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At noon on December 4, at the strong request of Takenaka Shigeharu, the Hongye Army was mobilized and divided its forces to advance eastward. Among them, Junling Bei, Tokiwa Bei, and Mingdi Bei marched eastward along the official road, while Wanjun Bei and Liaoyuan Bei marched eastward along the official road, while Wanjun Bei and Liaoyuan Bei marched eastward, one in the north and the other in the south.

Covering the flanks from the alley, the five infantry troops formed a "ten" shape, while the Tongqiang troops separated from the main force and circled towards Tsubata in the north, trying to detour into the Uesugi Army's retreating road, and cooperated with the main force of the Hongye Army to attack front and rear.

The Uesugi army was annihilated to the west of the Kurigara Canyon. In order to advance quickly, Yu Qiuping left all the civilians at Oyama Gobo, and only asked the auxiliary soldiers to follow the army with four days of food and grass.

In the heavy snow, this unit pounced on the enemy who had no trace at all. Perhaps this trip was illusory, but everyone believed that their chief of staff had a plan to seize the slim chance of victory. Takenaka Shigeharu, despite a high fever, asked his assistant

Soldiers carried sedans and followed the troops. Sanada Masayuki gathered all the scouts and ninjas in the front army and expanded the huge intelligence barrier and tentacles. However, until sunset on December 4, the Red Leaf Army did not catch up with the enemy.

"Our speed is faster than theirs, and they can't get away." Takenaka Shigeharu still firmly believes in his judgment, "If we continue to advance tomorrow, we will surely catch up with the Uesugi Army's special forces before the Kurikara Gorge!"

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In the early morning of December 5, the Hongye Army put on their armor in the cold winter night and started heading east. As the vanguard of the army, Junling Bei took the lead, and the vanguard of the army was Yu, the commander of the first company of Junling Bei.

Qiu Shang. Logically speaking, as a young master, he should have his own horse. But on the battlefield, he insisted on walking like all the ashigaru in his company. At this moment, he was walking with his chest high.

Walking in the first row, he used his own pace to urge the ashigaru around him to keep up with him. No one had shoveled the snow on the road they were walking on. Even the snow on the official road had already reached the calf.

Everyone could only struggle forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The snowflakes had covered their armor with a layer of white, and only the bright red paper leaves on the top of the helmet had not been dyed white.

The extremely cold weather caused the Junling Bei First Company to lose nearly 50 people, and only 10% of the iron cannons were still usable. The iron gunners who had no iron cannons to use, each fired a long gun and were reorganized into a long gun platoon.

The battle continues. There are only 50 usable iron cannons in the entire Junling Preparation. They have been organized into a precious iron cannon platoon, under the personal command of Shui Atomjing. At this moment, Yu Qiu Shang only has 7

It's just a platoon of spears that is not full.

Yu Qiu Shang asked himself that the combat effectiveness of the Hong Ye Army, which had traveled a long distance in a harsh environment, was far inferior to that of the Hong Ye Army at full strength. Therefore, the morale of the army was particularly important. Yu Qiu Shang did not avoid the wind and snow.

Di personally walked on the front line, just to use his performance to boost the morale of the team - his father had always shared the joys and sorrows with the entire army along the way, always marching on the official road in the snow. Since his father could do it, the rain

Qiu Shang can also do it.

On a snowy day, people can't see the sun, and the sky is always dark, making it difficult to judge the time through the weather. Yu Qiu Shang took out his pocket watch from his arms while kicking the snow with long steps - now

It was 7:00 p.m., and it was almost noon. If nothing unexpected happened and they didn't get lost, based on their marching speed, they expected to arrive at the Kurigara Canyon in an hour and a half, at 3:00 p.m.

If the predictions are correct, they can catch up with the Uesugi Army's 1,000-strong Rangers before the Kurigara Gorge. In other words, the time for battle is coming soon.

Although Yu Qiu Shang is only 18 years old, he is also a veteran who has been tested by five years of war. He understands that at times like this, it is even more important not to lose control of his position because of nervousness. He adjusted his breathing repeatedly and paid attention to his surroundings at all times.

situation. Once any news came from the ninjas and Tanma scattered around, he was sure to respond immediately.

At this moment, a figure suddenly moved in the northwest, and it could be vaguely seen that it was a scout of the Red Leaf Army. Yu Qiu Shang immediately raised his hand, signaling the entire army to stop, and at the same time turned his attention to the galloping man.

The scout. It can be seen that he is very panic at the moment.

When Yu Qiu Shang saw this, his heart tightened. Could it be that as the vanguard, they missed the enemy, but Wan Junbei, who was covering the flank from the northwest, encountered the enemy first?

It turned out to be worse than he thought.

"Young Master! Something bad is going on!" The scout got off his horse in front of Yu Qiu Shang, leaned into Yu Qiu Shang's ear and tried to whisper the message, but his trembling voice still made the tone rise unconsciously.

"Wanjun appears in preparation for the battle——"

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Not long ago, at six o'clock in the morning, Wan Jun prepared his troops in formation.

The Kitahata Kei family watched with some surprise as the scouts and ninjas who were conducting reconnaissance in the distance rushed towards Wan Junbei one after another. The black shadows were particularly conspicuous in the white snow and snowfields. They seemed to have seen something extraordinary.

They all came back to report.

