Samurai of the Takeda Family

On the night of September 9th, Li Xiao followed the Takeda Army's 8,000 troops across the Chikuma River, and set up the main formation in Hachimanbara. In the middle of the night, Hachimanhara gradually became foggy.

　　 Knowing that the war is coming, Li Xiao didn't want to sleep, leaning leaning in front of the camp door, placing the gun on his knees, and wiping the sword in his hand, looking into the distance with his eyes. Just a few hours later, the Uesugi family's wolf-like army will appear in the thick fog and launch a fierce attack on the Takeda family's main line.

　　 Li Xiao did not expect that he would participate in the first battle after he came to the Warring States Period. Well, in the words of the time, it was the first battle, that is, he would encounter a **** battle with the worst casualties in the history of the Warring States period. This is really good luck.

　　 The bright moon is sky, presumably at this time, the Uesugi family must have been crossing Amamiya, crossing the Qianqu River like silver frost.

　　 This scene was used by the poet Lai Shanyang in the Edo period to describe the scene when Uesugi Kenshin crossed the river with the word whip sound.

　　 Li Xiao can't change this trend. His power is still too small for the butterfly fanning history. What he can do now is just how to save his life in tomorrow's hard fight.

　　13,000 vs. 8,000, the situation is not optimistic.

　　 In the main formation of the Takeda family, bonfires were lit everywhere. Except for the foot soldiers who were on guard, most of them fell asleep after a trek in the middle of the night. Li Xiao looked back to the left and right. Those Takeda soldiers with common names like Shinjiro and Heishiro were sleeping peacefully in their clothes. Many people did not have tents and just slept in the open air.

　　As the soldiers of the Takeda family, most of them are not the first time for the second time. Shingen's Shinano invasion over the past ten years has turned the Takeda army into a well-versed elite.

　　 September 10th, seven o'clock in the morning. The fog on Yawatahara became denser and thicker. Li Xiao's field of vision is ahead, and the visibility is no more than 20 meters.

　　 But at this time, the cold wind blowing from the northeast is getting stronger. According to the saying that the wind is blowing up and the fog is scattered, the fog that covers the sky will soon dissipate. But now it’s still silent in the tranquility of the early morning, with only strong wind blowing every Takeda Army soldier around, and the sound of the “Kasajin” behind the pocket and the flags and objects on their backs are still rustling, occasionally mixing with each other. Two neighs of war horses.

　　 At this time, the soldiers of the Takeda family were eating breakfast. After more than ten days, Li Xiao also integrated into the life of the samurai. Like every soldier, he poured the water in the bamboo tube into the dry rice and sprinkled with sesame and salt. This is a fast food method in wartime, quick and simple, and can deal with sudden wars at any time.

　　 At this time, the three riding centipede Denki passed through the front of Takeda Shinshige's formation and went straight to the main formation, one of them still carrying an arrow behind. Many soldiers under Xinfan's command saw this scene. They hurriedly dropped the rice ball in their hands, took their guns and stood up.

　　 Some people have guessed from the bottom of their hearts, is it possible that the Rangers have already engaged the Echihou Army so quickly. After a while, Li Xiao could see from a distance, from the position of Takeda Shingen's main formation, the Centipede Chuan rode out and scattered in all directions.

　　 A centipede rider galloped to Nobuhiro Takeda, and pointed his pistol lever forward.

　　 "Lord Lord, please write to Fan Gong to prepare for the war, the Vietnamese army is right in front!"

　　 There were earthen barriers around the Takeda Army’s camp. There are many fences on the roads that are easy to pass, and the roads are mostly hurriedly harvested rice fields or empty wastelands. This is the grass harvesting used by farmers to compost.

　　 Except for a few low-lying areas with water, it is very suitable for large corps operations.

　　 After receiving the order to prepare for the war, the various phalanxes of the Takeda Army began to move, the movement of the horses, the footsteps of the soldiers, and they arranged according to the pre-arranged position of facing the enemy.

　　Vaguely, the soldiers of the Takeda family could already hear, in the thick fog in front, there was a sound like a tide rising. In the heavy overlap of fog, people can also be seen shuttled back and forth.

　　 Suddenly, the strong southeast wind turned strong, and the thick fog in front of the soldiers of the Takeda family was completely blown away, as if window screens were rolled up. Li Xiao clearly saw that the countless black-clad and black-armored soldiers in front of him were slowly advancing towards the main formation of the Takeda Army like a black line.

On the two flags with black characters on the white background, Li Xiao knows that one of the flags on the flag is written in traditional Chinese for "Dragon", and the other is the flag with "Bi". . And below the banner is the dragon Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo.

　　 The sudden appearance of the Echigo Army, as well as its awe-inspiring military appearance, shocked Takeda soldiers.

