At this moment, on the other side of the Ono River, a large number of yellow crane patterns on a black background, as well as the flags of important wealthy families such as the Gamo family, suddenly turned out from behind the mountain, and the number of people was very large, and at first glance it was estimated that there were more than seven or eight thousand people. Everyone was shocked, and the offensive was also sluggish. As the Rokkaku family troops gradually began to form a formation on the other side of the river, the Hokkaku family Ashigaru visible in the field of vision also reached nearly 10,000 people.

"This Nima, there are only one or two thousand people left in this formation to defend!" Yu Qiuping looked at the incomparably large number of Hexagonal Army, "How does Hexagonal Yixian know that we have no spare strength?" Aren't you afraid of being raided? ”

The 4,000 men of the Rokkaku Army, who had arrived in advance, had already completed their formation and were heading straight for Onogawa, seemingly intending to bypass the Yamaoka family's troops on both sides and encircle the Asai family's flanks.

"Changzheng, let's retreat!" Yu Qiuhei hurriedly walked up to Asai Nagamasa and suggested, "We only have four thousand five hundred men, and most of them have already started a war with the Yamaoka family, and we will be in danger when reinforcements from the Rokkaku Army arrive in large numbers!" ”

"No! So this big move will not be in vain for a long time! Asai Nagamasa's face turned red, and he waved his fist angrily, "Defeat the Takaoka army before the reinforcements arrive!" ”

"No, it's safe! It's not time to fight yet! Yu Qiuping grabbed Asai Nagamasa, "You fight now, the chance of winning is not great, if you lose the Asai family, it's over, and you can't even keep the status of Ling Zun!" Changzheng! Calm down! ”

"Damn!" Asai Nagamasa let out a long roar, "Damn, it's just a while!" The Hexagonal family is two quarters of an hour late, and the Yamaoka family is finished! In desperation, he had to order all the troops to stop fighting, disengage, and slowly evacuate. The disrupted Yamaoka clan was also unable to pursue, and after seeing the Asai army and the Akao clan's troops, they retreated to the north.

After the Einsatzgruppen returned, the frontal feint team also began to retreat slowly, and was killed and wounded by the pursuers and bows and arrows during the retreat, and finally withdrew to the other side. At one point, they broke through the second fence, but when reinforcements from the Fuji family arrived, they were beaten back again. Seeing that the main army was fully mobilized, the defenders in the castle mistakenly thought that it was the beginning of the general attack, and also opened the city gate to attack, trying to join the outside world, but were beaten back into the city by the remaining troops.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the divisions of the Asai family left the south of the Yakura River and returned to the main camp in Yonehara. In today's attack for most of the day, the Asai family lost 106 casualties and more than 300 wounded, but failed to make any progress.

At the post-war assessment meeting on the afternoon of August 15, the atmosphere in the big tent was very gloomy.

"There was no progress at all!" Yumori Qingzhen slammed his fist on the table. In today's one-day battle, his family's troops suffered the most damage because they were responsible for the frontal feint, but they failed to find the weakness in the defense line of the Hexagonal family.

"We don't have many people, and we still have to attack, which is really a little too reluctant." Yu Qiuping sighed. Because he changed history, it seems that the battle of Norada in his previous life could not happen. Yu Qiuping looked at the map and realized that Norada was located in Aichi County, but the current battlefield was in Sakata County. Well, he can't be sure now whether Nagamasa Asai will win. Full of chagrin and remorse, he was unusually depressed.

Matsushita and Sanada Masayuki next to him also had solemn faces, holding a stack of papers and maps full of information, thinking about something.

"At that time, I didn't know who refused to send troops immediately! It hurt that Sawa Mountain City was besieged, and we fell into such a situation! Yumori Kiyosada looked at Akao Kiyotsuna indignantly. The latter was also in a bad mood because of the defeat in the battle, and immediately scolded back angrily: "It's too late to go at that time!" Ash-sama and Osaki-sama had assembled the night before, and it wasn't like they couldn't catch up! ”

"Don't argue, now is not the time to argue about whose responsibility it is." Haibei Tsunade shook his head, "The hand of the Hexagonal family is indeed unexpected. ”

"It's just like this, we can't afford to have too many of them!" Naokei Endo shouted in a loud voice, "I want this opportunity to have a field battle happily!" If only you had won! ”

"The Hexagonal family occupies the geography and consumes the victory, how can it be possible to fight with us in the field." Haibei Tsunade sighed.

