Seeing Asai Toshimasa's reaction, the samurai almost cried, "My lord, please get up and take a look. This time the enemy is serious!"
"Plop! Plop!"
Toshimasa Asai rushed out of the camp as quickly as possible, stumbling and causing a lot of noise along the way. After opening the curtain of the camp, Toshimasa Asai was stunned by what he saw.
I saw peasants and soldiers fleeing everywhere in the Asai family's main formation. The tents around the main formation were already burning with raging fires, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering and endless.
"No! Lord!"
Toshimasa Asai immediately thought of Ryomasa Asai who was still in the main formation, and immediately left the samurai beside him and ran quickly towards the direction of the main formation.
"Samurai of the Asai family! Let's capture him without mercy!"
While running, Asai Toshimasa also encountered several peasant soldiers who intercepted him, but he was easily thrown away by Asai Toshimasa. Asai Ryomasa's main formation was not far from Asai Toshimasa's camp. After a while, Asai Toshimasa came to the main formation that was already protected by the Asai family's flag.
Seeing Asai Ryomasa still sitting there calmly in the face of danger, Asai Toshimasa breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My lord, I will organize troops here to protect you and rush out!"
"Why are you panicking! The sky hasn't fallen yet!" Asai Ryomasa said calmly, "Tooji Mamoru, you immediately go outside to command the troops and try to control the morale of the peasants and soldiers."
"It will be dawn soon, and the troops of the Aguan family who have been entrusted near dawn will naturally come to support!" Asai Ryomasa ordered.
"ha!"
Not long after Asai Toshimasa left, an Asai family warrior ran in with a hurried expression, "My lord, it's not good!"
"The Rokkaku family, the Rokkaku family has joined the war!"
"When did it happen? Is the news true?" If there is anyone else in Omi who cannot be offended by Ryomasa Asai, it is the leader of the Rokkaku family in Minami-Omi, Rokkaku Sadayori, so when he heard that the Rokkaku family was participating in the war After the news, Asai Ryomasa also began to panic.
"Lord, some of the enemy troops who raided our main formation shouted the name of the general of the Rokkaku family. It seems that the Rokkaku family also participated in this surprise attack!"
"How is this possible!" Asai Ryomasa's first reaction was disbelief. The Rokkaku family's Kannonji Castle is located in Minami Omi, and it takes at least 2 days to go back and forth from Uesaka Castle in Kita Omi.
In terms of the time required to mobilize troops, it would normally take ten days and a half. The battle at Uesaka Castle had just started four or five days ago. How could the Rokkaku family appear here unless they flew over?
"This is the enemy's bluff. It is absolutely impossible for the Rokkaku family's troops to appear here!" Inside the formation, Asai Ryomasa shouted with certainty.
Asai Ryomasa knew the truth of the matter, but how could the peasants and soldiers of the Asai family care about that? As soon as he heard that the enemy troops that attacked the main formation actually included troops from the Rokkaku family, the Ashigaru of the Asai family, who had been defeated twice by the Rokkaku family, was immediately frightened.
Coupled with the sudden attack, the peasants and soldiers who were already beaten had no intention of fighting. The Asai family's main formation was full of defeated peasants and soldiers.
Master Saburo and others were indeed bluffing. Since the number of farmers and soldiers of the Mitamura family was too small, they were worried that they would not be able to defeat the Asai family quickly, so Asai Ryomasa dragged other reinforcements to come to support. Master Saburo had no choice but to let Akao Kiyozuna and others Everyone led the peasants and soldiers to shout the name of the Rokkaku family.
Facts have proved that the effect is surprisingly good!
As the overlord of Minami-Omi, the Rokkaku family sent troops to invade Kitanomi several times, and twice defeated the coalition forces of the Kitanomi nation led by Ryomasa Asai. Now, when Omi is at its peak, how come the peasants and soldiers of the Asai family do not recognize the name of Rokkaku Sadeyori?
