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When it comes to the personality charm of the generals of the Warring States Period, it's hard to say in the early stage, but in the later stage, I think the number one person should be Oda Nobunaga.

Because of its complex character, future generations are deeply fascinated by it.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is an opportunistic monkey, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is a turtle with a knife in his smile.

And what about Oda Nobunaga?

Hehe, it's hard to summarize in one sentence......

Before the Battle of Kokoji began, the atmosphere in the base camp of the Tamba Legion was a little depressing......

At this time, it was still the fifth watch, and torches were lit in the courtyard. The eastern sky was turning white, and the flames were not as fierce as before.

The generals of the Akai and Hatano families sat in the light, and their shadows swayed on the shogunate's tent, revealing a somewhat eerie atmosphere everywhere.

Because Kokoji Castle had been abandoned more than thirty years ago and was dilapidated, and the Tamba Legion didn't bother to repair it, they directly set up another position not far from the city.

Within the shogunate.

As the general of this battle and the guardian of Tanba, Hideji Hatano sat in the middle, with Hidesho Hatano and his younger brother Shiro Hidenobu on his right hand and Naomasa Akai and Naoyoshi Akai on his left.

In addition, there are Kamata Yamashiro Shou Zhong, Morishita University Seiji, and the River Sweep Department Yijia, Hebei Hachibei Issei and other national forces, they sit together, all of them are fully armed, all with serious expressions.

"This wise Mitsuhide is here again," Hatano Hideji said: "This wise man, he has seven or eight thousand men and horses in his hands, plus Naito, Tanaka and others who defected to him, and now the army is afraid that it has exceeded 10,000." ”

Compared with Naomasa Akai, who is sturdy and knows that he is a "macho man" at a glance, Hideharu Hatano is much more delicate and even a little handsome.

However, at this time, this "beautiful man" was talking expressionlessly, and under the helmet, his pale forehead reflected the light, which added a bit of sadness to him when he was fully armed, and even reminded people of the traditional Girls' Day dolls.

"Don't worry, General!" Akai Naomasa said slowly: "We have 12,000 troops on our side, and fifteen miles away in the painted well, there are 3,000 people from the Isshiki family. ”

Because Niwa Nagahide had been engaged in civil engineering construction projects in Omi (Shuan Tsuchijo), he had no time to take care of the Wakasa Province that he knew, so Isshiki Yoshimichi, who had reduced the pressure, was able to free up his hands and send his son Isshiki Yoshisada to lead troops to Tamba to assist Hatano.

"Oh, righteousness is anxious and righteous, you must thank him well when you turn around," Hideji Hatano was a little more energetic, "Tanba must not fall into the hands of outsiders, this battle will depend on you!" ”

"Never give up!" Everyone replied in unison.

At this time, the attendant brought wine and persimmons.

Hideji Hatano picked up Sutao's wine glass, drank it all, and then filled it and handed it to Akai Naomasa, who finished drinking it and handed it to the next one.

Everyone passed on the cups and wine, and in a quarter of an hour, all the generals sitting in the shogunate were able to taste this light vegetarian sake.

After drinking, Hideharu Hatano distributed the persimmons to everyone.

Everyone ate the bread and didn't speak, but there was no sense of tragedy, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than the half-dead at the beginning.

Hideji Hatano stood up, "Everyone! The enemy is in front of you, and the merit is at your feet! Let's go on a killing spree! ”

Killing all sides? Of course, this is not about playing mahjong.

Akai Naomasa smiled heroically, making him look more like "Zhang Fei": "Okay! Kill all your enemies! ”

Everyone's war horses had been led outside the camp by the bannermen, and suddenly they neighed.

Surrounded by everyone, Hideharu Hatano walked out of the camp with his head held high.

"Are you all ready?" He pulled out the sword and pointed to the wise military camp thirty miles away, "Out of battle!" ”

"Hey! - Hey! - Oh! (I still don't understand how to pronounce "whale wave" in words.)

The crowd raised their broadswords and shouted in unison.

Led by the first fierce general in the army, Naomasa Akai, everyone arrived in the courtyard.

The solemn atmosphere in the air was not commensurate with the tragedy at the beginning, and the attendants led the horses to Hideharu Hatano.

Before dawn, the Tamba Legion set out.

According to yesterday's information, Akechi Mitsuhide's men and horses had entered Taki Prefecture and quickly captured Suobe Castle with lightning speed, and the head of the defender Sakawa Shiro was cut down by the wise general Saito Toshizo and hung on the castle

While patting the grass wet with the morning dew, Hatano Hidesho thought that the enemy would come back much faster than the last time, and the attack momentum was much more fierce than the last time, so it was no wonder that the general was worried, and it was not easy to win this battle.

It wasn't dawn yet. Ashigaru and some low-ranking samurai carried fan-shaped horse prints on their shoulders and followed with difficulty.

After Hideharu Hatano on horseback left the shogunate camp, he still rarely spoke.

Although he was originally a taciturn person, this time, in the face of a not optimistic situation, he didn't even want to say a word.

He wouldn't be naïve enough to think that the enemy would be defeated by their motley army. He knew very well how superb and ruthless Oda Nobuhide's wrists were.

