A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

At this time, Sanada Masayuki had no time to assist Hosokawa Marime in attacking Hojo's main force. The more than 200 troops of the Nakayama family were all ashigaru raised by the Hojo clan with golden rice. After Hojo was killed, they had no food to eat and they were beaten very hard. Brave.

However, the various teams surrounding Hojo's front team were never able to achieve victory. They attacked with more than twice the number of troops, but it was only a stalemate, which was really useless.

Originally, Ashikaga Nibiki's two horse flags joined the battle accompanied by the drumming of taiko drums, which cheered up the situation of all the coalition forces, but they had not yet achieved any brilliant results. There was also a loud sound of conches on the Hojo clan's side.

Three thousand people from the Hojo clan finally arrived at the Ninja Castle battlefield, and the Oishi clan's Teru, who was still on the defensive, finally changed his tone. The Hojo clan's third-order Hisodamabi swaggered towards Hosokawa Miname, and the horn of the Hojo army's counterattack sounded.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment. I'll come back as soon as I go!" Oshishi said in high spirits.

"Then I will wait here for the news of my uncle's victory!" Naoya Hojo finally showed his joy.

"It's all thanks to His Highness who is in charge of the central army and is able to remain calm in times of crisis."

"Hahahahaha, uncle taught me well."

The two of them complimented each other, and the warriors on horseback shouted loudly to recruit men to launch a counterattack against Hosokawa Harime. It turned out that they were the victorious masters, and their energy and spirit finally slowly recovered.

The belated arrival of the Hojo clan's three thousand men followed. Following Oishi's Teru's order, they divided into two groups. One group came to strengthen the Hojo clan's main formation, and the other group of two thousand people stepped on the mud and slowly moved towards the fine line. Sichuan Cainu surrounded her from behind.

This is not some strange plot, it is just taking full advantage of the military strength to surround you!

Hosokawa Kainyo saw this and was anxious in her heart. The Hojo main force in front of them was not defeated, and Gojie followed up. More than a thousand people had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour, and their strength was exhausted.

The sunshine in the spring afternoon was not too strong. Hosokawa Saime looked around and saw that the number of Yamauchi troops was getting smaller and smaller, while the number of Hojo Sankai Hishinori was getting larger and larger.

Song Jianzhai gasped loudly, and the old man was holding a spear covered in blood, with several arrows stuck in the trunk. There was mud, dirty blood, and some fishy, ​​unknown tissue on that wrinkled old face.

"I'm old! I can't kill anymore! I really can't kill anymore!" Song Jianzhai said bitterly.

"..." Hosokawa Harimei did not answer Matsumisai.

Not far away, the Nakayama Ieno team, which was charging hard and fighting regardless of casualties, suddenly burst into violent cheers. The communication channel between the Hojo front team and the Hojo main team was opened again!

"Victory, victory! Our army has won!" The cheers of the Hojo Army resounded throughout the streets of Kamakura.

"Let's go! If you can stay useful, you can also encourage His Highness!" Matsukami Sai said and was about to go to Hosokawa Minae.

"Go? Where to go?"

"It doesn't matter where it is, I'm afraid the situation in Ninja City will be unmanageable!"

But the situation didn't give them any time to hesitate. The Yamauchi Army, which originally just took a breath and attacked the Hojo main force with a weak force, saw that the Hojo Army's reinforcements were arriving, and half of the breath in their hearts was suddenly relieved.

At this time, even Sanada Masayuki fled to Hosokawa Saimei. The originally perfect clothes were loose and loose, and the bindings on both sides were completely gone. The long ladder behind the horse was broken into three pieces, and the liquid mixed with unknown things made the horse mark. It's dirty.

"Cai Nu, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape!"

"Why can't you leave! Come with me!"

By this time, Hosokawa Saime knew that his part of the battle had basically failed, and his only task now was to retreat with less than 2,000 remaining soldiers.

Evacuate to where?

The terrain of Ninja Castle is a swampy paddy field that cannot be deployed by the Hojo Army, and the same is true for the Yamauchi Army! When attacking, you can form a large formation and attack slowly according to the beat. But what about the retreat? The Hojo Army is watching eagerly here. The two sides are still fighting together at this moment and have not broken away from contact at all.

In this situation, if you encounter a hero, you can simply abandon all your troops and lose the army on the spot. Before the enemy army comes up, our army is resisting. If you find an opening and rush out, you will definitely be able to escape.

But Hosokawa Saime will never abandon the army and run away!

"Slowly withdraw your troops and move towards the nearest Murakami Kuzuo-den!"

There is no other way, but to approach the closest unit of Yoshikuni Murakami. Join the two armies and gather the rest of the troops who are still attacking the Hojo front team. If there are eight or nine thousand men on hand, there is still the possibility of a slow retreat.

"General Gorozaemon Kuwahara of the Hojo Clan came to ask for advice from Hosokawa Saime!" A Hojo samurai wearing a crab-shaped bag on his head, holding a spear, swung away the three spears that were stabbing him, and stood at a distance from Hosokawa Saime. shouted from a dozen meters away.

Since almost no generals on both sides fought on horseback in this battle, Kuwahara Gorozaemon only saw Hosokawa Niikiryo flying more than ten meters away, and was not sure where Hosokawa Saime was actually.

If it is normal, the general will be standing high on his horse, and with the flying flag and horse mark, he can be identified at a glance.

"I'll go!" Sanada Masayuki held up his gun and went to block Kuwahara Gorozaemon, without giving others a chance to hesitate.

The situation in war is so unpredictable, and the outcome of the war often changes in an instant. The Yamauchi Army, which had just been full of loyalty and fought hard to attack the Hojo Army, was discouraged after being attacked from two sides.

Even though the two horse flags of Hosokawa Harimei and Hosokawa Nibi were still fluttering not far away, they could not restrain the soldiers from slowly retreating. The reason why the Yamauchi army did not collapse was simply because Hosokawa Zainyu was still there and still had the backbone.

At this time, Hosokawa Harime had to show up. If he didn't show up, the team would really break up.

Having no choice but to wear a conspicuous Nanman carcass, Hosokawa Zaimei beat the taiko drum and stood under the two horse flags of Hosokawa Futaba, announcing to the Yamauchi army that the general was still there and that the entire army could still fight.

The Hojo Army, intentionally or unintentionally, allowed the Yamauchi Army to form a group and drove the Yamauchi Army to gather around Hosokawa Saimei. Except for a handful of those who escaped and died in battle, about 1,670 people were oppressed by the Hojo army and had to fight a final desperate battle.

"Is it possible that I, Hosokawa Michimasa, will die here today?"

The extremely strong Hosokawa Saime closed her eyes unwillingly, but he only sank a little. It didn't take long for him to cheer up, wave his military equipment, call on the soldiers to fight and retreat, and try to join up with most of the Yamauchi army.

How did Oishi Uteru allow Hosokawa Miname to retreat completely? He took full advantage of his troop strength that was three times that of Hosokawa Miname, and kept going around to attack the soldiers of Hosokawa's team.

At the same time, they did not hesitate to use bows, arrows, and iron cannons to fire at the Yamauchi army who wanted to escape. Every time Hosokawa Harime took a step, a loyal and brave soldier of the Yamauchi Army would surely fall.