In the early morning, the fog in the foothills of the mountain gradually dissipated, and the forces of the Uesugi and Nagano clans suddenly appeared in front of the Takeda clan army overnight.

In the middle of the mountain wind, on the slopes of the mountains in the distance, the mountains are full of the two armies of Uesugi Nagano with Uesugi Sasa and cypress fan flags on their backs, and there are also various variegated flags and fingers, all of which are the armies of the local wealthy families of Ueno.

The Uesugi and Nagano armies each set up their own positions on the two mountains, and the various reserves under their command marched and moved all the way, with light guns, mounted horses, bows, and iron artillery teams, and lined up under the mountains in an orderly manner.

"The Echigo army marched overnight, and then appeared in front of our army when our Takeda army stopped at the Shirane Mountain Pass."

In the main formation of the Takeda army, with an eyepatch wrapped around his left eye, Kansuke Yamamoto observed the enemy's military situation with his single eye, and pointed to the main formation of the Echigo army on the opposite side while pointing to it.

The main formation of the Echigo army was set directly on the mountainside, condescending, and the main formation was surrounded by a formation curtain painted with the Uesugi Sasa family pattern, and above the formation screen, the pair of flag seals of the Ranlong Banner and the Biji Banner stood prominently there, and there was no need to think about it, at this moment Uesugi Kenshin himself must have been in the middle of the formation.

The banner is taken from one of the four heavenly kings of the Dharma protector, the military god Bishamen Tian, this is needless to say, and the dragon flag is taken from one of the eight Buddhist protectors of the dragon, this dragon character is written in cursive, it seems to be a "chaos" word at first glance, so this military flag is also called "chaos dragon flag". This is also the origin of Uesugi Kenshin being called the dragon of Echigo.

At present, all the generals of the Takeda Army are gathered here in Honjin to discuss how to deal with the Uesugi Nagano coalition forces.

"Uesugi Teruto's unpredictable use of troops has been overlooked by us, but now we are not discussing why the enemy army is in trouble, but how our army should deal with it next?" As the commander-in-chief, Takeda Nobuyoru said in a deep voice.

In the face of this problem, the public will be silent.

"The Uesugi army has just captured Tatebayashi Castle and marched overnight, and the soldiers must be exhausted, and I think if our army takes this opportunity to fight a decisive battle, it will not be without opportunity." Sanzhi Shouyou spoke.

"Is it possible that with the strength of our army's 3,000 troops, we can defeat the enemy's nearly 10,000 troops? Besides, the other party is still a famous general in the world. His colleague Tsuchiya Shoji immediately spoke out against it.

"Even if I am defeated, I will not be afraid, it is a big deal to die on the battlefield, Changji, if you are afraid, just flee back to Shinano, I will not retreat anyway." Mieda Shoutomo said loudly that he and Tsuchiya Shoji were extremely good friends, but at the moment they were also red-faced.

"Shut up." Kansuke Yamamoto loudly interrupts the argument between the two.

The two also realized the gaffe and quickly apologized.

As the most resourceful person in the Takeda family, Yamamoto Kansuke said in a deep voice: "If we want to fight, our army's chances of victory are still below 10%, so the only way out is to retreat to Shinano now to Shirane Mountain Pass, but this move will definitely be pursued by the enemy, and if we cover it up like this, our army will definitely be defeated and suffer heavy losses." Therefore, it is necessary to arrange for the people who died to be used as the rear army to block the offensive of the Echigo army. ”

As soon as Yamamoto Kansuke said this, all the generals looked silent, but they also accepted this suggestion, but who wants to be the rear army of this palace, this is a mortal task. As the rear army, we must not only have the consciousness of going to death, absolute loyalty, but also have the military strength to withstand war.

At this moment, Kohata Kenshige's face was slightly pale, and there was a hint of hatred in his eyes when he looked at Yamamoto Kasuke. According to Yamamoto Kansuke's plan, the Kiso family and the Sanada family have been excluded because of their weak forces, and the only ones left are the Takeda Army's main camp, the Takeda Katsuyori team, and his Kohata Kenshige team.

And except for him Kohata Kenshige, the generals of the other two teams are all members of the Takeda family, and it is impossible for them to be sacrificed. The only one among them, Kohata Kenshige, is an outsider, and his role in the Takeda family is not crucial, not to mention that many of his family members are in the Kuzaki Pavilion as hostages.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to betray the Takeda family at this moment.

A look of resignation flashed in Kohata's eyes, and now he thought to himself, instead of being actively assigned the mission on his shoulders, it would be better to take the initiative to admit this responsibility, and then die on the battlefield, and also achieve his own name of bravery, and glorify the family, but before that, he must let his sister-in-law Kohata Nobutada go with the army first, and after he dies, he will inherit the family business of the Kohata family.

