"Tomorrow, if the Miyoshi family is determined to hold on, they will definitely resist with Mt. Otowa as the core." Oda Nobunaga pointed to the location of Mt. Otowa on the map, and ordered in an impassioned tone, "We don't need to be afraid!" In addition to the auxiliaries who carried the siege equipment, the other auxiliaries were left in the camp, and 25,000 armor soldiers went out to fight them. ”

"His Royal Highness Asai, as the general of the North Route Army, led his troops to attack Nanzenji Temple and Okazaki Shrine, and directly attacked Kyoto from the North Road." Oda Nobunaga first named his brother-in-law, the daimyo of Asai Nagamasa.

"Yes!" Asai Nagamasa answered enthusiastically, and his voice could almost be heard by the entire camp. The North Road is the closest way to Kyoto, and if all goes well, the Asai family will be the first of the Joraku coalition to enter Kyoto. In such a great battle that can go down in history, winning a great feat, it will be a great achievement that can glorify the ancestors, and it is also the highest honor for a samurai who defends justice.

"His Royal Highness Oda." Haibei Gang, who was sitting next to Asai Nagamasa, saw that his lord was on top, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Thanks to His Highness's love, how dare the Asai family refuse?" It's just that the task of the Northern Route Army is too heavy, and the 5,000 soldiers in the department are not enough. The Asai family is naturally not afraid of casualties, but they are worried about delaying the overall situation. ”

"You have a point." Oda Nobunaga nodded approvingly, then waved his hand and looked at his subordinates, "Then I will assign a total of 2,500 soldiers under the command of Yu Qiuping, Takigawa Kazuyi, Mori Kecheng and Ikeda Hengxing, is this enough?" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness Oda, it's really a blessing to have the help of the Oda family." Tsunade Kaibei bowed down and thanked him, but Asai Nagamasa didn't seem to care about all this. He was just excited to be able to fight alongside Yu Qiuping, and winked at Yu Qiuping knowingly, and Yu Qiuping also smiled and nodded.

"And Yu, I will lead the main force of the Oda family, 8,500 soldiers, to the middle and personally attack Mt. Otowa." Oda Nobunaga knocked heavily on the location of Mt. Otowa on the map, and his voice became domineering, "After that, Yu will support the upper and lower roads or drive directly to Nijo Castle!" ”

"And the south road, I have to ask His Royal Highness Asakura." Oda Nobunaga glanced at Asakura Yoshikage with contempt, and the latter immediately blushed when he heard this. Because the route of the Southern Route Army is remote, it is almost outside the main battlefield. Whether it's Kyoto or Nijo Castle, it almost has nothing to do with them anymore. No matter how well you fight, it won't have any impact on the battle situation, and if you want to enter Kyoto or Nijo Castle, it is estimated that it will be after the dust settles in the battle situation, and all the honors have nothing to do with the Asakura family. "I also hope that His Royal Highness Asakura will work hard to capture Higashiyama and Tofukuji Temple, and even take Fushimi Inari Shrine again to cover the flanks of the army."

"Thank you for your love." Asakura Yoshikage said angrily in a somewhat resentful tone. The Asakura family came all the way to the war, and was actually arranged to be a supporting role in the big war. But who made Oda Nobunaga the commander-in-chief? Asakura Yoshikei didn't have a good way either.

"And the Gongfang Palace, please also lead the troops of the public and Minami Omi to sit in command of Yamashina's main formation." Oda Nobunaga finally arranged the task for Ashikaga Yoshiteru. It is said to be a command, but in fact, the command must be in the hands of Oda Nobunaga. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, like Asakura Yoshikage, was placed far away from the battlefield, and his troops consisted only of his own hundreds of servants and the powerless Southern Omi clan, which had nothing to do with the honor of taking Kyoto and Nijo Castle. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was still excited just now, his face was gloomy again at this moment. He thought that he could serve as a banner to follow the actions of the Central Route Army or the Northern Route Army, win the honor of being the first to enter Kyoto or Nijo Castle, enjoy the cheers of the army and the people, and re-establish the authority of the shogunate. However, Oda Nobunaga did not seem to intend to let him regain his prestige at all, leaving him far away.

"Since you have no objections, please fight together tomorrow!" Oda Nobunaga looked at Ashikaga Yoshiki and Asakura Yoshikei, who were full of unhappiness, and nodded with satisfaction.

After the meeting, Oda Nobunaga planned to get a good night's sleep and make up for the fatigue caused by staying up late last year. However, the guard said that Lin Xiuzhen was invited to see her. This time in Shangluo, because Oda Nobunaga was determined to do his best, even Lin Xiuzhen, who had always stayed behind, was taken by him to go on the expedition.

"Sado, what's the matter? I had nothing to sleep on, and I was sleepy. Oda Nobunaga saw Lin Xiuzhen walk in, and he didn't mean to get up from the marching bed at all, and asked casually.

"Yes, my lord. In the following, I would like to ask you to keep an eye out for the movements of the Matsunaga family. Lin Xiuzhen did not express her dissatisfaction with Oda Nobunaga's rudeness, but whispered without being humble or arrogant.

"Matsunaga Xiu, that old fox? Hasn't he been defeated by Momiji and Nagamasa, and was driven out of Kyoto by the Miyoshi family in a disgraced manner, and ran back to his hometown to lick his wounds? Oda Nobunaga shook his head nonchalantly when he heard this, and adjusted his posture, as if he wanted to sleep more comfortably: "Of the eighteen thousand or so people in total, five thousand were killed by Momiji and Nagamasa, and he didn't slow down for half a year." ”

"The lord is clear, it's just that this person is quite deep in the city, and he has always played cards out of common sense, so he should be careful." Lin Xiuzhen still insisted on prompting.

