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"Kill!"

"Brothers, go up!"

On September 9, 1577, the 5th year of Tensho (1577), a battle that was later called the Battle of the Tetori River began in Kaga Province, Hokuriku Province.

When the sun rose to the south, Oda and Uesugi sounded the horn of their march at the same time.

Amid the shouts of slaughter, the Oda army and the Uesugi army went down to cross the river one after another, killing the enemy on the other bank.

Uesugi Keitora is twenty-three years old, and he does not look like a military general, but like the son of a famous aristocratic family in Kyoto, with a graceful demeanor and unparalleled handsomeness, and is praised as "the most beautiful man in Kanto".

In fact, completely inconsistent with his delicate appearance, Uesugi Keitora can be called a true samurai.

When he was thirteen years old, he once followed Yamaken Masakai as the adopted son of Takeda Shingen (named "Takeda Saburo") to fight in Kitashinano and Hida, and in the past ten years, whether it was in the Takeda family, or the original Hojo family, or the current Uesugi family, he has participated in the battle of the main family, and has made countless achievements.

Defeat Nobunaga, invade Kyoto, and let the Uesugi family's "Bamboo Bird Pattern" be inserted on the side of Suzaku Street...... As soon as he arrived at this, Uesugi Jinghu couldn't help but boil his blood.

Uesugi Keitora rode a horse and stood on the beach on the east bank of the Tetori River, with his back to Hakusan Castle not far away.

He stared at the battlefield.

"This battle was the best opportunity to announce to the world the strength of Echigo's Uesugi army. No one is allowed to back down! He commanded sternly before the war.

His words seemed to have had an effect, and the Uesugi army attacked the Oda soldiers who came from the other side one by one with murderous violation, and the Oda army completely lost its grasp in the face of such a strong momentum, and the troops that rushed to the front were quickly cut into two sections.

"Imp! Lao Tzu is here to take your life! ”

A voice like a thunderbolt on a sunny day exploded in the ears of the Uesugi Keihu Bureau, making him tremble in fear.

"Ah???h Uesugi Keitora couldn't help but widen his eyes.

An enemy rider came into view. The man violently scattered the Uesugi army and ran straight for him.

There is no way, who calls himself a commanding general, dressed so conspicuously, the enemy will know that he is a "high-end goods" when he sees it.

The man was tall, dark, and full of murderous aura.

Seeing the huge battle axe wielded by the man, Uesugi Keihoo's palms couldn't help but sweat, and he didn't know if he could deal with this guy.

"Let's get the name together!"

If it were me or Keiji Maeda, a military general with very different thinking and not taking the usual path, he might jump out with a sentence such as "I'm your grandfather", or "Grandson Katome, don't come and kowtow to your ancestors" and other words that make people angry and cry and laugh as much as possible.

Of course, this benevolent brother is obviously not that type.

"Lao Tzu is Echizen Shibata repairing Liang Katsu, who are you?"

"I'm not a little ghost," Uesugi Keiho put away his horsewhip and pulled out the sword from his waist, "Keiho, I'm Uesugi Saburo Keiho!" ”

Shocked!

Ghost Shibata! That's a scary name! You may not be able to deal with it.

"Bell" knives and axes, the weapons of both sides collided on the horses.

Just for a moment, Uesugi Jinghu was a little overwhelmed, this Shibata Katsuya was infinitely powerful, and under one blow, his arm was shocked and numb.

He also hit with all his might, but this Shibata Katsuya didn't have anything to do, and the second axe quickly came down again, and he had to take it hard.

The martial arts of the two are obviously not on the same level.

After a few minutes, Uesugi Keitora finally couldn't parry, and the sword in his hand was cut off by a tomahawk, and he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell off his horse.

However, he only suffered internal injuries, which were not fatal.

However, this is Shibata Katsuie's tomahawk that is about to attack again.

"It's over!" There was no way to retreat, and Uesugi Jinghu had to close his eyes and wait for death.

"Bell" is another sound of metal striking.

The tomahawk was blocked by a sword.

It's only a few inches away.

Uesugi Jinghu sighed in his heart, it's so dangerous, if this knife comes too late, he will have to go to Huangquan.

"In Shimohonjo, Echizen has a long hand, and I have come to ask Shibata to repair the art of war of His Royal Highness." Honjo said word by word.

"You're the Honjo Honjo known as the 'Wolf of the Northern Poplars'?" Shibata Katsuya became interested and ignited his fighting spirit.

"That's just a waste of fame, it's not as worthy of the name as 'Oni Shibata'......" Honjo Fanchang turned his back to Uesugi Jinghu and said: "Young master, go quickly, just leave it to me here!" ”

"But ......" left undignified like this, and Uesugi Jinghu was a little unwilling.

"There's something wrong on the right flank, I need you to command, let's go!"

Honjo Shicho accentuated his tone, and Uesugi Keitora had to leave in a huff.

Shibata Katsuya was playing happily at the front, but he didn't know that he had begun to have problems at this time.

The battle went on for almost an hour, and the Oda army on the right side of the first formation suddenly became chaotic.

