The air above the five anti-originals was solemn, and there was an atmosphere of imminent war.

Katsuyori Takeda, Li Xiao, Masayuki Sanada, and Asahide Okuma looked at the main formation of the Saito army. The opponent had a full 2,000 troops, and Takeda Katsuyori gathered the military strength of various wealthy clans, and although the total number of troops reached 1,300, he was still at a disadvantage in numbers.

However, after the Saito army learned that the back road was cut off, their morale was relatively sluggish. At the same time, the Takeda Katsurai army was equipped with a large number of iron cannons, and the decisive battle was sunny and featherless, and the decisive battle venue was very empty, which was very suitable for the use of iron cannons.

Since the Battle of Mt. Shirane, in order to reward Takeda Katsuyori, Takeda Shingen gave him dozens of iron cannons in addition to his own saber and Izumi Mamoru Kaneji sword.

And Takeda Katsuyori also tasted the sweetness of iron artillery in the battle of Shirane Mountain, greatly expanding the foundation of the original iron artillery team, plus attacking Hawei Castle and Iwaki Castle before. The number of iron cannons in Takeda's Katsuyori Army now reached an astonishing one hundred and fifty, which was more than the number of iron cannons of any of Takeda Shingen's retainers.

However, the military strength of the Saito family also has elite troops, and there are 100 Echigo cavalry borrowed from Echigo, which is superior to Takeda Katsuyori's army in terms of the number of cavalry, so this five-rebellion battle can be called a duel between iron artillery and cavalry staged in advance in the era of cold weapons.

After observing the terrain of the battlefield in detail, the Okuma Asahide served as a formation horse, and analyzed it to everyone: "The Saito family has an advantage in numbers, and it is obvious that the other side will use the cavalry as a force to attack the battlefield. There is a distance of about 30 towns from the enemy's main position to the front position of our army, except for the open area in the front, the two flanks of our army's position are muddy swamps, which is not conducive to the galloping of cavalry, so the opponent will definitely attack our army by breaking through the center of the cavalry from the front and covering the infantry to kill. ”

Daxiong Chaoxiu's analysis was very insightful and extremely experienced in combat, which made Takeda Katsuyori, including Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki, all nodded in agreement.

After the extremely nostalgic Yamamoto Kansuke's children's shoes, among the retainers of Takeda Katsuyori's group of young guards, if you talk about the experience of battle, it is the most abundant in the Great Bear Ashide. In contrast, although Li Xiao has a lot of modern people's whimsy and insight into reading YY novels, while Sanada Masayuki has a belly of ghost schemes, their combat experience is still far inferior to veterans like Daxiong Chaoxiu and Hoshina Masatoshi.

It really corresponds to the old Chinese saying, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure. Therefore, as a formation horse, it is responsible for fully observing the geographical conditions such as terrain and water sources during the deployment of the big battle, and choosing favorable terrain for our side. This must be done by someone with combat experience.

In the Takeda family, when the two generations of Takeda Shintora and Takeda Shingen went out on the expedition, they would use Hara Changjun and Hara Changyin father and son as the formation horses to survey the terrain before the war.

Takeda Katsuyori consulted with Li Xiao and said, "In this case, we will put the iron cannon in front of the position to block the Saito cavalry." ”

Li Xiao nodded, on the narrow front, it was the advantage of the intensive shooting of the iron cannon.

Li Xiao arranged a 150-strong iron artillery team on the front line of the position, and placed 100 bows on the second line, still according to the iron cannon flat fire and bow foot light projectile shooting, as a long-range attack. In the end, there were 300 gunners, guarding on the side.

In addition, Li Xiao also made a series of changes, placing three horse barriers in front of the iron artillery team, and still digging two trenches at the front of the position in accordance with the tactics of the Battle of Shirane Mountain to hinder the advance of the enemy infantry.

And Li Xiao's plan, of course, is to use the Five Anti Plains as Shirakuhara, and use iron cannons to defend the horse fence to stage a small-scale Nagashino battle between the Takeda family and the Saito family.

At the beginning of the decisive battle, with the wave of Saito Kenhiro's military fan, one hundred cavalry rode into the rear and charged as the vanguard.

The cavalry marched slowly at first, and then when they approached the Takeda family's position for a certain distance, they suddenly accelerated and began to gallop, and the cavalry on their horses brandished spears and swords, and rushed to the Takeda family's position with a loud shout. Behind them, three hundred foot samurai and gungunneru joined forces to charge from the front towards Takeda Katsuyori's position.

