Just when the Ashikaga Molong monarch was calculating others with a bad stomach, there was unprecedented turmoil in Mino Province. Mino Viper Saito Michizo, with the help of Shimo Kagami, fought his way from an oil seller to the lord of a country, but at this time he ushered in the biggest challenge of his life: the attack of his eldest son, Saito Yoshiryu.

Everything started when Saito Michizo robbed Toki Yoriyi's wife and used it as his main room, but nine months later, Saito Yoshiryu was born, so Saito Yoshiryu and Saito Michizo father and son both suspected that Saito Yoshilong was actually the son of Toki Yoriyi, which made the relationship between the father and son have been poor, but Saito Yoshiryu himself is a first-class man in the world, and they are very suitable heirs from any point of view, so Saito Michizo and Saito Yoshiryu's father and son are also safe. However, Saito Yoshiryu, who had always been in good health, suddenly fell ill and was bedridden, and Saito Michizo, who learned of this, had to make preparations as soon as possible, and discussed with his ministers which son should be appointed as the heir if Saito Yoshiryu died.

This matter was learned by the seriously ill Saito Yoshiryu, and under the fright, his nerves became extremely sensitive, and his diet became extremely attentive, and Saito Yoshiryu's younger brothers also had their own supporters, and they also began to operate secretly, but they were not well planned, and the matter of buying Saito Yoshiryu's maid and putting chronic poison in the diet was leaked. After the execution of the maid, Saito Yoshiryu simply did not stop spreading the news that he was critically ill, causing his younger brothers to relax their vigilance, and invited his younger brothers Sun Jiro and Kiheiji to explain the aftermath and easily kill the two.

Saito Yoshiryu intended to follow the precedent of the Xuanwu Gate Revolution of Tang Taizong, and after beheading his younger brother, he immediately led an army to besiege Inabayama Castle, intending to force Saito Michizo to submit to himself, obediently hand over power to himself, and then coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. But he still underestimated Saito Michizo, the hero, and also overestimated the secrecy ability of his subordinates, Saito Michizo also has his own ninja crowd, not to mention that it takes a lot of time to assemble an army, and there is still a considerable distance from Saito Yoshiryu's residence to Inabayama Castle, which gives Saito Michizo a chance to escape.

It's not that Saito Michizo doesn't have confidence in the defense ability of Inabayama Castle, but this obviously belongs to the father-son struggle for power, if he defends Inabayama Castle to the death, I'm afraid that no wealthy family will come back to help him, and everyone will be happy to watch Saito Michizo and Saito Yoshiryu father and son fight each other. And with the passage of time, Saito Yoshiryu will gather more and more troops by virtue of his identity as a young master, and there is only one way to die in the lonely city, and after Saito Yoshiryu is recognized by the wealthy families of Mino, what is the point of guarding Inabayama Castle by himself?

However, Saito Michizo still overestimated the temperament of the wealthy clans, and during the period of Saito Michizo's administration, a centralized system was adopted, so the contradictions between the wealthy clans and Saito Michizo were actually very large, but they were all afraid of Saito Michizo himself and did not dare to resist. Now Saito Michizo took the initiative to withdraw from Inabayama Castle, but gave the world the illusion that Saito Yoshiryu was the victor, so for the defeated Saito Michizo, the wealthy clans suddenly attacked Saito Yoshiryu in order to show loyalty and revenge. The generals of Nishimino Mamoru Ando, the clan Bu Quan, and Hino Root Hirosa, and the generals of Hibino Kiyoshi, Nagai Michitoshi, and Takewaist Michijin all sent troops to support Saito Yoshiryu.

In the end, Saito Michizo had no choice but to go south, hoping to get the support of his son-in-law Oda Nobunaga. When Oda Nobunaga learned of the upheaval in Mino Province, he immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity to annex Mino, and immediately ordered Owari to rescue Saito Michizo, and led 3,000 standing guards to the north first, trying to make peace with Saito Michizo as quickly as possible.

But how could Saito Yoshiryu not expect this trick? When Oda Nobunaga led his army to cross the Kimasugawa River and the Hida River, he was strongly blocked by Inaba Ittetsu and Ando Mamoru in Toshima.

