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Chapter 32: Assembling in Northern Sichuan

Under Uesugi Keikaku's fierce offensive, the Tanaka army, who took advantage of the chaos to attack Kadikurazumatsu's formation, was quickly at a disadvantage and tended to be divided and surrounded. However, at this moment, a cold gun with a light iron cannon shot the Kadikurazumatsu who was in high spirits. Because he was shot in his thigh, Kadikurazumatsu could not get on the horse again, so he could only retreat to the rear under the escort of more than ten warriors.

But it was not until this time that he realized that due to his previous excitement, his squad was too deep into the enemy formation, and now it was full of Tanaka's army. Although many of these army forces retreated from the vanguard and had already lost their fighting spirit, when they found a pair of Uesugi alone was surrounding them, they ignited their fighting spirit again, and launched a siege under the command of the samurai who arrived later, gradually narrowing the encirclement of the lonely army.

Although Kadi Chungang and others were extremely brave, their disadvantages in numbers were still difficult to change the final result. After killing forty people, all the team was killed. Kadi Chungang's head was also cut off by the Tianzhong army, who was fighting for me, and soon disappeared.

When Kadi Haruzuki was besieged, most of the Uesugi army was in a stalemate in the middle of the battlefield. Only one person led more than a hundred elite troops to attack the gap in Kadi's development, like the main formation of Tanaka's army. This person witnessed the entire process of Kadi Haruzuki from being surrounded to being killed, but due to insufficient troops and past resentment, he did not lend a helping hand. Naoe-sugi family's first powerful minister, after being scolded by Uesugi Keikaku, always wanted to regain trust by establishing military achievements. This is also the reason why he rushed into the enemy formation without fear of danger. But in order to make more military achievements, he had to preserve his strength and give up his support to Kadi Haruzuki. Allow him to die in the chaos.

Kadi Haruzuki's death had a great impact on the morale of the Naoe Army. The general's failure to save him made the morale of the soldiers under his command depressed and complained; not only that. Naoe Kensuke, who had lost Kadi Haruzuki, also became an isolated army and could no longer continue to attack the original formation. He could only retreat to the central part of the Tanaka Army's counterattack. During this process, Naoe Kensuke suffered heavy losses. When he met with Uesugi Keikaku, there were only more than fifty cavalry left beside him.

Although he resisted the raid from the Uesugi army's vanguard, the offensive and defensive reversal in the central battlefield still made Tanaka Yoshimasa choose to retreat. He ordered the commander of Konishi to seek help, but Konishi decided to let him withdraw from the battlefield and suspend the attack on the Uesugi army. Although he did not understand, Tanaka Yoshimasa had to accept this order and fled in a panic after leaving behind nearly a thousand bodies.

The second Battle of Natsumata ended with the victory of the Sugi Army. In this battle, the Uesugi Army lost one family, and two thousand eight hundred fugitive soldiers were killed and injured, of which 1,800 were Kadi Harutsutsu tribe; the Tanaka Army lost five family members, and 1,900 soldiers were killed. Most of them were killed by Uesugi Keikaku reinforcements. The Uesugi Army defeated first and then won, and fought back against Jedi, which made the Governor Konishi, who was in the rear, admired him. This was the reason why he chose to retreat and persuade Uesugi Keikaku to surrender.

Tanaka Yoshimasa's retreat did not remind Uesugi Keikaku that it was the instructions of Governor Konishi, but regarded it as a very ordinary tactical retreat. After all, there were 6,000 Toyotomi coalition forces behind Tanaka's army. With this force, the Uesugi army could be completely defeated.

Just as Uesugi Keisaki stopped when he was about to make peace and was about to follow the plan, the arrival of the Governor Konishi's special envoy reserved him a little face. "Pussal to surrender" and "please surrender" are two different concepts. The former is passive and the latter is proactive. The former has more respect for his opponents, while the latter is full of inferiority. The Governor Konishi's envoy's tone is humble and respectful. He persuaded Uesugi Keisaki to surrender with an equal attitude, and there was no pride in his words. This made Uesugi generals feel a lot better. The hostile sides were actually relieved at this moment.

"Go back and report to Hoshitsuma, and Keisan fully accepts his request." Uesugi Keisan sat upright and bowed slightly.

The messenger bowed and replied with a smile: "If you can say this, the foreign minister will feel at ease. Please rest assured that the Aizin Temple. My family will do their best in the right mansion, but are you sure you want to participate in the next battle against the Tokugawa family?"

