In the afternoon of the next day.

The sun is slanted, shining into the valley from the side of the mountain peak that rises like a sharp blade.

After most of the day, the journey on the mountain road.

The Saito niche of Saito, the Jinbao Company has reached the location of the town of Kamoka, only three miles away.

The enthusiasm of midsummer is in the 6 areas within the high mountains like Hida Country, and it recedes much faster than the Etchung Plain, so I suddenly entered the mountain and lived in the Saito niche where I was accustomed to living in the castle. There is a bit of autumnal meaning.

After entering Hida's territory, Saito Niche has always been very vigilant. After Mo Jian Bantou kept collecting the information of the investigation, it was reported to Saito Niche so that he could understand it at any time.

As far as he knows, Li Xiao, the main commander of the opponent's Takeda Army, has recorded two ambushes, Nagano’s and Murakami’s records, so he was extremely cautious in his surrounding investigations.

For the time being, the news that Saito Niche has received is that the Takeda army of Kamoka Castle seems to use the method of a cage to fight against the Saito family.

If the Takeda Army is really like this, then all this has fallen into the trap of Saito Niche, because Shioya Akuzada promised him to ambush his detailed work in Kamoka Castle, and the preparations are complete.

When the caged city battle is in progress, careful work will set fire to the city and create chaos, so that he will be able to unite inside and outside and break through the city gate in one fell swoop.

And according to the information provided by Shioya Qiuzada, there will not be too much food and grass in Kamoka City.

If Takeda really expected Jiangma’s reinforcements to arrive, and Saito Niche had a cold smile on his face, then he would have fallen into his trap.

As for field co-operation?

Saito Niche also made this preparation, but it is unlikely that he thought it would come.

When he got the specific information that Shioya Qiuzhen gave him to the Takeda army, he was very surprised. The number of guards in Kamoka Castle was far beyond his expectation.

According to the news that his sister Xiaolu Lianglai gave him before, Li Xiao could only be standing by two hundred at best, and he could summon another two hundred peasants in an emergency mobilization. This kind of strength.

In fact, in the small Shengang City where Li Xiao was located, the lord of five thousand stones had 500 standing troops, not to mention, there were 80 iron cannons, such a weapon.

All of this shocked Saito Niche. At the same time, he felt very greedy for Shinoka Ginzan. Only the wealth of Shinoka Ginzan can support Li Xiao's expansion to such a strength in a short period of time.

So he made a desperate bet this time, especially when he offered his favorite tea set and several famous knives to the old husband, the chief priest, and only then did he get five hundred people from the chief priest.

The leading general is the post of Terashima, the lord of Ikeda Castle of the Jinbao family.

Terashima post office and another important minister of the Jinbo family, the small island office town, known as the double walls of the Jinbo family, were both ministers of Zhongxing who assisted the long post of the Jinbo family to rebuild the Jinbo family.

So Saito Niche had the confidence to take down Kamoka Castle in one fell swoop.

At this time, Saito Niche’s belongings hurried over and reported to Saito Niche: “Report to the lord, one mile in front of you, the standing staff of the Takeda family are now assembled and lined up. It seems to be A decisive battle with our army."

Saito Niche was slightly surprised by the news at first, but then he snorted and said: "Takeda Army is standing by five hundred, and I dare to fight with my 1,000 troops. This is simply seeking a dead end."

On the other side, in a valley,

Li Xiao's 500 standing equipment has been assembled here, waiting for the army of Saito Niche to arrive.

This is the decisive battle location that Li Xiao chose in advance.

He placed five hundred standings on the flat ground between the valleys, and the front was empty, which was suitable for the western phalanx for fighting on the plains.

On both sides of Li Xiao's army, there are steep and unclimbable peaks on the right, and turbulent plateau rivers on the left.

Taking advantage of the protection of the geographical position, Li Xiaosi did not worry that the weak flanks of the western phalanx would be flanked. They only needed to concentrate on facing the enemy army from the front.

