When Ii Naomasa saw Ema Terushiro lowering his head and remained silent, he immediately understood what she was thinking and sneered with his teeth bared.
She turned around and shouted to the people present.
"If Jiang Ma's family isn't going, let's go!"
She was not the person in charge assigned by Sibo Yiyin, and everyone was stunned. The leader, Warrior Ji, looked at her and then at Jiang Ma Huisheng.
Before Shiba Yiyin left, he asked the remaining Ji warriors to follow Jiang Ma Huisheng's arrangements and return. The group headed by him subconsciously looked at her.
Seeing her reaction, Ii Naomasa became furious and said.
"Okay, okay, I will go alone!"
The leader of the Tongxin people quickly stopped her and said.
"Iiji..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ii Naomasa opened her arms to stop her and said.
"I, Naomasa Ii, have received a great favor from the emperor, and I know that I have nothing to repay, so I can only repay it with death!
The benevolence and righteousness of the imperial court are unique in the world. I will never tolerate the lord being captured and humiliated by the Ichigo clan! Unless, they walk over my body!
It’s time for the loyal king to repay his kindness! Only death! "
After she finished speaking, she strode out of the village.
Behind her, everyone looked at the leader. Naomasa Ii spoke impartially and outspokenly in front of Yoshihiro Shiba, and saved face for his colleagues, which earned him a good reputation among the group.
The leader gritted his teeth and said.
"Let's follow!"
As soon as the Tongxinzhong left, Kawada Nagauchi and the Yamamotoji family's samurai warriors no longer hesitated and followed them out.
Jiang Ma Huisheng looked uncertain.
She knew that if Ii Naomasa was allowed to walk out of the village without reacting, she would be embarrassed to have any friendship with Teru Uesugi in the future.
The Ema family's size of several thousand koku was nothing compared to the Echigo Uesugi family and the Kanto governor. Her friendship with Terutora Uesugi was already at a high level.
Yoshigan Shiba was also in the shogunate's imperial office. If he was captured and humiliated, and I watched with cold eyes, how could I have the nerve to interact with Terutora Uesugi?
Ema Huisheng remembered that the Takeda family sent someone to persuade the family to make the decision, and it was the Odaisho who was mentioned, not Uesugi Teruhora.
This shows that in the eyes of Takeda Harunobu, he also agrees with the importance of Shiba Yoshigan himself.
Thoughts were running through Ema Huisheng's mind, and Ii Naomasa had already reached the entrance of the village. She knew she couldn't hesitate any longer and took this gamble!
"Iiji! Wait for me!"
She quickly caught up with Naomasa Ii and said.
“Everyone ran forward, taking turns riding the horses to maintain their strength.
It was definitely too late to notify the Imperial Guard, so we broke through a gap behind the encirclement and picked up the Imperial Guard! "
Naomasa Ii looked at her excitedly and nodded repeatedly.
"good!"
After a little reorganization, the army left in a hurry. Only the nuns from Dongshanjian Village were left stunned, not knowing what the enemy troops were doing.
If they don't want to steal money and food, and don't burn down the house, are they going to get trapped in a trap?
She jumped up and shouted into the village.
"Come out! The bandits have escaped!
Go and see my Buddhist hall. The candlestick just fell over. Don’t burn down my Buddhist hall! You lazy idiots, go and take a look!
besides! Send a fast runner to Higashinojiri Village and tell them that I have expelled an enemy army here and tell them to be on guard! Don’t forget to report your military exploits to me! "
———
North of Higashinojiri Village, Teru Uesugi hides silently on the side of the mountain, and the raised mounds hide the figures of hundreds of riders.
A horseman came running from a distance, dismounted, bowed to the ground, and said.
"Your Highness, the village is empty of defenses. Dust and smoke are billowing from the south, and the sound of killings is loud."
Uesugi Teruhora narrowed his eyes, glanced at the Ji warriors behind him who were dismounting and resting, and said calmly.
"Set off."
