On the 10th day of the second month of the 8th year of Motogame (1574), the region had been thawed, and Hirate Honhide led a force of 12,000 men from Izumi with the intention of going to the Hokhata Gukyo in Ise to defeat it.

The nearby daimyo responded with troops one after another, winning the grain and Jingcong.

The Mino Oda clan, after receiving a promise of grain and grass funding, sent Hidenari Sasa, the son-in-law of Hirate Tsunohide, to lead 6,000 troops from Gifu Castle to support.

The Tokugawa clan of the Tokai Honda Tadashi led 3,500 generals to pass through Nagashima and go straight to Kitaise as a striker.

Kita-Omi Kyogoku Takayoshi and Wakasa Takeda Motoaki, a total of 6,700 people, arrived in Kyoto ahead of schedule. They and the 2,000 shogunate troops led by Hosokawa Fujitaka nominally guarded the princess, but in fact they were under the command of Yoshimitsu Hirate.

The army also included 1,000 newly established soldiers from the Prince of the Heite family, as well as 3,000 people from Yamashiro Province.

Due to the long distance and poor financial situation, Settsu Araki Village symbolically took out a thousand people to show his attitude. For the same reason, the total number of subordinate forces of the four countries was only 1,400 men. Echizen Asakura Keiken and Takenaka Shigeharu cobbled together 2,000 allied troops to claim to participate in the war, but the distance was farther and the trip was later.

Even Kazuki Takikawa and Yoshitoshi Nakagawa, who were involved in the "hiding fugitives" incident, were also allowed the opportunity to "make meritorious contributions to their crimes." The former claimed to be able to use his connections to get to northern Ise, while the latter bluntly asked to participate directly in the war.

In the other direction, Hirate Hideyoshi led 4,000 Yamato soldiers, Iwanari Tomotsu led 3,000 Kawachi soldiers, and Nakamura Ichichi led Nankii soldiers 4,000 (nominally the banner of Hatakeyama Takamasa), a total of more than 10,000 people, gathered in Koga, and cooperated with the 3,000 troops of Mikumo Nariji to ask for passage to the people of Iga Province.

Ise Kuniji Kitabatake Gukyo repeatedly sought peace but failed, and was forced to mobilize troops to resist.

After all, he had indisputable legitimacy in the southern prefectures of Ise, and his ruling roots were still alive, and he soon organized an army of 13,000 men.

However, the situation in the Northern Ise region is far from satisfactory.

This area is already very chaotic, with many wealthy clans, changing hands several times between the two major forces of Kitabatake and Oda, and it is also deeply influenced by the Nagashima Ichitsu sect, and it is by no means a place where anyone can cover the sky with one hand.

Kitabatake Gukyo issued a mobilization order in the name of Kokuji, but when it arrived in the eight counties of Kita-Ise, it only caused great chaos.

Of course, there are also Hosono Fuji Atsushi, Yunlin Yuan Yuki and others who responded to the call with the idea of "cold lips and teeth", but they have not yet attracted the crusade army, but they have already fallen into the sea of neighbors.

The people of the powerful country of Anno Prefecture have always had a good relationship with the Oda family, and they secretly learned that "Oda Nobutaka and Hirate Yoshimitsu are friends of the head horn", so he publicly stated that an agreement had been reached a few years ago that the Oda clan would inherit Kitaise, and although it was broken by the war, it should be continued now, and implored Oda Nobutaka to come and rule.

Seki Mori Nobu of Suzuka Prefecture, through the relationship of the Gamo family, contacted Shigeharu Takenaka, and also actively carried out the work of "putting things right", expressing his willingness to subdue and claim the vassals, and he could also help pacify other forces in the same county, and there was no problem in taking the lead in turning the gun to attack the Kitabatake family.

The Akahori clan of Mie Prefecture and the Inabu clan of Azuki Prefecture probably got along well with Takigawa Kazuyi in the past, and decisively accepted his tactics, and in the name of welcoming the royal division, they wantonly attacked the nearby forces with old evil and old grudges. The Ito clan of Sangmyeong-gun was supposed to join the gang, but somehow offended the Wonshoji Temple on Nagashima and was destroyed by monks overnight.

In short, Kita-Ise is all in chaos.

Kitabatake Gukyo could only hold on to Okochi Castle in Minami Ise and could not receive support.

When Sasa Hidenari and Honda Tadakatsu swung their troops in, they basically did not encounter any obstacles to the formation, and a small number of stubborn and stubborn slightly concentrated forces were defeated at once, without any challenge.

Troops with less than five hundred, disorganized equipment, lack of training, low morale and no prospects, were less able to fight back than ten times their numbers. What's more, the crusade army still has a lot of leading parties available. Often, a few diehards who rushed to the front fell to the ground, and the rest scattered, either fleeing or surrendering.

When the Hirate Yoshimitsu army arrived, there was basically no enemy in the eight prefectures of Kitaise, and only three castles were still resisting, but there were a lot of wall grasses that couldn't wait to come over to ask for credit, and they continued to fight lawsuits for the spoils of war, hoping to get the support of the Hirate family.

