"I almost lost my life..."
Imagawa Yoshimoto, who finally escaped from the crowds in Edo, let out a long sigh. Next to him, Kira Usei and Tian Shim Kentaro were also covered in injuries.
"Any important minister who was around just now would have been able to persuade His Highness." Kentaro Tian Shen was obviously very dissatisfied with Imagawa Yoshimoto's actions, "You are the governor of the family, and you go into the enemy's battle line to fight for your life with an enemy general. How unbecoming is it?" ?”
"The army was brought into danger because of my personal relationship. If I hadn't saved that stinking old man, we could have taken the Yuanjiang River within easy reach and then returned home to reunite with our families. It was because of my order that everyone The soldiers rushed here in one breath and were ambushed. I didn't fight desperately, so I'm sorry for the soldiers who fought hard for me." Imagawa Yoshimoto replied matter-of-factly.
"You are the governor of the family, and they are the samurai of the Imagawa family. It is their duty to fight for the governor." Kentaro Tazen retorted with the moral principles of the samurai family.
"The teacher said that this 'duty' is just a lie fabricated by superiors to send loyal people to die. I can't watch everyone die for me with peace of mind. I have always been a monk, not a warrior, no I don’t understand and don’t like the ways of the samurai Yuzhong family. Although if I really meet such a person, I will respect him very much.”
Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head, and at the same time vigorously wiped his bloody hands with his clothes, trying to wipe away the blood, and complained softly: "It's so dirty... so annoying... so dirty."
After Toyama Tsunakage and his bodyguard warriors were all captured, the leaderless Edo people fell into chaos. The Imagawa family's horsemen took the opportunity to attack fiercely, and the Edo people were defeated in embarrassment. Imagawa Yoshimoto separated. The 50 men continued to pursue them to prevent them from regrouping, and led the remaining 80 cavalry back to the horse marks on the top of the mountain. However, they only saw the fourth preparation line that had been compressed to the top of the mountain, and the body lying covered with bruises under the horse marks. ——It is Mushan Mingzuo.
"Your Excellency was besieged by nearly ten people and died of exhaustion. He didn't even take a step back until he died." When the general who fought hard to retrieve the body saw Imagawa Yoshimoto coming back, he reported to him in a tearful voice, "The fourth one was prepared. Disgrace your mission and gain two quarters of an hour for His Highness."
Imagawa Yoshimoto knelt down on one knee, looking at his subordinate who was alive and well not long ago lying in a pool of blood. His ferocious face showed how hard he was fighting before his death, trying to carry out the orders given to him by Imagawa Yoshimoto. ——Not even willing to take his own life.
A "stupid" samurai who is foolishly loyal to his family.
With tears in his eyes, Imagawa Yoshimoto used his right hand that he had finally wiped clean to hold Makiyama Nazuo's injured hand that was covered in blood.
"The one who killed Makiyama was from the reserve team?" Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and asked coldly - this was the first time Hayasaka Nao had followed Imagawa Yoshimoto for a long time, and she felt the fierce murderous aura from him.
"Huang Bei of the Hojo Army." The general replied in a deep voice.
"Okay." Imagawa Yoshimoto slowly stood up, got on his horse, led the horsemen and guards, and headed towards the western foot of Honkoyama Mountain.
Just after crossing the mound on the top of the mountain, you can see Huang Bei's high-flying flag. The flag is constantly swaying to issue orders, and the command headquarters will attack the Imagawa Army's defense line again and again.
Imagawa Yoshimoto was also unambiguous. He drew the arrow in his hand, drew the bow and set the string. Taking advantage of the stable moment when the horse took off in the air, he squinted his eyes and took aim slightly, then loosened the string and released the arrow.
"middle."
He read softly.
After a moment, the sharp arrow traced a precise trajectory, hit the flagpole cleanly, and was deeply embedded in the flagpole. The huge impact made the flagbearer holding the flagpole almost lose his balance, and staggered back.
A few steps.
"Lower the flag."
