The sudden arrival of Hatayama Asanobu and Doi Mashun caught Nagata Shigemi and others by surprise.
Suddenly, hundreds of enemy troops came out from behind. Nagata Shigemi and others had no time to prepare, and they were blocked by Hatayama Nobu and others at the entrance of Ninomaru.
Numata and Shichiro, who were fighting Tanaka Songhiro, immediately reacted and shouted excitedly, "Our reinforcements are coming, everyone, kill them!"
"kill!"
Numata, Shichiro and others instantly burst out with high fighting spirit and launched a fierce offensive, forcing Tanaka Songhiro to retreat continuously.
As Hatayama Asanobu, Numata, Shichiro and others attacked from the front and back, the morale of the Nagata family and Tanaka family peasant soldiers who were originally high suddenly dropped sharply. Many peasant soldiers even dropped their weapons and ran away.
This is the bad nature of peasants and soldiers. It is the normal state of the world to invest against the wind and waves!
"Hold it! Those who run away will die!!!" Nagata Shigemi killed a fleeing peasant soldier with a knife and shouted loudly.
Although Nagata Shigemi is only one of the many salted fish in the world, salted fish also have dreams. Nagata Shigemi has always wanted to become the second most powerful family in Takashima County, second only to the Takashima family.
Nagata Shigemi is unwilling to give in. The battle has already reached this point. The fall of Kaijin Castle will happen sooner or later. If he dies at this time, what is the point of ambition?
Or run away?
Anyway, the fall of Haijin City is only a matter of time, there is no need to stay here and fight with these desperate enemies.
With his mind made up, Shigemi Nagata quickly took action.
Therefore, Nagata Shigemi loudly ordered the ashigaru to resist tenaciously, while also quietly moving behind him.
Nagata Shigemi's movements were noticed by Tanaka Songhiro. Seeing Nagata Shigemi showing signs of escaping, Tanaka Songhiro suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly, "Nagata-sama!"
It's okay that Tanaka Songhiro didn't shout, but Nagata Shigemi ran faster when he shouted.
Hearing the noise, many peasant soldiers looked back and happened to find Nagata Shigemi who was retreating quickly.
Suddenly, the peasants and soldiers were angry!
Well, you let us hold on here while you ran away.
As a result, the peasants and soldiers who felt deceived dropped their weapons one after another, regardless of the good situation in front of them. Some ran away and some surrendered.
The enemy's operation directly stunned Hatayama Asanobu, Numata, Shichiro and others.
This is... what the hell is this?
But Hatayama Asanobu was just stunned, and quickly reacted, shouting loudly to Numata and Shichiro in front of him, "Don't let them run away, stop them!"
Unfortunately, the Numata family Ashigaru were already exhausted after experiencing the bloody battle. Unable to catch up with the fleeing enemy troops, they could only watch Nagata Shigemi and others escape from sight.
At this time, Hatayama Chonobu and Doi Mashun also came to Numata and Shichiro.
"My lord, Hatayama Uchizosuke, the retainer of Sakyo's Imperial Palace in Shimokyōgoku, came to support the civil war in the city on the order of my lord! I don't know what you call me, but what is the situation in Kaijin Castle now?" Hatayama Nobunobu eagerly wanted to know at this time. The situation in Haijin City.
Numata and Shichiro quickly replied, "It turns out to be Hatayama-sama, and this is Numata and Shichiro from the Numata clan. The enemy is currently attacking Hongai. Thanks to Hatayama-sama's help, the enemy forces on the Nishihukou side were temporarily defeated, but I don’t know what the situation is like on my lord’s side!”
"Why did Lord Hatayama enter the city? Didn't Sakyo already evacuate when he entered the palace?"
Hatayama Chaoxin quickly replied with a serious face: "My lord does not want to sit back and watch you all die, so I have sent you here to support me!"
"The Lord also said, please all the gentlemen in the city not to give up easily, our reinforcements will definitely arrive in time!"
Numata and Shichiro knew that these were just words to comfort themselves and did not take them to heart, but they were also very touched that Kyogoku Takamasa was still unwilling to give up their feelings. For a moment, Numata and Shichiro felt that even if it was not for the name of the Numata family, they were still willing to die for Kyogoku Takamasa.
As the saying goes, a scholar dies for a confidant, but that's all.
Numata and Shichiro quickly continued, "My lords, the crisis at the west tiger's mouth has been temporarily relieved, but the situation of the lord at the east tiger's mouth should not be optimistic. The war on the west side can still be maintained for the time being, please two of you. Sir, go quickly to support Donghukou!"
"In this case, we will immediately go to support Numata-sama!" Doi Mashun said quickly.
After saying that, Hatayama Chonobu, Doi Mashun and others immediately set off, leading the Ashigaru towards the east tiger's mouth.
At this time, the situation at Donghukou was very urgent, just as Numata and Shichiro expected.
Although Numata Mitsukane also led the ashigaru to resist vigorously, and was assisted by the archers on the platform, there were still too few ashigaru under his command.
There were hundreds of people under Ueda Sonshichiro. Although many peasants and soldiers had looted everywhere, the remaining number was still far greater than Numata Mitsukane.
The East Tiger Pass was finally lost. Numata Mitsukane quickly took the retreating ashigaru and prepared to retreat to Honmaru. However, at this time, Hatayama Asanobu and others arrived.
"Numata-sama, don't panic, Hatayama Nauchosuke is here to help you!"
Numata Mitsukane suddenly felt happy and said loudly, "Don't retreat! Reinforcements are coming, follow me to counterattack!"
"I am the lord of Yamazaki Mountain City, Dohi, the young assistant of the punishment department. There are some people who are not afraid of death!" At this time, another voice came, and Dohi Shinshun also joined the battlefield in a very pretentious manner.
"Hurry, reinforcements are here, kill everyone!"
When the troops of the Numata family who were originally retreating saw the arrival of reinforcements, they immediately turned their guns and began to counterattack, preparing to retake the tiger's mouth.
At this time, Ueda Sonshichiro also reacted and said loudly, "Stop them for me. We must not allow the enemy to seize the tiger's mouth again."
Ueda Sonshichiro's team began to fight with Hatayama Asanobu and others who arrived. At this time, the situation between the enemy and ourselves was very different from before. Hatayama Chonobu, Doi Mashun and others, as well as the Ashigaru under Numata Mitsukane's command, totaled more than 300 people, and Ueda Sonshichiro's team was also about the same.
For a time, the number of people on both sides was equal.
At this time, Hatayama Asanobu and others were fighting all the way, and at a time when morale was high, Ueda Sonshichiro's team suddenly fell into a disadvantage.
It happened that at this time, some of the defeated troops of the Nagata family and the Tanaka family ran nearby for some reason, shouting "defeated" and "defeated" loudly.
All of a sudden, the ashigaru of Ueda Sonshichiro's team had their mentality exploded.
Many peasant soldiers even ran away directly behind the Nagata family and Tanaka family peasant soldiers. No matter how much Ueda Sonshichiro shouted, it didn't help.
Seeing the ashigaru whose morale was almost collapsing, Ueda Sonshichiro's eyes were red and his whole body was shaking with anger.
But the situation was over, and Sonshichiro Ueda had no choice but to give the order to retreat.
For a time, hundreds of peasant soldiers who had gathered at the tiger's mouth fled completely.
Hatayama Asanobu and others looked at the situation in front of them in stunned silence, and their minds couldn't turn around for a while. There were hundreds of people, why did they all disappear at once?
It seems that all this comes from Nagata Shigemi...
Sure enough, one general was incompetent and exhausted a thousand troops!
