Chapter 5 gambling
When Yajiro saw the appearance of these two women, he could describe them as "at a loss". His shrewd expression suddenly went limp, his eyes turned gray, and he went back and forth from one woman to the other. non-stop.His thick lips parted slightly, revealing his white teeth.
Chun Niang walked up to him with a glass of wine in her hands, "Drink, please!"
The soft-tongued Kyoto dialect comes from the lips of a blooming flower.Yajiro didn't seem to hear it, only saw his Adam's apple swallowing up and down, staring at the woman without moving.
Chun Niang urged him again: "Please drink!"
"Oh!" Only then did he regain his senses, and let out a sigh of relief.
Chun Niang's behavior is dignified and elegant.Although Yasaburo also felt amazed, he didn't lose his composure like his brother. When Qiu Niang offered him wine with a wine glass, he took it calmly.
Jin Jin slightly lowered his eyes and sat on the side, observing the appearance of the two brothers meticulously, thinking to himself that the first move had been successful, and Yajiro would soon become his own.Jin Jin asked the two women to fill up the wine, raised their glasses and said: "There is no scenery here, so please bear with me, let me see if there is any poison in the wine first." After talking, the two brothers followed suit.The woman filled the wine for the three of them again, and then retreated outside with the soft sound of clothes rubbing against each other.
"Now let's get down to business! Your Excellency may have already guessed that today's matter is entirely based on Kasuga-san's will." Jin Jin honestly said that he wanted the two brothers to leave Kamijou and join his side.
Yajiro seemed to be concentrating on the leaving woman, and didn't hear what Jin Jin said.Jin Jin pretended not to see it, and continued: "Although I know it may be a bit embarrassing, I still hope that the two can agree. The country has brought long-term peace to the country because of the ruling of the Kyoto General. , now the whole country is in turmoil and people are dying because of one person's ambition, it really shouldn't be..."
Yajiro didn't answer, his mind was still wandering.Yasaburo looked at his brother angrily, then glared at Jin Jin suddenly, and said in a rather fierce tone: "I have seen through your tricks! What are those women doing? You know that my brother can't take his eyes off the women when he sees them, and they specially made them to confuse him." Isn't it?!"
Jin Jin pretended to be surprised, and then smiled: "It's too bad if you think so, why would we do this? To be honest, we proposed a meeting, and Lao Er moved away from the bottle, just to help the drink, so I specially came from The capital invites beautiful women to accompany you, if you don’t like it, I’ll send them back immediately, come!” He turned his head and called the servant.
At this moment, Yajiro yelled, "Wait a minute!"
The servant looked at his master, then at Yajiro, not knowing what to do, and waited cautiously for further instructions.
Yajiro salivated and said with a smile: "Beauties are beautiful, let's call them back to the table!"
Yasaburo was even angrier. He glared at Yajiro, annoyed that he fell for it so easily.
Yajiro also had an annoyed look on his face, and seemed to scold him: "You ignorant guy!"
Jinjin pretended to be panicked on purpose and said, "Ah! You two, don't mind this little thing. If it is a big thing and causes disputes between Xian Kunzhong, then there is no room for me?" He said, pretending to be abrupt Thinking of something, he said: "Oh! I was negligent!" Then he turned around and ordered the servant: "Bring the things up!"
The servants retreated, and then four people carried it into a wooden frame and placed it in front of Brother Kakizaki.Jinjin lifted the cloth cover on the box, revealing a shelf full of treasures: gold censer, silver pot, gold and silver inlaid vase, and several bags of placer gold, shining golden.The servants brought another wooden shelf with hundreds of bolts of silk; finally, another wooden shelf with a round sheathed broadsword and a golden waist knife with a golden gift sign on it.
Both Yajiro and Yasaburo were too surprised to speak, and looked at Jinjin in astonishment.Jin Jin asked the servant to place the treasure catalog between the two brothers, and said, "This is a gift from Guardian and Weijing to Xian Kunzhong, please accept it!"
