Takeda Shingen's favorite book is also "The Art of War" in China. His enthusiasm for this book does not only stay on paper, but also is put into actual combat.
He organized his army into four teams: "Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain".
Among them, Yamagata Masaki leads the Fire Team. The generals and soldiers are all wearing red armor and battle clothes. Most of the soldiers are cavalry, all of them have excellent riding skills, have experienced hundreds of battles, and have high fighting spirit. They often serve as the vanguard of the Takeda Army,
As soon as they come up, they take the lead and break down the enemy's formation. Sometimes they can split the enemy into two with a single charge. They can be said to be the peak force of the Takeda Army.
The Wind Team is led by Takeda Shingen's favorite general Kosaka Masanobu. He has served Takeda Shingen as a boy since he was a child. Not only is he well versed in the art of war, but he is also smart and studious, allowing him to be directly promoted from an ordinary guard to a general. This is in
An exceptional promotion that was rare in the Takeda family and even in the entire Warring States period. His character was calm yet agile and fierce. He led the archers and cavalry archers of the Takeda family and often appeared at the rear of the Fire Team to provide support.
Fire troopers provide cover.
The Hayashi Team is led by the veteran Baba Nobukai. This retainer, who is about the same age as Takeda Shingen, has experienced hundreds of battles and has rich combat experience. The Hayashi Team he leads are the spearmen of the Takeda family. They are sometimes arranged to do frontal operations.
The forward is sometimes placed on the wings. He plays a stabilizing role in the entire Takeda family's offensive and defensive system. He can often use his experienced combat experience to make up for the mistakes made by the Fire Team and the Wind Team and the mistakes on the battlefield.
emergencies.
The last Yamagata was the main team led by Takeda Shingen himself. Originally, the Yamagata was used as a backup team and Takeda Shingen's bodyguard, but since Takeda Shingen went into battle, there has not been a battle that has forced him to defeat the Yamagata team.
The team was sent up. Except for the "Battle of Kawanakajima".
"As a mountain team, you must control the overall situation! Don't be fooled by the illusion in front of you!" Takeda Shingen severely trained Takeda Katsuyori. He had never liked this son since he was a child, but now he has no choice.
It turned out that Takeda Shingen had an eldest son named Takeda Nobuyoshi. His martial arts and martial arts skills were appreciated by Takeda Shingen, and he was positioned as his successor.
However, what chilled him was that Takeda Nobuyoshi secretly colluded with the important minister Rao Fuhu Chang and plotted to exile him
Fortunately, Raofu Huchang's younger brother Raofu Masaking (later renamed Yamaxian Masaking, the Japanese love to change their names, Khan) did not join in the trouble with his brother, but informed Takeda Shingen of the matter in time.
As a result, a conspiracy went bankrupt. Takeda Shingen tearfully ordered his most beloved son Takeda Nobuyoshi to have a caesarean section, and Raofu Humasa was also executed. However, due to the chain reaction caused by the in-law relationship, the iron triangle relationship between Takeda, Hojo and Imagawa was broken.
Now jumping up and down like a monkey in front of his eyes is his second son Takeda Katsuyori, and the new successor Takeda Shingen has high hopes for.
I saw Takeda Katsuyori walking back and forth beside Takeda Shingen who was sitting upright: "Why don't you attack! Why don't you attack! They are obviously already defeated! I only need one charge! I can completely defeat them!"
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Takeda Shingen looked at Takeda Katsuyori worriedly and said, "Son, when will you understand what war is?"
"Huh?" said Takeda Katsuyori, who was vomiting all over the place. He was immediately stunned.
Takeda Shingen was still sitting on the combat mazaar and said calmly: "In a war, the most important thing is to win! Although the number of enemy troops is small now, when they are surrounded and cornered, they also send out survival messages*
* and the fighting spirit to die make their morale high! Even if we win the battle with this kind of army now, we will still suffer heavy losses, so we will leave him a way to survive until they think they can escape and ascend to heaven."
"Let's give him another fatal blow!" Takeda Katsuyori seemed to have some enlightenment.
Takeda Shingen's steely and serious face finally showed a smile of relief: "Send the order! All teams, continue to maintain the encirclement formation, Lin's team moves westward! Give the enemy a way out!"
"Got the order!" A soldier from the mountain team wearing black armor immediately ran away.
Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who were in the mood to kill, suddenly saw that the Takeda formation to the west began to loosen. They shouted excitedly: "The Takeda army has retreated! Let's fight out quickly!"
They couldn't wait to pass through the interval left by Lin's team. Although many people were shot to death by the wind team's bows and arrows during this period, they finally broke out of the siege.
Just when he was overjoyed, Oda Nobunaga first discovered a problem: the morale of his troops seemed to have suddenly collapsed!
The soldiers who originally thought they were dead and fought desperately lost their fighting spirit! Fatigue, pain, hunger and the fear of facing Takeda's huge army came over! The formation of the Oda army began to scatter, and the soldiers
They all want to escape as soon as possible and don’t want to fight again!
The situation of the Tokugawa Army was even worse, and some cowardly soldiers who were not up to par had begun to flee! Tokugawa Ieyasu was panicked when he heard the report from his general Sakai Chuji! He did not expect that his Mikawa samurai, who had always been strong and stubborn,
It will collapse at this time!
