However, on the night of September 18, Yu Qiuping not only did not receive the messenger sent by Bei Nobuxiong to explain the situation, but instead received a letter asking for help from Bei Nobuxiong.
"Your Highness, please send someone to help quickly. The ninjas in our army really can't stand it any longer. The Iga ninjas have gone out in large numbers and harassed them endlessly... The army has not been able to sleep for several nights. If it continues like this, it will collapse.
Lost it." The messenger knelt down and complained as soon as he entered the door, "I have heard for a long time that His Highness's ninjas are powerful, please help us no matter what!"
"What are you doing? What are you doing, His Highness Bei? You didn't even say a word when you beat Iga before!" Yu Qiuping was so angry that his tone of voice was a little high. The originally good Yamato strategy was disrupted like this. Who else could be in such a good mood?
Okay, "Didn't I tell you to stop using troops against Iga country? Why are you here asking for help now? Did you listen to what my envoy said? Did you read my letter?"
"No, Your Highness Hongye, we stopped as soon as we received your message! But those Iga ninjas chased us out relentlessly. Thousands of ninjas surrounded us and fought! There was nothing we could do!"
The messenger kowtowed repeatedly on the ground and kept pleading. At the same time, he pointed at the wounds on his body, "Many of us rushed out to report the news, but I am the only one who came to you! There are really too many ninjas!"
"If you don't fight them, will the Iga ninjas come and fight you?" Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly, then stood up and picked up the Chidori hanging on the knife rest, and at the same time ordered Mori Ranmaru outside the tent.
, "It's late at night, and it's inconvenient to mobilize the army. Send an order, and ask Aooka to take the ninjas and Tokiwa Bei's cavalry platoon to protect me, and follow me to His Highness the North's camp. I want to see him."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Seeing this, the Bei family's envoy finally felt at ease, "Please come quickly for support."
Yu Qiuping and the ninjas and cavalry marched in a hurry under the night with torches. Everyone was on full alert. Holding torches in the dark was undoubtedly a good target for the ninjas to attack. From a distance, you could see the Northern Army in the dark.
There were constant sounds of fighting, gunfire, and shouts of killing around the camp, and there were also faint flashes of iron cannon fire.
"The number of people is really quite large..." Yu Qiuping couldn't help curling his lips when he saw this. He originally thought that Bei Nobuxiong's envoy must have deliberately exaggerated, talking about "thousands of ninjas", so that Yu Qiuping could be called over for support. However,
Judging from the current battle situation, there are probably more than a thousand ninjas here.
But the number of ninjas in Iga country... is only more than a thousand in total, right? Are they all here? Why is this?
"We alone may not be able to defeat thousands of ninjas at night. Get ready for battle, and ask our formation to send people to support you. Let Wanjun prepare... no, let Changpan prepare." Yu Qiuping hesitated and said to
The subordinates issued the order. After hearing the order, the ordering soldier also looked heavy, understanding that the situation was no longer good. Yu Qiuping specifically emphasized that the most powerful warrior, Tokiwa Bei, should come instead of Wan Junbei, which in itself speaks volumes.
"Don't go alone, go to a squad." Yu Qiuping once again told the cavalry who were about to set off, "There are too many ninjas. It is too dangerous to have only one person. Please go with more people."
After the cavalry took the order and left, Yu Qiuping had some hesitation about what to do. Should he continue to move forward or wait for support here.
"Rush over." Uchiha Aooka suggested to Yu Qiupei.
, "We have dozens of cavalry and hundreds of ninjas. If we move forward together, they will not be able to do anything for us in a short time."
"The number of people is too disparate, and the Iga ninjas are all elite." Yu Qiuping's face was very serious in the dark night.
"For us to stay here with torches is a big target in itself. Once the Iga ninjas gather, the situation will be even more dangerous." Uchiha Aooka obviously has a better grasp of the ninja's tactics, "We will take advantage of them before they gather.
It will be safer if you rush over."
"Okay." Yu Qiuping thought for a moment and nodded, "Qinggang, you will take command, we will rush over."
"Yes." At the critical moment, Uchiha Aooka was not polite and immediately arranged for the surrounding cavalry and ninjas. "The cavalry formed a column to protect His Highness. Control the horse speed not to be too fast. The ninjas followed the cavalry and spread out in a circle.
Formation, reconnaissance and cover the surrounding situation. The cavalry holds torches, and the ninjas extinguish the torches. Once in danger, the cavalry can directly accelerate to protect His Highness and leave."
After everyone in the darkness responded in unison, the Red Leaf Army's queue moved forward slowly. As they got closer and closer to the Northern Army's camp, the Red Leaf Army became more and more nervous. The powerful Iga ninjas might appear in the dark at any time.
However, these attacks were delayed. The more they didn't come, the more nervous everyone became. This meant that the Iga ninja might be accumulating strength, and when he took action, it would definitely be a thunderous strike.
However, when they were close to the Bei family's camp, the Iga ninjas still had no intention of taking action against the Red Leaf Army, and even Uchiha Aooka was puzzled. After a while, the troops of the Red Leaf Army safely entered the Bei family's camp.
In the camp, even the defenders of the Bei family couldn't believe their eyes. Those ninjas who were active in the dark were always killing people on sight, so why were they indifferent to the Red Leaf Army this time?