"What happened..." Before these scouts rushed back to prepare for the battle, the Kitahata Kei family was destined to be unable to know what happened in the invisible snow and fog ahead, which would shock so many ninjas and scouts.

However, he did not need to be troubled for too long. Before his scouts and ninjas rushed back to their positions, he had already used his keen eyesight only possessed by an iron gunner to see the black figure in the snow mist and the flying sky behind him.

Broken snow.

And the flag flying high above the black shadow——

Adjacent.

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"The military flag with the word 'Bi'!"

"It's Uesugi Kenshin himself!"

"It's Echigo Cavalry!"

"Oh my God!"

"How is it possible? Why is Uesugi Kenshin here?"

"Shouldn't it just be the Rangers?"

"Did you get ambushed? Did you fall into a trap?"

The ashigaru who were preparing for the battle screamed in surprise when they saw the military flag emerging from the snow and fog. They will not forget that the military flag led the fierce Echigo cavalry to attack them elusively.

What kind of heavy losses it had brought to them before.

"Oops...I've been fooled. If Uesugi Kenshin is here...it's definitely not a retreating special force to the west of Kurigara Canyon, it might be the main force of Uesugi's army! They left Takaoka Castle alone and the whole division came.

Are you going to hit us?" The Kitahata Kage family felt very bad at the moment. During the Battle of Zamikamachi, they were also surrounded by friendly forces but were attacked by Takeda Shingen's entire division.

"Stop the whole army! Form a hollow phalanx! Auxiliary troops..." Kitahata Kage's order got stuck on the word "auxiliary troops". If more than a thousand Uesugi cavalry came like before, then he

As usual, I can't protect these auxiliary soldiers!

"The auxiliary troops retreat. If the Uesugi army attacks, the soldiers will fight back immediately!" Kitahata Kageie gritted his teeth and ordered sternly. He no longer wanted to let the Uesugi army attack his unarmed auxiliary troops like before, "

Immediately ask for help from His Highness and nearby friendly forces! We have fallen into a trap! We met Uesugi Kenshin here!"

However, that team of cavalry did not go straight towards Wan Jun Bei. Instead, they drew an arc in front of Wan Jun Bei's formation and galloped towards the south. The number of people did not seem to be very large, about 500 people.

"What?" Kitahata Kage was shocked by the strange movements of this cavalry. The formation of the five infantry reserves of the Hongye Army was about the five points of a "ten", and the five hundred cavalry were directly heading towards the "ten"

What is the purpose of killing the middle section of the protruding horizontal line on the right?

"Notify all the ministries again that Uesugi Kenshin is heading south!" The Kitahata Kage family sent out envoys while hesitating on how to act at this moment. Should they pursue and intercept the cavalry? Will this cause chaos in the formation?

Just when he was troubled, snow fell again on the way from the northeastern cavalry, and another Uesugi military reserve force arrived. However, although this reserve force had approximately 1500 troops, it did not have a flag or a support.

flag.

"What do you mean?" Before the Kitahata Kage family could figure it out, the troops immediately followed the path of the 500 cavalry going south, drew an arc from the front of Wanjun's preparations, and left south. Immediately afterwards, a

A group of about 1500 troops emerged from the snow and fog in that direction and headed south along the same path. Not long after, the number of Uesugi Army soldiers who appeared on the battlefield was close to 8000. Wanjun was preparing for the formation every day.

Everyone's face was as pale as earth, and they seemed like they couldn't believe their eyes.

"Sir, do you want to stop me?" Uji Hidetaka noticed that something was wrong and rode his horse to Kitahata Kei's house and asked.

"Uesugi Kenshin may be nearby. The number of Uesugi troops is also exaggerated, and their actions are very strange. Don't act rashly." Kitahata Kageie thought that the man under the sign with the word "ne" might be somewhere behind the snow.

Looking at himself, he couldn't help but shudder, "Everyone is on standby, waiting for reinforcements from the army or orders from His Highness, and at the same time, reporting the situation here to Your Highness! We have discovered the main force of the Uesugi Army! The combat plan needs to be revised!"

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At seven o'clock in the morning, Hongye Army's main formation.

"Uesugi Kenshin has already appeared in front of the battle?" Yu Qiupei was shocked when he received the information. Even Takenaka Shigeharu was stunned. "The main force of Uesugi's army has appeared to the west of Kurigara Canyon? How is it possible? They

Don't you care about Takaoka Castle? Are you going to have a decisive battle with us? Are you sure?"

"It's absolutely true, Wan Junbei has seen it all!" The messenger swore in front of Yu Qiuping, "There are at least 8,000 soldiers!"

"Are you crazy? They can be sure of victory as long as they send people to guard the Kurigara Canyon. Why do they want to have a decisive battle? Isn't this just looking for trouble?" Fukuzawa Yunan shook his head in disbelief, "Uesugi Kenshin is crazy.

?"

"He's not crazy, he's still conscious. It's us who lost." Takenaka Shigeharu's face was pale at this moment, and there was no trace of blood. "It was us who underestimated the enemy. We thought he would not come with the whole army to fight... Unexpectedly

In the end, it was us who underestimated the enemy."

"Let Tokiwabei go south immediately and get closer to the main army. Without cavalry, we can't do anything to defeat the Uesugi army." Takenaka Shigeharu remained calm despite being extremely passive, "Tokiwabei in the center immediately moved forward to support the front line.
Chapter completed!