When chaos first started behind the military formation, Tokugawa Yoshitsune knew something was wrong.
He was afraid that the rear formation would not be able to withstand the pursuit of Akito's cavalry.
After all, his formation was designed for the forwards to receive the enemy, and it was an anticlimactic formation.
Who would have thought that the Ming Army cavalry would sneak in from behind?
He knew very well how powerful the miscellaneous soldiers behind him were.
The so-called standing troops of these small feudal lords, you might as well say that he is a housekeeper and a guardian, fighting alone.
There may be two hands fighting for dominance, so forget it.
Tokugawa Yoshitsune immediately sent people to inform the Kaga Domain, Takata Domain, Fukui Domain and other feudal clans in the middle, and immediately set up formations to defend them, saying that they could not allow the Ming army to continue their pursuit.
His Owari clan really can't move around.
No one can tell how far Akito has come.
What if he dispatches the main force to return reinforcements and Akito attacks from the front.
Therefore, he could only ask the Owari clan to wait in position.
Soon the general of the Kaga Domain in the middle of the battle received news that the more than 10,000 ashigaru of the Takata Domain, Fukui Domain and other feudal domains had been routed.
Thousands of Akito cavalry were driving the defeated troops into the battle, and the Kaga Domain was struggling to hold on. , I hope the feudal lord will prepare early.
What are you preparing for?
This is a polite term, but in fact it means that you will be unable to withstand it.
If you can't, you should run away first.
Tokugawa Yoshinao is really ashamed and angry now.
He defeated more than 20,000 troops in one blow, but now there is no way.
He must quickly find a way to get rid of the pursuit of the Ming cavalry, otherwise the entire formation will allow the Ming army to chase them from head to toe.
Collapse.
At a glance, he saw the Dashan Temple on the gently sloping platform in front of the right side of the official road.
This was a condescending area that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
He immediately ordered six thousand soldiers of the Owari clan to go to Daizen Temple and defend the temple.
It was much better than facing thousands of Ming army cavalry in the wilderness.
Tokugawa Yoshinao issued an order, and the Owari Domain soldiers immediately advanced to the Daizen Temple on the right front.
Dashan Temple is only two miles away from here, and the feudal soldiers feel that they will arrive soon.
But there was sudden chaos behind him.
Tokugawa Yoshinao turned around and was stunned.
I saw a surging crowd running here.
It is no exaggeration to say it was a crowd.
Thousands of vassal soldiers abandoned their flags, headbands, and armor, and they ran crazily eastward.
They have to be.
The Ming army cavalry riding on tall horses were slashing and trampling behind, with the purpose of driving them away.
Under Wang Haizhou's order, the cavalry of the Polu Army did not go deep into the enemy's formation at all.
Just kill the laggards from behind, creating terror, and setting an example to all the feudal soldiers.
As long as you run fast and don't fall behind, you'll be fine.
If you fall behind, it will be a spear, a knife, a horse and a kick.
This result made all the vassal soldiers run eastward crazily.
As for why they stopped to stop the Ming army, fools fell behind.
In order to speed up their escape, they abandoned their weapons, guns, iron cannons, equipment, etc. one by one, with the sole purpose of speeding up their escape.
The result is that there are thousands of these objects on the ground.
What is ridiculous is that it does have some impact on the pursuit speed of the Polu army.
After all, these things are too dense, and the war horses have never seen these objects on the ground before.
It will slow down unconsciously.
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This is by no means to say that the combat power of the Japanese vassal soldiers is so low.
On the contrary, if it is an infantry duel, the Japanese ashigaru are a hard nut to crack.
They have iron cannons, infantry bows, and a forest of spears.
They have the control and combat power of samurai at all levels.
It's quite impressive and can cause serious damage to the Polu army.
But they had almost no experience in dealing with large-scale cavalry raids, so they were almost a blank slate.
Therefore, once the cavalry broke through the front line, it immediately collapsed and was as unstoppable as the tidal water.
In fact, their chaos also surprised the Polu cavalry.
What's going on?
More than ten thousand soldiers are now running around in the wilderness.
Of course, after being surprised, you will feel happy.
Now the battle is easier.
You don't have to think about anything and just pursue.
The Polu army was very happy.
The soldiers of the Owari Domain found that if they did not speed up their pace, they would follow in the footsteps of the rebel army and be swept into the chaos.
At this time, Tokugawa Yoshitsune was in great panic.
He immediately ordered his soldiers to throw away everything they didn't have and immediately rushed to Daizen Temple at full speed.
The soldiers of the Owari Domain immediately discarded their baggage, including arrows, medicine bags, rice grains, cooking utensils and other unnecessary things, and immediately trotted eastward.
At this time, the surging crowds on this official road were rushing eastward. .
The Polu army behind them drove them away at a controlled speed.
Anyone who falls behind will be massacred, and now two to three thousand people have been hacked and killed on the road.
Tokugawa Yoshitsune and nearly a thousand cavalry entered the Daizen Temple first.
These patchwork cavalry were originally holding down the formation in the front.
Once they met the large Ming army, Tokugawa Yoshitsune did not need them to step forward to fight with the thousands of Ming troops.
Tens of thousands of cavalry troops are fighting against each other, and only the two wings that can protect the feudal lord's ashigaru are enough.
It's a pity that the Ming army suddenly attacked from behind.