Yasaburo looked at his brother, the anger just now had been swept away, replaced by a frightened expression.This time, it was Yajiro who became unhappy.Just as he was about to attack, a woman came in.I don't know whether it was intentional or accidental, the three wooden shelves with gold and treasures were closer to Yasaburo, and there was a little more space around Yajiro, and the two girls happened to sit on both sides of Yajiro, and they took turns persuading Yasaburo to drink. "Ah! Two beauties pour me some wine together!" Mijiro immediately relaxed, raised his glass and drank with the two women, drank one cup, poured another, and drained it again.Then, he asked the two women very happily: "I heard that you are from the capital, are you satisfied with Echigo? What's your name? How old are you?" Jin Jin felt like a hunter who had already lured his prey to the side of the trap. Yajiro suddenly raised his glass to him and said, "I'm sorry! I offer you a toast!" Jin Jin responded humbly: "Where! Where!" While waiting for the woman to pour wine for him, Yajiro said, "I have a request." "What request? As long as I can do it, I will definitely serve you." "It's—it's a little hard to say." Yajiro twisted his beard in embarrassment.Although Jin Jin roughly guessed what he wanted to say, he pretended not to know and asked: "What is it? I have no idea! As long as Brother Kakizaki orders, I will do it immediately. As long as I am able, everything will be done." .” Yajiro hesitated to speak: "Uh...uh...it's really hard to say..." He twisted his beard desperately, until his cheeks turned red. Jinjin didn't find it strange, thinking that Yajiro must be very fond of these two women, and the prey had indeed bitten the bait he set.He put on a delicate expression, and observed Yasaburo carefully, only to see his bloodshot greedy eyes looking back and forth at the three piles of treasures, as if he could no longer see the surrounding things.Jin Jin had to marvel at Wei Jing's shrewd strategy that can accurately grasp the weaknesses of human nature. Suddenly, Yajiro yelled: "Hey! Woman!" His voice was deafening, and Jinjin was startled, thinking that Yajiro was angry, was it because he found out that he was playing tricks? Then Yajiro said: "Woman, turn your face away and don't look at me for now!" The woman was startled, her face turned pale.Yajiro realized that he was speaking too aggressively, so he changed his voice and said in a gentle voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I scared you. Don't look at me for now!" He comforted them, then stared at Jinjin and said, "My There is nothing to ask, I just hope to give these two women to me!" The expression is serious, and it feels like if he refuses, he will turn his face immediately. Jin Jin smiled and said, "I thought it was a big deal, since it's like this, of course it's not a problem." Yajiro beamed with joy, and said excitedly: "Is it possible? Thank you! Thank you!" Jin Jin also smiled and said: "Wait a minute, I really hope to fulfill my brother's wishes, but you know that these two beauties are not ordinary people, they are secret beauties specially selected for Jing Gong from a thousand beauties in the capital, and today I will They are specially lent out to accompany the banquet, if you want to give them to Your Excellency, I dare not decide on my own whether you can help me and agree to join us, otherwise it will be difficult for me to go back to Chunri Mountain to explain to Wei Jinggong." Yajiro was already drunk, "Our brothers had planned this in the first place. Now that we receive these treasures, of course we will not be unreasonable." He suddenly pulled the woman into his arms, and stared at Jin Jin as if he had regained a little sobriety. : "However, these are not rewards for us to join!" "of course!" "If we want to talk about rewards, I hope to get ten townships, because Kamijou has promised me to give me ten townships in Ningcheng County. I don't think this is too much to ask, and you should have no objection." Jin Jin sighed in his heart!People are so greedy and lustful, it's really scary.However, Wei Jing had expected it a long time ago, and prepared to agree to the conditions of Shiwu Township. It seemed that his mission was a success. "Very good, Wei Jinggong also said that the rewards are not only those property, if you join us, as long as you succeed, you will also be rewarded!" "very good." "Then, can you please write down the oath as an agreement?" "no problem!" After taking the pen and paper to write down the oath, Yajiro shouted loudly: "Come here!" He held Chunniang in his right hand and Qiuniang in his left hand, placing them easily on the left and right knees, "Both of you are mine!" Haha..." He looked at them lewdly, and excitedly rubbed his face against the jade-like cheeks. Yasaburo suddenly shouted in displeasure: "Brother, what about me? You can't take all the benefits!" "I'll give you all those things! These two beautiful flowers belong to me, don't even try to get involved!" Probably a moment of drunkenness or passion!Yajiro's movements of caressing the woman became more and more rough, and the beauty was like a flower blown by a strong wind, shaking painfully on his knee. Jinjin also asked Yasaburo to write an oath.
