Early the next morning, just after dawn, the coalition forces of the Honma family, under the orders of Honma Taigao, began to march towards the Yagyu Shuiichiro team in front.

Half an hour later, Shuichiro Yagyu was woken up in his sleep by his ashigaru.

"The Honma family's forces have already been killed here?" Hearing this, Shuichiro Yanagi not only did not panic, but also showed a happy look.

"Quick! Immediately hurry up all the ashigaru and immediately retreat in the direction of Kamo Castle! ”

"Don't bring anything but weapons, quick!"

With the order of Shuichiro Yagyu, the 200 ashigaru near the entire outpost began to retreat towards Kamo Castle in a panic. And all this fell into the eyes of the people of Taiko Honma.

"Tai Gao Palace, as we expected! The Tsugawa family's forces really have no combat power at all, and before we could launch an offensive, Yagyu Shuiichiro fled in a hurry. In the Honma coalition army, Honma Tokithaya rode a war horse and pointed to the Tsugawa family's troops who were desperately fleeing in front, and said to Honma Taigao beside him with an excited face.

Honma Taitaka also swallowed his saliva, resisted the excitement in his heart, and shouted loudly, "Pursuit!" Kill! ”

"Wow!"

"Kill!"

For the peasants and soldiers of the Honma family, they have never heard of the Eagle of the Senbei or the Izugawa family. In their limited cognition, the samurai masters of the Honma family represent the most powerful force in Sado.

Now that so many samurai masters are united, it should simply be an invincible existence.

And the course of events was just as the peasants had guessed, and when the Honma family's forces came to the enemy, the enemy, who did not know whether they were alive or dead, "scattered and fled." For a while, the morale of the peasants and soldiers of the Honma family was high, and under the leadership of Tokitai Honma and others, they quickly chased after the Yagyu Shuiichiro team who fled in front.

Shuichiro Yanagi looked back at the Honma family soldiers who were chasing behind him as he ran, and secretly wondered about something.

"My lord, ahead is the place where our family's troops are ambushed!" At this time, a leading samurai came to Shuichiro Yagyu and said loudly.

Shuichiro Yagyu nodded, and then said, "Order, let everyone slow down and let the enemy catch up!" ”

"Hah!"

Since the Tsugawa family's standing ashigaru has been trained for a long time and runs much faster than the rest of the Honma family, the distance between the Yagyu Shuiichiro team and the Honma family's forces is already very far, and it would be embarrassing to let the enemy give up the pursuit because of this.

As the Tsukawa family's troops deliberately slowed down, the Honma family's troops in the rear gradually caught up.

Honma Tokitai rode on the war horse, and from time to time loudly commanded the surrounding troops to speed up.

The strength of the Kuchi family was in the front army, so it was at the forefront of the Honma family's forces, and Honma Tokitai was eager to catch up with the Tsugawa family's forces and annihilate Yagyu Shuiichiro's team.

And when Honma Tokithaya and the others were about to catch up with Yagyu Shuichiro's team, a fast horse suddenly caught up with Honma Tokita, and the people who came said loudly, "Lord Honma, Tai Takaden has an order, suspend the pursuit!" ”

"What? Pause the pursuit? Listening to the words coming from his ears, Honma Tokitai hesitantly looked at the Tsugawa family's troops not far away, and asked with a puzzled expression, "The Tsugawa family's troops are in front, and they are about to catch up!" Wouldn't it be in vain to stop the pursuit at this time and let this enemy army escape??? ”

Just when Honma Tokita was full of doubts, Honma Tai Taka, Honma Takaki and others also rode war horses to Honma Tokita's side.

As soon as he saw Honma Taigao, Honma Shitai hurriedly stepped forward and asked angrily, "Taigao Palace, seeing that it is about to catch up with the Tsugawa family, why did Taigao Hall order the Honjia to stop the pursuit?" ”

Hearing Honma Shitai's words, Honma Taigao pointed to the woods in front of him with a solemn face and said, "Shitai Palace, there is a dense forest ahead, beware of the Tsugawa family's troops ambushing inside!" ”

"This ......." After listening to Honma Taitaka's words, Honma Tokita hesitated for a moment, then carefully observed the terrain in front of him, and his heart became a little worried.

Honma Taitaka looked around for a moment, then said, "Ahead is the shambara, and there is a swamp!" The Tsugawa family's main camp is reported to be there, and even if this distance catches up with Shuichiro Yanagi, the Tsugawa family's forces will send reinforcements soon! To be on the safe side, we'd better be careful! ”

"Hmm." Honma Sadanao on the side also nodded in agreement and said, "What Tai Gao Hall said is good, anyway, the strength of the Tsugawa family has been greatly damaged, and the family has an advantage, so there is no need to fight for temporary profits!" ”

Seeing that Honma Sada's words echoed his words, Honma Yasutaka hurriedly continued, "Immediately send a team of scouts to investigate in the woods in front!" If the Tsugawa family doesn't have ambush troops, it's not too late for us to march again! ”

...........

Ahead, Shuichiro Yanagi also noticed the strength of the Honma family and stopped the pursuit, and suddenly stopped.

"Why did the enemy stop? Could it be that the enemy's plan has been detected by the enemy??? ”

Regarding the fact that he was about to flee when the war started, Yagyu Shuiichiro was extremely puzzled at first, after all, this would really damage his prestige. However, when Yagyu Shuiichiro learned about the next plan from Shimazu and Saburo, he had no choice but to agree to this proposal.

Now seeing that the Honma family's forces suddenly stopped in place, Shuichiro Yanagi suddenly became a little anxious.

"Yagyu-sama!" Just when Yagyu Shuiichiro was at a loss, Gamo Hisashi suddenly came to Yagyu Shuiichiro's side.

"Gamo-sama, the enemy suddenly stopped pursuing, what should we do now???" Seeing Kamyu Jiuqing, Shuichiro Yanagi suddenly found the backbone of the heart, and hurriedly asked eagerly.

Kasumo Hisashi looked at the strength of the Honma family in the rear, and then said with a smile, "I didn't expect that under such circumstances, the people of the Honma family could be so cautious." It seems that the Honma house is not full of rubbish. ”

"But since the good drama has already begun to be staged, then since we have to play a full set!" Gamo Hisaaki continued: "The reason why the enemy stopped was simply because he was afraid that we would have an ambush in the dense forest. In that case, let's ask Yagyu-sama to lead the team to fight back, and our ambush soldiers will also come out to support! ”

"Huh?" Yagyu Shuiichiro was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said puzzledly, "But in this way, won't the family's plan be exposed?" ”

"Don't worry!" Pu Sheng Jiuqing said confidently, "This is just a false shot, the real killing move of this family is still to come!" ”

"Yagyu-sama, don't worry, I'm going to report to Yamamoto-sama in the next place. At that time, Tsumaki-sama will come to support your adults! After Pu Sheng Jiuqing finished speaking, he strode towards the rear.

Looking at the back of Kamuyu Jiuqing leaving, Shuichiro Yanagi was also confused. Although Shuichiro Yagyu knew that he was a decoy, and the Tsugawa family planned to ambush the Honma family this time, he did not know the details of the plan.

In fact, the ambush location of the Tsukawa family was near Mihabara, not here, and there was only one squadron of Gamo Hisakiyo here, and the original plan was to block the Honma family's troops who escaped after being ambushed here.

And Gamo Hisashi happened to see the situation of the Honma family's troops stopping, and in order to avoid any accidents, Gamo Hisashi decided to change his strategy slightly. Since it is not possible to lure the enemy with a fake, let's make it real!