The order was quickly spread, and hundreds of Ji warriors stood up one after another, arranging their swords, guns, and horses, and preparing for battle.
After a while, Uesugi Teruhora took the lead and rushed towards Higashinojiri Village. The sentry outside the village was so frightened that they were about to give a warning when they saw a large group of cavalry bypassing the village to the west and galloping south.
She was stunned for a moment to react, her eyes were horrified, and she quickly blew the conch. Starting from her, the sound of conch shells was accompanied by the formation of horse hooves, heading south.
Immediately, Terutora Uesugi signaled to the left and right to approach, and Kakizaki Keie and Saito Asanobu rode close behind.
Terutora Uesugi pointed forward and shouted.
"Kakizaki Kageie, lead your men to charge from behind and disrupt the military formation!"
"Hi!"
"Saito Chaobu, your people will move west, insert them from the side, and drive them east!"
"Hi!"
Finally, she looked at the towering horse prints in the distance and shouted behind her.
"Put up my chaos dragon flag, the long-tailed people follow me! The target is the Yixiang Sect's main formation!"
"Hi!"
As soon as the military flag comes out, there is no retreat.
What Uesugi Teruhu brought this time were all elites. There were 300 strikers under Kakizaki Keike, 220 under Saito Asanobu, and 50 Nagao Ichimon from his own formation.
The Wu family has a preparation team of Wanshi, with about 250 regular soldiers, including 400 to 50 Ji warriors.
When Uesugi Teruhora came this time, he almost mobilized the elite warriors of 150,000 koku directly under Kamizhongetsu. Naoe Keizuna's reserve force only left the number of Hime warriors who could barely control the military strength.
There are only 4,000 troops in the hands of Yori Zhao, who are still scattered soldiers from various places in the sect.
The Yuezhong Yixiang Sect with one hundred thousand stones could mobilize 12,000 people, which was much higher than the mobilization power of the Wu family. Shixuan of Shengxing Temple pretended to be stupid and stunned, while the leader of Anyang Temple stood still.
In the hands of Shimon Yoriteru, only Zuisen Temple could not command 7,000 people, and he had to worry about encirclement from all sides. Deploying four thousand people to round up Sibo Yiyin was an exhaustive effort.
And Teruhora Uesugi led nearly 600 elite warriors to rush in quickly, preparing to attack the 40,000 to 50,000 troops mobilized by Etsuchu.
But the 40,000 to 50,000 troops have been divided and disintegrated by Sibo Yiyin using various strategies. The only ones who could gather into a fist were the four thousand people Shiri Terizaka.
Sun Tzu said, "The more you can win, the less you can't win." This is indeed a wise saying.
———
Shiba Yiyin returned to the slope again and looked around. Only eleven of the twenty riders were left.
Pu Shengshixiang faced the foot of the mountain and cursed.
"mean!"
Shimoma Yoriteru carefully arranged the layout here to resist the horses and create artificial obstacles to block the momentum of the horses. They also used super long guns to form a spear formation to drive away the cavalry.
They didn't press hard, they just consumed Yiyin's cavalry strength. Several Ji warriors were impatient, but were swept off their horses.
Yiyin shook his head and said.
"They never fired arrows. They wanted to capture me alive."
He glanced around him. Nearly half of the horses were lost, and Warrior Ji looked tired.
The main generals such as Kamaoji Township, Kawada Nagauchi, Yoshie Ziken, Haizaka Nagano, Yamamotoji Takanobu and others are still there. But if I rush again, I'm afraid I'll lose a few.
Sibo Yiyin smiled helplessly and said.
"It's me who Yoriteru wants to arrest, Kamao-hime, you go and shout.
Let them untie the circle and let you go. I will stay. "
Kamouso clan shouted out loud.
"Odaisuo! No!"
Kawada Nagauchi and others also looked at each other.
Although they don't want to die, if the imperial office is captured, they will be disgraced when they go back and bear a stain that cannot be washed away.
If you really want to be suppressed for the rest of your life, you might as well die now.
