However, Ogawa Yuto unfortunately got right. Ambushed in the Nishikarumi area, Inaba Ichitetsu, who had been waiting for a long time, led his troops to cross the bridge over the Nagara River and killed Mori Kosei and Takigawa Kazuki of the former army! Sensing that the ambush of the front army had been launched, the army of the Saito family, which had been chasing behind unhurriedly, suddenly launched a charge with a shout and pounced on the rear army of the Oda family. The hundreds of cavalry of the Saito family's army behind them rode horses and galloped.

"Yuto Ogawa! You crow's mouth! Shut your mouth for Lao Tzu! Yu Qiuping was so angry that he scolded. Now, they really have no place to die! As one of the three people of Nishimino, Inaba Itsuchi is also rumored to be the most capable samurai in Nishimino, and his troops are also the strongest in Nishimino. As soon as he appeared, the former army was estimated to be more than lucky! One of the Chinese army's Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa was defeated, and the other was unable to help at all because of the heavy losses in the fighting power of defending the city of Ghana. At this moment, we can only count on reinforcements from the rear army!

But what to do with the pursuers behind!

Yu Qiuhei glanced at the huge Saito family's pursuers behind him, and he was rushing towards the Oda family's battle line from the official road and the vast area on both sides of the official road! Even if Yu Qiuping can defeat Inaba Ittetsu, it will take a lot of time. And during this time, the Saito family's troops have already caught up, and how should the Oda family retreat!

"Look at what! Autumn foliage in rain! Nobumori Sakuma let out a low snort, interrupting Yu Qiuping's thoughts.

"Your Highness Sakuma," Yu Qiuping said quickly and anxiously, "what should I do now!" It is necessary to reinforce the front army, but what to do with the pursuers! ”

"Why are you stunned, you go to the front for reinforcements!" Sakuma Nobumori snorted coldly, he who had always looked at Yu Qiuping at the same time, didn't seem to want to communicate with Yu Qiuping at all, "Leave it to me later." ”

"Your Highness?" Yu Qiuping was taken aback when he heard this. Sakuma Nobumori only has 1,000 people in his hands, how can he cope with 8,000 pursuers! "Either I'll stay with you, or you'll go for reinforcements!"

"Don't talk nonsense here, rain and autumn red leaves, do you want to kill everyone here?" Sakuma Nobumori rode his horse on his back with disdain, and rushed towards his back, "How to retreat this kind of thing, it's not your turn to point fingers in front of my retreating general!" ”

"Your Highness..."The corners of Yu Qiuping's mouth twitched, and he watched Sakuma Nobumori rush in front of his troops, and ordered his subordinates to start lining up to cover Yu Qiuping's back.

"Understood." Yu Qiuping nodded firmly, and immediately commanded Chang Panbei to use the rapid formation change again, switching from the marching formation to a formation of fish scales, and launching a fierce attack on the flank of Inaba Itchitetsu, who had already crossed the Nagara River!

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Inaba Ittetsu had just crossed the river, and before he could attack Mori Kecheng and Takigawa Kazuyi, who were caught off guard, he saw Tsukibanbei rushing over. He was just as surprised as Tsuji Bupo, and couldn't understand why a troop could switch formations in such a short period of time. In desperation, he had to draw out the main force to line up for Yuqiuping, and split a special team to attack Sen Kecheng and Takigawa Yiyi. Inaba Ichitetsu didn't plan to rely on that special force to break down Mori Kecheng and Takigawa Kazuyi, but just wanted to force them off the official road and force them to be as far away from the battlefield as possible, so as not to give them a chance to immediately complete the formation change, so as to flank his troops.

Mori Kecheng and Takigawa Kazuyi really had no choice, so they had to fight and retreat, first use the Qimoto team gathered at hand and part of Ashigaru to resist Inaba Itchitetsu's attack, and then let the main force retreat and try to line up.