So he tried his best to shout to the whole army: "Everyone, please pay attention! We are fighting with Owari's samurai! We can't let them laugh at us! Let the Takeda army see the power of the Mikawa samurai!"
The Tokugawa Army finally stabilized slightly, but just like the Oda Army, no matter how you encourage them, people's minds are no longer on the battlefield.
At this moment, the Fire Team led by Yamagata Masakage rushed over with thunderous momentum! I saw the Takeda family's red cavalry uniformly wearing fiery red armor, all of them were high in fighting spirit, accompanied by the shaking of the sky.
The shouts of killing and the billowing smoke came towards the frightened Oda and Tokugawa Allied Forces!
The forward cavalry of the Fire Team were like a huge and sharp razor, cutting off all enemies that came into contact with them! At this time, Oda was already full of fighting spirit, and the Tokugawa Allied Forces were defeated by the powerful Takeda family.
The cavalry was ruthlessly defeated!
Oda Nobunaga's main team has been scattered, and he himself is tightly surrounded by dozens of Takeda troops! There is only Katsuie Shibata around him!
But Shibata Katsuie was like a god of death. All the Takeda soldiers who tried to get close to Oda Nobunaga were killed by him! Oda Nobunaga retreated behind him, holding a short cone sword in one hand and a small sword in the other.
The repeating musket sent by Du Fei kept firing.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was not feeling well either. Only two generals, Honda Tadakatsu and Kambara Masayasu, were guarding him. Since Tokugawa had injured his foot during the battle a few days ago, he was unable to move. The three of them could only
A back-to-back fight to the death against the incoming Takeda army!
At this time, the Takeda family's Hayashi team and the Wind team were gradually approaching from the side and behind! The situation was extremely critical! Seeing that these two Warring States heroes were about to die on the battlefield, suddenly, something unexpected happened to everyone!
I saw an army dressed as monk soldiers suddenly appeared from the rear of the Takeda army, and attacked Takeda Shingen's main formation, the Yamaguchi Corps, unceremoniously!
You must know that Takeda Shingen usually does not bring many soldiers to the battle. The total number of soldiers of the Fenglin Volcano Group 4 is only more than 10,000. Most of them are placed in the Fenglin Volcano Group 3, which is responsible for the attack. His own team
There were less than 2,000 soldiers left in the mountain group.
Although the number of troops attacking the Takeda family's main formation was small, it was obvious that these monk soldiers had received strict training. They were all equipped with shields in front of them and calmly gathered into neat formations to shoot arrows at the enemy.
The Takeda team is forcing us to go!
The commanders of the other three troops who were charging forward immediately became uneasy when they saw this! However, they used their binoculars to see the handsome flag of the mountain team standing firmly and the solid figure sitting upright under the handsome flag. They immediately calmed down.
Coming down: "The Mountain Team is fine! Keep attacking!"
At this time, the Oda Tokugawa Allied Forces saw someone coming to rescue, and their morale immediately rose again! The soldiers who were fighting individually began to slowly gather into a group under the organization of outstanding generals. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu
They also returned to their own army. The two of them had been through the danger of death and found that they were both covered in cold sweat.
The most powerful thing about cavalry is not its lethality, but its ability to break up enemy formations and demoralize the enemy! The most lethal thing about cavalry is when it first charges. Once the impact is gone, it stops.
Once they were in place, they were no different from infantry. As the morale of the Tokugawa and Oda troops stabilized, the two sides began to enter a stalemate stage.
Although Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are still fighting hard, it is a tug-of-war that consumes each other after all, and it is not as embarrassing as before.
The monk soldiers who attacked the Takeda Army's main formation were none other than the Ichichi Sect monk soldiers led by Du Fei! After they were equipped with some weapons in Oda's territory, they were almost the same as the regular army. Due to their fanatical belief in religion, their combat capabilities were even higher.
One piece higher.
Du Fei's monk soldiers had already engaged the Takeda Army's Yamagata. He originally thought that a sneak attack on the enemy's commander's camp would immediately plunge the Takeda Army into chaos, so that he could take the opportunity to relieve Oda Nobunaga and the others. Unexpectedly, the Takeda Army's
The military spirit is so resolute and stable!
Gradually, the casualties of the monk soldiers are increasing, which is very detrimental to Du Fei. You must know that his own military strength is very limited. Moreover, after all, the monk soldiers do not have the long-lasting combat capabilities and combat experience like ordinary armies. Once more than half of the casualties are
It's hard to imagine what they would become.
Du Fei gritted his teeth and directed the monk soldiers to attack, while thinking about ways to defeat the enemy.
Suddenly, Maeda Toshiie next to him shouted: "Look! Is that the handsome flag of the Takeda family?"
Then he muttered to himself: "It is said that the Takeda family's flag has never fallen on the battlefield! No matter how dangerous the environment is, Takeda Shingen has never left his command position! How admirable!"
After hearing this, Du Fei asked fiercely: "You mean! The one sitting upright under the commander's banner is Takeda Shingen?"
"That's right! He has always personally directed our team. He will never leave the command position until the moment of victory!"
Du Fei took out the Portuguese musket in his arms and said excitedly: "Inuchiyo! Do you dare to take a risk with me?"