At noon on September 8, the sixth year of Tianzheng (1578), the door of the room was suddenly opened. Yu Qiuyou, who was lying on the ground, suddenly sat up and turned around to look. The dazzling light made his eyes accustomed to darkness feel uncomfortable.
Although he was getting used to it, he still recognized the person at the door.
"Master Fukuhara, come out quickly, we are organizing a breakout! You go with them!" Yamanaka Yukimori hurriedly grabbed Yu Qiuyou and dragged him out of the door.
"Breaking through? How can we break out when it's noon?" Yu Qiuyou glanced at the sun and said, "It's noon. Tens of thousands of enemy troops have already surrounded Shangyue City. Where can we break out?"
"No, someone has come to relieve the siege. Now there is a gap in their defense line. The fighter plane is fleeting. The Lord has already gathered his troops at the city gate. Hurry up!" Yamanaka Yukimori didn't have time to explain, so Yu Qiuyou followed him and ran towards the city gate quickly.
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"Whose army is it? Didn't the Oda army withdraw?" Yu Qiuyou asked in surprise.
"It is the army of the young master of the Yuqiu family. For some reason, the Oda army has withdrawn. He must turn back and fight back." Yamazaka Yukimori pulled Yuqiuyou up to the top of the city and pointed to the southeast of the city. Only a few people could be seen.
In the enemy formation of 10,000 people, a reserve force of about 1,500 people was rampaging towards Shangyue City, killing them desperately. The force did not care about its own retreat at all, and allowed the enemy to dig into their pockets.
They were all surrounded in the formation without fear, and they moved towards Kamigetsu Castle with all their heart. The army seemed to be helped by a god, and it was unstoppable. The Maori Army, Ukita Army, and Urakami Army who blocked them were all defeated one after another, regardless of the situation.
I can't resist it no matter what.
The soldiers in the reserve team all had paper red leaves on their heads, and the reserve team flag was flying high - the mountain phoenix flag.
Nirvana preparation.
Yu Qiuyou took a deep breath and his eyes became moist.
Yamanaka Yukimori didn't understand the reason, but Yu Qiuyou knew why his brother suddenly fought so desperately to Xiangyue City. He looked far into the distance, trying to find his brother under the banner of Nirvana Bei's reserve team, but found nothing - he probably
Let's fight on the front line again.
At this time, in the distant formation of the Oda Army, Wan Junbei and the Yushiba Army also changed their direction and attacked the Maori Army. The sudden second group of troops caused some confusion to the Maori Army, and the siege under the city last month was also somewhat chaotic.
loose.
"Let's go quickly. Your Highness will break out with 300 people and move closer to Young Master Yuqiu's troops!" Yamazaka Yukimori pulled Yu Qiuyou off the city wall again and pushed him towards Nizi Shengjiu's troops. "Go quickly.
Open the city gate! Hurry!"
"What about you?" Yu Qiuyou seemed to suddenly realize something, turned around and grabbed Yamanaka Yukimori's sleeve.
"His Royal Highness the Governor ordered me to hold on to this city. My persistence can buy you time to break out. If the Oda army is lucky enough to turn defeat into victory, then the Nizi family will still be guarding Shangyue City, and the territory of 100,000 koku will still be the Nizi family.
"Yamaka Yukimori quickly explained to Yu Qiuyou, still pushing him towards the team. However, Yu Qiuyou was really anxious. He exerted all his strength, twisted his backhand, and broke away from Yamanaka Yukimori's hand, and instead wanted to pull him towards the team.
Walk in the queue.
"Shikanosuke! Now is not the time to be foolish and loyal!" Yu Qiuyou shouted anxiously to Yamanaka Yukimori, "You will die if you stay! Your lord still hasn't recognized the truth! What's the point of such an order?
Are you obedient? You could not leave before, but now you have to kill so many people to break out of the siege! If you stay to defend the city, you will definitely die! If you die, how can the Nizi family be revived? Your current foolish loyalty is harming the Nizi family.
