The entourage stumbled eastward in the chaotic night, and Yu Qiuping didn't know where to flee to safety. Ever since the sudden collapse of the army just now, he has been in a state of mental trance, unable to calm down and think. Perhaps, it would be better to flee to the north or south, seeking to escape to friendly forces?

A few people were mixed in with the chaos, barely making out their direction by the campfire and the bright moonlight in their formation. Yu Qiuping's clothes and armor have been soaked with sweat, and after running for so long, he is almost out of breath. It was the first time he had been chased like a wild dog in two years and on many battlefields. His situation, the son-in-law of the Imagawa family, the county generation of Bihai County, and the situation of the lord of Zhili City, how much better can it be than those people who are also running around? The only good thing is probably that you have an extra piece of armor that is almost indistinguishable from the cumbersome when running.

During the rout, it seemed that everyone was running, but in fact, only those at the front could leave safely. In unfamiliar terrain, it is difficult for most panicked routs to find their way. The person running in front can see clearly, and the person in the pile of people behind can only follow the flow of people to escape after getting lost, and it is very likely that they are actually doing useless spinning in place, and after exhausting their physical strength, they will inevitably be caught up.

Simply, Tianye Jingde is a native of Yuanjiang, who has lived in Yinma City for a long time, and is quite familiar with the terrain here. Under his leadership, the crowd avoided the doom of getting lost in the dark crowd and ran all the way to the northeast.

Just when everyone thought that they had escaped safely, a "clang" sound of horses' hooves came from behind the side, which surprised everyone. Yu Qiuping looked back, and by the moonlight, he happened to see the man's face clearly - Yamaguchi Muneaga. Yu Qiuping recognized him, he was a close confidant of Okabe Motonobu. And the twenty or so cavalry behind him were obviously the horses who came to pursue. He was holding back a few fleeing civilians, pointing a katana at the head of one of them and asking viciously.

"Hey. Have you ever seen a man wearing a momiji shawl! Yamaguchi said sharply.

This roar directly woke up Yu Qiuping. He had no experience in escaping, and he didn't even remove the eye-catching signs on his body. He hurriedly untied the shawl from his shoulders, carefully tucked it into his arms, glanced at several people around him, and plucked the red leaves above his head together.

"Big... My lord. The man trembled and raised his hand and pointed his arm straight in the direction of Yu Qiuping, who was tucking the red leaf shawl into his bosom. Yamaguchi Muneaga looked down his arm, and he was looking at Yu Qiuhei.

"There! All of them! Gather! Yu Qiuping is there! Yamaguchi Muneaga roared excitedly, and immediately attracted all the pursuers of the Okabe family in the vicinity. Yu Qiuping saw that the big thing was not good, and hurriedly turned around and fled backwards, but Yamaguchi Muneaga did not relentlessly pounce on him with his cavalry. At the last moment, Charlie was unequivocal, and in the somewhat dim and vague night, he raised his hand and shot an arrow at Yamaguchi Muneaga's seated horse. The horses barked wildly and threw Yamaguchi down, blocking the path of the other cavalry's pursuit. This Yu Qiuping bought precious time, and everyone immediately tore off all the weight-added armor and squeezed towards the crowd to the north.

However, before he could run a few steps, a group of nearly 100 soldiers from the Okabe family who had outflanked him from the north killed him with torches, and happened to be blocked on the way of Yuqiu and the others to escape. Just when Yu Qiuping was at a loss, more than a hundred troops with red leaves suddenly rushed out from the flanks of this army. Wielding their spears and using their clean thrusts, they defeated the Okabe clan and forced them to retreat to the north.

"Your Highness, I have found you!" Fukushima Yasunari greeted him excitedly, and it was Yuto Ogawa who followed him closely. The two took their respective platoons and the stragglers who were collected later, and saved Yu Qiuping's life.

"Your Highness, what happened before! Zijing, Ziping, how are their five platoons! Fukushima Yasunari looked at Yu Qiuping, who threw away his feet and was dressed in disarray, and asked.

Yu Qiuping only felt a pain in his chest, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Everything is my mistake, and the people have crushed us." Those five platoons are all finished, the front line collapsed, and the position was taken away! ”

Fukushima Yasunari and Ogawa Yuto were all stunned when they heard this, how could such a powerful position of Tokiwa have all fallen so quickly? But now is not the time to think about this, and everyone immediately gathers together. With these two veteran platoons, Yu Qiuping felt a lot more confident. With more than 100 people, he prepared to break through to the northwest - where the camp of the most powerful Asahina family was located, flee there, reorganize the troops, and rely on the coalition forces in the other three directions, he can still form an advantage over the Okabe family!

However, it backfired, and what Yu Qiuping wanted, of course Okabe Motoshin could also think of. He actually personally led the main force to cut off the connection between the Asahina family and the Yuqiu family's camp, intending to annihilate all of Chang Panbei in one go. Yu Qiuping saw that the retreat was blocked, and he had no choice but to retreat. It was already completely dark at this moment, and it was already difficult to see others clearly without lighting torches, close to the light of the moonlight and bonfire, and it was already very difficult for the troops to attack on a large scale, and Yu Qiuping was not worried about the entire army of the Okabe family coming over.

