After resting for two days in Matsushiro Castle, this huge army with more than thirty family crests, colorful flags, and various armors began to march toward the east.
Having never experienced the bloody battle of Yokohama, or seeing the power of the Ming army's cavalry, these samurai and the Ashigaru were traveling in a relaxed and happy way, and were not mentally prepared for a fierce battle.
In their opinion, the combat power of their army was quite equal.
Strong.
It's no wonder, after all, the warring states of the Warring States period have dissipated for a long time.
During the twenty years of control by the Tokugawa shogunate, there were basically no major war disasters in the country.
The samurai have been replaced by one generation, and the ashigaru have been replaced by two generations. , so in their view, an army of more than 20,000 people was simply invincible, so this army moved forward easily and comfortably.
The more sober people here are the feudal lords such as Tokugawa Yoshinao and the generals of various families, but they can't change the atmosphere of this army.
This is due to the long-lasting peaceful atmosphere.
No one can change it.
Yes, of course, you will feel much better after experiencing the battle once in a battle.
The army moved from the flat Shinano into the rugged Kaibi.
There was little flat land, many hills, and the roads were relatively narrow, which was not conducive to cavalry operations.
Therefore, Tokugawa Yoshinao was also very relaxed in Kai.
He estimated that reaching Hachioji Castle via Otsuki, and the journey from Hachioji Castle to Edo would be the biggest test.
The large Ming army should be waiting for them there.
If they don't want reinforcements to arrive, that location It is the most likely place for sniping by the Ming army.
After seven or eight days of marching, they arrived at Kofu.
This town, once home to the martial god Takeda Shingen, was now much dilapidated.
Without the constant nourishment of the Takeda family, although there were many people here, it was dilapidated and poor.
The number of the army has now reached 25,000, and some noble families from small feudal lords have joined the army on the road.
To Tokugawa Yoshinao, this army now looks more and more like a Sanluo-style armed parade, rather than a deadly battle with the Ming army. appearance.
To this end, during the rest period in Kofu, Tokugawa Yoshinao specially trained the team.
He set up the six thousand standing troops of the Owari Domain as the front army, and in the middle were the vassal soldiers of the Kaga Domain, Fukui Domain and other large vassals, while the ashigaru of the small vassals and wealthy families were sent to the rear, like this.
This can prevent the front from being defeated and disrupting the rear formation.
All these preparations were made to deal with the Ming army's attack from the front.
Of course, this arrangement had its own reasons, but it later proved to be a terrible decision, which Tokugawa Yoshitsune regretted.
It's really too late to say anything.
After resting in Kofu City, the 25,000 people embarked on the journey again, and they continued to move eastward.
At the beginning of noon one day later, the army passed Shizun Mountain.
A few miles ahead was Daizen Temple.
After ten miles of Daizen Temple, they entered the mountainous area.
At this moment, they were still in the eastern part of the Kofu Basin.
Near noon, when it was time for lunch, the ashigaru who had been tired all morning began to scatter, especially the ashigaru who were herding sheep in the rear group and the ashigaru of the small wealthy family who were simply marching in a loose manner.
To be honest, they had to go.
If they didn't go, they wouldn't be doing their best to the general.
However, their dozens and hundreds of people cannot form a formation at all, and it will not help.
Therefore, they must go, but they are just soy sauce.
They know this, so their mentality is different, and it is normal for them to behave loosely.
The rich Ashigaru people in the rear suddenly felt the earth shaking slightly.
They were extremely confused.
Could it be an earthquake.
Earthquakes are a common occurrence in this island nation, and many people don't care much about them.
They know it.
During an earthquake, it is safest to be outside in the wilderness.
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They just need to wait for the earthquake's momentum to pass, which is not a big deal.
But when the shaking of the earth became more and more obvious and dust started to rise two miles behind, they finally understood that there was cavalry coming.
Who has so many cavalry?
Could it be that the vassal soldiers from several large vassals in Kansai have arrived.
They didn't even think about Akito.
After all, none of the scouts reported anyone's arrival.
When the enemy reached a mile away, there was still no flag to indicate where the cavalry was.
This was very strange.
You must know that flags were mostly a characteristic of Japanese vassal soldiers, but this cavalry had no flags at all.
Finally someone sensed that something was wrong, and the warning horn sounded quickly, warning the large group of people in the east that the enemy was coming.
Although they didn't know where the enemy was, it was definitely not one of their own.
Jiaxin, Etuhun, and Bagan commanded more than 1,600 Jurchen Mongolian cavalry troops, driving hundreds of horses towards the Japanese Ashigaru who were flying eastward in panic half a mile away.
As nomads, it was very easy and enjoyable for these soldiers to drive hundreds of war horses.
They shouted and whistled, and the war horses followed their command and quickly approached the Japanese.
Jia Xin looked at the Japanese people running away in embarrassment and thought, "Okay, this journey is not easy."
Taking advantage of the remaining power of the last burning and killing, they headed west again, making the distant vassals and wealthy families think that the Ming army was coming to burn, kill and harass again, and then they would withdraw.
In fact, they were rushing westward.
After entering Kaibi, they killed all the Japanese they encountered on the road, just to let others know about them.
They sneaked into Shizun Mountain quietly.
The reason why they succeeded was partly due to strategic rivalry and partly because the lack of human traffic in winter also helped a lot.
They waited at Shizun Mountain for six days before the Japanese reinforcements passed the official road to the north of Shizun Mountain.
