With the support of his ally Yoshimasa Tanaka, Uesugi finally mustered up the courage to face off against the Toyotomi army, which was three times his size. At this time, the Uesugi army had 6,000 people, including 1,000 people directly under Uesugi Keikatsu, 2,500 people under Katsu Haruna, 500 people from Naoe Kansu, 1,800 people from Shinjin Katsushi, Chisaka Keikin, Iwai Nobuno, and Yoshie Dingzhong, and 200 remnants of the army from various departments; And Tanaka Yoshimasa had 3,000 people in his hands, including 1,500 people in the reserve directly under him, and a total of 1,500 people in the six family elders.

This coalition of 9,000 men, with Uesugi Keikatsu as the general and Tanaka Yoshimasa as the vanguard, was deployed along the north bank of the Yugawa River. On the other hand, Konishi Yukinaga and Nakagawa Hidenari followed Shimazu Yoshihiro to attack Honmaru and made great achievements in the battle to conquer the castle tower, but they were not satisfied, and immediately asked Shimazu Yoshihiro for orders to pursue the Uesugi army as a vanguard after learning that Shima Kiyoshi had been breached. After learning that the Uesugi army had no way to retreat and had to set up a formation on the riverside, the two did not dare to act rashly, but set up a formation 100 meters opposite it, waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

Uesugi Keikatsu understands that among the Toyotomi army in northern Sichuan, Shimazu, Kuroda, Otani, and Shima are the four most proficient at fighting, on the other hand, Konishi, Nakagawa, Shinjo, and Ikoma are general, and the two armies in front of him now happen to be easy to deal with, and the strength is under his own, if he can defeat the reinforcements before they arrive, he will definitely be able to fight for enough bargaining chips for himself.

Naoe Kanesui agreed with this idea, and he summoned Kaji Harutsuna and Tanaka Yoshimasa to the main camp, and asked Tanaka Yoshimasa to take advantage of the fact that the Toyotomi army had not yet gained a firm foothold to launch an attack, and Kaji Harutsuna led 2,500 troops as the Chinese army to prepare reinforcements, and finally Shinzu Katsushi and Chisaka Keiko led 1,000 men to consolidate the battle line, trying to defeat the enemy in a battle, and then send envoys to negotiate peace with the Toyotomi army.

In the opinion of Yoshimasa Tanaka. He has been called by Naoe Kanesu as a retainer of the Uesugi clan, which makes him even more determined in his previous decision. After returning to the position, Tanaka Yoshimasa immediately sent someone to the opposite Konishi Yukinaga Honjin and told him that he had decided to defect from the battle, hoping that Toyotomi would give him a chance to make up for his mistakes and capture Uesugi Keikatsu to make meritorious contributions.

Konishi Yukicho is a businessman and thoughtful, and he is very suspicious of Tanaka Yoshimasa's so-called defection.

"It can't be a scam. When you get close to our army, do you suddenly attack? Konishi thought to himself.

Nakagawa Hidesei, who is also a daimyo in Kyushu, bowed slightly: "I can't rule out this possibility...... However, after all, it is an army of 3,000 men, and if we can really turn against us, our army will have an advantage in terms of strength, so that we can defeat the Uesugi army without waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and then we will be able to defeat the Uesugi army. It's all you and mine. ”

"Sounds good, but ......" Konishi Yukinaga thought for a long time, and finally came up with a more appropriate plan: "The letter said that it was Kaji Harutsuna who was in charge of the attacking Chinese army. It is better to let Tanaka's army fight back when he is halfway through the charge, and directly attack the army of Kaji Haruzuna, if he does this, then he can be trusted, and our army can also immediately send troops to support; But if not, then it is an intentional deception, and you and I should be prepared. ”

"This plan is very good," Nakagawa Hidesei nodded, "but it is a little more difficult to charge halfway through..."

"It doesn't hurt." Yukicho Konishi smiled, "I'm just letting it turn against me." It doesn't have to be a successful defeat for Kadi Chungang, as long as he can start a war with Kadi Chungang and the casualties reach a certain level, he will naturally prove his loyalty, and the rest will be left to us; Moreover, if you are prepared in advance, it is not difficult to turn around halfway. ”

Seeing that Nakagawa Hidenari did not object, Konishi informed the envoy of his thoughts, asked him to return to Tanaka's main camp immediately, and told Tanaka Yoshimasa to act according to the plan.