In addition, the visibility was not good at night, and there were enemy troops on all sides of the formation. This gave the peasants and soldiers of the Asai family the first impression of "the enemy's force was overwhelming." How could they not be afraid?
"The Rokkaku family Goto Tajima is here, the trash of the Asai family has always been killed!" Mitamura Tadayama shouted loudly as he directed the peasant soldiers to continue charging inside.
Wherever they went, no peasants or soldiers who were not afraid of death dared to stop them.
On the west side of the Asai family's main formation, Akao Kiyozuna also shouted the name of "Shinfujiyama Castle Guard" as if he was in a deserted place. The rest of Endo Kyouyo, Uesaka Munanobu, Hatayama Nobunobu and others also played the role of "Ogawa". Characters such as "Boqi Mamoru", "Kamo Shimono Mamoru" and "Yamaoka Misaku Mamoru" are a joy to kill.
The names of these characters are not eye-catching in the entire Warring States period, and it can even be said that they are not well-known. But in this place near the river, it represents the Rokkaku family.
The Asai family has been defeated.
Even though Asai Toshimasa personally came to the battlefield to command, he could no longer restore the decline, and the entire formation fell into chaos. The peasants and soldiers of the Asai family just ran away and did not follow orders at all.
For peasants and soldiers, the first factor in fighting is always to save lives.
"Father, the enemy is about to rush into our formation. If we don't leave, it will be too late!" Asai Uhei, the son of Asai Toshimasa, held back Asai Toshimasa who was trying to rush into the enemy's formation.
Toshimasa Asai was also having a fever just now, but now he was pulled by his son and he also reacted, so he quickly put away his sword, "Follow me to retreat to the main formation, and no matter what, first protect the lord and kill him!"
"ha!"
"Zen'emon Kaiboku, Shinano Katagiri, you two are here to serve as the rear guard!" Toshimasa Asai left Tsunayika Kaiboku and Naoshige Katagiri as the rear guard, then turned around and ran away, leaving Naoshige Katagiri in his heart. Two people.
As soon as Asai Toshimasa and Asai Uhei left, Master Saburo and others followed Mitamura Tamasa and rushed outside the formation. It was the first time that I really participated in the battle. To be honest, Master Saburo was in a state of excitement.
There is still a trace of blood on the young face. This is the blood mark that a peasant soldier of the Asai family scratched out on Master Saburo's face before he died. Master Saburo personally begged for one of them half a quarter of an hour ago, which made Tadamasa Mitamura frightened. Bundle.
"Ryomasa Asai is inside, please work harder, we are about to win!" Master Saburo stood beside Mitamura Tadayama, holding the tachi Iwakiri given by Aisu Kutada, and loudly encouraged morale.
"oh!"
At this time, anyone who was not a fool could see that their side had the absolute upper hand, and the morale of the peasants and soldiers was extremely high.
The peasant soldiers rushing at the front were already fighting against the last defensive force in the Asai family's main formation. However, unlike the overwhelming force just now, this time the attack was blocked by several Asai family warriors.
Although Uboku Tsunayika and Katagiri Naoshige felt unhappy, they did not dare to disobey Asai Kiyomasa's orders. Otherwise, even if they were lucky enough to escape back to their territory, they would still face punishment. For humble servants like Tsunayika Kaiboku and Naoshige Katagiri, they had no capital to disobey orders.
The activity of Uboku Tsunayika and Katagiri Naoshige also attracted the attention of Master Saburo and others. Seeing these two brave men on the battlefield, Master Saburo also became interested for a while.
"Ask the identity of the samurai in front. He must not be an ordinary person with such strength." Master Saburo said to Uesaka Munanobu and others who had just arrived beside him.
Uesaka Munanobu nodded, then walked to the front of the team and stood the spear in his hand on the ground, "Who is in the formation?"
"At Shimon Kai-Kitazen'emon (Mamoru Katagiri Shinano), come up, those who are not afraid of death!" Tsunayika Kai-Kita and Naoshige Katagiri stood back-to-back, not afraid at all.
