Chapter 6 defection
That night, the Uesugi Army held a military meeting in the main camp of General Joshin. Usami's initial combat policy was to avoid an immediate decisive battle and prepare for a long-term confrontation.However, the generals believed that their own forces were overwhelmingly superior, and unanimously advocated an immediate decisive battle.Therefore, Usami did not stick to the original policy. The reason why he adopted the strategy of protracted war was that he thought he would be able to gather more soldiers and horses for the sake of Jing, but looking at it today, Nagao's force was unexpectedly small, which clearly shows that all the wealthy families in the country have abandoned For the scenery, and the time for the decline of the scenery has come.
In the meeting, it was decided to start the war tomorrow, and then discuss who should play the striker.Originally, everyone wanted to play forward, and they were arguing endlessly, but when Yajiro said, "Let me go first!" The debate stopped immediately.If the words came from other people, it might be brash, but when it came from Yajiro, everyone felt that it was appropriate, because he has the ability.
Yajiro was shot by Fang Jing today, and his left arm was injured unexpectedly deep. He was wearing a bandage, but he didn't look weak.
Usami said, "Kakizaki-san is injured, is it okay?"
Yajiro laughed loudly: "What is this little flesh injury!"
The matter is thus decided, and preparations for battle will be made at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The battle will begin with the sound of the conch at the Usami camp, and the Kakizaki army will start the operation first. Fight with judgment; when the gong of the Usami camp continues to sound, withdraw troops immediately, and don't love to fight.Upon such resolution, the meeting will adjourn.
Yajiro did not forget the secret agreement with Wei Jing, but the strength of the two armies is very different, and Kamijou occupies a convenient location, so the actual situation is far from his original prediction.Although he has accepted the generous gift of gold, silver, treasures, and a beautiful family, if he wants to break the contract, he will inevitably feel ashamed, but the power of the two sides is so disparate, if he betrays Uesugi as agreed, there may not be any chance for Nagao to win, so he thought Think about it, let's make a decision tomorrow depending on the situation!If the Long Tail Army can remain undefeated, I will fulfill my promise, otherwise, I can't ruin my future!
Yasaburo did not attend the military council.After Yajiro returned to the camp, Yasaburo rushed over immediately, dismissed everyone and asked, "What did you talk about?"
"It has been decided that I will take the lead!"
Misaburo looked puzzled: "But what about the agreement? Today, Fang Jing named the battle, which made me very uncomfortable. Although he named the battle, the military order stipulates that we stick to our positions and do not fight. If the eldest brother does not fight, no one will think Strange, of course, no one would say that elder brother is a coward! But elder brother stepped forward to fight, is he planning to break the contract? Is it appropriate to do so?"
Yajiro lowered his voice and said: "You can't say that. At that time he was so provocative and shouted. I have no reason to back down. As for tomorrow's first battle, I plan to do so." He expressed his thoughts to Yasaburo frankly. illustrate.
"This is really too cruel!" Even Yasaburo was horrified.
"How can we not be ruthless? We must be careful and play by ear, and we can't be careless!"
"Little brother still doesn't understand a little..."
"Anyway, I will make a decision based on tomorrow's situation, and I may not necessarily break the contract."
"So, there is no other way, so that's fine." Yasaburo also agreed.
After the two brothers chatted for a while, Yasaburo returned to his military tent.
Yajiro was thinking of Chun Niang and Qiu Niang who stayed in the city, and drank the nightcap alone.He suddenly found someone sitting next to him, turned his head and saw a man with a strange expression kneeling and sitting beside him, he couldn't help being startled.He was about to be reprimanded, but the other party said first: "Please be quiet!" His voice was very low, with an indescribable sense of oppression, and Yajiro naturally swallowed the words that came to his mouth. He wanted to kill this man, but his left arm was injured and his hands were not flexible, so he stared at the man, slowly changed his seat, and reached out to touch the saber that was placed aside, but when he reached out, there was nothing, he groped in embarrassment. For a while, nothing. The man with the big mouth like a crow asked in a fearful tone: "Are you looking for the saber? It's over there." He pointed his eyes at the corner of the tent, where the steel knife that Yajiro was always proud of was erected. Yajiro felt exhausted for a while, and he also asked in a low voice: "Who are you?" "Don't your lord remember your voice?" Only then did Yajiro remember, isn't it the voice that once appeared in the darkness? "I'm here for Duke Jing!" The more respectful his attitude was, the more sad it was, as if he was being fooled. Yajiro was upset and irritable, but he couldn't show it to the outside. "when did you come?" "Your brother came to visit just now, and I will follow you, because your land is very heavily guarded, so I had to make such a bad move, please forgive me!" Yajiro thought: "No way." He heard all the conversations between him and Yasaburo.He really wanted to kill him, but he didn't have a knife in his hand, and he couldn't do it with only the short knife in his waist. His thought was as transparent as reflected in a mirror, and the other party said: "Your Excellency, you should wear the saber! If it is not by your side, Your Excellency seems not to be free!" As he spoke, he brought the knife for him, trembling offer. Yajiro was taken aback again, thinking that it might not be so easy to kill him. "I brought you a letter from Jing Gong, which contains a lot of details about the implementation of the previous agreement in the battle tomorrow. Also, after reading the letter, if there is anything you don't understand, I will explain it to you immediately. .” As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket, and carefully pulled out the fan in his waist, put the letter on the fan and held it to Yajiro.Yajiro ignored his sincerity and opened the letter to read. The letter first expressed condolences to him for the injury he suffered today, and then told how to use this injury as an excuse to defect tomorrow. To Yajiro.Yajiro was thinking about how to answer, but he couldn't make up his mind at the moment, because