Samurai of the Takeda Family

"Lord, it seems that the Takeda army has begun to withdraw. Don't they fear our army will follow and pursue it?"

　　 Uesugi Army Honjin, under the banner of Ranryu flag and Pizi, as the deputy general of the Echigo Army, watched the Takeda Army slowly entering the Shirane Pass, Uesugi Kenshin made a suggestion.

　　 Kenshin Uesugi is still dressed in a plain white monk's clothes, holding a rosary in his left hand and a military service in his right.

Right now he was sitting on the horse, observing the movement of the Takeda army in front, and then looked at the hillside where the Takeda army’s main formation was, and said to Naoe Mizuna: “The Takeda army has arranged enough squadrons on that hillside, so I dared to retreat calmly in front of our army lineup." "Takeda Shingen himself was hesitant to advance this time. It was a big disappointment. It was really disappointing." Naoe Mitsuna said the doubt in his heart. He didn't know Takeda Shingen. Not command in the army.

　　 Uesugi Kenshin did not speak, and suddenly asked Naoe Mitsuna: "Who is the enemy general who is the queen?"

　　 Naoe Mizuna immediately ordered his subordinates to go down the mountain to check, and the subordinates returned to the main formation and said: "The flag seal above the main formation of the Takeda army, the letter is'Suwa Nangong Shangxia Mingshen'."

　　 "Oh, this is not Takeda Shingen's own flag "Suwa Dharma-like Sanskrit Flag"." Naoe Mitsuna said suddenly.

Kenshin Uesugi smiled and said, "As the general, Shingen himself will never put himself to death. Apart from Shingen, only Shinano Suwa in the Takeda army is eligible to use this flag. Um, self. After Suwa Lai severely cut his belly, their current Patriarch should be the neighbor of Suwa Man."

Naoe Mizuna smiled and said, "Lord, you know everything, so you don’t know. The Tiger of Kai has arranged for his fourth son, Katsuyori Takeda, to inherit the family business of Suwa’s family. I’m afraid the leader of the battle is now behind. Yes, it is Shiro Katsurai."

　　 Kenshin Uesugi showed a surprised look, obviously very surprised, the tiger's eyes flashed and said: "Unexpectedly, Shingen gave birth to such a tiger, I really admire this person's courage, rare, rare."

　　 In front of the Takeda army formation, the Xiaopu who accompanied the army asked the group to dig two trenches in front of the baffle at the forefront of the formation.

　　 After the archery fence, the bow-foot light team, the iron gun group, the long-handled gun-foot light team, and the horse riding team lined up on the hillside one by one, enclosing Takeda Katsura’s main formation in a semicircle. In the main formation, there are the flag group holding the flag seal, the generals of the attendants, and the Taiko drum and conch group that controls the advance and retreat of the army, the military supervisor, the payer, the regulator, the pharmacist, the monk, and so on.

　　 There are two flags hanging high in the main formation, one is the Suwa Dharma-style Sanskrit flag, and the other is the Kajiba flag with the Suwa family pattern.

　　 As a general, apart from the general significance, at the same time in the military system, it means that he can lead an army independently and have the ability to take on one side.

In the Takeda army, the general commander generally commands a force of 300 to 800 people. In addition to guns, bows, and iron cannons, the troops are also equipped with horse riding teams and small lotus squads, which can fight independently. Also known as'bei', or'legion'.

　　 Among them, famous as Iitomi Tomasa's "Akabi", Obata Kenshige's "Obata Abe", and Hojo's five-color preparation, they are all organized in units of preparations.

　　 served as the queen to cover the retreat of the Takeda Katsuyoshi squad, with a total of 800 troops, and the rest of the unrelated combatants left with the army.

　　 Li Xiao glanced at Yumi Ohata, who was in armor.

　　 She looked far in the direction of Yamaguchi, and watched her sister and brother Oba Sadako. Fortunately, Wakamaru retreated to Shirane Mountain with the crowd of Takeda soldiers.

　　 Just now Li Xiao said to him that there is little chance of surviving in the battle of the queen.

　　 After hearing this, Yumi Kobata didn't say much, but asked Li Xiao to send her younger siblings away, and he followed Li Xiao to stay with him.

　　 Li Xiao looked at Yumi Ohata's tearful eyes, and realized that this was probably the last time she had met with her family.

　　 There is also Masayuki Sanada. As a young man, he put his hand on the handle and silently looked at his elder brother, leading the Sanada family's army away.

　　 "Master Yamamoto, why don't you leave?" Li Xiao turned around, glanced at the foot of Yamamoto Kansuke, and asked immediately.

