"The whole army retreats! Keep the defense line intact!" As if bursting out of silence, Yu Qiuping shouted with all his strength!
"Your Highness!" Keitoku Amano and Masayuki Sanada were shocked. They had been prepared to convey the order for an indiscriminate attack, but they didn't want it to happen suddenly.
"Your Highness, please think twice!" Sanada Masayuki said hastily, while Amano Keitoku stood in front of Yu Qiuping, and together with the crow on his shoulder, looked directly into Yu Qiuping's eyes, his cloudy eyes almost bursting with fire.
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"Your Highness, don't you understand?" Amano Keitoku gritted his teeth and whispered, "If the people break through our defense line and the Okabe family comes to kill us and attack us who are scattered, we Tokiwa will be stuck on the board.
The fish meat!”
"The lives of thousands of untouchables, and the lives of our old brothers who have been following His Highness for so long, Your Highness, can't you make a choice? Can't you make it?"
The sun has completely submerged into the horizon, leaving only the sunset on the horizon. The firelight swaying in the evening wind makes the night look very gloomy. In the flickering light and dark, you can see the defense line of Tokiwa Bei that is about to collapse, and the front of the defense line is howling and struggling.
The people who were standing there, and the Okabe army who came behind them with torches to kill.
There is no time left…
I have to make a choice.
Yu Qiuping clenched his fists, the goodwill and reason in his heart constantly impacting each other. Finally, the hands raised high dropped helplessly.
"Back off!"
In the end, I still can’t be cruel.
In the end, you still have to pay the price for your choices.
The few minutes of Yu Qiuping's hesitation and the final order were fatal. Tokiwabei's ashigaru were already unable to withstand the onrushing crowds of people. When they heard the order "Retreat", they were instantly moved.
The hesitation and wavering caused the battle line to be broken by the common people. Some people only started to retreat after hearing the order to retreat, while others realized that the commanding samurai adults were quarreling and hesitated. Once there was such disunity among each other,
situation, a gap appeared in the defense line. The already crazy people rushed into the defense line regardless of the situation, and Tsukiwabei, who had not received the order to kill, was at a loss. Tsukiwabei's defense line, which was originally as neat as tofu blocks, was now overwhelmed by the influx of people.
They were rushed to pieces. The Ashigaru were separated from the others in twos and threes, lost contact with each other, and were immediately involved in the crowd. The spears in their hands not only failed to help them, but also became the culprit affecting the balance. There were others in the back row.
The Ashigaru who had a relatively intact front tried to retreat and regroup, but their efforts failed under the turbulent sea of ​​people.
Just as Yu Qiuping watched the troops suddenly plunged into chaos, misfortune happened again. The soldiers of the Okabe family crossed the trench and rushed up when they least should have arrived on the battlefield! They were unscrupulous.
They slashed and killed the people who blocked the road. The frightened people were avoiding the Okabe family's Ashigaru like a tide encountering a rock. The distance between the two armies was getting closer! Finally, the Okabe army, which had been overwhelming all the way, suffered its first attack since leaving the city.
A resistance - a spear from Tokiwa Bei!
Mizuhara's platoon had been completely dispersed by the crowd, and he was the only one left standing at the front line shouting loudly, trying in vain to maintain order and formation. However, when the samurai and ashigaru from the Okabe family arrived,
, this old subordinate who had been following Yu Qiuping since he knew Licheng did not waver at all, and stabbed him with his gun without hesitation - even if there was no friendly soldier next to him, he still stabbed resolutely as he usually stood in the spear formation.
Take out the spear in your hand.
Brave as usual, he stabbed to death the unprepared ashigaru opposite him, as effortlessly as usual. However, what was different from usual was that there was no one beside him who used a gun to protect him.
Companion. The next moment, two samurai swords and a spear were plunged into his body at the same time, and blood spattered. A moment later, the strong man fell down without saying a word.
"Brother!" Shui Yuanjing, who was standing not far away, shouted loudly with his eyes naked. He tried his best to rush over and avenge his brother, but he was squeezed back by the rolling flow of people and could not move forward even one step.
, so anxious that this usually elegant man burst into tears.
As the samurai of the Okabe family charged into the crowd, Tokiwabei's ashigaru were almost powerless to fight back. Their sharp spears could only be used as sticks in such a crowded crowd. They were proud of themselves in the past.
Qi Xi, but was unable to perform due to the breakdown and chaos of the formation caused by the common people. The training of Tokiwa Bei has always valued discipline and overall and despised personal martial arts. They often fall at a disadvantage when they cannot form a single duel. Again
Coupled with the disadvantages of weapons, Jobanbei's ashigaru were cut down to the ground by the Okabe family samurai almost like chopping melons and vegetables, or were killed under the siege of many Okabe family ashigaru. The remaining ashigaru were
With no hope of victory at all, they not only lost their organization and command, but also lost the courage to resist. In despair, these new recruits who were recruited later and had not been on the battlefield a few times lacked the veteran Tokiwa Bei's ability to endure casualties.
Unable to hold on any longer, they all dropped their spears and fled back among the crowd. The five platoons on the front line collapsed completely before they could resist for long.
"Too many new recruits..."
When Yu Qiuping was standing behind the defense line, he saw the surging crowd and the warriors of the Okabe family before he could react! This wave swallowed up the place where Yu Qiuping was almost instantly! The central front collapsed instantly,
This gave him almost no time to mobilize the five veteran platoons on both wings to come to support.
