"The Miyoshi family was originally trying to hold out in Seda, waiting for us to run out of food and grass and our morale was low and retreat, so as to win without a fight. However, because the Miyoshi family transferred all the main forces to Yamashiro Province, the opponents in his domain saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and rose up one after another. Shigeharu Takenaka pointed to the map and began to analyze it, trying to explain the situation in the simplest of terms.

"There was a fire in the backyard of Miyoshi's house, and it can't be consumed in Seta and the coalition forces anymore. However, the Miyoshi family was unwilling to fail and refused to abandon Kyoto without a fight, so they made a plan. That is, to take the initiative to show weakness, feign retreat, attract the coalition forces to attack, and then counterattack, completely crushing the coalition forces. ”

They first poisoned Ashikaga Yoshiei, and then deliberately leaked the news and announced that Ashikaga Yoshiei had died of illness, so that the coalition forces felt that the Miyoshi family no longer had the righteous name to continue fighting, and they would definitely retreat. At the same time, he sent envoys to negotiate and took the initiative to show weakness in the negotiations, deepening the impression that the coalition forces lacked confidence in the Miyoshi family and were about to retreat. ”

"All the above strategies are to make the coalition forces think that the retreat of the Miyoshi family is reasonable and inevitable, so that the coalition forces will not suspect fraud and will not hesitate to catch up."

"When the Miyoshi family retreated to the plains of Yamashiro Province, they were still worried that the coalition forces would not dare to pursue cautiously. As a result, the Miyoshi family boldly abandoned the most important strategic point - Mt. Otowaba. This move made us completely let our guard down, because whoever controls Mt. Otowa controls the entire battle. The Oda main hall no longer doubted and ordered the various parts to attack in three directions. ”

"We have completely fallen for the Miyoshi family's plan to underestimate the enemy." Shigeharu Takenaka smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and said, "I didn't expect to fall for my own best scheme." ”

"In fact, the Miyoshi family also divided the troops into three roads, the north road, the middle road and the south road. Only a small force was sent to the south to contain the Asakura family, who had no intention of fighting. The North Route was heavily ambushed, causing huge trouble to the North Route Army and preventing them from easily reaching Kyoto. And the middle route army of the Miyoshi family has been lying in ambush near the East Temple behind the Kamogawa River and has not appeared, which is also the main force of the Miyoshi family. However, due to the Miyoshi family's repeated weakness before, the coalition forces mistakenly believed that their main force had retreated, so they took it lightly. ”

"The reason why the Miyoshi family wants to cause trouble for the Northern Route Army at the expense of casualties is to make the Oda Palace, which sits in the middle of the Otoha Mountain, impetuous, and he has no battle to fight, he must be eager to send troops. Seeing that the Northern Route Army was not progressing well, Oda Daiden abandoned the vital Mt. Otowa because it was too light on the enemy, and took most of his troops to reinforce the Northern Route, intending to capture Kyoto in one fell swoop and end the battle. ”

"At this time, it's time for the Miyoshi family to fight back. They set Kyoto on fire, and at the same time sent people to attack the temple complex such as Honnoji Temple, causing problems for the main forces of the coalition forces and delaying their return to Otowayama. And then the real main force..."Shigeharu Takenaka said this, he slowly stood up and pointed to the Miyoshi family's troops, which were crossing the Kamogawa River and killing at Mt. Otowaba, which was the main team of Miyoshi Nagakei, 5,000 soldiers directly under the central government! "The real main force will take Mt. Otowa in one fell swoop, which has been abandoned by the Oda family."

"The tide of battle will be reversed in the moment when Mt. Otowa changes hands, and having occupied Mt. Otowa, he cut the lineup of the coalition army into two sections, outflanking the main force of the coalition in the Kyoto area from the flank and rear; It can also cooperate with the left and right flanks to condescendingly flank the coalition troops; The highest view is also obtained; It was even easy to capture Nanzenji Temple, cut off the retreat of the main force of the coalition army, and then further take the main camp set up by the coalition army in Yamashina. ”

After Shigeharu Takenaka finished speaking, everyone present was already sweating like rain. In this great battle, the coalition forces were completely calculated by the Miyoshi family, and there was even a danger of annihilation.

"Mt. Otowa can't be defended anymore." Yu Qiuping saw that Miyoshi Changqing's team was only four miles away from Mt. Otowaba, and realized that it was too late to pull Tokibanbei, who had just advanced to Nanzen Temple, to Mount Otowa to set up defenses. The tide of the battle is irreversible, and all that can be done is to ensure that we don't lose too badly.

"Herald!" At this critical moment, Yu Qiuping remembered Imagawa Yoshimoto's teachings and immediately made a choice: "Let Tsukiwa prepare to enter Nanzen Temple, and we will defend Nanzen Temple to cover the retreat route of the coalition forces." Let the Gongfang Hall of this formation send the soldiers of the Southern Omi Hao clan over immediately! ”

The only route for the troops in Kyoto, the main force of the coalition forces, at the moment to retreat to Yamashina was the route of the Northern Route Army's advance, that is, to withdraw from the passage between Mt. Otowa and Mt. Omonji, which was controlled by Nanzenji. Omonji Mountain is rugged and difficult to navigate, and Otowa Mountain will soon be occupied by the Miyoshi family. If Nanzenji falls again, the retreat of the coalition forces will be cut off and they will be trapped on the Kyoto Plain.

"Command again! All the auxiliaries who are on their way to Kyoto have stopped and started building fortifications at Nanzenji Temple as I requested! Yu Qiuping stood up and ordered sharply: "Collect all the stones, bows and arrows, bamboo guns, and all stones, sand, wood and other building materials nearby, and transport them to Nanchan Temple as soon as possible!" ”

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At the end of the afternoon, in the southern suburbs of Kyoto.

