Before six o'clock, the Asai army was in the main formation.

"Lord Yuqiu said that Daozhi Village has been held, and the enemy troops in the rear will not be able to come. The rear is worry-free, why do you still insist on withdrawing from the army, Lord Isano? Asai Nagamasa looked dissatisfiedly at Isono Yuanchang who was kneeling in front of him.

"I always felt that something was wrong before I went down, and finally waited for the opportunity of the Hexagonal Family's offensive to be suspended, and came to His Highness." Isono sighed. After Asai Nagamasa divided his own forces, he was already unable to attack. Haibei Bei was unable to independently resist the 1,000 men of Gamo Dingxiu and the 2,000 people directly under the Rokkaku family, so Asai Nagamasa sent Endo Naokyoya to support him. Akao Kiyotsuna to the west had already begun to shrink his position and gave up continuing to attack Rokkaku Yoshiharu. On the eastern front, Isono also shrank his defenses, and he himself rushed back to his own position. "While you can still retreat, please retreat quickly!"

"Why is Isano-sama, who has always been the main battle in the family, thinking about retreating at this time?" Asai Nagamasa scolded in a low voice, "Hurry up and go back and prepare for the attack!" ”

"It's not cowardly down there!" Feeling that his dignity had been insulted, Isono Yuanchang blushed and argued thickly: "If the army retreats, I will fight to the death behind the palace!" ”

"I was surrounded in Sawa Mountain Castle before I went down, and I don't know His Highness's plans." Isono Yuanchang said in a low voice, "But in the next opinion, it is estimated that it is the Takano Hidetaka who rebelled against Hida Castle, led the Rokkaku family back to the west, and pursued the big army at the end, so as to take the opportunity to win in the field battle." ”

"Just! Your Highness, why didn't you think of it! Isono Yuanchang's voice suddenly became higher: "The most important ninja information of the Roxagon family, Takano Se Hidetaka has long had different intentions, how could they not know!" ”

The Asai family around this camp was all shocked.

"I thought it was our luck to take advantage of the withdrawal of the various parts of the Hexagon family and capture their own team." Isono shook his head, "But the Yamaoka family came out of Aragami Mountain, and as soon as it opened, it was a premeditated ambush!" If they really retreated separately, why didn't the Yamaoka family return to their skills in Minami Omi and go to Aragami Mountain? They are here to ambush our rear army and cut off our retreat to the north! ”

"What does Isano-sama want to say?" Nagamasa Asai struggles to maintain the stability of his tone.

"The Hexagonal family wants to set up an ambush and destroy us completely!" Isono Yuanchang said in a deep voice, "They must have deliberately returned to the west, led us from the North Omi River to the South Omi hinterland, and then defeated us in one fell swoop!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding Asai family Ashigaru was shocked, and they suddenly fell into a panic.

"We've been tricked! While there is still a way to retreat in the east, Your Highness should hurry up and retreat from the northwest of Hita Castle across the Eto River and the Uso River! Isono Yuanchang leaned over and kowtowed: "After the next willingness is broken, cover the adults to retreat to Kita-Omi!" ”

Suddenly, the sound of war drums sounded on the side of the Rokkaku family's position, and the frontal battlefield and Rokkaku Yoshiji, which had been maintaining a standoff, attacked.

"How is that possible! Why did the Hexagonal family suddenly attack! Isono Yuanchang was stunned for a moment, looked up suddenly, and saw that the head of Hitian Castle in the east was lit with wolf smoke! 100,000 fiery wolf smoke patterns!

"Is there an ambush there too?"

Before six o'clock, the northwest of Feitian City.

The 4,000 Roxagonal Army, under the leadership of Shinto Kenmori, rushed all the way from Toyogo, passed over the bridge between the Uso River and the Edo River in the northwest of Hita Castle, and headed all the way west, heading straight to the flank of the Norada Asai family. And the road they are passing through now is the same road that the Asai family walked when they went to Norada - it is also the only way for the Asai army to retreat after the northern retreat was closed by the Yamaoka family.

Embattled.

At this time, in the village of Daozhi. Yu Qiuping, who had just stabilized the situation, immediately discovered the wolf smoke at the head of Feitian City.

"There are also ambushes in the direction of the fertile fields! Honjin! There are only a few people left! Yu Qiuping hurriedly commanded his subordinates to evacuate from Inagi Village, leaving the second reserve of the Asai family to defend on the official road, and he led the third reserve to quickly evacuate from the house and return to the main camp of Asai Nagamasa. Seeing this, the Hexagonal Army quickly launched a full-scale attack, and the second reserve soon could not hold on, and retreated from Inagi Village and retreated to Norada. The Hexagonal Army was in hot pursuit, and also divided part of the ashigaru to bypass the second reserve and chase after the third reserve.

At this time, the hexagonal army on the frontal battlefield saw that all the ambush soldiers were in place, and the Asai family had fallen into encirclement, and they were also in high spirits, and they launched counterattacks one after another, entangled the Asai army in front of them to prevent them from returning to the main formation. The Asai army was in a mess, and all the departments could not easily disengage from each other in a hurry, and only Onoki Shigetoshi forcibly broke away from the battle line and returned to the main camp.

