The confrontation between the two armies continued until 7 June, during which the two sides continued to engage in small frictions in the confrontation area, but no major decisive battle broke out, and the mediation order that the Asahinai Tay had been waiting for was delayed. However, as Asahina Tai was bent on waiting for the Imagawa family to intercede, his strategy was conservative. Thinking that the war was about to end, he did not put too much thought into the battlefield, but thought about how to carry out the political struggle in the future.

This also led to a serious consequence - the Asahina clan was seriously suppressed by the Okabe clan on the battlefield. Due to the relatively conservative nature of the main forces led by the Asahinai Tai Dynasty and the fact that they did not do a good job of diversion, Naoe Tadahei in Chiritsu Castle and Sena Shitoshi in the west of Anxiang Castle were under great pressure. On June 1, Motonobu Okabe made a feint attack on Chitachi Castle, but in fact ambushed the reinforcements sent by Shun Sena and Sekiguchi Hiroshi. Although under the proper command of Sena Shitoshi, he did not suffer much loss. But after that, the Asahina family echoed each other significantly less, and they were more inclined to stick to their own defenses. Sena Toshi and Sekiguchi also abandoned their large camp to the east of Kariya Castle and instead retreated to the Matsudaira family's Ansho Castle with reinforcements from Sakai Tadaji.

At the moment of the great enemy, the always mild-mannered Sena Shijun did not make any radical moves against the Matsudaira family, and took the initiative to ask to stay in the castle town of Anxiang Castle, and did not ask to enter the city, so as not to let the people of the Matsudaira family misunderstand that Sena Shijun planned to take the opportunity to recapture Anxiang Castle.

Sena's actions won the favor of the Matsudaira family. Matsudaira Motoyasu took the initiative to send auxiliaries to help the Sena family, the Sekiguchi family, and the Asahina family to build a temporary camp in the castle town of Ansho Castle.

The confrontation continued, and the troops of the Asahina clan were scattered in three places, monitoring the movements of the Okabe family. And the Okabe family is firmly seated in Kariya Castle, and it seems that they are looking for a fighter - Yu Qiuping is very suspicious that the Okabe family wants to attack Chiritsu Castle, which is defended by only a few militiamen, so after Sena Shijun and others retreat to Anxiang Castle, he deliberately asked Naoe Tadahei, who had no support, to start carrying the baggage and was ready to retreat at any time.

And today, that is, in the early morning of June 7, Yu Qiuping, who rode a horse to the front line to investigate in person, found that something was wrong. During this period of time, due to the conservatism of the Asahina Tai Dynasty, the cavalry of the Asahina family basically did not have a very large radius of action, and the purpose was not to reconnoiter Kariya Castle, but to form an intelligence barrier to prevent the cavalry from detecting the specific situation of the Asahina family of large battalions. Therefore, the cavalry of the Asahina family has always been in a state of being suppressed by the cavalry of the Okabe family. The cavalry of the Okabe family is generally more proactive in detecting the movements of the Asahina.

However, aside from anything else, the combat power of the Asahina family's cavalry itself, both in terms of quantity and quality, had a subtle advantage over the Okabe family at this time. Therefore, the cavalry of the Okabe family did not dare to be too arrogant. However, today, the cavalry of the Okabe family seemed to be a little too cautious, and they all shrank a few miles away, and did not come forward at all.

"It's... Intelligence Barrier? Yu Qiuping frowned, "Why are the reconnaissance cavalry of the Okabe family suddenly so conservative?" ”

Just as Yu Qiuping was pondering, several more cavalry with different banners appeared on the battlefield. Among them, the banners of the Miura family, the Katsuyama family, the Ii family, and the Iio family were all recognized.

"I'm going..."Yu Qiuping secretly complained, in the previous period of investigation, there was always only one family. And this time, almost all the wealthy families of the Okabe family sent Tanma. "Such a big battle."

"Are you trying to attack us?" Yuqiu Ping rode his horse to the high ground, looked into the distance, and looked into the castle of Kariya. Although it is difficult to see clearly, there seems to be a figure shaking in the castle town of Kariya Castle. "But if you want to attack... Why did Tanma recover it instead? ”

Yu Qiuping pondered for a while and muttered to himself: "Maybe it's because the attack is about to begin, and there is no need to do more reconnaissance in case you startle the snake." Is it just a matter of keeping an eye on the movements of our army from a distance and making sure that the general direction of the attack is correct? ”

I have to say, this is indeed a clever plan. After a long confrontation with the main forces that had nothing to do, the troops of the Asahina family were already a little slack. In the first few days, Asahina Taehyung would personally take people to the front line to reconnoiter every day, but as soon as the freshness passed, he began to sleep lazy. And Asahina Tai Chao also seems to think that the Okabe Ichigo family will kill on his side, so he also neglected the intelligence work. If more than 3,000 soldiers from the Okabe family were killed, the less than 2,000 soldiers would probably fall into a bitter battle due to lack of preparation.

Fortunately, Yu Qiuping, who has always had a strict time plan, has an almost obsessive punctuality requirement for the formulated plan. Every morning after breakfast, I would come to the front line to reconnoitre, and then I discovered the strangeness here.

