Samurai of the Takeda Family

Volume Two: Shinano Storm

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Chapter 430 is to attack at night

"Master Takenaka, the Uesugi Army dug a trench under the city again."

Hidenaga Kinoshita repeatedly punched his fist. In the past few days, the Uesugi army used civil warfare to dig trenches outside Matsakura City in an attempt to cut the connection between the city and the Jinbao army.

If the connection between the two sides is severed, it is undoubtedly likely to be broken by the Uesugi army.

"Cough, cough!"

While holding Sipa to cover his mouth, Shigeharu Takenaka looked at the Uesugi family group surrounded by Matsakura Castle silently and expressionlessly.

Shigeji Takenaka put down Sipa to Hidenaga Kinoshita, and said: "The only way at the moment is to Kaicheng to attack the Uesugi army."

Hidenaga Kinoshita was slightly surprised, and said: "With the current strength of the Uesugi army, we have no chance of winning, let alone Uesugi Kenshin personally sit on the opponent's side."

Reji Takenaka pointed his finger at a small city not far away. Above the small city was the two-inspired flag of the Jinbao family. It was obviously three thousand military forces supported by Jinbao Changken.

Takenaka Shigeharu said: "Uesugi's move is to cut off the connection between Matsukura Castle and the Jinbo Army. If the city is blindly waiting for battle and dare not attack, the situation will be more passive. As far as I know, the Jinbao Army brought this time. There is not much military rations, and the city they are occupying was originally an abandoned city with extremely low defense. After being isolated, it is likely to be attacked by the Uesugi army."

"The art of war cannot be a routine according to the pre-determined vision of the enemy. The more the Uesugi army thinks that we dare not fight in the field, so the more we start to fight to defeat the enemy. Who is the Uesugi army fighting in front of the city?"

Hidenaga Kinoshita stretched his neck and looked at it for a while, and said to Takenaka Reji: "Uesugi army is out of the battle is Ueda."

Hideki Kinoshita has been with Hokuriku for so many years and has dealt with the Uesugi army for a long time. He also knows that Ueda is the elite of the Uesugi army.

When Shigeji Takenaka heard the name of Shangshang Jingsheng, he nodded and said, "Sir, don't underestimate the enemy."

Hidenaga Kinoshita nodded, and said, "In that case, I will attack myself and I will trouble Master Takenaka to defend the castle."

Shigeharu Takenaka smiled and nodded and said, "Of course, but Lord Lord, you only need to line up under the castle. If the Uesugi army comes, you can rely on Jiancheng to fight back."

Soon after, the Takeda Army Matsakura Castle opened the Otomaru Otemon Gate, and the Takeda Army filed out of the castle, relying on the Otomaru to line up.

The Echihou army under the city was surprised to see the gate of Matsura City suddenly opened.

The general Echigo, who commanded Ueda, looked at the shirt, and said in surprise, "Takeda Army, with this strength, dare to go out of the city!"

One Admiral Admiral said: "His Royal Highness, please be careful. The general of the Takeda Army is Hanbei Takenaka. This person is very resourceful and may be deceived."

Shangshan Jingsheng nodded, and said, "Regardless of tactics or not, you must not let the Takeda army line up easily."

In his opinion, the Takeda army that went out of the city to fight was no more than a few hundred people, while the Ueda army had a thousand or two hundred troops, and they could definitely eat the enemy outside the city.

Hidenaga Kinoshita personally led the five hundred troops, stepped out from the big hand, and immediately used Horikiri as a screen, and then reached the outer maru soil base and began to line up.

The Takeda army in the front row lightly pushed the baffle forward and placed it on the outer ring into two one and a half height rooms, with a temporary wooden wall exposed in the middle.

The Takeda army had just finished stacking the wooden walls, and at this time the Uesugi army’s horse-riding team had arrived like a gust of wind.

When dozens of Uesugi army horseback warriors approached the Takeda army’s position, they raised their two-meter long bows. They drew their bows and arrows on their horses. They used the inertia of the horse's speed to fly their arrows towards Takeda. Shot in the army.

After Takeda Junzuo hurriedly hid on the arrow board, most of the opponent's arrows were nailed to the arrow board, and only a few people let out a muffled grunt, which was obviously an arrow in the body.

The Takeda Army’s bow feet raised the bow lightly, and shot towards the Uesugi Army Riding Team on horseback.

The arrow feathers on both sides cross,

After each of the Uesugi Army's riding samurai shot two or three rounds of arrows, they ran across the edge of the Takeda Army's position.

After that, King Sung-shin urged his Ueda congregation to push toward the Takeda army position.

Boom!

Boom!

Two loud noises.

Outside Matsakura Castle, the Maru Takeda Army's big tube began to shelling at the Uesugi Army's position.

One shot missed, and the other shot directly in the Ueda crowd's array, smashing a **** path, and dozens of Uesugi soldiers were killed and injured on the spot.

However, Ueda, under the orders of Kungshou Jingsheng, still maintained a tight array and approached the Takeda army.

When the distance reached thirty, the two armies bowed lightly and began to tilt their arrows toward each other's array.

When the Uesugi Army approached the tenth room, the Takeda Army's iron cannon on the Outmaru curved wheel was light enough and began to shoot at the Uesugi Army from high ground.

Seeing that the Uesugi Army's bow-foot light in the front row lost a lot of money, Shangshan Jingsheng immediately withdrew the bow-foot light team and ordered the gun-foot light team to attack.

The Ueda army approached the Takeda army outside the city, and the Takeda army faced off in a half-moon formation.

Although the Takeda army is relatively advantageous in battle with the big barrels of the city and the support of iron cannons, the Ueda army is still crowded and powerful, and the tops are not incompetent. Therefore, under the command, the Takeda army and the Uesugi army are fighting under the city. A close match.

