Chapter 387: Fierce Battle on the Chikuma River
Takeda Katsuyori finally broke out of the encirclement, and quickly gathered some of the defeated troops under the response of Tadaji Hatsukano, and found that the army under his command had lost more than forty percent. Although Takeda Katsuyori was covered in blood and his eyes were red, he still could not turn the tide of the battle, and his troops could not afford to fight again, so he could only lead the remnants of his troops to retreat to Kaijin Castle to rest.
Although Takeda Katsuyori and others desperately attacked and defended, the Takeda Army still lost the initiative in the battle. At this time, the Uesugi army, under the command of Kenshin and Asada, completely cut off the left and right flanks of the Takeda army's crane wing array. The remaining Takeda Army on Hachimanwara was completely encircled by the Uesugi Army. If you don't retreat, you will probably be wiped out.
Seeing that there was no hope of merging with the Takeda army in the direction of Mt. Tsuna, Takeda Shingen decided to turn around under the persuasion of the Banner Warriors to pursue Imai Nobumasa and Shimoto Shinsho Shimono in order to seek a chance to fight again. Takeda Shingen left more than 3,000 troops led by Ashigaru generals such as Hara Torakishi, Hatsukano Tadaji, and Kosuga Tadamoto to serve as the palace army to prevent the pursuit of the Uesugi army, while he first led his own 5,000 troops to retreat into Kaizu Castle, and then quickly retreated to Kai. The rest of the Takeda Army units alternately covered the withdrawal from Hachimangawa.
However, the Uesugi army will not let go of the Takeda army, Kakizaki Keijia, Usami Dingmi, Saito Asanobu, Sebe Katsunaga and other generals will fight fiercely with the temple army left by Takeda Shingen, even after the Takeda army's temple army was defeated, Saito Asanobu still pursued bravely, was shot by a stray arrow and injured his right eye still ignored, continued to lead the army to pursue the Takeda army non-stop fighting, and only stopped the pursuit after killing the Takeda family's ashigaru general Hatsukano Tadaji to receive treatment. And Kakizaki Keijia was not far behind even though he was wounded in the neck, and after killing the Takeda family's retainers Yatsukawa Hikosaburo Noboren and Hiroshi Asuma, they also stopped the pursuit to avoid being surrounded by the Takeda army alone. Sebe Katsunagaji, the head of the male color department, was actually in the onslaught against the Takeda Gunden Army, the Takeda family of the Takeda family, the Toki County Commander Kosuge Tadagen (a clan of the Yama Prefecture).
At the same time, on the north bank of the Chikuma River, in the main camp of the Asada.
"My lord, the 10,000 troops of Honjo Musashisukeden, Shinbata Inaba Moriden and other generals have arrived in Hachimangahara and are ready to attack the Takeda army at any time." Mori Katsuhiro hurriedly ran into the formation and reported to Chaoding.
"Let them hold their ground first, I'm waiting for someone." Chao Ding's eyes were staring at the direction of Qianqu River and said slowly. Because Chaoding believes that this is not the best time to launch a general attack.
"There are more than 10,000 enemy troops who have crossed the Chikuma River, and our army has only 8,000 troops on the north bank of the Chikuma River, and there is absolutely no chance of victory for a long time. The 20,000 troops led by Naoe Yamato Moriden and others in the direction of Mt. Tsumeme were also dragged down by the thousands of troops of the enemy Baba Mino-Mamoru and others, and if it continued like this, it would ······" Katsuhiro Mori began to worry.
"Tell the Lord! The enemy, Captain Koyamada, led more than 2,500 troops in Koshu County to break away from the Takeda Army and retreat rapidly in the direction of Suwa County! At this time, an envoy walked into the camp quickly to report the good news.
"Good! The person I'm waiting for has finally moved! Ordered Honjo Musashisuke, Shinbata Mamoru and other generals to quickly launch a fierce attack on the enemy Baba Mino, and at the same time ordered Saito, Yamagami and other generals to lead the left and right military guards to switch from defense to attack, and annihilated the 20,000 Takeda army near the Chikuma River in one fell swoop! After saying that, Chao Ding stood up and rode a white horse.
"Yes." Mori Katsuhiro immediately retired, and left to give orders.
In less than a quarter of an hour, 1,500 people in the vanguard of Shigeya Shinbata, all dressed in black clothes and black armor, appeared on the flank of the Takeda army like demons. I saw that the Xinfa Tian Shigejia was wearing a black helmet on his head, wearing black leather armor, straddle a pitch-black horse, holding a four-foot-2-inch wild sword, and the spade-shaped standing object on his head was shining in the morning light. He yelled, "Follow me!" He took the lead in riding forward, and his samurai Ashigaru also followed.
"It's the three-star pattern of Uesugi Army's Shinhata!" The ashigaru of the Takeda Army couldn't help but shudder when he saw the new hair Tabe surging like a tide.
