Chapter 383: Xin Fan begs for death
Although Kakizaki Keike successively defeated the Sanzhi and Kanamaru teams of the first formation of the Takeda Army, the second formation of Takeda Katsuyori had already arranged the array completely, with the iron artillery team in front and the armed samurai and ashigaru guarding by the side. Although Kakizaki Keike was called "the one who has no one in the Seven Counties of Echigo" by Kenshin, he did not dare to attack the Takeda Army's iron artillery team from the front alone. Kakizaki Keika could only sneer and then turn the horse away.
At this moment, Mamoru Mukaiyama, under the command of Takeda Katsuyori, realized that the famous samurai of the Uesugi army must be dressed in pitch-black, riding on a dark war horse, and holding two long spears, and he immediately ordered the iron artillery team to fire in the direction of Kakizaki Keiya.
However, I don't know if the hit rate of the Takeda Army's iron artillery team was too low or the luck of Kakizaki Keijia, only one buckshot hit the front stand of the pocket worn by Kakizaki Keijia, and a few buckshot shots grazed Kakizaki Keijia's body armor.
After seeing that the troops beside Kakizaki Keiya were scarce and less than ten people, he quickly led the remnants of the Sanzhi team of more than 100 people to surround Kakizaki Keijia. Subsequently, Kanamaru Tiger Yoshishishi's fourth man, Kanamaru Dingguang, also quickly gathered some remnants and led a hundred people to join forces with Sanzhi Shouyou, and surrounded the Kakizaki Keijia in a circle one after another, and gradually narrowed the encirclement.
Just when the Kakizaki Keijia felt that their martial arts were about to reunite with the eldest son Kakizaki Yuki, who had died in the previous battle in Mikohara, suddenly a banner of Mifu Shikako appeared in the rear of the remnants of the Mizhi team and the Kanamaru team, and in an instant, the encirclement formed by the remnants of the Sanzhi team and the Kanamaru team was broken through from the outside, and Saito Asanobu rushed directly in front of the Kakizaki Keikai family with a spear in hand.
"Mamoru Saito's Shimono?! Could it be you?! Kakizaki Keike looked at Saito Asanobu in surprise.
"Kakizaki and Izumi Shouden, please lead the troops to retreat for a while, the Imperial Palace has now completed the car suspension array, and then it will attack the Takeda Shiro Katsuyori's department." Saito Asanobu said loudly to Kakizaki Keike after killing the remnants of the Takeda Army's Mitsuya and Kanamaru.
"Okay, now it's up to you guys to be active!" Kakizaki Keijia immediately gathered his troops and quickly withdrew to the side for rest.
Just when Kakizaki Keijia led his troops to retreat and recuperate, countless troops with banners such as Mifu Kako, Marunouchi Manji, Marunouchi Kamiji, Sanju, and Kaminoto rushed straight towards Takeda Katsuyori's department, and Sanzhi Shouyu and Kanamaru Dingmitsu, who had not yet joined Takeda Katsuyori, were then killed in the chaos, and the right flank of the Crane Wing Formation laid by the Takeda army was instantly dispersed, and each department fought separately.
At the same time, Takeda Nobuyoshi, who was at the forefront of the left flank of the Crane Wing Array, looked at the tens of thousands of Uesugi troops who swept like black clouds, and he already had the consciousness of dying on the battlefield in his heart, and he immediately summoned his retainer Kasuga Gen no Cheng, and first handed over the "Golden Script Lotus Sutra" given to him by his brother Takeda Shingen to Kasuga Gen no Cheng and said: "This is the righteousness of the monarch and the minister. ”
Then, Takeda Nobushihiro took off his mother's clothes from his armor, and cut off his hair bun with a knife, and entrusted it to Kasuga Gennojo: "Give it to Goko Rokuro Jiro, this is the love of father and son." Kasuga Gennojo fell to his knees and cried, ready to live and die with Takeda Nobuyoshi, but Takeda Nobuyoshi scolded him loudly and drove him away. Not long after Kasuga Gen no Seichi rode away from the battlefield, Namba Tian Hiroyoshi led hundreds of horseback warriors to kill like a black whirlwind. Most of the people under the command of Takeda Nobushige were composed of the 'Takekawa clan' of the Somura group in Kai and the 'Tsugan clan' of the southern part of Shinano-Saku-gun, and they were all brave and skilled in warfare, and they were good at using spears and three guns. Although the offensive of the Uesugi army was extremely fierce, Takeda Nobuyoshi's department still resisted stubbornly, advancing and retreating, gradually forming a tug-of-war.
Subsequently, after Koyama arrived at the Kobubu, he quickly joined the attack sequence against the Takeda Shinshigeru Division. The Wuchuan people and the Jinjin people gradually suffered heavy casualties, and they were almost unable to support it, and the urgent reports continued to spread to Takeda Shingen's main formation. And Takeda Shingen, who was holding a military fan, had only one answer, "Command the stable, let him continue to hold on at all costs." ”
Both flanks of the Takeda Army were pinned down by the rest of the Uesugi Army, and the banner under Takeda Shingen was also limited in strength, so he could not draw extra troops to reinforce Takeda Shinshiori's front. In such a situation, the death of Takeda Nobuyoshi is inevitable. In order to quickly defeat the Takeda Shinshigeru Division, the Asadaki sent 10,000 troops to attack the Takeda Shinshigeru Division.