More than ten days after the meeting in Dazang Village, Wei Jing received a report, and the anti-Wei Jing army led by Usami continued to gather Kamijou.Wei Jing immediately summoned his fellow nobles, but only Ueda's Fang Jing and his son came first.Counting for the sake of the situation, the enemy can easily gather 12,000 to 3,000 people, but our own side is no more than 7,000. Now only the Kakizaki clan, which belongs to the enemy's line, has turned back and returned.But what he got in this transaction was just a piece of oath paper, and Kakizaki has always been good at calculating, so he doesn't know what his plan is.But he also didn't think it was necessary to ask the Yajiro brothers to provide guarantees other than the affidavit.Akita Hitarokusuke once suggested that the Kakizaki brothers do not respect their reputation and should be asked to hand over the hostages.But Wei Jing refuted this opinion. He said: "If you employ people with suspicion, it is easy to make people rebel." To be honest, he can't take any real action, because the enemy has also planted as many spies as locusts in the autumn field. If he accepts hostages and is discovered by them, wouldn't it ruin the carefully planned strategy? !Akita also suggested that at least Xuangui should be sent to remind Kakizaki, but Weijing also denied it. Doing so was like a dying struggle, which revealed his lack of self-confidence. For the current plan, Wei Jing can only have the courage to finish the game.If he is lucky, Yajiro will act according to the plan, but if he is not lucky, he will perish, which is also destiny. Before long, Kamijou's army had poured into the fifty-kilometer field, only four miles away from Fuchu and Kasuga Mountain. Wei Jing decided to fight Kamijou, so he sent his army out of Mount Kasuga.The troops of Fang Jing and Zheng Jing were three thousand, and Wei Jing's own troops and the subordinates of the powerful clans totaled four thousand. The first thing is the house view.Because of the experience of the last defeat, as soon as he left Chunri Mountain, he sent Zheng Jing to spy on the military situation first.Although Zheng Jing was eighteen at the time, he had been in and out of the battlefield since he was fourteen, and participated in seven wars, big and small.Although his eyes are sharp, his facial features still retain the softness of a teenager. He has a short beard and is tall.The tall body with no fat shows young and elastic muscles. Wearing a battle uniform with a white background and blue dyed cherry pattern, he straddled a brown mount and led twenty cavalry ahead.On both sides of the road are paddy fields, most of which have been planted, and each field is filled with water, reflecting the early summer morning light. About three miles away is the Iida River, and after crossing this river, it is fifty kilometers.But as far as the eye can see, there are endless paddy fields, and there is no trace of the enemy.Four or five hundred meters away, there are three or four houses scattered about. Two of them have a forest nearby, and you can see the torii gate, which should be guarded shrines. Zheng Jing crossed the river and walked cautiously towards the woods. The morning sun slanted through the treetops, except for the sound of birds and cicadas, the surrounding area was extremely silent.When I entered the village, I saw that the villagers were working leisurely as usual, and they fled into the house in horror when they saw the knights on horseback who broke in suddenly.Zheng Jing chased after him, entered the nearest household and asked, "Kamijou's army should have arrived in this village, do you know where they are?" It was an old man with hazy eyes and ulcerated corners of his eyes. He jumped from the side of the kang stove onto the mud floor, bowing and bowing constantly.Zheng Jing took out three Yongle coins and threw them to him. He respectfully accepted it, and said tremblingly: "They have been here, but they don't know where they are going. They came yesterday and said that if a war starts here, they will harass the people, so the battlefield will be moved to Okada. It’s not easy for them to say that, this area is full of paddy fields, and it’s not easy to fight a war..." Probably the effect of three Yongle coins!The old man talked and flattered. The political situation continued to Okada, the old man did not lie, Kamijou's army really set up a formation in Okada. Fifty Kono is located on the right bank of the upper reaches of the Iida River. From the north to the southeast is a hilly area, and to the west is a plain. Okada is at the end of this plain. Kamijou's army lined up along the mountain to the south.At the northernmost point is Uesugi Takaken's 4,000-horse army, and the bamboo military flag printed with bird patterns is flying in the morning breeze against the green hills.In front of him, to the south is the formation of the powerful families in the country. The flags of each family are flying in the wind, and the total number is about 5,000. A little farther to the south is the Sanping military flag of Usami Dingxing, with a number of about 3,000 soldiers.Because the terrain is relatively high, it seems to be facing the enemy with a slope made of round stones. Kamijou chose this place for formation because there are only dry fields and fields in this area, and the terrain is most suitable for horseback riding. More importantly, the height of the terrain can be used to judge the situation of the enemy's attack. Regardless of the stop of his entourage, Zheng Jing approached to a distance of two or three hundred meters. After careful observation, he turned back to the camp.The enemy also seemed to notice him, but did not attack. Fangjing was less than half a mile away from Iida River, and received a report from Zhengjing. "There are no enemy traces in the Iida River area?" "I don't see a single person. Originally, a land full of paddy fields is not a place where you can fight." "indeed." Fang Jing also knows the depth of the enemy's strategy. He thought to himself that it is common sense to attack when the enemy is halfway across the river, but there are paddy fields near the Iida River ferry, which makes it difficult to form an formation. The formation must be to take advantage of the terrain, not only that, if one's own side hesitates to fight, the enemy will have nothing to lose, because the longer the situation drags on, the more favorable the situation will be to the enemy, that is to say, whether it is to fight all at once or protracted The battle situation is beneficial to the enemy and harmless. Fang Jing thought hard for a while and made up his mind. He said to Zheng