Chapter 69: The retreat was intercepted

The Lunlong Banner and the Via Banner were rushing over the Echigo Army's main formation.

The atmosphere on the hillside was quiet. The hillside of Echigo Jun’s main formation was temporarily piled up with blocks of earth and shields arranged in front of the formation.

After that, hundreds of iron cannons were ready to go. Behind the iron cannons, the guns and feet were waiting for the battle lineup, stretching up the mountain, and the densely extended gun tips shone under the sun.

Although the Echigo Army had an army of 800, more than 100 iron cannons, and had a condescending position to defend, he did not dare to be negligent when facing this Takeda family cavalry team that was less than one tenth of them.

General Kenshiro Uesugi slowly lowered, stood up, looked at the Takeda general who was challenging him at the foot of the mountain, and sighed: "It turned out to be the Akyo warrior who saved Shingen Gong from Kawaakashima."

"Lord, please don't agree to the challenge." Naoe Mitsuto knelt in front of Kenshin Uesugi to advise.

Seeing that Kenshi Uesugi did not answer, several other Echigo generals also knelt on the face of Kenshi Uesugi with Mitsuto Naoe and looked at Kenshi Uesugi nervously.

Naoe Mitsuto stared at Kenshi Uesugi and thought to himself that Li Xiao saw that our army was strong and that he would inevitably suffer huge losses when he rushed up the mountain, so he used a cavalry to induce his lord to go down the mountain to fight. If this is true, with the courage of the Ming general, even the Keiki family of Kashizaki was no match for him, and the lord would inevitably suffer a battle with him.

Naoe Mitsuto thought so much in his heart, staring at Kenshi Uesugi. He had already made a decision. If the lord really wanted to go down the mountain to fight Li Xiao, he would stop him from anything before him, even if he was a desperate advice.

Kenshin Uesugi turned around and looked around. The eyes of the generals under his command smiled and said, "Do you all think I can't beat that Li Xiao?"

The generals looked at each other, unable to hide the horror in their hearts. Kenshin Uesugi approached the number one warrior, Sadaki Kojima, and said proudly: "Lord, please allow me to fight this Ming samurai at the foot of the mountain to avenge the revenge of Kashizaki and Izumimasaki."

Kojima Sadaki, also known as Kikojima Yataro, is a famous brave general in the Echigo army. His courage is comparable to the Keiki family of Kashizaki. However, the Sudu guards are close to Kenshin Uesugi and have few opportunities to go into battle, so they are not famous because of this.

Kenshin Uesugi snorted and said calmly: "Okay, don't say anything more. You guys stick to our own formation and ignore this person's challenge."

"But, lord..." Koshima Yataro interrupted Uesugi Kenshima as soon as he spoke, and he said, "But, are you careful that my Echigo Dragon's reputation will be damaged because of this? Humph, why don't I care about this person? Let them talk about it!"

After Kenshi Uesugi said this, Naoe Mitsukoshi, Kikojima Yataro and other generals gave a breath. To be honest, based on Li Xiao's unstoppable performance just now, who would not want to try his edge at this time? Why do you still have to save this life to serve your lord? You said no.

The Echigo Army on the hillside was full of concentration and every move of Takeda Army at the foot of the mountain. The Echigo Army, which was famous for its bravery, was consecrated. At this moment, no one dared to come forward to fight the challenge of this samurai.

At this time, Kenshino Uesugi smiled slightly, walked a few steps forward, and looked at Li Xiao who was fighting against him at the foot of the mountain, but was thinking in his heart: If I had such a powerful general under Uesugi Huihu, why not worry about the uneven road to Shangluo and the righteousness could not be fulfilled in the world. What a pity! What a pity!

"……of!"

Li Xiao cursed. He had already called out three times, but the Echizen Army on the hillside did not move at all, and there was not even a person to say a word. This made Li Xiao very disappointed.

