When Suwa Laifeng received the order, Zongxin couldn't help but look at the clan, after all, his father just let him make arrangements for Karumi Mitsuxian, and this Suwa Laifeng was completely a temporary decision made by himself, and he was afraid that his father would blame him. But when he looked at it, he found that his father was nodding at him, so he was relieved.

And the clan is very surprised, his son has not been inconspicuous, he really didn't know that he had such a big idea, he was afraid that his character was cowardly, and he couldn't control the Suwa family, but from today's events, this child is not as simple as he thought, and it seems that he still doesn't care enough about his juniors.

The arrangement on the side of the clan has been decided, and after the defeat of the Hao Clan's coalition army, it had to flee north, and finally got rid of the pursuit of the Gao Shan army after a day of joint battle. However, due to the self-retreat, the Hao clan coalition army has been completely dispersed, and the peasant soldiers only care about escaping and are not obeying orders at all, so those Hao clan family masters who participated in the battle are only left with their own banner team around them at this moment. More or less in number, they still retreated in the direction of Kita-Shinano.

But this does not mean that they can escape, when they just stepped into the border of Kita-Shinano with one foot, they found that there had been hundreds of troops in front of them, carrying the golden regimental mountain pattern back flag of the high mountain family, riding on a tall horse, holding a strange weapon in their hands, and looking at themselves with fierce eyes.

The first to flee here was the 3,000 reserve troops in the joint battle, but at this moment, the total army under the command of several family masters was less than 300 people, and the physical strength of this team had long been unable to keep up.

When the enemy army was blocked on the road to Kita-Shinano, all hopes of escape were completely shattered.

You don't have to ask. The army of the Takayama family was none other than the five hundred cross-archers led by Takayama Nobukatsu.

"My lord. Now there are pursuers. There are enemies in front of me, and I don't know what to do. I heard a junior samurai come to his lord and said in a panic.

And this family head was relatively calm, only to hear him say to the other wealthy family heads around him: "Everyone, if I wait to turn back, I'm afraid there is no possibility of survival, rather than this, it is better to rush and kill the past." As long as you can return to the territory, then there is still a chance, I don't know what you think. ”

"That's all it has to say now."

The masters of the family tacitly did not rectify the army, in their opinion, only by taking advantage of the chaos can they escape, and then the mountain army only cares about chasing and killing those ashigaru under their command, and they can take advantage of this time to ride their horses away.

So I just heard them immediately order: "You are now in front of Kita-Shinano, if you turn around, you will definitely die, if you can rush over." Then you can save your life. Listen to my orders and immediately retreat towards North Shinano with peace of mind. Rush me! ”

The more than 300 flags under his command are inchlight, who doesn't want to save their lives, and what the lord said is right, now he can only fight, so after the order is issued, I saw that these 300 ashigaru rushed forward without hesitation.

"Young master, the enemy has already begun to attack." Maeda Toshinaga, who was four or five hundred meters away, saw the enemy move, so he immediately came to Nobukatsu's side and spoke.

"The enemy is not charging, it is obvious that he is trying to escape, in that case, you immediately order Ashigaru to shoot when he is within fifty paces of the enemy." Takayama Nobukatsu's idea was very simple, if the enemy on the opposite side shot as soon as they entered the range, then they would definitely scatter and flee, so that they would not be able to annihilate all the opponents, and if they were allowed to walk to a distance of fifty paces, although there would still be fish caught in the net, the damage caused to them would be much greater.

After Nobukatsu finished speaking, Maeda Toshinaga immediately gave the order, and the crossbow cavalry immediately dispersed in a goose wing formation, which could not only shoot the enemy to the maximum extent, but also facilitate outflanking and pursuit after the enemy retreated.

At the sound of the order, the 500 mountain troops who had been strictly trained for more than half a year immediately discharged the formation, although it was not yet uniform, but it was enough to deal with these troops on the opposite side.

Soon, the three hundred ashigaru had already rushed into a distance of about fifty paces, only to see Takayama Nobukatsu's sword slashing towards the enemy, and the rain of arrows immediately poured out towards the enemy like a torrential rain. With the end of the first round of shooting, the more than twenty people who ran in the front were shot into hedgehogs by ten times the crossbow arrows, and the barrels and pockets they wore did not play any role at the moment, and became completely decorations.

However, before the people who were continuing to run behind could react, the second round of arrows from the Alpine Army had already hit.

Takayama Nobukatsu originally planned to use a three-stage shooting, but because the number of people was too small, if it was adopted, then this formation would be incomplete, so he had no choice but to use two-stage shooting, but in this way, when the second round of shooting passed, there was a short vacuum time, after all, his Ashigaru has just turned sixteen years old now, so his arm strength is slightly insufficient, if he uses the army of Takayama Hundred Battles, then even if it is a two-stage shot, there will be no vacancy.

