Chapter 293 26. The Stable Owner Sent a Head Thousands of Miles Away

Kanai Aigoro and Iwase Motomasa, who were on the front line, were having a great time killing. After all, they were just a bit disappointed after being shot at by such a volley.

However, when the Takeda reinforcements arrived, they returned to fighting in formation. They were just in high spirits, but now they were hit hard.

However, the collapse of the Aburakawa team had a great impact on the Takeda army. The Yamauchi army rushed into the Takeda army formation along with the defeated soldiers. The Takeda army that came to support them was inevitably recessed from the surrounding teams.

The Takeda reinforcements were naturally safe from the front. Who would go head-on to attack the spear formation? Who would be stupid enough to do that? Even if it was the worst spear formation, they couldn't attack head-on.

The Yamauchi army tried to drive the defeated soldiers to attack the Takeda reinforcements from the front, and at the same time, they let some archers who still had strength to draw their bows and shoot arrows to affect the Takeda army's formation.

There were not many people around Koyata at the moment. The iron cannon foot soldiers were temporarily unable to continue fighting. It was unlikely to expect them to take a knife to see people.

If Kobayata shouted: "Brothers, for Prime Minister Yamanouchi, take up your swords and guns, charge. (Minami Shinano dialect)"

Teppo Ashigaru A: "We have fired so many guns for six kan of military pay, which is worthy of the Prime Minister. Let's withdraw. (North Shinano dialect)"

Teppo Ashigaru B: "What the hell did the boss just say? I don't understand it. (Mikawa dialect)"

Teppo Ashigaru C: "Hey, big brother, can anyone understand Musashi dialect? (Musashi dialect)"

Teppo Ashigaru D: "Damn, can someone come out and explain to me what the boss just said! I only understand 'shoot, shoot'. Damn, being a soldier, Gokoku dialect, life is unbearable! (Totomi dialect)"

With this kind of situation, they can only fire guns. Don't expect these soldiers recruited from all over to listen to Kobayata's Minami Shinano accent and rush forward in unison.

Imagawa Yoshichika has two lackeys around him. His territory has had a summer harvest and an autumn harvest, and the annual tribute collection system has been established. His father also seized the land once. He has already secured the territory and can bring many people with him. [Note 1]

For the time being, the front line has not started direct close combat, and the two sides are now more tentative.

"What do you think, old man?" Although Iwase Mototaka has led no more than 300 soldiers in his life, the opinions of veterans who have been in a bad battle for more than 30 years are always worth paying attention to.

"The camp of the Takeda army has loosened a lot this time. Your Highness, Danzheng, you can look around." The old man has plenty of experience in fighting hundreds of people.

Kobayata and Imagawa Yoshichika looked at the Takeda army on the left and right. Due to the collapse of the Aburakawa team, a small part of the flanks of the Takeda army on both sides were actually exposed to the offensive of the Yamauchi army.

At this time, if there were a group of capable troops, not too many, thirty or fifty people, and they rushed to both sides with all their strength, it would be very likely to defeat a group of troops.

Unfortunately, the cavalry of the Yamanouchi army was not there, and they could not spare too many capable troops. As for the foot soldiers around them, they really could not rely too much on these recruited peasant soldiers to fight to the death.

"I'll go, I'll go, I'll be fine." Imagawa Yoshichika's excitement had not yet passed, and he was always ready to go into battle.

"Which unit of the Takeda army is Sakon from?" If it is not very famous, maybe Imagawa Yoshichika can give it a try.

"It should be Yasuma Daisuke's unit." The old man supported his hand and looked at the flags and horse emblems on the opposite side, and found the name of the enemy general in a field of Takeda four-warp diamonds.

Kobayata thought for a while, Yasuma Hiroie. The Takeda family foot soldiers should have only about 200 people under their command. With Imagawa Yoshichika's hundred or so people, it would not be a big problem.

"That's fine, but Yasuma Daisuke is also a brave general! Your Highness needs to be careful." Kobayata agreed.

"Then I'll leave this to Tanjo." Imagawa Yoshichika jumped on his warhorse, very cheerfully, ready to charge forward once.

Kobayata waved his hand and sent Iwase Mototaka and Imagawa Yoshichika to try their luck on the flank.

"By the way, Nanaki, when you retreated just now, did you see clearly who the Takeda army on the opposite side came to support?"

Kobayata was always observing the battle situation.

"Tanjo, when I retreated, I heard that it was Kanai-sama who came to support, and then there was another team of reinforcements, but I don't know who it was." Nanaki stood behind Kobayata, holding the horse flag. He now has multiple duties and is very busy today.

"Kanai, that's probably Kanai Imafukusai. Got it." This man and Kanai Meigoro Hideharu may have had the same father three hundred years ago, and he is not very famous. He is a foot soldier general of the Takeda clan.

After watching the Takeda army on the opposite side for a while, his eyes were a little painful, so Xiao Pingtai simply stopped watching. He asked a foot soldier to go to the front line and ask several samurai on the front line if anyone had seen clearly who the general on the opposite side was.

Before anyone ran forward, the Asahina team participating in the attack suddenly reported that the general on the opposite side was Takeda Noritora Nobufusa.

Asahina Carpenter had been to Suruga Fuchu Castle before, and he had definitely seen Takeda Nobutora. He was Imagawa Yoshimoto's father-in-law, and was exiled to Suruga by Takeda Harunobu earlier.

Later, during the Battle of Nirasaki, Imagawa Yoshimoto brought his troops to "mediate the fight", and Asahina Carpenter had the honor of meeting the brothers Takeda Harunobu and Takeda Nobufusa. As expected, they were father and son, and the two brothers looked about 70% similar to Takeda Nobufusa. Takeda Nobufusa, who he often saw in Suruga, was carved out of the same mold, and was easy to recognize.

And this time, Takeda Nobufusa came to help in person, in order to calm people's hearts and encourage the confused soldiers. So he held high the flag and the horse logo, and rode on a conspicuous chestnut horse.

This is just right! As soon as he saw it, Asahina Carpenter saw it clearly.

So the news that the enemy on the opposite side was Takeda clan elders, Takeda clan backbone ministers, Takeda Harunobu's brother, Takeda Noriyuki Nobushige spread like wildfire.

Iwase Mototaka and Kanai Meigoro, who were originally slow and steady, changed their expressions!

Takeda Noriyuki Nobushige!

Kobayata defeated Itagaki Nobukata and got 800 kan of zhixing! Ranked first in the Uedahara battle!

Takeda Nobushige's status was even higher than Itagaki Nobukata. If he could get this, 1,000 kan of zhixing would be a sure thing!

At this moment, Kobayata also felt that he had finally become the protagonist. Takeda Noriyuki was on the opposite side? This was not a coincidence!

What's the saying?

A thousand-mile gift is more valuable than a token of affection!

[Note 1]: Personally, I think that after the Koshu conquest, if the various Oda army generals were able to complete the annual tribute collection after the autumn harvest, they would establish their own ruling position. The Oda generals, including Takigawa Ieyasu, were very likely to be able to hold on to the more than one million koku of territory.

The date of the Honnoji Incident was too coincidental, the first day of June in the tenth year of Tensho. If it had been two months later, when the autumn grain had been harvested and the annual tribute had been collected, the situation would have been very different.