War is a social event, that is to say, it is constituted by human actions, but it often contains many variables that most people cannot control or even predict, even those who are brilliant military strategists! The location of this decisive battle is not very good, that is, Sanqichuan.

The troops in Tamba already had 5,000, 2,000 armor cavalry, and 3,000 ashigaru, all under the command of Shima Katsumo. To be on the safe side, I recalled the 2,000 people who had been hiding from Kor and entered Tamba in advance to join Shimakatsu Takeshi. The news has leaked, I must hurry up, and dispatch all the troops of the mountain castle in Jianbu 8,000 people and all the generals, so I can only ask Murai Sadakatsu to defend the city first.

Also due to the relationship of time, the Hao clan mobilized very little, and the 2,500 people of Tango were under the unified command of Takaya Yoshiei, but the 1,000 people of Ma were all arranged in the sequence of Tian Yuzhuang is righteousness.

On the other hand, my opponent is very powerful! Since it was a home battle, the Hatano family mobilized all 20,000 horses, and there were also 2,000 reinforcements from Settsu Iwa Naritomo; Misaku Urakami Sokei reinforcements of 5,000 people; Bizen Ukita Naoya has 3,500 reinforcements, plus some miscellaneous small characters, the number has exceeded 35,000.

Both sides are scrambling for time, and they are not slow when I am fast. Finally, I was not stuck in the mountains north of Tamba, and I entered the central basin first. Their army, which was more than twice as large as mine, also gathered together at this moment, and took the lead in seizing the battlefield Sanqichuan, which was powerful against them.

The Sanqi River flows through a plain from north to south, the north is a group of mountains that are not easy to climb, the south is a throat intersection where three roads intersect, and the two sides are only small hills with low slopes but dense distribution, as if they were huge tombs. The anti-Oda coalition army raised by Hideharu Hatano had been entrenched on the west bank of the river, and my men of about 18,000 men had come from the east.

It was not a good battlefield, and the hills on both sides greatly affected the movement of our cavalry, and even when they crossed the river, they would be attacked by the enemy's long-range weapons. The battle line here is also too long, which makes it easier for the opponent to play with the advantage in numbers, and if I want to fully fight and block the opponent's possible detour to the flank, the depth is too narrow, and it is completely lined up in a long snake formation, and it is possible that my own formation will directly face the enemy's attack.

It is obviously unrealistic to avoid it, and to climb the mountains north will shatter the army; If you pass through the junction to the south, you will expose your flanks and will inevitably face a condescending all-out attack from the enemy. And if the main force is bypassed, my logistics supply station will also be exposed in broad daylight.

Since you can't hide from it, let's make up your mind to fight! This is the result of a lot of discussions between me and my men. The equipment, quality, and morale of my army are far superior to those of the other side, and there is nothing to be afraid of in a tough battle. This was on the 17th day of the seventh month of the first year of Tensho (1573).

I sat on a marching horse under the "cash cow" horse print and raised my binoculars again. There were only two units in front of my 2,000-strong town, the 500 iron artillery team of Tsuda Ichima, and the 1,500 spears of Kanosuke Yamanaka in front of me, and the other two cannons were also hidden by me. On the other side of the river, it was Hideharu Hatano who was the coach.

Looking at both sides, there are no loopholes in the armament. Since both sides had to cross the river in front of them, long-range weapons were of great significance. The remaining 1,000 cannons were distributed throughout the front line, and Philip was patrolling the entire front. "Now that everyone is ready, it's time to fight!" I said this to myself in my heart.

"My lord, do you give the order to attack?" The half-guards of Takenaka came to me and asked for instructions.

"Wait!" I took out my pocket watch and looked at it, and it was 8:40 a.m. "In another half an hour, if they don't move, we'll attack!"

"Yes!" He agreed, looked up and looked up at the flanks again.

"Do you think something could go wrong?" I put down my binoculars and picked up the teacup that Xue had offered.

"Rest assured, my army has made all preparations!" Hanbei Takenaka looked very confident. "Although the upper reaches of the tower are weaker, it is the most complex area, and it is unlikely that it will be attacked by the main attack, and there is no problem with the 1,000 people of Gamo-sama as the hub. The downstream Tianjie Zhuang Department is not in a key position, even if it collapses, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, and the teacher is 2000 people as the core, and there are many famous generals in the family to help each other, what else can be worried about? ”

"The older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they are!" I pointed to the north with my hand and said, "I have to be cautious with this 'poisonous snake', we have suffered at his hands!" ”

On the north side behind the vast and dense army formation of the coalition forces, there is a hill that is not too high, and the name on the map is Mount Katsumi. There is a troop on that mountain at the moment, and judging from the appearance of the troops, the quality is significantly higher than that of most of the friendly troops under the mountain, and that is my old enemy, the Ukita Naoke. Looking at the large sorghum-like "er" flag, my heart was blocked for a while.

"With the Ukita Nao's person, it's not very likely that he will fight to the death from the beginning!" After pondering for a while, Hanbei Takenaka said, "The Ukita Nao family will never be willing to marry someone else!" This time it was a guest battle, if he defeated our army but suffered huge losses, he would have no interest at all, but it might lead to an attack on his Bizen territory by the Mimura Motokin! I expect him to strike at the critical moment, but it's not certain who the knife will be stabbed in. ”

"But I have to guard against it...... "I'm trembling when I see the "well rope" now.

