Early the next morning, a ninja reported to Ueda Nobukata that there was an abnormal situation in the Takeda military array, and Ueda Nobukata immediately summoned people to check the situation of the Takeda family's main camp on the arrow tower of the city wall.

It was soon determined that Takeda Harunobu was planning to withdraw from the battle, but Ueda Nobukata did not dare to pursue for the time being, as long as Murakami Yoshikiyoshi could not get out, he could not go out of the city hastily.

There may be omissions in Takeda Harunobu's command of the battle, but Takeda Harunobu is much more powerful when he plays conspiracy and tricks, who knows if it will be him who will beat the rabbit with grass before withdrawing and lure himself out to annihilate?

Ueda Nobukata and the others watched quietly from the city walls, and were unmoved until the Takeda family's army began to leave Toishi Castle.

In the end, the banner of the Takeda family had disappeared from sight, leaving only the banner of Yuan Changyin.

Ueda Nobukata said: "Yazawa, Azuma, although I don't know if Takeda Harunobu has really withdrawn his troops, we still have to pursue it."

However, the safety of Toishi Castle is also very important, so please take the Sakushi people to guard here, wait for the lord's army to come, and lead some soldiers to test it. ”

My wife Kiyotsuna nodded and said, "Ueda should pay attention to safety!" ”

Ueda Nobukata immediately summoned his men, as well as Iwashita and his sons, and Yazaki Heizou, and said, "The time has come to make a contribution, and the Takeda family's army is retreating.

Behind the palace is the Takeda family's array of horses to the former Kaga Mori Mamoto Yin, who has already discussed with my wife Yazawa, and we went out of the city to pursue. ”

Iwasita Kiyoshi was already eager to try, and he hurriedly spoke: "Ueda, I'll listen to you below!" ”

Ueda Nobukata was not polite either, and immediately led more than a hundred people out of the city to pursue Hara Masain, who was slowly retreating.

He first sent a hundred soldiers, led by Yazaki Heizou, to pursue Hara Masain's 1,000 troops.

Yuan Changyin saw the soldiers with the flag of the Murakami family chasing after him, and immediately reorganized the army to counterattack.

Ueda Nobukata only harassed him from afar, and then retreated back and did not engage Hara Masain head-on.

In this way, the enemy retreats and I advance, and the enemy advances and I retreat, which makes Yuan Changyin puzzled.

When Hara Masain led the entire army along the Kamigawa River, the original 100 enemy soldiers who had fled increased to 150 to counterattack. At this time, the vanguard of Murakami Yoshikiyo had also arrived.

Ueda Nobukata's goal was achieved, and he had been delaying the retreat of this temple army.

There was a cry from Toishi Castle, and when Sakushi saw Murakami's main team arriving, they attacked the castle.

The First Army began to retreat in the morning, but the pursuit of the Murakami Army came faster than the retreat of the First Army, and the soldiers and horses of Mamoru Hara, who was in charge of the broken rear, could not stop the swarming Murakami Army and fled to the main camp, and chaos began to break out in the rear, and the whole army began to waver.

The departing Ashigaru was killed by the Murakami army, and the wounded soldiers and the weak ones were also hunted down, and shouts were heard frequently in the rear.

"Kill all the soldiers of the Takeda family! I'm going to take down the head of Harumobu Takeda, and I must not let him escape this time! ”

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi decided that the First Army did not have the will to resist, so he pursued the First Army with the victorious aftermath. There were still people in the A army who continued to escape, and they were unable to regroup to meet the enemy for a while.

The distance from Toishi Castle back to Changwa Castle was a series of defeats for the First Army, and the soldiers lost their armor in order to run faster, and their weapons and flags were also thrown to the side of the road.

Harunobu Takeda, who was in front, heard the chaotic sound behind him, he sat on his horse, and when he looked back and saw the sergeant who had lost his armor, he couldn't believe it for a while.

"Is this the once invincible arm? Why is it like this? Takeda Harunobu was puzzled and frustrated.

Even if the generals gave the order or threatened the fugitive to be beheaded, it would not help. Instead, the generals who gave the order were beheaded by the enemies who tracked them down.

Takeda Harunobu heard the clamor of the enemy and flew arrows overhead. There are about fifty bannermen around Harunobu, probably the only ones in the First Army, and they are still protecting Takeda Harunobu's army.

"Takeda Denju! Where is Takeda Temple? "There was a shout from the rear.

"Who are you?" A member of the crowd shouted.

"It's Toyonobu Koo below!"

"The lord is here, come and guard!"

"Lord, please give me your helmet, with your subordinates as stand-ins, please leave here quickly!" Toyonobu Koo hurriedly ran over and said.

Due to the similarity of Toyonobu Koo's appearance to Harunobu, Takeda Harunobu once acted as a stand-in for Takeda Harunobu when he was in Shima Onsen.

Since then, he has often accompanied Takeda Harunobu in case of emergency. Toyonobu Koo leaned over the horse and asked Harunobu Takeda for a helmet.

"Lord, please take off your helmet and hand it to Xiaowei." Komai Takahakusai also persuaded.

Harunobu Takeda handed the helmet to Toyonobu Koo, feeling as if his head had been removed.

After Takeda Harunobu and his attendants moved away, Toyonobu Koo rode his horse and galloped quickly, and he did not want to die in vain, but Toyonobu Koo's mount was not a horse.

When the soldiers of the Murakami Army saw Toyonobu Koo's helmet, they immediately shot arrows, and the horse was wounded by the arrow, and Toyonobu Koo abandoned his horse, and Nakazawa Hyogo, who was riding with him, quickly gave up his mount, which looked as if a subordinate had given up his horse to his master.

"Harunobu Gong is there!"

"Grab Takeda!"

"We must not let him escape!"

Together, the Murakami army killed Toyonobu Koo. In addition to Koo Toyonobu and Nakazawa Hyogo, there were still ten samurai who fought with Murakami's soldiers, and in a short time, Koo Toyonobu, Nakazawa Hyogo, and the ten samurai were all killed.

"In the lower part is the retainer of the Yadai Tsuki, Renli Wakasa, and the head of Takeda Harunobu has been taken by me." This shout was transmitted to every corner of Murakami's army.

Ueda Nobukata was leading his troops past the Murakami army and continuing the pursuit towards Nagawa Castle, and they also heard this shout.

Iwasita immediately said, "Xinfang, there's no need to pursue anymore. ”

Ueda Nobukata continued to order the troops to pursue, and said, "That's Takeda Harunobu's Shadow Warrior, and he is retreating towards Nagawa Castle!" Continue the pursuit, all the way to Changwa City! ”

With only more than 50 people around him, Takeda Harunobu thought that he had escaped, but he didn't expect that hundreds of soldiers from the Murakami family soon appeared behind him.

When Ueda Nobukata saw that luxurious army, his heart was overjoyed, and he roared angrily: "Ahead is Takeda Tengji, take his head!" ”

Komai Takahakusai immediately asked half of the bannermen to turn around and scatter the more than 100 soldiers.

"Shoot!"

Bursts of iron cannons rang out, and more than 20 bannermen lost most of them.

When Takeda Harunobu and Komai Takahakusai saw this situation, they didn't dare to continue to entangle with Ueda Nobukata, and immediately patted their horses and ran.

Ueda Nobukata shouted, "Pursuit! The one who doesn't have a hat in front of him is Harumi Takeda! ”