In the early morning of the next day, Burning Sky was called up by Mingshan early, and after seeing Mingshan with a not very normal face, Burning Sky sorted out his own sufficiency, and asked Mingshan: "Wake me up, but what secrets do you have to tell Senior Brother?" Ming Shan nodded after hearing this, then looked around, and said in a low voice to the burning sky: "Lord Kawajiri-sama told me that yesterday, when His Royal Highness the Young Lord reported the situation of quelling the chaos to the lord, he praised you for your senior brother, and also implored the lord to let the senior brother come out of the young master. ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky nodded and said to Mingshan: "Go on!" After hearing this, Mingshan said to Burning Sky, "But the rest of the content Kawajiri-sama didn't hear, so I don't know. After saying that, Mingshan took out a rice ball from the grain bag on his body, handed it to the burning sky and said, "Senior brother, eat the rice ball first, when the army is integrated, you are too busy to eat." ”

After taking four or five bites of the rice ball, he said to Mingshan: "You follow me during the battle, I can protect you, don't be afraid!" After that, he touched Mingshan's head, got up and walked out of the bamboo shed where several group leaders were resting.

After a while, the sound of Jin Ming came from Hengshan City, and the burning sky immediately woke up the heads of the groups resting in the bamboo shed, and then picked up the naginata knife and shouted softly to the sleeping standing ashizu outside: "All up!" The group leaders who woke up in the bamboo shed also came out one after another, calling out Ashigaru and Changbei, who were still sleeping. After everyone had simply eaten some food, the gates of Yokoyama Castle slowly opened, and the core figures of the Oda family came out one by one.

After mobilizing the low-ranking samurai and the standing ashigaru, Oda Nobunaga led an army of 10,000 men in the direction of Nagahama Castle.

Because Oda Nobutada swept away the ground attendants, the Oda army was unhindered along the way, and in only half a day, the vanguard had been handed to Nagahama Castle. The team that arrived immediately camped under the castle at the behest of Oda Nobunaga, and made a gesture that the entire Nagahama Castle was completely surrounded.

That night, Oda Nobunaga ordered Shibata Katsuie to lead 500 light cavalry to ambush behind the castle, and he pretended to attack the castle immediately in the camp. Burning Sky was arranged to protect Oda Nobutada, and Oda Nobutada himself was quite helpless, after all, he wanted to gain the support of his retainers through this campaign, so as to make his heir's position more secure.

Just when everyone thought that there was nothing to do tonight, there was a sudden sound of fighting in Nagahama Castle, and after Oda Nobunaga saw it, he said to Niwa Nagahide beside him: "Nagahide, you and the monkey duo led two thousand troops to attack the main gate of Nagahama Castle. After that, Oda Nobunaga said to Oda Nobutada, who was eager to try: "Wonder Maru, you lead the game (another name for the special team) to assist Nagahide and the others on the side. ”

After receiving the order, Oda Nobutada said to the leaders of the guards beside him, "Everyone, I'll go. With that, he strode towards the outside of the camp with his sword, and the others followed closely with their knives. For a moment, half of the dark sky was lit up by the torches lit up by the Oda family, and the moon lost its color and fell back into the clouds.

Then Niwa Nagahide commanded an army of 2,000 people to launch an attack on Nagahama Castle, and the roar of hundreds of iron cannons made the people on the side feel uneasy, not to mention the Asai samurai and Ashigaru who were desperately resisting on the castle walls. Soon, Niwa Nagahide commanded his army to sweep away the enemy forces on the castle walls, and the only sound of iron cannon fire on the Nimaru Castle wall of Nagahama Castle remained.

At this moment, the horn of the conch to collect the troops sounded from Oda Nobunaga's main camp, and Niwa Nagahide immediately ordered the troops to withdraw in turn. Nagahama Castle, which was left with a lot of holes, cried in the night. However, Oda Nobunaga's order made several group leaders beside Oda Nobutaka very incomprehensible, and Dokii Katsu asked Oda Nobutada directly: "Young master, why did the main guild take the initiative to withdraw when our army was superior?" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada also shook his head and said to everyone: "To be honest, I can't see through my father's thoughts, but since my father has done this, we just need to watch carefully, and time will tell the answer." After that, Oda Nobutada also retreated towards the camp under the command of Niwa Nagahide, and when Dokii Katsu and the others saw it, they looked at each other, and immediately followed Oda Nobutada's retreat to the camp.

Burning Sky glanced back at Nagahama Castle, where there was still gunsmoke on the castle walls, and seemed to know what Oda Nobunaga was thinking, but as if his own assumption was wrong. After Oda Nobutada and the others walked a distance, Burning Sky still turned his head and walked in the direction where they were, and the twenty standing guards behind him immediately followed Burning Sky and withdrew from the position of besieging Nagahama Castle.

Soon after Burnora and the others returned, Shibata Katsuie returned to the camp with a cavalry team. And there were also a few high-ranking samurai who wore curls but did not have swords at their waists. Shibata Katsuya saw Oda Nobutada who was sorting out the withdrawal team in front of the camp, so he immediately dismounted and saluted Oda Nobutada, Oda Nobutada not only returned the salute very politely after seeing it, but also said to Shibata Katsuya: "Shibata-sama, as the first brave general of the family, needs to continue to fight for the family in the future!" ”

Seeing this, the samurai who accompanied him immediately dismounted and saluted Oda Nobutada: "We are the Northern Omi samurai who returned to Nobunaga Hall, and I will ask the young master to take care of me in the future!" With that, he followed Shibata Katsuya towards the main camp where Oda Nobunaga was.

Shibata Katsumasa on the side looked at Shibata Katsuya and his party who had seen him walk away, and said to the burning sky beside him: "Mingshamen, these people who betrayed the master's family are not worthy of the name of samurai, how can they still have the face to live in the world!" After hearing this, Burning Sky smiled and said to Shibata Katsumasa: "Sanzaemon, in the era of Shimokagami, how many samurai could still talk about benevolence and loyalty?" Perhaps for most samurai, preserving their family name and preserving their lives is the ultimate goal of surviving in troubled times. ”

After Shibata Katsumasa listened to the words of the burning air, he looked at Tokii Katsu on the side, and Tokii Katsu shook his head, and then Oda Nobutada said to Shibata Katsumasa: "Listen to the words of Ming Shamon more, and you will become a more respected samurai!" When the three of them heard Oda Nobutada turn around and talk to them, they hurriedly bowed their heads and said, "It's rude!" ”

Oda Nobutada turned around, looked at the three group leaders in front of him, and said, "Those who would rather give up the glory of a samurai than preserve their family name should not be ridiculed, they carry far more than we can imagine." After that, Oda Nobutada said to the three of them: "Tomorrow Nagahama City will be broken, you hurry up and prepare, the Asai family will die in the hands of my father after all, but..."

"Young master, trouble comes from the mouth, please be cautious in your words and deeds!" Oda Nobutada immediately interrupted Oda Nobutada's words when he was about to say those words, and after Oda Nobutada reacted, he patted Ozora on the shoulder, and then said to the more than 100 people under him: "Tomorrow, you still need to fight for your family!" After receiving a loud promise from everyone, Oda Nobutada walked with his attendants to Oda Nobunaga's main camp.