he still didn't know which side was the final winner.Although Wei Jing pointed out the method of cleverly implementing the scheme, he had to deceive Usami first, but would Usami be deceived so easily by him? "Do you want to bring a letter back?" "yes!" As if he had to reply to the letter, Mi Erlang hesitated in his heart, and suddenly he thought of a good excuse: "Just tell Wei Jinggong, I have read the letter, and everything will depend on the battle situation tomorrow!" "Yes, but can you please write it in writing?" "My handwriting is ugly." "Where, I've seen it before, my lord wrote it very well." "You're laughing!" Mijiro said so, thinking: "That's right, last time this guy made himself wait all night and secretly took the letter away." He thought that this guy would take the lead in everything, Really hateful. The other party said repeatedly: "Don't dare, dare not!" Then he took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone prepared in advance and said: "My lord, please use it!" Yajiro had no choice but to take the pen and paper and write down what he just said. "Forgive me for disturbing you in the middle of the night, please excuse my disrespect, and I will leave now!" He stepped back to the edge of the tent, bowed cautiously, opened the tent, and disappeared in a flash.Yajiro opened the tent as if chasing him, but he was gone.He muttered: "What an annoying guy!" He returned to his seat with a sullen face, only to see that guy was still sitting in the position just now, and Yajiro was startled: "You! Why are you still here? !" "There was some suspicious movement outside just now! I'll turn back for now, but I'm fine now, so I'm leaving." He backed up as before, then turned around suddenly, and disappeared in front of his eyes. Yajiro didn't dare to move for a long time, he didn't even dare to look around or talk to himself, always feeling that he might still be hiding somewhere in this tent.
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Yajiro sent someone to the barracks of Usami Sadayuki to report: "Yesterday's injury suddenly occurred in the middle of the night, and the pain was unbearable. Today, the vanguard had to change to someone else. I originally wanted to be the vanguard, but the situation changed. So far, I am really sorry, and I also feel sorry, please forgive me!" Usami was very surprised, her face changed drastically and she said, "I hope I don't get tetanus. I should have gone to visit, but the war is imminent and I can't be separated. I will visit after the war. Please tell me to take care!" Usami turned to the generals and said: "Because of this, the vanguard must be replaced, but the battle is imminent and there is no time to discuss it. For the time being, the troops below will be the vanguard. Please understand, and the rest will still follow the plan made yesterday." All the generals also understand. The battle began at half a quarter of the hour.The vanguard of the Long Tail Army is Ueda’s troops. The 3,000 soldiers and horses are divided into two teams. The first team is led by Zheng Jing, and the second team is led by Fang Jing. Behind them is Wei Jing’s 4,000 soldiers and horses. , but they only advanced a little and stood still. When the forward approached to the arrow-fighting distance, Zheng Jing's troops put up their shields, and the men hid behind the shields and kept firing arrows.But there was no response from Uesugi, and they all stood their ground, hiding in shields and trenches, and there was silence. The Zhengjing team moved forward step by step.Seeing that the time had come, Usami immediately blew the conch horn.As soon as the high-pitched sound of the spiral sounded, the vanguard of thousands of people either jumped out of the bunker on the ground, or swarmed out of the gate, and rushed straight to Zhengjing's army. Like rocks colliding with each other, the two armies engaged in a fierce gun battle.Because the terrain was somewhat inclined, the Zhengjing troops had to attack upwards, while the Usami team drove straight down. After fighting for a while, the Zhengjing troops immediately dispersed in all directions. Usami blew the second conch sound, Uesugi and all the generals opened the gate together, and rushed out at the same time, Usami and the general Dingxian also followed, and the menacing approach was menacing.Not long after the fight, Fang Jing's troops fell into chaos and fled in all directions.Uesugi's army took advantage of the victory and pursued them until they reached Weijing's main formation.Fight and go for the scenery. The battle situation was reported to Yajiro in the camp.Yajiro told his younger brother and family general that he had to stay in bed because of the pain from the arrow wound, but as soon as the battle started, he quietly got up and put on his armor, and called Yasaburo. Big problem.Yasaburo looked at Yajiro, who was still sick in bed just now, but now he was full of energy, and couldn't help being stunned: "Why, brother is healed already?" "We will fulfill our agreement with Jinjin now!" "what?!" "What are you afraid of?! I'm just pretending. Now, hurry up and set fire to each camp!" "Okay! Let's do it!" Yasaburo ordered the soldiers to set fire to all the camps of the Uesugi Army. There were only a few guards in each camp, and they were quickly subdued. He walked while fighting for the sake of the scene, but when he saw flames rising from the enemy camp, he stopped backing and shouted: "Look! It's Yajiro Kakizaki who turned his back! Burn the enemy camp! We will win this battle ! Now pass on the order and tell everyone that we have won this battle!" Wei Jing's army immediately became full of energy, and the four directions shouted: "Kakizaki defected in front of the formation! Kakizaki defected in front of the formation!" The tide of battle suddenly reversed.Uesugi's fighting spirit disappeared and fell into chaos. Seeing Yajiro attacking from behind, the situation became even more chaotic.Kakizaki Shichizaemon, Suma Tosho, Sonokuzo, More Kakunoshin and others of the Kakizaki clan had not been contacted by Yajiro beforehand, so they also attacked together with Uesugi's generals.In their view, Yajiro first betrayed Uesugi and joined Uesugi, and now he betrayed Uesugi and joined Uesugi, which is extremely shameless and shameless.They were very angry and shouted: "He is simply not human, and he is not worthy to be the commander of our Kakizaki clan. We killed him! If we don't kill him, our Kakizaki clan are all animals!" Saying this, they turned their heads and cut at Yajiro . "You bastard, how dare you treat the leader of the clan like this?!" Yajiro was also furious. He roared crazily, and mercilessly beheaded the members of the same clan who attacked him. The battle was brutal.
