"Time is running out." Takeda Shingen glanced at the sun that was gradually sliding to the west, and gently tapped his palm with the pickings in his hand, "Being dragged into this basin to fight is really not what I want." ”

"But the ending is the same, it's just a little delay." Takeda Shingen shook his head, glanced at the battle situation in the basin slightly, then slowly straightened his arm, and pointed to the high ground where the Maple Bird Horse Seal of Yuqiu Ping was a few hundred meters away, "This game of chess, the chess tendon is that highland." Mino, go and take down the high ground for me. ”

"Yes, my lord." Nobuharu Baba nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, "Then let's fight." ”

"Wait." Takeda Shingen pondered for a moment, but stopped Baba Shinharu.

"What else is the matter, my lord?" Nobuharu Baba turned his head and asked in a low voice with some impatience.

Takeda Shingen had long been accustomed to Baba Shinharu's straightforwardness and rudeness, so he didn't think much about it, but he laughed twice and continued to order, "Shintoyo, you take 500 people from my direct jurisdiction to the west. Cross the Huaisan River along the same road that Shishige crossed before, go to the upper reaches of the Nishikanda River to find a place, and fill sacks with dirt in preparation for blocking the Nishikanda River. The Nishi-Kanda River is in front of the meeting with the Kitayama River and the Kaizan River, and the river channel is very narrow, so it is not difficult to block it. When the frontal battlefield attack is successful and the autumn leaves begin to move their formation, you begin to block the river. After the water flow became shallow, he crossed the river with Shinmao and attacked the Yudong Temple. ”

"Isn't the lord going to fight that high ground?" Takeda Shinfeng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, "Why do you want to let me go northwest." ”

"Feint and attack, and contain some of the forces of Yuqiu and Red Leaves." Takeda Shingen bowed slightly, which was an explanation to Takeda Shintoyo, and it was like saying to Baba Shinharu, "Mino, I will allocate 500 people from my headquarters to you, and you will use 1500 soldiers to cooperate with Yuan Zhushan." ”

"The 1,000 people of His Royal Highness Takasaka are combined, a total of 2,500 people and 400 people?" Hearing this, Nobuharu Baba was slightly dissatisfied, "Is the lord looking down on His Royal Highness Takasaka?" ”

"No, it's a rain and autumn foliage." Takeda Shingen shook his head when he heard this, "Although he has no vision, his reinforcements are estimated to be coming soon." If you can't take this high ground, you can't end the battle before dark. Don't underestimate the enemy, the ability to defend the rainy autumn and red leaves is quite good. ”

"I'll let the lord take back that praise later." Nobuharu Baba whispered his retirement in a somewhat sarcastic tone, causing Takeda Shingen to laugh a few times.

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At three o'clock, Takeda Shinfeng led more than 500 people to go straight to the first line of Huaishan River on the West Road. Yu Qiuping suddenly became vigilant and began to observe the movements of this army. At this moment, Ming Dibei has already rushed to the north bank of the Nishikanda River, and he will soon be able to go to the high ground where Yuqiuping Mahin is located.

"Is it a feint? Or as a pioneer, you want to open a breakthrough in the area of the Yudong Temple on the flank? Yu Qiuping's gaze switched back and forth between Takeda Nobutoyo's troops and the 2,500 soldiers under the wind forest volcano horse seal on the hillside, "Do you want to send someone to keep an eye on this army?" ”

Akihei set his sights on the west side again, and guarding the entrance to Mikamachi Kamio Nai was the third company of Tokiwabi, with Fukushima Yasunari personally supervising the formation. And the one stationed at the Yudong Temple behind the side is Yoshioka Katsumasa, the guy who is prone to hot brains.

Thinking of this, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but be a little worried. Yoshioka has a strong offensive talent, so he is particularly fond of attacking and is often aggressive when making decisions. Even when it comes to defense, he always wants to rely on raids and counterattacks to accomplish it - he and Charlie had a strategic disagreement over how to defend and nearly lost a company of troops. Let him guard the flanks, Yu Qiuping was always a little uneasy.

