Takeda Nobushige frowned silently and did not participate in the shouting.
After the Hime warriors all left the scene to do their work, they spoke to Takeda Harunobu in private.
"Sister, most of our army is suppressing various places in Beixin. Is it too hasty for you to only lead your own troops to march north?"
Takeda Harunobu replied.
"Murakami Yoshikiyo suddenly encountered a major change. He had remaining soldiers but no supplies, so there was nothing to worry about.
On the contrary, there was no news from Echigo for a long time, and I was a little worried that something might change later.
I have to attack Zenkoji with light troops and eliminate Murakami Yoshikiyo and Ogasawara Nagatoki before I can feel completely at ease.
Without the leader of the Shinano Takeshi family, they will surrender to me with peace of mind and not want to be distracted. "
Takeda Nobushige nodded, his sister was right.
"I feel at ease now that my sister knows what's going on. You are an indispensable pillar of the Takeda family. Please be careful."
Takeda Harunobu smiled.
"Fool, what can happen to me?
The Nakano area where Takanashi's family is located has been captured by the vanguard. My only purpose is to wipe out the panicked remnants of Murakami's party.
Maybe she would surrender as soon as the person arrived. Don't worry, I will pay attention to safety. "
The sisters had a deep love and said some more words.
Leaving the rear area under the care of Takeda Nobushige, Takeda Harunobu raised his headquarters' military strength and advanced northward along the east bank of the Chikuma River.
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In the early morning, the sun rises.
Uesugi and Murakami's coalition forces marched eastward from Zenko-ji Temple, crossed the Chikuma River, and arrived at the Fushi area on the east bank.
The Chikuma River goes all the way north and passes through the Echigo Mountains to reach the Shinano River. Together with the Agano River, it divides and nourishes the Kanto Plain, and then flows into the sea.
The Chikuma River here in Shinano merges with the Saikawa River on Kawanaka Island and stretches from Kawanaka Island to the Echigo Mountains. The river is divided into east and west bank areas.
Along the west coast is the alluvial plain of Kawanaka Island, and there are not many plains sandwiched between the east coast and the Takai County mountainous area, starting from Kaijin Castle and counting from south to north.
There are four small plain areas such as Suzaka, Bushi, Nakano and Iiyama, which are suitable for joint military campaigns.
Among them, Suzaka and Nakano Plains are larger. There is Fukushima Castle in Suzaka and Takanashi Castle in Nakano.
Iiyama is in the far north, backed by the Echigo Mountains and leading to the Myoko Plateau of Echigo.
The relief area chosen by Uesugi and Murakami's coalition forces was narrow, with the Chikuma River on one side and the Yamada key point on the other.
It is impossible for Takeda Harunobu's army to go through the Takai County mountainous area in a hurry. This is the only way for her to reach Nakano Takanashi Castle.
After crossing the river, Murakami Yoshikiyo asked.
"Your Highness Uesugi, Takanashi City in the north doesn't know that we are crossing the river yet. Should we launch a surprise attack and cut off the enemy troops behind us first?"
Teru Uesugi shook his head.
"Striking Takanashi Castle first will alert Takeda Harunobu and cause another incident. Once Takanashi Castle holds firm, we will be attacked from two sides.
It is better to go up the mountain to ambush, let both sides pass the messenger, and paralyze Takeda Harunobu's northward march. Wait until she reaches the bottom of the mountain, then raise the flag to attack.
She didn't know I was coming, so she was caught off guard and was given a head-on blow. "
Murakami Yoshikiyo nodded in agreement.
Uesugi Teruhora arrived in a hurry, and the Echigo army only had 4,000 troops. Excluding half of the peasant soldiers who were responsible for the logistics, there were only 2,000 soldiers who could carry several days of dry food across the river this time.
Murakami Yoshikiyo still has a thousand troops in his hands, but they are mixed and their combat power is uneven.
The total number of people on both sides is only 3,000. The Takeda Army will mobilize fully for this northern invasion. There will be no less than 30 troops in reserve. Together with the peasants and soldiers, the strength will be at least 13,000.
If Takeda Harunobu's troops cannot be stunned in one battle and let her retreat cautiously, the outcome of the battle may not be favorable to Uesugi Terutora's side.
After Murakami Yoshikiyo approved, the coalition forces quickly went up the mountain to ambush.
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At this time, Takeda Harunobu led the army to set off from Yantian City.
After passing Ueda, we walked along the east bank of the Chikuma River, bypassing Mt. Tsumame, passing by Kaizu Castle, and arrived at Fukushima Castle in Suzaka at noon.
The 4,000 troops she led were the elite bannermen composed of retainers, the standing army directly under the family governor, and the avant-garde composed of Shinano's subordinates to the samurai family.
Fukushima Castle was small and could not accommodate four thousand troops stationed there. After repairing for a while, Takeda Harunobu ordered the troops to move out.
We have contacted the Takeda military forces at Nakano Takanashi Castle and everything is normal. After another half day's march, we passed through the Busch area to Takanashi Castle for further repairs.
After crossing the river tomorrow, we can attack the remaining Zenkoji army of Murakami Yoshikiyo.
Thinking of this, even Takeda Harunobu, as calm as he is, couldn't help but get excited. The Takeda family's long-awaited ambition will finally be realized in his own hands.
When she expelled her cruel mother and took over the seemingly strong, but actually crumbling Takeda family, she was under tremendous pressure.
I finally proved myself right, I am better than you, Nobutora Takeda, my mother.
Look, Shinano Country, which you failed to capture with all your strength, is within my reach.
The army set off again, Takeda Harunobu looked at the rivers and mountains, and suddenly felt a disharmonious feeling in his heart.
