Although the Nijo Imperial Palace was still surrounded by the Matsunaga army, the situation continued to develop in Ashikaga Yoshiaki's favor after the Hirate Honshu repelled the envoys and took a clear banner under the banner of King Kamiraken.

Oda and Tokugawa joined forces to resist the menacing Takeda, Shigeharu Takenaka stopped Echizen Asakura's pace, and Takigawa Kazuki and Kitabatake Gukyo confronted each other in the north and south of Ise.

It seems to be the rhythm of "soldiers will block the water and cover the earth".

Seeing that the situation was changing more complicated than expected, Asai Nagamasa, who was far away in Bizen, finally made up his mind, leaving Kuroda Takataka with 3,000 people to deal with Urakami's army of Munekei, and the main force quickly turned around.

But it's always been a step too slow.

And I can't find a second occasion to play a scene of "angry rebuke of the thief".

Ever since the beginning of Kishiwada Castle, Hirate Honshu began to have a steady stream of people coming to join him, crossing North Hanoi, entering Yamashiro Province, and when he arrived at the area around Mt. Tenno, there were already six or seven thousand guest troops who had volunteered to join.

Led by Oda Nagayoshi, who led a corner of Settsu, and the main force was from the chaotic country of Kawachi, many people who were dissatisfied with the Matsunaga family and missed Miyoshi Yoshitsugu gathered here. Yamato and Omi also had some teams of about 10 people rushing over, which could not be called a political position, and they were purely here to join in the fun and want to make war money.

Combined with the staff of the headquarters, the scale has exceeded 20,000.

In addition, Shikoku and Kii have the potential to launch another conscription, but considering that the rule is not yet secure, it is not suitable for fishing and burning forests to hunt in the dry waters.

More than 20,000 people, led by Hirate Tsunohide, rushed towards Kyoto with great momentum.

The Takeda Army is far away in Tokaido, and it will not be able to meet for a while. The first thing is to solve the problem of the thieves who rose up, took advantage of the chaos, and besieged the Matsunaga rebel party of the Nijo Imperial Palace.

Oda and Tokugawa seem to be stumbling and it is very difficult to deal with them, Asai Nagamasa repeatedly hesitates, reluctant to prepare for the benefits of the hand, and the strength and prestige of the rest are far from enough.

This is due to the fact that the monarch has a strong self-confidence, which plays a role in the appeal from top to bottom.

The confidence of victory is not mainly based on the number of troops or the situation between friend and foe, but because from the complicated daily intelligence, it is guessed that Takeda Shingen's health is not optimistic. That's not to be an outsider.

In the Koshin area, as well as in the Tokaido and Kanto regions, the apricot grove who has been on the table is mostly related to the "Mr. Sixteen Bun" Tokumoto Nagata. Heite Honshu once sent more than a dozen Owari teenagers to learn art from Nagata Tokumoto, and based on this, he set up a well-established medical team, which also doubled as a military medical training officer.

The two sides of the medical philosophy and treatment plan are the same.

Therefore, if you ask the medical staff of your own family for detailed information about the information that the ninja has worked so hard to collect, you can get a rough idea of the target information by asking and discussing it.

seems to be unstoppable to the west, but in fact, the possibility of success depends entirely on the longevity of Takeda Shingen. It was precisely this point that saw through the tie, so he did not hesitate to tear his face, went against the norm, and generously denounced the "traitor" and expressed his belief that he would not stand on the other.

There may only be Ashikaga Yoshiaki, whose legitimacy is questionable, and Oda Nobutada, who is in a delicate situation, and these two have no room for peace, and their attitude will be as resolute as a draw. Others, including Tokugawa, who was directly attacked, were not so aggressive, but left a certain step of relaxation in their diplomatic rhetoric, and privately prepared to change their doors if necessary.

This is in the middle of a tie.

If it weren't for the ambiguous attitude of others, how could it reflect the loyalty of my family?

The Hiratite family has always been regular, lenient and strict with himself, and of course there will be no pride in the aftermath. But if the people of saw it in their eyes and spontaneously promoted the first merit of repelling Takeda, they would only be helplessly ashamed.

In the past few days, the Matsunaga family seems to be still unrelenting, and they are still sending people to lobby. But except for Nanmu Zhenghu, they can no longer find such a well-known cultural person, ordinary mortals, they don't have such a big face to be received, even if they have a three-inch tongue, it is in vain.

There is only one Rinzai sect monk who works for the Takeda family, and it is said that he is the apprentice of Kuaikawa Shaoxi, the senior brother of Toraya Soyi, and he met him with Hisho Hide. But he was not moved by his words at all, he just said what he said to Nanmu Zhenghu in a different way of expression.

Until the Hisate army advanced to Mt. Tenno, Matsunaga did not make any military response, hoping in vain to solve the problem through diplomatic means.

I don't know who gave him the confidence.

Seeing that the opponent was so sluggish, the tie was not polite, and immediately ordered Oda Nagayi to lead more than 6,000 guest troops from various countries to the south, stuck on the border from Kyoto to Yamato, and cut off the opponent's back road; Kazuji Nakamura and Hidecho Kinoshita led 3,500 people from Kii Province to return to the northern part of Yamashiro Province with great fanfare and make a flanking attack, and also tried to promote their own ideas to the "people with lofty ideals" in northern Kinai; Kato Kyoaki commanded 2,000 men to stay at Mt. Tenno, to prevent unforeseen circumstances and to ensure the retreat of the army back to Kishiwada Castle.

