In April 1578, Takayama's 90,000 allied troops began to form a formation on Mt. Hakone, southeast of Mount Ashiga, and the main formation of the Takayama clan was set up at the foot of Hoshidake, which was directly east of Mt. Hakone, with a total strength of 27,000 people.

Honda Masanobu had 3,500 men, Wasuka Masakatsu had 1,000 men, Suwa Munenobu had 900,000 men, Hosokawa Fujitaka had 800 men, Watanabe Moritsuna had 750 men, and Sanada Nobuti had 700 men, and they were arrayed on the north side of the main camp.

Sanada Masayuki had 3,000 men, Suwa Muneshin had 900,000 men, Yura Nari Shigeru had 900 men, Saito Kenhiro had 800 men, Mimada Toshike had 800 men, Kamaharara Yukishige had 500 men, and Yamauchi Kazutomi had 500 men, and they were even more lined up on the south side of the main camp.

As for the Takayama cavalry and the 10,000 Ueno Legion, the clan had them attack the enemy in the direction of Mt. Ashiga.

In addition to the Gao Shan Army, other families also set up a big earthquake, waiting for the moment of the decisive battle.

The Hojo family was much more relaxed, on April 15, the Hojo family's army was dispatched from Odawara Castle, and since the Takayama coalition had already set up a large formation in the plains, all they had to do was to make targeted deployments according to the situation of the other side's formation.

Of course, they are mainly aimed at the Takayama Army, because the Hojo family believes that as long as the Takayama Army can be defeated, then the other armies will not be attacked, so the Hojo family's main array and the Takayama clan are three miles away on the plain, and in addition to the most elite Huang Bei, there are also 10,000 troops under the command of the Hojo clan, and the total army of the formation reaches 18,000 people.

In addition, before the Hojo family's main camp, there was Hojo Tsunataka Akabi, and the Hojo clan's 10,000 reserves, so it can be said that in this regard, the Hojo family's army was more than 30,000 people, and the other areas of the army were slightly weaker, with 8,000 white bei against Shibata Uesugi 13,000 people, with 10,000 people from the Hojo clan against 15,000 people in Asai, and with a total of 13,000 troops from Tominaga Masatsunaka Seibei and Narita clan Chang 5,000 against Sakuma Nobukatsu. Tamu Mototada's Kurobi is the heaviest task, he not only has to block the attack of the Takayama family's Ueno army, but also has to drag the Takayama family's cavalry, as for the other forces of the Hojo family, this time they also failed to participate in the battle, their task is to guard against Satake.

Don't look at the Hojo Army's military strength in other aspects are at a disadvantage, but the Hojo family is very confident in defeating the other party, after all, these coalition forces of the Takayama family are slightly inferior to their own family in terms of combat power, even if they can't win, but they can also block the opponent's attack, as long as they can be dragged down, then they can win more time for the Hojo Army in the front direction.

And when the Hojo family was fighting, the clan did not give the order to attack, after all, this time it was a dignified battle with the other party, and he didn't want to do any small moves. So it wasn't until the morning that the Takayama clan gave the order to attack.

And after receiving the order, the Takayama family led two spears and 16,000 men and the retainers under his command to take the lead in attacking the enemy. The Takayama family directly sent a large number of troops this time, and there was no intention of testing at all, as soon as it came up, it was a fierce attack, and the Hojo clan did not hesitate after seeing this, not only ordered the front and middle formations to be pressed immediately, but even in this formation, the most elite Huang Bei 8,000 people of the Hojo family were also sent, his approach is very in line with the consistent style of the Hojo family, that is, to concentrate superior forces and crush the opponent, although even if Huang Bei is sent to participate in the battle, it is impossible to crush the Takayama Army in terms of military strength, but in terms of elite, It's still slightly better.,After all, the Hojo family's five-color preparation is not blown out.,It's completely out.。

And Katsusuke Tanaka had fought with the Hojo family Shirabi, so he knew the combat strength of his reserve team very well, and when he saw the opponent's three preparations rushing up, he immediately became more careful. But Ito Youbing didn't have such an awareness, although he was born in Kyushu, although he had completely adjusted his mentality after seeing the battle in Honshu, he still underestimated the other party, and in his heart the purpose of fighting for the Takayama family was to revive the family business, so when the army under Tanaka Katsusuke slowed down, he not only did not do this, but accelerated the speed of the march, and when he fought with the Hojo army, Tanaka Katsusuke had not yet arrived at the battlefield.

