Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 991 Breaking the Promise
"There, that gun is my brother's gun! Go over there! It's my brother!"
On the afternoon of June 1, the tenth year of Tensho (1582), the lower reaches of the Ashimori River.
After hearing the shouts, Morinaga struggled with his stiffened body in the water. He turned his head and looked back, only to find that there were many ships heading this way in the distance - a large number of destroyers, and many Awajis.
The navy's small morning boats and seki ships, as well as countless small boats, were searching everywhere for the Red Leaf Army soldiers who had fallen into the water.
After the destroyer got closer, Mori Nagako saw Mori Ranmaru on the bow of the ship. The latter was waving to him desperately. He was already crying with joy when he saw that he could still move. But when he saw that he was washed away by the flood,
After his brother was still alive, Mori Nagako's eyes instantly turned red. After the crew worked together to pull Mori Nagako onto the boat, Mori Nagako collapsed on the deck, flexing his sore hands and feet, and asked at the same time:
"Why is the Red Leaf Fleet here? Why are so many ships sailing to land?"
"Little Naoe-sama, before the camp was engulfed by the flood, he lit a bonfire signal on the fort that was not affected by the flood to invite the Red Leaf Fleet to come upstream for rescue. Naoe-sama took action immediately after seeing it. He did not realize what happened at the time
What, who would have thought that the dyke actually burst?" The captain of the destroyer explained to Mori Nagako, "We didn't know how many people we picked up along the way... Oh my God, what happened to Bitchu Takamatsu Castle? How could it be possible?
Such a huge amount of water? The entire land has turned into the sea."
"Brother, let's not talk about this for now. Where is Your Highness? Where is Your Highness?" Mori Ranmaru obviously had no intention of discussing this and shook Mori Nagaka's shoulders crazily, "When I was rescued just now, I found that Asahina-senpai was also rescued.
On a boat nearby, he shouted to me, saying that when he was washed away, His Highness and brother were together!"
"It was washed away by the water..." When Mori Nagako, who was just happy to be reunited with his younger brother, said this, his face instantly darkened, but then he gritted his teeth and said, "But His Highness was washed away even more than Matsuchiyo."
That kid is too late! If Matsuchiyo can be fished out by a boat, His Highness can definitely do it too."
"It's really a big help." Mori Ranmaru looked at the crew members of the Hongye Fleet with great gratitude, and then looked at the newly rescued people and the drowned corpses lying on the entire deck with lingering fear, "If it weren't for you
We took the risk of stranding the ship and drove it to land, and I don’t know how many more people were killed.”
"If you want to thank me, please thank Xiao Naoe-sama and Naoe-sama. If it hadn't been for Xiao Naoe-sama's bonfire and Naoe-sama's decision to sail the ship to land against all odds, we wouldn't have dared to do such a thing." The captain had the same look on his face.
In disbelief, he kept rubbing his eyes as if he refused to believe his eyes, "A good water attack...how did it suddenly become like this?"
"Forget it for now, let's search and rescue His Highness with all our strength!" The captain patted his cheek vigorously and continued to shout to the tired crew members, "Don't be afraid of being stranded! Keep paddling in!"
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At the same time, he was guarding the Gengshen Mountain in southwest Sichuan.
All ten soldiers of the Red Leaf Army, except for Tokiwa Bei, fled to this mountain to escape the roaring flood. Only when it got daylight did they see how bad the situation in front of them was - okay
The land turned into a vast ocean, and Gengshen Mountain was like an isolated island in the ocean. Each reserve team spent half a day reorganizing their numbers and organization, and then made simple rafts, trying to find out the nearby situation in the flood and search and rescue those who fell into the water.
Personnel. After a day of hard work, the soldiers of the Red Leaf Army and the Red Leaf Fleet have picked up a lot of people. The fleet led by Naoe Nobuhira even picked up Maple Bird Horse Seals and Horses in the flood.
