The terrain of the three sides was so open that both armies could see the enemy hundreds of meters away.

As soon as the enemy army came into view, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Takeda Shingen gave the order to attack at the same time.

The Takeda Army only sent 7,000 people led by Koyamada Nobushige, Naito Masathiro, Baba Nobubo, and Takasaka Masanobu to attack the Tokugawa Army, while the other armies served as reserves, in Takeda Shingen's view, the Tokugawa Army really had combat power only the 4,000 banners, as for the other 4,000 peasant soldiers, it was completely made up, and there were 7,000 elites in the front battle enough to completely defeat the Tokugawa Army.

However, there is a big difference between reality and his thoughts, Takeda Shingen only took into account the contrast between the military forces of the two sides, but did not take into account the bravery of the Mikawa samurai, after the two armies fought a pillar of incense, I saw Tanbao quickly walk into Takeda Shingen's main formation, and said loudly: "Report to the lord, the enemy Honda Tada's victory rate of 800 elites has defeated the first formation led by Lord Koyamada, because the vanguard army is scattered and scattered, disrupting the left front formation, so Naito-sama is in a bitter battle, and the Tokugawa army is currently drawing a large number of troops to break through from the middle road." , and ask the Lord to decide. ”

After hearing the news, Takeda Shingen couldn't help frowning, originally he thought that he would be able to defeat the Tokugawa army soon, but now it turned out that he was the first to defeat for a while, and even the left first formation had the possibility of defeat, if Takeda Shingen wanted to abuse Mikawa's little guy before killing him, then now he is no longer in such a mood.

I only heard Takeda Shingen speak: "I know the way, quickly order Takeda Katsuyori, Itagaki Nobuaki led the middle formation to step forward to block the enemy's attack, and ordered the left center and the right center to take the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp in two ways, and then ordered Sanada Nobutsuna, Sanada Masaaki and others to lead the red preparation to attack the enemy's army, this battle I will not only annihilate the Tokugawa army, but also Tokugawa Ieyasu's head!" ”

At the same time that Takeda Shingen was mobilizing his troops, Tokugawa Ieyasu on the opposite side was not idle. Originally, he didn't have much hope for this battle, he only wanted to show his face and then lead his army to retreat at the right time.

In this way, not only will you not leave a reputation for timidity. And it can be regarded as an explanation to the Oda family. In his opinion, it is undoubtedly more important to give an account to the Oda family, if he leads a large army to gather heavy troops in Hamamatsu Castle, but he can't shrink back, and sees the Takeda army calmly passing through the territory, how will Oda Nobunaga view himself, and now the gap between the family and the Oda family is getting bigger and bigger. As a result, Oda Nobunaga's attitude became more and more important, so even if he lost, he had to show his determination to stand on the same side as him.

However, when he saw that Honda Tadakatsu had defeated the enemy's vanguard so easily, he suddenly changed his mind, and the prestigious Takeda Army was nothing more than that, since it could easily break through the opponent for a while, why couldn't it break for a while. As long as you break through the enemy's middle and rear formations, you can directly take the main formation where Takeda Shingen is located. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but start to get excited, as long as Takeda Shingen died, the Takeda family would be in chaos, and he could lead the army to counterattack.

In the chaos, not to mention Junhe, even if it is Kai, it is not impossible to take it, so that he will become a million-stone daimyo, which is too attractive to him.

Thinking of this, I only heard him immediately order: "Order, transfer Kubo Tadashi." Hiraiwa Qinyoshi and Naito Masari immediately led 3,000 troops to aid Heihachiro, broke through from the middle, and transferred Torii Tadayoshi to lead 1,000 troops to support Uemura Housekessa, and after defeating the enemy's left front, cooperate with the middle lane to fight, go quickly! ”

When the herald is ashigaru after receiving the order. Just when he was about to leave, he heard Ishikawa Shumasa hurriedly say: "Wait, the enemy of the lord is strong, if our army continues to advance, it will inevitably be surrounded by several times the enemy, and the most elite three thousand Chibei in the Takeda army have not yet gone into battle, and now it is time to retreat when the enemy army is defeated and retreated, otherwise once the enemy army has moved, then it will be too late to retreat, please think twice." ”…,

"Hmph, retreat, retreat, what do you know besides retreating! Now that the battle situation is very good, the defeat of the enemy's first three formations has become a foregone conclusion, and if we do not take advantage of this time to defeat the Takeda army in one fell swoop, it will be even worse.

Although the Takeda family army is strong, but now its front has been defeated, morale is low, and although our army is small, but the morale is like a rainbow, between the decline and the other, our army is invincible, you don't need to say more, immediately spread the ......"

Before the word could be uttered from Tokugawa Ieyasu's mouth, he saw a junior samurai running in in a panic and said loudly: "Report to the lord, the enemy's 3,000 Chibei has launched an attack on the army's army from the east, and the enemy's left, center, and right formations are attacking the main formation, with a number of 8,000, and please retreat as soon as possible." ”

"What!" After hearing such news, Tokugawa Ieyasu almost fell off the horse, the situation was still very good just now, but in the blink of an eye, the situation was completely reversed by the Takeda family, this Takeda Shingen was completely abusing himself.

