A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The crowd came with great ferocity, and Xiao Pingtai was also well prepared.

The match ropes on the arms of the iron cannons had been lit before setting off, and the iron cannons were not put in cloth bags but carried directly on their shoulders during the march. The spears held by the ashigaru were also brought down, and the cloth bags on the spear heads were removed, and a forest of spears was immediately formed.

Although they were a little panicked when they encountered a surprise attack, the Ashigaru people were actually somewhat prepared when they ordered the matches to be lit before setting off in the morning. In addition, most of the ashigaru heads have accompanied Koheita to fight for more than ten years, so there is no problem at all because they have experienced hundreds of battles.

As long as Xiaoheita's horse mark does not fall, these standing ashigaru will fight non-stop. This can be regarded as one of the greatest benefits of a standing army. Xiaopingtai paid them wages, so his loyalty was naturally stronger than that of peasants and soldiers.

"Mei Xuezhai is so calm, he deserves to be a top general!" The people around him would at least look around, but only Aneshan Mei Xuean was sitting on the horse with a calm expression.

"Isn't it more calm to play straight?"

Xiaopingtai smiled slightly and rode to the side of Aneshan Meixue. Anyway, none of the ashigaru generals under his command are weak. Sakakibara Nagamasa, Honda Masashige, and Kanbara Yasumasa are all generals who have left their names in history. Faced with such a small scene as Yikui, he has seen it all too often.

"It's difficult for Mei Xuezhai, please do a battle for me and introduce the generals on the mountain."

"As you wish!"

"After all, they are all colleagues of Mei Xuezhai!" Xiao Pingtai glanced at Aneshan Meixue with deep meaning.

"No, no, no, it's a former colleague." Meixue Aneshan corrected her.

Haha, although Umeyuki Anayama's reputation in history is not very good, he often served as Takeda Shingen's deputy. He played an active role in many battles, and even in many portraits of the Twenty-Four Takeda Generals circulated in later generations, Umeyuki Anayama appears as Takeda Shingen's second-in-command.

This kind of person's mind is full of calculations, and he cannot be underestimated at all. Maybe if you relax even a little bit, this dear friend can cause a huge stir right under your nose.

"Who is Takeda Hisi in the formation?"

"It's hard to say, it's probably Nobuo Nobuo." Aneshan Meixue said as if guessing.

"Nobuya Nobashi?" Generally speaking Nobashi is Takeda Nobushige, he is very famous, but his son should have been cleansed. Xiao Pingtai was a little confused.

"In the 20th year of Tenmon (1551), Lord Nomashige Nobushige inherited the Yoshida clan from the Takeda family." [Note 1]

"kindness?"

And this thing? Xiaopingtai had no idea such a thing existed. After Takeda Nobushige passed to the Yoshida family, he was still given the title of Takeda's Miao. His eldest son, Mochizuki Shinaga, died of illness a few years after he was adopted by Mochizuki Shinaga, and then Mochizuki Shinaga adopted him. The remaining son, Takeda Nobutoyo, is the well-known Lord of Komoro Castle.

The Yoshida clan cannot have anyone inherit the family line, otherwise the family line will be cut off. So Takeda Nobushige adopted another Yoshida Noboshi to inherit the Yoshida family.

According to Umeyuki Anayama, Yoshida Nobuo was among the Shinano troops during the Battle of Toishi. He was violently attacked by more than 2,000 horsemen of the Yamauchi Army, and the Shinano troops collapsed. Yoshida Nobuo's father, Takeda Nobuhige, was serving as the palace warrior on the spot as Takeda Shingen's Kagemusha. However, the collapsed Yoshida Nobuo fled to Ueno in a panic, trying to join Sanada Yukitsuna who was moving to Ueno.

