When the cavalry of the Nagano family attacked the small lotus pack group of the Takeda Katsuyori team, in the woods of a mountain col in Beiyang, more than 50 meters away, Li Xiao was watching everything from afar in the forest, and when he saw the Ueno cavalry lift the spear and insert it into the pack horse bag, he couldn't help but show a smile.

"I'm finally deflated." Li Xiao said with a smile.

All of this was discussed by Kansuke Yamamoto and Li Xiao at that time, and an ambush circle was laid out, the purpose of which was to introduce this Ueno cavalry team that was constantly harassing the Takeda family and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

"Get on the horse."

Li Xiao shouted an order, and all the horseback warriors hiding in the forest stepped on their war horses, drew their knives and guns, and there was a murderous aura in the forest, which suddenly startled the birds around them.

Li Xiao was followed by his three direct subordinates Katsuyoshi Shima, Shioka Kazuha, and Yumi Kohata, and then behind him were more than twenty horses that belonged directly to Takeda Katsuyori himself.

The Ma Hui people, also known as the Mother Cloth Guards, were configured as cavalry units directly under the daimyo or city lords, and were generally composed of the most elite and courageous samurai under their command. Famous as Oda Nobunaga's black mother-clothed people? The red mother clothes are the people, and the yellow mother clothes under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The most distinctive feature of the horseback warriors is that they have a large package on their back armor. The mother's clothing is made of bamboo skeleton to prop the cloth into a large ball, which is draped behind the back to play a decorative role during battle, and can also prevent stray arrows.

At the moment, in front of the Ueno cavalry, there are a large group of ashigaru soldiers from the Takeda family on the mountain road, and on both sides are the slopes that cannot be used for horses to gallop, and behind them are Li Xiao's more than 20 cavalrymen who have killed out of the forest.

The Ueno cavalry knew they were being ambushed, but as battle-hardened samurai, they were not alarmed. They turned their horses' heads around and decided to meet the horses that came from behind, and the warriors on horseback rode back.

And the cavalry under Li Xiao's horses galloped rapidly, and the mother's clothes behind him were stretched open by the wind, bulging like an air bag, and the bright Takeda Lingzhi on the surface of the mother's clothes fluttered with the wind.

The Ueno cavalry faced the Takeda family's mother-in-law, who were fanning in, and adopted a diagonal attack formation, which was conducive to the cavalry to ride and shoot from the side of the horse. The first volley of the Ueno cavalry did not cause many casualties to the Takeda army, and some of the Takeda family mothers dressed in large armor were hit by two or three arrows but still charged forward unharmed.

The Ueno cavalry only fired one round before the Takeda family's mother-robes approached them.

It is said that the famous cavalry general Akiyama Yoshiko, who studied in France for three years at that time, a European army power. After returning to the army university, when Yoshiko Akiyama asked the students what a cavalryman was, he smashed the glass of the classroom on the spot, then raised a bloody fist and told the students that this was a cavalry.

Cavalry means speed, strength, and casualties!

At that time, it was said that the Warring States period, because the horses were generally short, and they were not as suitable for riding and slashing as tall European horses, so there were not many cavalry battles in the real sense. Most samurai choose to ride horses, which is just a status symbol, which is used to travel in peacetime, and still dismounts to fight when fighting, so they cannot be called cavalry, but can only be called riding samurai.

But this does not mean that the Warring States did not use cavalry on horseback to slash and kill.

When Takeda Katsuyori's mother-clothed crowd approached, the samurai wielded swords in their hands and glittered in the sun, and the riding spears were raised diagonally against the oncoming Ueno cavalry, and everyone's eyes flashed with a resolute look.

At this time, the cavalry of the two sides collided like a pair of powerful iron fists.

Li Xiao's equestrian skills have improved a lot compared to three months ago. At least sit firmly on the horse, and be able to clamp the saddle between your legs, so that you can calmly free your hands and swing the big gun.

And Shigang Yiyu and Shima Shengmeng, the two guards on the left and the right were on Li Xiao's side, and they all shouted and slashed towards the opponent's cavalry. At present, Shigang Kazuha's riding skills can only be guarded by Li Xiao's side, but Shima Katsumo's combat power is as powerful as his name, he is not only superb in riding, but under the turn of the thick katana in his hand, an Ueno cavalryman was directly cut off by him.

However, the most terrifying thing about killing people is Yumi Kohata. Since the Ueno cavalry entered the range of her riding bow, the bowstring in her hand has never stopped, and as the heir of Ogasawara bow and horseback, her archery skills have reached the point where she can kill a person with one arrow.

It's just that in a short time, she has already shot five Ueno cavalrymen in a row.

Kill!

Facing the Ueno cavalry who was rushing towards him with a sword, the big gun in Li Xiao's hand did not hesitate to shoot the opponent off the horse. Immediately, Li Xiao's shotgun was withdrawn, and he used the tenacity of the gun to flick it, and parried the enemy cavalry on the left side with his spear to attack him.

The chestnut war horse under Li Xiao's crotch turned over on all fours, and when he had just adjusted his posture and resumed his posture of sitting in the saddle, another cavalryman from Ueno raised his spear and stabbed at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao didn't have the slightest idea of blocking, and the tip of his gun staggered the tip of the opponent's gun. Ignoring their own defenses, the two stabbed each other in the chest with their spears. However, Li Xiao's shot was faster, and the length of the gun bar was longer, and he directly inserted a shot into the opponent's chest and inserted it deeply.

The Ueno cavalryman screamed miserably, a look of despair flashed in his eyes, and then he fell off his horse, but he still grabbed the tip of Li Xiao's spear and refused to let go.

It's not good, Li Xiao secretly screamed, because of the rapid galloping of the war horse, it was impossible for him to take back the spear, so he had no choice but to abandon the spear.

Li Xiao still had two Ueno cavalrymen in front of him, and his hands were empty, and just as Li Xiao was about to draw out the sword on his waist that he was not good at using to meet the enemy, a mother-clothed person beside him threw the riding spear in his hand to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao secretly thanked him, held the cavalry spear, and when he staggered with the enemy's cavalry, he was brave again, and directly stabbed the other party with a shot, and assassinated the cavalryman off the horse.

When Li Xiao turned around again and fired a shot at him, the two war horses staggered, and Li Xiao only felt that his eyes were empty, and it turned out that he had already penetrated the Ueno cavalry queue.

Li Xiao grabbed the reins, controlled the galloping chestnut horse to stop, and when he turned his horse's head to look back at the battlefield, the battle between the cavalry teams of the two sides had ended.

The Ueno cavalry fled in rout towards the junction where they came, and the original cavalry line of more than 30 people was suddenly reduced by more than half, and only a dozen cavalry remained, barely reaching one-third of the time when they came. In the open space of the two armies, there were more than 20 ownerless war horses, as well as the corpses of cavalry in one place, lying on the grass horizontally.

Takeda Katsuyori's mother also lost three horses, but overall it was still a big victory, and the Ueno cavalry that attacked the rear of Takeda Katsuyori's team could no longer pose a threat.