"Report to the lord, the first team of the Takeda family special forces is the five hundred red cavalry of the Iitomi Military Department (Huchang), which is attacking our army's main formation."

Uesugi Kenshin just nodded.

"The second team is the army of the Horse Farm Civil Department (Shinbo), with a strength of about 1,300 people."

"The third team is Sanada Yutaka's team, about 800 people, directly attacking our army's main formation."

After listening to the scout's report, several generals of the Echigo army glanced at each other, knelt down in front of Uesugi Kenshin, and persuaded in unison: "Please leave this place immediately." ”

The face of Kamishi Kenshin was solemn, silent, and his generals looked at each other, they didn't know what the lord was thinking at the moment, the moment the Takeda Rangers appeared in the Echigo Army, the tide of the battle had been reversed, and the situation would continue to develop along a situation that was unfavorable to the Echigo Army, and if the hard fighting continued, there would be a danger of annihilation.

At this time, Uesugi Kenshin stood up suddenly, clenched his fists, and said, "Give me one more hour is enough." ”

All the generals knew the meaning of Uesugi Kenshin's words, and the battle situation once developed in a direction that was very unfavorable to the Takeda family, but who would have expected that Takeda Shinshige would be so resistant to war, and the support of the Suwa team would appear so appropriately, but even so, if the Echigo army was given another hour, it would definitely be able to break through the military formation of the Takeda army in front of them.

"At this point, it is useless to repent in vain, my lord." Naoe Minoru admonished.

Uesugi Kenshin smiled, looked at Naoe Minoru and said, "Aren't I a person who doesn't understand the advance and retreat, pass the order, the fresh force of the A army of 10,000 will appear in the rear, and inform them to meet the new force of the A army, gather in the west of Hachimangaara, and then retreat to Zenko-ji"

"All the teams are fighting to the death, killing the bloody road, and you must retreat to Zenkoji Temple!"

"Yes."

After receiving the order from Kenshin Uesugi, the Chuan cavalry scattered and announced the retreat to the teams in the fierce battle.

At the same time, Takeda Shingen also issued an order to pursue the Echigo army, and the Takeda army, which had been entrenched, left their positions one after another and stepped forward to entangle the retreating Echigo army.

It turned out that the crane wing formation adopted by the Takeda Army was a semi-encircled formation, and after switching from defense to attack, the two wings were like a pair of pincers to firmly clamp the Echigo army, preventing the other side from withdrawing.

This is exactly what Takeda Shingen decided to set up the Crane Wing Array in the first place!

At this point in the battle in history, the Takeda Nobuyobu team at the tip of the crane wing was killed by the general, and it was unable to play the role of intercepting the Echigo army. However, due to the appearance of Li Xiao, Takeda Shinfan's team still had combat effectiveness, which further played a role in delaying the retreat of the enemy army, so that the casualties of the Echigo army were greater than in history.

At this moment, Li Xiao was no longer in the team's formation, he rode his chestnut war horse, turned around with a spear in his hand, and galloped towards the main formation behind the Takeda family.

If it is really as the legend in history, there is a 'one-horse fight' between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.

Then at this moment, Uesugi Kenshin must personally lead a light cavalry assault and go straight to the main position of the Takeda army.

The reason is very simple, at present, the Takeda Army is seeing that a big victory is imminent, and it is in full pursuit, and there is no force to defend and intercept it at all, but it is the weakest moment in defense. This is indeed the best time to turn defeat into victory.

And Uesugi Kenshin himself was keenly grasping this moment, taking advantage of the gap in the Takeda Army's negligence in defense, and went straight to Takeda Shingen himself. If he can cut off the head of Takeda Shingen himself, no matter what happens to the two armies in this Kawanakajima battle, the Takeda family will be the undoubted loser.

The retainers will not be able to face a Takeda family without Shingen, and it is foreseeable that not only will the Takeda family fall apart, but the entire Shinano territory they occupy will also be lost under the offensive of Echigo.

So at this moment, for Li Xiao, what greater credit can be compared to saving the driver before going into battle? Thinking of gold, territory, and the docile beauty, Li Xiao couldn't help but almost drool.

At this time, the Takeda Yoshinobu team, which was reorganizing after the defeat. Takeda Yoshinobu's performance in this battle can be described as terrible, failing to see through the Echigo army's plan to lure the enemy, violating Shingen's insistent orders, and rushing into a deep siege.

