In Tahara Castle, after obtaining the consent of the Takayama Army to fight in the field, arrangements are also being made.

It was originally a simple matter, but since the Sanada brothers and Suwa Yoritoshi both came with a mission, things became a little complicated.

Due to the addition of Suwa Yoritoyo, in terms of the number of each family's troops, it is impossible for the Sanada family to be ranked behind, and the 1,000 troops led by him can only be regarded as the middle of the coalition army.

However, although he did not grab the position of the rear formation, the position of the middle formation is also a very ideal position for a sudden defection at that time, and not only that, the defense of this formation is temporarily held by Sanada Masaki led by the five hundred banners, which is entirely because everyone present does not want the two brothers of the Sanada family to make meritorious contributions in front of the battle, so there will be this arrangement, but it is in line with the Sanada brothers' intentions.

But just when everything was ready, I saw a junior samurai suddenly break in from outside the door, and when Nishina Morinobu saw the visitor, he couldn't help frowning, this person was his retainer Naokaga Ohinata under his command. And this time Renna Shengxin didn't take him out of the battle, and the sudden arrival of Naokaga Oga must be something at home.

Therefore, Renna Shengxin didn't care about the other party's rudeness, and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

I saw that Naoca Ohyuga wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeves, and then said: "Lord, the big thing is not good, not long after the independent prince led the army, the family was attacked by the Takayama army, and at present, except for Iimori Castle, which was breached, the rest of the cities were breached......

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Nishina Mori Nobu stand up suddenly, walk quickly to the big Hinata Naocho, and drag him up. yelled loudly: "Is this serious? ”

"The subordinates dare not deceive the lord. Indeed, there is no doubt that it is a mountain army. ”

"It can't be. The army of the Gao Shan family is still in Zhishen City, in addition to this, although the Gao Shan family still has some military strength, but they still have to defend in Feida, how can there be any extra military strength to send? After listening to this, Katsushi Kibe asked without opening his mouth.

"My lord, the number of Gaoshan troops in the invasion territory is not large, about five hundred, and after they break through the city, they are only robbing. It is not occupied, and now it is gone. ”

If the Takayama Army, who came from nowhere, was capturing the territory led by Nishina Morinobu and occupying the fortress, then no one else would have much thought except for Nishina Morinobu, but it was clear that the Takayama Army did not intend to hold on, but instead wandered and plundered in the North Shinano, which had to make them feel panicked.

Five hundred people may not seem like much, but now the family's territory is empty, and only the strength of the family is dependent. It will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Alpine Army, if this is the case. Then the family is completely finished.

"Lord Jibu, now that the Takayama Army is destroying in Kita-Shinano, it's okay for Lord to call the shots for us." After hearing this, everyone had to speak.

At this moment, there is only one thought, that is, the army cannot be dispersed no matter what, otherwise, it will be difficult to assemble again, and if so, how can the task given to him by the main bus be completed.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, the high mountain army of North Shinano is only a few hundred people, I am afraid that the Nishina family is just negligent so that it will succeed, you might as well send someone back and order the guards in the territory to strengthen the defense, presumably the hundreds of high mountain army may only have to retreat." ”

After he finished speaking, the big Hinata Naocanga didn't do it, didn't he clearly say that he was negligent, but also in front of the lord, he couldn't admit anything, otherwise, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to get ahead in the Nishina family, only to hear the big Hinata Naocanga hurriedly said: "Lord, it's not the negligence of his subordinates, but although the mountain army is only five hundred, but the armor is sharp, especially the weapons in his hands, the damage is great, and the remaining army of the family has not yet reached the front, and nearly half of it has fallen, so the cities in the territory will miss." ”

"What kind of weapon? This subordinate has never seen it, but it is said that it is a bow but it is not a bow, but it is much more powerful than a bow, and the range can even reach a hundred steps. ”

"What! Is there such a powerful weapon in the world? This time, even the traces of the Department of Shengzi were moved after listening to it.

"My lord, every sentence of my subordinates is true."

"Zhilu Dao, you quickly return with me to lead the army, and follow me to exterminate the mountain army." With that, Nishina Shengxin was about to go out.

How could Katsuzi of the trace be able to let him leave, so he immediately spoke out to stop him: "Lord Nishina, the lord ordered me to lead the army, if the lord leaves like this, aren't you afraid of disobeying the order?" "This is also Renke Shengxin, after all, he is also the son of the ancestor anyway, the brother of the lord, if it is someone else, how can there be so much nonsense, just cut it first.

After hearing his words, Nishina Morinobu calmed down, the cities led by the family have been looted by the other party anyway, and the Takayama army has already left, even if he goes back now, what is the use, it is better to wait for the Takayama army of Minami Shinano to leave, and then the lord will definitely compensate for all the losses.