But even so, what can he do, now Tokugawa Ieyasu is really panicked, only to hear him hurriedly shout: "Quick, order the whole army to retreat immediately!" After saying that, he turned around and ran away regardless of it.

The Tokugawa army, which was still rushing in front, saw that the two formations of the Takeda family were attacking the main lord's main position, so they immediately retreated, and the three thousand Akabi of the Takeda army did not intend to stop there, and covered up all the way, as a military division, Ishikawa Shumasa saw that the Takeda army had all pressed up, if this was the case and let the enemy keep chasing, I am afraid that the enemy could keep chasing Hamamatsu Castle, if so, then the Tokugawa family would really be finished.

Thinking of this, I only heard him immediately say to Tokugawa Ieyasu: "With the current situation, even if the lord retreats into the city, the enemy can take advantage of the attack to attack, and he must hold off the Takeda army." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu saw that the situation was in crisis and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and said directly: "What do you think of, say it quickly!" ”

Ishikawa Shumasa didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly said: "The lord still has five hundred banners around him, and the five hundred troops led by Lord Torii Mototada are also close behind, and his subordinates think that they should immediately order these thousand people to line up at the rhino cliff to resist the enemy's attack." ”

"Okay, you're solely responsible for this." Tokugawa Ieyasu had no intention of stopping, and he ordered loudly as he continued to gallop.

The rhino cliff is at the southern end of the Mikata Plain, the terrain here is no longer as flat as in front, and there are mountains on both sides of this place, if the Takeda family Akabi wants to pass quickly, then he can only take the main road between the two mountains, and the Torii Mototada and Ishikawa Shumasa led a thousand troops are arranged here, and when they have just arranged it, they see the main family rout rushing over, and behind them, thousands of Akabi follow closely.

However, with a thousand spears in the way, Akabi had to stop and engage him, which gave the Tokugawa army enough time to retreat, and the Takeda army had lost the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

But how can a thousand troops stop the tens of thousands of troops of the Takeda family, so as soon as the army of the Takeda family arrives, the 1,000 palace army of the Tokugawa family will also collapse.

Ishikawa Shumasa and Torii Mototada did not dare to retreat, and Hamamatsu had to lead the defeated army to retreat in the direction of Mikawa.

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu fled into Hamamatsu Castle, he was still in shock, and when he dismounted, he found that the crotch of his pants had become wet at some point, but fortunately there was no one else on his side, otherwise, this person would have lost a lot.

Sakai Tadaji, who was guarding the city, saw that the lord only waited for a few close attendants to return to the city in embarrassment, and knew that the army had been defeated, so he hurriedly arranged defenses, and it didn't take long for most of the Tokugawa family's defeated army to flee into the city, and at this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu had also changed his clothes and pants and appeared in the city.

"My lord, the enemy's army is coming, and with the current state of the family's ashiba, under the enemy's large-scale attack, there is no possibility of holding Hamamatsu Castle at all, and my subordinates think that it is better to retreat to Mikawa before the Takeda army arrives." …,

When he saw the lord appear, he heard Kiyohide Takagi hurriedly speak.

And before Tokugawa Ieyasu could speak, he heard Sakai Tadaji speak: "Even if you retreat to Mikawa now, you still can't stop the attack of the Takeda family, and if you even surrender the castle to others, then the already low momentum of the army will be severely hit." ”

After listening to this, Tokugawa Ieyasu was also a little undecided, and now unless he retreats directly into Owari, it will be difficult to escape the fate of defeat.

But even if Oda Nobunaga agreed, he couldn't do it himself, and if he did, then the Tokugawa family would never look up in the future.

And just when he hesitated, he only heard Sakai Tadaji say: "My lord, my subordinates think that even if the family tries their best now, it will be difficult to hold this city, rather than this, it is better to open the city gate, beat the taiko drum, more pine, and arrange an ambush in the city, Takeda Shingen is a suspicious person, seeing this family acting like this, he will think that there is fraud, and dare not lead the army into the city, even if he dares to lead the army to enter, but the city gate is narrow, and it is impossible for it to come in many troops, at this time, the ambush on both sides of the city gate The army is killed, and it will be defeated, After its defeat and retreat, the city gate will be closed, so that it can not only cause a lot of losses to the enemy, but also improve the morale of the family, I don't know what the lord thinks? ”

"No, this is too dangerous, once there is a mistake, where will the lord go?" I heard Kiyohide Takagi say quickly.

The Tokugawa family finally made up their minds, and couldn't help but say, "Don't say anything, do what Sakai Tadaji said immediately." In his opinion, if the enemy wants to take the city, even if the city gate is closed, how long can it be stopped, it is better to open the city gate and make him think that he has made preparations for a desperate battle, maybe there is still room for redemption, so in the end he agreed to Sakai Tadaji's suggestion.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not want to die like this, so he ordered someone to open the castle gate at the same time, and also ordered someone to reserve the ship in the castle and place his family in it, so that if Hamamatsu Castle was lost, he could leave by boat with his family and important ministers, and wait for the Oda family to defeat Takeda, and then restore the family name. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )