"Finally caught up!" As a pioneer, Isono Yuanchang excitedly shouted, "Lord Yumori! Let's attack! Join forces with the defenders of the city and catch them off guard! ”

"Don't be in a hurry! Wait a minute! Contrary to Isono Yuanchang's expectations, Yumori Kiyozhen, who has always been reckless and reckless, asked to stop at this moment, "Let's take a look at the reality of the Rokkaku family, how many people are here." ”

After a few moments, the Rokkaku family stopped their siege and began to withdraw towards the bridge over the Eto River in the southwest. Obviously, he was afraid of being flanked inside and outside by the Asai army and the defenders of the city. The area between the Edo River and Hita Castle was very narrow, which was not conducive to the deployment of troops, and it was very unfavorable for the Rokkaku.

After the last of the Rokkaku families were evacuated, the castle town of Hida Castle was set on fire, and the smoke rising from the raging fire could be clearly seen within a radius of ten miles.

Rokkaku family Ashigaru began to retreat southwest along the bridge over the Eto River and left Hita Castle. And the Rokkaku Yoshiken's banner was left behind to prevent the possible pursuit of the Asai army. There were more than 800 cavalry in the whole family of the Hexagonal family, except for the horses of the two hundred governors, the rest were samurai or senior generals in the family. They were not formed cavalry troops, but were mixed in with the ashigaru, leading the ashigaru charge in the field battle between the two armies. It is very rare for cavalry and infantry to be completely separated, as is the case with Yu Qiuping.

As for the Asai family, there were only more than 400 cavalry. Except for the 100 horses of the governor, they were all samurai. Therefore, in the face of the aftermath of the two hundred hexagonal horses, the Asai army did not have a good way. Under the orders of Asai Nagamasa, the troops crossed the Eto River from another bridge. The Asai Army and the Rokkaku Army moved slowly to the west on the Norada Plain, one north and one south.

"The number of people in the Hexagon family is wrong!" Isono Yuanchang looked at it for a while, and immediately noticed that something was wrong, "Now their number is not as large as ours, what about the superfluous people!" Where is Mo not ambushed? ”

"It's very likely that they left separately during the retreat." Yumori Qingzhen glanced at the hexagonal family opposite, "But the 2,000 people in our rear team haven't arrived yet!" ”

"But the other party's forces are scattered, and there are more than 11,000 people around the horse seal of the Rokkaku Yoshixian, isn't it the opportunity for us to fight together! Take advantage of the other party's retreat to go their own way, without gathering troops, take the opportunity to attack! Isono suddenly thought of this plan, and immediately sent a herald to ask Asai Nagamasa for battle.

A moment later, Asai Nagamasa, who received a report from Isono Yuanmasa, ordered the whole army to move closer to the Roxagonal Army and prepare for engagement.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the distance between the two armies gradually approached, and they arrived at the Norada battlefield together. Norada is a plain semi-surrounded by the Bunroku River. The Bunroku River flows into Lake Biwa from southeast to northwest, turns at a right angle near Norada, turns northeast, and turns northwest again after more than 400 meters, restoring its original direction. And to the east of this zigzag river is the Norada Plain.

The Roxagonal family is arrayed in the southwest, and the Asai family is arrayed in the northeast. In order to avoid the embarrassment of fighting against the water, the hexagonal family took the initiative to press the formation forward. Rokkaku Yoshiji, who had been waiting on the northwest bank of the Bunroku River in advance, saw that the battlefield was still some distance away from him, so he had to leave the pre-built camp, and immediately led his troops to raise their flags, cross the river from the wooden bridge, and move closer to the main battlefield. On the battlefield, the Hexagonal Army had about 11,500 men, and the Asai Army had about 11,000 men.

At this time, the head of the city of Hita. Hidetaka Takanose looked at the two armies on the west side of Noryata, and asked nervously, "Amano-sama, aren't we really going out to help!" We've got it here..."

"No, you don't." Amano Jingde, who stayed in charge of the coordination work, shook his head, "The forces of the Rokkaku family are scattered, and the location is not in their hands. We don't need to do anything. Please instruct your subordinates to make a fire and cook so that their subordinates can be fed. ”

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Asai family finished arranging. And the Hexagonal family has not been able to complete the formation because it is not easy to transfer with their backs to Wen Luchuan.

"Changzheng, hurry up and take the opportunity to attack!" Yu Qiuping persuaded, "If they fail to complete the formation, they must be able to go down with one drum." ”

"No, I'm going to defeat the Hexagons in a dignified manner, and wait for them to finish their formation before we do it!" Asai Nagamasa shouted dismissively.

