A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

At this point, even a fool can see it. Everyone, go home and gather your accomplices to steal the guys, and prepare to fight.

Yamauchi's war machine was launched again, and Xiao Pingtai also went home to prepare.

Tatsumi and Heiroku have never experienced war (the last time they rang the bell in the city and rushed into the city, it was not a war at all, and they just got a cheap crocodile pill to wear and ran into the city without any serious clothes. (Have been in battle), I was at a loss for a while. On the contrary, Aji has been fighting for two years. Although he is only about fifteen years old, he looks like an old man. He is wearing the ashigaru crotch balls that Koheita bought for him, and his sister Xiaono takes care of them for him. The horse tag is tied up.

Aji excitedly taught the two junior followers to wear simple ashigaru armor, and uncle Tsunaliang's old family had to wear it again (this time it was a general mobilization, and the number of troops was sent out according to the upper limit. If according to historical records, It is said that it is almost a situfu, so the old family members who are over fifty must also wear it as the ashigaru of Uncle Tsuna). Within half an hour, two people on horseback came out of this room on Zi Xiao Road, four people were Ashigaru, and two people were holding flags. Then, more than thirty ashigaru armed with bows and iron cannons were also summoned as part of the two samurai army expansion obligations and gathered at the gate of the castle.

On the night of the gathering, neither the samurai nor the ashigaru could go home for the night. The soldiers set up tents in the playground below the city and made a fire to camp, while the samurai went into the city to discuss the matter. The next day, most of the troops in the entire mountain rushed to the Fuzhong City in the mountain noisily. As for Ejiri's army, they couldn't wait and told them to follow after they were assembled. Who knows where Takeda Harunobu has gone, maybe he has already set off from his hometown Kaifu Naka Castle, and the fighter plane is fleeting.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu did not give a pre-war mobilization speech, and directly asked the armies to march one by one. Xiaoheita and his uncle Tsunaliang formed a team. Standing and peasant soldiers gathered about 500 people, and they marched under the sun and moon. Biao and Fujinomaru horse Biao march in the second formation.

Soon, they followed the Azuma Chikuma Street near Kiso Valley and passed through the southern edge of Chikuma County, intending to penetrate directly into the Suwa area owned by the Takeda clan. The whole army was only halfway through, and sure enough, news came from the Shiban and the Nagasaki tribe that Takeda Harunobu mobilized a huge army of 5,500 troops from Kai's own country and pounced on Suwa and Ina. The father and son of Suwa Mitsuru and Suwa Yoritada from Suwa County, under the command of Takeda clan boss Gaki Suruga Morikata, also gathered together. The Oyamada clan and Saku Oi clan from the prefecture also came to help.

When they reached the Chikuma River area, the army couldn't move any further, and countless Takeda water chestnuts were flying in the Shimojo area opposite. Across the Chikuma River, thousands of Takeda troops have occupied favorable terrain, controlling the highlands and shoals, and are fully prepared.

So Yamauchi Yoshiharu also ordered the entire army to stop. He first set up his own formation at Tianbai Mountain, and then set up a formation to face the Takeda army from a distance. Immediately, a series of exploration cavalry were sent around, and the outpost battle on the battlefield between the two sides gradually began.

After a little exploration by the Yamauchi Army, the Takeda Army who was facing each other across the river probably knew the route. The troops on the other side are mainly the Takeda clan vanguard commanded by Itagaki Nobugata, the elder of the Takeda clan. The main force is the 3,500 Shinano savant soldiers from two and a half counties on the Shinano side, and the 500 Koshu foot soldiers from Itagaki Nobukata's headquarters. light.

Itagaki Nobukata, as Takeda Harunobu's former military officer, was obviously not a cover-up. He arranged the 4,000-strong Takeda Army into a crane-wing formation across the Sankawa River, with the left and right wings being led by Koshu's brave general Sahei Oyamada (this man should not be The force of Itagaki Nobukata is speculated to be the military commander of the Oyamada clan who came with some reinforcements from the Koshu people) and Omiyayama Tangomomo (this person is the same as Tada Mitsurui, and it should be the force of Itagaki Nobukata, in When Odawarai joined forces, he was listed in Itagaki Nobukata's department).

Under the supervision of the two Koshu warriors, the Suwa and Sakuzu under their command were also arranged in steps. There was no panic at all when encountering the enemy. On the contrary, this state vaguely looked like a defensive counterattack.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu thought that the opportunity had been lost, and the 7,000-strong army was slightly superior in numbers. However, he did not fight an unprepared battle, and he could not make a surprise attack when encountering the enemy. He has now made it clear that he wants to confront Itagaki Nobukata. You have Takeda Harunobu in the rear, five thousand five hundred, and I also have Isshiki Miyauchi in the rear, four thousand five hundred.

The total number of Takeda's army is 9,500, and the total number of Yamauchi's army is 11,500. Let's collide face to face to see who can beat whom. Do you still think that the Yamauchi family is the second-rate thing with only 5,000 or 6,000 people eight years ago? Things are different now, and everyone can compete with each other.

The Yamauchi generals set up camp along the slope of Tianbai Mountain's main formation of Yamauchi Yoshiharu. The Yamauchi armies divided their defense zones and deployed a square formation on all sides, surrounding the banner headquarters of Yamauchi Yoshiharu and his son and Ma Yue in the middle. He also made a defensive counterattack and confronted Itagaki Nobukata.

The military commanders gathered in the shogunate, and as expected, Yamauchi Yoshiharu asked about the battle strategy. The chief accountant of the same family and many pens, Yamauchi, serves as the military formation (previously, Hosokawa Harumiya held this position, but now that he is gone, it is filled by the chief accountant of Yamauchi. This position should be a temporary position during combat, and the Takazoji family Nobukatsu Narumatsu (whose military duties are roughly the same as those of the Yamauchi family's warriors, responsible for managing the military) began to talk in detail, explaining in detail the confrontation between the two armies across the Sankawa River and the observed generals of the A army. and troop strength.

In the records of later generations, Army A was so praised that it flew into the sky, and its various deeds were rumored to be miraculous. There are always people lamenting that if it had not been five years of spending ten years with the God of War on Kawanakajima, I, Lord Shingen, could have gone to Luo early, how could I have allowed Owari's Oda son to take over the world. In the last few hundred years, the famous family of Silla Saburo has been passed down. The Genji bloodline was actually wiped out in Takeda Katsuyori's generation.

It would be a lie for Koheita to say that he was honest at all, but he had also seen the Mitsukoshi Yubing of Echigo Uesugi Teruhora. Since Takeda Harunobu's Army had fought Kawanakajima with them five times without a win or loss, their level should be about the same. Based on Koheita's understanding of the Yamauchi Army, the combat effectiveness of ordinary military personnel is quite good. It may not be as good as the fierce and brave Koshu mountain people in frontal battles, but there should be no problem in defense. Moreover, there are currently seven thousand Yamauchi troops, which is more than the Takeda army. The generals are also very harmonious and united, and there will not be any traitors who want to kill a few of them.

Kodaira thought that he would finally have to fight head-on with a team of generals (because Yamauchi Yoshikatsu led a single team, which diluted the military strength of Yamauchi Yoshiharu's main team, so Uncle Tsunade and his standing ashigaru were unfortunately defeated) He was drawn into the Guards main unit, and all the Lianchuan soldiers were handed over to Koheita), and a joint battle began in this place called Shimo-nojo.

Maybe his reputation for bravery will be spread in the next chapter.

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