On the banks of the Chikuma River.

Thick fog filled.

The Uesugi Army's banner general, Aramura Nagami, rode a horse to Uesugi Kenshin and said, "My lord, my army has all crossed Amamiya. ”

Wearing a white silk cloth on his head, dressed in snow-colored monk's robes, and holding a horsewhip, Uesugi Kenshin stared expressionlessly in the direction of Yamamoto Camp, the wife and daughter of the Takeda Army, behind the dense fog.

Seeing that Uesugi Kenshin didn't answer, Arakawa Nagami asked tentatively, "Lord?" Can you order? ”

Uesugi Kenshin turned his head to look at Arakawa Nagami, then turned to look at the Uesugi army who was waiting in front of the horse, and said loudly: "The order goes down, and the whole army is in a suspended formation." ”

Listen to this Uesugi Kenshin's order.

Kneeling neatly in two rows, in front of Uesugi Kenshin's horse, more than 20 Uesugi soldiers with small flags on their backs rode and scattered in all directions.

The horsemen then mounted their horses and whipped them with their breeches.

After the war horse suffered pain, he galloped away and brought Uesugi Kenshin's order to the various units of the Uesugi army.

"The Hanging Array"

A hint of surprise flashed in Arakawa Nagami's eyes, but he didn't speak, but a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

At this time, Uesugi Kenshin said slowly: "Arakawa, our army's backwater formation is a self-defeating move, so there is absolutely no room for mistakes, do you understand?" ”。

Arakawa Nagashi sighed and said, "My lord, my subordinates are willing to serve death." ”

Uesugi Kenshin laughed and said: "Xin Xuangong, he is a famous general in the world, and he can be defeated without serving death, I will show all my wisdom in this battle, so that the Takeda Army can see the power of my Echigo art of war."

September 15, 7 a.m.

After the 18,000 troops of the Uesugi family crossed the Amamiya crossing, Uesugi Kenshin set up a large formation with the momentum of a battle against the water, and slowly advanced to the main formation of the Takeda army of his wife and daughter.

It's just that what Uesugi Kenshin didn't know was that he pretended to be his rival Takeda Shingen, and he was already sick at the moment.

Replacing Shingen, it was Takeda Shiro Katsuyori who had defeated him in Shirane Mountain.

Before the Uesugi army crossed the river, the Takeda family legend reported the news of the Uesugi army's crossing of the river to Takeda Katsuyori on the mountain of his wife and daughter as soon as possible.

Upon hearing the news of the attack by Kenshin Usugi's army, Katsuyori Takeda was shocked.

And at this moment when Takeda Shingen was seriously ill, Uesugi Kenshin actually launched a decisive battle against the Takeda army.

In an emergency, Takeda Katsuyori summoned all the generals of the Takeda family for a military meeting.

At this moment, the news of Takeda Shingen's illness is still kept secret, and only the retainers above the rank of general in the Takeda military service learned that Takeda Shin Lian still replaces Shingen as a warrior in Shingen on weekdays, making the illusion that Shingen is safe and sound, so as to stabilize the morale of the army.

But in fact, when I heard the news that Takeda Shingen was sick and could not command, all the generals of the Takeda Army in the military tent were in a mood of losing their backbone, and Uesugi Kenshin led the whole army to a decisive battle with the Takeda Army at this time, which made everyone even more uneasy.

The controversy over whether or not to fight a decisive battle broke out in the military tent and between the old and new retainers of the Takeda family.

With Takasaka, the retainers of the Baba faction resolutely opposed, and when Shingen could not command, a decisive battle with the Uesugi army was carried out.

And the young retainers on the side of Takeda Shintoyo, Hoshina Integrity, and Trace Department Katsuko, but they are determined to fight a decisive battle with Uesugi Kenshin.

The two sides have not decided on the peace of war, and the dispute is very fierce, and the shortcomings of Takeda Katsuyori's lack of prestige are undoubtedly exposed without being in charge of the family at the moment.

Takeda Katsuyori sat on the main seat where Shingen usually sits, but he didn't find the slightest feeling that Shingen was here on weekdays, decisive in killing, and strategizing.

On the contrary, his most trusted thinkers, Li Xiao, Takenaka, and Sanada father and son were not around, and he was even more unable to control the situation for a while.

In the midst of the long dispute, time passed little by little.

The retainers on both sides finally reached a compromise decision, that is, they would neither take the initiative to fight, nor retreat to Haijin City, but instead hold the position of Tsunezuyama Mountain and conduct a defensive battle.

Just as the retainers were discussing how to arrange the troops, an envoy had already hurried into the military tent to report and said: "Report to Your Highness, the main force of the Uesugi army has arrived in front of our army. ”

Hearing this, all the generals of the Takeda Army stood up, facing outside the military tent, and said in unison in their hearts.

"So fast"

From the main camp of the Takeda Army of the Wife and Daughter Mountain, he looked down condescendingly.

The topography of Kawanaka Island is visible at a glance, and the Chikuma River runs through it like a white dragon. …,

On the edge of the Chikuma River, the dense fog continues to transpire, and at this moment, under the illumination of the rising sun, the fog has dissipated a little.

However, as far as the eye can see, there is still an endless fog.

In the mist, it was faintly visible that a black tide was sweeping towards the Wife and Daughter Mountain.

At this time, a strong wind blew through, and the fog seemed to be avoided with an axe, and the 18,000 Shangshan army was fully exposed in the eyes of the Takeda army.

"Uesugi Army, what kind of formation is this, why have you never seen it?"

I saw my wife and daughter at the foot of the mountain, and the banner was waving in the wind, and the enemy's army seemed to be overwhelming.

The army of the Uesugi family is like a giant python that spits out a letter and rolls up its body from the outside to the inside, one heavy and one heavy from the outside to the inside.