Uesugi's army immediately fell into chaos, and only Usami's troops could maintain military discipline, but he didn't have the extra strength to rescue other teams, so he could only do his best to defend himself.Uesugi Joshin's direct military forces also collapsed. Joshin's chief general, Hajozaemon, first assembled the soldiers who had fled around to resist the enemy's attack. When he realized that the situation was over, he immediately rushed to Joshin and urged him Get out of here quickly. Because of the defeat, Dingxian said disheartenedly: "I thought it was safe, but it has turned into this situation. It is really unusual. Maybe the sky will kill me. If this is the case, I don't want to run away in embarrassment. I want to stay here. , fight to the end!" Dr. Zaemon was anxious and anxious: "My lord, please don't be like this! Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, not to mention that this matter was all caused by Kakizaki's betrayal of the lord. Now that the matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk about it. I only hope that the lord will not lose his fortitude. Plan a comeback and attack the rebel generals. There is no time to delay, please leave this place quickly!" After persuading Ding Xian, he urged Ding Xian's bodyguard: "Hurry up and escort the lord to escape from this place. If you don't follow, you will be disloyal! Hurry up! Go away!" Then, thirty cavalry surrounded Ding Xian and fled the battlefield.Nagao's army was chasing after him, and Dr. Zaemon stood up to stop him: "You rebels, why are you chasing so hard?! I am Dr. Hachijo Zaemon! If you want to find it, find me!" Immediately, he tried his best to block the pursuers, and finally died in battle. The Kakizaki brothers are fighting fiercely with the army of the same clan who are not ashamed of what they have done. Although they are members of the same clan, once their interests conflict, they will be like gangsters when they meet.The two brothers were covered in blood, like blood men, and reported to the Jing main formation. Wei Jing's remaining enemies are only Usami's team.Usami is worthy of being a famous general. The army is brave and energetic, and the more he fights, the more courageous he becomes. Although the soldiers are tired after a long battle and rest for a while, they are still like a stubborn tiger.Wei Jing and Fang Jing didn't dare to take action lightly, so the two armies confronted each other, ready to fight. Brother Yajiro came to report at this time. Weijing's main formation was next to the three-foot-high Asada. When the Kakizaki brothers appeared in front of him, Weijing stood up excitedly from his chair and took a few steps forward: "Ah, Yajiro! Ah, Yasaburo! Good time! Well done." The two brothers knelt down and worshiped, and said to Jing: "Wait! Wait! I will set up a banquet for Xian Kunzhong first!" He ordered the guards to put the shield on the ground, and then let the two brothers sit down after covering it with a leather cushion.Holding Yajiro's hand in his right hand and Yasaburo's in his left hand, he said affectionately: "The victory in this war is entirely due to Xian Kunzhong, and I am sincerely grateful for Jing!" His tone was so grateful that he continued: " I promise you rewards, and I will never break my promise, and the merits of Xian Kunzhong will never be forgotten for generations to come." Although Yajiro is lustful, greedy, and has no sense of loyalty, he is also quite simple, and he is very moved by Wei Jing's attitude and words.Perhaps he was not moved, but proud. He said without shame: "I am very happy to be able to make great contributions. I will be more loyal in the future. As long as I join, Kasuga Mountain will be as safe as a rock." Wei Jing really wanted to persuade this rude samurai to counterattack Usami who was waiting in battle.He sat on a chair, looked at Yajiro, and thought about how to speak. At this moment, a warrior galloped over, got off his horse outside the camp, and knelt down on his knees from afar: "Report!" "Come and talk about it!" The samurai walked a few steps closer and bowed again. His whole body was covered with dried and whitened mud, and he reported in shortness of breath, "Samurai Uesugi has fled the battlefield and fled to the northwest!" Although Uesugi Joshin is the puppet of Usami Josaka, Usami used the banner of Joshin to gather wealthy families. If Uesugi Joshin is killed, Usami will not be able to gather strong opposition forces again.In fact, Shenmou can be judged like Usami. Even if there is no Dingxian, he can still find someone like Dingxian to call on the armies.But if Dingxian is not killed, the fate of the Hao family will be uncertain.Wei Jing couldn't help scolding the warriors: "Why didn't you pursue them? The enemy is already defeated and unable to resist, go and chase them!" "I have sent troops to hunt down, but the guards escorting Duke Dingxian are all good at riding and shooting. As long as our side is close to the shooting distance, all of them will be shot off their horses. Therefore, the soldiers dare not approach, so they can only chase after him!" Yajiro twisted his beard, listened to their master-slave conversation with a smile, stopped suddenly, and blurted out: "Excuse me for taking the liberty! Leave the matter of Mr. Kamijo to me!" "Leave it to you?" "Maybe it will take some time." After speaking, he swaggered out of the tent without waiting for Wei Jing to react.After Yasaburo saluted, he also left behind.
