Faced with a bandit with only a few minions, the half-guard of Takenaka directly ordered the rocket to be launched. Takenaka's half-guard guards took out the rockets they were carrying, lit a fire on the ground, and then set the rockets on fire and fired them at the bandits. The wooden bandit was soon caught in flames, and the desperate bandits rushed out, but were assassinated one by one by the ashigaru men armed with two guns in front of the door.

Fearing that the fire would spread to other places, Burning Sky immediately sent someone to clean up the grass and trees around the bandits. After the fire was basically extinguished, the burning sky pushed away the wood that still had some flames and came to the inside of the bandits, and the half-guards of Takenaka and his men searched for useful things in the broken bandits.

After some searching, they found rice and money hidden in the cave. Seeing this, the half-guards of Takenaka shouted in front of the Burning Sky and said to the Burning Sky: "I can't completely transport these rice, grain, and money away now, Mingshamen, you and your men stay here to guard, I will go to Hengshan Castle to report to the Lord, and ask the Lord to send more ashigaru to help transport these things back to Hengshan Castle." ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky agreed to the idea of the Takenaka Hanbei, and then gathered his men to guard the items here. The Takenaka half-guard quickly returned to the city and reported the situation to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who also sent a hundred ashigaru to assist Burnkong and others in transporting these things back to Yokoyama Castle.

Subsequently, in the evaluation, Kinoshita Hideyoshi rewarded the five silver ingots obtained by burning the bandits, and urged the burning to devote himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the fort. As for the other things that were seized, they had nothing to do with the burning of the sky.

Burning Sky did not go to Hideyoshi Kinoshita because of the "uneven distribution of spoils", but immediately put into the construction of the stolen goods. However, the construction results of the Haima Yijia really surprised the burning sky. In a short period of time, the Haima family had already built the outline of the wall and dug trenches around it. At the same time, the Haima Yijia is preparing to build a watchtower in the middle of the wall, and is preparing to reinforce and other work on the wall.

Seeing that the Seahorse Yijia was so good at construction, he completely let it go and handed it over to the Haima Yijia to do. He is a regular member of the daily training of his subordinates.,Sometimes I ask the Takenaka Hanbei, who is getting closer, about the Asai family.。 In less than a month, the construction of the new temple was completed, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi named the new temple "Yokoyama Stone". Because the weather has gradually warmed up, the spring ploughing season is approaching, and the burning sky will temporarily send back the recruited peasants.

Burning Sky took the opportunity to start stepping up his martial arts to ensure that he could survive in this troubled world. During this period, the burning of the sky also took standing equipment to help in Jiashan Village, which made the Haima Yijia's favor of the burning of the sky improved a lot.

Towards the end of the spring ploughing, the burning of the sky gathered all the peasants and soldiers. The burning of the sky told everyone: "The spring plowing of the Asai family should also be ended, and all the peasants and soldiers should be ready to accept the call of the burning of the sky at any time." Kinoshita Hideyoshi had also warned in advance that he must respond to the call as soon as possible in wartime and mobilize peasants to fight with the army.

But for more than ten days, the life of the burning was still dull, and the Asai family did not have the slightest movement to send troops. Kinoshita Hideyoshi even held an evaluation so that everyone could discuss countermeasures. Fortunately, the spies then handed the information back, dispelling Kinoshita Hideyoshi's concerns.

Just as the days were approaching April and the weather was getting hotter and hotter, the Asai family, who had been silent for a long time, finally had a move. According to the reports of the spies lurking in the Asai family, the Asai family is preparing to launch an army of 2,000 in early April, but the exact attack on the city is not yet known. When Kinoshita Hideyoshi learned about it, he relayed the news to several nearby border towns and sent a letter to Gifu Castle, and for a time the situation in Omi became grim, but it was still slightly inferior to the previous battles.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga was disturbed by Nagashima Ichichi and Miyoshi Sansa and others in the Yamato and Nagashima areas, and Honganji called on Kaga Ichijo to unite with the Asakura family to support Asai, and the Oda family fell into a more difficult strategic stalemate stage, Oda Nobunaga received letters from Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie and others, and repeatedly urged the generals in the Omi region to strictly defend the city and wait for the opportunity to move.

The Asai family also received assistance from Asakura and Kaga Ichiku, and their momentum increased instantly, and then they led an army of 3,000, including reinforcements, towards Yokoyama Castle. When the spies of the nearby Oda family found out the news, they immediately returned to report it to the generals. When Kinoshita Hideyoshi heard the news, he immediately gathered all the samurai in the castle and held an assessment in the castle tower.

After receiving the assessment notice, Burning Sky immediately took Mingshan to Hengshan City, which was not far away. At this time, Yokoyama Castle had already begun to prepare for war, and Ashigaru in the castle quickly ran towards the nearby villages, informing the villages to gather peasants. Burning Sky walked to the castle tower, handed over his weapon, and then followed his colleagues into the castle tower.

At this time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi was already sitting on the top of the castle tower, and the huge drops of sweat on his head had already revealed the fear in his heart at the moment. Even the half-guards of Takenaka on the side had an extremely complicated expression. Burning Sky suddenly became nervous, although he was dissatisfied with Kinoshita Hideyoshi now, but he never doubted his ability, let alone Takenaka Hanbei, the expressions of the two at the moment seemed to have told Burning Sky that a great crisis was coming.

Sure enough, after all the samurai arrived, Kinoshita Hideyoshi said to everyone with a little trembling: "According to the report of the spies sent, the three thousand troops of Asai finally marched in the direction of Yokoyama Castle. The samurai in the castle tower couldn't help but gasp after hearing this, and then Takenaka Hanbei added: "Of the 3,000 troops of the Asai family, 1,000 are the Asakura and Kaga coalition forces, of which the Asai family sent all the 300-strong iron artillery teams, and the Asakura and Kaga coalition forces are also elite, and the general is the head of the Asai family, Asai Nagamasa." ”

These samurai in the entire castle tower were silent after hearing this, and this was not something that could be solved by bravery alone. Fear is human nature, and in the face of such a terrifying military situation, fear has spread in the hearts of the samurai of the castle tower.

Seeing that everyone was in fear, Kinoshita Hideyoshi suddenly stood up and said loudly: "I am deeply favored by the lord, and although I have no regrets in my death, you cannot lose the courage and dignity that the samurai of the Oda family should have." With that, Kinoshita Hideyoshi pulled out the sword beside him and shouted to everyone, "Show your bravery." ”

After listening to Kinoshita Hideyoshi's words, the samurai gradually calmed down from their panic. At this time, Takenaka Hanbei said to everyone again: "The lord won more with less in the battle of Tsubasasa, and defeated the 'Tokaido No. 1 Yutori' in one fell swoop, and we, as the samurai of the Oda family, must also have the courage to defeat the Asai coalition army in one fell swoop." ”