Ikeda Hengxing was always eager, and he only brought a dozen or so of his own soldiers, led his mounts, waded across the stream, and walked forward one or two hundred steps, and sure enough, he saw a small number of Takeda soldiers who had left the team resting on the spot with their military flags leaning against the trees, and the morale of the army was sluggish. Immediately shouted, turned over on his horse, rode ahead, and rushed over with lightning speed.

Those Takeda soldiers were frightened by the sound of horses' hooves, and they were immediately confused, each at a loss, and raised their weapons to resist indiscriminately, but who was the opponent of the elite cavalry?

Taking advantage of the horse's speed, Ikeda Hengxing galloped towards the man who appeared to be the leader of the enemy group, slashed down with a clean swing of his sword, and then, without stopping, stabbed his blade into the chest of another enemy next to him, and removed two heads in an instant.

The rest of his own men followed, most of them also captured, and a single charge brought the small group of enemies to near collapse.

Then Sasa Hidenari came up with thousands of Oda family soldiers, flags fluttering, shouting and shaking the sky, and many Takeda family soldiers saw that there was no way to live, so they simply threw down their weapons, knelt on the ground, and raised their hands to beg for mercy.

The rest are desperately trying to run away with their heads in their hands, hoping to save their lives.

But how can a man's legs and feet be able to defeat a horse?

The cavalry followed one by one, one by one, and it was all over in an instant.

There were only two officers of the Takeda family, each of whom got on a horse, one running south and one north.

But their mounts under their crotches were all four-legged and stunning, and they were obviously pack horses rather than passenger horses, and they were not as fast as war horses, and their speed was not very conspicuous, and their tossing and turning were even more clumsy.

The one on the south side, who had run twenty or thirty paces, was shot by Zuo Zuo Xiucheng with an arrow to the horse's buttocks, and even the men and horses fell to the ground and rolled a few times, and the soldiers immediately stepped forward to catch them. The one to the north was Ikeda Hengxing forcibly accelerated, chased after three or four hundred steps, and caught up with the front to cut off the horse with a knife.

Calm down, count the battlefield, a total of 21 enemies killed, 26 captured, not a single of their own side killed, only two people and one horse suffered minor injuries.

This insignificant feat was the only time since the war with Takeda that the Oda family had won a hearty victory, and Ikeda was relieved and at peace.

And Sazuo Xiucheng is the first time he has contributed on the battlefield after the first battle of Yuanfu, and he is so excited that he doesn't know what his surname is.

The surrounding soldiers patted their ass and said that he "shot people first and shot horses first" and "pierced Yang in a hundred steps", and said that "he is worthy of being the good son-in-law of the Lord of the Tie Punishment Department" and "quite worthy of the personal inheritance of the Lord of Lingzun Neizang" and so on.

As for whether he actually shot an arrow blindly, or did he really aim at the horse's butt and draw the bow......

Only Sasa Hidesei himself knows about this.

Twenty-six captives were captured, and Ikeda Hengxing personally pulled the horsewhip and whipped it a few times, and immediately someone showed the nature of the soft persimmon and confessed his identity.

Unexpectedly, the first one who couldn't survive was the one who was shot by the little general Sasa Hidesei and fell off the horse's buttocks, which is really a coincidence.

The guts guy called himself "Watanu Setaro", a grassroots lord who led two small villages in Tsuruga-gun, Suruga Province, and was originally affiliated with Imagawa, but three years ago he went to Takeda with the general trend and received the treatment of "being able to block the army, undertaking 60 military service, being assigned to the Suruga Ancestors, and temporarily being under the command of Naito Masatoyo".

So this time he came out with sixty soldiers to serve.

In this service, it was discovered that the Takeda family had strict military laws, frequent transfers, and particularly high marching and combat intensity, and the requirements for the people of the country were even higher than those of the Taiyuan Xuezhai master in the past, which was far from being comparable to the Imagawa clan.

After coming and going, some of the sixty soldiers under the command of Wataro were killed, some were wounded, and many more were scattered, leaving only more than 20 demoralized stragglers.

Among them, the brother-in-law of Wataro was lucky not to die on the front line, but he contracted a vicious disease, vomited and diarrhea, and was weak, dragging down the group of men and horses to move slowly.

Naito Masatoyo understood the hardships of the people, and after learning the details, he announced that "if each reserve unit has a wounded who needs to be cared for, it can decide its own schedule, and there is no need to force it to keep up with the footsteps of the army."

So the group fell behind.

Then he was caught by the pursuers.

Such an encounter could not help but make Ikeda Hengxing interested: "Where is the unlucky brother-in-law (brother-in-law) I just mentioned?" ”

Watanu Kantaro didn't dare to hide it, and stretched out his hand tremblingly, and Ikeda Hengxing realized that it was a large living person lying in a coma who had been mistaken for a corpse.

So in fact, it should be 20 enemies killed and 27 captured.

At this time, Sasa Xiucheng, who calmed down a little, asked again: "There are a total of forty-seven people I saw just now, but you said that you only have more than twenty people left, so who are the others?" ”

Watanu Setaro still confessed honestly: "That's the Tanigawa Ryubei Division...... He had no symptoms, not to say that he had to walk slowly when he was infected with the cold, and he happened to meet the contemptible person...... In fact, it is lazy and accustomed to bad habits, which are difficult to change. Ryubei he is now ...... It's ...... now Already...... Beheaded by your army's Lord Ikeda......"

