Perhaps due to the proximity of the sea, the Echizen summer air was always violent and humid, but due to the monsoons, ocean currents, and the mountains to the east, there was little rain in the summer, which made it a good time for Oda Nobunaga to use iron cannons. Looking at the one who was forcibly crossing the Nine-Headed Dragon River, Oda Nobunaga's somewhat serious face showed a smile. Even Hideyoshi Hashiba, who was beside him, couldn't contain a smile on his face.

After most of the Yiyi had crossed the Nine-Headed Dragon River, Qili Lai Chun barely stabilized the queue with the assistance of the wealthy clans, local attendants and monks beside him. Later, Shichiri Yorijun, who had reorganized most of his disciples, began to prepare for an offensive against the Oda army.

At this time, the Oda army suddenly moved, and the center, which had been somewhat backward, began to advance forward, but the two wings that were spread out contracted inward. Seeing that the Oda army had changed from a crane wing formation to a dysprosium arrow formation, Qili Laijun's heart moved, and he immediately ordered his disciples to organize several lines of defense.

However, when the Oda army had advanced about a hundred, it stopped advancing. The two wings that were originally adducted were spread out again, and at this time, half of the people who had always been in the middle of the river were still wading through the water in the Hydra River.

With the order coming from the main camp of the Oda army, the iron artillery and bow teams of the entire line of the Oda army rushed to the front of the military formation.

Seeing this, Shichiri Yorijun immediately realized that these defensive lines he had built were now going to become a live target for the Oda army, but before the order of the Shichiri Raichun to change the formation had been carried out, the iron cannon of the Oda army had already rushed into the sky again. Most of the disciples of the Ichijo Sect who had not received systematic military training were at a disadvantage in execution in the face of the Oda Army, which had some military qualities.

After the sound of iron cannons fell, there were only two voices on the south bank of the Hydra River, one was the sound of the junior officers of the Oda Army scolding his men for the rapid loading of Ashigaru, and the other was the groaning of the knocked down Ichijo. As for the other sounds, they are drowned out in the summer sun.

Qili Laichun, who knew the power of the iron cannon, was stunned for a few breaths before he ordered to the disciples on the shore: "Rush up, rush up!" Looking at the disciples in front of him who had been knocked down by the iron cannon, the disciples behind hesitated for a moment, then rushed towards the Oda army with the sickle and bamboo spear in their hands. After hearing the sound of iron cannons and shouts of killing on the shore, the disciples of Qiangdu's Yixiang Sect couldn't help but speed up the speed of plowing the water.

Sabei watched as the crowd began to charge, directing the three archers on the left flank to throw arrows into the air behind the iron artillery team. For a while, the entire line of the Oda army was full of arrows, and the arrows flew out of the Oda army formation and fell into the disciples who recited the Buddha's name and charged to the sect.

Round after round of arrows made the disciples of the Zong who charged suffer a lot. The archery team also stopped temporarily after firing five arrows per person, and the reloaded iron cannon team raised the iron cannon in their hands again. Boom thunder sounded in the sky, and countless gunpowder smoke erupted from the front of the Oda army, adding three points of fear and one point of blood to the air of Echizen's summer.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the one who still had the courage to charge in front of him, laughed, and gave the order to raise the two wings and surround one to the other. After receiving the order, Tsuda Nobusumi and Shibata Katsuie immediately ordered their troops to move towards the front of him.

Under the orders of Tsuda Nobusumi, Sabei also led his troops into the hand-to-hand combat that the bag has always been a hand-to-hand combat. In the face of the fact that he had already fought several times, Sabei was naturally familiar with dealing with it again. After Sabei and his troops broke through and killed several of the leading ground attendants and monks, the so-called loyal disciples were defeated.

Tsuda Nobusumi naturally got the experience of Sabei, and calmly commanded his troops to continue to compress and always squeeze.

Finding that the two wings of the Oda Army were pressing, Shichiri Yorijun immediately made a decision and ordered his disciples to assault the central main formation of the Oda Army. Hearing the order of Qili Laichun, the disciples of the sect recited the Buddha's name, stepped on the corpses on the ground, and rushed towards the central main formation of the Oda army with the Oda papaya flag and the golden lacquer Tang umbrella horse seal floating.

Although there was nothing wrong with the tactics of Qili Raichun attacking the central main formation, it was indeed quite foolish to let the disciples who were only armed with farm tools fight against the ashigaru, who was poorly equipped with armor and armed with weapons such as iron cannons and spears.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the disciples of the Ichijo sect rushing in front of him, withdrew the iron artillery team and bow team in the front row, and ordered his subordinate generals Ashigaru and spear generals to rush towards Ichichi. The disciples of the Ichijo sect with short spears and farm tools could not attack the Oda spear and ashigaru wielding the three and a half spears in their hands, and after being slapped by the Oda spear ashigaru, the disciples of the Ichikozong were rushed and slashed by the Oda Ashigaru who was armed with a naginata knife and a short spear.

Looking at the disciples who were defeated by the Oda army, Nanori Yorijun shouted orders to his subordinates and disciples, intending to build a defensive line again to resist the compression of the Oda army. But Oda Nobunaga wouldn't give him this opportunity, and before Nanori Yorizu could react, he saw the golden lacquer Tang umbrella floating towards him.

The disciples of the Yixiang Sect who had just come out of the water were pushed into the water before they could gain a firm foothold, and they looked at the people in front of them who kept wading through the water and fled, and those disciples of the Yixiang Sect who had just landed on the shore would continue to land, and turned around and swam towards the north shore.

Looking at the Oda Army that was gradually pressing, Qili Laichun's hands and feet were a little cold, but his consciousness was still sober. Realizing that he had to do something now, Qili Laichun said to the disciples and ground attendants beside him who were still desperately resisting: "Everyone, the Buddha will definitely let everyone enter the Pure Land!" After that, Qili Lai Chun jumped into the nine-headed dragon river behind him under the escort of his monks.

Asakura Yoshikage and Asakura Keigami, who were sitting next to Oda Nobunaga, saw that the battle was decided, looked at each other, and nodded slightly after confirming the other's eyes.

The disciples of the Sect who were still desperately resisting had the strength to see what was happening behind them, just to deal with the attack of the Oda Army had already stretched them to the limit. Oda Nobunaga also drew his sword and stepped forward to kill the two ground attendants, and was protected by the mother-clothed people and the horse Huizhong beside him. After a while, Oda Nobunaga's eyes were drawn to a tall figure on the left flank.

Fujido Gaohu brandished his spear and frantically output it among the disciples of the Sect, while Sabei rode a horse to command the troops under his command, and from time to time killed one or two monks and servants of the Sect who rushed towards him. Compared with the two, it seems that Fujitang Gaohu is more courageous. Oda Nobunaga smiled when he saw this, and then looked in the direction of Shibata Katsuie, only to see Shibata Katsuya wave the spear in his hand and stab the disciples of the sect in front of him one after another.

Later, after the Oda army defeated the Ichijo on the south bank, it fired a lot of arrows and projectiles at the Ichijo people who fled north. After the crowd had completely disappeared from the eyes of the Oda army, Oda Nobunaga ordered Shibata Katsuie to lead his men to attack Kitanoso Castle, while the rest of the men marched along the Nine-Headed Dragon River with Oda Nobunaga. And Oda Nobunaga's target was naturally the castle of Ichijo Valley in the east.