The name of the great swordsman begins in Okehazama.

Chapter 97 Part 1 (Part 3) - Cavalry Attack

At the fifth quarter of Chen hour, in that ancient wilderness.

The wind rises again.

The banners of the Takeda army fluttered, but they were positioned against the wind.

The Crane Wing Formation was fully deployed, just as its "Four Symbols Flag" described.

It is as swift as the wind, as slow as the forest, as fierce as fire, and as immovable as a mountain.

Red-clad cavalrymen patrolled the flanks, while arquebusiers knelt before the battle lines, their spears like a forest and their arrows like locusts.

Ōnojo's hands were trembling.

I heard that Takeda has 20,000 men in Kiyosu. Is there really a chance between 2,000 and 20,000?

Even if reinforcements from Nagoya Castle and Kiyosu Castle arrive, they will only be able to muster less than six thousand men.

He was in a daze when Mori Nagayoshi charged out alone, and he instinctively followed.

"Not that many!" Changqing laughed, his voice carrying to Da Zhicheng's ears with the whooshing sound of wind. "At most 8..."

"He left 000 men to surround Kiyosu Castle!"

Changqing's lying skills are getting better and better, but Dazhicheng's hands seem to have stopped shaking.

Maeda Keiji, carrying his large gun, grinned and said, "That's perfect, saves my hands from getting sore from killing."

Changqing glanced back at him; this Keiji was truly fearless.

He then looked at Daijiro, whose young man had already drawn an arrow.

"With the two of you protecting me, I'm confident I can defeat them all single-handedly!"

He whipped the horse again, and it neighed loudly, charging even faster.

With two thousand men behind him, Nagayoshi had already made arrangements. Hattori Haruyasu had already arranged the military formation. In order to deal with the Takeda cavalry, Takenaka Shigeharu had specially ordered people to prepare a lot of ten-foot-long bamboo poles.

Forty feet.

In the Takeda army formation, the arquebusiers lit the fuses. The commander raised his long sword high.

Twenty zhang (approximately 33 meters).

Ōnojo stopped his horse and stood up.

His bow was a specially made six-foot bow, which ordinary people couldn't even draw.

The bowstring snapped, and a musket general collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The arquebusiers were thrown into chaos, unsure of whose orders to follow.

In the chaos, someone fired a shot, and the sound of cannon fire resumed intermittently.

A lead bullet flew towards him. Changqing felt a heat near his ear as a lead bullet grazed past it.

It felt like he'd been shot in the chest, but it only left a small dent in his armor.

At a distance of ten zhang, Maeda Keiji urged the wind through the pines and suddenly ran in front of Nagayoshi, brandishing his spear to block the rain of arrows.

The cavalry on both sides of the Crane Wing Formation could no longer sit still.

These three people are terrifying in their presence. What if something unexpected happens?

The Red Guards immediately mobilized. A hundred riders attacked from the flank, their hooves thundering.

Changqing didn't even look to his right.

Because the Grand Chancellor is there.

The bowstrings twanged repeatedly, like a giant roc spreading its wings.

Arrows rained down, aimed only at the face. The three at the front fell from their horses almost simultaneously, taking down the cavalry behind them.

Ōnojo took the initiative to meet the Akabane and deal with them.

Five zhang (approximately 10 meters).

The long-spear foot soldiers of Takeda's main camp had already set up a three-layered forest of spears.

Keiji suddenly roared and leaped off his horse. His massive body landed in front of the forest of spears, his great spear sweeping across and snapping three spears in half. Then he grabbed a wooden stake from a fortified camp with one hand, his muscles bulging and veins standing out.

"rise!"

He uprooted the sturdy deer fortress completely. Amidst flying sawdust and mud, he swung the massive log and smashed it into the gun emplacement.

Three foot soldiers were sent flying, creating a gap in the spear formation.

Changqing's warhorse leaped through the gap.

"Keij! You retreat first!"

Shingen gripped his military paddle, staring intently at the sudden intrusion of the dark figure.

He knew this man was brave. The reports of defeats suffered by Akiyama Nobuyuki, Sanada Yukitaka, and Oyamada Nobushige were all testaments to how terrifying this man was.