Jing, "Go to Wei Jinggong's place!" "What's the matter?" "Report to him everything you just saw, and tell him on his behalf. Whether it is an immediate battle or a protracted war between the two armies, it will be beneficial to the enemy. That being the case, in order to wash away the shame of the previous defeat, my father decided to leap forward and fight to the death, and hope to get forgiveness!" The previous defeat dealt a severe blow to the young political scene, his young cheeks flushed suddenly: "Yes!" Weijing received a report from Zhengjing half a mile away.It is not wrong to know that the room scene is so pessimistic. In short, the enemy has taken advantage of the time and place, and the Kakizaki brothers have no idea what their plans are, and now they have to resign themselves to fate. After Zhengjing reported, he immediately turned his horse's head, Weijing Bujue called him, pulled out the dagger from his waist, "Take this, so that we can take the enemy's head!" "Nephew will definitely live up to his mission!" Zheng Jing got up majesticly, and led several riders to drive away through the white path in the middle of the winding paddy field.Wei Jing looked at his back, and thought of his worthless sons.He let Qingjing stay in Chunri Mountain. Although he brought Jingkang with him, he couldn't let him take on important tasks. He sighed inwardly: "My son is not even half as good as him..." Just before noon, Fang Jing arrived in Okada.He observed from hundreds of meters away, and found that Kamijou's formation was quite suspicious.They are not in a general battle formation immediately, but are building a position.He called a general who was familiar with warfare, pointed to Kamijou's position and asked, "What do you think is going on?" The general stared at it for a while, and then replied, "It's too far away, so I can't see clearly, but it looks like we're digging ditches and building deer villages." "I think so." "Isn't this the preparation for the upcoming war!" "Really!" Although Fang Jing wanted to be expected by him, he also felt that something was advancing step by step, and couldn't help but sigh: "Usami is really amazing!" Although he was eager to avenge his shame, there was nothing he could do about the disparity in military strength.The enemy is defending against the stronghold, and attacking the enemy is like attacking a city. There is a saying in the military book that if there is no ten times the force, there is no way to attack the city. Although he knows that there is no other way but to wait for the scene to come, he can't help but want to go further. Observing the enemy's formation, he went to act as a scout himself. He thought to himself, maybe there are people on the other side who underestimated our small number and came out to attack. I used this as an excuse to trigger a decisive battle, which was in line with the principle of quick battle, so I said to Zheng Jing: "If the enemy soldiers chase us, You should lead your troops to attack, the number should not be too many, as long as it is a little more than the opponent. If the enemy sends out more troops, we should not have too many, just about the same number or a little more, just like this step by step to lure the enemy to launch an offensive, turn around It is in our best interest to have a decisive battle, this is called leading the snake out of its hole." Fang Jing immediately took the six cavalry elite soldiers to the enemy's position.He knew very well that Usami would never be fooled by him, so instead of heading towards Usami's camp, he went around in a big circle and dismounted near the camps of other wealthy families, calmly observing. But the enemy was not fooled by him, and every position was still silent.Fang Jing had no choice but to get on his horse, waved the command flag, and shouted, "I am the Lord of Ueda, Echizen, guarding Fang Jing. If Yajiro Kakizaki is here, please come out and fight!" As soon as the words fell, someone came galloping on horseback.The man was wearing black leather armor, only the sickle-shaped emblem on the helmet was shining. He was riding a black horse, brandishing a long spear, followed by four horsemen carrying bows to protect him. "Yajiro Kakizaki is here! During the last fight, you fled back to the city with your head in your arms, can't you forget? If you are not stupid, you might as well come to Yuki Ichiyuki for the shame of losing the previous battle. If you don't have the heart to win, then You don’t even deserve to fight me! Come on!” He kicked the stirrup brazenly, and rushed forward with both men and horses. Fang Jing immediately ordered the samurai on the left and right: "Fire the arrow!" The samurai immediately drew their bows and released their arrows, and concentrated on Yajiro Wuqi.Yajiro and the others were all wearing armor and battle clothes, and they were still riding their horses forward while waving arrows with one hand.Immediately afterwards, two of them were shot by arrows. The galloping horse raised its front legs and struggled. The knight fell to the ground and was shot by arrows again when he was about to struggle. Yajiro roared furiously: "Despicable, you named Zhan, how can you use flying arrows?!" Fang Jing sneered and said: "This is a common weapon in war, what has it to do with despicability, you don't have to be because you are ignorant of current affairs!" After Fang Jing finished speaking, Ling Congqi took the bow and put it on a white-white feather arrow with a polished tip. He pulled hard and released it suddenly. The arrow hit Naka Yajiro's left arm under the dazzling sunlight. Yajiro was crumbling on the horse, roaring like a tiger. He threw away the spear and the arrow on his arm, drew out the steel knife, sat on the horse again, clamped his legs hard, roaring like a wounded beast. Seeing Fang Jing, he immediately turned his horse's head and drove straight into the ranks of reinforcements sent by his own side, and at the same time ordered to shoot arrows.More than twenty warriors on horseback aimed their arrows at Yajiro. Yajiro was blocked by the arrows and couldn't move forward, so he dismounted and stood under the pine tree on the edge of the field, gnashing his teeth angrily. If this move can attract Kamijou's attention and send troops out, then everything can go to war as Fang Jing planned before.But Kamijou just watched from the sidelines, not only did not send a single soldier, but called gold to withdraw the troops, Yajiro immediately retreated back to the camp after hearing the sound. Fang Jing thought to himself: "Usami is in command of the war, and there is nothing I can do!" So he also returned to the camp.