Not only did it lead to the collapse of the Takeda family's right-wing front, but also involved the rescue of the fierce general Zhujiao Huding to die. After Yoshinobu Takeda escaped from the siege, more than half of his subordinates had been lost.

At this moment, Takeda Yoshinobu happened to see Li Xiaoxiang speeding past the battlefield and asked left and right: "Our army is pursuing the Echigo army, why does this person not advance but retreat, and there is no hundred-legged centipede flag behind him, obviously not a messenger." ”

One of Takeda Yoshinobu's subordinates spoke: "I know him, he is a newly recruited Ming warrior by the lord. ”

"That's right, this person has not long been obedient to the lord, and his mind is unpredictable, and it is impossible to say whether it is the annihilation of the Echigo army."

"Seeing that the direction he is moving in is to go to the lord's own position, it is possible that he has an attempt to do evil to the lord."

Takeda Yoshinobu said sharply: "No matter what, you can't let him get close to your father, and you must send someone to intercept him." ”

When Li Xiao was galloping on his horse, he saw more than a dozen cavalry rushing out of the formation of Takeda Yoshinobu on the side, and the target was actually coming straight to him.

And one of the leading cavalrymen shouted in a loud voice: "Stop, stop." ”

Li Xiao was slightly stunned for a moment, then understood, and couldn't help but scold in his heart, he really responded to that sentence, he was not afraid of a wolf-like enemy, but a pig-like teammate.

Li Xiao ignored the dozen or so horsemen, but instead whipped a few times, overtook their interception, and quickly rushed towards Takeda Shinxuan's main formation.

When Li Xiao was speeding up, when he got rid of the other party's pursuit, he actually saw several cavalrymen actually stop their horses and draw their bows and arrows to shoot at Li Xiao.

"Nima."

Li Xiao scolded, it was too late to avoid it, he was not a master of horsemanship, and the stunt of hiding in the stirrup was only heard of. Seeing a few arrows coming at him, he could only parry with a swing of his gun, but fortunately all the others missed, and only one shot was on his right shoulder.

Just when Li Xiao thought he was going to be a tragedy, he found that there was no pain in his shoulder, it turned out that the arrow did not penetrate the armor, but shot on the big sleeve against the arrow, and was sandwiched in the middle of the armor.

Li Xiao secretly exclaimed luck, broke the arrow shaft on his right shoulder into two pieces, and then continued to ride his horse and gallop.

Takeda Shingen guarded the soldiers and horses of the main formation, and had already attacked to chase the Echigo army, so the samurai and the small surname who guarded Takeda Shingen himself were only seven or eight people together, and the rest were just non-combatants such as flag holders, yakushi, and prayer monks.

At this moment, Takeda Shingen was sitting on a wide bench in heavy armor, holding a small fan-like military match in his right hand, his face was solemn as if he was thinking deeply about the battle situation, and the personal surname was kneeling on his right with a sword in his hand.

Behind him are two heirlooms of the Takeda family, the Imperial Banner and the Void. These two pieces were handed down from the ancestor of the Takeda family, Gen Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu, and were passed down by the successive governors of the Takeda family.

Before the Takeda family went to war, the governor of the family had to pay homage to these two artifacts and ask for protection before they could enter the army.

The "Imperial Flag" is the "Zonomaru" banner (now known as the national flag) given to Minamoto by Emperor Goreizumi by Emperor Goreizumi, and the Takeda clan called it the "Imperial Flag", and the "Imperial Flag" is also the earliest preserved national flag. And Kan is a piece of armor, also known as the armor of the Suwa surname, which is the armor with white bear hair on the pocket that is often worn in the image of Takeda Shingen in the common game CG in later generations.

But in fact, this armor was never worn by Takeda Shingen himself, and was only used during worship and sacrifices.

It was said that it had slanted to the west, and a strong wind with the smell of blood was blowing on Hachimangahara, causing the banners painted with Takeda Ling on the surrounding curtain to shake incessantly.

Immediately, there was a neighing horse's whistle, and Takeda Shingen could clearly see that a monk-shaped samurai wearing a silk cloth on his head was straddle a beige war horse, waving a sword and heading straight for the main formation.

Even though the two were dozens of meters apart, the moment they looked at each other, they both realized who the other party was.

Rao is Takeda Shingen has always been calm and composed, and at this moment, he couldn't help but sit down on the wide bench, and said in shock: "Uesugi Masato." ”