Mimasetoge 1569

Catching the Hojo totally unprepared, the Takeda invasion was swift and the Hojo base ot Odawara was surrounded. The enemy, however, refused to fight outside the fortress and Takeda Shingen, not ready for a siege ordered a retreat. Hojo Ujikunia …

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Catching the Hojo totally unprepared, the Takeda invasion was swift and the Hojo base ot Odawara was surrounded. The enemy, however, refused to fight outside the fortress and Takeda Shingen, not ready for a siege ordered a retreat. Hojo Ujikunia was very aware that Shingen would have to retire through the Mimase pass and prepared an ambush. Shingen found out about the enemy plans and divided his army and moved to attack the Hojo commanders. The Hojo vanguard was hit in the flank by the fierce Takeda attack and the rest of the Hojo army could not recover, enabling the Takeda army to continue its withdrawal.

Mimase Pass, Sagami Province, Japan

The battle of Mimasetōge took place at Mimase pass in 1569, as the forces of Takeda Shingen withdrew from repeated failed sieges of the Hōjō clan's Odawara Castle in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. The Hōjō forces, led by the brothers Ujiteru and Ujikuni, lay in wait for Takeda Shingen in the pass of Mimase. The Takeda vanguard, which included Baba Nobuharu, was hard-pressed. Shingen himself led up the Takeda main body. The battle turned in favor of the Takeda when Yamagata Masakage launched a furious counterattack, inflicting heavy casualties on the Hôjô and forced the Hôjô army to retreat north, allowing the Takeda return to Kai, leaving behind some 900 dead.

Wikipedia: Battle of Mimasetoge

Hojo

Takeda