May 29, evening.

The troops of Asahina's group were delayed a lot of time because of their disputes with the Matsuhei family. It was not until the afternoon that only Yuqiuhei's vanguard troops arrived at the outskirts of Okazaki Castle in an unusual way. At night, Semaki's troops would also arrive at the outskirts of Okazaki Castle. However, the main troops of the Asahina family had just crossed Yasaki River. Yuqiuhei estimated that during this period, the Okabe family might have arrived at Kashita and even further east.

From Okazaki Castle, from the north to Yoshida Castle in the south, there is still nearly 50 miles away. This is about one day. Yu Akihei estimated that from the current location of the Okabe family, from the south to Yoshida Castle, there was only a short day left. In other words, no matter what, the troops of the Asabina family didn't have time to arrive at Yoshida Castle.

However, it was obviously not realistic to let the troops who had been on their way to stay up late and make another move, not to mention that there were a large number of auxiliary soldiers in the team. Therefore, Taehyung, Akane had to ignore the bitter pleas of Opi and his son, and the whole army camped overnight in the eastern suburbs of Okazaki Castle.

In the early morning of May 3o, the genius was in a daze. Asahina Taehyung led almost all the cavalrymen from several families and rushed to the south, hoping to interfere with the Okabe family's progress while exploring the way. Yu Akihei immediately led Takababe to follow closely as a supporter. Afterwards, Asahina Taehyung and Semine Shinno commanded the huge army and slowly followed them.

However, the unfortunate news soon came. At the 5th hour, the cavalry team of Asahinataehyung who had just arrived in the north of Mori (place name), was blocked by the Okabe family's direct command and cavalry. From a distance, it can be seen that the Okabe family's army was constantly advancing eastward through the Kashima to Mori's official road, then turned south, crossed Toyoshi River, and attacked Yoshida Castle. The vanguard seemed to be the banner of the Ii family. It had appeared at Yoshida Castle at this moment.

Asahina Taehyung was outnumbered. Even with such an impatient attitude, he did not dare to rush directly to the defense line between the Okabe family's infantry and cavalry, and could only wander in the distance. After a while, a few messengers who were trapped in the Okabe family's flag were rushed over on a bridge upstream of Toyo River. The cavalry of the Okabe family tried to stop it, but failed to catch it. Several messengers rushed to Asahina Taehyung in one breath. After Asahina Taehyung received the news, he immediately sent the news.

When Yu Qiuhei received this news, he had already arrived at Iwaroji Temple. Several messengers from the Oupi family said that the left-behind troops of the Oupi family felt powerless when they saw the Oupi family coming in a fierce manner. They had already taken the families of the Oupi family's samurai family from Yoshida Castle early this morning, intending to run back to Kagawa Castle, the Honju Castle of the Asahina family. The only one who stayed to guard the city was the commander of the Oupi family.

When Yu Qiuhei just asked several messengers to go north to find our team to report safety, another news came from the front - according to the investigation of Asahina Taehyung, Yoshida Castle, which had little soldiers and was short of its troops, had not been able to hold on for long and had fallen at noon. The Okabe family's troops were constantly crossing Toyokawa from Mori's southwest to enter Yoshida Castle by Mori's cover, relying on the cover of Okabe family's direct command of Yu Qiuhei and entering Yoshida Castle. However, Yu Qiuhei and Asahina Taehyung, who had a disadvantage in the army, still had no choice but to wait silently in the north. Once they attacked rashly and were stuck by the enemy, the Okabe family's troops might encircle them at any time.

By the beginning of the afternoon, the troops of the Okabe family had all crossed the Toyo River and built dense camps around Yoshida Castle. The Okabe family's broken rear troops did not stop for much, and slowly gave up several important terrains of Mori, crossed the Toyo River and retreated to Yoshida Castle. Yu Qiuhei and Asahina Taehyung randomly entered Mori, and looked at the Okabe family's troops across the Toyo River.

That night, the troops of the Asahina family still failed to arrive at Mori, but camped near Iwaroji Temple. Asahina Taisho, Semine Shin-shi and others rode their horses to Mori's outpost camp and discussed countermeasures with Yu Akihei and Asahina Taihyung.

The current situation is even worse than when confronted in Kariya Castle. Yoshida Castle is the most important stronghold of the Higashi Mi River, and it blocks the official road from the Mi River to the Totori River. With Toyogi River as a cover, it is easier to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the Okabe family sticks to Yoshida Castle, the Asahina group will not move forward.

Along the way, they were led by the Okabe family! It was really unpleasant. The atmosphere of the meeting was also shrouded in this irritability. Everyone agreed that after the entire army met, they would launch a tentative attack on Yoshida Castle and fight well. If the mediator of Imakawa's family did not come yet, Opi and his son expressed their willingness to provide detailed geographical information inside and outside Yoshida Castle to help the army recover their city.

However, early the next morning, before Ahinata Asahi and Semine Shin-shou and others returned to Iwaroji to rectify the troops, the stinger who were looking out on the river bank rushed to report - the Okabe family's troops were evacuated again!

