Chapter 10 Hanano
For Wei Jing, these two noble ladies are destined people, but Wei Jing really doesn't want to see them, one is because he attacked the city and killed their husbands, and the other is using their daughters as bait to seduce Kakizaki .He thought that in the eyes of these two women, he was definitely not a good person.But Songjiang had already brought him, so he had to see him.
After meeting, they were nobles after all, so they couldn't be sloppy, so they were invited to sit down and comforted.It happened that Yajiro Kakizaki also attacked with the army, so the topic changed here.Wei Jing said: "Ling Ai didn't say anything about their origins, so I don't know about their noble origins. I don't think Kakizaki probably doesn't know either. If she knew, she would be very surprised! This is really a surprise. I'll find him right away!" "As he said that, he immediately sent someone to look for Kakizaki, saying that someone wanted to see him and asked him to come here quickly.
Kakizaki's position is in Sone Village, about half a mile away from Kawaguchi Village, Jing Honjin.Kakizaki was losing his temper when Weijing's messenger came.Because his subordinates reported: "We caught two women by the embankment outside the city. They definitely looked like noble ladies who stayed in the city. But when we were about to bring them back, a group of people suddenly appeared. The woman was taken away from the land, although we fought up to resist, but there is no way, the other party is Jing Gong's bodyguard, we don't want to cause trouble, so we have to hand it over to them."
Mijiro was furious: "It's unreasonable. The enemy has something to say about the prey we got back. How can there be any reason for our own people to snatch it?! In this way, how can we encourage the soldiers to use their lives? What's more, those two women are going to give it to us. I was snatched away on the way, why not make people angry!"
At this moment, Wei Jing's messenger came to report that someone from Wei Jing wanted to see him. "What? Someone wants to see me? Good! I happen to have something to ask Wei Jinggong, and ask him to return the person to me!" After finishing speaking, he dressed and walked out of the camp.
Wei Jing is simply restless.The two ladies kept crying, and Wei Jing sat listlessly by the side, thinking that as long as they could not speak, they would not speak.Although he was responsible for the tragic situation of these two ladies, it was not enough to apologize repeatedly, and he waited impatiently for Yajiro to come soon.
Yajiro finally came.Wei Jing breathed a sigh of relief and introduced them: "This is Kakizaki Kazumi. These two are the wives of Zhong Nayan Mei Xiaolu Qing and Major General Tang Qiao Qing."
Although Yajiro's actions were vulgar, but his intuition was strong, he thought that the two noble ladies in front of him were probably the people the soldier mentioned just now.He looked at it carefully, and it turned out that the charm of a young lady was still there.However, he is not interested in the middle-aged and young ladies. If these two were really the case, he would not feel any pity, so he felt very relaxed.For Yajiro, the woman he is not interested in does not exist. After exchanging superficial greetings, he said to Wei Jing: "I heard that someone wants to see me, right?"
Matsue interjected from the side: "Master Kakizaki, although you are brave and invincible, your senses are really dull! These two ladies are the mothers of the two flowery and beautiful family members that our lord gave you."
"What?!" Yajiro opened his eyes wide, and his eyes turned on the two of them.
"They are going to see your two beauties, and they are temporarily living in this city. They didn't expect to encounter such misfortune, so please take them back! By the way, you should also thank me, because I don't know who it is. The subordinates captured the two of them, but I beat them away before saving them."
Yajiro never asked Chun Niang and Qiu Niang about their backgrounds.He just stared blankly at the two ladies, speechless.The next day, Yajiro sent his confidants to take them back to Jucheng.
The Echigo army stayed in Etsuchu for another month, mopping up the remaining enemies in the occupied area, and then left the defenders at Fangshengjin Castle and Matsukura Castle to return home triumphantly.
Time flies, and another four years have passed.During these four years, the area occupied by Etsuchu was safe and sound, and Echigo's forces guarding Uesugi Satoshi seemed to have completely controlled the occupied area.But in the spring of Tianwen's eleventh year, the situation suddenly became unstable.In order to recover the lost land, Jinbao, Eba, Matsuoka, Shiina and other noble families incited the believers of the Ichizo sect in this place to launch a riot. It was spring four years ago when I entered Yuezhong for the scenery, and this time it is also spring, all because of the snow in the cold winter.Because the snow was so deep that the army could not move, this period had to be used for strategy and preparation.Under the ever-falling deep snow, all the conspiracies were carried out meticulously and closely connected, and they turned into actions in one fell swoop when the snow melted in the spring. Jing, who has always been far-sighted, did not discover this conspiracy at all.Probably because the other party is a Yizong believer who is devout, united and tight-lipped!When the mob attacked Fangsheng Jincheng in late spring, Weijing knew about it. Although Wei Jing was surprised, but full of confidence, he immediately contacted Usami to send troops.As soon as the mob heard that Echigo's army was dispatched, they immediately stopped attacking Fangshengjin City and fled to the territory of Kaga.For the sake of the situation, Usami decided to