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The flames soared into the sky in the vast white sky, swallowing up the mountain flags in an instant. Dozens of Uesugi troops were burned with them; it was the reserve team named Junling Bei; it was the one who followed from Chiryu Castle.
Yu Qiuping, a reliable warrior who has been loyal to the public for twenty years and always talks about "being worthy"; and the last hesitation in the young man's heart.
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At 5:00 noon, in front of the Joban Bei formation, which was closest to Junling Bei, they saw a burst of fire and a violent roar coming from the east. They tried their best to support Junling Bei, but were blocked by the 15oo people in front of them.
The Uesugi troops on the left and right slowed down their progress in the snow.
"What happened..." Fukushima Yasunari looked to the east in disbelief - such a big explosion must have detonated a large amount of gunpowder...
Not long after, the Uesugi army in front of them, which had been trembling with Jobanbe for a long time, drifted away under the cover of archers and iron gunners, and retreated toward the northeast. Without hindrance, Jobanbe could quickly advance eastward, but Fukushima
Yasunari's heart was getting colder and colder. Didn't the Uesugi Army's actions mean... that there was no need to block the reinforcements? The backbone of the Junling Bei First Company all came from the heroic company of that year - the Tokiwa Bei Second Company
——They were all old subordinates of Fukushima Yasunari. Seeing them in danger, Fukushima Yasunari felt his whole heart tightening.
At this moment, he spotted hundreds of cavalry in the snow and fog in the distance, chasing more than a hundred people with spears on the mountain in a panic. Fukushima Yasunari's eyes were red with anxiety, and he immediately ordered the entire army to come to the rescue.
Hundreds of cavalrymen did not dare to carry on after seeing so many Hongye troops - and under the banner of Tokiwa Bei - and withdrew towards the northeast.
At seven quarters of noon, Naomasa Ii, who was seriously injured and rescued by Tokiwa Bei, was sent to Yu Qiuping's main formation on horseback by the messenger. Regardless of treating his injuries, he had to report to Yu Qiuping immediately. Yu Qiuping had just received Wan Jun from the front line.
The reports from Bei, Tokiwa Bei, and Rakihara Bei all said that the Uesugi army had withdrawn, and he had already realized that something was wrong. However, when he met Naomasa Ii, he realized that he had been too optimistic before.
"Tiger Pine?" Yu Qiuping's heart sank instantly when he saw Ii Naomasa injured like this, "What's going on? Where is Junling Bei?"
Ii Naomasa pursed his lips when he heard this, but could not speak immediately. After a moment, this young man who had always been strong since childhood suddenly fell to the ground and cried bitterly. When Yu Qiuping saw Ii Naomasa crying like this, his heart was filled with misery, even in the end
All bad plans have been made.
"The mountain is gone."
Yu Qiuping felt his heart contract violently.
Ii Naomasa took several breaths and continued to speak with difficulty: "Junlingbei was surrounded by more than 5,000 enemy soldiers. We were defeated in a fierce battle. The military flag fell and the entire army was wiped out. Almost everyone above the school officer level was killed..."
Ii Naomasa's words seemed to give Yu Qiuping a heavy blow on his chest. He felt his eyes go dark and could hardly recover. He supported Mori Ranmaru next to him before he could barely stand still - he
Understand what this sentence means.
"I seem to have seen the young master and the guards breaking out of the encirclement and going south, but they were nowhere to be found... Major company commander Ikemoto Musashi died in the battle... Brigadier General Mizuhara Atomic Sutra's whereabouts are unknown, but Mizuhara-sama is probably the one who detonated the gunpowder at the last moment... I guess
The situation is already in danger." Naomasa Ii raised his head with tears in his eyes, and then gave Yu Qiuping a hard knock - this was an excessive courtesy that had not been seen in the Red Leaf Army for a long time.
"Your Highness wants to avenge Junling! Your Highness wants to avenge Junling!"
Ii Naomasa kept yelling at the top of his lungs until his seriously injured body could no longer support him, and he finally passed out. The medical officer hurriedly picked up Ii Naomasa and sent him to the medical tent for emergency treatment. And Yu Qiuping's Chinese army tent
It was completely silent inside, as if even the sound of falling snowflakes was clearly audible.
This was the first time that the Red Leaf Army had a reserve force and was eliminated as an organic whole... Uesugi Kenshin's elegant tactics of coming and going like the wind caused the Red Leaf Army to lose one-sixth of its strength before it could react.
Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke. The one who broke the silence was the pale-faced Takenaka Shigeharu.
"Everything was my mistake."
He tried hard to suppress his inner feelings and said this sentence as calmly as possible.
"Ask each enemy reserve unit to immediately send a senior officer back to the main formation to report on the changes in the battle situation not long ago. I want to analyze immediately. The next round of attacks by the Uesugi Army may come back at any time."
Yu Qiuping looked at Takenaka Shigeharu and was stunned for a moment. He had never seen such a fierce murderous aura in Takenaka Shigeharu's eyes, so fierce that it seemed to drain all the little energy left in his sick body.