In less than seven minutes, the troops of the Yamaoka family pursuing Yu Qiuping also rushed to the north of the battlefield, and the second and third preparations under the direct jurisdiction of the Asai family resisted and moved closer to the main formation. And the forces of the Yamaoka family were in hot pursuit. Asai Nagamasa had no choice but to send the 1,000 remnants of Asai Ryokin's 1,000 soldiers to support.

And to the east of the battlefield, in order to prevent the Hidetaka of Takanose from approaching the battlefield, he also pulled all 600 people of the Takanose family to the battlefield and went out of the city to contain Fuji Kenmori. Shinto Kenmori didn't pay attention to Hidetaka Takanose's actions at all, and after leaving 1,000 people to storm Takanose's house, he immediately took the remaining 3,000 people and went straight to the back of the Asai army. Asai Nagamasa could not allow this force to sweep the flanks of his frontal battlefield, so he had to personally take a thousand people, including Ma Daizhong and Shigetoshi Ohnogi, to meet the 3,000-strong troops. Now, in the hands of Asai Nagamasa, there are no other reserves.

The various fighting troops on the battlefield, except for Akao Bei, who can also gain an advantage over Rokkaku Yoshiji, Yumori Bei, Haibei Bei, Asubi, Isono Bei, and Yuqiuhei in the north, are all pressed and beaten by the Rokkaku Army, and they can't pull away. And Asai Nagamasa himself is facing nearly twice the number of people and struggling to support.

And the Hexagonal Family, there are still 2,000 elite troops directly under the direct jurisdiction of the main formation and 200 horses and horses that have not been used. Once they are thrown into the battlefield, the Asai family, which has no energy left, will collapse immediately!

"Damn, I can't withdraw it!" Isono looked at the completely surrounded Asai army and felt a pang of despair.

"Ichibei, Erbei, Sanbei, Kaihoku, Akao..."Ishikawa Goemon stood on one foot on a branch, shielding his eyes from the dazzling sunlight with his palm, and counted the flags on the opposite side.

“… Ono Kibei, Takano Sebei. Then count the 1000 Bei and Mita Mura Bei who were defeated before. Your Highness, it's all right! Ishikawa Goemon said excitedly to Rokkaku Yoshiken, "In that investigation three months ago, all the reserves of the Asai family appeared on the battlefield!" ”

"Well, the enemy has no strength left!" Hexagonal Yixian waved his hand, "Attack with 1,000 directly under the central government!" It is enough to leave 1,000 men and horses in this formation! ”

With 1,000 fresh troops joining the frontal battlefield, the Asai army, which had been fighting hard for a long time and was hungry, and whose morale had plummeted because of the ambush, could no longer support it, and retreated in the direction of the main formation. One by one, the messengers for help ran to Asai Nagamasa's office, but Asai Nagamasa couldn't send anyone out. The hexagonal army in front of him was nearly twice his number. The young man who was still in high spirits before the war can only support himself at the moment.

As the central front was pressed closer and closer to Asai Nagamasa's main formation, the entire formation was also fragmented. Asai Nagamasa had lost contact with the Akao family to the west, who had to retreat to the northeast on his own to ensure that he would not be caught in the front and back.

However, both the retreat route in the north and the retreat route in the east have been firmly blocked, and the Asai army, which has no spare strength, does not even have the ability to organize a breakthrough. The ashigaru people reluctantly found that the outcome of this battle was even more tragic than the previous battle of the high palace. Although the battle was also defeated by the Hexagon Army with the majority of its forces, but not far away was the mountain castle of Sawa, and the troops who fled fled into the city to hold on, and the Rokkaku family was helpless.

And this time, they went deep into the hinterland of Minami-Omi, and all the retreats around them were blocked. Once the troops are routed here, they will not escape the pursuit of the Hexagonal Army. The army had no choice but to break it into pieces and see if there was any luck in escaping dozens of miles back to Kita Omi. The Asai family, which had lost almost all of its formed troops, would not be able to put up any resistance in the coming months, and the castles of Kita-Omi would have to be captured by the Rokkaku.

The history of the Asai family as a daimyo may be coming to an end.

At the beginning of the Shen period, Asai Nagamasa's horse seal office.

"Your Highness! You withdraw first! "A guard saw that the whole army was about to collapse, and understood that there was no reason to survive this battle." Your Highness, you can't die here! If you can't go back, the Asai family will really be finished! The guard shouted, "There are still a hundred horsemen here, and they will definitely be able to protect the adults from breaking through!" Flee east to Hita Castle, and then flee north back to Kita-Omi to hold on! ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the Ma Dian and the elders, who realized that the situation was irretrievable, persuaded Asai Nagamasa to leave.