stick to Matsukura Castle, while he went to release Shengjin.A few days after he entered Fangshengjin, mobs haunted the Tantan field four and a half miles south of Fangshengjin.Although there are some mobs, they also include Yixiangzong believers and Yuezhong aristocrats, and they are not all pure civilian soldiers. Bingtan Field is a plain with Zhuangchuan flowing through it in the west, surrounded by mountains in the east, half a mile from east to west, and one mile from north to south. I always worry too much about the scene, but at this time because I underestimated the mob, I made a mistake in judgment.He thought that the reason why the mob didn't dare to attack Fangshengjin City was because they thought they were invincible. He thought, this is just a mob.He ignored the mob. Although he also sent many scouts, he was not as careful as before, because the scouts he sent out also had the same psychology, and they all reported that the mob was timid and restless, and the Yuezhong Hao clan tried their best to appease them. Wei Jing was secretly happy: "These fools, can't we see that it is more beneficial for us to fight in the field? If they attack the city one after another and trap us in the city, some people who will see the wind will join them. Alas, even if they know , but the soldiers may not follow orders. Because their army is joined by peasant soldiers, and these laymen are difficult to dispatch!" In short, he confidently sent four thousand troops to Cheng Tanye. The battle started on the morning of April 11th. Although the time sequence has entered summer, the northern country, which comes later in spring, is still a sunny spring scene, with plum blossoms, peach blossoms, cherry blossoms and countless wild flowers blooming. Nagao Junjing, the lord of Sanjo City of Jingpai, played forward.Junjing led 500 troops to the green field full of flowers. The vanguard of the Yuezhong Army was the 500 troops guarded by Matsuoka Nagato.The two armies charged amidst the thunder of war drums on both sides, and launched a bow and arrow battle.Between the two armies, flying arrows flew like feather insects over the green fields shimmering with morning dew and blooming flowers, making a sharp sound, and pierced the shields. Usually, the bow and arrow battle lasted for quite a long time before turning to soldiers directly slashing and killing. This was the orthodox war situation at that time. Standing in the second formation were 300 troops led by Yajiro Kakizaki.Yajiro watched the battle of the forwards, disapproving of this overly orthodox war situation.Yajiro thought to himself, there is no fixed method in war, as long as you win, as long as you don't miss the opportunity, you will definitely win.As far as he was concerned, Junjing had missed his chances several times. It didn't mean that the enemy had been shooting non-stop and his side had to cooperate to shoot back.Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Go!" He took the lead, and three hundred soldiers rushed out.Yajiro bypassed the flank of the vanguard and charged at the enemy vanguard. Junjing looked at it and couldn't help being furious: "Is there such a bastard who can't see the formation clearly? It's just rude!" But Kakizaki's army didn't listen at all, Junjing couldn't help it, and had to start a surprise battle. "Rush!" Jun Jing galloped forward, and his subordinates quickly followed behind.Seeing that the Vietnam Central Army seemed to be defeated, the forwards had already collapsed, and the second and third teams came out in turn, but they were immediately killed into chaos as soon as they were dispatched.Wei Jing, who was guarding the rear, thought that the chance of victory had come, so he immediately got on his horse and waved his flag: "Chasing!" Although Weijing was seventy-five years old at the time, he exercised diligently and paid attention to health preservation on weekdays, and his body was still quite strong.Seeing that victory was in sight, he was high-spirited and quickly overtook many soldiers. The Vietnamese army seemed to have lost their will to fight, they threw away their weapons and armor one after another, turned into several piles, and fled in different directions.If it was normal, Wei Jing would be skeptical about this kind of rout, but his strength is exhausted, so what can I say, at this time he lacks such consideration.He just kept shouting: "Don't run away! Don't leave a single one behind! Kill them all!" He continued to chase and kill. After that moment, the Echigo Army fell into the trap set by the Echichu Army. The night before, the Yuezhong army dug dozens of deep pits near the battlefield, covered them with planks, and then covered them with turf. Wei Jing followed closely behind the vanguard, only to see smoke and dust billowing in front of him, his soldiers wailing and screaming, and disappeared in front of his eyes, and when he saw the big pits crowded with people and horses, he immediately crouched on his horse, and the horse was quite nervous. Lingling jumped up and lightly jumped over the big hole about twenty feet wide. After the horse ran for more than ten meters, it turned its head for the view and looked back at the unprecedented tragedy.The soldiers and horses swarming from behind also fell into the pit, and the people in the pit mourned horses, like scrolls of hell. Weijing desperately called the follow-up troops to retreat, not to fall for the enemy's tricks, and when he wanted to rearrange the troops, the Yuezhong militiamen who had been lurking in the trench immediately crawled out like ants, and rushed towards the chaotic Echihou army.They held high the banners that said "disgusting from the filthy land, eager to seek the pure land" and "Namo Amitabha Buddha", and killed Echiko and fled with their heads in their hands.