When Wei Jing arrived, it had not been long since the battle just now.Fang Jing went out to meet him in person and reported the details.Yajiro went out to fight, which was a strong blow to Weijing.Wei Jing felt a little uneasy in his heart, wondering if Yajiro would violate the agreement?But then I thought about it again, it was Fang Jing who named Zhan, and there was no reason for Yajiro not to fight.This is different from their prior agreement.Even so, the uneasiness in my heart still couldn't be eliminated.So he said: "I want to go to see the enemy's formation. If the enemy intends to fight for a long time, it will be troublesome! You can come too!" He invited Fang Jing and walked to the front line. The warm sun slanted on the horizon behind them, and they stared at the enemy line immediately, the sun dragging their shadows for a long time. Wei Jing said: "Indeed, the enemy is building a stronghold to fight a protracted war!" He suddenly said to the bodyguard behind him: "Retire temporarily!" Still staring at the enemy line, he said to Fang Jing: "Don't look at me, just answer." Then he told the secret agreement between him and the Kakizaki brothers. Fang Jing was very surprised, but still stared forward: "I didn't know that big brother had this trick, it was really wrong to name Zhan just now!" "Although we can't say yes, it won't have any impact. Maybe he can pay more attention to what he promised us." "Look, do you need to send someone to remind him again!" "I think so too. Anyway, we're going to set up a night formation here tonight, and send people there after nightfall!" The two went back to their respective camps, and soon the camps of both sides were filled with smoke, and after dark, the camps were also lit with blazing campfires.
Yasaburo looked at his brother, the anger just now had been swept away, replaced by a frightened expression.This time, it was Yajiro who became unhappy.Just as he was about to attack, a woman came in.I don't know whether it was intentional or accidental, the three wooden shelves with gold and treasures were closer to Yasaburo, and there was a little more space around Yajiro, and the two girls happened to sit on both sides of Yajiro, and they took turns persuading Yasaburo to drink. "Ah! Two beauties pour me some wine together!" Mijiro immediately relaxed, raised his glass and drank with the two women, drank one cup, poured another, and drained it again.Then, he asked the two women very happily: "I heard that you are from the capital, are you satisfied with Echigo? What's your name? How old are you?" Jin Jin felt like a hunter who had already lured his prey to the side of the trap. Yajiro suddenly raised his glass to him and said, "I'm sorry! I offer you a toast!" Jin Jin responded humbly: "Where! Where!" While waiting for the woman to pour wine for him, Yajiro said, "I have a request." "What request? As long as I can do it, I will definitely serve you." "It's—it's a little hard to say." Yajiro twisted his beard in embarrassment.Although Jin Jin roughly guessed what he wanted to say, he pretended not to know and asked: "What is it? I have no idea! As long as Brother Kakizaki orders, I will do it immediately. As long as I am able, everything will be done." .” Yajiro hesitated to speak: "Uh...uh...it's really hard to say..." He twisted his beard desperately, until his cheeks turned red. Jinjin didn't find it strange, thinking that Yajiro must be very fond of these two women, and the prey had indeed bitten the bait he set.He put on a delicate expression, and observed Yasaburo carefully, only to see his bloodshot greedy eyes looking back and forth at the three piles of treasures, as if he could no longer see the surrounding things.Jin Jin had to marvel at Wei Jing's shrewd strategy that can accurately grasp the weaknesses of human nature. Suddenly, Yajiro yelled: "Hey! Woman!" His voice was deafening, and Jinjin was startled, thinking that Yajiro was angry, was it because he found out that he was playing tricks? Then Yajiro said: "Woman, turn your face away and don't look at me for now!" The woman was startled, her face turned pale.Yajiro realized that he was speaking too aggressively, so he changed his voice and said in a gentle voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I scared you. Don't look at me for now!" He comforted them, then stared at Jinjin and said, "My There is nothing to ask, I just hope to give these two women to me!" The expression is serious, and it feels like if he refuses, he will turn his face immediately. Jin Jin smiled and said, "I thought it was a big deal, since it's like this, of course it's not a problem." Yajiro beamed with joy, and said excitedly: "Is it possible? Thank you! Thank you!" Jin Jin also smiled and said: "Wait a minute, I really hope to fulfill my brother's wishes, but you know that these two beauties are not ordinary people, they are secret beauties specially selected for Jing Gong from a thousand beauties in the capital, and today I will They are specially lent out to accompany the banquet, if you want to give them to Your Excellency, I dare not decide on my own whether you can help me and agree to join us, otherwise it will be difficult for me to go back to Chunri Mountain to explain to Wei Jinggong." Yajiro was already drunk, "Our brothers had planned this in the first place. Now that we receive these treasures, of course we will not be unreasonable." He suddenly pulled the woman into his arms, and stared at Jin Jin as if he had regained a little sobriety. : "However, these