Chapter 1602: Encirclement and Counter-encirclement

Yaliang always had doubts about the plans of Tanaka Nobuyuki and Hojo Tsune.

Their plan seemed perfect, but if Tanaka Nobu was deceiving them, they might suffer huge losses again.

"We have limited manpower and cannot send more troops!"

Minamoto Nagamasa refused without a second thought.

These are all the troops he has!

Once their plan succeeds, Yun Zheng will most likely go straight for Susa Castle in a frenzy.

He must leave enough men to guard Susa Castle.

If Yun Zheng did not take Susa Castle, but directly ordered the army to turn and attack Uesugi Yu's troops, he could lead the troops in the city to raid Yun Zheng's troops, and then surround the reinforcements on three sides with Tanaka Nobu and Uesugi Yu's troops.

"Perhaps we can send another 5,000 warriors to confuse the enemy and make them hesitate!"

At this time, Hojo Tsune made another suggestion.

A warrior is a soldier who only has weapons but no armor.

In the eyes of ordinary people, samurai are a symbol of honor.

But in the eyes of those in power, this is a last resort.

They didn't have that much armor to give these people, they could only give them honorary titles.

Let more people abandon their armor for this honor and fight head-on with the fully armored enemy.

Minamoto Nagamasa thought for a moment, then immediately clapped his hands and laughed: "This is a good idea!"

They did not have much armor, but they had enough weapons.

Not to mention five thousand warriors, even ten thousand will do!

Yes, just ten thousand!

Thinking of this, Minamoto no Nagamasa immediately ordered someone to order Ikeda Kame and Uesugi Yu to send out troops later!

He wanted to mix those 10,000 samurai among Uesugi Yu's troops!

He wanted Yun Zheng to mistakenly believe that he had sent out 25,000 troops to raid Tanaka Nobu's troops!

The greater the threat they pose to Tanaka Nobuyuki, the more Yun Zheng will send troops to support them!

In the afternoon, Yun Zheng received a message from Tanaka Nobuyuki asking for help.

Yun Zheng immediately ordered Wang Qi and Qin Qihu to lead 10,000 infantrymen to support Tanaka Nobu's troops. At the same time, he ordered Fan Xiong's 6,000 soldiers to cover the left rear of Wang Qi and his men to prevent them from being surrounded by the enemy forces in Susa Castle.

Minamoto no Nagamasa had been paying close attention to the movements of this army.

As Yun Zheng, Wang Qi and Fan Xiong's troops began to turn around, Yuan Changzheng also received the corresponding news.

"This Yun Zheng is quite cautious!"

Upon learning that Yun Zheng had also assigned five to six thousand soldiers to keep an eye on the left rear of the other group of troops, Yuan Changzheng couldn't help but secretly praise him.

It can be seen that Yun Zheng is indeed capable of leading troops.

Those thousands of troops were obviously on guard against the troops from Susa Castle.

Yaliang chuckled: "It was cautious, but it eventually revealed a flaw!"

"Correct!"

Minamoto Nagamasa's eyes flashed with coldness. He stood up suddenly and roared murderously: "Call the troops immediately and launch a feint attack on Ishigaki Castle!"

As long as they feint an attack on Ishigaki Castle, those thousands of soldiers will surely come to support.

And their group of people can quickly penetrate and encircle the troops sent by Yun Zheng to support Tanaka Nobuo's troops!

Then, they pursued the victory and wiped out the thousands of soldiers and horses that came back to reinforce!

By that time, the troops from the south should have arrived to support us!

If they join forces, they can trap Yun Zheng to death in Shiyuan City!

Ishigaki City is the burial place of Yun Zheng!

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"General, General Ikeda sent someone to report that the enemy has about 10,000 troops and is marching towards our right wing!"

During the march, Uesugi Yu received a message delivered by a messenger.

Right wing?

Uesugi Yu sneered.

As expected, the enemy finally sent troops to support Tanaka Nobu's troops.

It seems that their plan was successful!

"Tell General Ikeda to follow the predetermined plan and lead the enemy to Hachishahara!"

Uesugi Yu quickly issued orders and sent someone to contact Tanaka Nobu's troops.

Hachishahara is the burial place of the enemy!

