Echigo, Arakawa River.

Early in the morning on June 20th of the fourth year of Qing'an, two armies facing each other across the river spontaneously opened their camps, set up battle formations on the beaches on both sides of the Arakawa River, and began a confrontation.

The number of troops on both sides seems to be about the same, both more than 10,000. Among them, the army located on the south bank of the Arakawa River is under the banner of the Tokugawa family's three-leaf Aoi. The leader of the army is a veteran of the shogunate. The Banfang army follows the Aizu

The lord of the feudal lord, Quan Da said his words and ensured that he was upright.

The army located on the north bank of the Arakawa River mainly used the Uesugi Sasamon banner of the Uesugi clan, and the leader should be Uesugi Tsunakatsu, "the poorest in Japan".

Hoshina Masayuki's main formation is placed on a high slope, and the view is pretty good. You can overlook the river beach where the two armies are deployed. However, there is a forest behind the Uesugi army, blocking Hoshina's sight. Hoshina is also a battle-hardened formation.

He is a veteran and has seen a lot. So at a glance, he can tell that there is something strange behind the woods... there are probably elite soldiers ambushed!

If the Uesugi army is at a disadvantage in the river battle, they will most likely try to lure the shogunate's army into the woods and use the woods to disrupt the shogunate's formation so that the Uesugi army on the other side of the forest can counterattack.

However, this kind of trivial skill will not faze Masayuki Hoshina. Later, he will ask the artillery team of the Shogunate Banfang Army to bombard the woods with 6-pound bronze cannons...the shells will pass through the woods (the woods are not very big) and hit in the woods.

In the middle of the Uesugi family's rebel army. Wait until the Uesugi family rebel army can no longer withstand the bombardment, then release the Takada clan's cavalry and Ueoka clan's cavalry to kill people.

Just when Hoshina Masayuki was feeling complacent about his military commanding abilities, there was a disturbance in the woods opposite, and then he saw a group of cavalry wearing bright red feathers coming out of the woods.

Just when this group of cavalry passed through the woods and appeared on the beach on the north bank of the Arakawa River, the Uesugi army suddenly burst out with the loudest cheers.

"The Emperor is on board! The Emperor is on board..."

"This is..." Masayuki Hoshina immediately became nervous. He quickly got up from his horse and took a monocular telescope from a young man next to him. He pulled it to the longest position and used it to observe the water on the other side.

The red cavalry was there. It was okay not to look at it, but after looking at it, his face turned blue.

Because the first thing he saw was a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum pattern flag!

This is the mark of the Imperial Family!

In addition to the emperor, emperor, and prince, those who can use the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum flag are the direct troops loyal to them. Uesugi Tsusakatsu, the poorest man in Japan, actually used the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum flag. Who does he think he is?

As soon as Masayuki Hoshina thought of this, he saw a "Ji Military General" under the banner of the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum pattern! This "Ji Military General" was riding an unusually splendid war horse, wearing gorgeous plate armor and embroidered with the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum pattern.

The patterned Jinhaori doesn’t wear a mask, and the exposed face looks very much like the Emperor of Kobuin!

"It's really the Supreme Emperor..." Masayuki Hoshina's eyes almost popped out of his head in shock. This "Historical Commander" is the Supreme Emperor himself!

The emperor is on the battlefield...not hiding behind and strategizing, but actually on the front line! This kind of thing seems to only happen in legends, right?

But something even more surprising happened next, which surprised Masayuki Hosuka!

Emperor Kobuin Taijo, who led a group of cavalry to the battle, did not stop behind the Uesugi army's formation, but continued forward until he reached the edge of the Arakawa River, and then galloped along in front of the Uesugi army's formation.

Now the "poor samurai" of the Uesugi family were even more excited. Emperor Kobuin was so brave, so why worry about overthrowing the curtain and not succeeding?

At this moment, a samurai following the emperor of Kobuin suddenly waved a white flag with the words "House Proclamation" written on it, left the team, then found a ford, crossed the river, and headed towards the south bank of the Arakawa River. The shogunate army rushed to the front.

"Do not harm the emperor's envoy!" Masayuki Hoshina was afraid that his samurai would kill the samurai who was crossing the river with bows and arrows or iron cannons, and he would be infamous for killing the envoy, so he hurriedly gave the order.

