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Honda Masajun never returned, but at this moment he received an order from Hideho to raid the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp, and a sense of loss suddenly hit the depths of Kobayakawa Hideaki's heart. Thinking that he could snatch the merit of the surprise attack, he could only accept the reality at the moment and follow Hideho's instructions to send troops from Utagawaso to attack Tokugawa Kimoto to buy enough time for Hidebo and Mori Hidemoto's actions.

For Tokugawa Ieyasu, the ultimate goal was to seize the Numata Kaido and go south, and then flee to Kita-Shinano to join the local daimyos. But he didn't expect that Hidebo's reaction would be so fast, and the army of more than 100,000 people would be divided into four roads in an instant, and the pursuit of the Tokugawa army would be a fierce blow. This was not the worst of all, in order to prevent the Tokugawa army from temporarily returning to Edo via Aizunishi Street, Hideho also sent people to Yamagata Castle and Fukushima Castle overnight, asking Mogami Yoshimitsu, Date Masamune, and Honjo Shigenaga of the Uesugi clan to send troops together to advance along the Iwakuni Street towards Wakamatsu Castle.

In the morning of the same day, the envoys arrived at Yamagata Castle, Fukushima Castle, and Shiraishi Castle, which was newly occupied by the Date family, with Hideho's orders and Hinohara's war report. Upon learning of Hideho's victory over Tokugawa Ieyasu's defeat, Mogami Yoshimitsu immediately mobilized his entire army, led 10,000 men south to Wakamatsu Castle, and left 2,000 men to take over Wakamatsu's defense, and then went south non-stop to join Hidebo's main force; But for Date Masamune and Honjo Shiranaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu's defeat was like a bolt from the blue, especially Uesugi Keikatsu's defection, which gave Date Masamune a blow to the head. He understands that as long as Uesugi Keikatsu is alive, his earlier deeds will be revealed, and it is unknown whether he can be able to block it, let alone obtain a seal afterwards.

But even so, Date Masamune had no choice, and now that Hidebo is bigger, if the Date family wants to survive, they can only obey his dispatch and send troops to fight Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the military council, Date Masamune decided to lead 10,000 troops south along the Oshu Kaido, passing through Fukushima and Nihonmatsu to Iwakuni Kaido, and then westward to Wakamatsu Castle to support Hideho.

At this time, the lord of Fukushima Castle was the important minister of the Uesugi clan, Honjo Fanchang. Since the beginning of the war, he has held on to Fukushima for two months, and except for Date Masamune's earlier occupation of two prefectures, Honjo has never let the Date family take advantage of it. This time, when he learned that many generals had died in battle and Uesugi Keikatsu had surrendered, Honjo was annoyed, and he felt that he should have led his troops to the king in the first place. Instead of staying in Fukushima to defend Date Masamune. But in fact, with his 5,000 troops, even if he supported Wakamatsu Castle, it would not change the situation much, on the contrary, with the defeat of Date Masamune. Maybe you can get a little appreciation from Hideho and win some opportunities for the survival of the Uesugi family.

On April 23, Date Masamune arrived at Fukushima Castle with his army, and Honjo Shigenaga personally greeted the Oshu one-eyed dragon who had not long been a sworn enemy. At this moment, the Uesugi Date family must let go of their previous suspicions, and at the same time participate in the battle against Tokugawa Ieyasu as a daimyo under Hideho. Both Shigenaga Honjo and Date Masamune understood that the only daimyo who were now competing for the world were Hideho and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and themselves. Even if he has ambitions, he has lost the strength to participate in it, and only by obeying Hideho's dispatch can he not be swallowed up by the tide of history.

By the time the three parties received an affirmative reply from the three parties of Okuba, the Tokugawa family had already broken through the resistance of Hideho and Mori Hidemoto, seized the Numata Kaido and headed for Kita-Ueno. However, the Tokugawa Sanrouden army was not so lucky, and in the face of several times the number of pursuers, the Tokugawa army suffered heavy casualties.

Five o'clock in the morning. Okubo Tadatsune of the First Temple Army was the first to die in battle, and Honda Yasusu was seriously wounded and captured, but only Kamihara Yasumasa led 8,000 troops to the south, intending to join forces with the Second Temple Army; At 8 o'clock in the morning, Honda Tadamasa of the 2nd Temple Army fled with the remnants of the remnants to the northern foot of Mt. Kohinoki after leaving behind 2,000 dead and wounded sergeants, where they encountered the main force of Mori Hidemoto and were supported by Kyogoku Takaji. Mori Hidemoto spent half an hour defeating Honda Tadamasa's main team, killing dozens of Honda Tadamasa and his generals, and the remnants of more than 1,000 people rushed north to join Sanada Nobuyuki's 6,000 troops.

