Samurai of the Takeda Family

Chapter 257 The Battle of the Horses

On the hillside, wearing array hats and holding three long spears, they stepped on the soft soil with their straw-shoeed feet, arranged in a formation and quickly descended the mountain.

Li Xiao left his sister Lu Lai Gang and the three hundred military forces of the island family on the mountain, such as the Honda Masanori, the pharmacist, and the lottery team.

And he made up two dissatisfied gods and snake tails, plus the Jiangma family's military strength, a total of more than a thousand people rushed down the mountain.

Li Xiao's goal is very clear, that is, to attack the flank of the Uesugi army in the Kaga Ichijo Sect.

Now Uesugi Kenshin is almost an army, and the monks who fought Kagagoshi can’t lift their heads, so Li Xiao must arrive as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the Honganji Honjin cannot support him, his strength will not be enough to compete with Uesugi alone. Home to contend.

However, before approaching the Uesugi Army's flank, fighting on other battlefields continued.

When Li Xiao's army went down the mountain, it was the first to be blocked, but it was always the army's strength.

The military force of the Xiangzong in this road was that Xuanzong of Hongan Temple was worried that Li Xiao would collude with the Uesugi family repeatedly, and he deliberately stayed here to monitor Li Xiao's main formation.

The battle has been going on for most of the time, and the army in other places on the battlefield has always been defeated. However, the army has remained unmoved, focusing on Li Xiao's main formation and guarding the front.

Sure enough, when Li Xiao asked the army to let him go this way, he was refused.

Their reply was that they must not leave the position they were holding until the abbot Xuanzong's order was issued.

"It's really stupid and not knowing how to adapt. It's just this fact that people dare to stop our army," Fan Xiaoxian grunted and said to Li Xiao, "Please give the lord an order to immediately send troops to eradicate this Yixiangzong, and it doesn't cost us anything. strength."

Li Xiao raised his hand and said: "It's just some poor people, there is no need to kill, order to open the battle, the iron cannon team fired a warning into the sky in front."

Upon hearing this, Ben Duo said a Buddha's horn and said: "Thank you, the Lord has a kind heart."

Usami Nami listened to this, glanced at Li Xiao, and nodded slightly.

When Li Xiao's iron cannon team fired a volley, the sound of the iron cannons echoed endlessly.

This group of disciples of the Yixiangzong is just looking in vain. The entire battlefield has been completely defeated by the Yixiangzong. How can they have the determination to resist.

So when the iron cannon sounded, the army of this road had been broken, and when they saw the elite Takeda troops lined up in a formation and approached the mountain, they escaped without a trace.

"Unbearable." Fan Xiaoxian let out a cold snort.

Seeing the repulsion of this traditional army, Li Xiao rode on the black forged horse and set out to give orders to the army envoy. Ma Jun is in a formation on the left, advancing quickly, if he encounters enemy forces along the way, he will use iron cannons and bows to drive him away, and if he encounters a major enemy forces, he will line up again to fight."

Li Xiao raised his horse whip forward and said: "As soon as possible to avoid all fighting as soon as possible, my goal is only one, which is Uesugi Huihu."

"Oh"

Shifan agreed and passed on Li Xiao's order.

Li Xiao led the main formation flag to follow the side of the snake's tail, the sun and moon double-patterned flag prints, and the foot light fast forward, while the Takeda Lingqi fingers spread out on his back formed an array with strong visual impact.

Along the way, the disciples of the Yixiangzong, and the army of the wealthy clan, saw this rigorous lineup and left one after another, and no one wanted to take their own lives.

However, Li Xiao still encountered military forces to intercept his own side.

But Kikuchi Takesachi made a wrong judgment, causing a ridiculous scene in the battle.

It turned out that Kikuchi Wusheng only saw Li Xiao's army attacking Yixiangzong, and thought that the opponent was also the army of the powerful family of Yue, so he naturally regarded Li Xiaojun as an ally.

Kikuchi Wusheng didn't take any precautions. The general's flanks were exposed in front of Li Xiao, and he generously let them pass by, preparing to attack the current one of Xiangzong's forces together.

Seeing this, Li Xiao was of course not polite, deliberately pretending to be ignorant, and when he approached Kikuchi Takeshi's army, he suddenly turned his face and ordered his army to break into their weak flanks.

Takehatsu Kikuchi was caught off guard, and was immediately defeated by the whole army. If he hadn't made a way out under the guards close by, he would have almost confessed his life here.

Li Xiao did not order the army to pursue the Kikuchi family. Right now his target was Uesugi Kenshin.

Li Xiaojun was approaching the center of the battlefield step by step, Uesugi's side.

The battle here at Honganji's main formation has fallen into a bitter battle. Uesugi Army, under the command of Uesugi Kenshin, used horseback squads and foot light squads to attack the monks and soldiers in front of Yixiangzong in turn.

Although the monk soldier is also an elite group on weekdays, and the number of troops is better than the Uesugi army, besides, there are a lot of iron cannons to help out.

However, compared with Uesugi Kenshin, the tactical command level of these Fang officials and monk officials on weekdays is almost one in the sky and the other underground.

Although Uesugi Kenshin’s frontal offensive was aggressive, he did not rush. While maintaining the offensive against Honganji's main formation, he constantly sent Qingqi to outflank the enemy's flanks.

