Tsukahara Moryū and the others took Koshota Takeda Yoshinobu all the way north with the main force of the Takeda family, and when they passed the old collar of the Ogasawara family, Tsukahara Chokei and Tsukahara Senbei were silent, and Tsukahara Moryū patted them on the shoulder to comfort them. After arriving at the territory of the Murakami family, the Takeda Army began to enter a state of combat readiness, but Tsukahara Moryū and the others did not need to go to the battlefield at all, they only needed to stand on a high place and watch.

Due to the absence of the main force of the Murakami family, the Murakami army could only defend various cities, and Tsukahara Molong and his party had seen a lot of siege methods.

Although the siege battle was quite brutal, because the Takeda army had an overwhelming advantage in strength, there were few castles that could stop Takeda Harunobu's troops. The constant good news made the whole Takeda army filled with a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, and even Takeda Harunobu couldn't help but drink some wine.

Just as Takeda Harunobu was feasting on the generals, a dusty herald came to the Takeda military camp and brought an explosive news: the vanguard Yokota Takamatsu asked for help!

The generals of the Takeda army who were on the rise were silent: Yokota Takamatsu was an old minister who served the Takeda family as early as the Takeda Shintora period, and he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and his tactics were flexible and changeable, and he was a rare general of the Takeda family, and this time he led the 2000 army as a vanguard, and he would actually ask for help from the rear army?

Takeda Harunobu immediately decided that the whole army would march, and the target would be: Toishi Castle!

Toishi Castle was not a large castle in size, and the number of troops that could garrison it was very limited, but it was garrisoned by the remnants of Shiga Castle after the slaughter of Takeda Harunobu in 1547, and they were extremely determined to fight, because they believed that if the castle was breached, the tragedy of Shiga Castle would be repeated, and they would have to fight with their backs in order to survive. Moreover, Toishi Castle is a mountain castle, with cliffs on both sides, and only the cliffs in the southeast direction can be passed, so even the famous general Yokota Takamatsu, who is famous for his good fighting, is helpless for a while.

After the arrival of Takeda Harunobu's main force, Tsukahara Muryu, who accompanied the army, came to the side of the mountain to watch the Takeda army's formation and the defense of Toishi Castle.

"Molong seems to be very leisurely, which is really enviable." Kansuke Yamamoto walked on crutches and came to Tsukahara Moryū's side with a smile, and he had been busy with various affairs, and only at such a time did he have time to come out and go around.

"My lord laughed." Tsukahara Molong shook his head, "I've heard for a long time that Lord Yamamoto is a master of castle building, so I wonder if you can help me explain this stone castle?" ”

When it comes to what Kansuke Yamamoto is best at, he also said proudly: "This stone castle is the key point to hold North Shinano, once it is captured, then the connection between Murakami Yoshikiyo and the forces of Ueno Province will be severed, so we must take this city." The castle is built on a hill, and the cliffs are cleverly used to narrow the area that needs to be defended, which we should also pay attention to when building the city. Since the rocks of the mountain are present, it is not necessary to ram the earth barriers, and the rocks are continued to be piled upwards to form a stone wall that prevents the enemy from climbing, and then the upper part is a curved wheel (castle wall) made of stones, and the outermost part is called Ninomaru, and there is another layer inside, which is called Honmaru. ”

"It's going to be tough to attack like this, right?"

"There's no way around it," Kansuke Yamamoto, who is a master of castle building, knows very well how difficult mountain castles are, and shook his head and said helplessly, "There is a water source and a large pond in the castle, so we can't force them to surrender by cutting off the water source." Although there is not much food in it, it is no problem to support it for three months. With that, he limped back.

Tsukahara Moryū and others watched from a distance how the Takeda family attacked Toishi Castle, the first to go into battle Ichijo's army, due to the terrain limitations, can only have a few dozen people at a time to attack, while the defenders can put more than 200 people at a time, under the dense arrow shooting, in the rear that the arrow board can not take care of, many peasant soldiers who do not even have armor were shot into hedgehogs on the spot, even the samurai could not withstand such an attack, and the attack was forced to withdraw after a long time. Then the other team continued to attack, and so on, and the Ichijo family couldn't bear it for a morning, so the Cave Mountain family attacked. As a result, the attack lasted all day, and only the outer trenches were filled.

On the second day, the Takeda family's attack method made Tsukahara Molong and Zhou Dashuai drop their jaws in shock: they didn't even use a ladder, so they carried a log up and hit the door! Needless to say, even if there was a shield board, even if there was a bow foot light to shoot arrows with all their strength to cover, but the defenders of the city also concentrated their firepower to hit the door, and after a full day, they still failed to break the gate open, but the attacking troops were hit to the head and bled heavily, and suffered heavy losses.

Later, Tsukahara Ink Dragon became numb, and went to the woods with Sasaki Nagahide to hunt some game, and then a group of people gathered in a circle to eat barbecue. As for the Japanese emperor's ban on meat, didn't you see His Majesty the Emperor selling calligraphy and paintings at the gate of the palace to make a living? Who cares about him?

At first, Takeda Harunobu was resolutely opposed to his son's participation in such an "improper assembly", but there was a policy and a countermeasure, Tsukahara Moryū opened up the joints of Yamamoto Kansuke, and after Kato Duanzo solved the trouble of the ninja, Takeda Yoshinobu, the little Shota, also participated. Every day to watch the sunrise and sunset, the Takeda army attacked the mountain and was driven down the mountain, day after day, month after month......