According to Li Xiaoyuan's original plan, he was preparing to take Uesugi Kenshi's own formation directly, so as to shake the Uesugi army's military power, let the Echigo army from all directions rescue the formation and disrupt the entire battle. If he had better luck, he would drag the war into the melee. Of course, if he could take advantage of the situation, he would have made a profit.

However, when Li Xiao arrived at Uesugi Kenshi's formation, he saw hundreds of iron cannons with black muzzles and the gun array that was waiting for the battle on the hillside.

Li Xiao is not planning to be the first general in the Takeda family to be shot dead by iron cannons. This honor is left to the future Lord Masayoshi Yama Prefecture. So he hesitated for a while, gave up the plan to take his cavalry to charge, and decided to use a battle to inspire Kenshin Uesugi to go down the mountain to carry out with him, and continue the unfinished "one-rider challenge" that Kawaakashima had.

After the experience of fighting with Kenshin Uesugi on Kawaakashima last time, Li Xiao was confident that he would fight Kenshin Uesugi with his current martial arts, which was enough to be invincible. No matter how bad he was, he could drag the cavalry into a cemetery battle. He used the spear and the sword together. He held the pig in his arms and threw the Supreme Emperor to the ground.

k.o!

But this plan is obviously not possible at the moment.

When Li Xiao was depressed, he didn't know how the Takeda cavalry behind him were feeling now. Li Xiao broke through the five formations with 60 people in a row, rushed to Uesugi Kenshi's original formation, and spoke out to challenge him. However, no Echizen army dared to come forward to fight Li Xiao in a single challenge.

In the Battle of Kawaakashima, Takeda Shingen, the ox, was killed by Kenshin Uesugi and was chopped three times. Today, if Li Xiao had accomplished something that the Takeda army would never dare to imagine. If they survived this battle, it would be enough for them to be proud of for the rest of their lives in the future.

Thinking of this, these horse-riding warriors couldn't help but feel excited.

But Li Xiao didn't think so much at this moment. As a main general, he was thinking about the next plan, which would give the enemy the greatest damage at the least cost.

Li Xiao looked back at the cavalry behind him. Originally, there were more than 60 cavalry, but now there are less than fifty. After just a battle, many people had their blades rolled up, their gun blades were broken, and their horsepower was exhausted under their crotch. The soldiers' physical strength was a bit weak, but in fact they were almost at the end of their strength.

In fact, Saito Asahiko and Sebeko's team have sent horse-riding samurai to return to rescue the Uesugi family's main formation.

Even if he now attacks Kenshi Uesugi's formation, he is less than 10% sure of success. If Li Xiao had been Sanada Yukimura now, Murakami's choice would definitely be like Osaka Suzumi Formation, and he would have entered without frowning.

Unfortunately, Li Xiao never had this kind of ideological awareness of fighting for the Takeda family until the last moment, so he gave up the decision to attack Uesugi Kenshi's formation. Then he had to retreat to join the Takeda army's formation now. Otherwise, the manpower would be exhausted sometimes. If he continues to fight, Li Xiao would probably be wiped out and he would fall into the battle among thousands of troops and die.

Just as Li Xiao was about to lead the Takeda family cavalry team back to his own formation, he found that Saito Asahiko had blocked his retreat and cut off his way back.

The Saito Asahiko team had a total of 500 troops, and they were waiting for their leisure to work. The guns were arranged in a tight array of guns and laid in front of them. On the other hand, the Sebekato team was already pressing towards Li Xiao's cavalry team step by step.

At this moment, Li Xiao had no other choice. He could only kill the military power of Saito Asahiko's team, and the road ahead was his life. Saito Asahiko was known as Echigo's Zhong Kui. He followed Kenshi Uesugi for many years and was a general with both wisdom and courage.

At this time, the chestnut war horse under his crotch sniffed, and Li Xiao showed a firm look on his face. He ordered the fifty Takeda cavalry to rectify the formation.

"kill!"

Li Xiao pointed the tip of the spear forward, and the Takeda cavalry behind him also yelled, and then urged the war horses to fight against the Saito Asahiko team's army.
Chapter completed!