The confrontation between the two armies lasted until June 7. During this period, the two sides continued to have minor frictions in the confrontation area, but no major decisive battle broke out. However, the mediation order that Asahina Taito had been waiting for did not come. However, due to Asahina Taito's
Asahi was waiting for the Imagawa clan to mediate, so the strategy he adopted was conservative. Thinking that the war would be over soon, he did not spend too much time on the battlefield, but thought about how to carry out subsequent political planning.
This also led to a serious consequence - Asahina's faction was seriously suppressed by Okabe's faction on the battlefield. Since the main force led by Asahina Taitomo was relatively conservative and did not have a good containment effect, Naoe, who was located in Chiryu Castle,
Tadahira and Sena Ujitoshi and Sekiguchi Ujihiro in the west of Anxiang Castle were facing great pressure. On June 1, Okabe Motonobu pretended to attack Chitate Castle, but actually ambushed the troops sent by Sena Ujitoshi and Sekiguchi Ujihiro.
The reinforcements. Although under the proper command of Sena Ujitoshi, they did not suffer much losses. However, after that, the Asahina family responded significantly less to each other, and was more inclined to stick to their own defense lines. Sena Ujitoshi, Sekiguchi
Ujihiro also abandoned his camp east of Kariya Castle and led his army back to the Matsudaira family's Anxiang Castle together with the reinforcements of Sakai Tadashi.
In the face of a powerful enemy, the always gentle Sena Ujitoshi did not take any drastic action against the Matsudaira family. He actively asked to stay in the castle town of Anxiang Castle and did not ask to enter the city, so as not to let the Matsudaira family misunderstand that Sena Ujitoshi planned to take the opportunity to recapture Anxiang.
Xiangcheng.
Sena Ujitoshi's actions won the favor of the Matsudaira family. Matsudaira Motoyasu took the initiative to send auxiliary troops to help the Sena family, the Sekiguchi family and the Asahina branch build temporary camps in the castle town of Anxiang Castle.
The confrontation is still continuing. Troops from Asahina's family are scattered in three places, monitoring the movements of the Okabe family. The Okabe family is sitting firmly in Kariya Castle and seems to be looking for a fighter opportunity - Yu Qiupei doubts that the Okabe family wants to go
To attack Chiryate Castle, which was defended by only a few leading militiamen, for this reason, after Sena Ujitoshi and others retreated to Anxiang Castle, he specially asked Naoe Tadayei, who had no support, to start carrying baggage and be ready to retreat at any time.
But today, that is, in the early morning of June 7, Yu Qiupei, who rode to the front line to investigate in person, discovered something was wrong. During this period, due to Asahina Taitomo's conservatism, the Asahina family's cavalry basically had no radius of action.
It is very large, and the purpose is not to investigate Kariya Castle, but to form an intelligence barrier to prevent the cavalry from Kariya Castle from detecting the specific situation of the Asahina family camp. Therefore, the Asahina family's cavalry has always been suppressed by the Okabe family's cavalry.
The Okabe family's cavalry will generally be more proactive in detecting the Asahina family's movements.
However, apart from anything else, the combat power of the Asahina family's cavalry, both in quantity and quality, has a subtle advantage over the Okabe family at this time. Therefore, the Okabe family's cavalry does not dare to be too arrogant. However,
Today, the Okabe family's cavalry seemed to be a little too cautious. They all stayed a few miles away and did not come forward at all.
"Is this... an intelligence barrier?" Yu Qiuping frowned, "Why are the Okabe family's reconnaissance cavalry suddenly so conservative?"
While Yu Qiuping was deep in thought, several more cavalrymen with different flags appeared on the battlefield. Among them, the flags of the Miura family, the Katsurayama family, the Ii family, and the Iio family were all recognized.
"I'm going to go..." Yu Qiuping secretly complained. In the previous investigations, only one family had always sent out detectives. But this time, almost all the wealthy families of the Okabe family sent out detectives. "Is it such a big battle?
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"Do you want to attack us?" Yu Qiuping rode his horse to the high ground and looked far into the distance into Kariya Castle. Although he couldn't see clearly, there seemed to be figures moving around in the castle town of Kariya Castle. "But if we want to attack.
…Why is Tanma recycled instead?”
Yu Qiuping pondered for a while and murmured to himself: "Perhaps it's because the attack is about to begin, and there is no need to do more reconnaissance to avoid alerting the enemy. You only need to keep an eye on the movements of our army from a distance to ensure that the general direction of the attack is correct.
Is that okay?"
I have to say that this is indeed a clever plan. After a long and peaceful confrontation with the main force, the Asahina family's troops have become a little slack. In the first few days, Asahina Taiheng will still lead the troops in person every day with great enthusiasm.
People went to the front line to investigate, but as soon as the freshness wore off, they started to sleep in. Asahina Taito seemed to think that the Okabe family would come towards him, so he neglected the intelligence work. If the Okabe family has more than 3,000
If the soldiers come to kill them, these less than 2,000 soldiers will probably fall into a bitter battle due to lack of preparation.
Fortunately, Yu Qiuping, who has always had a strict time plan, has an almost obsessive punctuality requirement for the prepared plans. After breakfast every morning, he would come to the front line to conduct reconnaissance, and only then discovered something strange.
