"Assassin!" Ii Naomasa's body was shocked, and he broke the spear and inserted it into the back of the "envoy" who was about to escape, and the "envoy" fell off the horse with a sneer, without the slightest fear on his face.

Seeing that Naomasa Ii was injured, all the generals were shocked and gathered around him to check the injury.

Naomasa Ii looked down at the blood that was flowing from his chest, and gasped, "It's hopeless." This is the end of the military movement of the straight government, you don't have to worry about me, let's break through each other! ”

"My lord!" The generals wept silently when they heard this, and they did not want to live alone, and asked to stay and fight to the death with the Toyotomi army. Seeing this, Naomasa Ii was furious, spurted out a mouthful of blood with a "poof", and shouted: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of staying?" Hurry back to your camp, gather your strength, and continue to be loyal to the Lord! ”

After that, Ii Naomasa's eyes darkened, and he fell off his horse after a few swayings, and the generals immediately cut off their heads when they saw this, so as not to be taken by the Toyotomi army to invite merit or shake the morale of the army.

In the face of the Toyotomi army's two-sided attack, Ii Naomasa's gang of horses and boarding horses immediately set out to break through, and they broke through from four directions in an attempt to keep Ii Naomasa's head, but this scene was fully watched by a Nakashinobi not far away. This person and the Nakashino who assassinated Ii Naomasa were a group, and the two came to assassinate Ii Naomasa on the orders of the trade winds of Ankokuji Temple, and one of them was responsible for observing the enemy situation and the other was responsible for the assassination. Now that the assassination was completed and his partner was killed, in order to take revenge, the shinobi immediately informed the surrounding Toyotomi generals of what he had seen, and these generals swarmed up after receiving the information, and surrounded the Iima Yama who had not yet completely dispersed, and after a fierce battle. The head of Ii Naomasa was finally seized by a samurai, and he raised the head at the tip of his spear, raised it high, and shouted, "The head of Ii Bingbu Naomasa is here." Hurry up and surrender! ”

In just a few words, the power is stronger than thousands of troops and horses, and the battlefield that is still killing is everywhere, and the battlefield is even a little quiet at this moment, and many Tokugawa troops are looking at the first level. After confirming that it was indeed Naomasa Ii himself, he laid down his arms and surrendered in despair. Despite this, there were still some loyal Tokugawa soldiers who struggled to break through the siege, intending to break through the encirclement of Nasu Ziyoshi and return to the Tokugawa Ieyasu main camp, but the Toyotomi army did not intend to give them a chance, this time Nasu Shikichi and Kawajiri Hidecho had a total of 8,000 people, how could they be allowed to succeed, and the mountain road was long and narrow, and it was difficult to use the red preparation, so everyone had to abandon their horses and break through. This was even more of a short-term attack on the other's strengths, which hastened the defeat of the Tokugawa army.

After several breakouts, only a few dozen people remained in the fight, and Nasu Ziji could not persuade him to surrender, so he had to order the iron artillery team to shoot and kill. A burst of smoke passed, and all these dead soldiers were killed. They defended the dignity of the samurai with their lives, and as a result, they received a generous burial from Nasu Zikichi.

In this ambush at the mountain pass, a total of 3,800 Tokugawa troops were annihilated, more than 1,200 people were captured, more than 800 horses and more than 300 iron cannons were captured, and the most powerful Ii Chibei of the Tokugawa family was completely wiped out. Of course, Mori Hidemoto, who was the blocking party, also suffered a lot of losses, nearly half of the 1,500 people were killed or wounded, but fortunately, Nasu Zikichi arrived in time to resolve the crisis. Otherwise, it is really possible for Naomasa Ii to counterattack the main position of the Maori army and eliminate Maori Hidemoto in one fell swoop.

Although he took a huge risk, with this exploit, it was enough to lay a strong foundation for Mori Hidemoto's position after the war. Xiuyuan probably thinks it's "worth the money".

After rescuing Kyogoku Takaji and eliminating Ii Naomasa's 6,000 army, the three-way army of Nasu Shikichi, Mori Hidemoto, and Kawajiri Hidenaga, totaling 13,000 people, were all thrown into the attack on Naito Masanari. As the only "Tokugawa Sixteen Divine Generals" in the forward, after a fierce battle with the Maori army, Naito Masari was already at the end of the crossbow, and suddenly was attacked by nearly 8,000 people, and he was even more powerless to parry, under the aggressive offensive of the Toyotomi army, Naito Masari finally gave up his original position and retreated. As its flank, Torii Tadamasa, in the right wing of the Naomasa Ii army was annihilated, the left wing Naoto retreated after the shock, in order to prevent the Toyotomi army from behind the attack, but also led the army to fight and retreat, so far the entire southern flank of the battle situation was reversed by the Toyotomi army again, as of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the positions of the three armies of Ii, Torii and Naito were all lost, in addition to the annihilation of the entire army of Naomasa Ii, Tadamasa Torii and Naito Masanari lost 2,000 troops respectively, and the southern wing of Tokugawa, which originally had 16,000 troops, only 5,000 people were left to support, The scales of victory are tipping in Hideho's.

An hour ago, among the three armies on the northern flank of the Tokugawa army, Sakai Ieji and Okuhei Iemasa were defeated and retreated, and only Okubo Tadashi held his position to the death, and accepted the remnants of Okuhei Iemasa, forming an army of 8,000 people, which won a little face for the Tokugawa family. Now that the southern flank is also at a disadvantage, under such circumstances, it does not make much sense to insist on letting Honda Tadamasa on the main battlefield resist the 9,000 army of Wasuka and Yuki Hideyasu on his own, on the contrary, it may put Honda Tadamasa in a dangerous situation of being surrounded by a three-way army.

However, it is puzzling that Tokugawa Ieyasu did not give the order to shrink the defensive line, but instead ordered Honda Tadamasa to hold his ground and wait for the situation to reverse.

The mentality of the Honda father and son who received this order was completely different, and Honda Tadamasa, as the forward, had already been beaten by the two elite troops in front of him without the power to fight back, and could only rely on the superior position to support him. Especially after learning the news of the defeat and retreat of Sakai Ieji and Ii Naomasa on both wings, the whole army had no intention of fighting, and if it weren't for Honda's insistent request, I am afraid that the second lord of the Honda family would have withdrawn from the battle and joined Honda Tadasakatsu. After receiving the order that Tokugawa Ieyasu would not allow the retreat, Honda Tadamasa could not vent his indignation, and after roaring and throwing a few matzas, he sat motionless in the main camp, and did not become a little nervous until Honda Tadakatsu sent a letter to inform him that if he retreated, he would cut his own stomach. Helplessly, the situation had been reduced to the point where holding the ground had been Honda's greatest effort, and in the midst of the loss, the Tokugawa army desperately waited for news of the order to retreat.

On the contrary, knowing that his son-in-law was in danger and could be killed at any time, Honda Tadakatsu still showed great obedience to Tokugawa Ieyasu's orders, and he not only sent a letter to Honda Tadamasa once, asking him to hold his position, but even the Sakai family's subordinate, who had just retired, was taken over by him and sent to the front to support Honda Tadamasa.

However, the Sakai family had already been frightened by Fukushima Masanori, so how could he obey the orders to resist the legendary tiger power Yuki Hideyasu? He refused to go to the front again for various reasons, and was even willing to return to his own camp to accept Tokugawa Ieyasu's punishment rather than die on the battlefield.