Chapter 69: The retreat is intercepted
The Ranlong Banner and the Bizi Banner hunted and moved in the sky above the Echigo Army's main formation.
The atmosphere on the hillside was quiet, and the slopes of the Echigo army's main formation, the improvised earthen ramparts, and the arrow boards were lined up in front of the formation.
Behind the Iron Artillery Team, the Gunneru lined up in a phalanx and stretched up the hill, and the densely stretched out spear tips glittered in the sun.
Although the Echigo army had 800 troops in the main formation, more than 100 iron cannons, and condescendingly had a position to defend, they did not dare to slack off in the face of this cavalry of the Takeda family, which was less than one-tenth of them.
General Uesugi Kenshin slowly put it down, stood up, looked at the general of the Takeda family who challenged him at the foot of the mountain, and sighed with a flash in his eyes: "It turned out to be the Ming samurai who saved Shingenko on Kawanakajima." ”
"My lord, you must promise not to fight." Minoru Naoe knelt in front of Kenshin Uesugi to admonish.
Seeing that Uesugi Kenshin did not answer, several other Echigo army generals also knelt in front of Uesugi Kenshin together with Naoe Minoru and looked at Uesugi Kenshin nervously.
Naoe Minotsuna stared at Uesugi Kenshin, and thought in his heart that this Li Xiao saw that our army's main formation was strong, and it would inevitably suffer huge losses when rushing up the mountain, so he used the method of riding to provoke the lord to go down the mountain to fight. If this is the case, with the bravery of this Ming general, even the Kakizaki Jingjia is not his opponent, and it will be dangerous for the lord to fight with him.
Naoe Minoru thought about it in his heart, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Uesugi Kenshin, he had already made a decision, if the lord really wanted to go down the mountain to fight Li Xiao, he would stop him before anything, even if it was a death sentence.
Uesugi Kenshin turned his head to look around, the eyes of the generals under his command, and said with a smile: "Do you all think that I can't resist that Li Xiao?" ”
The generals glanced at each other, and it was difficult to hide the horror in their hearts. Uesugi Kenshin approached Kojima Sadako, the first warrior of the group, and said proudly: "My lord, please allow me to fight against this Ming samurai at the foot of the mountain to avenge the revenge of Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru." ”
Kojima Sadako, also known as Onikojima Yataro, is a famous brave general in the Echigo army, and his courage can be compared with Kakizaki Keijia, but the usual guards are close to Uesugi Kenshin, and there are not many opportunities to fight, so his reputation is not famous.
Uesugi Kenshin snorted and said indifferently: "Okay, there is no need to say any more, you guys stick to your own formation, and you don't need to pay attention to this person's challenge." ”
"But, my lord......" Kojima Yataro interrupted Uesugi Kenshin as soon as he spoke, and he said, "But, are you careful that my Echigo Dragon's prestige will be damaged because of this?" Hmph, don't I care about these people, let them talk about it! ”
After Uesugi Kenshin said this, Naoe Minorutsuna, Onikojima Yataro and other generals breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, with the unstoppable performance of Li Xiao, who doesn't want to try his edge at this time, how can you say that you still have to keep this surname to serve the lord, you say no.
The Echigo army on the hillside was engrossed in the every move of the Takeda army under the mountain, and the Echigo army, which was famous for its bravery and martial arts, was preoccupied with the actions of the Takeda army under the mountain, but no one dared to step forward to meet the challenge of this samurai at this moment.
At this time, Uesugi Kenshin smiled slightly, took a few steps closer, looked at Li Xiao who was fighting against him at the bottom of the mountain, but he was pondering in his heart: If I have such a fierce general under the command of Uesugi Huihu, why worry about the uneven road to Shangluo, and righteousness cannot be upheld in the world. Pity! Pity!
"Nima's!"
Li Xiao scolded, he had already called the formation three times, but the main formation of the Echigo army on the hillside was motionless, and there was not even anyone who made a sound, which made Li Xiao very devastated.
