The rain continued all day long, sometimes getting heavier and sometimes lighter, with no intention of stopping. The originally dry weather after autumn began to become humid.
In the main hall of Inari Taisha Shrine stands a gilded statue of Bishamonten, but the face of the statue is not the traditional Bishamonten look, but the handsome face of Yoshigin, who is always sixteen years old.
With the arrival of a new day, the sky was bright and bright, and the rain outside the palace, which had turned light, began to fall heavily again.
Accompanied by the sound of raindrops on the tiles, Yiyin stood in front of the palace door, with Christina whispering a report beside him.
"Sage, it has been raining all day and night. The moisture-proof supplies we prepared were completely unable to cover and keep them dry. Some wooden cannons, gunpowder, and projectiles became wet and were forced to be destroyed."
Yiyin was in a daze, as if listening to Christina's words and the sound of rain.
A faint sound of fighting could be heard amidst the sound of rain. It was the soldiers of the two armies fighting at the foot of the mountain on the muddy plain.
After it rained yesterday morning, Ichijo Hideyoshi seized the opportunity to exert his strength. A group of direct line reserve troops went to the battlefield and went all out to continuously attack the Fushimi defense line.
In contrast, the Maori family in the south seemed to have become silent after the rain, giving the precarious Mikagu Shrine Nizi defenders a chance to breathe.
One day and one night, a legion launched attacks like crazy. Hideyoshi even gave up his advantage of iron cannons and used the elite divisions trained on the peninsula to charge into the battlefield with cold weapons.
The defenders of the Fushimi Defense Line, dominated by Maeda Toshiie and Maeda's interests, were already showing signs of fatigue.
The traditional samurai mobilization model is inferior to the system of separation of peasants and soldiers founded by Oda Nobunaga and inherited by Ichijo Hideyoshi.
What's more, the main force of an army is the elite from the fierce fighting on the peninsula, which is not comparable to the Kinki Hokurikudo Shiba Army, which has been at peace for a long time.
Even though they lost the advantage of spears and iron cannons, one legion was still suppressing the Shiba family's motley army of Kinki-Hokurikudo. The already huge numerical gap between the two sides was widening at this moment.
Yoshigan's flaw of not waiting for the Eastern Army to join the war, but taking the initiative to lure Ichijo Hideyoshi to attack, was doubled at this point.
The balance of victory was constantly tilting towards Ichijo Hideyoshi, and the Nanman artillery team, which Yoshigan regarded as the trump card, was also in a dilemma where the wooden cannon powder was damp and might lose its combat effectiveness.
Kristina just finished her report, but before Yiyin could say anything, someone broke into the hall.
Uesugi Yoshikage, his clothes soaked in the rain, walked towards Yoshigan angrily.
Yiyin looked at her and said lightly.
"Why are you here in the rain? You are the general in charge of this battle. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Uesugi Yoshikage suffocated and then said angrily.
"Do you still know that I am the general appointed by you? Then why did you go beyond me and give that order?"
Yiyin looked at Kristina and said.
"You go down first and order the artillery team to be ready to bombard a legion on the main battlefield as soon as the sky clears.
All artillery attacks with full force, leaving no room for error, do you understand?"
Christina hesitated to speak.
This is the battlefield chosen by the Si Bo family. The geographical survey data has been collected clearly. How much gunpowder is used, what caliber is used, and where it can hit, the Nanman artillery team knows clearly.
As long as the weather clears up, Kristina guarantees that the first shot will hit, and all the shells will hit the head of a legion.
But if the long-term rain continues to fall, all the gunpowder in the artillery team will get damp.
In order to ensure that it can be launched at any time, the gunpowder hidden in the warehouse has been taken out and placed in the launch position. Now it is too late to put it back.
Simple moisture-proofing cannot be as meticulous as a warehouse. If it rains another day, Kristina can't guarantee how many guns in the artillery team will be usable.
But at this time, what can she say?
The young master came with anger, obviously he had something to say to the saint. Kristina was embarrassed and embarrassed standing here, so she might as well leave the scene to avoid suspicion.
So she followed the example of the islanders and bowed deeply, turned around and left, quickly returning to her post in the artillery team.
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After Christina left, Uesugi Yoshikage was still angry and stared at Yoshihiro indignantly.
Yiyin looked at the non-stop storm outside and asked with a smile.
"What's wrong? So angry?"
Uesugi Yoshikage asked angrily.
"I should ask you this, right?
Did you order Naomasa Ii to erect the white-backed Yanxin flag at Inari Taisha Shrine, so that Ichimono Mimuban, who was wandering near the battlefield, could detect that you were at Inari Mountain?