The generals of the Takeda army present had never seen such a formation, and they stared at the attacking Uesugi family army for a long time, but they still couldn't do anything.

"It's a car suspension array" Takasaka Masanobu sighed for a long time when he heard the details of the Echigo army, "I didn't expect that after ten years, Uesugi Kenshin finally let him practice this formation." ”

"The car hangs in the array, and there is really such a formation in the world today." Baba Nobubo said in surprise.

Uesugi Army's main formation.

As a car suspension array, the axis is the main formation, where Uesugi Kenshin himself is.

The army slowly advanced, and Uesugi Kenshin looked at it with awe-inspiring eyes, and on the main battlefield of his wife and daughter, Yamatakeda, the 'Suwa Myojin Banner' and the 'Wind Forest Volcano Flag' were located.

Kenshin whipped his horse and said in a deep voice: "Shingen is on the mountain, send the order down, take Gan Shan Omi to guard the view, Honjo Echizen to keep the prosperity, Saito Shimono Mamoru Asanobu as the first one, two, three formations, attack the Takeda army"

"Oh"

The three horsemen shouted their orders.

With Uesugi Kenshin's order, the Uesugi Army's car was suspended in formation, and the axle where Kenshin's main formation was located slowly turned clockwise from the outer ring.

As the vanguard of the Kanya Kei team, the Honjo Shigeru long team, and the Saito Asanobu team were in high spirits to attack the forward position of the Takeda Army.

Because they did not know the details of the car suspension array, in the face of the offensive of the Uesugi army, the Takeda army could only hold on.

Takeda Katsuyori immediately ordered Takasaka Masanobu to lead the Northern Shinano Army, Baba Nobubo to lead the Shinano people, and Okuma Asahide to lead the Suruga people to resist the invasion of the Uesugi army in front of the battle.

In the face of Uesugi Kenshin's fierce offensive, Takeda Katsuyori couldn't help but think of Li Xiao, who was in Yuezhong, and wondered if he could flank the back of Uesugi Army early and capture Kasuga Mountain Castle.

In fact, five days ago, after Li Xiao fought at Matsucang Castle, he had captured Haijin Castle non-stop.

After the death of Naoe Jinggang and Kawada Nagakin, the Echichu Uesugi army was no longer a problem.

As soon as Li Xiao's 8,000-strong army arrived at Haijin City, the defenders of the Uesugi family had already abandoned the city and fled, so Li Xiao Pingbai captured this backbone city in Yuezhong.

After capturing Haijin City, Li Xiao left a small number of troops to garrison, and then led a large army to continue to march along the Northern Land Road.

In the face of Li Xiao's military situation, Miyazaki Castle, the key cities on the Hokliku Road, and Tenjin Mountain Castle, all fell without a fight.

Among them, Miyazaki Castle is a city close to the border between Vietnam and China, and after the capture of this city, it means that Li Xiao has completed the suppression of the entire territory of Xinchuan County in Vietnam, and three of the four counties in Vietnam have fallen into the hands of Li Xiao.

However, the three counties of Yuezhong were not Li Xiaozhi's target, just as he was preparing to attack Echigo in one go, Li Xiao's offensive of aggression was like fire, but in the natural danger of the junction of Yuezhong and Vietnam, he did not know where to go, and was hindered.

Due to the partition of the Hida Mountains, it has become an important land route between Vietnam, China and Vietnam, and it is close to the coastline with a total length of 15 kilometers, and has been called the greatest difficulty of the Hokuriku Province since ancient times.

When Li Xiao didn't know his son, he was frantically blocked by the Echigo royal ninja Kato Duanzang, as well as his Xuanyuan ninjas.

Xuanyuan was originally a resident of the village who lived in the area where his relatives did not know his children for generations.

The so-called Somura is a natural village, a self-governing village that is not under the jurisdiction of the daimyo.

Japan's Warring States period was chaotic, and there were not many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so many people fled to the difficult mountains and old forests, or formed associations to protect themselves, and refused to pay tribute to the daimyo year.

At the beginning of Honganji Temple in Vietnam, Kaga was able to have such a big momentum, largely relying on the local village community, and under the premise of the people's demand for autonomy, the local guardian Fu Jian clan was overthrown with the call of Buddhism.

According to very unreliable legends, the local residents, who do not know their children, because they have lived in such a precipice for a long time, survived in the danger, and naturally practiced the top martial arts of flying eaves and walking on the wall.

Therefore, this place has become a sacred place for the ninjas of Xuanyuan.

Therefore, when Li Xiaolu passed by his relatives and did not know his son, he came to the base camp of the Xuanyuan ninjas, not so much because he was attacked by the ninjas, but by the joint sniping of the ninjas and the people of the village.

Before entering the front line, Li Xiao's forward reserve team mistakenly drank the water of a well guided by the local people under unknown circumstances, and as a result, nearly 100 people in the reserve team were poisoned and died.

Later, it was found that he was going to take people, but it was the whole village, and there was not a single man, woman and child left.

Hearing this news, Li Xiao couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and immediately raised his vigilance against the local people.

But along the way, they were still attacked from time to time by the natives, bows, arrows, javelins, and the number of attacks increased as they approached the relatives and did not know the children.

And at this time, Kato Duanzo also led the elite Xuanyuan ninjas to join the attack on the Takeda army.

All of a sudden, the losses of the Takeda Army began to increase.

In a fit of rage, Li Xiao sent troops into the mountains several times to pursue, but to no avail.

Li Xiao finally realized what the vast sea of the people's war was, why did Nobunaga, who was invincible at the beginning, lead 100,000 troops to the Kishu conquest against the Saga people, why did he return in embarrassment......