The fire in the city of Iwaki Castle was blazing, illuminating the four fields brightly.

Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki, Okuma Asahide, Baba Masafu, Sakabe Masatada, Akiyama Kinhisa and other Takeda generals climbed on the arrow turret of Waimaru Tengu Maru and watched the Echigo army formation at night.

Sanada Masayuki said: "Although Azuma County is not far from Echigo, it is blocked by mountains, and it is not easy for these tens of thousands of Uesugi troops to leave Echigo and gather here. ”

Dakuma Chaoxiu shook his head and said, "Sanada-sama, do you want to attack the Echigo army's food route, or wait for the Echigo army to run out of food and retreat?" I have been with Uesugi Terutora for many years, and I am well aware of the means of supply for the Echigo army. You see! ”

Okuma Asahide stretched out his hand and pointed to Uesugi Kenshin's camp, only to see several horseback teams with torches in the distance, or small packs full of loads, coming and going to the camp one after another.

Okuma Chaohide explained: "The method of the Echigo army is to supply on the spot. ”

At the beginning, the wars fought by Uesugi Kenshin were all wars within the territory, and the two armies fought back and forth in Echigo Province, and they were generally only half a day, a few days away, and they were just a few days away, so the so-called logistics was the waist stool (dry food bags) carried by the soldiers, and the so-called large-scale logistics supply was impossible to talk about.

After that, they went out to Kanto and Kawanakajima, all of which were fighting in the territory of other countries, so the problem of logistics and supply also came, and it was very difficult to cross the mountains to supply locally from Echigo.

Therefore, Uesugi Kenshin generally adopted the means of local supply, in other words, local raiding.

It may be that the scope of the righteousness that Uesugi Kenshin believes in is relatively narrow, and his righteousness has not spread to the common people.

Then the Takeda family will discuss various ways to break the siege, but they are all rejected one by one.

In the face of the strong military strength of the Echigo army, generals such as Sanada Masayuki and Dakuma Asahide were at a loss, and even the faces of the younger generation of samurai such as Masabo Baba, Masataka, and Akiyama Kihisa were also worried.

At this time, there was a change on the side of the Uesugi family's military camp, and I saw a large number of soldiers and horses in the camp, moving back and forth.

The Takeda family couldn't help but be surprised, and Baba Masabo was taken aback and asked, "Could it be that Uesugi Teruhu can't wait even overnight, and wants to attack the city overnight?" Do you want to beat the taiko drum to prepare for battle? ”

"No, where is there a reason for cavalry to attack the city. Let's take a look at the movements of the Uesugi Army first. Li Xiao stopped him.

Sure enough, I saw the gate of the Uesugi barracks open, and a group of nearly 100 Echigo cavalry galloped over, and then stopped outside the range of the iron cannon from the city.

The Takeda Army didn't know what was going on, and the soldiers on duty at night talked about it.

Li Xiao also saw that in the firelight, more than a dozen Echigo generals dressed in eye-catching armor pointed at the castle of Iwaji, and no one laughed loudly, ignoring the Takeda army in the city.

At this time, one of the mounted samurai of the Uesugi army rode to the castle and shouted, "I am a diplomatic envoy of the Uesugi family, please don't shoot!" ”

The samurai on horseback shouted a few words and galloped down the city.

Takeda Katsuyori was in the arrow of Tengu Maru, and shouted at the other party: "There is nothing to say, reply to His Royal Highness Huihu, I Katsuyori will fight him to the death." ”

The samurai on horseback turned his horse's head, came to Takeda Katsuyori's arrows, raised his head and said: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Katsuyori, in Shimochisaka Jingqin, Your Excellency's courage in the battle of Mt. Shirane made my Echigo army admire, but now my Echigo army has tens of thousands of troops, has surrounded this place, can His Highness defend the city with this little strength?" I, His Royal Highness Huihu, am merciful and respect Your Excellency as a brave general, and I can't bear to see the scene of the soldiers in the city shattering here, so I am sent to ......"

"A bunch of nonsense," at this time, Sanada Masayuki stood beside Takeda Katsuyori and rebuked loudly, "His Royal Highness Huihu is not ashamed, since our army can defeat him once with outnumbered soldiers, it will naturally be able to defeat him a second time. Uesugi has the most in the east, the Ashina family is in turmoil, and there is a rebellion in the west, I am afraid that when the news of my head of the family is heard, he will wave the army out of the island in the middle of the river, and then go down to the mountain city in the spring, and you will be the dog of the mourner. ”

This time the previous scolding and fighting, it was the two sides talking to each other.

This Echigo samurai Chisaka Keijin wanted to crush the will to resist of the Takeda army with the strength of the Echigo army, but the Takeda family refuted it with the full strength of the Echigo army and the emptiness of the nest to shake the military heart of the Echigo army.