The commander-in-chief personally led the other guards under his command, the Banner Hon, the Ichimen, the Shodai, and the new staff of the two countries of Izumi and Awaji, totaling about 9,000 people, to attack the Matsunaga army besieging the Imperial Palace from the west, with the intention of combining the inside and the outside, and the center to blossom, and at the same time to destroy the enemy's organic forces while breaking the siege.

In the tie plan, this battle needs to not only win, but also stand up. On the one hand, it is necessary to attract small independent forces to defect, and on the other hand, it is necessary to ensure that careerists are unable to make a comeback in the short term. Otherwise, it would be impossible to fight Takeda eastward with peace of mind.

Before the start of the war, Ishikawa Goemon, who was serving as a scout, was lucky enough to meet some fleeing monks and stragglers, and got some latest information from those people.

Based on the analysis of the battle situation described, Iwanari Tomotsu, Konishi Yukinaga, and others believe that the reason why Matsunaga's military situation reacted slowly was not only due to diplomatic means, but also because of unexpected situations during the siege.

It is said that the soldiers of the shogunate were not at all weak as they were rumored, but rather brave, which was completely different from the stereotype of the past. In particular, there are three fierce generals, although each with less than 100 troops, but they are unusually elite and good at fighting, they are not limited to defending to the death, but often take advantage of the attacker's unpreparedness to go out to rob the camp, and have twice successfully covered the transport team to move grain to the city.

Slowly fighting, these people seem to have become the mainstay of the defenders.

There was a defeated soldier who claimed to be the leader of a group under Miyoshi Yoshiji, and after being annexed, he was afraid of being purged, so he had to reluctantly serve the Matsunaga family. The man confessed,

"Yesterday an order had been given to lift the encirclement this morning, regroup, and deal with the enemy to the west. But in the early hours of this morning, before dawn, I encountered a night attack by people in the city...... Naturally, the reorganization will not be completed...... You're right, the three powerful samurai who took the lead were all of us who had heard about the siege for the past few days, and we don't know where they came from......"

Hearing this, everyone thought it was very strange, and wondered when the shogunate had a great talent.

Only after listening to the report, Fan Xiu moved his mind and ordered someone to carefully inquire about the family crest flag, armor and accessories, body appearance and other details of the three people.

Then another two or three quarters of an hour passed, and the truth was finally revealed.

In the shogunate army, the so-called "three powerful samurai" were Akechi Mitsuhide, who was excluded, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who had just joined, and Shibata Katsuie, who happened to be a guest at the imperial palace.

It was their hard work that allowed Matsunaga's "anti-party" to constantly hit a wall and create excellent offensive opportunities for the draw army.

Shibata Katsuka's bravery, needless to mention, the Lang Party under his command can be called the most elite team of the Oda family. Wise Mitsuhide is familiar with the art of war and is good at iron artillery, and there are top generals such as "Ghost Warrior" Zuo Ma Jiexiu Man by his side. Kinoshita Hideyoshi's own force is not strong, but he has always been eager to seek talent, and has been followed by warriors such as Maeno Nagayasu and Inada Daiki.

This must be a standout in the shogunate's flower shelves, and it is reasonable for the Yamato Matsunaga family, who is mediocre in force, to have the upper hand.

If you think about it, it may be the first time in these years that the shogunate has been subjected to such a fierce test. The members who performed well in this test must have risen in their voice.

In this way, it will be interesting to see what the future holds......

In addition to the tie and the attack, there is still time to consider irrelevant matters, which shows that the pressure given by the enemy is really insufficient.

According to the instructions in advance, after the imperial palace had been besieged for five days at the ninth day of the 11th month of the 4th year of Motokame (1571), the Hirate army from Kishiwada Castle launched an attack on Matsunaga Street in three directions.

After the "angry denunciation incident", all the soldiers felt inexplicably excited, and their morale was at the time when they were full, and as soon as they received the order, they enthusiastically shouted slogans loudly and moved forward with the sound of the loud conch.

The team was in the west, Nakamura Kazuji was in the north, and Oda Nagayi was in the south, and they were all about 5 towns (5 kilometers) away from the center point.

Deliberately left to the east and allowed the enemy to escape, but that direction was not far from the shores of Lake Biwa, and if there was no fleet to pick it up, it would be very unfavorable for hiding.

About half an hour later, amid the earth-shattering shouts of killing, Heishou Tsusu, surrounded by his personal guards, climbed the height of the temporarily found earthen platform, holding the Nanban clairvoyant mirror, and could clearly see the patterns on the armor of the soldiers of the Matsunaga family hundreds of steps away.

At a glance, I only felt that the soldiers in the front row on the opposite side were all in order, in a strict formation, well-equipped, and energetic, and seemed to be more difficult to deal with than I imagined.

After a while, Ishikawa Goemon galloped over breathlessly and reported: "Judging from the banner, the direct troops of the enemy's chief general are here, about 5 to 8,000, the Yamato people led by the retainer Akatsuka Iekiyo on the north side are estimated to be about 3,000, and on the south side are more than 2,000 new descendants of Kawachi led by the retainer Okuda Tadaka. ”

"Is that how it is arranged?" Hirata was a little surprised, and muttered, "It's not at all in line with the spirit of Tian Ji horse racing...... Does Mo Fei Song have the confidence to defeat our army one by one head-on? Or is there some kind of deception in it? ”

It would be a pity if you accidentally fell into the plan of attacking the east and the west and were broken out by the enemy's main force.

Do you want to adjust your plan a bit? The 2,000 people left there in Tianwang Mountain can be used as a reserve to reinforce everywhere at any time.

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a loud noise, and a huge black dot roared out from the enemy's formation, with a strong rotating air current, with a thunderous momentum, rushing towards his face.