The reason why the Takayama military banner samurai are strong is that in addition to their excellent equipment and hard training, the most important thing is that they also have the will to fight beyond other military forces, in fact, even if Maeda Keiji doesn't say it, when they become the Takayama family flag samurai, they already know that their lives no longer belong to themselves, but to the lord and the Takayama family, so they are not afraid of death at all, so after Maeda Keiji finished speaking, not only did they not slow down, Instead, the speed of running is accelerated. Although their actions were still discovered by Hojo Tsunada, due to the rush of time and the fact that they were fighting, even if he wanted to send troops to intercept it, it was a step too late, and when he just put together a team of 1,000 people, the other party had already skipped his rear formation, and what Hojo Tsunataka could do was to send this thousand troops to pursue this enemy army, and immediately send someone to report the matter to the lord.

Crossing the Akabei under the command of Hojo Tsuna, not far in front of him was the Hojo clan who was fighting with the cavalry of the family and the 6,000 troops under his command, Maeda Keiji still had no intention of stopping, and continued to lead the army under his command forward, and at this moment, the main formation of the Hojo army had appeared in front of their eyes.

Although the speed of Maeda Keiji and the others was not slow, and there was no delay on the way, they still appeared in front of the Hojo Army's main camp after the Narita family's rout, don't look at them leaving behind those samurai who wanted to pass the news back, but after seeing the Narita rout, the Hojo clan Masa's reaction immediately and immediately ordered the three thousand troops to line up outside the main formation, regardless of whether the enemy army appeared, but he had to guard.

And when this army of 3,000 people had not yet lined up the formation, Maeda Keiji had already led his banner samurai team to rush to the front......

Now the Hojo clan can no longer be described as in a hurry, even if the 3,000 troops temporarily block the opponent's attack, but they will definitely not hold on to the moment of victory in the battle, so in this decisive battle, he has no chance to turn the tables. After all, once the main formation is breached, then even if the front is victorious, there is no meaning, after all, in addition to here, the Takayama family coalition army still has a lot of troops available, and he has no more troops to send, so the only thing he can do now is to give the order to withdraw the army immediately before the front army is in chaos, so that at least he can maintain the military momentum, and then rely on Odawara Castle to resist the attack of the Takayama army, otherwise, once the formation is broken, it will cause chaos in the army of the main battlefield, After being pressed down by the Takayama Army, the Hojo Army was dyed and collapsed.

The Hojo clan is now angry in his heart, and he regrets a little, if he didn't send an army to raid the Takayama family's main camp first, then how could the other party come to attack his own camp, and what made him angry was that he was about to defeat the Takayama army, but at this time, the other party launched a surprise attack on himself, and he was not defeated by the Takayama family's army, but in the hands of this mere 2,000 troops.

After thinking of this, the Hojo clan angrily kicked over the low table with the map in front of him, and gave the order for the entire army to retreat. Of course, he knew that it was impossible for his troops to retreat completely, but he had to do it.

I have to say that the choice of the Hojo clan was absolutely correct, and when he gave the order for the whole army to retreat, the Asai army had already defeated the 10,000-strong reserve led by the Hojo clan on the northwest side of the Ashigara Plain, and the Hojo clan did not escape, but died in the hands of the general of the Asai family, Yasuharu Wakisaka. After the Asai Army defeated the Hojo clan, the entire army immediately marched to the main battlefield without any stop.

And at the same time, Hojo Tsusunari and others had already received the withdrawal order issued by the lord, and they had to execute it immediately, first, because this was the lord's order, they could not disobey, and secondly, because the army under his command was watching the army of 2,000 people of the Takayama family rushing towards the main formation, at this moment, those ashigaru under his command were like the Takayama army just now, they were already a little panicked, if they didn't retreat while the other party had not eased up, then it would not be easy to retreat.

Of course, if you want to retreat from the battle, it is not easy, and it is impossible to evacuate all of them, otherwise even if the Hojo Army is proficient in formation, it will not be able to block the enemy's pursuit when it retreats, so it is necessary to leave the temple army.

