Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Komatsugawa (Finale) )

Outside Komatsuyama Castle, Komatsu River, the battle between the two sides has been going on for quite some time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

Soji Tsugawa sat anxiously in the main camp.

"Report, Tohachiro Uemura died in battle! The Western Front is in an emergency," a detective from the Tsugawa family reported.

"Report, Junjiro Shimono died in battle! Yoshikawa-sama has already gone into battle himself."

The war in Komatsugawa did not develop in favor of the Tsugawa family, after all, there was a large difference in the number of enemies and us. In this kind of 1,000-person joint battle, when the strength of the two sides is not much different, one side has 300 more people than the other, which is a big advantage.

Even though the Tsugawa family had fierce generals such as Kuroda Iekane and Miki Naogo leading the charge, they still could not turn the situation around. The Tozawa family's troops are well equipped, and although the Tsugawa family's ashigaru is also fully equipped, after all, the Tsugawa family lacks heritage, and even if there are resources such as iron ore in Tsugawa Castle in the territory, it still can't meet everyone's outfit change in a short time. Therefore, there are still a lot of ashigaru who are still dressed in simple clothes.

Moreover, the Tozawa family's strength is still more than that of the Tsugawa family's Ashigaru after all. Although the Tsugawa family had a certain advantage in morale and training, these advantages were not enough to compensate for the numerical disadvantage.

The two leaders of the Kuroda family and his subordinates were killed in battle, and the morale of the Tsugawa family plummeted.

Tsugawa Soji's face turned pale, and he muttered, "It seems that this is really the only way to go!" ”

Soji Tsugawa stood up suddenly, "Nagano Masa, call the Banner Headquarters, follow me"

"Hi"

Not long after, Soharu Tsugawa and others rushed to the battlefield on horseback. At this time, the Tsugawa family's ashigaru was about to be unable to support it, and many ashigaru were already slowly retreating. If it weren't for the fact that the law of the Tsugawa family had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, I am afraid that the Ashigaru of the Tsugawa family had already begun to rout at this moment. In the Tsugawa family, if you retreat without permission, you will face heavy penalties.

Soji Tsugawa looked at the situation on the battlefield and felt that it couldn't be delayed any longer, so he immediately said to the Nagano Masabo beside him, "Order, retreat!" ”

"Hi"

"Retreat!" "Withdraw!"

For a while, the Tsugawa family, who no longer had much will to fight, saw the retreat order coming from the rear, and began to run to the back. Fortunately, Kuroda Iekane and others were prepared and restrained Ashigaru in time, otherwise Ashigaru of the Tsugawa family would inevitably flee in all directions.

"My lord! The Tsugawa family has retreated! In the main formation of the Tozawa family, Tozawa Masayan trotted all the way and said excitedly.

When Tozawa Michimori heard this, he stood up suddenly, "Okay!" Command the whole army to pursue! Don't let go of Soharu Tsugawa! ”

"Hi"

Just as Tozawa Michimori was preparing to leave, Iwai Chang on the side dissuaded, "Lord, be careful of deception!" ”

"Fraud?" Tozawa Michimori asked puzzledly, "The Tsugawa family has retreated, what else can I do?" ”

"My lord! The Tsugawa family has hundreds of troops, even if it is less than the main family, but it will not retreat after such a short time of fighting, right? Iwai said for a long time, "What if the Tsugawa family has other conspiracies?" ”

Hearing Iwai say this, Tozawa Michimori also hesitated a little in his heart. But Tozawa Masaysu said loudly, "Iwai is long! Hugh is going to talk nonsense. The entire Tsukawa family is already here, what other conspiracy can there be? Can you still conjure up an army out of thin air? Now that the enemy army has been defeated, if you don't pursue it at this time, do you have to wait for the Tsugawa family to come to their senses? ”

"Iwai for a long time, you have repeatedly obstructed the war between the Tsugawa family and the Tsugawa family, could it be that you have any ulterior secrets with the Tsugawa family?" Tozawa said with a hideous face.

When Iwai heard this, his face was as ugly as eating Xiang, and he hurriedly said, "My lord, please believe in the loyalty of your subordinates!" ”

Although Tozawa Michimori's impression of Iwai Nagashi is not as good as before, he still believes in Iwai's long-term loyalty, but because of Tozawa Masashige, he has to say, "In this case, Iwai Naga, you can stay in this camp, and once the situation changes, you can also respond from behind." ”

"Hi," Iwai replied helplessly.

Tozawa Michimori nodded, and said loudly, "Tozawa Masayama, gather the strength of your own family and pursue!" ”

"Hi," Masayasu Tozawa said excitedly. Just took refuge in the Tozawa family, Tozawa Masayama, although he is also a drip of the Tozawa family, and is deeply trusted by Tozawa Michimori, but after all, he has just joined, so Tozawa Masaan is eager to establish a meritorious service. Become the "second person" of the Tozawa family. Tozawa Masashige is old after all, and the only one who can take over the old position of Tozawa Masashige in the Tozawa family is I, Tozawa Masashige, and I just lack a credit to serve the public.

Randomly, the Ashigaru of the Tozawa family, led by Michimori Tozawa, Masayan Tozawa, Hanarumi Mori and others, crossed the Komatsu River and pursued the defeated Ashigaru of the Tsugawa family.

At this time, on a hill behind Komatsugawa, Soji Tsugawa looked at the Tozawa family army with a smile on his face, and said loudly to the Nagano government next to him, "Raise the flag!" ”

"Hi" "Put the flag up!" ”

With the order of the Tsugawa family, the flags of Tsugawa Soji put up the flags in their hands one after another. For a while, dozens of pure black flags appeared on this mountain bag.

Tozawa Michimori and the others, who were in pursuit, suddenly discovered this abnormal phenomenon and quickly stopped the pursuit.

Tozawa Michimori said with a surprised face, "What happened?" Could it be that the Tsukawa family really has ambush soldiers? ”

Tozawa Masayama, who was on the side, hurriedly said, "It shouldn't be, the forces of the Tsugawa family, except for the Onodera family who have been guarding against Yodogawa Castle, the rest of the troops have been gathered here to fight against the family." In comparison, this is just a small trick by the Tsugawa family in order to hinder the pursuit of the family. Lord, please continue to pursue, you can't still retreat calmly from the Tsugawa family! ”

Tozawa Michimori nodded and said, "Keep pursuing!" ”

At this time, on Mt. Omatsu not far away, the Takahashi family who stayed here suddenly discovered the signal sent by Soji Tsugawa.

"Look, the lord has signaled! Drain the water, release the water quickly! ”

"Hi" A small team of Ashigaru who stayed here hurriedly smashed the embankment that had intercepted the source of the Komatsu River. "Move the stones of the Dark River away, quick!"

"Hi" With the joint efforts of more than 20 ashigaru, a huge stone was finally moved away from the outside of a cave.

Before he could finish speaking, a huge stream of water gushed out of the cave.

On the side of the Komatsu River, some of the Tozawa family's ashigaru details found something abnormal.

"Hey, Kogoro, did you hear anything?" An ashigaru said to the head of the ashigaru group next to him.

"It's all said, you want to call me Maori-sama!" Mori Kogoro said unhappily, "Shinichi, don't think that we are from the same village and call us casually, you must know that I can .........."

Suddenly, Mori Kogoro stopped talking, his eyes glazed over, and he trembled for a long time before he said, "Kudo Shin... Shinichi! Look over there."

Kudo Shinichi looked suspiciously in the direction that Mori Kogoro was pointing, and saw a white torrent pouring out of the big mountain................................