On the 21st day of September in the fifth year of Tensho (1577), I left Kami-Kumano Castle and began to march towards Tetorigawa Castle. Originally, I was still hesitant, but Shibata Katsuie gave me five orders in a row yesterday, and Hashiba Hideyoshi also made a promise to go on the road today, so it should be somewhat sure to stay stable. I have to say that I still don't have much confidence in winning, but given the "majesty" of Oda Nobunaga, I still have to try it again.

As a result of my discussions with my subordinates, I ignored Saito Asanobu's provocations and turned south and then eastward, so that I could not only avoid the Tetori River from a distance, but also get closer to the route of Hashiba Hideyoshibe. I'm not afraid of Saito Asanobu's 7,000 men alone, but the key is what will happen to the main force of Uesugi Kenshin, who has already forced into Tetorigawa Castle? Now that he has joined Kakizaki Keike's department, his direct strength has reached 25,000 people, and Shibata Katsuie has only 23,000 people left after losing Sasa Narumasa's troops.

"Is there anything new about Kenshin Uesugi's team?" I sat on my war horse and looked at the far east, although the fog had ceased to fall, the sky was still gray, although it did not affect people's vision, but it seriously affected the mood.

"Last night we camped five miles east of the city of Tetori Chuan, which is about thirty miles away from us!" Ogawa Sunjuro replied from behind me. "Kato-sama is there to keep an eye on the movements, and if anything is wrong, he will definitely report back in time. There will be two people every hour to update you on the situation, so please don't worry! ”

"As long as Uesugi Ken doesn't move, I'm absolutely sure of dealing with other people!" Because I accidentally said something extremely deflated, but I reacted immediately. "Is there anything new in Saito Asanobu? I feel like the journey this morning seems too quiet! I reached out and stroked the horse's neck, as small droplets of dew and humid air covered my palms.

"From the moment we hit the road today, he followed from a distance!" The Gamo clan also turned around immediately, but in fact, we were in the forefront of the Chinese army, so we couldn't see that far at all. "Today's Saito Asanobu seems to be really 'well-behaved', not only did he not come to interfere with our marching route, but he also did not have a cavalry squad like the other day. If this continues, we will be able to easily reach Tetori Kawa Castle! He turned to me and smiled at me.

"Clan, is there something wrong?" I looked at his face, but didn't smile. "Uesugi Kenshin has passed the Tetori River, and Saito Asanobu's abnormal behavior shows that there must be something we don't know. Since Uesugi Kenshin is known as the 'God of War', I'm afraid I'm sorry for this title if I don't come up with some means! ”

"Your Highness is right, I also have a strong feeling like this!" The smile on the face of the Gamo clan slowly retracted, but it was not anxious but full of determination. "Uesugi Kenshin is a helpless opponent of Takeda Shingen, but today we are afraid that it is useless, it is better to simply let go of our hands and feet and fight with him in a real way, maybe we will have no chance of winning!"

"That's right, this unit that I have worked so hard to run will not be given in vain!" I nodded my head vigorously, and now I have to fight with my back. "Ogawa! What was going on in Sugi Kenshin's camp last night, will you attack Tetori Kawajo today? I asked Ogawa Sunjuro again.

"Uesugi Kenshin's camp is never overactive, so the night is heavily guarded but unwavering! But ......" Ogawa Sunjuro groaned slightly, probably feeling that this question would wrongly interfere with the judgment of the commander. "Yesterday afternoon, the Uesugi army put together some large equipment, including something for siege. This may also happen in the general preparation for the station, but it does not necessarily mean that there is something wrong! ”

"I know this!" I understood that he meant to remind me to be careful, but it was completely unnecessary. If I were so confused, I wouldn't be able to get to where I am today, and if Uesugi Kenshin was so simple that people could understand it, it wouldn't be Uesugi Kenshin. "How is the situation of His Highness Shibata's army, can it still hold on?"

"Since the defeat of the striker Zozo, the morale of the mid lane troops is very low!" He looked around and lowered his voice a bit. "Now it's not just the general ashigaru, but even the low-level generals are also panicking. According to our people in the city, His Highness Shibata is only maintaining his morale with the immediate arrival of reinforcements. However, according to Kato-sama, they have no intention of fighting a decisive battle, and they are just ready to retreat after meeting the three people! ”

"Zuo Zuo Chengzheng, this stupid pig, destroyed all the pioneers!" I cursed hatefully, and an irrepressible evil fire rose in my heart. In fact, stupidity is not wrong, but being stupid and arrogant is incorrigible! "Fortunately, there are quite a few of them, so even if they are standing to cheer! As long as we hold our ground...... Where are His Royal Highness Yuchai's troops? ”

"I left Inoami City before dawn today, and the intelligence just now said that they were moving quickly!"

