Chapter 372: Victory and Defeat
On the battlefield of the birds in the middle of the river.
The Uesugi Army's car hung in formation, slowly turning.
The fourth and fifth formations of the Urakami Jingguo team and the Senjunkei team took over from the first, second, and third formations and continued to attack the Suruga people of the Great Bear Ashide.
The Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Formations of the Uejo Masashiro Brigade, the Yamayoshi Toyoshi Squadron, and the Sebe Akinaga Squadron attacked the Shinano Corps in the front Racecourse Nobubo.
The guerrilla forces of Shinbata Chotsu and Kakizaki Haruka, Yasuda Keimoto's team who had retreated after defeat, and Nakajo Keishi's team blocked Takashi Masanobu's Kita-Shinano Army.
Such alternating tactics maintained the pressure on the Takeda army and cut off the Takeda army, which might rescue Takeda Katsurai Kai's army.
This time, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd formations of Kanyakei, Honjo Shimanga, and Saito Asanobu had already given up the attack on the Suruga forces of Okuma Ashide, and returned to the Uesugi army's main formation.
These three reserves are the strongest combat strength among the reserves of the Uesugi Army.
One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Uesugi and Usami Seimitsu and Kakizaki Kei, he has always been known for his bravery in battle.
Needless to say, Honjo rebelled two years ago, and dared to challenge the entire Echigo with his own strength, and in the face of the siege of the castle led by Uesugi Kenshinko, he also dared to lead the army to counterattack, and even the general of the Uesugi family, Sebe Katsunaga was killed in the battle.
As for the last Saito Asanobu, he is also known as the famous general of Echigo's Zhongyue.
After the return of these three generals, together with the Uesugi army's main formation, Uesugi Nobuyi led the Suyoshi people, Kamishi Keikatsu led the Ueda people, and Uesugi Kenshin's banner army, they formed a half-moon formation to surround Takeda Katsuyori's Kai army.
Seeing the encirclement of the Uesugi army, Takeda Katsuyori only then realized that he had fallen for Uesugi Kenshin's scheme.
However, Takeda Katsuyori was in a desperate situation, but he was even more resolute and tenacious, he did not order the Kai Legion to defend on the spot, but counterattacked the encirclement of the Uesugi army on the spot, and directly broke through the opponent's encirclement.
The Kai Legion, under the command of Katsuyori Takeda, transformed into a fish scale formation.
The chalk formation is being passed on from the Middle Creature Kingdom, and it is first said that there are eight formations of Wuhou from Zhuge Kongming.
In the post-Heian era, the Great River Weishi summarized it into fish scales, crane wings, geese walking, glaives, sharp arrows, heng boots, long snakes, and eight formations in a square circle, in order to teach future generations.
PS: The Oe clan is really a military artist, after the Oe Maintenance, there is Oe Kuakubo, who taught the art of war of the Genyoshi family, and the meritorious minister Oe Hiromoto who established the Kamakura Shogunate, and when it came to the Warring States period, he was the overlord of the Endangered Inland Sea who was a descendant of Oe Hiromoto.
This Wuhou Eight Formations was carried forward in the hands of Xinxuan and renamed the Takeda Eight Formations.
For example, during the Battle of Kawanakajima, Shingen set up a crane wing formation to meet the Uesugi Army, and during the Battle of Sanzeng Kata, the Yama Prefecture Changjing Red Reserve Army broke the Hojo family with the battle of wild geese.
And this time, the fish scale array put forward by Takeda Katsuyori is suitable for the chalk to break through and attack in echelons.
In front of the Fish Scale Formation is the Oyamada Nobushigeru team, the left flank is the Anayama Nobujun team, and the right flank is a Nobuyura team.
After that, the echelons were the Katsushi team of the trace, the former Masain team, the Mochizuki Nobunaga team (the younger brother of Takeda Nobutoyo, inheriting the famous deeds of the Mochizuki family), the Takeda Nobuyoshi team, the Kawawa Nobushi team (the younger brother of Shingen, the commander of the Kai Ronin team), the Itagaki Nobuyan team, the Imakukukyoshi team, and the Takeda Katsuyori main team.