"Order, let His Highness Asahina immediately prepare for defense and report the information here to him." Yu Qiuping ordered Kohata Jiesheng, who rushed back a few days ago. The latter seems to be very remorseful for being deceived by the Matsudaira family, and causing the friendly army to be transferred away from the mountain, and has always been full of energy these days.

"Inform Chang Panbei again," Yu Qiuping ordered several of Chang Panbei's officers behind him, "Immediately assemble troops and start arming." ”

"Your Highness, this..."Yoshioka Katsumasa scratched his head a little puzzled, "The Okabe family didn't force it up, they just stood far away, why is Your Highness so nervous?" Why do you think they're going to attack? What if you guess wrong and let everyone toss in vain? ”

"It's possible that I'm wrong, and I'm not sure what the Okabe family is going to do. However, the big deal is that I was blamed by everyone. Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "But what if you are not prepared and are caught off guard?" Let's be on the safe side. ”

If Yu Qiuping hadn't come here to inspect today, then the reconnaissance cavalry of the Asahina family, who were on the front line, might not have noticed the intentions of the Okabe family and would have just reported a piece of information that was "nothing unusual". Even if someone objected that the Okabe family had a bad plan, then as a scout, he probably wouldn't dare to propose that the whole army hold on to it—because he couldn't afford to take such a responsibility if he guessed wrong. In the end, it is very likely that he was persuaded by a companion like Yoshioka Katsumasa to dismiss his attention.

The consequence of this is that only when the troops of the Okabe family are ready to fight from a few miles away, will the Asahina family find out that something is wrong.

Yu Qiuping let out a sigh of relief, and looked at the smoke curling inside and outside the city on the other side of Kariya City, and his face became solemn.

At six o'clock on June 7, the inside and outside of Yuqiu's camp were already busy like a beehive. The soldiers were already clothed, half of them were stationed outside the camp, and the other half were also on standby inside the camp. The auxiliaries carried back and forth the defensive measures such as horses and fences that had been built before, and placed them around the camp. It also surrounds the camp and reinforces the trenches and other fortifications dug before.

At the same time, the Asahinai Tai Dynasty, who received the urgent information from Yu Qiuping, also asked the somewhat free and loose Asahina army to assemble immediately, and at the same time informed the reserves of the Okuhei family to get ready. The huge military camp began to move slowly, and Ashigaru, Ashigaru Daisho began to try to gather troops. And the more than 5,000 Imagawa family auxiliaries who originally stayed on the other side of the Ezuma River also became cautious and vigilant after noticing the abnormal movement on the east bank of the Ezuma River.

At this time, Yu Qiuping was riding his horse and staying on the highest hill in the camp, staring intently at the movement in the direction of Kariya Castle. At this time, the intention of the Okabe family to make a move has been revealed. Outside the castle town, the troops of several wealthy families were already lining up, and there seemed to be a steady stream of people pouring out of the city gate. Simply, the Okabe family's movements were not particularly fast, which gave Asahina and his family time to reorganize their troops.

At two o'clock, the Okabe family still did not attack. With each second that passed, Yu Qiuping became a little more relieved. The fortifications outside the camp had been gradually improved, and he even began to command auxiliaries to destroy the official roads, causing problems for the Okabe family's attack. And the camp of the Asahina family is also in full swing. At the urging of the samurai, the ashigaru men completed the assembly, and Asahina Taihyung took some troops and came with Okupei to assist in the defense of Akihei. Asahina Taichao himself, on the other hand, strengthened the defense of the main camp, and Asahina was spread out inside and outside the camp, listing the defensive formation.

At six o'clock, the Okabe family, who was grinding and chirping, still did not start attacking. The avant-garde camp of Yuqiuping arrived at Kariya City, but it was only a few miles away. Yu Qiuping can be seen with the naked eye, and thousands of troops have gathered on the plain south of Kariya City. However, these armies never made a gesture of turning westward and attacking Yuqiuping's headquarters. And the scout cavalry of the Okabe family still avoided the scout cavalry of the Asahina family from a distance,

"What a blessing." Yu Qiuping sighed, "Originally, we were already paralyzed by the Okabe family. Fortunately, the Okabe family didn't know what the problem was, and the assembly of troops was in trouble, so they repeatedly delayed the time. ”

At the beginning of the day, the Okabe family had not gone west. On the contrary, two of the Hao forces even broke away from the main team and advanced to the south.

"What does this mean..."Yu Qiuhei and Asahinai Taichao and others are all Zhanger monks, confused. The ferries on the Tsuma River that are suitable for crossing the river are all north of the Asahina family's camp. The further south you go, the river only gets wider. If you want to cross the river and attack in a roundabout way, you should go north anyway. "Do you just want to finish a flank attack on the battlefield?" Yu Qiuping muttered to himself, "But we are not fighting in the field, but holding the camp, and there is no flank danger." ”

"No matter what..."Yu Qiuping glanced back at the camp that had been prepared, and said with relief: "We are all ready now, and the Okabe family has lost the advantage of a surprise attack. ”

However, at four moments, the Okabe family did not go west. Instead, more troops went south.

At six o'clock, nearly half of the Okabe family's troops left Kariya Castle and headed south, including a considerable number of baggage troops.

"Side-hitting... Where are there so many teams? Yu Qiuping swallowed. Moreover, the troops that went south half an hour ago did not appear at all on the south side of the camp.

It seems that there are some things ... Something is wrong.