However, he soon regretted his gentlemanly demeanor, because the samurai actually shouted in front of the shogunate's army: "The Kobuin Emperor declares that he wants to ride with the Tokugawa rebel general, Aizu Dainagon." Decisive victory!"

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Masayuki Hoshina, who was still observing the formation on the slope, was so shocked that he couldn't even speak!

An emperor, or a woman, actually wanted to challenge him, the most powerful general of the Tokugawa shogunate... Should he agree or not?

If he agrees, he will challenge the emperor to a duel as a minister. If he loses, he will lose his life in vain and become the laughing stock of the world. If he wins, he will be accused of regicide and treason!

If you don't agree... the top general of the Tokugawa family, the leader of the majestic samurai family, is actually afraid of the emperor! How can such a coward-general suppress the rebellion of Emperor Kobuin?

For a moment, Hoshina Masayuki didn't know how to respond to the other party. In the end, Naomi Matsudaira, who had lost the Murakami domain and was the best at moving, was smarter. He immediately said to Hoshina: "Aizu Daigan, you can tell His Majesty the Emperor that now The two armies are facing each other across the river, and it is impossible for them to mount a single-horse attack, so you cannot challenge them.

If Emperor Kobuin insists on fighting, he can order Uesugi's army to retreat 200 steps and let our army cross the river to fight with them."

These words sound familiar! Masayuki Hosuka thought for a moment, then glared at Matsudaira Naomi and said, "Do you think this is Feishui? The people standing on the other side of the river are samurai from the Yonezawa Uesugi family, the poorest feudal lord in the world. .....They have been waiting for 50 years for the opportunity to turn around, and they will not give up!

If Emperor Xingwuyuan attacks me while I'm halfway across the river, wouldn't we be defeated?"

The samurai of the Uesugi family are extremely vicious, so they won't be afraid that the Tokugawa family's army will collapse on their own! Treating this place as a Fei River is asking for death!

"Aizu Dainanagon," Matsudaira Naomi thought for a moment and then said, "Then let's retreat two hundred steps and let the Emperor of Kobuin cross the river."

"Do you think she will agree?" Masayuki Hoshina frowned, "Our Tokugawa warriors are not the Qin army in the Battle of Feishui... Let alone two hundred steps back, just two thousand steps back. There will be no chaos!”

Matsudaira Naomi smiled and said: "Since she won't agree, then let's just give up on the decisive battle."

Yes! This is a good idea!

Baoshi was stunned, and finally nodded, "Okay! Just do whatever you want!"

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"Yasi!" Emperor Kobuin actually nodded after listening to the conditions put forward by the military envoy sent by Hoshina Masayuki, "Since Aizu Dainagon wants to fight me on the south bank of the Arakawa River... then I will Let’s cross the river! But he only retreated 200 steps, which is too little. Is he planning to attack halfway across the river? Go and tell Aizu Danagon that he must retreat 500 steps. If he doesn’t want to retreat, then I can retreat. 500 steps, let him cross the river, and then fight to the death!"

The envoy heard Xingwuyuan's words and went back, and a group of generals who were protecting Xingwuyuan were frightened by the female emperor's decision.

Why do we really need to cross the river to fight!

"Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Ning has said, let us attract the main force of Masayuki Hoshina. When he successfully lands in Uojin, Masayuki Hoshina will naturally withdraw his troops. Then we can cover up and kill him, and we can win a complete victory."

The speaker was Kusunoki Masaki, who was the military advisor sent by Zhu Cijiong to Ningwuyuan. He was the great military advisor who worked with Zhu Cijiong to draw up Yonezawa, a poor feudal lord, to revolt and seize Echigo, Echichu, and Sado as the base for the rebellion.

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According to the plan, the coalition forces of the Kobuin and Uesugi families did not have to engage in a decisive battle with Masayuki Hoshina, and could just attract him to the front line of the Arakawa River for a confrontation.

"Zhengxue, I know that Prince Ning's strategy can lead to victory...but a victory achieved through trickery is not as deterrent as a victory won by a majestic formation!" The Emperor of Xingwuyuan shook his head and said, "Now

Our army's morale is high and its numbers are greater than those of the enemy. We are sure to win the decisive battle.

Moreover, King Ning should have captured Uojin Port within these two days. Maybe Masayuki Hoshina will soon get the report of Echigo's defeat. When the two armies are in a stalemate, he will not be able to withdraw much troops at all, and will only be defeated miserably. And Echigo
Chapter completed!