As soon as he saw the samurai retreat into the room, Yataro Inoue was overjoyed and said, "Okay, they have advanced, and we will kill them too!" Quick. ”

More than a dozen ninjas quickly entered the courtyard, and some ninjas climbed up to the second floor with rope hooks and entered the room from the attic, and soon, there was a woman's scream in the room.

It was the maid who protected Matsudaira Takechiyo, and she fought the ninja with a naginata, but unfortunately she was not an opponent and was killed.

The rest of the maids pulled Takechiyo and hurriedly retreated, and hurriedly shouted: "There is an enemy upstairs!" ”

The samurai on the lower floor were guarding the entrance, and when they heard that there were ninjas upstairs, the two samurai hurriedly went upstairs, and when they arrived, the last maid was stabbed to death by two ninjas.

One of the samurai hurriedly grabbed Takechiyo's hand and shouted, "Matsudaira, let's go!" ”

The ninja who took the lead shouted, "Matsudaira, I'm here to take you out of the Imagawa family!" Don't you want to restore the Matsudaira family's family business? ”

The samurai's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly pulled Matsudaira Takechiyo and went downstairs.

After one of the samurai stayed behind, he blocked four or five ninjas in the hallway.

The ninja who took the lead hurriedly threw a smoke bomb, and then threw stones into the smoke, and the rest of the ninjas threw it together, and the samurai screamed in pain.

Nakashinobu waved his hand, took out his ninja sword, and slowly approached the smoke, and he heard the sound of samurai armor and armor leaves colliding.

He walked into the smoke with his hands and feet, and then a miserable scream sounded, and Nakashino came out of the smoke and waved: "Let's go, go down and meet Inoue!" ”

Several ninjas hurriedly went downstairs, but there was a samurai guarding the staircase, and the ninjas didn't dare to fight hard, so they hurriedly threw smoke bombs down.

The small stairwell was filled with white smoke and a choking smell of smoke.

The samurai at the top of the stairs hurriedly retreated.

The ninja upstairs had already heard Yataro Inoue's shouting and scolding, and the ninja said angrily: "Everyone, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!" Kill it! ”

Several ninjas pulled out their poisonous ninja knives, rushed into the smoke, and came to the first floor, where a samurai blocked the corridor.

The two ninjas rushed towards the samurai side by side, and the samurai hurriedly cut horizontally, one ninja fought with a knife and grabbed the samurai's knife, and the other ninja swung his sword and slashed, cutting the samurai's arm.

However, the samurai reacted quickly, and he directly pulled out the ribs and directly cut the throats of the two ninjas.

Nakashinobu shouted, "Keep going!" Kill him, the Lord Guild will treat your children well, and they will be samurai in the future! ”

The two ninjas drew their swords and rushed at the samurai with a roar of rage, and the samurai swung their swords and slashed at one of the ninjas, who jumped up and pounced forward.

The samurai overwhelmed the slashed ninja while dodging the fluttering ninja while disemboweling the ninja with a rib gap.

The ribs in the samurai's hand turned, and the ninja who was also pressed passed through the chamber, and was killed in an instant.

Nakashinobu was angry and hurriedly rushed up, but before he could touch the samurai, the samurai fell directly and died of poison.

At this time, Inoue Yataro also used a pile of people to kill the entrance, and only the last samurai was left in the corridor.

Yataro Inoue shouted, "Kill him!" ”

The samurai shouted and killed Yataro Inoue, but unfortunately seven or eight ninjas swarmed up, killed and wounded five or six ninjas, and then killed and killed him.

The injured ninja was no longer able to move, and Inoue Yataro said, "Don't worry, the reward will be left to your descendants, who will become samurai in the future." ”

The ninja lying on the ground said, "Inoue Tsuki, you guys go quickly, I'll take care of it later!" ”

Yataro Inoue immediately took Matsudaira Takechiyo out, and soon, a fire broke out in the castle tower.

Ashigaru, who ran out of the castle tower, saw Imagawa Yoshimoto, and he didn't have time to salute, so he shouted directly: "The main hall, Matsudaira Hall is in danger!" There is a small attack on the castle tower! ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately stood up and said angrily: "Damn! Is that what they're for? Yuanzong, you take someone to bring Takechiyo back! ”

Kuno Motomune hurriedly got up and left with a team of people, Motomune was the eldest son of the Imagawa family's important minister Kuno Tadamune, and was killed in a battle between the barrels.

By the time Kuno Motomune had just led his troops to the castle tower, the castle tower had already caught fire.

At this time, Imagawa Yoshimoto panicked and hurriedly called his subordinates to go to the castle tower to extinguish the fire, and after Jiuno Motomune saw the fire in the castle tower, he also hurriedly called his subordinates to rush to the castle tower.

