"That's not right!" I took a big step forward, and my face instantly changed color. Seeing the sudden change in my expression, Ah Xue and the other attendants also became nervous.

The Echigo cavalry, which was originally three groups crammed together, was scattered, not in disorderly chaos, but from a large regiment divided into several small regiments, just like ...... It's like a meteorite in flight that shoots out a few clusters of sparks!

Three "sparks" to be exact, two groups of twenty or thirty cavalry each continued forward, rushing towards Sakurai Sakichi and Ishikawa Sadatomo, who were already blocking the road, and a group of about fifty cavalry retreated to meet the armored cavalry. All of these people in charge of blocking the attack did not hesitate, and the more than 500 people who were the main force suddenly turned to the right and rushed out between the Jiaqi and the Ishikawa Sadatomo Division.

Whether it is to entangle the flag team or block the cavalry of the armored cavalry, there is actually no combat power, and the war horse cannot carry out the advantage of impact at such a short distance. But I was surprised by the enemy's sudden change of reverse moves, and my three troops in front and behind had also begun to adjust their horses, but at this time, several nasty "flies" flew head-on.

As a result, there was no suspense, the three teams of the queen of the palace were chopped into meat sauce by more than ten times the opponent, and the war horses that had lost their masters ran to the distant wilderness, and the dusty meadow was splattered with large balls of blood. But the victorious side did not feel any joy, but silently returned to the place where the charge was made, as ordered. In such a delayed time, the more than 500 cavalry who escaped had already run a long way, their equipment was light and faster, and it was impossible for my two heavy elite cavalry to catch up!

"How so!" I suddenly grabbed the collar of the Gamo clan and shook it vigorously, looking crazy and very out of shape. "Why is this happening, you tell me why this is happening! If Uesugi Kenshin is among these people, I can still accept it, but now ......"

"Lord!" Several people around me were shocked by my gaffe, and finally pulled me away.

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry! Can...... But this is also a helpless thing......" The Kamo clan's face was red and white for a while, and his expression was embarrassed and helpless.

"Isn't it just a few little choppy runs, as for being so impulsive?" Shinhachiro had already returned with Shima Katsu Takeshi at this time, and he said with some puzzlement when he saw this.

"My lord! It's all my fault......" Shimakatsu handed the Kikuchi gun in his hand to an entourage behind him, walked up to me and said with a guilty face: "It's all the subordinates who are not good at dealing with the enemy, which caused most of the enemy to escape." You can't blame Lord Gamo for this, please surrender to the lord! ”

I sat down on my marching horse with a weak back, only to feel the weight of the weight pouring down on me, and the muscles above and below my body trembled as if I had hypoglycemia. I knew I should say something to them at this moment, but at this moment, not only could I not open my mouth, but I didn't even bother to raise my eyelids again, but I just weakly raised my finger to point at the Gamo clan and then at Katsu Shima and Shinhachiro, let him explain!

The crowd looked at me in bewilderment, and then turned all their hopeful eyes on the Gamo clan.

"His Highness Zhuxing is not excited about the few hundred people who have escaped, he is not so lacking in energy, even if there are tens of thousands of people fleeing on the battlefield, it is not unprecedented. He thought ...... "The Gamo clan stopped and looked at me when he said this, and I was still expressionless, as if I had fainted. "It's amazing that Uesugi Kenshin's Echigo army has such qualities from top to bottom! With the sudden situation at that time, the generals of that army were able to make the most accurate judgment in such a short period of time, and the level of the generals of the Uesugi family was already unbelievably high. And compared to this, the quality of the Uesugi soldiers is even more admirable......"

"It's not admiration, it's terrifying!" I corrected with my eyes closed.

"Yes, it's terrifying!" Gamo nodded and changed his words. “…… In such a state of emergency and embarrassment, the general's intentions were actually executed so accurately, it can really only be described as terrifying! The situation at that time did not allow the general to elaborate on the order, and he could only do it with a few words or even a gesture or two. What kind of harmony between the upper and lower levels is this, and it is really a command of thousands of troops. If Uesugi Kenshin's Echigo army were all of such quality, then they would be an impossible opponent to defeat! ”

The Gamo clan ended his argument, and everyone was silently pondering his last hypothesis, if it was true...... A chill rose in everyone's hearts!

"What if...... What if Uesugi Kenshin is really in this army? Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Goto Matabei said tentatively. It seems that only this explanation can make everyone's hearts feel better.

