When Suzuki Shigehide hung a pair of still smoking iron cannons on his back and dragged two samurai with bullets in their arms out of the warehouse at the back, Hashiba Hideyoshi was so surprised that he could hardly speak.
"Your Highness, two assassins." Suzuki Shigehide threw Endo Hidekiyo and Endo Toshimichi like an eagle carrying a chicken to a few soldiers of the special forces waiting outside the warehouse. The soldiers immediately took out their long-awaited weapons.
The ropes prepared tied the two people up.
"This is..." Hashiba Hideyoshi pointed at Endo Hidekiyo and Endo Toshimitsu, and turned his attention to Yu Qiupei.
"The assassins from the Ukita Nao family are ambushing here, waiting to assassinate us with iron cannons." Yu Qiuping shrugged, showing a troubled expression, "He has a criminal record, and I don't want to be unknown like the Mimura family members.
Bu Baidi was shot dead, so he sent someone to search, and they were discovered."
"Damn it, you actually want to assassinate me?" Hashiba Hideyoshi realized that if it weren't for Yu Qiupei's caution, his life might be in danger now. He immediately got so angry that he walked over to Endo Hidekiyo and Endo Toshitsuchi and gave them a hand.
He kicked her and said, "You're going to do something like this when you can't beat me? You two just wait to be cut to pieces with a thousand cuts! Let's see if I don't kill you."
Hideki Endo and Toshimitsu Endo said nothing, and it seemed that they had already made up their mind.
"It's pointless to tell you two pawns." Hideyoshi Hashiba also realized that his actions were meaningless, and sneered twice, "Your masters are all shameless virtues. They killed their father-in-law and drove away the lord along the way.
He has done so many dirty things to get to this position, how can we expect him to do anything righteous?"
"Fart!" Endo Toshimitsu, who had looked indifferent just now, heard Hashiba Hideyoshi begin to insult his lord, and immediately stood up and shouted back, "Hashiba Hideyoshi, you think what you do is so glorious.
Are you there? With your black eyes staring at Bai Yinzi, you will do anything for the territory! Didn’t you betray the Nizi family? What qualifications do you have to speak against our lord?"
"Stop talking nonsense here!" Hashiba Hideyoshi said angrily when he heard this. He stepped forward and kicked Toshimichi Endo in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Don't beat people to death." Yu Qiuping reminded from the side, "I asked Chongxiu to capture him alive for the purpose of interrogation later."
"What's the point of interrogating these two dead pigs who are not afraid of being scalded by boiling water? What can you ask?" Hashiba Hideyoshi patted the handle of the knife angrily, "Ignorant low-level samurai, just cut them off with one knife."
"I have some people who are very good at interrogating." Yu Qiuping thought of the inhumane tortures that Amano Jingde showed Yu Qiuping before, and coughed twice with some nausea. Although he wanted to stop it out of humanitarian considerations,
But after all, he is no longer the bad-hearted person who showed great kindness 20 years ago. Some things in the darkness have to be done by someone. It’s just as long as you don’t do it. You can’t stop others from doing it. And some good things can also be done in the darkness.
"We won't say anything! Just give it a try and don't waste your time!" Endo Jundong sneered at Yu Qiuping's words and cursed, "We in the Uki family will never betray the master's family, not a single word.
reveal!"
"Do people who started their careers by betrayal really have loyal subordinates?" Yu Qiuping glanced at Endo Toshimitsu and Endo Hidekiyo who was silent on the side, and whispered with some emotion, "If there are any
Well, why?"
Yu Qiuping's soliloquy made Endo Toshimitsu and Endo Hidekiyo stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
"Anyone who commits unjust acts will be punished by his own death. He is not worthy of your loyalty." After Yu Qiuping said these words, he waved his hand and signaled Suzuki Shigehide to take the two of them down.
"What are you going to do next?" Yu Qiuping glanced at the smoke and dust on the battlefield in the distance, "Are you going to keep the main force of the Yuxi family, or destroy them?"
"Destroy it." Hideyoshi Hashiba snorted twice, "I have no interest in forgiving someone who wants to assassinate me."
"Okay." Yu Qiuping said to Maeda Keiji, who had been holding back for a long time, "Qingji, take the copper wall equipment and go straight to the Uki family camp in Ryangomiya Mountain now, and cooperate with the pursuing troops to destroy them."
"No, no need." Hashiba Hideyoshi waved his hands hurriedly upon seeing this, "Just block their retreat."
"Why don't you take advantage of the opportunity to attack when their formation is scattered during the retreat?" Yu Qiuping turned his head and looked at Hideyoshi Hashiba, "There is no store like this after passing this village."
"No need, block the retreat to the west and prevent them from returning to Okayama Castle." Hashiba Hideyoshi smiled confidently, pointing his right hand in the distance and making a few gestures, "And the way they retreated to Mimasaka has been blocked by the Nizi family's army.
It’s cut off, I’ve also sent Koichiro with reinforcements, so they can’t even think of returning to Meizuo.”
"So they can only..." Yu Qiuping thought about the strategic situation in his mind and suddenly realized, "They can only retreat to Tianshen Mountain City?"
"Yes, drive the prey into the paddock so that us samurai can hunt easily, right?" Hashiba Hideyoshi's face was full of joking and he laughed a few times, "Drive Ukita's army into Tenjinyama Castle, and I'll take a look at the Urakami family.
There will be some trouble with the Uki family. The Urakami family has already surrendered, so it would be inconvenient for me to kill him directly without the help of the Uki family."
"I really belong to you." Yu Qiuping praised in a somewhat sarcastic tone, "In terms of playing dirty tricks, I'm afraid even Kanbingwei can't compare to you."
