"Everyone, listen to the order. The target enemy general is to charge with me!"
Behind Kitahata Haru's main formation, Baba Nobuharu raised his spear and pointed forward, followed by hundreds of cavalry.
Baba Nobuharu tightened his mask, revealing only a pair of firm eyes.
With a pointed spear, the war horse under his crotch rushed over like an arrow from a string, and the hundreds of well-trained cavalry behind him rushed past Kitahata Harugu like arrows from a string.
After all, Kitahata Harugu was considered a hero of the first generation, and he came to his senses after being stunned for a moment.
Defeat in this battle is definitely a defeat, but as long as they can escape, relying on Kiriyama Castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Kitahata family will not die.
"Izumi Mamoru!"
"Sweep your head!"
"Stop the Kyogoku family's cavalry for me!"
Kitahata Harugu said to the lord of Morimoto Castle, Tominobu Morimoto, and the lord of Hamada Castle, Hamada Mototsuna, who were beside him.
Morimoto Tomanobu and Hamada Mototsuna looked at each other, and both saw fear in each other's eyes. But at this critical moment, Kitahata Haru was in fear of her life, so she could only stand up on her own.
"My lord, let's go first, and we will serve as the palace soldiers!"
Kitahata Harugu did not hesitate, nodded towards the two of them, and then greeted Hatamoto to start retreating.
Morimoto Tomanobu and Hamada Mototsuna each rushed towards Baba Nobharu with more than a hundred kin samurai and Hatamoto under their command. Both of them were determined to die, as long as they could hold Baba Nobharu back.
At this time, on the battlefield, the Kitahata family no longer had any fighting power.
The peasants and soldiers were defeated across the board, and there was no hope at all. The sporadic resistance is just some of the die-hard samurai in the Kitahata family.
The joint battle in this era basically focuses on morale. Large-scale battles involving tens of thousands of people often last for several days, and it is impossible to determine the winner through fighting.
Because there will be no heavy casualties in the fight, the winner depends on which side's morale collapses first.
As long as one-third of the army begins to collapse, there is basically no room for recovery.
Do you still expect these peasants, who are not even considered "soldiers", to be able to fight back when they are defeated?
At this moment, the Kitahata family's troops on the battlefield were like more than 10,000 headless flies scurrying around, while the Kyogoku family's troops were pursuing the victory and covering up the enemy in the rear.
The cavalry seemed to be in an uninhabited land. The cavalry waved their lances and searched for deserters.
Soon, Baba Nobuharu came to Morimoto Tomobu and others.
Baba Nobharu didn't want to fight. He just wanted to get rid of these samurai behind the Kitahata family. In his sight, he could still see Kitahata Harugu not far away.
However, there were too many peasants and soldiers defeated on the battlefield. The cavalry team wanted to speed up but could not do so.
Baba Nobuharu couldn't control that much at the moment and could only continue to kill the enemies around him.
Morimoto Tomanobu and Hamada Mototsuna also rushed over at this moment, and the cavalry team also fell into a chaotic battle under the close combat.
At this time, Imai Bichushou, who was closest to here, also arrived with people.
Thousands of ashigaru immediately surrounded Morimoto Tomobu and others, and as the Kyogoku family troops from behind joined, Baba Nobuharu was finally able to escape.
But how easy is it to find Kitahata Harugu now?
.........
Kitahata Harugu ran all the way, and after withdrawing from the battlefield, there were only a dozen Hatamoto left around him.
Kitahata Harugu felt that he was thirsty and tired, and one of the straw sandals under his feet had slipped away, but Kitahata Harugu did not dare to stop at all. He did not know if there were any pursuers behind him.
"Lord, after crossing the bridge in front, we will reach Annan County. In another hour, we will enter our territory."
"Everyone, hold on!"
"ha!"
The bannermen around him also responded feebly.
When he reached the foot of a hill, Kitahata Harugu couldn't run at all. After making sure again and again that there were no pursuers behind him, Kitahata Harugu collapsed under a big tree.
"Water...Give me water!"
A flagman looked around and saw that there was no water source nearby. He could only say helplessly, "My lord, there is no water available here. There is a stream a few miles ahead. My lord, please be patient."
"endure?"
"A bunch of trash!"
Kitahata Harugu took off the other straw sandal from his foot and threw it out angrily.
"An army of 20,000 people. This is an army of 20,000 people. They were defeated so easily!"
"My lord, I have played a trick on the enemy in this battle, and the other party is obviously well prepared. The Kyogoku family's defeated troops before were just bait to lure us to the city..."
A samurai wanted to continue talking, but a sentry Hatamoto ran over and interrupted him, "Lord, hide quickly, there is a team of cavalry coming from behind!"
Upon hearing this, Kitahata Harugu, who was still angry, quickly struggled to get up from the ground.
As soon as he stood up, Kitahata Haru's legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground again.
"Is today the day of my death?" Kitahata Haru was about to cry but had no tears.
"Lord, there is a mountain road over there. Although it is difficult to walk, if you take this road, you can get to Wushan City."
"The Kyogoku family's troops are chasing us along the main road. If we continue to take the main road, we will definitely be overtaken. For now, we can only take the small road."
Kitahata Harugu immediately said with great joy, "Quick, help me up. When I return to Kiriyama Castle, you will be rewarded greatly!"
Kitahata Harugu had just left for a while when Baba Nobuharu arrived here with more than thirty riders.
"The Kitahata family are so good at running that they can't even catch up with them on horseback, alas!" Nobuharu Baba sighed and waved his whip, and almost caught up.
"Sir, are we still chasing?" A cavalryman came to Nobuharu at the racecourse and asked.
Baba Nobuharu shook his head, "My lord asked us to go to support Akabori Hall first. I don't know how the battle at Akabori Hall is going."
"With help, blow the conch, gather the troops, and march towards Akahorikan!"
...........
As the leader of Yin Hesu Village, Momochi Santao was previously recruited by the Kyogoku family with a large sum of money. This time he also led his ninjas to follow Kamou Sadahide into Yin Shi.
With the cooperation of Yinhe ninjas headed by Momochi Santafu and others, Kamou Sadahide attacked the Kitahata family's Xiaohe pack team everywhere, and also attacked many villages by the way.
In order to create chaos within the Kitahata family territory, Kamou Sadahide ordered the Yinhe ninjas to attack nearby villages and the Xiaohe pack team.
The Third Taifu of Baidi had just attacked a manor with more than a hundred people under his command, but the people in the manor should have noticed it in advance. By the time the Third Taifu of Baidi arrived, the building was already empty.
After randomly grabbing some belongings that he didn't have time to take away, Bai Di San Taifu started looking for the next target.
Walking on the mountain road, Baiji Santao carried a wild sword and looked around wantonly.
Within a few steps, a dozen warriors with panicked and embarrassed expressions came into the sight of Bai Di San Tai Fu.
When he saw the horse seal held by one of the warriors, Bai Di San Tai Fu suddenly smiled and then went to greet him.
"First Evolution"
While the samurai on the other side were stunned, Momochi Sandafu inserted his nodachi into the ground and placed it in front of him, and said slowly, "Momomochi Tanba Mamoru, put down your weapons, you are captured by me!"
Kitahata Harugu stood out among the crowd.
Seeing this scene, Kitahata Harugu cried.
In the end, I still couldn’t escape.........