After thinking about all this, Kohata Kenshige was about to speak, but Takeda Katsuyori stood up before him, and said, "I am willing to lead this team to the queen." ”

As soon as Takeda Katsuyori said this, everyone was shocked, in fact, everyone already knew who the queen of the palace belonged to, but they didn't expect Takeda Katsuyori to stand up at this moment.

And Kohata Xianzhong was almost full of cattle at this moment, and he couldn't wait to look up to the sky and shout three times, good man.

At this moment, Li Xiao, who is also a subordinate of Takeda Shengyori, is almost full of face, and at the same time scolds in his heart, you two hundred and five lords, what kind of stubble are you taking at this time, you still hurt me.

Takeda Nobuyoru seemed to have reacquainted with Takeda Katsuyori at this moment, reached out and pressed his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Shiro, have you made a decision?" ”

"Yes, everyone is afraid of Uesugi Teruto, but only I, Shiro, are not afraid." Katsuyori Takeda replied categorically.

Li Xiao remembered that there was such a saying in history that when Takeda Shingen attacked the Tokugawa family, Uesugi Kenshin had waved nearly 10,000 troops to Shinano to contain it, and at that time, Takeda Katsuyori was stationed in Shinano, and there were only 800 men under his command, so he dared to go to meet Uesugi Kenshin's army.

Fortunately, Uesugi Kenshin, who upholds righteousness, is also a tendon, or let this reckless Katsuyori have a way to live, and let him serve as the head of the Takeda family. Uesugi Kenshin not only praised Takeda Katsuyori for his bravery, but also did not want to take the initiative to withdraw from the battle and not fight him, so he collected his troops and returned home. The story between the two was actually rumored to be a good story.

In the face of Takeda Katsuyori's insistence, the generals didn't say much, Takeda Yoshinobu came up to comfort a few words, and shed a few tears on the spot, although I don't know if there is an element of coyness, but it is equivalent to acquiescing to the matter of Takeda Katsuyori's team.

When the teams of the Takeda Army heard that the Takeda Katsuyori team was willing to be the queen of the palace, they fought for a livelihood for their own army, and they were all moved.

As a result, the generals were worried that Takeda Katsuyori's troops were not enough to resist the Uesugi army, so they left their elite samurai behind to help Takeda Katsuyori defend against the enemy.

After Sanada Nobutsuna said goodbye to his younger brother Sanada Masayuki at the moment, he left behind a group of more than 30 people.

Kiso Yoshimasa left behind ten warriors of the Kiso family who were brave and good at fighting.

Takeda Nobuyoru left all the iron artillery in his army to Takeda Katsuyori.

Among these people, the most grateful to Takeda Katsuyori is still Kohata Ken reverence for his old man, and the Ueno people have always been heroic, and there are many soldiers among Kohata Akabei who admire Takeda Katsuyori's courage, so there are fifty Kohata cavalry who voluntarily stay behind to follow Takeda Katsuyori.

Then, in addition to the Takeda Katsuyori team left in the main position, the soldiers of the reserve troops advanced and withdrew towards the Shirane Mountain Pass in an orderly manner.

Before leaving, Takeda Katsuyori said goodbye to Takeda Nobuyoru immediately, and the battle-hardened Takeda Nobuyoru couldn't help it, and overflowed a few tears on the spot.

Takeda Yoshinobu, Nobuaki Kibe, Kohata Kenshige, Sanada Nobutsuna, and Kiso Yoshimasa came to Takeda Katsuyori to say something, martial luck is long, take care of a lot and so on, and then after saying goodbye, they all got on their horses and left.

But in the eyes of Li Xiao on the side, he always felt that the expressions of these people were sad, as if they were attending a memorial service, and the current form was equivalent to saying goodbye to the body. At this moment, Li Xiaocai finally realized the feeling of the monkey at the moment when he said goodbye to Oda Nobunaga behind the Kanesaki Palace, probably thinking that those who left were the living, and those who stayed were the dead.

Yes, no one expects Takeda Katsuyori to be able to support in front of Uesugi Kenshin's army of nearly 10,000 people, unless Uesugi Kenshin suddenly and nervously upholds his righteousness, and is moved by Takeda Katsuyori's fighting spirit, and let him go, or Takeda Katsuyori will have to surrender all the way.

At this time, even the trace of Shengzi intervened, came to Li Xiao, and said some nonsense to comfort the surname, but from the eyes of the other party, Li Xiao clearly saw a touch of coldness, as if he wished that Li Xiao would die here immediately.

"Well, I sincerely wish that your entire family will be dead, and the curse you have cursed against me will be reflected on you."

Because Li Xiao spoke Chinese, he was stunned and asked, "What did you say, Lord Li Xiao?" ”

Li Xiao laughed and said, "It's nothing, I mean to tell you to take care of yourself." ”

Katsuzi nodded suddenly and smiled to express his gratitude.