Chapter 157: Defeated and Killed

The Maeda family has been without war for a long time since Maeda Toshimasa passed away, and Maeda Toshihisa succeeded him as the governor, and even Maeda Keiji's initial battle was completed by exterminating a group of bandits with only a dozen people, and that battle was attacked by more than 100 Ashigaru, and before he could make a move, the group of bandits was killed by Ashigaru, Maeda Keiji was very dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing to be done.

And today's battle can be said to be the first time that he has really fought the enemy on the battlefield, how can he not feel excited? Now that I see that the enemy lord is close at hand, the credit is at my fingertips, if I can really get it, maybe I don't have to follow the lord all the time in the future, this kind of passionate life is what I yearn for.

Endo Morishu saw the enemy rushing straight towards him, frightened and retreated, he was now frightened, just wanted to escape from the battlefield quickly, but he thought of the ninja army behind him, and hurriedly retracted the reins, now he has reached a dilemma, the flag next to him is light, seeing that the enemy is about to rush to the front, without waiting for Endo Morishu to give an order, they have all rushed up to intercept Maeda Keiji.

However, Maeda Keiji did not rush alone, and behind him there were twenty or thirty Maeda family flags of the Ashigaru, Maeda Keiji saw this, and immediately ordered the Maeda family Ashigaru behind him: "Hold these miscellaneous soldiers for me." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the spear in his hand flying up and down, and in an instant, two enemies were shot lightly and fell to the ground and died, Maeda Keiji did not stop, and all the enemies who dared to block his way were all killed on the spot by him mercilessly.

And the enemy's flags are insignificant, as early as when Endo Morishu gave the order to withdraw the army, he had no will to fight, and saw that the samurai in front of him, just now, with his own strength, defeated the two retainers who were proficient in martial arts, and easily took them, these flags saw that the two important ministers in the family were not the opponents of this samurai, so among the nearly 100 flags, except for a dozen loyal ones who dared to step forward to block, most of the rest saw the samurai rushing forward, and they scattered to both sides to make way for him.

And Maeda Keiji saw this, and he couldn't ask for it, he was not entangled with these enemy flags, but directly crossed these enemies who had no will to fight, and went straight to Endo Morishu with a gun.

"Endo Shengshu, today** will hand over the head of Xiang Shang to me Maeda Keiji to keep it, Ha Luha" As soon as Maeda Keiji's voice fell, he had already come to Endo Shengshu, and raised the spear in his hand to stab him.

Endo Morishu knew that the other party's martial arts were more than one step higher than his own, so he didn't dare to fight hard, so he hurriedly dodged, and when he was dodging, he rolled off his horse and ran towards the place where there were many farmers and soldiers on his side in a panic.

He wanted to get rid of Keiji Maeda's pursuit, after all, in this chaotic crowd, it was difficult for Keiji Maeda to catch up with him on horseback. He has completely given up now, and he can't even care about face, as long as he lives, then the Endo family still has hope for revival, otherwise, everything will really be empty.

Maeda Keiji saw that Endo Morishu had not yet fought, so he ran away directly, and couldn't help but curse angrily while urging the horse to chase, but as Endo Morishu thought, the terrain here is uneven, and the speed of the horses is not fast, and there are constantly chaotic farmers in front of the horse in front of him, so the speed of the four legs really can't catch up with his two legs.

And in the process of chasing, Maeda Keiji has to be on guard at all times, and the spears or bamboo spears on both sides are cold and unstabbed, and the speed can't be fast.

Endo Morishu saw that the distance between him and Maeda Keiji was getting farther and farther away, and his tense nerves finally relaxed a little, but now he was not really out of danger, so he didn't dare to be careless.

Maeda Keiji saw that he couldn't catch up, so he had to vent his anger with the peasant soldiers in front of him. Although he couldn't catch up with Endo Morisu, it didn't mean that others couldn't catch up with him.

As soon as the two armies fought, Wasuka Masakatsu, who commanded the ninja army to fight, was always paying attention to Endo Morishu's every move, and in his mind, anyway, his return to Gujo Hachiman Castle had been blocked by the ninja army under his command, so he was not in a hurry to step forward, but seeing that he disregarded the dignity of the samurai, after dismounting and fleeing, he didn't care about commanding the ninja army, and hurriedly chased after him.

Wasuka Masakatsu thought to himself, he had promised the lord that he must ask for Endo Mori, if he let him run away, not only would he not be able to substitute for the lord, but he would inevitably be ridiculed by the retainers, how could the arrogant Wasuka Masakatsu be able to stand the ridicule of others. ,

Endo Morishu was in a panic, how could he run past Wasuka Masakatsu, who had been strictly trained since childhood, as soon as he ran out of the battlefield, Wasuka Masakatsu had already chased after him dozens of meters away, the enemy, whether it was a samurai or ashigaru, saw that the lord had left them and fled alone, how could they still have the heart to fight, and they scattered in all directions. And in order to run faster, I don't even need the weapon in my hand.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy had already fled, and Maeda Keiji, who was resentful, saw that there was no one in front of him, and saw that a few hundred meters away, Endo Morishu had not yet been killed, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed, and he immediately hit his horse forward, although the ground here was uneven, but without the peasant soldiers in front of the horse to block, the speed of running was still much faster than his legs.