At this moment, the time limit for the scenery has come to an end, and there are only a few people around who are fighting to the death.The Yuezhong Army, which has already secured victory, is extremely pungent.They fired ten thousand arrows at once, and then they rushed forward from all directions, the blades intersected, and then dispersed, firing arrows again, as if they intended to torture the things in their pockets to death. Like a hedgehog, Wei Jing's body is full of arrows, some of which have penetrated into his body.He wanted to kill himself, but he didn't have the time.He resented these cruel and heartless guys.After all, he is old and no longer has the strength to fight. He is short of breath, his vision is hazy, and he kneels on the ground with a knife in his hand, his consciousness is blurred. Enter the house, Ezaki Tajima, look at the trick!" With a spear stabbed, Wei Jing raised his knife, but he was powerless to parry, the spear pierced through his chest, and he staggered and fell down. Ezaki Tajima rode on the horse and cut off the head of the king, and removed the saber, short sword and the command flag tied on the waist ring of the king.At this time, a warrior flew over. He was wearing a purple leather armor and a half-moon decorated helmet. He swung his halberd and shouted: "How dare you kill the lord!" She is Songjiang.She fought side by side with Wei Jing, but because the horse ran slowly and fell far behind, she was able to avoid the disaster of falling into the trap, but was hindered by the ambush attack, and it was not until now that she rushed to Wei Jing's side. Weijing was killed, and Songjiang felt inexplicable grief and indignation.She doesn't have a particularly deep love for Wei Jing, but she simply believes that since she is his, she must be loyal to him.A desire for revenge burned in her heart, her halberd technique was extremely fierce, either stabbing or chopping, her momentum was fierce and precise, even Jiang Qi, who was known as a warrior, was defeated and retreated.At this time, another warrior saw this and rushed over immediately. He was stabbed by Songjiang and died on the spot. Several people went into battle again and again, but almost no one could receive more than three blows. In an instant, four people fell to the ground and five or six people were injured. . The Yuezhong Army didn't know that the young warrior in front of him was a woman, but thought she was a beautiful boy.They yelled in a hurry: "This guy is very difficult, let's go together!" As they said, they surrounded Songjiang. Songjiang was even more angry: "These are worthless guys!" Holding a halberd, chopping or stabbing, he was as crazy as an Asura.But someone took advantage of her halberd and shot at her helmet. Songjiang couldn't dodge, the helmet strap was cut off, and the helmet flew to the ground. She was shaking violently on the horse and bent backward. The straps also burst, sending a mess of hair flying. Everyone shouted at the same time: "Ah! It's a woman!"
When they found out that Songjiang was a woman, they shouted excitedly: "Catch her alive! Don't kill her! Don't kill her!" They rushed forward. Song Jiang raised her eyebrows and swung the halberd, killing one after another. She danced with the halberd, her hair flying in the air.At this time, a samurai hooked her hair with a hook spear and pulled it back. Songjiang leaned back like a bow. The hook spear fell, and when she was about to sit still, a samurai grabbed her hand holding a knife and dragged her off the horse suddenly.The horse galloped away, the samurai wanted to hold Songjiang down, but the force was as strong as Songjiang, and he yelled: "Ruolite!" His body bounced up, but before he could stand still, the samurai rushing up behind immediately grabbed her feet and exerted force. With a pull, she fell forward, and the warrior immediately straddled her back, twisting her arms behind her back.Songjiang struggled desperately, cursing indiscriminately: "Beast, don't let go!" The other warriors watched from the sidelines, waiting for their accomplices to miss so they could replace them.I saw that warrior pressed Songjiang's hands with his knees, pulled out a rope from his waist and tied them tightly, and Songjiang's hands were tied behind his back, lying on the ground and screaming: "I wanted to die in battle, but I became a prisoner, what a pity! What a pity! After finishing speaking, she twisted her body and burst into tears. Normally beauties cry, and these warriors would be moved to some extent. Although Songjiang is a girl, her vulgar language and exaggerated crying made people feel funny, and everyone laughed. The samurai who caught Songjiang couldn't help being funny, after a while, he pulled Songjiang up: "Get up!" Songjiang had no choice but to stop crying and stood up slowly. Her face wet with tears and sweat was covered with mud and grass, which made everyone laugh again.Songjiang was furious, and spat on the face of the samurai who caught him. The man was also furious: "Damn it, you think I will be polite to you because you are a woman?!" He put his hand on the handle of the knife and stared at Songjiang. "You kill me! You kill me, it's exactly what I want!" Songjiang also glared at each other. The other party took two or three breaths, calmed down and said, "I captured you alive, how could I kill you? Let's go!"
The one who captured Matsue alive was Maida, the general of Jimbo Sakyoshin's family.After he found out Matsue's identity from other prisoners, he went to see Shenbao.After Shenbao heard about Matsue's identity, deeds, and appearance, he seemed very interested. "Stay with you first and take good care of her!" Maita was also considered a passionate seed among the samurai at that time. He took Matsue back to the house that served as a dormitory, and untied Matsue. "Victory or defeat is luck. If your luck is exhausted, you will be captured if you are defeated. There is nothing to be ashamed of. It's just that after being captured, you still behave badly and struggle desperately. It's not good. You just be honest and stay here. Here, however, you must know that you must never leave this room, I will send a servant to take care of you, and you can tell him anything!" After speaking, he really found a fifteen or six-year-old boy for Songjiang. Song Jiang calmed down as if she had changed, her temper that was always on the verge of getting angry had disappeared, and she was immersed in sadness, bowing her head and weeping.Listening to Maita's affectionate words, he nodded silently, and the tears continued to flow.She is so sad without opening her mouth, coupled with her rare beauty and frail body like a heavy armor, she is even more charming. Maita retreated to another room, took off his armor, drank wine, and then armed again, went to the main camp to ask Jinbao. "I have a merciless request." "you say!" "I hope that the woman I captured alive can be given to me. I haven't married a wife yet, and I hope to marry her." Shenbao smiled and said: "Although she is beautiful, she is of low birth. She has been a concubine of Shinano for many years, and her words are still so vulgar. You can like her, but you don't have to marry her in particular. Just treat her as a slave or concubine. It’s time to find her.” "Thank you, my lord, for your love, but I still hope to marry her. Although she is a country woman with vulgar words, she is extremely powerful. If she gives birth to a son, she must be a great warrior." Maita really has a head-shaving burden. In this era when bravery comes first, Jinbo understands his feelings very well, so he said: "Indeed, Wada Yoshimori once begged Mrs. Kiso to marry his concubine Mrs. Ba, and gave birth to the warrior Asahina Saburo. You It's amazing to have this kind of intention, I promise you, she will be your wife from tonight on!" Maita said thanks and quit. Back in the dormitory, something unexpected happened.The young man who was waiting for Song Jiang had a knife stuck in his chest, and had died long ago. Two of his attendants were also cut in half in the yard. Song Jiang and his mount disappeared without a trace. "This bitch!" Maita's original affection was wiped out. He asked his friends who lived in nearby houses to report the matter to Jinbao, and he rode his horse to chase the direction where Matsue might escape. Jinbao also sent men to help hunt it down, but under the clear moonlight, There was no one in Songjiang anywhere in Hirano.
