The few people accompanying him stumbled towards the east in the chaotic night. Yu Qiuping didn't know where to escape to for safety. Since the sudden collapse of the army just now, he has been in a trance and has been unable to calm down.
Thinking. Perhaps it would be a better choice to flee to the north or south and seek to escape to friendly forces?
Several people were mixed in with the crowd, and they could barely identify the direction by relying on the bonfire and the bright moonlight in the formation. Yu Qiuping's clothes and armor were soaked with sweat. After running for so long, he could hardly breathe. This is where he came.
I have been here for two years and have been on many battlefields. For the first time, I was chased like a wild dog. His situation is comparable to that of the sons-in-law of the Imagawa family, the governor of Bihai County, and the lord of Zhili City, who are also in the same situation.
How much better are the people running around? The only advantage may be that they have an extra pair of armor that is almost indistinguishable from a burden when running.
During a great rout, it seems like everyone is running, but in fact only those at the front can leave safely. In unfamiliar terrain, it is difficult for most panicked soldiers to recognize their way. Run at the front.
The people in the crowd could see clearly, while the people in the crowd behind could only lose their way and follow the flow of people to escape. It was very likely that they were actually spinning in circles. After exhausting their energy, they could not escape the fate of being caught up.
Simply, Amano Keitoku is from Yuanjiang. He has lived in Yinma City for a long time and is quite familiar with the terrain here. Under his leadership, everyone avoided the bad luck of getting lost in the crowd at night and ran all the way to the northeast.
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Just when everyone thought they had escaped safely, the sound of horse hoofbeats came from behind, surprising everyone. Yu Qiuping looked back, and by the moonlight, he happened to see the man's face clearly.
——Yamaguchi Sounaga. Yu Qiupei recognized him. He was a confidant of Okabe Motonobu. And the twenty-odd cavalrymen following him were obviously the horsemen who came to pursue him. He was stopping a few escaping people.
The common people pointed a samurai sword at a common people's head and asked fiercely.
"Hey, have you seen a person wearing a red leaf shawl?" Yamaguchi Sounaga said sharply.
This loud roar immediately woke up Yu Qiuping. He had no experience in escaping, but he didn't even remove the eye-catching mark on his body. He hurriedly took off the shawl on his shoulders, carefully stuffed it into his arms, and looked at several people around him.
Take a look and pick off the red leaves above your head together.
"Sir... Your Majesty." The commoner raised his hand tremblingly, pointing his arm straight in the direction of Yu Qiuping - the latter was stuffing the red leaf shawl into his arms. Yamaguchi Sounaga looked along his arm, and he was talking to Yu Qiuping.
Qiuping looked at him with full eyes.
"Over there! Everyone! Gather! Yu Qiuping is there!" Yamaguchi Sounaga shouted excitedly and immediately attracted several groups of Okabe family pursuers nearby. Yu Qiuping saw that something was not going well and hurriedly
Turning around and running away, Yamaguchi Munei led the cavalry to rush forward without mercy. At the critical moment, Charlie was unequivocal. In the dim and blurry night, he raised his hand and shot an arrow at Yamaguchi Munei's seat.
Dismounted. The horse barked wildly and pushed Yamaguchi Sounaga off, blocking the pursuit route of other cavalry. Yu Qiuping bought precious time, and everyone immediately tore off all the armor that increased the weight and headed toward the crowd in the north.
Squeeze in.
However, before they had even taken a few steps, a group of nearly a hundred soldiers from the Okabe family who surrounded them from the north came over with torches and killed them. They happened to block the way Yu Qiuping and others were escaping. Just when Yu Qiuping was at a loss what to do.
At that moment, more than a hundred troops with red leaves suddenly rushed out from the side of this army. They brandished their spears and used clean thrusts to defeat the Okabe family soldiers and forced them to retreat to the north.
"Your Highness, we have found you!" Fukushima Yasunari came up to him excitedly, and closely behind him was Ogawa Yutō. The two of them, with their respective platoons and the following skirmishers, rescued the
Yu Qiuping's life was saved.
"Your Highness, what happened before! How are Zi Jing, Zi Ping and the other five platoons doing?" Fukushima Yasunari asked as he looked at Yu Qiuping who had thrown away his gear and was dressed in a mess.
Yu Qiuping only felt a pain in his chest. He took a deep breath and said solemnly: "It was all my fault. The people overwhelmed us. All five platoons were destroyed, the front line collapsed, and our formation was taken away.
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When Fukushima Yasunari and Ogawa Yutong heard this, their faces were filled with astonishment. How could such a powerful Jobanbei's positions have fallen so quickly? But now is not the time to care about this. Everyone immediately gathered together. With these two
With a platoon of veterans, Yu Qiuping felt a lot more confident. He took more than a hundred people with him and prepared to break out to the northwest - that is where the camp of the most powerful Asahina family is. He fled there, reorganized the troops, and relied on the other three
The coalition forces from different directions can still form an advantage over the Okabe family!
However, things went against expectations. Of course, what Yu Qiupei wanted, Okabe Motobu could also think of. He actually led the main force in person, cut off the connection between the Asahina family and the Yuqiu family camps, and planned to annihilate all Tokiwabei in one go.
