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The Battle of Okehazama was a battle between the Oda Clan and the Imagawa Clan. Oda Nobunaga was attacked by the army of the Imagawa clan, whose forces were highly outnumbering. However, Oda Nobunaga used his wits to defeat the Imagawa led by Yoshimoto Imagawa.

In-game Summary[]

Viriot took control of Oda Nobunaga's forces initially consist of 3 units of curved sword cavalry and 2 units of spear cavalry. The goal is to attack the Imagawa patrols, consisting of 2 curved sword wielding samurai knights and one unit of curved katana cavalry. When all are beaten, he assumes command of the whole army containing 5 Cavalry (3 Curved Sword, 2 Spear) 5 units of Katana Samurai, 6 units of spear footmen and 4 units of light foot bowmen, with the goal of defeating the Imagawa and also attacking Yoshimoto Imagawa's blue-and-red striped tent also Naomori Ii appears if the battle is going on Oda Nobunaga's path to protect Yoshimoto Imagawa and after defeating the Imagawa along with capturing the tent the battle is won.

Historical Information[]

Oda Nobunaga left a small force at the temple with a large number of banners to give the impression that this was the location of his main force. Meanwhile, Oda Nobunaga's main force (about 1,500 men) moved through the forest undetected to the rear of the Imagawa army.

The Imagawa samurai did not expect an attack, and that afternoon was very hot. The histories say that the Imagawa were celebrating their recent victories with song, dance, and sake (Japanese rice wine). An afternoon rainstorm further aided Oda's soldiers who arrived at the Imagawa camp just as the rains came down (this was the afternoon of June 12, 1560).

When the storm passed, Oda Nobunaga's men poured into the camp from the north, and the Imagawa warriors lost all discipline and fled from the attackers. This left their commander's tent undefended, and the Oda warriors closed in rapidly. Yoshimoto Imagawa, unaware of what had transpired, heard the noise and emerged from his tent shouting at his men to quit their drunken revelry and return to their posts. By the time he realized, moments later, that the samurai before him were not his own since it was the samurai knights of Oda Nobunaga, it was far too late. He deflected one samurai's spear thrust but was ultimately decapitated and the result is this: defeat of the Imagawa in Okehazama, would not only lead to the clans downfall, but would give rise to a young Oda Nobunaga who would then be one of three unifiers in Japan,  and would also give rise to the Imagawa vassel clan, the Tokugawa Matsudaira led by the future shogun of Japan, Tokugawa Matsudaira Motoieyasu.

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