Yuqiuping's Tokiwabi ran around in the muddy land under the heavy rain for a day, didn't even eat lunch, and experienced a hard battle, which had already consumed a lot of physical strength. At this moment, in the face of the Inaba One Iron Division, which was recuperating, it was suppressed for a while. Inaba Bei is a well-known strong army, and he has no stage fright against the spear array of Kamiyu Akihei. The pikemen in the first row did not show weakness in stabbing at Tsukiwabei, covering the samurai wielding katanas and taitobe as they continued to charge into the gun formation.

Yu Qiuping saw that he couldn't open the situation for a long time, and he was also very anxious. The Chinese army's Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa put together nearly 30% of the casualties, and the troops that were almost unable to fight anymore pounced on Inaba Kazutetsu's Einsatzgruppen to contain their offensive momentum and buy time for Mori and Takigawa Kazuyoshi to regroup their troops. However, although Sakuma Nobumori tried his best, he could not stop the enemies who were seven or eight times his number. The Saito army left the auxiliaries behind the formation and sent more than 2,000 soldiers to storm Sakuma Nobumori's defensive line. Even though he took advantage of the terrain to fight and retreat during the retreat, pulling and hindering the reinforcements of the Saito army, nearly 800 soldiers still came around from both sides, including more than 200 cavalry.

rushed all the way to Takigawa Kazuki and Mori Kesei, who had just finished the formation, and stopped them again. The other way is along the banks of the Nagara River, and goes straight to the rear of Tokiwabi! However, almost most of Tokiwabei's troops have already been thrown into the battle with Inaba Ittetsu. Tsukiwabei, who already had no upper hand, might have to face the danger of collapse if he tried to withdraw his forces.

Yu Qiuping had no choice but to order Ogawa Yuto's platoon, which was a reserve, to immediately go north to establish a defensive line, and transfer Charlie's two bow and arrow platoons to support. Then let Honda Tadakatsu lead his guards and the horse team led by Keiji Maeda rushed forward. Honda Tadakatsu and Maeda Keiji were brave enough to kill several cavalrymen who rushed to the front one after another, but the rolling cavalry brigade soon arrived. Honda Tadakatsu and Maeda Keiji commanded the cavalry of the Yuaki family in an effort to maneuver with them and buy time for Ogawa Yuto.

Yuto Ogawa lived up to expectations and quickly completed the rectification. Tsukiwa's ashigaru spears were held and pressed towards the riders on their horses. If the cavalry fails to accelerate, the pikemen are simply the natural enemies of the cavalry. Terkiwabi's cavalry was outnumbered and managed to stop the charge of the Saito cavalry. Ogawa Yuto's pikemen were unceremonious, and aimed at the live target on the horse, which was a random stab, stabbing many people off their horses. The riders of the cavalry were all precious samurai of various families, and naturally they were unwilling to accept such casualties and retreated one after another.

Before Yu Qiuping could breathe a sigh of relief, the hundreds of soldiers of the Saito family who had made a detour were like him launching a fierce attack. Outnumbered, Ogawa Yuto was forced to retreat south under the cover of archers and cavalry - and he was about to hit the back of Yu Qiuping's auxiliary forces in the center!

Yu Qiuping was anxious, but he was helpless, if he couldn't immediately defeat Inaba Yitetsu's department, his subordinates would be scattered here because of the front and back attacks, and the enemy on the back and back!

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At the last moment, the south of the Inaba Ichitetsu Department suddenly remembered the sound of "da-da" horses' hooves! Yuqiu Ping looked at it, it was the banner of Shibata Katsuya! Shibata Katsuya has the most powerful cavalry team in the Oda family except for the horses, and their arrival has given Yu Qiuping a boost! Inaba Ichitetsu hurriedly sent his cavalry to deal with Shibata Katsuie, but was forced to rush directly by the brave Shibata Katsuie. And behind the Shibata Katsu family is the Shibata family's Ashigaru and part of the Oda family's direct ashigaru.