In this way, it gave the Hojo family a chance to eat them, the three veterans of the Hojo family have cooperated for decades, and they have not encountered any situation, when they found that the other party's two armies had been staggered, they immediately made adjustments, and Hojo Tsunataka opposite Tanaka Katsusuke led eight thousand red reserves to avoid the enemy army in front of him catching up, and the Hojo clan on the other side also accelerated his speed, forming a trap on Ito Yubing on the south side.

At the beginning, Ito Yubing didn't take the opponent's bag too seriously, especially after finding out that the opponent's main general was an old man, he didn't care about it, his goal was to break through the Hojo family Huang Bei in front of him, and then launch an attack on the opponent's main formation, as long as he could attack the opponent's main formation, this was definitely a great achievement.

But the idea was good, but as soon as he led the army forward, he found that the army in front of him was like a city wall, no matter how he rushed, he couldn't advance half a step, and with the completion of the opponent's bag, he had to divide a lot of spirit to command, otherwise before the front rushed over, the team would begin to collapse from both sides.

And it is impossible for Hojo Tsusunari to eat the 10,000 troops of the Takayama family, after all, this army is no longer the one when it was just formed two years ago, and it has been greatly strengthened in terms of combat power, so although it has temporarily gained an advantage, there is no possibility of defeating it. And with the arrival of Katsusuke Tanaka, as well as the 10,000 troops under the command of the Takayama family, the advantage of the Hojo army has become weaker and weaker, and it has even begun to slowly approach the disadvantage, especially the participation of Bee Suka and the other three in the battle, although the army under the command of Wasuka Masakatsu, Maeda Toshiie, and Watanabe Moritsuna together is less than 3,000 people, and it is not as good as the direct military strength of the Takayama family in terms of combat power, but this is not important, the important thing is that these three people are all extremely brave, And after seeing Ito Yubing's 10,000 spears Ashigaru caught in the enemy's trap, he immediately broke away from Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki and other armies, outflanked the Nanbei Clan Gui, due to the proper tactics of the three people, the decline of the Takayama Army was immediately improved, originally Ito Youbing was surrounded by the enemy, but after Wasuka Masakatsu and others arrived, the situation changed to the Hojo Clan Gui formed a trapping trend, and it was still completely surrounded on three sides, and on the south side of the Hojo Clan Gui was Bee Suga Masakatsu and other more than 2,000 troops, On the west side, Honda Masanobu and others arrived on the front side, while on the north side were the spears of Ito Yubing.

As for the Hojo clan who is now surrounded by the three armies, the Hojo clan has a good talent in command, and when he saw that the army under his command was in trouble, he immediately made adjustments to prepare for the six thousand people in the team to resist the attack of Wasuka and the other three, and the remaining four thousand people, one team continued to attack Ito Yubing, and he himself personally led the remaining three thousand people to resist the attack of Honda Masanobu and others.

In his opinion, although the army under the command of Honda Masanobu and other Takayama family retainers is numerous, because the leader of the army is not Honda Masanobu and others but some middle and lower-level samurai, and the combat strength of his Ashigaru command is also unsatisfactory, so there are 3,000 people enough to resist the opponent's attack, and Ito Yubing, there is Hojo Tsunari's Huang Bei constantly exerting pressure on him, and he only needs to add flowers to the scene, and he does not need to spend too much attention on himself. As for Bee Suka and others, although these three armies are insufficient, but after the battle, he keenly found that in Bee Suka, Maeda, Watanabe three people are unstoppable, although in a large-scale war, it is difficult for personal bravery to play a big role, but under their drive, the morale of the army under their command will be raised to a terrifying level, and the morale of their own side will decline, and the time is short and there is nothing to see, and once the time is long, then the defeat must be themselves. So as soon as he found out about this situation, he immediately made adjustments.

And Wasuka and the others, who were originally smooth sailing, were also difficult to make any progress after the enemy mobilized troops to block them, especially since the opposing samurai knew the power of the three people of the Takayama family, so they did not fight them at all, but led Ashigaru to constantly change the formation and besiege them. Even the Takeda family's red cavalry was not able to break through the formation of the five-color bei back then, not to mention the spears under the command of Wasuka and the other three, under the constant change of the opponent's large array, they have lost the best period to defeat the enemy, and the two sides fell into a stalemate for a while.