Tokiwabei's mountain maple flag. However, Yu Qiupei's figure has not yet been seen.
"What should I do? I can't contact His Highness, and the people from the staff don't know where they are. There's no signal at all." Yoshioka Shengzheng, who had been busy for most of the day, now looked sad, and he completely lost the fearlessness he used to have that day.
momentum.
"Perhaps they have been picked up by the people of the Red Leaf Fleet. Look at how many ships they have sailed there." Ogawa Yutong pointed at the fleet that was faintly visible in the southeast.
"Then if His Highness is there, he will definitely give us a signal early, but the ships of the Red Leaf Fleet are busy looking for people right now, so they probably haven't found them yet." Kitahata Kage's face was also solemn, and he kept looking around.
Looking at other small highlands, "Could His Highness have found a high ground to hide like us? Aren't there people on other highlands too?"
"All highlands that raise flags for us are asking for our command. If it were His Highness, he would have told us to accept his command." Xinxian Chengliang also sighed, pursed his lips and looked at the direction of the gap again, "
What's going on with this long embankment and dam? How did the Hashiba family build it? They collapse all the time, killing how many of our brothers?"
"Without Brother An Cheng and Tokiwa Bei, our entire army would have to be found there." Uji Hideo, with red eyes, looked at the original camp with a telescope, "Brother An Cheng and the others all jumped in to block the water with their bodies.
…I don’t know how many of them will survive.”
"Damn it..." Yoshioka Katsumasa stomped his feet angrily when he heard Fukushima Yasunari's name, wishing he could bite his steel teeth into pieces, "These idiots of the Hashiba family... wait until we have fished out all the brothers, and then we can find them again
They're settling the score! Let's see if I don't tear off their heads!"
"The embankment collapsed together with the dam, and the embankment collapsed twice. No matter how I look at it, I feel like there is something ghost inside." Naoe Nobuhira, who had just returned from fishing for the maple bird horse seal and the mountain maple flag, was obviously thinking more.
, "I even wonder if someone is deliberately plotting to kill our Red Leaf Army..."
"No way, the ninjas of the Mori family can reach here? We have so many layers of blockades." Maeda Keiji shook his head in disbelief, "Not even a fly can fly in, how is it possible?"
"Everyone, let's not talk about this for now. The top priority is to search for His Highness." At this time, Charlie, who had the highest military rank, took over the temporary command of the army in accordance with the practice of the Hongye Army. "Send a few bamboo rafts to contact the Hongye Fleet. Please
They sent a ship to pick us up. We don’t have any food now and can’t survive. Then be careful about what Yoshikawa Motoharu and Shimizu Souji in the city do. After all, we don’t have weapons or equipment right now, and we have no ability to fight at all.”
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In the upper reaches of the Ashimori River, Ikeda Hengxing's headquarters had sent out the entire army to build bamboo rafts to search for and rescue the victims of the Red Leaf Army who fell into the water. At the same time, they also recruited a large number of civilians to start repairing the suddenly collapsed embankment. At this time, Ikeda Hengxing himself
Then he ran to the Hashiba family's main formation and rushed to Hashiba Hideyoshi. When he arrived, he found that Sawaki Yoshiyuki and Mori Kotaka were already confronting Hashiba Hideyoshi and Kuroda Takataka in the main tent.
"We have tried our best to search and rescue, but we still can't find Momiji's person..." Yoshiyuki Sawaki's voice was trembling when talking to Hideyoshi Hashiba, "What kind of embankment or dam are you building? Do you still have the nerve to show me? Come on.
If something happens to Hong Ye at that time, I will never be done with you!"
"It won't be until later, I will settle the score with this dog and monkey now!" Ikeda Hengxing directly pushed away Sawaki Yoshiyuki and Mori Kotaka, and punched Hashiba Hideyoshi's nose. Hashiba Hideyoshi's guards immediately swarmed up after seeing this.
He had to hold Ikeda Hengxing down, but Ikeda Hengxing directly drew the knife in his hand.
