After consulting with several colleagues, Sanada Nobutsuna personally led three reserve troops to attack Marune, Iwasita Kiyoshita, and Kamizu Kenra to defend the Oda army on the Otaka Castle side.

Sanada Nobutsuna led his team down the hill and moved towards the Marune Tsuna, which was under the Great Takayama.

Sakuma in the mountain shouted to his subordinates, "The enemy is coming! The lord is watching from the eagle tsu, and he can't fall into the martial name of his family! Sons, follow me! ”

Sakuma Moriya led more than 800 people to rush out of the mountain and set up a formation outside the mountain.

Oda Nobunaga, who was in the Washizu Fortress a thousand kilometers away, saw Marone sending troops, and he immediately stood up and said, "Sakuma University Yun has gone to war, and he is only more than 800 people, I'm afraid it's a little dangerous." ”

Lin Xiuzhen, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "The university is only under Shibata Sho, and in the face of Sanada Xiao'er, he will definitely be captured!" ”

Oda Nobunaga nodded and said, "Then let Repair Ryo (Shibata Katsuie) send one to attack the flank of the Ogasawara army." ”

On the battlefield, Sanada Nobutsuna led 1,500 men against Sakuma's 800 men.

Sanada Nobutsuna had the iron artillery team march forward, while Sakuma's Oda army did not have an iron artillery team, only the traditional bow foot light, and the iron artillery team of the Oda army was in the hands of Oda Nobunaga.

As soon as the Ogasawara army entered the land of the Oda army, Sakuma Morishige ordered his subordinates to release arrows.

The ashigaru shield in the front row of the Ogasawara army blocked most of the arrow rain, but some of the ashigaru arrows fell, and the iron cannon Ashigaru that followed in the rear cautiously passed the fallen ashigaru and continued to move forward.

Oda Nobunaga, who was in Washizu, saw the abnormality and said in surprise: "It's not good, quickly send a signal to Dakuyun, there are iron cannons in the enemy ranks!" ”

Niwa Nagahide himself stood up, picked up a flag and waved it, while several other ashigaru were waking up the alarm.

Sakuma Mori heard the voice, looked back, and wondered, "Why does the lord want me to be careful?" ”

His subordinates wondered, "Is it because the enemy army did not shoot arrows at us that the main hall felt dangerous?" ”

Sakuma didn't think clearly about the key to this, shook his head and said, "Since the lord wants us to be careful, then let's be careful." ”

"Sons and daughters, ready! Wait until the enemy gets closer, and then we'll kill them! ”

The Ashigaru and peasant soldiers of the Oda Army clenched their weapons and watched the Ogasawara Army approaching in the distance.

Sanada Nobutsuna was next to his Sanada team, he looked at the number of steps and shouted, "Iron cannon team, dispatch!" ”

The shield bearer who was running in the front row stopped, and the iron cannon foot in the back ran out of the whole team and lined up in front of the wooden tree.

Sakuma Sheng looked at it with some confusion, and asked left and right, "Look, what are they doing?" ”

When the retainers looked out, a young samurai shouted, "It's an iron cannon!" I've seen them in the main hall of the main hall, and they're about to shoot, so they need to be guarded! ”

Sakuma Mori hurriedly shouted: "That wooden canopy is blocked!" ”

The Oda family in the front row immediately took out a wooden stand to cover it.

"Shoot!"

"Bang bang bang..."

Bursts of gunfire rang out, hitting the wooden canopy of the Oda army, and after resisting a row of iron cannons, the next few rows of iron cannons smashed the wooden cannons of the Oda army, and many of them fell to scream or died directly after being shot lightly.

Sakuma was shocked and shouted, "Steady, don't let the formation disperse!" ”

He said angrily again: "The Ogasawara army is really despicable, they actually use such a weapon, why don't they use bows and arrows!" Attack, kill! ”

Sakuma was furious and directly ordered his subordinates to charge.

Sanada Nobutsuna shouted: "Gun ashiki stepped forward!" ”

With the order, the shield bearer in the front row retreated, and the spearhead hiding in the third row rushed forward, crossed the iron cannon Ashigaru, and exchanged short arms with the Oda army.

Sakuma sangly brandished a ten-character spear, but in a matter of moments, he had already killed two samurai of the Sanada family.

Sanada Nobutsuna saw Sakuma's solemnity and shouted: "In Shimono, the general of the Ogasawara family, Sanada Nobutsuna, participates!" The enemy will dare to fight me! ”

Sakuma saw that Sanada Nobutsuna was very young, and he dared to call him for battle, and said angrily: "Is there no one in the Ogasawara family?" A little doll is also coming to call the battle? ”

Sanada Nobutsuna said angrily: "Are you afraid of being below, and you don't dare to fight with you?" ”

Sakuma Shengzhong was enraged and shouted: "Ignorant child, remember, it was the old Sakuma University of the Oda family who killed you!" Sine! ”

A ten-character gun roared and stabbed Sanada Nobutsuna's throat chakra.

