In the second year of Yonglu (1559), at four o'clock in the evening of August 18, in the big tent of the Hexagonal Family. The Asai family had not attacked for three consecutive days, and all the important ministers gathered in the big tent, waiting for news from the rear.

Finally, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw a messenger who did not know the inside story, sweating profusely and walking quickly into the tent in a panic. Sure enough, as soon as the messenger entered the big tent, he immediately knelt on the ground and said to the hexagonal yoshixian on the throne: "Your Highness! Hita Castle's Takase Hidetaka rebelled! Now we have sent troops to attack our grain routes! The rear is not enough to resist! ”

"Oh? Well, then, go down first. The Messenger was puzzled by the Hexagonal Yoshixian's unsavory attitude, but he still respected the order and retreated honestly. As soon as the messenger left, the tent was boiling.

"The ploy worked! Your Highness! The Hexagons shouted excitedly.

"It's really a legacy of the ancestors." Pu Shengdingxiu, an old minister of the Three Dynasties, burst into tears in an instant. Since the death of Rokkaku Joyori, the power of the Rokkaku family in has gradually declined. But today, Rokkaku Yoshixian gave him hope of reviving the prestige of the Rokkaku family. "A good trick will be calculated."

"Those hillbillies of the Asai family definitely didn't know that our ninjas would be so powerful." Sanyun Cheng snorted disdainfully, "Every move of their rebellion is in our hands. We also know what they have in reserve! If it weren't for the lord deliberately sending the fine work in Feitian City to death, we would even know everything in Feitian City! ”

"That's it, that's what happens to them who look down on us ninjas." Ishikawa Goemon smiled, "I don't even know how I died!" ”

"Okay, okay, if it's a compliment, I'll leave it in Kotani City!" The heroic words of the hexagonal righteous and virtuous caused a new round of cheers from everyone. After everyone calmed down, Rokkaku Yoshiken looked at Yamaoka Keitaka and asked, "Are the ropes ready?" Is the personnel screened? ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, I've done all this work in the past two days." Yamaoka Keitaka replied.

"Well, our fishing line is starting to tighten!"

At seven o'clock in the evening of August 18, in the camp of the Asai family.

"The news confirms that Lord Takanose has raised troops!" A herald ran into the account excitedly, knelt down and reported: "The Hexagonal family on the other side seems to have begun to stir up. ”

"Everything is in Panasonic-sama's calculations." Asai Nagamasa smiled, "Pass the order down and rest early tonight." Early tomorrow morning, cross the Yakura River and start the pursuit! ”

At the beginning of the night of August 18th, in the camp of the Hexagonal Family. The important ministers in this formation were engrossed in waiting for the order of Rokkaku Yoshixian.

"The Asai family must have thought that we would be able to retreat tomorrow at dawn, after all, there was no moon in the first half of the night today, and the army could not walk at night in a hurry. If you want to walk at night, you will inevitably have to light a torch, and you will definitely be discovered by the Asai family. Hexagon smirked, "But they're going to miscalculate again!" We have already prepared a large number of ropes, all of them are holding the ropes, and those who can see the way clearly at night will lead the way in front, and those who will follow the people in front of them with the ropes. ”

"If you do this on the battlefield again, you will be attacked. The formation is disorganized, and the troops lined up in a long line will collapse in an instant, but we are walking in the safe territory. The preparations in advance also started early, not only screening out some ashigaru things that can be seen at night, but also arranging personnel guidance at various forks on the road, which is foolproof. On the official road from Hikone to Norata, from northeast to southwest, there are ninjas from the Rokkaku family everywhere! Rokkaku Yoshiken smiled and said to Yamaoka Keitaka and the others: "Yamaoka Bei, Nagahara Bei, Nagata Bei 4,500 people, go to Hida Castle and Aragami Mountain to the north of Norada to ambush!" ”

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the three immediately left the big tent and evacuated with the troops.

"4,000 people from Kondo, Aochi, and Ikeda are going to Toyogo to ambush in the east of Hida Castle!"

