The pawn stable (official name) Nobu Fan is worthy of being the first general of the Takeda family. ”

On the lookout, Kenshin Uesugi, who had been watching the battle for a long time, said this sentence in a deep voice. Indeed, with 700 soldiers, Takeda Nobuyhiro fought against the 1,500 men of Kakizaki Keijia, the first fierce general of the Echigo Army, and not only did not fall behind, but on the contrary, he beat the opponent backwards and was in a disadvantageous situation.

Such a military strategy really made Kenshin Uesugi, who is known as the 'god of war', admire it too.

"Such a famous general, it won't be for a while, it's really a big regret in life," Uesugi Kenshin turned around abruptly and ordered: "Order Honjo Shiganaga, Shinbata Nagatsu, Shikinaga Minoru, as well as Ayukawa team, Shimojo team, and Amagawa team, to replace the Kakizaki Keijia team, and take turns to attack Takeda Nobuyoshi's team." ”

After saying that, the military equipment in Uesugi Kenshin's hand pointed heavily in the direction of Takeda Shinfan's army, and then looked up to the sky and said to himself: "As long as you can break through the Shinfan team in front of you, attack the base camp and take down Shingen's head, it will be easy." ”

Li Xiao waved his spear and charged all the way, and killed three ashigaru soldiers one after another, and even a samurai. Li Xiao glanced at the Echigo samurai who died in the battle and snatched him, and tore off the 'pocket seal' from behind his pocket, and the 'pocket seal' was written on the other party as a samurai named 'Sebe Genzaburo'.

Immediately, this person's head was immediately cut off with the help of his subordinate Ashigaru. The soldiers under his command Li Xiao are so brave, and now they are all full of confidence, and under the leadership of Li Xiao, their team has also won a lot, and they have included a lot of first-class soldiers.

Li Xiaochu killed two Echigo samurai and five ashigaru soldiers, and more than 20 of his subordinates also killed one samurai, as many as four ashigaru soldiers.

Woo! Woo!

The Kakizaki Keike team of the Echigo army was finally repulsed, and the Takeda Nobushiro team also suffered many casualties and was unable to pursue, so they temporarily retreated, relying on earthen ramparts and fence defenses to recover their strength.

Li Xiao held the spear in his hand and did not rest for a while, at this moment, the banners of famous generals of the Echigo army, such as Honjo Fanchang, Xinbata Chodun, and Se Changshi, appeared in front of the Xinfan team again, and the Echigo army with black pockets and black armor once again swarmed towards the Xinfan army.

At this moment, Takeda Shinfan's team had suffered nearly half of the casualties, and they had fought hard for nearly half of the day, and their physical strength was close to overdrafting, and they suddenly felt a sense of despair when they saw the addition of the opponent's new force.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Takeda Nobuyhiro shouted loudly: "You must hold the line tightly and support until the arrival of the Einsatzgruppen, and if I die in battle, I must not mess up my position." ”

It turned out that Shin Shigeru intended to personally lead a small number of subordinates to assault, after all, as the number two person in the Takeda family, Shin Shigeru's head was worth 10,000 gold, and it must attract the attention of the Echigo army to reduce the pressure on the frontal defense.

This is purely a sacrificial tactic of using your body as bait.

"Father." Takeda Nobutoyo, and his second son, Takeda Masayori, fell under Nobuyo's mount together.

Takeda Nobutoyo's face was mixed with blood stains, and his face was no longer visible: "The Takeda family can't live without a father, please give me the banner and let me take on this important responsibility." ”

Takeda Nobuyhiro turned his horse's head, shook his head and said, "Don't say stupid things, take good care of Jiro for me." ”

"Slow down, Xin Fangong." Li Xiao stepped forward to take the reins of Takeda Shinshi.

Takeda Shinfan glanced at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiaojun, you don't need to persuade me anymore. You have done a good job today, and if it were not for your scheme, our army would have been defeated long ago. If I am no longer in this battle, you will take my place and serve the lord. ”

What, take your place, let's talk nonsense, the number two person in the Takeda family, do I have this qualification, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, otherwise I will take it seriously.

Li Xiaobelly slandered, and said: "Xin Fangong, why be pessimistic, Lord Lord, you must know that our army is in an unfavorable situation, and reinforcements must have been sent on the road, please hold on for a while." ”

Right now, Li Xiao has easily climbed the big tree of Takeda Nobufan, how can he watch the other party hang up, the big battle situation can't be reversed, but it is at least possible to save Takeda Nobufan's surname.

