Chapter 385 Heihachiro of Ichikosaka

As early as last year, after the Sixth Battle of Kawanakajima, the Takeda family conspired with the Uesugi family to punish Tokugawa.

Takeda and Tokugawa tore their faces apart.

The second year of the Yuan turtle.

Takeda Nobugen ordered Akiyama Nobuyo to send troops from Minami Shinano and invade Mikawa Shiraku-gun.

Located in the eastern part of the country of Mikawa, the county of Shirak is also known as Okumikawa because it is located between the mountains.

There are three powerful clans in Okumikawa, namely the Sakujo Okuhei clan, the Nagashino Suganuma clan, and the Tamine Suganuma clan, which are collectively known as the 'Yama family tripartite). ’

Under Shingen's strategy, the tripartite members of the mountain family rebelled against the Takeda family and rebelled against the Tokugawa family together.

After receiving the news of the success of the attack on Higashi Mikawa by Nobutomo Akiyama, Takeda Shingen led an army of 23,000 troops from Kofu to attack Enoe from Suruga.

Together with the Akiyama Nobuyo Army, they formed a front and rear attack on Hamamatsu Castle in the Tokugawa family's Tokae River.

In order to gain a foothold in the attack on the Yuanjiang River, Shingen ordered the horse farm Shinbo to build a small mountain castle, and after the construction was completed, he made Daxiong Chaoxiu the lord of the city and led the army to enter the city.

Later, he built Suwa Hara Castle, and the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty settled in.

When the Takeda family and the Tokugawa family secretly discussed dividing up the Imagawa family, the secret agreement was bounded by the Oi River, with Tokugawa in the west and Takeda in the east.

The small mountain castle and Suwahara Castle were both on the west bank of Oi Castle, and Takeda Shingen built these two castles as a foothold for the Takeda family to attack Enoe.

After completing the construction of the second castle, Takeda Shingen led a large army to surround Takatenjin Castle, a heavy castle in the Enoe.

However, under the High Heavenly God Castle, the Takeda family's attack was frustrated, and the siege suffered heavy casualties.

Takeda Shingen had to withdraw his troops and return, returning to Shinano, entering Shinano from Ina and then out of Enoe to join the Akiyama Nobuyomo Army at Okumikawa.

Under Shingen's troops, the Takeda family's army swept through Okumikawa, Kita-Mikawa, and connected the six castles of the Tokugawa family.

Danshi did not capture Noda Castle, which was guarded by the Suganuma clan and Suganuma Dingying, and Sakai Tadaji was stationed at Yoshida Castle.

Later, Nobunaga intervened in the matter and made peace for Tokugawa Takeda, and Takeda Shingen also felt that the time had not yet come to turn his face with the Oda family, so he accepted the peace and led his army back to Kai.

PS Historically, it was the Hojo army that attacked Suruga, so Shingen decided to give up.

Yuan turtle three years.

The Takeda army is attacking with all its might.

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October 10th.

Takeda Shingen arrived at Toe Inui Castle, and the lord of Inui Castle, Amano Keikan, surrendered without a battle and opened the castle to Shingen.

October 13th.

Takeda Shingen divided the main army into two routes, and ordered the heavy minister Baba Nobubo to lead 5,000 troops all the way, and attacked the first line of Fumata Castle to Yuanjiang only to come to the city.

And Xin Xuan led his team of 17,000 people to sweep the North Yuan River.

In one day, Tokugawa Tenfang Castle, Ichinomiya Castle, Iida Castle, Wawa Castle, and Mukasa Castle all fell.

October 14th.

Takeda Shingen led his team to surround Kuno Castle.

Enoe, Hamamatsu Castle.

Tokugawa Ieyasu sat solemnly on the throne.

The generals of the Tokugawa family, such as Nobunari Naito, Tadashi Honda, Sushimasa Ishikawa, Tadashi Okubo, Yasumasa Kamihara, and Tadaji Sakai, all sat under him, and the gods were uneasy.

At present, the army of Takeda Shingenzo was ravaging the territory of Enoe, and the city was broken one after another, and Tokugawa Ieyasu gathered 8,000 troops in Hamamatsu Castle, fighting without fighting, and never moving.

This situation immediately made the Tokugawa family anxious.

