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After lunch, Itami said goodbye to Tsunagen Oniwa and Katakura Keitsuna, saying that he would definitely come back after achieving fame, and then set off with great interest amid the blessings of his two friends.

There is no doubt that the general of this mission is the one who stayed behind in the political scene, and he is not only the uncle of Date Masamune, but also the veteran of the military circles who has made great achievements in the war. According to his division, the formation of the Date army was arranged as follows:

The first team stayed behind in Zhengjing, 3,000 people.

At the time of the second team of the White Stone Sect, there were 2,000 people.

The third team stayed behind Zongxiao, 2,000 people.

(Originally a retainer of the Kurokawa clan named Yanagisawa Muntaka, when the Kurokawa Haruki clan married his daughter to the Stay-behind Masaki, he became a vassal of the Left-behind Family, and later received the trust of the Left-behind Masaki and was accepted as a close minister and given a surname, and his family was an important feudal lord of the Mizusawa Date clan in the Edo period.) ）

The fourth team, Idas, 1,000 people.

Ita Minori originally brought only 500 people, but Date Masamune specially transferred 500 people to him as a subordinate. Because it was the first time that he would only have more than 1,000 men in reserve, Date Masamune repeatedly told him not to act rashly on the battlefield and to obey the command of the remaining Masakei.

With 8,000 people, it can be regarded as a large force. Date Masamune was looking forward to this.

Although the distance between the two armies was less than twenty miles, if you wanted to go around the back of the Uesugi army and not be detected by them, you would need to take a long detour, which was nearly seventy or eighty miles.

Originally, the distance of seventy or eighty miles was not a big deal, and the large army could reach it after a day's walk, and the remaining Masakai originally planned to reach the destination at midnight, that is, the rear of the Uesugi army, Shinmasaki.

Originally, marching in the dark was more difficult to be detected by the enemy, but before dinner, it suddenly rained heavily.

The rain came and went quickly, lasting less than half an hour. However, he caused a lot of trouble to the soldiers of Date who were marching rapidly--not only were they drenched in a group of soup chickens, but the originally flat road surface of the joint loan became muddy and inconvenient to walk.

It was tossed until three o'clock in the morning that the army staggered to Shinmasaki.

It's past midnight, and there's been silence.

After carefully logging to strengthen the defense of the camp for the village, under the order of Shengjiao, because of the rain, everyone's complexion was not very good, and the civil and military generals of the Date Army immediately gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army to accept the arrangement of the commander of the Date Army to stay in Zhengjing.

In view of the fact that there was not much time to prepare, as soon as all the civil and military generals arrived, the remaining political scene directly announced the order:

[Itami and the two lords who stayed behind, the two of you each led a thousand men to ambush on the two flanks of the formation tonight, beware of the sneak attack of the Uesugi army at night. And Takashi Shiina and Kozo Lu Ze (these two are left-behind retainers) also led 1,000 elite soldiers each, taking turns to rest tonight, ready to meet the night attack on the Uesugi army head-on. The rest of the generals led their respective reserves to rest in peace, but the soldiers at all levels were not allowed to disarm, their weapons were not to be left in their hands, and they must be immediately put into battle if the war required them. 】

The generals of the Date army, who had been ordered to rest, sang in unison, but several of the Date army generals named by the commander had a difficult face, especially the left-behind Zongxiao, who looked even more embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, he also kowtowed to his lord and said:

[Lord, the small and Date Lord's reserve team is always at the back, we have been walking for nearly a night, the team is already very tired, if they don't rest well tonight, if there is really a war tomorrow, I'm afraid ......]

[I know you two are tired, but I can't help it. 】

Staying behind Zhengjing said helplessly, in fact, he noticed more dissatisfaction on Itashi's face than staying behind Zongxiao, this eldest young master has not experienced this kind of battle.

The left-behind sect filial piety was in great difficulty, neither dared to disobey the order, but also did not know how to go down to explain to the soldiers, at this time, the white stone sect stood up and persuaded:

[Lord Zongxiao, as long as you work hard all night, your team will be able to rest at ease tomorrow. If the Uesugi army comes to attack at night tonight and defeats the Uesugi army, you can rest, and if the Uesugi army does not attack at night tonight, we will defeat the Uesugi army head-on tomorrow, or just wait for the lord to defeat the main force of the Uesugi army, and your team can rest assured. For the sake of the great cause of the Date family, I hope you will restrain your team with your heart and work hard for the last night tonight. 】

Baishi Sect has said it to this point, what else can the left-behind Zongxiao say, is it not that he can only take the order helplessly? And Idashi, who has never worked the [night shift], although he also complains in his heart, he has no choice but to take the order honestly, and at the same time, he stays in Zhengjing and arranges a reliable team to strictly guard the grain and grass.