Yoshicho outside the castle saw the fire in the castle and said happily: "Quick, hurry up and shout that the castle tower has been burned, and Imagawa Yoshimoto has been begged to death!" ”

Iwashita Ryu hurriedly led a group of cavalry to rush to the front battlefield and shouted: "The castle tower of Ashisuke Castle has been burned, and Imagawa Yoshimoto has been taken!" ”

The various reserves of the Ogasawara Army saw the fire of the Ashisuke Castle Castle Tower, and when they heard the shouts of the Iwashita Dragon, they also shouted: "The Ashisuke Castle Tower has burned, and Imagawa Yoshimoto has been taken!" ”

When the Imagawa family's Ashigaru and the peasant soldiers heard these shouts, they all looked back and sure enough, they found the fire in the Uchimaru Castle Tower.

Asahinatai, who was directing the battle, turned around and saw the fire in the castle tower, but when he found that the Imagawa family's banner was still there, he hurriedly shouted, "This is a trick of the enemy army, and the lord's banner is still there!" ”

Ii Naomori, Okabe Motonobu and others also looked back and saw the banner of the Imagawa family, and shouted to their subordinates to stabilize the situation.

Unfortunately, in just a while, the peasants and soldiers had already collapsed, and the morale of the Ogasawara army was greatly boosted, which made the Imagawa army retreat again and again.

After a while, someone shouted again: "Matsudaira's head Matsudaira Takechiyo is here!" ”

Suddenly, the city wall was full of fire, and a group of samurai protected a child and walked on the samurai, and the retainers of the Matsudaira family could just see Matsudaira Takechiyo.

Yasumasa Ishikawa, Tadashi Torii and others immediately asked their subordinates to stop resisting.

Asahinai was shocked, he knew that the situation was unstoppable, and hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw!" Withdraw now! ”

The retainers of the Imagawa army, Enoe, and Suruga immediately retreated.

How could Yoshicho let go of this opportunity, he drove his horse forward and shouted: "Attack, take down the head of Imagawa Yoshimoto!" ”

"Kill!"

The Ogasawara army immediately pursued the Imagawa army, while the Matsudaira family of several thousand remained unmoved.

Imagawa Yoshimoto retreated in a hurry under the protection of his retainers and ran all the way back to Okazaki Castle, with less than 8,000 soldiers left around him.

Yoshinaga was going to make a big move, but the Imagawa army of Imagawa Castle gave up the castle and handed it over to the Oda family, and the Imagawa army of Imakake Castle immediately moved south to join Imagawa Yoshimoto.

In this way, Yoshinaga needed to guard against Oda Nobunaga, and with some scruples, Yoshinaga fought until near Okazaki Castle before withdrawing his troops.

Yoshinaga set up a formation on the hill outside Okazaki Castle and looked at Okazaki Castle from afar.

In the shogunate built on the top of the mountain, Yoshinaga sat on the throne and said to his retainers with joy: "Ladies and gentlemen, the strongest enemy of Tokaido has been defeated by our army, and the famous generals of my Ogasawara clan have made a name for themselves in the whole of Tokaido, as well as Hokuriku, Kanto, and even Gyeonggi!"

Rejoice, everybody! In this world, the prestige of my Ogasawara family will always be passed on, and all of you who fought for this family! ”

"Oh!"

Yichang waved his hand and said: "Now, let's welcome the people of Xisanhe to join our family, and in the future, we will work together to stabilize the world!" ”

Tadashi Torii stood up and said, "Ogasawara Palace, I would like to ask, how will you treat my lordship?" ”

Yoshicho smiled: "Takechiyo is still young now, and I have already thought about the issue of education, and I have a good relationship with the minister in Kyoto, so I plan to go to Kyoto and ask a master to teach Takechiyo's studies."

Of course, Takechiyo was also a pillar of the samurai family that managed the local area for the imperial court and shogunate, so what do you think about learning bushido at the samurai school that the family has purchased? ”

Tadashi Torii bowed and said, "The arrangement of Ogasawara Hall makes Zai Xia very relieved, so my lord will ask Ogasawara Hall." ”

Yoshicho smiled and asked Tadashi Torii to sit down, although Matsudaira Takechiyo was the future Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was the opening shogun of the Edo shogunate.

But his life was because of some fateful meetings to become a general, if Oda Nobunaga had not died in Honnoji Temple, even if Nobunaga's son Nobutada had not died, Tokugawa Ieyasu would have been a daimyo.

Or Toyotomi Hideyoshi waited until Toyotomi Hideyori grew up before dying, or Takeda Shingen lived for a year or two, and Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't become a general.

Therefore, Yoshinaga was not as jealous of Matsudaira Takechiyo as he was of Oda Nobunaga.

After Yoshicho asked Tadayoshi Torii to sit down, he said, "Now Nishimikawa is still in the hands of the Imagawa family except for Okazaki Castle, and the rest of the castle has been recovered to the Matsudaira family.