"The Great Hall! Something is wrong! "Just as the coalition forces were trying to restore their forces around Kyoto and gather their troops, a herald suddenly came directly from the east bank of the Kamogawa River and waded through the water, rushing towards Oda Nobunaga's horse seal, shouting from afar.

"It's His Highness Inaba's people." "What's wrong with the Mino trio?" The mother-clothed crowd around Oda Nobunaga immediately let out a burst of exclamation, "Is there a problem with the back road?" ”

"What's the matter?" At this juncture, Oda Nobunaga struggled to maintain his composure, trying to reassure his men; "Say!"

"It's not good, the hall!" The herald said with a sad face: "We originally planned to cross the river from the middle road to follow His Highness, but on the other side of the river, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the three good families suddenly came out of the East Temple!" There are more than 3,000 people rushing to His Highness's retreat, and there are 6,000 people who are coming directly to Mt. Otowaba! There are 5,000 soldiers directly under the central government of the three good repair doctors! The herald was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and after saying such a long sentence, he gasped for several breaths before continuing to cry: "Our troops of the three people of Ximino and the people of the Miyoshi repair doctor collided directly near the Rokuparamita Temple, and they are not opponents at all!" The repair doctor's soldiers are too strong! There are also 1,000 soldiers of Miyoshi Masayasu who have come to the rescue, and if the main hall does not come to the rescue, our troops of the three will collapse! ”

Oda Nobunaga was so shocked when he heard this that he almost fell off his horse. All the important ministers of the Oda family around were shocked - not only did Shihe Ichicun not retreat, but Miyoshi Chokei also did not retreat! Didn't they fall for it from the beginning?

However, in the midst of the crisis, they could not sort out the whole idea as quickly as Shigeharu Takenaka, but the instinct of years of fighting told them that if they did not reinforce them, they would be finished.

"Go south now! Reinforce Captain Uemon, defend the temple complex, and repel Tokawa Sanuki! Then return to Mt. Otowa immediately! Oda Nobunaga quickly gave the order, but the coalition of more than 10,000 soldiers had completed the assembly of less than 5,000 at this moment. However, he had no time to delay, so he could only leave some of his retainers to continue to be in charge of the assembly.

Just before the army was about to set off for the south, suddenly a large number of Sakuma family ashigaru fled north from the temple complex in the south. Immediately afterwards, Sakuma Nobumori himself escaped with his guards on horseback. Before Oda Nobunaga could ask what was going on, he saw a fierce general who led the Sanuki people of the Tokawa family rushing out of the temple complex.

"Charge in the first? Is that the Oni Ten River? Oda Nobunaga watched the Sakuma army flee in embarrassment, and the Sanuki people gradually approached, and his heart suddenly tightened, "Even the retreat Sakuma, who has always been known for his steady retreat, has been beaten so embarrassed... How strong is this Ten Rivers One Survival? ”

"Iron Artillery Team! Fire! "Seeing that the Sanuki people were getting closer and closer, Oda Nobunaga's guard captain Sakai Masanori immediately ordered the iron artillery team that had been on guard from a three-story building to open fire on the Ten Rivers Army. Very lucky, there was a projectile that hit the left arm of the Ten Rivers that was charging ahead! The Sanuki people's offensive was stalled, and the Oda army cheered and jumped.

However, instead of wailing and calling for the medics, Shihe Yicun only glanced at the wound of the bullet. He lightly pulled out the ribs around his waist, and without changing his face, he directly inserted the ribs into the wound on his arm, twisted a few times, and dug out the projectile with the flesh, letting the blood burst out, but he never said a word. Several of the guards around him had already looked like dirt, and Shihe Yicun held up a bleeding wound, but it was as if he was fine.

"Is there salt grass?" Shihe Yicun asked casually, and a guard next to him immediately took out the salt grass from his arms. As soon as Shihe was saved, he took the salt grass nonchalantly, touched the wound a few times to disinfect it, and then removed a small section of the vine from a vine beside him, and tied it vigorously on the wound a few times, even if the bandaging was finished. The whole time, he acted as if nothing had happened.

"Keep attacking!" After the ten rivers are processed, they will raise their arms again! The surrounding Sanuki Ashigaru was impressed by the heroism of the main general, and they all howled and rushed forward. And the ashigaru of the coalition army looked at the Ten Rivers and One Cun, as if the gods had descended, all of them were suppressed, and in the face of the assault of the Ten Rivers and One Cun, they couldn't resist it at all, and they were defeated and retreated.

Oda Nobunaga originally wanted to defeat Tokawa Ichikun and then go to reinforce Mt. Otoba, but at this moment he was overwhelmed by Tokawa Ichiku, so he had to order Asai Nagamasa to lead those troops who had not yet completed the reorganization to retreat to the east bank of the Kamogawa River first. And he himself led his troops to resist and slowly retreated. And he did not dare to approach Kyoto, which was still burning, so he had to follow the steps of Asai Nagamasa, give up the Kyoto that had just been taken, and retreat to the east bank of the Kamogawa River, the site where the attack was launched in the morning.

In less than four moments, on the battlefield between Mt. Otowa and the Rokuparamita Temple, Miyoshi Chokei simply killed the blockers neatly. The three of Nishimino have been defeated, and the rout can no longer be cleaned up. Miyoshi Nagakei didn't seem to have any interest in pursuing these collapsed troops, but after reorganizing for a while, he immediately adjusted his direction and rushed towards Mt. Otowaba.

Behind Mt. Otowa, Akihei was standing condescendingly in the Dharma hall on the mountainside of Nanzenji Temple, holding the blueprints of the front-line planning for the near future, nervously directing tens of thousands of people to quickly build fortifications.