Just when Li Xiao was fighting fiercely with Murakami's army in the Azuma River.

Takeda Katsuyori was on the arrow turret of Castle Ninomaru, staring at the Honjo army arrayed under the castle on the opposite side.

"Please bear with me a little longer, my lord," Okuma Ashide, admonishing from the side, said, "In the past, I knew the details of the Echigo army, and Honjo Echizen was a fierce general no less than the Kakizaki Keike. Moreover, the opponent's army still has an advantage over our army, and if our army rashly goes out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Honjo Echizen, the odds of victory are not high. Your Highness, Your Lord, please......

"You have to be patient, don't you?" Takeda Katsuyori drank sharply, his tone turned higher, he showed a bit of killing momentum, and said, "I'm fed up, Sanada Yutaka, Kohata Kentada, Takeda Nobutoyo and their reinforcements have no news at all, Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki are fighting hard with Murakami Yoshikiyo's pursuers, and I can only watch here, do nothing, and watch my soldiers bleed and fight hard in front, this is not my Katsuyori's surname." ”

Daxiong Chaoxiu's voice also turned higher, and he said bluntly: "Lord, patience does not mean that we don't do anything, even if Sanada, Lord Kohata and their reinforcements are not available, but Lord Qing believes in the ability of Lord Li Xiao and Lord Sanada, they get rid of the troops that repelled Murakami Yoshikiyo, as long as we wait until their reinforcements rush back, we can fight out of the encirclement together." ”

In the face of the stubborn temper of the big bear Chaoxiu, Takeda Katsuyori really wanted to pull out his knife and slash him to death.

In the end, Takeda Katsura paused, suppressed his anger, and said in a deep voice: "We will wait for another day, if the reinforcements do not arrive tomorrow, I will personally lead the army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Honjo Fancho." ”

Azuma River.

Murakami Yoshikiyo tangled up the remnants of the men and horses, and launched an offensive against Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki, who came to cover up.

The samurai under Murakami Yoshikiyo all fought with him in Uedawara, Toishi, and Kawanakajima, and defeated the elite of the Takeda Army several times. Because the territory was seized, they had to fall into Echigo and become a lost dog, so their hatred for Takeda Shingen was very deep, so although the situation was unfavorable, they all fought to the death.

Shima Katsutake, Shioka Kazuha, Sanada Masayuki, and the Hoshina brothers attacked the Murakami army from all directions, but they were resisted by the Murakami army, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Although there was a sufficient estimate of Murakami's combat strength before, the strength of Murakami's resistance was still beyond Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki's expectations.

If it weren't for the previous method of flooding, it was just an ambush attack, Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki's army really wanted to defeat Murakami Yoshikiyo, and there were still two victories in this, even if it was a victory, it would be a miserable victory.

However, Li Xiao had already predicted that he would never use nine points with ten strength, and before that, he asked Yokotani Yukishige to inform the people of the mountain side, attack from behind, and attack the Murakami army back and forth with the Takeda army.

In fact, these mountain crowds are equivalent to armed militias.

In this troubled era of the Warring States, the princes invaded, and there were often defeated soldiers or enemy generals who plundered the local people. Therefore, in order to defend themselves, the people of each village must match their own weapons and defend themselves, and over time, they will also become a local armed force.

Therefore, if others travel to the Warring States and think that robbing houses and houses is a promising profession, then these people will tell you that they will never be as simple as a farmer's three punches and a little pain.

Moreover, the common people, who are accustomed to the battlefield, have even regarded war as a wealth-generating industry. For example, wherever there is a war, there is often a group of people who spontaneously arm themselves here, and when they meet a defeated samurai, they will rush up and kill them, cut off the heads of the other party, and give them to the enemy daimyo in exchange for a reward.

There is also a proper noun for this, which is called the Fallen Warrior Hunt, or the Fallen Man Hunt.