Takeda Katsuyori put on a Jedi counterattack, and the generals of the Takeda army also knew that only by breaking through the encirclement from the front could they have a way out, and they all had the courage to fight to the death.
In the sixth battle of Kawanakajima, the fiercest part of the battle broke out between the two armies.
The Takeda Army's Fish Scale Formation, in a posture of echelon offensive, took turns to attack the half-moon encirclement of the Uesugi Army.
The battle was very fierce, and the roar of the iron cannon resounded from beginning to end.
The iron cannon ashigaru beat the iron cannon to the point of exploding, and the bowashigaru also pulled the bowstring to the point that his arms were weak.
The Takeda Uesugi army rode in the cavalry team, and even broke out in the chalky area of the battlefield, a rare cavalry battle in the Warring States.
During the cavalry battle, the famous warriors of the two armies fought each other in a life-or-death battle.
According to the ancient custom of the chalk book, after each announcing his family name, two samurai galloped their horses and rushed towards each other, each holding a bow and arrow at each other. …,
After getting closer, discard the bow and arrow, and use the sword to fight the victory on the horse, and after defeating the opponent, then dismount and cut the head with the rib difference.
There were also samurai who wielded their own bows and horses, and instead of engaging in hand-to-hand combat, they duel directly with bows and arrows on their horses to determine the victory, which was also the rule of samurai in Heian time.
Therefore, the mother's clothes behind the mother's clothes are precisely because of this development to prevent the cold arrows shot from behind the enemy's generals in the duel.
Takeda Katsuyori's desperate impact once shook Uesugi Kenshin's encirclement.
Even Kenshin Uesugi's ability once lost control of the battle situation, fearing that the situation of the Battle of Mt. Shirane would be repeated on the battlefield.
However, the Uesugi army's strength was still superior to the Takeda army after all.
Under the command of Uesugi Kenshin, several assaults of the Takeda Army were all brutally defeated by the Uesugi Army, and even though the Takeda Army was very tenacious, as long as the general was still there, although the reserve was defeated, it regrouped and entered the battle again.
Yuan Changyin's team even defeated three times in a row, and Yuan Changyin, as the general of the reserve team, was seriously injured, but he still fought to the death.
And the Koyamada Nobushige team, which was the front of the Takeda Army, was also defeated twice at one time.
In the end, Takeda Katsuyori himself also threw himself into the charge.
In this battle, the Takeda army could not be said to be up and down, and they did not do their best, but the encirclement of the Uesugi army was like a tenacious net, which could never be torn apart, and it was still consuming the flesh and blood of the Takeda army little by little.
The two armies fought fiercely until the sun was already in the west, close to dusk, and at this time the overall situation on the battlefield was basically decided.
Despite their best efforts, the Takeda Army's Horse Farm Nobu, Taka Shoshin, and Okuma Asahide have been unable to break through the current obstacles of the Uesugi Army.
And after the successive setbacks of several overwhelming offensives, the Kai Legion was exhausted at this moment, just as the art of war said.
Uesugi Kenshin also seized this opportunity and began to counterattack, storming the Takeda army in the encirclement.
Uesugi Kenshin threw all the troops around him into this attack on the Kai Legion, so there were less than ten horsemen left.
At that time, everyone, including Kenshin Uesugi, was full of ambition for the final victory in this battle.
"The martial arts of the Takeda family are like the sunset on this thin mountain, and they are gone forever."
Banner General Arakawa Nagami raised his horsewhip and pointed to the sunset on the horizon.
Hearing this, all the samurai of the Uesugi Army burst into laughter, and at this moment, it was Uesugi Kenshin, and he did not speak out to refute Arakawa Nagami.
Although the war is not over yet, the situation of the war is now a certainty, and there can be no reversal.
