Although both the Nagao and Imagawa armies issued orders to deliberately avoid the enemy and prohibit frontal battles, they did not give up at all in the battle for favorable terrain around the Taiheiji Temple and other camps, and the patrols sent by both sides constantly spied on each other's opponents and went their own way on the plains of Shinano.

After the Imagawa army had established a foothold in the Umeigawa River, Asahina Shinji complied with the previous agreement, and asked Naoto Ii to lead more than 500 soldiers of his team to advance in the direction of Taiheiji Temple, and build a new camp to support friendly forces while serving as the first line of defense of the camp, so as to resist the enemy's attack, and further limit the penetration of the Nagao army's sentry into his own camp.

Because of the in-laws, and this is Gao Shisheng's first time in battle, for the purpose of care, Asahina Shinji assigned his younger brother to lead the headquarters of 200 miscellaneous soldiers, to the lower reaches of the Yuming River, to seize a remote wooden bridge, which is both idle and safe, and the treatment of the retainers and the wealthy families on behalf of the family, and the judgment is made.

Compared with most samurai, the first time he went into battle, he could only serve as the head of the ashigaru group commanding a dozen miscellaneous soldiers, personally fighting the enemy, and recklessly fighting to the death, but Gao Shisheng relied on his kinship and family fame, and he was able to serve as a middle-level officer at the level of a subordinate general like Hyosuo from the beginning, and he led the team to take charge alone.

This is a position that most ordinary samurai and bonggong people cannot reach in their lifetime, and this may be the beginning of all martial names, or it may be the end of defeat and death in a joint battle.

In the procession of marching to the wooden bridge in the lower reaches of the Yuming River, Gao Shisheng did not choose to ride a horse, but mixed in the crowd and marched on foot like the miscellaneous soldiers, this is not how much he loves soldiers like a son, and he wants to share weal and woe with the miscellaneous soldiers, but it is difficult to confirm whether there will be hidden enemy troops and a crowd of ambushes in the woods and wilderness beside the road, after all, the three Takeda armies that were annihilated by the Nagao Army's field ambush team were caused by the arrows of the main general under their command and fell from their horses, which led to the rout of the whole army.

After selling salt at Suwa Taisha, Gao Shisheng squandered all the money and grain he had received, half buying and half from the Takeda family, and replacing them with eliminated but still sturdy and durable curls and hats. In the name of 'Imperial Loan', he lent it to the banner team under his command, and replaced all kinds of guns of different lengths with two and a half long scythes that were more conducive to defense, and also made up for the lack of banners.

According to the military system prevailing in the Warring States, a standing team of 300 people can be divided into up to 20 groups, and if the horses are in the group, they are generally in six teams, and each group has a Fenggong as the head of the ashigaru group, responsible for supervising the battle and pacifying, and every 30 people must be assigned one to the banner holder, which is also the origin of the name of the team.

However, because the number of troops sent by the people of each country is often mobilized according to the requirements of the military service, the number of miscellaneous soldiers in each group will vary greatly.

The mixed miscellaneous troops are divided into ten groups of about 30 people, and at the same time, the 60 most powerful elite military service members and ashigaru people are gathered and assigned to the soldiers to serve as the backbone of the banner.

In the eyes of the various Warring States daimyo, the victory or defeat between the miscellaneous soldiers often depends on which side of the flag team in the white-edged assault, the performance is more brave and elite, and the remaining 240 miscellaneous soldiers are to put it bluntly to fill the trenches, block the iron cannon of the outcasts, can only rely on the dense gun formation, cover each other, under the supervision of the samurai, in order to play some role in blocking the enemy, and then rely on the flag team and the horses, to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's flank, is the only way to defeat the enemy.

In addition, because the weapons of the miscellaneous soldiers were not unified, it also evolved into a mixed skirmish formation with eight spears in front, three archers in the back, and two short soldiers on the left and right to cover, and then formed a large formation in small formations to attack and defend.

The reason why the Warring States daimyo attached importance to the importance of the formation fully shows that the quality of the army in the Warring States period was really worrisome, and most of the miscellaneous soldiers came to serve in order to pay tribute to the New Year.

There is no need to hope that the miscellaneous soldiers have the fearless courage to risk their lives to fight the enemy soldiers for the sake of the daimyo, and to be able to line up in a row, follow the military formations and tactics designated by the daimyo in accordance with the rules, and honestly obey the orders of the samurai in joint battles, and do not sneak away without permission, even if they are a well-trained army, these soldiers are no longer as martial and aggressive as the Kamakura Lang party, and they are far from the majesty of the samurai regiments in various places in the past.