Wang Haizhou immediately ordered Jiaxin, Etuhun, and Bagan to lead their thousands of troops to attack the rear of the Japanese brigade first, while Wang Haizhou commanded four thousand troops.
The soldiers came to kill him.
At this time, what the Japanese should do most is to form a formation to block the attack of the Ming army's cavalry and give the feudal soldiers behind them a chance to form a team.
As long as the spear formation is erected, the cavalry's charge will still be greatly affected, but the chaotic ownership of the Japanese rear formation determines that no one will sacrifice to block the spear for others.
So the running competition began.
What should they do if they found that they couldn't outrun the war horses?
It was easy to handle, so they scattered and fled.
As a result, Jia Xin and others found that the war horses they drove were useless for a while.
They easily broke into the Japanese rear formation without any resistance.
Kashin and others did not pay attention to the Japanese ashigaru who were fleeing in all directions in the rear formation.
Wang Haizhou gave him the order to rush into the depths of the enemy as quickly as possible without giving the enemy a chance to move into formation, while four thousand soldiers would mop up the rear.
Gaxin and Bagen faithfully carried out Wang Haizhou's general order.
They drove the horses and trampled on the fleeing Ashigaru and continued to advance eastwards.
There was such a big movement from behind, and the Japanese vassal soldiers in the central part already knew that a large group of Akito's cavalry was coming from behind.
In the central part, the Fukui Domain, Takata Domain, Tatebayashi Domain, Taiki Domain, Ueda Domain and other feudal clan soldiers hurriedly began to form formations.
Of course, they had almost no iron cannons, but Rulin's spear array was still prepared.
But what they never expected was that the first people to rush forward were thousands of soldiers behind them and hundreds of war horses mixed among them.
You can't kill them.
After all, they are all vassals from all over the country.
If you don't kill them, you can't see them disrupting the formation.
If the Owari Domain is here, they may not hesitate to assassinate some rebels with spear formations immediately to consolidate the formation, but the Takada Domain, The generals of Fukui Domain and other vassals would never dare to deal with these two or three thousand people like this.
After all, they were either the Imperial Family, or they had made a big mistake, and they had the support of General Tokugawa.
The result was that their hesitation was ruined.
The rebel troops and galloping horses poured into the military formation like a tide, immediately destroying most of the general formation, and their rout also caused other vassal soldiers to panic.
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After all, no one had experienced a large battle formation, and they were panicking at the chaotic scene in front of them.
The more panicked he became, the less effective he was in executing the orders given by Ashigaru General Bancho, and the formation fell into disarray.
At this moment, the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded, and more than a thousand fierce Jurchen and Mongolian cavalry rushed to the front of the formation.
Since the rebels were still entering the military formation, most of the military formation at this time was leaky and there was no spear defense at all.
Only a small part of the spear formation remained intact.
But to defend the enemy, the military formation must keep the formation intact.
Otherwise, the tight place will not collapse, but if the city gate is penetrated, the battle formation will still collapse.
Of course, Jia Xin and others were not stupid.
They would not attack and kept the intact spear formation.
They rushed through the chaos and plunged into the enemy's formation.
The poor guarding vassal army couldn't even fire arrows with their rat-throwing weapons, so they could only watch as Akito's large cavalry rushed into the formation.
The cavalry troops led by Jia Xin, Bagan and others were trampled, speared, and slashed with swords.
They were in the middle of nowhere in the large formation.
They attacked the dense Japanese battle formation, bringing blood and terror.
The Japanese vassal soldiers resisted desperately under the control of samurai at all levels and generals.
They also knew that if they collapsed, they would be chased and killed by cavalry.
The speed of adding more than a thousand people to Japan began to slow down, and there were some casualties.
After all, their numbers were still slightly smaller.
If the Japanese battle formation had not collapsed, they might have entered a stalemate, which would be detrimental to the subsequent confrontation.
At this moment, the deafening sound of horse hooves was heard, dust was floating in the sky, and five thousand black and red Ming army cavalry with flags fluttering rushed toward the Japanese battle formation at lightning speed.
They whistled and shouted and charged fearlessly, charging forward with the pride of being undefeated from Tieshan, Gyeonggi, Seoncheon, and Denglai.
At this time, many Japanese people have understood that there is absolutely no luck.
They have no hope of winning this melee.
They had already suffered heavy casualties with just over a thousand cavalry, and they were struggling to hold on.
Now thousands of Ming army cavalry were charging into the formation.
How could they resist?
Immediately, many so-called smart people gave up resistance immediately, turned around and fled, hoping that others who were still resisting would be able to resist.
Qing bought time for their escape.
However, there should not be too many smart people in the world.
Seeing many vassal soldiers begin to flee, the formation of vassal soldiers that were originally mixed and not affiliated with each other immediately collapsed.
No one wanted to resist the Akito cavalry for other strangers.
Let's each run for our lives.
Thousands of troops led by Jia Xin arrived immediately and the pressure was greatly reduced.
Almost all the feudal soldiers began to flee.
The remaining ashigaru led by the samurai Banto who resisted stubbornly were immediately wiped out by the fierce charge of four thousand warriors.
They were just a splash and were shattered into pieces in the iron hoof. s: Thank you for your support of the precious monthly tickets, thank you for the rewards of Eternal Love, Jinghong 2016, October's Slender Horse, and Third Ring Young Master 100, thank you for the rewards of Kuaiji Mountain Ren 007, thank you for subscribing and recommending Happy weekend, my friends: