Chapter 585 47. Jiashan Collapses and the Sky Falls
The Tsuchiya Seven Stars Flag fell, and the warrior who stood tall in front of the main formation of the Yamaguchi Army and commanded thousands of troops to attack the Yamaguchi Army disappeared.
What does it mean?
Every soldier of the Armored Army knows what this means!
The Armored Army, which was originally like a wave, madly attacking the Yamauchi Army formation, suddenly paused. It was as if it was entangled by something, and it seemed to suddenly hit the air wall, and it was directly slowed down!
"Yamagata Saburobei has been killed by Shimotaro!"
"Yamagata Saburobei has been killed by Shimotaro!"
"Yamagata Saburobei has been killed by Shimotaro!"
One sentence is louder than another, and one sentence is better than another! The courage of the Armored Army fell, and it has been killed!
The stableman Nobutoyo who attacked the Yamaguchi Army was stopped by the cannons on Mount Ariga and the continuous flying artillery fire, and could not go to support the advancing Yamagata Masakage. But he was also the closest troop to Yamagata Masakage, and he was the first to hear the news of Yamagata Masakage's death.
His men were just the remnants of Suwa. A group of soldiers died at Toishi Castle, and Takeda Shingen killed another group before he died. His fighting spirit was not high. Now he was driven by the chance to win.
He never thought that Yamagata Masakage would be defeated and killed, and the possibility of victory was instantly shattered. No matter who the soldiers of Suwa were, they began to have some tricks in their hearts. Takeda was a broken ship, and Takeda Yoshinobu did not regard the people of Suwa as his own.
Why should they work for him!
Others had some tricks in their hearts, and Nishimaki Shiroemon was even more so. Looking at Takeda Nobutoyo not far away, sitting high on his horse, his heroic posture was quite like his father.
What a good pledge of allegiance!
The Yamagata team in front of them was surrounded on three sides by the Yamanouchi family. After Yamagata Masakage died in battle, the morale of the army collapsed.
"Komiya Yamanouchi Zen has been killed!"
"Akiyama Kii has been killed!"
"Oyamada Bichu has been killed!"
The shouts came one after another, and one after another, the generals of the A-army died at the hands of the enemy. The assault force, which originally only had a thousand people, was quickly divided and surrounded by the five thousand Yamanouchi hatamoto like cutting melons and vegetables, and then disappeared into thin air.
Done!
The samurai servants of Nishimaki Shiroemon's army had long known about the internal accomplice of the Yamanouchi family, and he himself had already received a guarantee from the Yamanouchi family that after the internal accomplice succeeded, he would receive a security of 500 kan more security.
It was only a matter of sooner or later! Slowly approaching, the main force of Takeda Nobutoyo, who was hesitating and stopped.
Takeda Nobutoyo was far behind his father Takeda Nobuharu in making decisions on the battlefield. At this time, he could either risk his life, take advantage of the Yamanouchi army and the Yamagata team fighting each other, withstand a few rounds of artillery fire, and go to the battlefield to win in the chaos. Either flee to Uehara Castle or retreat to Takeda Yoshinobu.
Anyway, the Yamagata team only killed a thousand people in total, and the Takeda army had 16,000 troops. The remaining troops still had the strength to resist. As long as the army was kept, there might be a chance to turn the tables, although this chance was very small.
But this stableman Nobutoyo, who inherited the title of stableman, neither advanced nor retreated, and actually tried to reorganize the troops here. Then he would make a decision after seeing what follow-up orders from Takeda Yoshinobu behind him.
In a battlefield, hesitation is the most taboo.
What's more terrifying is that when he hesitates, there are tigers and wolves around him!
He looked at the main force of Takeda on horseback, and Takeda Nobutoyo's anxious expression was written on his face. He was about to send an order to each team to restrain the soldiers, and he didn't see Nishimaki Shiroemon who had moved to his side.
Suddenly, Nishimaki's close family members were calculating and unintentional, and they were fighting intentionally. Takeda Nobutoyo only came to take over Suwa County temporarily last year, and he didn't have a single confidant. He was surrounded by retainers and soldiers left by his father, only about a hundred in total.
And Nishimaki Shiroemon was not only himself, but also contacted a few traitors. The number was only less than 200, but it was enough to deal with Takeda Nobutoyo and his entourage.
Faced with the sudden rebellion of his subordinates, the inexperienced Takeda Nobutoyo was at a loss for a while. Although Nishimaki Shiroemon was already 40 years old, he had not lost his kung fu.
The armor on his body did not completely affect his jumping kung fu. His feet in straw sandals were surprisingly stable on the muddy ground after the winter snow melted. The long spear in his hand was not blind at all, pointing directly at Takeda Nobutoyo.
Several Nishimaki family members followed closely, and in a few breaths, they killed Takeda Nobutoyo's horse. Takeda Nobutoyo woke up, threw away his military uniform, and drew his sword to fight. Before the sword was chopped down, the long spear pierced into his waist.
The life that was saved was lost at the foot of Mount Ariga without even a sound of "Ah".
Nobutoyo, the stableman, is asking for death!
Standing on Mount Ariga and watching the whole process, Kotahara couldn't help but shout "good". No wonder so many generals and daimyo in the Warring States Period liked to use the strategy of sleeping and using internal forces. This is simply the best embodiment (one of) of defeating the enemy without fighting. There is a word to describe this, called "making an enemy in the enemy's midst"!
Seeing that the Yamagata team at the foot of the mountain had roughly finished the killing, the various formations of the hatamoto drums sounded together, and the troops of each team officially launched a counterattack. Even Ogasawara Sadakishi, Ogasawara Nagamasa, Hosokawa Saeki, and Sanada Yukinaga, who had collapsed before, gathered their troops or fought back with the soldiers who could fight.
The Suwa army of more than 4,000 people, where Nobutoyo, the stableman, died, immediately collapsed, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the generals had no fighting spirit. They didn't even have the slightest thought of preparing for resistance, and just wanted to run.
The news of the Suwa group's disintegration and the deaths of Nobutoyo Yamagata and Masakage Yamagata reached Takeda Yoshinobu's main force at the same time. Takeda Yoshinobu, who had been determined to charge forward, was stunned. The situation had taken a sudden turn for the worse.
"Your Highness! Advance or retreat, make a quick decision!" Okuma Asahide rode his horse beside him and immediately advised.
"If you retreat, where should you retreat to?" Takeda Yoshinobu was afraid.
"Uehara Castle is no longer safe, retreat back to Kai." Okuma Asahide stepped forward and pulled Takeda Yoshinobu's reins.
Takeda Yoshinobu was still hesitating, and there were still more than 10,000 troops, but they had only fought for less than an hour.
"Although Kai is small, it is only a hundred miles in area and has tens of thousands of people. It can still make a comeback!" Okuma Asahide was already anxious.
Seeing that the Kai troops in various places were wavering and retreating without any orders, the situation deteriorated in just a few minutes. Once caught in the chaos, it would really be impossible to escape even if you wanted to.
"How can I go back to Kai with the face of losing the thousands of people in Kai? "Takeda Yoshinobu saw it clearly.
But it didn't matter that he saw it clearly, because Okuma Asahide wouldn't allow it! He called on Takeda Yoshinobu's entourage, and surrounded him with men and horses, and rushed to Suwaguchi.
The Sun Tzu Shiru military flag and the Hinomaru imperial flag disappeared!
The A army was defeated, and they fled all over the mountains and plains!