"Yes, my lord! We have enough reserves in our plan......" Before Takenaka Hanbei's words were finished, the sound of a formation of magic conches sounded from the opposite side, and then the sound of shouting and killing came from not far downstream.

"Sure enough, it started here, but what I didn't expect was that Hideji Hatano was so impatient!" My mood suddenly improved, and it was a good thing that my opponent was restless. I stood up and went to a higher place next to me to hold up the telescope, and I took a closer look at the situation.

On the other side of the river, 500 meters downstream, a force of about 2,000 pikemen broke away from Akai's army and crossed the river to attack us. Their costumes were relatively disheveled, and after only a short distance of advancement, the formation appeared to be somewhat disorganized.

The sparse sound of iron cannons rang out, and dozens of people fell into the water and a burst of blood bubbled up.

Although the casualties were not very large, the force was in disarray. It took a while for the ranks to stabilize under the slashing of the warlords, and with hesitation, they climbed up to the east bank with a bullet and launched an attack on one of my troops, a spearman of 800 men under the command of Yoshitsugu Otani.

"That's too foolish!" The initial excitement turned to disappointment, and I casually handed the telescope to Takenaka Hanbei. “…… Although it was only a tentative confrontation, it was too rash! At this level, our army can be completely treated as ten, what role can it play? ”

"Well......" he said after taking a closer look, "although there are quite a few of them, it is certain that they are all newly recruited peasant soldiers, and there is no combat effectiveness at all!" ”

"Hmm!" I walked back and forth twice in a gloomy way, and it seemed that the real battle had not yet begun. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred to me, and a great idea came to mind. "Chongzhi, is it time to order Shengmeng to lead the armor to attack?"

"So early?!" He looked back at me in amazement, surprised at my change in strategy.

"Yes, I think it's a good opportunity!" I pointed to the battlefield and said, "This enemy army is of low quality, but there are two thousand of them, and if you send them out, they will collapse immediately!" At that time, the cavalry crossed the river with them, and the infantry brigade followed, and the right flank under the command of Akai Naomasa was immediately shaken. Although this is a small hilly terrain, it is difficult for cavalry to exert their maximum power, but as long as they break into the enemy formation, it is a foregone conclusion! ”

"I always feel like there's something wrong here!" He turned his head back and took a closer look at the battlefield again. "It doesn't seem like it should be such an easy ......"

"The Ukita Naoya didn't move at all, and Hatano and Urakami never won against us!" I don't think these people are my opponents on a frontal battlefield as long as they don't come out of nowhere. “…… Are you too distracted? ”

"Oh......" After careful scrutiny, he still didn't find any suspicion in the chaotic team. As if he was still not at ease, he looked at the enemy formation on the other side in turn. "Sure enough, there is a conspiracy!" His facial muscles relaxed, and he handed the telescope back to me.

"Huh?" I looked at it again in shock, but found nothing.

"Lord, don't you think that the enemy forces on the opposite side are too close and the flag is too tight?" Hanbei Takenaka met my skeptical gaze firmly. “…… I thought that the enemy was arranging this to defend against our army's armored cavalry, and it was true, but it was more than that! ”

"Oh......" I was a little confused by his words.

"Everyone in the world already knows the power of my star armor cavalry, and it is even a little bizarre, but there are almost no people who know the full strength of our army's iron artillery team!" The half-guard of Takenaka compared to the other side and explained the matter to me carefully. “…… Therefore, the intention of the enemy army is: even if you take the human pad, you must fight out our army's armor and cavalry! Most of the Miyoshi and Western Empires had already used iron cannons, and according to the minister's rough estimates, they had gathered at least 600 to 800 of them in such a decisive battle, and the dense banners were to cover the movement of the iron artillery team in the rear. At this time, I'm afraid that they have all gathered in Akai's array! As long as our armored cavalry enters the river to annihilate the enemy, the opponent's iron cannon will 'appear' and shoot at the people in the river! ”

"Hiss~~~!" I took a deep breath, what a poisonous ploy!

"After being attacked from the rear, it will inevitably cause the peasant soldiers who were originally preparing to retreat to run around!" At this time, the half-guard of Takenaka was already in the grip of the pearl of wisdom, and he dissected the enemy's plan like a cocoon. “…… Coupled with the sluggishness of the river, the armor must have suffered heavy losses before attacking the enemy's position! Taking advantage of the entanglement of the spearmen in the front row, the iron artillery further killed and injured our troops in large quantities, so it was a situation of attrition. The enemy calculated: The enemy wants to use these two thousand peasant soldiers, plus about this number of regular spearmen, and possibly half of the iron artillery team, to cripple our armored cavalry! In this way, in the ensuing infantry head-to-head confrontation, the enemy still has a huge numerical advantage......"

"Really TMD...... I couldn't help but slam my hand on the pole of the horse print, and a large piece of gold fell on the heads of me and the Hanbei of Takenaka. Brilliant!!! ”