While Burning Sky and the others were busy recording their military exploits, the sun had been swallowed up by Lake Biwa in the distance. The group walked together towards the quarters in the camp, and the fierce commander Shibata Katsumasa was provoked by the crowd to sing loudly a small song that the civilians of the Mino and Owari areas hummed every day, causing the soldiers of the Ono area to hum along with it. However, this peculiarly toned piece of music is simply torture for those who are accustomed to hearing the soft sounds of the 21st century.

Fortunately, after everyone arrived at the camp residence, Shibata Katsumasa blocked his mouth with rice balls, so that his ears could be cleaned. Although the residence is called a residence, it is actually a simple bamboo shed. In the bamboo shed, Sakaku and the others exchanged their experiences of watching the battle with Oda Nobutada today, and then Sakaku lit the candle he took out of his bag, and wrote down these things on the paper with a pen, and named the paper "Essays on the Army".

Seeing that the burning sky remembered these things, Tokii Katsu on the side said with a smile: "Mingshamen is really a cultural person, I wonder if we people can also be recorded in Mingshamen's "Essays on the Army"?" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky put down the brush and said, "Yousuke, this is a loose record of our words and deeds, how can I not put you in it!" After that, several people in the bamboo shed laughed while telling their "testimonials" to the burning sky, and the surrounding Ashigaru heard the laughter of the group leaders in the bamboo shed, looked at each other, and then shook their heads, and fell asleep in the moonlight with the robe beside them.

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Oda Nobutada rushed into the bamboo hut where Burning Sky and the others were resting. Everyone in the bamboo shed saw Oda Nobutada waking up in a panic, thinking that something big had happened, but when they heard some gasping for breath all over their armor, Oda Nobutada said to everyone: "Everyone, my father has appointed me as a pioneer general, and I will lead five hundred people to take the lead in driving to Kotani Castle and clear the obstacles on the road. ”

With that, Oda Nobutada turned and left, and went to gather the remaining four hundred men, under the protection of the panting attendants outside.

After Shibata Katsumasa left Oda Nobutada, the whole person became excited. Katsuya Dokii clenched the sword at his waist and said excitedly to the burning sky, "We are finally going to go head-to-head with the Asai family's army!" After hearing this, Burning Sky picked up the naginata on the side and said to Dokii Katsu: "Sanzaemon and Yusuke, don't be too happy too early, with the current strength of the Asai family, how can you contaminate the high soldiers of this family?" Most of this trip is to break or tear down the bars built by the Asai family along the way, don't be stunned, go and gather the standing reserves! ”

After listening to Burning Sky's words, the two walked out like deflated balls, and the other group leaders lost their spirit just now, nodded to Burning Sky and saluted, and then went out to gather Standing Preparation. After everyone went out, he tidied up the sword on his waist again, and then came to Mingshan in front of the standing equipment that had been arranged.

After a few brief explanations, Burning Sky ordered everyone to fill their stomachs immediately, otherwise if there was any unexpected situation on the way, it would be too late to eat rice balls and other things.

Oda Nobutada merged the original Einsatzgruppen and the evacuated Owari Kiyoshu Castle Ashigaru to form a vanguard around the clock in the second hour, and when he took a look at the Ashigaru of Kiyoshu Castle, he found that about a third of the men were equipped with iron cannons. And Shibata Katsumasa whispered to Burning Sky and Dokii Katsu: "Akishamon, Yusuke, these ashigaru are the elite ashigaru of the family, and many of them may have participated in the battle of Tsubakuma!" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky looked at it carefully, and found that compared with the elite standing equipment under his own hands, the killing aura on these ashigaru bodies was actually stronger, and the age of these ashigaru was relatively old and relatively concentrated, about thirty-five or six years old. As for their chief, it was an old acquaintance of the Burning Void, Maeda Toshiie, which also surprised the Burning Void a little.

Maeda Toshiya was wearing a red armor, and the red mother coat behind him was blown by the morning breeze. After seeing Burning Sky and Shibata Katsumasa, he greeted the two of them and said, "Mingshamon, Sanzaemon, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you lately?" Then after seeing Tokii Katsu next to the two, he said to Toki Katsu, "Yusuke, I talked about you with Toki-sama yesterday, but I didn't expect to see you today." ”

The three of them greeted Maeda Toshiya one by one, after all, as the naked mother clothes of Oda Nobunaga's side, the three of them were quite polite to Maeda Toshiya. Maeda Toshiya then preached and instructed Burning Sky and others as elders, and it was not until Oda Nobutada came to fight the horse that he stopped preaching, took the reins handed by the samurai at home, turned over and got on the horse, and followed Oda Nobutada towards Otani Castle.

On the way, the sun, which was originally slightly outcropping, gradually leaned out completely, and the morning dew illuminated by the blazing sun slowly turned into a layer of mist. Because he had previously assisted Kinoshita Hideyoshi in dealing with Kita-Omi at Yokoyama Castle, he was considered by many to be one of the people in the military who were most familiar with the situation of the Asai family. Therefore, Oda Nobutada, who was walking at the front of the team, sent his attendants to summon the Burning Void, who was in charge of the left wing guard, and bowed his head to Burning Sky to ask about the situation of the Asai family.

While looking at the situation on the road in front of him, Ozora said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, the Asai family, whether it is a samurai or a ashigaru, has great respect for Asai Nagamasa's achievements in reviving the Asai family, so the Asai family had an extremely strong cohesion before; However, the defeat of the battle of Sister River, so that the prestige of Asai Nagamasa in the retainers and the domain gradually declined, and recently he lost troops in two battles with the family, which made his retainers gradually question their ability, and the young master saw a few days ago was the last proof of the return of the Asai family, in the words of the Ming Kingdom: 'The crossbow is extremely strong, and the force cannot enter Lu Min (from the "Historical Records"). ’”

After listening to the words of the burning air, Maeda Toshiya on the side said to Oda Nobutada: "Kinoshita-sama has indeed returned to bed many Asai samurai, and what Ming Shamen said is true!" ”

"However, the young master must not despise the Asai family, with such assistance as the Asakura family, this time the family still doesn't know if it will be able to successfully capture Kotani City, in short, please also ask the young master to act cautiously and clear the obstacles on the way to Kotani City for the lord!" After being interrupted by Toshiya Maeda, Burning Sky continued to finish his opinion.

After listening to the words of the burning sky, Oda Nobutuda nodded and said: "Mingshamen, I have worked hard for you, you can go back first, there is a Li family here!" ”

After hearing this, the Burning Sky bowed his head and returned to the left flank of the group with the sword at his waist, and while marching forward, he was wary of the enemy from the left.