Everyone in the big tent was so frightened that they showed their knives.
"You should listen to me! Something happened to Hongye. I am also anxious. The Hongye army is flooded. Can I not be anxious? I have also sent countless people to participate in the search and rescue. Can those brave men who blocked the gap be saved?
More than 800 people came out, weren't they all rushed over by my patrol boat immediately?" Hideyoshi Ikeda suddenly punched Hideyoshi, his nose was so sore that he almost shed tears, "Now something happened to the Hongye Army.
Everyone is anxious! Why do you want to settle accounts with me indiscriminately?"
"Then why do you think this embankment and this dam collapsed?" Ikeda Tsuneaki pointed in the direction of Bitchu Takamatsu Castle and cursed Hashiba Hideyoshi in the face, "Can you explain?"
"Maybe it was the ninjas of the Mori family who did it!" Hashiba Hideyoshi replied in a sharp voice.
"The Mori family? Can they escape your ninjas and Hongye's ninjas and collapse the dike? And collapse it at the same time? Are you kidding me? There are Tokiwa Bei on the dike and your troops on the dam. Are they all eating dry food?
Really?" Sawaki Yoshiyuki didn't believe what Hashiba Hideyoshi said at all, and immediately pointed at his nose and cursed.
"Then I don't know! What's the use of asking me? I just don't know anything. I also want to know what's going on. If you ask me, what can I answer?" Hideyoshi Hashiba was so angry that he simply responded.
Tsuneaki Ikeda and Yoshiyuki Sawaki yelled.
"Forget it, forget it, we'll do this later. Let's rescue Hong Ye first, then quickly pick up the people of Hong Ye Army, rescue their baggage, and then withdraw the troops!" Ikeda Hengxing said without explanation!
He slapped the table hard and said, "Let's not fight this fight for now. When the time comes, let's call the lord over to judge the justice and see how Hongye settles this debt with you!"
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On the evening of June 1, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), the Hongye Fleet received the Hongye Army soldiers trapped in Gengshen Mountain before the water receded. At noon on June 2, the flood had basically receded, and search and rescue work on land was carried out.
It has also come to an end. The body of Fukushima Yasunari was found under a big tree near the gap. With his back leaning against the big tree, he seemed to be sleeping peacefully. He died with him in and near the gap.
There are nearly 700 Tokiwabe soldiers. As the company commander, Naomasa Ii was lucky enough to be rescued and now assumes the responsibility of the acting captain. After the flood, the Hongye Army lost countless grain, grass, baggage, weapons and equipment, and Jingzhebei
All the artillery pieces were washed away by the water. The casualties were even more tragic. Although the other ten reserve soldiers were able to escape due to Tokiwabei's heroic actions, the auxiliary soldiers and civilians lost nearly 20,000 people, including 9,800
One body was recovered, and the rest were missing. The Hongye Army's staff suffered heavy casualties. Chief of Staff Fukuzawa Yunan died in the line of duty, and only one-tenth of the staff members survived.
The tragic casualties of the staff members horrified the Hongye Army - because Yu Qiuping was with the staff members when the flood came. The bodies of Yu Qiuping's guards had also been discovered in large numbers, including monks.
Sunsea. However, Yu Qiupei has still not been found. And according to Mori Nagako, who last saw Yu Qiupei, Yu Qiupei should have been washed down the Ashimori River, and was probably washed into the sea. Momiji Fleet
He and the Hongye Army continued their search, but found nothing, and the more they searched, the more disappointed they became. Naoe Tadayei and others refused to give up, and mobilized the entire army on rafts and small boats to try to search for Yu Qiupei in the entire Kojima Bay.
On the front line, Tsuneaki Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Sawaki, Kotaka Mori, Choso Gabe Motochichi, and Yoshihiro Miyoshi also gave up the siege of Bitchu Takamatsu Castle and withdrew to the seaside to help with the search. But everyone knew in their hearts that