"Your Highness, what should I do? There are a lot of people on the other side! "The newcomer Aoki has never been on the battlefield before, and the first time he encountered a big scene of being outnumbered, he couldn't help but feel a little at a loss.

"Cut," Yoshioka Katsumasa snorted coldly when he saw Aoki's appearance. He has never liked this Aoki Kazuki, thinking that he has robbed the position of those old brothers who came with Zhilicheng. actually let such a hairy boy who has never even been on the battlefield be a platoon leader? It's infuriating to think about!

"If you are new here, you should learn more and see more," Yoshioka Katsumasa said angrily, "We are never afraid of too many people. Usually shouting on the training ground, it looks like brute force, what's wrong with it now? ”

"Yoshioka Katsumasa, what do you mean!" Aoki said dissatisfied, "Isn't it just to follow His Highness for a few more years, what's the big deal!" With a stinky face! ”

"Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel," Yu Qiuping rode to a hill next to the road, looking at the enemy's formation, estimating the number of opponents. There were probably nearly 400 soldiers, with a total number of more than 1,000.

"Retreat one after another," Yu Qiuping thought for a moment before ordering, "Let's try to lead the battlefield to the depths of Yeli County, so that we can gather our troops." Jiesheng, go to Kuroda Castle and send an order, so that the water atom and Ogawa Yuto's platoon will also come to support. The Kiso River defense line was led by Naoe Tadahei, with Charlie's two bow platoons and Fukushima Yasunari and Mizenezaki Nakahide's platoon to prevent the Saito army from a possible river crossing. ”

"Yes." When he heard the news, he immediately rode away.

After seeing Yu Qiuping's troops retreating, Oda Nobukiyo hesitated for a moment, but continued to follow. Because Yu Qiuping's troops are obviously not many, it would be a great loss to evacuate like this. It's just that before he could go deep into the hinterland for a long time—he had only entered Yeli County for about seven or eight miles, and there were still more than ten miles away from Kuroda City, and Yu Qiuping rushed to 100 soldiers to reinforce and 200 auxiliaries. At this time, Oda Nobukiyo was a little difficult, and he had to give up his plan to plunder. If he dispersed his forces to plunder the township, he might be attacked head-on by Yu Qiuping.

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At this time, Yu Qiuping's side is even more contradictory. It turned out that the Water Atom Sutra and Ogawa Yuto arrived together, as well as Amano Keitoku.

"Your Highness, the Saito family didn't send anyone to attack at all." Amano Keitori said in a low voice, "Information from Uchiha-sama says that until four o'clock this morning, no troops from the Saito family have moved south from Inabayama Castle. ”

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, "Oda Nobukiyo rebelled against such an important matter, did the Saito family not cooperate?" ”

Of course, Yu Qiuping didn't know that the Saito family was actually very willing to go south to cooperate. However, when the Saito family ordered the Nishimino clan to join them in battle, they were rejected by the Nishimino clan, who must have been haunted by the Saito's refusal to send troops to support their battle against the Asai clan last time. The three members of Nishimino even joined together to resist the Saito family's southward reinforcement of Oda Nobukiyo at the Seimino meeting, and instead demanded that the Saito family put their first priority on recovering the lost land of Nishimino. The Naotomi faction and the Hao clan faction repeatedly quarreled and delayed a lot of time, and Saito Ryuko was deeply worried that his power would not be guaranteed, and he did not dare to leave Inabayama Castle and go south, which led to them having to make an appointment with Oda Nobukiyo.

"No matter what the Saito family thinks at the time, there are no troops going south anyway," Amano Keitoku said in a cold voice, "If they still haven't sent troops at four o'clock, then it will be impossible to cross the Kiso River today." ”

"At your suggestion, Your Highness will immediately transfer all the troops on the Kiso River defense line here," Amano Keitoku pointed to his feet, and the crow on his shoulder also whispered twice, "Concentrate your forces and directly defeat Oda Nobukiyo's troops." ”

"It's... It's too risky," Yu Qiuping shook his head hesitantly, "In this way, Kuroda Castle is an empty city, and if the Saito family invades, we will lose our roots." It's too risky. ”

"The Saito family won't be able to cross the river tonight." Amano shook his head.

