Stepping on the morning mist, Oda Nobutada and his party cautiously marched on the way to Kotani Castle. Ming Shan unconsciously clenched the naginata knife in his hand, his body trembled a little, and he whispered to the burning sky: "Senior brother, I'm a little excited, are we really going to attack Xiaogu City?" After hearing this, Burning Sky turned his head and said to Ming Shan with a smile: "The samurai's excitement about the war is understandable, and it is up to the lord to decide whether to attack Kotani Castle or not!" ”

At this time, there was a sudden "click" sound of a galloping war horse from the front, and Oda Nobutada reacted instantly, shouting to the samurai and ashigaru behind him: "Prepare for battle!" The leaders of the Oda Nobutada's special team, who originally belonged to the Oda Nobutada, reacted instantly, and led his men to rush to the front of Oda Nobutada's first to form two columns to resist the horses.

Maeda Toshiya also immediately organized the manpower, let the iron artillery team stand in front of the Burning Sky and the others, and arranged the remaining guns in the back to prevent the enemy from attacking from behind.

The horseback riders in front obviously spotted Oda Nobutada and the others, and hurriedly reined in their horses and stood not far away to watch the Oda army that was rapidly arrayed. After Oda Nobutada had set up the array, the man rode up and shouted to Oda Nobutada and the others: "I am a retainer of Asai Ikiro, and I have come to report the confidential situation to Kinoshita Hideyoshi on the order of the lord, and I also ask the lord of the Oda family in front of me to put him in the past." ”

After listening to the samurai's words, Burning Sky glanced back at Oda Nobutada, and after receiving a nod from Oda Nobutada, Burning Sky stepped forward and shouted at the man, "Do you have any evidence to prove that what you said about confidential military information is true or false!" The warrior didn't know how to speak, and after thinking for a few breaths, he shouted to the burning sky, "Which lord is here to lead the army?" ”

At this time, Oda Nobutada pushed away the arm blocked by Maeda Toshiya, beat the horse and walked to the front of the formation and said, "I'm Oda Kankuro Nobutashige, what opportunity do you have to report to me." After hearing this, the samurai said to Oda Nobutada: "The main bus has been staying, this information can only be reported to His Royal Highness Oda Nobunaga and Lord Kinoshita, and please Oda Nobundai Don't be embarrassed!" ”

After listening to the samurai's words, Shibata Katsumasa suddenly rushed out of the formation and scolded the samurai: "This is His Royal Highness, the young master of the family, how can a low-level samurai like you be called by his name?" After that, he was about to hold the spear to ask for the samurai, at this time, the burning sky grabbed Shibata Katsumasa, and said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, it is better to let Maeda-sama bring some ashigaru to escort this samurai back to the main camp, and hand it over to the lord to deal with." ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada opened the folding fan on his waist and said to Maeda Toshiya: "Lijia, this matter will be handed over to you, if this person tries to escape on the road, he will be killed directly!" With that, Oda Nobutada said to the samurai, "If you really come to report the secrets, you will be escorted by this Maeda Toshiya to the main family residence and report to my father and Kinoshita Hideyoshi." ”

As soon as Oda Nobutada's words fell, Burning Sky and Shibata Katsumasa rushed out, and the samurai subconsciously wanted to touch the knife at his waist, and then saw countless black holes facing him, so he took his hand off the hilt. When Shibata Katsumasa and Yakora rushed in front of the samurai, Sakaku just spoke, "Please dismount and wait for me to go back!" Shibata Katsumasa on the side had already pulled the samurai off his horse, and scolded the samurai again: "Remember to apologize in front of His Royal Highness the young master!" ”

The samurai who was pressed to the ground obviously knew that he had provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked, and said to Shibata Katsumasa: "It's rude, and I will apologize to His Highness Nobuyug later!" After hearing this, Shibata Katsumasa pulled the samurai up and escorted him to Oda Nobutada, while Burning Sky stepped forward and led the samurai's horse and returned to the battle with Oda Katsumasa.

After a brief inquiry, Oda Nobutada said to Maeda Toshiie, "After the Toshiya escorts him back, he doesn't have to come again!" After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Maeda Toshiya's face was full of incredulity, and then immediately bowed to Oda Nobutada, who showed a bit of courage, and led twenty ashigaru and his own retainers to escort the samurai in the direction of Nagahama Castle.

Burning Sky looked at the Maeda Toshiya who was gradually moving away, and his evaluation of Oda Nobutada was a little higher in his heart. At this time, Oda Nobutada, who was riding on a horse, said to the burning sky: "Mingshamen, you lead your team to follow me, I have a few words to ask you!" After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately transferred his subordinates to the front of the entire team, and after completing the queue integration, he bowed his head to Oda Nobutada and said, "Young Master, may I ask if you have anything to say!" ”

Oda Nobutada inserted the folding fan in his hand into his waist, pressed the sword on his waist and said, "Ming Shamen, what do you think of Kinoshita Hideyoshi in the few months you have been in Yokoyama Castle?" A nameless anger suddenly rose in his heart, and the green tendons on his forehead had faintly burst out. But after a few breaths, Burning Kong's face returned to normal, and he said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, in a low position, I haven't had too much contact with Kinoshita-sama, so I can't explain my opinion to the young master, and I hope that the young master will forgive me." ”

Since he didn't know the inside story, Oda Nobutada didn't ask about the burning of the sky, but asked the burning of the sky about some of the information of the Asai family. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves came out from the direction of Kotani Castle, which was especially loud in the quiet morning. Oda Nobutada immediately ordered everyone to line up to respond, and Burning Sky and Shibata Katsumasa and others also immediately escorted Oda Nobutada's side.

Slowly, more than a dozen samurai on horseback entered the sight of Oda Nobutada and others, and after seeing the three tortoiseshell diamond flags behind them, Oda Nobutada decisively gave the order to attack. When the samurai of the Asai family saw the strength of the Oda family, they hurriedly reined in their horses and ran back, and at this time Shibata Katsumasa had already beaten his horse and rushed towards them.

Oda Nobutada was afraid that Shibata Katsumasa would lose, so he said to Burning Sky and Dokii Katsu on the side: "You go to support Shibata Katsumasa, and the rest of you will stick here." After hearing this, Burning Sky and Dokii Katsu rushed out of the formation with their standing guards and followed in the direction where Shibata Katsumasa was running. When they caught up with Shibata Katsumasa, Shibata Katsumasa had already grabbed one of the Asai samurai and said to Kanku's party, "The others have fled, so this is the one you will catch!" ”

Oda Nobutada, who was riding on a horse, looked at the captured Asai samurai and said to him, "What do you have to do in such a hurry?" After hearing this, the Asai samurai's expression remained unchanged, and he shook his head at Oda Nobutada and said, "I was only ordered to come to investigate the enemy's situation, and I did not pursue the important tasks. ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobutada also shook his head and said, "Can you be so ostentatious and unadorned to investigate the enemy's situation?" After that, Oda Nobutada asked the Asai samurai a few more times, but the Asai samurai just didn't say anything, and insisted that he was just here to investigate. Seeing this, Burning Sky said to Oda Nobutada: "Young master, I have a way to try, maybe I will let him tell the truth." ”

After getting Oda Nobutada's approval, Sakaku took out a stack of paper from the bag that Akiyama was carrying, asked his subordinates for a bamboo tube of water, and dragged the bound Asai samurai to the side of the bushes with Akiyama.