Compared with the miscellaneous troops mixed with other people, Gao Shisheng, who was divided into divisions, was obviously unable to gather the most important sixty bannermen, so he could only retreat to the second, and directly concentrated the spears and ashigaru to form a three-column spear formation for defense, while the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers except for the bows and iron gunners were armed with swords, broken gold rods, long-handled axes, and short spears, and were led by samurai to cover the flanks and act as a surprise attack.

Even if the establishment is nondescript, the two hundred people under his command are all strong young men, not comparable to those miscellaneous soldiers who are full of old, weak, sick and disabled.

The hard work along the way, and of course, the training of sticks and whips, cultivated these young men to obey military orders, at least without worrying about being frightened into throwing down their weapons and scattering in a hurry after encountering enemy troops.

In addition, according to the requirements of the military service order, every two groups of miscellaneous soldiers also had a light ox cart with the army, which was responsible for stacking camp tents, tools, grain, iron pots, firewood and other miscellaneous items in the front, and carrying weapons such as long swords, spare knives, guns, and arrows in the back. In addition, there should be two accompanying horses, which can be replaced at any time, but these things need to be prepared by the military service, cattle and horses are scarce labor, and few military service people will choose to really follow the military service and go out to battle at full capacity, which is basically reduced to a number on paper.

After the snow melted, Gao Shisheng stepped on the wooden cane, marched along the wet mud that had been trampled by the soldiers of the front team, followed the queue, and looked from front to back, 30 banners wearing "imperial loans and sufficient strength", 20 archers selected from the logging and charcoal workers, and 10 iron gunners drawn from the Nagata family's courtyard, closely following the banner and calmly descending the river.

At the end was a mixed queue of miscellaneous soldiers and soldiers, escorting five sparkling ox carts, and the sound of the wheels crushing on the country road was bumpy and harsh, even muffled the whispers of the miscellaneous soldiers.

Although there is a certain danger in going out independently, it is not to say that it is completely beneficial, at least there is no need for miscellaneous soldiers to quarrel and push with other teams every day because of some trivial things, such as the order of fetching water, receiving dry firewood, and military rations.

Soon, it soon appeared at the end of the wooden bridge, on the other side of the low depression, all the miscellaneous soldiers were concentrated around the pack cart to unload the goods, set up a camp, Gao Shisheng stood on the high slope and looked out, Aoki Daizen stood next to the knife, except for the only one who knew how to calculate the grain and grass, and it was about once a few days, everyone else was busy with the miscellaneous soldiers.

They chose a slightly higher low slope by the bridge to set up camp, from above, they could just overlook the abandoned paddy fields on the other side of the river, and then cross the large mountains and forests, it is the enemy's main camp in Wakatsuki Castle, the Uomei River is not wide and long, and Nagao Masakai did not choose to take this narrow wooden bridge before attacking Taiheiji Temple.

In other words, this wooden bridge is not the only place where the river can be crossed, but for the sake of the safety of the camp, it is still necessary to come and set up a sentry and pretend to fight for every inch of land, so as to show the long-tail army their tough attitude. Of course, it is also to isolate the possible trend of moving in his own direction, so Asahina Shinji still maintains a certain amount of attention.

However, because this section of the river is slightly remote, neither the Imagawa army or Taihei Temple rely on each other, nor is it worth sending a large force to garrison the tun, and the main force is to stay as a reinforcement to counter the long-tail army.

For this place, which is still critical, but the danger is not high, it will naturally fall to Gao Shisheng, a miscellaneous army with low combat power but a large number of people, to defend.

"In the afternoon, I will work harder to dig out the trenches outside the camp first." Gao Shisheng said to everyone at lunchtime.

"Hyocao, do you still use the connected river?" Hasegawa Hayato dropped the wooden bowl, raised his sleeve and wiped his mouth, and then asked. They didn't have time to make all the simple wooden fences today, and their own safety at night had to be protected by this trench, and the introduction of river water was more conducive to holding on to defend against night attacks launched by the enemy.

"I'm afraid it's too late today, so I'll let people line up these five pack carts in the form of the first three and the last two, on the periphery of the camp, wider, fill the vacant places with wooden fences, tie all the cattle and horses to the corners, and dig out the clean toilets by the way." With Gao Shisheng's words, Hasegawa Hayato turned over and stood up, and led the miscellaneous soldiers assigned to him to lead the cattle and vehicles and go up the low slope.