"I learn quickly, don't underestimate me." Hideyoshi Hashiba patted his thin chest, "Let's go and watch the fun."
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At this time, Ukita's army was on the way to retreat.
"I don't know if the Endo brothers will succeed?" Oka Toshikatsu directed the troops to retreat while constantly looking back to the south where Maple Bird Horse Seal and Qian Cheng Lao Lun were, "My lord, this move is really dangerous...
"
"Your Majesty, do you still have the leisure and grace to look around?" Akashi Zento, who took the place of his sick father Akashi Kagechin, was leading his troops to follow Oka Toshiki. "I can't stand it anymore."
"I know." Oka Toshikatsu agreed while turning back to look at the battle situation at the rear. Oka Toshiki's troops who were originally rushing to the front withdrew to the camp at this moment, while Togawa Hideyasu and Togawa Hideyasu who were originally covering the flanks and to the side
Nagafune Sadachi's two troops, who were outflanking, fought and retreated, covering the evacuation of the friendly forces. However, as the Hashiba army surged up like a tide, the formation of these two troops became a little loose, and they had to start in embarrassment.
Retreat.
At this time, Ukita Naoie's troops were defending on both sides of the camp, blocking the counterattacks of Kamikoda Masaharu and Miyata Koji, opening a retreat for the troops behind them. Oka Toshikatsu knew that time was running out and had already
He threw away all the baggage he could and rushed out of the opening with all his strength.
"Quick, Iga-sama, guard the bridge. Let's quickly cross the Yoshii River and run back to Ryangomiya Mountain." Okatoshi pointed to the bridge in the distance. Fortunately, the "son" flag of the Uki family was still flying there——
But the flag was clearly waving rapidly, which was a signal for help.
"What's going on?" Oka Toshikatsu looked around and saw a large cavalry team roaring northward on the plain west of the Yoshii River, and they all had a paper red leaf stuck on their heads - that was the red leaf cavalry.
.
"When did you cross over?" Oka Toshikatsu looked south along the lower reaches of the Yoshii River with some disbelief. He saw flags fluttering beside a shallow beach in the south. The Oda Army of the brigade was crossing the river to the west from there.
Then go north to encircle the bridge over the Yoshii River - that is the only way out for Ukita's army.
"Quan Teng, go quickly!" Oka Toshiki ordered Akashi Quan Teng in a deep voice, "Ignore the auxiliary troops and rush over with all the combat soldiers! It's too late!"
"Yes, sir!" Akashi Zento accepted the order loudly, and immediately led his troops to gallop away to the bridge in the northwest. However, even if Akashi Zento rushed at full speed, a two-legged man could not compare to a four-legged horse.
Seeing the Red Leaf Cavalry getting closer and closer, Akashi Zento had no choice but to leave the group with a few dozen horse-riding samurai and go straight to the bridge.
However, what is the use of dozens of mounted samurai in front of the thousands of cavalry of the Red Leaf Army? Even if hundreds of soldiers under Akashi Zento arrive, what is the use? It is estimated that even the red leaf cavalry cannot stop them.
Akashi Zento gradually felt desperate and realized that his support might be useless. He glanced at the host army behind him that had been unable to get rid of because of the Yushiba Army's pursuit, and then looked at the bridge in danger, and finally let
The flag bearer issued the "retreat" flag. Seeing that the reinforcements had given up, Iga Kutaka at the bridge immediately withdrew from the west to the east of the bridge, and at the same time tried to destroy the bridge to prevent the Oda army from outflanking. However, the pursuing troops
The Red Leaf Cavalry didn't seem to have any intention of crossing the river, but just stopped on the other side leisurely, watching the Uki family blow up the bridge on their own.
At this time, Togawa Hideyasu and Nagafune Sadachi had already retreated to the camp before the Hashiba family. They originally wanted to continue retreating, but seeing that their retreat had been cut off, they had no choice but to stay in the camp with the Ukita Nao family.
.However, the Oda army's offensive slowed down and they only surrounded the camp from a distance.
Everyone knew the crisis of the current situation. Their entire army was besieged on the east bank of the Yoshii River by the Oda Army, which was five times their number. Time was running out. Nagafune Sadaki kept asking for forgiveness from the Ukita Nao family, thinking that it was
He was deceived by Hideyoshi Hashiba, which led to this defeat, but Naoie Ukita remained silent.
"What does this mean?" Ukita Tadashi, who was disgraced because of the fight just now, saw that the Oda army had no intention of outflanking them after they detoured back to the west bank. Instead, they just waited there for the Ukita army to destroy the ferry.
Very surprised, he turned to look at his elder brother - Ukita Naoie who had been sitting in the camp since just now.
"Can we take the opportunity to withdraw the beautiful work?" Togawa Hideyasu couldn't help but suggest, "Although the return route to the west is blocked, the north..."
"The north side must have been blocked as well. There's no need to look." Ukita Naoie, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up and whispered, "If the north side had not been blocked, the Red Leaf Cavalry would have already crossed the river. Why?
Will you wait there?"
"Then what are they going to do?" Ukita Tadashi was completely confused. "Aren't they going to surround us and not beat us? But the Hashiba Army left a lot of food and baggage in this camp. They can't surround us."
"If we just stick to this camp, they won't stop beating us." Ukita Naoka patted the dust on the hem of his clothes and sighed, "The reason they keep us from beating us is to
We’re going to do something.”
"You want us to go do something? For what?" Ukita Tadashi asked with a confused look on his face, "Aren't we going to fight to the death?"
Chapter completed!