So when Li Xiao saw this place, he secretly marveled at his extraordinary luck, but he didn't expect that the heavens would have chosen such a good decisive venue for him.

Because this is the only way for the Saito family's army to go to Kamoka City, unless Saito Niche chooses to retreat, he must start a decisive battle with Li Xiao at the location chosen by Li Xiao.

Li Xiao’s army is divided into three arrays. The two hundred and forty western phalanxes serve as the backbone. Shimao wins and Xiaoxian Oba serves as the general. Koichiro Kinoshita, there is a mountain tiger who is commanding the left and right.

Youshan Huding is a national recruited by Li Xiao from the mountain village. He performed well in the decisive battle between the Takeda Army and the Sister Xiaolu Army under the command of Li Xiao. , Officially became a samurai.

There are still sixty people in the back array, making preparations, Li Xiao, Honda Masabe, and Shioka Kazuha watching the battle together in the prepared array.

The Great Zang Changan stayed in the town of Kamioka to stabilize the hearts of the people.

Li Xiao is riding on the black forge, looking into the distance. At this moment, he is not fully confident that he will play against the Saito family.

In the military meeting last night, after Wen’s sister Xiaolu’s family was mobilized, Li Xiao’s retainers unanimously gave up their plan to fight the cage city, and finally decided not to wait for Jiangma Fraser’s reinforcements to go out of the city for a joint battle, and decided to fight together. Repel Saito's house.

Li Xiao estimated before the war, the winners and losers of both sides, in terms of military strength, the Saito family had the advantage.

The advantage of Li Xiao's side is that his staff are all professional soldiers who have been trained for at least half a year, and some of them have been standing with Li Xiao for two years, so his standing combat quality is higher than that of the Saito family.

But this alone is not enough. The biggest variable in this victory or defeat is the power of Li Xiao's phalanx of the West.

Before the war, Li Xiao didn't ask Xiaoban Xiaoxian how he trained, because he knew that it was a question of nothing, and he could see the progress of the training in the past few days with his own eyes.

In the end, the true strength is still to be practiced on the battlefield. If the practice fails, all the previous gorgeous theories are useless and are waste paper.

While Li Xiao was pondering, the army of the Saito family appeared in front of Li Xiao standing.

Immediately, Li Xiao's five hundred standing staff sat on the ground and rested, all stood up, and entered the posture of preparing for combat.

After the opposing army entered from the mountain road, it began to line up at the other end of the battlefield, at a distance of about ten towns (about 110 meters per town) from the front of Li Xiao's phalanx.

At the same time, the opposing horse-riding team rushed forward, cruising in front of Li Xiao's army, in order to prevent the Takeda army from attacking suddenly before taking the army's position.

There are also several brave warriors in the opposing horse-riding team, deliberately showing off their good riding skills on the horse, and provoke the Takeda army.

One or two horses even deliberately rushed within the range of the Takeda Army's iron cannon, galloped, and wielded their spears to fight loudly at the Takeda Army.

However, the Takeda army had already received a strict order from Li Xiao to not enter the battle, so the battle was motionless and ignored.

Therefore, the enemy riders were even more presumptuous. A dozen riders continued to attack the Takeda army, performing the excellent equestrian skills of galloping forward, then pulling the horse back abruptly, and once again fighting against the Takeda army.

Seeing that no one came out to fight, the enemy cavalry couldn't help but burst into laughter immediately.

Soon after, the Saito army lined up, and the riding team returned from the front on horseback. Before leaving, the horse samurai continued to slap the horse's hips in the direction of the Takeda army to show contempt.

After the Saito family's thousand armies were fully deployed, Li Xiao looked from a distance and saw that the opponent's army was stern, obviously strong, and he had a foreboding that this battle would not be easy.

