Chapter 134 23. Using the Majority to Overwhelm the Minority

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu also followed Kobayata's Sunlight and Moonlight horse mark and came over, and the two met.

"Did Itagaki Suruga-no-kami get it?"

"It's a great luck, where's the left horse head?"

"Saiyama Gouchi-no-kami is a man (Japanese is a manly man?)"

"Shall we continue?"

"Okay!"

"Hahahahahaha." The two laughed at the same time, clapped their hands, and went to gather their troops and continue to attack Takeda Harunobu's main camp on Mt. Kurasho.

Kitabatake Daigaku, who was in the rear of the Yamauchi army, was the last to arrive at the battlefield. It was not because his troops were poor, but because the speed of the small horse was not fast enough, and they carried a lot of supplies and could not walk fast. However, he brought everyone's war horses, and fortunately, Kitabatake Daigaku looked after the war horses. Not only did he eat well because he was in charge of logistics, but he also took a walk and warmed up. The war horses were soon handed over to Kobayata and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu.

Everyone cheered. Except for a few heroic warriors whose horses were not claimed, other samurai and servants rode their horses and cheered around Yamauchi Yoshikatsu.

Kobayata simply stopped riding and asked Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to lead all the cavalry (including hatamoto samurai, horse-riding servants and iron cannon horseback) of more than 300 cavalry to attack first. He himself followed with the reorganized Renchuan and the remaining other infantry to join the battle.

After Yamauchi Yoshikatsu crossed the river first, Kobayata also began to arrange the troops and slowly crossed the Chanchuan River. As for the Yamauchi army's rear troops, most of them had entered the battlefield. Soon the whole army crossed the Chanchuan River in an orderly manner, driving thousands of the defeated soldiers of the armored army and gradually approaching Takeda Harunobu's main camp.

At the same time, Takeda Harunobu on Mount Kurashō had also discovered the armored army that was defeated all over the mountain. While he ordered his troops to be on guard, he asked the hatamoto generals to gather the defeated soldiers and find a few people who could talk to him to understand the situation.

At this time, Takeda Harunobu's retainers had already shown the potential of the elite soldiers of the Koshin Army that would roar across the world. The first person to be attacked was Takeda Noriyuki Nobushige, the chief of the Gokinryū clan, the second was the young master Takeda Taro Yoshinobu, the third was Anayama Izu no Kami Nobutomo (Katsuyori was still young, and Kiso had not surrendered to become his son-in-law), and the fourth was Ichijoemon Nobutatsu, the heir of the branch Ichijo clan, who was also Takeda Harunobu's younger brother.

In addition to these three, Amari Bizen no Kami Torayasu Daimakinto sat at the head of the Gofudai family elders, followed closely by Iitomi Hyobe Toramasa, and Oyamada Yasaburo Echuchu no Kami Nobuyuki and Kyorai Ishiminbe Kagemasa (later Baba Mino no Kami Nobuharu) were on the left and right. There are also generals such as Tsuchiya Uemon (father of Tsuchiya Masahiro who killed thousands of people with one hand), Hara Hayato (that is, Hara Masatane, the Jin Bugyo of the Takeda clan who was known to know all the geography and customs of Koshin), Atobe Oeishuke (later said to be the father of Atobe Katsusuke, one of the two treacherous ministers during Takeda Katsuyori's time), Komai Matakyo (son of Komai Kohakusai, the chief strategist during Takeda Shingen's time), etc.

In addition, Morokaku Torasada, Asari Nobumasa, Hara Toratane, Yokota Jurobei, Sone Uchitaku father and son, Ichikawa, Ema, Saneda, Nagasaka (that is, Nagasaka Nagansai, known as one of the two treacherous ministers during Takeda Katsuyori's time, the author does not agree with this statement), Tada (Tada Mitsuyori, known as a famous general in the night battles of the eastern country), etc., a series of famous generals of Koshin who will shine in the future will stand outside the tent.

Takeda Harunobu whispered a few words to his younger brother Norimachi Nobushige, who was no less talented than him, and Nobushige also replied a few words in a light and low voice. It was unknown what the two brothers were talking about, but it was true that they had not made a decision in the current situation. The old ministers who were worried about the war situation were very anxious and kept looking down the mountain.

Seeing that the two brothers seemed to have not discussed any results, the family elder warrior, Gan Lihuotai, took the initiative to take the hatamoto to gather the army.

Takeda Harunobu thought that if he was not a prestigious and famous samurai, he would not be able to call on these already frightened fleeing soldiers. So he readily agreed and asked the general Hatsuka Den'emon to assist him.

Gan Lihuotai strode out of the shogunate, and one of his flag bearers also stood up, raised his horse flag, and dozens of samurai foot soldiers followed him down the mountain. Hatsuka Den'emon also called on some of his hatamoto to follow closely and set off from behind the curtain.

Because Itagaki Nobukata had previously reported a great victory over the Yamanouchi army's vanguard of several thousand men, Takeda Harunobu's main force, which was originally eager to join up with Itagaki Nobukata, did not immediately join forces with Itagaki Nobukata's Shinshu vanguard. Instead, they stopped and stationed on Mt. Kurasho, waiting for Itagaki Nobukata to set up camp on the other side of the Chanchuan River before making other plans.

This actually led to a gap of more than one mile between Takeda Harunobu's main force and Itagaki Nobukata's vanguard. However, Takeda Harunobu was not spared for nothing. He was a cautious and qualified general. When the whole army stopped, he arranged for the samurai general Hatsuka Den'emon to set up a vanguard at the Chanchuan River, and placed some of the hatamoto soldiers in front of the main camp, which was convenient for contacting Itagaki Nobukata's troops and also served as the vanguard of the main camp.

So when Amari Torayasu arrived at the front camp, Hatsuka's troops had already learned the news and began to be alert and gather the defeated soldiers.

Amari Torayasu continued to gather the defeated soldiers while checking the situation. After he stood on the only high slope and looked at the battlefield environment, he realized that he was too reckless. Takeda's vanguard had only 300 to 400 soldiers, and with himself and the hatamoto soldiers brought by Hatsukano Den'emon, there were only 400 soldiers.

But he saw that the Yamauchi army assembled by the Chan River had at least 5,000 people, and most of them had been assembled and were crossing the river. Four hundred against five thousand, there were famous generals who won with this ratio in history, and there were even many such recorded battles, but Amari Torayasu did not dare to dream of such a one-in-a-million dream with only 400 people.

He immediately sent the defeated soldiers of the Shinano vanguard back to Takeda Harunobu's main camp (which would affect the morale of the first attack of the Hatsukanobe), asked him to gather and prepare these already discouraged defeated soldiers, and asked Takeda Harunobu to urge the army to fight immediately.

Otherwise, he felt that at his age, he might very likely give his life to such an unknown battlefield because of such a battle.

Of course, as a master of 30 years of bad battles, Ganli Torayasu would never sit and wait for death. He began to use all the available resources at hand to ensure his own safety.

First, he tried every means to boost morale and promised that each person would get 300 coins after the battle (only if you are alive, you can get it, and if you die, you will get nothing. It's really a business without capital). Then he quickly asked the soldiers to form a battle formation. As long as the gun formation was set up, it would take half an hour for Takeda Harunobu's army to arrive. It was still unknown who would win.

The duel with a huge disparity in numbers at the Ubu River began.

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