"It's okay, Yamato is south of the mountain castle. Isn't there Asakura Yoshikage staring at us to the south? He's a partial teacher, anyway, there's nothing going on, it's okay to help us watch Matsunaga Show. Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly disdainfully, beckoned Lin Xiuzhen to leave: "If there is nothing else, let's go quickly, Yu is going to sleep." ”

"Lord, the more you have the world, the more you must pay attention to the danger under your feet."

Yu's eyes only looked at Kyoto, and he didn't have time to look down at his feet. People who always bow their heads can only spin in place in this life. ”

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In the early morning of October 7, before the sky was dark, Yu Qiuping was woken up by Longzi again. This time, he was very conscious and didn't ask anything, but cooperated with Ryuko to wash him, and then began to change his clothes. Needless to say, the Miyoshi family must have retreated again to find a battlefield suitable for counterattack. The Oda family is about to start the pursuit, and the battle to decide the ownership of Kyoto will start today.

Akihei walked out of the camp and looked in the direction of Kyoto from afar, carefully wiping Chidori's scabbard and blade with a cloth, as if when he was rubbing, Imagawa Yoshimoto's soul could see through Chidori and see everything in front of him.

This is the Kyoto of your dreams, this is your dream.

I'm coming.

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The 25,000 soldiers of the coalition army slowly streamed out of the company camp and followed the retreating army of the Miyoshi family, just like yesterday. At the beginning of the day, the army of the Miyoshi family retreated to the great plains of Yamashiro Province, and the Oda family had already occupied Yamashina and pursued into the plains in great strides. This plain is more than 20 miles long from north to south and about 20 miles from east to west, and will become the battlefield of this great joint battle.

In front of them, the Miyoshi family retreated in three directions—coinciding with the three-way attack planned by the Oda family in advance. One route retreats to Nanzenji Temple by the north road, one route retreats to Mt. Otowa by the middle road, and one route retreats to the east mountain by the south road. And Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered the 25,000 soldiers of the coalition army to act according to yesterday's deployment. Asai Nagamasa led 7,500 men of the Northern Route Army to Nanzenji Temple, Oda Nobunaga himself led 8,500 men to march to Mt. Otowa, Asakura Yoshikei led 6,000 soldiers of the Asakura family to attack the direction of Higashiyama, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru led 3,000 soldiers from the Hokkai and Minami Omi clans to guard the main camp in Yamashina and protect the 50,000 auxiliaries among them. The coalition forces placed their auxiliaries in the large camp to protect them, and the soldiers carried a day's worth of dry rations, intending to have a large-scale joint battle in a dignified manner.

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At this moment, Chang Panbei was marching as the left flank of the Northern Route Army. The vanguard of the Northern Route Army was 500 soldiers of Isono Yuanmasa, the central army was Asai Nagamasa's 1,000 Eagle Reserve soldiers and the entire army of the Asai family, Takigawa Kazuyoshi and Mori Kasenari were on the left flank, Yu Qiuping was on the right flank, and Ikeda Hengxing's department served as the rearguard. The right flank where Mori Kecheng and Takigawa Kazuyi were stationed marched against the Great Character Mountain, and the task was lighter for the time being. The left flank and the forward had to deal with the defenders of Nanchan Temple.

To Yuqiuping's surprise, the Miyoshi family's troops directly abandoned Nanzenji Temple and continued to retreat to the north. Nanzenji Temple is one of the strongest temples in the mountain city, but it is a rare defensive position.

After learning that the coalition forces had abandoned Nanzen Temple, Asai Nagamasa ordered the Chinese army to continue to advance, and Yu Qiuping occupied and swept Nanzenji Temple to prevent the Miyoshi army from lying in ambush in it. Ikeda's headquarters, on the other hand, marched to the left front, taking the place of Yu Qiuping's left flank, and after Yu Qiuping had completed the search, he followed from the rear as the rear guard of the whole army.

After Yu Qiuping led the army into Nanchan Temple, he immediately ordered his subordinates to start checking around. And he himself, with his attendants and dignitaries, ascended to the Dharma Hall of this mountain temple built on the mountain, and looked at the temple condescendingly.

Nanzenji Temple is a Buddhist temple that is the main sect of the Rinzai sect of Nanzenji Temple. It was built in the fourth year of Zhengying (1291) for Emperor Kameyama, and the first presiding officer was the national teacher who had nothing to do with Pumen. His status in Kyoto is extremely high, ranking above the five mountains of Kyoto, the highest temple of Zen Buddhism in Japan, and also by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the world's highest status temple. However, the temple was nearly abandoned due to fires during the 4th year of Myeongtoku (1393) and the Onin War, and few monks lived here.

"Hanbei, did you say that this Nanchan Temple looks a little like the fortress I painted for you before?" Standing on the top of the mountain, Yu Qiuping pointed to the outline of the temple and asked Shigeharu Takenaka with a smile.

Shigeharu Takenaka frowned after hearing this, and reminded Yu Qiuping with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness, Nanchan Temple is the holy place of the Rinzai Sect, and I ask Your Highness to respect it a lot." ”

"Uh..."Yu Qiuping almost forgot about the Japanese devotion to Buddhism, and scratched his head a little embarrassed, "I just really feel like it." ”

Yu Qiuping is actually right, when the site of Nanchan Temple was built, I don't know if it was for beauty or other factors, it was not built into a square convex polygon, but a concave polygon with edges and corners, with many edges and corners that probed out. The height of the courtyard wall is also nearly one and a half zhang, which is about the same height as an ordinary small city.

"Then Your Highness shouldn't be so abrupt." Shigeharu Takenaka still relentlessly corrected, and just when Yu Qiuping was embarrassed, a herald of Oda Nobunaga's mother's clothes came and relieved him.