And taking advantage of this moment, the remaining more than 200 ashigaru finally reacted, if they continued to rush forward, a distance of dozens of meters was still very likely to let them rush over, but the day before, they already had no courage, and now seeing the enemy's armor so sharp, who would dare to rush forward, especially the dozens of people who rushed to the front, seeing that the people in front of them fell like being cut wheat, and they have now become the first row, which makes them feel very frightened. So I saw that they turned around and ran backwards regardless of it, it was okay not to turn around, this turn, and immediately collided with the ashigaru behind them, and at this moment, a new round of arrow rain from the opposite high mountain army had been shot, and these people still could not escape the fate of death. Except for a few of the smarter ones, who fled to the two at the beginning and were not taken care of by the rain of arrows, the rest fell again.

And the heads of the families who supervised the battle in the back, after seeing this, remembered that when the military council was held in Tahara Castle that day, the retainers of the Nishina family had already said that the weapons in the hands of the Takayama army in Kita-Shinano were extremely sharp, and they had just forgotten such an important matter by only caring about escaping. Fortunately, he didn't rush to the front, otherwise, it would not be those ashigaru under his command who are lying on the ground at the moment, but himself.

Seeing this, these heads of the family didn't care about the subordinates in front of them, so they turned their horses and ran back.

The Takayama army on the opposite side saw that the opposite side had completely collapsed, and after the second round of shooting, Takayama Nobukatsu led it, and the five hundred cavalry immediately put the cross bow behind their backs, drew their swords at their waists and rushed towards the enemy.

Although Fukushima Masanori was on the battlefield for the first time, he did not feel the slightest nervousness, I saw him riding on a horse, charging at the front with a spear, and he did not go after those ashigaru, but went straight to those wealthy family heads.

Although the head of the wealthy family also has horses when he sits down, these horses have been running for a whole day, and they have long been exhausted, and how can they run too long after Fukushima Masanori, who has been resting for a long time.

Before running a few dozen meters, one of the wealthy family owners was caught up by him, and the other party saw that Fukushima Masanori was young, and he didn't pay too much attention to it, and planned to take it first and run away, after all, there was always such a person behind him, and it was still difficult to run.

However, his idea was correct, but he ignored one point, although this Fukushima Masanori is young, but the martial arts are well-known, especially the first time he goes into battle, and he is even more meritorious, so this shot can be said to have exhausted all his strength, and the head of the wealthy family was directly stabbed off the horse by accident. And it's just a matter of moments.

Fukushima saw that there were several family owners in front of him who continued to flee, and in order to get more credit, he did not dismount and cut off the head of the person he had just taken, but continued to chase after one person.

At this time, the five hundred crossbow riders behind them also felt that they were divided into three routes, all the way to kill those who had not had time to escape, all the way to kill those enemies who scattered and fled, and dozens of people were chasing after the remaining family masters.

Because the enemy was defeated at the first touch, so the battle lasted not too long, less than a meal of effort, the battle has been over, and the results obtained, Takayama Nobukatsu is still very satisfied, this battle, the enemy will not be caught, as for the three hundred ashiba, except for dozens of people who fled in chaos, the rest were all killed.

After listening to the report, Takayama Nobukatsu couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, he should be able to get his father's praise for this first battle. At first, the clan only let Takayama Nobukatsu lead the army to harass in Kitashinano, in order to reduce the morale of the coalition army. Recently, he led his army to come here to block the enemy's return route, which was completely improvised, after all, if it was just to harass, it would be too unpleasant, and in this way, how could he really be regarded as fighting the enemy, so with the strong support of all the young people, especially the retainer Fukushima Masanori, there was today's scene. But that's not all, there are so many enemies fleeing north, and this is just the beginning.

Therefore, Takayama Nobukatsu immediately ordered his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, and seize the time to rest and prepare for another battle. And these people who escaped from North Shinano, although they escaped the pursuit of the Takayama army in South Shinano, most of them did not escape the butcher's knife from the front.

Of course, Takayama Nobukatsu will not be hot-headed, he just leads the army to kill those troops with less than a thousand people, once the enemy exceeds a thousand people, then he will lead the army to avoid casualties on his side, after all, there are many enemies, and there is no need to care about the temporary gains and losses.

It wasn't until three days later, after the Takayama clan gave the order for him to return to the army, that the troops that had been defeated in Kita-Shinano were able to return unimpeded, but since a few days had passed, there were not many troops still staying in Minami-Shinano. And this small number of people learned that most of them had already died in battle, and they couldn't help but feel very happy, it seems that those who run fast may not be able to keep their habits, and those who run slowly may not necessarily die.

After this battle, the Southern Shinano Hao clan has been swept away, and the North Shinano Hao clan has been reduced by more than ordinary under the attack of the Takayama Army, and it is already a great loss of vitality. And since the Warring States period, this is the first time that the power of the wealthy clan has been wiped out in large numbers. This laid the foundation for Takayama to rule Shinano and maintain Shinano's stability in the future. (To be continued......)