Sanada Nobuyuki is also at the end of the crossbow at this moment. Faced with the onslaught of the Toyotomi army, he led his troops eastward, trying to get in touch with Torii Tadamasa's Third Temple Army, and together they broke through in the direction of Ueno through the streets of Numata. But what made him desperate was that Tadamasa Torii died on the battlefield as early as six o'clock in the battle to cover the retreat of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and all 3,000 people in his department were wiped out, but Kawajiri Hidenaga Mino also lost his combat power, Kawajiri Hidenaga was injured and withdrew from the battle, Hiratsuka was killed in battle for Hirowa Hara Nagayori, and the remnants of Mino were absorbed by Nasu Zikichi and continued to attack Okubo Tadashi and Naito Masanari.

When Sanada Nobuyuki arrived at Torii Tadamasa's original position, Okubo Tadashi had already led his troops south, and withdrew to Kita-Ueno with Naito Masari and Okubo Tadasaku through Numata Street, that is to say, Sanada Nobuyuki at this moment seemed to be a lone army, about to face the encirclement and suppression of 50,000 Toyotomi troops.

Fortunately, at this time, Kangahara Yasumasa arrived in time with 8,000 troops, and after merging with Sanada Nobuyuki, he gathered 15,000 soldiers, and took advantage of the gap before the Maori army arrived to attack Nasu Zikichi, who was in charge of interception, to the south.

In the battle, due to the large disparity in strength, Nasu Zikichi's 5,000 men suffered heavy losses, 800 of the 2,000 Hachiman Beibei were killed, and Nasu Zikichi himself was also shot in the left arm, and the situation was very critical. But even so, Nasu Zikichi still did not intend to withdraw the siege to let the Tokugawa army escape, he broke the handle of the arrow, rode his horse to the front line to continue to command the battle, this spirit greatly encouraged the Toyotomi army, in the next half hour of the battle, the Toyotomi army only advanced but did not retreat, even if there were 3,000 dead and wounded, still blocked the Tokugawa army's advance route, for the Kyogoku and Mori two families to buy valuable time.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, 14,000 men from the Mori and Kyogoku armies, and 22,000 men from six divisions, including Yuki and Wasuka, arrived one after another, and quickly took over Nasu Zikichi to encircle and suppress the Tokugawa army. At this time, both Kamihara Yasumasa and Sanada Nobuyuki understood that they were no longer able to escape, but even so, they still fought desperately, pinning down nearly half of the Toyotomi army, and buying time for Tokugawa Ieyasu.

But about half an hour later, Yasumasa Kamihara suddenly led the main force to attack in the southwest direction, killed the Mori clan's retainer Fukuhara Hirotoshi, and led 5,000 soldiers to desperately break through the siege and retreat south towards Numata Street; Sanada Nobuyuki saw the gap, led his troops to break through from the southeast of the encirclement, successfully escaped from the encirclement through the position of Naito Masanari, and led the 2,000 Tokugawa troops to the south in a hurry, and rushed towards the direction of Shimono in a panic through the streets of Aizu West.

The Tokugawa army, which was still under siege, had no such good fortune, and within two quarters of an hour, all the remaining Tokugawa troops were slaughtered. However, the Toyotomi army did not even have time to reward them for their merits, so they pursued the Tokugawa army along the streets of Numata at the urging of Hidebo, and as for Sanada Nobuyuki's 2,000 men, they were handed over to the people of the Hojo clan and the Akaza Yoshike family to pursue.

Numata Street, as the name suggests. It is a street connecting Ueno Numata Castle and Oshu Wakamatsu Castle, and it has always been valued by Tokugawa Ieyasu as the Kanto main road with the same name as Aizu Nishi Street. To the south of Numata Castle is Minowa Castle, beyond which is the Nakasendo Road, which leads west to the Shinano Territory, which was also the route envisioned by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Numata Castle, as the residence of Sanada Nobuyuki, has always been Tokugawa Ieyasu's stronghold in Ueno. In particular, after Fukushima Masanori entered Minowa Castle, it became the bridgehead of the Tokugawa family Kekei Ueno, and it has always been a proud existence of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

After Sanada Nobuyuki left the Kanto region, the entire castle was guarded by his wife, Komatsuhime. Komatsuhime, also known as Honda Komatsu, was originally the eldest daughter of Honda Tadakatsu. Later, she was adopted by Tokugawa Ieyasu as an adopted daughter, and Xu was married to Sanada Nobuyuki. This woman has a strong personality and is quite assertive, and after learning that Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Masayuki broke up unhappily, she immediately strengthened the city defense to prevent Sanada Masayuki from sneaking up.

