The snow stopped, the sun came out, and the poor visibility caused by the wind and snow ended. Everyone on the battlefield could finally see the battle situation clearly.
After witnessing the disaster in front of them, the originally noisy battlefield experienced a brief aphasia. The 200 red leaf cavalry and the nearly a thousand Echigo cavalry chasing them were swallowed by the dark lake water. Their clothes and washed cotton clothes would be
It pulls them down like a plumb bob, and the freezing cold water of the lake will make them lose the ability to struggle in a short time.
The remaining hundreds of cavalrymen hurriedly braked at the lake. Although many people were still pushed by the crowd, most of them successfully stopped, but they were knocked over in the collision. In the snow.
After standing up weakly, they all stared blankly at the hellish scene in front of them - countless people struggling and wailing in the ice-covered lake.
The Uesugi Army tried to rescue their companions, but they lacked tools and were unable to do anything. After some people recovered from the huge shock, they immediately realized that they were still on the battlefield, and there were hundreds of cavalry from the Hongye Army not far away.
Organize everyone into formation. Fortunately, the Red Leaf Cavalry was obviously stunned by the tragic situation, and was stunned for a long time without issuing an attack order.
At this moment, something suddenly happened in the snowfield at the far end. I saw a white patch, and a little ink stain moving quickly. Everyone turned their attention there, and saw a small group of cavalry somehow crossing the whole cracked area.
The ice field has now appeared on the north side of the ice field, with fast horses galloping. The cavalry group was surrounded by the flag with the word "壹", and their moving target was the maple bird flag that was lucky enough to be planted on a piece of unbroken ice and snow.
"Uesugi Kenshin...how did he get over? Did he jump over the drowning man on horseback?" Yu Qiuping could hardly believe his eyes at first, but after seeing the flag with the word "壹" in it, he felt
It seems that I can accept it a little bit. As long as there is that horse mark, there will always be a miracle.
"Your Highness! Something bad has happened!" Just when Yu Qiuping was stunned, Mori Ranmaru beside him shouted in shock, "His target is His Highness's horse seal!"
"Now that the sky is clear, we can be seen on the main battlefield over there! If Uesugi Kenshin is showing off with His Highness's horse seal, the main army will definitely think that something unexpected has happened to His Highness! Morale will collapse!"
"You're right. Immediately send people to notify each reserve team that Yu Qiu is safe and sound, and the command has been transferred to the reserve team flag of Tongqiang. But it's too late..." Yu Qiuping helplessly watched Uesugi Kenshin in the distance with his
Those few people picked up the Maple Bird Horse Seal scattered in the ice and snow, gritted their teeth and said, "Follow me, the whole army! Take back the Maple Bird Horse Seal!"
The remaining four hundred cavalrymen of the Red Leaf Army galloped towards the flag with the word "bi", but they had to take a detour from the broken lake. The hundreds of cavalrymen of the Uesugi Army came from the other side of the lake.
They took a detour and tried to support their house governor.
However, Uesugi Kenshin didn't mean to give the Red Leaf Army a chance to pursue, and immediately led the people to rush towards a nearby hill. Uesugi Kenshin himself seemed to be rushing at the front, without holding a weapon, and holding up his "
He held the flag with the word "Bi" in his right hand and dragged the Maple Bird Horse Seal across the snow. As long as he rushed up the hill, everyone on the battlefield would see that the Maple Bird Horse Seal was captured!
After his troops had just suffered a devastating blow, he was able to seize the opportunity to reverse the victory in an instant...
Yu Qiuping's eyes became a little frightened as he looked at the "Pi" flag, and he kept urging his horse to sit down, but it was almost too late.
Uesugi Kenshin and the few attendants started to go up the mountain, and the Red Leaf Cavalry was still far away from them.
There are hundreds of meters.
We are already halfway up the mountain, but it will take a while for the Red Leaf Cavalry to arrive.