And Hojo Tsunari saw that the Hojo clan was able to resist the opponent's bag, and he could also divide a part of the army to assist him, so he immediately increased the intensity of the attack on Ito Youbing, after all, now the two sides are rushing for time, whoever can defeat the opponent's army first, who can stand on the upper hand, and will immediately open the gap in morale, after Hojo Tsunari gave the order, his command Huang Bei Ashigaru immediately attacked the spear foot light team led by Ito Youbing.

And the army under Ito Youbing immediately fell into a bitter battle, that is, now that the other two armies of the enemy have opponents, they can't form a trap on themselves for a while, otherwise the result will really be bad.

On the other side of Ito Youbing, the forces of Katsusuke Tanaka and Hojo Tsunataka are also indistinguishable, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the eight thousand spears under Tanaka Katsusuke have a slight upper hand, after all, before the battle, he was fully prepared, and he was not in a hurry to attack the other party, but formed a phalanx to slowly move forward, so that because the formation was not chaotic, the spear and ashigaru formation under his command was like a hedgehog, so that Hojo Tsunataka had no way to start, and the Hojo Tsunade army was at the beginning, He put all his attention on the Ito army, so as soon as the two sides fought, he immediately took a defensive position on the front side, and his idea was very good, that is, he wanted to join forces to defeat the Ito reserve first, and then swallow the enemy's other forces by concentrating superior forces.

But although his idea is good, but he underestimated the combat power of the Takayama army, especially the bravery of the middle and lower level samurai of the Takayama army, since the Takayama clan recruited a large number of ronins in Azuchi, the military strength under his command has been significantly improved, Ashigaru is no longer a blind attack, full of retreat, the biggest drawback of the Takayama army has been perfectly solved, because the Takayama family army is not much before, so it is very lacking in the middle and lower level samurai, after all, the Takayama family has been out of the Takayama clan since the outing, but more than ten years, There is no background at all, it can be said that the high mountain army at that time, basically a foot light head can command a hundred foot light, and a foot light general is the leader of the thousand people, it doesn't matter when the army is small, especially when they are all elite, when the other side is still dominated by agricultural soldiers, there is nothing to see, but once the enemy on the opposite side is also elite, then the mountain army can not do flexible command, often appear, everyone rushes up, if you rely on this momentum, the enemy is repulsed, it's just that, And once the enemy blocks this wave of attacks, then the mountain army will immediately fall into a bitter battle.

Now it is different, although the Takayama Army is still unable to have one samurai for every ten Ashigaru commands, but basically one samurai can command about fifteen people, which greatly enhances the command ability of the Takayama Army.

Because Ito Yubing did not attack the enemy after arranging the formation like Katsusuke Tanaka, the front of the army under his command has been in a melee with Huang Bei under Hojo Tsunaru at this moment, and after the opponent pressed the 3,000 troops in the middle formation, the front formation became precarious, and Ito Yubing immediately pressed the middle formation when he saw this, and he led the rear 3,000 people to continue to resist the enemy attacks on both sides, at this moment, the deputy commander Watanabe Shigetsuna, who led the front formation, has been fighting with the enemy for a long time, because he is in the center of the melee, He is also surrounded by a large number of enemies, but fortunately, he has completely inherited his father's bravery, and after falling into a predicament, he still has no marksmanship, constantly harvesting the enemy's life, and he also knows that if he wants to resist the enemy's attack, no matter how many ashigaru he kills, it is useless, and once he can kill a samurai on the opposite side, then the opponent's team of ashigaru will lose his combat power, so his goal is very clear, that is, to keep shuttling through the battlefield, and after finding the opponent's samurai, he will not hesitate to take the other party.

At the beginning, he did this to stabilize the situation for the Takayama Army, but his actions were quickly captured by Hojo Tsunari, Hojo Tsunari knew that once he fell into a melee, then no matter how many Ashigaru were sent forward, it would be in vain, and now he had to let a fierce general stop the arrogance of the other party, once the other party was suppressed, then the opponent would have no power to counterattack, and Huang Bei was famous for fighting as a whole. (To be continued.) )