Nominally, it is 80,000 coalition troops, claiming to be 100,000, but in fact it is a pure rabble, and I don't know how many old and weak soldiers and even empty floaters are counted. Many forces gathered in Kyoto, which was already quite chaotic, and when they marched all the way to Minami Omi, they were even more chaotic and restless.

Even Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was not familiar with military affairs, gradually realized that he was completely unable to control the troops, and as a last resort, in a pragmatic spirit, he informed the troops that "the camera is cheap and there is no need to tell them all the time."

What he didn't know was that the night before this order was issued, Asai, Heite and others had already done it, and they had also involved Oda, Tokugawa, and so on.

Under the instigation of Kuroda Kanbei, Asai Nagamasa blamed his father for a series of crimes, and killed his father with his own hands, intending to collect the troops left behind by Asai to defend Omi in one go, and then attack Asakura.

But he had only completed half of his plan, and was about to show his skills when he suddenly encountered an enemy attack. And it is an elite unit led by the famous Echizen brave general Naotaka Maji.

This person is known as the "Hokuriku hero", tall and mighty, superb martial arts, black-haired horses under the crotch, making a super giant sword five feet three inches long (about 175 cm), the Asai army can be called a pack of wolves, but in the face of this tiger can not take advantage. In addition, his younger brother Naosumi and son Longji are also brave and incomparable generals, and the two or three hundred people under his jurisdiction all ride high-headed horses and fight with long knives, which can be said to be a very rare preparation for breaking the formation in the Asakura family.

Taking this as the forerunner, the Yamazaki Yoshiie, who is known as the "disciple of the Northern Army God Dynasty Kurazong", headed by Yuzhu Jinggu and Koizumi Nagaji, thousands of troops came into battle one after another, and launched actions from the left and right, and the offensive was very fierce.

Asai Nagamasa has always been known for being able to govern the army, and his corporal is quite good at fighting, with fierce warriors such as Isono Yuanchang and Endo Naokei, and the newly attached Araki Murashige and Bessho Nagaji are also good, and they lost the first move, but they did not break out, but quickly discharged the formation, threw themselves into the white-knuckle battle, and launched a resolute counterattack, but they were only slightly inferior.

The Kuroda Kanbei on the side was anxious. He already has a sense of ownership of the Asai family, how can he be willing to let the elite troops be lost in this meaningless encounter?

It's a pity that this black light is blind, and his wisdom is completely out of play.

At the same time, Yamazaki Yoshiie, the general of the Asakura family, was also very depressed, and his mood was roughly the same as that of Kuroda Kanbei.

He didn't actually take the initiative, but was attacked continuously. The order to retreat had already been given from above, and the generals did not mean to make their own claims, but some young men who claimed to be Oda retainers were lightly armed in front of the army, so they symbolically sent a few people to drive them away.

However, the Oda family was still overwhelmed by the repeated harassment of people, and after repeating it many times, the generals gradually became tired and slack. So Asakura Keikagami, who was the acting general general, gathered the upper echelons and planned to discuss the enemy's unusual behavior, and then he was very surprised to find that Asai Hisamasa had been saying that he was not sick, which was suspicious, and when he looked for it again, the tent was already empty, and the old guy who pretended to be loyal and honest took people to some unknown place.

Then everyone was a little surprised, urgently consulted, and decided to immediately speed up the pace of retreat, but also had to guard against the pursuit that might occur at any time, and finally decided that the loyal and brave Yamazaki Yoshiya would take the initiative to attack the south with 3,000 elites, and cover the transfer of more than 20,000 other troops to attack instead of defending, and carry out the duty of breaking off. It would be great if he could kill the two or five boys of the Asai family along the way.

That's why Yamazaki Yoshiya appeared here.

As a middle-level general, he still doesn't know much about how the whole process happened. Maybe only Asakura Jingjing said it clearly, but the time was too urgent, and the military discussion didn't make it clear. The reason why he took on this arduous task was partly due to the self-esteem of the "apprentices of the military god", and partly due to the accumulation of long-term dissatisfaction with the system.