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"At six o'clock in the morning, the first horse seal with the word 'bi' appeared east of Wanjun Bei in the north, and the vanguard of the Uesugi Army and the large Uesugi Army arrived one after another. The total number of soldiers was close to 6500, which was about a 500-man cavalry team and
Four mixed teams of 1500 people, infantry and cavalry. They came from the northeast and cut into the middle of the easternmost mountain peak Beihe Brigade in an arc."
"At seven o'clock in the morning, 500 cavalrymen and 1500 soldiers of 'Bi' appeared on the high mountain."
"At eight o'clock, 1500 soldiers from the northeast appeared in front of Wanjun's preparations. Strictly speaking, this army also arrived successively with the Uesugi army, but it was the last to arrive. At the same time, dozens of cavalry surrounded them
The flag with the word 'Pi' returned to the front of Wanjun's preparations."
"At eight o'clock in the hour, Chang Panbei in the center encountered about 1500 soldiers. They also had the flag with the word "巳"."
"At the beginning of noon, 1500 soldiers appeared in formation in the southernmost prairie fire, and there was still a flag with the word '名'."
"At early noon, 1500 soldiers appeared from the northwest of Junlingbei. After that, another 2000 cavalry appeared from the northeast. These 2000 people are most likely the Echigo cavalry brigade that attacked us before."
After listening to the reports from each officer, the atmosphere in the central tent was almost solidified. The staff officers looked at the sand table in front of them. Every surface was earth-colored. It was difficult to reconstruct how the Uesugi Army acted. The damn snowy weather made the visibility horribly low.
This gave the Uesugi Army the opportunity to maneuver wantonly in the snow. The staff somewhat clumsily tried the possible movements of the Uesugi Army on the sand table, but they could never come up with a satisfactory explanation.
As time passes, the Uesugi Army's next attack may come at any time. If you want to be safe, you must gather the entire army. However, if you gather together, the Red Leaf Army's marching speed and supplies cannot be guaranteed.
This is equivalent to the Uesugi Army admitting defeat and preparing to retreat. They took great risks to pursue and put a huge burden on logistics, just to fight the Uesugi Army in front of the Kurigara Gorge - but if
If we retreat like this, everything we have done before will be in vain. Not only this pursuit, but also the hard march in the wind and snow for so many days and so many sacrifices and wounded and sick people will be in vain... If we give in now,
It would be better to stop at Echizen then instead of marching all the way to Kaga.
No one is willing to accept such a result, especially when Junling Bei and Shui Atomjing encounter unexpected events and their young master's whereabouts are unknown. They have sacrificed too much, how can they accept water from a bamboo basket?
The Tongqiang equipment from the north is working hard to arrive, and it is expected to arrive in a few quarters of minutes. But before that, what should we do?
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Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, Takenaka Shigeharu's somewhat hoarse voice broke the silence again:
"Chexuan Formation."
"Ah?" Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard the name. This is Uesugi Kenshin's legendary tactic, but no one has ever restored how to use this tactic.
Takenaka Shigeharu slowly walked to the edge of the sand table with the support of Haotani Honoko. He took the chess pieces representing the Uesugi Army from the staff and arranged them in a semi-circular arc northeast of the "ten" formation of the Red Leaf Army.
Look.
"Follow this arc and push them in." Takenaka Shigeharu signaled Fukuzawa Yunan to move the chess pieces, and Fukuzawa Yunan immediately did so. The arced formation in between rotated and cut into the red leaf army's formation. The earliest
The leading troops entering kept turning in a large circle to the south, the second troops turned south to the southernmost Rakihara Bishen, the third troops moved to the Joban Bishen, the fourth troops turned to Junling Bishen, and the fifth
The first army just stopped in front of Wanjun Preparation. At this time, the sixth army and the remaining troops turned to Junling Bei, spinning and colliding with the first army and the fourth army from all directions.
Heading towards the steep mountains.
If we act in this order, we can just match the weird enemy engagement schedule reported by each reserve team...
The Uesugi Army was like a python, spinning and strangling its prey.
In other words, it is like a spinning wheel, crushing the enemies blocking the road.
The formation of car suspension...
"This... as long as we don't stick together, will we be cut off anyway?" Yunan Fukuzawa looked solemn and whispered in a low voice, unwilling to admit it, "The Uesugi Army is too fast in the snow, and he is also good at snow.
Fighting... we will definitely suffer, there is no doubt about it.”
Fukuzawa Yunan said this, and everyone understood what he meant - to join forces in one place. However, in joining forces, Hongye Army's poor supplies will no longer allow them to continue to advance, and Shui Atonjing and Jun
Ling Bei's sacrifice was in vain. No one could accept it, and everyone said nothing.
With the entire Uesugi Army coming for this battle, there must not be many people left in Takaoka Castle. Shibata Katsuie and Oda Nobutada may have already begun to break out. If the Red Leaf Army retreats at this time, the returning Uesugi Army will give the North 6th Road
A devastating blow from the Oda army.
It cannot be withdrawn under any circumstances.
But how can we win if we don’t withdraw?
Everyone turned their attention to Takenaka Shigeharu - he was the only hope.
Takenaka Shigeharu frowned and pondered for a long time, and the look in his eyes changed from solemn to deep and murderous. He coughed twice, and the blood he coughed up dripped down the palm of his hand, and he said in a deep voice:
"Then let them cut off a piece."
"Instruct all ministries to act according to my plan."
Chapter completed!