However, the situation on the battlefield has always changed so quickly that people are caught off guard. Just as Oda Nobunaga was in pursuit, the gate of the nineteen bars suddenly opened! Nearly 400 armed, carcass-clad ashigaru rushed out and attacked straight at Oda Nobunaga's flank. The reserve on the left side of the flank hurriedly tried to turn to fend off the enemy's attack. However, with so close to each other, they had very little time to adjust, and twice as many enemies. As a result, the formation of the reserve team was disrupted and could only be hastily encountered.

"How can there be so many people?" Oda Nobunaga looked back and was shocked to find that the number of Saito's army exceeded 300. Then, something even more shocking happened. From the south gate of the nineteen-strip bar, a group of samurai on horseback came out with a horse seal - that horse print was the horse seal of the Saito family governor!

Saito Ryuxing personally pressed the formation, which greatly boosted the morale of his subordinates. On the contrary, the Oda family reserve that was attacked from the flanks retreated again and again in disarray, and finally collapsed due to the scattered formation. The rout scattered and fled, and directly recoiled to the reserve in the center. Seeing that it was not good, Oda Nobunaga hurriedly abandoned the offensive and commanded the troops to retreat to the flanks and rear. However, Hineno Hiroshi also immediately launched a counterattack, and was attacked from both sides, and Oda Nobunaga's situation was on the verge of collapse.

"The Saito army has a total of about 1,300 soldiers. There are 300 people in Momiji, 600 people in Yu, and up to 400 people in the rocks! Oda Nobunaga scolded angrily, "How can this rush out of 400 people? All the guards came out? Are Sanzaemon and Gonroku at war with a scarecrow? Why is this happening! ”

In fact, it was because many of the auxiliary soldiers led by Saito Ryuko this time were ashigaru who had been on the battlefield, and it was his turn to serve as an auxiliary soldier this time. Saito Ryuko temporarily issued them weapons and carcasses that they had seized from Oda Nobuyosu and told them to attack with him—which gave them nearly a hundred more soldiers out of thin air.

Maeda Toshiie, who was in the main camp, saw that it was not good, and immediately led the reserve team to meet Oda Nobunaga. Mori and Shibata Katsuie also tried to go for reinforcements, but because of the small space on the battlefield and the constant rain of arrows at the head of the castle, they were unable to send a large force to the right flank.

Sensing the chaos on the right flank and in the center, Yu Qiuping, who was on the left flank, immediately had an excuse to disengage from the Saito family. He asked the Honjin side to transfer himself back for reinforcements, and the anxious Honjin immediately agreed to Yu Qiuping's request. So Yu Qiuping immediately led Chang Panbei to retreat to the safety of the main camp to avoid being drawn into the war.

At the same time, Oda Nobunaga's situation became increasingly unoptimistic. He was driven by the Oda family, who were flanked from the north and east, to the Kiso River in the south. The three reserve units that also maintained the formation covered each other, fought and retreated. And in the collapsed reserve, more than a dozen ashigaru rushed directly to the bank of the Kiso River and ran along the river bank towards the pontoon bridge to the east.

"Idiot! Come back! Bee House Yoryu angrily scolded, "The Saito family will not let you go!" ”

However, to his surprise, the people of the Saito family turned a blind eye to the Oda family Ashigaru who ran past him, and allowed them to flee in the direction of the pontoki, cross the bridge and run back to Owari - this was actually Saito Tatsuko's order to besiege the master in advance.

This situation immediately severely shook the morale of the Oda family's troops, and many Oda family Ashigaru tentatively ran to the Kiso River, and when they found that the Saito army had not attacked them, they immediately fled to the pontoon bridge.

Oda Nobunaga sensed the crisis in morale and immediately ordered the Samurai of Hachimoto to act as a team of overseers to kill Ashigaru who escaped on the spot, without mercy. This stopped the ashigaru's desire to escape to a certain extent, but Oda Nobunaga's forces were also completely unable to hide their decline, and they continued to retreat to the southwest, and were pursued by the Saito army and could not stop.

Maeda Toshiie, who arrived in time, tried to reverse the decline of the right flank and led a reserve of 200 men to attack Saito Ryuko, who was forced to defend and delayed the attack on Oda Nobunaga's main team. And Shibata Katsuie and Mori Kasei also gave up the attack on the nine-jou and retreated to the main camp. After that, he continued to move south, blocking Hineno Hiroshi's pursuers and saving Oda Nobunaga. Seeing that the offensive was blocked, Saito Ryuxing took it as soon as he saw it, and retreated to the camp near the nineteen-jou bar.

However, Oda Nobunaga's 800 soldiers had already lost most of their formations in the rout, and many of them had already fled. After Oda Nobunaga gathered his troops, only about 500 men remained. Less than 100 were killed and wounded on the battlefield, and the remaining 200 either fled back to Owari or were scattered in the wilderness during the retreat. In a short period of time, these 500 people, who have lost more than 30 percent, may never be able to regain their combat effectiveness.

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Oda Nobunaga, who collected his troops and returned to the camp, could not hide the anger in his heart - he was actually ruthlessly put on a scene by the incompetent Saito Ryuxing. He was furious in the main tent, smashed two marching horses, and scolded Mori and Shibata Katsuya in a slashing manner. Yu Qiuping was sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, but he was slightly happy. Mori and Shibata Katsuie's helplessness in the face of Jujujo concealed the fact that he passively avoided the war.

Although it is a pity, Oda Nobunaga once again escaped in battle. But Yu Qiuping knew that the army of the Oda family was already fierce and unlucky at the moment. Not only did they lose their way out, but they also suffered another fiasco, and the morale of the whole army was low.