According to Li Xiao's original plan, he was going to take the Uesugi Kenshin Honjin Camp directly, so as to shake the military momentum of the Uesugi Army, let the Echigo Army from all sides come to the rescue of the Honjin, to disrupt the entire battle situation, and if he was lucky, he dragged the war into a melee, of course, if he could fish in troubled waters and kill Uesugi Kenshin himself, it would be considered earned.
However, when Li Xiao arrived at Uesugi Kenshin's main formation, he saw hundreds of iron cannons with black holes in the muzzles, as well as the gun arrays waiting on the hillside.
Li Xiao does not plan to be the first general of the Takeda family to be killed by an iron cannon at present, and this honor is still reserved for the future Lord Changjing of Shan County. Therefore, he hesitated for a while, gave up the plan to charge with his cavalry, and decided to use the method of fighting to provoke Kenshin Sugi to come down the mountain to fight him, and continue the unfinished 'one-horse fight' on Kawanakajima.
The experience of fighting Uesugi Kenshin on Kawanakajima last time, Li Xiao is confident that with his current martial arts, he and Uesugi Kenshin are enough to be invincible, and no matter how bad it is, he can drag the cavalry battle into a foot battle, and use the spear and sword together, and finally hold the pig in his arms and kill the military god His Royal Highness to the ground.
k.o!
But at the moment, this plan is obviously not working.
When Li Xiao was depressed, he didn't know what the Takeda family cavalry behind him was in now. Li Xiao broke through five formations with a crowd of sixty people, and before he reached the Uesugi Kenshin main formation, he challenged him, but no one in the Echigo army dared to step forward and fight with Li Xiao in a one-on-one battle.
The battle of Kawanakajima ended with Takeda Shingeno, who was still killed by Uesugi Kenshin into his own camp and slashed three times. If they can survive this battle, it will be enough for them to be proud of for a lifetime.
Thinking of this, these horseback warriors couldn't help but have their blood boiling.
But Li Xiao didn't think so much at the moment, as a commander, what he was thinking about was the next plan, to give the enemy the greatest damage at the least cost.
Li Xiao looked back at the cavalry behind him, there were originally more than sixty horsemen, but now there are less than fifty left, after a battle, many people have rolled the blades in their hands, the blades of the guns have been broken, the horsepower under the crotch is tired, and the physical strength of the soldiers is also a little weak, in fact, it is almost to the end of the crossbow.
In fact, the Saito Asanobu team and the Sebe Katsucho team had already sent samurai on horseback to rescue the Uesugi family's main camp.
Even if he hits Uesugi Kenshin's main camp now, the certainty of success is not at all Ichise. If Li Xiao is replaced by Sanada Yukimura now, Brother Village's choice will definitely be like the Osaka Summer Array, and he will enter without frowning.
It's a pity that Li Xiao never has this kind of ideological consciousness to fight for the Takeda family until the last moment, so he gave up the decision to attack Uesugi Kenshin's main formation, so now he must retreat and make peace with the Takeda army's main formation. Otherwise, the manpower will be exhausted, and if he continues to fight, Li Xiao estimates that he will probably end up with the annihilation of the whole army, and he will fall into the midst of ten thousand armies and die in battle.
Just as Li Xiao was about to lead the cavalry of the Takeda family back to his main formation, he found that Saito Asanobu's team had blocked his retreat and cut off his way back.
Saito Asanobu had a full 500 troops, and they waited for work, and the gun-footlight team was arranged in a tight array of guns in front of them. On the other hand, the long team of Sebe Katsu was already pressing towards Li Xiao's cavalry team step by step.
At this moment, Li Xiao has no other choice, only to kill the military strength of Saito Asanobu's team, and the way to survive is in front of him. Saito Asanobu is known as Echigo's Zhong Kui, who has followed Uesugi Kenshin for many years and is a wise and brave general.
At this time, the maroon war horse under his crotch snorted, and Li Xiao showed a resolute look on his face, and he ordered fifty cavalry of the Takeda family to straighten out their formation.
"Kill!"
Li Xiao pointed the tip of his spear forward, and the cavalry of the Takeda Army behind him also roared, and then together they urged the war horses to kill the troops of Saito Asanobu's team.