When the people stationed in Nakajima received the order, Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujiken could no longer hide the shock in their hearts, and looked at Hosokawa Nobumoto in disbelief, which was exactly the same as he had guessed.

"Hosokawa-sama, how did you know that Usayama Castle would be attacked and Kyoto would be threatened?" Wise Mitsuhide humbly asked Hosokawa Nobumoto for advice, originally he himself was also a self-proclaimed strategist, but now he is really convinced.

"Determined that Usama Castle will be attacked? I don't have that much ability in the lower part of the country, but the outbreaks that have always been a flick can still be encountered, and there are actually only two ways to force the Oda army to retreat. Hosokawa Nobumoto pretended to be a deep one and stretched out his fingers and posed as a two.

"First, threaten Kyoto and force the Oda army to return to the defense; Second, a fire broke out in the backyard of his home, forcing the Oda Army to come back to extinguish the fire. In fact, these are all real things in history, but they were said in advance through his mouth.

"High! Rokuro is really tall! It's really a wise man and a demon, and what I admire is the five-body throw. Hosokawa Fujiken stretched out a thumbs up, and after a few days of contact, they also strengthened their relationship with each other, and began to talk about uncles and nephews.

"Uncle praised it falsely, just because in the next year, he had stayed at the Nagashima Prayer Temple and seen their methods." Hosokawa Nobumoto deliberately talked about the experience of that half a year, from the blind worship of the sect's disciples to the launching of the call, the entire Mikawa country was swept away, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was beaten and cowered in Okazaki Castle, etc., so that it seems that he is not so demonized.

"Oh, I see." Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujiken glanced at each other, revealing an expression that was the same, but there was still admiration in their hearts, which not everyone could analyze.

"Okay, the lord has already started to evacuate, let's not want my mother-in-law, let's go and mobilize the navy now, let's evacuate from the sea together." Hosokawa Nobumoto diverted the topic, now it is important to flee for his life, but there are tens of thousands of enemy troops around.

"Go, call Motoyoshi, we're ready to evacuate here." Hosokawa Nobumoto turned his head and ordered.

"Yes, my lord." Oura bowed his head to the letter, then got up and went out to convey the order to withdraw.

Not long after I went out, I saw Murakami Motoyoshi running in out of breath, and his expression looked extremely unnatural.

"My lord! It's a big deal! A large number of enemy ships were found on the sea, and it was the Awaji Navy of Awa Miyoshi's family! There are about two hundred ships, and they are rapidly approaching the main formation! His subordinates have ordered the Nine Ghost Lords to lead a hundred warships to resist the attack of the Awaji Water Army, what should they do next? Please also publicize it! After saying that, Murakami Motoyoshi drew another sketch on the ground, signaling the Awaji Navy to attack from the west.

"What! So fast? Hosokawa Nobugen couldn't believe it, they had just torn down all the horse fences they were defending, and the enemy stepped on it, which was really unlucky.

"Well, got it. Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that the enemy doesn't want us to leave easily. Hosokawa Nobumoto stabilized his mind and said, since the Oda army has begun to withdraw, then the enemy will definitely send troops to stop it, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Report...! The Awa Miyoshi Army and the Honganji believers are killing from the east, west, and north, and the main camp has been completely surrounded! "Another bad news came that the enemy was outflanking by water.

"Command! The two thousand ashigaru were divided into three and strictly guarded the main formation. The north side is under the command of Akechi-sama, the east side is under the command of my uncle, and the west side is under the command of Oura for Shin! Sitting in the middle of the army, always pay attention to the changes in the battle situation, and make appropriate adjustments. "The situation was urgent, and it was too late to build a defensive horse fence, so Hosokawa Nobumoto directly exercised the rights of the army and began to deploy personnel and deploy field operations in three ways.

"Yes! Under (subordinates) to receive orders! Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujiken were not arrogant, and they accepted the order without hesitation, while Oura was a little excited, this is with two other noble adults, commanding the battle side by side.

"Tsuda's 1,000 iron cannons were divided into two and handed over to the command of the two adults, and Suzuki Motoshige's 500 iron cannons followed Oura as a letter! The iron cannon uses three shots, so be sure to keep the fire uninterrupted! Murakami Motoyoshi immediately returned to the sea to command the naval army to fight, and it was necessary to defeat the enemy army as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the sea route when the army withdrew! ”

"Yes! Subordinates receive orders! After receiving the order, the three of them hurried out to organize the army to defend.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

The first to engage was a land battle, with Hosokawa's artillery squad trying to stop the enemy's frantic onslaught, while Hosokawa Nobugen used a monocular to observe everything around him.

"Archery!"

Whoosh! The Nine Demons Gentaka commanded a hundred warships to shoot at the two hundred warships of the Awaji Naval Army, and both sides were cautious to avoid a white-knuckle battle on the side.

"Report...! A large number of ships appear in the southwest sea! About 200 of them by sight! The flags that were raised were... Saga Water Army! ”

"What!" Hosokawa Nobumoto hurriedly looked to the southwest, but he didn't expect that the Saga Navy, which had been hidden all along, was hiding behind them.

On the sea, Murakami Motoyoshi also discovered the Saga Naval Army, and hurriedly ordered fifty warships to defend, and now there were only fifty warships left in the main formation, and the situation became more and more complicated.

"Kill! There's no way for them to escape! Destroy them all! Shimoma Yoriren led 5,000 monks to attack Nakajima from the north, and the other 5,000 monks were handed over to Shigehide Suzuki to attack from the east.

"Attack! Kill them all! "Miyoshi Nagaitsu led 5,000 troops, starting from Noda and Fukushima, and hitting the west side of Nakajima, leaving only 3,000 defenders at home to guard Matsunaga Hideshi and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu.

But at this time, Matsunaga Shu and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu had already packed up and were ready to follow the order and evacuate the Ebikawa.

"Shoot! Triple hit! "Suzuki Shigetoki took the lead in commanding Suzuki to fire the iron cannon, because the head of the family, Suzuki Motoshige, was still too young, so he was the commander of the battle or something.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Rows of smoke rose from the platoon, and projectiles whistled out.

"Ahh Poof! The charging Awa Miyoshi army was shot to the ground one after another.

"Rush! Rush over! Don't stop! Miyoshi Nagayi hid in the crowd and desperately spurred the ashigaru people forward.

Although the Hosokawa army had the advantage in long-range attacks on land, due to the difference in numbers, the encirclement began to shrink gradually, and Hosokawa Nobumoto was besieged on the small island of Nakajima.

"The land battle is still relatively optimistic, with the iron cannon suppression of three shots, the enemy is not so easy to fight in close combat. In the battle at sea, Murakami Motoyoshi was also in command of the regular, seemingly suppressed by the enemy, but in fact it was in the confrontation stage. Hosokawa Nobumoto was not idle, and through the observation of the surroundings, he controlled the direction of the battle.

According to his calculations, no one can help anyone if they continue to fight like this, but...

"Newspaper... A large number of ships have been found in the northwest sea, and the visual inspection is about... There are about... Four hundred! Flag... Flags, respectively... Hair... Leeshui Army! Murakami's water army! The observer's voice trembled, and he couldn't hide the shock in his heart.

"What!" Hosokawa Nobumoto stood up and hurriedly looked at the northwest sea, only to see flags fluttering on the sea, densely packed with warships.

"This! What the hell is going on! It can't be like this in history! Hosokawa Nobumoto cried out in a lost voice, his face full of disbelief.

The large number of warships that appeared on the surface of the sea turned this shoal into a dead place! It was as if a pair of invisible hands in the darkness slowly hugged him.

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