"At least he can stand up to it!" No matter what you think of the character of the "monkey", the quality of his troops is still remarkable, and there are Kuroda guards on the side to support the moves, so he will not be completely powerless to fight back. I looked up and around, and it was a barren hilly area with dense weeds everywhere. "Order the whole army to speed up, it's not a good thing to float outside so alone!" I had the impression that Kenshin Uesugi was a master of field warfare, but he didn't seem to be very good at attacking castles.

"Lord!" No sooner had I given my order than a herald Pegasus came running from behind. "Lord Otani ordered me to come and report to the lord, and the Saito Asanobu who had been following us suddenly accelerated his march, and the distance between him and us is now quite close!"

"Oh, are you going to attack our backs?" I inadvertently tugged on the reins of my hand, and the horse stood up without noticing.

"It doesn't look like so!" The herald shook his head and said, "The Echigo army is moving to the left of our army, and Lord Otani has asked the lord to prevent them from seizing extremely favorable terrain or meeting with someone!" ”

"Be careful...... I lifted my binoculars and looked to my left, where there was a small river due north. It is a tributary of the Tetori River, and since there is no alpine rapids, the volume of water is not large, and it will not affect the passage of both sides. Uesugi Kenshin has not conquered a city in recent months, but the horse's hooves have already traveled all over the territory of Vietnam, and he is afraid that he has already known how and where to fight. I can't do that, although there is a detailed report from the ninja, but the time is too short, and the time is not intuitive enough, and there is always a feeling of scratching the boots.

"Your Highness, let's act as soon as possible!" Gamo clan reminded on the side.

"Lord!" At this moment another man came on horseback from the front, but instead of a herald, he was a ninja. "Back to my lord, Uesugi Kenshin is about to come here!"

"What !!" Several people led by the Gamo clan exclaimed together.

"How did it come, how many people are there?" My tone was surprisingly calm, so calm that I felt a little weird to myself.

I remember when I was a kid, I used to have snowball fights with some bad boys, and I used to have them stuff three big snowballs into their collars. Before it was stuffed, I was really frightened and struggled desperately, and it was so much that it had fallen in, anyway, the shirt was soaked and fell down!

"In the early hours of the morning, the entire Echigo Uesugi main army went straight to Tetori Kawa Castle, and we thought they were going to attack the castle!" The ninja began to state the situation. But then the enemy army passed over the city, leaving only half of them in the wilderness on the north side of the city, and the other half coming straight to the lord's side. Kato-sama realized that the situation was wrong, so he hurried to report it! As he spoke, he handed over a jade pendant full of blood.

"How can you see Kenshin Uesugi on this team?" I played with the jade pendant in my hand, which was a sign that Kato Duanzang was in a hurry to write a letter.

"The enemy army is under the banner of the word 'Bi', and all of us have seen it!" The ninja replied immediately.

"Half, that's 12,000 centaurs! Coupled with Saito Asanobu's ...... "I muttered quietly in my mouth, and the people around me looked at me nervously. "Where is Duan Zang now?" I asked again.

"We are closely monitoring Uesugi Kenshin's movements, and we will report any new situation at any time!"

"Where is Kenshin Uesugi now?" I have repeatedly weighed the current chaotic situation in my mind.

"It's less than 10 miles away!"

"Clan, you see where we should fight this battle!" I asked the Gamo clan with a frown on his face. I didn't ask if I should fight this battle, nor how I should fight it, and it's not a problem anymore. Uesugi Kenshin was quite well prepared, leaving me with little choice, at most about an hour.

"Akatsuzaka, two miles ahead, our former army troops may have already arrived there!" The Gamo clan thought for a moment and added: "Although the terrain there is open and flat, the actual soft land is not very suitable for the use of cavalry combat power. The reason why my subordinates recommended it was because they felt that the superiority of the Uesugi army's light cavalry was too great, and if we blindly attacked it, it would cause a disconnect with our own team and the iron artillery team. In this case, it is better to limit the range of movement of the enemy troops, give full play to the great lethality of the iron artillery corps, and save the strength of the armored cavalry and Cossacks to the last to attack their weak points. However, this move is also quite risky, so everything has to be decided by His Highness! ”

"Just go there and order the front army to quickly seize the favorable terrain!" I didn't think about it for long before I made a decision, in fact time simply didn't allow it. "Clan, you personally rush to the front, hurry up and set up the formation! I'll wait a minute, and the team will be there later! "I gave orders. The horses under the seat also seemed to feel the tension before the battle, and kept snorting and turning in circles.

"Yes!" After the Gamo clan agreed, he immediately moved forward with a small group of guards.

"Kenshin Uesugi, I'm here!" I said to myself as I watched him disappear.