If the commander in the Yudong Temple is of the type of Ogawa Yuto or the Water Atom Sutra, Yu Qiuping will not be uneasy. The 400 soldiers of the Yuqiu Army defended the danger, and even the 1,000 soldiers of Koyamada Nobushige and Takeda Nobutoshi combined could not be taken in a hurry. But at the moment, it is Yoshioka Shengzheng who is left, and Yu Qiuping is really afraid that he will bury the good situation with an irrational attack.

"Transfer the second company of Ming Di Bei, that is, the company of Ogawa Youdong, and stick to the front line of Yudong Temple with Shengzheng." Yu Qiuping issued an order to the standard-bearer, sending Ogawa Yuto, who was the oldest and highest-ranking military officer in Naruto, and had the best relationship with Yoshioka Katsumasa, "Tell them to hold their positions and not fight in waves." "If it was Xinxian Chengliang or the former Chang Lai's company that sent over, Yu Qiuping was really afraid that they would not be able to persuade Yoshioka Shengzheng, and they would be attacked by Yoshigang Shengzheng together. Because Yoshioka Katsumasa is the colonel company commander at the moment, and the new Hyun Chengliang and the former commander Lai are only major company commanders. In the absence of an organizational subordination (such as the direct subordinate relationship such as Fukushima Yasunari-Suizunakei), those with lower military ranks are subject to the command of those with higher ranks.

"Let Thompson take the Ming Di and prepare the remaining two companies to come to my horse seal." Yu Qiuping sighed and looked at the battle situation. Due to his strategic mistakes, the various units could only come in batches, so that his three reserve units were dismantled in a mess, and the command system also encountered a lot of trouble.

Almost at the same time that Ming Di was preparing to rush to the high ground, the 2,500 soldiers of the Takeda Army suddenly moved. Takeda Shingen left a reserve of 1,000 soldiers at his disposal, and the remaining 1,500 soldiers, led by Nobuharu Baba, went straight to the high ground on the west bank of the Kakida River, where the Rain Autumn Ping Horse Seal was.

"It's coming, it's really a back attack." Yu Qiuping slapped his thigh with some annoyance, "Let Youdong come back immediately, and at the same time send an order to Shengzheng, ordering him to stick to Yudong Temple, and not send troops to fight back no matter what!" Don't leave Yudong Temple for a single step! ”

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Due to the lack of a company, Yu Qiuping's defense in the highlands couldn't help but be a little stretched. On the one hand, he waved his flag and informed Senju-Ao's artillery to turn to shelling the Baba Nobuharu Division, hindering their march. On the other hand, the two companies of Shin Hyun Cheng Liang and Yuan Nagayori were immediately put into position, lined up with the company of Hosoyanagi Bei's first company Kita Hatakekei and guarded the slope of the mountain.

The shelling of two three-pounder guns slowed down the advance of Nobuharu's headquarters in Baba to a certain extent, giving Shin Hyun Chengliang and Hara Nagayori time to enter the position and line up, but it relieved the pressure on Takasaka Masanobu. After being harassed for a long time, as soon as they found that the shelling against them had stopped, they immediately began to storm the first company of Hosoyanagi Bei in front of them.

2,500 Takeda soldiers were besieging 1,200 Yuqiu soldiers, and the disparity in strength was more than 2:1. And Nobuharu Baba and Masanobu Takasaka are not inexperienced stunned young people like Takeda Katsuyori, they are all battle-hardened generals, and there are many samurai whose command level is higher than that of the Yuqiu army, and they gradually control the situation. Even if Nakahide Mizenezaki on the east bank of the Kakida River was doing his best to provide fire support with iron cannons and artillery, it would not help.

Yu Qiuping was anxiously waiting for Ogawa Yuto, who was turning back to the north, and he was secretly angry at his misjudgment just now. If Ogawa Youdong was also at his side, he could have made the defense zone of each company a little smaller just now, and he would have been able to defend it airtightly.

However, at present, with the gradual advance of the Takeda Army, the Yuqiu Army is retreating more and more to the top of the high ground, and the defense line is gradually becoming compact. However, this also meant that there was a slight gap on both sides, and if this gap was further expanded, the Takeda Army would be able to detour through the two sides of the high ground and surround Yuqiuping on the high ground. In order to prevent the Takeda army from bypassing from both sides, Yu Qiuping sent out the 400 cavalry in his hand to cover the flanks of the troops and prevent the Takeda army from making an easy detour.

