Miyoshi Nagaitsu moved quickly, and at noon the next day, he led his army to attack Kita-Omi.

However, unlike the "momentum like a bamboo" and "long-term drive" expected by Miyoshi Changyi, Miyoshi Changyi suffered from the stubborn resistance of the Asai family.

Sawa Mountain Castle, located on the shores of Lake Biwa, is the throat of the South Omi River and the North Omi River. The lord of Sawa Mountain Castle is the famous warrior general of the Asai family, Isono Yuanchang, and in the face of Miyoshi Nagaitsu's thousands of troops, Isono Yuanchang simply relied on the hundreds of peasant soldiers temporarily mobilized to block Miyoshi Nagaitsu from the outside of the city.

"The defenders in the city seem to be small in number, but their combat effectiveness is very strong!" On a hill outside Sawa Mountain Castle, Shinto Kenmori was reporting the battle situation ahead to Miyoshi Nagayi at this time.

"Who is the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle?"

"Isono Tanba Mamoru !"

"It's really a brave general, if it weren't for the enemy, I really want to drink with him!" Miyoshi Changyi said with sincere admiration.

Isono was born in the Omi wealthy Isono clan.

The Isono clan was originally a retainer of the Kyogoku family, and later became a subordinate of the Asai family after the rise of the Asai family. Isono is also quite famous in history, and is one of the few brave generals in the Omi region, and is known as the "Four Wings of Asai" along with Hidetoshi Mitamura, Nomura Dingyuan, and Kunishige Onoki.

But in reality, the situation in Sawa Yamashiro is not as rosy as it seems.

Even if Isono Yuanchang himself is indeed brave, after all, there is only one person, and most of the troops under his command are temporarily mobilized peasant soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers. In the face of thousands of enemy troops attacking the city in turn, to be honest, Isono Yuanmasa didn't know how long he could hold out.

"My lord, what news is there?" Isono asked a samurai beside him as he wrapped a cloth around the wound on his right arm, gritting his teeth.

Although Shinjo Naoyori is only 17 years old this year, he has been the successor to the family governor for six years.

The new dealer family is from a wealthy family in Omi, and the city is a city of asamito. In the eighteenth year of Astronomy, Shinjo Naoyori's father, Shinjo Naomasa, was killed in the Battle of Eguchi, and Shinjo Naoyori, who was only 11 years old, inherited the family name.

In the past six years, Shinjo Naoyori has also participated in more than a dozen joint battles, large and small, and can be regarded as experienced.

However, with the current situation in Sawa Mountain City, Shinjo Naoyori has no confidence at all, "The lord only said that we should hold on for three days, and after three days, reinforcements will arrive anyway!" ”

"It's not even the first day yet, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for even three days!"

Isono Yuanchang gritted his teeth and tied the strip of cloth that was wrapped around the wound, then held the sword and waved, "Sawa Mountain Castle is not so easy to capture, how many ashigaru are there in the city right now?" ”

"In addition to the seriously wounded and killed in battle, there are more than 300 people!"

"Divide these three hundred people into three teams and take turns! I'm in charge of the first team, Shinzaburo you're in charge of the second team, and the third team is in charge of Mamoru Horitoe!" Isono Yuanchang pondered for a moment, and then continued, "One of the three teams is responsible for one day's defense, and it should be no problem to hold on for three days!" ”

"Hah!" Shinjo Naoyori and Hori Hidenao, who were standing on the side, hurriedly replied loudly.

Horihide Nao is the lord of Kamagawa Castle, a mountain castle located northeast of Sawa Mountain Castle, and like Shinjo Naoyori, he was sent by Kenmasa Asai this time to serve as the Yori of Isono Yuanchang.

Although the Omi Hori clan looks rubbish, there have been a few very famous people. Not to mention anything else, just say that Hori Hidemasa is from the Omi Hori clan.

......

