Nagao Masakai forced down half of the water thieves in the Rhino River, and with the help of Yokoyama Kiyotake, the former commander, he quickly cleared several Takeda clans on the north bank of the Rhino River, creating a relatively safe rear for himself and Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Then he sent Honda right near Yun to lead a partial division, and the water thieves were pressed down the river, feintting to cut off the waterway of the Rhikawa, and after attracting the attention of Nobushige Koyamada and others, he marched forward and took the Taihei Temple, which was the farthest away from Kurita Honjo, and this branch temporarily converted from the temple was located at the forefront of the entire defense line, so it garrisoned the most soldiers and horses.

Because the Echigo army has slowed down the progress of the siege since it divided its troops to attack the Hao clan on the north bank of the Xichuan River. The way of using soldiers, the most taboo relaxation, soldiers are always in high spirits before the war, strict precautions, after the enemy retreats, they will immediately become sleepy and tired, morale tends to be scattered, at this time it is necessary for the generals to come out to clean up military discipline, but obviously the guards of Taiping Temple do not understand this truth, or the prestige is not enough to convince the public.

Sure enough, the battalion guarded the general, not surprisingly, at the same time, he fell into the dark Chen Cang's plan of Nagao Zhengjing, and obviously watched Nagao Zhengjing transfer troops all the way, and went to Hengshan City, but he didn't expect that the Echigo army would turn around, but it was actually going straight to the mountain temple, and it was too late to ask for help at this time.

The three people who first went to Taihei Temple, Shimazu Guijiu, Shijiu, and Tadanao did not attack the temple, but first camped the military camp on the east and west sides of the temple, and held the key passes between Taiping Temple and Guangping, Shangyue, and Hanging Wheel.

As soon as the three Shimazu and Murakami Yoshikiyo cooperated, a tight semi-encirclement posture was formed against Taihei Temple, cutting off the temple's external requests for help.

There are three people from Shimazu guarding the key pass outside the temple, and the Takeda army of the three branches of Guangping, Shangyue, and Kasumawa is difficult to come to help, and only the only ones who can count on are Shibara, Odawara, and Otawara, and the reinforcements from the three Hara camps.

If the Takeda army of Ashbara dares to share the aid of Taiheiji Temple, then Kurita Castle will be empty, and Honda's partial division will most likely take the opportunity to attack and turn the void into reality.

From the overall point of view, once the gray plain is broken, it will be difficult for Kurita Castle to hold on, and Takeda Shingen's main formation will be directly exposed to the Ueda people under the command of Nagao Masaki, so it is meaningless to defend Taiheiji Temple.

Even from the perspective of defending the outer camps, if the ash barrage is broken, then the Honda army will definitely cut off the back road of the rest of the camps and attack Murakami Yoshikiyo on both sides, so that not only Taihei Temple will be difficult to protect, but the rest of the camps will also be lost.

Therefore, the friendly forces of the gray plain are actually not countable, so only the two battalions of Otawara and Odawara, or Takeda Shingen, can increase their troops in time to rescue Kurita Castle. The two camps of Otawara and Odawara are the farthest away from Taihei Temple, more than ten miles away, and there are hills and small rivers in the middle to obstruct it, and the road is not smooth, and the main formation of Nagao Masaki, the general of the formation, is nowhere to be seen, and it is very likely that it is the use of the 'field ambush method' to ambush halfway up.

Relying on the 200 Takeda Akabi who charged into battle, under the enemy's unclear movement and the suspicion of Nagao Masaki, this only mobile cavalry could not be thrown lightly at will, and before the two sides could really move their troops, the Takeda army fell into a great disadvantage, and in the final analysis, it was caused by the lack of troops, but it also had to defend the long Xichuan.

On the surface, the defense of Kurita Castle fell to the downside, and it was all Takeda Shingenkame who shrank into his own camp and refused to cross the river to increase his troops to Koyamada Nobushige, but in fact this was not the case. The reason is very simple, on the east bank of the Chikuma River, there is a long-tailed Jinghu, a 'righteous general'.

Yes, Nagao Jinghu only sent 4,000 people to monitor the Kaizu area, and most of the main force stayed in the rear, which didn't look like he was going to start a decisive battle with Takeda Shingen, but if Takeda Shingen transferred the defenders on the west bank to the north bank of the Xichuan River to block Nagao Masaka, Murakami Yoshikiyo.

Who can guarantee Nagao Jinghu's strategy, so that he can calmly wave his army with superior forces to pull out the thorn in the side of Haijin, so the reinforcements from Kawanaka Island cannot be counted on.

In addition to the first time, there are more than 3,000 reinforcements from Yuanjiang, not to mention the combat power of this group of miscellaneous soldiers, after the supply from Suwa County, they stop and go all the way, walking ten miles and five miles, these miscellaneous soldiers climbed to the south bank of the Rhinokawa River at high speed, but they still refused to cross the river, always finding various reasons to shirk, and refused to get close to Kawanakajima for half a step, you can see the attitude of the Imagawa family.