"It's good to hold on a little longer..."Yu Qiuping looked at the Ogawa Yudong Department who was hurrying over, "As soon as the 400 people arrive, the situation can be stabilized." ”

However, at the moment when he turned his head back, he suddenly found that the third company of Ming Di Bei, which was located in the center of the defense line, suddenly appeared in chaos, and many openings were cracked in the defense line at once, and the Takeda army took the opportunity to hit in.

"What's going on?" Yu Qiuping was taken aback when he saw this, and led the guards to run to the front line in person, pulling Ashigaru of a third company to ask about the situation, "Why is it suddenly chaotic?" ”

"Your Highness, Lord Yuan is dead!" The ashigaru who was pulled away told the news of the death of Changlai in the Yuqiu Plains with a sad and angry face, "Lord Yuan was in the second row just now, and he was suddenly hit by a stray arrow and died on the spot. Deputy Company Commander Kato has taken over his post and continues to command, but it still caused chaos in an instant, and now I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to clean up! ”

"What?" Yu Qiuping only felt a sudden pain in his heart, this was the first time since the fiasco under Yinma Castle that Chang Panbei had a samurai at the level of a general killed. Yuan Changlai, the son of Yuan Laifang of the Meinong wealthy family, they have been dealing with each other since ten years ago. Yu Qiuping also kidnapped Yuan Changlai and several other young men at first, and demanded ransom from their father. Later, after the four small wealthy families surrendered to Yu Qiuping, the descendants of the former Chang Lai and Kato Kotai joined the Yu Qiu Army, followed Yu Qiuping to fight in the south and the north, and made a lot of meritorious achievements, and the original Chang Lai was promoted to major and company commander for his merits. After drinking on weekdays, Yuan Changlai often joked with Yu Qiuping, talking about the time when he was detained by Yu Qiuping in Kuroda City and demanded ransom all over the sky, and laughed together.

In an instant, the young man was gone.

However, there is no opportunity to give Yu Qiuping sentimentality at the moment. The accidental death of Yuan Changlai caused the defense line of the third company of Ming Dibei to break. If it had been an ordinary army, the general would have died, and the army would have collapsed. The Yuqiu Army relied on strict discipline and the system of successive military command to barely hold on. However, the racecourse on the opposite side of the horse farm is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and after discovering the fighters, he immediately led Qiben to storm the position of the third company, and in a short period of time, the defense line of the Yuqiu army has been deeply dented.

Yu Qiuping glanced back at Ogawa Yuto's troops—he had just arrived in the village of Kamio Na in Mikamachi, and was rushing towards the gap between the two woods, and it was estimated that it was too late.

"It's all my mistake..."Yu Qiuping held his forehead deeply in frustration. Just because he had just been deceived by Takeda Shingen's feint, the precious 400 people were in vain running back at the height of the battle for the heights and did not participate in the battle. Now that the frontal front line can no longer be maintained, if it continues to support itself, once the battle line is broken, these three companies are at risk of being encircled and annihilated.

"I have no choice but to retreat, to give up this critical high ground." Yu Qiuping gritted his teeth fiercely, silently reciting Imagawa Yoshimoto's teachings in his heart, "Those who can't give up anything can't save anything." At this moment, we must resolutely abandon this high ground. ”

However, the entire defense line of the Yuqiu Army affected the whole body. Once this high ground is lost, it will take a lot of time for Yu Qiuping to re-establish his own formation and restore the liaison system with various troops. The loss of the high ground on the west bank of the Kakida River also marked the loss of the cover of the flanks of the 2nd and 3rd companies of Hosoyanagi on the east bank of the Kakida River, and there was a risk of being trapped. And even if Yu Qiuhei wanted to lead his army back to Kamioona in Mikamachi, it would be crowded and chaotic because the gap between the two woods was too narrow and the road traffic was poor, and it was impossible to allow more than 1,500 people to retreat at the same time.

Doctor Dashan is such a good means that a single attack can almost break my entire defense.