A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Takanashi Hidemasa took the lead and faced off against Murakami Yoshimitsu, a member of the same family of Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Many people have the impression that the Murakami family is also a great master of cavalry, but in fact Murakami Yoshikiyo is a samurai who is good at commanding the spear and ashigaru in fierce combat.

It has been recorded in history that he and Saito Douzan were equally good users of the gun-and-quilt tactics, but that was a tactics that directly belonged to the standing soldiers of Murakami Yoshikiyo's main unit.

Murakami Yoshimitsu's ashigaru still uses an ordinary second gun, but it's less than three meters tall. Just like Takanashi Hidemasa's Ashigaru, they stabbed each other fiercely.

The bows and ashigaru of the rear teams on both sides could only diffuse towards the sky, and the result was little, better than nothing.

However, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general. After all, Murakami Yoshimitsu followed Murakami Yoshikiyo to fight for many years. Even though he was attacked by Takanashi Hidemasa, he still maintained his command and stood firm.

The Uesugi Army used a deformed front arrow formation this time, with the Takanashi Hidemasa team of nearly a thousand people as the vanguard as the large arrow, and the five teams of Momoi, Kojima, Yasuda, Shida, and Kachi as the small arrows, following Takanashi Hidemasa's troops. after.

If the Takanashi team can tear through the Murakami army's defense line with one blow, the fifth team will stick to Murakami's two wings, and the Uesugi team will directly attack the Murakami middle army. However, Takanashi Hidemasa fought bravely, Murakami Yoshimitsu also resisted firmly, and the Murakami army refused to retreat.

With such a formation, Uesugi Teruhu's ability was revealed. Shimazu Tadanao also made an arrow, inserting from Takanashi Hidemasa's flank to attack Murakami Yoshimitsu. The triangle of the arrow gradually straightens into a straight line. Replace Takanashi Hidemasa's subordinates and build up strength.

The Uesugi Army's five teams, Nagao, Nakajo, Mori, Suda, and Yoshie, also arranged five small arrows and inserted themselves into the battle from the right side of the first five teams. The arrows expand into a flat formation, replacing the front team.

The Uesugi Army's advantage gradually became apparent, and the soldiers continued to fight in changing formations. Although he is not the so-called world-famous Chexuan method of warfare, he is well versed in the essence of the art of war.

The fight lasted for about an hour. Murakami Yoshiki's front-line troops were under close attack and were always under the threat of being hit. They didn't dare to move at all, but the Uesugi army had already changed its members.

The strength of the soldiers could no longer keep up, and the quality of the generals began to vary. The left-wing Makishima Motoharu is obviously difficult to support, and the right-wing Kojima Jubei is also shaky.

However, due to the hasty formation, Murakami's rear team was unable to replace the front team. Yashiro Masakuni looked extremely anxious while watching the horse, but Murakami Yoshikiyo was not anxious at all.

He seemed to be counting something silently in his mind until he reached a certain point.

"Lead a hundred cavalry to flank the enemy of Makishima team." Murakami Yoshikiyo's military commander pointed at his son Murakami Yoshitoshi.

Murakami Yoshitoshi was brave enough to fight and could not defeat his father, so he loudly responded to his orders. Pointing his spear in his hand, the cavalry under Murakami Yoshikiyo's command immediately separated out a hundred cavalry, and flew out with Murakami Yoshiki.

These cavalrymen did not hold swords and guns. Each of them had a long bow, and they were extremely capable. However, in a moment, they rushed close to the Makishima team, but they did not join up with the Makishima team. Instead, they walked around the formation, bows and arrows drawn, and constantly invited to attack Yoshie's formation of Uesugi Army.

The Jijiang team is already weak in strength, with a full attack count of more than 190 people. The Makishima team in the front originally had more people than him, but it was only the soldiers who were tired that showed their decline. Now that hundreds of reinforcements have arrived, morale has been greatly boosted. The two armies fought back and forth, which was very beautiful.

However, more than 20 people from the Jijiang team were killed, and they really couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't bear the narrow attack from both sides. Finally he stopped attacking, huddled in a ball and retreated while beating the gong.

