Chapter 686: Keiji Maeda's Einsatzgruppen
In the face of Takeda Katsuyori's inquiry, there was a hint of fear in the eyes of the "Turbulent" ninja who came to make a statement.
"In the main hall, except for the Oda five-wheel papaya flag, I have not seen other military flags, and it is preliminarily estimated that the general general of the Oda army will be the 'evil ghost of the Oda family' Oda King Tianxie." The "Ranbo" ninja who was kneeling on the ground hesitated for a moment, but finally stubbornly prayed.
"Nani? Yaga! ”
It's just that Takeda Katsuyori is destined to not be able to fully listen to what this "Turbulent" ninja said. When the ninja said the words "the evil ghost of the Oda family", Takeda Katsuyori had already fainted on the ground after screaming.
To say that in this troubled era of the Warring States Period, Takeda Katsuyori doesn't want to face the most, except for Sister Uesugi, the dragon girl of Echigo Province, who can't even deal with his father Takeda Harunobu four times, there is only his sister-in-law Oda Wang Tianxi.
In fact, as early as before his father's "Kai Country Big Cat" Takeda Harunobu Kamiro, his sister-in-law led the Oda family ghost army cavalry to attack Iida Castle in Minami Shinano Province in order to rescue the allies of Mikawa Province, and then attacked Oshima Castle along the Tenryu River River, and attacked his Takato Castle to the north, he was already frightened by the other party.
The subsequent fourth battle of Kawanakajima may not have been heard by others, but Takeda Katsuyori, the four tiger cubs, heard it very clearly.
In the fourth battle of Kawanakajima, the samurai who intermittently shouted to kill him at the moment when his father was killed, it was not the dragon girl of Echigo Country at all, but Oda King Tenxi.
For Takeda Katsuyori, the title "Oda family's evil ghost" represents not only his sister-in-law, but also the ultimate nightmare.
Especially now, he is full of calculations that the Oda family will make trouble in Kii and Tanba countries and will not come to hinder his ambitions, but unfortunately, he missed Wang Tianxi.
It wasn't until this moment that he finally remembered. It was actually the army led by Shibata Katsuie who stormed Kii Province, and the Oda family was in charge of the Tanba Province strategy was Hashiba Hideyoshi.
In this way, in fact, the Oda family really has the ability to go out to hinder their ambitions, because the Oda ghost army, as the most elite of the army, is not at all contained by Tanba Province and Kii Province.
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world, and Takeda Katsuyori really urgently needs a decisive victory to establish his position in the Takeda family and even among the people of the world.
"Herald an emergency military council! All samurai at the rank of general and above are required to attend. Let's just say that the ghost of the Oda family is here! Takeda Katsuyori, who had recovered his strength, hurriedly ordered the herald in a loud voice.
Hearing the order, the heralds hurriedly ran to the verandah of the kite's nest, mounted their fast horses, and hurried in the direction of the Takeda family samurai who were surrounding Nagashino Castle.
Wang Tianxie deserved to be notorious, and all the warriors above the rank of general of the Takeda family who received the order were surprised by his arrival, and hurriedly handed over the siege to their own generals, and he rode back to the kite nest to participate in the military meeting.
In less than half an hour, a group of general-level samurai of the Takeda family had already gathered in the kite's nest.
Even the horse farm Nobuharu, who was responsible for surrounding the northwest corner of Nagashino Castle and the farthest away from the kite's nest, had already rushed back in less than half an hour.
When everyone walked into the meeting hall of the military conference, they whispered to their colleagues who knew each other.
They also felt a lot of headaches and fears for Wang Tianxi, the "evil ghost of the Oda family". There is no confidence at all that you will be able to win.
"Alas...... Ladies and gentlemen, the herald must have told you, and now I will say it again. Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Oda family's reinforcements had entered Yoshida Castle an hour ago to see the Oda family's leading general...... I guess it's my cheap sister-in-law. Takeda Katsuyori glanced at everyone present from left to right, and then sighed and said to everyone.
Everyone present immediately bit their ears again, and the whole hall suddenly became like the most prosperous city, buzzing and very noisy.
"The Great Hall...... My two brothers swore to the death to stop the evil spirit of the Oda family for the main hall. Just as everyone was chattering about something. Two very young voices rang out in unison.
"Huh? Yukimura, Nobuyo...... You two ......" Takeda Katsuyori saw the two young men standing up, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
The two young men were named Sanada Yukimura and Sanada Nobuyuki. Both of them are a new generation of brave warriors, and they have won the title of the future number one warrior of the Takeda family with their own strength.
For the initiative of the two brothers Sanada Yukimura and Sanada Nobuyuki, Takeda Katsuyori showed great welcome and relief.
In addition to this, a series of offensive and defensive orders were issued from the mouth of Katsuyori Takeda. Even if he was still very afraid of Wang Tianxie, if he didn't even fight and retreated, he was also very unwilling.
At this time, it was already more than half of the ugly time. That is, it was more than two o'clock in the morning in Wang Tianxie's last life.
After Wang Tianxi and Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Yoshida Castle, they also held a military meeting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the most difficult enemy for us to deal with in this battle is the Takeda Army's Red Cavalry Cavalry. But on the other hand, as long as everyone does this. The Takeda Red Reserve Army is definitely not to be feared. Wang Tianxie stood in front of a sand table and began to explain the important matters of this battle.