Yajiro returned to his camp and asked Yasaburo to stay behind. He took a few warriors with bows and shields, and also took the horses he needed to change on the way and ran away from the camp.The time is now around ten o'clock in the morning, the sky is slightly overcast, and the heat is pressing.Yajiro galloped on the winding path among the paddy fields, changed horses twice on the way, and chased desperately. When he rushed to the vicinity of Sanfenyiyuan in Datang Village, he saw a group of troops in front of them, three to four hundred meters in front of them. There were 20 to 30 soldiers and horses, and at a glance, it was clear that they were Nagao Chasing Soldiers, Uesugi Joshin and others. Yajiro put all his energy into his body, and with full horsepower, he overtook Nagao's pursuers in an instant. He shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! Don't get in my way, sir!" as he drove past like a gust of wind.The long-tailed pursuers did not have time to stop their horses, and they jumped into the paddy fields beside the road. Yajiro didn't even look back, he rode even faster, and shouted forward: "The front must be Kamijou's Dingxian Gong, and Kakizaki Yajiro has come to see you. Please accept the gift!" When Dingxian and the others heard someone shouting, they turned their heads and saw that it was Yajiro Kakizaki who was the same as the enemy. They couldn't help feeling angry, forgetting that it was important to run for their lives at this moment, they turned their heads together and said, "You unrighteous beast! Sacrifice! What face do you have to come to see Ding Xiangong, and see that we have taken your dog's life!" Everyone yelled at the same time and shot arrows together. Yajiro ordered his followers to disperse into the paddy fields on the left and right, and also ordered to shoot arrows. He himself held a shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, and charged forward. All the arrows were focused on him.The sharp arrow made a sound of "咻", and was firmly nailed to the shield, and the shield immediately resembled a hedgehog.Yajiro shrank behind the shield, but continued to advance.Samurai Uesugi suddenly thought of shooting horses first, and was about to do so when Yajiro's army scattered on both sides of the field swarmed with arrows, and Uesugi's army immediately fell into chaos.Obviously, the general situation is over. Although everyone is mentally prepared to die, they all want to save Dingxian's life.They all knew that Ding Xian would not abandon them, so the two of them hugged Ding Xian to the horse, one grabbed Ding Xian's bridle, the other pulled the horse's tail fiercely, and the horse ran forward like a madman. Dingxian sat on the galloping horse and looked back reluctantly. At this moment, an arrow shot by Yajiro and others hit his forehead impartially.Dingxian's eyes dimmed, and he fell off the horse as soon as he was dizzy. The waist down was in the paddy field, and the upper body was lying on the ridge of the field, lying on his back. Samurai Uesugi didn't notice that Dingxian was dead, until Kakizaki's pursuers shouted: "Shot! Shot! Dingxian is dead!" They didn't know.Summoning up their last courage, they each dropped their bows and drew out their long swords to charge towards Yajiro. The path was very narrow, and they were wearing armor and weapons. They could not fight side by side. As far as it is concerned, killing it is effortless. "Good guy! How dare you break ground on Tai Sui's head?!" Yajiro threw away his shield, and in his right hand held a spear four feet long, two feet long with a handle, and a green shell gauntlet, facing the rushing Uesugi warrior, he slashed at the head.His strength was astonishing, the samurai was powerless to fight, and even his horse and man rolled into the paddy field.Almost no one was able to parry a round, and more than twenty people were killed or kicked by him, and fell into the paddy field.Yajiro's entourage immediately jumped off their horses and stabbed the Uesugi warriors to death one by one like thorns. At this time, Yajiro had already rushed to Dingxian and took off his head.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon when Yajiro handed over Joshin's head to his attendants and returned to Okada in high spirits.At this time, Nagao's army and Usami's army were still at loggerheads. Ya Erlang went to Weijing, handed over Dingxian's head and said, "This is Dingxiangong's head." Wei Jing inspected the head carefully and said: "Not bad!" Then he said to himself, "Brother Ding Shijun is guarding the inner hall of the mansion, and he is the same as King, and he thinks he is satisfied, but you think you are smart." , Listen to the words of those who do good things, and set off an uproar in a peaceful country, this is your retribution. Even so, you shouldn't have a trace of resentment towards the scene, and you must have regrets in your heart at this moment. Vulgar resentment, quickly become a Buddha!" After he recited the Buddha's name a few times, he handed over the head to the family general and ordered that the head be handed over to the monks in the nearby monastery for burial. Yajiro felt slightly uneasy about Wei Jing's handling, and was too anxious to calm down.Wei Jing turned around and praised him: "This time it's your credit again. Just now when you said you would entrust Ding Xiangong's affairs to you and left, although I believed that you would fulfill your mission, I didn't expect you to accomplish it so quickly. Yes, I am really amazed and admired! Your bravery is simply incomparable!" Yajiro pretended to be modest and replied: "It's not brave enough to attack the defeated army!" But his mood became very happy. Wei Jing didn't want to waste Dingxian's death in vain, so he ordered the soldiers to shout loudly towards Usami's position: "The Uesugi Dingxian you respected has died in one-third of Dazang, who are you fighting for now? Why don't you abandon your bow and flag and surrender quickly..." Sure enough, Usami's position began to stir, but it lasted only for a moment, and immediately regained the morale of the army and began to retreat.They were divided into two teams. When one team was retreating, the other team was waiting in full force. They took turns to retreat along the road they came from, like two smooth ropes were slowly pulled back. "Alas! The enemy has retreated!" The Nagao army's morale was boosted, but they did not pursue, because Usami's troops retreated in an orderly manner, retreating into the cave like two