"Don't divide them equally, try to concentrate the wooden fence on the side of the bridge, leave two narrow lanes on the left and right, and tie up the dozen or so Shinano dogs you brought with you on all sides!" After speaking, Gao Shisheng returned to the formation flag of the low slope again and continued to act as an overseer. Raising these native dogs, to a certain extent, can play a role in vigilance, and at the same time can also prevent miscellaneous soldiers from slipping away, although after entering Shinano, especially after the chaos of Hokushin, no one dares to be a deserter.

Because Gao Shisheng lacked capable banners and Fenggong people, he had to rely on dense gun arrays, as well as bows and iron cannons that could hurt the enemy from a distance, and to maximize these advantages, there were all kinds of complicated fortifications.

Scatter the flags along the low slopes and act as outposts to keep an eye out for possible enemy forces.

Half of the remaining miscellaneous soldiers and soldiers dug trenches and erected fences around the low slopes, and the other half followed the periphery of the mountain forest, cut down the timber and sharpened it, and then tightly inserted it in the trench, and the tips of the piles were all arranged outwards to form an umbrella cover.

In the deep twilight, a samurai on horseback wrapped in a white cloth monk's turban, riding a war horse, carrying a flag and a seal, holding the 'Bishamen Heavenly King Banner' written with the scriptures dedicated to 'Bishamen Heaven' begging for prosperity and prosperity, slowly crossed the wooden bridge to the open plain on the left bank, and Le Ma stopped and did not advance.

The samurai watched the defenders with his head held high, and Gao Shimori also looked at the uninvited guest condescendingly, and then he pulled the reins and galloped back and forth a few times, and his mouth kept letting out bursts of 'ape screams', intimidating the dozen or so miscellaneous soldiers who had fallen in the woods and had not been able to withdraw in time, and the Shinano dogs in the camp were frightened and barked incessantly.

Probably worried that they would chase and kill in the past, the defenders of the camp would send troops to block the wooden bridge and show off their might, and then they held high the 'Heavenly King Flag' again, and quickly returned to the south bank along the same road, disappearing into the twilight dusk, leaving only the sound of horses' hooves and a faint back.

"Hyoso, be careful, this person should be a chariot from Echigo Province, and only they use the 'Heavenly King Flag' in Shinano." Mitsuhide Naito reminded him fearfully, "Saburo Nagano, the leader of my family, voted for the Takeda Army, and thought of his background in Kitanobu Hiroshi, but he was picked off the scoop as soon as he saw the first battle······ However, there are not many people hanging in the car, and the flag behind this is a bizi pattern, which should be a flag! ”

Speaking of this, this Jiangyang thief was quite embarrassed, who knew that he went to the relatively stable Yuanjiang, and before he started to rob the house, he was blocked by someone and almost burned to death in the house.

"I want to hear about it!" Gao Shisheng had never heard of such a standing guard in the Longtail family, but he had heard of the long-tail Jinghu being good at using the 'Car Suspension Array', and the two may have a certain connection.

"There are many chariots and guards, and they are infantry soldiers, cooperating with the mixed formation of horses, and the other is to serve as envoys to transmit military information and survey the terrain." Relying on the different family crests on the flag, they often represent different meanings, so Mitsuhide Naito, who was driven to death by the Takeda army and consumed the strength of the enemy sergeant, can recognize the identity of the other party at a glance.

"It's going to be night soon, so I don't have to worry about the enemy coming to fight." Most people agree with Nagata Mori's statement, after all, there are too many disadvantages of night battles, and launching a night attack requires extremely high quality of soldiers and concealment, otherwise your own side will first be confused due to command errors.

"In other words, the Echigo soldiers will attack tomorrow morning at the latest?" Nagata asked.

"It doesn't have to be the Echigo soldiers, it can only be the Shinano wealthy clan who has been delaying for so long to send someone over to sentry, otherwise it would have been so slow to send troops to stop it."

Having said that, out of prudence, Gao Shisheng still asked the whole team to be up and down at night, everyone was unclothed, and the swords and guns were kept at hand, and a group of soldiers were divided to light torches, and led the earth dogs to scatter around the camp to patrol the night, responsible for the duty of vigilance.

When the sky was white, accompanied by the barking of dogs, the head of the Ashigaru group woke up the miscellaneous soldiers and soldiers in his tent one by one, and then kicked and beat them, urging everyone to hurriedly take up their weapons and hurriedly line up behind the wooden fence, and at the same time, through the mist of the winter morning, they saw that on the flat depression on the opposite bank, about 300 enemy soldiers with disorderly banners were standing densely.

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