In the Echizen order, as long as you are not reincarnated into the ranks of the public, and the Miao character is not Chaocang, then no matter how strong your ability is, no matter how high your ability is, at most you will be a general who leads two or three thousand soldiers, and the steps to the next level are completely blocked. Not to mention the right to speak in the center, it is difficult to get the vanguard position that is easy to make contributions on the battlefield.

For example, Yamazaki Yoshiya has no shortage of achievements, qualifications, and talents, and veterans who have been deputy generals for a long time in the past, not only have they not been particularly reused, but have been vaguely marginalized, probably because they are worried that they will reach the invisible ceiling if they continue to rise.

Take advantage of this opportunity to let the second generation of the group of corpses and vegetarian meals recognize the reality!

- Yoshiya Yamazaki has such unrealistic fantasies in his heart.

But it's definitely not okay to fight with the Asai family here.

Three thousand elites seem to be very few, but they may not be enough for the aftermath. The gist is to move flexibly and break away with one blow, so that the enemy's rabble will not dare to pursue with suspicion.

But why did you hit an iron plate inexplicably?

Although he had the upper hand with the advantage of night raids, the enemy in front of him did not seem to be mediocre, and it seemed that he could not solve it for a while.

What's more, even if it's solved? If it affects the retreat of the large army, it is just a win tactic and a loss of strategy.

That guy is really too upright, and he clearly said that he would avoid the real and attack the false, so as not to let the enemy have a chance to react, but as soon as he was provoked, he forgot to arrange it in advance! The follow-up centaurs can't watch the vanguard die, so they have no choice but to fight hard.

To put it bluntly, it is because there is not much difference in everyone's status and status, and the temporarily appointed reserve generals lack the prestige of ordering and prohibiting.

With the light of the fire and the waning moon, Yamazaki Yoshiya struggled to discern the situation.

The enemy seems to be the Asai family, and it seems that there are not many people, all of them are elites, and there is no shortage of brave generals. But a closer look reveals that there are opportunities in terms of topography. The other party was actually squeezed between the canyons of the two mountain peaks, and there was no way to retreat.

Maybe that's why you're so desperate to die?

As soon as he thought of this, the Yamazaki Yoshiya immediately called his nephew Yamazaki Nagatoku: "Take my personal guard, go around to that mountain from the right, light the torch, and shoot down with the iron cannon!" ”

The other attendants beside him were stunned, and they still had to play around in such a dark light? Too demanding, right?

But Nagatoku Yamazaki thinks differently from these people. Carefully taught by his fifty-year-old childless uncle as the heir, and recognized by the Echizen army as the leader of the younger generation, he only hated that this difficult task came too late!

……

Almost at the same time, Kuroda Kanbei immediately thought: "We must use the terrain, otherwise it is very dangerous to be squeezed under the valley, and after a long time, the whole army will be annihilated!" ”

But he didn't get a response after he finished speaking, and when he looked sideways, he couldn't see any trace of his boss around.

Looking left and right, it turned out that the detachment of Naokaka Mangami was too fierce, which made the forward position crumbling, and Asai Nagamasa had to personally go out and lead the flag soldiers to fill the gap.

Kuroda Kanbei was both frustrated and disdainful in his heart.

This guy Asai Nagamasa is obviously already the chief general of nearly 20,000 troops, but he still can't change the old habit of charging and fighting, and he acts as if he is a general who leads 500 people.

It's just that he just fought like this and won again and again, how should this be evaluated?

In a hurry, Kuroda Kanbei found the two people who had not yet attacked, Ah Shusadashi and Miyabe Jijun, who were closest to him, and explained their thoughts:

“…… Now is the time for us to make our own decisions! Otherwise, if the enemy goes around the mountain, it will be too late! ”

But Ah Shuzhen Zheng didn't even think about refusing: "The lord just ordered me to wait here for a while, and if Isono and Endo are shaken, they will support immediately!" ”

Miyabe Jirun was intentional at first, but his status was a little lower, and when he saw Ah Shuzhenzheng's resolute attitude, he hesitated again.