"Yes!" Shinto Kenmori and the other three were ordered to leave.

"Yoshiji!" Rokkaku Yoshixian called his son's name again, "Take 2,000 people and rush to Yeliangtian to arrange the battlefield in advance!" Scout the terrain and get in a good position! And build siege machines! ”

"Yes! Father! Rokkaku Yoshiji was still a 16-year-old boy, and at this moment he excitedly took over the task and immediately led the troops to set off.

"Yubu, slowly evacuate with me tomorrow and lead the Asai Army to Norada!"

"Yes!" After the people received their orders, they dispersed to prepare for the great battle of tomorrow.

At this time, within the territory of the Asai family.

"There's a constant commotion in the Hexagon camp! There was a lot of movement. "Yu Qiuhei and Asai Nagamasa are standing on the edge of the Yakura River. This group relied on Yu Akihei and Asai Nagamasa, who had no night blindness, to lead the way.

"But without the torches, I can't see anything clearly." Yu Qiuping sighed at the dark night of ancient times. In the city, all kinds of neon lights and street lamps made him almost never feel such complete darkness. Everything a few meters away is hidden in the shadows.

"Go back, there's nothing to see." Maeda Toshiya yelled and urged everyone to go back.

In the early morning of August 19th, at three o'clock, the castle tower of Sawa Yamashiro.

"The Hexagons are back! The Hexagons are back! One of the lookouts on the castle tower excitedly shouted into the castle, "Go and inform your lordship!" The Hexagons have retreated! ”

"No need, I'll be here all night." A majestic male voice suddenly came from inside the city tower, and the lookouts on the city tower were all startled. I saw Isono get up from behind a pillar, move his body a few times, and stride towards the city wall.

"Light the wolf smoke and inform the main army." Isono picked up the katana leaning against the wall battlement and pinned it to his waist, "Open the gate and storm the enemy!" ”

At four o'clock, Sawa Yamashiro ignited wolf smoke, and after getting the news, the Asai army immediately marched towards the Yakura River. The previous position of the Rokkaku family to defend the Yakura River had been abandoned, and the Asai family's vanguard ascended to the south bank without hindrance. At six o'clock, the Asai family's vanguard troops, Amamori Kiyosada and Isono member Masashiwa, began to pursue Gamo Dingxiu after the Rokkaku family was broken.

Gamo Dingxiu did not choose to stick to the Hikogen formation, but burned down the main formation, signaling the evacuated team: the Asai army began to pursue. Then he fought and retreated, retreating to the southwest.

At six o'clock, the entire Asai Army crossed the Yakura River. And the vanguard of the pursuit has reached the Nose River. The first team of the pursuit was Isono Yamasato and Kiyosada Amamori. The second formation is Shigetoshi Ohnogi, Seisai Ashi, and Naokei Endo. The third formation is Asai Nagamasa's Ma Dai and the samurai directly under the jurisdiction and the Yuqiu and other people, and the fourth formation is Asai Ryokin, the hundred hundred families, the Mita Village family and many other wealthy families. At this time, the Rokkaku's main team had withdrawn to the Emion River, two miles south of the Nose River.

Seven quarters of the hour, by the Nose River.

"Hurry up! Hurry across the bridge! "Gamo Tadahide's son, Kenhide Gamo, is directing Ieshigaru to quickly cross the wooden bridge over the Nose River, and their 400 Broken Rear Ashigaru and samurai to the north are desperately blocking the offensive of Kiyosada Yumori and Isono Homamasa, and they are struggling very hard. The narrow wooden bridge was not enough for everyone to cross together, so they had to queue up in turn, which caused extreme congestion on both sides of the bridge.

"Alright, it's finally done!" Gamo Xianxiu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all the auxiliaries at home had finally withdrawn. "Those two madmen of the Asai family, why are they chasing so closely!"