Seeing that the retreat was blocked, we had no choice but to retreat. It was completely dark at this moment. Without torches and close to the moonlight and the light of the bonfire, it was difficult to see others clearly. It was already very difficult for the troops to attack on a large scale, and Yu Qiuping also
Don't worry about the entire Okabe family coming to kill you.
However, yet again, Okabe Genshin seemed to be a roundworm in Yu Qiuping's belly. Every thought of Yu Qiuping seemed to be guessed by him. Just when Yu Qiuping and his troops were preparing to turn around and leave in the dark night, Okabe
Suddenly there was a loud noise from the troops at home. Then, the torches that had been extinguished by them during the attack were lit again in twos and threes, and in the blink of an eye there was a fire. After a while, that small area was illuminated brightly.
, Yu Qiuping and the more than a hundred ashigaru around him had nowhere to hide.
Lighting up a torch in the dark is a taboo...but for the Okabe family's current "cat catching a mouse" situation, lighting up a torch would not cause much harm at all. Instead, it allowed them to lock Yu Qiuping's position——
Not far away, the soldiers of the Okabe family immediately began to attack the ashigaru of Tokiwabei. Tokiwabei was outnumbered and immediately retreated to the southeast in the opposite direction under the command of Yu Qiupei.
There are also advantages to having fewer people in Tokiwa. That is, it becomes easier to maneuver among the chaotic crowds and on the battlefield. On the way, they also encountered the bow and arrow platoon that had been lost before. As for the Okabe family's army, because of the troops
The horizontal expansion was too wide, and when passing through the crowd, I encountered the threat of broken battle lines many times, and had to slow down my pace. Soon after, Naoe Tadayei, who had a chance to escape, accidentally met up with Yu Qiupei.
The two armies chased each other, and the distance between the two armies became wider and wider, and the sky became darker and darker. After Tokiwabi left the lighting range of the Okabe family's torch, the Okabe family immediately lost the pursuit target and had to
Stopped to regroup. Yu Qiuping had to face the difficulty of marching in the darkness. He asked his subordinates to go one by one, and the people behind him put their hands on the shoulders of the people in front to avoid getting lost. Following a dozen or so people, the symptoms of night blindness were reduced.
Many people refused to evacuate, and dead bodies and people still running away in a hurry could be seen everywhere.
After struggling like this for almost an hour, Yu Qiuping and the others, led by Amano Jingtoku, fled to the complex hilly area southeast of Yinma City. If they entered, they might be able to escape the disaster temporarily. Just when Yu Qiuping thought they had escaped, they
, but unexpectedly, in the originally dark hills, there were also sparks of light.
At this time, it is north of Yinma City.
"That boy must have encountered a situation! I'm afraid the Okabe family broke out during the refugee exchange!" Asahina Yasuogi immediately made a judgment after receiving the report from the messenger, "Hurry up and gather the troops and go to the east gate to support!
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"Second Young Master, you can't be rash at this time!" When several retainers saw that their Second Young Master was on the offensive again, they hurriedly stepped forward and advised: "The enemy's situation is unknown and it's evening, so sending troops rashly is definitely too risky!"
"The enemy's situation is still unclear?" Asahina Taiheng cursed loudly, "Okabe Motonobu took advantage of my little brother's kindness and drove the people like fire oxen, broke up my little brother's formation, and took advantage of the chaos to break through! Hurry up!
Go to support! Or simply attack Yinma City directly!"
"This..." Several retainers looked at each other.
"Why are you standing there in a daze! Hurry up and assemble the troops!" Asahina Taehyung cursed loudly again, and the retainers had no choice but to retreat obediently, but they didn't agree in their hearts.
"Second Young Master is still inexperienced after all. It would be very dangerous to send troops at night." A retainer said in a low voice after exiting the shogunate. "The Okabe family is obviously well-prepared. We will definitely not be pleased if we rush to reinforce like this."
"It's just that the Second Young Master's temper has gotten worse. We probably can't shirk it. When the troops suffer losses, how will we explain it to the family governor?" Another retainer muttered.
"At this time, don't go head-to-head with the Second Young Master." A retainer laughed, "When we assemble the troops, we'll be more careful, and then we'll talk about the instability of the wealthy families we're monitoring after seeing the Okabe family break through.
There are no signs, and it can delay a lot of time. Second Young Master will have nothing to say."
"After all, we, the Asahina family, don't have to risk our lives for that nouveau riche man."
Soon, these retainers realized that they were overthinking. There was no need for them to lie and report that those wealthy families were showing signs of instability. Throughout Yinma City, the wealthy families who originally stood in the Okabe family line saw the Okabe family.
After the tribesmen fought their way out of the city, they were all ready to take action. They refused to listen to the instructions of the Asahina family and stayed in the camp, likely to sit back and watch the success or failure. However, since Asahina Taitomo and Sena Ujitoshi were not present,
Yu Qiuping was unable to command, and no one could make the final decision and coordinate the overall situation. The people who were left behind were helpless. And the more than 10,000 people in the castle town of Yinma City who were originally settled on the outside of the defense line were plunged into chaos, blocking the main traffic routes. Again
In addition, Yu Qiuping had issued an order before. Whenever the Okabe family breaks through, all the ministries are not allowed to leave the station without Yu Qiuping's instructions. This order can be said to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Outside the other three gates
None of the troops rushed to support Yu Qiuping, but all took measures to fight independently and stick to the camp.