In this case, then I will suggest to the Imperial Court and the Shogunate that Matsudaira Takechiyo be appointed as the guardian of Nishimikawa. ”

Matsudaira Takechiyo on the side hurriedly came out and bowed down to Yoshicho and said, "Thank you for the favor of Ogasawara Hall!" The Matsudaira family will definitely follow His Highness! ”

Yoshicho smiled: "When you finish your studies, you can go back to Mikawa to manage the Matsudaira family, Takechiyo, study hard!" ”

Matsudaira Takechiyo bowed his head and said, "Ha! ”

Yoshicho said again: "When the family retreats, Nishimikawa is under the attack of Oda Nobunaga and Imagawa Yoshimoto, so the family has decided to take back the castle before retreating!" ”

Torii Tadayoshi hurriedly said: "The main hall, please let me be the first general!" ”

Yoshicho waved his hand and said: "Don't be afraid of the little hanging castle, you stay in Nishisanhe to guard against the counterattack of the remnants of the Imagawa army, and the burned Ashisuke Castle is being built, so take care of it." ”

Tadayoshi Torii received the order and said no more.

Although Yoshicho said that he was going to fight the castle, he had already asked Miki Otsu to lead his troops to bombard Okazaki Castle for a long time, although he withdrew his troops and left.

Imagawa Yoshiki in the city was so angry that he fell ill and did not see his retainers for many days.

As for Yoshinaga's army, it was advancing towards the castle, and Nobunaga had already swept away the castle and left, and was defending Narumi Castle at this time.

Yoshinaga rushed to the castle and was furious when he saw that Nariwai was swept away by Nobunaga, and he said to the left and right, "Oda Nobunaga thinks he has counted everything?"

Isn't he besieging Narumi Castle? Oh, I'll give him a surprise, Xingang, order you to be the first general, lead 3,000 people to approach Narumi City, and be sure to keep Narumi City! ”

Sanada Nobutsuna immediately took the order and led six standing reserves to fight and approached Narumi Castle.

As for Yoshinaga, he was afraid that he and Imagawa Yoshimoto would encounter an accident in the battle of Tsukasasa, so he personally led 4,000 men into Owari as a Chinese army, and Shimizu Yasuei was left to lead more than 1,000 rear troops to garrison the castle.

After Sanada Nobutsuna entered Owari, he marched towards Narumi Castle and was discovered by detectives sent by Sasa Masaji and Chiaki Tadashi in Nakajima.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Nakajima burned wolf smoke, and Oda Nobunaga's main camp, which was only a few miles away, discovered Nakajima's wolf smoke.

Oda Nobunaga hurriedly got up and looked at Nakajima, and he hurriedly asked, "That's the direction of Nakajima, did Ogasawara enter Owari?" Check it out! ”

After a while, a scout on a fast horse came running and said, "Report! The 3,000 men of the Ogasawara army have already entered the territory of the country, and it is only ten miles away from Nakajima! ”

In the shogunate, Niwa Nagahide was surprised: "The Ogasawara family actually dares to attack the country? Although Daisuke Imagawa Jibe was defeated, but he was not completely annihilated, didn't Ogasawara Shinano keep his rear? ”

Oda Nobunaga waved his hand and said, "Continue to investigate, let Hosaku enter Mikawa to investigate more detailed information!"

Seimasa, you immediately go to Okazaki Castle in Mikawa, meet with Daisuke Imagawa Jibe, and ask him to send troops to hold down Mamoru Shinano! ”

Sasa Narimasa hurriedly got up and left the shogunate and went down the mountain.

Lin Xiuzhen said: "Lord, is Shinano Mamoru really going to attack Owari?" His Majesty thought that this was just a threat.

Perhaps it was because the family was besieging Narumi Castle that they sent troops to Owari, and his subordinates thought that they should send an envoy to ask Shinano Mamoru about the situation first. ”

Oda Nobunaga was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe you're right, Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru is coming to Narumi Castle, Katsuya, how long will it take for Narumi Castle to be won?" ”

Shibata Katsuya replied: "This subordinate is not accurate, lord, please allow his subordinate to lead the troops to rush once, his subordinate is fighting for his life, and he will take Narumi City today." ”

Oda Nobunaga frowned slightly, and said, "So if the family recruits Yamaguchi's father and son, can it be successful?" ”

Niwa Nagahide shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not, Yamaguchi father and son must be afraid of the lord and the queen of the autumn, so they are desperately resisting at this moment." ”

Oda Nobunaga frowned and said, "I miscalculated, I didn't expect that the Imagawa Jibu Daisuke, who was famous in Tokaido, lost to Ogasawara Shinanomori."