After nightfall, Usami Sadayuki of Matsukura Castle learned of the defeat of Tanno.Songkura is located one and a half miles southeast of Uozu City, on a hill on the right bank of the Saatsuki River, thirteen miles away from Sandan Field.Although Usami was surprised, he didn't panic. He estimated that the fastest the enemy army could catch up would be around noon tomorrow.Some of the retainers advocated an immediate retreat, but Usami vetoed it. "First, we must accommodate our defeated soldiers. If I evacuate first, the defeated soldiers will have nowhere to escape, and the end will be even more miserable. Second, if they are eager to retreat at this time, the soldiers must be timid. Once the enemy pursues, they will soon We were trampled and scattered, unable to fight against the enemy. If we stay calm, even if the enemy pursues us, we will still be courageous, and this is the safest way to retreat." After speaking, he sent scouts to scout the situation. In the middle of the night, the defeated soldiers really fled like a tide, and Usami took them into the city and let them rest.Soon after dawn, he immediately led his troops out of the city, set up a formation in front of Zaoyuechuan, and waited for the enemy to attack.The scouts kept reporting the enemy's movements, knowing that the enemy was gradually approaching, and at noon they were already approaching a point three miles away from the city, but for some reason they did not move forward.Usami didn't dare to be careless, and waited for it. Not long after, two or three hundred enemy troops appeared on the other side of the Saatsuki River. Usami ordered his soldiers to scream and kill, and the opponent immediately retreated in panic.After just this one time, no trace of the enemy was found at all. According to the report of the scouts, the main force of the enemy army still remained at the previous location. "Sure enough. Knowing that we are waiting in full swing, they are timid and dare not chase after us!" Usami thought this was fine, let's retreat in this way!He first ordered the soldiers to take out the food and utensils stored in the city and distribute them to the people living near the city.For soldiers, civilians are the ones who must never be negligent.Usually they are ordered by the soldiers, and they hate the soldiers very much. When the soldiers are powerful, they submit submissively. Sharpen and wait in hidden places with an ax in hand, attacking fallen warriors and stripping them of their armor like hungry wolves attacking stray sheep. In particular, half of the enemy troops in this battle are Yiyizong believers, so they must have close ties with the natives in this area, so of course they must be more careful.This is also the reason why Usami distributed the weapons to them. If they were left alone, the enemy's military rations and equipment would be added in vain, or they would all have to be burned. He summoned the people and said: "Time is running out, we have to retreat, I am very happy if you think of friendship and don't pursue us, but if you are not convinced and insist on chasing us, or wait to ambush us, we don't care, I will let you You have seen the extraordinary capabilities of our army!" After speaking, he led the army to retreat, just like the two snakes in Changshan retracted into the cave in the past, retreating all the way on guard, but no one dared to chase them down.