"You are learning from Song Xianggong!" Yu Qiuping suddenly cried and laughed, "Are you really going to wait for others to finish the formation!" What's the benefit? ”

"In order to shake up the decline of the Asai family! For the sake of morale," Asai Nagamasa raised his hand in high spirits, "For more than ten years, the Asai family has not been the opponent of the Rokkaku family, and every head-on battle has ended in defeat. Occasional victories are also attributed to a fluke sneak attack. This makes our entire Kita-Omi people disheartened, and we always feel inferior to the Rokkaku. ”

"Today, I am going to be here, with an equal number of people, after the two armies are arrayed, and defeat the Hexagons in a dignified manner. Let everyone in Kita-Omi watch, our Asai family is stronger than the Rokkaku family! Even if we lose, our Asai family dares to face it head-on and play the majesty of the Asai family! Asai Nagamasa turned over his horse excitedly and shouted: "Although I have never been on the battlefield before, although we have always lost to the Rokkaku family, but this battle, I firmly believe that our Asai family will win!" Win with dignity! ”

"Send someone to urge the Hexagonal family to hurry up and line up! We can't wait! Asai Nagamasa shouted. Afterwards, two or three heralds ran to the front of the hexagonal army, shouting and urging the other party to line up. "Warriors of the Hexagonal Family, hurry up and line up! We, the Asai family, will wait until you are done with the formation and then compete with you! ”

"Hey! Hey! Roar! The Asai family responded to the coach's pride with a yell. No one is proposing an early raid, but is looking forward to the arrival of a dignified array that will determine who will be the overlord of Omi between the two families.

"I'm dying, and I'm still thinking about it." Rokkaku Yoshiken looked at the swaggering herald in front of him, and the Asai army, whose morale was high a few hundred meters away because of the boss's behavior, and sneered. "Those who uphold righteousness and light will never be able to gain the world. If you want to win, you must use dark and despicable means. ”

"The moment the castle town was set on fire, my two ambush troops had already been dispatched and came straight to Norada." Hexagon Yixian turned over on his horse, pointed forward, and said viciously: "You are already a group of dead people! ”

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the Hexagonal family was completed, and the decisive battle of the Battle of Norada officially kicked off.

The main formation of 4,000 members of the Rokkaku family was set up not far from the shore of the right-angled side of the Wenlu River that flowed southeast of the river. Then there were more than 2,500 people in the reserve team of Goto Kentoyo and Gamo Dingxiu, each pressing forward towards the northeast to make room to avoid the embarrassment of backing the water. The 2,000 men of Rokkaku Yoshiji were located in the southeast of the river bank after the Wenlu River turned to the northeast, and two or three hundred meters northwest of the Rokkaku family's main team, erected their own horse seals.

The Asai family lined up in the northeast of the Rokkaku family, and the three reserves of Asai Nagamasa's main formation of 3,000 people were about 500 meters away from the main formation of Rokkaku Yoshiken, and the two sides could already look at each other from a distance. The vanguard of the Asai family was Isono Membermasa and Amamori Kiyosada. Isono Yuanmasa is in the east, and Yumori Kiyosada is in the west. Isono Shobe 1,200 against Goto Kentoyo 2,500, Amamori Kiyosada 1,400 against Gamo 2,500. Due to the large number of troops of Goto Kentoyo and Gamo Dinghide, Asai Nagamasa was worried that the front line would not be able to support it, so he left 700 men of Shigetoshi Onoki to the east of Isono to support Isono Yuanmasa. In the rear of the two teams of Isono and Kiyosa Amamori, in front of the main formation, 700 people of Naokori Endo and 800 people of Sei Sadashi were left as the second formation.

The 1,500 men of Akao Kiyotsuna and the 1,500 men of Haibei Tsunako remained on the right flank of the Asai family against Rokkaku Yoshiharu.

As the war drums sounded from the two armies, the vanguard of the Rokkaku Army and the Asai Army began to attack, with Isono Bei and Ashibi facing Goto Bei, and Yumori Bei and Onoki Bei facing Kamo Bei. The two armies fought each other, because the frontal battlefield was not wide, and the troops could not be fully deployed, and the numerical superiority of the Rokkaku family could not be brought into play.

