At seven o'clock, the battle on the east bank of the Ezuma River was about to break out.

The troops of the Southern Hao Clan Coalition formed the most common fish-scale formation, and the vanguard led by Naomori Ii pointed directly at the center of the Crane Wing Formation. The auxiliaries of the Hao Clan Coalition Army stayed not far behind the main formation.

"Archers, out of line!" Naomori Ii ordered the archers in the ranks to shoot in formation. There is not much wind today, and the bow and arrow cannot be shot with the help of the wind. The rain of arrows poured towards Fukushima Yasunari's platoon, and the ashigaru people of Tokiwa lowered their heads slightly to avoid being hit in the face by the feather arrows. The ashigaru people of Tokiwa stood in the rain of arrows, not moving, as if bathed in the sea breeze. Most of the feathered arrows that were thrown did not pose much threat to Tokiwa's footage, and the few who were shot in the upper and lower legs also broke the shaft of the arrow silently and retreated to the back of the formation.

"Chang Panbei is worthy of its name." Ii Naomori silently admired. His archers had been firing ten rounds in a row, but they had not been able to inflict many casualties or confusion on the opposing side. "What about the archers on the other side, why don't you dare to come out and shoot?"

During this time, Miura Yoshiyoshi on the right side of Naomori Ii and the friendly troops on the left also launched bow and arrow shooting, and Tokiwa on both wings still silently endured the rain of arrows, only defending but not attacking. In the case of an ordinary army, if your generals refuse to let the archers shoot at each other, but are silently beaten, the morale of the troops will fluctuate greatly. However, the ashigaru people of Tokiwa always trusted their commander, and without saying a word, they still maintained a very full morale.

"What a strong soldier." Miura sighed. Although they were outnumbered, they were in a commanding position, taking advantage of the undulations of the hills to conceal their archers. Miura, who didn't know where their archers were, was a little irritable, and there was no way to spend it here, so he sent a herald to urge the people of the other wealthy clans to start attacking.

"The left flank is close to the bank of the river, and it is not easy to deploy troops, so do not press on it in a big way. Most of the archers on the opposite side were on the side away from the river bank, so everyone should pay more attention, and the auxiliaries should keep up with the troops with rattan cards and shields. Miura Yoshishi ordered, "The main direction of attack is the center and the right flank, and eighty percent of the soldiers are transferred here to attack the enemy!" ”

As Miura Yoshiko's banner waved, the Hao coalition began to slowly change its position, and the left flank was handed over to a team pieced together by several small Hao clans, and when it approached a tidal flat under the hill, it stopped to monitor the movements of Mizenzaki Nakahide's troops. The center and right flank were handed over to Ii Naomori and Miura Yoshinoshi themselves, directing their subordinates to rush towards the defensive line.

As soon as the Hao coalition approached the defensive line, Charlie's archers climbed the hill and fired swift fire on the attacking troops. The condescending shot caused a lot of trouble for the attackers, and many ashigaru were immediately shot to the ground. However, Miura Yoshinori had long anticipated Yu Qiuping's deployment, and the auxiliaries in the team immediately raised their shields to protect the soldiers and continue to advance. The cover of the auxiliaries covered most of the firing angles, and the Hao coalition forces rushed quickly towards the hill under the cover of the auxiliaries.

The undernumbered Tokiwa soldiers were forced to form a semi-circle to defend. The archers, also under the cover of Ashigaru, divided into two teams and retreated behind the soldiers. Fukushima Yasunari and Yoshioka Katsumasa no longer tried to connect the fronts because of the lack of troops, but fought separately. However, even so, both platoons of Yasunari Fukushima and Katsumasa Yoshioka had to face attacks from an enemy three times his size. In order to ensure the integrity of each platoon of battle lines and not to be detoured from the flanks, the Tokiwa Ashigaru were forced to spread out the formation very thinly, with only two rows of Ashigaru in most places, and even only one row in the flanks and rear. This also means that the Qi Thorn that Tokiwa is proud of may not be able to exert its maximum effect.

"Ready—Spike!" Even so, the commanders stubbornly commanded their subordinates to launch a volley. The two rows of swift thrusts were still powerful, killing nearly ten people in front of them at once.

However, the outnumbered Hao coalition continued to charge the defensive line, driven by the samurai. The samurai rushed forward brandishing their swords, and the outnumbered Tokiwa Bishigaru were unable to kill all the breakers of the second round, and were rushed to the front, and the battle began to evolve in the direction of the melee, and Tokiwa's numerical disadvantage became more obvious.

Yu Qiuping saw it in his eyes, but he didn't dare to send the reserves in his hand to support. Because after Fukushima Yasunari and Yoshioka Katsumasa reduced their troops, his home camp was no longer safe. If the Hao coalition forces wished, they could forcibly infiltrate the place where his horse seal was from the gap between the two platoons. He now has more than thirty people in his hands who are Ogawa Yuto, and two dozen people in the cavalry team who do not carry horses.

He sighed, and first looked to the northeast, where Naoe Tadahei was commanding another part of Tokiwabi to fend off the attack of the Okabe family. The Asahina family's forces on the east bank are trying to regroup, and the Asahinai Taichao and Okuhira Sadakichi on the west bank are about to extinguish the fire in the camp.