Ah! The Nizi family will never be able to revive! Are you worthy of the wish you made for that helmet, and are you worthy of the ancestors of the Nizi family?"
Yamanaka Yukimori was stunned when he heard this and stopped in his tracks. Yu Qiuyou gasped for air, thinking that he had finally persuaded Yamanaka Yukimori, but the latter suddenly showed an extremely bright smile towards Yu Qiuyou.
"If it is not for Yu Zhong, what is the purpose of the revival of the Nizi family?"
Yu Qiuyou didn't understand Yamanaka Yukimori's words, but two warriors from the Nizi Relics Group behind him said "offended" and pulled him towards the team that was leaving the city to break out of the encirclement.
"I am a retainer of the Nizi family. It is my duty to obey my master's orders. It is my duty to humiliate my subjects and die. It is my duty to fight for the revival of the Nizi family. As long as I fulfill my duty, it will be regarded as my duty.
It is worthy of this life. As for the final success or failure of life and death, how can human beings decide it?"
Yamanaka Yukimori looked at Yu Qiuyou with a smile and pointed at his chest.
"Wouldn't it be too pitiful if the meaning of life was determined by the final outcome of those who are controlled by fate and current situations?"
"Having fulfilled my duty, I will be worthy of my ancestors."
Yamanaka Yukimori waved to Yu Qiuyou, then turned around and strode away.
"Go on, you haven't done your duty, you can't die here."
"Isn't it? Second Young Master Yuqiu?"
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The city gate of Shangyue City was opened, and more than 300 Nizi's legionnaires who fought desperately to protect their lord from breaking out of the siege struggled to kill in the direction of Nirvana. The sudden internal and external cooperation caused the Maori family's siege troops to fall into chaos, and Yu Qiu Shang also saw this.
Commanding Nirvana to move desperately towards Kamigetsu Castle. However, the Maori army was too numerous, and more than half of the more than 300 strong men were gradually damaged, making it difficult to maintain. As a last resort, Nizi Katsuhisa led more than 40 guards on horseback among the rebellious army.
Breaking out in the direction of Nirvana Bei, Yu Qiuyou also followed them. Along the way, they shuttled between the various reserves of the Maori Army. People kept falling to stray arrows, stray bullets and spears, and people kept dying. The remaining
There are fewer and fewer people leaving.
At this moment, a group of Maori cavalry suddenly appeared in front of them and swept towards them. Yu Qiuyou glanced at the team and saw that there were less than 10 people left. Just when he thought everything was going to be over.
, suddenly a group of red leaf cavalry were stabbed diagonally. The leader of the one-armed knight raised his sword and instantly cut off the people who were at the front. The Maori cavalry was frustrated, and the Nizi family's cavalry took the opportunity to break out.
, rushed towards Nirvana Bei's front.
While Yu Qiu Shang was drawing his sword to kill the enemy, he kept looking distractedly in the queue of Nizi's family, looking for that familiar face, but found nothing. He was a little frightened for a moment, and his body seemed to have lost its soul. Right here.
At that moment, a Maori cavalryman stabbed at him with his lance——
"Young Master!" Morita Yaxiang hurriedly wanted to come over, but the distance was too far and it was too late!
"Oops!" Yu Qiu Shang reacted and subconsciously tried to avoid it, but it was already too late.
"You are not allowed to hurt my brother!"
At the critical moment, a roar rang out! A knight at the rear leaned out from his horse in an exaggerated posture, and slashed away the Maori cavalry with a knife.
"Ayou!" Yu Qiu Shang turned around suddenly and saw the brother he had been dreaming about.
"Brother!" The moment Yu Qiuyou saw Yu Qiu Shang's face, tears suddenly welled up in his eyes.
Yu Qiu Shang's eyes turned red instantly. He turned his head to prevent his younger brother from seeing his embarrassment. He raised his voice to cover up his crying, "Quick! Follow me! There is no time to waste!"
