When Sanada Masayuki arrived at the headquarters, Yu Qiuhei and a group of dignitaries were watching the battle situation condescendingly. In the darkness of the night, it was almost impossible to see anything other than the light of the torches and the blazing carts, and the command was nonsense. However, Shigeharu Takenaka had already made a complete plan before the war, and now that the situation was under control, Yu Qiuping did not need to worry.

"It's really a clever plan to play a scene with the merchants of Sakai Town, pretending that we are going to attack Sakai Town, so as to lead out the Miyoshi family, and then ambush and attack." Yu Qiuping couldn't help but admire Shigeharu Takenaka's talent, "The Miyoshi family has indeed been fooled. ”

"The so-called ploy is to make the enemy guess our next step." Shigeharu Takenaka was not complacent at all, but still said in a calm voice, "As early as when we were in a confrontation, the Miyoshi family must have considered the possibility of us escaping after sacking Sakai Town. Amano-sama's words reminded me of this. Only when the Miyoshi family guesses our next step can all these schemes be launched. ”

"Yes, but the Miyoshi family didn't expect that the merchants of Sakai Town would be willing to cooperate with us and transfer You'er and the treasury ahead of schedule, and what our Yuqiu Army attacked was just a stand-in and a warehouse full of straw and sulfur." Yu Qiuhei smiled evilly, and while chatting, he looked intently at the battle situation outside Sakai Town.

Miyoshi Yoshiko's troops had fallen into complete chaos and could not be cleaned up in the dark night, so they were forced to retreat along the road they came. To be precise, it was not Miyoshi Yoshiko who was directing his subordinates to retreat, but the low-level samurai in Miyoshi's army were fighting separately, directing their subordinates to flee towards the line of defense without fire and enemy troops. Because the commander commands his subordinates, the most important thing to rely on is the communication between the flag and the herald. But now it was pitch black, the samurai couldn't see the banner at all, and the herald could no longer find the person he needed to give orders in the chaotic darkness of the night. Without these two avenues, the commander simply cannot command the whole army, and his effective command is limited to where his voice can reach - a chaotic army in the dark is as difficult to command as a broken army that has lost its formation.

"Light the bonfire, signal Faithfulness to go." Yu Qiuping saw that Miyoshi Yixing's troops were being driven and fleeing south, and immediately lit a bonfire. The cavalry company that had rushed into Sakai Town immediately rushed out of Sakai Town with torches and went straight to Miyoshi Yoshixing's retreat. Each cavalryman had a torch in his hand and galloped through the night, and the sound of horses' hooves and the light of the fire made it seem as if there were thousands of horses. The Miyoshi Yoshishiko Division, which was already in extreme confusion, panicked - in fact, they could have rushed in the direction of the Cave Mountain's faithful cavalry company, but at this moment they did not dare and no one organized. With fire on fire in the north, iron cannons in the east, and cavalry in the south, the Miyoshi army fled in disarray to the west, the only place without ambushes, that is, Sakai Town.

Although the prosperous town of Sakai is not lit up in the daylight, there are still many lanterns and oil lamps in the streets and alleys, which are no darker than the fields in the field. After the Miyoshi family's army fled into Sakai Town, before they could catch a few breaths for light and safety, the sound of iron cannon fire suddenly rang out again. Fukushima Yasunari Tsunebiwa has long been ambushed in Sakai Town's house, commanding heights, and key points, just waiting for the Miyoshi Army to crash in.

"My father has taught you many times not to pursue easily, because the places you chase are all terrain that others are familiar with, and you can have an ambush long ago." Miyoshi Yoshiko was remorseful at the moment, he was too attached to his judgment that "Akihei Rain might sack Sakai Town and retreat", so he was too excited to see that this judgment could come true.

"Young master, you should withdraw first!" The Qiben samurai, who had been following around, was already anxious at the moment, "We have hundreds of cavalry following the young master, as long as we want to rush out, no one can stop us in the dark night!" ”

"Yes, young master, now the troops are getting more and more scattered, and if they don't withdraw, they won't be able to gather so many people!" Another flag warrior also anxiously urged, "Withdraw, withdraw!" ”

"You're trying to persuade me to abandon the army and abscond?" Miyoshi Yixing's face darkened when he heard this, "I escaped so many subordinates to do this!" That's 3,000 soldiers! ”

"The body of the young master's daughter can't tolerate the slightest mistake! You are the hope of the future of the Miyoshi family, and you must not go wrong! The captain of the guard who was following Miyoshi Yixing was already blinded at the moment, "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, those veterans who have been in the country for many years, which one has not abandoned the army and absconded after defeat?" It's dark now, it's not easy to pursue, and everyone can always escape back if they break it to pieces! Young master, don't get stuck here! ”

"Those who abandon their subordinates are not worthy of the hope of becoming a good family." Miyoshi Yoshihei shook his head resolutely, and patted the katana on his waist with his hand, "No one is allowed to persuade me to abandon the army and abscond." ”

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Faced with fire attacks and ambushes one after another, the morale of the Miyoshi Army, which had fallen into chaos in the dark night, was on the verge of collapse and had no intention of fighting. They didn't even try to find out where the gunners were shooting, they didn't try to find safe cover, but ran through the streets in a daze. Someone was knocked down, but many more stumbled and shoved each other and fled to the west side of Sakai Town, near the port of the Seto Inland Sea.