When Usami returned to Echigo, he turned to Kasugayama to see Qingjing and reported to him. In fact, before he reported, the news of the defeat had already reached Kasugayama.At first it was only heard that Wei Jing died unfortunately, everyone thought it was a rumor, but after the defeated soldiers fled back and reported it, they found out it was true. The news of the defeat also spread to the guardian hall in the mansion. For Uesugi Sadami, Wei Jing cannot be said to be a loyal minister.Although Dingshi is honest by nature, sometimes it is inevitable to have some hatred for him.However, when Wei Jing died, he felt worried. It was also thanks to Wei Jing that he was honored as the guardian of Echigo in this chaotic world.As a result, there was a commotion in the hall. Not to mention the commotion in Kasuga Mountain, the Nagao clan in Echigo all led their troops to gather in Kasuga Mountain.In any case, Weijing's funeral must be done first.Qingjing distributed the funeral as the bereaved master. It is said that he could not find Weijing's body, so he only buried some relics in Linquan Temple. Jinghu was thirteen years old at the time, and he was still at Tochio’s homestead. Although Xinbingwei begged Qingjing to let Jinghu come back for the funeral, Qingjing sternly refused: "His unfilial son, his father has severed his father-son relationship with him, of course he cannot be allowed to attend !” Therefore, Jing Hu did not join the funeral procession after all. As soon as the funeral was over, the Longtail clan and the rich clan in the country immediately gathered together to hold a meeting.First of all, the topic should be how to prepare for the Vietnamese and Chinese troops who will attack at any time. Someone suggested: "This is a defensive war. We cannot discuss strategy without first deciding who will be the general. Let us first decide who will be the guardian!" agree. Although Qingjing is middle-aged, he is also the eldest son of the Jing family, but this issue was raised during the meeting, mainly because the position of Echigo guardian generation is held by the Nagao family, but it is not hereditary to the Jing family.If Qingjing had the strength and popularity, maybe everyone would unanimously recommend him because he was the eldest son of the former Guardian, but unfortunately, he is an extremely ordinary and vulgar person, and all the Nagao people who are qualified to be the Guardian have plans to replace him , no one recommends Sunny View at all. The people in the audience had their own ghosts and hesitated, Akita Changlujie suddenly said: "The Nagao clan is here, and there is no room for me to comment on it. However, it is the great plan of the family and the country. Please forgive me and be blunt. I think that protecting the generation Tan Zhenggong (Qing Jing) is the most suitable to take over the post. Tan Zhenggong is over forty years old. In order to protect Mrs. Dingshi and his younger brother, he is also the first to protect the eldest son of Jinggong. If you know, you should feel relieved.” The whole audience was silent for a while, no one answered, and Zhaotian wanted to say something, when suddenly someone from the top seat spoke. "The guardian must be talented and courageous. It is not a condition to have an in-law relationship with the guardian, or to protect the eldest son of the guardian first. What's more, if Qingjinggong succeeds to this position, it will not be a succession of father and son. If things go on like this, it will naturally form a hereditary inheritance." ,I disagree." It was Nagao Junjing who spoke.Both Junjing and Weijing came after Lushan Taoism, Weijing came after his second son Lai Jing, and Junjing came after his eldest son Bangjing. When it comes to concubines, Junjing's side is the orthodox one.He lives in Santiao, also known as Santiao Nagao Family.Junjing was forty-five years old at the time, tall, burly and well-known.
Time flies, and another four years have passed.During these four years, the area occupied by Etsuchu was safe and sound, and Echigo's forces guarding Uesugi Satoshi seemed to have completely controlled the occupied area.But in the spring of Tianwen's eleventh year, the situation suddenly became unstable.In order to recover the lost land, Jinbao, Eba, Matsuoka, Shiina and other noble families incited the believers of the Ichizo sect in this place to launch a riot. It was spring four years ago when I entered Yuezhong for the scenery, and this time it is also spring, all because of the snow in the cold winter.Because the snow was so deep that the army could not move, this period had to be used for strategy and preparation.Under the ever-falling deep snow, all the conspiracies were carried out meticulously and closely connected, and they turned into actions in one fell swoop when the snow melted in the spring. Jing, who has always been far-sighted, did not discover this conspiracy at all.Probably because the other party is a Yizong believer who is devout, united and tight-lipped!When the mob attacked Fangsheng Jincheng in late spring, Weijing knew about it. Although Wei Jing was surprised, but full of confidence, he immediately contacted Usami to send troops.As soon as the mob heard that Echigo's army was dispatched, they immediately stopped attacking Fangshengjin City and fled to the territory of Kaga.For the sake of the situation, Usami decided to stick to Matsukura Castle, while he went to release Shengjin.A few days after he entered Fangshengjin, mobs haunted the Tantan field four and a half miles south of Fangshengjin.Although there are some mobs, they also include Yixiangzong believers and Yuezhong aristocrats, and they are not all pure civilian soldiers. Bingtan Field is a plain with Zhuangchuan flowing through it in the west, surrounded by mountains in the east, half a mile from east to west, and one mile from north to south. I always worry too much about the scene, but at this time because I underestimated the mob, I made a mistake in judgment.He thought that the reason why the mob didn't dare to attack Fangshengjin City was because they thought they were invincible. He thought, this is just a mob.He ignored the mob. Although he also sent many scouts, he was not as careful as before, because the scouts he sent out also had the same psychology, and they all reported that the mob was timid and restless, and the Yuezhong Hao clan tried their best to appease them. Wei Jing was secretly happy: "These fools, can't we see that it is more beneficial for us to fight in the field? If they attack the city one after another and trap us in the city, some people who will see the wind will join them. Alas, even if they know , but the soldiers may not follow orders. Because their army is joined by peasant soldiers, and these laymen are difficult to dispatch!" In short, he confidently sent four thousand troops to Cheng Tanye. The battle started on the morning of April 11th. Although the time sequence has entered summer, the northern country, which comes later in spring, is still a sunny spring scene, with plum blossoms, peach blossoms, cherry blossoms and