At this moment, Endo Morishu's physical strength has reached the limit, when he looked back, he found that Wasuka Masakatsu was getting closer and closer to him, and he knew that he couldn't run, and now the eight thousand stone Zhiyuki of Hachiman Castle in the county, he didn't plan to ask for it, he just wanted to save his life, if he wanted to save his life, then there was only one way to return to the Oda family.

Thinking of this, Endo Morishu stopped running forward, only to see him hurriedly stop his steps, turn around, and pant and said, "This... This adult, in Shimoto Endo Mori... number, willing to return to the Oda family, and please... Be merciful. After all, he is also in his forties, and there has been no war in North America for a long time, so Endo Morishu, who has always been pampered, wore big armor and ran seven or eight hundred meters at a sprint speed, he really couldn't stand it, I saw that as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't care about his image, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground panting heavily.

Seeing that he no longer has the power to resist, and he has the heart of resignation, it is not good to take the opportunity to do it, and everything is better to wait for the arrival of the lord before making a decision.

Although Wasuka Masakatsu thought so, but Maeda Keiji was not as kind as him, seeing that he had come to the front of him quickly, he didn't answer, and raised the spear in his hand and stabbed it at the throat of the unsuspecting Endo Morishu.

Since Endo Morishu had already said the intention of surrender, he also relaxed his mind, he saw that the blade of the gun had already arrived in front of him, and he didn't have time to dodge, and was shot through the throat, killing him on the spot.

After rushing out more than ten meters, Maeda Keiji pulled the reins, and Soma came to Endo Morishu's corpse, shouting excitedly: "Ha Lu Ha, the enemy's main general Endo Sheng Shu has been taken by me Maeda Keiji, Ha Lu Ha." As he spoke, he jumped off the horse, drew the knife at his waist, and slashed at his head, this was the first time he had won the enemy's main general, so he was excited to personally attack his head.

Seeing this, Wasuka Masakatsu was not angry, the credit for capturing and killing Endo Morishu was originally his own, but who would have thought that it was snatched away by that Maeda Keiji, only to hear him say unhappily: "Since Endo Morishu has been surrendered, what does Maeda-sama mean by behaving like this?" ”

Keiji Maeda smiled and said: "Ha Luha, Lord Bee Suga is too merciful to the enemy, before the war, the lord has already ordered to kill Endo Mori several times, and the Lord has not done it for a long time, so I have to do it for me, and I ask for your forgiveness." ”

Only then did Wasuka Masakatsu remember that before the war, the lord had indeed said this, and it was no wonder that Maeda Keiji was reckless, and he could only blame himself for not being able to listen to orders clearly. At this moment, he couldn't help but start to regret it.

It didn't take long for the clan to immediately lead a large army after solving the matter of the rich families in North America, but when he came here, the enemy army had already fled, and the clan disdained in his heart.

At this time, Wasuka Masakatsu and Maeda Keiji who was carrying the head of Endo Morishu led their respective armies to the front quickly, only to hear Maeda Keiji excitedly report: "Lord, my subordinates have lived up to the trust of the lord, and have asked for Endo Morisu, and asked for the two samurai under his command, and I specially dedicate his head to the lord." ”

Wasuka Masakatsu also spoke: "My lord, Toyama Morishu has already made it clear to his subordinates that he will return to the Oda family......"

Although the clan was not present at the time, he could think of the scene of the battle just now, for him, Endo Morishu was useless and had to die, and since Nobunaga let himself come to take his territory, he didn't intend to spare his life, so Endo Morishu died this time, which was only good for himself, not harmful.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "You two have merit this time, and each will be rewarded with a hundred pieces of money." ”

"Thank you lord" Wasuka Masakatsu thought that he would not be able to get any rewards for this campaign, but he didn't expect that the lord would have a heavy reward, so he thanked him happily. And although Maeda Keiji is also grateful, but he is not willing, he wanted to take the credit of Endo Morishu, get rid of the identity of the close servant in one fell swoop, and thus become the commander of the army, even if he becomes the deputy commander is within the scope of his acceptance, but the lord did not mention this matter, although the reward of this hundred yuan is already a lot, but compared with the life of being able to live a bloody life in the future, it is still far from enough.

No matter what the two of them thought, seeing that the enemy army had been leveled, he could order: "The whole army listens to the order, and the target county is Hachiman Castle, and set off." ”