However, Sanada Yukitsuna turned around and defected to the Yamauchi clan. Yoshida Nobuo had no choice but to continue south and rush to Musashi, where the Hojo clan was located. Later, Jia Fei made a decision and he wanted to come back. Takeda Yoshinobu asked him to temporarily serve as diplomatic deputy in Hojo. After all, Takeda Yoshinobu was in urgent need of reinforcements from his brother-in-law, Hojo Uzunao.

Keeping a cousin like Yoshida Nobuo in Hojo had both diplomatic and hostage implications.

Now it seems that this person stayed in Hojo and escaped with his life. He can also return to Kai, inherit the extinct Noriba Takeda family, and command the army as Nobuo Nobuo.

"The ambitions of the Hojo clan are really not small!" With such a weak claimant heir sent back, the Hojo clan's arrangement is really big.

"In front of a veteran general like Tanzheng, he is nothing more than a chicken and a dog."

"Hahahahaha, Mei Xuezhai is kidding, you are also a general with a reputation as a general! Let's talk about the others."

"The others are easy to identify. The one on the left is the son of Itagaki Suruga Mamoru and the general in charge, Itagaki Nobunori.

The person on the right wing is Aonuma Sukebei Tadashige, who was formerly the Suwa Shiojiri imperial minister, and was assigned to serve as the imperial minister under the Imperial Guards. He has sixteen horsemen and thirty ashigaru men on horseback.

The person at this end is the former deputy general of Xiaoyaoxuan Xinlian in Hinata Changshi, the famous leader of Murayama in Kaijumo County, and Tongxinzhong. 【Note 2】

The one who attacked from behind was Yi Nazongpu, who was formerly the higher-level imperial guard and asked for help at the gate. "

"The scale is not small! It seems that the people of Kai Fei are really loyal, so many generals are hiding in the countryside for him."

"The people of Kai have received the kindness of the Takeda clan for generations, so they naturally cherish their old master." Meiyuki Anayama's expression changed a little, and she seemed to be sighing and feeling unbearable.

"That's such a shame!"

Koheita naturally felt pity as he looked at Kaiichi, who was rushing forward under the roar of the iron cannon, and told the crowd. Who wouldn’t envy and want such a loyal minister? However, they were loyal to the Takeda clan, so now they had no choice but to give them a ride.

Unable to approach the Yamauchi army under the iron cannon attack, Kai and his troops temporarily surrounded the Yamauchi army, and then launched a stone-throwing attack from the mountains. Without bows, arrows and iron cannons, the Yikui army was relatively weak at long range.

What was thrown was not a serious polished rough stone, but pebbles picked up randomly on the river beach.

It won't kill anyone, but it will definitely hurt if you get hit. Moreover, it can be thrown very far with a straw rope, and it can be used as a long-range use.

Oops, ouch, ouch calls could be heard from time to time in the queue, and cobblestones from a distance hit the ashigaru in the queue, and some injured people finally appeared among the ashigaru.

But this doesn't hurt, Xiaoheita is not too anxious, as long as Suwa Uehara's reinforcements arrive. No matter how powerful it is, no matter how powerful it is in numbers, the crowd will disappear into thin air.

Moreover, the tension of the Yamauchi army was completely wiped away by the fact that no one was close enough to attack. After all, people's reactions when danger is in front of them are completely different from when the danger is far away.

The enemy is throwing stones in a place visible to the naked eye in the distance. At worst, I just bend down!

The Yamauchi Army gradually became familiar with this rhythm. Wherever stones flew over, dozens of iron cannons would greet them.

Taro Shimomataro's reinforcements are about to arrive!

[Note 1]: It is said to be recorded in the "Takahakusai Chronicles" written by Komai Takahakusai, an important minister of the Takeda clan.

[Note 2]: This is a true supporter of the Takeda clan. After Nishina Morinobu was defeated at Takato Castle, he heard that the Takeda clan collapsed, and this person wanted to support Takeda Katsuyori. As a result, he heard that Katsuyori had run away, so he returned to his hometown and committed suicide, preferring to die rather than become a minister of Oda.