Kato Kotai, since the decline of Mino Saito, has been in exile, military luck is not good, in recent years to find a way to get in touch, climbed to the top of the big tree of the Hite, qualifications and connections, can be said to be almost nothing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been cheeky enough to find Kato Kyoming and admit a far-fetched so-called "same sect".

But he has been through a hundred battles, has been on the battlefield for a long time, is accustomed to seeing the ups and downs of the world, leading the army to govern the army is indeed quite strategic, after inheriting the "big brother of the same clan" troops, it only took a year to promote the good and cut the inferior, and to punish the superior and the inferior - of course, it is inevitable that some parties will fight against each other, and after the harvest of buying people's hearts, they will be marked with a profound personal mark, and make the atmosphere of the upper and lower levels look new.

As soon as he received the order to guard against the rainy night attack of the Eastern Army, Kato Mitsuyasu immediately realized the necessity, and as soon as he gave the order, he ordered three teams to inspect the riverbank and keep in touch.

The soldiers were reluctant to do so, but they did not dare to delay at all.

Since the place chosen by Oda Nobunaga to cross the river was not in his defense area, the patrol team naturally did not see anything unusual. However, Kato Mitsuyasu did not completely put his mind at ease, still out of respect and trust for the general general Hisho Hide, secretly arranged for his cronies to prepare, and maintained a tight internal and loose posture.

Then, a moment later, another herald claiming to be from Honjin arrived sweating and panting, sharing the urgent news that "Matsuyama's heavy management department had been raided", confirming his previous fears.

The leader of Suzuki Hidemoto,It's always known.,It's an Owari veteran who has no ability and bad temper and can't be promoted to the next level.,But the seniority is old enough.,The attitude can be regarded as diligent and doesn't make any mistakes.,It belongs to all non-"original subordination" people who stay away.,Don't dare to offend easily and don't want to socialize with the object.。

This person is businesslike, be careful, and be cautious.

Anyway, this guy's intelligence is limited, so it's not difficult to be perfunctory.

On the contrary, he was an immature young man who seemed to be an entourage of miscellaneous soldiers, and became the main talker, acting neatly, thinking clearly, neither humble nor arrogant, and behaving decently, which made people feel good.

Ask again, Owari people, the Miao character is also called "Kato", born as a samurai, his family is in the middle of the road, and he can't get by, and now he finally finds a relationship to be a soldier to eat food, and wants to run for a future.

Hearing this, Kato Mitsutai was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to strengthen their precautions and prepare for battle; On the other hand, he took the time to answer with the young man named "Tiger no Suke", and asked about his relatives, planning to recognize the same clan.

Suzuki Hidemoto suddenly felt quite sour in his heart when he saw it - he finally picked up a talent, why was he going to be caught by others as soon as he came up? However, he is more open-minded in his heart, knowing that his status and talents are very limited, and he can't give enough room to show, and it is only a delay to keep people around. Out of consideration for the future of the little fellow of Owari, he held back his emotions and didn't want to show it.

Toranosuke Kato, who was at the center of attention, seemed to be ignoring the complicated gaze cast by the elders on both sides, and his expression was solemn and ignored any nonsense, but solemnly reminded: "The lord's order to deal with the surprise attack of the Eastern Army is a very urgent matter, please be cautious!" ”

Hearing this, Kato Mitsutai frowned and was slightly displeased, but he immediately suppressed it, and also responded: "Don't worry! I can roughly guess what happened to Matsuyama's department, but I was prepared not to repeat the mistakes of the past. I have carefully kept the vehicles and firearms, you see that the weather outside is about to be fine, with the advantage of equipment and terrain, even if the elite of the Eastern Army gathers, it is not a problem for me to stay here for two or three hours, enough reinforcements to arrive. ”

When the words landed, Kato Toranosuke immediately shook his head and said, "Whether reinforcements will be sent or not, the lord has not made it clear. Before we set off, the only thing that the lord emphasized, that is, the sentence written on the paper, you should have just seen - it is one of the items in the military law of the Pingshou family: victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. If the soldiers can be gathered to the designated place after defeat, they will not be held accountable for their ineffective combat. If you can control the direction of the rout and avoid attacking your other fronts, the crime of defeat will be halved. If the rout affects other troops on your side, you will be doubly held accountable. ”

Kato Mitsutai was startled at this time, and quickly took out the military order document that he had not carefully pondered just now, and looked at it up and down repeatedly.

At this point, Hidemoto Suzuki, who was nominally in charge of delivering the letter, couldn't understand what he was saying at all.

What I just said is an article in the "Military Law of the Flat Family", which is clearly canonical, but basically has not been actually implemented. The biggest reason why it has not been actually implemented is that in the past few years since the birth of the "Military Law in the Tieshou Family", the Heishou clan has gone from victory to greater victory, and has not yet fought any defeats, let alone the process of pursuing responsibility.