After the tent was dispersed, the civil and military forces of the Date Army left the big tent of the Chinese army one after another, and the left-behind Zongxiao deliberately waited for the left-behind Zhengjing to come out of the account together, and said to the left-behind Zhengjing alone outside the formation:

[Lord, you arranged for the whole army to ambush and beware of the night attack of the Uesugi army, although it was for the sake of prudence, but were you too cautious? So far, we have not found the slightest sign of a night attack by the Uesugi army stationed in the swamp, and letting the soldiers work so hard at night is not only unfavorable to the morale of the army, but also seriously affects the combat effectiveness of our army. 】

[Zong Xiao, you can't take it lightly. 】

Staying behind Zhengjing said in a tone of lesson:

[Since ancient times, defeating the strong with the weak, all of them are winning by surprise, now we are strong and the enemy is weak, and our army has successfully crossed the plains that are easy to be ambushed, if the Uesugi army wants to attack us, in this dark night, the best way is to sneak attack or surprise attack, if our army does not take precautions and prepare in advance, the Uesugi army team suddenly kills in the middle of the night, how can we resist? 】

[That being said.] 】

Left-behind Zongxiao hesitated and said:

[However, the Uesugi army did not show any signs of a night attack, if they really didn't come to the night attack tonight, then wouldn't the few remaining combat teams have to work hard all night in vain? 】

[Hehe, more than ten years ago, we fought with the Soma family in Marumori Castle, and when the group of turtle grandsons attacked us at night, we didn't find any signs of their night attack before? Later, the adult in charge of the investigation by the Commission for Discipline Inspection was also punished by the regent. 】

Staying behind Zhengjing asked with a smile, and then patted Baishi Zongshi on the shoulder and said with a smile:

[Don't worry, our soldiers won't work in vain, it's naturally best if the Uesugi army doesn't come tonight, but if they come, I arrange a sentry, and they can't get much cheap, okay, I'm also very tired, go rest first, and you should go to the vigil too.] 】

After that, the left-behind Zhengjing returned to the main camp to rest under the escort of several banners, and the left-behind Zong Xiaogong saw his lord leave, and then turned to look at the direction of the swamp to the east, with an extremely heavy heart.

I don't know why, but there is always a sense of foreboding in his heart.

By the time the Date Army was arranged, half of the time had passed, and according to the rules of modern people's work and rest, it was already three or four o'clock in the morning.

Itami rode his horse to inspect his defense, and suddenly felt dizzy and weak, and fell off his horse.

[Adult?! 】

[Young master?! 】

This frightened the left and right flags around him, and hurriedly helped him up.

Thankfully, Ida didn't have anything to do with it, and there wasn't a single wound on his body.

Later, after the diagnosis of the military doctors, there was nothing wrong with Itashi, but he just caught a cold in the rain.

The military doctor gave Ita two bowls of decoction, the latter's complexion was a little better, although he had fought before, but it was just some insignificant small fights, like today's big battle, he had never experienced it in his life, so his body was a little unbearable.

Because Ita Shi didn't want to go back to his home camp to rest, everyone set up a tent for Yi Dashi at the side of the camp, but even so, Yi Dashi didn't have much to do like a "good child", he said that he had military orders and must not sleep.

There was no way, so everyone took the candles and lit them up, and the whole tent was illuminated. Ita really held on to his sleepiness, took out a copy of "Sima Fa", and read it carefully, but then again, under this physical condition, how much can he read it?

Soon, a strong drowsiness invaded his brain, and at first, he could barely hold on, but later, he finally couldn't stand it anymore, and threw himself down on the desk and fell asleep. Even the desk was overturned. And the candle......

Numbara and Uesugi Army

Uesugi Keitora had a dream this night.

I don't know if the dream is too real, but there is a faint sense of reality, in the dream, he returned to the time when he had just succeeded the governor of the Uesugi family.

At that time, Kenshin Uesugi had just passed away, and the cool breeze mixed with the smell of early autumn hit his face.

At the foot of Kasugayama, the rice field harvest seems to have been completed, and now the farmland is sparsely populated, but the Ichicho farmland on the left of Kasugayama is full of rice ears and has ushered in a bumper harvest that has not been seen in three years. It seems that there is already peace.

Uesugi Keitora knew in his heart that when his father Uesugi Kenshin had just died, not only the retainers, but even the ordinary people said that he was not as good as his father. Moreover, he is also a descendant of the Hojo family, and everyone will inevitably doubt whether he will lead the Uesugi family to the righteous path.

Uesugi Keihu first dismissed some of the retainers who did nothing and made no achievements in the Kenshin era, of course, he had to take care of the feelings of the old ministers in the family, so most of the people who were driven away had no background.

After reorganizing the bureaucracy, in order to resist the attack of Oda Nobunaga, he began to rebuild Kasugayama Castle on a certain scale, adding iron castle gates and imperial halls.

He knew in his heart that rebuilding the city would inevitably attract the criticism of the people, because repairing the city said that it would require a lot of money, but he did it deliberately.

He didn't want to live in the shadow of Kenshin Uesugi, in that case, he would sooner or later become the second Takeda Katsuyori.