Chapter 18: The Expedition to the West and the East
Hirata Nobuyasu's letter is very simple, first of all, he expresses his deep gratitude to Su Le for holding back the army of the Okochi family with a small number of troops, and at the same time asks Su Le to return to the main city of the Hirata family as soon as possible, and there are important matters to discuss, as for the work of dealing with the Ouchi family, it can be handed over to Asakura Narumasa for the time being. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Asakura Narumasa and Su Le have also met a few times on the battlefield and Luodu before. Asakura Narimasa's father has retired, so he is the governor of the family at a young age.
This person is indeed a talent, and if it weren't for the fact that there was Orihime, Su Le would not hate this kind of simple, robust, honest and upright person. It's just that now handing over the front-line command of the western country to Asakura Narumasa made Su Le think of Orihime being taken away by this person.
After the two handed over the matter, Su Le suddenly asked, "How is Orihime lately?" ”
"Ahh Asakura Narumasa was a little surprised, "Fortunately, it's just that I'm pregnant, and it's a little inconvenient to move." ”
Hearing the news, Su Le was a little out of shape: "Zhiji, she's pregnant?" ”
"Yes, did Lord Su Le have a good relationship with Orihime before?" Asakura Seimasa was even more puzzled, "Orihime didn't mention you to me, so I don't know. ”
Since Orihime was pregnant, Su Le didn't want to make any extraneous matters at this time, so he said: "Orihime is the princess of the Hirata family, and the retainers are very longing, but in the end, no one succeeded. ”
After listening to Su Le's explanation, Asakura Chengzheng understood a little, "I see, then I'm really lucky." ”
"Asakura Hou is indeed lucky, I wonder how the newlywed life feels?" Su Le asked.
"Very good, a pure, kind, gentle and virtuous woman like Orihime must be something that can be met but not sought." Asakura replied.
"Chunzhen?" Su Le was a little puzzled.
"By the way, Lord Su Le, you are from the crossing, this word means purity and loyalty." Asakura explained.
Now Su Le didn't understand even more, could it be that Orihime was the same as Athena, one blood, two blood, and three blood could be taken several times? Knowing this, it would have been nice to have a more crazy time on a rainy and sunny moonlit night when Orihime finally came to find her that day!
But if you think about it, the two of them were crazy enough at the time, and Athena's strange body should also be unattainable.
So Asakura Narumasa said that Orihime was lying, and it may not have a deep meaning, just a casual greeting, Su Le overunderstood.
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On the way back to the East China Sea, Su Le passed by the residence of Asakura Narumasa, and after hesitating, he decided not to disturb Orihime for the time being, but just looked at the castle tower, which should be the highest place in the castle.
Returning to the main city of Hirata's family again, Su Le immediately met Hirata Nobuyasu. It turned out that the Shibata Keike family was at a disadvantage in the battle between Hokuriku and the local daimyo Izuki Sugi Tiger, and Hirata Nobuyasu asked Suraku to lead troops to reinforce them.
Due to the extremely unfavorable battle situation, the army assembled by Hirata Nobuyasu in advance had already driven to the Northern Continent front in advance, and Su Le led his elite cavalry team to follow.
The army of the Izuki Sugi family is besieging the Shibata Kei's home city, Tsuyama Castle, and although it is not enough to break the castle for a while, it will definitely not last long if it continues like this.
Su Le led his elite cavalry to surprise the besieging Izuki army, and at the same time had the infantry units carry baggage and supplies into Jinshan Castle.
After the reinforcements entered the city, the morale of the defenders of Tsuyama Castle was greatly shaken, and the Hirata army held on to the castle and took a big advantage.
Su Le was more worried about the war between Asakura Narumasa and the Okochi family in the western country, so he wanted to lead the army to the western country, but the Shibata Kei family had a different opinion.
"Now that the army has reached the North Continent, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture more cities in the North Continent."
"But...... Lord Shibata, it seems that it will be difficult for our Hirata family's army to defeat the Izuki family in a field battle outside the castle, and it is very likely that they will be defeated by the opponent's counterattack if they pursue it so rashly. Su Le reminded.
"This time we have a clear numerical advantage and will not be easily defeated again."
The two of them have their own calculations, and since Asakura Narimasa's residence is relatively close to the front line of the Western Kingdom, in case of a rout on the Western Front, Orihime may be in danger, so Su Le wants to go back as soon as possible.
And the Shibata Keike is the front-line commander in charge of the fight against the Izuki family, and he has fought with the Izuki Sugi Tiger many times before, and each time he is at a disadvantage. If they don't take this opportunity to achieve some victories, the Shibata Keijia will not only lose face, but will also be punished or even given up by Hirata Nobuyasu, who is eager for quick success.
This was definitely something that the Shibata Jingjia did not want to see, so he insisted that the army should stay in Beilu for the time being, and the elite cavalry under Su Le also stayed.
Su Le and Shibata Jingjia are the right-hand men of Hirata Nobuyasu, although Su Le's record is better, but Shibata Jingjia is older, and now both of them are in charge of the economic strategy of the country's lords, and their status is basically the same, but they are currently facing the war in Hokuriku, so the lord of this place, Shibata Jingjia, has more right to speak.
"Okay, let's do it according to the Jing family's wishes, but you must be cautious."
Su Le also wanted to see the power of the Mushan Tiger, and the Shibata Jingjia was also a veteran general, so the pursuit should not be a big problem at this time.
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Due to the fact that the Izuki Shanhu personally broke off, the Shibata Jingjia still did not take any advantage, and after some small-scale chase battles, they once again set up a decisive battle in the field.
The Hirata army fought on two fronts, so they were more anxious for a decisive battle, and their strength was almost twice that of the Izuki army, the consumption was more, and the supply was also a big problem, so Su Le found the Shibata Jingjia to discuss the battle situation.
"Lord Jing, our army can't afford to go on like this, we must take the initiative to attack!" Su Le said straight to the point.
"Having said that, the camp of the Izuki family is not so easy to break, do you have any good solutions?"
Su Le proposed: "I want to transfer all the cavalry troops, follow my cavalry team to secretly detour back to the rear of the Mumu army, launch a surprise attack, and at the same time ask Lord Jing to cooperate with the frontal attack and flank the Mumu army, how about it?" ”
Shibata Jingjia thought for a long time and replied, "I can't think of any other good way, so let's use Master Sule's strategy." ”
Without further ado, Su Le immediately dispatched troops and left the camp of the Hirata family that night in the dark. At noon the next day, Su Le finally went around to the rear of the camp of the Izumu Army, which was really weak in defense, and Su Le quickly led his troops to rush into the camp, but there was no one here.
It turned out that Izuki Shanhu had already received the news that Su Le led the cavalry troops to leave, and immediately decided to raid the camp of the Hirata Army head-on early the next morning.
Shibata Keijia is also a battle-hardened brave general, and in the face of the onslaught of the Izuki Tiger, he held out until noon. He knew that Su Le should have rushed to the enemy camp at this time, and after discovering the plan, he would definitely come to the aid immediately.
This situation is to see that the Mushan Tiger defeated the Shibata Jingjia first? Or did Su Le's reinforcements arrive at the battlefield first?
In the end, the victory and defeat can be said to be in a millimeter, just when the Hirata army led by Shibata Keika was just beginning to collapse, Su Le also rushed to the battlefield, and he led the army to launch a fierce attack on the Izuki army from the flank and rear, and disrupted the formation of the Izuki army.
In this way, although the large force of the Hirata army was defeated, Izuki Shanhu was unable to carry out an organized pursuit, and he and Su Le's cavalry troops fought fiercely until the sun set, and then each led his troops to retreat.