snakes on Changshan, gradually drifting away, and finally disappeared among the mountains.Although this road leads to Kamijou, turning right on the way is Matsunoyama, the base of Usami. For Jing Kai's return to Kasuga Mountain City, in terms of merit and deeds, Yajiro Kakizaki's meritorious service is the first.Not only did Mijiro give all the territory of the same clan, but it happened to be the ten villages and towns that Weijing had promised him, and Weijing also cut five townships from his own territory and gave them to Mijiro.At the same time, he was named Izumi Shou, and he was given one of his own names, named Jingjia. From then on, Yajiro changed his name to Kakizaki Jingjia. Although Usami Sadayuki withdrew to Matsunoyama, after getting in touch with the main city of Biwa Island, he continued to adopt guerrilla warfare.He sent a small army of soldiers and horses to haunt the territory of Jing, either to kill at night, or to attack from the court, and set fire to plunder.The officers and soldiers of Weijing Commander immediately dispatched as soon as they received the emergency report, but Usami never confronted them head-on. When the number of visitors was small, they confronted each other head-on. If a large army attacked, they would not be able to hide. Wei Jing was also helpless, thinking that if he continued to be his enemy, there would be no peace, so he might as well think of a way.So Weijing used Kanto to lead Uesugi Xianfang, and asked him to persuade Usami that peace is the most important thing.Spending money wantonly for the sake of the scene, the Xianfang really sent someone to Usami, saying that the management and arbitration should not fight again, and Usami could not refuse, so the peace agreement was established.
Yajiro was thinking of Chun Niang and Qiu Niang who stayed in the city, and drank the nightcap alone.He suddenly found someone sitting next to him, turned his head and saw a man with a strange expression kneeling and sitting beside him, he couldn't help being startled.He was about to be reprimanded, but the other party said first: "Please be quiet!" His voice was very low, with an indescribable sense of oppression, and Yajiro naturally swallowed the words that came to his mouth. He wanted to kill this man, but his left arm was injured and his hands were not flexible, so he stared at the man, slowly changed his seat, and reached out to touch the saber that was placed aside, but when he reached out, there was nothing, he groped in embarrassment. For a while, nothing. The man with the big mouth like a crow asked in a fearful tone: "Are you looking for the saber? It's over there." He pointed his eyes at the corner of the tent, where the steel knife that Yajiro was always proud of was erected. Yajiro felt exhausted for a while, and he also asked in a low voice: "Who are you?" "Don't your lord remember your voice?" Only then did Yajiro remember, isn't it the voice that once appeared in the darkness? "I'm here for Duke Jing!" The more respectful his attitude was, the more sad it was, as if he was being fooled. Yajiro was upset and irritable, but he couldn't show it to the outside. "when did you come?" "Your brother came to visit just now, and I will follow you, because your land is very heavily guarded, so I had to make such a bad move, please forgive me!" Yajiro thought: "No way." He heard all the conversations between him and Yasaburo.He really wanted to kill him, but he didn't have a knife in his hand, and he couldn't do it with only the short knife in his waist. His thought was as transparent as reflected in a mirror, and the other party said: "Your Excellency, you should wear the saber! If it is not by your side, Your Excellency seems not to be free!" As he spoke, he brought the knife for him, trembling offer. Yajiro was taken aback again, thinking that it might not be so easy to kill him. "I brought you a letter from Jing Gong, which contains a lot of details about the implementation of the previous agreement in the battle tomorrow. Also, after reading the letter, if there is anything you don't understand, I will explain it to you immediately. .” As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket, and carefully pulled out the fan in his waist, put the letter on the fan and held it to Yajiro.Yajiro ignored his sincerity and opened the letter to read. The letter first expressed condolences to him for the injury he suffered today, and then told how to use this injury as an excuse to defect tomorrow. To Yajiro.Yajiro was thinking about how to answer, but he couldn't make up his mind at the moment, because he still didn't know which side was the final winner.Although Wei Jing pointed out the method of cleverly implementing the scheme, he had to deceive Usami first, but would Usami be deceived so easily by him? "Do you want to bring a letter back?" "yes!" As if he had to reply to the letter, Mi Erlang hesitated in his heart, and suddenly he thought of a good excuse: "Just tell Wei Jinggong, I have read the letter, and everything will depend on the battle situation tomorrow!" "Yes, but can you please write it in writing?" "My handwriting is ugly." "Where, I've seen it before, my lord wrote it very well." "You're laughing!" Mijiro said so, thinking: "That's right, last time this guy made himself wait all night and secretly took the letter away." He thought that this guy would take the lead in everything, Really hateful. The other party said repeatedly: "Don't dare, dare not!" Then he took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone prepared in advance and said: "My lord, please use it!" Yajiro had no choice but to take the pen and paper and write down what he just said. "Forgive me for disturbing you in the middle of the night, please excuse my disrespect, and I will leave now!" He stepped back to the edge of the tent, bowed cautiously, opened the tent, and disappeared in a flash.Yajiro opened the tent as if chasing him, but he was gone.He muttered: "What an annoying guy!" He returned to his seat with a sullen face, only to see that guy was still sitting in the position just now, and Yajiro was startled: "You! Why are you still here? !" "There was some suspicious movement outside just now! I'll turn back for now, but I'm fine now, so I'm leaving." He backed up as before, then turned around suddenly, and disappeared in front of his eyes. Yajiro didn't dare to move for a long time, he didn't even dare to look around or talk to himself, always feeling that he might still be hiding somewhere in this tent.