The keeper of Taihei Temple, Fujido Tiger Gao, asked himself, "If you don't boost morale, I'm afraid the camp will be difficult to protect." In this crisis, his courageous and resolute character came to the fore.

Fujitang Tiger Gao Dengge Pavilion looked far away, saw the east and west sides of the temple, the front, the flags were all over the field, the disciples were like clouds, and the Lang Party Nitta 30 Lang came to report that "the three soldiers and horses of Shimazu are known as three thousand, half around my temple, and the murakami Yulin is also known as five thousand fine horses, and I want to surrender at equal speed, otherwise after the temple is broken, the defenders will be beheaded." As he spoke, he took out a letter of persuasion that had been shot into the temple and handed it to Fujido Toraka.

Fujido Tiger Gao took it casually, but he didn't look at it, he tore it up in public and threw it down, and said to the left and right, "Although Echigo is rich, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, Jinghu Gong's main formation is close to 10,000 people, and I will spend it, Murakami and Nagao, plus the water thieves and Shinano people at most 5,000 people, and no matter how many people in the country are in chaos." Zhengjing Yueqian guards and has to leave some garrisons, Murakami Yulin himself can mobilize to attack my temple is probably only 2,000 people, and before he divided 1,000 people to patrol the coast of the Xichuan River, Zhengjing Echizen also has to divide troops to see Kurita Honjo Yamada-sama, it seems that there are many soldiers and horses, but in fact they are already stretched, the so-called 'eight thousand' step riding clouds, but the soldiers cover up. ”

Nagao Masakai annexed a part of the Xichuan water thieves, and the matter has long been spread, and the defenders of Taipeiji Temple also know about it. The samurai had long expected the total number of troops and horses of Nagao Masaki and Murakami Yoshikiyo, and the Echigo Army, known as the 'Eight Thousand' Foot Cavalry, could at most scare and scare the uninformed low-level soldiers in the Takeda garrison, but they couldn't hide the samurai who served as generals.

Not to mention that the mobilization of 8,000 people could not suppress the domestic situation, the long-tail army was responsible for the grain and grass logistics of 20,000 people, and it had already collapsed on its own because of lack of food. Therefore, when they heard what Fujido Toraka said, the samurai on the left and right thought so.

Fujitang Tiger Gao Yao pointed to the outside of the temple, and said, "Defending the city must defend the wilderness, and now my department guards the mountain temple, which is also the reason!" Murakami Yulin Lianke several cities, morale is high, and our reinforcements are far away, I am afraid that it will be difficult to arrive in a few days, at this time, we must not sit in the mountain temple, leading the neck to be killed. ”

For the defenders of Taihei Temple, they now have two choices, one is to choose to defend the mountain temple and wait for reinforcements, and the other is to choose to go out of the temple to meet the enemy, and use dead soldiers to fight against Murakami's army and disrupt its military deployment.

Both options have their advantages and disadvantages. First of all, let's talk about the first choice, if you choose to defend the mountain temple, this seems to be the safest, but the problem is that the Murakami army won consecutive battles, and the Takeda army lost the whole county all the way, not to mention the consecutive defeats, and was forced to land by Nagao Masakai, which greatly shook the military morale of the Shinano people, especially the Hokushin Hao clan.

It is conceivable that if there is no counterattack to boost morale, the Shinano people in the temple who are already wavering will definitely be in turmoil when they learn that the arrow book of the temple is all slaughtered, and at this time, if there is any emergency, the defenders in the temple are very likely to mutiny and rebel, and the camp will not be able to hold it.

In the second choice, if you go out of the temple to fight back, this seems to be risky, but the benefits are great, if you can win for a while, you don't need to win a big victory, as long as you can win a small victory, or take a step back, even if you can't even win a small victory, as long as you can make a small gain, then it is a success for stabilizing the morale of the army, at least in the short term, you don't have to worry about low morale, and at the same time the risk of mutiny is overwhelming the lowest.

Therefore, Fujido Tiger High is a bold man, and he chose to send dead soldiers to fight with the Murakami army. The left and right samurai, some disagreed, but more agreed, but they did not agree with the request of Fujido Toraka, the defender, to fight in person.

Fujido Tiger Gao proposed to go out in person, but it was only to boost morale, and seeing that the army's heart was available, he did not insist.

So, on the first day of Murakami's arrival outside the temple, the door of Taipeiji Temple was opened, and Nitta Sanshiro led 12 cavalry samurai, who dared to ride out to fight.

When Murakami's soldiers besieged Taihei Temple, the Enshu soldiers had been camping in Xichuan for many days. Nitta 30 Lang rode out of the battle and 'rode a horse' with the Murakami army, and Asahina Shinji received it the next day from the Den Horse sent by the Takeda Army.