Terutora Uesugi, Masayori Takanashi and Keitsuna Naoe next to him nodded at the sight, and quickly asked who this person was. He is not reckless at all, he is brave and resourceful, and he has hundreds of horses to help him.

Takanashi Masarai was familiar with the situation and explained the various units of the Murakami Army on the opposite side for Uesugi Teruhu.

After learning that he was the legitimate son of Murakami Yoshikiyo, Murakami Takebei Yoshitoshi.

"Izumi, Izumi. Such a brave and resourceful samurai should not miss your martial name." Terutora Uesugi immediately ordered his general and asked Kakizaki Keie to come out to intercept the Murakami cavalry.

Here, Murakami Yoshitoshi kept his horse racing and attacked the Uesugi Army's long tail team. The cavalry on horseback kept firing arrows. The sound of bang bang bang bang string strings kept ringing, and the entire audience was filled with Murakami Yoshitoshi's majestic and heroic appearance.

The Long Tail team could not withstand attacks from both sides and was forced to retreat.

The Makishima and Kojima teams of the Murakami Army breathed a sigh of relief and immediately retreated, replaced by fresh troops. The Rakuanji team and the Uchiyama team substituted very quickly and did not leave any gaps for the Murakami army.

The crisis of the Murakami Army was completely resolved, but in the end, the superiors still fell behind.

The Kakizaki Kei family was close to Murakami Yoshitoshi on the battlefield, but Murakami Yoshitoshi was actually quite different from his fiery father. When he saw someone rushing towards him, he gave up without hesitation. His cavalry had been running for less than 20 minutes. Where could they confront the cavalry who had just come on the scene? They turned around and retreated towards the Murakami army.

Uesugi's army was in vain, and Kakizaki Keike returned to the main formation angrily.

"Zhou's defense is indeed well-deserved. Kamikawa was careless last time. This battle in formation is quite spectacular!" Uesugi Teruhu didn't care about the current situation, looking at the whole field to capture opportunities.

On the field, the Uesugi Army has switched to the third wave of troops to rush into the formation. Yamamotoji Sadicho made the main breakthrough and faced the Murakami Yoshikatsu team replaced by the Murakami Army.

Murakami Yoshikatsu is also the son of Murakami Yoshikiyo. He is just twenty now and has not much experience in battle. He has only fought with his father and brother for four or five years. Therefore, he could only succumb to Murakami Yoshimitsu and serve as the second team.

However, his troops and horses are good, and they are all the regular troops assigned to him by Murakami Yoshikiyo. Especially for the three hundred long-handled Ashigaru team, the cost of each of the three spears is always higher.

Three hundred people attacked together, like a forest and a quilt, and huge waves crashed on the shore. Suddenly, with the cooperation of Yumashigaru, Yamamotoji was forced to retreat steadily, causing the Yamamotoji team to suffer a lot of hidden losses.

Terutora Uesugi immediately sent an order, and Keichika Chisaka led the 200 iron artillerymen of his own team to go up and kill the majestic Murakami army.

Chisaka Kage personally responded to the order and led his 200 troops and 200 iron artillery troops down the mountain like tigers. They were mixed into the Yamamotoji fixed-length team and began to exert their strength.

It happened that the infantry of Yamamotoji team was defeated again and retreated thirty or forty meters.

Chisaka Keichika ordered the ashigaru to each hold wooden poles to cover the iron artillery troops as they arrived at Murakami's army.

When Murakami Yoshikatsu saw the iron artillery team coming, he could not retreat, so he just ordered his team to move forward. The soldiers raised their spears, shouted slogans, and walked in the same pace, preparing to quickly cross the thirty-meter distance and pierce the iron artillery of the Qiansaka team.

Soon after, the Chisaka team finished loading and immediately fired a volley, killing more than twenty people at once.

This was not over yet, the second and third rounds of the Chisaka Iron Artillery Team, which was divided into three waves, rained down like a shadow.

The defeated Murakami Yoshikatsu team was in pieces!