"The whole army retreats! Keep the line intact! As if bursting out of silence, Yu Qiuping shouted as loudly as he could!

"Your Highness!" Amano Keitoku and Sanada Masayuki on the side were shocked, they were already ready to convey the order to attack indiscriminately, but they didn't want to come out of nowhere.

"Your Highness, please think twice!" Sanada Masayuki hurriedly opened his mouth and said, and Amano Keitoku stood in front of Yu Qiuping, and together with the crow that was perched on his shoulder, he looked directly into Yu Qiuping's eyes, and his cloudy eyes were almost on fire.

"Your Highness, don't you understand?" Tianno Jingde gritted his teeth and whispered, "If the people break through our defense line, and the people of the Okabe family kill us and make a move against the scattered us, we will always be fish on the sticky board!" ”

"The lives of the thousands of untouchables, and the lives of our old brothers who have been with His Highness for so long, can't His Highness make a choice? Can't you do it? ”

The sun has completely sunk into the horizon, leaving only the sunset on the horizon. The light of the fire swaying in the evening breeze made the night look particularly gloomy. In the flicker of light, you can see the defense line that is about to collapse in Tokiwabi, the people who are crying and struggling in front of the defense line, and the Okabe army who are killing with torches in the back.

There is no time left...

I have to make a choice.

Yu Qiuping clenched his fists, and the kindness and reason in his heart continued to impact each other. Finally, the hand raised high hung helplessly.

"Stand back!"

In the end, I still can't be ruthless.

In the end, you still have to pay the price for your choice.

The few minutes that Yu Qiuping hesitated and the last order were fatal. It was already difficult for the ashigaru of Tokiwa to resist the rushing crowd of the people, and when they heard the order to "retreat", a moment of hesitation and vacillation caused the battle line to be broken by the people. Some began to retreat after hearing the order to retreat, while others realized that the samurai masters in command were arguing and hesitating, and that if there was such a lack of harmony between them, there would be a gap in the defensive line. The already insane people rushed into the defense line regardless of the situation, and Chang Panbei, who had not received the order to kill, was at a loss. Chang Panbei's originally neat defense line like a tofu block has been shattered by the influx of people at this moment. The ashigaru were cut off from the others in twos and threes, lost contact with each other, and were immediately swept into the crowd. Instead of helping them, the spears in their hands became the culprits that affected the balance. There were still relatively intact fronts in the back row, and the ashigaru tried to retreat and regroup, but their efforts also failed under the surging crowd.

Just when Yu Qiuping was watching the troops that suddenly fell into chaos in front of him, misfortune happened again. The soldiers of the Okabe family, when they should not have rushed to the battlefield, crossed the trench and rushed up! They slashed and slashed the people who stood in their way with impunity, and the terrified people avoided the Okabe family like a tide meeting a reef, and the distance between the two armies was getting closer! Finally, the Okabe army, which had been overwhelming all the way, encountered the first resistance since leaving the city - a spear from Tokiwabei!

The platoon of the water atom level had been completely dispersed by the flow of people, and he was left alone standing at the forefront shouting loudly, trying in vain to maintain order and formation. However, when the samurai and ashigaru of the Okabe family rushed in, this old subordinate who had followed Yuakihei from Zhili Castle did not waver in the slightest, and did not hesitate to stab his spear - even if there was no friendly soldier next to him, he still stabbed the spear in his hand as he usually stood in the middle of the gun formation.

Heroic, as usual, he stabbed to death the ashigaru who was caught off guard directly opposite, and as effortless as ever. However, what was different from usual was that it was his companions who were by his side, and they no longer shot with him to cover him. The next moment, two katanas and a spear sank into his body at the same time, blood splattered. A moment later, the strong man fell down without saying a word.

"Brother!" Standing not far away, the water atom roared loudly with his eyes blazing, trying his best to rush over to avenge his brother, but he was squeezed backwards by the rolling stream, unable to move forward, so anxious that this always elegant man was full of tears.

As the samurai of the Okabe family entered the crowd, the ashigaru of Tokiwabi were almost powerless to fight back. Their sharp spears could only be used as sticks in such a crowded crowd. Qi Thorn, which he was proud of in the past, could not be played because of the rupture and chaos of the formation brought by the people. For a long time, Chang Panbei's training has valued discipline and wholeness over individual martial arts. They tend to be at a disadvantage when they can't form heads-ups. Coupled with the disadvantage of weapons, Tokiwabi's ashigaru was almost cut to the ground by the samurai of the Okabe family as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, or they were killed under the siege of many Okabe ashigaru. The remaining Ashigaru saw no hope of victory, and they not only lost their organization and command, but also lost the courage to resist. In desperation, these recruits, who were recruited later and had not been on the battlefield a few times, lacked the ability to endure casualties like the old soldiers, and could no longer hold on, so they threw down their spears and fled backwards in the crowd. The five platoons on the front, which did not resist for long, completely collapsed.

"Too many recruits..."

It was almost so that Yu Qiuping was standing behind the defense line, and before he could react, he had already seen the surging crowd and the samurai of the Okabe family! This wave engulfed the place where Yu Qiuping was almost instantaneous! The instant collapse of the central front left him with little time to mobilize the five veteran platoons on both flanks to come to support.

