The next day, the Imagawa army crossed the river, and the external government, like Nagao Masaki, played the banner of 'Eight Thousand Cavalry of Enshu', and supported Kurita Castle with great fanfare, for fear that the people of the more advanced counties would not know the news.

Regardless of whether the Imagawa family sent 3,000 or 8,000, it was a great boost to the morale of the defenders of Kurita Castle. The generals were excited that this represented the support of the Imagawa family, and at the same time, there was a steady stream of baggage supplies from Tokaido, while the low-level soldiers really thought that there were '8,000 horsemen' to help, and their morale was greatly boosted.

The samurai of the Takeda family kept telling their subordinates that Nagao Masaki's entire army was only '3,000 men', while his own reinforcements had '8,000 elites', plus the original 2,000 defenders. Even the ignorant know that this 10,000-strong army is a powerful force enough to slaughter a country, and the ashigaru people will sweep away the low level of losing their camps one after another the day before, no matter how you look at it, this battle is won, and the battle of Kawanakajima may soon be a complete victory.

In order to express his solemnity, Nobushige Koyamada asked Sanada Yutaka to greet him on his behalf.

Aoki Daizen, Kitano Manjiro, Nagata Mori and others who crossed the river with the command of Gao Shisheng, their attention was not on the famous Takeda 'Attack Shotmasa' Sanada Yutaka. Because of the huge disparity in identity, the two sides had no chance of contact at all, and they didn't even look at Sanada Yutaka much; The two eyes, because their eyes had already fallen on the Takeda Chibei cavalry and the Koshu Banner team brought by Sanada Yutaka.

At this time, Takeda Akabei had just been established for a long time, and the number of horsemen was only 800 horses, and he was not a strong army in the world that followed Takeda Shingen to fight in the Kanto countries and established a great military reputation.

This time, the second battle of Kawanakajima, led by Iitomi Toramasa, launched a counterattack against thousands of troops against Nagao, but it was the first battle of the first Takeda army in the future.

At this moment, the fifty cavalry Akabei who is guarding Sanada Yutaka is also worthy of the title of 'Koshin Sei Cavalry', even within Takeda Akabi, it is also the most well-equipped team.

Wearing fierce and terrifying ghost-faced horn pockets, wearing red armor with feet, the 'Wind Forest Volcano' flag behind them is sassy and hunting, holding a two-ki-long scythe, a straight-edged knife with a black scabbard, and carrying a bow and arrow for a stray horse. They are all high-headed horses, and the war horses are draped with horse armor, which is composed of three parts: a wooden curtain, a paper neck armor, and a leather that protects the chest.

It lacks the armor of the horse body, the back (hip armor), and the parasitic (horsetail harness) on the real horse armor, and it is not fully covered with iron armor, so it may be more appropriate to call it a horse coat.

Horse armor is a very rare kind of protective gear, although the horses of the Takeda family's red cavalry are not a complete set of horse armor, but they are also Aoki Daizen, Kitano Manjiro, Nagata Mori These rural buns have never been seen before, and they are rare armor.

Horses are the foundation of the army and the great use of the country. For the samurai, a good war horse is even more helpful than armor.

Shinano Province has been a place of horse production since ancient times, and the official stables are located, and the Kamakura and Muromachi dynasties were also the main stables for paying tribute to the shogunate.

In the Edo period, a four-foot horse (121 cm) was designated as a small horse, a four-foot-and-five-inch (136 cm) horse, and a large horse over five feet (151).

It can be seen that after the Takeda family annexed Shinano, the national strength was significantly improved.

From this point of view, the war horses ridden by these red cavalry who appeared in front of them are completely worthy of the word Shenjun. Due to the geographical environment of Tokaido, there is not a lot of good horses, not to mention the dwarf pack horses used for farming, and even if Suruga is introduced, there are very few home-grown war horses that can reach a height of five feet.

The five-foot Shinano horse that Gao Shisheng rode was far inferior to it. The horses of these red cavalry were all five and a half feet high, and they were well armed, and although they were only fifty horsemen and armed with guns, they were well trained and uniform, which made people marvel.

The Red Reserve is well-equipped, and although the Koshu flag of the Takeda family is not as powerful as it, it is not bad, far superior to the miscellaneous soldiers sent by the Imagawa army, although the Takeda family is asking for help, but they do not want their ally Imagawa family to underestimate their own family.

These 200 Jiazhou flags, all wearing armor, armed with guns and knives, nearly half of them also brought bows and arrows, although there are differences in age and height, but as Takeda Shingen said, "Sun Tzu Siru Daqi" said, Xu Li is like a forest.

These flags are all the real elites who have followed the Takeda family for generations to fight in the south and the north, some of them are gray-haired, but they are still energetic veterans, and even the previous family governor Takeda Nobuta followed the battle when he was in power, and made bloody and sweaty contributions to Takeda Shingen's expedition against Shinano.