"Take me to see His Highness Bei." Yu Qiuping hurriedly ordered the guard at the door. The guard immediately led Yu Qiuping over. When Yu Qiuping entered Bei Nobuxiong's main tent, he could see a dozen expressions on his face.
The haggard people were discussing around the map. It was obvious that they had been harassed for several nights and had not slept well.
"Did His Highness Hong Ye actually come to provide support in person?" After seeing Yu Qiuping's figure, Bei Nobuxiong's family elder Teng Fang Chaocheng couldn't help but be a little surprised. "There are all ninjas outside. What if something happens to His Highness Hong Ye?"
"To be honest, the Iga ninjas didn't attack me, not even once." Yu Qiuping shook his head in confusion, "Now I even doubt whether they are spreading suspicion, otherwise there would be no reason to be so silent."
"How could it be that they were suspected soldiers?" Bei Nobuxiong jumped up when he heard this, as if he had been humiliated. "There have been countless harassments and guerrillas during the day and night these days. How can there be so many people who are suspected soldiers?"
"That's what the Second Young Master said." Yu Qiuping didn't mean to quarrel with Oda Nobunaga's son here, but comforted him with a few words, "What is the situation now? Why do Iga ninjas treat His Highness like this?
Troops siege?”
"Hey, those ninjas just need to be dealt with." Nobuo Kita slapped the table with dissatisfaction and shouted, "My army accidentally had a conflict with their people at the border of Yamato and Iga. I didn't fight with them.
It's just a matter of care. It would be better for them to come directly to the door. How unreasonable! This kind of contempt for the authority of the Oda family will naturally be ignored.
However, I couldn't ignore them. I led my troops into Iga, trying to get them to admit their mistake. As a result, Iga's ninjas gathered in a swarm, so I withdrew my troops. Instead, they kicked their noses in their faces and started to surround them.
Fight at my camp!"
Listening to Nobuo Nobuo shirking all his responsibilities, Yu Qiuping felt angry and amused. Although he was denouncing the Iga ninjas together with Nobuo Nobuo, he had already restored the scene in his mind: Nobuo Nobuo's people were there
The Iga ninjas were provoked on the border, and after the conflict broke out, they directly broke into Iga country. For some reason, the Iga ninjas rarely mobilized their entire force, and directly beat out Kitano Nobuo, and even chased Kitano Nobuo outside Haharahara Castle.
At the main formation, Nobuo Nobuo's command was incompetent, and the 15,000-strong army was suppressed and beaten by the Iga ninjas in the familiar mountainous terrain. Only then was he forced to come over and ask for help.
"I have transferred Tokiwa Bei here tonight to help His Highness relieve the siege. At dawn tomorrow, Your Highness will quickly move camp. Don't stay in this complicated mountainous area and set up camp on the plains in the south. These ninjas are only as good as in the mountains and forests.
There is no use at all on the plains." Yu Qiuping thought this way, and made plans of his own in his mind. He would go back today and move the camp from the mountains under Zhenyuan City to the plains. However, the central and southern parts of Yamato country are densely covered with hills.
It's not easy to find some plains, and there's really nothing you can do against the Iga ninjas in a duel here.
"I also sent a letter to the Iga ninjas, asking them to end their hostilities. I also asked His Highness Bei to write a letter and explain the situation." Since it was not easy to fight, Yu Qiuping simply didn't want to fight with the Iga ninjas.
The right way is to establish peace first.
"What? Your Highness, you want to negotiate peace with them?" Bei Nobuxiong was furious when he heard this, "They bullied us to the point of being bullied to our faces, how can we just admit defeat like this?"
"Second Young Master, the mission given to us by the Lord is to pacify Yamato, not Iga. A general must not raise an army out of anger. Second Young Master is a talented general, and there is no need to be as knowledgeable as those ninjas." Yu Qiuping still used a coaxing tone like a child.
Taking care of Bei Nobuxiong's mood. If it were Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You who had done such a thing, he would have given him a rude reprimand.
"I don't care, I can't swallow this breath. Anyway, Yamato will be finished soon, let's take down Iga as well." Bei Nobuxiong couldn't listen to Yu Qiuping's words at all, "Your Highness Hongye, I don't want anything else.
, just for the sake of my father, send a reserve team to help me and follow me to finish Iga!"
Kitano Nobuo suddenly brought out Oda Nobunaga's name, which made Yu Qiupei quite difficult to deal with. Previously, because of the Imagawa family's real affairs, the relationship between Yu Qiupei and Oda Nobunaga was already a bit awkward, and he didn't want to
Now there is an extraneous problem. If there is a quarrel with Nobuo Nobuo, it will be troublesome for Nobuo Nobuo to file a complaint with Oda Nobunaga.
"Okay." Yu Qiuping frowned in embarrassment and agreed, but in his mind, he wanted to quickly ask Oda Nobunaga to mediate the battle with the Iga ninjas, so that Tokiwa Bei would not have to follow him, "I
I will send Tokiwa Bei to assist His Highness, but our two sides have different military systems. This issue of command..."
"I will not interfere with Tokiwabei's command, as long as they protect me." Kitano Nobuo promised nonchalantly. He was also worried that Tokiwabei would be too brilliant and take away his own credit for pacifying Iga. "With Momiji,
With the help of the army, these thieves have no power to fight."