Imagawa Yoshimoto said again, and another arrow was shot from the prancing horse. This arrow was extremely accurate, and it hit exactly the gap made by the previous arrow, directly breaking the flagpole. Huang Bei's flag suddenly fell to the ground.
, Huang Bei's soldiers who were attacking fiercely looked back at the place where the horse seal was just now at a loss.
"Don't panic! Keep attacking!"
Hojo Nomimasa was not surprised by the sharpshooter who suddenly appeared on the opposite side, but immediately galloped his horse in the formation, shouting loudly to stabilize morale. Huang Bei's soldiers who were originally panicking calmed down again under the encouragement of Hojo Nomimasa.
Continue to launch an onslaught.
"Weicheng, are you there?"
Seeing that there was no shooting angle, Imagawa Yoshimoto shouted loudly.
"exist!"
Kira Usei responded loudly, and then he moved the reins in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto's horse knowingly. Imagawa Yoshimoto adjusted his riding posture, then jumped hard on the horse, jumped onto Kira Usei's shoulders and jumped again
, his whole body rose into the air. Taking advantage of the momentum of his body spinning in the air, he bent his bow and aimed an arrow at Hojo Noshima's location.
"dismount!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto shouted loudly, and shot the sharp arrow at a speed that was almost invisible. It flashed over the heads of the two army lines and hit Hojo Noshima's horse head directly. The war horse howled and stood upright with all four hooves.
, and then fell to the ground, knocking Hojo Weimasa directly to the ground.
Imagawa Yoshimoto landed steadily, but Huang Bei of the Hojo family was in a panic at this time - all of them were watching Hojo Noshima just now, but Hojo Noshima suddenly fell off his horse. The soldiers who could not figure out what happened
They stopped their offensive instantly and were at a loss.
"Go and deal with Chi Bei again!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto turned the horse's head and headed straight to the northwest foothills with the horsemen and guards. But before he could reach the place, a mountain fire suddenly broke out in the forest to the north of Honkoyama. The Hojo family was set on fire.
He went to the forest at the northern foot of the mountain and wanted to take advantage of the north wind to let the fire burn to the top of the mountain and drive Imagawa Yoshimoto down the mountain.
"Please, I just set a fire once..." Imagawa Yoshimoto watched the billowing smoke blowing in the wind in an instant, submerging the place where he and the horsemen were, choking and coughing, "As for how you set the fire
So many fires?"
In the blur of smoke, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded. The horsemen looked warily towards the direction of the person, but found that the person shouted "Where is your highness" in a Suruga accent, so they stopped.
In my heart, I thought it was my family's messenger who had returned.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Here!" Kira Weicheng shouted.
The next moment, I saw that the knight had rushed in front of him, but the clothes he wore were not those of the Imagawa family, but those of the Hojo family...
"die!"
The knight struck at Imagawa Yoshimoto with his sword, but none of the guards or the horsemen reacted. Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was caught off guard, turned sideways to avoid the blow, but was knocked down by the knight who was charging straight at him. He climbed the hillside and rolled all the way towards the fire scene at the northern foot. He didn't know how many times he rolled and how many knocks he made. It wasn't until he hit a tree heavily that Imagawa Yoshimoto stopped. The loud noise from the impact made him stop. He realized that his ribs were probably broken, there were bruises all over his body, and his knees and ankles were severely sprained.
Although the knight who rolled down with him was also scarred, he didn't stop for a moment. He just stood up and rushed towards Imagawa Yoshimoto with his knife. Imagawa Yoshimoto wanted to dodge, but the injuries to his ribs, knees and ankles made him stop. He couldn't move, so he had to draw out Ryumaru to block, but was knocked back to the tree by the samurai's sword.
"Who is coming?" Imagawa Yoshimoto took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.
"The innocent soul crawled out from the hell of Huacang!"
Hojo Tsunari raised the katana in his hand high, and when he slashed at Imagawa Yoshimoto with one blow, his eyes almost split open, and he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly at Imagawa Yoshimoto's face, which was very close at hand:
"Come and take the lives of hundreds of members of the Fukushima family! You murderer who cares about human lives, give back the lives of my people!"