However, it is also a matter of course, Okabe Motonobu is like a roundworm in Yu Qiuping's stomach, and any of Yu Qiuping's thoughts seem to be guessed by him. Just as Yu Qiuping and his troops were about to turn around and leave in the dark night, a loud noise suddenly came from the troops of the Okabe family. Immediately afterwards, the torches that had been extinguished by them during the attack were lit again in twos and threes, and in the blink of an eye, there was a fire. A moment later, that small area was brightly illuminated, and Yu Qiuping and the more than a hundred people around him had nowhere to hide.

Lighting a torch in the dark is a big no-no... However, for the current situation of the Okabe family's "cat and mouse", lighting a torch will not bring much harm at all. Instead, let them lock the location of Yu Qiuping - not far away. The soldiers of the Okabe family immediately began to attack the ashigaru men of Tokiwabi, who were outnumbered and immediately retreated southeast in the opposite direction under the command of Yu Qiuping.

There are fewer people in Tokiwa, and there are also advantages to fewer people. That is, it is more convenient to maneuver in the chaotic crowd and on the battlefield, and on the way, you also encounter the bow and arrow platoon that was lost before. The Okabe family's army, on the other hand, had to slow down because the troops were too wide horizontally and were threatened with the breaking of the battle line many times when crossing the crowd. Soon after, Naoe Tadahei, who was lucky enough to escape, also made peace with Yu Qiuping by chance.

The distance between the two armies is getting bigger and bigger, and the sky is getting darker and darker. When Tokiwabei left the lighting range of the Okabe family's torches, the Okabe family immediately lost the target of the pursuit and had to stop and regroup. Yu Qiuping had to face the difficulty of marching in the dark. He asked his subordinates one by one, and the people behind put on the shoulders of the people in front of them to avoid getting lost, and followed a dozen people with milder symptoms of night blindness, and they did not evacuate quickly, and everywhere they could see the dead bodies and those who were still fleeing in a hurry.

After tossing like this for almost an hour, Yu Qiuping and their leaders fled to the complex hilly area southeast of Yinma City under the leadership of Amano Jingde, and it is estimated that they can temporarily escape the catastrophe by entering it. Just when Yu Qiuping thought he was escaping, but he didn't want to, the originally dark hills also rose with sparks.

At this time, the city is in the north of the city.

"That kid must have something to do there! I'm afraid that the Okabe family didn't break through while exchanging refugees! After receiving the return of the herald, Asahina Taehyung immediately made a judgment, "Hurry up and gather troops and go to the east gate to support!" ”

"Second son, you can't be reckless at this time!" Several retainers saw that their second son was coming up again, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "The enemy situation is unknown, and it is evening, so it must be too risky to rush out troops!" ”

"Where else is the enemy situation unknown?" Asahina Taihyung scolded loudly, "Okabe Motoshin took advantage of my little brother's kindness to drive the people like fire bulls, broke up my little brother's formation, and took advantage of the chaos to break through!" Hurry up and help! Or simply go straight to attack Yinma City! ”

"This—" Several retainers looked at each other.

"What are you doing! Don't hurry up and gather troops! Asahina Taehyung scolded again, and the retainers had no choice but to retreat, but they didn't think so.

"The second son is still inexperienced in the end, and there are many auspicious troops at night." After exiting the shogunate, one of the retainers whispered, "The Okabe family is obviously prepared, and it is certainly not pleasing for us to go to reinforcements so recklessly." ”

"It's just that the second son's temper has come up, and we estimate that it will be difficult to shirk. When the troops suffered losses, how could they explain to the governor? Another retainer muttered.

"At this time, don't go head-on with the second son." One of the retainers laughed, "When we gather our troops, we will grind a little, and then say that the few wealthy families we monitor can delay a lot of time when they see that the Okabe family has signs of instability after breaking through." The second son has nothing to say. ”

"After all, we can't go to the Bina family, and we can't fight for that nouveau riche."

Soon, the retainers realized that they were overthinking. There is no need for them to lie about the signs of instability in those wealthy families, and in the entire area of Yinma City, the wealthy families who originally stood in the Okabe family were ready to move after seeing the Okabe family kill out of the city. They listened to the instructions of the Asahina family and did not listen to the announcement, stuck to the camp, and had a great tendency to sit back and watch the success or failure. And because Asahina Taichao and Sena Shijun were not at the scene, and Yu Qiuping was unable to command, no one could make a decision on the overall situation, and the people who stayed behind were helpless. The more than 10,000 people in the castle town of Inimajo, which had been settled on the periphery of the defense line, fell into chaos and blocked the main transportation routes. In addition, Yu Qiuping had given an order before, but whenever he encountered a breakthrough from the Okabe family, without Yu Qiuping's instructions, all the departments were not allowed to leave the station without authorization. This order can be said to be the last straw that crushed the camel's back, and none of the troops outside the other three gates rushed to support Yu Qiuping, but all of them made their own measures to fight and hold the camp.