Jing Hu, who received the notice from the righteous chief, immediately called Qi Xiaodi to code people, gathered a total of 8,000 people, and marched towards Shinano.

In Fukashi Castle, Nobuharu received a notice from his subordinates that the Ogasawara family had sent troops, and immediately had the beacon tower lit.

Harumobu Takeda, who was far away in Kai, learned that the Shinano war had started that day, and he immediately sent someone to Suruga to inform Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Kansuke Yamamoto, who was staying in the Kiso Valley, also saw Shinano's beacon fire and immediately sent someone to Mino to inform Mido Saito.

Suruga, in the Imagawa Pavilion, Imagawa Yoshimoto received a notice from Takeda Harunobu, and he said: "Harunobu has sent a letter, Ogasawara Yoshinaga has sent troops, the number is temporarily more than 7,000, and there will probably be reinforcements from Echigo."

How many reinforcements can Echigo have, and this point of people Harumin can't handle it? Is he afraid that he will be confused by his wife and concubine? ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai said: "The enemy who can make Takeda Kai Shou treat so solemnly must have something extraordinary about him, so it's better to let the old man take a look." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto hurriedly said: "The teacher is now old, why bother to go to the battlefield? ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai said with a smile: "Although the old decay is a little old, this old bone can still be moved." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto did not oppose Taiyuan Xuezhai anymore, and said: "Since the teacher must go, then the army brought with him cannot be too small.

Tenon was your lieutenant, so let him be your lieutenant again.

Originally, I only planned to send 2,000 troops, but for the sake of your safety, teacher, I will send 5,000 people. ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai shook his head with a smile and said, "There is no need for so much, three thousand is enough." ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Taiyuan Xuezhai with a confident look, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then three thousand." ”

Although the Imagawa family sent 3,000 troops, only 500 of the 3,000 people were the elite of the Imagawa family, and the other 1,000 were Mikawa people, and the remaining half were the ranks of some wealthy families, and the Ii family was among them.

On September 25, the armies of Takeda and Imagawa gathered for several miles, including 3,000 from the Imagawa family and 10,000 from the Takeda family.

Takeda Harunobu didn't expect that it would be Taiyuan Xuezhai who came forward and received Taiyuan Xuezhai very warmly.

The army quickly moved north, and a day later the vanguard arrived at Suwa Uehara Castle, and another day later the vanguard arrived at Fukashi Castle, where it joined the 6,000 Takeda Shinano men and continued its departure, while the Chinese army reached the Shiojiri area, while Mino's army joined up with Takeda Harunobu.

This time, Mino still had 3,000 people coming in person, and since the last time he talked to Takeda Harunobu, he felt that he had to come in person to get the method of making the cheap paper. He wouldn't believe that Harunobu Takeda would hand over such a source of wealth.

The three coalition forces marched to the north of Zhumo County in total, and a day later they entered the city of Shenzhi, and for a time the flags near the city of Shenzhi were unfurled, which was spectacular.

On the other side was Kariyahara Castle, a dozen miles away, where Yoshinaga set up his main camp, and Uesugi Keitora arrived with reinforcements.

In front of them were Hikari Castle, Ibuka Castle and Asama Castle, these three castles were not to be feared, and the most difficult to attack was Hirose Castle, where Hara Huyin was seated.

The day after Yoshicho and Jinghu converged, they set up a formation to attack the nearest Ishen Castle, and in order not to let the Echigo army look down on him, Yoshicho immediately sent Higashino Nobukatsu to lead the elite reserve as the first hand, and at the same time Miki Otsu led his iron artillery reserve to assist.

When he arrived at the bottom of the slope of Ishen Castle, Miki asked his subordinates to adjust the angle of the large barrel and a copper cannon.

In this formation, everyone was watching the movements of Miki Otsuki and Nobukatsu Higashino.

Seeing that Miki was tinkering with some weapons similar to iron cannons, Okuma Chaoxiu immediately said in a loud voice: "Your Highness Ogasawara, these large iron cannons that are larger than ordinary iron cannons can help your army break through Ishen Castle?" I have also seen the power of iron cannons. ”

As soon as Daxiong Chaoxiu said this, many military generals of Echigo talked about it.

Even Jing Hu said curiously: "Yi Changqi, what is your weapon similar to an iron cannon called?" ”

Yoshicho smiled and said, "I haven't thought of a name yet, but I'll tell you what to call it when you've seen the power." ”

Big Bear snorted coldly and looked at Miki in the distance.

At this moment, Miki had already led his subordinates to adjust the angle, and immediately asked his subordinates to fill the ammunition, and after a while, the ammunition was filled.

Miki raised the sword in his hand and shouted, "Shoot!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the ashigaru immediately lit the fuse, and a few seconds later, the large iron cannon, the large barrel and the copper cannon were fired together.