After Asakyuki Koyama, who wore the banner of "two-headed right-ba", joined the battle group, the battle situation instantly became one-sided. The Oyama people led by him were mainly the samurai of Kamishu and the retainers of the former Oyama family, and they were in charge of the war in the eastern and southern Kanto regions for a long time, so their combat power was comparable to that of the Takekawa and Tsujin clans under Takeda Nobushihiro. After a death fight, Takeda Shingen's right and left hand and younger brother, Takeda Shinshihiro, who was wearing a cloak, was seriously injured in the death battle between his troops and the small mountain people. At the same time, Koyama Asakyuki led several retainers such as Takanai Naki, Funakoshi Goheiji, Morigo Saemon, and Mizuko Morinao to kill in front of Takeda Nobuyoshi.
"Takeda Stables, don't come unharmed." Koyama Asaki stopped the retainers who were about to rush up to win over Takeda Nobuyoshige.
"Xibei, I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for many years and you are already an important minister under the command of the general hall of Fujiwara Town, and you are really a tiger father without a dog." Takeda Nobuyhiro couldn't help but sigh.
"If it weren't for the cultivation of the Imperial Court, he would not have inherited the family name of the Koyama clan, a famous family in the Kanto region with a history of more than 370 years, and it would be impossible to marry Gong Ji as his wife. Therefore, he will unswervingly follow the court. "Koyama Asayaki knows very well that if he is not promoted by the court, he will never have the status he has now.
"I don't want anything else, I just hope that Kibei can persuade Uesugi Goshi and Fujiwara to keep the name of the Takeda family for the sake of the Takeda family's kindness to the Sanada family." Takeda said, slowly closing his eyes.
"The stable hall is at ease, if it weren't for the Takeda family, the Sanada clan would still be wandering in Shangshu and would not be able to return to their hometown, and my father would not have the opportunity to show his military strategy." Koyama said after nodding his head.
"That's good, you can take the head below, it's a great honor for a samurai to die on the battlefield." After Takeda Nobuyoshi finished speaking, he threw the sword in his hand aside.
"Pawn Stable Hall, please go!" Koyama Asakyuki said after slowly walking behind Takeda Nobuyoshi and raising the sword.
"The survival of the Takeda family depends on you." After Takeda Nobuyoshi finished speaking, he stopped speaking.
"The Takeda Stable Hall has been taken by Koyama Danmasa!" After Koyama Asakyuki agreed, he quickly cut off the head of Takeda Nobuyhiro with the Taidao in his hand, and then Takanashi Naki on the side quickly picked up the head on the ground and yelled on behalf of his master, Koyama Asakyuki.
Afterwards, the cheers of the Uesugi army rang out like thunder, and the generals on both wings of the Takeda army were terrified and mourned after hearing the news that Takeda Nobuyoshi had been killed.
Takeda Nobuyoshi, the most important and best lieutenant general of the Takeda family, and the first important minister of the Takeda family, died in this Hachiwatawara, and his death became the heaviest loss of the Takeda family in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima. Takeda Nobuyoshi is both literary and military, and has the talent to command a large army, many times instead of his brother Takeda Shingen out of battle, in most of the Takeda family's foreign battles are invincible, at the same time Takeda Shinshihiro is also an excellent singer and scholar, the Takeda family's family law "Koshu Fadu no Jidi", is written by him and Komai Takahakusai Masatake, Takeda Shinshihiro also quoted Chinese ancient book allusions in many places in the code, and its style even many ministers in Kyoto are also admired. After the war, Takeda Shingen wept silently while holding the "Lotus Sutra in Golden Characters" several times, and even the old enemies of the Takeda family, Kenshin and Chosada, mourned the death of Takeda Shinshige after the war.
The Confucian scholar of the Edo period, Murohatsu, also praised in the "Juntai Miscellaneous Tales": "If you talk about astronomy and the true sages of the Eiroku period, it is none other than the younger brother of Koshu Shingen, and His Royal Highness Nobuyoshi of the War. ”
The battle began in Tatsutoki and lasted until the end of the war, during which the Takeda army had several important officials such as Takeda Nobuyoshi, Mieda Toroyoshi, Mieda Moritomo, and Kanamaru Torayoshi killed in battle. Takeda Shingen desperately wanted to delay time at the moment, but Kenshin and Asadachi did not let him succeed, and the offensive of the Uesugi army became even more fierce.
Today, the Takeda Army has collapsed, and many of the defeated troops have been driven to the Hirose Ferry, and countless people have drowned. However, Takeda Katsuyori, Ichichi Shinryu, Matsuo Nobuno and other departments are still in stubborn resistance.