This time, Shibata Katsuya is really satisfied, this battle not only defeated Niwa, Takigawa, Matsunaga three army forces, but also occupied Azuchi Castle for the lord, with such a merit, after the lord seized the world, it is not a dream to double his own territory.

And just when the Maori army was defeated and Uesugi and Asai took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the Toyotomi family's main camp, the Tokugawa army on the southern route was only one step away from completely defeating the Sakuma army.

"Report to the lord, the big thing is not good, the 50,000 troops on the north road of the Toyotomi family have been defeated by the combined forces of the three families of Shibata, and...

"And what! Say! "At this moment, even if there is a wise and 8,000 troops under the command of Takenaka to join the battle, but the Tokugawa army still occupies a small advantage, as long as he is given some more time, he can defeat the enemy army in front of him, and then he can lead the army into the central battlefield, with his own army to join, he absolutely does not believe that the Takayama family still has the possibility of turning the tables.

But now he suddenly heard that the North Route Army was defeated, which made him feel a little annoyed, but he was not very anxious, because this time the middle route concentrated nearly 100,000 troops of the Toyotomi Army, which was enough to deal with any changes, even if there were three armies such as Shibata to join, it was still the Toyotomi Army that had an advantage in the military situation, and just waited for himself to eliminate the Sakuma family, and he could completely establish the victory, and without Matsunaga and other three families, after the war, his own harvest would be greater.

"My lord, not only was the Northern Route Army defeated, but the three Maori families were also defeated by the Uesugi and Asai armies who came later, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi had already led his own camp to retreat when he saw that the Uesugi Asai coalition army was coming."

"Bastard!" After listening to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the strength of his body seemed to be drained, Toyotomi Hideyoshi retreated, so how to fight this battle, it won't be long before the enemy can concentrate his military strength to attack his side, with only nearly 30,000 troops under his command, how can he block the attack of more than 100,000 troops of the other side.

"My lord, while the mountain army has not yet arrived, I... Let's retreat first. Ishikawa Shumasa saw that the lord was stunned, and couldn't help but hurriedly say.

"Retreat? Once this battle is lost, is there still a place for my Tokugawa family in this world? After saying that, Tokugawa Ieyasu had already mustered up his courage, and he continued to ask, "How many troops are still in this camp now?" ”

"Back to the lord, there are only a thousand ninja troops under Hattori-sama, and a thousand elite guards under the command of Honda-sama!"

"Good! Herald! Ordered Isai Naomasa to lead an army of 1,000 and launch an attack on the Takayama family main camp with me! After Tokugawa Ieyasu finished speaking, he didn't give his retainers a chance to speak, and walked directly towards the outside of the main camp. And all the retainers like Honda, Kamihara, Sakai and so on could only follow the lord to attack Takayama Honjin.

"Lord, my subordinates are also willing to participate in the war!" Hattori Hanzo saw that the lord did not use the ninja army, and couldn't help but hurriedly say.

"You led a thousand ninja troops to attack from behind after I attracted the enemy's attention, no matter whether this battle is won or lost, I want the Takayama clan to die here!" After Tokugawa Ieyasu finished whispering, he directly stepped on the war horse and marched in the northeast direction.

"The lord is out! The lord is out! ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't care about the battlefield ahead, and directly led 2,000 troops to attack the Takayama Army in the middle.

"My lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu personally led the army, and he is rushing to this camp, and I ask my lord to decide."

When the Takayama clan heard that Tokugawa Ieyasu did not flee at this time, but came to send him to his death, he couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and directly ordered: "The herald orders the cavalry to intercept, the iron cannons are light, and the crossbow array is ready to kill the Tokugawa army." ”

After receiving the order, the cavalry and the 6,000 troops in the formation began to move, they didn't dare to let the other party kill before the formation, once such a situation occurred, the front army situation because they didn't know the situation, maybe there would be chaos, so not only the cavalry, even if the iron cannon and the cross bow two armies, were also deployed hundreds of meters away from the formation, in their opinion, there were cavalry led by Sanada and Yamanaka to attack, and whether the army of 1,000 people could attack here is still a matter.

Tokugawa's personal guards are completely modeled after the Takayama family's banner samurai team, and not only that, in order to make this team more attacking, so Tokugawa Ieyasu is equipped with armor and horses, and in addition to protecting their own safety, they also play the role of cavalry.

"My lord, the enemy cavalry is rushing up!" Although Honda Tadakatsu was not tall, his eyes were very pointed, and as the lord and a thousand guards galloped, he saw a cavalry on the left and right sides in front of him, and each of them was much more numerous than them.

"My lord, the Gaoshan Clan Sect has already prepared, so it's better to... After Ishikawa saw it, he still wanted to persuade him that he still had a chance to escape while he was not engaged with the enemy at this moment, and if he really waited for a fight, he would not be able to run if he wanted to.

But before he could finish speaking, he heard Tokugawa Ieyasu shout angrily: "Shut up! In this battle, he will either die or I will die, and there is no room for turnback. The whole army obeyed the order, and after the enemy rushed up, don't entangle with him too much, continue to move forward, go straight to the high mountain and the main formation, and rush with me! After Tokugawa Ieyasu finished speaking, he waved his horsewhip fiercely, and his speed increased, and in an instant, he had already surpassed Naomasa Ii, who was leading the army in front.

"Be careful, lord!" Seeing this, the retainers of the Tokugawa family did not dare to slack off, but also sped up, and after catching up with the lord, they surrounded him in the middle.

"Rush, kill!" As soon as they finished protecting the lord, the cavalry of the Gao Shan family had already appeared in front of them, and they rushed towards the enemy army diagonally on the left and right, and directly cut the thousand-strong army into three parts.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's personal guards were much stronger than the cavalry of the Takayama family in terms of personal combat strength, but the enemy was several times more than them, and they were charged, and the martial arts were not easy to use at this time, although they killed some enemies, but they died more, and in just one charge, hundreds of guards died in the hands of the Takayama cavalry. And both Sanada Masaki and Yamanaka Yukimori knew that this battle was to block the enemy's attack on the main formation, so after the charge, they did not continue, but blocked the enemy's way, trapped them in the middle and began to strangle.

"My lord! The guards behind did not follow, and now there were less than three hundred horsemen. Jing Yi Naomasa saw that the cavalry behind him had been surrounded, and it was already difficult to rush out, and while feeling distressed, he said loudly, compared with the military situation, the life of the lord is obviously more important.

"Keep attacking."

"Yes, my lord."