are not rewards for us to join!" "of course!" "If we want to talk about rewards, I hope to get ten townships, because Kamijou has promised me to give me ten townships in Ningcheng County. I don't think this is too much to ask, and you should have no objection." Jin Jin sighed in his heart!People are so greedy and lustful, it's really scary.However, Wei Jing had expected it a long time ago, and prepared to agree to the conditions of Shiwu Township. It seemed that his mission was a success. "Very good, Wei Jinggong also said that the rewards are not only those property, if you join us, as long as you succeed, you will also be rewarded!" "very good." "Then, can you please write down the oath as an agreement?" "no problem!" After taking the pen and paper to write down the oath, Yajiro shouted loudly: "Come here!" He held Chunniang in his right hand and Qiuniang in his left hand, placing them easily on the left and right knees, "Both of you are mine!" Haha..." He looked at them lewdly, and excitedly rubbed his face against the jade-like cheeks. Yasaburo suddenly shouted in displeasure: "Brother, what about me? You can't take all the benefits!" "I'll give you all those things! These two beautiful flowers belong to me, don't even try to get involved!" Probably a moment of drunkenness or passion!Yajiro's movements of caressing the woman became more and more rough, and the beauty was like a flower blown by a strong wind, shaking painfully on his knee. Jinjin also asked Yasaburo to write an oath.
More than ten days after the meeting in Dazang Village, Wei Jing received a report, and the anti-Wei Jing army led by Usami continued to gather Kamijou.Wei Jing immediately summoned his fellow nobles, but only Ueda's Fang Jing and his son came first.Counting for the sake of the situation, the enemy can easily gather 12,000 to 3,000 people, but our own side is no more than 7,000. Now only the Kakizaki clan, which belongs to the enemy's line, has turned back and returned.But what he got in this transaction was just a piece of oath paper, and Kakizaki has always been good at calculating, so he doesn't know what his plan is.But he also didn't think it was necessary to ask the Yajiro brothers to provide guarantees other than the affidavit.Akita Hitarokusuke once suggested that the Kakizaki brothers do not respect their reputation and should be asked to hand over the hostages.But Wei Jing refuted this opinion. He said: "If you employ people with suspicion, it is easy to make people rebel." To be honest, he can't take any real action, because the enemy has also planted as many spies as locusts in the autumn field. If he accepts hostages and is discovered by them, wouldn't it ruin the carefully planned strategy? !Akita also suggested that at least Xuangui should be sent to remind Kakizaki, but Weijing also denied it. Doing so was like a dying struggle, which revealed his lack of self-confidence. For the current plan, Wei Jing can only have the courage to finish the game.If he is lucky, Yajiro will act according to the plan, but if he is not lucky, he will perish, which is also destiny. Before long, Kamijou's army had poured into the fifty-kilometer field, only four miles away from Fuchu and Kasuga Mountain. Wei Jing decided to fight Kamijou, so he sent his army out of Mount Kasuga.The troops of Fang Jing and Zheng Jing were three thousand, and Wei Jing's own troops and the subordinates of the powerful clans totaled four thousand. The first thing is the house view.Because of the experience of the last defeat, as soon as he left Chunri Mountain, he sent Zheng Jing to spy on the military situation first.Although Zheng Jing was eighteen at the time, he had been in and out of the battlefield since he was fourteen, and participated in seven wars, big and small.Although his eyes are sharp, his facial features still retain the softness of a teenager. He has a short beard and is tall.The tall body with no fat shows young and elastic muscles. Wearing a battle uniform with a white background and blue dyed cherry pattern, he straddled a brown mount and led twenty cavalry ahead.On both sides of the road are paddy fields, most of which have been planted, and each field is filled with water, reflecting the early summer morning light. About three miles away is the Iida River, and after crossing this river, it is fifty kilometers.But as far as the eye can see, there are endless paddy fields, and there is no trace of the enemy.Four or five hundred meters away, there are three or four houses scattered about. Two of them have a forest nearby, and you can see the torii gate, which should be guarded shrines. Zheng Jing crossed the river and walked cautiously towards the woods. The morning sun slanted through the treetops, except for the sound of birds and cicadas, the surrounding area was extremely silent.When I entered the village, I saw that the villagers were working leisurely as usual, and they fled into the house in horror when they saw the knights on horseback who broke in suddenly.Zheng Jing chased after him, entered the nearest household and asked, "Kamijou's army should have arrived in this village, do you know where they are?" It was an old man with hazy eyes and ulcerated corners of his eyes. He jumped from the side of the kang stove onto the mud floor, bowing and bowing constantly.Zheng Jing took out three Yongle coins and threw them to him. He respectfully accepted it, and said tremblingly: "They have been here, but they don't know where they are going. They came yesterday and said that if a war