In addition, the Saito army also divided into two armies, and launched flank attacks from both flanks at the same time to distract the attention of the Takeda army.

"Shoot." The iron cannon on the side of the Takeda Army waved his sword and shouted.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Suddenly, the sound of iron cannons in the sky above the five anti-original sounded with the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground, and the smoke of gunpowder emitted by the iron cannon firing on the Takeda Army's position filled everywhere. Whenever the salvo of iron cannons rang out, the neighing of the war horses echoed for a long time over the five anti-primaries.

A quarter of an hour later.

Saito Kenhiro, the commander of the Saito Army, stretched out his hand to help him with his helmet, with a stunned expression on his face, his body sat slightly away from Maza, and the whole person froze in place. In front of him were overturned horses, broken flags, and soldiers struggling in pools of blood, and in front of him was a battlefield full of corpses.

As a result of the Saito family's charge, 100 Echigo cavalry and 300 samurai and ashigaru troops were crushed under the bombardment of Takeda Katsuyori's 150 iron artillery corps and 100 archers.

In particular, when breaking through the horse barrier in front of the position, the cavalry had to dismount and walk to move away from the horse barrier with their bare hands, and in the process, the Takeda family's iron cannon bows and arrows fired a volley, and the Saito army died in the trench in front of the horse guard.

And the soldiers of the Saito family, who were lucky enough to break through the anti-horse fence, could not break through the three gun formations of the Takeda family.

The Saito cavalry suffered a crushing defeat in a frontal assault, and at the same time, the attack on Takeda from both flanks was also blocked.

When Takeda Katsuyori, Dakuma Asahei, and Sanada Masayuki saw the scene of the iron cannon shooting the cavalry, their shock was also incomparable, no less than the Saito family's side, the Takeda army was actually a big victory under Li Xiao's dispatch and command!

And in Li Xiao's eyes, the rehearsal of this miniature Nagashino battle should be regarded as a movie for Takeda Katsuyori to see.

After the desperate counterattack failed, the Saito army was disheartened, and Saito Kenhiro was unable to prevent the heads of the various wealthy clans who had been improvised from leaving the battlefield, and most of his own ashigaru also fled. Saito Kenhiro and Saito Kenmune knew that they could not fight any longer, and finally led the remnants of less than 500 troops, and were forced to retreat to the Jedi of Songshan in the pursuit of the Takeda army.

Located in the middle of the Nakanojo Basin, Mt. Songshan is not very high in altitude, but it is the center of worship in the nearby mountains and one of the Eight Views of Azuma. If you look around from the 'Great Tengu Rock' at the top of the mountain, you can see historical sites and strange rocks such as the Ebony Rock Rock, the Wombau, the Male Rock, the Imperial Castle Level, the Sutra Mound, the Bone Cave, the One Liter Water, and the Female Rock.

The next day, the final decisive battle began, and the Takeda Army launched a full-scale general attack on the Saito family.

In the final battle, the samurai of the Saito clan knew that they were going to die, and they expressed their bravery well. Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao, and Daikuma Ashide, each led an army to take turns to engage in several arduous assault battles before breaking through the front of the Saito family, resulting in the complete collapse of the Saito family.

In the end, Saito Kenhiro died by himself, and Saito Kenshige took his wife and daughter to the "Great Tengu Rock" and threw himself to death, and his retainers and subordinates also committed suicide and martyrdom.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Saito family was originally from the Azuma Goro Yukimori clan in Azuma County, and occupied Iwaki Castle, but when the Southern Dynasty saw righteousness, it fell to Iwakua Castle, and Azuma Kenyuki escaped from Iwakushi Castle and became the adopted son of Saito Koki in the Anchu region, and changed his surname to Saito. Later, Azuma Kenyuki borrowed the power of Yamauchi Uesugi, the Kanto governor, and recaptured Iwakushi Castle.

As a result of this battle, the Saito family, which had been in Azuma-gun for 200 years, was destroyed, and the family name was cut off, and the power of the Takeda family completely occupied the entire Azuma-gun.

The next time, it was said that Takeda Katsuyori's good news of conquering Azuma Prefecture was delivered to Takeda Shingen's hands only one day after the delay of the rescue letter sent by Takeda Yoshinobu to the Tsugasaki Museum.