"There is not much food in Sawa Mountain City, and it will only be ten days." Onoki Shigetoshi looked at the south worriedly, "When the time comes, the food will run out, what should Genzaburo do?" ”

"According to Isano-sama's routine, I guess I might be able to surprise the enemy to the death. Sawa Mountain Castle will also be lost at that time. Kiyotsuna Akao answered, "But... There are too many people in the mountain castle of Sawa. If it weren't for the people... Maybe Isono-sama could have lasted longer. ”

"There are no people!" Asai Nagamasa keenly caught the problem in Akao Kiyotsuna's words, and suddenly became angry, "What do you mean!" Do you want Isano-sama to kill people for food? Crazy! ”

"If it doesn't happen like that, Sawa Mountain Castle will be lost!" Akao Kiyotsuna said in a muffled voice: "If Sawa Mountain Castle is lost, we will lose the passage into Minami Omi!" can only be pressed and beaten by the hexagonal family! ”

"Actually," Ah Shu Zhenzheng began, "it's not that there is no other way... to keep the mountain castle of Sawa. ”

"What's the solution?" Asai Nagamasa and Kiyotsuna Akao, who were arguing, looked over in unison.

"Yes..."Ah Shu Zhenzheng avoided the gaze of the two and said in a low voice, "Negotiate." ”

"Negotiations? Negotiation? Asai Nagamasa was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Ah Suzhen meant, "Do you want me to sue for peace?" Humiliating to sue for peace with the Hexagons like his father? ”

"Don't make peace even if you die! It's a big deal! Die a happy death! Naokei Endo was the first to stand up and object, "If you still want to negotiate and surrender, it is better to let the old lord continue to serve as the governor!" Our conditions for this negotiation can only be more harsh! ”

"When you weren't as good as the old lord, you shouldn't have declared war in the first place!" The lord of the house and Paiga Sadameng spoke angrily. At that time, he was in favor of Asai Nagamasa to succeed him, and he had reservations. "It's good to make such a fuss, Inugami-gun will definitely not be able to keep it! It's better to be like before! ”

"The men of the Asai family will never bow to the enemy like before!" Asai Nagamasa shouted in a low voice, "There are more people who dare to talk about peace..."

"It's not for nothing!" Matsushita suddenly interrupted Asai Nagamasa's words as if he had woken up from a dream, which was very impolite. His inexplicable words immediately attracted everyone's attention. The originally tense tent suddenly fell silent.

"Half-guard, what are you doing?" Yu Qiuping tugged at his clothes, "Why was he surprised." ”

"What kind of person is this! There's no room for you to speak here! Yumori Qingzhen scolded viciously.

"It's my friend who invited me, don't embarrass him." Asai Nagamasa shook his head, "Matsushita-sama, are you feeling uncomfortable?" ”

"Nope." Matsushita shook his head lightly, got up silently, raised his hand confidently, and pointed towards Hitata Castle in Minami Omi on the map, "But I am willing to make a military order." ”

He turned his head and looked proudly at the crowd.

"Within five days, no hexagons will be broken, and no heads will be left."

The next day, on the evening of August 16, I was in Hita, Aichi-gun, ten miles away from Lake Biwa, northwest of Minami-Omi Kannonji Castle.

The lord of the city, Takanose Hidetaka, is a wealthy family under the Rokkaku family, but he has never had a good relationship with the Rokkaku family, but because of the territorial dispute, there have been many conflicts, and there have been rumors in the territory that the Rokkaku family is thinking about how to get rid of the Takanose family. Although Hidetaka Takanose didn't believe it, he always had a pimple in his heart.

However, the previous incident made him hate the Hexagon family so much that he really began to guard against the Hexagonal family.

His father, the former lord Takanose Yorisadari, was assigned to attack alone as a special force when he was following the Rokkaku family on the expedition. Although he made great achievements, he was rescued by no one after the surprise attack, and Takanose Yorisadi was killed on the spot, and his family also suffered heavy losses.

After that, instead of giving the Takanose family a pension or a reward for the territory, the Rokkaku family confiscated many territories in the southeast of Hita Castle on the grounds of fighting privately, and became the direct leader of the Rokkaku family.

Hidetaka Takanose was furious about this, but he didn't dare to make a move. Because the Hexagonal family is too strong, and his own residence is so close to the Guanyin Temple City, the ashigaru morning and evening come, and the slightest wind and grass will be wiped out immediately. However, the hatred for the Rokkaku family in Takanose Hidetaka heart intensified because of the repression.