The idea that has not been implemented is put forward, which contains some of the expectations of the general general. However, the meaning of the expectation was not explicitly stated, and the purpose was not to interfere with the independent judgment of the front-line commanders.

Kato Kotai immediately nodded: "I understand, I will meet the opportunity." ”

Behind him, among the several miscellaneous soldiers who were sent by Heishou to protect the herald, a short middle-aged man nodded secretly and muttered, "It seems that I don't need to speak extra." ”

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Kinoshita Hideyoshi led the murderous surprise attack troops to let out earth-shaking shouts, sharpening their swords and coming, with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain, stepping on the muddy river beach grass, but also showing an indomitable attitude.

The heavy rain stopped, and a few soldiers who had just come out of the camp and were cleaning up the site and carrying supplies on the outermost part of the camp were drowned in the sea of people before they could react, disappearing without a trace, and even the bones were crushed into their original shape in an instant.

So Kinoshita Hideyoshi was in high spirits, drew his sword and shouted at each other, shouting and ordering the soldiers to go straight to the residence of the general: "Although Matsuyama Shigeji was defeated, he escaped, if we can win Kato Mitsuyasu, we can speak in front of the Shibata faction in the future, and they are helpless!" ”

With this half-joking and half-serious sentence, a group of soldiers will be like a bamboo, unstoppable, all the way like a tiger into the flock, chopping melons and vegetables, killing the enemy soldiers frightened, hugging their heads and running away, so unhappy.

Until he entered the camp and knocked down the curtain, he still encountered no resistance, and there were only dozens of people in front of him who fled in a hurry carrying large and small flags and pointing things and horse seals, Kinoshita Hideyoshi finally began to feel that something was wrong - Kato Kotai's department, the number should be at least about 1,500, why did this have already hit the place where the flag was reached, and only met such a small number of people?

Even if it is unbearable and will be defeated in an instant, then at least you should be able to see the scene of the large group of people fleeing and scattering.

No matter how weak a soldier should have the basic will to resist in an intact camp, let alone a team that is considered "stronger than Matsuyama's Shigeji".

It's so easy, I'm afraid there is fraud.

As soon as he thought of this, Kinoshita Hideyoshi decisively ordered everyone to stop, and only sent two people, Rice Field Daicho and Matsubara Genban, with a small number of soldiers to pursue the rout. The rest first took advantage of the terrain of the enemy's tent to form a formation, rested a little, and slightly spread out to protect the flanks before slowly advancing.

Sure enough, within a moment, the pursuers withdrew in disarray.

It turned out that there was a small hill in front of him, and there was a dense forest on the hill, and there was a shrine by the forest, and it was there that Kato Mitsutai arranged an ambush.

As soon as the pursuers arrived, the sound was loud, and more than a hundred iron cannons fired in unison, and they were caught off guard. Matsubara Genban immediately turned around and retreated, but the rice field was only half a step slower and was killed by the enemy general.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi knew the depths, slightly mourned for his comrades, and then pointed out the second general, and ordered each to bring troops and outflank them along the left and right flanks, in an attempt to encircle the hillock with ambushes.

Kato Mitsuyasu immediately divided his troops to intercept it, condescendingly, and launched a charge against the two special forces.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kinoshita Hideyoshi ordered someone to set fire to the dense forest - he was going to go in person, but his subordinate soldiers said that they were not worried about his force and blocked it.

Someone exclaimed: "The heavy rain has just stopped, and it is still very humid around, how can the fire meter take effect?" ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi smiled and said, "It's only after the rain that is suitable." ”

Suddenly, several commandos went to the edge of the dense forest and turned back, the fire was scattered and showed no signs of spreading, but it burned and produced thick black smoke and dust, which drifted down the north wind into the forest on the hill.

At this time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi Naritake explained in his chest: "I used to work as a firewood clerk in Gifu Castle, so I know that this damp branch will not burn violently, but the black smoke generated is very large, and this smoke, once inhaled into the mouth and nose, will be very uncomfortable!" It just so happens that the wind is blowing in our favor right now. ”

Everyone expressed their admiration.

Using the black smoke as a cover, Kinoshita Hideyoshi sent several groups of people to set fire to the mountain, making the black smoke more and more intense.

After a quarter of an hour or two, Kato Mitsutai couldn't bear it anymore and had to abandon the favorable terrain and retreat.

Due to the black smoke, Kinoshita Hideyoshi also noticed the opposite movement after a while, and only sent a few hundred people to pursue it better than nothing, and explained: "The enemy general is not bad, and such a small victory is always better than defeat." At least we have a firm foothold on the river and can receive more troops to cross, and we have the upper hand! This battle will be won! ”

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