After that, Uesugi Yu led 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 "samurai" and continued to march towards Kurose Castle. At the same time, he was also closely monitoring the movements of the enemy's reinforcements.

He had to ensure that the enemy was lured into Hachigahara before taking the next step.

About two hours later, Uesugi Yu received a message from Tanaka Nobuyuki.

Nobumasa Tanaka led his troops towards Hachishahara according to their plan.

On the surface, Tanaka Nobuyuki wanted to meet up with the reinforcements, but in fact he wanted to seize the advantageous terrain and block the exit of Hachishahara.

After confirming that there was no problem with Tanaka Nobuyuki, the stone in Uesugi Yu's heart finally fell to the ground.

It seems that Tanaka Nobuyuki is still trustworthy!

At dusk, Uesugi Yu received news from Ikeda Kame again.

The enemy's reinforcements have entered the vicinity of Hachigahara, and judging from their posture, they intend to pass through Hachigahara and form a pincer attack with Tanaka Nobu's troops on their 20,000 troops.

"very good!"

Uesugi Yu was overjoyed. "Order our troops to turn southeast immediately! Order Ikeda Kame to seize favorable terrain overnight and block the southwest exit of Hachishahara!"

Hooked!

The enemy finally took the bait!

Bashiyuan is surrounded by mountains to the north and has only three entrances and exits.

As long as they block the two wider exits, the enemy can only pass through that narrow valley!

And that long and narrow valley is most suitable for ambush.

As long as the enemy dares to enter that valley, no matter how powerful their artillery is, it will be useless!

At that time, the enemy will either fight desperately to break out of the valley, or wait for them to divert water and flood them!

Uesugi Yuyue became more and more excited, and ordered people to contact Tanaka Nobu's troops, asking them to seize the time and block the other exit.

As night fell, the army's marching speed gradually slowed down.

Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, Uesugi Yu immediately ordered: "Pass the order down, rest here for an hour! Everyone, hurry up and make torches!"

They can't stop yet!

They must reach Hachishahara before dawn and completely encircle the enemy in Hachishahara.

As Uesugi Yu's order was passed on, the soldiers who had been fighting for a day and a night finally got a chance to catch their breath.

There was no time to cook now, so everyone just took out some dry food and stuffed it into their mouths.

Uesugi Yuhe's staff also took out some dried meat and stuffed it into his mouth, then sat on the ground to rest.

In front of him was a detailed map.

Uesugi Yu stared at Hachishahara with burning eyes. Although there was no mark on it, he was very clear about the location of each department on the map.

As he watched, Uesugi Yu's hand, which was stuffing the dried meat into his mouth, suddenly stopped, and the chewing action in his mouth also stopped.

Gradually, Uesugi Yu's expression became more and more ugly.

In the end, Uesugi Yu became visibly panicked.

"General, what's wrong?"

The staff looked at Uesugi Yu in confusion.

Uesugi Yu stared at the map with an extremely grim expression: "What if Tanaka Nobuyuki is unreliable, and the enemy troops in Hachishahara turn around and attack Ikeda Kame's troops? Then we will be attacked from both sides!"

Listening to what Uesugi Yu said, the staff couldn't help but frown.

"Probably not?"

The staff member consoled him, "Even if Tanaka Nobuyuki is unreliable, Ikeda Kame and his men have occupied the advantageous terrain. They should have no problem guarding the exit southwest of Hachishahara, right?"

Although the enemy had an advantage in troop strength, Kame Ikeda's troops had the advantage of geographical location.

It shouldn't be easy for the enemy to break out.

They are now only forty miles away from Ikeda Kame's troops.

Once the enemy attacks Ikeda Kame's troops, they should be able to get the news quickly.

Even if we rush to support them, it should still be in time.

The possibility of being attacked from both sides is really small.

"cavalry!"

Uesugi Yu was flustered: "Have you forgotten that Tanaka Nobu has two thousand elite cavalry supervising the battle?"

As Uesugi Yu finished speaking, the aide's face suddenly changed color.

cavalry!

Those two thousand elite cavalrymen are likely to go around behind them!

It is possible that Kame Ikeda's troops were attacked by cavalry before they could seal the southwest exit of Hachishahara!