On August 15, 1575, the third year of Tianzheng (1575), the famous Cao County of Jiyi.
"It's really a hell."
Yu Qiuping stood on a high ground in the heavy rain with an oil-paper umbrella, looking at the auxiliary soldiers struggling on the winding mountain road.
"I guess there is no way to deliver the supplies today." Yu Qiuping shook his head helplessly and sighed in a low voice, "The food and grass on the front line are being consumed every day. If the rain continues, we will withdraw our troops at most for half a month."
"Ah, it's all because of the Oda Hall's rebellion. Now, it's good, God's punishment." A crisp sound like a silver bell rang out from behind, and there was a vague sense of gloating inside.
"Suizi, you stupid pig really dare to say it." Yu Qiuping was happy when he heard this, and turned to look at Ye Gusuizi who was following him. She had learned some of the work that maids should do these days. "It is the lord who is doing the opposite, but the one who suffers is your highness."&1t;i>&1t;/i>
"Ah, I don't know why, it's just raining, why don't everyone leave?" She raised her head innocently and asked with a smile, "When it was raining heavily, I used to go to the valley to sketch with an umbrella. You nearly 10,000 people, but you dare not walk on the mountain road? What kind of men are you?"
"It's much more trouble than you think." Yu Qiuping shook his head again - he found that he had been shaking his head a lot these days. "As soon as it rains, the mountain road immediately became muddy and slippery. It's okay to walk alone, but tens of thousands of people collapsed here, and the road became disastrous, a pool of mud. Carts were useless, and they could only rely on auxiliary soldiers to carry the baggage in with shoulder poles. Moreover, the heavy rain caused the streams in the mountains to flood from time to time, breaking the bridges on the stream repeatedly. It took a long time to repair them in heavy rain. Not to mention the landslides and small-scale mudslides caused by heavy rain, which was simply a disaster to destroy the mountain road."
"Since that's the case, why not fight? After hearing from senior Mori, Ranmaru and Chiyo Matsu, his highness's army should be much stronger than the other side, right?" Ye Gusuko raised another question, but this time, Yu Qiuping did not answer.&1t;i>&1t;/i>
Because of Ye Gusuizi's inadvertent title, Guan Senkelong's call "Senior Sen" reminded Yu Qiuping of the deceased Sen Kecheng - he had always called him Senior Sen. In a blink of an eye, countless memories of the deceased poured into his mind, making Yu Qiuping's sadness uncontrollable in an instant.
If Long Zi is still there... the person who follows him with an umbrella next to him is that silly girl.
Yu Qiuping's eyes became wet in an instant, and tears were already scattering. He turned sideways, so that Ye Gusuizi could not see his expression, but his small movements were still noticed by the understanding Ye Gusuizi.
"What's wrong with Your Highness... Are you worried?" She looked at Yu Qiuping and asked in a low voice with some concern.
"No, I'm fine." Yu Qiuping chuckled and tried hard to drive negative emotions out of his mind. "It's difficult to attack now. Due to the heavy rain, the use of iron cannons is greatly restricted. In addition, the muddy roads and difficult mountain roads, and heavy rain covers sight. It is very unfriendly to the attacking side. Blindly attacking the city now will only bring greater casualties. And the deeper we are now, the longer the supply line is pulled, the greater the pressure on supply. Before the rain stops, we may not dare to attack. In order to cover the supply line, we dare not go directly to the other party's city."&1t;i>&1t;/i>
"What about the east side? Didn't it mean that there was also an army of His Highness coming to the east?"
"It's not a good place there, after all, it's raining." Yu Qiuping casually rotated the handle of the oil-paper umbrella with his hands, watched the raindrops thrown out along the eaves of the umbrella, and replied in a low voice, "It was a while ago that the people of Ji Yi transferred everyone to watch out for us, so that they could go forward for a long time. But since the rain, the people of Ji Yi have transferred some of them back, and they have struggled. It is said that Zhongxiu wants to do something surprise attack, and it probably has returned in vain."
At this moment, a messenger suddenly came in the rain. Yu Qiuping took a look and it was Naomasa Ii.
"Husong, aren't you a good friend in Chang Panbei? Why did you come to pass the order?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise, "Did you give birth to something?"
"No, the messengers who can ride horses in the company have fallen ill in the past few days, and the company commander has sent the horses to ride horses." Naomasa Ii turned over and dismounted, stood up straight and saluted Yu Qiuping, and then whispered, "Report to Your Highness, Chang Panbei's second company has not received enough supplies. It is expected that food will be cut off tonight. Please leave the path and join our team."&1t;i>&1t;/i>
"Go back to Daying with me. I'll go to Banbingwei's place to see where the transportation team that supplies you should be." Yu Qiuhei greeted him and led Naomasa Ii and Hooko Ye. On the way, Yu Qiuhei suddenly remembered what Naomasa Ii had just said, so he asked casually, "You said that your messengers in your company are sick?"
