Chapter 200: The Sound of Swords and Guns

Sabei led more than 1,000 troops to advance towards Tsuruga Prefecture and sent Sukeemon and his ninjas to Tsuruga Prefecture to investigate the situation. Many people fled from Tsuruga and headed for Nanjo. However, when the people who had fled Tsuruga saw the forces led by Sabei, they either burrowed into the woods on both sides of the road or knelt on the ground and bowed to the samurai led by Sabei.

Seeing this, Nanjo Karuki glanced at the fleeing crowd in front of him, and then asked Sabei, "Lord Mingwei, what about these people?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei said to Sukeemon: "Sukeemon, you go and inform the cities along the way, let them let these people go north, if they dare to block the city gate, they will be killed directly in the name of rebellion!" "Bisabei led his men to beat their horses from the road that separated from the crowd and headed for Tsuruga County.

When the boy who was kneeling on the ground saw Sabei leaving, he asked his father on the side, "Won't the samurai-sama be hungry?" After listening to his son's words, the hungry father smiled helplessly and said, "Taro, the samurai-sama will also be hungry, but they... Forget it, the samurai didn't kill us as rioters, let's hurry north! ”

Sabei led his men through the fleeing crowd and slowly touched towards Tsuruga Castle, and Sabei's troops and the fleeing people tacitly went their separate ways. There seems to be an invisible trench between the two, separating the two.

After Sabei led the army through a crowd, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "The samurai-sama has gone to quell the riot, I might as well wait nearby, maybe the samurai-sama will be pacified soon!" After a few moments of silence in the crowd, someone suddenly said, "As long as you are not afraid that the samurai will cut off your head and serve as the head of the mob, you will stay!" ”

Later, the road to Nanjo-gun and Kitao-mae was once again crowded with fleeing people.

Sabei cautiously advanced to the foot of Tsuruga Castle, only to see that Tomita Nagashige had already gone out of the castle to meet him. Seeing this, Sabei immediately pretended to be a little puzzled, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Lord Tomita, didn't you say that there was a riot?" Why is there no trace of mobs on Tsuruga Castle? ”

After listening to Sabei's words, Tomita Nagashi said with a smile: "Koba-sama has hoarded so much food in Kanesaki Castle, and the mob is naturally heading towards Kanesaki Castle, so let's go and help Koba-sama soon!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei sneered in his heart, and then said to Tomita Nagashi: "Then I'll leave now!" ”

On the way to Kanesaki Castle, the forces of Sabei and Tomita Nagashige dealt with several groups of rebels who took advantage of the chaos to do evil. Then Sabei and the others stopped at a distance from Kanesaki Castle and listened to the report of the ninjas under the Sabei Gate. After learning that Ichijo had surrounded Kanesaki Castle, Sabei said to Tomita Nagashiro with a smile: "Lord Tomita, you and I are divided into two forces, and we will attack the crowd from both sides, and this battle will be over!" ”

After hearing this, Tomita Nagashi also smiled and said, "Thanks to Lord Mingwei's proper command!" After saying that, Tomita Nagashi turned his head and shouted at the samurai Kazushi behind him, "Let's cooperate with Lord Mingwei to attack from the left!" As soon as Tomita's voice fell, the samurai and ashigaru behind him rushed out with him.

Seeing Tomita Nagashige leaving with his military strength, Sabei turned his head to Fushiwa Akijiro and the others behind him and said, "Everyone, let's also go and establish a reputation!" ”

When Fushiwa Meijiro heard Sabei's words, he immediately spoke: "Lord, why do you want to divide your troops to attack it, and we should join forces to attack it..."

After hearing this, Sabei said with a smile: "If Tomita Nagashige didn't have the confidence to defeat Ichiku, he wouldn't take the initiative to go out of the city, and besides, I have the former Boyoshi of Kanesaki Castle to echo, and it won't be a problem to defeat Ichizu." Sabei paused here as he spoke, his face instantly gloomy, and he said to Fushiwa Akijiro and the others, "The question is what does he want to do?" ”

Yan Bi Zuobei waved the nagina knife in his hand and said to the people behind him: "Attack!" Nanjo Teruki looked at Sabei and the others who were galloping forward, and said to the army behind him, "Follow Lord Mingwei!" ”

Kanesaki Castle commanded his subordinates to counterattack and attack Kamiku's former Boyoshitsugu was a little flustered, although Kanesaki Castle's city defense was quite strong, but this wave of offensive made the samurai and ashigaru who stood on the trench and fought very tired. After all, Ichijo can use the wheel tactic, and the samurai and ashigaru who defend Kanesaki Castle don't have so many colleagues to replace.

The rebel squire, who was watching the battle in front of him, suddenly heard the neighing of horses, and when he turned around, he saw the military presence behind him with the Oda papaya-patterned military flag. After being stunned for a moment, he shouted to the surrounding peasants and townspeople who had participated in the rebellion, "The Oda family's army is coming, prepare for battle!" The rebels who heard the ground attendant's reminder got up from the ground in a panic, and as soon as they picked up their broken weapons, they saw that they had approached less than thirty paces in front of them.

Fushiwa Akijiro, who took the lead, slashed down a rebel who was standing in a daze, then swung his sword to block the stab of a spear, and slashed the spear-wielding ground attendant to the ground. Then Sabei was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and led his troops to plunge into the crowd.

The crowd, who had not yet come to their senses, was caught off guard by the surprise attack. As soon as many of the rebels saw the Oda papaya-patterned military flag, they had already become the ghosts of Sabei and others. Although the rebellious landlords still have the strength to fight, the rebels who were attacked by the Sabei are already in disarray.

The surrounding rebels saw the Oda Banner wandering around not far away, and soon after, countless people with the same identity as themselves fled shouting from the direction where the Oda Banner appeared. Some of the swift rioters immediately knew what was going on, so they also screamed and fled with the fleeing crowd.

The surprise attack of Sabei and Tomita Nagashige caused a great confusion among the people surrounding Kanesaki Castle. In addition, the backbone of the ground servants were unable to effectively control these believers and rebellious people, so they could not organize effective resistance, and only the share of being slaughtered was left.

The moment he saw the Oda papaya-patterned military flag, the former Hayoshi in Kanesaki Castle shouted, "Reinforcements are coming, everyone rush out and fight with the troublemakers!" ”

Fushiwa Akijiro, who was wielding all kinds of swordsmanship in the crowd, couldn't remember how many people he had killed, but he knew that he couldn't hang the heads of the rebels on his mount, so he got off his mount and led his mount to fight. Sabei did not rush too fiercely in this battle, but created a very huge momentum of his troops, and many of them couldn't help but run away with the people next to them when they saw the military momentum of Sabei from a distance.

The new standing reserve has also tested the results of the training through a crowd, and the tactics of mutual cooperation between the standing guards have made some skilled ground attendants unable to parry, and they died tragically under the "four hands". Suzuki Heavy Industries' iron artillery team fired two rounds at the fleeing rioters, and then drew their knives and slaughtered the scattered rioters.

After being routed by the three men, the crowd immediately fled. At this time, Sabei, who had already killed under Kanesaki Castle and joined forces with Tomita Nagashigeru and Mae-Hayoshitsug, said loudly to the two: "I still need to chase and kill for a while." Hearing this, Maeboyoshi laughed and said to Sabei: "Lord Mingwei, I also think that we must be ruthless at this time, otherwise there will be riots in the future." ”