A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Hosokawa Zaimeu fought and retreated, and her subordinates became increasingly sparse. Fortunately, the battlefield in this area of ​​Ninja Castle was too big, spanning five or six kilometers from front to back. The other coalition forces that fought against Hojo in the first place did not see the Yamauchi army being defeated. .

But in at most half an hour, the defeat of the Yamauchi Army, the main force of the coalition, will be spread to other teams. It is conceivable that the people in the field will never fight to the death, and they will definitely run away with oil on their feet.

The ninja soldiers who fought out of the city will definitely retreat into the city and close the city to defend themselves before a collapse-like defeat occurs.

It's hard to say what the two groups, Hitachi and Shimoso, will do, but they will definitely not fight to the death for the Yamauchi Army or Kogiri Norijun.

Masayuki Sanada understands the principle that a dead Taoist friend will never die as a poor Taoist, but others may not have thought of it!

At this time, the enemy troops around Hojo's main team have been cleared, and they are not afraid of any surprise attacks or assassinations. The Hojo clan climbed directly onto the war horse and stood high on the horse, observing the Oishi clan as they encircled and annihilated the Hosokawa Saime Division.

Although the delay in the collapse of the Hosokawa Saime Division is beyond everyone's expectation, all circumstances are tilting in the direction of Hojo's victory.

"The spring stream is gurgling, and the viola and continuous flowers on the bank are blooming beautifully, blooming beautifully!" A folk song from the Minami Musashi-Sagami region suddenly appeared in Hojo's mind for some reason.

Despite the bloody and tragic battlefields, the spring in Ninja City is just like this. The viola and flowers on the river bank are in full bloom. The entire land of Kanto has recovered from the winter snow, and there is a scene of prosperity.

"What are you singing, Your Highness?" A royal horse hummed a song just thinking that the Hojo clan was in a good mood.

"The little river of spring." Hojo hummed softly. 【Note 1】

"Ah~~Yes! The flowers in Edo must be blooming in full bloom now." It seems that this royal horse came from Edo, and he was very happy to hear the songs of his hometown.

"The spring weather is just right, just like our army's victory, it is rising vigorously!"

"Who is still singing?" Hojo Uji Nao had obviously stopped, but in the fierce battlefield, he still heard the faint sound of singing, and the horseman looked around.

If you listen carefully, the singing becomes clearer and clearer. It doesn't sound like one person is singing, but thousands of people are singing together. The sound is coming from far and near, carrying a certain emotion.

"What time is it?" Hojo frowned.

"It's just past three quarters noon, it should be almost midnight." The royal horse was still looking for the source of the song.

Even many soldiers of the Hojo Army in the center of the battlefield heard the vague singing. It was really that the song was too familiar. It is a field folk song that the people in the Minamimusashi-Sagami area sing in unison while working on the farm. They have been familiar with it since childhood, and even if they just pick up a tune, the Hojo army can sing in unison.

This song suddenly came from the vast plains to the south through the endless river swamps!

The familiar singing voice came first, and what appeared in the eyes of the enemy and our troops along with the singing was a high-flying white flag of Genji!

In today's world, there is only one person in the world who still flies the imperial white flag!

Dismount Taro Yamauchi!

The 15,000-strong Yamauchi army abandoned Matsuyama, gave up all their luggage, and started marching in the middle of the night. It took eight hours to finally arrive at Ninja Castle, the center of the battle.

The Yamauchi army in Hojo's eyes first popped out an imperial white flag, followed by hundreds of elite Yamauchi banner soldiers surrounding the imperial white flag, and behind the flag was a majestic military force covering the entire wilderness.

"Not good!" Hojo Uji Nao, Oishi Uteru, and Yoto Hatero were not in the same place, but they exclaimed at the same time.

The soldiers in the front row of the Yamauchi Army sang in unison, "The spring stream is gurgling, and the viola and continuous flowers on the bank are blooming beautifully, blooming beautifully!"

Naturally, the coalition forces didn't know why, but more than half of the Minami Musashi soldiers in the Hojo Army suddenly felt a sense of fear in their hearts.

Could it be that his hometown Minamimusashi has been captured by the Yamauchi army?

Otherwise, why would there be so many soldiers in the Yamauchi Army speaking with Minami Musashi accents, singing folk songs of their hometown in unison!

"Could it be that Shimo Taro has conquered Wuzhou? Impossible! Impossible! Impossible!" Mr. Hojo was a little distracted.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! How to behave!" All the generals came forward.

Not far away, Oishi Shiteru saw the Musashi soldiers whose movements had slowed down or even stopped. His doubts turned into fear.

"Failed!"

Before he finished speaking, Oishi Teru's voice was still in his mouth. The more than 5,000 Musashi soldiers who took the lead from Hojo were defeated after more than three hours of hard fighting and without the supervision of Sagami and the others and the Hojo clan!

The coalition teams that were fighting fiercely suddenly found that their opponents no longer formed a formation, lost all fighting spirit, and rushed towards the south, crying and shouting, in the direction of Musashi, the hometown of their parents, wives and children.

An even more terrifying collapse also occurred among the tens of thousands of Xiaohe Tuo peasants. The Musashi peasants, who numbered as many as seven or eight thousand, had previously been restrained at the rear of their own troops, shielded by their royal horses, and did not fully understand the battle situation.

They waited anxiously for more than three hours. They only heard that Hosokawa Saime was anxious to attack the team, and the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and they were already anxious in their hearts. Now that they heard the Yamauchi army coming from afar singing the folk songs of their hometown, countless thoughts flashed through everyone's mind.

Wuzhou was lost!

My hometown is lost!

I don’t know what’s going on with my wife and children!

A mere two to three hundred people could not restrain the seven or eight thousand peasants who wanted to riot and ran back to Musashi's hometown. What's more, these peasants were Japanese peasants from the Warring States period who had great martial virtues and had experienced countless random arrests.

So many people suddenly collapsed and rushed directly to Hojo Uji Nao's team, which was completely unstoppable.

Seeing the peasants from their own country rushing over the mountains and plains, several of the royal horse warriors of the team did not even have the courage to draw their swords to stop them. They pulled out the flag of Hojo Sankai Hishi, cut off the flagpole, and hugged the flag of the horse. Hojo immediately ran away.

And Hojo Uzunao, whom they embraced, had a bitter look on his face and was about to shed tears.

"Failed, defeated, why failed..."

As soon as his flag fell, Sagami and the others who were still holding on in the field could no longer hold on and scrambled to flee in the direction of Musashi.

Even if Oishi Shiteru and Yotopetaro shouted with all their strength, they could not prevent the army from being defeated.

The situation of victory and defeat reversed again overnight!

[Note 1]: "Spring Ogawa" is a folk song and children's song originating from the Minamimusashi area. There is a special Spring Ogawa road sign and a monument in the Yoyogi area of ​​Tokyo today.

The lyrics are as follows:

春の小川はさらさら流る.

Kishi's のすみれやれんげの花に、

匂(にお)いめでたく色うつくしく

岲けよ岲けよとささやく如く.

春の小川はさらさら流る.

Shrimp(えび)やめだかや小鲋(こぶな)の群に、

Today's day is out (い)でて

游べ游べとささやく如く.

春の小川はさらさら流る.

歌の上手よいとしき子ども、

声をそろえて小川の歌を

歌え歌えとささやく如く.