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Yajiro sent someone to the barracks of Usami Sadayuki to report: "Yesterday's injury suddenly occurred in the middle of the night, and the pain was unbearable. Today, the vanguard had to change to someone else. I originally wanted to be the vanguard, but the situation changed. So far, I am really sorry, and I also feel sorry, please forgive me!" Usami was very surprised, her face changed drastically and she said, "I hope I don't get tetanus. I should have gone to visit, but the war is imminent and I can't be separated. I will visit after the war. Please tell me to take care!" Usami turned to the generals and said: "Because of this, the vanguard must be replaced, but the battle is imminent and there is no time to discuss it. For the time being, the troops below will be the vanguard. Please understand, and the rest will still follow the plan made yesterday." All the generals also understand. The battle began at half a quarter of the hour.The vanguard of the Long Tail Army is Ueda’s troops. The 3,000 soldiers and horses are divided into two teams. The first team is led by Zheng Jing, and the second team is led by Fang Jing. Behind them is Wei Jing’s 4,000 soldiers and horses. , but they only advanced a little and stood still. When the forward approached to the arrow-fighting distance, Zheng Jing's troops put up their shields, and the men hid behind the shields and kept firing arrows.But there was no response from Uesugi, and they all stood their ground, hiding in shields and trenches, and there was silence. The Zhengjing team moved forward step by step.Seeing that the time had come, Usami immediately blew the conch horn.As soon as the high-pitched sound of the spiral sounded, the vanguard of thousands of people either jumped out of the bunker on the ground, or swarmed out of the gate, and rushed straight to Zhengjing's army. Like rocks colliding with each other, the two armies engaged in a fierce gun battle.Because the terrain was somewhat inclined, the Zhengjing troops had to attack upwards, while the Usami team drove straight down. After fighting for a while, the Zhengjing troops immediately dispersed in all directions. Usami blew the second conch sound, Uesugi and all the generals opened the gate together, and rushed out at the same time, Usami and the general Dingxian also followed, and the menacing approach was menacing.Not long after the fight, Fang Jing's troops fell into chaos and fled in all directions.Uesugi's army took advantage of the victory and pursued them until they reached Weijing's main formation.Fight and go for the scenery. The battle situation was reported to Yajiro in the camp.Yajiro told his younger brother and family general that he had to stay in bed because of the pain from the arrow wound, but as soon as the battle started, he quietly got up and put on his armor, and called Yasaburo. Big problem.Yasaburo looked at Yajiro, who was still sick in bed just now, but now he was full of energy, and couldn't help being stunned: "Why, brother is healed already?" "We will fulfill our agreement with Jinjin now!" "what?!" "What are you afraid of?! I'm just pretending. Now, hurry up and set fire to each camp!" "Okay! Let's do it!" Yasaburo ordered the soldiers to set fire to all the camps of the Uesugi Army. There were only a few guards in each camp, and they were quickly subdued. He walked while fighting for the sake of the scene, but when he saw flames rising from the enemy camp, he stopped backing and shouted: "Look! It's Yajiro Kakizaki who turned his back! Burn the enemy camp! We will win this battle ! Now pass on the order and tell everyone that we have won this battle!" Wei Jing's army immediately became full of energy, and the four directions shouted: "Kakizaki defected in front of the formation! Kakizaki defected in front of the formation!" The tide of battle suddenly reversed.Uesugi's fighting spirit disappeared and fell into chaos. Seeing Yajiro attacking from behind, the situation became even more chaotic.Kakizaki Shichizaemon, Suma Tosho, Sonokuzo, More Kakunoshin and others of the Kakizaki clan had not been contacted by Yajiro beforehand, so they also attacked together with Uesugi's generals.In their view, Yajiro first betrayed Uesugi and joined Uesugi, and now he betrayed Uesugi and joined Uesugi, which is extremely shameless and shameless.They were very angry and shouted: "He is simply not human, and he is not worthy to be the commander of our Kakizaki clan. We killed him! If we don't kill him, our Kakizaki clan are all animals!" Saying this, they turned their heads and cut at Yajiro . "You bastard, how dare you treat the leader of the clan like this?!" Yajiro was also furious. He roared crazily, and mercilessly beheaded the members of the same clan who attacked him. The battle was brutal.
