A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

From Suwaguchi to Uehara, it’s just that long.

It's not long, it's not long, it's not short.

Monogami cavalry from both sides came and went, and Yamabushi and Nobushi also interspersed and penetrated, passing the enemy's intelligence to each other's own camp.

Of course, due to their own agendas, both sides maintained ultimate restraint. The Takeda Army finally marched slowly to the southeast of Uehara Castle, forming a quarrel with the city. Uehara Castle was also very excited, showing a certain determination to resist.

These are all trivial matters, and it can even be said that Yamauchi did it on purpose. Anyway, if we are going to fight, it is best to fight together. Anyway, the troops in the mountain are strong, so we are not afraid at all.

Yamauchi can afford to wait, but Takeda can't!

On the second day of the confrontation, Takanashi Masarai sent a message. Oishi Uteru came over with more than 2,000 people. Of course, he did not come to support Takeda Yoshinobu, but wandered around Hachioji Koshuguchi for a while.

In the end, he was probably invited by the Takeda family to go to Sakuguchi. Taking advantage of the mountain pass's terrain, he built a defensive fortress to temporarily block Takanashi Masayori's troops for the Takeda family.

To put it bluntly, Takanashi Jun accepted the favor of the Yamauchi family and came to help. Although it is said that we are going all the way to Sakuguchi alone, it is actually a flank. The goal is to enter Kaibi along the way and grab a piece of it. It is impossible for them to fight to the death to break through Sakuguchi, storm Kaifu, and sacrifice their lives for the Yamauchi family.

Koheita and Hosokawa Saime didn't expect anyone to really go out of their way to help. They thought they could rely on him to hold off the three to five thousand armored troops, but they didn't expect that the Hojo clan came to rescue Kai after all. They only held back a few hundred people from the Oishi clan, which was better than nothing.

It's a pity that if Takanashi's army could break through Sakuguchi and enter Kai, Takeda Yoshinobu would definitely be at a loss and lose half of his army.

Looking at Takeda's military situation inside and outside Uehara Castle, Takeda's army still maintains a considerable level. Yamagata Shokage, who was the first, covered the whole army, and the following teams extended southward along the Suwa Street. Takeda Nobutoyo in Uehara Castle also went out to form a formation, and the defense of the city could not be completely defended. If you remain trapped in the city, your morale will soon be depleted. When you have spare strength, going out of the city to invite the enemy to fight is a good way to ensure morale.

Correspondingly, the Yamauchi Army also launched a campaign. Now that we have to fight in the field, we can't learn to siege the city. The cannon fodder is pushed to the front line. The four great men, Ogasawara Sadakei, Kiso Yoshimasa, Murakami Yoshikuni, and Sanada Yukitsuna, all faced the Takeda army head-on.

If the people of the country are not consumed at this time, when will they be consumed?

As for the Yamauchi main force, the more than 5,000 banners of Ashigaru are the most majestic. But our horse Taro is six years old and cannot go into battle to kill the enemy. The actual Jindai was Koheita, and the thousand men of Koheita were handed over to Shichiki.

If someone is taller among the dwarfs, he must be Qi Gui. Who asked him to follow Xiao Pingtai to fight for ten years? Even if he has been a flag bearer, he is still a veteran. It is not a big problem to restrain the Sister Xiaolu team, which actually only has about 500 people.

He gave a few instructions and asked Honda Masashige and Sakakibara Nagamasa to serve as ashigaru leaders of their respective companies. This team would not be too difficult to lead. Anyway, they will be classified under Hosokawa Harime's brigade, and they may not actually engage in battle.

Hosokawa Saimei needs to command the newly unified Sakuzu and supervise the attack of the four major Shinano people on the Takeda army. The Uchida clan in Yamauchi was entrusted to Yamauchi Yoshiho as the back-officer, and the Inado clan was still under the command of Konishiharazaemon.

As for the generals of each division of the banner, they also gathered outside the shogunate's main formation to obey orders.

If there is a low-flying camera shooting from the air, it can be found that the Takeda Army and the Yamauchi Army are actually facing each other in an anti-"俿" state, except that the Takeda Army only has the front and rear teams, while the Yamauchi Army has three front, middle and rear teams. .

The strength of the strength is clear at a glance.

At present, the two sides are still in the exploratory stage and have no real plans for a final decisive battle.

"How can Takeda Yoshinobu hold his temper?" General Yamauchi Army in the shogunate was a little surprised.

Either fight or retreat. In this confrontation, things will change later. If Takanashi's army breaks through Sakuguchi, Takeda will be doomed. What is he doing here?

Even if Koheita knew how to calculate again, he would not be able to calculate. Even if the Takeda Army reluctantly arrived at Uehara Castle, the quarrels continued.

At first, at Suwaguchi, the main fighting faction was relatively weak, mainly direct ministers of the Takeda clan. Therefore, Yuan Changyin's strategy of slowly advancing into the confrontation and trying his best to push back the mountain was recognized by most people.

Now that the main combatant's Nobutoyo Takeda has joined, the strength of the main combatant has been greatly strengthened. In addition, Takeda Nobutoyo is young and vigorous. Although he is a bit like his father, he has not had many opportunities to show himself.

With the current situation of the Takeda clan, he believed that he must keep Suwa and obtain an advance base in Shinano before he could have a chance to come back next year. If we don't repel Yamauchi here, it will be a sit-down situation.

Then he resonated with Yamagata Masaki, and attacked the Yamauchi army with a desperate attitude (regardless of casualties), won a victory, and bought time for Takeda to breathe. Instead of getting stuck here and missing the opportunity.

As time passes, the morale of the Takeda army will decline. Now the will to protect the homeland and the country dominates them, so the soldiers died in service. Once it lingers for a long time and ambition fades, no matter how much you encourage it, it won't be able to inspire you anymore.

The Uehara Castle Takeda main formation was so noisy that they almost started fighting!

Tsuchiya Sozo Masahegi under the tent saw that the Takeda generals showed no signs of unity, and Takeda Yoshinobu was unable to completely decide on the course of the joint battle.

I think of my father, Kanemaru Chikuzen Mori Torayoshi, who died fighting for the Takeda clan, and my brother, Tsuchiyaemon Oi Shoji, who died in battle under Toishi Castle to cover Takeda Shingen's retreat. Tsuchiya Masahiro was filled with grief and anger. He didn't understand where the Takeda family, which once had all the generals working together and was invincible, had gone.

So in front of the Takeda generals, Tsuchiya Masahashi stood up suddenly and shouted angrily.

"You don't have enough tricks for me!"

After saying that, Tsuchiya Masahiro stepped out of the formation. He personally led his own team of eighty cavalry and a family of Menlang Party members, a total of one hundred and ten people, to launch a desperate attack on the Yamauchi Army.

The generals in Takeda's main formation looked at each other with different expressions. There are those who are angry, there are those who are disdainful, there are those who are sympathetic, and there are those who are disappointed.

"I'll take the first step!"

One of the Twelve Envoys who chanted "The shield is high and the thought is ten thousand", Komiyayamachi Yutomoharu also walked out of the tent and launched his own troops to attack the Yamauchi army.

At this time, the generals in the tent could not sit still. Generals Abe Katsuho, Akiyama Kii, and Oyamada Masayuki all stood up and left, leading their own troops to launch a desperate attack on the Yamauchi army.

Takeda Yoshinobu watched the samurai who were loyal to him leave the camp one after another, his expression changing from nervousness to dejection, and then from dejection to determination.

"I will go out into the battle myself! If you are willing to follow me into the battle, please follow me!"