Sanada Nobutsuna tied the spear in front of him and blocked the Tomonji gun, and Sakuma quickly turned the head of the spear and stabbed Sanada Nobutsuna in the head.

Sanada Nobutsuna hurriedly tilted his head, and at the same time the spear in his hand was raised, stabbing at Sakuma Shengzhong, and the head of the spear stabbed directly into Sakuma's armpit.

Sakuma let out a heavy cry of pain, and hurriedly grabbed the head of the gun and retreated, and Sanada Nobutsuna suddenly let go.

Nobutsuna hurriedly pulled out his knife and quickly advanced, scratching Sakuma's heavy face and shoulder.

Sakuma screamed in pain, retreated again and again, and immediately threw the ten-character gun in his hand at Sanada Nobutsuna.

Sanada Nobutsuna turned sideways, and the tip of the knife in his hand went down, stabbing Sakuma's heavy foot, directly piercing the footboard and fixing it in the soil.

Sakuma Morishige screamed again, he wanted to pull out the knife on his waist, but Sanada Nobutsuna took the first step, and his throat chakra was lifted by Sanada Nobutsuna, and a rib was inserted into his throat.

Sakuma wanted to scream, but his mouth was full of blood, and he couldn't shout at all, his hands grabbed Sanada Nobutsuna's hand and pushed it out, but his strength became smaller and smaller.

In less than a minute, Sakuma Morishige stopped resisting and collapsed into Sanada Nobutsuna's arms.

Sanada Nobutsuna hurriedly cut off Sakuma Moringe's head, stuck it in the spear and shouted: "Sakuma University Yun Shengshige has been taken by my Sanada Nobutsuna!" ”

Sakuma's death did not allow the Oda army to be defeated, and Sakuma's retainers and samurai continued to urge Ashigaru and the peasant soldiers to continue the battle against the Ogasawara army.

On the other side, Shibata Katsuya personally led a team to assault Iwashita Kiyoshi and his three reserves, but Iwasita Kiyoshi and the other three attendants were slashed by Shibata Katsuie, and they still saved their lives under the desperate protection of a group of samurai.

Sanada Nobutsuna saw that he was about to capture Marune, but Shibata Katsuie's offensive was very fierce, and as a last resort, Sanada Nobutsuna led the army to retreat.

As soon as Shibata Katsuie saw Sanada leading his troops back, he immediately withdrew his troops and returned to Odaka Castle.

In Washizu, Oda Nobunaga learned that Sakuma was killed in battle, and he frowned and said, "This Sanada Nobutsuna is really brave." ”

Shibata Katsuie, who came back from Dagao Castle, hurriedly said: "My lord, the next time I meet him, I will definitely cut off his head!" ”

Oda Nobunaga nodded slightly and said, "I didn't expect that the Ogasawara army was only a pioneer army of 3,000 people, with nearly two hundred iron cannons, and the Ogasawara family was really rich." ”

Lin Xiuzhen nodded and said: "Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru now has three kingdoms, and the stone is high for one million, so he naturally has strong financial resources.

If Ogasawara Shinano lives for a few decades, whether it is Tokaido or Hokuriku, who else is his opponent? ”

Oda Nobunaga touched the fan, but he had an answer in his heart, that is, the Kanto Governor.

Tough as Ogasawara Yoshinaga, why is he still an ally of the Kanto Governor, like the Miyoshi family, who dominated Gyeonggi before, but gave in to Ogasawara Yoshinaga.

With the strength of the Ogasawara family, he can become the second Miyoshi family, dominate Gyeonggi, drive out the shogun Ashikaga Yoshito, and then open the door and rule the world.

But Yoshinaga didn't do this, he was still a loyal minister of the shogunate and a pillar of the samurai family, which was because the relevant eastern rulers had been calling for upholding righteousness.

It is conceivable that Ogasawara Yoshicho was afraid of the Kanto Governor, so he would not dare to betray the shogunate openly, but secretly, Ogasawara Yoshinaga has been expanding his strength.

Oda Nobunaga is thinking about how to make Ogasawara Yoshinaga and Uesugi Masatoshi turn their faces, and the operation is too difficult.

On the second day, Ogasawara Yoshinaga led a large army to arrive outside Marugen, and at this time Oda Nobunaga had already retreated, and Marune and Washizu were empty.

There were 3,000 men stationed in Odaka Castle, and Oda Nobunaga was already withdrawing his troops from Atsuta Jingu.

Yoshinaga only asked Sanada Nobutsuna to lead the team to pay attention to the Oda army in Odaka Castle, and led the army himself to Narumi Castle.

