After returning to the garrison with his generals, Sakuma Nobumori began to count the number of people lost today. Oda Nobutada did not lose much of his strength because he did not form a battle with the Asakura army, but several of them lost their feet because they were too panicked during the retreat. After counting the number of people, Sakuma Nobumori did not say the exact number, but summoned the generals over and held a small assessment in the humble main camp.

The battle in the direction of Otani Castle continues, and the Oda army under the command of Kinoshita Hideyoshi has broken through the Mimaru defense line arranged by Asai Nagamasa and is now attacking Nimaru. On the one hand, Asai Nagamasa ordered to desperately resist the attack of the Oda family, and on the other hand, he sent his horse back to ask for the assistance of the Asakura army.

When the Asai family broke out of the siege of the Oda family and asked for help in the direction of the Asakura army, the Oda family's horse back also rushed to Oda Nobunaga's main camp without stopping, and then ran out of Oda Nobunaga's main camp and ran towards Kotani Castle, where the battle was fierce.

As soon as Asakura Jingjing defeated the Oda army and returned to the camp, he saw Ma Hui, who was carrying the Asai flag, dismount in front of him, half-knelt and bowed his head and said: "Lord Asakura, on the orders of the lord, I came to ask for the assistance of Lord Asakura, the Oda family attacked the city too fiercely, and it was difficult for the family to resist, and I hope that Lord Asakura will go out to defeat the Oda army besieging the city!" ”

After listening to Asai Mahui's words, Asakura Jingjing smiled at Tomita Nagashigeru and Mae-Hayoshitsug behind him: "The 'Omi Eagle', which was famous in Gyeonggi back then, is now so powerless, it's really embarrassing, I think a large part of the victory of the Oda army in the Battle of Ogawa is due to luck, just now I led the army to defeat the famous Oda general Sakuma Nobumori, but His Royal Highness Asai was crushed in Kotani Castle and did not dare to attack, or let the Oda army see the prestige of our Echizen Asakura family!" ”

After that, Asakura Jingjing took all the elites behind him and rushed towards the south of Otani Castle, in a vain attempt to encircle and suppress the Oda army that had invaded the city in the three pills of Otani Castle. But he didn't know that at this time, the Oda family's Ma Hui had spread the news of Sakuma's rout to Kinoshita Hideyoshi's ears.

After learning that Sakuma Nobumori had been defeated by the Asakura army, Kinoshita Hideyoshi immediately ordered the entire line to retreat, and Shibata Katsuie, who was in charge of the feints in the west and north, immediately withdrew from the battlefield with his men and returned to the camp that had been established. This time, the Asakura army once again only saw the tail of the Oda army, and Asakura Jingjing immediately prepared to take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill the Oda army that was attacking the city head-on.

However, when the Asakura army launched an offensive against the retreating Oda army, the large team on the mountain, under the command of Takenaka Hanbei, fired at the wolf-like Asakura army. Due to the low accuracy of the large barrel, some of the shells fired did not hit the Asakura army, but crossed the Asakura army and hit the side of the wall of Kotani Castle. Seeing the amazing destructive power of the big cylinder again, Asakura Jingjing realized the true meaning of poor Kou Mo Chasing.

However, the cannonballs fired by the large squad had inevitably fallen into the ranks of the Asakura army. The somewhat flustered Asakura samurai and Ashigaru watched as the cannonballs that rained into the sky smashed through the bodies of their comrades, then bounced off the ground again and poured into the crowd.

At this time, the Oda army, under the command of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, pretended to launch a counterattack against Asakura Jingjing. Asakura Jingjing was shocked, so he had to order his subordinates to abandon the pursuit and escape from the bombardment of the big cylinder team according to the same path. In an instant, the formation of the Asakura army was broken up by itself, and the ashigaru people all rushed to run out of the range of the large cylinder.

Asai Nagamasa in Kotani Castle looked at Asakura Jingjing and was deflated, and immediately turned over and ran out of the side door to meet Asakura Jingjing.