Thinking of this, Renna Shengxin was not in a hurry, but he was not in a hurry, but the heads of the wealthy families of the North Shinano family present were in a hurry, and they planned to take the opportunity of Renna Shengxin's return to the army, and also led the army back, and when the time came, even if the lord wanted to blame him, he couldn't blame himself, but now he didn't leave, if he left, then I'm afraid there would be no good end.

The expressions on the faces of everyone sitting at the end of the year were fully visible, and he only heard him speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are only three days left in the battle between the family and the Takayama Army, and as soon as the battle is over, I will personally lead a large army to help you exterminate the Kitashinano Takayama Army." As for the loss, I will also report it to the lord and make compensation as much as possible. ”

Although few people present believed the second half of what he said, looking at the face of Katsushi Shibu and the red armor outside the door, he could only agree.

In the next two days, although there were no fewer heads of the Hao family, when the traces of Shengzi were inspecting, they found that the army under his command was much less.

After counting, he couldn't help but be furious, the original strength of more than 20,000 troops, now there are less than 16,000 people left, which is nearly 20% less, which suddenly makes him feel very angry. For this reason, he directly killed the two wealthy families with the most Hui troops.

The Hao clan has not put their minds here at present, and the traces of Shengzi acting like this have made them completely lose their will to fight, and some people have even made up their minds to work in tomorrow's joint battle, one is to be able to retreat quickly, and the other is to preserve their strength and return to their own territory.

In the blink of an eye, it was another day, and as soon as it was dawn, the Takayama Army had already set up a position in the south of the Matsumoto Basin, and the Takayama Army's formation was very arbitrary, and it couldn't even distinguish the front, middle and rear formations, just simply distinguishing the troops, and the fast ones were ranked in front, and like iron cannons, heavy vine bows, which should have been listed in the front but were not known for their speed, they were originally intended to let them line up behind, so as not to block the way of the cavalry, but whether it was Omiya Keiren or Sugitani Zenjubo, they refused without thinking about it, After all, it was already unacceptable not to let them be listed at the front, and it was impossible to go to the back of the strongest, so in the end, the two of them each led their troops to line up alone a mile away from their own formation.

As for the Takayama family ninja army, they were not listed in the battle formation this time, but were lined up on the edge of the basin on the left and right, so as to avoid allowing too many enemies to flee into the mountain.

When the opposite side of the trail Katsuzi saw that the enemy lineup on the opposite side was so strange, he couldn't help laughing loudly: "The formation of the Alpine Army is so scattered, this battle will be lost, hahaha ”

However, what embarrassed him was that when he finished speaking, no one responded at all, and the wealthy clans were all approaching the location where they had set up their formation.

It wasn't until the third pole of the sun that the coalition army could be regarded as lining up the formation, and unlike the Takayama army, this time the formation of the Hao clan coalition army was very close, which was also the final decision made by Katsuki Jibe after listening to Sanada Nobutsuna's opinion. Most of the Hao coalition troops are peasant soldiers, if they are scattered, then the peasant soldiers will be less courageous in the face of the mountain army, and then the morale will decline, the combat power will be reduced, and it is very likely to be broken by the mountain army at that time.

However, if these peasant soldiers are gathered together, more people can strengthen their courage, and their own family is twice as large as the other party, and it is not easy to be divided and annihilated by the opponent's general forces, and maybe the high mountain army will be defeated in one fell swoop by virtue of the superiority in numbers.

Therefore, I saw that in addition to leaving 500 red reserves in the main formation after three miles, and 3,000 reserves, all the rest were lined up in front of the rest of the formation, and each formation was only one or two hundred meters apart.

Seeing such a dense formation, once he led the army to rebel, then the strength of more than 10,000 troops would immediately find that under the attack of the Gao Shan Army, I am afraid that it would immediately cause chaos. It's hard to run.

"The enemy army is in front of you, attack!" As the commanders of the two sides gave the order of the most rear, the two armies began to approach, and the cavalry at the front of the Gao Shan family did not gallop wildly, so as not to cause the formation to scatter.

Soon the distance between the two sides was less than three hundred meters, and at this moment, the cavalry of the Takayama Army suddenly increased their speed and rushed towards the north, and the samurai and ashigaru pairs behind them also began to run.

For the cavalry of the Gaoshan Army, the Hao Clan Coalition Army had already prepared, when they saw that the other party began to charge, the spears in the hands of the front team Ashigaru immediately stood up, and there were spears blocking the way in the upper, middle and lower three roads, and the cavalry of the Gaoshan family saw this, of course, they would not rush the scimitar and ride to the left, and the fine armor cavalry swept to the right and the sides of the enemy's middle formation, separating the enemy's left and right formations from the middle formation. This was also arranged before the war, and the enemy's left and right formations were handed over to the ninja army, and the middle formation was destroyed by other military forces other than the ninja army.

"Ha Luha, the meritorious service is today, follow me!" After the cavalry swept in front of the formation, behind him Maeda Keiji was directly facing the enemy, so he only heard him shouting again and again, and rushed towards the enemy's gun array again and again. (To be continued......)