Nagao Keitora learned about the specific movements of the Ashina family's troops from the mouths of the ninjas of the Tsugawa family.

In fact, Kurokawa Castle has already been captured at this time, but the Ashina Mori clan and others don't know it yet. As early as a day ago, Needle Sheng Sheng secretly opened the city gate at night.

When Nagao Jinghu rushed to Kurokawa City with the strength of the Nagao family, Ashina Shengshun and Ashina Fang and others were still confused. And when Needle Sheng Sheng appeared in the Kurokawa Castle castle with a smile, Ashina Sheng Shun couldn't believe that Needle Sheng Shengyuki, who had sworn to give advice two days ago, actually sold himself and others in a blink of an eye!

As soon as Kurokawa Castle was captured, Nagao Keitora learned that the Ashina Mori clan had retreated from Yonezawa Castle. So Nagawei Jinghu hurriedly led people to Inawashiro City, which was suggested by Jin Shang Shengbei, because Jin Shang Shengbei guessed that there was a great possibility that the Ashina Mori clan would choose this road.

However, it was only halfway through, and the ninja of the Tsugawa family came to report the specific whereabouts of the Ashina Mori clan, and fortunately, Nagao Jinghu also quickly turned around with the troops and set up a formation in the original cloth on the origami, just waiting for the arrival of the Ashina Mori clan.

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Origahara Orihara, the Nagao Jinghu side of the main formation is set up in the plain area between Hedong and Lake Inawashiro, which is the center of Origahara, and unless the Ashina Mori clan wants to turn around, it will not be able to pass by anyway.

The front line of the Nagao family was 300 peasant soldiers of Yoshie Tsukiro Suketsu Sonobu, the lord of Yoshie Castle, followed by the 100 cavalry of Kakizaki Castle lord Kakizaki and Izumi Morikei of the Kakizaki Castle lord, and the third formation was 200 people of Misaku Honjo, the lord of Tochio Castle.

On the left flank, there were 300 people from the lord of Fudoyama Castle, Yamamotoji Temple, Iyo, and 200 people from Hojo Castle, the lord of Hojo Castle, and 200 people from Hojo Tango. On the right flank were 800 people including Nakajo Echizen Mamoru Mamoto Shimoshi, the lord of Oyazawa Castle, Ayukawa Shinano Mamoru Kiyocho, and the lord of Oyazawa Castle.

In addition to Nagao Keitor's own banner, the main group and the flank, there are also Usami, Suzuga, Mori and Saito, Shimono Mamoru and others.

And just when the Ashina Mori clan thought that the strength of the Nagao family was about to attack like this, a burly man with a flag and a spear in his back suddenly walked quickly to the front, "The head of the family, Nagao Echigo guards the hall, and warns your Ashina Palace, this family is willing to have a fair duel with the Ashina family, and now give you half an hour to set up the formation, and after half an hour, the family will attack!" ”

After speaking, the burly man turned around and left, and after taking two steps, the man suddenly turned his head again, pointed the spear in his hand at the military formation of the Ashina family and shouted, "I hope that the Ashina family also has warriors, and the head of the Ashina Hall will be obtained by my Kojima Yataro!" ”

"Gollum!"

Yataro Kojima's arrogant words really frightened the people of the Ashina family, but soon the Ashina Mori clan reacted, and Nagao Keihu actually gave himself time to set up a formation, instead of suddenly attacking?

You know, the Ashina family's troops have just climbed Mt. Bandai and are exhausted. If the long-tailed Jinghu commanded the troops to kill now, I am afraid that only one charge would be needed, and then the three or four thousand rabble of the Ashina family would be instantly defeated.

"What are you doing in a daze, immediately prepare your troops and set up your formation, and seize the time to rest! Since the enemy has chosen mercy, does not cherish the opportunity? Ashina Mori yelled at a group of indifferent retainers beside him.

Hearing the words of the Ashina Sheng clan, the retainers of the Ashina family, who were dumbfounded, immediately reacted, and hurriedly began to organize the formation of the troops under their command, and seize the time to rest.

