🧾 Play Log: Battle of Kawanakajima (1561) – Uesugi Kenshin Route
Player Name: your_name_here
Faction: Uesugi Clan (Uesugi Kenshin)
Troops: 18,000
Enemy: Takeda Clan (Takeda Shingen, 20,000 troops)
Scenario File: 1561_kawanakajima.md
🎮 Turn-by-Turn Log
- ✅ Selected: Launch all-out assault using Kuruma-gakari formation
- Naoe Kagekatsu leads the center; Kakizaki and Amakasu rotate the flanks
- Oni Kojima remains in reserve
- Result: Takeda left flank destabilized, light casualties on both sides
⚔️ Turn 2: Breakthrough Begins
- ✅ Oni Kojima Yatarō ordered to charge the breach
- He slams into Takeda frontlines, gaining ground
- But: Yamamoto Kansuke appears from Saijo-yama with a hidden flanking force
- Uesugi spearhead in danger of encirclement
🌀 Turn 3: Disruption Tactic
- ✅ Kakizaki Kageie flanks the descending Kansuke force
- Intercepts ambush mid-move, preventing full encirclement
- Heavy combat in the ravine; Kojima continues to hold
- Kansuke is wounded in the fight
🗡️ Turn 4: Kenshin Charges Forward
- ✅ Kenshin rides into the breach personally
- Clashes directly with Takeda Shingen in legendary duel
- Shingen defends with iron war fan
- The moment becomes eternalized in Sengoku legend
🎖️ Final Turn: Aftermath
- Takeda forces withdraw under Shingen’s orders
- Yamamoto Kansuke dies of wounds
- Uesugi holds the field, though no territory changes
- Morale of Uesugi troops soars; political prestige enhanced
🏆 Result Summary
| Aspect |
Outcome |
| Tactical Victory |
✅ Field control achieved |
| Strategic Impact |
🟨 Limited – no major territorial gain |
| Heroic Legacy |
🟩 Kenshin-Shingen duel enters legend |
| Kansuke’s Fate |
☠️ Fatal injuries sustained |
📚 Player Notes
- Kuruma-gakari worked well in early stages, but visibility was a challenge
- Kansuke’s ambush almost succeeded — Kakizaki's counter saved the wedge
- Sending Kenshin in was risky but resulted in a legendary morale boost
- Though not a conquest, the symbolic victory was meaningful
📝 Scenario File
🧑💻 Created by
- Player: your_name_here
- Scenario design & narration: Shinichi Samizo (Rekiden Team)