At present, all the generals have come to Tokugawa Ieyasu to urge the battle, at least to hinder the offensive of the Takeda army in the territory of Enoe.

Ishikawa Sushimasa had just replaced his uncle Ishikawa Iesei three years ago and became the head of the Tokugawa family's Nishi-Mikawa banner, and became a retainer of the Tokugawa family on a par with Sakai Tadaji, the head of the Higashi-Mikawa banner.

Ishikawa Shumasa was anxious at the moment, and said, "My lord, it has been fifteen days since the Takeda Army sent troops, and now it has captured several castles of the family, and if it continues like this, not only Higashisanhe, but even Enoe will fall. The Lord must no longer sit idly by. ”

Another general, Yasumasa Kamihara, also spoke, "My lord, at the moment, Kuno Castle is besieged by Takeda Shingen, and Kuno Castle is the connecting passage between Hamamatsu Castle and Kakegawa Castle and Takatenjin Castle. If Kuno Castle is lost, Kakegawa Castle and Takatenjin Castle will be surrounded by the Takeda Army. ”

In the face of the retainers' urging to fight, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had always been accustomed to patience, felt that he could no longer sit still.

Tokugawa Ieyasu said, "How is Nimata Castle now? ”…,

Sakai Tadaji said, "My lord, according to the detailed report, Futamata-jo was defended by the lord of the castle, Lord Nakane, in order to repel the Takeda Army detachment, the Baba Nobubo Regiment. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded and said, "The Baba Nobubo Legion is only 5,000 people, and it has been frustrated under Futama Castle, and its morale has fallen, so it can be attacked. ”

Speaking of this, Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the generals and said, "Shingen underestimated my Ieyasu, and did not take the generals of Mikawa and Yuanjiang in his eyes, and now he actually divided his troops to attack, and now I want to teach him a lesson and let him taste the consequences." Today, I decided to lead the army of my family out of battle, and I decided to go north first and decided to break the Takeda army detachment under the castle of Nimata Castle first, and in this duel between me and Shingen, I will first defeat the spirit of the Takeda family. ”

At the moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu made up his mind to go into battle, and all the generals sighed, and the god jīng cheered up.

"Who wants to be a pioneer and make a contribution to the defeat of the racecourse team for their own family?"

As soon as Tokugawa Ieyasu finished speaking, a samurai shouted yes.

"My lord, your subordinates are willing."

Everyone saw that although this warrior had a modest appearance, an inconspicuous figure, and even no special features, no one dared to underestimate this person.

Tokugawa Ieyasu saw that this lord asked to be the vanguard samurai, and said with a smile, "It turns out that Heihachi is very good, so you will be the striker, and I will strengthen the prestige of my Tokugawa family." ”

This samurai is naturally known for his dragonfly cut with a length of four feet four inches and three inches, and Honda Heihachiro, known as the first warrior of Mikawa, is Takatsu.

Hearing of Tokugawa Ieyasu's appointment, Honda Tadakatsu was overjoyed to accept the order.

October 14th.

Peeking at the Baba Nobubo Corps of the Takeda Army Detachment that was frustrated at Futamatata Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to lead the main force of the Tokugawa Army to attack from Hamamatsu Castle and defeat the Takeda Army first, frustrating Shingen's prestige.

The Tokugawa family was appointed as the number one general of the Tokugawa family, and Honda Tadashi was the vanguard general, and he and Naito Nobunari led 3,000 troops to meet the Takeda army first.

Danshi Tokugawa Ieyasu's move was noticed by the Takeda military scouts.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu's main army had just crossed the Mikano River, the striker Honda Tadashi Katsu, Naito Nobunari came to report, and Takeda Shingen led the main army to turn around and go south, preparing to flank the attack of the Tokugawa army with Baba Nobubo.

Faced with the 22,000 army of Shingen after the confluence, Tokugawa Ieyasu only had 8,000 men, how could he dare to face the battle, so he hurriedly retreated.

In the face of the pursuing Baba Nobubo, the original pioneer Honda Tadashi defeated the Takeda army from behind Ganden, winning a chance for the Tokugawa family to escape.

The place where Honda Tadashi was defeated was a slope of Ichimonzaka.