"Yes! Brother!"
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"It seems Katsuhisa Nizi has broken through." Kobayakawa Takakage keenly noticed that the group of Nishi troops that broke out from the upper moon city was unusual. As the commander of the Maori family in Sanyo Road, he will command the Maori family in this battle.
of 35,000 people.
"Your Highness, what should we do?" Prime Minister Kuniji stopped directing the attack on Kamigetsu City and asked Kobayakawa Takakage for instructions.
"Don't stop the attack on Tsutsuki City. Deploy enough manpower to annihilate the reserve team." Kobayakawa Takakage pointed in the direction of Nirvana Bei, "Nizi Katsuhisa may be hiding there, we can't let them go. I
Let His Highness Qingshui and His Highness Nomi cooperate with you to surround the reserve team."
"Yes." The Prime Minister received the order and was about to leave. Kobayakawa Takakage gave another instruction.
"Don't delay it until night. They might escape at night. And..." Kobayakawa Takakage glanced at the distant east, "Last night there was news that the Momiji Fleet had defeated the Awaji Navy, and the reinforcements from Uakiu Momiji are expected to be here soon.
We’re here, we don’t have much time left.”
"But doesn't the detailed work of the Miyoshi family say that the remaining dozens of ships of the Momiji Fleet are cruising around the Naruto Strait and Shikoku Island?" Kuniji Prime Minister asked with some confusion, "Without the ships, Amaki Momiji will have to sail from
It’s a 140-mile journey from Akashi Strait to the other side, so it will take at least the day after tomorrow.”
"Never underestimate the Red Leaf Army. They are likely to arrive tomorrow morning, so don't waste time and finish off your opponents before sunset today." Kobayakawa Takakage ordered very resolutely.
"Yes." Although the Prime Minister of the State Council still felt that Yu Qiuping would not be able to arrive tomorrow, he still believed in His Highness's judgment and nodded in agreement. After that, he complained again: "It would be great if our Mishima navy was here."
"They are confronting the Otomo family's navy, and they won't be able to come for a while." Kobayakawa Takakage smiled bitterly, "The Oda family has become so powerful, and the Western Kingdom can't unite as one. It's really difficult."
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Under the coordination of Kobayakawa Takakage, the Maori Army, Ukita Army, and Urakami Army launched a strangling siege against Nirvana Bei. Nirvana Bei, led by Yu Qiu Shang, desperately seized a high ground, deployed defenses on the high ground, and struggled to hold on.
The bloody battle lasted until dusk. The artillery crew had fired all the shells, and the iron gunners were almost running out of ammunition. The casualties of the soldiers were close to 40%, and even the orderlies were participating in the battle with the spears of their fallen comrades.
Brothers Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You fought on the front line from beginning to end, and relied on their heroic performance to inspire the shaky morale of many recruits. Many people in Nirvana Beli were in the Kurigara War.
This was not the first time that the survivors of Junlingbei encountered a desperate situation surrounded by heavy siege, so they fought extremely tenaciously.
At this time, Wan Junbei was still desperately trying to get closer to the rescue. Kitahata Jingjie watched helplessly as the two young masters appeared in the formation, sweating all over with anxiety. He went into the battle himself, and was wounded in the abdomen by a stray bullet. He was barely alive. However,
As time goes by, Nirvana Bei is about to be unable to hold on.
"It should be too late." Kobayakawa Takakage had already captured Kamigetsu Castle and was overlooking the battle situation from the top of Kamigetsu Castle. He glanced at the sun and then at Nirvana Bei's formation.
"It's less than an hour until dark, but they probably won't last half an hour."
"We must not let Katsuhisa Nizi escape..." Takakage Kobayakawa, who has always been gentle and gentle, had a ruthless look in his eyes, "We must cut off the bloodline of Nizi's family here."
Chapter completed!