A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"The Takeda meal is here!" Saito Chao Nobu raised his eyebrows with his hands and looked at the horizon in the distance.

Red, white, black, yellow, flags of various colors, endless as far as the eye can see, but without exception, they all depict the famous Takeda Hishi.

Group after group of soldiers drove to the border of Hachimanhara, then slowly stopped and formed their formation.

The Uesugi Army and Murakami Army who were fighting also subconsciously slowed down their movements, showing their concern for this famous army in the Eastern Kingdom.

Finally, the flag of Suwa Daimyojin appeared, and then Sun Tzu's military flag also fluttered into the battlefield.

Murakami Yoshikiyo finally persisted until Takeda Harunobu arrived, but Uesugi Terutora's surprise attack fell short despite its brilliant results.

The Uesugi army, which had originally pounced on Murakami's army, slowly gathered its troops and stopped rushing and fighting to prevent each team from breaking away and creating a gap.

Murakami Yoshikiyo was also able to return to the main formation, collect the defeated troops, and divide the formation. The already shaky Murakami Army was rescued from the edge of the cliff and regrouped.

Although the losses were extremely huge, now that Takeda Harunobu has arrived, the chance of victory or defeat has changed.

Takeda Harunobu also kept his promise, and soon, the Sakuzo Oinoemon Corps, the Ogoku Sanada Yukitsuna Corps, the Suwa Corps, the Suwa Manchu and the Suwa Yorichu Corps, a total of 5,000 people, were directed at the left flank of the Uesugi Army.

Naoe Keizuna and 1,200 Itazuna, who originally went down the mountain to attack the Kiyoshi team, were forced to stop their movements and took up positions immediately to block the Takeda army.

In addition, Saito Asanobu of Uesugi's main team and Chikasugayama's regular Ashigaruzu also hurriedly came off the field to help block Naoe Keizuna, who was short of Takeda's troops.

Although Terutora Uesugi still had a determined look on his face, he was not anxious about the arrival of the 14,000 Takeda warriors. But his brows wrinkled slightly, revealing something.

"How many people are there in Takeda Daisen?" Uesugi Teruhu still wanted to confirm the number of Takeda troops.

Counting Naoe Keizuna, his effective strength is about 4,000 people. If the Takeda army is within 10,000, he can still stop it on the spot and then continue to attack the Murakami army. As long as the Murakami Army is swept away, the Takeda Army will definitely not fight with all its strength.

"Looking at the flags and the procession, I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people." Takemata Oyatsuna counted carefully.

It was already eleven o'clock in the morning, and there was still some heavy fog on Kawanaka Island. The situation on the battlefield could be seen clearly.

"Hmm." The number reported by Takemata Oyatsuna is completely consistent with Uesugi Terutora's own estimate of more than 10,000 people.

Terutora Uesugi was also excited. He had heard about the combat effectiveness of the Takeda Army many times from Uesugi Kenmasa and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. Ken Uesugi | Masaru Odawarai was killed by the Takeda army in the battle of more than 3,000 people, a horrific defeat.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu mentioned that many years ago, when Inasuwa resisted the Takeda army's attack, Uehara joined forces to fight, and the Yamauchi army suffered a disastrous defeat with 600 soldiers killed alone. There was also the case of the Yamauchi family fighting the enemy with more troops during the Uedahara war, and ended up with a tragic victory.

Even though Terutora Uesugi believed that Takeda Harunobu was a dishonest person, it was undeniable that he recognized Takeda Harunobu's military strategy and military capabilities.

The situation on the battlefield was in line with his judgment. The 2,800 Uesugi troops faced the attack of 5,000 Takeda troops. As soon as they engaged in the battle, a fierce confrontation broke out.

The Takeda army cooperated well and connected with each other, not inferior to the elite Echigo soldiers specially reserved by Uesugi Teruhu.

Terutora Uesugi couldn't sit still and stood up, staring closely at the battle situation in Hachimangahara.

The situation has reached an extremely unfavorable point for him, and his troops are far smaller than the enemy. At the same time, half of the troops have been fighting for three hours. Although they have taken turns to rest in the middle, they will gradually become tired.

The momentum of the Murakami Army is now sluggish, and the army is still quite chaotic. Although Murakami Yoshikiyo is working hard to clean up, it is impossible to launch a counterattack against the Uesugi Army.

But Uesugikata was not having a hard time either. On the one hand, there was a shortage of troops, and on the other hand, the soldiers began to feel worried about being flanked. This was the big problem that affected the war situation.

Just when he was about to use the remaining 1,300 men of his team to attack Murakami and win the battle, he discovered that the battle was not as bad as he had expected.

What kind of people are Murakami Yoshikiyo and Takeda Harunobu? It’s hard to comment on other things, but it’s definitely true that both of them are heroes in troubled times.

Is their current union motivated by loyalty? trust? Friendship? neither! They are just united out of interests.

Therefore, even when Murakami is at his most critical, knowing that the Takeda Army will definitely come, Yashiro Masakuni's reserve team of more than a thousand people has not joined the battle and has been waiting.

At this moment, thousands of members of Yashiro Masa's national team finally descended from Mount Chasu, and then formed a hasty formation across the vast plains, blocking the way between Murakami Yoshikiyo's main formation and Takeda Harunobu's army.

After all, they are two armies with shared interests!

On the other hand, after Takeda Harunobu sent out the second-rate troops of the Shinano clan, there was actually no follow-up troops to follow up. There were actually only a few hundred elite Kai infantrymen, and they were just out in formation with the Shinano clan to supervise the battle.

Takeda Harunobu discovered that Terutora Uesugi was outnumbered and that Yoshikiyo Murakami was also greatly weakened. Instead of attacking Uesugi with all his strength, he might as well just hold off and let Murakami and Uesugi spend another two or three hours.

Murakami was defeated. His army was well organized and his morale was high. Whoever came to fight would be a fool. He might be able to take advantage of the situation to fight Uesugi Teruhu and defeat Uesugi Teruhu's tired army. If Murakami and Uesugi draw, and Uesugi Teruhu cannot bear to retreat from Echigo, it doesn't matter to him. Anyway, the territory of the forty villages has already been eaten.

Terutora Uesugi also discovered that after all, Murakami Yoshikiyo and Takeda Shingen were at odds with each other, and they were guarding against each other and speculating on each other.

"Hahahahahaha, God help me!" Terutora Uesugi laughed and stepped on the free-spirited moon, and ordered Takemata Oyatsuna to take his big flag and Hinomaru Amaterasu's imperial flag, and attack Murakami Yoshikiyo like a whirlwind. .

Of course Murakami Yoshikiyo knew that Takeda Harunobu would not let go of the rabbit before he saw the hawk, but how could he have imagined that Takeda Harunobu would really ignore his image, sit back and watch the success or failure, send 5,000 people, entangle two Uesugi military troops, and then start watching the show.

Facing the Uesugi team that was getting closer and closer, Murakami Yoshikiyo had no choice but to ask Yashiro Masakuni to take the trouble to make another trip to the Takeda team.

"I would like to request His Highness Kai to immediately send troops to defeat the blocking enemy and join our army." Yashiro Masakuni's acting skills were also very good. As he talked and acted, he immediately burst into tears.

It even has a sense of sadness, which is very realistic.

If a stranger sees it, he will definitely be infected by his emotions and should comfort him.

But Takeda Harunobu's eyes had long seen through all this, and he ignored Yashiro Masakuni's cries.

"Our army is using lunch boxes!" Takeda Harunobu said with a calm expression.