Chapter 137: Two Generations of Famous Generals

At the moment when everyone's eyes were focused on the Hojo clan's Shigeru, a thunderous shout suddenly sounded from the sky, "How dare you !! Before the generals of the Tsukahara army came to their senses, they saw a black shadow like a dragon break through the encirclement of the Tsukahara army and came to the front of the Hojo clan, the spear waved out like a meteor, and the ribs in the hands of the Hojo clan were knocked out of their hands, and then, a powerful big hand grabbed the embarrassed Hojo clan and threw it on his horse, all the movements were like flowing water. It was only at this time that Ota Shimasa and Honda Tadashi reacted, and hurriedly opened their eyes, but met a pair of cold eyes that made people's hearts tremble: Rehmannia Hachiman-Hojo Tsunari!

"Quick!! Iron Cannon Shooting!! Realizing what a terrible person the other party was, Honda Tadayan almost did not hesitate at all, and immediately gave the order on the spot, and even his voice became very sharp due to panic.

But the experienced Hojo Tsusunari did not give the other side a chance to fire at all, he rode his horse to charge, knocked out the ribs, grabbed his son, turned the horse's head, galloped away, and when the iron cannon on the castle tower hurriedly loaded the ammunition, Hojo Tsusunari and his son had already galloped out of range.

"There are only two of them, and there is only one horse, we can still give it a try!" Ota Zimasa has made a deal with Hojo Tsunade several times, although he has a deeper understanding of how terrible the other party, who was once known as the strongest general in the Kanto, is terrifying, but it is precisely because of this understanding that he is keenly aware that now is the best time to kill the other party! Otherwise, once the other party joins Huang Bei, even if his subordinates increase tenfold, it will be difficult to kill him.

Honda Tadayan glanced at Ota Shimasa in surprise, his thoughts were full of thoughts, and he immediately decided, "The whole army is ready to attack, don't let Hojo Tsusunari get away!" Catch Hojo Tsunari and directly reward 5,000 stones! ”

5,000 stones! Many people's eyes were immediately red, most of the Tsukahara army were civilians or from small wealthy families, five thousand stone was undoubtedly an astronomical amount for them, and there must be brave men under the so-called heavy reward, these people screamed and rushed towards Kitajo Tsunari, not caring at all that the opponent's war horse could easily trample themselves into flesh.

Hojo Tsunari, who was on the war horse, sneered when he heard this, and roared: "The junior is ridiculous! If it is Molong Gong, he will definitely pay 100,000 stones to buy my head! With a flick of the spear in his hand, he directly flew away the two Tsukahara Army Standing Guards who were blocking the way, "Today, I will let you see the bravery of the Great Myojin of Hachiman!! ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden earth-shattering shouting and killing sound from the rear of the samurai of the Ota clan, and more than 100 elite horsemen were killed, it turned out that Hojo Tsunashi knew that the main force of the Hojo Army suffered a night attack, and he was eager to save his son, and led the elite cavalry in Huang Bei to kill, and he killed people all the way, and he was forced to kill a bloody way in the rout of the Hojo Army, but how could Huang Bei's elite cavalry be compared with Hojo Tsunade himself? Therefore, despite the fact that Hojo Tsunari opened the way in front, these cavalry were still one step late, but they just broke the battle formation of the Ota samurai, and snatched Hojo Tsunari and his son out.

Honda Tadayasu and Ota Shimasa thought that the Hojo Army had come to their senses and planned to reflexively kill back, but they were suddenly shocked in their hearts and hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat; And the Huang Bei cavalry who planned to pursue the victory was stopped by Hojo Tsunari, not because he was unwilling to avenge his son, but the Tsukahara army arranged an amazing number of iron cannons on the city wall, at this time the Tsukahara army was also fighting against the city, it can be said that it is not suitable for the cavalry that relies heavily on impact to attack, if it is really hard, I am afraid that these cavalry brought by himself will be explained here, which is absolutely unbearable for Hojo Tsunari. So the two sides confronted each other for a while, and then they had to retreat.

