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The sky began to get dark, which made the already slightly cold climate even colder.

The whirring north wind blew.

On the battlefield, Li Xiao's four standing forces attacked the eight reserve teams of the Uesugi family.

The roar of the iron cannon is endless.

Li Xiaojun is a standing soldier and a professional soldier, many of whom have served for more than ten years, and his training is also very well-trained.

When the two armies were engaged.

The Uesugi Army is still the tactics of the Sengoku Reserve when it takes over.

First with the archery team and the iron artillery team in the forefront, first carry out several rounds of bows and arrows supplemented by firearms, and wait for the enemy to approach the formation, or after the general thinks that the enemy army is not enough to worry, he orders hand-to-hand combat troops.

Hand-to-hand combatants are generally teamed up with long-handled ashigaru teams and razor teams lined up on the wall, and then assisted by the samurai in the team.

Although the ashigaru team armed with peasants was the main force in the war, the victory or defeat of the battle between the two armies was largely determined by the number of samurai of the two armies and the elite of their samurai.

The Takeda Army is different.

The front line of the reserve is all iron artillery footlight, and its iron artillery is light and light, accounting for nearly half of the number of reserves, waiting for the two sides to take over.

First, the iron guns in the front row lined up in three columns, under the command of the general, quickly approached in a wedge-shaped array on the left and right.

If you don't reach the effective distance, you won't shoot, and after approaching the enemy's 80-meter distance, you will shoot in a wave of three stages!

Such a round of shooting, with absolute firepower superiority, suppressed the iron artillery team and bow team composed of the amateur ashigaru of the Uesugi army, which is generally not a problem.

Whether it is the sharpness of the Takeda, Uesugi army, and iron cannon equipment, as well as the proficiency of the iron cannon Ashigaru in handling the iron cannon, the accuracy of shooting, the morale of the warriors, and even the speed of ammunition reloading, the two sides are incomparable.

Such a salvo, if it does not disrupt the enemy's formation, reload the ammunition on the spot and fire a second wave.

At this time, the Uesugi army had only two choices, one was to continue to use the half-crippled iron artillery team, the archery light team, and continue to shoot at the Takeda army.

Second, it is to use spears, razor teams, etc., and melee soldiers to press.

Generally speaking, in the case of the complete defeat of the iron artillery and archery team, the Uesugi army chose the second option.

But the distance of 80 meters was enough for the Takeda Army iron cannon to fire another three-stage shot.

With such a shot, if the formation of the Uesugi army does not collapse, the spear ashigaru team in the rear will press the attack in one go.

Under the command of Ariyama Torada, Otani Hirama, Ichiyanagi Naosue, and Yamamoto Kanzo, the four major reserves of the Takeda Army, like mowing grass, swept through the various reserves of the Uesugi Army.

Under the fierce iron artillery bombardment of the Takeda army, the reserves of the Uesugi army, which were weaker in combat, were often defeated and fled in all directions.

After regrouping, fighting again, then the Takeda army's iron artillery collapsed, then regrouped, and then collapsed, and so on.

In order to rescue the eight reserves of the Uesugi Army, which were packed up by the Takeda Army in front of the battle, and collapsed.

The Uesugi army went out in full force, except for Uesugi Kenshin's main formation.

Yasuda Keimoto, Uejo Masashi, Nakajo Keishi, Shinbata Nagatsu, Mizuwon Jinxian, as well as the head of the Yamamoto Temple, the son of Yamamoto Temple Dingcho, Yamamoto Temple Keignaga and other reserves, together with the Takeda Army reserves, to relieve the crisis of the eight central reserves.

However, under the strength of the Takeda Army, this stepped forward to rescue the reserves, but under the sharp offensive of the standing reserves, they were involved in a critical situation.

The left flank was outflanked by the snake tail under the command of Shan Huding, which was unstoppable and directly broke through with the center.

Without any skills or tactics, just with a brute force, he broke through the four reserve teams of Yasuda Jingyuan, Kamijo Masafan, Nakajo Jingzi, and Xinfa Tian Nagatsu.

All the Uesugi armaments that dared to stand in front of the snake tail were almost all defeated in a few flashes.

These four generals are also Uesugi generals who have experienced a hundred battles, when have they seen the Takeda army actually fight so well, such a battle situation can no longer be changed with flesh and blood, and the samurai's personal bravery. …,

And the same situation also appeared in the tiger and the flag.

Under the strength of the four major reserves, the central front of the Uesugi Army continued to collapse!

Now there are more than a dozen reserves of the Uesugi army, but they are caught in the encirclement of Li Xiao's four standing reserves, which are at a disadvantage.

Under the banner of Bizi, Uesugi Kenshin held a ten-character spear in his hand, and watched the battle situation actually erode to this point.

He repelled along the way, and the entanglement of the two teams of the Takeda Army, but in the blink of an eye, the three phalanxes of Qi Benbei pressed up from the flanks and surrounded him.

Veteran Minoru Honjo, as one of the seven-hand generals, Uesugi Ken's confidant has also experienced many big battles, but it is the most eye-opening of today's war.

The veteran Honjo Minoru shook his head and said: "I heard that in the Battle of Nagashino, Li Xiao defeated the 10,000 troops of the Oda family Takigawa Ichiyi and Niwa Nagahide with the standing equipment of the Takeda army. ”

The head of the deserted village said truthfully: "I thought that on this terrain, it would be impossible for the Takeda Army to set up a phalanx of the Western Kingdom, but I didn't expect that even so, the combat power of the Takeda Army was so strong, far beyond our expectations. ”

Speaking of this, Honjo really said in a deep voice: "Damn, how can Li Xiao have such a strong army." ”

Seeing the battle situation in all directions, Uesugi Kenshin held a ten-character spear in his hand, his face was pale, and at this moment he finally realized that Li Xiao dared to fight him with inferior forces above the plains

It was premeditated.