Uesugi's army immediately fell into chaos, and only Usami's troops could maintain military discipline, but he didn't have the extra strength to rescue other teams, so he could only do his best to defend himself.Uesugi Joshin's direct military forces also collapsed. Joshin's chief general, Hajozaemon, first assembled the soldiers who had fled around to resist the enemy's attack. When he realized that the situation was over, he immediately rushed to Joshin and urged him Get out of here quickly. Because of the defeat, Dingxian said disheartenedly: "I thought it was safe, but it has turned into this situation. It is really unusual. Maybe the sky will kill me. If this is the case, I don't want to run away in embarrassment. I want to stay here. , fight to the end!" Dr. Zaemon was anxious and anxious: "My lord, please don't be like this! Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, not to mention that this matter was all caused by Kakizaki's betrayal of the lord. Now that the matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk about it. I only hope that the lord will not lose his fortitude. Plan a comeback and attack the rebel generals. There is no time to delay, please leave this place quickly!" After persuading Ding Xian, he urged Ding Xian's bodyguard: "Hurry up and escort the lord to escape from this place. If you don't follow, you will be disloyal! Hurry up! Go away!" Then, thirty cavalry surrounded Ding Xian and fled the battlefield.Nagao's army was chasing after him, and Dr. Zaemon stood up to stop him: "You rebels, why are you chasing so hard?! I am Dr. Hachijo Zaemon! If you want to find it, find me!" Immediately, he tried his best to block the pursuers, and finally died in battle. The Kakizaki brothers are fighting fiercely with the army of the same clan who are not ashamed of what they have done. Although they are members of the same clan, once their interests conflict, they will be like gangsters when they meet.The two brothers were covered in blood, like blood men, and reported to the Jing main formation. Wei Jing's remaining enemies are only Usami's team.Usami is worthy of being a famous general. The army is brave and energetic, and the more he fights, the more courageous he becomes. Although the soldiers are tired after a long battle and rest for a while, they are still like a stubborn tiger.Wei Jing and Fang Jing didn't dare to take action lightly, so the two armies confronted each other, ready to fight. Brother Yajiro came to report at this time. Weijing's main formation was next to the three-foot-high Asada. When the Kakizaki brothers appeared in front of him, Weijing stood up excitedly from his chair and took a few steps forward: "Ah, Yajiro! Ah, Yasaburo! Good time! Well done." The two brothers knelt down and worshiped, and said to Jing: "Wait! Wait! I will set up a banquet for Xian Kunzhong first!" He ordered the guards to put the shield on the ground, and then let the two brothers sit down after covering it with a leather cushion.Holding Yajiro's hand in his right hand and Yasaburo's in his left hand, he said affectionately: "The victory in this war is entirely due to Xian Kunzhong, and I am sincerely grateful for Jing!" His tone was so grateful that he continued: " I promise you rewards, and I will never break my promise, and the merits of Xian Kunzhong will never be forgotten for generations to come." Although Yajiro is lustful, greedy, and has no sense of loyalty, he is also quite simple, and he is very moved by Wei Jing's attitude and words.Perhaps he was not moved, but proud. He said without shame: "I am very happy to be able to make great contributions. I will be more loyal in the future. As long as I join, Kasuga Mountain will be as safe as a rock." Wei Jing really wanted to persuade this rude samurai to counterattack Usami who was waiting in battle.He sat on a chair, looked at Yajiro, and thought about how to speak. At this moment, a warrior galloped over, got off his horse outside the camp, and knelt down on his knees from afar: "Report!" "Come and talk about it!" The samurai walked a few steps closer and bowed again. His whole body was covered with dried and whitened mud, and he reported in shortness of breath, "Samurai Uesugi has fled the battlefield and fled to the northwest!" Although Uesugi Joshin is the puppet of Usami Josaka, Usami used the banner of Joshin to gather wealthy families. If Uesugi Joshin is killed, Usami will not be able to gather strong opposition forces again.In fact, Shenmou can be judged like Usami. Even if there is no Dingxian, he can still find someone like Dingxian to call on the armies.But if Dingxian is not killed, the fate of the Hao family will be uncertain.Wei Jing couldn't help scolding the warriors: "Why didn't you pursue them? The enemy is already defeated and unable to resist, go and chase them!" "I have sent troops to hunt down, but the guards escorting Duke Dingxian are all good at riding and shooting. As long as our side is close to the shooting distance, all of them will be shot off their horses. Therefore, the soldiers dare not approach, so they can only chase after him!" Yajiro twisted his beard, listened to their master-slave conversation with a smile, stopped suddenly, and blurted out: "Excuse me for taking the liberty! Leave the matter of Mr. Kamijo to me!" "Leave it to you?" "Maybe it will take some time." After speaking, he swaggered out of the tent without waiting for Wei Jing to react.After Yasaburo saluted, he also left behind.
Yajiro returned to his camp and asked Yasaburo to stay behind. He took a few warriors with bows and shields, and also took the horses he needed to change on the way and ran away from the camp.The time is now around ten o'clock in the morning, the sky is slightly overcast, and the heat is pressing.Yajiro galloped on the winding path among the paddy fields, changed horses twice on the way, and chased desperately. When he rushed to the vicinity of Sanfenyiyuan in Datang Village, he saw a group of troops in front of them, three to four hundred meters in front of them. There were 20 to 30 soldiers and horses, and at a glance, it was clear that they were Nagao Chasing Soldiers, Uesugi Joshin and others. Yajiro put all his energy into his body, and with full horsepower, he overtook Nagao's pursuers in an instant. He shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! Don't get in my way, sir!" as he drove past like a gust of wind.The long-tailed pursuers did not have time to stop their horses, and they jumped into the paddy fields beside the road. Yajiro didn't even look back, he rode even faster, and shouted forward: "The front must be Kamijou's Dingxian Gong, and Kakizaki Yajiro has come to see you. Please accept the gift!" When Dingxian and the others heard someone shouting, they turned their heads and saw that it was Yajiro Kakizaki who was the same as the enemy. They couldn't help