Shortly after the departure of Tokiwabei's troops, Charlie's Ming Dibei walked out of the valley and arrived on the third day. Yu Qiuping immediately asked Charles to lead the army to march west and leave as the vanguard of Yoshida Castle to ensure the safety of Yoshida Castle. According to Yu Qiuping's plan, it was to let Chang Pan Bei break off and then cover to avoid a surprise attack by Chi Bei. And Ming Di Bei entered the city first, and then let Hosoyanagi Bei, who was the last to go out of the mountain, cover the auxiliary troops, and retreat to Yoshida Castle together.

Until now, more than a dozen wisps of wolf smoke on the side of Hamamatsu Castle have not been extinguished, and countless signals are still being sent out by each other. This also means that Hamamatsu Castle is still fighting, and the Hojo family should not have controlled the whole city yet, so there is no need to worry about the Hojo family also joining the team to pursue Yu Qiuping, so there will be no problem with Yu Qiuping's deployment. As long as the whole army arrived at Yoshida Castle safely, Takeda Shingen could only return in vain - because most of his grain and grass were estimated to have been burned by Tokugawa Ieyasu who left the city, and he could not stay abroad for too long.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the third day arrived at Jimei's official road. Yu Qiuyan was very nervously pressing his hand on the hilt of his sword, and followed the team neatly and neatly, while paying full attention to the wind and grass around him. This is the first time he has set foot on the battlefield, and he will face such a severe test - the opponent is the world's first military master Takeda Shingen and the world's strongest Koshu army. And the Yuqiu army was not only at a disadvantage in terms of troops, but also strategically defeated and continuously calculated. Therefore, the string in Yu Qiuyan's heart has been tightened. Morita Sho, who was following him closely, saw Yu Qiuyan's nervousness and patted him lightly on the shoulder with his hand. Yu Qiu was stunned for a moment, and saw Morita Evil Xiang make a cheering gesture towards him, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Young master, don't be nervous, our journey is still relatively safe." The water atom sensed Morita Evil Sho's movements behind him, turned around, and saw Yu Qiuyu with a nervous face, "If His Highness's judgment is correct, Chibei should have retreated in the direction of Iya in the east." We're going south here, and there's no danger. ”

"Thank you, Lord Suwon, but don't worry about me, please take command of everything." Yu Qiuyan is more mature than children of the same age, and he said in a deep voice.

"I naturally understand this, but the safety of the young master is also the top priority." The water atom bowed slightly, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness has put the young master in my hands because you trust me, and I must be worthy of Your Highness's trust." ”

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Heading south from Mikkaichi to Jimi, you pass through a small basin of Mikamachi sandwiched between the Mikachi Plains and the Jimi Plains. The basin is surrounded by mountains to the north, west, and south, and is close to Lake Hamana to the east. In fact, the terrain of this basin is not lower than that of Mitsuri and Jimei, but it is surrounded by a circle of small hills that suddenly rise up around it. The basin is not large, only about two or three miles long and wide.

To the north of the basin is Mt. Banzuki, which is separated from Lake Hamana by about 200 meters, and this 200-meter plain opening is the northern entrance to the basin and the place where the Mitsuri to Yoshimi official road passes. It is from the entrance to this plain that the water atoms enter the Mikamachi Basin. After passing through the Yoneme River, we passed by Shinmei Shrine and a fishing village called Shimoo Na, Mikamachi, which is close to Lake Hamana. After that, they crossed the Nishi-Kanda River. The Nishi-Kanda River is an important river that traverses the entire Mikamachi Basin, originating in Mt. Fujimi in the west of the basin and joining the Kaizan River in the south and the Kitayama River in the north. After the confluence of the three rivers, it flows all the way eastward into Lake Hamana, and before entering the lake, it joins the Kakida River, which flows from southwest to northeast. At the trident where the three tributaries of the Kitayama River, the Nishi-Kanda River, and the Kaizan River converge, it is the richest place in the basin. Between the Kitayama River and the Nishi-Kanda River, there is a historic temple called Gyokuto-ji. On the south bank of the confluence of the Huaiyama River and the Nishi-Kanda River is the largest village in the basin, Mikamachi Kamio Na. To the east and south of this village, there was a large area of dense mountain woods, which was simply impassable for the army. The woods to the east are close to the Nishi-Kanda River, leaving no gaps to enter from the north. If you want to enter the village, you can either enter the village through the path next to the high ground between the two woods in the southeast, or you can enter the village through the gap between the Huaishan River and the woods to the south.