"Your Highness! Let's go! It's no longer safe here!" Amano Jingtoku let out a long sigh, and involuntarily pulled Yu Qiuping, who was stunned on the spot, to run away from behind! He drew his knife without hesitation.
With his hands, several of Yu Qiuping's guards led Yu Qiuping to slash and kill the crowd that was swarming over, which immediately shocked the people. Yu Qiuping's mouth squirmed twice, but he couldn't say anything. Amano Jingtoku, Sanada Masayuki
He and Honda Tadakatsu immediately seized the opportunity when the crowd stopped, and surrounded Yu Qiupei and ran towards the main formation! At this moment, Yu Qiupei finally understood the feeling of Imagawa Yoshimoto escaping from the chaos in Okehazama in his previous life!
There were crumbling troops and civilians everywhere, turning their backs to the enemy, throwing down their weapons or weapons, and fleeing almost uncontrollably. No one realized that he was their commander, no one followed his command, they were all just desperate.
Run - because there are enemies chasing you behind you!
In the rebellious army, from time to time there would be rebels or warriors from the Okabe family who would rush into Yu Qiupei's place, but they would be killed by Honda Tadakatsu and Amano Keitoku without hesitation. Relying on the speed of these few people, Yu Qiupei finally stumbled.
He ran back to the main formation - where several large bonfires were located. Naoe Tadayei, who was waiting for the main formation, hurriedly led his people to greet him and closed the gate of the main formation. However, except for the guards and messengers, there were more than a thousand people in the main formation.
There were no troops left, including the weapons auxiliaries and Charles's archery platoon.
"Send the order to have the five surrounding platoons rush to support immediately! Protect your lord!" Naoe Tadahira hurriedly shouted to the flag-bearing soldier, signaling the flag-bearing soldier to wave the maple bird flag quickly.
However, before everyone could take a breath, the defeated troops, the common people, and the Okabe family Ashigaru samurai mingled among them, had already rushed to the gate of the main formation. Several guards blocked the door with their bodies,
Withstanding the collisions from outside the door, the archers continued to blindly shoot out of the formation, but failed to cause many casualties. People fled eastward in a turbulent flow, and soon almost surrounded the entire formation. Yu Qiuping was dumbfounded.
Seeing that the five platoons of well-trained recruits have been completely disintegrated, the situation is out of control, and now it is almost useless to bring in the other five platoons. As for the Okudaira family and the Nakane family behind the defense line,
It's probably hard to survive in the chaos.
"It's too late. You'll just die if you come back." Yu Qiuping whispered in a lonely voice, then turned around and said in a deep regretful voice: "Send the order! Let each unit escape independently, and leave this formation alone!"
After giving the order, everyone was stunned. Then, they all carried out the order helplessly. The maple bird flag was too eye-catching, and after giving the final order, the flagpole was chopped down by Amano Keitoku with a single blow. Honda Tadakatsu struck three times.
Gozaiji folded the Maple Bird flag and hid it in his armor for protection. Sanada Masayuki and Amano Keitoku immediately led people to extinguish the eye-catching bonfire in the formation.
However, before they could put out the bonfire, the west gate of the main camp was knocked open with a bang. The samurai of the Okabe family and the ashigaru came in with a roar, and the main camp was once again in a panic.
"Your Highness, please go first! I will take on the responsibility of leaving behind!" Without saying a word, Charlie pushed Yu Qiuping back, turned around, bent his bow and arrow, and shot Gang who was rushing in the front to death with one arrow.
The samurai and archers of the tribe came one after another. However, the distance of tens of meters within the formation was only a few breaths of time. The archers shot out the last arrows in their hands and prepared to go forward for a hand-to-hand fight.
Suddenly, the south gate of the formation was opened by a group of people, and a loud roar followed: "Don't be stupid, how can the archers cut off the rear!" I saw Kobayakawa Yachinisuke covered in blood, leading dozens of front lines to close in.
The defeated troops rushed towards the Okabe army who had entered the camp from the side, and for a time suppressed the Okabe family's charge, and the two sides fought.
"Brother, foreigner, you have the best archery skills! Protect my Highness! Leave this place to us!" Kobayakawa Yachisuke yelled again. Charlie knew that he could not hesitate now, so he immediately led the archers to cover Yu Qiuping as he mounted his horse and retreated.
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Everyone opened the east gate and fled to the west, but they were immediately bumped into by the people fleeing from both sides of the formation. The auxiliary soldiers and the archer group also got separated from Yu Qiuping in the dark, and only the guards were left with them.
Tadakatsu, Amano Keitoku, Sanada Masayuki, Charlie and Naoe Tadayei. The situation is even more chaotic than before - because the people in the Hikima Castle Castle Town who were originally housed behind the defense line have also fallen into chaos, and temporary housing for the people has risen.
There was a lot of fire, and people fled in all directions. There were also many Okabe family troops who came in a roundabout way, and they immediately launched an attack on the few people who looked like they were riding horses. The horses couldn't run fast in the crowd, and they could easily become
Target. Seeing the critical situation, Naoe Tadayei volunteered to ride on Yu Qiupei's pipa, and with several other guards, he rode his horse into the crowd and broke through from another line of defense, attracting most of the Okabe family's pursuers. Only then did Yu Qiupei
was able to continue fleeing eastward.
Chapter completed!