It is not that Li Xiao is arrogant, nor is it that he has arranged any conspiracy, but from the fact that he has been sharpening his sword for more than ten years, and this strong army has been forged single-handedly.

With strong strength, suppress all conspiracy, conspiracy, and strategy with absolute strength, and let all plans come to naught in a blink of an eye, which is the greatest self-confidence and confidence.

Uesugi Kenshin had a strategy in his body, but at this moment he found any way to defeat Li Xiao's elite standing army under the condition of equal combat.

One of such a legion is already terrifying, not to mention that Li Xiao still has four such standing armies.

Uesugi Kenshin looked at Li Xiao's main formation, and said in his heart, Li Xiao, you are worthy of believing in Xuangong, my strongest opponent.

For the first time in the decades since he led his troops on the battlefield, a feeling of such powerlessness came to the head of Uesugi Ken's confidence.

A voice in his heart said to him, Uesugi Kenxin is okay, this is not a crime of war, your bravery and determination are not inferior to anyone, but the general trend of the world is irreversible, and it is time to retreat with the trend.

Just as Uesugi Kenshin was slightly depressed, several things came to report together.

"My lord, on the left side of our army, I found the flag mark of the general of the Takeda Army, Katsu Shima."

"My lord, I found it on the right flank of our army, the flag seal of the Takeda Army General Masaba Masabo, and the Uchijima clan."

"Report to the lord, in the rear of our army, it was found that the Takeda army was able to gather troops, and the opponent's army was more than 6,000 people."

Seeing the Takeda Army's Takeda Ling, the flag of the sun and the moon were erected all over the mountains and fields, and the retreat was cut off, and the generals of the Uesugi Army were all discolored.

Honjo Shin Shin said to Takeshi Ken, "My lord, if the retreat route is cut off, our army will not be able to return to Echigo. ”

Seeing that Uesugi was silent, even the brave general Deserted Village Changshi also said: "Lord, even if you are unwilling, but our army has lost this battle. At the moment, it is not a matter of how to win, or how to lead the 20,000 troops back to Echigo. ”

"Retire!"

"Retreat!"

The generals of the Uesugi family said to Uesugi Ken one after another.

The smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield was filled, and Uesugi Kenshin rode on top of the war horse, holding a big gun with ten characters in his hand, but his eyes were closed.

The Uesugi family will see that Uesugi Kenshin's opinion on them will turn a deaf ear, and they will all be in a hurry.

The surrounding reserves were defeated by the standing reserves of the Takeda Army, and these were the three main armies of the Takeda Army, which had completed the outflanking and cut off the retreat of the Uesugi Army.

At this critical moment, Uesugi Kenshin turned a deaf ear, and it seemed that he was going to fight Li Xiao to the end. …,

Honjo Minoru also took Uesugi Kenshin's horse head at the moment, and said: "Lord, don't be rash at this moment, the number of victories and defeats is determined by heaven, how to win or lose for a while, when we return to Echigo, we will definitely be able to make a comeback and fight with Li Xiao again." ”

Honjo Minoru said so, but in his heart he was already frightened by the Takeda army, and after returning to Echigo, he would never dare to fight in Li Xiao's Hida Echichu Army, so he just found a step down.

Under the constant persuasion of Honjo Minoru and other Echigo generals, Uesugi Kenshin finally opened his eyes.

Uesugi Kenshin's gaze swept over the dozen or so retainers gathered in front of his horse, and finally said in a deep voice: "Okay, retreat." ”

Seeing that Uesugi Kenshin agreed, all the generals of the Uesugi army showed a desperate feeling of survival, and they were overjoyed.

Honjo Minoru was the first to say: "It's really good that the lord can make a decision, our army can climb the back road is not a strong army of the Hida Echichu Army, if you take the road from here, you can break through the obstacles and return to Echigo." ”

"Bastard!" Uesugi Kenshin scolded Honjo directly

"Who said I was going to retreat from the back."

"Lord!"

Before the generals could finish speaking, Uesugi Kenshin raised his two-room-long ten-character spear and pointed it directly at the main camp of the Hida Echichu Army, the hill where Li Xiao was located.

Uesugi Kenshin said loudly: "I, Uesugi Kenshin, have never been defeated in my life, and I have never fled without victory, even if I retreat today, I have to move forward, and I will step on Li Xiao's head!" ”

Uesugi Kenshin glared at the generals with both eyes, and said loudly: "Pass the order, all reserves, all corps, follow our banner and move forward, directly break through from the front of the Takeda Army's defense line, and break through the front of the Takeda Army." ”

Uesugi Kenshin's words echoed in the hearts of the generals.

Honjo was slightly stunned, but after all, he was a veteran of a hundred battles, and he suddenly realized that although the troops on the back road seemed to be weak, the formation of the Takeda army was obviously wrapped in a large net, waiting for the Uesugi army to drill.

On the contrary, it was frontal, which seemed to be extremely strong, but after it was broken, it was possible to take advantage of the situation to join the Mutsu and Ueno legions who were detouring on the left flank.

This is the birthplace of the Uesugi army, not only can it fight its way out of the encirclement, but it can also directly shake Li Xiao's main formation and break through from the front, who would say that the Uesugi army is retreating.