Died in the warrior hunt, the most famous cup brother, belongs to the wise light show of the 'three worlds'. Akechi Mitsuhide, after killing the Demon King in the Honnoji Rebellion, was defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who avenged Nobunaga Koshi, in the fate-determining battle of Yamazaki, also known as the Battle of Tennoyama.

After the defeat of Akechi Mitsuhide, on the way to escape, he was assassinated by a local peasant with a bamboo gun in Yamashina Kokurisu, Kyoto, and finally committed suicide by seppuku.

The fighting methods of the mountain people are also very local characteristics, often more than a dozen people with bamboo guns, after the ribs rush up and kill a samurai. So he rushed forward, cutting off his head, and snatching his armor, and snatching the weapons of the warrior, until the warrior was bare.

When hundreds of Yakata troops appeared in the rear of Murakami's army and flanked the front and rear of the Takeda army, the resistance of Murakami's army finally collapsed.

Before the war, Li Xiao issued an order to all Takeda troops to reward the head of Murakami Yoshikiyo. As Takeda Shingen's fierce rival, countless Takeda troops died at the hands of the Murakami army, and even the famous heavy generals of the Takeda family, Itagaki Nobukata, Ganli Hutai, died at his hands.

So if he can cut off the head of Murakami Yoshikiyo, Takeda Shingen will definitely reward Li Xiao heavily.

At this moment, Murakami Yoshikiyo looked like he was at the end of his rope, with his hair scattered and standing on the stone with his spear raised. The samurai who had followed him for many years in Murakami's army were cut down one by one by the Takeda army and the Yamakata people.

Murakami Yoshikiyo couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed, and said: "I didn't expect that I, Murakami Yoshikiyo, have fought all my life, defeated countless enemies, and I am going to die here today, I am unwilling." became a stepping stone, and achieved the reputation of Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki. ”

After Murakami Yoshikiyo finished speaking, he pulled out the ribs around his waist and was about to commit suicide by seppuku on this stone.

"Father, no." The eldest son, Kuniqing Murakami, and the rice rope ninja rice rope Shusuke, admonished from the side.

Murakami Kuniqing said: "Father, if you die like this, my Murakami family's status in Echigo will plummet, even if Huihu Gong is merciful, but other wealthy families will also peep into their family's territory of 50,000 stone in Zhine City, and when the time comes, my Murakami family will have declined from then on." ”

"That's right," Murakami Yoshikiyo Huo Ran got up and said, "I, Murakami Yoshikiyo, can't die like this, I still want to see Takeda Shingen give the head and subdue Shinano's old land, Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki, today I will write down this hatred, and he said that I will pay it back tenfold." ”

So Murakami Yoshikiyo, under the escort of his Murakami Kunikiyo, Iisho Shusuke and several samurai, turned around and retreated to the rear, knowing that these mountain people were weak in battle, and only by breaking through from here was to survive.

Murakami Yoshikiyo gave up his surname and fought bravely, he was also a strong martial artist back then, and he was also a famous gunman when he was in Shinano. Murakami Yoshikiyo danced the spear in his hand, and under the cover of the samurai, he broke straight into the mountains, and picked up more than a dozen people with guns in a row, so that no one in the vicinity dared to approach, and fled in the wind.

The samurai ashigaru of the Takeda Army all went to kill Murakami Yoshikiyo, but they were dragged back by the samurai behind the Death Hall in the Murakami Army. The two sides slashed and stabbed with guns, and the Takeda army was so strong that it could not be killed within two feet of Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Just when everyone thought that Murakami Yoshikiyo was going to escape and go up the mountain, a sharp arrow shot at this time, which happened to pierce Murakami's throat and stirred up a cavity of blood.

Murakami Yoshikiyo's eyes widened angrily, looking at the sky, and with a drop of the barrels of his pistols, he grabbed forward weakly, and his colossal body fell backwards heavily.

Shinano General Yoshikiyo Murakami died in battle!