"Yes, many people have had a little cold these days, but it should be cured in a few days." Naosaki Ii replied indifferently, and he also sucked his nose - he worked in the rain for several days, but in fact he had a little cold.
However, Yu Qiuping did not expect that the words he mentioned casually that day became the nightmare of the Red Leaf Army.
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A terrible infectious disease was quietly attacking, causing the already difficult Red Leaf Army to suffer a huge blow.
Due to the rains and rains for several days, many of the tired Red Leaf Army soldiers and auxiliary soldiers caught a cold because they caught a cold in the rain. However, the huge pressure on the supply line made the transportation of fresh vegetables and medicines far less than that of food as a necessity for daily life. Therefore, a large number of patients did not receive timely care and the disease began to spread. In addition, most of the Red Leaf Army came from Kinki and Ono, and the water and land in the Kii area were not adapted to the local conditions, which aggravated the disease. The epidemic spread quickly, but the Red Leaf Army had never encountered such a situation, so that the number of doctors and the reserve of medicines were far insufficient, and it was impossible to effectively control the spread of the epidemic.&1t;i>&1t;/i>
Yu Qiuping hurriedly sent people back to Kazuien, Hanoi, and asked the left-behind Tadaoe Naoi to collect medicines and recruit doctors to the front line, but it was probably too late. Even if it was too late, the supply line of the Red Leaf Army, which was troubled by heavy rain and mountain roads, could not send them and food to the front line. The Red Leaf Army was facing the embarrassment of either dying of illness or starving to death.
On August 19, Yu Qiuping inspected the troops again, and the number of patients was significantly higher than the previous one. Although the disease was not very serious, soldiers with colds obviously needed to rest and could not continue to work - this vicious cycle further aggravated the logistical pressure. The front-line logistics pressure was the most stressful place with more than 1ooo sick people. They could not work but needed to eat. However, the pitiful traffic on the road in front of them was impossible to send the wounded.
In desperation, Yu Qiuhei decided to withdraw his troops after soliciting opinions from Takenaka Shigeji, Amano Keito, Sanada Masayuki and others. He ordered Naoe Tadahei in the rear to start clearing the roads in the rear and stop transporting the baggage. At the same time, he sent someone to inform Mimaezaki Nakahide and Ikeda Hiroki, so that they would also prepare to retreat. Yu Qiuhei arranged for people to cut down wood and made a large number of stretchers to carry the wounded and sick back to the return.&1t;i>&1t;/i>
At the same time, Yu Qiuping sent people into the mountains and forests on both sides to destroy all the posts that had been built up - otherwise they would be the defensive position of the people of Ji Yi in the next attack.
As the auxiliary brigade began to slowly turn around, the Red Leaf Army soldiers also left the city of Hachimanmae and slowly retreated along the way. The Kii people lurking in the mountains and forests cheered to celebrate this hard-won victory. They sacrificed the autumn harvest, killed and injured many brothers, and finally repelled the Yuqiu Red Leaf that even Takeda Shingen could not do anything to.
However, these excited celebrations came to an abrupt end with the three smogs that suddenly rose in the direction of Zaga City far south.
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"What's the situation?" Yu Qiuping stared at the three wolf smokes rising from afar, his eyes full of confusion and confusion. After staring at him for a while, he finally realized that such a wolf smoke pattern was the wolf smoke of the Red Leaf Army himself! The message conveyed by the wolf smoke was - "I am sieging the city, asking for support."&1t;i>&1t;/i>
"Have our people reached Jaga Castle? Whose troops are they? How is that possible?" Yu Qiuping widened his eyes in surprise, kicked his saddle in disbelief and stood up from the horse immediately, staring at the direction of Jaga Castle.
"It may be Horiyaki or His Highness Ikeda." Sanada Masayuki made a judgment in a low voice, "Based on the last time the information from the east side, they may be close there."
"Impossible, unless there is no enemy's obstacle, no rain, it's time to pass by." Yu Qiuping shook his head and whispered, "It must be a trick to doubt the soldiers! It's not the wolf smoke from our own people, but the people of Ji Yi who imitated our wolf smoke and lured us back, intending to ambush us."
"No, Your Highness, it is definitely our own people's smoke. Please send someone to support you immediately." Takenaka Shigeji shook his head and said firmly to Yu Qiuping, "Let the cavalry company not take into account the warriors and auxiliary soldiers and go south immediately, break through the enemy's blockade, and go straight to Zaga Castle."&1t;i>&1t;/i>
"Banbingwei? Are you serious? Why do you think that is a signal to our own people?" Yu Qiuping couldn't help but become solemn when he saw Takenaka Shigeji's attitude was so firm.
"It's just a feeling of being down, there is no basis for it. This is a judgment that cannot be verified." Takenaka Shigeji shook his head, but the expression on his face was not shaken at all. "I hope your highness trusts the judgment."
"Do not break the hybrid, and do not leave any heads."
Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this. After a moment, he smiled and patted Shigeji Takenaka on the shoulder.
Chapter completed!