Still holding up a trembling hand and pointing.

In terms of prestige, it seems that the first person to be killed by Ikeda Tsuneko in the most ornate clothes was a samurai named Tanigawa Ryubei. This guy was more unlucky, after falling to the ground and being trampled by several war horses, the armor has now been trampled into a ball of flesh, the nose and eyes can't be distinguished, and he can only barely judge from the overall shape that it is roughly a person.

However, no matter how tragic it is, it can't make people feel the slightest sympathy.

That ferry Kantaro can also be said to be involved by his brother-in-law, this Tanigawa Ryubei died tragically purely because of his own laziness, and he reaped the consequences, and he can't blame others.

Ikeda ordered the miscellaneous soldiers to simply burn the worthless ashigaru corpse, while appointing special personnel to guard the captives.

Watsunami Kantaro and his brother-in-law estimated that they could afford to redeem themselves and hope to regain their freedom, while the others were inevitably dragged to the harbor and sold to the north and south to do hard labor.

After the arrangement was completed, only a few people were left to deal with these things, and the main force continued to pursue.

Afterwards, Ikeda Hengxing said confidently: "It seems that the Takeda army has reached the point of prosperity and decline, and in order to return to Kai as soon as possible, they have to give up a small number of old and weak soldiers, and these will become the merits of our army." There should be a lot of stragglers who have fallen behind in front, even if there are no important members among them, at least in terms of numbers, they can make the Oda family raise their eyebrows. ”

Sasa Xiucheng subconsciously agreed, but immediately thought of his father's past teachings, and hurriedly reminded: "In the Tang and Tu military law, there is a saying that 'don't force the poor, don't hide it', I have few soldiers, I'm afraid we have to consider the risk of preventing the Takeda Army's counterattack, and we should not be too eager." ”

"That's what I've thought of." Ikeda Hengxing nodded: "Takeda Daizen and his people are good at using tricks, maybe there will be a means to lure the enemy deeper, so I just ordered the scouts and ninjas, but if you see any abnormal movement in the enemy army of more than 1,000 people, you will report it immediately." If I receive such a report, I will stop the pursuit for self-preservation. In addition, I don't plan to go all the way, but I plan to take a break when I reach Takatenjin Castle and chase down the Oigawa River on the border of Suruga. ”

Hearing this, a trace of worry on Zuo Zuo Xiucheng's face disappeared: "It turns out that you have already thought about it, but it seems that I am too worried." ”

"Can't say that. It's not easy for you to think of the cautious side when you're so young. ”

……

After exchanging a few words, the two led the troops to continue to chase forward.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to find that a group of seventy or eighty people of the Takeda family stragglers were still chaotic and easy to win, killing thirty-seven enemies and capturing fifty-four.

Then he asked for information from Huokou and learned that there was a secret stronghold in the north where local villagers were hiding in seclusion, which was unfortunately discovered by the Takeda Army and was being plundered.

Upon learning of this, Ikeda Hengxing immediately led people to raid, and half an hour later, at the place he had just mentioned, he encountered 200 soldiers of the Takeda family who were burning, killing, and plundering, completely unprepared.

Everyone rushed over while the enemy didn't react, and there was another burst of chopping melons and vegetables, killing most of the enemy soldiers, tying up those who raised their hands to surrender, and by the way, they also saved many old and young women and children who were poisoned.

The difference from the previous two times was that this time there were a bit more enemies, and they couldn't stop them all, and a few of the horsemen were let go.

But it was also a blessing for Seon to lose his horse - Ikeda Hengxing led the cavalry and chased the horse's hooves for two quarters of an hour, but failed to catch the original target, but encountered a rout of the Takeda family.

And then it's still the rhythm of harvesting heads.

Within two hours, Ikeda and Sasa Hidenari encountered seven consecutive small groups of enemy stragglers, killing more than 200 and capturing 350, with less than five of their own killed in battle.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone approached the castle of Takatenjin, which was still holding on, and from a distance, the banner of the Tokugawa family was still fluttering, and in the midst of this large area of the fallen Enoe country, it seemed to stand out from the crowd.

After a brief inquiry from scouts, ninjas, and locals, and finding that there was no sign of an ambush by the enemy, Ikeda let down his guard and said, "Since the castle has not been lost, the enemy will have to go around it when they retreat." Calculate their schedule, and consider the stragglers they have encountered today...... In my estimation, we've almost touched the edge of the Takeda family's big army! Try to move forward before dark, there are greater feats waiting for us! ”

Sasa Hidenari was more cautious. He took a closer look and found that after an afternoon of fighting, although the thousands of his men had almost no battle damage and their morale was very high, the faces of the warriors were generally tired, and their movements were much slower than when they set off. The physical strength of each person is different, some are faster and some are slower, and the team gradually lengthens and loosens.

In addition, many people were assigned to guard the prisoners, and the combat effectiveness was also affected somewhat.

It's just that he is too young after all, and he has just taken over, and he doesn't know whether his judgment is right or not, and he hesitates and doesn't know whether to say it or not.