Inaba saw that the momentum was not good, and he was about to be attacked. So he hurriedly adjusted, abandoned the attack on Yuqiuping, and instead withdrew to the west bank of the Nagara River from the bridge that crossed the river. Yu Qiuping had no time to pursue, and hurriedly ordered all the soldiers of Chang Panbei to turn back collectively, and immediately bypassed the auxiliary troops to make up for the northern front and cover Ogawa Yuto. And Shibata Katsuie did not chase after him, but directly led the cavalry to gallop north along the official road, and on the way, Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Naimasa's subordinates hurriedly jumped off the official road to dodge. Shibata Katsuie then ordered the cavalry to split into two and rush to support Yu Qiuhei and Takigawa Kazuyoshi and Mori Kasei.

When he saw that Shibata Katsuie's cavalry had charged to his flank, the two Saito clan troops who had made a detour had to retreat. Yu Qiuping breathed a sigh of relief, and finally alleviated the big crisis.

At this time, Shibata Katsuya himself happened to ride a horse to Yu Qiuping's side.

"His Highness Shibata!" Yu Qiuping was really grateful this time and said: "Thank you so much!" ”

"Hairy boy, it's really going to cause trouble for the old man!" Shibata Katsuya didn't look at Yu Qiuping with his eyes, just took a sip, and then led his subordinates to continue north, to cover Sakuma Nobumori's retreat.

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Just when Yu Qiuping was stunned, a familiar shout suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Boy! You're alright! Maeda Toshiya also rode his horse and ran to Yu Qiuping's side in a hurry. Tsukiwa fought for most of the day, and almost everyone had blood on their armor, and they looked extremely tired in the heavy rain.

"I'm fine, big brother," Yu Qiuping finally settled down when he saw the reinforcements arriving in parts, "Why did your front army come over!" ”

"It's a long story, I'll make a long story short," Maeda Toshiie waved the vermilion spear in his hand domineeringly, slung him to his back. "Our former army and the clan Naoyuan have been fighting for a long time, and finally forced him to retreat to the west bank of the Nagara River! Finally, I also contacted the lord, who was separated from us before with 1,000 people, and has evacuated to the forest department to ensure the safety of our retreat! ”

"We could have retreated directly, but His Highness Sen, who was supposed to pick you up, didn't come back for a long time, and the old fat man Shibata was worried that you would be besieged, so he brought us back with reinforcements!" Maeda Toshiya laughed as he spoke, "It seems that we arrived in time!" ”

After laughing, he turned his gaze to the north. He squinted, looked through the rain and mist for a while, and asked Yu Qiuping, "Is it that old guy from Sakuma who is breaking off!" ”

"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded, but his expression was a little complicated. He hesitated, but still took the reins of the horse, came to Maeda Toshi's side, and whispered into his ear: "Big brother, there is something I want to ask." ”

"What's the matter? Just ask? Maeda Toshiya said generously.

"That's... Aren't His Highness Shibata and Sakuma very dissatisfied with us? You seem to look down on us, huh? Yu Qiuping asked softly.

"yes!" Maeda Toshiya nodded as expected, "Those old things look down on people, and they have always been like this!" ”

"Then why!" Yu Qiuping's voice suddenly raised, and he hastily paused when he noticed that something was wrong, and asked in a low voice again: "Then why is His Highness Sakuma willing to personally break the queen for me today, and His Highness Shibata is also the first to support me!" His Royal Highness Sen and I have a good relationship with Hengxing, and I understand that you support me! What are the two of them also for? ”

After listening to Yu Qiuping's question, Maeda Toshiya couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you kid thinking," the handle of Maeda's long-gun struck Yu Qiuhei twice on his head.

"In our Oda family, no matter how big the conflict is, even if we don't like each other," he said, he said with a proud smile: "On the battlefield, they are all good brothers who share weal and bene." ”