Yamaguchi father and son were stunned when they saw Ogasawara outside the castle, they thought it was reinforcements from the Imagawa family coming, but what they didn't expect was that the Ogasawara family came.

They had received news that the Imagawa family was at war with the Ogasawara family, and now a hungry wolf had gone to the front foot, and a tiger had come to the back foot.

Yamaguchi's father and son only felt that there was nothing to think about, and their own city might not be able to stop the attack of Ogasawara, who claimed to be invincible.

Besides, the Ogasawara army was able to move here, so it can be seen that they are no longer afraid of Nishimikawa being threatened by the Imagawa family, which means that the Imagawa family must have lost, and this time they only feel that life is better than death.

Yoshicho saw that there was still the banner of the Imagawa family in Narumi Castle, so he sent his men to Narumi Castle.

A samurai rode alone to the outside of Narumi Castle and shouted: "Listen to the people of the city, we are the Ogasawara army, your master Imagawa Yoshimoto has been defeated in Ashisuke Castle, if you want to live, surrender to our Ogasawara family now, otherwise the people of the Yamaguchi family will be killed!" ”

Kyotsugu Yamaguchi was shocked, and he couldn't help but shout, "If we surrender, what will Ogasawara do with us?" ”

The samurai replied loudly: "You are not qualified to put forward conditions, it will be easy for the army of our family to attack your Narumi City, you had better think clearly before answering!" ”

Yamaguchi Kyoji was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Damn, this is too reluctant, and the conditions can't be mentioned." ”

Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi hurriedly said: "Father live first, let's talk about it, now that the Imagawa family has been defeated, even if the Ogasawara family can't be attacked, the Oda family will come again."

Father, we have betrayed and offended Oda Nobunaga, and now if we offend the Ogasawara family, then there is really no way back! ”

Yamaguchi Kyotsugu was moved by his son's words, and hurriedly shouted: "I am willing to surrender unconditionally!" ”

Soon, the stepfather and son of the Yamaguchi sect opened the gates of the city and led the team out of the city to welcome Yoshicho into the city.

Yoshicho rode a war horse to Yamaguchi's father and son and said, "You have made a clear choice, to be honest, if it weren't for your usefulness, the family would already be attacking the city." What do you think you're used for? ”

Yamaguchi Kyoyoshi hurriedly said: "I know that the Oda family of Owari has offended His Highness!" ”

Yoshicho said with interest, "Oh, how do you know?" ”

Yamaguchi Kyochi hurriedly bowed his head and said: "I have sent detectives to inquire about the marching intelligence of the Oda army, and I know that they have taken Iwakura Castle, which means that Oda Nobunaga has taken the upper four counties."

It can be seen that Oda Nobunaga refused to allow the Ogasawara army to enter the castle, so it can be seen that Oda Nobunaga has annexed the upper four prefectures alone, so he thinks that His Highness left us because we have a grudge against Oda Nobunaga. ”

Yichang smiled: "I didn't expect you to know, it's really good, then I can rest assured that you can do things."

Let you continue to stay in Narumi Castle is to make you a nail in the nail in the Owari of the Honka, and when the Honke defeats the Imagawa clan in the future, they will come and destroy Oda. ”

Yamaguchi father and son hurriedly paused and said: "Remember, I wish Your Highness prosperity and prosperity!" ”

Yoshicho smiled, in order to allow Yamaguchi to resist the raids of the Oda army for a long time, he left 1,500 kan of money and hundreds of sets of swords and armor to Yamaguchi and his son.

Yamaguchi's father and son were overjoyed to get this, and bluntly said that as long as he had money, food, weapons and armor, he could always resist.

Yoshinaga didn't say anything about this, anyway, he just wanted to disgust Oda Nobunaga, and at the same time it could delay the unification battle of Owari.

Originally, Yoshinaga planned to try to destroy Owari Oda in a direct battle, but an urgent letter forced him to lead his troops back to Shinano.

……

Kanto Musashi, Uesugi Masatoshi led the Kanto coalition army to surround Ninja City, which has been under siege for almost ten days, and Ninja City has still not been captured.

Ninja Castle is a castle built on swampy land, and except for a small road, the fields on both sides are full of mud, so it is not easy to walk at all.

Although there were only more than 1,000 people in Ninja City, relying on the geographical advantage, they repelled the attacks of the Kwantung coalition many times.

Uesugi Masatora was anxious about this, especially knowing that Yoshinaga was in a disadvantageous situation.

On the same day that Yoshicho was about to send his men to infiltrate Ashisuke Castle, Uesugi Masatora convened a new round of military councils, in which he angrily reprimanded his retainers and the Kwantung people for their ineffective fighting, and ordered that Ninja Castle must be conquered within three days.

In this regard, Hojo Takahiro, who had long been dissatisfied, bumped into Uesugi Masahiro at the meeting, and Masahiro was furious and almost killed Hojo Takahiro.