"Your Highness, if you are caught, we really will not be spared!" An old minister hurriedly persuaded: "Hurry up and flee back to Xiaogu City, and gather another wave of peasant soldiers to defend to the death, we can still hold out!" ”

Seeing that Asai Nagamasa's face was flushed, he didn't say a word, and the people around him persuaded him again.

"It's really not good, just like the first lord, flee to Echizen Asakura for refuge! The first lord can revitalize the Asai family again, and you will definitely be able to do it! A few of the guards persuaded him.

Asai Nagamasa shook his head unwillingly, staring at Rokkaku Yoshiken's main formation, where there were still 1,000 elite and 200 horse cavalry.

"Your Highness! Don't do anything stupid, it's useless to assault the horse print! Several guards hurriedly said: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and His Highness has fought this battle very well!" Don't be unwilling! Withdraw when you need to! ”

"I ran away, what should you do, what should the whole army do?" Asai Nagamasa muttered, but his eyes never left the Rokkaku Yoshiken's main formation for a moment.

"We'll find a way to get back! Break it into pieces, and if you fight hard, you will run back! The general hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you go quickly, we will fight to the end and buy time for Your Highness!" Your Highness fled, and we fled! ”

"Your Highness! Don't hesitate! Come on! Without saying a word, several of the generals gathered the horses, and then stabbed Asai Nagamasa's horse in the buttocks, and the pained horse sprang out like a madman, and ran out towards the gap in the ranks to the east. Asai Nagamasa turned around and wanted to shout something, but he didn't have time to stop the horse. He grabbed the horse print inserted in the ground with his hand, and wanted to take the opportunity to slow down, but he pulled the horse print up. A hundred horses and cavalry followed closely behind, covering the governor to break through to Feitian City.

At this time, everyone in the main formation of the Hexagonal Army saw Asai Nagamasa's horse seals surrounded by Asai Nagamasa's horse seal, fleeing to the east, abandoning his army.

"Oh! Abandoned the army and absconded! Hexagon Yixian sneered, "I thought you kid was so bold, and when it came to the critical time, you weren't just like your father!" Leave behind the army that is still resisting and flee on your own! ”

"Chase! All 200 of the horses went in pursuit! Get that kid back for me! With a wave of his hand, the Hexagonal Army Horses, who had long been ready for action, immediately left and went straight to the cavalry of the Asai Army.

"Besides, even if you run away, you still run away with horse prints!" Rokkaku Yoshiken laughed loudly and looked at the Sansheng tortoiseshell Ling swaying in the wind, "Isn't this a target!" Are you afraid that our people will not find you? Even your father knows that when you run away, you have to cut down the horse seals! Hahaha..."

In the formation of the Asai Army.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, he ran away! Leave us alone? The Ashigaru men of the Asai Army were almost incredulous when they saw the horse print running towards Hida Castle to the east.

"Don't talk too much! Your Highness has gone to call for help! It's not abandoning the army and absconding! Yusen Qingzhen shouted sharply, but his eyes did not leave the horse print, "It's all for Lao Tzu to resist desperately!" Cover Your Highness! ”

"Give me desperate resistance! No withdrawal! Isono Yuanchang was also red-eyed at the moment, "Your Highness is the hope of our Asai family, and you must cover Your Highness's evacuation!" Fight to the death! ”

Although the generals of the Asai Army tried their best to suppress it, the sudden withdrawal of the commander still brought a devastating blow to morale. The Asai Army on all fronts had no intention of resisting, and retreated one after another, and the Rokkaku Army took advantage of the victory to pursue and tear apart the line of the Asai Army in one fell swoop.

When the Asai family fled to the edge of Hida Castle, Amano Keitoku at the head of the castle hurriedly ordered the people left behind to open the city gate and let Asai Nagamasa in. Then he desperately closed the gate of Xicheng and blocked the pursuers of the Hexagonal family outside the gate. The Rokkaku family discussed it for a while, and immediately went around the north gate, intending to block the route for Asai Nagamasa to escape back to Kita-Omi.

A moment later, before the hexagonal pursuers could react, the south gate of Feitian City opened, and the hundred cavalry did not wear the horse mark this time, and went all the way to the southeast.

"This time, I'm smart, and I know that I can't run away with a horse print!" Rokkaku Yixian laughed, "It's a little bold to flee to the south instead of fleeing to the north!" However, there is no escape! The south is my territory, too! ”

When the two hundred hexagonal horses found out that they had been deceived, they immediately circled the city and turned south, chasing after them.

"Xianzheng, you are too tender after all. I don't understand at all, what is called the mystery of the art of war! Rokkaku Yoshiken laughed loudly, "Everything is in my plan!" ”

"It's all in your plan." Yu Qiuping, who was on the battlefield north of Norada at this moment, was looking at Matsushita beside him with great reverence, "Half-soldier, you are really amazing." ”

"Momiji has won the prize." Panasonic smiled lightly, his eyes focused on the battle situation in the south.

"No, there hasn't been a prize." Yu Qiuping shook his head firmly, and solemnly bowed to Panasonic: "Count all the strategies, and strategize." I'm sure you'll be—"

"Don't go down Kong Ming!"