Unknowingly, the group actually squatted under Hushi City for nearly two months! What about the speed of the soldiers? What is said to be a good soldier like a god? Tsukahara Molong is completely desperate, Takeda Harushi believes that you are a birdman! I'm still waiting to go to Nijo Castle!

On this day, the weather was sunny and cloudless, Tsukahara Molong and his party came to the hill as usual to watch the Takeda army climb the mountain, and after fighting for a long time, Sanada Yutaka finally couldn't help it, regardless of Takeda Yoshinobu on the side: "Molong, now our army is tired and can't fight anymore." ”

"I know, but it's been so long that the defenders can't bear it, and now it's up to us to see who can make it to the end." Tsukahara Molong took a bite of the grilled fish, "Changxiu, put on your helmet, it's more atmospheric!" ”

"It's hard to wear a helmet all the time!" Nagahide Sasaki grumbled and put on his antler helmet.

At this moment, everyone felt the ground tremble, and Sanada Yutaka, Tsukahara Nagakei, and Tsukahara Senbei stood up and looked into the distance with a stern expression. I saw that the cavalry team that had always been well-groomed came out from behind the mountain on the side, rushing towards the Takeda army, which had already become a tired soldier, like a tide.

"It's Murakami!" Takeda Yoshinobu also changed his complexion, he and the others were on the mountain, and the Murakami army didn't notice it, but it doesn't mean that it is safe here, because behind the galloping cavalry in the mountain road, it is the elite ashigaru team trotting forward, whether it is spiritual energy or weapons and equipment, it is by no means an ordinary peasant soldier.

The Takeda army was in chaos in the face of the impact of the cavalry team of the Murakami family, and Takeda Harunobu hurriedly dispatched troops, but it was still not as fast as the cavalry. The army under the command of Nobutomo Oyamada, which is closest to the periphery, was defeated on the spot under the impact of the Murakami cavalry, and the whole army was defeated on the spot, and Nobuyo Oyamada led the samurai of his relatives to hurriedly come forward to intercept it, but he was shot off the horse by Murakami Yoshikiyo with an arrow, fortunately the left and right desperately snatched it out, but seeing that the main general was wounded, the Oyamada army lost the last will to fight, not only the peasant soldiers, but even many samurai fled in a hurry.

Seeing that the cavalry led by Murakami Yoshikiyo defeated the Koyamada family, one of the two mountains of the Takeda family, with almost no effort, the morale of the Murakami army was greatly boosted, and the defenders of Toishi Castle even opened the city gate and launched a counter-charge against the Takeda army. As far as the eye can see, the entire battlefield is the fleeing Takeda Army.

Yokota Takamatsu understood that if Murakami's cavalry team continued to wreak havoc, Takeda Harunobu would not have any time to react, and the Takeda army would be defeated. So he led his subordinates to stop in front of Murakami Yoshikiyo's cavalry.

Murakami Yoshikiyo's advantage lies in the cavalry, in the speed of the assault, seeing that Yokota Takamatsu led the army to intercept, after snorting coldly, Murakami Yoshikiyo directly led the cavalry into the military formation under the command of Yokota Takamatsu. Yokota Takamatsu ordered the entire army to fight to the death and moved the flag seal to the front line to boost morale. His actions were indeed very effective, and the Takeda army roared angrily and rushed towards the cavalry of the Murakami army, and the kinetic energy of the cavalry impact was gradually being neutralized. Realizing this, Murakami Yoshikiyoshi immediately led the army to turn around, intending to leave this military formation and leave it to the Ashigaru team behind to solve. Unexpectedly, Yokota Takamatsu made up his mind and resolutely did not let Murakami Yoshikiyo's cavalry rage again, and he led his own guards to meet him.

"Yokota Takamatsu Asks for !!"

"Yokota Takamatsu Asks for !!"

"Yokota Takamatsu Asks for !!"

There was a sky-shattering cheer from the Murakami army, and one of the five ministers of Koyo, Yokota Takamatsu, the general of the Takeda family, died in battle!

Although the death of Yokota Takamatsu made the morale of the two sides even more disparity, it bought time for Takeda Harunobu, but this time was not enough. Iitomi Huchang, who was tearful in his eyes, looked at the head of Yokota Takamatsu, who was raised high by Murakami's army, and said in a choked voice: "Yokota-sama...... The Takeda family, let me take care of it. Red Reserve !!! Sortie!!!!!!! ”

The first fierce general of the Takeda family, Iitomi Huchang, led the most elite Red Reserve of the Takeda family to meet the cavalry of Murakami Yoshikiyo, and the two strong armies were like meteorites colliding head-on, and blood was splashed everywhere when they landed! The Takeda Red Reserve Team was formed for a short time, but it has a huge advantage in equipment, and there are famous generals like Iitomi Huchang in command, and the Murakami Cavalry Team is working hard, but it still can't move forward! Soon, the Murakami family's ashigaru team broke up the rout of the Oyamada family and the Yokota family, and pressed towards the Red Reserve Army, and the 2,500 Kita-Shinano elite put a huge pressure on the Red Reserve Army, which was no more than 800 people. Even if the Iitomi clan fought to the death, everyone could see that the defeat of the Red Reserve was only a matter of time.

At this moment, the defenders of Toishi Castle came out and gave the final blow to the Red Reserve from the side, and the entire Red Reserve Army collapsed completely!

After the two armies converged, the front of the army pointed directly at the Takeda Shingen main formation!