A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Takeda Harunobu is the same as Yamauchi Yoshiharu. Whenever he fights, he always rides a horse to trample the battlefield, see everywhere clearly, and keep the terrain in mind.

He would not be like a fool and scold Fang Qiu at a hand-drawn map from the 16th century. Using that kind of map to fight a war was no different from sending soldiers to death.

After the military meeting was over, he took his nearly six-man escort and escort to get closer to the battlefield to check it out. The generals of Army A also followed in twos and threes. Since he was not out in battle, he naturally didn't bring a horse tag with him, so he walked around casually and watched.

It happened that Xiaoheita on the other side asked William to fire another cannon. Takeda Harunobu was far away and could only see a large copper pipe firing on the fort made of straw bags. The crackling sound is indeed several times stronger than that of a large tube. No wonder it can hit so far.

"This may be the Nanman Otsutsuki!" Yamamoto Kansuke was beside him, thoughtfully.

"Nanman Otsuki?" Takeda Nobushige and his brother were observing Xiaoheita's artillery array together, and they were a little confused.

"More than two years ago, when Prime Minister Senyamauchi was in office, he allowed Hamamatsu Port, the construction of Nanman commercial centers, and allowed Nanman missionaries to preach."

"I also know about this. Hamamatsu has established Nanman Temple, and it is said that there are thousands of believers?" Takeda Harunobu naturally also has his own intelligence network, and he is very interested in the news about the Yamauchi family.

"I'm afraid this is not the large Nanbaran tube placed on the Nanman merchant ship, which was borrowed by Fujiwara Danmasa." Yamamoto Kansuke and Koheita cherished each other, couldn't help themselves, and always thought of going together.

"Borrowed? Nanman people are very profitable. Kansuke, please go to Sakai later and inquire about the price of this kind of Nanman large tube." Takeda Harunobu thought thoughtfully.

"Father, why do you want to buy it? If you defeat the Fujiwara bombs opposite, this Nanman Otsutsuki will be ours!" Suwa Katsuyori was eager to give it a try and looked at the Yamauchi army on the opposite side.

"It's not that easy to defeat Dansheng. You are too reckless to advance so quickly." Although Takeda Harunobu said it as a lesson, he was still satisfied with his son's bravery.

"That's what father taught me." Suwa Katsuyori saw the look Yamamoto Kansuke gave him and immediately gave in.

"Fourth brother is too impatient. You must be more cautious when leading troops in the future." Takeda Yoshinobu lost no time in interjecting.

With a "bang" sound, Fo Langji fired another shot, and the lead bullets hit the muddy ground beside the river beach. They penetrated deep into the muddy ground and bursts of green smoke came out.

The Takeda Army, who had experienced so many rounds of artillery, was already used to it. Without even uttering a exclamation, they formed a stable formation and watched Kanai Meigoro build the pontoon bridge.

"It's really sharp!" Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but sigh.

"Our army must also have this kind of sharp weapon!" Takeda Nobushige is now the number one "foreigner" member of the Takeda family. This one smells good, and that one wants it. But these firearms are really useful, so the Takeda family also has many A group of "advocating foreigners and favoring foreigners" elements emerged.

"It's true that you can advance, attack, retreat or defend!" Takeda Yoshinobu agreed.

"Okay, let's go back to the main formation!" Takeda Harunobu gathered his horse's head, whipped his horse and returned to the main formation.

Takeda Yoshinobu, Iito Homasa and Sone Shufang fell behind. Knowing that Takeda Yoshinobu had something to say, they slowed down their horses and followed them.

At this moment, due to the rapid expansion of the Takeda family in just over ten years, they are facing the same internal factional split as the Yamauchi family. Yamauchi Yoshiharu used the method of collegiality with important ministers to reluctantly bring everyone together on the table to have a good talk.

Takeda Harunobu was unable and unwilling to decentralize power, so naturally conflicts between old and new retainers began to appear in the family.

Due to Imagawa Hikoro's relationship and the hard work of Iito Homasa in recent years, the Suruga people have basically aligned themselves with Takeda Yoshinobu.

The Shinano clan was originally extremely dissatisfied with the rule of the Takeda clan, but Suwa Katsuyori was indeed the biological son of Suwa's imperial minister, and he was also the son of Takeda Harunobu. Under the dual identity, the Shinano people gradually approached Suwa Katsuyori and joined forces on this side.

Although people like Kasaka Danmasa, Naito Shusei, Iitomi Saburobei, Saegashi Kanyuki, who had similar backgrounds to Takeda Harunobu, as well as Sanada Danmasa, Baba Minbu and others among the retainers did not take sides, after all, it was difficult to hide the fact that among the retainers There is a tendency to split.

"The Ministry of War, the Suruga people were defeated without a fight, and they are really useless. Now there are so many people in Shinano who are enamored of others, we cannot let them steal the limelight. If possible, it is best to get the head of Kanai Meigoro who was robbed. , to boost the momentum of the Suruga people."

As the servant of Takeda Yoshinobu, Iitomi Humasa has a very close relationship with him as father and son. Of course he knows what Takeda Yoshinobu is worried about, if the Shinano clan shines here and the Suruga clan collapses without a fight. Then Takeda Yoshinobu's dignity at home will decline, and Shinano's momentum will rise.

"Young Master, I understand what you mean. As long as the time is right, I will personally lead the Red Bei Team into battle."

"Please!" Takeda Yoshinobu had no choice. In the Warring States Period, even brothers had to compete with each other.

Sone Shu defended Takeda Yoshinobu and left, while Iito Homasa transferred the miscellaneous Suruga people on the flanks and replaced them with the seven hundred red troops he had personally trained. He personally went into battle and commanded this aggressive army, preparing to give Kanai Meigoro a head-on blow when he crossed the river.

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Koheita, who missed the opportunity to kill Takeda Harunobu and Takeda's twenty-four generals with one shot, was still happily combing the troops on the other side.

"Attention, the Suruga people on the right side of the other bank have evacuated?" Aji reminded.

"Huh? Which team made up the place?"

"It's Iito Akabei!" Several people surrounding Heita Xiao looked over.

It is completely different from the chaos of other reserve units, which are colorful, have all kinds of armor, flags and horse markings are mixed, and soldiers provide their own armor. The Red Guards were all supported by the Takeda family, and the seven hundred soldiers were uniformly dressed in red.

Whether it was the Chiin Ashigaru in the front row or the mounted samurai in the back row, they were all wearing bright red armor, with the Takeda diamond pattern painted on the armor without exception.

"Quick, quick, quick! Father, readjust the shooting angle and aim at the troops with bright red armor!"

"Is there anything special about the troops over there?"

"That's the team of Prime Minister Takeda (the elder of the pen family). Did you see the Nagaryu Takeda Kazubi flag flying in the middle? Fight there and focus the fire!"

William thought for a while, thoughtfully, and seemed to be surprised that the prime minister personally led the troops on the expedition and could only do the chore of flank defense.

Seeing that Kanai Meigoro's temporary pontoon bridge was almost completed, Koheita pointed the green bamboo stick in his hand at the Iitomi Torocho Akabei team on the south bank and shouted.

"Target: Takeda Akabi!"

The six Buddhist Langjis shook like thunder and all got angry. Unsurprisingly, Nagaryu Takeda's Hashibashima in the Akabe team was killed in one shot.

"Excellent! Excellent!" Mrs. Xiaoping laughed while stroking her hands.

"The Takeda family's old man, Fu Fu, and the military's young assistant Huchang have been killed!" the troops shouted, with thunderous cheers.