"The man who demolished the bridge! You ready! Gamo shouted loudly, and a dozen people with hoes, large stone bricks, torches, and oil drums immediately leaned in. As soon as the soldiers cross the bridge, you will tear it down! ”

The Gamo family's warriors were among the best in the Rokkaku family, and they did not panic under the siege of the two armies of Isono and Yumori Kiyosada, and the team formed a circular defensive circle on the south bank of the wooden bridge, with the innermost people retreating towards the bridge, and the outer circle of people continuing to resist until it was their turn to retreat. When the last few samurai were left to resist on the bridge, Gamo Kenhide decisively ordered the bridge to be demolished. The ashigaru men immediately slammed the bridge, smashing off more than a dozen planks on the bridge deck, and the bridge body also collapsed badly, and then poured oil on it, and set the bridge deck on fire. The tongue of fire devoured the wooden bridge, and soon it had already burned a small section, and several broken samurai frantically swung a few swords, and the archers south of the Nose River also shot arrows to cover. Then the samurai ran a few steps on the bridge, and leaped to the south bank of the river, which was waist-high. They ran hand and foot toward the shore, and all but one of the archers who had arrived was shot dead in the water, and the others managed to escape to the south bank. The wooden bridge also collapsed into the water in flames.

"Damn!" Yumori Qingzhen scolded, "I can only wade across the river!" Hurry up, everyone! ”

After leaving some of the auxiliaries behind to try to build a temporary pontoon bridge for the rear army to pass, they continued the pursuit with the remaining Ashigaru. The bridges over the Inugami River and the Emian River were also demolished, but the river was not deep, so there was no delay. However, they also lost the opportunity to bite the Gamo family. Leaving the team too far, they did not dare to venture further, and stopped in the village of Korai, not far from the northeast of Aragami Mountain, waiting for reinforcements.

At five o'clock, the second and third formations of the Asai family rushed to Harai Village, and Asai Nagamasa commanded the 11,000 men to pursue first, and the remaining 2,000 people were asked to follow as soon as possible. The Asai army quickly bypassed the southeast of Aragami Mountain, walked a little south along the Uso River, and found a bridge that the Rokkaku family had not had time to destroy and continue the pursuit.

At this time, the foothills of Mt. Aragami. Yamaoka Keitaka looked coldly at the Asai army, who gradually walked into the ambush circle but was unaware, sneered, and did not attack, but waited for Rokkaku Yoshixian's order.

At seven o'clock, the Rokkaku Army, which rushed back to Hitian Castle, immediately received the siege equipment built by Rokkaku Yoshiji, who had rushed back yesterday, and began to storm Hitian Castle. Hidetaka Takanose, who was originally attacking the convoy, hurriedly rushed back to Hita Castle with his subordinates to defend.

Hida Castle is surrounded by water on three sides, with the Uso River to the northeast and the Eto River to the northwest and southwest. It was after crossing the Uso River that the Ashigaru of the Rokkaku family came all the way to Hita Castle along the corridor between the Uso River and the Edo River.

"The Hexagonal Family attacked Feitian City so quickly, it's not good to be so fierce! The plan is going to fail! We must defend Fat Field Castle! Hidetaka Takanose secretly screamed in his heart. When he hurried back to Feitian Castle, there were already seven ladders on the tower of Xicheng City, and two watchtowers were shooting at the archers at the head of the city. The offensive of the Hexagonal Army was swift and clever, and many ashigaru had already climbed to the top of the city. Hidetaka Takanose hurriedly brought reinforcements to the castle wall, and the reinforcements of the new force helped the defenders stabilize the situation and drive the Rokkaku family down. Enraged, the Rokkaku family began to connive at their subordinates to plunder the castle town, and the residents of the town had to flee in a hurry when they had closed their doors and windows to escape the war.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after the Hexagon family corrected for a while, it was about to launch a second attack. At this moment, a black dot suddenly appeared in the corridor where the Hexagon Army came. When they approached, it was the Asai army that followed the reinforcements all the way, and the Asai army with the banner of the Sansheng tortoiseshell rhombic pattern!