But to his surprise, he actually managed to break in.

The foot soldiers swarmed forward, trying to overwhelm the madman with their sheer numbers.

Changqing's greatsword was so powerful that it flew off several heads with each strike.

Where the blade flashes, someone will fall.

The hatamoto (samurai) surrounding Shingen swarmed forward. These were all elite samurai of the Takeda clan, each capable of taking on ten men. They formed a circular formation, protecting Shingen in the center.

Changqing swung his sword down, and a bannerman raised his sword to block, but was cleaved in two along with his sword.

"Lord Shingen! Is your neck clean?"

Upon hearing this, Shingen clenched his fists.

He must not leave his position at this moment, otherwise he would be seen as cowardly and distrustful of Hatamoto.

He adjusted his legal-looking hat, and Changqing was able to see his face clearly in the crowd.

Hmph, trying to stay calm!

Changqing stopped fighting, dismounted, and used the "Shrinking Earth" technique to quickly advance, causing Xinxuan to unconsciously shift his position.

"So you're afraid of death too!" Changqing laughed, raising his knife to strike.

Shingen raised his dagger with one hand and had already placed the other hand on the hilt of his sword.

The greatsword fell with a whooshing sound.

The military accessory was broken.

The military pendant that had accompanied Shingen in battle for twenty years was cleaved in two with a single strike. Amidst the flying shards, Shingen slightly arched his back to dodge the blade, then stepped forward and drew his katana from his waist.

It was an ornately decorated knife, but it wasn't very useful.

The two swords clashed.

The clang of metal against metal was deafening. Shingen's katana was broken in two, the tip flying three zhang (approximately 10 meters) before embedding itself in the ground, still trembling slightly.

He immediately covered his vitals with the armor on his forearms.

Chokei's "Chiyo Tsurutaro" had been soaked in blood and was no longer sharp, but the immense force was transmitted through the blade to Shingen's arm.

"Snap!"

His gauntlet cracked, but Shingen heard the sound coming from his own body; his hand was broken.

He no longer cared about his image and rolled to the side.

Nagayoshi slashed horizontally again, but was blocked by the long spears extended by several of Shingen's bannermen.

The spears in their hands snapped in two, and they looked at Shingen with horrified expressions.

Changqing's blade veered off course, failing to slash Xinxuan's throat but instead grazing his helmet.

The golden front was sliced ​​off with a single stroke, flew into the air, and spun a few times in the sunlight.

Shingen didn't move; he knew that Nagayoshi no longer had a chance to get close to him.

With just three swift strikes, the soldiers of the main camp had already surrounded him. Two captains grabbed Shingen by the shoulders and dragged him to the rear.

Shingen stared intently at the black-armored warrior before him, almost forgetting to stand up.

"Takeda Shingen. You're lucky to be alive!"

Changqing sneered and forced back the foot soldiers who had surrounded him.

The pursuing warriors were killed one by one with a single stroke, and they all retreated, with no one daring to truly approach him.

Changqing led a horse and then retreated.

Takeda's cavalry pursued again, but were stopped by Maeda Keiji and Ōnojo.

"My lord, retreat immediately!" shouted the Grand Chancellor.

Even risking his life, he still couldn't capture Shingen—Changqing stared blankly at Shingen, who was gradually being swallowed up by the crowd.

"My lord, let's go! If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave!"

Maeda Keiji also urged.

The three withdrew from the main camp, and at this moment, Hattori and Takenaka's troops had withstood Shingen's combined attack from both flanks.

The sound of conch shells rang out from the south.

The voice was deep and drawn out, and the Takeda army panicked.

Are there reinforcements?

Immediately afterwards, a flag appeared in the west, bearing the quince crest of the Oda clan.

Lin Xiuzhen actually sent troops?

Ōnojo exclaimed with delight, "I never imagined that Hayashi Sado would actually defeat the enemy in Kiyosu!"

"There are no enemies in Kiyosu. I was afraid you would be scared, so I lied to you! Shingen was too rushed to gather the army in Mikawa."