Uesugi Keikaku nodded: "Yes, Sezumatsu is right. This is the only opportunity for our family to make up for the merits. Sezumatsu must not miss it, and it cannot let down Sezumatsu's efforts."

"The foreign minister understands." The envoy nodded slightly. After Uesugi Keikaku wrote the affidavit, he went to the main camp of Konishi's leader. After exchanging the affidavits with Konishi and Nakagawa, Uesugi Keikaku officially surrendered, and the battle in North Sichuan ended here.

In less than an hour, the follow-up troops of the Toyotomi Army arrived in Namama Village. After learning that Tanaka Yoshimasaki had rebelled for the second time, Uesugi Keikaku led the crowd to surrender, all the generals admired President Konishi's Tomoiro. The Toyotomi Army and the Uesugi Army were mortal enemies who had tit-for-tat enemies the moment before, but at this time they became comrades in the same trench. Such changes made both generals show awkward smile.

Kuroda Nagamasa was 4,500, Otani Yoshitsuki, Shinzo, 1,800, Shinzo Yoshihiro, 1,200, Koxi, 4,000, Hidesei, Nakagawa Hideaki, 3,000, Aoki Toshiki, 2,000, Fukusaka Yasuji, 4,300, Ikoma was 4,300, Kato Kazua, 3,000, Tanaka Yoshimasa was 1,100, Shima Kiyoshiki, 3,500, Hirohiro Hiroshiki, Uesugi, 3,200, and the total number of Sichuan North Army was 3,700, and the total number of troops was 3,700. Under the leadership of Yamato Eight Ministers, Kiyoshiki and Aoki Toshiki, Ikka, and marched westward along the river, crossed Yukawa in the Kitakawabar area, and advanced quickly towards the Hirabara battlefield.

At this time, the situation in Hirahara was quite stalemate. With the participation of various military forces, three divisions of Yuhara, Hirahara North, and the northern foot of the Little Hirahara Mountain were gradually formed. In the Yuhara area, the nine thousand troops of Fukushima Takayoshi and Mabi clan fought against the 1,200 Tokugawa army led by Kamihara Yasumasa, Watanabe Kotsuno and Tadao Mizuno. The three-stage attack of Kamihara Yasumasaki repeatedly frustrated Kamihara Yasumasa's vanguard, and the latter had to borrow troops from Watanabe and Mizuno to maintain the confrontation situation, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu's idea of ​​evacuating Yuhara battlefield for a while. However, in order to prevent the Fukushima army from supporting Fukushima Masano from Hirahara North, he finally issued an order to stick to Kamihara Yasumasaki.

Compared with Yuhara's confrontation, the situation in Hinata Kita was much clearer. Under the leadership of Fukushima Masano, the leader of the Qiben Gun, Hideo's left wing, 17,500 people launched a fierce attack on Tokugawa's right wing. Sakai Iji, who held the 7,000 troops in his hand, became the focus of the offensive. Facing the brave and good at fighting Fukushima Masano, Sakai Tadaji's legitimate son could not stand it and frequently asked for support from Ouphira Iemama and Okubo Tadashi.

On the way to help, Ohira Iemama was intercepted by 5,500 Hosokawa Tadaki and Kinki, who were sent by Masashinoshi Fukushima, and the two sides, who were evenly matched, started a fierce battle. With the attacks of Hosokawa Tadaki and Hojo Clan Mori and the death battle of Akasa Yoshiyaki, this grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu had no room for counterattack. He could only retreat step by step in the face of strong pressure, and gradually gave up support to Sakai Jeji and moved closer to Okubo Tadatoshi.

Tadao Okubo was slightly better. With the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he strictly guarded the southeast of Yuyuan and did not participate in the fierce battle of Hinahara North. The four thousand troops in his hands were always ready to support the three Kamihara Yasumasa tribes that were struggling. Therefore, after receiving Okuhei Iekamasa's request for help, he did not dispatch the entire army, but sent 800 troops to respond. Although there were few reinforcements, their arrival still allowed Tadao Hosokawa to suspend the pursuit. After allowing Okuhei Iekamasa to retreat, his troops immediately occupied the original position of Hosokawa Iekamasa. The southeast of this place is Honda Tadao Takashi, Sakai Ieji tribe, and the northwest of Okuhei Tadao Takashi. Once this place is occupied, the initiative of Hinahara North is in the hands of the Toyotomi army.
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