Chapter 2185 The rice fields where death is still in sight
For some reason, Uesugi Yoshikage suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. He looked at the sky and saw that the sun was gradually pointing toward the middle, and it would soon be noon.
The delay in Fukushima Masanori's appearance made Uesugi Yoshikage increasingly uneasy.
At this time, Uesugi Yoshikage was dismounting from his horse to rest with the other girls, maintaining the strength of his horse and waiting for news of the ambush in Tominomori ahead.
Takeda Yoshinobu noticed her strangeness and asked in a low voice.
"What's wrong?"
Yoshikage Uesugi shook his head.
"It's okay, I always feel like something is wrong."
Takeda Yoshinobu looked at her most trusted person, Kosaka Masanobu, who interrupted.
"Inada Uemoto sent someone again to ask what to do next. Fukushima Masanori's military strength has not appeared for a long time, something is indeed wrong."
Uesugi Yoshikage looked at the position of the sun again, gritted his teeth and said.
"Wait a little longer. If there is no movement after noon, we will withdraw."
Kosaka Masanobu asked.
"Should we send someone to the rear to check and ensure that the retreat is smooth?"
Uesugi Yoshikage looked at Takeda Yoshinobu and asked.
"What do you think?"
Takeda Yoshinobu nodded.
"Kosaka-sama is right."
Uesugi nodded and said.
"Can you please sister Jingtora to lead a team of a hundred people to the palace and walk back and forth to check for safety."
Uesugi Kagetora bowed and accepted the order, stood up and called his troops to mount their horses, and they gathered one after another to set off.
Uesugi Yoshikage and others seem to follow her lead, but in fact the internal components are somewhat complicated.
The eight hundred Uesugi people will naturally obey her orders, but the five hundred Takeda people and the three hundred Doxin people may not.
Takeda Yoshinobu was raised in the Doxinzong family since he was a child. He was cared for by two generations of Doxinzhu leaders from Kamao clan and Ii Naomasa, and was regarded as one of his own by the Doxinzhong.
Although Uesugi Yoshikage was established as the heir, there are many military groups in the military group, and Takeda Yoshinobu's voice among the Takeda people and the Doshin people cannot be underestimated.
The two sisters are 50/50, and everything must be done through discussion.
This time when they came out to ambush and raid Fukushima Masanori, Uesugi Yoshikage did not take everyone away, but also left behind 300 Tongxin soldiers. The 300 Uesugi soldiers continued to strictly guard Dewa Palace, and only brought 900 people out.
Now that we have transferred another 100 Uesugi Kagetora, there are only 300 Uesugi soldiers, 500 Takeda soldiers, and a total of 800 banners.
Although the eight hundred people were not many, they were all elite warriors on horseback. They were able to move forward and retreat freely without fear of encountering any trouble.
Even Takasaka Masanobu, a veteran, thinks there is nothing wrong with this, let alone the three fledgling divine sisters.
However, none of them expected that Ichijo Hideyoshi would react so quickly and be so determined that he could actually mobilize tens of thousands of people to hunt in a short period of time, resulting in a misjudgment.
Not long after Uesugi Kagetora left, news came from the front that Fukushima Masanori finally appeared. Her army had just passed Yodoko Bridge and was advancing towards Tominomori.
After receiving the news, Uesugi Yoshikage also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Takeda Yoshinobu.
"We've finally arrived. If it were any later, we would have withdrawn and it would have been a waste of time.
Princesses, feed the horses soybeans and prepare their swords and guns. After Inada Uemoto and Fukushima Masanori start fighting, we will charge from the flank on horseback and defeat Fukushima Masanori as quickly as possible."
"Hi!"
All Ji warriors stood up and took action quickly.
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In the rich forest, Inada Zhimoto personally led people to ambush in the woods on the east side of the road.
Seeing that Masanori Fukushima had entered the encirclement in front, she was very panicked. The intuition she had developed over many years of fighting always made her feel that something was wrong.
Looking carefully, Fukushima Masanori's troops were advancing very cautiously. It didn't look like marching, but more like they were on guard for something, as if they were ready to go into battle at any time.
Inada Zhiyuan's heart rang with alarm bells, and he immediately ordered.
"Mingdi, let the front take action, now!"
The Hime Samurai beside Uemoto Inada fired loud arrows into the sky. The Fukushima Army on the road in front of them only panicked a little and formed a defensive formation.
The arrows and iron cannons fired by the Hachisuka Army ambushing in front did not disrupt the Fukushima Army's position at all, and the ambush became a counterattack.
Inada Uemoto's teeth were sore. She already felt that things were going to be bad, so she ordered the entire team to attack, attack the Fukushima Army from the side, and assist in cooperating with the frontal battlefield.
At this time, Warrior Ji beside her exclaimed.
"Look, sir!"
Inada Zhiyuan looked in the direction that the man was pointing, and saw the flags of two more armies appearing in the distance, rapidly approaching the battlefield.
Squinting his eyes, Inada Zhiyuan carefully identified the newly appeared flag and couldn't help but groan.
"The Tachibana family... the Konishi family... we have fallen into a trap... we have fallen into a trap! Retreat immediately! Hurry!"
As she was speaking, Inada Zhiyuan felt pain in her back, and a blade had already stabbed out of her chest. Someone easily pierced the knife into her heart through the gap between her ribs.
She felt weak all over and used her last strength to look behind her, only to see a ferocious face roaring at her.
"Avenge the family governor! Kill the traitor!"
The Inada family's Hatamoto couldn't believe what was happening in front of her and immediately rushed to the person. The person didn't panic because she also had her own helpers.
The Ji warriors who were standing in the same camp just now swung their swords at the people around them. The queue was instantly in chaos. It was difficult to distinguish between friends and foes, and they were in a chaotic mess.
Inada Zhiyuan's eyes widened and she died of reluctance. She could not rest her eyes until she died.
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The noise on the side of the road attracted the attention of the Fukushima Army. His subordinates reported in front of Masanori Fukushima, who said coldly.
"The Hachisuka army on the flank is in chaos, break their formation and kill them all."
"But...there seems to be someone in the Hachisuka army who can help us?"
Fukushima Masanori smiled coldly.
"Guan Bai wants to capture Yoshikage Uesugi. We don't have time to tell who is loyal and who is traitorous among the Hachisuka army and kill them all. Let's keep moving forward and be quick.
If you move too slowly, Tachibana Konishi and the others will catch up and take the credit."
"Hi!"
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The Fukushima army raised iron cannons and bows. The green smoke passed by and the arrows flew past, piercing deeply into the chaotic Haizuka army.
Staring at the arrow nock stuck in his chest in disbelief, Samurai Hazusuka-hime spat out blood and refused to give in.
"We are loyal to the family governor...loyal to Guan Bai...why..."
Before she could finish her words, the Fukushima Hime Samurai who rushed up had already shot her through the chest and chopped off her head.
The already chaotic Haesuka Army was made even more chaotic by Fukushima Masanori's forceful attack that made no distinction between friend and foe. The army that lost its formation was instantly cut into countless small pieces and became a lamb to be slaughtered.
With just one charge, the Haesuka troops on the flank were killed and scattered. Countless people fled along the river bank, were driven into the river, trampled to death and drowned. The river bed was temporarily dyed red with blood.
At this time, Uesugi Yoshikage's troops in the distance didn't know what was going on. Fukushima, Tachibana, and Konishi, three elite groups who fought hard in the peninsula war, had already surrounded them.