Gao Shisheng felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and it was difficult to express it, and he couldn't help but whisper, "Shuoqi spreads the golden watch, and the cold light shines on the iron clothes." The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years. "For the Takeda family, these veterans who have really lived for the rest of the battle, they have both respect and fear from the heart, and truly support a Warring States daimyo who is rampant in the world, it is not a fierce general and a wise man, but these little-known, but extremely loyal and brave Ashigaru disciples.

Regardless of whether the Imagawa army suddenly went north to rescue, whether it was because of the righteousness of the alliance or the reluctance to be repeatedly urged, Oyamada Nobushige fully expressed the friendship of the landlord.

Yesterday, they had people rush to work overnight and set up a simple camp for the Imagawa army, led by the brothers Kano Tsutsutada and Masataka, and 3,000 people entered the camp to rest, while Asahina Shinji, Takashi Mori, Kamohara Shikiyo, Kamikawa Tadahiro, and Ichigan Kuni were accompanied by Sanada Yutaka into Kurita Castle.

In the palace of the Imperial Palace, Nobushige Oyamada said enthusiastically that Shinano had prepared a banquet to welcome friendly troops, and invited Asahina Shinji and others to the banquet in the evening.

Asahina Shin politely refused, he said, "I am ordered by the Jun Mansion to go north to help you fight the thieves, and now the thieves are not settled, how can I have a banquet first?" "Received the kindness and declined the invitation.

Seeing that his attitude did not seem to be hypocritical, Nobushige Oyamada stopped insisting, and the samurai who did not have enough status left the table one after another, making room for the generals of both sides to discuss military discussions.

After the idle people and others left, Sanada Yutaka, who had an overview of the military situation, first opened his mouth to report, "Yesterday, I was ordered by the Echizen army, and the troops and horses were dispatched, and now 500 foot horsemen have been selected to stand by in the military camp outside the city. ”

Although I don't want to fight head-on with the Long Tail Army, I can't really see death and not save the defenders of Taihei Temple, isn't it okay for Asahina Shinji to meet and send troops together, then it happens to go out with these 500 people, and the soldiers and horses on both sides add up to a total of 4,000 people, even if they don't win, they can also withdraw safely.

"Good." Nobushige Oyamada nodded and asked, "Can the enemy's movements be investigated?" ”

"The enemy army should be known to be reinforcements coming, Murakami Yoshikiyo retreated from Taihei Temple, led the troops back to the main camp of Wakatsuki Castle, and joined forces with Nagao Masaki, and the 'wild ambush team' outside the Odawara camp also withdrew one after another last night and went to the direction of Wakatsuki."

Sanada Yutaka is known as the 'Attack Bullet Sho', and most of the reason is because he is good at using ninja detection, assassination, and manipulation. The Takeda family tripartite ninjas were originally led by Iitomi Toramasa, Ganli Toratai and Itagaki Nobukata, but after the latter two died in Uedawara, Sanada Yutaka took over the management of the ninjas.

It's just that the situation on Kawanaka Island is more urgent, and he didn't lead many ninjas to help defend Kurita Castle, and Nagao Masaki was aware of the delay in the news of the Takeda Army during the confrontation, so he chose to use the 'wild ambush' method of battle against the enemy.

After suffering a big loss, Sanada Yutaka immediately flew to Kawanakajima, and mobilized a team of 'intermittent shinobi' in the tripartite crowd overnight to launch a spy on the movements of the Long Tail Army.

"The Echigo Army's field ambush team has retreated?"

"Exactly."

Haruyuki Yamamoto groaned slightly, and said, "Nagao Masaki seems to have won consecutive battles, but in fact, the more castles he occupies, the greater the pressure he faces, and it is difficult to concentrate his forces for an offensive for a long time, so it is not surprising to learn that our reinforcements have arrived and they have withdrawn overnight." He ordered someone to unfold the map in the hall, walked to the map, pointed it out to everyone, and said, "Wakatsuki Castle is a long way from Katsuo Castle and Zenkoji Temple, and it is far away from the main camp where Nagao Keitora is located, and it is tired of being harassed by a force led by wild samurai, otherwise it would not have confronted Jusun, so he began to test the attack······ Since the enemy soldiers temporarily retreated, Lao Tanba Shou led the troops to set up camp on the Yuming River next to Taihei Temple, echoing our army from afar. ”

Asahina Shinji looked at the map, and without too much hesitation, he agreed, "What the Dao Ghost Military Master said is extremely true, and it should be so." ”

Yamamoto Haryuki's request was not excessive, and from the map, there is a tributary of the Rhino River called the Umei River, which bends down and separates Taipeiji Temple from Wakatsuki Castle, so if you want to attack Taipeiji Temple, you must wade across the river and set up camp on the upper reaches of the Umeaki River, which is not only conducive to defense, but also echoes friendly forces, and at the same time avoids confrontation with the Echigo army to the greatest extent.

