The Azuma River was flowing slowly, and as a result of last night's rainstorm, several waterfalls appeared in the mountains, and they were rushing down the mountain with a loud sound. The humid air in the mountains, as well as the flying water droplets, made the ashigaru of the Murakami Army, the clothes under their feet soaked, and they stuck to their bodies wetly, which made people doubly uncomfortable.

At present, the troops of the Murakami army are swimming against the current and pursuing the Takeda army.

Today, the route of the Takeda Army's march suddenly turned, and instead of going straight downstream to Iwakujo Castle, it turned along a tributary of the Azuma River and marched to a higher place. As a result, the Murakami Army lost the trace of the Takeda Army for a while, and when it was discovered, it was hurriedly rerouted.

Due to the fact that Iinawa Shinobu was severely injured by Yokotani Yukishige's Azuma Shinobi, Murakami Yoshikiyo lost his eyes and ears, and now he can only judge the whereabouts of the Takeda Army by relying on the footprints on the ground and the tracks of men and horses, which slows down his pursuit a lot.

Because the river is surrounded by pebbles, the war horses can only lead through, but there is still a complex terrain on the beach, which still makes several war horses break their hooves.

The wet weather and the current unpleasant experience have made Murakami very irritable.

But from time to time, one or two pieces floated from the river, engraved with Takeda Lingqi, but it strengthened Murakami's confidence, he was convinced that Sanada Masayuki, Li Xiao's Takeda Army, had been cornered in this mountain forest, and he could run over Takeda Army's ass as long as he held on for a while.

"This time, I must arrest all the Takeda troops and execute them to relieve me of the cruelty of my hard trek in the mountains."

Murakami Yoshikiyo thought of this, gasping for breath, ignoring the warning that his subordinates might be sniped by the Takeda family's archers, he threw his head pocket aside and strode up the mountain alone. The soldiers of the Murakami army also followed the trek with great difficulty, climbing step by step along the tributaries of the Azuma River.

"Lord, it's not good, the Takeda Army has lost its trace."

"What? You repeat. Murakami Yoshikiyo picked up the things in front of him.

Monomi was shocked by Murakami's fierce and vicious face, trembled all over, and said, "Yes, lord, the footsteps of the Takeda Army have all disappeared on the previous part of the road. ”

"No way. Can't you put on your wings and get away with it? ”

At this time, the leader of the Isaso Shinobi, Isaso Zhou said, "My lord, this is likely to be a ploy by the Takeda Army to lure the enemy?" ”

"Bastard, where do you say this ploy to lure the enemy?" Yoshikiyo Murakami turned around and shouted.

Isato Shusuke shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, my lord, I don't know, but Sanada Masayuki is resourceful, Murakami-sama, please be careful." I think ......"

"What do you think?" Murakami Yoshikiyo said murderously, reaching out to the sword at his waist.

Shusuke Isato saw Murakami's action clearly, and still decided to speak out. Izune Shusuke said in a deep voice: "I think Murakami-sama should quickly withdraw from the army. ”

"Father, no, Lord Isasa, what you said makes sense." At this time, Murakami Yoshikiyo's eldest son, Murakami Kunikiyo, spoke out on the side, and then he pointed to the edge of the stream and said, "Father, don't you think it's strange? There were showers last night and this morning, so why is there no rush in the river? ”

Murakami's words exploded in Murakami's ears like a thunderbolt.

Murakami Yoshikiyo was taken aback, his body was shocked, and he walked to the river to look, and it was really as his son Murakami Kuniqing said, it stands to reason that waterfalls and tributaries can be seen everywhere in this mountain, and the water volume of the river should be very abundant, but what is surprising is that the flow rate of this river is very gentle, and there is no turbulence at all.