The scheming Shibata Katsuya is out to fight, and the young Shibata Katsutoyo can't sit alone to win the situation.

Of course, even if Shibata-sama was there, it was useless, and in history, he was beaten by Uesugi Kenshin in embarrassment and fled.

The first team of the Uesugi army, the Shinbata Nagatsu and Shigeya brothers, after killing the Shibata family's generals, Mori Shinbei and Hirai Torajiro Kuzo, and dashing the Shibata army, attacked the second Maeda Toshiya army like a bamboo.

As the sun rises, the air begins to get stuffy and humid again.

The banks of the Tetori River have been stained red with blood, dead bodies can be seen everywhere, swords and swords everywhere, and trumpets and war drums are ringing incessantly.

Saito Asanobu saw that the Shinbata brothers had attacked Maedabe, the second formation of Shinaga's army.

"His Highness Sugihara!" He called Sugihara Qinken on the side, "Please go and help His Highness Shinbata!" ”

"There's no problem with that!" Sugihara Ken led a team of men and set off.

But just as he was moving forward, another team of men and horses came like a raging wind.

Sakuma Morimasa, known as the "Pig Samurai"!

This "pig" is not a contemptuous term, but refers to the infinitely powerful, irascible and fierce wild boar, which is in response to the brave and warlike "Oni Genbo" His Royal Highness Sakuma.

Oda Nobunaga had already received the news that the first formation had been broken, and he was so angry that he had to send a message to Sakuma Morimasa, who was closest to the second formation.

"Xuanfan! You go and help out again! I'll send someone else to defend you! ”

Just when Sakuma Morimasa was rushing non-stop to the second formation of Maeda's departure, another member of the Uesugi family, Uesugi Keishinobu was also leading the team to rush into the formation of the same second formation.

In all fairness, the Shibata Army was the most effective unit in the Oda family, but when it came to facing the Uesugi Army, which was known as the strongest soldier in the world, it was also a little powerless.

In any case, the rout of Shibata's army caused very serious consequences.

After noon, Yoshie Keishi, Takanaga Yamamotoji, Yasuda Nagahide and others in the Uesugi army entered the battle one after another, and Maeda, Bu Bu and Sasa, the three of them were broken one after another.

Oda Nobunaga had to make another adjustment, and Ikeda Nobutuki was moved forward.

Because the Uesugi army has already attacked here.

Oda Nobunaga's green tendons were exposed, and his fists clenched.

This battle made him very unhappy.

First of all, Shibata Katsuya was broken through by a fierce enemy, and Maeda Toshiie, Sasa Narumasa, and Fuko Koji failed to block the other party's fierce attack.

Thanks to the desperate resistance of Sakuma Morimasa and Nobuki Ikeda in front, the Uesugi army was not allowed to approach Nobunaga's base camp. If the two of them fail, they will have to fight the enemy head-on.

"What is the lord going to do?"

Standing next to Oda Nobunaga、It's me and Mori Nagako, who have been calmly observing the progress of the battle,

We are now in charge of the "Imperial Guard".

I know the history, the Battle of the Tetori River, the defeat of Oda Nobunaga at the hands of Uesugi Kenshin, I know all of this.

But I wasn't scared at all, because I still knew.

Even if he was defeated, Oda Nobunaga was able to retreat in this hand, and basically nothing happened to his generals.

So I shouldn't have any problems with my personal safety.

And Mori Changke's expression was not as "fixed" as mine, not only because of the heat, but also because of the nervousness, his whole body was trembling, and beads of sweat dripping down his forehead.

He looked at Oda Nobunaga, but the latter's expression, who was closely watching the situation on the battlefield, was not much better.

Even so, Oda Nobunaga had no intention of stepping on a war horse to fight.

"My lord," I thought I should be a little more positive, "please let me fight with His Highness Sen!" ”

"No," Oda Nobunaga didn't even look at me, "you two go, it's useless!" ”

I shrugged my shoulders, it really wasn't my fault.

And Mori Naga didn't seem to pay attention to Oda Nobunaga's meaning, still staring at him closely.

He still regards Oda Nobunaga as his greatest reliance.

At this moment, suddenly shouts came from two directions.

A voice came from Sakuma Morima's team, and the "pig warriors" finally failed to withstand the enemy's attack, and they seemed to have finally broken through from the enemy's right flank;

"You two little things get ready," Oda Nobunaga sighed, "Ranmaru, help me put on my armor, it looks like I'm going to go into battle myself." ”

"The Great Hall!"

With a neighing sound, a herald covered in flags crawled up to Oda Nobunaga.

"What's wrong?!" Oda Nobunaga's heart tightened suddenly.

"His Royal Highness Takikawa has broken the crowd, beheaded more than 1,500 people, and the crowd is now cowering in Kanazawa City, His Royal Highness Takikawa asked the big point for instructions, whether to return to the main camp."

"Let Hikoemon leave some troops to monitor Kanazawa Castle, come back quickly, I have a new task for him here."

This is the best news so far, and Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

(What kind of weapon does Shibata Katsuya use?,Let the author play a little more.,Refer to the Musou series)