"After Tanba has set up the camp, he will allocate some troops to supplement the defenders of Taihei Temple. After the burning of the three walls of Quang Binh, there was a vacancy, and our army should transfer troops from the city to re-establish and hold on. "Obviously, Koyamada and the others had a plan yesterday, and today they held a military meeting, not so much to discuss countermeasures, but to convince Asahina Shinji.

Haruki Yamamoto, a former retainer of the Imagawa family, gave orders, which made it easier to reduce the resistance of the Imagawa army, and he pointed to the front line of Taiheiji Temple and continued, "If Nagao Masaki repeats his old skills and comes to the camp again, Tanba Mamoru only needs to hold the camp tightly, and he doesn't have to fight with him. ”

Gao Shisheng couldn't help but speak: "If the political scene turns from virtual to real, what if it is really besieged?" ”

Gao Shisheng also served as a soldier, although his official position was not high, but because of his subordinates, he was able to participate in the military discussion.

Yamamoto Haruki glanced at him and said with a smile: "Why should Shinkuro worry, if the Echigo army really forcibly besieges, it will be too late for our troops to be rescued." ”

Gao Shisheng replied, "Thank you uncle for solving my doubts", and Yamamoto, the ebony hat pro-Yamamoto who was in his Yuan suit, made a trip with a knife, and he and Yamamoto Haruki were brothers-in-law.

There were many meetings in the early years in Junfu, but after Yamamoto Haruki went to the Takeda family, the contact between the two brothers gradually broke off, and according to Gao Shisheng's judgment, what his uncle said was absolutely deceitful, but he couldn't find a flaw.

At the beginning, he inadvertently learned from the mouth of Kitazhuang Manjiro that he had a grudge against Aoki Daizen, which was really surprising and inexplicable, and he was going back to the military discussion with him, and he dared to take him with him.

Just imagine, how could a poison man who could conspire and calculate even his own fellow disciples let the 3,500 people of the Imagawa Army hide on the side and shout so safely.

I can't see the clues only from the map, and I have the heart to advise Asahina Shinji not to agree hastily, but he is silent because he is afraid that everyone present will be mixed.

Seeing that there was no objection from Asahina's letter, the generals in the hall would not have any objections, and they promised in unison.

It was agreed that after returning to the camp, Gao Shisheng immediately asked to see Asahina Shinji, explained his concerns, and advised him to slow down.

Asahina Shinji did not know what the reason was, and did not accept the proposal to slow down, but he also did not trust the Takeda army, and while ordering all the troops under his command to prepare for the exit, he also sent the Iga ninja who accompanied the army to sneak out of the camp and go to the three burned camps in Guangping, Taiheiji Temple, and Umeigawa to investigate the enemy's situation.

In the middle of the night, the Iga ninja returned, bringing with him the hostility that was not biased from what was said in the palace of the White Sun Palace.

The Echigo army of Murakami Yoshikiyo and Nobush had already joined forces with Wakatsuki Castle and Nagao Masaki, with a total strength of no more than 4,000 on both sides.

Since there has been no change in the hostile situation, there is no need to change the garrison plan agreed upon yesterday.

Early the next morning, the whole army set out after being fed.

Asahina Shinji left the weak miscellaneous soldiers led by Tadahiro Uekawa and the people of the baggage team to stay at the temporary camp outside Kurita Castle and cut down trees, while he personally led more than 2,000 people to the Umeigawa River to set up camp.

Asahina Shinji did not use Gao Shisheng as a pioneer anymore, but asked Ii Nao himself to lead the people of the headquarters first. Gao Shisheng's main task was to transport the cut timber so that the army could quickly set up camp.

The plan set off at the end of the day, as soon as the sky was bright, the people and miscellaneous soldiers began to go to the nearby woodland to cut wood, and the master was not sleepy, and also got up to lead the troops to supervise, after all, in the cold winter, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no hungry ghost bears to wake up.

Before leaving, Asahina Shinji went to the edge of the forest to inspect the surrounding open space, where a lot of bundled timber had been piled up, just waiting to be loaded onto a trailer and transported away.

At the time of Chen, Jing Yi led more than 500 people from the headquarters to go first, and the military service followed, and the flag team served as the palace army.

The Ii family learned that this time out of the battle of the North Shin, in order to rescue the Takeda family, in order to repay the kindness of the protection of the Ii direct relatives back then, the more than 500 people brought are the elite of the Ii family, some of them are military service people who come from the signs of their skills, and the other part is the private soldiers of the Lang Party who have been recruited and trained by the Ii family for many years and the standing ashigaru.

Compared with the full number of miscellaneous soldiers temporarily mobilized by the rest of the countrymen, he can already be called relatively good at fighting, so use him first.

After the whole army set off, Gao Shisheng led his headquarters to drive the livestock, dragged the timber and finally accompanied him.

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