Chapter 649 55. Hojo Sacrifices His Life to Yamanouchi

What is this?

Burn the boats?

There are 5,000 people in Edo Castle, and it is a great thing that he rushed out more than 1,000 people from this slope at the gate of the city. The remaining 3,000 people are dead?

Not only Xiao Pingtai couldn't understand, but all the generals in the camps of the coalition army couldn't understand. Edo Castle certainly has more than one Honmaru Palace, but there was a fire in Edo Castle, and so many people in the city must rush out.

But in such a large area, no matter how many people rushed out, there were only a few hundred people fighting on that line. This is determined by the terrain of the plateau where Edo Castle is located. If you are restricted, you can only have so few people to attack the city, and only so few people can leave the city.

"What's the point? Put yourself in a desperate situation and then survive?"

It's really incredible! You know, although this can force the Hojo soldiers who are rushing in front to attack more frantically, they may not die if they are cut by a knife, but they will definitely die if they are burned. But if you force them too much, once the spirit of a person collapses, it will be completely over.

That would be like a million troops, but one person was helpless!

Oishi Ujiteru was a prudent general, and he would not do such an "exciting" thing. Could it be that just because of a newly built earthen platform, he had a mental breakdown, the string was broken, and he was desperate and just wanted to escape?

No matter what Xiao Pingtai thought, the blazing Edo Castle did give the Hojo army who went out of the city to fight a huge morale bonus. If you go forward, you may not die, but if you go back, you will definitely die. You can understand it after taking a look at the fire.

Then the entire Honmaru of Edo Castle collapsed and destroyed in the blazing fire. In the crackling burning, the magnificent Honmaru Palace collapsed. The fire reflected the red sky in the middle of the night, and the whole Edo neighborhood was like daytime. Now there was no need for torches, and it was very clear.

At this moment, even Konishihara Saemon, who was far away in Koiso Castle, and even farther away in Sagami Province, Tamanawa Castle, knew that the fire in Edo Castle had started and half of the sky was burned.

A large amount of smoke and choking ashes rolled down from the city. The Hojo army was certainly deeply affected by it, but the Yamauchi army that was trying to stop it was also confused.

"Danzheng, Kanai-sama is asking for help!" A messenger arranged by Nanaki in advance under the city ran back.

"Nanaki, you go in person! Only select those who are capable and can fight, and make sure the reinforcement is successful!"

"I will do my best to fight!" The current battle situation is obviously not favorable to the Yamauchi army. Nanaki has also fought dozens of battles, so he must have this kind of vision.

Now it is a tactic to add fuel to the fire, and the army cannot be deployed, and it is hard to say whether it can be rotated in time. In terms of morale, the Hojo army is also in a kind of madness for survival, and the Yamauchi army may not be able to stop it.

"It's good to do your best, I'm here to beat the drum for you!" Kobayata is not unreasonable.

Nanaki responded and selected the two longest-fighting foot soldiers under Kobayata, about a hundred people, ready to replace the first-line foot soldiers who had been fighting for a long time in Kanai Aigoro.

At this time, the flames burned Edo Nakamaru like a demon, and the foothold in Edo Castle became increasingly insufficient. The force of pushing forward was even greater, and some samurai who had already rushed out of the city fell into madness.

Some people were even naked without a piece of armor, just waving two swords, and rushed towards the Yamauchi army without caring about their lives. Even if the long spear pierced into the chest and abdomen, they still shouted at the top of their lungs, cut off the spear handle and swung the sword to throw.

With a "squeak", the Yamauchi army's string broke first!

The scene in front of them was too terrifying. It didn't seem like fighting with the enemy army called human beings, but rather like fighting with countless demons climbing out of the abyss of hellfire.

The Yamauchi flagstones were also extremely tough, hard-working, and durable elite soldiers in the world, but they were finally defeated by such a terrifying scene.

Hosokawa Saijo and Nanaki's reinforcements were still crowded on the Pingchuan Bridge, and before they could support Kanai Aigoro, they encountered the Yamauchi Army who turned around and fled. For a moment, the chaos was mixed and could not be worse.

"We won! We won! We won!" A general with a gun emerged from the Hojo Army. Who else could it be but Nakayama Ienori.

The Hojo Army, which was almost more and more crazy, was encouraged by this sentence of victory and became more excited, and frantically killed the lone soldiers of the Yamauchi Army. Kanai Aigoro saw that the situation was collapsing and it was impossible to save it at this time, so he had to save himself and fight again next year.

The river channel of the Upper Pingchuan River is shallow, so there is only one Pingchuan Bridge. If you are willing to swim across, the deepest point is actually just above your chest.

It is obvious that the Hojo Army took advantage of the situation to attack the Yamauchi Army teams deployed along the Hongo Plateau. As long as the Yamauchi Army collapsed, it would be a small problem for the coalition forces to be defeated.

"Quick! Order the maidens to go forward to stop the fleeing soldiers and the Hojo army!"

There were too many unexpected things, and the situation turned too quickly. Xiao Pingtai shouted until he was hoarse!

The vicinity of Hongo Terrace was also shaken, and the main camp of Yamanouchi on the slope of the terrace was also in full swing. Now the vicinity of Edo was illuminated by the burning Edo Castle as if it were daytime. It was no longer a night battle. Only the sound of war drums and conch shells could be heard, and the soldiers who were originally confined in the camp were driven out.

The soldiers in large groups were somewhat confused and looking for the team, and the inevitable chaos finally occurred.

The soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers. The soldiers who were already uneasy because of the fierce fighting under the Edo Castle were startled by the sudden sound of the conch shells. Not to mention wearing armor, many people were even bare-handed.

Although the drums told the Yamanouchi army that the main camp was in place and the army was still there. However, the rolling smoke and the crazy roar of the Hojo army were beating on the hearts of the Yamanouchi soldiers every minute and every second.

"Raise my horse flag!" Heiroku had hurried back to prepare the Nimata people, and Kanhara Yasumasa was accompanying him.

Honda Masashige and Sakakibara Nagamasa also dressed up and came with dozens of people each. Koheita's army had only 550 combat forces out of a thousand people. Before, the iron artillery people went to the city, and Nanaki took away more than a hundred people, so there were only more than a hundred combat soldiers around him.

"Tanzheng, the situation is critical, and the priority is to protect His Highness who has dismounted!" Sakakibara Nagamasa looked at his son and made sure he was fine, and suggested loudly.

"Yes! Cai Nu-yang has already gone forward and is beating drums to stop the enemy from going down the mountain. We have few soldiers and few generals. Retreating to the main team can not only strengthen the strength of the main team, but also command the battles of various units from the center!" Honda Masashige also meant this.

"No hurry! It is still unknown whether the Hojo army will cross the river!"

"Danzheng!" Nanaki was unbelievable that he could run back from the chaos at this time, and suddenly knelt on the ground.

"What's going on! What's going on under the city!" Xiao Pingtai said that he was not in a hurry, but his eyes were red as he stared at Nanaki.

"Hirakawa Bridge was taken by the Hojo! The soldiers and horses are rushing towards this side!"