Sure enough, early the next morning, Oda Nobunaga mobilized half of his forces and rushed towards Nagahama Castle, but the battle did not go as smoothly as the burning sky expected. The Asai family's posture of not daring to shoot back last night was actually alleviated during the day, and the iron cannons on the walls of Nagahama Castle rang out densely from time to time, making the advance of the Oda army extremely slow.

Burning Sky looked at the unexpectedly scorching battle on the periphery of the formation, and had a new idea about yesterday's situation. Yesterday, the Asai army collapsed at the touch of a button, could it be because of night blindness, and then the burning of the air ruled out this answer, the physical condition of the soldiers on both sides is almost the same, and the Oda army has so many torches, just shooting in the direction of the torches, can make the Oda army suffer a lot of losses.

Now the burning sky even has some doubts about whether yesterday's Asai army deliberately pretended to be invincible, and wanted the Oda army to counterattack frantically after attacking Nimaru, this kind of thing happened not long before Yokoyama Castle.

Burning Sky glanced at Oda Nobutada with a solemn face (explain here, Oda Nobutada's original name was Oda Nobutada, and then it was renamed Oda Nobutada, and readers who don't know can also Baidu 0.0), and then continued to look in the direction of Nagahama Castle. The battle situation became more and more intense when the sky was burned and pondered, and more than 1,000 iron cannons of the Oda army poured projectiles in the direction of Nagahama Castle, and the already somewhat dilapidated walls of Nagahama Castle were even more unbearable.

However, the Oda army was never able to break through the main gate of Nagahama Castle, and the Asai army became more and more courageous, and the ashigaru and samurai on the castle wall ignored the iron cannon suppression of the Oda army, and showed their heads to shoot at the samurai and ashigaru who rushed to the main gate of Nagahama Castle.

Horses kept rushing back to the Honjin to report the situation, and then left the Honjin to convey Oda Nobunaga's instructions to the front. Seeing that the battle situation did not develop in the favorable direction of the Oda family, Oda Nobutada, who was fighting outside the battle, was a little unable to hold back, and Oda Nobutada's hand pressing the sword on his waist became harder and harder, until Oda Nobutada suddenly pulled out the sword and said to his subordinates behind him: "You follow me to break through the gate of Nagahama Castle!" ”

At this time, Oda Nobunaga's scolding voice came from the main formation: "Kankuro! Sit down! After hearing his father's reprimand, Oda Nobutada put the sword into the sheath, and took off his antler tiger head pocket (with antlers on both sides of the pocket and a small tiger head directly above, the image of which is taken from the Taiga drama "Military Division and Officers and Soldiers") and held it in his hand, and sat silently on the pony.

Several group leaders behind Oda Nobutada also let go of their hands holding the knife and stood silently around Oda Nobutada. The attendants breathed a sigh of relief and tightly guarded Oda Nobutada's surroundings. Burning Sky glanced at Mingshan, who was a little lost, and then continued to watch the battle ahead with the naginata in his hand.

The battle of Nagahama Castle gradually entered the most brutal stage of attrition, and the strong strength base of the Oda Army gradually made Nagahama Castle, which only had a few hundred people in the city, gradually fall into disadvantage. The sound of iron cannons on the walls of Nagahama Castle gradually thinned out, and it was no longer possible to effectively prevent the Oda Army from carrying striking wood to bombard the main gate of Nagahama Castle.

"The city is broken!" The shouts of the Oda samurai and Ashigaru were heard in the battle array, and thousands of warriors from the front poured into Nagahama Castle chanting strange slogans. After hearing the news of the destruction of the castle, Oda Nobutada, who was watching the battle in front of the main battle, first got up and wanted to report to Oda Nobunaga, and then looked at the battle in front of him and sat down again.

Soon Shibata Katsuie, who was in charge of commanding the siege, returned to the main camp with Niwa Nagahide and the others, followed by a high-ranking samurai covered in dust. Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was also in the commander's ranks, first saluted Oda Nobutada, and then bowed his head to the Burning Sky, and the Burning Sky also bowed his head in greeting.

Looking at the interaction between Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was walking by, and the burning sky behind him, Oda Nobutada pulled out the folding fan on his waist with his left hand, unfolded it and said to the burning air: "Mingshamen, when I was in the Yuan service, Lord Murai Sadakatsu gave me a folding fan, with the words 'gentleman Rulan' written on it, but I don't think this question is good, what do you think?" ”

After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Burning Sky did not answer his question, but said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, forgive me for being rude, can I gain something from watching the battle this time?" Maybe the main guild will ask the young master later, and ask the young master to get ready. ”

Seeing that Burning Sky deliberately avoided his own problem, Oda Nobutada did not get angry, but got up and looked at Nagahama Castle, where the battle was still going on, and said, "Now the family can go straight to Kotani Castle!" ”

Soon after, accompanied by Kinoshita Hideyoshi, the dusty high-ranking samurai walked out of Oda Nobunaga's main camp. After talking to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, he turned over and rode on the side of the Oda family horse to bring him back, bowed to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, and then beat his horse and ran north.

When Kinoshita Hideyoshi turned around and returned to his main camp, he saw Oda Nobutada looking at him curiously. So he came to Oda Nobutada, bowed his head and said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, that is the important minister of the Asai family, Asai Rules, has been returned from sleeping, and when we attack Otani Castle, this person will answer us, and the inside and outside should attack Kotani Castle in one breath!" ”

After listening to Kinoshita Hideyoshi's words, Oda Nobutada nodded and looked at Kinoshita Hideyoshi with appreciation. When Kinoshita Hideyoshi saw this, he immediately saluted Oda Nobutada, and then happily returned to his main camp. Seeing this scene, I was a little curious, how could Kinoshita Hideyoshi's generation of heroes be so happy by the appreciation of Oda Nobutada, who was still the young master?

However, Oda Nobutada was then sent by Oda Nobunaga to register the exploits of the samurai and Ashigaru in this battle, and the burning sky written by Oda Nobutada was instantly surrounded by samurai and ashigaru carrying the enemy's head in front of the camp, and the military merit director Hasegawa Shuichi gathered the samurai who did not come out of the battle to maintain order, and at the same time punished those who did not follow the rules.

Fortunately, when the samurai carrying the enemy's head realized their identity, they consciously lined up, and when they saw that their masters were lined up, they silently retreated and asked their masters to report their military exploits there. After the samurai had reported their military exploits, they gathered their men and sat on the ground not far away, giving praise and verbal promises to the ashigaru or junior samurai who had made meritorious contributions in the battle.

After some busyness, Oda Nobutada got out of the registration of military merits, looking at the samurai in front of him who did not know whether it was himself or the enemy's bloodstains, Oda Nobutada somewhat understood why his father would let him personally come to assist Hasegawa Shuichi to register military merits, this is to tell himself to reward and punish clearly, after each battle, the soldiers who fought bloodily, the most eager is that their battles can be exchanged for equivalent military merits.

Looking at the burning sky and several other group leaders who were still full of records, a smile gradually appeared on Oda Nobutada's face, and he had to fight for the military merits of these subordinates after the war. And if nothing else, they will become their most reliable team in the future.

Just when Oda Nobutada moved his somewhat sore arm, Sasa Narumasa, whose mother's clothes were whirring behind him, ran to Oda Nobutada's half-kneeling and said, "Young master, the lord summoned you to the main formation for questioning. After hearing this, Oda Nobutada said to Burning Sky and the others: "Mingshamen, Yusuke, my father called me, you can return to the camp to rest by yourself when you are done!" "With that, follow Sasa Naruma and run in the direction of the main formation.