However, the Water Atom Sutra did not go to Mikamachi Kamio Na, but only sent a scout to investigate the situation there. He himself led his company, and after crossing the Nishi-Kanda River, he marched southwest along the Kakida River, and in a short time reached the mountains to the south of the basin. Unlike Mt. Banzuki, which is located in the north of the basin, the mountain range on the southern side of the basin directly connects Mt. Fujimi and Lake Hamana, leaving no gaps. As a result, the official road goes directly over the narrowest, flattest section of the southern mountain range. The Water Atom Jing walked at the front of the team and led his subordinates to begin to climb the mountain along the official road.

When he climbed to the top of the hill, the sunlight from the south suddenly dazzled, and the water atoms were really stunned. When he looked at it, he was stunned all of a sudden. Not only him, but Yu Qiuyan and Morita Evil Sho, who were following him, were all stunned when they reached the top of the mountain range. Their eyes widened in disbelief, and they looked at each other a few times, realizing that they were all looking so stunned. His mouth was wide open, but he couldn't say a word.

Because on the official road south of this mountain range, on this official road leading from Mitsuri to Jimi, it was densely packed with troops under the banner of Takeda Ling. They were like a huge ancient beast, quickly heading north along the official road, heading straight for the third day!

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"The whole army stopped." The Water Atom Sutra immediately made a movement to stop the whole army, and then pulled Morita Evil Sho and Yu Qiuyan down from the top of the hill.

"My lord, what should I do?" Yu Qiuyan couldn't help but be a little panicked at this moment, "Why is the entire army of the Takeda family here?" Will it be to the south? Didn't you say before that the Takeda Army was all in Shirakuhara in the north? Did we get the trick? ”

"I don't know, and I don't have time for us to figure it out." The water atom swallowed and forced himself to calm down and think, "We are in a very bad situation right now! Because His Highness has withdrawn all the troops to the Three-Day Plain, and has destroyed all the mountain roads, we have no time to enter the mountains again! And now the main force of the Takeda Army is only a dozen miles away from the third day, but except for Ming Dibei, the other troops are too far away from Yoshida Castle, and it is too late to withdraw to Yoshida Castle. Otherwise, on the road, the Takeda family will be caught up by the Takeda family to smooth out the gap of more than ten miles, and the whole army will be wiped out under the pursuit of the cavalry! ”

"I can only fight." A layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on Yu Qiuyan's forehead, and his body trembled slightly, "Then Lord Suwon, what should we do at this moment!" ”

"Hold here, hold this hill." The water atom turned grim, and the scar on his face instantly became hideous, "You must hold here!" ”

"Are you crazy, this lord?" Seeing this, Morita Evil Xiang glared at the Water Atom Sutra with the eyes of a madman, "You want to use 400 soldiers to block the 8,000 soldiers of the Takeda family?" ”

"We must block it, otherwise we will be sorry for Your Highness, sorry for everyone up and down the Yuqiu family!" "We have lost strategically, and we are forced to use 4,000 soldiers and 8,000 soldiers to fight in the field. If it were a three-day duel on the plains, the cavalry of the Takeda family would be able to completely crush us, and we would have no chance at all. "But if we choose this basin for the battlefield, where the water network is dense, the terrain is narrow, and there are woods and villages to rely on, the cavalry is not easy to play, and our infantry still has the strength to fight!" Therefore, we must not let the Takeda army pass, and we must not let the Takeda family break through this basin safely and arrive on the plain for three days to fight us! ”

"But His Highness's main force is still ten miles away from this basin, and the Takeda Army is already close at hand. Even if His Highness rushed over now, by the time he arrived, the Takeda Army would have already passed through this basin. Morita shook his head and retorted in a low voice, "Lord Suwon, be realistic. ”