Compared with the busyness of the Ashina family, the Nagao family opposite is a little calm.

Saito Shimonomori came to Nagao Keito's horse and said with a puzzled expression, "My lord, why don't you rush over in one go, but give the enemy a chance to breathe?" ”

Nagao Keitora replied firmly, "Taking advantage of the danger of others is not a righteous act, and this time it is against the righteousness to attack the Ashina family together with the Tsugawa family. The defeated army of the Ashina family has retreated to this point, and the family is willing to give the Ashina Sheng clan a chance for a fair showdown! ”

"This can be regarded as for the righteousness of the family's heart!" The long-tailed Jinghu looked up at the sky, and the three sentences did not deviate from the legendary righteousness.

Saito Asanobu and Usami Dingman beside him glanced at each other with some pain, I'm afraid that my lord is not a Buddha cultivator, right? As long as you can win a war, it's obviously a charge thing, and it's so complicated!

Saito Asanobu is 23 years old this year, and he has not yet broken out of the name of "Echigo Zhong Kui", and he is still a stunned young man compared to other long-tail retainers, and he has just been out of the office for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the character of Long-tailed Jinghu.

Yataro Kojima on the side is different, looking at Nagao Jinghu's eyes full of heat, this is a kind of idol worship!

Yataro Kojima is born in the small surname of Nagao Jinghu, burly and extraordinary, and is recognized as the first person in the Nagao family, and is deeply trusted by Nagao Jinghu. And it also has the name of "Oni Island" in history (Shinno 14 and 15 have this tactic), and in the Battle of Kawanakajima, the general of the Takeda family, Yamaprefecture Masakai, praised him as "a warrior with both Chinese and practical skills".

Soon, a scout came to the horse of the long-tailed Jinghu and reported, "The enemy has set up a formation, and it is preliminarily confirmed that it is a fish scale formation!" ”

"Huh!" Usami Dingman, who was beside Nagawei Jinghu, suddenly sneered, "This family put on a crane wing formation, and the opponent is convenient to fight back with fish scales, this is a situation to defend to the death!" ”

"It seems that the Ashina Mori clan is already scared!" Asanbu Saito also added on the side.

I'm not afraid!

The Ashina Mori clan now has a word of suffering. Although Nagao Keihu gave himself half an hour to set up and trim up, the morale of the Ashina family was the most troublesome.

In fact, at the moment when the Nagao family's forces appeared, there were already one or two hundred peasant soldiers quietly fleeing from the Ashina family's military formation, and the trend of fleeing did not stop until the army and the samurai slashed and killed one or twenty people, but the morale of the ashigaru people had fallen to the bottom.

Even if he barely laid it out, the Ashina Mori clan didn't think he would be able to block the attack of the Nagao family.

The Ashina family chose the Fish Scale Formation, a more restrained Crane Wing Formation. The advantage is that it can quickly encircle the enemy, and the disadvantage is that if the strength is insufficient, it is easy to be concentrated by the enemy to break through.

The fish scale formation chosen by the Ashina family is a formation that shrinks the defense, and it is obvious that the Ashina Mori clan is pinning its hopes on relying on the numerical advantage of the Ashina family to attack the main Nagao family as much as possible, and then wait for the opportunity to find a way to retreat.

The front flank of the Ashina family was 500 men of Shinzaemon Toshimitsu Anazawa, the second flank was 600 men of Matsumoto Shosuke on the left flank, and 400 men of Sashige Kuritura on the right flank of the second flank. The main camp was 1,000 men of the Ashina Mori clan, the left flank of the main camp was 400 men of Naganuma Morihide, and the right flank of the main camp was 500 men of Kawarada Morori and 600 men of Yamauchi Shuntsu.

"Lord, the front of the Nagao family has already begun to act." Half an hour later, in the main formation of the Ashina family, a detective sweating profusely rushed in and said to the Ashina Mori clan.