Everyone hurried to a hill on the north bank of Toyoguchi and looked at it. They saw that the Okabe family's troops were divided into two routes and evacuated Yoshida in a mighty way - towards the Toru River. One route went east for three days, and the other route went south to Shirasuka. The total force of the Okabe family now is 3ooo many war soldiers. It seems that there are 1ooo soldiers and 2ooo many auxiliary soldiers retreating along the eastern line. The leader seems to be the Okabe family's banner and many small wealthy families. On the other side of the South Road, because of the obstacles of Yoshida Castle, there are probably more than 3ooo people. The banner that stayed in Yoshida Castle was the banner of the Okabe family's direct troops. It seems that they are not willing to give up Yoshida Castle completely, but they plan to use Yoshida Castle to stop the pursuit of Asahina Group.

However, the Asahina group did not spend much time under Yoshida Castle. Because the Torii country is the foundation of the Asahina group! Some of the territory of the Asahina group is near Torii Yinma Castle, and almost all of the Asahina family's territory is near Torii Kagawa Castle, and the Kagawa Castle also stores a large amount of food, grass and weapons. If the Asahina family's left-behind family makes the same choice as the Ohei family's left-behind family - they all flee to Kagawa Castle with their families, then the Kagawa Castle is an existence that absolutely cannot be lost to the Asahina group.

However, now Akihina Ichiro is isolated from Mikawa. If you want to support Kagawa Castle, you must first capture Yoshida Castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack - it may take one or two days - and at this time, the Okabe family may have arrived at Ichima Castle. By the time Akihina Ichiro chases Kagawa Castle, Kagawa Castle may have fallen.

"It's too late." Chaobinata said this in a low voice, then turned over and prepared to gather troops south to meet immediately, "Hongye, please. Although the main force has not come, please cross the river and attack first! We have no time!" The loss of Kagawa Castle is something that the Asahina family cannot accept no matter what!

"There are at least 3 ooo people in Yoshida Castle, and the 1 ooo soldiers are all elites of the Okabe family. Toshikawa is also a good place." Semeshi Tsubaki whispered, "It will be dangerous for Hongye to attack rashly. Even if we have the advantage of military strength and know the terrain well, this Yoshida Castle will definitely not be able to fight without a day or two."

"It's too late!" The usual calm and peaceful Asahinata was a rare loss of composure. "The Okabe family obviously went to Kagawa Castle! If Kagawa Castle is lost, nothing will be gone!"

"Your Highness, calm down." Serashi Toshi whispered, "But we have no other way to pursue Yoshida Castle at present. It is better to calm down. Kagawa Castle...it is very likely that it will not be able to save it anymore. Please calm down. If you pursue it rashly, you will only suffer greater losses."

Whether Semenashi Shun is an elder, his advice is still very useful. "Hongye, I was just saying something wrong, so there is no need to rush to attack." Asahita took a few deep breaths to adjust his emotions, hurriedly apologized to Yuqiehei and Semenashi Shun, and then prepared to leave. He also knew in his heart that Kagawa Castle might not be able to hold on, and the grief and sadness on his face were undoubtedly revealed.

Yu Qiuhei also took a deep breath. From the beginning, he had a strange and bold idea in his mind. His eyes were also turned to the endless mountains to the east - Ina Mountain - which was the junction of Tonori and Shinono. The roads have always been known for their ruggedness and difficulty, and the world-famous Nagashino Castle is located in it.

Yu Qiuping kept looking there because he knew that if he wanted to enter the Tou River from Sanhe River, he could not only walk on the plain official road on the coast. Another thing was to cross mountains and ridges from the north to the Ina Mountains, and head to the northeast mountain area, passing through the famous Shirahara, Nagashiki Castle, Hiroshiro, and Sakuma, and walked to the southern part of Shinono. Then he turned south and headed to Inuju Castle. Then he crossed the Tianlong and went west to Nimata Castle, then turned south and left the mountain, entered the eastern plain of Tou River, passed through Sheshan, and finally arrived at Kagawa.

However, no one will regard this road as a marching road at all.

Because this route is almost 20 miles long, most of them are rugged mountain roads, narrow and undulating, and there is a lot of vegetation covering the road. Ordinary army, let alone treat this as a marching route, can keep the system intact when walking in. It is already very good if you can walk in for more than ten days, you will definitely not be able to get out.

"Your Highnesses." Yu Qiuping suddenly spoke, "I have a proposal below."

"Red Leaf?" Serae Shin-shi mistakenly thought Yu Qiuhei was going to attack Yoshida forcibly. "It's not wrong to have a tight time, but there's no need to take such a risk."

"His Highness Sena was joking. How could he be such an ignorant person?" Yu Qiuhei laughed self-deprecatingly, "I would like to ask His Highness Asahina, does there be equipment for 60 people in Kagawa Castle?"

"More than enough." Chaobinata replied with a frown, not understanding what Yu Qiuping was going to do.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice, "I am willing to lead Chang Pan to prepare for war, carry the food for three days, abandon all the baggage and armor, and forcefully take the road to the northern mountains and head straight for Kuchuan City!"
Chapter completed!