"So we're going to keep the Takeda Army on this hill to the south of the basin! Don't let them pass through the basin! Hold out for an hour and hold out until His Highness's reinforcements enter the basin! The Water Atom Sutra said in a deep voice again: "As long as the high point of vision is contained, the Takeda family will not be able to see what the basin behind us is like, and they will wonder if the Yuqiu family is ambushed here, so they will not dare to press the whole army." We can delay it for a while, until His Highness's army comes to the basin! In this way, His Highness can line up in this basin and start a war with the Takeda family, instead of waiting for the Takeda army to pass through this basin and start a war on the Three Days Plain! If we can't withstand it, the Yuqiu family will be wiped out on the plain! ”

"You're crazy." Morita shook his head with a miserable laugh, "We can't do it." ”

"We have to resist!" The Water Atom Sutra also shook his head, and scolded in a deep voice: "Lord Morita, although you are the young master's bodyguard, your military rank is only captain. And I'm the lieutenant colonel company commander of the second company of Tokiwa Bei, please obey the order! ”

"Okay, it's up to you, I don't care if Lord Suwon wants to lead his troops to commit suicide. But the next task is to protect the young master, you can commit suicide, bring the young master back to me! ”

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Three o'clock in the afternoon, three days.

"What did you say!" In the past few days, Yu Qiuping has been shocked and at a loss for many times. But this time, it was definitely his most panicked moment. Because he only felt that his brain was buzzing and exploded, and the world was spinning in an instant, making him feel that the scenery in front of him was a little unreal. "The whole army of the Takeda Army is in the south? It's already more than a dozen miles away? ”

"Yes, Your Highness, Lord Suwon, please send reinforcements immediately!" The herald yelled in a fit of breath.

"Why to the south? Why? Why? Yu Qiuping's mind was blank, and he was trying to clear his mind. But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think clearly, and the sound of woodpeckers tapping on the trunk of the tree was always in his ears. After a while, it seemed to dawn in his mind, and he instantly understood how the battle had evolved.

"Yu Nan is right... It was impossible for the entire Takeda Army to stay up late on the mountain road and rush to Shirakuhara in one night and one morning. Yu Qiuping's voice trembled a little, his tone changed, and the red leaf shawl on his shoulders drooped weakly, "The only people who went to set Rakuhara from beginning to end were the thousands of people that Saburo saw that Okabe Motonobu saw." Takeda Shingen's Wind Forest Volcano Horse Seal and those flags are all bluffing suspicious soldiers... And the main force of the Takeda family, last night, instead of staying up late and going north into the mountains, took advantage of the night to go south, made a big circle from the south side of Hamana Lake, and appeared in the direction of Yoshimi, to the south of us. It is no wonder that Takeda Shingen is so careful to control the intelligence, because he is afraid that the movements of his army will be discovered by us. ”

The cunning woodpecker struck the trunk once from the front, driving the bugs to the other side. When the bug realizes that something is wrong, he knocks again on the other side of the trunk, making the bug think that he has seen through the woodpecker's plan. And when the bug swaggered back to its original starting point, the woodpecker fluttered its wings and pounced at once.

"Defeated..."Yu Qiuping only felt that the self-confidence and self-esteem in his heart collapsed, and suddenly laughed miserably, "Completely teased and applauded, why do I have the illusion that I can calculate the big meal doctor?" ”

At this moment, the Yuqiu army was already facing the worst situation - they had nowhere to escape, the distance between the Takeda army and them was too close for them to retreat to Yoshida Castle, and the retreat into the mountain was ruined by Yuqiuping himself. In other words, the Yuqiu army, which had nowhere to escape, had no choice but to fight directly with the Takeda family on the plain. The strength of the Yuqiu Army is only half, and the cavalry is only one-tenth of the Takeda Army, and the command level of Yuqiuping is also several grades lower than that of Takeda Shingen. Fighting together on the plains is already a dead end. Once defeated in this place where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back, few people can escape under the pursuit of the cavalry of the Takeda family. The 12,000 people up and down the Yuqiu army will be wiped out here.

All the plans were seen through by Takeda Shingen, and he was driven into a desperate situation like a worm. All the struggles seem to be nothing more than a monkey show on the stage in the eyes of a woodpecker.

Desperate.