Shengjia, you hurry up and attack, tomorrow, I'm afraid my family will have to withdraw its troops. ”

Shibata Katsuya got up and said, "Please wait for the good news of your subordinates!" ”

Oda Nobunaga looked at the back of Shibata Katsuie's departure and sat back on his throne.

Soon, the Shibata Katsu family led the Oda family's army to launch wave after wave of attacks towards Narumi Castle, but they were all desperately repelled by the Yamaguchi stepfather and son.

By the afternoon, the Oda family had already suffered hundreds of casualties, but Narumi Castle still hadn't been taken, but the detectives who had gone to inquire about the news had returned.

Oda Nobunaga then learned that the Imagawa army failed because Ogasawara Yoshinaga sent people into Ashisuke Castle at night to carry out a hijacking operation.

Although the specific plan is not known, there was a large-scale riot in Ashisuke Castle, and at the same time, Ogasawara Yoshinaga sent troops to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the castle, causing Imagawa Yoshimoto to be difficult to take care of, and let the Hosaku of the Ogasawara family take away Matsudaira Takechiyo.

Imagawa Yoshimoto lost Matsudaira Takechiyo, and he lost the hole card that controlled Nishimikawa, and this hole card was returned to the opponent's hand.

Fortunately, Asahina Tai was able to make a quick decision and let the army retreat, otherwise, Imagawa Yoshimoto would have been defeated.

Only then did Oda Nobunaga understand that the Ogasawara army could already enter Owari without any scruples.

Nobunaga hurriedly ordered Shibata Katsuie to stop the siege, and then reduced his forces while sending Shibata Katsuie to lead his troops to Ōtaka Castle.

Although the direction of Sanada Nobutsuna's march was Narumi Castle, he needed to take the side of Otaka Castle to reach Narumi Castle.

Most of the Oda army at Narumi Castle was withdrawn, leaving only a small part of the Oda army to monitor the Yamaguchi father and son in Narumi Castle.

When Yamaguchi Kyotsugu saw the Oda family withdrawing, he was surprised: "Could it be that Imagawaden sent troops to support?" ”

Yamaguchi Kyoshi was overjoyed and said, "Great, father, Narumi Castle has been saved!" When the time comes, Imagawaden will definitely attack the Oda family! ”

Yamaguchi Kyotsugu was also overjoyed: "Hahaha, cheer, Taro, the Yamaguchi family is about to rise!" ”

Kyotsugu Yamaguchi thought that his main family, the Imagawa family, was coming, and he got carried away with joy, but what they didn't know was that the reinforcements were the Ogasawara family, the opponents of the Imagawa family.

The reason why Yoshicho helped Yamaguchi Kyotsugu and relieved him from the siege was to disgust Oda Nobunaga and support the Yamaguchi father and son in Narumi Castle as a nail in Owari.

Most of the evacuated Oda army had already entered Odaka Castle, and a small part of the Oda army had entered Marune-ri.

Otaka Castle and Marune were each other's horns, and if Ogasawara attacked Odakajo, they would have to send some troops to ensure the safety of their flanks.

In Odaka Castle, the lord will be Shibata Katsuie, and at the rear of Odaka Castle there is Washizu, where Oda Nobunaga is located.

Sanada Nobutsuna led 3,000 vanguard troops to the top of the hill opposite the diagonal bank of Ōtaka Castle, which was directly opposite Marune.

Sanada Nobutsuna did not directly attack the city, but first let the army rest.

He looked at the papaya pattern of the pill root and said to the rest of his colleagues: "The position of this pill root is very clever." ”

Yatsu Zheng nodded straight and said: "This Qizi and Dagaocheng are each other's horns, and you have to guard against the other." ”

Iwasita Kiyoshi pointed at Marune and said, "Our mountain is just opposite to that mountain, but I don't know how many troops the other party's mountain is on.

It is better to leave two reserves for the time being, Sanada Tsuki will take the lead in attacking Otakajo Castle, and the two reserves remaining in the main formation will guard against the enemy forces of Marone Tsuki.

At first, we only sent one reserve team to test the enemy army in Marugen to see how many soldiers and horses the other side had stationed in Marune. ”

Sanada Nobutsuna thought for a while and said, "There is one thing to pay attention to in this plan, but the 2,000 people in the headquarters are attacking the city, and I am afraid that it will not necessarily force out the enemy army of Marune. ”

Iwashita Kiyoshi nodded and said, "There will indeed be such a situation, then we will attack the mountain on the opposite side, its defenses are much simpler than that of Dagao City." ”

Sanada Nobutsuna hurriedly nodded and said: "Very good, then our troops are divided into two routes, I will take three reserves to block the reinforcements in the direction of Dataka Castle, and Iwashita will attack the mountain on the opposite side!"

Now that we are here, we can't fall into the majesty of our family, and we have to take down a mountain no matter what! ”