Tanaka Yoshimasa is not a fool, he knows that the previous backlash has made him lose the trust of the Toyotomi side, and it is reasonable for President Konishi to make such a decision this time. In response, Tanaka Yoshimasa sent an oath with a flower and blood handprint to Konishi Yukicho as a sign of loyalty, and in order to smooth the defection, he summoned all the overseers placed by the Uesugi clan to the main camp before going to war, and killed them all after being enchanted with drugs, clearing the biggest obstacle to the defection in one fell swoop.

Without further ado, in order to prevent the Uesugi army from discovering the clues, Tanaka Yoshimasa ordered his retainers Kamada Hanbei and Fukuhara Nagatai to take the lead in the battle, and he and his younger brother Tanaka Kiyomasa led the remaining 1,000 men to the finale. At this time, perhaps moved by Tanaka Yoshimasa's sincerity, Konishi Yukicho sent a secret envoy to Tanaka's main camp to inform him of the signal of rebellion.

"Once Settsu Mamoru fires a cannon into the sky, the Lord can start an incident, and once you and An Yishou fight, Settsu Mamoru will send troops to help, and at that time, the Lord can be regarded as atoning for his sins."

After receiving Governor Konishi's promise, Tanaka Yoshimasa was overjoyed and immediately assured the envoy that he would act according to the opportunity and never let down Konishi's trust.

The 3,000 army, because of the guarantee of Konishi Yukicho, was passionate, and under the leadership of the generals, they took great pains to charge the Toyotomi army on the opposite side. Behind him, Kaji Harutsuna nodded frequently when he saw this, praised the Tanaka army's bravery in battle, and even called on the Uesugi army under his command to learn from him, and maintain the might of a samurai in danger.

As the Chinese army, Kaji Harutsuna did not want to be taken away by his family's daimyō, and soon after Tanaka Yoshimasa sent his troops, he also led his army into battle, and the 2,500 troops were mostly ashigaru, but Tanaka's army had 800 cavalry, and it took a while to distance itself from the Uesugi army.

On the other side of the battlefield, Konishi Yukinaga watched intently every move on the opposite side through the Nanban Mirror, and when he found that the whole army of Kaji Haruzuna had been dispatched, and the Tanaka army had arrived in the middle of the battlefield, he immediately ordered the large team to fire artillery into the sky, and the deafening sound of artillery was like thunder on the ground, which made the troops on both sides of the battlefield tremble.

"What's going on? Why did Tanaka Jun stop?! After the sound of the cannon, Kaji Harutsuna, who followed closely, suddenly found that the Tanaka army, which had been charging ahead, had stopped advancing, which made him very puzzled.

Tanaka Yoshimasa, who received the signal, rode his horse to the front of the army and shouted: "The former army is changed to the rear army, the rear army is changed to the front army, the target, the Uesugi army!" ”

Because he had been ventilated in advance, the rapid change of formation was beyond the imagination of Konishi and Kaji, and in the face of the Tanaka cavalry galloping from the horses, Kaji Harutsuna was relieved, and he rode back to the rear of the army, and shouted in a panic: "The Tanaka army has been reversed!" ”

These words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, causing the Uesugi army, which originally did not know the truth, to be confused, and regardless of the general's reprimand, they retreated towards the main camp in a panic. Kaji Harutsuna led dozens of cronies to stand at the back of the team on horseback, and stabbed the sergeants who tried to escape, which did play a role at first, but as the Tanaka cavalry rushed into the Uesugi army, the unsuspecting sergeants died one after another under the swords of their former allies, and the fleeing sergeants began to appear in batches, and soon exceeded Kaji Harutsuna's ability to block, especially the arrival of the follow-up Ashigaru and the samurai team, which made Kaji Harutsuna's efforts even more futile. Within a quarter of an hour, the strongest of the Uesugi army, the Kaji Harutsuna, fell apart and collapsed.

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I haven't been feeling well in the past two days, and this chapter may not be written satisfactorily, so I hope you forgive me!