Chapter 29: Strong Clash
"If you are really lucky enough to enter Chili Castle, please try your best to keep it. Persisting for a while will be a great help to our Imakawa family." Before leaving, Toshi Semei told Yu Qiuhei.
"Sir, as far as I know, the more than 200 people stationed in Zhilicheng are all slaves without freedom," Yu Qiuhei looked at Semeishi Toshi, "I don't know if the adults can allow it. If we successfully defend Zhilicheng for three days, we will pardon their crimes and make them free people."
"I still have this permission," Semine Shin nodded, "I'll agree to you in a hurry."
"You three go get a set of armor, maybe you will encounter danger." Semine Shishi Toshi gave Yu Qiuhei and his three men a set of equipment. This is already a very precious armor in Japan. Iron nails of all sizes fixed the armor pieces and provided considerable defense. When most foot lights can only use backward equipment such as bamboo, cotton armor or leather armor, or weapons with low attack power such as iron-pointed spears, this set of equipment still ensures that Yu Qiuhei and the others will not be killed by the rash arrow.
At four o'clock, a group of ten people gathered at the west gate of Okazaki Castle and prepared to leave. Yu Qiuhei finally checked the package, and the family letter and red leaves inside were well preserved. Before leaving, Yu Qiuhei handed over to Kyoto Amano with more than a dozen small scrolls of paper with different words written.
"What is this?" asked Amano Keito.
"This is all the situation we may encounter, including whether Zhilicheng was lost, whether there were any female robes on the road, etc.," Yu Qiuping explained. "The situation is likely to be critical at that time. If there is no time to write on the spot, I plan to sit down and prepare first to ensure that there is no accident."
Keido Amano stared at Yu Qiukai for a while, nodded, and after browsing, he put the dozen or so notes into his arms.
The group quickly arrived at the city of Anxiang.
"Now, put the flag on the flag and everything goes according to the plan." Yu Qiuhei smiled wickedly. So Yu Qiuhei, Charlie, the personal guards, and Amano Kyoto put the flag on his back. The other six continued to put the flag on the Imakawa family. Amano Kyoto still had no expression on his face, but the other cavalrymen who didn't need to change the flag were muttering what this was the shame of the Wu family.
"Then you chase us, we pretended to be the people of the Oda family being pursued," Yu Qiuhei arranged, "If you suddenly meet someone from the Oda army, you just pretend to stop it, and then let us leave, and we will take the opportunity to rush over."
"But Lord Yuqiu, your identity cannot stand the verification and you don't even have a waist card. Once you are stopped for interrogation, you will definitely be able to do so." A follower said with concern.
"It's okay, the scene will be very chaotic at that time. We will ride horses again. As long as they don't react in the first time, we can rush over and then go all the way." Yu Qiuping tried hard to hide his inner tension with a confident smile. "Anyway, it's still dangerous to be ambushed, and it's better to do this."
The group then began to speed from Anxiang to Zhili, 12 miles away. Yu Qiuping and others could reach nearly 70 miles per hour, but this level might not last long. However, it may take a quarter of an hour to complete the journey of 12 miles.
Every time the horse jumped forward, Yu Qiuping's mood became more subtle. It was one step closer to Zhili City and one step closer to danger. Half the journey had passed, and the Oda family had not yet come out to intercept it. The six companions behind him still kept a distance of about 30 meters and chased Yu Qiuping and the other four.
"What's the situation?" The Oda family cavalry, who were ambushing a small hill beside the official road, couldn't help but look at each other. For Kawajiri Hidetaka, who was fleeing on the official road, looked at the four cavalrymen with papayas and flags on the official road in surprise. "I can't see those people clearly, but I'm not familiar with them anyway. Are they from the Akamoto-clothed crowd? But they are not wearing Red Armor? Why didn't you say hello to us and go to the front to investigate, and you were even found?"
"Sir, then we are now..." Lai Ryu, who was standing beside him, looked at Hidetaka Kawajiri.
"No matter what, we are ordered to stop and kill the Imakawa family's scouts. No matter what, we cannot let the six Imakawa troops come over," Hidetaka Kawajiri draws his sword in his hand, "Follow me and kill the pursuers."
On the small hill on the other side of the official road, Naomasa Kazuka was also confused. "Who are those people? Are they from the black mother-clothed people? The lord did not order anyone to investigate Nan today? He was chased and beaten by the Imakawa family?"
"Sir, don't worry about that much," Maeda Takiya excitedly raised his spear, "Friends will help, and enemies will fight, so there is no such trouble!"
After saying that, the Maeda Taki family rushes to the horse and rushes out before they wait for the order. Several other impulsive young people, Rakinoki, Asai Masasuke, rushed down. Naomasa, who was originally trying to think about it, could only urge the other twenty people to follow.
Yu Qiuping and others who were galloping on the official road suddenly appeared. More than 20 cavalrymen rushed out of each hilly hilly. Yu Qiuping almost fell off his horse in panic. However, the two teams of cavalry went straight to the pursuers behind, which made Yu Qiuping breathe a sigh of relief. Yu Qiuping and the other four left and tried their best to urge the horses to leave. The six people behind immediately turned their horses and ran towards the road. The Oda army's horsemen chased after him for a few times but failed to catch up, so they met again on the official road.
