different warring states of japan

Chapter 2200 It’s better to leave the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits

Ichijo Hideyoshi set fire to the Toba Palace and burned himself in the palace. This was the end of a great hero.

Afterwards, Ichijo Hidenaga fled west in a hurry under the protection of Fujido Takatora and returned to Harima Province.

With Ichijo Hideyoshi's suicide, the Ichijo Army no longer existed, and the Western Army was divided into countless scattered small groups, fleeing along the Yodo River.

Yoshigin Sasaki performed an unprecedented miracle at Inari Taisha Shrine, and the sun shone brightly on the earth.

The Nanman artillery team took the opportunity to use up all the wooden cannons, gunpowder, and projectiles they had accumulated over the years. Even the dozen or so large and small cannons purchased from the Nanman were almost destroyed.

Under Christina's command, hired barbarian gunners and trained island gunners risked their guns exploding and fired shells at the main force of a legion on the main battlefield in just half an hour.

This one-hour bombardment created a miracle in the feudal era. Yoshigin Sasaki proved that as long as there were enough supplies, a medieval island country could also launch hundreds of artillery shells at the enemy.

On the narrow plain which was no more than five kilometers long and three kilometers wide, an army was almost shoulder to shoulder, using their heads to take on the hundreds of shells.

Even if it was a solid bullet, it was a lump of iron that could jump, roll, and wade through the crowd to carve a bloody path. No flesh and blood body had ever seen such a scene.

After showing off their might on the peninsula for several years, the main reserve forces such as Konishi, Fukushima, Kato, etc., which were even listed on the Ming army, completely collapsed, and the core female samurai group loyal to Hideyoshi Ichijo suffered countless casualties.

The rest of the main reserve troops also fled backwards in great fear, trampling on each other, and the banks of the Kamo River became a human hell.

In order to get one step ahead, the comrades who once fought side by side ruthlessly raised their knives against their own people. Countless people fell in the water and never stood up again. The water of Kamo River turned red, blocked, and stank.

Having lost their most loyal female warriors and military forces, the southwestern lords would no longer pay attention to Ichijo Hideyoshi, the toothless tiger. The Ichijo family's rule over half of the island country had come to an end.

Hideyoshi Ichijo committed suicide in despair.

Hidenaga Ichijo's escape was only so that he could surrender to the Sasaki family in a dignified manner when he returned, rather than having his head cut off in the chaotic battlefield and becoming a stepping stone for others to curry favor with the Sasaki family.

The reign of Sasaki is about to come, but Sasaki Yoshigane disappears behind the scenes after his last performance, leaving the stage to Uesugi Yoshikage.

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When Uesugi Yoshikage arrived at Yodo Castle, the defenders of Yodo Castle had already fled and disappeared. Only the Sasaki soldiers were washing away the bloodstains on the top of the city wall. Those were the remnants of a legion that had previously attacked Yodo Castle at all costs.

Looking at the gloomy and rainy weather, Uesugi Yoshikage swung the whip in his hand unhappily and cursed.

"What a damn weather!"

The special effect of Yoshigin Sasaki's Beauty Envy by Heaven cannot affect places too far away, and the duration is only twenty-four hours.

After a legion fled the main battlefield, the weather returned to being cloudy and rainy again. This cold rain from late autumn to the beginning of winter had not yet ended.

It was this endless autumn rain that affected the Sōma army's pursuit and allowed most of the Western Army to successfully escape the battlefield. As the general-in-chief, Uesugi Yoshikage was naturally unhappy.

If we don't take advantage of this opportunity, don't inflict too much damage on the southwestern princes, and don't cripple their vitality, the future conquest of the southwest will cost more.

Uesugi Yoshikage looked at the generals behind him, including Otani Yoshitsugu, Maeda Toshiie, and others, and gave orders.

“Send someone to contact the Hosokawa and Akechi armies and ask them if they can intercept more of the fleeing troops.

All our troops gathered their elite female warrior groups, brought more horses and less dry food, and the supplies along the way were coordinated by Hosokawa Akechi on both sides of the strait, and they moved forward quickly. "

Otani Yoshitsugu narrowed his eyes slightly. Maeda Toshiie on the side seemed to want to say something, but was stopped privately by Maeda Toshiie.

Since coming down from Mount Inari, Uesugi Yoshikage has become very confident, which makes everyone feel uneasy. Is it possible that the saint has made some promise that has made this successor of Sasaki even more powerful?

In fact, Yoshigane Sasaki didn't say or do anything. Uesugi Yoshikage's confidence only came from her own change in mentality.

In the past, Yoshikage Uesugi tried desperately to prove to the first generation of time travelers that he was a qualified time travel successor.

Seeing the great achievements made by Yoshikin Sasaki, she always felt uneasy, wondering whether she was qualified to inherit this glory.

But after knowing that Yigin had a cheat, Uesugi Yoshikage's mentality changed.

Damn, it turns out that your invincibility was won by cheating. If I had cheating, I would definitely be more powerful than you.

She didn't admit it before, but she thought in her heart that her idol was too good and she was not worthy of him.

But now... Haha... What's so great about cheaters... If I had cheats, I would have used the invincible skills long ago. How could the unification of the world have been delayed until today?

Men are men, they are hesitant, pretentious and procrastinating, and their minds are full of family matters and love affairs.