We are about to reach the top of the mountain. As long as he jumps from the west foot of the hill to the top of the mountain, tens of thousands of troops on the entire eastern battlefield will see the situation here... And the messenger I sent will still have a long time to reach the battlefield.
It's going to end...
Yu Qiuping turned his head and looked at the battlefield in the distance. He could only hope that his officers and ashigaru could withstand the pressure and not lose their morale because of the Maple Bird Horse Seal incident.
However, when he turned back and looked at the mountain that Uesugi Kenshin was climbing, he was suddenly stunned.
At the northern foot of the mountain, several knights suddenly jumped out on horseback! At the moment when Uesugi Kenshin rode his horse from the west foot to the top of the mountain, the knight headed by the northern foot used his horse speed to raise his left hand and stab Uesugi Kenshin. The letter was stabbed. In such a critical situation, Uesugi Kenshin forcibly let go of the "" flag at that moment, took out the saber from his waist with his backhand, and slashed at the knight's right arm.
However, the knife was not as strong as it was, and it slashed through softly, only cutting off half of the sleeve.
And the knife that the knight stabbed with his left hand hit Uesugi Kenshin's left chest. With the power of the horse, he was stabbed through the man in one go. The whole man was knocked off the horse and fell to the mountain. At the southern foot of the hill, rolling down from the snow-capped hills, leaving a trail of blood red.
The guards of the Uesugi army behind them did not react, and were already hacked away by the knights from the north. The one-armed knight who had just stabbed Uesugi Kenshin off his horse did not join the battle, but Immediately, he turned sideways and picked up the maple bird horse print that had fallen on the ground. He reined in the horse's reins, clamped the horse's belly, sat down and stood upright. He took the opportunity to stand up and suddenly used his left hand to handle the horse's imprint. The maple bird horse imprint is raised high, letting it buzz in the north wind!
Everyone on the battlefield saw this scene clearly.
The young master of the Yuqiu family held up the horse seal of the Yuqiu family and stood tall in the bright north wind.
After Yu Qiu Shang stabbed Uesugi Kenshin to death in public on the hillside, everyone in the Uesugi army erupted. Hundreds of cavalrymen rushed over like crazy and recaptured Uesugi Kenshin's body, while Uesugi on the front battlefield The army worked hard collectively and launched a fierce attack in unison.
How could the morale of the Hongye Army be at a disadvantage? The heroic actions of his young master and the high-flying maple bird horse seal inspired every soldier, and the whole army fought fiercely with the Uesugi Army. On the west side of the Kurigara Gorge, two armies from Kinki and Hokuriku once again staged a desperate struggle. Only this time, the victor was the army from Kinki.
Although Uesugi Kenshin's death in battle initially angered the Uesugi Army, this anger was quickly suppressed by reality. The senior ministers and samurai of the Uesugi Army understood that there was no reason to continue fighting at the moment. Uesugi Kenshin's direct subordinates Most of the mounted samurai were buried there. The future rule of the Uesugi family in Hokuriku was very problematic, and there was no point in continuing the fight.
Therefore, under the order of Uesugi Kagekatsu, who temporarily assumed command, the Uesugi troops covered each other to break out of the gap surrounded by the Red Leaf Army and withdrew from the battlefield. The cavalry team in the distance also detoured and evacuated, rushing to meet the main force.
Military meeting and.
After more than half a month of hellish long-distance marching in severe cold weather and a deadly battle, the Hongye Army was already on the verge of physical and mental limits. Many Ashigaru immediately collapsed on the ground from exhaustion after the battle, and even had no time to clean the battlefield.
It couldn't be done anymore. Upon seeing this, Yu Qiuping also ordered to give up the pursuit and watched the Uesugi army withdraw through the Kurigara Gorge and return eastward.
simple repair
After the recovery, the auxiliary soldiers of the Hongye Army rushed to rescue the injured, but most of the Hongye Army in the lake had frozen to death - among them was Kobata Kesheng, the captain of the copper wall reserve. In desperation, the Hongye Army began to converge on the victims.