Yoshisuke is a light head of Isono Bei, and at this moment, he is fighting on the front line. He was born after the Asai Ryomasa era, and for as long as he can remember, the Asai family has been beaten by the Rokkaku. Every time the family mentions the two relatives of Minami Omi, they are envious. Because of Minami Omi's repeated victories, every time he went on an expedition, the ashigaru who accompanied the team had the opportunity to start a random hunt in the territory of the Asai family, and he went back with a lot of money. And the ashigaru of the Kita-Omi Asai family will flee in embarrassment on the battlefield every time, and their hometown will also be sacked by the Rokkaku Army. My mother always complained to my father about this, saying that it was good why she moved to Sawa Mountain City, and it was better to live comfortably in the Rokkaku family.

Yoshisuke's two older brothers, one was killed in battle with the Rokkaku, and the other was hacked to death while defending his farmland from the Rokkaku family. My mother didn't complain anymore, but every time she ate, there were always two more empty dishes and chopsticks on the table. Such families abound on the front lines of the Asai family and the Rokkaku family. Unlike Ashigaru, who obeyed military service and stabbed two shots casually, robbed if he won the battle, and ran away if he lost, Yoshisuke has always been eager to fight with Lord Isono and recover the blood debt of his two elder brothers from the Rokkaku family.

Although, no matter which daimyo ruled, they peasants were digging in the soil and being exploited, and they never cared about the struggle for hegemony in the world. However, Yoshisuke hopes that the Asai family can defeat the Rokkaku family, and does not want the Rokkaku family, who killed his two older brothers, to rule Omi.

However, since the old governor humiliated his sue for peace with the Rokkaku family, Yoshisuke has never found such an opportunity. The Asai family had to collect an extra part of the grain to give it to the insatiable Rokkaku family. The samurai of the Rokkaku clan usually passed by Sawa Yamashiro and always went unceremoniously to the castle town to do mischief, but the people of the Asai family had no choice but to make promises and flatter them in every possible way. This aggrieved day, Jisuke is enough.

Finally, he waited for the day when he came out. It is said that the heroic young master of the Asai family inherited the position of the family governor and declared war on the Rokkaku family! Yoshisuke was so excited that he didn't wait for the collection order from above, so he began to prepare bamboo hemp armor and spears without telling his parents. When Sawa Yamajo was surrounded by the Rokkaku family, Yoshisuke also stood at the head of the castle and fought hard, killing two enemies. His excellent performance was recorded by Gunmetsu, and he was promoted to the rank of Ashigaru before the pursuit began, and accompanied Isono-sama with a few of his companions from Nishimachi, the town of Joshita.

Finally, in Norada, they caught up with the Rokkaku family - and there didn't seem to be as many people on the other side as they were! Although Yoshisuke doesn't know why this happened, he knows that his chance to recover his blood debt has come! His chance to make the people of Kita Omi raise their eyebrows has come! He became a samurai in one fell swoop, and the opportunity to make his two older brothers stunned and his parents happy!

"Kill those Southerners!" Yoshisuke shouted and stabbed the spear out of his hand, but was blocked by the ashigaru on the opposite side of the Rokkaku. But it doesn't matter, Yoshisuke can poke it a second time, a third time... Throughout the battle line of Isono Bei, there are countless angry Ashigaru like Yoshisuke, who are chanting and constantly attacking, imagining the Ashigaru of the Rokkaku family in front of them as their enemies. Goto Bei on the opposite side obviously didn't expect such a high fighting spirit, and for a while he was suppressed by Isono Bei, who had fewer people than them.

Yoshisuke seized the opportunity, slammed the barrel of the gun, slapped away the spear of the opposite side, and stabbed forward, and the spear pierced into the waist and abdomen of the opposite side, piercing the bamboo armor. The ashigaru spat out a mouthful of blood, wailed twice, and fell down unwillingly.

"Brother Yoshisuke kills someone!" "Well done!" The few Ashigaru people in the rear who failed to squeeze into the front line shouted excitedly, and Yoshisuke was even more excited, waving the spear in his hand, constantly stabbing and forcing several Rokkaku Armies in front of him to retreat under the guidance of the samurai on horseback. The entire Goto Bei's battle line was shaken by the onslaught of Isono Bei. At this time, Onoki also tried to make a detour towards Goto, who was fully manned and hurriedly freed up his manpower to defend to the northeast.

The archers of both armies hid behind the formation, throwing non-stop at all moments, covering the attacking allies in front.

The auxiliaries of the two armies hid behind the soldiers, from time to time dragged the wounded ashigaru back to the back of the battle to bandage and rescue, and also transported the arrows and spears in the formation to the front line one by one for the archers to take and replace the ashigaru.