Chapter 283 17. Our Troops Are Using Lunch Boxes

"Takeda Daizen has arrived!" Saito Asanobu put his hand on his brow and looked at the distant horizon.

Red, white, black, yellow, flags of various colors, as far as the eye can see, but without exception, they all depict the famous Takeda Ling.

Team after team of soldiers drove to the border of Hachimanhara, then slowly stopped and deployed their formations.

The Uesugi army and the Murakami army, which were fighting, also subconsciously slowed down their movements, showing their concern for this army that was famous in the East.

Finally, the flag of Suwa Daimyojin appeared, and then the flag of Sun Tzu Shiru also fluttered into the battlefield.

Murakami Yoshikiyo finally held on until Takeda Harunobu arrived, and Uesugi Terutora's surprise attack, although brilliant, ultimately failed.

The Uesugi army, which had originally pounced on the Murakami army, slowly gathered its troops and stopped rushing and attacking to prevent the teams from breaking away and creating gaps.

Murakami Yoshikiyo was also able to return to the main camp, gather the defeated soldiers, and divide the formation. He saved the already shaky Murakami army from the edge of the cliff and reorganized it.

Although the loss was extremely huge, now that Takeda Harunobu had arrived, the chance of victory or defeat had changed.

Takeda Harunobu also kept his promise. Soon, the Saku clan's Oi Emon team, the Koga clan's Sanada Yukitsuna team, and the Suwa clan's Suwa Manlino Suwa Yoritada team, a total of 5,000 people, headed straight for the left wing of the Uesugi army.

Naoe Kagetsuna and the 1,200 Ita clan who had originally gone down the mountain to attack the Seino clan were forced to stop their movement and went down the formation to start blocking the Takeda army.

In addition, the 600 Saito Asanobu and the 1,000 Kasugayama regular foot soldiers of the Uesugi main team also hurried down to help block Naoe Kagetsuna, who was short of Takeda's troops.

Although Uesugi Terutora still had a firm look on his face, he was not anxious about the arrival of 14,000 Takeda clans. But his brows slightly wrinkled, revealing something.

"How many people does Takeda Daizen have?" Uesugi Terutora still wanted to confirm the number of Takeda troops.

Including Naoe Kagetsuna, his manpower was about 4,000. If the Takeda army was less than 10,000, he could still stop it on the spot and then continue to attack the Murakami army. As long as the Murakami army was swept away, the Takeda army would surely not fight to the death.

"Looking at the flags and ranks, I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people." Takemata Chikanaga counted carefully.

It was already 11 o'clock in the morning, and there was no fog in Kawanakajima. The situation on the battlefield was clearly visible.

"Hmm" The number reported by Takemata Chikanaga was exactly the same as Uesugi Terutora's own estimate of more than 10,000 people.

Uesugi Terutora was also worried. He had heard about the combat effectiveness of the Takeda army many times from Uesugi Kensho and Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu. Uesugi Kensho was defeated by the Takeda army in the battle of Odawara, killing more than 3,000 people.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu mentioned that many years ago, when Ina Suwa resisted the attack of the Takeda army, the Yamauchi family lost 600 soldiers and conscripts alone. There was also an example of the Yamauchi family fighting against the enemy with more people and finally winning a tragic victory in the battle of Uedawara.

Even if Uesugi Terutora believed that Takeda Harunobu was a man without faith and loyalty, it is undeniable that he recognized Takeda Harunobu's military strategy and military strength.

The situation on the battlefield also matched his judgment. The 2,800 Uesugi army faced the attack of the 5,000 Takeda army. As soon as the battle started, a fierce battle broke out.

The Takeda army cooperated well and connected from front to back, not losing to the elite soldiers of the Echigo clan that Uesugi Terutora deliberately retained.

Uesugi Terutora could not sit still, so he stood up and stared at the battle situation on Hachimanhara.

The situation was extremely unfavorable for him, and the number of his troops was far less than that of the enemy. At the same time, half of the troops had been fighting for three hours. Although they took turns to rest in the middle, they would gradually get tired.

The Murakami army was now in low spirits and the army was still in quite a mess. Although Murakami Yoshikiyo tried hard to clean up, it was impossible to launch a counterattack against the Uesugi army.

But the Uesugi side was not doing well either. On the one hand, they were short of troops, and on the other hand, the soldiers began to feel worried about being caught in a pincer attack, which was the big problem that affected the situation.

Just as he was about to mobilize the remaining 1,300 troops of his own team to attack Murakami and win, he found that the situation was not as bad as he expected.

What kind of people are Murakami Yoshikiyo and Takeda Harunobu? It is difficult to evaluate other things, but it is certain that both of them are heroes in troubled times.

Is their current alliance out of loyalty? Trust? Friendship? None! They just united together for the sake of interests.

So even when Murakami was in the most critical moment, because he knew that the Takeda army would definitely come, Yashiro Masakuni's reserve of more than 1,000 people had not joined the battle so far and had been on standby.

At this moment, the thousand men of Yashiro Masakuni finally descended from Chausu Mountain, and then hastily formed a battle array across the vast plains, blocking the main camp of Murakami Yoshikiyo and Takeda Harunobu's army.

After all, they are two armies with mutual interests!

On the other hand, after Takeda Harunobu sent out the second-rate troops of the Shinano clan, there was no follow-up force to follow up. The elite Kai infantry was only a few hundred people, but they went out with the Shinano clan to supervise the battle.

Takeda Harunobu found that Uesugi Terutora was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, and Murakami Yoshikiyo was also greatly weakened. Instead of attacking the Uesugi side with all his strength, he might as well drag it out and let Murakami and Uesugi waste another two or three hours.

Murakami was defeated, his army was well-organized and morale was high, and anyone who came to fight him would be a fool. He might still be able to take advantage of the situation to fight Uesugi Terutora and defeat Uesugi Terutora's tired army. If Murakami and Uesugi were to tie, and Uesugi Terutora could not hold on and retreated to Echigo, he would not care, as he had already taken the territories of forty villages anyway.

Uesugi Terutora also discovered that Yoshikiyo Murakami and Shingen Takeda were not in harmony after all, and they were on guard against each other and speculated about each other.

"Hahahahahaha, God helps me!" Uesugi Terutora laughed and rode on the freed moon hair, ordered Takemata Chikansuna to bring his big flag and the Hinomaru Amaterasu flag, and attacked Yoshikiyo Murakami like a whirlwind.

Murakami Yoshikiyo certainly knew that Takeda Harunobu would not release the eagle until he saw the rabbit, but he never thought that Takeda Harunobu really ignored his image and watched the success or failure, sent 5,000 people, entangled the two Uesugi military units, and then started to watch the show.

Facing the Uesugi main force that was getting closer and closer, Yoshikiyo Murakami had no choice but to let Masakuni Yashiro go to Takeda's main camp again.

"I would like to ask His Highness Kai to send troops immediately to defeat the blocking enemy and join our army." Masakuni Yashiro's acting skills are also very good. He burst into tears while speaking and acting.

There was even a hint of sadness, which was very realistic.

If a stranger saw this, he would definitely be infected by his emotions and comfort him.

But Takeda Harunobu's eyes had seen through all this, so he ignored Yashiro Masakuni's crying.

"Our army is eating lunch boxes!" Takeda Harunobu said calmly.