Enraged, Oda Nobunaga did not listen to the persuasion of the people, and after the defeat, instead of retreating, he let the auxiliaries make peace with the main army. After advancing five miles further east, he set up a large camp under the noses of the nineteen barricades, and began to gather the stragglers. The Saito family's Ashigaru estimated that he was a little tired from two battles in one day, so he did not take the opportunity to attack the Oda army.

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However, the situation on the battlefield has always changed so quickly that people are caught off guard.

In the evening, the smoke of the two houses is curling, and the ashigaru, who have fought all day, prepare for a simple dinner. However, to the surprise of everyone on both sides, a figure suddenly shook on the south bank of the Kiso River!

Oda Nobunaga hurriedly mounted his horse and came to the shore on the north bank of the Kiso River to look. That's the banner of Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa! As the reserve force of the Great Army, they finally arrived today! They were slowly moving along the road with food, grass and transport, when they suddenly received an emergency messenger from Oda Nobuyosu. The two saw that Oda Nobunaga's future was in danger, and although they had been fighting each other in normal times, they had to unite at the moment. They left behind all their food and transport equipment along the way and began to march rapidly. When their vanguard cavalry arrived at Kuroda Castle, they happened to see the defeat of the Oda family's army.

So, the two immediately waited for the arrival of the follow-up troops in Kuroda Castle. Finally, at the beginning of the unitary period, a total of 300 soldiers from the Ikeda family and the Sasa family arrived at the scene. Ikeda Hengxing and Sasa Narumasa were both young men with strong blood, and without saying a word, they led the soldiers to rush to the pontoon!

The troops of the Saito family were all dining, and they didn't gather at all—because the Oda family on the opposite side was also dining, so they relaxed their vigilance, and they didn't expect that there would be a Cheng Biting Gold on the flank. The Saito family's troops tried to assemble in a hurry, but the ashigaru were too tired to make progress, and a quarter of an hour was not enough for them to complete the formation. Before the Saito army could be assembled, Sasa Narumasa and Ikeda Tsuneko had already crossed the river. Since the south side of the camp had not been considered at all, and the enemy would also arrive in the direction of the Kiso River, the defense of the south gate of the camp was very weak, and the Oda army rushed into their camp with three strikes and five divisions, and launched a fierce attack on the assembled Saito army, causing chaos in the Saito family's camp.

"It's Hengxing and Neizangsuke!" Oda Nobunaga excitedly shouted, "Two boys! Attaboy! ”

"Your Highness, please gather your troops immediately!" Naomasa Tsukami, who was following Oda Nobunaga, said, "After the formation, attack the chaotic enemy!" ”

"No, you don't! It's too late! It's too time-consuming! Anyway, there is no formation on the other side! Oda Nobunaga once again threw the folding fan in his hand in the direction of Saito's house, then grabbed the horse's belly, and sat down with a strong whip, and without waiting for the surrounding troops, he rushed out of the camp first.

"This battle! All it takes is courage! Oda Nobunaga shouted, "Soldiers, come quickly!" ”

"I'll go!" The surrounding high-ranking generals and ashigaru watched in amazement as the head of the family rushed straight out and rode single-handedly towards the thousands of troops in the place. After a while, the mother-clothed people and the horse warriors immediately reacted, and rode their horses to follow Oda Nobunaga and rushed forward. Shibata Katsuie, Mori Kenari and others also shouted and led their confused subordinates, and followed Oda Nobunaga in a plate of loose sand and rushed towards the Saito family's camp. Ashigaru and the elder of the family charged side by side, and people who didn't know each other were mixed together, and the scene was very chaotic.

Yu Qiuping looked at Oda Nobunaga's appearance and couldn't laugh or cry. However, he wasn't stupid enough to rush out. Because it only took a few minutes for his Joban to assemble and form up. When Tokiwa was assembled, the entire Oda army in the camp was in disarray, some were circling around, some were panicking, and of course, most of them still followed Oda Nobunaga to the Saito family's camp. It seems that if you want to kill Oda Nobunaga in this battle, I'm afraid it's impossible.

Where has Saito Ryuko seen such a wild samurai's splattery style of play? Although he is free and intelligent, and he is quite perceptive, after all, he is only a 15-year-old child, he has never seen a big scene, he is inexperienced, and he lacks adaptability. As soon as I saw this situation, I immediately panicked. Nearly 1,000 of his main soldiers in the southern camp were thrown into chaos due to the surprise attack of Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa, and Oda Nobunaga on the other side had already led a large army to the southern camp. In a panic, he suddenly lost the confidence to organize the troops, and hurriedly fled into the nineteen bars with his guards. Hineno Hiroshi in the southern camp was unable to form a formation, so the main force led by Oda Nobunaga easily rushed into the camp and formed a melee with the Saito army. In this situation, the numerical superiority of the Oda family was immediately revealed, and the Saito army was defeated and retreated. Ikeda Tsuneko and Sasa Narumasa led the only two formed troops in the chaotic army, and they were rampage through the camp, and no one could stop them.

Eventually, the Saito army was powerless to resist and fled from the southern camp. Naomitsu Takeshi, who was located in the northern camp, hurriedly led his army into the Jujo Fortress and stopped Oda Nobunaga's pursuit to expand his gains. After covering the defeat and escaping the battlefield safely, Naomitsu Takeshiro burned the grain and grass in the nineteen bars and the bars, and immediately escorted Saito Ryuko to retreat.

Since the Oda army did not form formations, did not assemble, did not have flags, there was not the slightest formation to speak of. Oda Nobunaga couldn't find his old generals, and the old generals couldn't find his generals, Ashigaru generals, and Ashigaru heads, so he couldn't command the entire army at all. The effective range of Oda Nobunaga's command was only a few dozen people around him who heard his shouts. Therefore, after occupying the southern camp, the Oda family was unable to organize an effective pursuit at all, so they had to give up.