Clan Zong thought that first of all, the enemy on the northern front had already used all his strength, and the two thousand Takeda troops had all gone into battle, and the family still had at least six hundred reserve troops, so there was no need to worry.

The total strength of the enemy on the southern front is nearly 900, and the family is 700, although it is slightly less, but if it is a close combat, the family still has a slight advantage, and even if there is a loss, there are 200 iron cannons behind them, these 200 people can assist in the attack in the near future, and they can borrow the wooden fence to shoot to block the enemy's attack, so there is no need to worry about the southern front.

There are 300 heavy wisteria bows and light defenses in the middle line, and even twice as many enemy troops will not want to break through this line of defense, so after thinking about it carefully, the clan decided to send Maeda Keiji and his 100 banner samurai to attack from the middle lane, once the defenders in the middle lane are defeated, then the most elite troops of the family can directly take the main camp where Yamaguchi Changjing is located, even if they can't break through the enemy's main formation for a while, as long as they can make all the enemy troops retreat, in this way, it is not far from victory.

Thinking of this, he only heard the clan sect immediately open his mouth and commanded: "Maeda Keiji! ”

Maeda Keiji suddenly heard the lord shout his name, and couldn't help but quickly replied: "The subordinates are here, please ask the lord to command." ”

The clan sect asked lightly: "At present, there are only three hundred troops left of the enemy in the middle line, and you are confident that you can defeat them." ”

Maeda Keiji didn't think much about it, and replied: "My lord, you also underestimate the banner samurai team led by your subordinates, let alone defeat them, if your subordinates can lead them into battle, it only takes a pillar of incense to completely defeat them." ”

After hearing this, the clan nodded and said, "Okay." Then I'll give you this opportunity now, I order you to lead a hundred banners of samurai to attack the enemy from the middle line, and after defeating the enemy, don't stop at all, and hit the enemy's main formation! ”

"The lord is serious!" When Keiji Maeda heard that the lord was going to send him to fight, he couldn't help but shout excitedly.

He thought that in this battle, the lord would not use himself at all. After all, he was in charge of the lord's personal guard, but when he had already figured out his duties, the lord suddenly wanted to let himself lead the army to attack. How could he not be happy when such a good thing befell him.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately calmed down. At present, there is only one army of oneself in this formation, once the battle is fought, doesn't that mean that there are only twenty ninjas in charge of the herald in this formation, and thirty ninjas led by Ishikawa Goemon are responsible for defense, in this battle of thousands of people, fifty people will not have any effect at all, as long as the enemy has attacked all the way, then even if the army wants to come back, there is no hurry.

Although he wants to fight, he will definitely not ignore the safety of his lord. And just when he was about to refuse, he heard Sanada Masayuki hurriedly speak: "The lord can't, once Maeda-sama leads the army to battle, then the safety of this formation is really worrying, and the current army of this family has attacked Miyagawa in two ways." The advantages of this family have begun to gradually be revealed, and if it continues like this, although it may take a little longer, it will definitely be this family that wins in the end, so there is no need to take this risk again, and please think twice. ”

I only heard the clan said: "That being said. However, the enemy must have relied on it as soon as he changed his combat style from the past, and arranged it in this way, but it has not yet been used, so we have to take advantage of the enemy's ability to defeat him with swift momentum, so that even if there is any reliance, it will be in vain. ”

"But my lord, the battle situation is not clear now, and the battle between the northern and southern fronts is not yet sure of victory, in case there is a loss along the way, then once the subordinates lead the army to leave, who will defend the formation, this is really too dangerous, so the subordinates agree with Sanada-sama's opinion, and ask the lord to think twice." Although Maeda Keiji was a little reluctant, for the sake of the lord and the safety of the main formation, he still had to persuade him. …,

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but smile and said: "Didn't you just say that it doesn't take a pillar of incense to defeat the enemy army in the middle, in this way, you only need a pillar of incense time, you can lead the army to the enemy's main formation, I believe that the time for the other two route armies to entangle with the enemy with a pillar of incense is still completely possible." ”

"But the lord ......" Maeda Keiji wanted to say more, but when he saw the clan waving his hand, he interrupted him and said: "Don't talk nonsense, go and carry out the order, otherwise there will be no time for even a pillar of incense, by the way, in order for you to defeat the enemy army in the middle line as quickly as possible, you can let Omiya Keiren lead the army to help in the battle, go, don't let me down." ”

Seeing that the lord had made up his mind, it was difficult for him to change the lord's decision no matter how much he persuaded him, so he didn't speak, and after receiving the order, he led a hundred flag warriors under his command to rush towards the middle line.

The battle on the middle line has not begun, but Omiya Keiren is not easy at all, I saw him standing in the wooden fence, staring intently at the Takeda army on the opposite bank, and the three hundred heavy wisteria bows under his command have already been lined up as early as the time of the big battle, although they did not draw the bow and arrows, but the bow and arrow did not leave their hands, as long as the enemy attacked, they could use their weapons to shoot the enemy back as quickly as possible.