On this expedition, the Rokkaku family almost issued a summoning order to the wealthy clan of the whole collar to conquest Asai, but only the Takanose family was not summoned, which made the whole family as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Because this shows that the Rokkaku family already suspects that the Takanose family and the Asai family have an ulterior relationship. The Takano Se family did have a close relationship with the Asai family's Haibei Tsunade family before, and if the Asai family's defeat was revealed, the Hexagonal Army would return to the west to conquer the West, and even if Hita Castle was surrounded by water on three sides, it would be difficult to escape a dead word.

Just as Hidetaka Takanose was standing at the head of the castle, nervously looking at the battlefield of Mt. Sawa twenty miles to the northeast, hoping that the Asai family would win, a herald suddenly ran up.

"Your Highness." The herald knelt down and said, "There is a fleet of ships visiting from the Uso River, saying that they have brought Guiyu to meet His Highness. ”

"Huh? Fleet? Takanose Hidetaka's expression changed, and the Guiyu was the secret code for him to contact the Haibei family. He hurriedly said, "Let them in." ”

The fleet is still a large fleet, and it takes a lot of effort to unload the cargo, and the guys are unloading a large box of cargo with all their hands. Not to mention, it looks like this fleet is quite large, there are nearly two hundred people alone.

Half an hour later, the caravansera's goods were brought in, and the gates were slowly closed behind them. The leader was still a teenager and was taken to the castle tower to meet Hidetaka Takanose.

"Lord Takanose, the Katsura fish from Wakakyo that you have been talking about all this time has been delivered." The boy smiled and took out the seal letter of Tsunami Haibei and showed it to Hidetaka Takanose.

"Thank you for your kindness." Hidetaka Takanose willingly withdrew the people around him and asked in a low voice, "Who is Your Excellency?" Haibei people sent you, what is the matter? ”

"In Xiahaibei Changxing, the righteous son of Haibei people." Sanada Masayuki said in a low voice, "I've seen Lord Takanose. ”

"I've never heard of you before." Hidetaka Takanose was a little puzzled.

"My father was worried that if it was a famous person, he might be recognized. Therefore, they sent it down. Masayuki Sanada explained.

"What's going on?" Hidetaka Takanose asked bluntly.

"I'm here to ask adults to be bait."

Time back to the afternoon of August 15, in the assessment tent.

"Bait?" Everyone looked at Panasonic in surprise.

"That's right, let Feitian City be the bait." Matsushita was unmoved, but he had already calculated the whole plan: "Now, the Rokkaku family uses Sawa Yamashiro as bait to catch our fish." The hexagonal family is like a fisherman, waiting for us to take the bait. ”

"So, we're going to prepare a bait and go fishing for the Hexagon." Matsushita pointed at Hita Castle lightly, "I saw in the information before I went down that Takanose Hidetaka, the lord of Hita Castle, was extremely resentful of the Rokkaku family and was friendly with us. The Takano family must have been suspicious of this. All you need to do is send someone to turn against them. ”

"It's not difficult," Kaibei Tsunade said personally, "I've been in contact with Takanase-sama for a long time, and he does have a long objection. In addition, after the Rokkaku family killed his father and deprived her family of their land, they didn't even take him with them on the expedition, which must have made him even more worried. It is not difficult to rebel against him. ”

"Feitian City is not far from Guanyin Temple City, on the edge of the Hexagonal Grain Road. As soon as it reversed, the Hexagonal family must have been annoyed and angry, and for the safety of the city and the supply line, they returned to the division to besiege Feitian City. Hitada Castle became our bait to lure the Rokkaku family into the bait. How easy is it to retreat in front of the enemy? After coming down and crossing Omi, the official road from Mt. Sawa back to Hida Castle was not spacious, and the army had to be evacuated separately when the Rokkaku family retreated. As soon as the Rokkaku family retreated, we pursued and seized the opportunity to have a field battle on the way from Sawa Yamashiro to Hita Castle and defeat the enemy! Matsushita said lightly, "If the Rokkaku family ignores Hida Castle, we can even send troops from Lake Biwa to Hida Castle to attack the supply lines of the Rokkaku family, so that the Rokkaku family will run out of food first!" ”

"Brilliant plan!" Asai Nagamasa exclaimed excitedly, and the important ministers around him also showed happy looks. "I'm going to prepare a generous gift tonight and send it to Takanose-sama!" Haibei Tsunade said.

"Let Sanada Masayuki send it." Yu Qiuping took the initiative to ask, "He is the best at this kind of bedridden." ”

"When did you make such an impression on Lord Yuqiu?" Sanada Masayuki smiled bitterly.

Matsushita was not as happy as everyone else, but cleared his throat and continued to speak.