Kuroda Kanbei knew that he could not command the direct retainers of the Asai family for the time being, and he didn't have time to get angry, so he hurriedly searched for the whereabouts of Beschoji Nagaharu and Araki Murashige. These two people are absolutely sure of persuasion.

But the moon is dark and the wind is high, and the battlefield is chaotic, where can you find it for a while?

To say that his own "Kuroda Party" is also very powerful, there are 300 elite soldiers, but this time he didn't bring it with him.

In desperation, he could only turn back to find Ah Shu Zhenzheng and Miyabe Jirun: "It's enough to let Ah Shuden's department support the front line here alone, Miyabe Hall might as well try it with me, and afterwards I will definitely explain it to Bizenden (Asai Nagamasa claims to be) well, and bear the consequences......"

To put it mildly, Miyabe Jirun finally moved, and Ah Shu Zhenzheng didn't insist so much.

But at this moment, a fire suddenly lit up on the mountain wall a few hundred steps behind him.

Then came the sound of iron cannons from the firelight.

A burst of projectiles whizzed through the air, and everyone subconsciously squatted to protect the vital point.

It wasn't really hit, but everyone was shocked.

"Is it really right?" Ah Shu Zhenzheng still couldn't believe it.

"I should have listened to Kuroda's words a long time ago!" Miyabe Jirundai regretted it.

After a while, the second round of iron cannons was fired, and more and more people began to notice the situation behind them.

In fact, this can't cause any real damage, but being shot condescendingly by someone will feel very uncomfortable psychologically, and those who are slightly less able to resist pressure may turn around and run away.

Kuroda Kanbei didn't have the leisure to be proud. He pricked up his ears, carefully distinguished for a while, stood up suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "Don't panic! Judging by the light of fire and the sound of iron cannons, the maximum number of people on the other side on the ridge is not more than three hundred, and we have a chance to drive them down! ”

- As for the fighters on the front line, I can only hope that they can withstand this psychological pressure for a while longer.

At this time, Ah Shu and Miyabe were naturally willing to obey Kuroda's dispatch. Gather the last reserve of a thousand men and decisively charge the ridge.

The slope of Mt. Kamu is not small, and it is very troublesome to attack from the bottom to the top. However, considering the small number of Asakura troops above, and the fact that there was no time to build a defensive line in a hurry, it was always possible to try.

Asai Nagamasa, who was pressing the formation in front, also noticed that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to retreat easily, for fear of shaking morale, so he quietly asked people to bring a password, and ordered someone to find a way to find reinforcements, and he commanded to the left and right: "It's just a little suspicious, don't take it to heart, follow me to continue to kill the enemy!" ”

Since then, the battle has been divided into two sides and continues to be fiercely fought.

It lasted for about half an hour, and both sides were tired before a fundamental change occurred.

Kuroda Kanbei finally recaptured the commanding heights of the ridge, Yamazaki Yoshiya had lost his will to fight and was ready to move, and Asai Nagamasa was seriously damaged and had no intention of fighting again.

At this time, the sky gradually turned white.

Then suddenly many flags appeared on all sides.

"The Oda family is a big family, and Oda Nagaki is on it!"

"The Tie family worships the village and comes to support!"

"I'm the Tokugawa family's Honda Tadakatsu, who will fight me!"

"The Tsutsui family Matsukura Shigenobu is here!"

In a moment, the offensive and defensive momentum turned one hundred and eighty degrees.

Asai Nagamasa looked at his scarred subordinates on the left and right, but he could only smile bitterly. The Asakura family's army was about to collapse, but the Asai army was unable to take another wave of success.

After a while, an envoy with the banner of a tie came galloping and bowed:

"Greetings to Asai Bizen for the peace of affairs: Settsu 'assists' us in seeking the favor of Miyoshi Choichi, and I will return it a little today!"