After hearing Asai Nagamasa's request, Asakura Jingjing, who led the three thousand Echizen elites, nodded and said to Asai Nagamasa: "Your Highness Asai doesn't need to worry, I will defeat the Oda army in Cage City!" With that, Asakura Keigami pulled out the sword at his waist and slashed towards the south of Kotani Castle, and the Asakura samurai and Ashigaru behind him immediately followed with their blades and attacked the Oda army under the command of Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

Seeing this, Asai Nagamasa also immediately returned to Kotani Castle and ordered the samurai stationed in Mimaru and Ashigaru to cooperate with the Asakura army to kill the Oda army by surprise. However, after learning of the news of the Asakura army's attack, Kinoshita Hideyoshi mobilized the Otsubo team to shoot at Kotani Castle, and he himself commanded the iron artillery team to cover the rest of the army and evacuate Kotani Castle.

The Asai samurai, who saw the evacuation of the Oda army, were just about to go out of the city to pursue, but they were bombarded head-on by the large team. Although the bombarded Asai army was helpless, they had no choice but to retreat in the city, praying that the shells falling from the sky would not hit them.

However, as soon as Asakura Jingjing saw Kinoshita Hideyoshi's mille-feuille ladyboard horse print, the Oda army retreated like a tide. And the big tube team was bombarding the gate of Kotani Castle again, and Asakura Jingjing avoided the fire of the big tube team and returned to the east side of Kotani Castle the same way. Due to the evacuation of the Oda Army, Asai Nagamasa once again personally went to thank him. Asakura Keikagami, after consulting with Asai Nagamasa, stationed the shogun on a small hill three miles northeast of Kotani Castle.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was safely evacuated from the front line, was summoned by Oda Nobunaga to stride into the main camp of the Oda army with the sword at his waist. Then he rode back and rode out of the main camp and headed in the direction of Sakuma Nobumori.

Oda Nobutada was explaining to Usora and the others the plot of the Battle of Barrel Sasama that he had heard from an older attendant, when he suddenly saw a horse with two flags running back towards Sakuma Nobumori's main camp. Oda Nobutada hurriedly ended his narration and said to Burning Sky and the others: "It's getting late, you wait to camp here first." With that, he took his attendants and ran towards Sakuma Nobumori's main camp.

In the early morning of the next day, Sakuma Nobumori's main formation came out of the horn of the formation, and Oda Nobutada, who returned very late last night, gathered more than 300 people under his command with slightly dark circles under his eyes, and drove towards Sakuma Nobumori's main formation. Although I don't know what the specific door is, Oda Nobunaga's plan should be in motion.

When Oda Nobutada and his entourage arrived at the assembly site, Sakuma Nobumori had already sorted out the strength of his own army, leaving only more than 100 ashigaru and small lotus packs to guard the camp. Burning the sky looked around for a week, and found that although Honda Tadashi was victorious here, Maeda Toshiie and Torii Mototada did not lead the iron artillery team to assemble. Oda Nobutada also saw the incineration of the sky, and whispered to the incineration: "Mingshamen, why are you so rude today!" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately bowed his head and said to Oda Nobutada: "I am rude, I hope the young master will forgive me!" After saying that, he said to Oda Nobutada: "I wonder if I can be a pioneer today?" Shibata Katsumasa and Dokii Katsu on the side also echoed after hearing this: "Young master, I'm still waiting for you today?" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada said with a smile: "Naturally not, today we will wait for the letter to come out of the battle, and it is not a swim!" While Oda Nobutada and the others were talking, Sakuma Nobumori gave the order to attack, and the army of nearly 2,000 people marched towards the narrow gorge.

As soon as the Asakura army, which was encamped in the northeast of Kotani Castle, woke up from their sleep, they heard the sound of an emergency assembly, and everyone panicked to find their weapons, and barely organized their formation under the constraints of their respective group leaders. Asakura Keigami sent Ma Hui to continue to reconnoiter the movements of Oda's army in the southwest, and at the same time commanded the Asakura samurai and Ashigaru, who had just woken up, to build a defensive line according to the situation.

Just when Sakuma Nobumori led the Oda army to the place where the Asakura army was stationed, the Asakura army had already perfected the defensive line. Seeing this, Sakuma Nobumori said to Honda Tadakatsu: "Lord Honda, your name of bravery is powerful in Tokaido, and I hope you will fight in the first battle!" ”

After hearing this, Honda Tadakatsu, who was holding a super-long spear dragonfly cut, bowed his head to Sakuma Katsumasa, and then said to the Mikawa samurai and Ashigaru behind him: "Let these Echizen people see the combat power of our Mikawa samurai!" With that, Honda Tadakatsu took the lead and rushed towards the defense line of the Asakura army.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi led his troops to Otani Castle again, and the Takenaka half-guards still commanded the big team to bombard Otani Castle. For a while, the gate that Otani Castle had repaired overnight was bombarded again, and the Oda Army under Kinoshita Hideyoshi also took the opportunity to charge Otani Castle. After defeating the weak counterattack of the Asai army, Masakatsu Wasuka led his samurai and Ashigaru to rush into the Mimaru of Kotani Castle.

