"Report to Your Highness, urgent military situation, please continue the relay and send a messenger to inform His Highness Asai and your Highnesses." After the messenger of the mother's clothes turned over and dismounted, he did not even breathe, and said hurriedly.

"What's wrong? Isn't the lord attacking Mt. Otowaba? Got a counterattack? Yu Qiuping was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately looked in the direction of Mt. Otowaba. Mt. Otowa and Nanzenji are so close that if you need help, Tokiwabi can rush there immediately.

"It's not." The mother shook her head and whispered in confusion, "The Miyoshi family gave up Mt. Otowa and retreated directly. The lord has now occupied Kiyomizudera Temple on the mountainside of Mt. Otowaba, and the Miyoshi family has retreated across the Kamogawa River. ”

"What?" Yuqiu Ping and many of the retainers present exclaimed, "The Miyoshi family doesn't even want Mt. Otowa?" ”

"Get the map." As soon as Yu Qiuping stretched out his hand, Ryuko immediately took out the map from his bag, wiped the dust on a shabby table with a handkerchief, and pounced on the map. Yuakihei, Shigeharu Takenaka, Masayuki Sanada, and Tadahei Naoe immediately gathered around the map and began to study the situation in front of them.

"It's all too clear to everyone that Mt. Otowa is a vital point on this plain. Whoever occupies Mt. Otowa basically wins more than half. Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, the situation made him a little incomprehensible, "Occupying Mt. Otowa is a breeze to gain a view, to attack condescendingly around, or to block a traffic artery. The Miyoshi family actually gave up Mt. Otowa without a fight? ”

"Yes." The mother Yizhong replied to Yu Qiuping's confusion, "There is no resistance at all. ”

"And what kind of vision did you get at Mt. Otowaba? How are enemy forces distributed? Sanada Masayuki was very sensitive to the matter of intelligence and immediately asked.

"Lord Huiyu," after nodding slightly to Sanada Masayuki, the mother cloth group gestured on the map with her hand: "To the north of the Northern Route Army, there is a force of about 3,000 soldiers of the Miyoshi family who is retreating, and has retreated to the vicinity of Okazaki Shrine. And near Higashiyama, Tofukuji Temple, and Fushimi Inari Shrine on the South Road, there are also nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Miyoshi family. Both of these forces were composed of pure combat troops, without any auxiliaries, and it seemed that the auxiliaries had already withdrawn across the river first. ”

"What about the auxiliary soldiers and other soldiers of the Miyoshi family?" Masayuki Sanada asked again.

"I'm very sorry, but all the inferior can see is troops in the open field on the plains. There are many temples in Yamashiro Province, and there are a large number of temples and yashiki on the other side of the Kamogawa River, so you can't see the deployment inside at all. The lord guessed that the main soldiers and all the auxiliaries of the Miyoshi family should have retreated across the river and were in Kyoto and Nijo Castle on the west bank of the Kamogawa River. ”

"The retreat was so decisive that even the strategic place of Mt. Otowa was directly abandoned..."Yu Qiuping thought for a moment before making a judgment: "The Miyoshi family should have lost the confidence to fight with us, otherwise Mt. Otowa must not be lost." Without Mt. Otowaba, there was no possibility for the Miyoshi family to win the field battle. The garrisons on both the north and south flanks were just to set up doubts, delay time, and give the auxiliaries a chance to retreat. It looks like they're going to withdraw directly to Settsu. ”

"His Highness's judgment is the same as that of the Lord." At the same time, the mother added, "However, the lord believes that the Miyoshi family may try to resist at Kamogawa and prevent us from entering Kyoto and Nijo Castle today, so that they can get conditions for their retreat early tomorrow morning." ”

"The lord is right, since the Miyoshi family still has 6,000 soldiers left on the east bank of the Kamogawa River, they definitely don't plan to evacuate immediately today." Yu Qiuping began to calculate: "They will definitely defend Kyoto and Nijo Castle today, and block us on the east bank of the Kamogawa River. Then retreat early tomorrow morning, and use the time we wasted crossing the Kamogawa River and taking over Nijo Castle and Kyoto to give them a chance to retreat. ”

"Your Highness is talented! It coincides with the lord! The mother's eyes lit up because of Yu Qiuping's words, and they couldn't help but compliment: "The lord thinks exactly the same as His Royal Highness." Therefore, the lord decided not to let the Miyoshi family succeed, and ordered the north and south roads to immediately strengthen the attack, and to take Kyoto before sunset. ”

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At four o'clock on the morning of October 7, after learning that the Miyoshi family had abandoned Mt. Otowa without a fight, the morale of the coalition forces was greatly boosted. This shows that the Miyoshi family has completely lost the confidence in the decisive battle with the coalition forces, and it is only a matter of time before they win this battle. In order to further boost morale, Oda Nobunaga even ordered the entire army to be informed that Ashikaga Yoshiei was dead. Buoyed by one piece of good news, the samurai of the coalition were so enthusiastic that they wanted to take Kyoto immediately.

However, the Asakura family on the south road was not very excited.

"The repair doctor is really not angry, this Otowa Mountain can't keep it, and it actually withdraws." Asakura Yoshikage snorted in annoyance after seeing off the Oda family's herald messenger.