Looking at the situation on the battlefield, Xiajian Laizhao's big bald head was sweating profusely, and he was only slightly careless. A 200-man monk soldier under his command was divided and surrounded by Uesugi cavalry.

Xia Laizhao wanted to support, but was helpless, so she could only watch the monks and soldiers wiped out. In the end, they were all cut into corpses by the Uesugi horse riding squad.

How can this battle continue? Seeing this scene, Xia Ma Laizhao's heart was also shaken, and even the current formation could not hold on.

Although he had heard that Yue Tong had said Uesugi Kenshin was brave and good at fighting before, he had never seen how brave and good at fighting.

He believes that Uesugi Kenshin is at best no more than a famous general who is similar to Asakura Sodi, but at the moment it seems that Uesugi Kenshin is better than Asakura Sodi.

"Owner, I can't support it anymore."

Nakahyo returned to the original formation with a blood stained face, and reported to his father: "Although the monks and soldiers have the determination to exterminate demons and the Great Buddha Dharma, the Uesugi Army is really good at fighting, but they are simply not ordinary demons. Please Master Fang. Order a retreat, or if this continues, the entire army will be wiped out here."

Next, Lai Zhao shook his head and said, "Do you think we still have a chance to escape? More than half of the Uesugi army is a horseback riding team. If we retreat, we can't escape one mile at all. On the contrary, if we stay to fight, there may be war. Turnaround."

"Where is it? Our army is already unable to counterattack the Shangshan army, and the disciples on the four sides are even more defeated under the attack of the Yuehao tribe. I can't see a turn for the better."

When Lai Zhao heard this, she was silent.

At this moment, a monk rushed to the main formation where Laizhao was in the upper and lower chambers, saying: "The owner, on the left side of the Uesugi army, there is an army of thousands of unknown origins."

"Oh, where is the army? I am afraid that most of them are from the Yue Hao clan to support the Uesugi army." When Xia Jian Laizhao heard this, his face was ashamed, and he shook his head alone with a wry smile.

"No, the owner," Xiajian Zhongxiao said suddenly with a look of excitement, "This army is fought by Takeda Hiroshima, the sun and moon with the banner, this is the Takeda family veteran Li Xiao."

"Li Xiao?" Xia Laizhao lifted his spirits, walked up to look at it, and said, "Yes, it's the military strength of the Takeda family. This is Li Xiao's name. When I was in Kaga, I had heard that, It is said that he is a fierce general who can keep pace with Uesugi Terutora. I did not believe it at the time, but at this moment I hope it is true. Nakataka, as far as I know, the Takeda family has an alliance agreement with Honzong. This is to help us. Right?"

"Yes, the owner, Li Xiao must be a reinforcement for us. We can unite with Shengxing Temple and Li Xiao's military forces to attack Ueshan Huihu on three sides."

Hearing his son’s reply, Xia Jian Laizhao nodded and said: "Very well, no matter what Li Xiao's intention is here, but our Pure Land Zhenzong is also full of his feelings of rescue. Ready to fight back at any time."

"Oh."

At this moment, Ken Uesugi's letter head slammed into a bowl, and on a high ground, he sat peacefully on his horse, calmly commanding the battle.

Kenshin Uesugi raised his horse whip from time to time to point out the flaws in the Zongjun formation, and then ordered the envoy to send orders to mobilize the army to attack in turns. Under his superior command, the Honganji main formation was at risk under the attack of the Uesugi army.

"It will be possible to defeat the Honganji main formation in a little while." Yataro Onishima pointed at the battle ahead and said confidently.

On the side, Kokuki Murakami looked at Uesugi Ken with great admiration and said: "With an army of two thousand to break 80,000 people, this has not been achieved in ancient times, and the hero's bravery will spread the world because of this battle."

Kenshin Uesugi shook his head, and said: "In my opinion, Hongan Temple, but the rabble, no matter how many people there are, it is not in sight. This battle is far less intense than it was in Kawashima."

Koshiki Murakami said in a loud voice: "But after this battle ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ lord, you can use this momentum to unite the rich and powerful people of Vietnam in one fell swoop, and take it under the name of my Uesugi family. Unify the Yue, so the distance between the lord. The road to Shangluo is just one step closer, and the unfavorable situation of the Takeda family's three-sided attack can also be avoided."

Hearing what Koshiki Murakami said, Uesugi Kenshin was silent for a while. At this time, Uesugi's Wujian Fantou rushed to Uesugi Kenshin and said: "Report to the lord, there is a military force of Takeda Army on the left side of our army."

"What?" Murakami Guoqing was taken aback for a moment.

"It's Li Xiao," Ken Uesugi said with a sorrowful expression in his eyes, "He really won't miss it."

Uesugi Kenshin suddenly remembered that during the fourth Kawashima battle, it was also Li Xiao. When he was about to swing his sword again and cut to Takeda Shingen, he came out from the side to help him, so that he did not kill Takeda Shingen in the end.

At this moment, should he also follow Kawashima's move, so that he can't defeat the Hongan Temple main formation in this battle, and can't get all the results?

Kenshin Uesugi drove his horse to the front of the mountain, looked at the flaming Takeda Hoshiki's fingers not far away, pointed at Li Xiao's army with his riding whip, and shouted: "If this is the case, let it go. Horse fight.". .