"Impossible!" I shook my head, a wry smile on my lips. "I can now understand some of Uesugi Kenshin's mentality, and the righteousness in his heart does not allow him to leave the banner of 'Bi' to fight. In a sense, a part of his soul had dissolved into that banner, and his life didn't even seem so important compared to that! ”

"Oh!" Everyone sighed in unison, as if they didn't fully understand, but they seemed to be very moved.

"Report to the lord......" At this time, Imu Banqi opened his mouth with a snort.

"What's the matter?" I'm a little impatient, and I'm not in the mood to do anything.

"We ...... It looks like our rear baggage squad has been attacked! He raised his hand awkwardly and pointed behind him.

"What?!" I sprang up from my horse as if I had been burned, and looked back in the direction he was pointing. It turned out that taking advantage of the gap in the last fierce battle, the two Echigo cavalry teams, which had not moved in the north, secretly moved back and launched an attack. Although there were Cossack cavalry and 500 iron gunners from the roots, these four or five hundred Echigo cavalry should not be able to do any damage, but who would dare to be sure at this time•!

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By the time I felt the rear line with the people, the battle was over, and the attacking Echigo cavalry was long gone, except for a few dozen corpses scattered around the perimeter.

"How the hell did it happen?" I asked Yoshitsugu Otani, who was the commander of the rear army.

"It came very suddenly, it must have been a premeditated surprise attack!" He said as he took us to start checking the convoy. "The enemy came at us suddenly, small in number but very fast. Fortunately, everyone was vigilant and there were no major losses! ”

I carefully checked the condition of the car, and it was mostly intact except for a few black spots that had been burned in the carport. Out of caution when I arrived, I designed all the material vehicles to look the same, and only the interior was specially treated with materials such as fire. The tarpaulin of a cart was uncovered, and the double-layered fire bucket under the reed mat was intact. "Phew," I let out a sigh.......

"How did the Echigo army attack?" Gamo clan stood on the wheel and looked at the distribution of corpses in the distance.

"Echigo's cavalry did not gather any formation, and began to charge at us in scattered sand! Just from that side......" Yoshitsugu Ohtani jumped on the wheel and pointed in the direction of the north. "At that time, I ordered all the pikes to form a defensive line on the perimeter, and the Genlai iron artillery team to shoot under the cover of vehicles. But the enemy did not come closer, and when they were ten feet away, they ran sideways and began to throw torches at the vehicles! ”

"What?" I was a little surprised by the way this cavalry was used, which was supposed to be the practice of the Mongol cavalry or the Indians. "You, tell me how you felt during the war!" I asked Tsuda Sumasa, who was standing on the side, that he was leading the expedition.

"It's very tiring!" Tsuda said with a wry smile: "It stands to reason that in the case that the cavalry cannot get close, the iron cannon would have had a great advantage, but the Echigo cavalry made up for this with tactics. When they charged, their formation was very spread, which not only affected the hit rate but also could not give full play to the advantage of the salvo, each shot actually did not threaten many people, but in the process of reloading another wave arrived. In my opinion, the Echigo army was very experienced in the battle between cavalry and iron artillery, and summed up a set of tactics quite successfully! ”

His words sent chills down my heart for a while, it seems that Uesugi Kenshin has prepared a "big meal" for the Oda army, which is not a good thing! I can still know a little about this man's deeds in history, but I can't do anything about his "progress". He's so old, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so "studious"! "And then how do you do it?" I asked Yoshitsugu Ohtani again.

"Although my subordinates also feel that it is inappropriate, I am afraid that if there is something good for the Cossacks to attack and drive them away......" Otani Yoshitsugu looked very helpless, he did this a little overstepping. Although the Cossack cavalry was incorporated into the rear army, it was only responsible for security, and only if he cut off contact with me could he make decisions such as sorties. The Cossack sortie shook the Echigo army so much that after another attempt they retreated. We have a clear advantage in numbers, so no one slips through the net and comes back! ”

"How long have they been gone?" I didn't blame him for his actions, after all, the situation was urgent, and if I really let the Echigo army destroy my fire and ammunition, then the entire iron artillery team would be useless. Now I'm just worried about if there's anything else, it's not going to be another lure to go deeper, right?

"There is about half a pillar of incense time......"

As they spoke, they returned, and there was no fierce fighting. "Did you find anything?" I asked nervously.

"Returning to Your Highness, I haven't gained anything!" He spread his hands out and made a helpless expression. "Their horses are not as fast as ours, but they are nimble and extremely familiar with the nearby terrain. On two occasions we were on the verge of catching up, but they immediately burrowed into the woods. It was getting late, so we had to come back first! ”

"That's it!" His words reminded me that the sun was already setting in the west. "Hurry up, or you'll be camping in the wilderness! Who knows if that's what they're really trying to ......"