Seeing this, Asai Nagamasa sent people to ask for help from the Asakura army, and at the same time once again raised his sword and went to Nimaru to block the offensive of the Oda army.

In the midst of a one-match encounter, Honda Tadashi killed the asakura-famous samurai who was facing him. While shocked, Asakura Keigami ordered the iron artillery team on the mountain to shoot at the Mikawa Army led by Honda Tadakatsu. However, before the Asakura Army's iron artillery team could reload its ammunition, Sakuma Nobumori's own 100-man Iron Artillery Team had already fired at the Asakura Iron Artillery Team on the mountain, and his bow team also threw arrows at the Asakura Army.

Due to the distance, Sakuma Nobumori's iron artillery team did not pose a substantial threat to the Asakura iron artillery team, but only reduced their reloading speed. Sakuma Nobumori then split his army in two and assisted Honda Tadakatsu in flanking the Asakura army, whose first layer of defense had been shaken.

Faced with the disadvantage of the frontal battlefield, Asakura Keigai did not immediately send troops to fill the loopholes, but gave an order to the reloaded iron artillery team to attack the flank Oda Army first. And this effect was also obvious, and the Oda army, which had just pounced on and was about to encircle the Tokugawa army, was shot down by the iron artillery team by the way. Due to the problem of angle and perspective, the Oda Iron Artillery Corps was unable to attack the Asakura Army by crossing the friendly forces that were already encircled in front of them, and because of the long distance, it was impossible to achieve large-scale casualties by firing at the Iron Artillery Corps on the mountain.

Burning Sky looked at Oda Nobutada with some anxiety, hoping that Oda Nobutada would stand up and correct Sakuma Nobumori's erroneous command. But Oda Nobutada, who was not very calm in the past, was able to calm down and watch everything that happened in front of him silently. Burning Sky felt a hint of it, but he was not sure, so he had to say to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that my family will..."

"Xinsheng has its own decision, we don't have to say more!" Before he could finish speaking, he was gagged by a sentence from Oda Nobutada.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more favorable to the Asakura family, Shibata Katsumasa said excitedly to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, let me wait for the top!" Seeing this, Dokii Katsu and others also echoed it, and even the Asai family's army also echoed, hoping to send troops to save the situation.

At this time, Sakuma Katsumasa withdrew the iron artillery team in front of him, and said to Ma Hui beside him: "All the troops are withdrawn!" With that, he turned his horse and ran in the direction of the canyon. Burning Sky and the others looked at Sakuma Nobumori, who was the first to evacuate, and said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, why is Lord Sakuma..."

"I'll retreat quickly!" After Oda Nobutada said this to Burning Sky and the others, he turned his horse's head and retreated in the direction of the canyon. Although Shibata Katsumasa and the others were unwilling, they still followed Oda Nobutada and retreated in the direction of the canyon. Subsequently, the Tokugawa army and the Oda army also retreated in a panic in the direction of the gorge, and the Asakura army was biting the tail of the Oda army under the command of Asakura Jingjing.

When following the Oda army to the entrance of the canyon, the pursuing Asakura army slowed down the pace of pursuit, and from time to time Asakura Jingjing ordered the pursuit of the Asakura army. Looking at the Oda rout army who was desperately gasping for breath in the canyon, Asakura Jingjing stepped forward and laughed: "'Retreat Sakuma' is just that, this kind of carving insect skill also wants to lure me into the scheme!" Today, I also let you Ono countrymen see the prestige of the Echizen famous Asakura family, so let's play slowly! Back to the teacher! ”

Asakura Jingjing said with a laugh and laughed and led the pursuing Asakura army to slowly leave the entrance of the canyon and return to its original station. Shibata Katsumasa in the canyon listened to Asakura Jingjing's words, and suddenly said with some regret: "I was actually recognized!" ”

"Needless to say, I'll return to the camp as soon as possible and be wary of the attack of the Asakura army!" Oda Nobutada, who was on the horse, heard Shibata Katsumasa's complaints, and ordered to the crowd who were unwillingly looking in the direction of the retreat of the Asakura army. At this time, Ozorida, who was standing next to Oda Nobutada, saw Oda Nobutada's eyes looking at the retreating Asakura army, with a slight curvature on the corner of his mouth and a look of disdain in his eyes.