Chapter 716 Snow Country 8
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Yu Qiuping watched dumbfoundedly as the snow mist formed by broken snow in the distance grew larger and larger, spreading from a small dot in the distance into a snow ball, then into a larger snow curtain, and finally resembled an avalanche. It pressed towards where they were. The sound of horse hooves and the whistling of the north wind were mixed with each other, and the snow mist seemed to be carrying thousands of troops and rolling down from the snow-capped mountains unstoppably. And this roaring and killing person In the snow, the flag with the word "Pi" is flying high.
Although Yu Qiuping has not yet completely recovered from the shock, he understands one thing anyway - this formation cannot be defended. In order to maximize the route and use the roads for supplies, all the reserve teams are too far away, even recently It will take a long time for the enemy to arrive. The formation with almost no combatants will definitely not be able to hold on.
"I'm going to move this formation. I'm sending orders to all the troops to temporarily hand over the command to An Cheng." Yu Qiuping's frozen face showed no expression, as if he was frozen by the cold air.
"Yunan, take the staff and all the information to evacuate; Kihei, take the military intelligence department and all the information to evacuate. Nanosuke, you go protect Hanbei and leave here." Yu Qiuping ordered the evacuation in an orderly manner. , but he also understood that such an evacuation would take time, "The rest of the people, use the horse seal to retreat with me, and we will lead the Echigo cavalry away."
"Yes." At the critical moment, everyone understood that time is life, and no one questioned Yu Qiuping's order. Yu Qiuping immediately led his bodyguard of more than a hundred people to leave the Chinese army's main tent and ran straight towards the empty snowfield in the northwest. Go. He plans to take a detour to escape to where Liaoyuan Bei is.
The goal of the Echigo cavalry led by Uesugi Kenshin was very clear. Except for a small group of people to destroy Yu Qiupei's main formation, the rest rushed directly towards Yu Qiupei's position. If only that small group of people were to destroy the main formation, In terms of formation, Yu Qiuping believed that most people could escape safely. However, Yu Qiuping's own situation was not so good. Under the power of nearly a thousand Echigo cavalry, his more than a hundred guards seemed so insignificant. The Echigo cavalry attempted to outflank Yu Qiupei from three directions: left, center, and right. Logically speaking, they should be faster than Yu Qiupei's guards on the snowy field. However, it may be that the continuous attacks in the previous few days consumed too much horsepower, which made them The distance between Yu Qiuping and Yu Qiuping cannot be shortened.
"Your Highness, this is so embarrassing. We came with 6,000 people, but we were beaten and fled." Asahina Taihei seemed to have inherited his father's temperament, and at this time, he was still shouting next to Yu Qiupei. He made a joke, which made Yu Qiuping's frozen face soften a little.
"It's okay. It's a little better than when I was chased by Oni Juga. At that time, there was really no way to go to the sky or to the earth." Yu Qiuping said sarcastically to himself, and at the same time looked back at the Uesugi Army - as expected, they were still far away from each other. A certain distance away. If he keeps running like this, Yu Qiuping will definitely be able to escape safely into the Preparatory Army.
Yu Qiuping turned back to control his own horse, not wanting to hold back the team because of his equestrian skills. However, after running for a while, he suddenly felt that something was not right. Suspicious, he turned his head and looked at Uesugi again. The pursuers of the army still didn't see anything.
However, the moment he turned back again, he suddenly realized what the problem was. He turned his head back abruptly - the "bi" flag that had been flying in the Echigo cavalry formation was gone.
"It's strange..." Yu Qiuping swallowed, suddenly losing confidence in the situation in front of him. At that moment, he had the same feeling as when he looked at Takeda Shingen's "Fenglin Volcano" military flag in Mikachi Town a few years ago. That fear - even if this military flag with the word "冩" does not appear, its mere disappearance will bring such great pressure to people.
Yu Qiuping sighed and watched the heat he exhaled being blown away on the galloping horse. The moment he turned around, he was stunned and speechless.
The big flag with the word "PI" is flying diagonally in front!
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No one knew that Uesugi Kenshin, who was still in the formation just now, unknowingly led nearly a hundred cavalry to the front of the Yu Qiupei guard, and came from behind a small hill next to the road the guard must pass. Suddenly, they circled around and stabbed directly towards Yu Qiuping's position! The distance between the two teams of cavalry was only about 50 meters, allowing Yu Qiuping to clearly see the appearance of the man rushing at the front - that was a tall man The burly man sat on a jet-black war horse, dressed in faint blue clothing, with a white turban on his head and shoulders, and a large string of brown rosary beads hanging on his right arm.
What a terrible person...
The next moment this thought flashed through Yu Qiuping's mind, the cavalry team had already collided diagonally. For the galloping cavalry, the distance of 50 meters was really just a breath of time, and it reached the point where the wrong horses were crossing each other. In his haste, Yu Qiuping didn't even have time to draw the sword. He had to instinctively lift the entire Chidori sword with the scabbard in full screen. At this critical moment, Uesugi Jun for the The samurai had already raised the slender samurai sword that was completely inconsistent with his temperament, and slashed at Yu Qiuping with one blow. The howling wind and snow had already blinded Yu Qiuping's eyes, and he could not even see where he was blocking. Not sure, I had to close my eyes, grit my teeth and push through.