feeling angry, forgetting that it was important to run for their lives at this moment, they turned their heads together and said, "You unrighteous beast! Sacrifice! What face do you have to come to see Ding Xiangong, and see that we have taken your dog's life!" Everyone yelled at the same time and shot arrows together. Yajiro ordered his followers to disperse into the paddy fields on the left and right, and also ordered to shoot arrows. He himself held a shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, and charged forward. All the arrows were focused on him.The sharp arrow made a sound of "咻", and was firmly nailed to the shield, and the shield immediately resembled a hedgehog.Yajiro shrank behind the shield, but continued to advance.Samurai Uesugi suddenly thought of shooting horses first, and was about to do so when Yajiro's army scattered on both sides of the field swarmed with arrows, and Uesugi's army immediately fell into chaos.Obviously, the general situation is over. Although everyone is mentally prepared to die, they all want to save Dingxian's life.They all knew that Ding Xian would not abandon them, so the two of them hugged Ding Xian to the horse, one grabbed Ding Xian's bridle, the other pulled the horse's tail fiercely, and the horse ran forward like a madman. Dingxian sat on the galloping horse and looked back reluctantly. At this moment, an arrow shot by Yajiro and others hit his forehead impartially.Dingxian's eyes dimmed, and he fell off the horse as soon as he was dizzy. The waist down was in the paddy field, and the upper body was lying on the ridge of the field, lying on his back. Samurai Uesugi didn't notice that Dingxian was dead, until Kakizaki's pursuers shouted: "Shot! Shot! Dingxian is dead!" They didn't know.Summoning up their last courage, they each dropped their bows and drew out their long swords to charge towards Yajiro. The path was very narrow, and they were wearing armor and weapons. They could not fight side by side. As far as it is concerned, killing it is effortless. "Good guy! How dare you break ground on Tai Sui's head?!" Yajiro threw away his shield, and in his right hand held a spear four feet long, two feet long with a handle, and a green shell gauntlet, facing the rushing Uesugi warrior, he slashed at the head.His strength was astonishing, the samurai was powerless to fight, and even his horse and man rolled into the paddy field.Almost no one was able to parry a round, and more than twenty people were killed or kicked by him, and fell into the paddy field.Yajiro's entourage immediately jumped off their horses and stabbed the Uesugi warriors to death one by one like thorns. At this time, Yajiro had already rushed to Dingxian and took off his head.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon when Yajiro handed over Joshin's head to his attendants and returned to Okada in high spirits.At this time, Nagao's army and Usami's army were still at loggerheads. Ya Erlang went to Weijing, handed over Dingxian's head and said, "This is Dingxiangong's head." Wei Jing inspected the head carefully and said: "Not bad!" Then he said to himself, "Brother Ding Shijun is guarding the inner hall of the mansion, and he is the same as King, and he thinks he is satisfied, but you think you are smart." , Listen to the words of those who do good things, and set off an uproar in a peaceful country, this is your retribution. Even so, you shouldn't have a trace of resentment towards the scene, and you must have regrets in your heart at this moment. Vulgar resentment, quickly become a Buddha!" After he recited the Buddha's name a few times, he handed over the head to the family general and ordered that the head be handed over to the monks in the nearby monastery for burial. Yajiro felt slightly uneasy about Wei Jing's handling, and was too anxious to calm down.Wei Jing turned around and praised him: "This time it's your credit again. Just now when you said you would entrust Ding Xiangong's affairs to you and left, although I believed that you would fulfill your mission, I didn't expect you to accomplish it so quickly. Yes, I am really amazed and admired! Your bravery is simply incomparable!" Yajiro pretended to be modest and replied: "It's not brave enough to attack the defeated army!" But his mood became very happy. Wei Jing didn't want to waste Dingxian's death in vain, so he ordered the soldiers to shout loudly towards Usami's position: "The Uesugi Dingxian you respected has died in one-third of Dazang, who are you fighting for now? Why don't you abandon your bow and flag and surrender quickly..." Sure enough, Usami's position began to stir, but it lasted only for a moment, and immediately regained the morale of the army and began to retreat.They were divided into two teams. When one team was retreating, the other team was waiting in full force. They took turns to retreat along the road they came from, like two smooth ropes were slowly pulled back. "Alas! The enemy has retreated!" The Nagao army's morale was boosted, but they did not pursue, because Usami's troops retreated in an orderly manner, retreating into the cave like two snakes on Changshan, gradually drifting away, and finally disappeared among the mountains.Although this road leads to Kamijou, turning right on the way is Matsunoyama, the base of Usami. For Jing Kai's return to Kasuga Mountain City, in terms of merit and deeds, Yajiro Kakizaki's meritorious service is the first.Not only did Mijiro give all the territory of the same clan, but it happened to be the ten villages and towns that Weijing had promised him, and Weijing also cut five townships from his own territory and gave them to Mijiro.At the same time, he was named Izumi Shou, and he was given one of his own names, named Jingjia. From then on, Yajiro changed his name to Kakizaki Jingjia. Although Usami Sadayuki withdrew to Matsunoyama, after getting in touch with the main city of Biwa Island, he continued to adopt guerrilla warfare.He sent a small army of soldiers and horses to haunt the territory of Jing, either to kill at night, or to attack from the court, and set fire to plunder.The officers and soldiers of Weijing Commander immediately dispatched as soon as they received the emergency report, but Usami never confronted them head-on. When the number of visitors was small, they confronted each other head-on. If a large army attacked, they would not be able to hide. Wei Jing was also helpless, thinking that if he continued to be his enemy, there would be no peace, so he might as well think of a way.So Weijing used Kanto to lead Uesugi Xianfang, and asked him to persuade Usami that peace is the most important thing.Spending money wantonly for the sake of the scene, the Xianfang really sent someone to Usami, saying that the management and arbitration should not fight again, and Usami could not refuse, so the peace agreement was established.