After watching the Takeda’s formation, Saito Nikkei couldn’t help but feel puzzled, and asked the Jinbao family general, Terashima, “The Takeda family’s military formation is quite strange. I have been fighting for many years, but I have never seen it In general, when the formation is deployed, the iron artillery team is placed in the forefront of the military formation. There is no reason to be on the two wings."

Before Terajima’s position had spoken, a member of the Saito family’s horseback samurai said: “Master, the Takeda army is so deployed, the iron cannons in the back row can’t shoot at all, or they can only hit the iron cannons in front. It's a foolish trick to be light-headed."

"Not necessarily."

Terashima on the side made a statement.

Terashima has fought with Yixiangzong and the Echigo Army. He is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for more than 20 years.

After watching for a long time, he didn’t recognize the Takeda family’s position, but he didn’t have the slightest light. Instead, he said to Saito Riki with a solemn expression: "I heard that the city lord of the Takeda family, Li Xiao, opposite. , Is from the Ming country. He fought in Shirane Mountain. It was because of his personal bravery that he was able to kill six in and six out in the Huihu army. Even the first fierce fighter Kakizaki and Izumishou, he was challenged by him. Pick."

Suddenly, the tenet of Dunsi Island said: "This man is unstoppable, and he is also the first fierce general under Duke Xinxuan. And this seemingly weird military formation must come from the Ming country."

Regarding the feelings of Echigo dragon Uesugi Kenshin's bravery, Saito Niki, and Terajima Shisuke, they can no longer only admire the two words to describe him. Even using the word worship is not excessive, the other party Since he had the strength to defeat Kenshin Uesugi, it was enough to attract the attention of the whole army.

Nikkei Saito nodded and said: "I have heard of this man's bravery. Shingen has the help of this person. It is really powerful. The order is that this battle must be cautious, and the generals should not be underestimated because of the lack of Takeda soldiers. , It is necessary to treat the enemy's forces as equal to one's own forces to fight."

After the military order is communicated.

Saito Niki conclusively said to Terashima: "Since I have arrived here, I can capture Kamoka Castle further. I have no reason to retreat. How powerful is the formation of the Ming Dynasty military commander? Let me try. Knowing that, Lord Terajima, please stand for me. I will use my headquarters' 500 army to attack the Takeda army first."

Terashima nodded, and said: "Master Boshou, I hereby wish you success in your first battle."

After the two reached an agreement, the horse-riding warrior on the side had a feeling of dissatisfaction with Li Xiao's formation.

Saito Niche had already pressed down and issued a military order to go out.

As the marching Taiko drum sounded, the formation of the Saito army shifted, rustling footsteps.

In front of Saito's neatly organized gunfoot light team, three rows of bowfoot light team are still leading the front.

Their purpose is also to use the bow-footed light team to shake the Takeda army's position by shooting first.

On the other hand, on the side of the Takeda army, military orders were passed down one after another.

The iron cannon-foot light teams on both sides began to move under the order of Xiaobian Xiaoxian, and the two auxiliary bow-foot light teams on the left and right also stood in the forefront.

With the addition of the 80 iron artillery squadrons in the center, Li Xiao's army has a total of 140 troops for medium- and long-range strikes.

"First Listed Gun"

When the enemy's bow-footed light team entered the 30th distance of the iron cannon team, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Xiaoken Xiaoba shouted. The ten iron gunners in the first column of the two wings moved neatly and uniformly, raising their guns. Lift up, hold the gun with both hands on his chest.

"aim"

Xiaoxian Xiaoba almost tried his best, and there was another roar. The iron guns raised their guns and aimed them in front of them. In the past month and a half, they practiced this action countless times.

At the moment when the gun was raised, everyone's muzzle was almost on a horizontal line, parallel to the ground, and 90 degrees perpendicular to the torso.

"shooting"

Xiaoxian Xiaoba shouted.

When the enemy's bow-footed light team was preparing to stand still and shoot arrows.

The iron cannons on the Takeda Army's side were light enough to take advantage of their range and fired first. . ..

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