Hojo Tsunari slashed at Imagawa Yoshimoto with one knife after another as if he was almost fighting for his life. He didn't consider the flaw in defense or closing the sword at all. He only wanted to put Imagawa Yoshimoto to death. Naturally, Imagawa Yoshimoto had no idea of ​​dying with him. However, the injuries all over his body prevented him from performing his most proud movement skills in the past, so he had to hide around the trees behind him.
Hojo Tsunari seemed to have exhausted all his strength with every slash he made. The chop on the thick pine tree was still "deep into the wood", and the flying wood chips seemed to be filled with sparks. Although Imagawa Yoshimoto tried his best to dodge, he was still struck by Hojo Tsunari. After catching a flaw, he had to take out his knife to block again. He was immediately staggered by the frightening force and retreated toward another big tree in embarrassment.
"Don't you even have the courage to fight back?" Hojo Tsunari sarcastically said in a cold voice, and then struck with great force and force, "Then where the hell did you get the courage to wipe out so many people from the Fukushima family?" Of? Bah!"
Imagawa Yoshimoto crouched down to avoid the blow, and immediately above his head there was the muffled sound of a sharp blade cutting into a tree trunk. The next moment, Hojo Tsunari stepped on the tree trunk, pulled out the knife, and slashed with it again, Imagawa Yoshimoto hurriedly pulled the tree trunk and used the scabbard to move around to the back of the tree.
"Are you the young master of the Fukushima family who disappeared and ran away? Fukushima Katsuki Chiyo?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was hiding around the tree in embarrassment, but he did not forget to open his mouth to distract Hojo Tsunari.
"Yes, after the rebellion of the Imagawa family! After you slaughtered the whole family for rebellion!" Hojo Tsunari laughed twice, followed by a storm of slashes. Imagawa Yoshimoto seemed to be unable to parry due to his injuries. , he didn’t even block, he just kept using tree trunks to avoid attacks. Finally, he simply took several steps back.
"That's all you have? Don't they say you are very brave? You are worthy of being called a samurai if you dare not fight back?" Hojo Tsunari saw that Imagawa Yoshimoto would not fight back, but he could not take him down, so he quickly pressed towards him. Go, while cursing a little impatiently, "We, the Fukushima family, were defeated by a disqualified samurai like you. It is really a shame and a great humiliation!"
"It's true that I'm not a qualified samurai, but fighting doesn't just rely on the body." Imagawa Yoshimoto took a half step back, smiled and threw the Ryumaru in his hand suddenly while spinning and hitting it with the other hand.
He snapped his fingers and pointed at his head:
"It also depends on your brain."
"Do you mean sneak attacks and plots by 'mind'?" Hojo Tsunari leaned back to avoid the flying katana, and at the same time snorted disdainfully, "You might as well become a ninja? It's so lowly.
do you think you can hit me?"
The next moment, Hojo Tsunari suddenly heard the sound of a sharp blade cutting wood. The next moment, a heavy snapping sound sounded in his ears. He turned around to look, and saw a towering tree falling quickly.
Hit your own place.
"That's..." Hojo Tsunade suddenly realized that it was the pine tree that Imagawa Yoshimoto kept avoiding in circles just now. Many of his knives hit the trunk, and the tree was already crumbling. Imagawa Yoshimoto
The target of the flying knife that Yuan threw was not himself, but hit the pine tree behind him - this blow was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the pine tree collapsed.
Before he could adjust his posture, Hojo Tsunari hurriedly jumped back and lay down, dodging the fallen tree trunk at the critical moment. However, before he could get up, he realized that he had thought too simplistically.
.Although the fallen pine tree did not hit him, it hit another pine tree that was crumbling that he had chopped down. After the pine tree was hit hard, its trunk tilted and it suddenly fell down——
It hit Hojo Tsunari right in the waist and abdomen. The heavy blow almost made Hojo Tsunari cough up blood and made him unable to move under the big tree.
Chapter completed!