Under the guidance of Yu Qiu Shang, Yu Qiuping and others found the place where Shui Atom Jing detonated the explosives. Yu Qiuping did not dare to look at Shui Atom Jing's unrecognizable bones and could only look around - but the surroundings were close to
The corpses of thousands of mountain soldiers and countless auxiliary soldiers also made his heart ache.
On the evening of December 5, the Hongye Army withdrew to Oyama Gobo. According to preliminary statistics, in the Battle of Kurigara, nearly 3,000 of the more than 9,000 Hongye Army soldiers were killed and more than 4,000 were injured. In this ice and snow, the injuries were relatively serious.
Ashigaru was so heavy that it was difficult to continue fighting, and it was necessary to rest for a long time. The remaining combat power of the Red Leaves Army was less than 2,000 soldiers. Chief of Staff Takenaka Shigeharu also fell completely ill after this battle, with a high fever that would not go away all night.
I couldn't even speak. Of the 18,000 auxiliary soldiers and 30,000 civilians of the Hongye Army, after experiencing injuries and illnesses and the massacre by the Uesugi Army, only about 30,000 of them are still able to work.
Although Takaoka Castle is already in sight, Yu Qiuping is no longer able to command this overwhelmed reinforcements to take a step beyond Kurigara. Whether the Oda army can escape from danger can only depend on them.
Fortunately, the experienced Shibata Katsuie did not hesitate to seize the opportunity to break out of the city when the Uesugi army withdrew the siege and marched westward. The Uesugi army, which also suffered heavy losses, rushed back to Vietnam and had no intention of fighting, and was beaten by the troops who had already rushed out of the city.
Shibata Katsuie made way. Shibata Katsuie and Oda Nobutada led the Hokurikudo and Ono armies to retreat westward in a mighty manner, and finally escaped safely back to Oyama Obo.
At the same time, the waves of this battle also spread rapidly from the Kurigara Gorge to the whole world. Everyone in the Oda family spared no effort to brag about the martial arts of this battle. Following the battle of Mikachi Town, they forced back the Takeda army and asked for Takeda.
After Shingen; Uqiu Hongye, who came from the Ming Dynasty, once again defeated the Uesugi army in the battle of Kurigara. He beheaded Uesugi Kenshin and beheaded more than 2,000 people. The two strongest men in the Warring States Period were defeated by him one after another. Yuqiu
Hongye's martial name reached its peak for a while, and even Minamoto Yoshitsune and Kusunoki Masashige had no choice but to surrender. But this time, no one questioned that Takeda Shingen died of illness rather than being killed by the Hongye army like last time, because everyone
Everyone clearly saw that Uesugi Kenshin was begged for on the spot by Yu Qiupei's eldest son Yu Qiu Shang. Yu Qiu Shang's reputation was also praised throughout the world along with the achievements of the Red Leaf Army.
Oda Nobunaga was overjoyed, and personally sent many letters of appreciation to Yu Qiupei, and a large number of rewards were shipped one by one. However, Yu Qiupei did not show any joy at all, and kept himself locked up all day long.
In a samurai house in Oyama Gobo - there are piles of paper red leaves worn by nearly 3,000 soldiers who died in this battle.
If it weren't for luck... there would only be more piles here. He lost, he was completely defeated in strategy and tactics. Only the lake and Uesugi Kenshin's fatal underestimation saved his life.
"After that, you will be the reserve captain of Tongqiangbei." Yu Qiuping whispered to Maeda Keiji who came to visit, "Work hard."
"This is really not a good position. No one can live longer than the captain of the Red Leaf Cavalry." Maeda Keiji muttered and sighed slightly.
"At least the flag is still there, isn't it?" Yu Qiuping handed the folded copper wall reserve flag in the corner to Maeda Keiji, and at the same time looked out the window - Yu Qiu Shang has been standing at the castle tower these days.
On the corridor, looking to the south without saying a word——
steep mountains.
Chapter completed!