The first to bear the brunt was the 3,000 troops of the Shinano Ancestors controlled by the Takeda Army, the head of the Shinano Ancestors, and by Sanada Yutaka. I saw Sanada Yutaka standing forward with six coins on his head, wearing a black scarlet armor, riding a deer horse, and shouting: "Don't flinch!" Reinforcements will arrive! It would be a shame for the Shinshu samurai to retreat! ”
Just when the morale of Sanada Yutaka's army was a little settled, the Shinbata Shigeya had already led the army to kill it. The new Hatada Shigejia is armed with a wild knife, and he cuts it whenever he meets someone, and he is invincible, and he kills Sanada Yutaka to the sea of corpses. Sanada Yutaka was in chaos, and his ashigaru and peasant soldiers fled in hiding. By the time Itagaki Nobuyasu led his troops to come to support, Sanada Yukitakabu had already suffered heavy casualties and was too much to fight again, and Sanada Yukitaka, the eldest man, Sanada Nobutsuna and the second man, Sanada Masataki, as well as Shinano Pioneer Zhongzhong Tahara Yukitada, Banda Sadacho, Umino Yukiji (Tabara clan), Omuro Masakatsu (Takasaka Yoriki), Saijo Nobukiyo (Takasaka Yoritsu, Hara Murakami Yoshikiyo's general), Yamabe Masami (Takasaka Yoritsu), Mimura Genzaemon and others were successively won by the Shinbata Shigeke Department.
Akiyama Nobuyo saw that the Shibata Shigeya was fighting for the death of many famous generals on his side one after another, and in order to revive the morale of the Takeda army, he brandished two long spears and took the initiative to meet the Shibata Shigeya.
Seeing that the enemy was about to rush, Xinfa Tian Shigejia was not afraid, and shook the four-foot-two-inch Yetai knife in his hand and slashed it first. Nobuyo Akiyama relied on the spear chief in his hand, and he did not cover it, and stabbed forward violently, forcing Shibata Shigeya to withdraw his sword and parry. The two weapons intersected, and a few sparks collapsed, and the two horses intersected, and each rushed out towards the oblique spur.
Unexpectedly, he failed to fly the long knife in the hands of the enemy general, but Akiyama Nobuyo was shocked, and just turned the horse's head, but saw that the enemy general was slashing again, and slashed head-on. Nobutomo Akiyama was not only good at marksmanship, he was also a master of equestrianism among the two Koshin, and his mount jumped out of an unexpected direction with his legs between the belly of the horse. Xinbata Shigeya slashed the air with a knife, knowing that it was not good, he hurriedly returned to the knife to block, and sure enough, Akiyama Nobuyo shot sideways, just stabbed, and was stopped by the Shigeya family.
The horses circled and exchanged several rounds in a row, and everyone was stunned on the wife and daughter mountain and on the north bank of the Qianqu River. Chao Ding was also watching on the north bank of the Qianqu River, but he didn't expect that the seemingly skinny Xinfa Tian Shigejia would have such strength and such martial arts, which was really unseemly. Although Naoe Jinggang was well-informed, he was also shocked, but he came to his senses in time, and immediately ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows to help. In an instant, arrows rained down from Mt. Tsuma-me, and Nobuyo Akiyama only thought about quickly defeating the shogun so that he could take the opportunity to attack Mt. Tsuma-n-Nyo, so he approached Mt. Tsumeme too closely, and his Ashigaru and peasant soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and fled in embarrassment.
Akiyama Nobuyo didn't dare to fight, so his big gun shook a false move, turned around and retreated. Xinfatian refused to give in, urged the horse to chase after him, and slashed down the back of the head. Akiyama Nobutomo put him to the side, and this knife came very violently, hitting the shoulder, and he couldn't help screaming, and he fled with a saddle. Shibata Shigeya immediately led his troops to chase after him, killing dozens of people in the Takeda army one after another, but fortunately, Chihisa Yorimoto, Zakoji Yorijin and others led the army to the rescue, and Shibata Shigeya shouted in front of the Takeda army, and the army slowly retreated, and he himself returned to the Uesugi army almost unscathed.
In contrast, the Takeda army was frustrated and retreated, and the main general Baba Nobubo and the deputy general Koyamada Toramitsu were all shocked: "Who is this general, is it the Shinbata Owaraki Mamoru from Echigo Yangbei?" Takasaka Masanobu and Takasaka Masasumi father and son couldn't help but shake their heads: "It is indeed a warrior from Echigo Yangbei, looking at the three-star family crest on his flag, it is one of the Yangbei people, the Xinfa Tian clan, but this person is not Xinfa Tian Owari Mamoru ······ Who is it? ”
Under the onslaught of the Shinbata Shigeya, Sanada Yukitakabe suffered heavy losses and had to be defeated in embarrassment. Subsequently, Honjo Shiganaga, Anazawa Toshimitsu, Shibata Kiyomasa, Tobira Tomota, Nagai Masami, Itaya Mitsuyin, Toshima Tairai, Meio Masakatsu and other generals led more than 8,000 troops to take advantage of the victory to raid the main camp of the Baba Nobubo, and the generals of the Takeda Army were all caught off guard and collapsed in fear, and finally the Baba Nobubo led the retainers with superb equestrian skills Ishiwa Shibei, Kakura Ishikesue, Kurakana Genkuro, Kuraka Shigebei and others to attack the Uesugi army with outnumbered soldiers in order to cover the retreat of everyone. In the end, Baba Nobubo was killed by Honjo Shigenaga after fighting hard.