"Your Highness! Let's go! It's not safe here! Tianye Jingde sighed with hatred that iron was not made of steel, and without saying anything, he pulled Yu Qiuping, who was stunned in place, and was about to run after the formation! Without hesitation, he drew his knife in his hand, and led several of Yu Qiuping's guards to slash and kill the crowd that swarmed, which immediately shocked the people. The corners of Yu Qiuping's mouth squirmed twice, but he couldn't say anything. Amano Keitoku, Sanada Masayuki and Honda Tadakatsu immediately seized the opportunity of the crowd to stop and ran towards the main camp with Yu Qiuhei in their arms! At this moment, Yu Qiuping finally understood the feeling of Imagawa Yoshimoto escaping in the chaos of the barrel in the history of his previous life! Everywhere there were crumbling troops and civilians, turning their backs on the enemy, abandoning their weapons or soft guns, and fleeing almost uncontrollably. No one realizes that they are their commander, no one follows his commands, they just run for their lives - because there is an enemy behind them!

In the midst of the rebellion, from time to time, the rebels or the samurai of the Okabe family would rush into the place where Yu Qiuhei would be killed, and they would be killed by Honda Tadakatsu and Amano Keitoku without hesitation. Relying on the efforts of these people, Yu Qiuping finally stumbled back to his main formation, which was also where several large bonfires were located. Naoe Tadahei, who was waiting in the camp, hurriedly greeted him with people and closed the gate of the camp. However, in addition to the guards and heralds, more than a thousand unarmed auxiliaries and a platoon of Charles' archers and arrows, there were no troops left.

"Order, let the surrounding five platoons rush to support immediately! Protect your adults! Naoe Tadahei hurriedly shouted at the flag bearer, signaling the flag bearer to shake the maple bird flag quickly.

However, before everyone could catch their breath, the defeated soldiers, the common people, and the Ashigaru samurai of the Okabe family who were mixed in with it had already rushed to the outside of the main camp. Several guards struggled to block behind the door with their bodies, bearing the impact of the door again and again. The archers continued to blindly throw at the outside of their formation, but they did not suffer many casualties. The crowd fled eastward, and soon almost the entire camp was encircled. Yu Qiuping was stunned to see that his five well-trained platoons of recruits had completely collapsed, the situation was out of control, and it was almost useless to transfer the other five platoons now. And the Okuhei family and the Nakane family behind the side of the defense line are estimated to be difficult to survive in the chaos.

"It's too late. Coming back is just to die. Yu Qiuping whispered lonely, then turned around and said in a deep voice with remorse: "Order!" Let each department escape and leave the camp alone! ”

As soon as the order was given, everyone was stunned. Subsequently, they all had no choice but to carry out the order. The Maple Bird Flag was too eye-catching, and after giving the final order, the flagpole was cut down by Amano Keedoku. Honda Tadashi folded the Maple Bird Banner and hid it in his armor to protect it. Sanada Masayuki and Amano Keitori immediately led people to extinguish the eye-catching bonfire in the main camp.

However, before they could extinguish the bonfire, the western gate of the camp was slammed open with a bang. The samurai of the Okabe family, Ashigaru and Ashigaru, shouted and killed them, and the camp fell into a panic again.

"Your Highness, please go first! Please take on the obligations after the break! Without saying a word, Charlie pushed Yu Qiuping back, turned around and bent his bow and arrow, and shot the Okabe samurai who rushed to the front with an arrow. However, the distance of dozens of meters in this formation was only a few breaths, and the archers shot the last feathered arrows in their hands one after another, and they were ready to step forward for hand-to-hand combat.

Suddenly, the south gate of the formation was opened by a group of people, and a loud roar followed: "Don't be stupid, how can the archers break off!" I saw Kobayakawa Yachisuke covered in blood, with dozens of routs gathered from the front line, rushing to the Okabe army that entered the camp from the side, and for a while suppressed the charge of the Okabe family, and the two sides were entangled.

"Brother foreigner, you have the best archery skills! Protect my Highness! Here's it to us! Kobayakawa Yachisuke roared again, Charlie knew that he couldn't hesitate now, and immediately took the archers to cover Yuakihei's horse and retreat.

Everyone opened the east gate and fled westward, and they were immediately hit by the people fleeing from both sides of the main camp, and the auxiliary soldiers and the archer brigade were also separated from Yu Qiuping in the dark, leaving only the guards, Honda Tadashikatsu, Amano Keitoku, Sanada Masayuki, Charlie and Naoe Tadahei. The situation was even more chaotic than before, because the people of the castle town of Prima Castle, which had been sheltered behind the defensive line, were also thrown into chaos, and many fires broke out in the makeshift houses of the people, and people fled in all directions. There were also many troops of the Okabe family who came in a roundabout way, and they also immediately launched a surprise attack on those few people who seemed to have status on horseback. Horses can't run fast in a crowd at all, and they are easy targets. Seeing that the situation was critical, Naoe Tadahei volunteered to ride on Yu Qiuping's pipa, and with a few other guards, he rode his horse into the crowd and broke through from another line of defense, attracting most of the pursuers of the Okabe family, and Yu Qiuping was able to continue to flee east.