"Master Koko, are those four of you?" Kawajiri Hidetaka asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you exploring the order of the lord to investigate Nan without authorization! The lord is still guarding against Naruto City in the Tubesan. What should you do if you startle a mistake if something goes wrong!"
"Ah?" Naomasa Shizuka was stunned for a moment, "Are those four subordinates of Kawajiri? I didn't send anyone to investigate!"
"Nani!" Nearly fifty Oda family cavalry around exclaimed.
"Hey, you don't look at it. The four cavalry met us. Not only did they stop, they ran faster and faster!" Maeda Takiya raised his spear and pointed at the direction where Yu Qiuping and others escaped.
"It's Mah!" Hidetaka Kawajiri and Naomasa Konoha looked at each other, and immediately understood the whole story, "I've been fooled!"
"How could there be such a warrior? Even replacing the flag!" Sabuki Ryoyu roared angrily, "This is a shame to the Wu family!"
When the Oda family realized that Yu Qiuping and others had a wrong identity, Yu Qiuping had already escaped two miles away. It was only four miles away from Zhili City. Yu Qiuping could see the small black dot on the right side of the official road from afar. However, just as Yu Qiuping ran away, there was a violent sound of horse hooves behind him.
"If Zhili Castle has fallen into the Oda family's hand later, we will run to the right and hide in the mountains." Yu Qiuping pointed to the undulating hills on the right while whipping it. At the same time, he pulled out the flag on his back. The people next to him also followed suit and threw the papaya pattern of the Oda family on the ground.
The distance between Yuqiuhei and his group and Chiri Castle was getting closer, but the distance between them and the Oda family horses was also shortened. The horses of the horses were far better than those of Yuqiuhei, and the superb riding skills of Maida Taki and others were even more incomparable to Yuqiuhei. Keito Amano seemed to be good at riding horses, but in order to wait for Yuqiuhei, he had to slow down his horses a little.
The sound of horse hooves that kept approaching behind him seemed like a death-hunting ghost, which made Yu Qiuping and others worried and kept looking back. They saw that there were several horses chasing about 60 meters behind. Fortunately, Yu Qiuping could already see the walls of Zhili City. There must have been guard soldiers on the walls that saw him, and they must have been ready to open the door.
However, as the city wall got closer and closer, Yu Qiuping was surprised to find that although there were still two-lane flags on the top of the city wall, there was no one on the city wall. The city below the city was also empty and could not see anyone.
"Open the door quickly! We are the Imakawa family's troops! Open the door!" Yu Qiuping shouted with all his might when he was still one hundred meters away from the city wall, but no one responded until he arrived at the city. Yu Qiuping knocked on the door desperately, and the sound of horse hooves behind him was gradually approaching.
"No," Yu Qiuping glanced behind him. The dust raised by the horse's hooves was already a mile away. He had to turn over the horse again, "We will circle the city wall!"
"Open the door!" "Open the door!" Yu Qiuping and his group, except for Keito Amano who is not very talkative, all the other three kept shouting around the city wall. Zhili City is a small city, with a length of only about one hundred meters. Soon they walked from the west gate to the north gate. At this time, a head finally poked out from the north gate, which was Fukushima Ansei.
"Open the door quickly! Fukushima Ansei!" Yu Qiuhei immediately shouted excitedly, "We were sent by Okazaki Castle! Open the door quickly!"
"Sir! It's Lord Yuqiu!" Fukushima Ansei immediately ran a few steps along the collapsed slope of the north gate, shouting to the two people in the gate hole under the city, "Open the door quickly!" Just as the two slaves were about to open the door, Fukushima Ansei, who was standing on the high ground, suddenly shouted to Yuqiuhei and his group, "Sir, please continue to circle! The Oda family is catching up with you! I'll go open the east gate!"
Yu Qiuping and others had to get on their horses and continue to run away immediately. When they ran to the northeast corner, they saw a warrior holding a large vermilion gun chasing him first. Yu Qiuping and his group rushed to the east gate. The gate of the east gate had been opened after a burst of noise and shouting in the city. Just as Yu Qiuping was about to rush into the city gate, five or six cavalrymen surrounded by the Oda family suddenly turned around at the southeast corner and headed straight for the city gate.
"Oh no!" Yu Qiuping quickly added, but it was probably too late to close the city gate.
In the critical moment, the sound of the arrow leaving the string sounded from the side. The Oda family cavalry's horse was shot into the neck by Charlie's arrow. The painful man stood up, jumped violently for a few times before falling on the road, lifted the rider to the ground, blocking the road of the cavalry behind him. The Oda family cavalry hesitated whether to take a detour or jump over it within a few seconds, Yu Qiuping and others had already rushed into the city gate, and the gate slowly closed behind him.
"Okay, stop talking, take me to Tianshou Pavilion!" Yu Qiuping saw Ansei Fukushima who was rushing to meet him, regardless of whether he was still breathing heavily, so he asked him to take him to the highest point of the city to look at the surrounding situation to decide what information to send back.
The group quickly climbed to the Tianshou of Zhili City, and only saw that around the city, nearly 50 horse-riding knights were circling around the city, and there were about 50 cavalry cruising on the official road farther northwest.
"Okay, Lord Amano," Yu Qiuhei said to Amano Kyoto, "Report to Lord Amano. The Imakawa Castle is still under the control of the Imakawa family, but there are nearly Akita family cavalry nearby who control the official road, and the messenger may not be able to communicate."
Chapter completed!