A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

What does it mean to be defeated like a mountain?

The Takeda Army at this moment can be said to be like this!

As soon as Takeda Nobushige came out of the battle, the vanguard of Yamauchi Taro's army, Konishiharazaemon's Inazuma, had already killed them.

On this side, two thousand and four hundred Xiaoping Tai rode like thunder on the formation, while on the other side, the stone crushers risked their lives to attack.

If the hearts of the people are lost, the team will no longer be able to carry it forward!

Of course, ordinary Takeda soldiers did not know the huge number of 28,000 Yamauchi and Takanashi coalition forces, and even the generals of the various reserve units who had been fighting did not know how many people came.

They just know it's going to be bad! This time it was not a two-sided attack, but a three-sided attack. Faced with a three-sided attack, there was no longer any need to make a choice, just run.

Seeing tens of thousands of troops disperse overnight, Takeda Nobunaga's eyes were about to burst.

Lost!

Really defeated!

In the past, even if the Takeda Army failed, they could generally arrange the order of retreat in advance. Whoever goes first and who comes last will be the leader. But now, it was just a defeat, a defeat without order and without hope.

The army is a place that pays attention to "qi", and morale is of immeasurable importance to the army.

This is the truth of the saying "Ten warriors who live and die together can be so proud of an army of tens of thousands of people with different aspirations."

The soldiers of the Takeda Army indeed had the same goal in mind, but this goal was not to win the battle and attack the Yamauchi Army. Instead, he ran away for his life and quickly sought a way out.

What else can be said? A soldier who has lost his courage to fight, no matter how brave he was once, is just a fleeting thing now. No matter how powerful the battle force was in the past, it couldn't add any more leverage to his escape.

And the current situation is such that they can run away if they want?

Can two legs run faster than four?

Before he could even run away, the cavalry of the Yamauchi Army had already rushed in front of him. Fighting to the death to survive? It doesn't exist. Anyone who surrenders will avoid death. Everyone can hear it clearly.

According to custom, enemy soldiers who surrender on their knees will be tied up, and ransom will be demanded from their families, or they will be given to traffickers at a discount. This is all golden money, and no one will have trouble with something that is about to become their property.

The Yamauchi army that rushed to the river was really just taking the lead. The army was advancing in waves, one team at a time.

Konishiharazaemon blinked and saw, what kind of battle is this? He just rushed over, and the Yamauchi army on the other side was like a fish in a fishing net, squeezing all the way over.

On the contrary, the people of Suruga who were the first to retreat were delighted. They had already retreated across the river because of their "defeat". When they saw Koheita launching an assault, they greased their soles of their feet and evacuated the battlefield without saying a word.

By the time Konishiharazaemon entered the battlefield, the Surugas had already run out for more than half a mile. He couldn't catch up even if he wanted to. There were Takeda Gunshinano and his followers running around like headless flies everywhere.

Koheita's target was naturally Takeda Shingen, but there were too many scattered Takeda troops in front of him. If they wanted to fight and kill people, the soldiers under their command would not hesitate to slash down with the swords and guns in their hands. But the Takeda Army has been defeated. These rebels are all money, and there are fewer soldiers who are willing to kill people to clear the way.

That's an emergency! "Takeda Shingen" was more than a hundred meters in front of us, but we tried our best to drive away the rebels, but we couldn't open the passage.

I really want to say: "Put down the weapons in your hands and get to the side of the road. I don't have time to capture you."

No matter how many prisoners there are, they can't count as many as Shingen.

There were no conflicts, but the Takeda Army not far away was seen banging a small taiko drum. At least dozens of soldiers gathered together and formed a small circle around Shingen.

Takeda Shingen didn't run away? Actually trying to organize the army to fight again?

Kodaira was overjoyed, and so were the loyal people in the Takeda Army.

Just like when someone fled at the beginning, more people fled together. Now if someone stops, more people will stop.

What's more, the one who stood firm was "Takeda Shingen". The soldiers who followed him to fight in the north and south blindly trusted him and were willing to join hands with him and fight together.

There were many soldiers running away in panic, but there were also many soldiers slowly gathering around Taiko. After a while, there were always three to four hundred people, or even more.

But it was a good thing that they stopped, at least it was a good thing for Xiao Pingtai. Continuously expelling and rushing away the scattered crowd, Xiaoping Tai approached the small circular formation step by step.

At this time, most of the Yamauchi and Takanashi coalition forces also moved to the battlefield in groups, and the high-flying Genji Royal White Flag and Yamauchi Eryinryo came into everyone's eyes.

They continued to advance, suppressing Takeda's defeated troops on the battlefield. Hosokawa Takame's acuity on the battlefield was relatively better than Koheta's. He saw Koheta clashing with a group of soldiers and horses in the broken army.

So Hosokawa Saime, who was actually in charge of the battlefield command of the Yamauchi Army, after briefly observing the situation, also began to cross the river, preparing to join Xiaoheita.

"The Yamauchi clan's Zikoji Danzhengzuna's family is here to ask for advice!" Xiao Pingtai finally rushed to the front of the circle formation.

There were all extremely familiar faces in front of him, and Xiao Pingtai's "joy" could not be concealed at all.

Mino Morinobu Haru of Baba, Masatoyo Naito Shushin, Akiyama Hakaki Morinobumo, Hayato Masain, Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki......

One after another, the star-studded generals of the Takeda clan, with only twenty or thirty close soldiers, huddled together to protect the "Takeda Shingen" in the center.

It's a pity that the iron cannons dispersed. Otherwise, three direct volleys would definitely cut off three layers of this little hedgehog.

The cavalry that originally followed Xiao Pingtai in the charge were only three to four hundred cavalry still gathered together at this time. Most of the rest dispersed to capture the prisoners of the Takeda Army and needed to be rallied by beating drums.

"Xiaoheita! I'm here to help you!" Hosokawa Zainyu flew across the river on horseback and came to the front of the formation.

"Are there any people with iron cannons? Or people with bows." Koheita looked behind Hosokawa Harime.

"There are two hundred bows and legs. If you wait any longer, they haven't come up yet!"

"How about taking a quick look first?"

"I'll do it!" Before he could finish his words, Hosokawa Kainyu rushed out with a gun in hand and a slap on the horse.

Hey! This brother-in-law is impatient. Wouldn't it be better if the left and right cooperate to attack together? Xiaoping Taibian also directed the cavalry to attack from the other side, and he would attack with the same force.

The rest of the troops dispersed overwhelmingly to capture the defeated troops. Only about four to five thousand troops gathered near Xiaoping Tai and participated in the general attack on this strong force of the Takeda Army.

There was no long-range attack method, and the first round of testing by both sides ended quickly. The hedgehog-like round formation is difficult to chew, especially without sharp teeth.

"No! The enemy cavalry is slowly retreating!" After the first round of attacks failed, the generals maintained their attacking posture and gathered together to discuss the next step.

When everyone looked at it, they saw that the Takeda Hedgehog was indeed slowly moving backwards, trying to slowly break away from the Yamauchi Army.

"The iron cannons and the bow-wielding people haven't come up yet?" It's already reached this point, how can we still let people run away?