　　 Now in front of the Takeda Army’s array, Shingen has spent a lot of money to deploy the iron artillery team. Right now, the iron artillery team of about a hundred people from the Takeda family stood in a row, kneeling in unison and raising their guns.

　　As the Echihou Army forward entered the range of the iron cannon, the head of the iron gun group swung down the sword in his hand and shouted, "Anat."

　　The iron gun spouted out fire, and the Echihou Army lined up in a neat phalanx of soldiers, and immediately many soldiers rushed to the ground.

　　 The sound of iron cannons resounding like a bolt of thunder echoed in the sky over Yawatabara. This was also a warning signal sent by Takeda Shingen to the attacking Wife and Daughter Mountain Rangers.

　　 Takeda Army Honjin crisis!

Oh!

　　 After being attacked by iron cannons, the Echigo Army shouted in unison. The Ashikaru soldiers in the front row dropped their spearheads that were erected above them like a dense forest.

　　 The **** reality in front of him made the heart in Li Xiao's chest throbbing like a big drum.

　　 Nobuhiro Takeda has been fighting for a long time, and he is very determined, even his two sons are also calm, and Li Xiao immediately relaxes a lot when he sees this.

　　 At this time, the iron artillery team in front of the formation was reloaded again, and for the second time fired at the attacking Echihou army.

　　 This distance is close, the lethality is much greater, and more soldiers of the Vietnamese army fell on the road of the impact.

Li Xiao saw that the Takeda Army’s iron cannons were light enough to reload. Several breathing rooms have been completed. According to records at the time, a skilled iron cannon can fire three to four shots per minute. The speed of one shot.

　　 Of course, the Takeda Army’s iron cannon tactics are still the old-fashioned single-row salvo.

In the future, the master of iron cannon in Japan, Oda Nobunaga, learned the lessons from the battle with Honganji for nearly ten years, and trained the iron cannon method of'three strikes'. The mature use of fighting together.

　　 After the Takeda Army’s iron artillery team was about to retreat, the next step was to let the Asiketsu soldiers step forward to meet the Echigo Army.

　　 Seeing this, Li Xiao suddenly remembered another well-known iron cannon warfare, so he rode his horse to Takeda Nobuhira and said something like that. Although Nobuhiro Takeda didn't quite understand Li Xiao's meaning, he was convinced of his ability and nodded and did as he did.

　　 The confrontation between the Echigo Army and the Ashikaru Takeda Army began.

　　 The low-ranking warriors of the two armies served as the head of the Ashikaru group, commanding the Ashikaru soldiers composed of peasants, and they lined up as a wall of people to advance. There were many peasants and soldiers who had just gone through the war. Their legs were so frightened that the Zuqing group leader began to scold them, waving the sword in his hand and trying to slash them.

In addition to driving their men to fight forward, these low-level warriors are the backbone of the battle. The warriors of the two armies will find each other's warriors to fight each other, and the victory or defeat of a battle is generally determined by the outcome of a battle. The ratio of casualties of the low-level samurai of both sides is determined.

　　 In terms of fighting purely, neither the small soldiers nor the individual brave generals can influence the overall situation of the entire battlefield.

　　 The black helmet and black armor of the Echigo Army in front of him, arranged in an emergency formation, slammed toward the Takeda Army of Takeda Shinshige's phalanx. The frontal Echigo Army's army is estimated to have 1,5,600 people, while Takeda Nobuhiro's side has only 700 people.

　　 Takeda Nobuhira next to Li Xiao closed his lips and suddenly said, "The banner of the enemy in front is the general Kakizaki Kei family of the Echigo Army. You must not back down and fight to the death with me."

　　 The Takeda soldiers on the left and right suddenly agreed.

　　 Li Xiao has heard of the prestigious name of the Kakizaki Kei family, who is the number one general under Uesugi Kenshin, and is known as the ‘unbeatable one among the seven Echigo prefectures’.

　　 Li Xiao saw the opponent in black leather armor, straddling a black horse, holding a four-foot-long black spike long-handled spear, and the sickle-shaped ‘front stand’ on that iconic helmet gleaming in the morning light.

　　 This eye-catching and cool dress seems to be waiting for all the enemies on the battlefield, I don't know that he is like Kakizaki Kei's family. Li Xiao smiled secretly to himself. If he knew he was going to cross, he would bring an AK, and shoot the Kakizaki King's house with one shot at this distance, saving so much trouble.

　　 But if it were changed to an iron cannon, at this distance, with the accuracy of the iron cannon hitting in this era, Li Xiao would not have any illusions.

　　 Li Xiao sighed long, feeling very sorry, but Takeda Nobuyo on the side thought that Li Xiao hesitated about the powerful forces of the Echigo Army.

　　 At this time, the Kakizaki Keijia pointed his spear, and the samurai under him rushed along with him. He pointed directly at Takeda Nobuhira, and his purpose was to win the first rank of the No. 2 figure in the Takeda clan.