The sound of huge cannon fire echoed in the mountains and forests, and all the birds in the entire mountainous area were startled and hurriedly fled from the land of right and wrong.

The Echigo miscellaneous soldiers who saw this kind of battle for the first time were a little panicked, and if it weren't for the fact that their own ground attendants were still there, they would probably have dropped their weapons and ran.

As for Echigo Ashigaru and the samurai, they panicked for a moment, and they looked back and saw Jinghu's Bishamen Heavenly Battle Banner, which quickly stabilized.

As for Yishen City, the wooden structure could not withstand this attack at all, and many holes had been punched in the front of the city, especially the copper cannon, which directly smashed the city gate.

There were casualties among the ashigaru who were hiding behind the castle walls, and the wounded soldiers were screaming, and as soon as the cannon fire stopped, Higashino Nobukatsu immediately sent someone to check the situation.

And in this formation, Yoshicho had already seen that the gate of Ishen City was broken, and immediately waved the military equipment in his hand, and his own samurai urged the drummer to beat the drum.

Nobukatsu Higashino immediately led the reserve to charge into Ishen Castle.

At this time, the Echigo people in this formation came back to their senses.

Yoshicho looked at Daxiong Chaoxiu and said, "What do you think this weapon should be called?" ”

Daxiong Chaoxiu was shocked by this weapon, and when he heard Yoshicho ask about this, he suddenly thought of his previous sneer at Yoshicho, and he had nothing to say, and his face turned red for a while, and he was completely annoyed by Yoshicho's smile and eyes.

Jing Hu's eyes, which also came back to his senses, shone brightly, as if he had seen a peerless beauty, and he said directly: "When this kind of weapon sounds, it seems that the sky is falling apart, and it is definitely not something that can be stopped by manpower, it is really powerful."

With the emergence of such weapons, what do ordinary small wealthy families have to rely on to fight against the monarch of the country? A slightly weaker country will perish under such a weapon.

Yi Changqiu, I thought that such a weapon would be called the collapse of the country. ”

Yichang smiled and nodded: "I also have this intention below, there is a kind of weapon called a big iron cannon in this batch of weapons, although the scale is large, it is still an iron cannon, and the other is a large barrel, which is more powerful than a large iron cannon."

As for the collapse of the country, there is only one gate, and that is the largest, weighing hundreds of pounds. ”

He pointed to Miki's unit and talked eloquently.

The Echigo generals led by Jinghu were very envious.

Yoshicho thought that Jinghu had attacked the Hojo family's Odawara Castle in vain, and immediately said: "Now that I need to deal with the invasion of the Takeda family, it is difficult to give some gifts to Jinghu.

However, when Shinano is stable, a few doors will be built to send to Jing Hu, as for how to operate, Jing Huqian does not need to worry, and someone will be sent to teach in the next. ”

Uesugi Jinghu was overjoyed and said: "Yi Changyu, you and I are worthy of being like-minded people, you can rest assured, I will definitely help you repel Takeda!" ”

There was laughter and laughter on Yoshina's side, but the city of Yishen was in dire straits.

Under the fire raid of the Ogasawara army, the defenders of Ibuka Castle were taken by surprise, the city gate was broken, and under the onslaught of the reserve led by Nobukatsu Higashino, they quickly retreated to Honmaru.

However, Miki Otsuki once again led his troops to bombard the gates of Honmaru, and the defenders completely collapsed, and the castle commander set himself on fire in the two-story castle tower.

After capturing Ishen Castle, Yoshinaga did not stop, and immediately let his troops march quickly, relying on the power of artillery, and uprooted Hikarijo Castle and Asama Castle in three strikes and five divisions.

Hirase Castle's Hara Tiger Yingang and Takeda's vanguard Tada Mitsuyori 3,000 men joined each other, and as a result, they saw the banner of the Ogasawara family erected on the side of Asama Castle.

Yuan Huyin was surprised: "What's going on, two days ago, the Ogasawara army was still under Yishen Castle." ”

Tada Manlai frowned and said, "I have to send an envoy to quickly find out the situation!" ”

Yuan Huyin immediately sent an envoy to investigate the situation, and at the same time sent an envoy back to Shenzhi City to investigate the situation.

In Fukashi Castle, Takeda Harunobu Tsuyoshi discussed strategy with Taiyuan Yukisai and Saito Michizo, and got information from the messenger sent by Hara Huyin, and the three of them were all a little surprised.

Takeda Harunobu was even more annoyed, and asked: "What is the situation, I lost three cities in two days, and Yuan Mino actually knows nothing?" ”

The messenger bowed his head and said, "Hey, it happened too suddenly, and the lord was also caught off guard." ”

Although Takeda Harunobu was angry, he was not angry, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down, it's hard work." ”

He turned to Taiyuan Xuezhai and said, "What does Taiyuan think? ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai touched the Buddha beads, was silent for a while, and said: "The poor monk originally thought that the young man who could make Takeda Kai guard tricky, should see it.