countless wild flowers blooming. Nagao Junjing, the lord of Sanjo City of Jingpai, played forward.Junjing led 500 troops to the green field full of flowers. The vanguard of the Yuezhong Army was the 500 troops guarded by Matsuoka Nagato.The two armies charged amidst the thunder of war drums on both sides, and launched a bow and arrow battle.Between the two armies, flying arrows flew like feather insects over the green fields shimmering with morning dew and blooming flowers, making a sharp sound, and pierced the shields. Usually, the bow and arrow battle lasted for quite a long time before turning to soldiers directly slashing and killing. This was the orthodox war situation at that time. Standing in the second formation were 300 troops led by Yajiro Kakizaki.Yajiro watched the battle of the forwards, disapproving of this overly orthodox war situation.Yajiro thought to himself, there is no fixed method in war, as long as you win, as long as you don't miss the opportunity, you will definitely win.As far as he was concerned, Junjing had missed his chances several times. It didn't mean that the enemy had been shooting non-stop and his side had to cooperate to shoot back.Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Go!" He took the lead, and three hundred soldiers rushed out.Yajiro bypassed the flank of the vanguard and charged at the enemy vanguard. Junjing looked at it and couldn't help being furious: "Is there such a bastard who can't see the formation clearly? It's just rude!" But Kakizaki's army didn't listen at all, Junjing couldn't help it, and had to start a surprise battle. "Rush!" Jun Jing galloped forward, and his subordinates quickly followed behind.Seeing that the Vietnam Central Army seemed to be defeated, the forwards had already collapsed, and the second and third teams came out in turn, but they were immediately killed into chaos as soon as they were dispatched.Wei Jing, who was guarding the rear, thought that the chance of victory had come, so he immediately got on his horse and waved his flag: "Chasing!" Although Weijing was seventy-five years old at the time, he exercised diligently and paid attention to health preservation on weekdays, and his body was still quite strong.Seeing that victory was in sight, he was high-spirited and quickly overtook many soldiers. The Vietnamese army seemed to have lost their will to fight, they threw away their weapons and armor one after another, turned into several piles, and fled in different directions.If it was normal, Wei Jing would be skeptical about this kind of rout, but his strength is exhausted, so what can I say, at this time he lacks such consideration.He just kept shouting: "Don't run away! Don't leave a single one behind! Kill them all!" He continued to chase and kill. After that moment, the Echigo Army fell into the trap set by the Echichu Army. The night before, the Yuezhong army dug dozens of deep pits near the battlefield, covered them with planks, and then covered them with turf. Wei Jing followed closely behind the vanguard, only to see smoke and dust billowing in front of him, his soldiers wailing and screaming, and disappeared in front of his eyes, and when he saw the big pits crowded with people and horses, he immediately crouched on his horse, and the horse was quite nervous. Lingling jumped up and lightly jumped over the big hole about twenty feet wide. After the horse ran for more than ten meters, it turned its head for the view and looked back at the unprecedented tragedy.The soldiers and horses swarming from behind also fell into the pit, and the people in the pit mourned horses, like scrolls of hell. Weijing desperately called the follow-up troops to retreat, not to fall for the enemy's tricks, and when he wanted to rearrange the troops, the Yuezhong militiamen who had been lurking in the trench immediately crawled out like ants, and rushed towards the chaotic Echihou army.They held high the banners that said "disgusting from the filthy land, eager to seek the pure land" and "Namo Amitabha Buddha", and killed Echiko and fled with their heads in their hands.
At this moment, the time limit for the scenery has come to an end, and there are only a few people around who are fighting to the death.The Yuezhong Army, which has already secured victory, is extremely pungent.They fired ten thousand arrows at once, and then they rushed forward from all directions, the blades intersected, and then dispersed, firing arrows again, as if they intended to torture the things in their pockets to death. Like a hedgehog, Wei Jing's body is full of arrows, some of which have penetrated into his body.He wanted to kill himself, but he didn't have the time.He resented these cruel and heartless guys.After all, he is old and no longer has the strength to fight. He is short of breath, his vision is hazy, and he kneels on the ground with a knife in his hand, his consciousness is blurred. Enter the house, Ezaki Tajima, look at the trick!" With a spear stabbed, Wei Jing raised his knife, but he was powerless to parry, the spear pierced through his chest, and he staggered and fell down. Ezaki Tajima rode on the horse and cut off the head of the king, and removed the saber, short sword and the command flag tied on the waist ring of the king.At this time, a warrior flew over. He was wearing a purple leather armor and a half-moon decorated helmet. He swung his halberd and shouted: "How dare you kill the lord!" She is Songjiang.She fought side by side with Wei Jing, but because the horse ran slowly and fell far behind, she was able to avoid the disaster of falling into the trap, but was hindered by the ambush attack, and it was not until now that she rushed to Wei Jing's side. Weijing was killed, and Songjiang felt inexplicable grief and indignation.She doesn't have a particularly deep love for Wei Jing, but she simply believes that since she is his, she must be loyal to him.A desire for revenge burned in her heart, her halberd technique was extremely fierce, either stabbing or chopping, her momentum was fierce and precise, even Jiang Qi, who was known as a warrior, was defeated and retreated.At this time, another warrior saw this and rushed over immediately. He was stabbed by Songjiang and died on the spot. Several people went into battle again and again, but almost no one could receive more than three blows. In an instant, four people fell to the ground and five or six people were injured. . The Yuezhong Army didn't know that the young warrior in front of him was a woman, but thought she was a beautiful boy.They yelled in a hurry: "This guy is very difficult, let's go together!" As they said, they surrounded Songjiang. Songjiang was even more angry: "These are worthless guys!" Holding a halberd, chopping or stabbing, he was as crazy as an Asura.But someone took advantage of her halberd and shot at her helmet. Songjiang couldn't dodge, the helmet strap was cut off, and the helmet flew to the ground. She was shaking violently on the horse and bent backward. The straps also burst, sending a mess of hair flying. Everyone shouted at the same time: "Ah! It's a woman!"