When the horses crossed each other, a violent metal collision interrupted the melody of the horses' hooves and the sound of the wind. The severe pain and force coming from the tiger's mouth and arms shook Yu Qiuping off the horse. Yu Qiuping, with stars in his eyes, knew that he was running again After going out for dozens of meters, he gradually regained consciousness and vision. He was surprised and happy that he was miraculously still riding a horse, and cold sweat broke out on his body. He hurriedly looked back and saw that two groups of cavalry were crossing each other on the wrong horse. At that place, there were already more than 30 corpses and horses lying around, and more than 20 of them were Yu Qiuping's guards. Yu Qiuping did not dare to think too much, and hurriedly rode away with the guards. He left the Uesugi Army's pursuers behind.
"Your Highness! Are you okay?" Asahina Taihei and Mori Kotaka rode their horses forward to check on Yu Qiupei's condition. They breathed a sigh of relief after finding that the latter was safe and sound. However, when Mori Kolong's position came, Yu Qiupei became more and more excited. After getting a little closer, he pointed at Yu Qiuping in great surprise and said loudly: "Your Highness, what is on your scabbard!"
"Ah?" Yu Qiuping was shouted by Sen Kelong, and then he came back to his senses and looked at his arm that was still frozen in the air and the Chidori in his hand - he saw a broken blade deep in the air. It is embedded in the Chidori's scabbard. The Chidori's scabbard is not the wooden scabbard of ordinary samurai swords. It is made of pure iron after Imagawa Yoshimoto melted the Chidori Incense Burner. It is extremely hard. Just now, I was on the wrong foot with Yu Qiuping. The person they met actually cut off his own sword with one blow and inserted it into the thick iron of the Chidori scabbard? How much strength must this have?
Yu Qiuping couldn't help but feel scared when he thought of this. If he had just happened to pull out the Chidori from the scabbard, judging from the depth of the samurai's blade into the Chidori's scabbard, he would probably be able to cut the Chidori's blade directly with his strength. Cut off - the next thing that was cut off was probably Yu Qiuping's body. He didn't pull out the knife, but instead saved his own life.
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After Yu Qiuping and his guards escaped safely into Ryuhara Bei's camp, facing the dense spear array and three ready artillery of the Hongye Army, the Echigo cavalry had no intention of attacking. They made a sharp move in front of Ryuhara Bei's position. The ground turned a corner and left in the opposite direction toward the northeast. In order to prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos to attack the Hongye Army's reserves, Liaoyuan Bei immediately rushed along the official road. However, the cavalry did not intend to continue to expand the results of the battle, but only focused on The ground broke away from the battlefield. When Ryuhara Bei got closer, everyone understood the reason why the Echigo cavalry was eager to leave the battlefield - the three companies of Dougao Bei had joined forces and fought back along the way. If If you don't leave, you will be attacked from both sides.
After the Echigo cavalry led by the "Bi" banner left, all four Uesugi military units fighting on the front line also evacuated. The officers of the Hongye Army who had just learned that their camp was attacked were already anxious and sent envoys back to inquire about the situation. After learning that Yu Qiuping and other important personnel were all fine, I felt relieved.
After this battle, Yu Qiuping did not dare to continue to divide his troops to advance - if the divided troops were caught in a surprise attack like before, they would die without a burial place. He hurriedly ordered the entire army to stop advancing and let all the troops slowly move closer to the Chinese army. , covering and supporting each other.
After the arrangement was completed, Yu Qiuping hurriedly went to inquire about the evacuation of the formation's personnel. Sanada Masayuki's military intelligence department and Fukuzawa Yukichi's staff were able to leave smoothly, but the formation's large amount of food and baggage were burned, and many auxiliary personnel were burned. The soldiers and civilians were also defeated and are currently in the process of regrouping. Takenaka Shigeharu was not in good health to begin with, and the emergency evacuation made his condition even worse. He could barely speak and eat. After encountering this surprise attack, the entire army Everyone was in panic. Yu Qiuping decided to camp the entire army on the spot to rest and reorganize.
After arranging everything, Yu Qiuping was finally able to stop and take a rest. Only then did he realize that there was still a broken blade embedded in the Chidori scabbard at his waist. So he found a place to sit down. He took a pair of pliers and tried to pull out the broken blade, but he couldn't pull it out - he wasn't strong enough. In desperation, he asked Honda Tadakatsu to help. Unexpectedly, even Honda Tadakatsu This strong man took a lot of effort to pull out the broken blade from the scabbard and handed it to Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping glanced at the shocking dent on the scabbard and couldn't help but take a deep breath. He took a breath. He casually took the broken blade of Honda Tadakatsu, glanced at the blade, and suddenly found the inscription of this sword written on it——
Adzuki beans grow bright.
Chapter completed!