Honda Tadakatsu divided his team into three dans to resist the Takeda army, but under the onslaught of Baba Nobubo, the three dans were broken by two.

Knowing that the whole army might not survive here, Honda Tadakatsu apologized to his subordinates with tears in his eyes, and immediately issued an order to the Takeda army to surprise the whole army.

In this battle, Honda was unstoppable, waving the dragonfly cut in his hand, wearing a Tang head antler pocket, and taking the lead in launching a counterattack against the Takeda army.

Honda Tadakatsu's spear pointed out, where he passed, no one was his general, and the Tokugawa army saw that Honda Tadakatsu was so brave, and they also had the heart to die, and they followed Honda Tadakatsu into the Takeda army together.

Originally, the Baba Nobubo team, which was about to encircle and annihilate this Tokugawa army, was counterattacked by the Jedi of Honda Tadashi and was beaten back.

Because he was worried that Honda Tadakatsu's dying counterattack would cause most of his troops to be lost, or that he would cherish the bravery of Honda Tadakatsu, Baba Nobubo ordered a way out and let Honda Tadakatsu lead his army to break through.

The Takeda Army, who participated in this battle, approached Xi Xiaoyi and made a wild song saying that a daimyo as weak as Tokugawa Ieyasu was also stronger than others, Tang Tou and Honda Heihachi.

After this battle, the twenty-five-year-old Honda Tadashi became famous.

Because of Honda's hard work, Tokugawa Ieyasu's team returned to Hamamatsu Castle unharmed, but it was even more difficult to shrink because of this.

When Takeda Shingen saw Tokugawa Ieyasu flee back to Hamamatsu Castle, he did not pursue it, but captured Gosaka Castle on October 15.

On October 16, Takeda Shingen led his own team to join forces with the Baba Nobubo detachment, which had captured the castle, at Fumata Castle.

Futamatasu Castle was an important stronghold on the east bank of the Tenryu River, and was the front line for guarding Hamamatsu Castle, where Tokugawa Ieyasu's general Nakane Masateru guarded it.

In the face of such a strong city as Futama Castle, Takeda Shingen was also impatient and unable to start, and several sieges were defeated.

Later, Takeda Shingen transferred the Changjing detachment of Yama County, and the three-way army together numbered 27,000 people to besiege Futama Castle together, but they still could not fall this city.

The Takeda family's invading offensive was hampered under the castle.

On the other hand, as a partial army sent troops to Higashiminon, the Akiyama Nobuntomo Army went smoothly all the way.

Hearing that Higashimino had been attacked, Oda Nobunaga sent Oda Nobuhiro and Kawajiri Hidetaka as generals to meet with the lord of Myochi Castle, Toyama Keiyuki, and Naoki Castle Toyama Tomodada, and led 5,000 people to rescue.

Three years ago, the lord of Naoki Castle, the father-in-law of Takeda Katsuyori, Naoru Toyama, died of illness, and after that, Naoru Toyama was the possession of Toyama Tomotada, a fellow clan of Toyama.

The Danshi Takeda family has always refused to recognize the inheritance of Toyama Tomatada, which also gives the Takeda family a pretext for waging war against Higashimino.

As a result, this battle, known in history as the Battle of Kamimura, Oda Toyama's 5,000 troops were defeated by Akiyama Nobutomo, Toyama Keiyuki was killed in battle, and Toyama Tomata was defeated and fled.

After the victory in the Great War, Nobutomo Akiyama led the Minami Shinano Army to besiege Iwamura Castle.

The situation in Shinano, the east of the Oda family, was precarious for a while.

At this time, Nobunaga had already fallen into the situation of being attacked on his belly and back, and while worrying that the Mino base camp would not be safe, he was also able to see that the Asai Asakura army could not be punished.

While Nobunaga was in a dilemma, the Asakura army rashly launched an attack on the Oda army, only to be defeated by Nobunaga's Kinoshita Hideyoshi team.

As soon as the Asakura army was defeated, Nobunaga breathed a sigh of relief, and while whispering to the Miyoshi trio and Honganji to make peace, he led a large army back to Gifu from the front line to prepare to meet the Akiyama Nobuyomo army.

And at this moment, the Hida Echichu Army led by Li Xiao had arrived in the county.