A layer of goosebumps appeared on her back, a chill ran up her spine and onto her head and neck, and she broke into a cold sweat.
Something is wrong, something is wrong.
He reined in his horse and waved his hand. The banners around him were already giving orders to stop, waiting for the orders from the family governor.
The army advanced in a long snake formation, and the head and tail could not be taken into account. The orders from near and far slowly spread out, and after a long time, the queue gradually stopped.
Takeda Harunobu didn't pay attention to these trivial matters, but thought carefully about what he had overlooked?
The intuition developed through years of war will always unconsciously sense something wrong in the segments that her mind ignores, and subconsciously send out warnings.
Takeda Harunobu planned things first and then acted. When fighting, he calculated defeat before calculating victory.
She carefully observed the nearby terrain. In spring, everything revived and the mountains were full of vitality. Why were there no birds singing or beasts roaring in the mountains?
There's something wrong with being too quiet.
She suddenly raised her head and looked towards the forest. In the silence, there was a faint murderous intention.
"With the order, the front army gathered in formation, and the Ji warriors from all units moved closer to the leader.
The Chinese army formed a formation and formed the Crane Wing Formation! "
You must not retreat at this time. The marching snake formation is long and slender. The soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the troops.
Once chaos breaks out, a surprise attack will result in a major defeat. The only option is to gather the troops and re-arrange their formations.
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On the mountain, Uesugi Teruhora heard a pity.
Takeda's troops had already entered the ambush circle. In order to cut off the formation and attack the main formation directly, she ordered the troops to stay still.
As a result, Takeda Harunobu seemed to have discovered something was wrong, and the former army retreated into a group and began to organize their formation.
We can't wait any longer, we must launch an attack before the opponent's formation is completed.
Terutora Uesugi ordered.
"Order, Murakami Yoshikiyo's troops will be the first to go down the mountain and break into the enemy's formation to disrupt the enemy's formation.
Three moments later, listen to my conch's signal and retreat in an orderly manner to the right.
The order was given, and Kakizaki Keie's troops came down the mountain two moments later. They used the second hand to cut in from the left wing to cover the retreat of Murakami Yoshikiyo's troops and continue to disrupt the enemy's situation.
Three moments after engaging the enemy, retreat to the right.
Commanded by Saito Chaobu. . "
Terutora Uesugi looked at the foot of the mountain and kept issuing orders. Each envoy bowed his head and ran towards the location of each department to deliver orders.
Letting Murakami Yoshiki take the lead was to use their grievances to open up the situation and prevent Takeda Harunobu from forming a smooth formation.
This group of Hoshin warriors were caught off guard by Takeda Harunobu's series of tactics. They lost their territory inexplicably and were suffocating.
After that, there was the first military confrontation between Uesugi Teruhu and Takeda Harunobu.
Takeda Harunobu obviously wants to set up the Crane Wing Formation, and Uesugi Terutora will never let her have her way.
The Joetsu elite is the backbone of Uesugi Teruhora's military force. The various departments have cooperated for many years and have a tacit understanding.
After Murakami Yoshikiyo has engaged the enemy for three seconds and disrupted the enemy's formation, he will withdraw and let the upper-shirted people come to meet the Takeda people.
All members of Teru Uesugi's branch went down the mountain to attack Takeda's military formation. They changed their men every three seconds to preserve their strength.
However, Takeda's front formation was not yet firmly established, and was constantly hit to consume its physical strength and morale, until it collapsed and rolled back into the main formation.
This was Uesugi Teruhora's intention, to use the Chexuan Formation to give Takeda Harunobu a disastrous start.
———
Takeda Harunobu had just given the order to form a formation, and countless flags were erected in the mountains, and the sound of killing was heard in the sky.
She looked carefully and saw that in addition to the Hokushin samurai family under Murakami Yoshikiyo, there were also flags of Echigo. The most eye-catching one was the Uesugi family crest.
The Ryo-Uesugi family in Kanto has been killed by the Hojo family, and the only one who can still send troops with a flag is Nagao Kagetora of the Nagao family in Echigo Prefecture.
It seems that she has returned from Luo, has the title of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, and has calmed down the civil strife in Echigo, which is really amazing.
Takeda Harunobu sighed and arranged many obstacles, but in the end he still failed to prevent the Lord of Echigo from coming to aid Northern Shinano.
This is not the time to sigh, Takeda Harunobu said to the deputy general Iitomi Homasa next to him.
"You take Chi Bei up to supervise the battle, and ask the reserve teams to retreat and form formations. The people in the vanguard are in front, and the supervising team is behind.
Kill anyone who dares to retreat! "
"Hi!"
Iito Homasa came forward with her elites in a murderous manner. All her armors were dyed red. She was known as Akabei. She was the top elite of the Takeda family and was victorious in every battle.
Takeda Harunobu's intention is obvious, although she usually spares no effort to win over Shinano's predecessors.
But at the critical moment, the difference between closeness and distance can still be seen, and the people in the front are used as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's troops, giving the Takeda army time to breathe and set up their formations.
Iito Homasa didn't think as much as the governor, and she had always been disdainful of the Shinano Takeshi family.
The Echigo samurai family and the Hokushinano samurai family have been together for so many years, how strong can their combat power be?
Is the Echigo samurai's bravery the best in Kanto? Bah, let me, Fanfu Huchang, teach you how to fight!
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On the other side, Kakizaki Keike received the military order from Uesugi Terutora and curled his lips.
When I go to war, I have to line up behind defeated generals like Beishinano. Your Highness really doesn't give me face.
Who is the Takeda family? They have been entangled with the Shinano Takeda family for so many years. How strong can they be in combat?
Are the Kafihime warriors persevering and enduring hard work? Bah, let your sister Echigo teach you how to fight!