Now the main force of a legion has changed its attack direction and is heading towards Inari Mountain!
What on earth do you want to do!"
Yiyin smiled slightly.
“We are tired of leaving the filthy land, and we are happy to seek the pure land.
The Yanxin flag is my military flag. Wherever the Yanxin flag is, I will be there.
Ichijo Hideyoshi went to Luo this time because he wanted to seize an opportunity, an opportunity to face me and defeat me."
Uesugi Yoshikage's breathing became heavy and he said.
"Since you know Ichijo Hideyoshi's thoughts, why do you take the initiative to expose your position?
I've obviously already planned it!
First use the Fushimi Defense Line to consume the strength of a legion, wait for the weather to clear up, and then use the Nanman Artillery Team of Inari Mountain to blast it to pieces!
Since you appointed me as the general, why can't you trust me more, I will definitely win this battle!"
Yoshigan shook his head and said sincerely to the aggrieved Uesugi Yoshikage.
"It's not that I don't believe you, but I need to apologize to you. I made a mistake this time.
I thought that the Nanman Artillery Team's trump card was enough to kill Ichijo Hideyoshi, but I still underestimated her.
I watched the wind and rain for a day and a night, and finally figured out one thing. Ichijo Hideyoshi had been waiting for the rain. She delayed attacking because she was waiting for the heavy rain to come.
She knew that I had artillery. Oda Nobunaga was once disrupted by my artillery.
No Saint will be defeated twice by the same attack, but I underestimated the people of the world who are famous in the history of the island country. This was my mistake.
Yoshikage, your arrangement is not wrong, but have you ever thought about what will happen if the rain doesn't stop for a few days? How long can the Fushimi defense line last?
The peace in Kinki has been going on for a long time, and the Kinki samurai family is far inferior to a legion fighting fiercely on the peninsula. Moreover, with 60,000 people versus 40,000 people, one legion still has a numerical advantage.
The gunpowder of the Nanman artillery team is about to get wet. If you continue to delay it, the Nanman artillery you have in mind to use to make a comeback will no longer exist. Do you understand?"
Yoshikage Uesugi gritted his teeth.
"As long as you persist, there will always be a way. Didn't you say that you never lose?"
Yiyin nodded and sighed.
"I've never lost.
I admit that I underestimated Ichijo Hideyoshi and miscalculated a move, but I still will not lose.
The people of the world blindly believe in me, thinking that I am a god descending to earth, and that I am invincible. This is why I want to raise the flag of disgust and attract the main force of an army."
Uesugi Yoshikage's eyes were full of confusion.
"What exactly do you want to express?"
Yiyin smiled bitterly.
"I won't lose. I just want to tell you that I won't lose because I am a living god."
Yoshigan stretched out his finger and pointed above himself, that is, above the main hall of Inari Taisha Shrine.
Uesugi Yoshikage looked up along Yoshigage's finger, and could only see the gloomy and gloomy border, with dark clouds and wind and rain.
Yoshigan breathed out. Only he knew in his heart that Hideyoshi Ichijo was a real genius. She really predicted the celestial phenomena and gave Yoshigan a nearly fatal blow at the most appropriate time.
But the question is, where does the myth of Yiyin's invincibility come from? Is it luck? Strength? Charm? Or talent?
No, it’s a plug-in!
"God said, Let there be light, and there was light."
Yoshigage's words drifted to his ears, and the confusion in Uesugi Yoshikage's eyes was instantly shattered by the miracle in front of him.
A little light shined through the dark clouds with Yiyin as the center, and then the strong wind swept around, sweeping away the dark clouds, spreading outward like a halo, revealing the clear sky with the main hall as the center.
Uesugi Yoshikage looked at it with his mouth agape, and he groaned madly.
"What the hell! It turns out you traveled through time with a cheat! It's not fair! Why didn't I?
Bastard! Obviously we are all time travellers, why don’t I have any plug-ins?"
The sun shines on the earth, and the battlefield shrouded in wind, rain, clouds and fog becomes clearly visible. A reserve team reveals its figure and displays its flags.
Fukushima, Kato, Kuroda and other core elites of the regiment, the direct descendants of the Hime Samurai Order, can be seen at a panoramic view.
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Kristina, who had just returned to the artillery team, looked away at the main hall of Inari Taisha Shrine, swallowed, and gave an order loudly.
"Everyone is in position and ready to bombard!"
The gunners hurriedly pulled down the tarpaulin on the fort, filled the gunpowder projectiles with standard actions they had trained countless times, and calibrated the angle.
Countless guns were aimed at the main battlefield at the foot of the mountain, just waiting for an order.