At the beginning of the morning, Yu Qiuping, who was heading north, finally saw the figure of Kira's army fleeing in the mountains. Kira's horse seal was swaying crookedly, and the surrounding ashigaru were in disarray. Only more than 1,500 people were left.
They were running wildly along the east bank of the Shimanto River. To the northeast of Kira Chisada's headquarters, 8,000 Awa soldiers from Miyoshi Yoshiken's headquarters were chasing after them. On the west side of Kira Chisada's headquarters, separated by Shimanto
What Kawa was pursuing was the 9,000 Sanukis of Tokawa Ippon. The Awazhong kept in contact with Kira Chisada's rearguard, biting them to prevent Kira Chisada from getting away. The Sankis kept accelerating, as if they wanted to
They surrounded Kira Chisada's troops and crossed the river, blocking Kira Chisada's retreat.
After seeing Yu Qiuping's Maple Bird Horse Seal, the Kira Army and the Miyoshi Army immediately sped up. The Kira Army seemed to see hope of survival, while the Miyoshi Army tried to kill the Kira Army before Yu Qiuping's wine preparations arrived.
Annihilate.
Yu Qiuping looked back and saw that the wine preparation was still more than ten miles away, and it was estimated that he would not be able to reach it for a while. However, the situation in front of him was not too bad, because with the existence of Shimanto River, the Sanuki people were separated
As long as Hexi and Yu Qiuping find a way to hold off Awa Zhong who is chasing Kira Qinzhen in Hedong, they can help Kira Qingzhen avert the danger.
"Set our formation here." Yu Qiuping motioned to the flag bearer to plant the maple bird horse seal on a small hill a few miles away on the west bank of the Shimanto River. "I will command the overall situation here and wait for the wine preparation to arrive. Jiesheng, you
Go up with the cavalry company, entangle the Awa people, and help His Highness Kira escape."
"Yes. The battlefield is chaotic. Please be careful, Your Highness!" Xiaoban Jiesheng took the order and led the cavalry company northward to leave, while Yu Qiuping took his guards and staff to establish a temporary headquarters on the hill. At the same time, he ordered
Jiubei's three companies immediately started a forced march and must reach the battlefield within half an hour.
"Go!" Kobata Jiesheng drew out his katana and marked a direction at the forefront of the team. The cavalry lined up neatly and slowly tilted in that direction. The speed of the cavalry company on the mountains and hills was incredible.
It was too fast, but it was much faster than the infantry, and the distance between them and the Kira Army and Awa Zhong was quickly reduced. They rushed directly from the east side of the Kira Army and rushed towards the position of the Miyoshi Army who was pursuing them from behind.
Naturally, Miyoshi Yoshihide did not want to be slowed down by these cavalry, so he also sent his own cavalry team to respond to the enemy. However, after seeing the red leaf cavalry in a wall cavalry charge, the cavalry of the Miyoshi Army did not dare to face the enemy head-on.
It was divided into two parts and tried to bypass it from the side.
"Still unwilling to fight head-on." Xiaobata Jiesheng watched the cavalry in the distance disperse into two groups like the tide hitting the rocks, and couldn't help but feel a little irritated. He glanced at the cavalry rushing to both sides, and struggled with his next action.
It is difficult for the cavalry to turn around quickly when charging at high speed. If the Hongye Cavalry goes straight through the gap between the two cavalry groups of the Miyoshi family, it will take a certain amount of time for those Miyoshi family cavalry to turn around and interfere with the Hongye cavalry. The Hongye cavalry has one charge.
opportunity. However, the cavalry of the Sanhao family will also have a chance to attack Yu Qiuping's horse seal - Yu Qiuping's horse seal only has dozens of guards, so there is no room for mistakes.
Therefore, Kobata Jiesheng quickly shook his saber twice, and the cavalry under his command divided into two groups in a tacit understanding, each rushing towards the Miyoshi family's cavalry. Their movement forced back the Miyoshi family's cavalry who tried to make a detour, but it was also
The formation of the wall cavalry charge was lost. The Miyoshi cavalry and the Momiji cavalry launched small-scale confrontations and melees in the mountains. Although they did not directly interfere with Awa Zhong's infantry, they also blocked their way to outflank Kira Chisada. Awa Zhong had no choice but to
They took a detour and chased after Kira Chisada. This change of formation gave Kira Chisada a chance to escape. Kira's army's rear guard quickly shook off Awazo's pursuers and opened a slight distance.
"Okay, Jiesheng did a good job." Yu Qiuping nodded slightly as he watched Xiaoban Jiesheng take advantage of the melee to help Kira Qizhen escape. Kira's army was quickly retreating southward, not far from where Yu Qiuping's horse seal was.
It was getting closer and closer. The Sanuki people on the west bank of the Shimanto River also accelerated their speed desperately. The Awa people, the Sanki people and the Kira army were racing on both sides of the Shimanto River, anxiously advancing towards the south.
Yu Qiuping looked back and saw that the First Company of Yujiu Bei was very close to where his horse seal was, only about four miles away. At this time, Ji Liangqinzhen also led his men to escape to the northwest of Yu Qiuping's horse seal.
Three miles away, you can immediately escape from the west side of Yu Qiuping's horse seal. At that time, Yu Qiuping will lead a counterattack on the spot and fight back Miyoshi Yixian's Awa people. Then Kira Chisada only needs to defend the river bank.
For a period of time, prevent the Sanuki people from crossing the river and cut off their retreat, and wait until Yu Qiuping returns to successfully evacuate.
Just when Kira Kinzada's troops were about to pass Yu Qiuping's horse seal, Kira Qingzhen specially excluded a confidant from Yu Qiuping's place to express his gratitude.
