Oda Nobutada, who learned that the Burning Sky had failed to detect the internal structure of Otani Castle, said to the Burning Sky with a smile: "Mingshamen doesn't have to blame himself, if Otani Castle is easily found to have a flaw, I'm afraid that Asai Nagamasa will be ashamed of the name of 'Omi Eagle', we should now speed up the construction of the camp to prevent the Asai family from attacking the camp at night." ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, I don't know when the lord will come?" "With that, he looked at the small valley city that stood on the hill and plunged straight into the clouds. After listening to the words of the Burning Sky, Oda Nobu glanced back in the direction of Nagahama Castle, and said to the Burning Sky overlooking Kotani Castle: "Father-sama should already be on the way, we just need to wait patiently, Mingshamen, you take ten ashigaru to draw the surrounding terrain, which has been used as a reference for the siege of the city." ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky picked up ten of his subordinates, and together with Mingshan, they went around the heavily guarded Xiaogu City to probe. Burning Sky drew as he walked, and until dusk he only drew a rough picture of the nearby terrain. Holding the half-finished map drawn by the Burning Sky, Oda Nobutada smiled and said to the Burning Sky: "No wonder it is called Kotani Castle, you see, this Kotani Castle is to the east of us, and there is a mountain to the southeast of us, and the small canyon between the two mountains is the origin of the name of Kotani Castle." ”

After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Burning Sky said to Oda Nobutada: "That's true, when I was exploring below, I also noticed this, but this small canyon is unknown to my family!" ”

After listening to Burning Sky's words, Oda Nobutada was a little confused, so he asked Burning Sky: "Mingshamen, what is the unknown?" Burning Sky suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, and explained to Oda Nobutada: "This is a new word of the Ming Kingdom, I will translate it literally into Japanese, and I hope that the young master will forgive me, which means an incalculable change." ”

Oda Nobutada frowned and said to Burning Sky: "If the family is attacked here, wouldn't it be in a desperate situation? Alas, but wouldn't it be the best place to ambush the enemy if the enemy were to be channeled here? After hearing this, Burning Sky said to Oda Nobutada: "Yes, as the young master said, this place has advantages and disadvantages for both the main family and the Asai family, and it all depends on who can make reasonable use of this place and turn this place into an advantage for themselves." ”

After listening to Ozora's words, Oda Nobutada fell into deep thought, and Ashoru also stood aside with interest and did not disturb Oda Nobutada. Suddenly, the sound of iron cannon fire came from Kotani Castle, and Oda Nobutada, who was in deep thought, was startled, and hurriedly said to the burning sky: "Mingshamen, go and find out the situation!" With that, Oda Nobutada pressed his sword and walked towards the camp where he was gathering. Incineration is skillfully approaching the source of the sound under the cover of trees.

Just as Oda Nobutada had put his troops in order and was preparing to meet the enemy's attack, he returned to Oda Nobutada's side under the cover of night, bowed his head and said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, there is no sign of troops in Kotani Castle, and there is no sound of riot in the city, perhaps the city Ashigaru accidentally fired an iron cannon." ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada said to the samurai and ashigaru beside him: "Maybe this is the Asai family's disruptive plan, my special team is on duty at the camp tonight, be careful not to attack the Asai family!" After saying that, Oda Nobutada disbanded the assembled team, leaving a few group leaders such as Burning Sky, and Oda Nobutada said to Burning Sky and the others: "I am on duty with you tonight, you go and plant the torches around the camp now, and you can't give the Asai family any chance to attack, if the Asai family repels us from here, causing my father's plan to fail, we can only make up for our mistakes by seppuku and apology, do you all know?" ”

That night, although the Asai family fired several shots, none of the samurai or ashigaru came out of Otani Castle, let alone attacked the camp guarded by Oda Nobutada. And Oda Nobunaga also came to Otani Castle at noon on the second day with a mighty army. Oda Nobutada, Yakora and others who were resting were woken up by their men, and several people ran out of the bamboo shed in a panic and came to Oda Nobunaga, who was riding horses and glaring at several people.

Before Oda Nobutada could speak, Oda Nobunaga's whip had already come down, and in the blink of an eye, it landed on the shoulders of Oda Nobutada, who was not wearing armor. Oda Nobutada, who was drawn, suddenly looked bitter, gritted his teeth to hold back the pain, and did not make a sound. At this time, Oda Nobunaga's whip fell again, and Shibata Katsumasa, who was standing behind Oda Nobutada, stepped forward and caught Oda Nobunaga's whip with his back.

At this time, Burning Sky and Shibata Katsuie, as well as the guards around Oda Nobunaga, all the high-ranking and low-ranking samurai were shocked, and even Oda Nobunaga's narrow eyes showed an incredible look. Then the burning sky reacted, stepped forward and bowed his head and said, "I am willing to be punished for the young master!" With that, Dokii Katsu and the remaining group leaders also stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said to Oda Nobunaga: "I am willing to be punished for the young master!" ”

Oda Nobunaga on horseback just raised the whip in his hand, and after seeing the action of the person who burned the sky, he beat the horse to the front of the burning sky, and hit the burning sky on the back, and then Dokii Katsu and others got up and bowed their heads respectfully to Oda Nobunaga who came from the horse. Oda Nobunaga was also unceremonious, leaving the mark of a horsewhip on everyone's back.

Seeing this, Oda Nobutada, who was on the side, looked at Shibata Katsumasa and the others, and his eyes were just about to turn red, when he heard Shibata Katsumasa say in a low voice: "Young master, I can still be whipped a few times if I hold up my Sanzaemon." After hearing this, Oda Nobutada immediately withdrew the water that overflowed from the corners of his eyes, and said to Oda Nobunaga, who immediately looked a little weird: "Father, I have built most of the camp yesterday, and the Asai family did not attack at night, but continued to fire iron cannons to disturb us, in order to prevent Asai from attacking, I and my subordinate special team were on duty all night, fortunately there was no enemy attack, and I asked my father to quickly improve the construction of the camp, and the Asai family has asked the Asakura family for help, and now there are some Asakura troops in the city." ”

After the report, Oda Nobutada endured the pain in his shoulder and bowed to Oda Nobunaga on horseback. At this time, Oda Nobunaga walked up to Oda Nobutada, threw the whip in his hand to Oda Nobutada, and said: "If you want the war horse under the crotch to run fast, in addition to whipping it, you must also feed it plenty of fine food on weekdays, so that it can reserve enough strength!" ”

With that, Oda Nobunaga put his legs between his hips and got off his horse, and walked towards the camp that Oda Nobutada had built, giving orders to the generals behind him as he walked.

Oda Nobutada lifted the horsewhip that Oda Nobunaga threw to him with his already slightly red and swollen shoulders, and turned to look at Oda Nobunaga, who was about to be blocked by the many generals behind him. Then he stuffed the horsewhip into his waist and said to Shibata Katsumasa and Burning Sky and others: "Thank you very much today, and I hope you will continue to fight for your family!" ”