When this Chisaka Jing heard this, he was not refuted, and laughed: "Your Excellency's words are sharp, could it be the resourceful Sanada Isaburo?" It's a pity that your Excellency has no name for wisdom, but you don't know the general trend. The capture of the small rock city cost our army a few days. Your Highness, it's okay for you to go your own way, but do the soldiers in the city think the same way as you? They all have wives and children at home, aren't they afraid of death? His Royal Highness Huihu, uphold righteousness, will definitely treat the surrendered people kindly, as long as you are willing to go out of the city and surrender, His Royal Highness Huihu can guarantee ......"

"Shut up!"

Bang!

I heard only the sound of an iron cannon, which was particularly harsh in the night.

The projectile hit in front of Chisaka Kei's horse. Chisaka Jing was caught off guard, only to see the horse's back shake, and his whole person fell off the warhorse, but the person did not have the iron cannon bullet.

I saw that on the arrow oar, Li Xiao held the iron cannon in one hand and pulled the trigger in the other, standing there and saying: "This shot is just a warning, don't think that you are an envoy, we will not dare to kill you, go back and tell His Royal Highness Huihu, I, the monarch and minister of the Takeda family, will never surrender." ”

Chisaka Keijin climbed back onto his horse in embarrassment, and barely controlled the frightened horse and returned to the Echigo army.

At this time, another member of the Echigo army galloped towards the city. However, this time he changed to a few dozen meters away from the city, and Le Ma stopped.

Da Xiong Chaoxiu looked at the other party and shouted: "His Royal Highness Ruohuihu, just blindly sending people to try to surrender our army and shake the morale of the army, this method is too despicable. ”

I saw that the other party raised the whip in his hand, pointed to the arrow and said loudly: "Chaoxiu, don't come unharmed!" ”

I saw that Da Xiong Chaoxiu suddenly changed his face drastically, held the guardrail in his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord...... Public...... Big...... Person! ”

Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao, and Sanada Masayuki were taken aback when they heard this, and looked at the castle together in disbelief.

Li Xiao saw in his eyes that this horseback warrior was wearing a golden hood on his head, wearing a sero-seriwei belly roll, holding the reins in one hand and a horsewhip in the other, it was Uesugi Kenshin who had fought with him in Kawanakajima.

Uesugi Kenshin's fame shocked the world, and even the Takeda Army, who was an enemy, was deeply admired!

And the Takeda army in the city heard that Uesugi Kenshin actually dared to take risks in person and came to such a close place from the city.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Takeda Army were all excited, and many of them were crowded, and the narrow mouths of the rows of curved wheels were full of faces. One by one, they crowded their seats, stretched out their heads and looked out, all wanting to see the demeanor of this 'Echigo Dragon', the legendary incarnation of the 'Bishamon Tenjin'.

Kenshin Uesugi drove the 'release of Motsuki' and walked left and right, with the aim of not staying where he was, so that the iron cannon bow and arrow could be aimed and thus sniped.

When he saw this scene on the castle tower, he couldn't help but smile, and Suo Ce immediately took a few steps forward and stood with his horse, looking like he would let you see it clearly.

Uesugi Kenshin raised his headbag upward, revealing his face, and shouted loudly: "Yes, I am Uesugi Teruho!" ”

When the Takeda Army in the city heard this, they all looked incredulous, and looked at each other and said.

"It's really His Highness Huihu."

"Look."

I saw that Uesugi Kenshin was still sitting on his horse and walking slowly, and his determined bearing made the Takeda family in the castle, including several generals, all heartbroken.

Sanada Masayuki rushed down the arrow and asked the Takeda family's iron cannon, "At this distance, can you hit Uesugi Terutora with the iron cannon?" ”

The iron cannon of the Takeda Army thought for a moment and said: "At this distance, it is too difficult for one or two iron cannons to hit, unless dozens of iron cannons are transferred to fire a salvo, there is a seventy percent chance." ”

"Good!" Sanada Masayuki nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and transfer all the iron artillery teams here, I want to see if Uesugi Huihu is really blessed by the Bishamen Heavenly God." ”

When he went out to Kanto last year and besieged the Hojo family's Odawara, the Hojo family generals saw Uesugi Kenshin alone, within range of the Hojo family's iron cannon, and drank alone.

And the dozens of iron cannons that the Hojo family transferred to shoot are ashigaru, and the bow is as if the ghost is on the body, no matter how you shoot, you can't hurt Uesugi Kenshin in the slightest.

At that time, even Hojo Yasushi saw it and exclaimed that this Uesugi Kenshin was really a ghost-like person.

At this time, Uesugi Kenshin said loudly: "I just raised an iron cannon to shoot, can it be Lord Li Xiao?" ”

Li Xiao stood on top of the arrow oar, looked at Uesugi Kenshin, and said: "His Royal Highness Meng Huihu asked, it was Li Xiao, Chuan Zhongjima, His Royal Highness is really still in style." ”