Liu Shiba looked at Takeda Katsuyori and nodded cautiously, then handed him a Luo fan that represented the supreme command, and whispered instructions.
"ha!"
"ha!"
Takeda Katsuyori bowed extremely solemnly, stretched out his hands to take the fan, turned around and shouted at all the soldiers, retainers and generals present.
Then, Takeda Katsuyori took a step diagonally, stepped aside half of his body, unexpectedly raised his fan, pointed at Liu Shiba and said:
"Takeda Army—Lord, go out into battle."
"ha!"
All the retainers agreed, then got on their horses and quickly returned to the army they led.
"Akabeki - come out!"
Takeda Katsuyori waved heavily.
"boom!"
At the front among the 1,600 soldiers, 300 red cavalry led by Meng Tianfang and Ni Zijiujiu leapt forward at the same time.
Among these three hundred cavalry, there are about seventy cavalry at the beginning, forty-six of them are the dead soldiers of the Qin Dynasty brought by Liu Shiba and Meng Tianfang from another world, and a dozen cavalry are led by Ni Zijiujiu.
Mother's clothes.
"Report to my lord, Lord Racecourse, that the Chibei Cavalry will go out of the group five miles ahead."
Takeda Katsuyori looked at Liu Shiba and then at Baba Nobuka.
"You dare to do it. No matter what the outcome of this battle is, it will be the glory of Takeda Katsuyori."
Liu Shiba smiled softly.
"Ha! Then my subordinate will do his part..."
In the silent wilderness, the three thousand soldiers left behind in the Takeda army divided into two teams and slowly evacuated Mino Komaba under the cover of night.
These three thousand soldiers were actually part of what Takeda Shingen called the Yamaji Battalion. One thousand, four hundred of them were selected auxiliary soldiers and Ashigaru who were not suitable for high-intensity combat. They were arranged to sneak out from the hidden mountains.
The trail returns to Kai.
The other 1,600 people are the Takeda Katsuyori, the Takeda regular army who plans to shock the world this time, or the new professional army called the Takeda 18.
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Baba Nobuka looked with admiration at the newly recognized family governor Takeda Shiba who was decades younger than him, but experienced and knew people well. He couldn't help but praise:
"My lord! Mr. Shingen is indeed right. He has a broad mind and knows how to make good use of others."
As for the origin of Liu Shiba, other retainers were kept in the dark, but as the first boss of the family at that time, Bachang Nobufang knew some clues.
Takeda Shingen, how could he not tell Baba Nobuka some ruthless moves to save the Takeda family in the end?
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"Mr. Racecourse, you are really over-praised."
A hint of a secretly hypocritical but outwardly sincere smile appeared on Liu Shiba's face.
Then, Liu Shiba's smile faded, he clamped his legs on the horse's belly and got close to Nobufusa's side at the racecourse, and the two of them rode forward together.
"I don't know much about the terrain in this area. According to Katsuyori's idea, the Tokugawa-Oda coalition forces would cross the Takeda border from Mikatahara, which seems to have taken a long detour.
As the elder of the Takeda family, Nobuka-sama must understand the connotation better..."
Liu Shiba was not familiar with Japan as a whole, so he was not ashamed to ask questions.
Baba Nobuka smiled triumphantly and said:
"My lord, you have good eyesight. Even though Koba seems to be very close on the surface, in fact, the mountain road is winding, the advance is extremely slow, and it is easy to be ambushed.
Therefore, Katsuyori concluded that Tokugawa would definitely not choose this route for a surprise attack, and that the two thousand people of the two rebellious retainers Anayayama and Yamamoto Tetsui were just pawns to lure us and others to stay here.
Because he received the accurate news of his master’s death, his main force made a good plan to invade the main castle strongholds in Takeda’s territory.”
Liu Shiba suddenly realized:
"I see, then, Lord Shinbo, can you tell us about our marching strategy?"
The Xinfang in the racecourse looked around, rode his horse closer to Liu Shiba and whispered:
"Report to my lord, the Takeda Army's goal this time is definitely to attack with attack. Katsuyori will definitely pass through the Tenryu River and Futama River, and then attack Futama Castle in the hills between the two mountains by surprise."
Liu Shiba narrowed his eyes and asked:
"Is there anything special about this city?"
Baba Nobuka chuckled and said:
"The Tokugawa attack on our territory of Takeda must have mobilized most of the elite defenders, so the defenders in each city are either old and weak, or have insufficient strength.
More importantly, Futama Castle is only more than 40 miles away from Hamamatsu Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu's home city. If Futama Castle is destroyed, Hamamatsu Castle, the capital of Tokugawa, will not be far from falling. Katsuyori's move is indeed
vicious……"
Speaking of this, Bachang Xinfang paused, looked at Liu Shiba strangely and asked:
"What makes me curious is that the Takeda Army currently has only 1,600 troops, and it is impossible to capture that city.
Is there something strange about Katsuyori and Mr. Tomson? Is there something weird about that loud noise in the woods..."
Liu Shiba smiled lightly and said:
"Today is the battle that will change the history of the Takeda family. Lord Nobbo, please be optimistic."