As long as you hold out until reinforcements arrive, the Okabe family's attack should stop. Yu Qiuping thought to himself. However, it is not easy to hold out until reinforcements arrive. Fukushima Yasunari and Yoshioka Katsumasa were already running out of strength, while the Hao coalition still had a reserve of nearly 200 soldiers that had not been used. Once these people joined the battle group, Yu Qiuping didn't know how to deal with it.

"Don't you think it's boring!" Mimasaki Nakahide scolded and said, "Big Brother Ancheng and that brainless fight is in full swing, let's just stand here with those 200 people and stare at each other, we can't help anything!" ”

"My lord, it's not like we don't want to help." A foot light head persuaded, "Next to us here is the Fengzuma River, the terrain is narrow, and it is not easy to deploy troops. The people over there are blocked on the edge of the tidal flats, and we 50 people can't beat them. ”

"Huh! What a bad luck! Mimasaki Nakahide took a sip and looked across the river, and happened to find that on the Ezuma River, there seemed to be more than a dozen uncontrolled bamboo rafts floating down the river.

On May 21st, three o'clock, the last thing Yu Qiuping wanted to see happened.

After the front-line troops of the Hao coalition suppressed the Yuqiu family, Miura Yoshi, as the commander-in-chief, ordered the remaining reserves to also reinforce the front line. The pressure of Fukushima Yasunari and Yoshioka Katsumasa was almost impossible to resist, and many Hao clan coalition forces were already trying to infiltrate the rear from the gap to surround the two platoons.

Yu Qiuping had no choice but to order the entire line to retreat, giving up the condescending position on the hill. He planned to withdraw the three platoons of Fukushima Yasunari, Mimasaki Nakahide, and Yoshioka Katsumasa, shrink the defensive line, form a small circle around his own camp, and continue to resist. However, this also means that Yu Qiuping gave up maneuvering and scheduling on the battlefield, and could only be beaten passively. However, there is no way around it.

After the order to retreat was given, Yu Qiupei sent Ogawa Yuto's reserve to meet the retreat of Fukushima Yasunari and Yoshioka Katsumasa, and he himself came to the forefront to direct the alternate cover between the various troops. When he finally commanded three platoons to fight and retreat, he was surprised to find out.

Mimasaki Nakahide's platoon is gone!

He hurriedly asked left and right about the movements of Mimasaki Nakahide, but everyone had just focused on the east side of the battlefield, and no one paid attention to Mimasaki Nakahide, who could easily retreat. The small hill where Mizenzaki Nakahide was just now has now been occupied by dozens of people who came up first from the Hao Clan's coalition army

"This guy won't slip away by himself!" Yu Qiuping was so angry that he scolded, "I'm here to report a letter!" What are you doing? How can I organize a defense line without his platoon! ”

Although Yu Qiuping was furious, he still had to cry and command his subordinates, who were less than 50 people, to start building a defense system near the main formation. At this time, the two hills on the front and east were also occupied by the forces of the Ii family and the Miura family.

However, before the Hao coalition army could launch a further attack, there was a sudden commotion on the hill to the west of the Fengzuma River. Everyone looked that way, and saw that Nakahide Gozenzaki was leading his platoon out from behind a small patch of woods and shrubs on the west side of the hill that obscured the view, and launched a fierce attack on the Haozu coalition forces on the mountain. The wealthy clan who had just stepped up the hill was no more than forty people, and they were naturally not the opponents of Chang Panbei's elite because they did not have an advantage in numbers. And because the west side is against the Fengzuma River, which is all tidal flats, and the terrain is narrow, the follow-up Hao troops have not been able to keep up. The troops on the hill were killed in a dozen shots before they could parry a few blows. Fleeing down the mountain in disarray. The follow-up Hao troops hurriedly withdrew from the tidal flats and returned to their initial positions, ready to form a defensive formation.

To everyone's surprise, Mizenzaki Nakahide did not pursue, but withdrew the hill again, gave up the hill, and disappeared from everyone's field of vision. The Hao Clan coalition seemed to be very surprised by his move, and for a while the pace of the attack was halted, and there were many heralds shuttling back and forth between several horse seals, as if they were discussing countermeasures.

"This kid! It's still dirty! Yu Qiuping scolded with a smile, "Hurry up and send someone to contact him and ask him to return to the camp to help!" "However, because Yu Qiuping did not carry horses when he crossed the river, the herald had to run over to inform him, and it is estimated that it will take a while." Let him accept it when he sees it, otherwise he will be surrounded by the Hao Clan Alliance, and we will not be able to save him. ”

Before the heralds returned, the Hao coalition seemed to end the discussion, and the coalition forces on the hill began to move again. On the central hill, more than 100 people were assigned to occupy the western hill. As for the team that had just been attacked by Mimasaki Nakahide on the south side of the hill on the west side, what their movements were, Yu Qiuping was not very clear. Since the three hills in front of him obscured his view, he could not figure out the movement of the enemy troops on the south side of the hills. However, Yu Qiuping guessed that it was very likely that the army would cooperate with these more than 100 soldiers to attack this hill together, and now Mizenzaki Nakahide would definitely not have a chance to sneak attack again.

At the same time, the main force of nearly 700 soldiers of the Hao Clan Alliance Army also began to climb over the hills and kill towards Yu Qiuping's main formation. Akihei now urgently needs Nakahide Mimaezaki to return to the team immediately so that a complete defense system can be established.

However, when the herald was sweating profusely and panting and rushed back before the Hao troops were in the main battle, the news was that he could not find the troops of Nakahide Gozensaki!