The war in Sawa Yamashiro was in full swing, and on Yamamoto Yamajo's side, Kenmasa Asai was still fighting with Asakura Keitaka and others.

"Lord Asakura, the lord has already crossed the Mt. Eztrap!" Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, Asakura Munekei also arrived not far from Yamamoto Mountain Castle.

As soon as they heard that Asakura Sokei was coming, both Asai Kenmasa and Asakura Keishige couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because there was finally someone who could call the shots!

Mt. Shidake is the place where the famous "Battle of Shidake" broke out in history, and is located not far from the north of Yamamoto Mountain Castle. That night, Asakura Munekei entered Yamamoto Mountain Castle.

"Lord Asai, my family already knows about your request! We are allies, and this time we are both part of the combined forces, so naturally we should advance and retreat together!" Asakura Sokei first stated his position, and then continued, "The main family personally went out with Lord Asai to fight against the enemy together!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Asakura, with the help of the Asakura family, it will be easy to defeat the Miyoshi family!" Kenmasa Asai replied happily.

In fact, there is not much left of the Asakura family's forces now, and many peasant soldiers have already scattered and fled after the defeat, and now there are only two thousand people left in Yamamoto Mountain Castle, and with the Ashigaru of the Asai family, there are only about 5,000 people.

The most important thing is that the Asakura family has been newly defeated, and the Asai family has just died as the master, and the morale can be said to be at the bottom. And the morale of Miyoshi Changyi's side is at the time of high growth, and the enemy is outnumbered, and the battle situation can be said to be very unfavorable to the Asai family's side.

On the 19th day of the seventh month of the 24th year of Astronomy, three days had passed since the siege of Sawa Mountain Castle.

Just when Isono and the others in the castle were already desperate, the 5,000 combined forces of the Asai family and the Asakura family finally arrived outside Sawayama Castle. And Miyoshi Nagayi and others, who were besieging the city, saw that the reinforcements from the Asai family were coming, and they also quickly stopped the attack and temporarily retreated.

Kenmasa Asai did not rush to lead the army into the city, but directly led the troops to chase after him.

Miyoshi Nagayi saw that there was still the flag of the Asakura family in the Asai family's array, because it was the army of the Asakura family and the Asai family, and he was anxious and accelerated the speed of retreat. So a strange scene happened, and the seven or eight thousand men of Miyoshi Nagayi were chased by the four or five thousand men of Asai Kenmasa and Asakura Munekei for more than twenty miles, all the way to the shores of the Uso River.

Norada is a plain area located on the banks of the Uso River.

Historically, after Asai Nagamasa succeeded to the family governor, in order to get rid of the control of the Rokkaku family, he held a battle with Rokkaku Yoshiken here. In this battle, Asai Nagamasa won a great victory, defeating the Rokkaku family, and finally establishing the hegemony of the Asai family in Kita-Omi. Because of this, he was favored by Oda Nobunaga, who was bent on Shangluo next door, and married his sister Aichi to Asai Nagamasa, becoming the first man to "go public" successfully.

And today, it is not destined to be peaceful.

"Have you ever found out the details of the Asai family's troops?" In the main camp of the Miyoshi family of Usugawa, Miyoshi Changyi said to his subordinates with a gloomy face.

"According to the preliminary investigation, the enemy's strength is composed of the combined forces of the Asai family and the Asakura family, and the total strength is about 5,000 people!"

"Five thousand?"

"Bastard!"

"We were chased by 5,000 people for more than 20 miles!" Miyoshi Changyi immediately scolded his mother.

Shinto Kenmori on the side also said loudly at this time, "The Asai family is currently arranging a formation on the other side of the Uso River, so will our army cross the river and attack the Asai family next?" ”

"The Asai family did not expect our army to attack Omi in advance, and the head of the Asai family is newly mourned, and it is rumored that the new successor is a ten-year-old child! The morale of the enemy's hastily mobilized troops is not high either! Our army is just defeating the enemy in one fell swoop! ”