Kenshin began the engagement just as Yamagata had thought he would. He slowly sent his bow samurai and ashigaru forwards. He paid particular attention to the bow unit that held the right-wing and ordered that they take control of a small mound, a distance away from the rest of the firing line.
It truly was a small mound and it barely offered any advantage at all, but still Kenshin seized it and placed one of his units there, knowing that they would be better severed for it in the future.
And then his attention turned to his cavalry and he moved them out from behind the rest of the units and sent them over to the right once more, staring down the open space that was in front of them, taking control of that right flank so that Gengyo would not be able to use it for tactics or strategy of his own.