As for that Yamamoto Kansuke, I don't know where he is now, so I don't bother with it anyway.

After speaking, Li Xiao glared at Takeda Nobuto, so he immediately came to his senses, and several people stopped in front of Takeda Nobuhiro together, grabbing the reins of his horse.

"You are, this is ......"

Without waiting for Takeda Shinfan to say anything, Li Xiao shouted: "Now that the whole army is under my command, shrink the front, and the reinforcements will be in fifteen minutes...... Oh no, arrived in a quarter of an hour. ”

Takeda Nobuyoshi's men and horses all agreed in a hurry, and regained their strength to meet the enemy, especially Takeda Nobutoshi and his younger brother, with a resolute look on their faces.

Seeing the soldiers regain their spirits, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel good about himself, and thought: Well, I didn't expect that I still have this active skill, which inspires success and morale +10.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Xiao's voice fell, a dull and passionate drum sound came from behind him.

"It's Suwa Taikoto."

The soldiers of the Takeda Army shouted excitedly, and Li Xiao looked behind him, only to see that under the front of more than a dozen Suwa Myojin flags, there were four soldiers carrying a big drum and slowly advancing.

Around the drum are seven boys, wearing crimson hats. Wearing a crimson straight coat and a crimson hakama, he holds a pair of drumsticks of yin and yang. While the two boys beat the drums in front of and behind the drums, the other five boys danced around them. The boys take turns at the right time so that the drums are not interrupted.

The god of Suwa has always been deeply worshiped by the people of Kai and Shinano. In particular, after Takeda Shingen captured Shinano Suwa, in order to win over the local people, he married Suwa Goroto, the daughter of the Suwa priest, and gave birth to a son, Shiro Takeda Katsuyori.

Later, Takeda Shingen also set the Suwa Myojin Banner as the flag of his grandson, and set it as his own flag seal as the symbol of the general of the Takeda family. In the Takeda family, except for Takeda Shingen himself, who can use this Suwa Damyojin flag, only Shinano's descendants of Suwa priests are worthy of using it.

"Unexpectedly, even Shinano's Suwa family had to go into battle, and this is probably the last new force of the lord." Takeda Nobutoyo sighed to himself on the side.

In fact, there were not many reinforcements for this Suwa team, but the spiritual significance outweighed the practical significance, and the Takeda family believed that under the blessing of the Suwa Daimyōjin, they would be able to defeat the enemy and defeat the Echigo army in front of them.

I have to say that Takeda Shingen's last reinforcement was just right.

Under the fierce drumming of the Suwa Taiko drums, the Takeda army resisted more and more resolutely, and many people in the Echigo army believed in the god of Suwa and were obviously hesitant to move.

At this time, a part of the Echigo army, which was attacking Nobushige, left the battlefield and turned to attack the Suwa team.

"Shoot with a bow and arrow." A general on a horse, Echigo, shouted loudly.

The Echigo army's archers shot arrows and killed three of the drumming boys, but the other four ignored them and continued to play the drums in their place. The Suwa team then had soldiers lined up to form a shield wall to defend against the stray arrows.

Seeing that the bow and arrows were useless, the Echigo general continued to shout: "Damn, where is the iron artillery team? ”

When the iron artillery team of the Echigo army approached Suwa Taiko, the iron artillery team of the Takeda family was not to be outdone and began to counterattack, only to see that the iron artillery teams of the two sides were fifty or sixty meters apart, each standing in a column, holding iron cannons and firing at each other.

For a while, the battlefield was full of gunfire, sparks from the muzzles of iron cannons, and the dispersed gunpowder smoke filled the air. During the confrontation, the iron artillery soldiers on both sides fell one after another, and from time to time stray bullets hit other soldiers of the two armies who were fighting.

However, the Suwa taiko drum is still unharmed, and the dull and passionate drum sound still resounds over Hachiwatahara.

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the battle of Kawanakajima reached a stalemate, and five hours after the start of the battle, even though the Echigo Army had been in the upper hand and all the Takeda Army teams were on the verge of collapse, the Takeda Army's tenacious defensive line had not yet been broken through.

Just between the hard support of the two armies, the sound of iron hooves stomping on the ground like a muffled thunder sounded in the rear of the Echigo army, and with blood-red Takeda Rhombic flags on their backs, large areas of red-clad cavalry swept across the flat.

The Takeda family's strongest 'Akabei' cavalry appeared in the rear of the Echigo Army at this moment, and the Takeda Einsatzgruppen that attacked Mt. Tsurumo finally arrived at this moment.