After tossing all night, the Miyoshi Army was exhausted. For tonight's action, the Yuqiu family had already let the ashigaru people make up for sleep and rest in the barracks yesterday afternoon. But the Miyoshi army stayed up all day, tired and hungry, and saw that the sky was already dark.

As the sky gradually brightened, the Miyoshi army in the port gradually realized what kind of desperate situation they were in at the moment. There was a wide Seto Inland Sea in front of them, but the ships in the harbor had already left, and none of them were left. And behind them, there were the fierce battles of Chang Pan Bei, Ming Di Bei and the cavalry company. The Miyoshi Army, which was chaotic and scattered, was forced to the beach at this moment, and there was no chance to even form a formation, and it was about to suffer a catastrophe. They were such a scattered team that they couldn't even organize a breakout.

"Young master, it's time to withdraw now!" The bannermen of Miyoshi Yixing were already jumping to their feet in a hurry at this moment, "If you don't retreat, wait until the Yuqiu Army launches an attack, everything will be over!" ”

"I can't withdraw, I'm going to lead the troops that can still command to attack the southern front, and find a way to open a gap so that everyone can withdraw." Miyoshi Yoshihei pointed to the position of the guide Bian Mingdi, "Uncle's troops must be not far away!" If we can get out, we can escape! ”

At this time, on the side of the Yuqiu Army's position, they were also worried about the reinforcements of Anzhai Dongkang.

"His Royal Highness Azhai Dongkang must have received the news last night, and he should have arrived at this time. Later, there may be reinforcements coming from Takaya Castle. Yu Qiuping has come down from the mountain and came to the headquarters south of Sakai Town to continue commanding, "The fortifications and traps we set up in the south can't stop them for too long, hurry up and take down Miyoshi Yoshiko!" ”

"Your Highness, don't worry for the time being, our Tanma has already detected the original camp of Miyoshi Yixing, and there are no reinforcements from Anzhai Zongfan within sight." Sanada Masayuki rummaged through the intelligence documents he had sent in his hand and whispered with great certainty.

"His Royal Highness would commit such a thing?" Yu Qiuping smacked his lips and whispered in disbelief, "No reinforcements have been sent until now?" ”

"Without further ado, let's attack! Don't give Miyoshi Yixing a chance to lead the army to break through in pieces. But we don't have many people, don't think about annihilation, maintaining the formation is the first priority. ”

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As the war drums sounded, the neat formation of Chang Pan Bei and Ming Di Bei began to advance towards the front of the Miyoshi Army. In order to pursue speed, the iron gunners were arranged directly behind the formation, holding short knives and advancing with the pikemen on the front line, directly engaged in white-knuckle combat. The morale had already fallen to the bottom, the formation was scattered and did not cooperate, and the Miyoshi Army was unable to resist and was defeated and retreated. Miyoshi Yixing had no way to command the troops to adjust the formation, and in a hurry, he had to personally lead the banner team that could still be commanded to resist.

However, Miyoshi Yoshiko, who was invincible with both fists and four hands, was finally defeated by the attack of Ming Di Bei and Chang Pan Bei, and was gradually driven to the sea. A part of the Miyoshi Army had slipped through the gap in the Yuqiu Army's formation, but the cavalry company of Anayama Noshishi's Fortress immediately leaned over and launched a pursuit of these routs. The ashigaru running across the plains was nothing more than a moving scarecrow to the pursuing cavalry, cut down in pieces. The remaining ashigaru did not dare to resist anymore, and knelt on the ground one after another to surrender.

Seeing that the Miyoshi Army was about to be forced into the sea, Miyoshi Yixing was still helpless. Many of his subordinates were wealthy clans and samurai from Iyo Province. They had only been conquered by the Miyoshi family for only a year, and they did not have much loyalty and affection, and seeing that the situation was no longer possible, they began to surrender in large numbers.

At this desperate moment, cheers suddenly sounded in the array of the Miyoshi family. Yu Qiuping looked up in surprise, and suddenly found that through the thick morning fog on the sea, a hazy black shadow could be faintly seen - it was a battleship! And at this moment, who else can sail for the battleship outside the port of Sakaimachi, but the Awaji naval army of Ataka Fuyasuyasu?

After seeing the reinforcements of Anzhai Dongkang, the Miyoshi family seemed to see a savior. Commanding the Awaji Navy, Yasutaka Fusaysu slowly approached the shore of Sakai Port with hundreds of ships in a plan to cover the entire harbor. The fleet used the ship's iron cannons, bows and arrows, and baking shells to attack the pursuing Yuqiu army. The long-range fire of the ships from the sea was condescending, so that the iron artillery team that the Yuqiu army was proud of could not resist, and the pursuit was forced to stop.

Seeing the arrival of the rescuers, many of the Iyo people who had previously thrown rain into the autumn army also took advantage of the fact that Tokiwa did not supervise them, and fled in groups and ran towards the shore. The arrivals of Anzhai Dongkang did not refuse, and took them and Miyoshi Yixing's troops on the ship. Although Yu Qiuping was unwilling to let them leave like this, under the pressure of Anzhai Dongyasu's powerful Awaji Naval Army, he could only sigh and watch the Miyoshi Army leave.