Azuma Street.

It was raining in the night sky. The rain crackled against the hats of the Ashigaru soldiers, and the Ashigaru soldiers, with spears on their shoulders, marched on the dirt roads lined with reed fields on both sides. And the horse-back cavalry, who were galloping high, were constantly galloping back and forth between the two ends, shouting orders.

The neighing of horses continued in the queue.

The main team of the Echigo Army, which had come out of Stablebridge Castle, was heading down the streets of Azuma overnight in heavy rain towards Iwaki Castle.

A samurai on horseback covered in mud and water galloped in front of Minoru Naoe on a fast horse. After the horse stopped, it immediately made a swing, and muddy water was scattered in all directions.

"Naoe-sama, this is a secret message from the ninja."

The samurai on horseback knelt down in front of Minoru Naoe and handed the letter with both hands.

"Got it, let's go down."

Minoru Naoe took a brief look from the horse, and after receiving the secret report, his face suddenly stiffened.

Minoru Naoe took a deep breath, calmed down, and turned his head to look at Kenshin Uesugi, who was riding a horse beside him, with his eyes closed, and couldn't help but hesitate.

"But there's a battle report from Murakami?" Kenshin Uesugi opened his eyes.

"Lord Lord, yes, at noon today, Murakami-sama's army was defeated by the Takeda army with the flooding method, and Murakami-sama ...... Murakami-sama, he was killed. ”

When Uesugi Kenshin heard this, he was silent for a while, then reached out and took out the immediately cup, and ordered the little surname on the side to take the wine jug to pour the wine. Uesugi Kenshin stared at the wine glass for a while, still dripping from the rain, and then suddenly raised his arm and poured it into his mouth in one gulp, and after a pause, Uesugi Kenshin asked, "What about the reinforcements of the Yamamoto Temple?" Where was Murakami at the moment of his death? ”

"Lord Yamamotoji's reinforcements were one step late, and they only rescued Murakami-sama's eldest son, Kuniqing, and dozens of remnants."

Naoe Shizuna paused, and replied on the side: "This Li Xiao, he has already broken my two generals Echigo, lord, if you want to recruit him again, you must also consider the emotions of our soldiers, and the Kakizaki family and the Murakami family will definitely not rest with Li Xiao." Now, tens of thousands of my Echigo-soldiers regard Li Xiao as their number one enemy. ”

"It's just that each is his own master, and Li Xiao is also following his righteousness in doing this," Uesugi Kenshin put down his glass and sighed, "It's a pity, one Li Xiao is better than ten Kakizaki and Murakami in my eyes." ”

Seeing that Uesugi Kenshin still had the intention of surrendering Li Xiao, Naoe Minoru couldn't help but want to speak out.

At this time, he saw Uesugi Kenshin suddenly draw out his katana, and said in a deep voice: "Naoe, I know what you want to say, Takeda Shingen is the number one enemy in my Uesugi Kenshin's life, I must not sit idly by and watch him dominate the world, Shingen has the help of Li Xiao, if it is like a tiger with wings, I will never have a merciful heart at that time, and I will use this sword to personally kill Li Xiao in front of the horse." ”

The rain continued to wash over the bright blade in Uesugi Kenshin's hand.

Naoe Minoru breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The lord is wise, but Lord Murakami is defeated, and Lord Honjo, who is monitoring Iwaki Castle, may be attacked by the two armies of Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao, and the situation is very unfavorable for him." ”

"You're right," Uesugi Kenshin nodded, and said in a deep voice, "so we must order the army of Saito Asanobu and Katsunaga Sebe to speed up, and be sure to rush to Iwakujo Castle before the Ming Dynasty to reinforce Honjo Shiranaga." ”

"Oh!" Minoru Naoe agreed.

Just as Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao led the army in Azuma County to fight hard against the Uesugi army, which was more than ten times larger.

At the moment, Yoshinobu Takeda is holding a tea party with the generals in Ganraku County, Kunifeng Castle, watching Noh plays, and looking like singing and dancing. Only Iitomi Toramasa led his army to attack several small towns south of Minowa Castle and made a gesture of supporting Takeda Katsuyori.

But it's just a thunder and rain, just a show.

In addition to amusement, Takeda Yoshinobu occasionally looked in the direction of Azuma County, with a sneer on his lips, and said in his heart, Katsuyori don't blame me, because you fought for something that shouldn't be fought for, and the position of the governor of the Takeda family is only something that I, Yoshinobu, can sit on.

In the middle of the castle of Iwaji.

The sky was clear, and the sunlight was scattered through the cracks of the dark clouds, scattered on the horse road of the Honjo Demaru Tengu Maru.

Wearing a deer antler helmet, a red silk armor, and a five-colored bird feather weaving feather weaving all over his body, Takeda Katsuyori drove his horse to take the lead with an imposing momentum.