"Send an order for His Highness Asahina to immediately prepare for defense and report the intelligence here to him." Yu Qiupei ordered to Kohata Yoshimori, who rushed back a few days ago. The latter seemed to have been deceived by the Matsudaira family and harmed the friendly forces.
I feel very guilty about being transferred away from the mountain, and I have been very motivated these days.
"Notify Tokiwa Bei again," Yu Qiuping ordered to several Tokiwa Bei officers behind him, "immediately assemble the troops and start setting up defenses."
"Your Highness, this..." Yoshioka Katsumasa scratched his head in confusion, "The Okabe family didn't come forward, they just stood at a distance. Why is Your Highness so nervous? Why do you think they are going to attack? Just in case you guess.
If I make a mistake, what should I do if everyone is in vain?"
"It is indeed possible that I guessed wrong, and I am not sure what the Okabe family is planning to do. However, the worst thing is that I will be complained by everyone." Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "But if you are not prepared, you will be caught off guard.
What should we do? Let’s be on the safe side.”
If Yu Qiupei had not come here to patrol today, the Asahina line of reconnaissance cavalry on the front line might not have noticed the Okabe family's intentions and would have just reported "nothing unusual" information back. Even if someone raised objections and thought Okabe was
The tribe has evil intentions, so as a scout, he may not dare to propose that the entire army defend it - because if he guesses wrong, he cannot afford such a responsibility. In the end, it is very likely that someone like Ji
Companions like Gang Shengzheng persuaded him to stop paying attention.
The consequence of this is that only when the Okabe family's troops are ready to attack and attack from several miles away, the Asahina family will realize that something is wrong.
Yu Qiuping let out a long breath, and looked at the smoke curling up from the kitchens outside and inside Qiugu City, and his face became solemn.
At 06:00 on June 7, the Yuqiu family's camp was already as busy as a beehive inside and outside. The soldiers were already fully clothed, half of them were stationed outside the camp, and the other half were on standby inside the camp.
Team by team, the auxiliary soldiers carried back and forth the defensive measures such as horses and fences that had been built before, and placed them around the camp. They also surrounded the camp and reinforced the trenches and other fortifications that had been dug previously.
At the same time, Asahina Taitomo, who received Amakihei's urgent information, also asked the somewhat free and unorganized Asahina army to immediately assemble, and at the same time notified the Okudaira family's reserve team to prepare. The huge military camp began to move slowly, Ashigaru,
General Ashigaru began to try to assemble troops. The more than five thousand auxiliary soldiers of the Imagawa family who were originally staying on the other side of the Aizuma River became cautiously vigilant after noticing the unusual movements on the east bank of the Aizuma River.
At this time, Yu Qiuping was riding his horse on the highest hill in the camp, concentrating on the movement in the direction of Kariya Castle. At this time, the intention of the Okabe family to take action was already obvious. Outside the castle town
, the troops of several wealthy families were already lining up, and figures seemed to be pouring out of the city gate in a steady stream. Simply, the Okabe family did not move particularly fast, which gave Asahina and his family time to reorganize their troops.
At two o'clock in the morning, the Okabe family still did not launch an attack. Every second that passed, Yu Qiuping felt more at ease. The defenses outside the camp had been gradually improved, and he even began to command the auxiliary soldiers to destroy the official road to prevent the Okabe family from attacking.
Bringing trouble. And the Asahina family's camp was also in full swing. The Ashigaru completed the assembly under the urging of the samurai. Asahina Taiheng took some troops and Okuhirabe to assist Amakihei in defense. And Asahina
Taito himself strengthened the defense of the main camp, and Asahina Bei was spread out inside and outside the camp, laying out the defensive formation.
At six o'clock in the morning, the grumbling Okabe family still did not start to attack. Yu Qiuping's vanguard camp arrived at Kariya City, which was only a few miles away. Yu Qiuping could see with the naked eye that people had gathered on the plain south of Kariya City.
Thousands of troops were defeated. However, these troops never made a move to turn west and attack Amakihei's troops. The Okabe family's reconnaissance cavalry still avoided the Asahina family's reconnaissance cavalry at a distance.
"What a blessing." Yu Qiuping sighed, "Originally, we were paralyzed by the Okabe family. Fortunately, the Okabe family didn't know what problems they encountered. They encountered trouble in gathering the troops, so they were delayed again and again."
At the beginning of the day, the Okabe family had no longer moved westward. On the contrary, two troops of powerful families even broke away from the main army and headed south.
"What does this mean..." Yu Qiupei, Asahina Taitomo and others were all confused. The suitable ferry crossings on the Aizuma River are all to the north of the Asahina family camp. The farther south, the wider the river will be.
If you want to cross the river and attack in a roundabout way, you should go north anyway. "Do you just want to complete a side attack on the battlefield?" Yu Qiuping murmured to himself, "But we are not fighting in the field, but sticking to the camp.
There is no flanking danger."
"No matter what..." Yu Qiuping looked back at the camp that had been prepared and said happily: "We are all ready now. The Okabe family has lost the advantage of a surprise attack."
However, at four o'clock, the Okabe family not only did not move westward, but more troops moved southward.
At six o'clock, nearly half of the Okabe family's troops left Kariya Castle and headed south, including a considerable number of baggage trains.
"Side attack... where are so many troops needed?" Yu Qiuping swallowed. Moreover, the troops that went south half an hour ago did not appear at the south of the camp.