Even Uesugi Kenshin couldn't think of any chance for the Takeda Army to turn the tables.
Uesugi Kenshin said slowly: "Naoe, Kawada, Shiina they didn't die in vain, after this battle, I defeated Shingen in one fell swoop." The Takeda family is no longer called, and the title of the First Legion of the Warring States is like a big tree, with deep branches and lush leaves, which seems to be unattainable, but once it falls, its momentum is faster. ”
"It is foreseeable that once the Takeda army is destroyed on Kawanaka Island, the Takeda family's lodging generals such as Li Xiao, Sanada, Yamayama, and Akiyama may have different intentions and take the opportunity to stand on their own. At that time, the main family, Hojo, Oda, and Tokugawa divided Takeda from all sides, and the Kai Takeda family could not escape the trend of falling apart. It is ridiculous that Shingen indulged his life, and the hegemony of the seven countries under his management, Kai, Shinano, Ueno, Feihui, Echichu, Suruga, and Yuanjiang was once turned into ashes. This text is provided by Qihang Dagger Qishen
Uesugi Kenshin waved his hand and said, "In this way, the Takeda family can't even keep the ability of Kai, and the former Genji family is just a joke." Xinxuan, as an opponent, of course, I cherish each other, but Your Excellency is really a pity. ”
When the generals heard Uesugi Kenshin's words, they all nodded their heads.
The fall of the Takeda family will undoubtedly cause a redivision of the situation in the Kanto region, and who can occupy the largest territory in it.
Just as everyone was in reverie, suddenly an envoy hurriedly rushed to Uesugi Kenshin and said, "Report to the lord, an unknown cavalry regiment has appeared in the south of our army!" ”
"What? Horse Legion! ”
Uesugi Kenshin's expression changed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice, "Impossible, Akabi of Yama Prefecture Changjing is in Suruga, it is impossible to act rashly, and Kohata Nobutada's Kohata Akabi is also under the stable bridge castle, in addition to these two people, where else is the horse cavalry corps?" ”…,
Arakawa Nagami also said: "Bastard, are you dazzled?" At this time, where is the new force of the Takeda Army, or the horse team? ”
Zhifan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Returning to the lord, it is true. ”
Hearing this, Uesugi Kenshin moved on his horse, and his face changed: "I understand, this is true, this horse army is from the streets of Qianguo. ”
Arakawa Nagashi was surprised when he heard this: "Lord, do you mean that Li Xiao's Feihui Yuezhong Legion has come to help?" ”
Uesugi Kenshin's eyes showed a solemn look, and he said: "Exactly, we are all negligent, I thought that Li Xiao had to capture Fudo Mountain Castle, go out to Kasuga Mountain Castle, take the streets of Zenkoji Temple, and then attack Kawanaka Island directly to form a front and rear attack on our army." ”
In fact, Li Xiao can also go from Genzhi City, walk the streets of Qianguo, pass through Munoshima City, and make a detour to reinforce Kawanaka Island. It's a bit of a long distance, but it doesn't take too long for a horseback riding team. ”
At this moment, I came to report again: "Report to the lord, it is confirmed, it is Li Xiao's Flying Sakura Yuezhong Legion to come to the aid, and it is identified from the flag seal that its generals are Shima Shengmeng and Tsuchiya Masahiro under Li Xiaomo. ”
Hearing the words of the matter, Uesugi Kenshin no longer doubted, and said: "What a Shingen, I was calculated by you after all." You are not my opponent in terms of joint warfare, but in the art of war, you are truly the best in the world. Fortunately, I attacked ahead of schedule, if I were a day or two late, by the time Li Xiao's main force arrived, my 18,000-strong army would really be dead and had no place to be buried. ”
"My lord, how should we deal with it now?"
Uesugi Ken said: "Li Xiaozhi's reinforcements have arrived, and it is useless to fight again, this battle is enough to make the Takeda army dare not face Echigo from now on, and accept it when it is good." ”
"Pass the order down and withdraw the troops!".