Although the poor monk had already anticipated his talent, today's events still surprised the poor monk.

In today's situation, the poor monk doesn't have much advice, and he can only comment on it if he sees it with his own eyes. ”

Saito Michizo touched his mustache and said, "Master Taiyuan's words are reasonable, and the old man thinks so too." ”

Takeda Harunobu nodded and said, "Okay, then tomorrow, the army will set off." ”

The next day, more than 20,000 members of the coalition army set out from Fukashi Castle and headed for Hirose Castle, but only half a day later, the vanguard troops arrived at Hirose Castle.

And Yuan Huyin also inquired about some situations.

At dusk, Takeda Harunobu and the others arrived at Hirose Castle.

Hara Huyin and Tada Mitsuyori immediately came to meet Takeda Harunobu.

Hara Huyin said directly: "My lord, Your Majesty has already found out some information, according to the information known by the people around the three cities such as Yishen Castle, there is a weapon in the Ogasawara army that can directly break through the wooden city gate, so these three cities quickly fell into the city." ”

Takeda Harunobu said with a solemn face: "I bought a big iron cannon from the Root Tsuda Supervisor, and a single bullet can break the bamboo bundle, and it is even easier as for the wooden cannon."

However, it takes two shots to get to the castle gate, which is enough to see that the large iron cannon of the Ogasawara army is more powerful, which is really worrying. ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai also knew about the iron cannon, but he didn't know much about the big iron cannon, so he didn't speak.

But Michizo Saito was familiar with iron cannons, and he was surprised: "Has the Ogasawara family developed iron cannons to such an extent?" His eyes wandered, and he began to think about his gains and losses.

Takeda Harunobu hurriedly said: "After all, this is just some external forces, and it can't determine the final result, our army together is much stronger than the other party." ”

This reassured them a lot.

After a night's rest, early the next morning, Takeda Harunobu set up his own camp in Hirase Castle, while he, Taiyuan Yukisai, Saito Michizo and others watched their army deploy from the watchtower.

Yoshicho and Keiho set up their main camp on the hill opposite Hirose Castle, Yoshicho's team was in the middle, and Keito's team was on both sides, especially the cavalry troops, keeping an eye on Takeda's Akabei.

The troops led by the Ogasawara army were Miki Otsuki's troops, followed by the iron artillery team and the archafoot light team led by Yazaki Heizou.

After that, the various ashigaru reserves, lined up one by one.

The Takeda family also set up a formation, and the team of the Oyamada family was the leader, but the main general was not Oyamada Shinyu, but his retainers instead.

Yoshicho stood up, a golden array of feathers made him stand out instantly, he raised his right hand, and the crimson military equipment was exposed in the air, and then he swung it down vigorously.

"Woooooo

The sound of a thick conch sounded, and Miki immediately shouted, "Advance!" ”

His men immediately pushed the small artillery cart forward.

At the same time, Takeda Harunobu also waved his military equipment, and the Ashigaru reserves of the Oyamada army moved forward one after another.

Soon, the Otsuki Miki Army stopped when it was only one hundred and fifty paces away from the Koyamada Army, and he shouted, "Fill! ”

His men immediately began to reload their ammunition.

The Koyamada Army did not speed up because of this, and they continued to move forward at their own pace.

When the two sides were only a hundred paces, Miki pulled out his sword and shouted, "Shoot!" ”

Dozens of cannons fired in unison, and dozens of casualties suddenly appeared in the reserve of the Oyamada army, especially the copper cannons directly penetrated.

Seeing this, Takeda Harunobu clenched the military equipment in his hand.

Saito Michizo saw it with relish.

Taiyuan Xuezhai shouted: "The body of this extraordinary person can be stopped, and it is almost the power of ghosts and gods!" ”

Although Harunobu was nervous, the Koyamada army had not yet retreated, and the samurai roared to stabilize the ranks, and at the same time the Takeda family's large iron cannon opened fire, hitting the army formation of Otsuki Miki, and a small artillery carriage was damaged, two Ashigaru were killed and three were wounded.

When Miki saw that he still had to refill his ammunition, and the enemy Ashigaru had already pressed down, he hurriedly ordered the army to retreat, and Yazaki Heizou led the troops in the rear.

The queues of the two sides quickly approached, and when they reached the thirty paces, the iron cannons of both sides opened fire behind the bamboo bundles, scattering fragments of the bamboo bundles, and at the same time the bows of both sides shot arrows.

Then the two sides retreated very tacitly, and the spears were lightly arrayed!

Higashino Nobukatsu, Asano Konosuke and others brandished red guns or ten-character guns one after another, shouting: "Kill! ”

"Kill!"