At this time, it was time to test the courage of the Hojo samurai, and after the Hojo clan and Tominaga Masatsu decided to order the two or three thousand pioneers who were engaged with the enemy to continue to resist the enemy, they immediately led the remaining troops to retreat.

"Shi Fan, I order you to immediately lead the rear formation, and the 1,000 vanguard troops to retreat, go." Seeing that the forces on both sides had begun to retreat, Hojo Tsusunari immediately ordered.

"Yes, father, ...... child" Speaking of this, the Hojo clan couldn't help but be stunned, and then hurriedly said: "Father, you ......."

"Yes, it's up to me to come to the palace, now that my father is old, even if I return to Odawara, I can serve the lord for a few years, but you are different, you are still young, young is hope, go ahead." There was no special expression on Hojo Tsunari's face, as calm as ever.

"No...... Father, the family can be without children, but not without fathers, and ask my father to retreat immediately, so that the children have the confidence to win time for the army to retreat. With that, the Hojo clan picked up the sword in his hand and was about to run to the Takayama Army.

But before he could take a step, he was dragged by Hojo Tsunari. I only heard him say: "This is an order, I am not your father now, but I order you to retreat as General Huang Bei." ”

"Father's ......"

"Get out of here!" Hojo Tsusunari said as he pointed at his son with the sword in his hand.

Hojo knew that if he continued to insist at this time, then with his father's character, he would definitely cut off the sword without hesitation, and he knew that his father could endure anything, but he couldn't bear to disobey his command. He was not afraid of death, but he was very afraid of his father, so at this time, even if he didn't want to go, he had to go. But he knew that he might never have the chance to see his father again, so he immediately took two steps back, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, then turned around and left, concentrating on the middle and last two formations, and a thousand vanguard troops withdrew in the direction of Odawara.

After watching the Hojo clan leave, Hojo Tsunami sat quietly on the ground for a while, and the reason why he stayed in person was not because he was willing to say just now, but because he didn't want to see the death of the Hojo family with his own eyes. He knew that once this battle could not be won, then no matter how strong Odawara Castle was, it would not be able to block the attack of the Takayama family.

After thinking of this, I saw Hojo Tsunaru stand up suddenly, straighten the tendon helmet on his head, and then said loudly: "Hojo Army Huang Bei obeys the order and launches an attack on the enemy with me!" After saying that, he rushed towards the front of the battle without hesitation.

Hojo Tsunashi has long put life and death out of the way, in addition to his superb martial arts, this led the remaining more than 1,000 Huang Bei to attack, and actually played a wave of small climax, forcing the Takayama army to retreat step by step, and the other two temple armies also immediately took the opportunity to move closer to the direction of Hojo Tsunari, the three armies are bound to merge, the number of people is still more than 5,000 people, if it is placed just now, there is still the possibility of escaping and ascending to heaven after the withdrawal of the army, but at this moment the Asai army has already felt, and after arriving, It formed an encirclement of this army of more than 5,000 people, so that it was completely impossible for the Hojo family's palace army to break through, after all, the opponent's army was nearly ten times as strong as theirs. And the Takayama Army and the Asai Army were not besieged without attacking, as soon as the encirclement was completed, they began to divide the Hojoden Army, and the 5,000 Hojo Army was no longer able to form a body under the continuous division of the coalition army, and it had been completely chopped up.

And at this moment, there are only a dozen Ashigaru left around Hojo Tsunari, who is at the front, and in front of him are Maeda Toshiie, known as the Four Heavenly Kings, Watanabe Moritsuna, and Ito Yu three.

"Haha, happy, you three dolls go up together, the old man will let you see the bravery of my Hojo family samurai." After killing one of the Takayama family Ashigaru, Hojo Tsunari couldn't help but say to the three samurai of the Takayama family. Although Hojo Tsusunari knew that it was impossible for him to defeat the three of them under the joint efforts of the other party, but after seeing that the army under his command was constantly falling, now Hojo Tsusunari only wanted to die quickly, because he really didn't want to see the desperate eyes of his brother who had fought side by side with him.