In the end, it was Usami Dingman and Kakizaki Keijia who stopped Uesugi Masato, while the rest of the people who raised the north persuaded Hojo Takahiro to apologize to Uesugi Masato.

Hojo Takahiro, who knew that he was reckless, apologized to Ogesugi Masatora, but he still said: "The lord should think more about the Kanto matter now, and as for the Ogasawara family, let's think about it later." ”

Uesugi Masahu said no more, and angrily rebuked: "Get down! ”

Hojo Takahiro immediately left the shogunate and returned to his own military formation.

Uesugi Masata immediately ordered Uesugi Asunei's team to launch the first wave of attacks, but unfortunately they were quickly repulsed.

Uesugi Masato was furious, and immediately asked Kakizaki Keijia to lead a team to attack, and this time Echigo's army was dispatched, and the effect was immediately obvious.

Kakizaki Keijia led the team to directly attack the gate of the Ninja Castle Waimaru, and attacked it in a wave.

Just when Uesugi Masata was thinking that he was done, a samurai suddenly came to report: "Report! The Hojo Takahiro team is coming towards the main camp! ”

Uesugi Masahiro suddenly burst into muscles, looked in the direction of Hojo Takahiro's army and shouted: "Go and ask Hojo Takahiro, is he going to rebel!" ”

Unfortunately, Hojo Takahiro's movements were very fast, and he crushed the unsuspecting flanks in a short period of time, and those were the forces of the Kwantung people, and they were vulnerable.

At this time, anti-Uesugi coalition forces appeared on the left and right sides of Ninja Castle, and the Kanto coalition army was in turmoil.

When Usami saw this situation, he immediately asked Uesugi Masatora to order Kakizaki Keika to withdraw his troops.

Uesugi Masata had no choice but to let Kakizaki Keika withdraw his troops, and then Uesugi Masata personally led the troops as the palace army to cover the retreat of the coalition army.

When the anti-Uesugi coalition saw the bamboo finch banner of Uesugi Masahu and the banner of Bishamon, they did not dare to attack further.

The battle of Ninja Castle ended hastily because of the backstab of Takahiro Hojo.

Because of this turmoil, many Kwantung people suffered heavy losses, and Uesugi Masatoshi had to pay to sweep the tail, plus at the end of the year, he had to go to Kamiraku to prepare gift money, and several retainers appeared in Echigo to echo the rebellion of Hojo Takahiro.

Yoshinaga received news of the civil strife in Echigo, and had no choice but to temporarily withdraw his troops and return to Shinano.

After Yoshinaga withdrew, Oda Nobunaga made a comeback to besiege Narumi Castle, and after a few days of fruitless attack, he withdrew.

As for Imagawa Yoshimoto, after collecting the defeated army, he left Asahina Taino to sit in Okazaki Castle, so he disbanded the army and returned to Imagawakan in Suruga.

The cunning Harumobu Takeda learned that Yoshinaga had led his army back to Shinano, and immediately withdrew his troops and returned to Kai.

In the same way, the chief of the god of Yuezhong also died down and returned to his own territory.

After Yoshinaga returned to Shinano, he decided to send half of it to Kasuga Yamajo after learning that he still had 30,000 koku and 20,000 koku of grain in his family's inventory.

He personally arrived at Kasuga Mountain Castle with these things, and Uesugi Masatora personally came out to greet him.

As soon as Yoshicho saw Uesugi Masato, he said: "Masatoka, because of the sake of the Masagi, the war in the Kanto region fell short, and I am really ashamed to be in the Shoto!"

This time, I came down to send some money and food to make up for it, and at the same time, I was also grateful for the help of the political tiger! ”

Uesugi Masahu was very embarrassed and said: "Yoshinaga is too polite, he didn't help in any favor, it's really difficult to accept these things, and I'm very ashamed in my heart!" ”

Yoshicho hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Eh, Zhenghuqi, let the family settle down as soon as possible, so that Zhenghuqi can better serve the shogunate, what is this money and food compared to righteousness?" ”

As soon as Zhenghu heard Yichang's advice, he smiled and said, "Yichangqi is right, for the sake of righteousness." Well, these money and food have been accepted in the next, and the affection of the righteous elders has also been remembered in the next! ”

Yichang hurriedly said: "A little caution is not enough to worry about. By the way, Masato, when are you going to go to the Imperial Palace? ”

As soon as Uesugi Masatori heard this, he took the hand of the chief and walked to the city together, saying, "When does Yoshinaga want to go?" You and I will go together. ”

Yichang smiled: "When the political tiger takes care of the affairs at home, you can set off." ”

Zhenghu smiled: "Okay, it just so happens that Yi Changyu and Zai Xia will calm down the civil strife." ”