The Oda army did not take advantage of the situation to pursue the Asakura army, but instead evacuated from Otani Castle step by step. With the withdrawal of the Oda army from Otani Castle, the large barrel team of the Takenaka Hanbei also withdrew from the battle in order to cool the barrel of the cannon. Asai Nagamasa, who originally thought that the Oda army would take the opportunity to counterattack and take advantage of the situation to attack the Asakura army again, miscalculated, and then he personally went to Asakura Jingkama to thank him for his kindness in relieving the siege.

At this time, Asakura Jingjing said to Asai Nagamasa with hatred: "Does His Highness Asai know how to destroy the Great Iron Artillery of the Oda Army?" ”

After listening to Asakura Jingjing's words, Asai Nagamasa said with a wry smile: "If I could attack Kotani Mountain from the direction of Kotani Castle, I would have sent an elite to wipe out that big team!" Now if you want to destroy the big team of the Oda family, you can only destroy the big team of the Oda family from behind by raiding from the small valley, although the others can, but only this method has a greater chance of success, but the Oda family is very likely to set up an ambush in the small valley..."

"If that's the case, the chances of success of His Highness Asai's only method are not high!" Asakura Jingjing interrupted Asai Nagamasa's words very rudely, and said to Asai Nagamasa: "This morning, Oda's famous general Sakuma Nobumori launched an attack on me, but I was easily defeated, if it weren't for Oda's big team to get in the way, I'm afraid that the Oda army that attacked the city would not be able to escape the fate of being defeated by me, but His Royal Highness Asai was guarding the city, and he was also defeated by Sanmaru, which really surprised Zaixia!" ”

The Asai family samurai who were traveling with him suddenly became angry, and they all pressed their hands on the sword at their waists, and the next second they might draw their swords and slash at Asakura Jingjing. At this time, Tomita Nagashi beat his horse and pointed his gun at those Asai samurai and said, "Which of you wants to have a fight with me Tomita Yarokuro!" ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Asakura Jingjing immediately apologized to Asai Nagamasa and said: "His Royal Highness Asai, it is not good to restrain his subordinates, and His Highness Asai will forgive his sins!" ”

After listening to Asakura Jingjing's words, Asai Nagamasa, who was as usual, nodded and turned Mahler, turned his back to Asakura Jingjing and said: "Asakura-sama, I hope you don't underestimate the enemy, Oda Nobunaga is not such a stupid person!" ”

After listening to Asai Nagamasa's words, the former Boji beside Asakura Jingjing whispered to Asakura Jingjing: "My lord, I'm afraid that His Highness Asai has forgotten who is saving whom!" ”

"Shut up! Yarokuro, you deserve to die too, how can you be so rude! Asakura looked at Asai Nagamasa, who had not yet gone far, and shouted at Mae-Hayoshitsugu and Tomita Nagashi. The former Boji was even whipped a few times by Asakura Jingjing because of his proximity to Asakura Jingjing.

There was no fighting on the frontal battlefield of Otani Castle for the next two days, but Sakuma Nobumori led Oda Nobutada and others north out of Otani and launched an attack on the Asakura army. And this battle was even more pitiful, the Oda army was about to collapse at the first touch, and many ashigaru even threw their weapons on the ground in order to escape for their lives, and fled for their lives in the direction of Kotani. Seeing the situation, the Asakura army once again turned from defense to attack and launched a pursuit against the scattered Oda army.

This time, Sakuma Nobumori did not let the team stop at the mouth of the Otani Gorge, but retreated into the canyon with a puff of smoke. Shibata Katsumasa, who was guarding Oda Nobutada's side, saw that the two attacks on the Asakura army ended in failure, and this time it was even more imminent, so he asked Oda Nobutada to fight: "Young master, I, Sanzaemon, am willing to die to save the face of the Oda family!" ”

Without waiting for Oda Nobutada to agree, Shibata Katsumasa wanted to rein in his horse and rush in the direction of escape. Seeing this, Oda Nobutada's Burning Sky and Dokii Katsu hurriedly grabbed Shibata Katsumasa's reins, and then Burning Sky pulled Shibata Katsumasa off his horse, and said loudly to Shibata Katsumasa: "Sanzaemon, you are not the only one who is humiliated in your heart, we and other Oda samurai are all humiliated, but Lord Sakuma has his own strategy, and the young master still obeys orders, how can we not listen!" ”