About a quarter of an hour after Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Tsuno Yoshihei led the Tsuno people out of the fork in the road, Kondo Yoshitsuna also led the Ashigaru men to chase the fork in the road to Ume and Matsukami. Looking at the old people of the Tsuno crowd who were blocking the fork in the road, Kondo Yoshitsuna said angrily. "Kill, just leave one or two questions for questioning. The rest are all killed. ”

The ashigaru of the Katayama family had already hated the Tsuno people to the extreme because of the heavy casualties in the attack on Mt. Kaiba, and at this time they all pounced fiercely after receiving the order of Kondo Yoshitsuna. And so a massacre began. Although the elders of the Tsuno people also have weapons such as bamboo guns and short knives in their hands, how could they be the opponents of these murderous ashigaru. In less than a quarter of an hour, all the old people of the Tsuno people were slaughtered, except for Old Man Sakichi. And the surviving old man Sakichi was also covered in injuries.

Kondo Yoshitsuna walked slowly, pulling his head in front of Sakichi and asked. "Say, Tsuno and Matsugami Yoshimitsu they ran in which direction. As long as you say it, this temple can spare your life. ”

Old man Nasakichi listened to Kondo Yoshitsuna's words, his lips moved slightly, as if he had something to say, but he couldn't make a sound. Seeing this, Kondo Yoshitsuna was overjoyed, thinking that he was moved by his words, and said with a smile. "That's right. As long as you tell them where they are, the temple will let you go. As he spoke, Kondo Yoshitsuna put his ear to the mouth of the old man Sakichi to hear what he was talking about. Unexpectedly, the old man Sakichi suddenly bit Kondo Yoshizuna's ear and didn't let go.

"Ah, old fellow, loosen up." Kondo Yoshitsuna let out a scream and slammed his fist into the head of the old man in an attempt to make him loosen.

"My lord! Loosen up, old fellow. The ashigaru people of the Katayama family around saw that Kondo Yoshitsuna was attacked, and hurriedly pounced on them, ready to pull them away. After all, the old man Sakichi was old and seriously injured, and he couldn't withstand the onslaught of Kondo Yoshizuna, and was knocked to the ground with a punch.

Kondo Yoshitsuna touched his injured ear with his hand after knocking Sakichi down, and when he saw the blood on his hand, he was furious. He drew his sword and scolded. "Old immortal, go die!" Then he slashed Sakichi to death.

Kondo Yoshitsuna said to a head of the Ashigaru group next to him after hacking Sakichi to death. "Hyogoro, now we're going to split up and chase after you. You take 30 Ashigaru to the direction of the Umedo family, and the main hall takes the rest of the people to chase the rest in the direction of the Matsugami family. We must stop Matsugami Yoshimitsu and the Tsuno people, and we must not let them escape from the sphere of influence of our Katayama family. ”

"Haha, I will definitely live up to Kondo-sama's trust." The ashiba, that is, Hyogoro, became very excited to see Kondo Yoshitsuna entrusting him with such a heavy responsibility. Then he led 30 ashigaru to chase in the direction of the Umedo family, while Kondo Yoshitsuna led the remaining ashigaru in the direction of the Matsugami family. ......

While Kondo Yoshitsuna and the Ashigaru rushed after Matsugami Yoshimitsu and them, Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Tsuno Yoshihei also desperately wanted to escape from the Katayama family's territory. After leaving the old man Sakichi and other old people, Matsugami Yoshimitsu and the speed at which they fled for their lives was indeed much faster. However, there were still a lot of women and children in the Tsuno crowd, and gradually their speed slowed down again, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu, who was also running desperately, felt that the speed of the team had slowed down and hurriedly shouted eagerly. "Hurry up, everyone, the Matsugami family's territory is about to arrive. Soon we were safe. At this time, Kondo Yoshitsuna led the ashigaru people to catch up from afar. Looking back, the special array flag of the Katayama family can already be clearly seen.

The villagers of Tsuno Village were anxious and frightened, and they were afraid that the speed of escape would be even slower, and many women and children even fell to the ground. Kahei Tsuno was also sweating profusely, and he picked up a fallen child and shouted. "Adults are holding their children and running. The pursuers of the Katayama family are about to catch up. So the young men of the Jinye people hurriedly picked up the children one by one and continued to run for their lives.

At the same time, Kondo Yoshitsuna also saw Matsugami Yoshimitsu and them from a distance, and he hurriedly pointed ahead and shouted. "Quick, I'm about to catch up with the Tsuno people. After capturing Matsugami Yoshimitsu Yoshimitsu, the main hall will be rewarded. Under the temptation of heavy rewards, the ashigaru of the Katayama family also began to accelerate their pursuit of Matsugami Yoshimitsu and them. However, despite the desperate running on both sides. But after all, the Katayama army is all young and strong, while the Tsuno side has many women and children. So although the pursuers of the Katayama family have not Matsugami Yoshimitsu for a while, the distance between the two sides is constantly narrowing. Closer. ......

After about half an hour of escape, Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Tsuno Yoshihei finally arrived at the boundary between the Katayama family and the Matsugami family. At this time, there was only a distance of seven or eight meters wide from the Matsugami house. Looking at the unknown stream separating Katayama and Matsugami from each other, Matsugami Yoshimitsu gasped with the joy of the rest of his life. "Hahaha, everyone, hurry up. After crossing this stream, we will reach the territory of the Matsugami family. ”

But soon Matsugami Yoshimitsu frowned again, and at this time, Kondo Yoshitsuna, who led the ashigaru of the Katayama family, was about to catch up with them. If they had crossed the river now, at least half of the Tsuno would have stayed by the stream forever. Matsugami Yoshimitsu didn't care about the part of Tsuno that might die, because he could be sure that most of the people who were going to die were women and children who were of little use to him. But he couldn't help but take into account Yoshihei Tsuno's opinion.

Tsuno Kahei obviously thought of this at this time, and his face did not have the joy of the rest of his life at this time, but a sad face. Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that Tsuno Yoshihei was unable to make a decision for a while, so he took the initiative to say to several leaders of the Tsuno people. "Guys, we're safe across this stream. But not far behind us was the pursuers of the Katayama family. There will definitely be sacrifices, and we will cross the river together. It is better to let the women and children cross the river first and stay on the defensive. ”

The leaders of the Tsuno people were silent, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu gave them a problem. They had to choose between preserving the young and the women and children. In fact, there is no need to choose this at all, women and children can't survive in the troubled times. But emotionally it's another matter.

The situation was critical, and the silence of the people in Tsuno was actually very short. Soon, Taro Hano, one of the leaders of Tsuno, said decisively. "Everyone crosses the river together, and it depends on the will of God who will survive then." He's going to give up on women and children. Matsugami Yoshimitsu couldn't help but nod secretly when he heard this, this is something that can be done.

Taro Hano's choice was clearly the wisest choice, but Kahei Tsuno refused. Looking at everyone, Tsuno Kahei said firmly. "The main hall will take the young man to cross the river last." ......