Takeda Katsuyori was followed by his elite Ma Huizhong, as well as Masaba Masabo, Akibe Masatada, Akiyama Kinhisa, Takeuchi and Gozaemon, Abe Munesada, Ohara Jitada, and finally 300 spear-wielding Ashigaru followed.

At present, Takeda Katsuyori is going to lead this group of men and horses out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Honjo's long army of 1,000.

Sigh!

Takeda Katsuyori pulled the reins and stopped the warhorse, only to see a military general kneeling in front of the door with his big hand closed, obviously waiting there.

This person is none other than Daxiong Chaoxiu.

Takeda Katsuyori rode on his horse, angrily slammed the handle of his spear to the ground, and shouted, "Big Bear Chaoxiu, are you still going to stop me from going out of the city?" ”

Da Xiong Chaoxiu wore a pair of armor on his body, knelt down on one knee, raised his head, and his eyes were as calm as water, only to see him say loudly: "Da Xiong Beiqian guarded Chaoxiu with thirty people, and he came to follow the lord out of battle!" ”

When Takeda Katsuyori heard this, his body shook violently, raised his gun and waved it forward, shouting loudly: "Chaoxiu, keep up." ”

"Oh!"

Okuma Ashideki stood up, stepped onto his horse, and placed the sword in his hand at Takeda Katsuyori's side.

Immediately, Takeda Katsuyori ordered another samurai, and said loudly: "Take the rest of your men to guard the city, and if you see that our army is defeated, you will immediately set fire to Iwaki Castle." ”

Takeda Katsuyori's words echoed in the horse road, and all the Takeda soldiers couldn't help but feel tight in their hearts when they heard this.

"Oh!"

As the big door slowly opened, Takeda Katsuyori looked at the Echigo army in the distance, and said silently in his heart: I, Takeda Katsuyori, am by no means a person who sits idly by!

Just when Saito Asanobu, Sebe Katsunaga's Echigo army and Li Xiao, and Sanada Masayuki's Takeda army detachment rushed towards Iwaki Castle at night, Takeda Katsuyori had already decided to personally lead the army out of battle, abandoned Iwaki Castle, and decided to fight against the water.

In the main camp of the Echigo Army.

Honjo looked at the Takeda army who were lined up from the Otemon Gate, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"What is this going to do? Even these men and horses dare to attack the long army of a thousand in my Honjo. ”

The subordinates echoed each other and said: "I think it's these four tigers of the Takeda family, they are crazy, and they don't defend the good fortified city, so they have to go out of the city to fight with our army in the field." ”

"Yes, I thought it would be great to win the battle of Shiraneyama, and I regarded my Echigo army as nothing, and now we have to teach him a good lesson."

"Our army is three times stronger than his, and we can surround him."

Honjo stood up, waved his iron-clad military equipment forward, and said loudly, "Give me the Takeda army and capture Suwa Katsuyori alive." ”

Although the strength was superior, the Echigo army did not take it lightly, and Honjo was also a battle-hardened general, and he divided the 1,000-strong army into three divisions: left, center, and right, with the main formation in the center as an attraction, and the two wings flanked the Takeda army, and the three sides besieged and annihilated the Takeda army.

In response to this position, Takeda Katsuyori's tactics are...... Takeda Katsuyori's tactics are that there are no tactics, just bury your head and rush forward and go straight to the enemy's main formation.

The neighing of the war horse!

The Takeda Army launched an attack on the main formation of the Honjo team with the spirit of a decisive battle, without formation or tactics, and only with a bloody and courageous spirit. Honjo was extremely stunned by this, he pondered for a long time, he couldn't figure out what kind of tactics Takeda Katsuyori used, and he had the urge to take out the war book on the spot and read it again.

Takeda Ling's crimson flag finger instantly invaded like fire.

Takeda Katsuyori was not afraid of death, and first broke into the main formation of the Honjo army with a spear, followed by Okuma Asahide, Baba Masabo, Kibe Masatada, Akiyama Kinhisa, Takeuchi and Gozaemon, Abe Sosada, and Ohara Jitada, who also gave up their surnames, and followed Takeda Katsuyori to rush into the Honjo army's military formation, waving a sword, stabbing with spears, and slashing and killing everywhere.

Takeda Katsuyori's eye-catching antler headbag, fiery red with feet, where his war horse passed, Murakami's army was full of casualties.

When had the Honjo army seen such a tiger and wolf army, dozens of people were killed in a moment under the momentum of such a lifeless impact of the Takeda army, and in less than a moment, when the two flanks were still unfolding, attacking the flank of the Takeda Katsuyori army.

Honjo's long main formation was shaken, and Takeda Katsuyori had already killed him in one go.