starts here, they will harass the people, so the battlefield will be moved to Okada. It’s not easy for them to say that, this area is full of paddy fields, and it’s not easy to fight a war..." Probably the effect of three Yongle coins!The old man talked and flattered. The political situation continued to Okada, the old man did not lie, Kamijou's army really set up a formation in Okada. Fifty Kono is located on the right bank of the upper reaches of the Iida River. From the north to the southeast is a hilly area, and to the west is a plain. Okada is at the end of this plain. Kamijou's army lined up along the mountain to the south.At the northernmost point is Uesugi Takaken's 4,000-horse army, and the bamboo military flag printed with bird patterns is flying in the morning breeze against the green hills.In front of him, to the south is the formation of the powerful families in the country. The flags of each family are flying in the wind, and the total number is about 5,000. A little farther to the south is the Sanping military flag of Usami Dingxing, with a number of about 3,000 soldiers.Because the terrain is relatively high, it seems to be facing the enemy with a slope made of round stones. Kamijou chose this place for formation because there are only dry fields and fields in this area, and the terrain is most suitable for horseback riding. More importantly, the height of the terrain can be used to judge the situation of the enemy's attack. Regardless of the stop of his entourage, Zheng Jing approached to a distance of two or three hundred meters. After careful observation, he turned back to the camp.The enemy also seemed to notice him, but did not attack. Fangjing was less than half a mile away from Iida River, and received a report from Zhengjing. "There are no enemy traces in the Iida River area?" "I don't see a single person. Originally, a land full of paddy fields is not a place where you can fight." "indeed." Fang Jing also knows the depth of the enemy's strategy. He thought to himself that it is common sense to attack when the enemy is halfway across the river, but there are paddy fields near the Iida River ferry, which makes it difficult to form an formation. The formation must be to take advantage of the terrain, not only that, if one's own side hesitates to fight, the enemy will have nothing to lose, because the longer the situation drags on, the more favorable the situation will be to the enemy, that is to say, whether it is to fight all at once or protracted The battle situation is beneficial to the enemy and harmless. Fang Jing thought hard for a while and made up his mind. He said to Zheng Jing, "Go to Wei Jinggong's place!" "What's the matter?" "Report to him everything you just saw, and tell him on his behalf. Whether it is an immediate battle or a protracted war between the two armies, it will be beneficial to the enemy. That being the case, in order to wash away the shame of the previous defeat, my father decided to leap forward and fight to the death, and hope to get forgiveness!" The previous defeat dealt a severe blow to the young political scene, his young cheeks flushed suddenly: "Yes!" Weijing received a report from Zhengjing half a mile away.It is not wrong to know that the room scene is so pessimistic. In short, the enemy has taken advantage of the time and place, and the Kakizaki brothers have no idea what their plans are, and now they have to resign themselves to fate. After Zhengjing reported, he immediately turned his horse's head, Weijing Bujue called him, pulled out the dagger from his waist, "Take this, so that we can take the enemy's head!" "Nephew will definitely live up to his mission!" Zheng Jing got up majesticly, and led several riders to drive away through the white path in the middle of the winding paddy field.Wei Jing looked at his back, and thought of his worthless sons.He let Qingjing stay in Chunri Mountain. Although he brought Jingkang with him, he couldn't let him take on important tasks. He sighed inwardly: "My son is not even half as good as him..." Just before noon, Fang Jing arrived in Okada.He observed from hundreds of meters away, and found that Kamijou's formation was quite suspicious.They are not in a general battle formation immediately, but are building a position.He called a general who was familiar with warfare, pointed to Kamijou's position and asked, "What do you think is going on?" The general stared at it for a while, and then replied, "It's too far away, so I can't see clearly, but it looks like we're digging ditches and building deer villages." "I think so." "Isn't this the preparation for the upcoming war!" "Really!" Although Fang Jing wanted to be expected by him, he also felt that something was advancing step by step, and couldn't help but sigh: "Usami is really amazing!" Although he was eager to avenge his shame, there was nothing he could do about the disparity in military strength.The enemy is defending against the stronghold, and attacking the enemy is like attacking a city. There is a saying in the military book that if there is no ten times the force, there is no way to attack the city. Although he knows that there is no other way but to wait for the scene to come, he can't help but want to go further. Observing the enemy's formation, he went to act as a scout himself. He thought to himself, maybe there are people on the other side who underestimated our small number and came out to attack. I used this as an excuse to trigger a decisive battle, which was in line with the principle of quick