Reharu Takenaka saw Kinoshita's battle situation on Wangyao, and was very satisfied. He immediately ordered his opponent, saying: "Sir, the Lord of the City, has successfully attracted the attention of Uesugi, so you will use a team of twenty-one, from behind the city. Go down the mountain and sneak into the Uesugi army camp by night."

The five foot squats squeaked their heads and retreated immediately.

On the other hand, when the Takeda Army and Uesugi Army fought fiercely under the castle, Jimbo Nagaken also saw the movement under Matsakura Castle.

No one hesitates about the intentions of Kenshi Jinbo and Takenaka, and they ordered Mizu Katsushige, and Zhang and Zhang, who belonged to Jinbo, to mobilize a force of 1,500 to fight in the direction of Matsakura Castle, in response to the Takeda Army under Matsakura Castle. Offensive.

As soon as the Jinbao Nagaken team left the city, they were intercepted by the Uesugi army.

It was the Uesugi Army’s Tokubu Akira squad that blocked the Shinbo Nagaken squadron.

Relying on the anti-horse fences and trenches that were just built, Shabu Xianchang blocked the Shenbao army's offensive.

While the Jinbao Army fought fiercely with the Sebuxian long team, while bypassing the front of the Sebuxian troops, they attacked the Uesugi Army soil excavators who were digging the fortress.

The Uesugi Army sent a team of Chisaka Kei to cover. Although the Uesugi Army successfully covered the safe retreat of the excavators, the Jinbao Army attacked the warehouse where the timber was stacked near the fortress.

Shui Yueshengzhong poured the prepared oil into the warehouse and set fire to it immediately.

After the Takeda Army set fire to the warehouse, it began to set fire to the already stacked wooden barracks.

For a while, the flames were like torches, blazing into the sky.

The Takeda army went out of the city to fight with the Uesugi army. This action was unexpected by the Uesugi army.

But Kenshin Uesugi immediately reacted. Under his control, the Uesugi army repelled the Takeda army's attack from several sides.

It was just that a camp and prepared wood were burned down, and all this only delayed the Uesugi Army's work for one to two days.

After finally repelling the Takeda army's harassment, Uesugi Kenshin returned to his camp to rest.

As soon as he entered the camp, he received news of Saito Chaoxin's defeat under the Tenjin Mountain Castle, and one of his own temples died in the battle.

Kenshin Uesugi was full of emotion when he heard the news.

Kenshin Uesugi was holding a rosary and pacing in the military account. Over the years he conquered Takeda and suffered countless generals.

At the moment, Yamamoto Temple’s fixed length and damage to the formation have made Uesugi Ken’s confidence in the head. If he is young, he will be more resolute. He will not slaughter the whole city of Tianshen Mountain City as a revenge, but Uesugi Kenshin is not young anymore. The pride of the year has been reduced a lot.

He hesitated to abandon the plan to increase troops in the Tianshen Mountain City, and was ready to concentrate his forces and continue to besiege Songcang City. In his expectation that in another ten days, the defensive battalions that block Songcang City can be built. Then he can. Choose either Matsukura Castle or Jinbao Army to defeat them all the way.

Just when Uesugi Kenshin was preparing to write a letter to the domestic tycoons at the desk, asking them to transfer troops to the front line of the Yuezhong to help out.

Right now he has received two military reports that are similar to bad news.

The first is that the Oda army, who agreed with him to attack Li Xiao in two ways, has retreated from Kajida Castle and returned to Gifu City.

Unexpectedly, Takeda Katsuyori unexpectedly came out from the Tsugazakikan. In the frontal battle, he had a small victory over Nobunaga's record, forcing Nobunaga to return without success.

This surprised Uesugi Kenshin a bit. According to the truth, if the Oda Army made an all-out effort, it would not be so easy for the Takeda Army to win.

But if it is said that the retreat of the Oda army is a big loss for Kenshin, then in the second letter, the Hojo family’s head, Masaru Hojo, led an army of 30,000 at the invitation of the Takeda family, and returned to Kanto with a strong army. Yudong Ueno.

Takahiro Hojo, the lord of Stable Bridge City, rushed to Uesugi Kenshin.

At the same time, there was news that the Masanobu Takasaka Corps was about to move in Kaijin City on Chuanzhong Island.

Uesugi Kenshin once again tasted the suffering of Takeda Shingen's three-way attack.

It is true that I want to Yu Nobunaga and Noto to defeat Li Xiao in three ways, and each take advantage of it, but I did not expect Li Xiao to have this tacit understanding with Takeda Katsuyori, and use his own way of humanity. Believe in yourself.

The Hojo family intends to dominate the Kanto and annex Ueno for a long time. If Higashi Ueno loses, his Kanto leader will be a nameless person, but the Kosaka Legion will look at Kasuga Mountain Castle. .

Kenshin Uesugi must not be lost in these two places, and his key point can be said to be in the hands of the enemy.

Damn it, Uesugi Kenshin thought of this and waved his horse whip again. He did not kill these two people in Shirane Mountain. It was really his own miscalculation.

At this time, there were several fires outside the city.

It turned out that during the daytime, Shigeharu Takenaka rode Kinoshita to fight frontally. When he attracted the attention of the Uesugi army, he quietly sent people down to hide in the mountains. When it was night, he set fire together near the Uesugi army camp.

Being hit by this fire, Uesugi army camp was in a state of turmoil. At this time, Matsakura City opened its gates again, and Hideo Kinoshita once again led his troops out of the city, and he was ready to fight the Uesugi army to the end.

On the other side, the Jinbao Army seemed to have agreed at the same time, and they would attack the Uesugi Army together.

In the dark, the Uesugi Army could not recognize the direction of the Takeda Army's main attack for a while, and only felt assault on all sides.

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