Kai, a mountain country surrounded by mountains. The land is barren, so the people are fierce, brave and ruthless, and the lord of this generation, Takeda Shintora, is even more conquest everywhere, and is famous for his brutality, and is famous for the ears of the great names of the countries. However, such a country, such a father who is known for his cruelty, has a young master and son who pursues the path of benevolence and righteousness.

Astronomical 5th, 1536, early spring.

The 16-year-old Harunobu Takeda went on his father's first expedition, and it was his first battle and a battle to make a name for himself, but it was this battle that made him completely break with his father Nobu Tora.

Shinano Province, the mouth of the sea.

In the spring of that year, in order to seize the fertile land of Shinano Province, the Koshu guardian Takeda Nobuta led his eldest son Harunobu Takeda and his retainers Sakagaki Nobukata, Iitomi Toramasa, and Hara Masatoshi to attack the mouth of Shinano Kunihai. This was the first time that the Kai family had invaded Shinano since Takeda Nobuta pacified Kai, but almost every time the Takeda family returned in vain and suffered heavy casualties, Kai Province, both samurai and lowly civilians who had not been rewarded for a long time gradually became dissatisfied with the head of the family.

The loyalty of the samurai was maintained by a reward, and the loyalty of the common people always belonged to the strong, and repeated defeats made Takeda Nobuta's rule in Kai increasingly dangerous. So in order to win people's hearts, in the spring of the fifth year, Takeda Shintora decided to attack Shinano again, after all, in this era of lower grams, a family head who cannot establish a meritorious career may be demoted by a dissatisfied retainer at any time.

The Uminoguchi Castle that Takeda Shintora wanted to capture this time was an important place connecting Shinano and Kai, and it can be said that if the Takeda family wanted to take over Shinano, they had to seize Uminoguchi Castle, which was the gateway to Shinano.

However, the people of Noguchi Castle were not general, but the Hiraga family, a branch of the famous Shinano and Oi clans, and after learning the news of the invasion of Takeda Shintora, the current head of the family, Hiraga Genshin, immediately gathered 3,000 Shinano soldiers to defend against Kai's 8,000 Koshu soldiers. Although there is a huge difference between the two soldiers, Uminoguchi Castle is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and Takeda Nobuta's 8,000 Koshu soldiers are also put together with the strength of the whole country, but they are not as strong as the 3,000 Shinano soldiers on the Hiraga side, so it is still difficult to distinguish the victory or defeat between the Takeda and Hiraga families after a month of stalemate at the mouth of the sea.

After a month, the people of Koshu in the face of the long-lost Kainoguchi Castle were different, and the early spring gradually passed Kai, and it was slowly time to plow. At this time, the soldiers were basically in the mode of fighting for the soldiers, and the soldiers were for the people, so as the general general, Takeda Shintora knew that he had lost this time, otherwise if Kai, who had always been short of food, missed farming, it would be tantamount to the sky falling.

However, although he was sure that he would be able to withdraw his troops safely, Takeda Shintora was reluctant to withdraw his troops, and the people and retainers did not think about why he had withdrawn, but only regarded it as another defeat for him. Therefore, when everyone understood that it was time to withdraw the army, no one dared to say that the army should be withdrawn, which was the sorrow of the head of the family and the sorrow of the people and retainers.

On this day, the mouth of the sea.

The Takeda and Hiraga armies faced off in their respective positions, but this had been a regular confrontation for many days, so everyone seemed calm. However, on the side of the Takeda army, there was a person who was sweating profusely and even trembling a little, he was not an unknown person, but the son of the Takeda family who went out for the first time, Takeda Harunobu, you can imagine how much of a blow this hit the morale of the Takeda side.

So seeing that the young master was so unbearable, although the people around him knew that he was the first battle, they were inevitably dissatisfied, but Sakagaki Nobukata, one of the important ministers of the common generation, was a little different from what everyone thought.

The young master of the family is too benevolent to be different from his cruel father, but I am afraid that it is precisely because of this that the lord has always disliked this son. A few days ago, the lord who was angry because of the war did not go well was even more angry with the young lord and beat him half to death, fortunately, the young master of the Takeda family finally survived, but unfortunately the young lord who was frightened by this was more timid than before and even a little crazy. Will such a late family head be able to lead the Takeda family to survive? Nobukata Sakagaki often has such worries in his heart.

However, at this time, seeing that Takeda Harunobu was so panicked, Sakagaki Nobukata, who was the assistant of the young master this time, still rode forward and whispered: "Young master, calm down." The lord and the retainers all saw that if something went wrong at this time, it would not be good. ”

Unexpectedly, after saying this, it made Takeda Harunobu, who was already panicked, even more panicked, and the war horse under his crotch seemed to be stimulated and almost uncontrollable. Takeda Harunobu was really scared at this time, and the originally peaceful life suddenly became bloody and bloody, and no one could stand it. Although as the young master of the Takeda family who came out for the first time, he didn't have to fight, he just needed to stay in the battle honestly, but when the two armies fought, the blood and limbs of the soldiers on both sides still made him tremble.

Under the fierce atmosphere of the two armies, Takeda Harunobu's war horse was even more difficult to control, and Takeda Harunobu, who was fighting on horseback for the first time, had to hold on to the beating reins of the horse to calm the frightened war horse. However, at this time, after listening to Sakagaki Nobukata's advice, Takeda Harunobu was slightly distracted, but it was a bad thing, and the frightened war horse broke free from his control and galloped away with him like a meteor towards the military formation on the Hiraga side.

"Young master! Young Master!"

Seeing this, Sakagaki Nobukata was in a hurry, and hurriedly chased after him, if the young master of the family died here, then the Takeda family would be embarrassed as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the Koshu army did not lack cavalry, and under the leadership of his family's important minister Nobukata Sakagaki, hundreds of horsemen immediately followed him and chased after him to protect Takeda Harunobu.

"Ah~~~, ah~~~."

At this time, Takeda Harunobu, who was galloping towards the Pingga military formation, was terrified, as the young master of the Takeda family, if he fell into the hands of the enemy, his father Shinhu would definitely not save himself!

So the frightened Takeda Harunobu desperately tried to hold the reins with his hand, trying to make the war horse turn back, but it was useless, but he was still young and lacked strength, even if his hands were worn out by his crotch, the war horse still galloped in the direction of Hiraga.

"Put the arrows in front of you. Damn it! It is really arrogant that a child of the Takeda family dared to lead the crowd to attack the army of his own family, and this time the main hall must let him have no return. Hurry up and release the arrows!"

Takeda Harunobu was helpless at this time, the general of the Hiraga side, Hiraga Genshin, naturally did not know, he saw that Takeda Harunobu took the lead, and after that, he followed hundreds of horsemen to his own camp, and immediately felt despised and immediately ordered to release arrows to attack.

"Whoosh~~~, whoosh~~~, whoosh~~~."

Under the order of the head of the family, hundreds of archers soon ran to the front of the formation, and they all drew their bows and shot arrows in the direction where Takeda Harunobu was running, and the rain of arrows in the sky instantly roared towards Takeda Harunobu who had been uncontrollably obtained.

"It's over." Seeing that he was about to collide with the whizzing bow and arrow, Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but pull the reins in horror and closed his eyes tightly.