When they found out that Songjiang was a woman, they shouted excitedly: "Catch her alive! Don't kill her! Don't kill her!" They rushed forward. Song Jiang raised her eyebrows and swung the halberd, killing one after another. She danced with the halberd, her hair flying in the air.At this time, a samurai hooked her hair with a hook spear and pulled it back. Songjiang leaned back like a bow. The hook spear fell, and when she was about to sit still, a samurai grabbed her hand holding a knife and dragged her off the horse suddenly.The horse galloped away, the samurai wanted to hold Songjiang down, but the force was as strong as Songjiang, and he yelled: "Ruolite!" His body bounced up, but before he could stand still, the samurai rushing up behind immediately grabbed her feet and exerted force. With a pull, she fell forward, and the warrior immediately straddled her back, twisting her arms behind her back.Songjiang struggled desperately, cursing indiscriminately: "Beast, don't let go!" The other warriors watched from the sidelines, waiting for their accomplices to miss so they could replace them.I saw that warrior pressed Songjiang's hands with his knees, pulled out a rope from his waist and tied them tightly, and Songjiang's hands were tied behind his back, lying on the ground and screaming: "I wanted to die in battle, but I became a prisoner, what a pity! What a pity! After finishing speaking, she twisted her body and burst into tears. Normally beauties cry, and these warriors would be moved to some extent. Although Songjiang is a girl, her vulgar language and exaggerated crying made people feel funny, and everyone laughed. The samurai who caught Songjiang couldn't help being funny, after a while, he pulled Songjiang up: "Get up!" Songjiang had no choice but to stop crying and stood up slowly. Her face wet with tears and sweat was covered with mud and grass, which made everyone laugh again.Songjiang was furious, and spat on the face of the samurai who caught him. The man was also furious: "Damn it, you think I will be polite to you because you are a woman?!" He put his hand on the handle of the knife and stared at Songjiang. "You kill me! You kill me, it's exactly what I want!" Songjiang also glared at each other. The other party took two or three breaths, calmed down and said, "I captured you alive, how could I kill you? Let's go!"
The one who captured Matsue alive was Maida, the general of Jimbo Sakyoshin's family.After he found out Matsue's identity from other prisoners, he went to see Shenbao.After Shenbao heard about Matsue's identity, deeds, and appearance, he seemed very interested. "Stay with you first and take good care of her!" Maita was also considered a passionate seed among the samurai at that time. He took Matsue back to the house that served as a dormitory, and untied Matsue. "Victory or defeat is luck. If your luck is exhausted, you will be captured if you are defeated. There is nothing to be ashamed of. It's just that after being captured, you still behave badly and struggle desperately. It's not good. You just be honest and stay here. Here, however, you must know that you must never leave this room, I will send a servant to take care of you, and you can tell him anything!" After speaking, he really found a fifteen or six-year-old boy for Songjiang. Song Jiang calmed down as if she had changed, her temper that was always on the verge of getting angry had disappeared, and she was immersed in sadness, bowing her head and weeping.Listening to Maita's affectionate words, he nodded silently, and the tears continued to flow.She is so sad without opening her mouth, coupled with her rare beauty and frail body like a heavy armor, she is even more charming. Maita retreated to another room, took off his armor, drank wine, and then armed again, went to the main camp to ask Jinbao. "I have a merciless request." "you say!" "I hope that the woman I captured alive can be given to me. I haven't married a wife yet, and I hope to marry her." Shenbao smiled and said: "Although she is beautiful, she is of low birth. She has been a concubine of Shinano for many years, and her words are still so vulgar. You can like her, but you don't have to marry her in particular. Just treat her as a slave or concubine. It’s time to find her.” "Thank you, my lord, for your love, but I still hope to marry her. Although she is a country woman with vulgar words, she is extremely powerful. If she gives birth to a son, she must be a great warrior." Maita really has a head-shaving burden. In this era when bravery comes first, Jinbo understands his feelings very well, so he said: "Indeed, Wada Yoshimori once begged Mrs. Kiso to marry his concubine Mrs. Ba, and gave birth to the warrior Asahina Saburo. You It's amazing to have this kind of intention, I promise you, she will be your wife from tonight on!" Maita said thanks and quit. Back in the dormitory, something unexpected happened.The young man who was waiting for Song Jiang had a knife stuck in his chest, and had died long ago. Two of his attendants were also cut in half in the yard. Song Jiang and his mount disappeared without a trace. "This bitch!" Maita's original affection was wiped out. He asked his friends who lived in nearby houses to report the matter to Jinbao, and he rode his horse to chase the direction where Matsue might escape. Jinbao also sent men to help hunt it down, but under the clear moonlight, There was no one in Songjiang anywhere in Hirano.
