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 | | The castle had been under siege from Takeda Katsuyori; Okudaira Sadamasa, a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu, commanded the defending force. |
 | | Oda and Tokugawa positioned their men across the plain from the castle, behind the Rengogawa, a small stream whose steep banks would slow down the cavalry charges for which the Takeda clan was famous. |
 | | The short distance, great power of the Takeda cavalry charge, and the heavy rain, which Takeda assumed would render the matchlock guns useless, encouraged him to order the charge. |
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