At this time, a samurai who was originally in front of the reconnaissance suddenly rushed to the front of Murakami Yoshikiyo, took out a wooden card and said to Murakami Yoshikiyo: "Lord, look." ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo took the wooden plaque, only to see a few big characters written in Chinese on it, 'Murakami-sama, free of charge.' ’

Murakami Yoshikiyo suddenly shook his hand, the wooden card fell to the ground, and he shouted loudly with a pale face: "Everyone hurry up and find a high ground to retreat." ”

Just as Murakami Yoshikiyo's words fell, he heard a loud sound like a landslide in front of him, and then there was a huge sound of water, and at this moment, he couldn't help but be Murakami Yoshikiyo, and even all the soldiers of Murakami's army turned pale.

Not far away, on the hillside where the Takeda Army was located.

Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki, as well as the soldiers of the Takeda family under their command, all stood on the hillside, watching the rolling torrent wash down.

Everyone saw the river under their eyes, constantly rushing a few people, more than a dozen soldiers of the Murakami Army downstream. Some of Murakami's soldiers, who knew a little bit of water, barely floated on the water, struggling, and then they were immediately overshadowed by a wave and washed directly downstream by the torrent.

Even one of the Murakami soldiers barely grabbed the neck of the war horse swimming on the water, and then turned his head and looked straight at Takeda Gunashigaru who was standing on the sidelines, and the two sides looked at each other silently.

Flags, guns, and bamboo armor were washed down the mountain in the yellowing torrent.

Sanada Masayuki looked at Li Xiao on the side in a daze, even though he had known Li Xiao's plan not long ago, but at this moment his heart was still fluctuating, he originally thought that Li Xiao hired my wife Shinobu to attack Isato Shinobu just so that Murakami Yoshikiyoshi would not be aware of his intention to ambush him.

But he didn't know Li Xiao's real purpose, but it was to make Murakami Yoshikiyo lose his eyes and ears, so that they could not notice that the Takeda Army had secretly dug a dam here on the tributary. Originally, I thought that the reinforcements hired by Li Xiao were not here to fight, but only to dig a dam here.

And Li Xiao's real reinforcements are the force of nature, the irresistible torrent of manpower!

During the rainy season, when there was plenty of water in the mountains, it didn't take much time for hundreds of mountain people to dig a dam on a tributary to intercept the water.

This Li Xiao is too terrifying, His Royal Highness has his help, and His Royal Highness Yixin is not his opponent at all. No wonder Lord Yamamoto Kansuke is so jealous of Li Xiao, and it is not without reason that Lord Shin Xuan and Duke Shin Fan have such a high opinion of Li Xiao.

It seems that my father's previous prediction was right, and if our Sanada family wants to rise, we must rely on the power of His Highness Katsuyori. This bet seems to be the right bet for our Sanada family.

Sanada Masayuki is in an extremely complicated mood for Li Xiao's strength at the moment, and he is afraid of it, but it is also a sense of trust, which can be relied on, and being able to deal with such a person is also a lot of benefits for him.

Seeing that the water was gradually calming down, Li Xiao turned his head to Sanada Masayuki and said indifferently: "Lord Sanada, we can send troops now." ”

Standing behind Li Xiao, Bao Ke was upright, and the two brothers Bao Ke Changyue both clenched their spears and said hatefully: "These few days, I have been pursued by Murakami Yoshikiyo, and my legs have been broken, and now we have to get this account back." ”

Hearing this, the samurai of the nearby Takeda Army nodded their heads one after another, and they were chased by Murakami Yoshikiyo behind them, and they fled in all directions in embarrassment, and they were on fire.

"The Takeda Army is attacking!"

Li Xiao shouted the order, and the Takeda Army, which had been holding back a momentum for a long time on the hillside, rushed down the hillside one after another, and killed Murakami Yoshikiyo's team on the hillside.

All of a sudden, shouts of killing rang out in the mountains.

And at this moment, Murakami Yoshikiyo, who was lying on a mountain rock and avoiding the torrent, showed a look of despair in his eyes.