Chapter 326 Tangyuan's new defeat
"Where is Ji Eemon, where is he now?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked calmly.
"Report to the lord, Lord Tadao has led 5,000 flag books to the southwest of the Abbot's land, ready to support Lord Yoshikawa at any time." The words of the word were affirmed and full of confidence.
Tadasa Okubo is the second son of Tadashi Okubo, the younger brother of Tadashi Okubo, and his uncle Okubo, who is ranked among the "Toukawa Sixteen God Generals" and has 5,000 Shishi. As a powerful general of the Tokugawa family, he participated in many joint battles and was praised by his brother Tadashi Oda and Hideyoshi Toyotomi many times. In the Battle of Ichinosaka with Takeda, he and Tadashi Honda served as the rear guard, ensuring the smooth retreat of Tokugawa Ieyasu; in the Battle of Nagashi and the Battle of Longevity, he made great achievements in the Battle of Nagashi and the Battle of Longevity, and was the most trusted military general in addition to the Four Heavenly Kings. The five thousand flags in his hand were even the elite troops of the Tokugawa family. This time, Tokugawa Ieyasu sent him to Abbothara, which was enough to show his determination to fight back.
The so-called Abbot is a small plain located in the southwest of the southern foot of Xiaohui Mountain. It is sandwiched between Fukuenji Temple and Changqing Temple. It was originally a place where monks from the two temples communicated, so it was named Abbotbot. Previously, Tokugawa Ieyasu learned from Yoshikawa Hirokaga that due to the tight war, Hideopo transferred all the troops stationed in Changqing Temple and Fukuenji Temple to the area around the Hikuenji Temple to participate in the war, so there was no soldiers guarding the two places. The Abbottom was located in the south of Hideopo's main formation, which was paid attention to by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
At the beginning of the war, Tokugawa Ieyasu imagined a direct confrontation with Hideo's military power through positional warfare. However, as time goes by, especially Uesugi Keikaku's defeat and Naomasa Ii's death in the middle of the fu, the Tokugawa family's disadvantage gradually emerged. If the battle continues, it is very likely that the Tokugawa coalition will be slowly eaten by the Toyotomi coalition and will eventually be defeated.
Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to defeat the enemy with one risky move, that is, to capture the thief first, and to use the surrendered three thousand Yoshikawa Army and five thousand Flagman to raid the Hideobo Army and defeat the command core of the Toyotomi Army in one fell swoop, thus disrupting the coalition forces' position and achieving the final victory.
After all, it was five thousand flags. Tokugawa Ieyasu also thought carefully before making this decision. Apart from Honda Masato, Ieyasu did not tell anyone about this matter to ensure sufficient confidentiality. Tokugawa Ieyasu is different from Hideopo. He was solemn and persistent that he had 20,000 people in this formation, while Hideopo only had 15,000 people to protect him, which made Ieyasu confident; in addition, he reported it in detail that Hideopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopo planning with Honda Masato.
Yoshikawa Hirokata risked his life to join Tokugawa Ieyasu, but before the chair was warmed up, he had to go deep into the tiger's den and fight against the Toyotomi army several times his own. Of course, he was unwilling to do so. However, how could Tokugawa Ieyasu's order not to be followed? Besides, Okubo Tadasa's association led 5,000 elite flagpoles to join, Yoshikawa Hirokata's mood temporarily calmed down.
"Eiyasu has done everything that the Ministry of Ieyasu has done for Ieyasu. Ieyasu is in mind! When the battle is over, we will prepare for the United States and serve it as both countries!" Tokugawa Ieyasu's words were assured, and there was no trace of hypocrisy at all.
"Don't say that in the inner court," Yoshikawa Hiroya replied righteously: "My Hiroya was entrusted by An Yi-chan to assist the inner court in eradicating the treacherous and slandering. Everything I did was a matter of duty! If Prime Minister An Yi had not turned against him in the face of the battle, the Right Mansion would have been defeated. Unfortunately, the Maori family disobeyed the will of the Lord and disrupted the plan of the inner court. The Hiroya was really ashamed! This time, the attack on the Right Mansion's main team was regarded as making up for the merits. I hope the inner court would be relieved!"
"Your intention is Ieyasu, but Ieyasu clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments. For loyal and righteous people, they should praise them very much, prepare for China, or the other country. After the war, the Ministry of Democratic Affairs asked the Ministry of Democratic Affairs to choose on their own. Ieyasu will never be stingy!" Tokugawa Ieyasu also looked serious and grateful, which made Hirokazu Yoshikawa inexplicable. When he thought that he would leave the Maori family in the future and become an independent daimyo in the two countries, he was on par with the Maori family as the master of the Maori family. Hirokazu Yoshikawa's eyes suddenly became firm. He solemnly assured Tokugawa Ieyasu that he would lead Tadasa Okubo to bypass Kohiyama and raid the Hidebo main formation.
After dealing with Hiroya Yoshikawa, Ieyasu's plan was successful. Previously, the news came to report that the entire Maori army was dispatched to participate in the battle against Masazuna Naito. Ieyasu concludes that the Maori army would relax its vigilance against Hiroya. Hiroyasu Yoshikawa could use this to bypass Hiroya and advance to Abbothara. Tadasa Okubo, who was the main force, was ambushed in the southwest of Abbothara. When Toyotomi and Yoshikawa fought, they broke out from the flank, defeated the Toyotomi army, and took the opportunity to raid Hideoba's main formation to complete the established strategy.
After everything was arranged, under the sight of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Okubo and Yoshikawa armies 8,000 troops set off from the southern subway of Tokugawa Motogen and headed along the southern foot of Kohishan Mountain toward the Abbothara area.
At first, as everyone expected, there was no Maori army on the southern foot of Xiaohui Mountain, which accelerated the speed of the Tokugawa coalition. After arriving at the Abbot's Arbor, the army was on standby, waiting for the Tokugawa army's cannon signal to be issued in the distance and then launched an attack.
But what they and Tokugawa Ieyasu did not expect was that due to the strong support of Kanda Keiyoshi, the situation on the Yuyuan-dii battlefield collapsed quickly. Kamihara Yasumasa, who had already lost his military advantage, was quickly torn apart under the sudden increase of 5,000 reinforcements. Although Watanabe Moetsu and Mizuno Tadashimasa opted to fight to the death, 11,000 vs. 6,500, and half of the enemy was still a new force that had just been put into battle. The combat power and morale were not comparable to the Tokugawa army, which had fought for a long time, and the victory or defeat was difficult to reverse.
In less than two moments, the three Tokugawa tribes were all defeated. With the advice of Watanabe Mototsu, Kamihara Yasumasa chose to retreat, while Mizuno Tadashi sent people to the permanent residence of Okubo in the East Exit and asked Okubo to lead his troops to help. However, Okubo was suffering from the fierce attacks of Fukushima Masaru at this time, and there was no unnecessary support from the troops. Therefore, he told Mizuno Tadashi and asked them to give up the Yuyuan battlefield and retreat to their own station in the East Exit to rest, avoiding the war of attrition with the Toyotomi army and squandering their precious troops.
This suggestion coincided with Tadashi Mizuno's original idea, so it received strong support from Mizuno. However, because the two of them had similar ideas, Kamihara Yasumasa subconsciously believed that it was Mizuno's trick to collude with Okubo to retreat in the end, so he refused to withdraw his troops. Instead, he let Watanabe Motsutsu send people to see Kamikaze and asked Kamikaze to lead the army of the Hara Okubo to support him.
Chapter completed!