"Then what if tomorrow comes," Yu Qiuping refused, "In case the Saito family arrives early tomorrow morning, but our people haven't solved Oda Nobukiyo yet." Then it will be too late to transfer the troops back. ”

"Now transfer the troops, and the battle will start in the afternoon," Amano Keitori glanced at Oda Nobuyokiyo's troops, "The troops who attack the Inuyama Oda family with His Highness's elite Tokiwa will definitely be able to win before evening." ”

"No," Yu Qiuping still shook his head, "It's too risky, I refuse." Let's be on the safe side. ”

Seeing that Yu Qiuping's attitude was firm, Tianye Jingde couldn't persuade him anymore. Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yuto both agreed with Amano's idea of concentrating forces, but they were helpless.

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During the time when the Yuqiu family was hesitating, Oda Nobukiyo was already impatient. He mistakenly thought that Yuqiu's usual pause was that he wanted to fight with himself here. Therefore, he had already begun to set up a formation, relying on the advantage of numbers, and listed a crane wing formation on the official road. The two wings of the formation left the official road and walked on the fields and farmlands on both sides, stretching out in the direction of Yu Qiuping, trying to semi-surround Yu Qiuping's troops.

Although Oda Nobukiyo had already lined up, Yu Qiupei had no intention of fighting him, but continued to gather his troops and retreat. Oda Nobukiyo was unwilling to let Yuqiuping withdraw so easily, and immediately sent his thirty riders to ride out to interfere with Yuqiu's troops. Yu Qiuping went-for-tat and let Chang Panbei's cavalry go to meet the attack.

This was the first time that the cavalry had encountered actual combat, and they had only been involved in reconnaissance and cover work before, so they were inevitably a little clumsy. Except for the brave Keiji Maeda, who had one person killed, the others had nothing to gain, and three others were knocked off their horses - this is not a good exchange ratio.

The cavalry of the Inuyama Oda clan was overwhelmed and continued to advance towards Tokiwabi's side, and began to attempt to attack the infantry line. In order to prevent his subordinates from being scattered by the cavalry, Yu Qiuping had to also line up on the official road, spreading the troops of the four platoons in a diamond shape, and covering the auxiliary troops behind the diamond.

The Yuqiu family's troops, who had completed the formation, gave the cavalry some cover. Oda Nobukiyo's cavalry did not dare to approach rashly, but harassed around the formation from a distance. Due to the lack of archers, Akihei's troops had no long-range firepower, and when he realized that Oda Nobukiyo was trying to send out archers to shoot his own army, Akihei had no choice but to order a retreat.

After the formation, the speed of the Yuqiu family had to slow down, and the Oda Nobukiyo cavalry team was also constantly harassing. However, to the surprise of Oda Nobukiyo, it was the speed of Tokiwabi's march. Even though they no longer maintained their marching formation, the array was armored, and there was enemy interference, Tokiwabi's ashigaru men still walked quickly, gradually widening the distance between them and Oda Nobukiyo's headquarters. Walking in the fields and farmland on both sides of the official road, the Inuyama Oda family troops were miserable. The farmland and wilderness roads were muddy and rugged, very difficult to navigate, and they were not as good as the smooth official roads, and the two wings of the crane wing array were moving more and more slowly, and they were gradually going to be parallel to the crane's head. Oda Nobukiyo was in a hurry, and if he wanted to catch up with Yu Qiuping's troops, he had to regather his troops, revert to a long marching formation, and march all on the official road before he had a chance to speed up—which obviously consumed a lot of time and energy.

"This rainy autumn red leaves, you can run really fast!" Oda Nobukiyo scolded secretly. He didn't know that during the civil war of the Imagawa family, Chang Panbei once crossed more than 200 miles of mountain roads in three days.

