Chapter 557 19. A Direct Attack Does Not Require Any Tricks
The damn Suruga tribe is finished again!
Takeda Shingen said, "Oh, then it's finished! It's not the first time anyway. Besides, they were just scattered by the Toishi tribe, not killed. They can be pulled up again in half an hour.
The 500 Toishi tribe members who rushed out were invincible, but it was not that exaggerated. This time, the Takeda army had a strong general reserve.
Obata Red Armored 500 Cavalry!
Of course it was a claim. If you count Obata Norishige himself, there were only 400 of them, but they were all rare yabusa horses.
Shingen's army waved, and Obata Nobunaga galloped out with 100 cavalrymen, and Shingen's brother Nobunaga also led 200 foot soldiers to support.
Before the appearance of Maxim, well-trained and well-equipped armored archers had more than just singing and dancing skills.
As expected of the Obata-ryu Yabusame, which is famous in the East, Obata Nobumasa took the lead, holding the horse's belly with his legs, and controlling the Shinano horse under his crotch to gallop forward.
(There is actually a video here, but it is on Station B. "Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain 1969")
The body leaned forward half-bent, exerted force on the waist, held a long bow, and ten heavy arrows were on the waist leather. A pair of hands turned flowers on the horse, four fingers twisted two arrows, one was bitten with the mouth, and the other was put on the bowstring.
With a bang, the arrow flew out, and an infantryman of the Toishi tribe was shot in the chest. The body paused, and the whole person fell to the ground.
The Obata Hundred Riders successfully stopped the fierce attack of the Toishi tribe, and the Toishi tribe had to stop and shoot arrows at the Takeda army to drive away the galloping Obata cavalry.
Observing the battle situation, Xiao Pingtai sighed that it was a pity. As long as he was faster and broke into the Takeda army Shinano tribe from the waist, then he could intensify the offensive and break through.
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"The Obata-ryu Yabusame is indeed worthy of its reputation!" Takeda Nobuharu praised sincerely.
"The 5,500 kan of Yantian Castle is really worth it!" Hara Masatane also saw the fighting ability of the Obata cavalry.
Takeda Shingen, who was sitting in the middle, smiled but said nothing. He defeated the enemy without fighting, which was the best of all. He relied on strategy to attract such a powerful cavalry to his command, which was naturally his wisdom.
So what if they attacked by force? They still have to drink my foot washing water!
"How many troops does Fujiwara Danmasa have?"
"About 7,000 to 8,000!" Hearing Takeda Shingen's question, Hara Masatane answered immediately. He carefully counted the ranks of the Yamauchi army and the numbers would not be too different.
"There is only Fujiwara Danmasa's horse mark in the formation. It seems that he took the initiative to fight again, and the others were afraid to move forward!"
"Hosokawa? Isshiki? Kitabatake? Are they all not in the formation?" Takeda Shingen asked very carefully.
"No flags were seen."
"So, Yamanouchi's main force did not come?"
"It seems so."
Since the movement of the Takeda army has been determined, Takeda Shingen and his main force are in Toishi Castle, Kosaka Danjo's special forces have 6,000 people, and Sanada Yukitsuna's special forces have 2,500 people. The number of Takeda troops in Toishi Castle must be quite large.
Why did Yamanouchi only send 7,000 to 8,000 people?
Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, why do you go to the tiger mountain? Wu Song is a master of iron kung fu, and Kato Kiyomasa is holding two guns. Why does Kobayata think that his 7,000 to 8,000 Yamanouchi army can shake the 17,000 Takeda army?
"Fujiwara Danjo used the direct attack method in this battle, and there is no strategy at all until now. It's rare!" Takeda Nobuharu knocked on the horse stick.
"Your Highness, I found something!" A person came out from the side of the circle surrounding Takeda Shingen.
There were too many generals among Takeda Shingen's followers, and Takeda Nobuharu and Hara Masatane knew this, so they did not scold the young follower to stand out.
"Oh? Kibei, what did you find?" Shingen saw that it was Muto Kibei, who was favored recently, and he became interested.
"Fujiwara Danzheng's cannon is not a hundred bullets, but a large iron bullet."
"Hmm?" The three people in the upper seat had the same reaction.
"Send someone to the battlefield to find the Yamauchi army's shells! Present them immediately when you find them!" Hara Masatane ordered loudly.
"Here is one." Muto Kibei seemed to have picked up a shell in the back.
Everyone gathered around and saw that it was indeed a not very round iron ball. It was no longer hot, but the thought of such an iron ball hitting the body made people shudder.
Takeda Shingen stood up and called, and immediately four attendants came over and squatted. Two people held one leg and lifted Takeda Shingen up to 1.3 meters in place.
The cannons of the Yamauchi Army were roaring, and a shell was fired from a distance. The fan-shaped strike surface was turned into a strip. The first one was hit by the cannon, and the second one was knocked down by the person in front.
Looking at the lethality, it's not that good!
Others also stood on tiptoe to look at the artillery fire, and it seemed that it was really not as good as the Portuguese gun that fired shotgun shells.
But years of war experience told them that it was not that simple, and there must be some tricks in it.
How could the dignified Fujiwara Danzheng, the unparalleled Eastern Country, do useless work? Use weapons with less lethality?
While the three were planning and considering, there was a fierce cheer from the formation.
Kanai Aigoro Hideharu, known as the "Ghost Kanai", appeared again after the rotation, and this time he faced Tsuchiya Uemon no Masaji.
Kanai Aigoro was the first to lead the way, holding a nodachi and performing the art of jumping and swinging. Four or five of his fellow disciples and his party members, each holding a long sword, were on the sidelines.
It is true that when enemies meet, they are particularly jealous of each other.
Kanai Aigoro participated in the battle of Tsuchiya-dakeguchi and almost died heroically. Among the first generals of the Takeda army at that time was Tsuchiya Uemon-no-no-no Masatsugu.
Their assault was naturally not as sharp as that of the swordsman Ueizumi Hidatsuna. That guy went up with his nephew, son, and apprentices, a bunch of swordsmen and spearmen, who could beat down anyone.
Although it was slightly inferior to the top luxury lineup, Minggoro's lineup was also quite good.
While jumping and swinging, he repeatedly chopped through the spear team of the Takeda army and finally killed through the ranks. After shouting his name loudly, Tsuchiya Masatsugu inevitably fought a duel with a group of people.
"It is me, Kanai Minggoro Hideharu, who has made a name for myself! The enemy general Tsuchiya Uemon-no-jo has been killed by me!"
The Yamauchi army finally broke through!
A flaw appeared in the Takeda horizontal formation!
The troops of each team cheered and shouted, and the waves of people surged. Soon, Tsuchiya Masatsugu's head was cut off and picked on a long spear. It was held high by the soldiers of the Kanai team, and the whole audience demonstrated.
"Let the cannons go down the mountain! Push into the Takeda army and shoot, the chance of victory has appeared!" Xiao Pingtai shouted excitedly.
"The morale of the Yamauchi army is high! Go and take back the head of Uemon-no-jo!" Takeda Nobuharu shouted to his side.
Several samurai immediately led a hundred infantrymen to charge in the direction of Kanai Aigoro Hideharu. Holding the head there would certainly boost the morale of the Yamauchi army infinitely, but it was also a huge target.
As long as the Takeda army takes back the head, everything will be fine and the situation will return to balance.
"Report! Urgent report of Kosaka Dansei!"
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