In the past, the identities of the Ta Riya and Watanabe Moritsuna did not bother to join forces to bully the other party's old samurai, although they now knew each other's identities, and if they could get it, it would definitely be a great achievement, but even so, they had no such intentions.

But Ito Youbing doesn't care about these, he is now full of meritorious service, especially in this war, because of his own reasons, at the beginning of the war, his own army was in trouble, and now it is time to make amends, so when the other party finishes speaking, he will step forward to fight with the other party.

But before he could take two steps, he heard Maeda Toshiya speak: "Lord Ito, now that the victory and defeat have been decided, the other party's actions must be respected, so let him cut his stomach." ”

Although Maeda Toshiya and Ito Youbing do not belong to the same family, but Maeda-sama's words he can't help but listen, after all, this is the lord's confidant, especially Maeda-sama's popularity at home is very good, if it goes against his will, then it will cause a series of chain screenings, which he can't afford, so even if he wants this credit, he has to give up.

"Haha, joke, want to make the old man seppuku? Dream on. Every time the old man kills one more, it relieves a little pressure on the Hojo family, so you can die. As he spoke, Hojo Tsusunari rushed towards Ito Youbing, who was standing at the front.

Ito Youbing was overjoyed in his heart, Maeda-sama's words he couldn't help but listen, but if the other party had to fight, then it would be no wonder to himself, so when the other party waved the sword in his hand and rushed up, he immediately raised his spear to meet it, and Maeda Toshiya and Watanabe Moritsuna glanced at each other, they lowered their heads, unwilling to look at the two warring sides, the veteran in front of them brought them too much shock.

At this time, all they wanted to do was to contribute to the Hojo family, and they asked themselves if they couldn't do it.

Hojo Tsunaru is old and has just fought another battle, so his physical strength is a little weak at the moment, and now he can still fight, completely supported by his will, and the martial arts of Ito Youbing can only be regarded as good, so for a while, the two of them were evenly matched.

However, after more than ten moves, Hojo Tsunari has reached the verge of collapse, in terms of physical strength, no matter what, he is definitely not comparable to the young man, and Ito Yubing took the opportunity to slash the spear in his hand, Hojo Tsunari couldn't dodge, and a deep wound was immediately cut on his arm, and the sword in his hand also fell.

Seeing this, Ito immediately continued to make moves, wanting to use this move to win the other party, but although Hojo Tsusunari had no weapons, he still had both hands, and when the silver blade of the gun came towards him, he saw his body to the side, and after flashing the tip of the gun, he grabbed the handle behind the blade with both hands and fought with the other party.

However, after Ito Youbing exerted his strength to take it, he found that although the other party was still holding it tightly, there was no power coming, and when he looked up, he found that Hojo Tsunari's eyes were dim and he was no longer angry.

This is the first time he has encountered such a situation, so he can't help but be stunned, because both sides have not moved, at this time Maeda Toshiya and Watanabe Moritsuna also raised their heads, seeing that the other party has indeed died of anger, out of admiration for the other party, did not let Ito Yubing cut off the other party's head, but ordered a retainer under his command to carry Hojo Tsusunari out of the battlefield and bury him.

And after learning the news that Hojo Tsusunari had passed away, the Takayama clan couldn't help but sigh, and ordered Kose Fuan to record the matter, after all, the other party was also respected by the Takayama clan.

With the lord's order, and with the lord's expression, Kose Fuan did not insult the former enemy in words, but quickly wrote under the record of this battle: On April 15, 1578, the enemy Hojo Tsunaru fought against the three generals of the main family, Maeda, Watanabe, and Ito, and finally died of exhaustion.

The second half of the sentence is indeed what the clan said by himself just now, his evaluation of Hojo Tsunaru has been tied with Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, and the clan thinks that it is not too much to give the other party such an evaluation, the reason why the Hojo family can have the previous prestige, Hojo Tsunari has at least half of the credit, if there is no him, how can the Hojo army be on par with his own battle in this decisive battle, although the other party is an enemy, but it is definitely a respectable enemy. (To be continued.) )