Shortly after the battle, the samurai sent by the Takeda Army and the Imagawa Army to check on the situation were late, but the Hojo Army itself claimed to have been attacked by the main force of the Tsukahara Army, but the two families did not find any signs of the arrival of the main force of the Tsukahara Army.

When the first rays of dawn in the morning illuminated the land of Kanto, the tragic situation on the west side of Edo Castle was seen, and as far as the eye could see, the corpses of the Hojo army were all over the field, and there was no corpse of the Tsukahara army! Those who have long been frightened tremblingly think that the Tsukahara army is so strong that they killed the Hojo army and fled without any loss, but people with a little sense know: the main force of the Tsukahara army did not arrive at Edo Castle, they were the ones who were tricked last night, so many corpses could not have been killed by the Tsukahara army who still had to defend Edo Castle, and most of the Hojo army fled in the dark, trampled on each other, and killed each other......

After this battle, the young Hojo clan seemed to have aged a lot overnight, and he couldn't see the vigor of a young man at all, let alone the vigor of the Fuchu Castle after the battle, and the courage of the world. Due to huge losses and low morale, the Hojo Army had to change its previous simple and crude frontal assault method and began a long-term siege, which was a traditional Japanese siege method, so it fell into a huge passive strategy. The desperate Ota clan, who were originally in decline due to the killing of Ota Michikan and were almost excluded and suppressed by Uesugi Kenmasa, returned to the world's vision because of this battle, and its contemporary head Ota Shimasa also directly became one of the first-class generals in the Kanto region with this battle.

At this time, Shimono Country was also turbulent, and Nasu Hanheita was assassinated outside the Tsukahara army camp and was seriously injured, but the Tsukahara army actually only sent a messenger to Toriyama Castle to demand an explanation from the Nasu family. Although the envoy said in a very stern tone, claiming that if the Nasu family could not hand over the murderer, the entire Nasu clan would be destroyed, but the next morning, Sasaki Nagahide's army pulled out the camp and returned to the division, and when the Nasu family sent samurai to check on it, they saw that various items were lost on the ground, and it was obvious that they had retreated in a hurry. After learning about this, Nasu immediately reported it to the Ashina clan who was in Otawara Castle.

After knowing this, the Ashina clan was also quite surprised, although it was not very clear what happened to Nasu Hanheita being assassinated, but Sasaki Nagahide, who has always been known for his fierceness, was able to endure this breath, and during the day he shouted to slaughter the Nasu clan, and immediately rolled up and ran away that night, and ran in such a hurry, could it be Edo Castle...... It stands to reason that Tsukahara Moryū will not be unaware of the importance of Shimono Country, even if he wants to transfer troops to support, there are other three major legions that are closer to be dispatched, so why should he send the Sasaki Nagahide Legion, which is the farthest away, to come back to help? He wouldn't have been unaware that the combined forces of Mutsu might invade Shimono at any time and capture all of Tsukahara Moryu's gains since Shomonyama, but Tsukahara Moryū still did so. Was it because there was too much pressure on the Edo Castle side and it was about to be breached, or was it just a conspiracy? If so, what is the purpose? A war with the Mutsu Alliance? The Ashina clan shook his head after thinking about it, regardless of the tension between the two sides, but at least the two sides have not torn their faces now, that is to say, there is still room for relaxation, Tsukahara Moryū should not turn the potential enemy into the current enemy, otherwise it will really be attacked on all sides. Even if he defeats the thirteen,000 troops in his hands, the follow-up mobilization troops of the Date family will arrive, and Tsukahara Molong will not want to get out of Shimono Province easily......

After thinking about it, the Ashina clan said to the messenger who came to report the situation: "Go and tell Nasu-sama that they can lead the army to follow the Tsukahara army, and they can not engage in battle, but they can't lose it." ”