After nightfall, Usami Sadayuki of Matsukura Castle learned of the defeat of Tanno.Songkura is located one and a half miles southeast of Uozu City, on a hill on the right bank of the Saatsuki River, thirteen miles away from Sandan Field.Although Usami was surprised, he didn't panic. He estimated that the fastest the enemy army could catch up would be around noon tomorrow.Some of the retainers advocated an immediate retreat, but Usami vetoed it. "First, we must accommodate our defeated soldiers. If I evacuate first, the defeated soldiers will have nowhere to escape, and the end will be even more miserable. Second, if they are eager to retreat at this time, the soldiers must be timid. Once the enemy pursues, they will soon We were trampled and scattered, unable to fight against the enemy. If we stay calm, even if the enemy pursues us, we will still be courageous, and this is the safest way to retreat." After speaking, he sent scouts to scout the situation. In the middle of the night, the defeated soldiers really fled like a tide, and Usami took them into the city and let them rest.Soon after dawn, he immediately led his troops out of the city, set up a formation in front of Zaoyuechuan, and waited for the enemy to attack.The scouts kept reporting the enemy's movements, knowing that the enemy was gradually approaching, and at noon they were already approaching a point three miles away from the city, but for some reason they did not move forward.Usami didn't dare to be careless, and waited for it. Not long after, two or three hundred enemy troops appeared on the other side of the Saatsuki River. Usami ordered his soldiers to scream and kill, and the opponent immediately retreated in panic.After just this one time, no trace of the enemy was found at all. According to the report of the scouts, the main force of the enemy army still remained at the previous location. "Sure enough. Knowing that we are waiting in full swing, they are timid and dare not chase after us!" Usami thought this was fine, let's retreat in this way!He first ordered the soldiers to take out the food and utensils stored in the city and distribute them to the people living near the city.For soldiers, civilians are the ones who must never be negligent.Usually they are ordered by the soldiers, and they hate the soldiers very much. When the soldiers are powerful, they submit submissively. Sharpen and wait in hidden places with an ax in hand, attacking fallen warriors and stripping them of their armor like hungry wolves attacking stray sheep. In particular, half of the enemy troops in this battle are Yiyizong believers, so they must have close ties with the natives in this area, so of course they must be more careful.This is also the reason why Usami distributed the weapons to them. If they were left alone, the enemy's military rations and equipment would be added in vain, or they would all have to be burned. He summoned the people and said: "Time is running out, we have to retreat, I am very happy if you think of friendship and don't pursue us, but if you are not convinced and insist on chasing us, or wait to ambush us, we don't care, I will let you You have seen the extraordinary capabilities of our army!" After speaking, he led the army to retreat, just like the two snakes in Changshan retracted into the cave in the past, retreating all the way on guard, but no one dared to chase them down.
When Usami returned to Echigo, he turned to Kasugayama to see Qingjing and reported to him. In fact, before he reported, the news of the defeat had already reached Kasugayama.At first it was only heard that Wei Jing died unfortunately, everyone thought it was a rumor, but after the defeated soldiers fled back and reported it, they found out it was true. The news of the defeat also spread to the guardian hall in the mansion. For Uesugi Sadami, Wei Jing cannot be said to be a loyal minister.Although Dingshi is honest by nature, sometimes it is inevitable to have some hatred for him.However, when Wei Jing died, he felt worried. It was also thanks to Wei Jing that he was honored as the guardian of Echigo in this chaotic world.As a result, there was a commotion in the hall. Not to mention the commotion in Kasuga Mountain, the Nagao clan in Echigo all led their troops to gather in Kasuga Mountain.In any case, Weijing's funeral must be done first.Qingjing distributed the funeral as the bereaved master. It is said that he could not find Weijing's body, so he only buried some relics in Linquan Temple. Jinghu was thirteen years old at the time, and he was still at Tochio’s homestead. Although Xinbingwei begged Qingjing to let Jinghu come back for the funeral, Qingjing sternly refused: "His unfilial son, his father has severed his father-son relationship with him, of course he cannot be allowed to attend !” Therefore, Jing Hu did not join the funeral procession after all. As soon as the funeral was over, the Longtail clan and the rich clan in the country immediately gathered together to hold a meeting.First of all, the topic should be how to prepare for the Vietnamese and Chinese troops who will attack at any time. Someone suggested: "This is a defensive war. We cannot discuss strategy without first deciding who will be the general. Let us first decide who will be the guardian!" agree. Although Qingjing is middle-aged, he is also the eldest son of the Jing family, but this issue was raised during the meeting, mainly because the position of Echigo guardian generation is held by the Nagao family, but it is not hereditary to the Jing family.If Qingjing had the strength and popularity, maybe everyone would unanimously recommend him because he was the eldest son of the former Guardian, but unfortunately, he is an extremely ordinary and vulgar person, and all the Nagao people who are qualified to be the Guardian have plans to replace him , no one recommends Sunny View at all. The people in the audience had their own ghosts and hesitated, Akita Changlujie suddenly said: "The Nagao clan is here, and there is no room for me to comment on it. However, it is the great plan of the family and the country. Please forgive me and be blunt. I think that protecting the generation Tan Zhenggong (Qing Jing) is the most suitable to take over the post. Tan Zhenggong is over forty years old. In order to protect Mrs. Dingshi and his younger brother, he is also the first to protect the eldest son of Jinggong. If you know, you should feel relieved.” The whole audience was silent for a while, no one answered, and Zhaotian wanted to say something, when suddenly someone from the top seat spoke. "The guardian must be talented and courageous. It is not a condition to have an in-law relationship with the guardian, or to protect the eldest son of the guardian first. What's more, if Qingjinggong succeeds to this position, it will not be a succession of father and son. If things go on like this, it will naturally form a hereditary inheritance." ,I disagree." It was Nagao Junjing who spoke.Both Junjing and Weijing came after Lushan Taoism, Weijing came after his second son Lai Jing, and Junjing came after his eldest son Bangjing. When it comes to concubines, Junjing's side is the orthodox one.He lives in Santiao, also known as Santiao Nagao Family.Junjing was forty-five years old at the time, tall, burly and well-known.