The Mid-Autumn Festival is at home, there are more things, please forgive me for not updating much. Well, I wish the book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a family reunion, and a good taste of moon cakes.

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As the chief general of the Nagano Army, Nagano Ye sat firmly on his horse with a solemn expression.

The last time Baigen Mountain was battled, he was almost killed by Li Xiao.

At that time, when the Takeda army broke through the military formation of the Nagano army, he was in the formation, and he didn't even see Li Xiao's shadow clearly, only to see the other party covered in blood, riding a war horse like the wind to break through his own military formation, several samurai wanted to challenge him but were picked off by him one after another, and the other ashigaru was even more frightened by his terrifying momentum and ran desperately.

And Nagano Yegu also didn't fight with Li Xiao in a round, so he was shot in his right shoulder and overturned his horse, but fortunately, several cronies and samurai stepped forward to drag him away, otherwise he would have been hacked to death by the cavalry of the Takeda family who followed later, or he was trampled into a pulp by the horse's hooves.

In the end, the military formation of the Nagano army was torn apart by the cavalry of the Takeda family, and Nagano Yegu, who escaped with his surname, could only watch in horror with many Uesugi generals, how Li Xiao and his Takeda cavalry rushed left and right in the Echigo army, killing thousands of Echigo troops to lose their armor and collapse into an army, and finally achieved his prestige.

This is really a nightmare that I don't want to think of, although he claims to have the name of bravery, but he is still much worse than Li Xiao, it is said that after Uesugi Kenshin returned to the mountain city of Chunyue after the war, he also praised the Takeda family Li Xiao as an invincible person in Guanbazhou, and it was a shame to be defeated under such a brave general. Thinking of this, Nagano couldn't help but sigh in a daze.

At this moment, someone said in his ear.

"Lord Yegu, why do you sigh?"

Nagano turned around and saw an old man with gray beard and hair, and even the eyebrows on his forehead, walking silently beside him.

The old man wore a wide blue pigmented jacket and a long hakama, with a long and a short sword and ribs stuck in his waist, and his steps were light between walks, although he wore straw sandals and walked on the muddy dirt road, his feet were spotless.

"Ise-samarum," Nagano Yegu exclaimed, immediately jumping off his horse and saying very respectfully, "You have returned from Kyoto?" ”

"Yes." The old man, known as Ise-samarum, spoke calmly, his eyes half-drooping under his white eyebrows, and his expression was indifferent and easy-going, as if he was not moved by all the things of the world.

Nagano Yegu showed joy on his face and said, "It's good that you're back, but didn't Your Excellency go to Kyoto to be his swordsman's teacher at the invitation of Ashikaga Shogun?" Could it be that Ise-samaru came back this time to reject Ashikaga Shogun's request? ”

"Yes," said the old man, who was known as Ise-samarum, "But, Lord Kargaku, I just felt that your mind was disturbed, which is a big taboo for a warrior. ”

Nagano looked a little embarrassed, he knew that a top kendo master like the other party could peek into the sharp intuition of others without having to look at it with both eyes.

Nagano didn't want to mention this topic that hurt his self-esteem, so he said, "Yes, Ise-sama, but becoming a swordsman of the Ashikaga shogun is enough to make a name for himself in the world, why did you refuse?" ”

"His Royal Highness the General's swordsmanship skills have been exhausted, but the pursuit of kendo is the integration of the three of 'heart and technique', and his kendo only cares about the 'skill body', but ignores the most important 'heart'. So I took my leave of him. ”

Nagano Yegu was sorry to hear this, but he didn't know that before the old man resigned, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was the shogun, admired the old man's kendo and gave the title of 'the world's first' sword saint, the supreme name among the swordsmen, to the old man in front of him.

"Then Ise-samaru-sama, did you appear here this time on the orders of the lord to conquer the Takeda family?"

Hearing this, the old man's eyes suddenly lifted, and then he lowered again, and whispered: "That's not the case, I'm here to see someone?" ”

Nagano Yegu said in surprise: "Who can work for the dignity of Lord Isemori?" ”

"Li Xiao of the Takeda family!"

"What?" When Nagano Yegu heard this, his body was shocked.

Just when Nagano was surprised, the old man suddenly stopped, looked away at the dim woods on his side, and suddenly said loudly, "It's not good. ”

The roaring sound of iron cannons broke the calm of this twilight, and in the dim woods, the muzzles of iron cannons protruded from the fiery snakes.

Syllable! Syllable!

Suddenly, the neighing of the war horses of the Nagano Army was everywhere, and the military situation of the Nagano Army suddenly fell into chaos, and many samurai on horseback fell off their horses because of the fright of their horses.

"Oh no, I was ambushed by the Takeda family."

When Nagano was about to react, his body was surrounded by the old man beside him, and he quickly threw himself on the side of the road. In an instant, his mount let out a wail, and in the blink of an eye, it was hit by a dozen iron cannon bullets and knocked to the ground.

Nagano Yegu, who had picked up a life, saw his war horse lying on the ground weakly shaking its hooves, and more than a dozen gun holes in his body were bleeding.

"Thank you, Ise-sama." Nagano said this, and at this moment, he heard the earth-shaking shouts of killing coming from the woods on the side of the mountain.

Under the setting sun, I don't know how many Takeda families are ashigaru, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, with no armor on their bodies, spears in their hands, and swords have been killed from the jungle. These Takeda soldiers had obviously been in ambush in the woods for a long time, and while they were waiting for their work, they even rushed the Nagano Army marching on the side of the road into several sections in one go.

After a little resistance, the Nagano army was already defeated.

"What's going on? Where did these Takeda troops come from? What about Murakami-sama? Nagano Yegu thought so, but he knew that this was not the time to pursue this matter, so he began to shout orders and commands

Soldiers resisted.

Nagano Yosegu withdrew with his retinue of samurai and the flag seal of the general to a dry field on the edge of a paddy field.

At present, the Takeda Army is constantly attacking from the woods, and the Nagano Army is unable to concentrate its forces at all due to the long marching line, and it is in a position to counterattack. Nagano Yegu raised his sword in his hand, shouted urgently, and kept ordering the retreating ashigaru to turn around and kill back.

All of a sudden, the Takeda Army and the Nagano Army were both sticking their feet in the paddy fields, running and jumping with each other, each with their legs covered in mud and holding spears to stab each other. Many of Nagano Ashigaru, who retreated in embarrassment, slipped on their feet and fell into the mud, and then were stabbed to death in the paddy field with spears by several Takeda soldiers who caught up.

The resistance of the Ashigaru was counted on a lot, and the samurai of the Nagano Army gambled on their lives, and they all desperately stepped forward to fight back, and after killing a few people, the gun formation of dozens of gunneru soldiers who swarmed on the back of the Takeda Army rushed and lost their lives in an instant.

The killing continued, and the sharp screams continued to come from afar, obviously not only here, but the other two Nagano armies were out of the upper hand.

Under the courageous offensive of the Takeda Army, many soldiers of the Nagano Army lost their courage and began to slowly retreat again.

Nagano Yegu was anxious and angry, his eyes were red, and he watched the Nagano army under his command, fleeing, and being killed, but he still held firmly on the dry land with his men and horses, and refused to retreat even if he died.

At Nagano's insistence, he even personally stepped forward and killed several deserters with a sword, and the Nagano army put up quite a resolute resistance around the dry land, and the corpses of the Takeda army and the Nagano army were piled up around here.

At this time, the Takeda Army also began to adjust its forces, and the main offensive was placed on the dry land where Nagano was located.