Chapter 160: Kinoshita Tojiro

Oda Nobunaga really did not disappoint Asakura Muneto, although they were inferior in terms of troops, but the military command ability of the monks of the Ichishuo was obviously inferior to their ability to incite and mobilize the people. The brave and fearless monks first stepped forward and fought with the main force of the Oda family, and soon, their lifeless fighting style under the domination of faith made the Oda army frightened and scattered. Honganji Zhenghui was overjoyed when he saw that the Oda army was so weak, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack, and never sealed the sword without cutting off Oda Nobunaga's head. It's a pity that Oda Nobunaga didn't give Honganji this opportunity, and the collapse of the front was originally a ploy by Oda Nobunaga, attracting the most elite monks of the Ichikozong sect to break away from the majority of believers and pursue alone. Oda Nobunaga was willing to let go of the fighter plane, and immediately led the mother-clothed people into the monks' soldiers, and the impact of hundreds of elite horsemen caused the monks and soldiers who were already in chaos due to the iron cannon bombardment to collapse on all fronts. As soon as the monks were defeated, the other believers who were still holding hoes were naturally not worth mentioning, and the 25,000-strong army was pursued by the Oda army like a rabbit, and the Ukikusaka suddenly bled into a river.

With 17,000 troops to break through the 25,000 army, Oda Nobunaga can be regarded as a shame, and successfully ranked among the world's famous generals, and the glory made Oda Nobunaga even more fluttering.

On the other side, Honganji Zhenghui fought hard to escape back to Long Island City, and then closed the door, looking at the sea of corpses and blood outside the city, and the muddy Honganji Zhenghui was even more bloodless. Staggering back to his residence, Honganji Seoe hurriedly wrote to Ishiyama Gobo, begging for mediation.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the Nagashima City in front of him, and his heart was also a little entangled, originally thought that these monks were still relatively difficult to settle, but he didn't expect that it would be useless, and playing field warfare was simply a group of imbeciles, so should he take Nagashima City down? In this case, you will never suffer from it.

But if you win the battle, you can't go back empty-handed like this. Oda Nobunaga decided to simply station under Nagashima Castle first, if the monks inside were soft, it was naturally easy to say, if they were not soft, then attack, anyway, in order to prevent the stalemate of the war, a large amount of grain and grass equipment was reserved, which was completely sufficient.

Oda Nobunaga waited left and right, and he didn't see anyone in Nagashima Castle come out to kowtow to him and admit his mistakes, but waited for a letter from the Ishiyama Imperial Workshop, and Honganji Zhengru personally wrote to Oda Nobunaga, hoping that he could spare Nagashima Castle. Unexpectedly, this letter had the opposite effect, and Oda Nobunaga saw that Ishiyama Gobo was soft, and mistakenly thought that Nagashima Castle was already in the palm of his hand, so he decided to attack Nagashima Castle. Just like the 918 in later generations, the Kwantung Army originally just wanted to take advantage of it and expand their interests, but it didn't expect that the Northeast Army would not resist at all and retreat directly on all fronts, which suddenly made the Kwantung Army have a serious illusion about the army of the Celestial Empire, and hurriedly sent a telegram to the country to transfer troops. The result was a tragedy.

However, the ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, and Oda Nobunaga, who has been smooth sailing since he drove away that hated brother, was bleeding from his head under Nagashima Castle. Although the level of field warfare of the monks of Honganji Temple is unbearable, but the ability to fool the people is still very strong, this kind of thing, if you don't want to fight the level of the Edo Castle offensive and defensive battle fought by Ota Senior Minister, as long as you keep filling in the lives inside, the most important thing in Nagashima Castle is the lives who are willing to sacrifice themselves for Buddhism, as a result, the easy battle that Oda Nobunaga expected did not happen, but lost thousands of lives on the first day. But at this time, Oda Nobunaga was already difficult to ride a tiger, because among these thousands of lives, there was one named Oda Nobuhiro, who was his half-brother! If he retreats when his brother dies in battle, then Oda Nobunaga will not have to mix, and he will have no choice but to continue to harden under Nagashima Castle.

And Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was originally troubled by Oda Nobunaga's outstanding performance in the Battle of Ukikusaka, saw that Oda Nobunaga was deflated under Nagashima Castle, and his heart suddenly felt refreshed, and he immediately ordered the Imagawa family to start a general mobilization, of course, the speed does not need to be too fast, as long as it gives Oda Nobunaga a sense of oppression, so that he has to launch a strong attack in order to solve Nagashima Castle in a short time, so as to continuously consume Oda Nobunaga's vitality.

Tsukahara MoryΕ«, who was far away in Koganeshiro, also sighed after knowing the change in the battle situation, the ability of the monks of Honganji to defend the city is not covered, and RB has not developed powerful siege equipment for a long time, making it difficult for Oda Nobunaga to capture Nagashima Castle quickly and effortlessly.

However, there are no absolutes in everything, especially the darlings of those times, people with atmospheric luck, it rained heavily every day, Oda Nobunaga had to suspend the attack on Nagashima Castle, and he stared at Nagashima Castle in the heavy rain in a depressed mood, and at this time, a voice like a broken gong and drum suddenly came from his side: "The lord is distressed to capture Nagashima Castle?" ”

"Huh?" Oda Nobunaga's bloodshot eyes turned to the side and looked at the servant kneeling on the ground. The servant was poorly dressed, looked like a young man, and with his small stature, he looked quite like a monkey. "Vulture, what's your opinion?"

"The little one thinks that it can be attacked with water."

Oda Nobunaga stood up when he heard this, and looked at the attendant in front of him with burning eyes, "I remember your name is Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, right?" ”

When Kinoshita Toyoshiro heard that Oda Nobunaga could actually call out his name, his heart was suddenly overjoyed, "The lord has a lot of opportunities, and he can still remember the villain's name, he is really smart!" ”

"From today on, you will be a samurai of my Oda family. Now call all the important ministers here for a meeting! "Oda Nobunaga has been numb to being praised these days, so he was directly immune to Kinoshita Toyoshiro's flattery and gave an order.

"Hah!" Kinoshita Toyoshiro ran into the rain in excitement and succeeded! It worked! Father, did you see that? I've become a samurai!!!

"My lord, promote a servant like this...... Wouldn't it be too good? Oda Nobunaga's nickname, Aichi Ten Ami, whispered to Oda Nobunaga after Kinoshita Toyoshiro left excitedly.

Oda Nobunaga glanced lightly at the beautiful woman-like Aichi Ten Ami, "What's wrong?" As long as I have the ability, as long as I have merit, I will reuse it, and if you made that suggestion just now, I can make you a samurai now. ”

Aichi Ten Ami saw that Oda Nobunaga was angry, so he had to stop talking about it, but in his heart, he secretly hung up Kinoshita Toyoshiro. Because of his outstanding appearance and sharp tongue, Aichi Ten Ami has always been deeply loved by Oda Nobunaga, serving each other as a personal surname, and even the Maeda Toshiya can't compete with Aichi Ten Ami in front of Oda Nobunaga. However, Aichi Ten Ami is not like the Maeda Toshi family, with the support of the Maeda clan behind him, he is a child bought by Mrs. Tsuchida Gozen in Kyoto, and he has no foundation in the Oda family, so he can only hug the big tree of Oda Nobunaga tightly, hoping to develop in the future. But Oda Nobunaga reprimanded him for such a good thing as Kinoshita Toyoshiro, which made him secretly dissatisfied in his heart.