"What? The enemy retreats without a fight, the coalition is about to succeed, why is the lord angry? "The retainer of the Asakura family, one of the four commissioners of the Ichijo Valley City, Yuzhu Jinggu asked.

"What coalition forces succeeded? That's Oda Nobunaga's success! What does it have to do with me? Asakura Yoshikei seemed to be in pain, and shouted even more angrily: "Send me and the Gongkata Hall aside and take over the immortal martial arts of Kyoto and Nijo Castle by yourself!" This Owari's dirt buns! Can you still get a face? Asakura Yoshijing became more and more angry the more he spoke, and complained again and again: "I saw that Nagamasa kid when I was a child, he was an ignorant guy, he was bought by a little profit, and he followed Oda Nobunaga to work hard, and he couldn't cry when he was cheated in the future!" ”

"I was expecting a big battle between the Miyoshi family and the Oda family to make that dirt bun taste the bitterness." Asakura Yoshikage glanced helplessly in the direction of Mt. Otoha, sighed and said, "It's good now, the Miyoshi family will withdraw directly." ”

"My lord, His Highness Oda is urging us to step up our attack and strive to enter and conquer Kyoto, what should we do?" Yuzhu Jinggu asked again.

"How many times have I said that what does it have to do with me?" Asakura Yoshikage was annoyed when he heard this, and said, "Tofukuji Temple and Fushimi Inari Shrine also have 3,000 Miyoshi family soldiers, and it seems that the banners are from His Royal Highness Ataka and Araki Murashige." Why should I fight with them? It's just here to consume, so that all the Ashigaru people are not allowed to attack, and let's watch Oda Nobunaga's good show. ”

In this way, at the foot of Higashiyama Mountain on the South Road, 6,000 soldiers of the Asakura family and 3,000 troops of Azuya Fuyasu and Araki Murashige stared at each other across the defense line and fortifications, but none of them took the initiative to attack.

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At the same time, the Northern Route Army was boiling with enthusiasm. After hearing that the Miyoshi family had abandoned Mt. Otowa without a fight, Asai Nagamasa decided that the Miyoshi family army had no fighting spirit, and unceremoniously launched a fierce attack on the 3,000 Miyoshi army soldiers in front of him - these 3,000 people were under the banner of Miyoshi Yoshiken, and it seemed that they were the army of Awa Province, and they were also a strong force in the Miyoshi army.

Baibai Anxin, as a light head in the Isono Yuanchang army, is fighting on the front line at the moment. Since the Northern Route Army had a strength advantage of nearly double that of Miyoshi Yoshiken, it has now surrounded Miyoshi Yoshiken's troops in Okazaki Shrine. Okazaki Shrine is not large, but it is decorated with rabbit motifs and statues, and it is a shrine where couples in the region come to worship when they ask for a child. However, at this moment, it saw that countless children had died in the battle.

"Lord Baibai, the room on the left hand side still can't be beaten!" Ashigaru, who was under the command of Baibai Anxin, found Baibai Anxin who was resting on the side of a stone staircase, and said anxiously. However, before he could finish his sentence, Baibai Anxin pulled him violently and pushed him to the ground. Before he could react, several feathered arrows flew past where he had just stood.

"Be careful." Bai Bai Anxin pointed to the stone steps behind him, and the ashigaru found that the people resting around him were squatting here or sitting on the ground, using the stone steps as cover, "The main hall over there hasn't been knocked down yet, and there have been feather arrows shooting over." ”

"But His Highness Isono has been urging us to hurry up." The other ashigaru turned to Baibai Anxin and said, "The frontal assault on the main hall has already killed and injured more than a dozen brothers, and His Highness Isono asked us to find a way to make a detour from the room on the left." ”

"Do you think I don't want to?" Bai Bai Anxin said as he wiped the sweat on his face with his hands full of sludge and blood, and made himself into a big face, and the few ashigaru around him were also injured, "There is a powerful samurai in that room, and he can't beat him." ”

"Then we can't freeze here, the lord has repeatedly ordered us to speed up the attack. Otherwise, what will we do when the lord blames him? The foot light head slapped his chest, and roared to give himself courage: "My lord, if you don't belong to your subordinates, you will break through again!" ”

"If you want to break in, I'll go!" Bai Bai'an Xin straightened out the sufficiency on his body as he spoke, "How can there be a reason to sit and rest by yourself and let your subordinates go up and work hard?" ”

"Well said! How can I blame you for such a good samurai? A hearty shout suddenly sounded on the side of the ashigaru.

Everyone raised their heads and forgot about the past, only to see a strong and powerful samurai dressed in armor walking towards them quickly.

"My lord?" Seeing this, everyone exclaimed, and Baibai Anxin almost shouted like he had his throat broken: "Squat down!" ”

Before the words fell, several feather arrows were shot in the direction of Asai Nagamasa.

Immediately after, the knife flashed, and the sound of metal colliding was heard. When Baibai Anxin and the others reacted, they realized that Asai Nagamasa only drew his sword and danced a sword flower to block all the feather arrows.

"I heard that there is a good samurai here," Asai Nagamasa did not stop, but walked quickly towards the house on the left, and his subordinates couldn't stop him, "Let me meet him personally!" ”