Yamamoto Kansuke took a scabbard and limped a few steps in the direction of Mount Shirane. He said, "This strategy of the rear army was suggested by Kansuke Yamamoto. Whether you win or lose, I will take care of it. The responsibility of planning. What's more, the lord is here, as a retainer, how can he abandon him and go first?"

　　 Li Xiao nodded, and he couldn't help but feel a little respect for this rather annoying Yamamoto Kansuke, saying: "It is an honor for Li Xiao to be able to fight side by side with Yamamoto-sama."

Yamamoto Kansuke's rough face, with a rare smile, supported his body with his scabbard in his hands, and looked at the main formation of the Echihou Army from a distance. He said: "The words are serious, do you know? Can you do this with Uesugi Terutora? A famous player, playing against Shinano Ueno for more than ten years, this is the honor of Kansuke Yamamoto's life."

　　 "Li Xiao, if I die here in this battle, please be sure to continue to assist Master Gokan, His Royal Highness Shenglai, and fulfill my unfulfilled wish."

　　 "Master Yamamoto."

　　 Li Xiao hesitated, and finally swallowed what he was about to say.

　　Similar words Takeda Nobuhiro also said to himself when he fought on Kawanakajima. Perhaps in the hearts of Yamamoto Kansuke and Takeda Nobuhira, he regarded himself as a noble minister who could assist the Takeda clan to dominate Japan.

Among the main formations of the Takeda army, Kansuke Yamamoto, Li Xiao, Masatoshi Hakako, Masatsu Hakako, Masatsu Hakako, Raitaka Suwa, Laifeng Suwa, and Yukatsu Sanada are all in heavy armor, except for Suwa, who stayed in the neighborhood. In Suwa County, Heizo Nishimura stayed outside Gaoyuan City, and all his retainers under Takeda Katsurai gathered here.

On the other hand, Takeda Katsuyori himself wears a helmet with antlers, a gorgeous red silk armor, and is covered with Jinhaori embellished with five-color bird feathers. He is very dazzling, as if he can’t wait to tell others that I am the queen of the army. Commander-in-chief Takeda Katsuyai, come and take me first.

Just like the tradition of samurai in this era, everyone on the battlefield must have the consciousness of going to death and being cut off. Therefore, before dying in battle, he must wear the most decent armor. It can be regarded as a life of samurai. A perfect full stop.

　　The generals looked awe-inspiring. Even though there is no hope of repelling Kenshin Uesugi in this battle of the queen, it is their duty for the main army to keep their lives.

　　 There are the uncle and elder brother of Katsuyoshi Takeda, the elder brother of Masayuki Sanada, the younger brother and sister of Yumi Ohata ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ and the majestic Fenglin Volcano banner.

　　咚! Boom!

　　 The Tai drum in the enemy formation under the mountain sounded, and the enemy began to attack.

　　 Teams and teams were light-footed, holding long guns, and arranged in a dense line. Uesugi's envoys galloped between the teams to issue orders. Uesugi Kenshin, who is at the forefront, a local tycoon of Ueno, obviously wants to use these pioneers to test the combat power of the Takeda army.

　　 On the Takeda Army side, Xiaopu's team has dug the trenches. The iron artillery team of nearly a hundred people quickly jumped into the two trenches and raised their guns to aim at the soldiers of the rich family who were slowly advancing.

　　 "Shoot."

The iron cannon team in the first trench opened fire. A row of iron cannons spewed out fire from the muzzle, and the huge sound of the iron cannon shooting echoed in the mountains. As the projectiles were fired, the muzzle was filled with thick smoke. The mountain wind blows away.

After firing a round, the iron cannon feet squatted in the trenches, with the muzzle facing upwards, first used the push rod to clean the gunpowder residue in the barrel, and then filled the gunpowder and projectiles, and then used the oak push rod to move the gunpowder. The projectiles and gunpowder are compacted, and finally the ignited match rope is inserted into the fire hole.

Stunned by the first shot of the Takeda family’s iron artillery team, seeing the nearby companions, killed by the invisible projectile, and the loud noise, I had never seen such a big battle of Ueno soldiers, and suddenly it was in chaos. .

　　 Then the iron cannons in the second row of trenches fired again, and the crashing sound and the dead bodies completely defeated the courage of the Ueno elite soldiers.

　　 is just a two-round salvo of iron cannons. As the first battle, the military of the Ueno tyrants was completely plunged into chaos, and a lot of them dropped their spears and fled around.

　　 This scene made Li Xiao on the hillside feel a little bit ridiculous.