The women in the world where women are superior are the men in the world where men are superior. The uneasiness that the female-superior time traveler had hidden in his heart for all these years completely disappeared the moment he saw Yiyin display his divine power.

Regaining confidence and becoming even more confident is Yoshikage Uesugi's current state.

The hidden feelings she once had towards Yiyin became more and more impetuous. The feeling of being unworthy and the filter of looking up to the academic genius that the poor student had when she saw him were now gone.

Uesugi Yoshikage looked at the Yodo River in the distance and felt furious.

I will do well. Although I don’t have the help of plug-ins like you, I am definitely better than you and can do better than you. So for you... I can do the same... Yoshigin Shiba didn’t know how much of an impact his exposure of the plug-in had on Yoshikage Uesugi’s mentality.

The increasingly confident Uesugi Yoshikage no longer considered the question of whether he was qualified or not, and directly seized power in the Sōma army. He began to make decisions for the supreme power that he once revered.

Yoshikin Sasaki worked hard to cultivate Yoshikage Uesugi, hoping that she would be able to confidently accept all his resources. He was very pleased with the changes in Yoshikage Uesugi, but he didn't know what his daughter was thinking.

Just looking at the results, it’s pretty good.

After the setback, Uesugi Yoshikage became more and more mature and had the temperament and means of a ruler.

After flicking the whip, Uesugi Yoshikage said in a deep voice.

"Let's go into town."

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It was a complete and overwhelming victory that not only caught the entire legion off guard, but also the entire Sōma army.

The hasty pursuit had little effect, and Uesugi Yoshikage forced his main camp forward and entered Yodo Castle in order to urge the other troops not to be lazy and to speed up the pursuit.

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Hideyoshi Ichijo's rule had collapsed, and the southwestern lords might even be conquered by a single edict, so it was understandable that the morale of the Sōma army was low.

The fate of the world has been decided, so there is no need to rush.

But Uesugi Yoshikage was unwilling to do so, because what she wanted was actual control of the southwest, not nominal submission.

The Western Army that participated in the war was composed of elite troops from various southwestern vassal families. Except for the Shimazu family who played tricks and only sent a thousand people, all other families sent out their elite troops.

No one expected that Hideyoshi Ichijo would be defeated so quickly and so miserably, making it difficult for the Western Army to even retreat.

This was a good opportunity to weaken future enemies, and how could Sasaki Yoshikage be willing to miss it? However, the prevailing trend of waiting for rewards based on merit in the Sasaki army made it difficult for Uesugi Yoshikage to achieve his decision.

As the saying goes, one should not meddle in matters that are not within one's jurisdiction. Since we are not sitting on the position of heir to the Sōma world, naturally we are calculating in our minds how many contributions we have made and how much reward we can get.

Inside the Yodo Castle residence, Uesugi Yoshikage had a gloomy face and remained silent.

Otani Yoshitsugu advised.

"Your Highness, although our army has achieved a complete victory, we lack supplies ahead, and the Hosokawa Akechi family is not prepared. If we pursue them rashly, we may suffer insufficient logistics and unnecessary losses."

A group of female warriors nodded, and even the mothers of the descendants of gods such as Nizi and Maeda supported Otani Yoshitsugu's opinion.

How to pursue, where to pursue, how to solve the supply problem, the Hosokawa Akechi family has not yet contacted each other. What if there is a mutiny or other trouble due to hunger on the way, who will take the blame?

The Spoelstra team has already won, and the winner should defend their victory well.

Yoshikage Uesugi was impatient with the ideas of the feudal lords from the Middle Ages. Having traveled through time from modern society, she wanted great unification and relative centralization, rather than the loose rule of feudal society.

If one wants to truly control the island nation, it is necessary to weaken and strike these restless princes in the southwest, rather than compromise and tolerate them, leaving a hidden danger that could be overturned two hundred years later.

Just when the situation was at a stalemate, footsteps were heard outside the porch, and the saint's attendant, Nagamatsu no Uehara, appeared in front of the princesses.

All the female warriors sat up straight and looked at Matsukami Sarai.

Matsue Sae stepped forward and bowed deeply to Uesugi Yoshikage, then spoke.

"The words of the saints."

All the female warriors knelt down and kowtowed, but Uesugi Yoshikage, who was sitting at the main seat, just sat up straight and looked at Matsugami Sae.

After the miracle at Inari Taisha, the divinity of Sasaki Yoshigane was deeply rooted in people's hearts, and all the samurai were convinced physically and mentally, except for Uesugi Yoshikage, who was in the opposite state, and his status was clearly revealed at this moment.

Matsukami Saeyo didn't have time to think and gave the order.

"As the sage said, it is better to pursue the enemy with your remaining courage rather than to seek fame by imitating the tyrant."

"The saint is wise!"

Amid the shouts of praise from the female warriors, Uesugi Yoshikage simply curled his lips slightly.

Plagiarism again.

Because of Yoshikin Sasaki's words, all the female warriors who opposed speeding up the pursuit shut up, allowing Yoshikage Uesugi's strategy to be implemented.

But Uesugi Yoshikage could not be happy. She had already disenchanted with Sasaki Yoshigane, and now she hoped that the princesses would be convinced by her rather than the man behind her.

The road ahead is long and arduous, and Uesugi Yoshikage secretly made up his mind to gain his own prestige and popular support in the subsequent war to conquer the southwest.

Power, she longed for power that belonged only to her, not an extension of Yoshigin Sasaki's power.