These cavalry were useless preparations and now they have become Tokugawa Yoshinao's bodyguards.
Dashen Temple covers an area of several acres and can be considered a medium-sized temple.
Looking at the luxurious decoration of the interior, the Takeda family also invested money and food to support it.
But now they are all dilapidated.
After all, it was more than forty years ago that the Takeda family was defeated and the Miao characters were extinct.
There were only a few dozen monks in the temple now, and they were as silent as a chill when they saw the swarming army.
Tokugawa Yoshinao had always believed in Buddhism, built a temple in Owari, and read more Buddhist books, but today he couldn't care about these things.
He anxiously looked at the ashigaru who still had more than half a mile to reach his home, and felt anxious because Akito's cavalry was already close to two miles away.
The war horses would soon catch up at this distance, so Tokugawa Yoshitsune kept an eye on the speed of Akito's cavalry behind him.
Fortunately, a large crowd blocked the passage of the Ming army.
Although the Ming army also saw the Owari clan's ashigaru rushing towards the temple in good order, but just now they were just driving away, and now they want to rush out thousands of people in front.
The place where tens of thousands of people gathered was actually not allowed to advance for a while, because there were too many people.
In this way, the Owari Domain's troops and some of the Kaga Domain's soldiers who were at the forefront finally arrived safely at Daizenji Temple.
Nearly eight thousand people packed the temple's courtyard to the brim.
Fortunately, the temple was protected by a dilapidated wall two feet high.
After these people rushed in, they immediately began to occupy the courtyard wall under the order of Tokugawa Yoshinao.
This damaged courtyard wall had a basis to stop the Ming cavalry from charging into the formation.
At this time, there was a sudden loud cry outside.
Tokugawa Yoshihiro hurriedly climbed up the courtyard wall to take a look.
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He saw that Akito's cavalry had changed their strategy.
Thousands of them were divided into several large groups and rushed into the large group of people who had not come and those who had fled into the temple.
Share vassal soldiers.
Of course, the vassal soldiers will not wait to be killed at this time.
Now that there is no way to survive, they must fight to the death.
It is a pity that most of their soldiers and armor were thrown away on the way to escape.
At this time, they were using whatever weapons they could to fight the Ming army.
Only some Banto warriors retained the tachi and ribs.
Is there any mistake?
The tachi ribs were actually used during samurai duels.
They were very sharp, but the extremely thin blade and extremely short blade determined the battle formation.
Male, they are a cup.
Even the masters who wielded their weapons were now weak.
After running for several miles with all their strength, these warriors were exhausted and unable to fight in a short period of time.
The Ming army's back sabers and lances stabbed the crowd unscrupulously, and even their horses could trample Japanese soldiers to death.
At this time, the two miles ahead immediately turned into hell, a massacre.
Tokugawa Yoshinao's eyes were splitting.
After all, he had a great responsibility for this defeat, and it was his formation that was determined.
But now he is helplessly watching as there is nothing he can do.
At this time, some people began to beat on the door of the temple continuously.
These were some soldiers of other vassals who had escaped and were begging to enter the temple.
However, the chief general of the Owari Domain, Masayuki Kuroda, refused to open the door, and instead ordered the Owari Domain soldiers to start blocking the gate with sand and gravel.
"Kuroda, why don't you let them in."
Seeing this, Tokugawa Yoshinao was furious.
"Lord Owari, the temple is already very crowded.
If a large number of people come in, our Owari clan will not even have a place to rest.
If we stay up for a few days, we will probably die from sleepiness."
Kuroda Masayuki warned loudly.
Tokugawa Yoshinao waved his hands in pain.
Kuroda was right, but he couldn't help but feel great pain when he saw the tragedy in front of him.
Tokugawa Yoshinao walked towards the main hall lonely.
After entering the main hall, the main Buddha of the main hall was the Tathagata Tathagata, sitting there solemnly.
However, due to disrepair for many years, the head of the Buddha statue was blackened by rain everywhere.
The stains seem to be crying to the world about the tragic experience of decades.
Seeing the general entering the hall, the abbot and several monks hurriedly came forward to serve him.
Tokugawa Yoshitsune devoutly offered incense, then knelt down on the dirty futon in front of Dafangguang Tathagata, muttering something in his mouth, appearing extremely devout.
At this time, there were loud cries outside.
Tokugawa Yoshinao closed his eyes tightly and muttered.
He planned to avoid it by being like an ostrich.
The cry outside was because many ashigaru were unable to enter through the gate, so they began to climb some damaged walls to enter the temple.
There is a bloody hell outside.
These Japanese soldiers just want to escape into a safer temple, and for this they work together to climb the walls.
The Owari Domain soldiers hit with guns and other weapons and knocked down many of the warriors under the courtyard wall.
However, if the outside warriors did not want to be hacked to death outside, they had no choice but to enter the temple, so they climbed crazily, even if Get shot down or try again.
Some Owari Domain soldiers even pulled down the courtyard wall.
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Kuroda Shinyuki was furious.
Under his order, Owari Domain soldiers began to use spears to assassinate other domain soldiers who climbed up the courtyard wall, crying like this Howls and curses echoed around the courtyard wall.
This little mess turned Daizen Temple into a hell of fratricide, and Tokugawa Yoshitsune, who was constantly chanting sutras inside, suffered as if he was sitting on a fire. s: Thanks for the reward if you haven’t found it yet.
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