On the banks of the Nagara River, Saito Michizo was caught up by Saito Yoshiryu's army and had to be trapped on the hill, but the continuous arrival of the Mino Hao clan made Saito Michizo realize that if he waited any longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to survive Oda Nobunaga's arrival, and he would be defeated by the enemy army with absolute superiority in numbers, so he had to lead his army down the mountain to break through, hoping to escape from Saito Yoshiryu's attack range.

As a diehard loyalist of Saito Yoshiryu, Takewaist Michizhen led the army to desperately drag the pace of Saito Michizo to break through, and several times personally went into battle to fight, although he died in the end, but it bought time for Saito Yoshimū to mobilize a large army, and more than 17,000 troops surrounded Saito Michizo with a strength of only 2,000.

It's just that Saito Yoshilong wants to be Li Shimin, and the wealthy families below don't want to leave trouble for themselves, otherwise this 17,000 army will not be able to make up anyway. It must be known that counting the 4,500 troops in Toshima to block Oda Nobunaga and the 2,000 troops in the hands of Saito Michizo, there were nearly 25,000 people in the battle alone, and such a terrifying force, even the 540,000 stone Mino Province had to go all out to barely support its short-term operations. In order to show loyalty to the new master or demonstrate, and to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, each wealthy family in this battle can be said to have taken out their own family wealth to fight. Watching the wave of crazy attacks stronger than the wave, even Saito Michizo was powerless, and soon drowned in the boundless army.

In the end, Nagai Nakazaemon Michikatsu captured Saito Michisu, who had given up resistance, but then Komaki Genta, who came over, still stabbed Saito Michizo with a shot, and Nagai Nakazaemon Michikatsu, who was Saito Yoshiryu's henchman, hurriedly waved his knife to block this shot for Saito Michizo, but Komaki Gentai was too strong, and he still stabbed Saito Michizo in the thigh with a shot, and immediately bled nonstop.

"I'll take the head of Michizo Saito!" Nagai Michikatsu, who came later, arrived close and immediately shouted, Nagai Nakaemon Michikatsu was about to step forward to stop him, but Komaki Genta behind him took the opportunity to swing his knife and cut off Saito Michizo's head. Seeing that the credit was robbed, Nagai Michitoshi did not have the slightest remorse and frustration of affection, but showed a grim smile: "It's cheap, you kid." ”

Poor Saito Michisani Hero, who traversed the troubled times of the Warring States period, ended up like this......

The moment he saw the third head of Saito Michi, Saito Yoshiryu understood the thoughts of these bastard wealthy clans under his command, and he ordered him to capture Saito Michizo alive, but these people still couldn't wait to kill Saito Michizo, which was actually a hint: If necessary, we can also kill you. Moreover, if Saito Yoshiryu is subordinate, he can still integrate the forces with a strong hand, but if he bears the crime of killing his father, Saito Yoshiryu can only compromise with the wealthy clan and exchange interests with the wealthy clan in a gentle way, otherwise it will be difficult to rule Mino.

The seriously ill Saito Yoshiryu smiled self-deprecatingly: "I have been guilty of immorality", but still ordered the army to march immediately and go to the Ori River to meet Oda Nobunaga. And Oda Nobunaga with the arrival of the follow-up army, the available troops in his hands have reached 16,000, and they are still increasing, after all, the Owari Hao clan is not stupid, if the two armies are in a dignified decisive battle, then it is natural to paddle if they can paddle, and if they can make three points of effort, they will never give four points, after all, the investment is disproportionate to the return. But now it is taking advantage of the opportunity of the civil strife in Minong to march, and there is hope that it will take advantage of the chaos to take over the country of Mino, and since this is the case, it is not crazy to mobilize.

However, with the arrival of the main army under the command of Saito Yoshiryu, the Oda army was not only inferior in terms of strength, but also realized that Saito Michizo had been defeated and the civil strife in Mino Province had ended, and morale suddenly plummeted. Fortunately, the purpose of the Mino Hao clan to show loyalty and demonstration has been achieved, and they are also not interested in a bloody battle with the Oda army, after all, they are all showing their old background this time, and if there is really any mistake, it will be wiped out. After several tentative attacks on both sides, Oda Nobunaga and Saito Yoshiryu, who had no intention of continuing the fighting, both ordered their troops to retreat. Although Oda Nobunaga returned to Owari and subsequently made up the so-called "Rang Koku", it is true that Oda Nobunaga did not get any benefit from the civil strife, and Saito Yoshiryu's name as a "Mino giant" gradually overshadowed his father Saito Michizo's "Mino Pit Viper".