After reading the military report, Asahina Shinji shook his head and sighed, "The Murakami Fierce Bull is really old, and hundreds of ashigaru have failed to leave such an unknown person, let alone take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the crude camp of Taihei Temple." ”

Although the dead soldiers led by Nitta Sanshiro and other thirteen cavalry were fierce, his opponent was the Murakami army, who had won consecutive battles and had a morale like a rainbow.

When Nitta Sanshiro took advantage of the opportunity of the Murakami army to set up camp and led the cavalry to rush out and want to mess with his army, Murakami Yoshikiyo didn't even care, and still commanded Ruoding to arrange the camping of each department, but sent Hanakura and Oda to lead the headquarters to attack, that is, the thirteen cavalry led the hundred miscellaneous soldiers to repel and did not lose.

But in the opinion of Asahina Shinji, Murakami Yoshiki, who has an advantage in troops, but can't even leave these thirteen horsemen and a hundred ashigaru, is really difficult to be the head of Shinano's four generals. The name of the fierce bull is to describe that Murakami's Yoshikiyo rushed to death and was unstoppable, but now he was showing off his might in front of a group of nobodies, which was a victory, and it was not glorious.

Nitta Thirty Lang did not think that he would win, a little fight, seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of the horse from the broken back, covering the retreat of Ashigaru, but there were still more than 20 people were scattered, only the strong man broke his wrist, abandoned it, and his subordinates fled back to the temple under the cover of friendly arrows, and then closed the temple gate, Hanakura and Oda did not dare to enter without military orders, and did not try to capture Taihei Temple without permission.

Date Sotsuna also read the military report and said, "Murakami Yulin is a veteran, and there may be other considerations, but the killing is too much." ”

More than 20 Takeda soldiers who failed to return to the temple in time, except for those who died in battle, most of them gave up resistance and were captured by the Murakami army.

The fact that the daimyo fought together and rarely killed prisoners indiscriminately was not only due to the compassionate atmosphere preached by Buddhism, but also to consider that Ashigaru was the main labor force in the village, and if they were all killed, even if they were defeated in a new territory, there would be a shortage of labor. Moreover, during the Warring States Period, when the village party was prevalent, if the people were wantonly slaughtered, the daimyo would face an endless rebellion among the people, and the gains outweighed the losses.

However, at the moment, the Takeda and Nagao armies are not thinking about how to govern the local area after the war, but the most important thing is how to retreat from the opponent in a hurry, so that they can get out of the confrontation on Kawanakajima.

It is difficult for the people of Yuanjiang to reason about Murakami Yoshikiyo's behavior of 'killing prisoners', but Gao Shisheng can understand the mentality of the two daimyos, after all, Kawanakajima can be said to be the opportunity to drag the two families to death in Shangluo.

Gao Shisheng said, "The place of the battle formation, the soldiers are expensive and fast, and it is easy to change if there is a slight delay, Oyamada Nobushige is a brave general, Sanada, Yamamoto two military divisions Kanto wise and resourceful, wait for the defenders of Kurita Castle to react and send reinforcements, at that time the city will be difficult to capture, do not do heavy law, how can you quickly break the enemy army." ”

Large-scale slaughter was used to minimize the morale of the defenders in the temple, so as to reduce the difficulty of attacking the camp, and finally it was possible to capture Taiheiji Temple before the arrival of Takeda's reinforcements.

Ii Naokin, with the Iiya people in the headquarters, also followed the Asahina Shinoki out of battle, because he fled in the early years of Shinano Province Ina County and was sheltered by the Takeda family, he has long had a heart to repay his kindness.

At this time, when he heard that the Takeda army was in danger, he immediately asked for battle and said, "Gao Bing Cao said that the soldiers are noble and fast, and the last general thinks so, and the political situation is more advanced." Murakami's Yulin soldiers pressed the border, our army was a Takeda Friendship Alliance, and the fighter could not be delayed, and the direct relatives were willing to mention the soldiers and horses of the headquarters first, and rushed to cross the river, and joined forces with Lord Koyamada to meet the Vietnamese army, and drove the adult army. ”

Not to mention that Ii Nao's father had the crime of rebellion, just his attitude of pro-Takeda made people very unhappy, but Asahina Shin did not have a seizure, and immediately promised, passed down the military order, and ordered Ii Nao to take the soldiers and horses of his headquarters first, cross the river and join forces with the defenders of Kurita Castle, and wait for dispatch.

As soon as Ii Naoqin received the military order, a horse galloped in front of the road, and the direction from which it came was from the direction of Kurita Castle.

After the former army checked its identity, it was released to enter the army directly. This horse rushed to the front, immediately made the fan roll off the horse, bowed to the ground, Feng Yi army newspaper in hand, reported "Kurita City is in an emergency, Guangping, Shangyue, and Hanging Wheel Sanqi suffered a surprise attack by the Long-tail Zhengjing Army, fought fiercely for half a day, and broke it successively!" ”

When Asahina Shinji, Gao Shisheng, and Kamihara Qing heard this, they looked at each other, and they all looked shocked.

Jing Yi was shocked: "How can this be! ”

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