Sure enough, on his way back to Ueda Castle, he expressed his wish to Komatsuhime that he wanted to see his grandson when he passed by Numata Castle, which was left behind by Komatsuhime. But Komatsu Hime felt that something was wrong, she appeared on the castle tower in a battle outfit, and said to Sanada Masayuki, "Now that we are enemies, even if you are my father-in-law, you can't enter the castle", and sternly rejected Masayuki's request.

Disappointed, Sanada Masayuki left Numata Castle with his army and marched west. However, when Masayuki went to the neighboring Shokakuji Temple to rest, Komatsuhime unexpectedly appeared with the child. Fulfilled Changyuki's wish to see his grandson. Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi, father and son, were thrilled and praised Komatsuhime's caution.

But family affection is so fragile in the face of war, especially when it is related to the survival of the family, there is always one party to make sacrifices. On April 24, Hidebo's envoy arrived at Ueda Castle and informed him of the battle situation in Hinohara, and Sanada Masayuki was really happy that he had bet on the right treasure. But in a flash, he thought of Sanada Nobuyuki again, and after learning that Sanada Nobuyuki had broken through the siege and his whereabouts were unknown, he solemnly pleaded with the messenger. It is hoped that he will intercede with Hideho and leave Sanada Nobuyuki alone, and in return, he will personally go to Numata Castle to persuade Komatsuhime to open the castle, cut off Tokugawa Ieyasu's approach, and buy enough time for the Toyotomi army.

The envoy agreed to Sanada's request, but before leaving, he did not forget to remind Sanada and his son that the Tokugawa family had contacted the other daimyo of Shinano and the Echigo Hori family, and that these daimyos were likely to attack Ueda Castle in the near future. The envoy hoped that Sanada Masayuki would hold Ueda Castle and prevent Tokugawa Ieyasu from succeeding in his plan to go to Shinano.

Sanada Masayuki solemnly assured the envoy that as long as there was one person in the Sanada family, he would never let those daimyo join Tokugawa Ieyasu. In fact, he knew in his heart that no matter whether Hideho could win or not in the future, Sanada Nobuyuki could not escape from the palm of the Toyotomi clan, in this case, only by showing loyalty to Hideho could Sanada Nobuyuki not die. This time he fought alone against the entire Shinano and Echigo daimyo is the last thing a father can do for his son.

On the night of April 24, the remnants of the Tokugawa clan hurriedly returned to Komayose Castle on the border between 6 and Ueno, and except for Tokugawa Ieyasu's 12,000 men, the rest of the three main armies suffered heavy losses, leaving only 5,000 men of Kamihara Yasumasa, 3,000 men of Okubo Tadashi, 2,000 men of Naito Masari, and 5,000 men of Okubo Tadasa. The total number of these sergeants was only 27,000, which means that nearly half of the Tokugawa army died on the way to retreat, and such a large loss made Tokugawa Ieyasu heartbroken. Fortunately, when he was about to enter Ueno Province, the Toyotomi army was temporarily left behind, and his plan was about to get on the right track, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little more uplifted, and he summoned his retainers to the main camp, on the one hand, to boost morale, and on the other hand, to give himself some confidence to continue fighting.

ps: I have something I want to discuss with you today, I received a notice, next Tuesday the bear cub is going to go to the field to do experiments again, this time to go to two places, it is estimated that it will not be back until October, not only that, but there is no network in those places, so please understand.

This is not the main thing, what Bear Boy wants to say is that this book has been nearly two years since November 2o12, but now there are only more than 300 chapters, that is to say, Bear Cub has not been updated half of the time, which is inseparable from Bear Cub's graduate life, but everyone also knows that Bear Cub will graduate in June next year, and Bear Cub will take the national and provincial civil service examinations in October this year and February next year, and there may be no time to update when he comes back from abroad, that is, in the next ten months, There is a good chance that the bear cub will break off.

But rest assured, the follow-up outline of this book has been listed, and there will be no eunuchs. But because it dragged on for too long, Bear Cub has something I want you to give you a suggestion: should you list the outline first, so that everyone can have a concern, or wait for ten months later, and then come slowly?

You can go to the post bar of the same name to express your views, Bear Cub will try to reply to everyone, if there is no suggestion, Bear Cub will list the outline in the next two days, first satisfy everyone's curiosity, and work is done, slowly enriched, to complete their wishes.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Again, this book will not be a eunuch, and Bear Boy will definitely finish writing him!