Time goes back to Hachimanhara when the fog cleared.
The dissipating fog shocked Takeda Harunobu, and the sudden appearance of Uesugi's military force not far away caught people off guard.
As the conch sound sounded, Uesugi's troops, who had already set up their formation, began to move towards Takeda's troops, causing Takeda Harunobu's eyes to crack.
She took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and shouted.
"The units on the right wing stabilize their formations and meet the enemy where they are. Order Nobuhishi Takeda on the left wing to quickly adjust to the west!"
The entire right wing was exposed in front of the Uesugi army, with no flank protection at all. This was an extremely dangerous situation.
Takeda Harunobu can only place his hope on his sister, hoping that she will lead the army to quickly fill the position, complete the turn of the Crane Wing Formation, and block the Uesugi family's attack from the west.
At the critical moment, Takeda Harunobu was also aroused.
Although she doesn't know why the Uesugi Army is here, but now that they are here, don't leave!
She said coldly.
"Send several envoys south to Nemoseguchi and order Kosaka Masanobu and Baba Nobharu to return to support me!
We move forward, raise our flag! In this battle, I want Teru Uesugi to be convinced that he lost! "
Takeda Harunobu doesn't like taking risks, but that doesn't mean she can't fight!
As Sun Tzu said, go up to the army and make plans. But now, I want to paralyze you! Fuck her!
Takeda Harunobu also had a military flag, called the Sun Tzu Shiru Mantra Banner. The flag said: "It is as fast as the wind, it is as slow as the forest, it invades like fire, and it is as motionless as the mountain."
According to the rules of the martial arts, once the military flag is raised, there is no advance but no retreat.
Takeda Harunobu knew that the formation was not completed, and the right wing might not be able to hold on for long. She simply moved her formation forward, hoping to buy time with her elite Hatamoto and Akabi troops.
As long as Takeda Nobushige can keep up, the army can support it! When Kosaka Masanobu and Baba Nobharu come back to help, Uesugi Teruhora will definitely lose today!
Takeda Harunobu put aside all his thoughts and concentrated on the battlefield in front of him.
forget about it! Go for it!
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Takeda's military position was to deploy towards the Nemoseguchi in the south, going down north, up south, right, west, left and east.
Twelve groups of troops were deployed into the Crane Wing Formation, with the right wing in the West Sixth Group and the left wing in the East Sixth Group.
The Uesugi Army came from the Twelve Sea Gate in the southwest, and formed its formation due west of the Takeda Army and eastward.
At this time, the Uesugi Army's chariot formation was like a whip thrown towards the Takeda Army's right wing exposed in front of them.
The tip of the whip, Murakami Yoshikiyo, hit the rear edge of the Takeda Army's right wing in a weak arc from west to east, from north to south.
Then the second-hand Kakizaki Keike continued to impact, similar to the middle section of a whip, hitting the side of the edge of Takeda's right wing.
The right wing of the Takeda army was instantly in turmoil.
War in the cold weapon era required formations, which stemmed from the lack of organization and lack of communication.
Due to insufficient productivity, only a few elites can train full-time, and most of the military personnel are temporarily organized women.
They are just a ragtag group. They seem to be powerful in numbers, but in fact they are useless. Charge into battle and defeat them, escape and trample the first one, you must use means to restrain them.
Due to the lack of communication means, various sounds such as drums and conch shells were used as signals on the battlefield to let the troops know what they should do.
The sound is single and the message conveyed is very simple. For example, beating drums to advance and calling gold to withdraw troops are easy to understand but lack flexibility.
Due to inferior soldiers and lack of communications, large armies had to form formations to attack.
The sergeant only knows what he should do when he is surrounded by his own people. After the formation is formed, only a few elites are needed to command, and most people can follow suit.
In samurai society, the backbone of command is the Ji Warrior.
Not to mention special units such as bows and arrows, iron artillery, etc., a mobilization team often comes from the same territory, the fellow villagers are familiar with each other, and the commander is a local martial artist.
The general number of reserve troops is 250 people, probably more than 200 Ashigaru, and the Hime warriors are 400 or 50 people.
A group of ten Ashigaru men, with one or two Hime samurai commanding them, and the rest being the reserve general and Hatamoto.
The reserve general obeyed the command of the sound of conch and drum, and the lower-level Hime samurai followed the order of the reserve general and scolded the ashigaru to form a spear formation to fight.
The grassroots Hime warriors are like tree roots deeply rooted in the army, tightly uniting the scattered soil of Ashigaru around them, which gives the army combat effectiveness.
Later, combat units such as ten-man teams, reserve teams, and military forces were communicated upward at one level, and a military command system was formed.
But if the formation, ten-man team, and preparations are not completed, the army will lack cohesion.
The ten-person grassroots team fighting independently had no idea what to do. They didn't even know where the enemy troops came from because their vision was limited in the crowd.
At this time, the only way is to use the frontal reserve team to meet the enemy, so that the grassroots warriors should not be chaotic and resist in place.
The rest of the reserve team quickly organized and formed a formation, using the time when the front was being beaten to adjust the military situation and plan for follow-up.
Takeda Harunobu had no choice but to do this.
At the same time, she ordered Takeda Nobushige on the left wing to move quickly, asking them to adjust their direction and join the western battlefield.
On the other hand, he ordered the Huradai retainers on the right to meet the enemy on the spot and resist the Uesugi army's attack in a chaotic military formation.
It is conceivable that the right wing is under great pressure and may collapse at any time.
Therefore, Takeda Harunobu raised the military flag and moved his formation forward to attract the enemy and share the pressure on the right wing.
Otherwise, if the right wing collapses and the defeated troops roll back into the main formation and the left wing, it will really be over.
Takeda Harunobu also firmly believed that he could hold on because the right wing was the Takeda retainers group.
The Takeda family has a hereditary guardianship of Kai, and its retainers have been passed down for generations. Regardless of perseverance or fighting ability, these Ji warriors who endure hardships in the ravines are very strong.
The Kai clan may not be the most capable samurai, but they are definitely the Ji samurai who can endure the most hard-fought battles. The existence of a high-quality retainer group is also a major reason for Takeda Harunobu's rapid rise.
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There are six military groups on Takeda's right wing, and the two weakest ones are on the edge.
Murakami Yoshikiyo's Northern followers attacked from the edge and shook their formation.
Kakizaki Keike saw the opportunity and attacked from the side with all his strength, and the two armies collapsed instantly.
At this critical moment, Zhu Jiaohu engaged his troops to fight on the front line, shouting at the same time.
"Hold still! Come closer to me!"
The chaotic front-line grassroots found the backbone and quickly concentrated on her.
With her as the center, the army held together on the front line and finally did not collapse due to the collapse of the two reserve teams in front.
Amari Kotai, Itagaki Nobukata and other veterans of the generation also rushed to the front line one after another, supporting the left and right wings of Zhu Jiaotada, and continued to gather military strength.
Takeda's right wing did not collapse, but instead held together to defend. This turtle shell left the Uesugi army unable to do anything for a while.
Terutora Uesugi looked around the battlefield from behind and ordered.
"Takeda Harunobu's main formation is moving forward, and Nakajo Fujishi is ordered to penetrate directly into his main formation."
"Hi!"
One of the envoys waiting nearby rode toward the Yangbei formations.
Shortly afterwards, the Yangbeizhong in charge of the third hand, led by Nakajo Fujishi, broke into the enemy's formation through the gap between Takeda's right wing and the main formation.