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Time has gradually passed, and it has come to the next seven moments. Both armies made do with the rice balls they carried with them while walking. And Oda Nobukiyo's troops obviously couldn't keep up with the speed of Tokiwa Bei, and the Crane Wing Formation also consumed a lot of the physical strength of the troops on both wings, and the speed became slower and slower. Seeing that Oda Nobukiyo's situation was getting more and more difficult, Amano Keitori and Yoshioka Katsumasa once again persuaded Yu Qiupei to transfer the men on the defense line and attack Oda Nobukiyo's troops together - but they were still rejected by the conservative Yu Qiupei.

That night, the two armies set up camp on the edge of the official road ten miles away from Kuroda Castle. Until the evening, there were still no troops from the Saito family to attack. At the beginning of the child's time, Sanada Masayuki came with the latest information - the Saito family still did not send troops. This time, even Yu Qiuping was a little moved. Even if the Saito family sends troops from Inabayama Castle early tomorrow morning, it will not be until noon before they can reach the banks of the Kiso River. He could have Tsunebanbei come in the dark of night with a torch, and fight with Oda Nobukiyo early tomorrow morning, and then withdraw after the fight—it seemed too late.

However, after hesitating for most of the night, he still couldn't make up his mind. Oda Nobukiyo's troops did not look like they were fish, and they were estimated to be slightly superior to Hibino Kiyomi's troops. Nearly half of the recruits who have never been on the battlefield may not be able to gain much advantage. In case he was dragged here by Oda Nobukiyo, and the army of the Saito family arrived again, it would be really troublesome. As the night got deeper and deeper, the opportunity to take advantage of the night dispatch also passed, so Yu Qiuping gave up this plan.

In the early morning of May 25, the two armies continued to confront each other. Oda Nobukiyo probably also sensed the danger in the territory of the lonely rain and Akihira, and did not attempt to attack in formation again, but held the camp steadily. And Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yuto, two people, kept urging Yu Qiuping to gather troops quickly in Yuqiuping's ears to fight to the death, and they were almost about to grind Yuqiuping's ears into calluses. At noon, the auxiliaries in the tents of the two armies began to light fires and cook, and smoke curled from the cooking. Yu Qiuping's heart is also getting more and more nervous. If the Saito army of Inabayama Castle hadn't been dispatched after noon - they wouldn't have had a chance to cross the Kiso River tonight, and Yuakihei would have a full afternoon to fight Oda Nobukiyo.

Finally, when the sun gradually set in the west, Sanada Masayuki sent information again - the Saito family still did not act. Yu Qiuping, who had been missing the fighter plane for more than a whole day, finally came to his senses and decided to transfer all the troops on the Kiso River defense line. However, it seems that the news that the Saito family did not send troops was also learned by Oda Nobukiyo, and he ordered the troops to start retreating almost at the same time that Yu Qiuping sent the heralds!

It was only 10 miles from the place where the two armies faced each other to the border between Yeli and Niwa counties, and it was quickly completed. In addition, it will take time to tear Chang Panbei's troops off the defense line and transfer them back to the east side, and Yu Qiuping is estimated to be unable to catch up. The method is not impossible, that is, to rush forward with more than 200 people at hand to drag Oda Nobukiyo, and wait until the main force comes to help before fighting. But this has to take a lot of risks, and Yu Qiuping finally chose to give up.

Afterwards, Yu Qiuping, who was remorseful for his previous failure to miss the fighter, apologized to Amano Jingde and several of his subordinates again and again. Fortunately, however, the camp built on the north bank of the Kiso River was saved. Yu Qiuping resent troops back to the north shore and took over these previously abandoned camps. He also sent Naoe Tadahei to lead some of the conscripts to the east of the territory and the border with Niwa Prefecture, and built two small rock bars to be defended by the small wealthy clans in the territory to resist possible attacks from Inuyama.