And most of them are vulgar and vulgar, full of vulgar low-level little lords, the method of slapping horses is very simple and rude, not pleasant, the purpose is too strong, but quite unbearable.

Especially when compared to the people of Kyoto.

People's ministers, monks and tea people, who speak like a gentle drizzle, moisturizing things silently, and can scratch the itch without a word, it is called Gao Ming.

After being overwhelmed, under the pretext that "there are still enemies that have not been cleared", Hirate Yoshimitsu focuses on the three castles that have not yet been conquered.

They are called "Kakijo Castle", "Daki" and "Yukai Castle", and they are very unpretentious when you hear the name, and the scale is not large, all of them are simple civil structures, without any stone walls, and the total number of defenders may be less than 1,000. The only reason for holding out was that the attackers lacked neither large firearms nor the fighting spirit to attack.

However, although it was only a small scene, Yoshimitsu Hinode, who was alone for the first time, was still ready and attached great importance to it.

First of all, he came to Persimmon City with great fanfare, preparing to attack. As a result, Sato Matazaburo, a relative of the city lord, saw that there were tens of thousands of people outside, and felt hopeless, so he had different aspirations, and entangled his comrades to cut down the city lord and took the initiative to sacrifice the city.

Yoshimitsu Hirate was disappointed, but he was also happy that it was going well, and he comforted him. Moved to the Great Wooden Castle and erected two large gates.

As a result, the first test firing happened to bypass the city wall and hit the eaves of the main hall in the city. The city lord Oki Anren is a countryman who lacks knowledge, and he has never seen this divine power, so he was so frightened that he cried and shouted to his mother to crawl out and surrender.

In the whole process, only one handyman was crippled by the broken beams and pillars, and no other casualties were formed.

So Yoshimitsu Hirate continued to Yuzu Castle.

Although this city is small but located in the hills, the big tube is difficult to shoot directly, the city lord Xicun dignitaries are quite brave, the attacker is covered by dense archers and iron cannons, and intends to storm and knock on the city gate, but it has not been successful, and suddenly the news of the city lord committing suicide in despair came out, and the defenders collapsed instantly, or surrendered or martyred.

Three days down the three cities, Hirate Yoshimitsu was widely praised, and was touted by the shameless people around him as "the siege master", "siege celebrity", and even "the god of raiders".

But he wasn't happy at all.

After spending a few more days, waiting for supplies and appeasing the people, Heide Yoshimitsu led a coalition of 20,000 or 30,000 people to the south, and saw Okochi Castle in Kitabatake.

This city is close to the mountains and rivers, there are natural dangers all around, built mighty and majestic, there are seven curved wheels in total, arrows, arrows and arrows are dozens, each other becomes the horn to cover the momentum, there are more than 10,000 guards inside, there are sword heroes Kitabatake Gujiao personally lead the troops.

Seeing it, Yoshimitsu sighed: "This is where the martial arts boy shows his talents." ”

Unfortunately, on the same day, his father also arrived with more than 20,000 people, and as a matter of course, he took over the command.

This is the end of the first big adventure of the second generation.

When the father and son met, they laughed and said that the "besieged celebrity" was not proud, but rather ashamed, and said bluntly, "It's not that our army is fighting effectively, it's that the enemy is too weak." ”

Then he asked, "How about the Hidey-den and their passage to the Iga Kingdom?" ”

"As I expected, Iga's gang of outlaws who call themselves 'Kamishinobi' have a conflict, and Fujibayashi Nagato is willing to cooperate with me, but Hyakji Tanba is resolutely refusing, and I'm afraid it will take a lot more trouble." I am afraid that it is necessary to write wisdom in order to suppress and exterminate lawless bandits such as Hyakji Tanba, and not to excessively stimulate the wavering appeasement faction like Fujibayashi Nagato. ”

Hearing this, Yoshimitsu sighed: "Although Iga is small, there is no shortage of heroes and wonderful people such as Hyakchi Tanba and Fujibayashi Nagato, isn't it also a great joy in the world to fight wits and courage with them?" Unlike Ise, where the land is fertile and commerce is developed, the people and servants of the country are like local chickens and dogs, which makes people uninterested......

Hearing this, Pingshou Fanxiu really had mixed feelings in his heart, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Your father has been fighting for decades, isn't it just so that the younger generations can be in a position of being strong against the weak and outnumbered with the crowd?" Back then, Daosheng, Xuanjin, and Bucket Sayama died nine times, if it weren't for the loyalty and courage of the retainers, and I had some luck, how could I survive today? Rao was like this, and he also left multiple wounds on his body. ”

"It's a child's hypocrisy." Yoshimitsu Hirate immediately expressed introspection: "I understand! In the future, I am afraid that my family will always face the situation of being strong and weak, and defeating the outnumbered with the many. However, this situation may not be easy to deal with. ”