On December 9, Nagao Keitoshi and Takeda Shingense arrived on the north and south banks of the Rhinogawa River, totaling more than 10,000 troops, and confronted each other across the river.

Nagao Keitora side, including Nagao Keitora, Murakami Yoshikiyo, Usami Dingmi, Kakizaki Keike and others, a total of 6,000 people, including the Takanashi family forces that converged from Iiyama Castle.

Takeda Shingenkata, including Takeda Shingen, Takeda Shinshihiro, Iitomi Brothers, Yamamoto Kansuke, Baba Nobubo, Takasaka Masanobu, Sanada Yukitaka, Naito Masatyo and others, a total of 8,000 people.

The superior Takeda Army set up a crane wing formation on the south bank of the Xichuan River.

The slightly underwhelmed Long Tail Army set up a fish-scale formation on the north bank of the Rhino River.

The sun had moved from the eastern sky to the southern sky, and it had been less than two hours, and it was already noon.

In the main camp of the Takeda army on the south bank, Shingen held another military meeting, except for the two wings of Shinshi, the Iitomi brothers, and the baba Nobubo could not come, and all the generals of the camp were gathered.

Shin Xuan sat on the mazar without saying a word, and his important ministers had already started to discuss automatically.

The Takeda family practiced a collegiate system of retainers, which meant that the retainers had considerable power, and if they were united, they could influence the actions of the monarch.

It's just that Takeda Shingen plays Tai Chi well, is proficient in the way of shutting down, and controls the group of people under him to death.

"Our army should launch a tentative attack...... In any case, this kind of empty consumption is not the way to go. ”

Takasaka Masanobu (to be precise, it should be called Kasuga Masanobu) was young and vigorous at this time, like a vigorous fawn.

“…… What Takasaka-sama said is reasonable, but today is only the first day of the match, and the Nagao family is a strong army, and if they launch a tentative attack, the result may be doomed. ”

Masatoyo Naito, who was also an upstart with Takasaka Masanobu, was cautious and serious, he understood that Echigo's soldiers could endure hardships and endure battles, and they fought at the beginning, but they were afraid that they would lose both.

"I wonder what Sanada-sama thinks?"

The one-eyed dragon Yamamoto Kansuke turned his gaze to Sanada Yukitaka, who frowned, feeling a little helpless, so he had to bite the bullet and say:

"If you fight at this time, both sides of the enemy are vitality, and the physical strength and morale are very high...... Even if it wins, it is undoubtedly a miserable victory. ”

Sanada Yutaka's calculation made Masanaka Masanobu, who was originally optimistic, gasp.

"So...... What if the confrontation continues? ”

"If the confrontation continues, the combat power of both sides will be reduced, but how much and to what extent it will be reduced is not something that can be known at this time...... Perhaps the biggest possibility is that no one takes advantage of it in the end. ”

After saying this, Sanada Yutaka was silent, and he made a good mud with a hand, which made Yamamoto Kansuke a little speechless.

…… Of course, Sanada Yutaka is also a good friend of Kansuke Yamamoto, but Yutaka is sleek and exquisite, so he can be said to be an old fox.

I also agree with Sanada-sama's views...... Our army should focus on defense. Echigo's Hojo Takahiro has rebelled, and I believe that Nagao Keitora must be even less patient than we are...... Once she loses patience, when the long-tailed soldier's heart moves, it will be the time for our army to counterattack! ”

As a military advisor, Kansuke Yamamoto, although he doesn't have much territory, he has a lot of say in the crowd.

Once he has decided on an idea, he will push through the crowd and stick to it.

This time, he also put a lot of effort into convincing everyone, but there was one problem that Kansuke Yamamoto couldn't avoid.

Is this long-tailed Jinghu a long-tailed Jinghu?

According to the information a few days ago, they also knew that the two armies set out from Kasuga Mountain Castle were actually led by the long-tailed Jinghu!

There is only one long-tailed Jinghu, that is, there must be a long-tailed Jinghu who is a shadow warrior.

The question that Kansuke Yamamoto couldn't avoid was, if this long-tailed Jinghu was fake, why should they be so cautious?

If this long-tailed Jinghu was a shadow warrior, they could have attacked directly.

But this brings up another question, if this long-tailed Jinghu is real, then their rash attack, wouldn't it mean that the Takeda Army has brought itself into an extremely dangerous situation?

Temptation, or temptation.

After spending a lot of saliva, Kansuke Yamamoto finally unified everyone's opinions, and it was still Kansuke Yamamoto who reported to Shingen.

"Lord...... We believe that this battle should be mainly defensive, and we should be careful of the movements of the Longtail Army, so as to respond to all changes without change...... In addition, in order to answer the doubts about whether this long-tailed Jinghu is a shadow warrior, as a test today, it is recommended to release three startled horses for the enemy to snatch, if the enemy's formation is chaotic, it means that this long-tailed Jinghu army is replaced by a shadow warrior, at that time, our army can enter with a drum and cross the river to attack it! ”

"Huh...... Wowkata, let's do it. ”

Shingen nodded in approval of the strategy that the ministers had brainstormed.

From this point of view, it can be considered that this kind of collegial system of important ministers also exists in the elder system of tribal alliances, which is backward...... But from another point of view, it can also be considered that this is in line with the idea of a limited number of people.

But whether it is backward or progressive, it is not something that Xinxuan is concerned about.

Takeda Shingen is only concerned about how to defeat Echigo's dragon girl.

Similar to Sasa Seimasa...... His journey is the dragon girl of Echigo!

Needless to say, such a woman must be a rare stunner in bed...... Just thinking of having Longtail Jinghu kneel in front of him and undress one by one already made Shingen excited.

After the strategy was formulated, the Takeda Army was mobilized, first the major generals returned to their positions, and then Naito Masatoyo came to the left flank closest to the Nagao Army with military orders and military horses, ready to release the horses.

The topography of the Xichuan River is generally high in the west and low in the east, so starting from the west can allow the horses to run longer and is more conducive to the implementation of the plan.

"Let three startled horses?"

Hearing the strategy of the important ministers, Xin Fan obviously showed a surprised expression.

"Yes...... In order to find out whether this long-tailed Jinghu is the deity or the shadow warrior...... This is also a strategy that everyone worked together to discuss. ”

"Hmmm......"

Xin Fan just answered, wanting to say something, but he wanted to say something and stopped......

Forget it, the governor of this family is my brother Harunobu, and since my brother is not against this strategy, what position do I have to oppose?

This was Takeda's idea, and he did not support this strategy.

Specifically, it's not that the strategy of not supporting tentative is not supported, but that three horses are not supported......

Three horses only...... Don't forget that Echigo produces good horses, which are very precious horses in Kai, and are common in Echigo...... Not to mention that there are only three horses......

Looking at Masathiro Naito and the others, who were gradually marching towards the Rhino River, Takeda Nobuhiro shook his head.

As expected, the three horses of the Longtail Army were simply indifferent.

However, it seems that the generals of the Takeda Army decided that this Nagao Keitora was the real Nagao Keitor, and they sent ninjas to Hojo Castle......

That night, the ninjas of the Takeda family arrived at Hojo Castle, and when the information that "the real Nagao Jinghu is on Kawanaka Island, and only the shadow warriors outside Hojo Castle" were received by Hojo Takahiro, Takahiro couldn't help but scold:

"Takeda Harunobu that Yaga! How dare you deceive Lao Tzu! ”

Because he clearly saw the long-tailed Jinghu on the castle tower!