And they didn't wait for the enemy to attack, but they waited for Keiji Maeda to come from the rear of the main camp, and there were many Samurai of Banner under his command.

After asking his subordinate Shigeto to continue to keep an eye on the movements of the enemy troops on the other side, Omiya Keiren quickly walked towards the army coming from the rear.

As soon as he came to Maeda Keiji, he only heard him frown and asked, "Maeda-sama, why did you lead the army here, isn't the main formation where the lord is located?" ”

"I won't say more, the lord ordered me to lead my subordinates to attack the enemy from the middle line, and ordered you to lead the army to cooperate, be sure to defeat the enemy army in the middle in half a pillar of incense, and help me lead the army to take the enemy's own position."

Omiya Keirai heard that there is only a pillar of incense, even if he wants to ask more, he doesn't have this time.

And now that Maeda-sama has already led the army to him, it's too late to say anything. So he didn't ask anything at all, but said directly: "Since time is limited, how does Maeda-sama need to cooperate, please say bluntly, I will do my best to help my lord." ”

"Rejoice! Omiya-sama, the enemy is already lined up on the east bank, and you only need to lead your troops to rush across the pontoon bridge, launch a round at the enemy, and lead the Hachimoto samurai to rush over, so that not only can you cause a lot of casualties to the enemy, but also cause chaos to the enemy, I don't know what your lord thinks. ”

"No problem, just do what Maeda-sama says." Omiya replied without even thinking about it.

The enemy on the opposite side is arrayed at a distance of about 100 meters from Miyagawa, even if he leads his army to rush and be discovered by the enemy on the opposite bank, it is enough for his command to shoot a round of Shigeto Bow and Foot Light Volley, and when the enemy rushes over, he can calmly retreat to the west bank, and there are a hundred flag warriors who follow behind, so there is no need to worry about melee with the enemy.

"Since Omiya-sama agrees, then please implement the plan immediately." When the two of them discussed properly, they saw Omiya Jinglian leading a hundred heavy wisteria bows and feet to rush across the pontoon bridge, not because he didn't want to lead three hundred people to attack together, but because the pontoon bridge was not very wide, and the heavy vine bow and ashigaru were about to attack as soon as they arrived on the other side, and they couldn't use it if there were too many people, and it would also block the bridge deck, so there was no way to do it.

Seeing that the enemy on the other side was rushing over, the 300 troops of the Takeda family immediately launched an attack on them, and the distance between the two sides was only 100 meters, which could be said to be a blink of an eye.

However, when they just launched a charge, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, although only caused more than 20 casualties, but with the fall of sharp arrows, the neat gun array was also a little chaotic, some of the ashigaru was still running forward, some of the ashigaru in order to use the spear to pull away the arrows that were fired, the speed of the charge dropped slightly, and there were more than a dozen people who were not strong-willed, seeing the sharp arrows coming, they couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. …,

Seeing that the enemy only had a hundred long-range attacking troops, and the distance between the two sides was only a few dozen meters away, after adding those heavy vine bows and ashigaru hurriedly shot an arrow, they began to retreat, so the leading samurai of the Takeda army, Kotsu Juro Guard, didn't care whether the formation was neat or not, and what he wanted to do most now was to take advantage of the enemy's retreat and rush up to destroy them.

And not only these 100 enemies, with them in front, the remaining heavy vine bow ashigaru on the opposite bank will inevitably throw a mouse bogey weapon and dare not release arrows, as long as you can fight with them in close quarters, it is completely possible to destroy them, once they are defeated, then the middle road is equivalent to being completely opened, so that you can lead the army to take the enemy's own position directly and make great achievements.

Although his idea was good, he didn't want to think about why Shigeto Bowshigashi would take the initiative to provoke, whether the other party was really stupid enough to give him such an opportunity.

When Shigeto stepped onto the pontoon bridge, the Takeda army was only more than twenty meters away from them, and as long as they worked harder, they would be able to catch up with this enemy army when they reached the west bank.

But at this moment, the Takayama family flag samurai team suddenly burst out of the gap in the heavy vine bow and foot light, and the person at the head was Maeda Keiji.

"Ha Luha, listen to the ashigaru of the Takeda family, your time of death has arrived." Keiji Maeda shouted as he had already rushed into the enemy's ranks, and no one could stop him in his pass, and as soon as he rushed into the ranks of the enemy, a hundred Samurai had already rushed closer.

These samurai are the best selected from the various armies of the Takayama family, and in the past two months, they have practiced martial arts desperately, so that their combat power has been greatly improved, and now they are fighting in a formation or alone, and the combat power they have exerted is not only a step ahead of the Takeda family's banner, so as soon as the two armies fought, the situation became a one-sided situation, and I saw that the spears in their hands flew up and down, and each shot could basically bring the life of an enemy. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )