Although Yasumoto Matsuhira came to discuss the surrender in person, Katakura Keitun did not show much surprise. In his eyes, the master of the Matsuhira clan, at best, was just a retainer of the Tokugawa clan. Now he has surrendered himself. He has given him enough face to talk to him and has no right to bargain with Daemini such as Ida Masamune.

Although Matsuhira Yasumoto has mediocre ability, he has learned to judge the situation for so many years with Ieyasu. During his conversation with Katakura Seitsu, he did not use words such as "a fish to the death" and "a battle with the water" to express his attitude to gain more bargaining chips. Instead, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and his tone was as casual and humble as possible, intending to win Katakura Seitsu's sympathy.

This trick is indeed useful. Katakura Seitsuna was very satisfied with Yasumoto Matsuhei. After Kasumoto's repeated requests, he was willing to introduce him to Masato Ida, and Masato Ida decided to deal with the surrendered army of Mianomaru.

When he heard that the Tokugawa army of Mianomaru was willing to surrender, Ida Masato, who had been worried about being robbed of the first merit by other daimyos, temporarily relieved his heart. When he met Yasumoto Matsuhei, he comforted him and promised him that he would plead for the Kumatsuhei clan in front of Hideopo after the war.

After receiving the promise of Masatori Ida, Yasumoto Matsuhei was relieved. He expressed his gratitude to Masatori on behalf of a soldier in the city. After receiving Masatori's confirmation letter, he immediately came to Takebashi Gate and asked the Tokugawa Army to give up resistance in front of Takurakura Keitun and the Northeast Alliance Army. This order was also conveyed to the Tokugawa Army of Hirakawa Gate.

At around 4:30 p.m., Yasumoto Matsuhei led the remaining more than 500 people to retreat outside Edo Castle through Hiramen Bridge. He himself followed the instructions of Masatozoto Ida to visit Tadaki Ogasawara in front of Dateng. Masatozoto Ida's meaning was very obvious. I can get the first contribution to conquering Minomaru, but the face of the right mansion must also be taken into account. Although Yasumoto Matsuhei surrendered to the Northeast coalition, the Toyotomi army was the protagonist of this battle. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he also explored Tadaki Ogasawara's tone, it was very necessary for Yasumoto Matsuhei to go.

When Tokugawa Hidetachi in the Mutant learned that Matsuhei Yasumoto surrendered, he was furious first, but then frightened. In a panic, he ordered Ina Tadaji to lead his troops to attack and do his best to drive the Northeast coalition out of Minomaru. When the Sakai brothers who were out of patrol learned, they hurried back to the Honmaru Oden and advised Hideta: "The two gates of Minomaru have been broken and they are unable to return to the sky. At this time, letting the Beiqiu guards go to block the attack is tantamount to the mantis arm. The current strategy is that only by withdrawing Minomaru's remaining troops back to Matimaru can he preserve their strength and avoid being defeated by the enemy one by one."

The order to send Ina Tadaji to send troops was originally made in a panic. When he heard the Sakai brothers' analysis, he suddenly realized and sent someone to Shibashibashi to stop the troops and ordered Ina Tadaji to lead his troops to withdraw into Honmaru.

However, it was too late. Because the incident happened suddenly, and Ogasawara Tadaki also deployed his troops to attack the Dashou Gate to disperse the Tokugawa Army's forces. Ina Tadaji's army had only 1,200 people. Before they arrived at Hirakawa Gate, they met the Northeast coalition that was swarming. Facing the Northeast coalition, which was more than ten times his own strength, Ina Tadaji was also a little surprised. He did not expect the enemy to advance so quickly.

In fact, this all depends on the guidance of several surrendered troops of the Northeast coalition, the Kumatsu Matsuhei clan. Under their guidance, the coalition forces captured the Sannomaru Goten as fast as possible, and met with another coalition in the area of ​​Hirakawamen, thus quickly controlling more than half of the Sannomaru area, and finally met the Tokugawa army led by Tadaji Ina in the open area between Oshoumen and Hirakawamen.

"Haoji!" Accompanied by a volley of iron cannons, a row of Tokugawa who rushed to the front rose up and fell to the ground. This is the power of the "Haoji Iron Cannon" that Ida Masato is proud of. However, it should be noted that although "Haoji" has a certain deterrence effect, the gimmick is greater than the actual combat effect. Especially compared with "early entry" and "three-stage strike", it reduces the speed, accuracy and sustainability, which means that the existence of this type of troops is far greater than that of actual combat.

It has to be said that although the "Cabin Iron" is not too lethal, it has a great deterrence for the Tokugawa Army, whose morale is already depressed. Before the confrontation is head-on, many soldiers left the team and fled around. Ina Tadaji was both helpless and sad. The Tokugawa family, which was so powerful that they dared to compete with Hideyoshi, has now fallen to such a field? Those who escaped and surrendered, and the young master hid in Hommaru and dared not come forward to encourage morale. Is it really powerless to turn the world? As an old minister of the Tokugawa clan, although he was extremely unwilling to accept it, he still gritted his teeth and executed Tokugawa Hidetachi's order and decided to use his life to defend the Tokugawa clan's honor.

This Tokugawa official led the remaining cavalry and inserted into the 10,000-person formation of the Northeast Alliance as fast as a sharp arrow, posed a significant threat to the coalition vanguard. The Tokugawa clan's foot light immediately joined the battle. For a moment, the offensive momentum of the Northeast Alliance was slightly curbed.

However, this containment was exchanged for the spirit of Mianomaru Tokugawa's soldiers who were not afraid of life and death and their fresh lives. Without reinforcements, the situation quickly reversed again. After the cavalry was killed and injured, Tadaji, the spiritual pillar of the Tokugawa Army, was also led by several samurai from the Ida family after three assaults. Facing the siege, he tried his best to fight to the death, but he was still outnumbered and eventually was cut to death under a random knife. The head of the general was cut down by the samurai and was taken to make a contribution. He was also missing after the war. The "Hanzaemon" who was famous in Kanto in the past has now ended up like this, which is also a microcosm of the current situation of the Tokugawa clan.

When Tokugawa Hidetachi's envoy arrived at Shimae Bridge, he realized that Ina Tadaji had died in battle. In regret, he immediately asked the Tokugawa army of Uchisakuradamen and Oshoumen to withdraw Honmaru. But at this time, the Northeast coalition had already broken through several fragile defense lines arranged by Ina Tadaji like a flood, and divided into three groups to attack the two city gates and Shimae Bridge.

With the cooperation of the Toyotomi army, the Oshoumen and Uchisakuradamen were almost simultaneously captured, and all the defending Tokugawa army were annihilated. A small number of soldiers who were defeated from other places encountered the Northeast coalition forces in the Xiazhiqiao area. Before they could retreat into Honmaru, they were chopped and killed. In the end, only more than 100 people in the entire Sannomaru were fortunate to retreat into Honmaru. Excluding the more than 500 surrendered troops of the Kumamaru Matsuhei clan, the Tokugawa army died in battle reached 3,300, while the only more than 700 people died in the Toyotomi coalition.

Perhaps it was because he didn't want Minomaru's tragedy to repeat, or because Minomaru's fall made Nishimaru's defense meaningless. Tokugawa Hidetaki ordered Matsuhei Tadaki to lead the remaining 1,300 people to retreat into Honmaru before dark, and handed over Nishimaru to Asano Nagamasa.
Chapter completed!