battle, so I said to Zheng Jing: "If the enemy soldiers chase us, You should lead your troops to attack, the number should not be too many, as long as it is a little more than the opponent. If the enemy sends out more troops, we should not have too many, just about the same number or a little more, just like this step by step to lure the enemy to launch an offensive, turn around It is in our best interest to have a decisive battle, this is called leading the snake out of its hole." Fang Jing immediately took the six cavalry elite soldiers to the enemy's position.He knew very well that Usami would never be fooled by him, so instead of heading towards Usami's camp, he went around in a big circle and dismounted near the camps of other wealthy families, calmly observing. But the enemy was not fooled by him, and every position was still silent.Fang Jing had no choice but to get on his horse, waved the command flag, and shouted, "I am the Lord of Ueda, Echizen, guarding Fang Jing. If Yajiro Kakizaki is here, please come out and fight!" As soon as the words fell, someone came galloping on horseback.The man was wearing black leather armor, only the sickle-shaped emblem on the helmet was shining. He was riding a black horse, brandishing a long spear, followed by four horsemen carrying bows to protect him. "Yajiro Kakizaki is here! During the last fight, you fled back to the city with your head in your arms, can't you forget? If you are not stupid, you might as well come to Yuki Ichiyuki for the shame of losing the previous battle. If you don't have the heart to win, then You don’t even deserve to fight me! Come on!” He kicked the stirrup brazenly, and rushed forward with both men and horses. Fang Jing immediately ordered the samurai on the left and right: "Fire the arrow!" The samurai immediately drew their bows and released their arrows, and concentrated on Yajiro Wuqi.Yajiro and the others were all wearing armor and battle clothes, and they were still riding their horses forward while waving arrows with one hand.Immediately afterwards, two of them were shot by arrows. The galloping horse raised its front legs and struggled. The knight fell to the ground and was shot by arrows again when he was about to struggle. Yajiro roared furiously: "Despicable, you named Zhan, how can you use flying arrows?!" Fang Jing sneered and said: "This is a common weapon in war, what has it to do with despicability, you don't have to be because you are ignorant of current affairs!" After Fang Jing finished speaking, Ling Congqi took the bow and put it on a white-white feather arrow with a polished tip. He pulled hard and released it suddenly. The arrow hit Naka Yajiro's left arm under the dazzling sunlight. Yajiro was crumbling on the horse, roaring like a tiger. He threw away the spear and the arrow on his arm, drew out the steel knife, sat on the horse again, clamped his legs hard, roaring like a wounded beast. Seeing Fang Jing, he immediately turned his horse's head and drove straight into the ranks of reinforcements sent by his own side, and at the same time ordered to shoot arrows.More than twenty warriors on horseback aimed their arrows at Yajiro. Yajiro was blocked by the arrows and couldn't move forward, so he dismounted and stood under the pine tree on the edge of the field, gnashing his teeth angrily. If this move can attract Kamijou's attention and send troops out, then everything can go to war as Fang Jing planned before.But Kamijou just watched from the sidelines, not only did not send a single soldier, but called gold to withdraw the troops, Yajiro immediately retreated back to the camp after hearing the sound. Fang Jing thought to himself: "Usami is in command of the war, and there is nothing I can do!" So he also returned to the camp.
When Wei Jing arrived, it had not been long since the battle just now.Fang Jing went out to meet him in person and reported the details.Yajiro went out to fight, which was a strong blow to Weijing.Wei Jing felt a little uneasy in his heart, wondering if Yajiro would violate the agreement?But then I thought about it again, it was Fang Jing who named Zhan, and there was no reason for Yajiro not to fight.This is different from their prior agreement.Even so, the uneasiness in my heart still couldn't be eliminated.So he said: "I want to go to see the enemy's formation. If the enemy intends to fight for a long time, it will be troublesome! You can come too!" He invited Fang Jing and walked to the front line. The warm sun slanted on the horizon behind them, and they stared at the enemy line immediately, the sun dragging their shadows for a long time. Wei Jing said: "Indeed, the enemy is building a stronghold to fight a protracted war!" He suddenly said to the bodyguard behind him: "Retire temporarily!" Still staring at the enemy line, he said to Fang Jing: "Don't look at me, just answer." Then he told the secret agreement between him and the Kakizaki brothers. Fang Jing was very surprised, but still stared forward: "I didn't know that big brother had this trick, it was really wrong to name Zhan just now!" "Although we can't say yes, it won't have any impact. Maybe he can pay more attention to what he promised us." "Look, do you need to send someone to remind him again!" "I think so too. Anyway, we're going to set up a night formation here tonight, and send people there after nightfall!" The two went back to their respective camps, and soon the camps of both sides were filled with smoke, and after dark, the camps were also lit with blazing campfires.