"Thank you, His Highness Jibu, for traveling thousands of miles to come to support!" As soon as the confidant Hatamoto saw Yu Qiuping, he gave a solid salute, "If His Highness hadn't come in time, everyone in our Kira family would have been ruined.
Here!”
"No, it's because I came a step too late and frightened His Highness Kira." Yu Qiuping felt so guilty that he dared to accept Kira's sincere thanks, "His Highness Kira was so brave that he managed to kill one of the enemies that was five times as many.
The bloody road is really not easy!"
"It's strange to say that the three good soldiers who had previously surrounded Omori City had suddenly relaxed in the past few days, and a few holes were leaked, which gave us an opportunity." The Hatamoto still talked about this matter a little bit.
A fluke like the aftermath of a disaster, "But even so, we still suffered heavy losses along the way!"
"Let's return to Kubogawa Castle first, and we'll talk about what happens next." Yu Qiupei sighed. The situation in Tosa has become like this, which is inseparable from his misjudgment. If he hadn't firmly believed that the Awaji navy and San
The Kizu must go to Kii, and they will not miss the chance to fight by sitting quietly on the East Tosa front. At present, it is still unknown what the situation is in Kii and Kinki. I hope Amano Keitoku and Takenaka Shigeharu can see through Suzuki Shigekane's trick.
"Please report back to His Majesty Kira-dono and ask him to slowly retreat south along the Shimanto River to prevent the Sanuki people from crossing the river. Once the Sanuki people have the intention to cross the river, defeat them halfway across the river. As long as you can hold on until the sake is ready.
After defeating the Abozhong, we will evacuate!"
"Please rest assured, your highness, the Kira family will not be held back!" That Hatamoto was obviously very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Red Leaf Army, thinking that it was a sure thing that they with only 4,500 people could defeat the 8,000-man Awazo. "I'll go back and resume my duties right now.
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However, when the Hatamoto turned his head and looked for Kira's mascot, he was completely dumbfounded. And Yu Qiuping, who was looking in that direction, was also stunned for an instant.
The horse seal was waving wildly at the moment - it was a signal for help.
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I saw that the Sanuki people who had been marching tepidly along the west bank of the Shimanto River suddenly launched a forceful attack across the river at a ford without warning. The horse seal of Shikawa Ippon took the lead, leading the Hatamoto samurai
Take the lead in charging into the battle. The Kira army, which was caught off guard, had not yet been able to form a resistance, but had already been landed at many places in Sanuki. Encouraged by the pioneers of Tokawa Ichigo, the brave and capable Sanuki soldiers all fought bravely, attacking wave after wave.
The defense line of the Kira Army. Nearly half of the Kira Army had already been killed or wounded, and they had been on the run for most of the day. Their morale was close to the bottom. With such a rush, the battle line collapsed instantly.
More and more Sanuki soldiers boarded the river bank and charged towards the east. Kira's army was completely defeated, but Yu Qiuping didn't have anyone in his hands - the nearest 1st company of Yushubei was still two miles away.
Please hurry up!
Yu Qiuping stood at a high place and could clearly see how Kira's army collapsed. Kira's Qinzhen Ma Yin was chased so embarrassed that he could not hold back and fled all the way south. He gathered the surrounding soldiers to resist and tried to stop them.
Toga saved, but was unable to do anything. Seeing that the location of Kira Chisada himself was about to be affected, the 1st company of Yushubei finally arrived. Yu Qiupei did not let them enter the formation, and immediately asked them to rescue Kira Chisada.
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"Finally caught up..." Yu Qiuping looked at the broken battle line of the Kira Army and the fleeing soldiers, and realized that his plan had completely failed, and it was unrealistic to defeat the Awa Zhong. He then asked the flag bearer to shake the horse seal and let Xiaobajie
Sheng immediately broke away from the Mihaoshi family's cavalry and withdrew, preparing to retreat.
"Shihe Icun is really amazing..." Yu Qiuping looked at the Sanqi people who disintegrated the Kira army that had the advantage of half crossing with just one charge. He couldn't help but admire. He stared at Shihe Icun's horse seal -
—The latter was currently fighting in the formation, and Yu Qiuping's mind not only recalled the strong man he saw during the negotiations in Maple Leaf Mountain City.
However, Yu Qiuping, who was staring at Shihe Yicun's horse seal, suddenly realized that something was wrong - that horse seal had a clear direction of movement among the rebels. It was not to annihilate the defeated Kira army in the north, or to continue the attack to the south.
Kira Chisada, who was escaping, did not go to the southeast to meet Yushubei, but went straight to the east - that is where Yu Qiuping himself was!
At the next moment, I saw the horse seal gathering hundreds of banner cavalry under his command in the chaos, launching a charge and driving away all the Kira troops in front of them. They marched straight from left to right, from west to east.
Penetrating the Kira Army's battle formation, they dug a passage out of the formation and broke through. Hundreds of cavalrymen, holding their samurai swords high, roared in unison and charged towards Yu Qiuping's horse seal, leaving behind only a mess in the Kira Army's formation.
The bloody path. This cavalry went straight through a reserve team and came on the bloody path. It was like a sharp arrow that shot through the shield and pointed directly at the fragile heart behind the shield.
As for the man at the head, his body was stained with blood everywhere and was almost dyed black. He held high a Fangtian painted halberd, which was quite rare in Japan, and urged the horse to sit down, opening its bloody mouth.
He shouted and charged. The pocket on his head seemed to have been knocked off in the mixed station, and his black hair was covered with blood clots and spread out, looking as sad as a ghost.
That's the ghost ten rivers - ten rivers and one existence.
As for Yu Qiuping, there were only dozens of guards around him.