It was only then that he finally explained his strategy in the most detailed way to the samurai of the Oda family and the Tokugawa family present.
At this time, there were still more than two hours before dawn, and nearly 25,000 Oda and Tokugawa allied forces began to build what he considered to be the most crucial defense of this battle - the horse rejection fence in accordance with Wang Tianxi's instructions.
The so-called barrier is made of three-meter-long rolling logs that are thicker than a thigh, and the Shirakuhara River, which is a long depression north of Yoshida Castle, is arranged in two layers along the bank of the Rengo River with the word "m", forming a defense line similar to "__―__―".
That's right, it's the line of defense in the shape of "____―__".
Each group of "m" rolling timber is about 30 centimeters apart, and the middle is nailed together with the middle of each group of "m" rolling timber with upper, middle and lower three thick logs, so that a group of rolling timber stretches into a long strip, and finally forms a narrow defense line across the river bank.
On the side of this "__-__-__" shaped defense line facing the direction of the Takeda Army, Wang Tianxie designed long thorns one by one, and the galloping horses must have crashed into it, which must have been very tragic.
Behind this line of defense were the Iron Artillery of the Oda Oni Army, which was divided into four teams of 1,000 people, and the Iron Artillery Team of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Although the number of Tokugawa Ieyasu's iron artillery team is definitely small compared to the Oda family's ghost army, after all, there are close to 800 guns, which can still play a very big role in the battle situation.
By the time all the fortifications of the Oda and Tokugawa coalition forces were ready, it was already Tatsushi.
Standing on the high platform in the middle of the Takeda main formation, Takeda Katsuyori looked at the Tokugawa-Oda coalition army from afar, and involuntarily had a sense of foreboding.
His brother-in-law is so arranged, obviously for the Takeda Chibei Riding Team, where he has the most high hopes.
But the question is, is his sister-in-law so sure that he will be easily fooled and send the most elite military array to the other party to eat?
No! It has been seen that Wang Tianxie's military formation is passively defensive, and Takeda Katsuyori will not send the Chibei cavalry team out to die so stupidly.
"The whole army, the target is Nagashino Castle, storm it!"
Since the Oda and Tokugawa coalition forces were deployed in Shirakuhara on the west bank of the Rengo River to defend passively, he was naturally prepared to take Nagashino Castle, which had been besieged for a long time and could not be breached.
At that time, the anxious Oda and Tokugawa armies will definitely leave the defense line and attack their own military formation, and their Takeda Akabi cavalry will naturally be able to exert their greatest power and give the enemy the greatest attack with the help of the dash of the slope.
It's a pity that what he can think of, Wang Tianxie also wants, and even thinks more.
Just after Katsuyori Takeda issued the order to march to Nagashino Castle, a "Ranbo" ninja suddenly fell from the sky.
"In the main hall, the Oda Einsatzgruppen appeared in the diagonal rear of our army, and the military formation was about four thousand, and it was visually detected as the Oda Ghost Army Cavalry Team." The ninja knelt on the ground and immediately shouted without waiting for Takeda Katsuyori to ask.
"Nani? Not good! Takeda Katsuyori was taken aback when he heard this, and the Oda family's ghost army cavalry appeared behind him, with the purpose of definitely cutting off his retreat.
At this moment, there was already a violent vibration on the ground caused by the trampling of sixteen thousand horses' hooves, indicating the arrival of the enemy army.
"The main hall, the Oda family Maeda Keiji led a team of four thousand horsemen to launch a fierce attack on my north gate, and Lord Faithfulness asked for support!"
Before Takeda Katsuyori could react, Takeda Nodori, who was stationed at the north gate of the kite's nest, had already sent a herald to rush all the way to him, kneeling on the ground to pray.
"Yaga! Tell Reliance to hold on to me! As soon as the enemy army appeared, he ran to ask for help, which is simply the act of a coward! Takeda Katsuyori listened to the herald's words and was so angry that he scolded.
In his opinion, as soon as the ninja reported the movements of the Oda army, Takeda Nobushi had already come to ask for help, which was simply a sign that he did not intend to fight hard.
It's just that this time he really blamed Takeda Faithfulness.
Takeda Shishi was really helpless, so he sent a herald to come and tell him.
At this time, Maeda Keiji was following Wang Tianxie's instructions, and his three-meter-long big sword called "Dataidian" danced like a wheel, and launched a fierce attack on the north gate of the kite's nest.
The Oda Oni Army Cavalry following behind him, like hungry wolves that had seen sheep, followed behind Keiji Maeda along the mountain road to the Takeda Faithfulness Army stationed at the north gate, rushing left and right, handing out boxes of bento.
Since the advantage of the Akabi Cavalry is the charge, how can the Oda Ghost Army Cavalry Cavalry Team, which belongs to the same class as the Takeda Akabi Cavalry Cavalry, have a different advantage! In the face of Keiji Maeda's charge, Takeda Nobushi's ashigaru team said that Yari was not ordinarily heavy.
In the end, after only ten charges, Takeda Faithfulness was beheaded by Maeda Keiji with the help of the sprint of the famous horse of the Nanban "Matsukaze" under his crotch, as well as his three-meter-long "Da Taidian". (To be continued......)