cannon Ashigaru to set up a formation on the south side of the main battlefield, and ask the lord to give an order immediately." ”

And when he finished speaking, Honda Masanobu immediately echoed: "I'm afraid it's too late, the lord should order the iron artillery team and the bow team to set up outside the formation, and ask the lord to immediately transfer the cavalry team to this place." ”

The more the clan sect listened, the more confused he became, but he knew that what the two military advisors had thought of must be right, and they made arrangements without any explanation, then it was enough to show that the matter had reached a certain level of urgency.

Therefore, out of trust in the two military advisors, the clan did not ask first, but immediately followed what they said, on the one hand, ordering the leading forces of Omiya Keiren and Sugitani Zenjubo to arrange defenses outside the main camp, and on the other hand, sending the flag samurai to immediately go to Ashigayama Sanada Masaaki to issue an order, ordering him to come to the aid immediately.

The reason why Honda Masanobu chose to let the cavalry come to the aid is because the cavalry is fast, once the order is received, it will not take long to reach the battlefield, and the second is that there are only 8,000 people in Tamu Mototada, although there are 3,000 cavalry, but the Ueno Army has 10,000 troops, and it is not difficult to drag the other party, and now the only cavalry that the Takayama Army can quickly mobilize is cavalry.

After doing this, I heard the clan sect ask: "Why are the two military advisors so nervous, if you have something to say, you might as well speak up." ”

After the two glanced at each other, they only heard Sanada Masayuki speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that the reason why the Hojo clan is doing this is not because of danger, but because there is still an army under his command that can be used, although this army cannot cause any harm to the family and other forces, but once dispatched, it will deal a fatal blow to the Sakuma army." ”

Although the other party still didn't say it explicitly, the clan was completely awakened by his words, yes, when Sanada Masayuki finished speaking, the clan immediately thought that he still ignored a military force of the Hojo family, that is, the Hojo water army.

It's not that the Takayama family deliberately ignored this military situation, but it's entirely because this naval army originally belonged to the Satomi family, and the naval commanders Satomi Yoshihiro's younger brother Satomi Yoshihiro and Masaki Tokitada and others did not surrender together as in history after Satomi Yoshihiro defected to the Hojo family, but still chose independence, and the clan also left this naval army behind after getting this news, but if you follow the ideas of the two military advisors, as well as the arrangement of the Hojo clan, then it is enough to explain, This naval army has joined the Hojo family, and this battle will appear on the battlefield as a surprise soldier, but their battlefield is not in the Ashigara Plain, but in the three three kingdoms of Junyuan. With this strange army, it is no wonder that the Hojo clan government will only send Narita 7,000 troops to fight against Sakuma's 20,000 army, once the war starts, then if the water army moves slowly, then it will be Narita who will be defeated first, and it will be completely meaningless for the Hojo clan to do this, so that is to say, long before the battle begins, the Hojo water army has already been dispatched, and once the battle is launched, I am afraid that it will not take an hour for the news to come.

Half an hour has passed since the two armies fought, which means that bad news could reach Sakuma Nobumori's army at any time. And once the father-in-law receives the news, the army will inevitably be unstable, in order to keep the territory, it is inevitable to choose to withdraw the army, after all, it can arm an army of 30,000 people, half of which is dependent on the seaside salt works, if this is attacked by the enemy, it is absolutely impossible for him to devote himself to the war, not to mention the father-in-law, even if it is himself, he will choose to withdraw the army.

At that time, the Narita clan chief can lead thousands of troops to cross the main battlefield and go straight to the main camp, at that time, not to mention whether the camp can withstand the opponent's attack with the samurai and other reserves, once the front several armies get the news, then they will inevitably choose to retreat, and the Hojo army can be pressed by the army, the result is obvious, it will definitely end in the defeat of the family, after all, there is still a 10,000-strong army in the Hojo camp that has not been used, thinking of this, the clan can't help but break out in a cold sweat, fortunately, before this happened, He and his military advisor have realized the problem, and although the time is tight, they also have time to arrange, so it will be difficult for the Narita army to pose a threat to themselves.

Of course, in order to stabilize the position of the army that was fighting in front, after thinking of this, the clan immediately sent someone to send an order to the front of the army that was fighting with the enemy, no matter what happened, they were not allowed to take a step back, and in order to reassure them, the clan also directly stated that he had a plan to deal with it.

At this moment, ten miles out of the main battlefield due south, Sakuma Nobumori is sitting in the middle of the formation enjoying the joy, although he has not yet eliminated the enemy army on the opposite side, but he thinks that this is also a matter of time, although in the Takayama coalition army, the combat power of the Sakuma army can be said to be the worst, but one is to win in the number of people, and the other is that the retainers under his command are now not what they used to be, and they are definitely no longer those second- or third-rate, or even unpopular samurai masters, and in addition, the enemy he faces is not only inferior to him in terms of combat power or quantity, so after the war, The Sakuma army has achieved an absolute advantage, especially after the first fierce general of the Sakuma family, Sakuma Katsumasa, led the army to attack the Sakakuza River, and there is no suspense in the battle.

As he led the army to gain a firm foothold on the east bank of the Sakakura River, Sakurai Mototada, former Takayama family general Ogino Minori and others led their troops to cross the river bank one after another and attack the enemy, but because the Narita army took a defensive position, the guns they put out were really like hedgehogs, and the offensive of the Sakuma army was stopped, but even so, I am afraid that it would not be able to hold out until the end of the battle on other battlefields.

Sakuma Nobumori was very satisfied with the current situation, but just as he was ready to celebrate the victory, suddenly Koizumi Nagaji appeared in the rear of the main formation, which made Sakuma Nobumori immediately have a bad premonition, after all, this time he led the army out of battle, Koizumi Nagaharu is the samurai who is responsible for staying behind, if there is not an urgent matter in the territory, how can he come here by himself.

And just as he guessed, when the other party just rushed into the main tent of the main camp, he hurriedly said: "Report to the lord, the big thing is not good, the Hojo family navy began to attack the salt field of the family a few days ago, due to insufficient preparation, resulting in heavy losses in the salt farm, and when the subordinates came, the Hojo family's army of 3,000 people had been completed At this moment, the army of 3,000 people of the Hojo family is launching an attack on Junfu City with the water army, due to insufficient preparation, Jun ...... The situation in Junfu City is already very critical, and the lord is asked to return to the army immediately to rescue. ”

"What! You ......" After hearing the news, Sakuma Nobumori immediately froze, and the front in front of him was about to achieve victory, at this time, there was a problem in his rear, and this problem was still very serious, not only several salt farms were damaged, even Junfu City was in danger of being captured, which was too unacceptable, and the salt field was still a trivial matter, and it would be rebuilt after going back, although this would make the family suffer a lot of losses, but it was also within an acceptable range, but once Junfu City was breached, Then the situation of the three countries will be beyond their control. (To be continued.) )