Before leaving the city, a heavy uneasiness haunted him.

I have to admit that leaving Yagami City this time and starting a field battle with the Wise Army is actually an adventure.

First of all, the old ministers did not approve of this operation, and even Naomasa Akai, who hated the wise family to the bone, also advocated defending the city and closing himself and dragging the enemy from afar to death.

But Hideharu Hatano's mood is getting worse day by day, and the people under his command have been eyeing Akechi Mitsuhide, and even many people from the Hatano clan are secretly contacting the Akechi family.

So he couldn't wait any longer, and if he became the "Commander of the Light Pole", everything would really be over.

He must take the initiative and use a victory to stabilize the hearts of those wall grasses.

The last time he surrendered to the soles of Akechi Mitsuhide's feet, Hideharu Hatano felt a shame that he had never felt in his life.

He is a descendant of the Fujiwara clan, a real famous family, from the beginning of the Onin Rebellion, the Hatano clan is the powerful faction of Tanba, no matter whether it rises or falls, the Hatano clan has never bowed to foreign forces (he forgot that his father once surrendered to Miyoshi Changqing).

But in his own generation, the Hatano clan bowed its head to outsiders, this humiliation, after a few generations, is still a stain, and now, the Oda family's sphere of influence has returned and spread to most of Tanba, if he doesn't fight a tough battle to prove himself, it won't be long before Tanba will change his surname to Oda.

After a rapid march for more than half an hour, he saw that the ashigaru men were a little tired from the hard work, so he ordered everyone to rest on the dew-soaked grass.

Everyone sits on the floor, nibbles on the rice balls in their hands or opens the gourd and pours a few bites.

Hideji Hatano had no appetite for breakfast, and as soon as he stopped, he sent several ninjas to scout the enemy's movements

The ninjas were very efficient, and after only a quarter of an hour, they rushed back to report:

"General, the enemy is stationed in Tezuka Town, fifteen miles away, and judging by the smoke rising, it seems that they are cooking breakfast."

"Cooking breakfast?" Hideji Hatano asked, "Then they don't have any other moves?" ”

"Returning to the general, from our observations, it seems that they have not noticed the movement of our army at all, and in addition, we have repeatedly looked at it, and there is no trace of the enemy in front of Tezuka, and if we attack directly, we will definitely win."

Hideji Hatano is not tall, and sitting on a folded military bench, he looks more like "Takedaro".

Although he is not very tall, he has sharp eyes and is full of spirit. His eyebrows and hair were still as black as ink, and he sat on a low table in black leather armor without a helmet, his lips pulled back into a line, and he listened intently to the report

"Akechi Mitsuhide is just cooking? It's not quite his style...... However, it was a good opportunity to attack. ”

He stood up cautiously, took the antler helmet handed by the guard banner, put it on his head, and immediately showed a majesty different from before, at this time, he was more like a military general who had been fighting horses all year round.

He divided his army into two routes, the first route was Naomasa Akai, the first fierce general of the Tanba Legion, and he himself led the second route behind.

Tezuka is located in the middle of the wide Tanba Basin, where Mt. Sakado rises in the east, Hirabu, whitefish, and Minomiyazawa mountains to the west, and the tributaries of the Sasakawa River, which runs through Tanba.

To the east of Tezuka is the wide river beach of the Sasakawa River, to the west is about 5 to 600 meters of flat land, and beyond that there are gently sloping terraced rice fields, with dry fields on top of the terraces, woods and mountains directly on, and the whole terrain is about the same.

If the author were a military strategist, if he wanted to choose a battlefield, he would choose to set up a battle on the shore of Sasakawa.

In the scattered green grass on the wide river beach, all kinds of spring flowers bloom, dazzling in the morning sun.

As can be seen from the large fields that there are large fields, it was originally a thriving population.

It was true that there were seven or eight villages in the vicinity, but before the war began, the villagers fled into the mountains to avoid the war.

"It's a pity...... Seeing that although the road is fertile, but because no one cultivates it, the world is about to be wasted, as a native of Tamba, Hideharu Hatano's mood also sank, "We must end the war quickly, otherwise Tamba's harvest this year will be wasted!" ”

"General!" The ninja just now reappeared, "The enemy's formation has been observed!" ”

"Really? Great, say it! ”

"The enemy is arrayed on the banks of the Sasakawa River," the ninja gasped and said:

"The enemy is arranged in the shape of a fish-scale formation, the first formation is the wise Mitsuharu of the wise own clan, the wise Mitsutada and Miyake Yaheiji, the second formation is the island left near Kiyoko, Saito Toshizo, and Matsukura right near Shigenobu, the third formation is his son Akechi Nobumitsu, Maeda Keiji, Keer Caizo, and the fourth formation is the main formation, which is commanded by Hosokawa Fujitaka, Mikashi Gomaki and other supporters of Akechi Mitsuhide."

Hatano Hideji said: "In the end, it is wise Mitsuhide, who is ready so quickly, it seems that it is not realistic to want to win by attacking, but that is fine, let's decide the winner head-to-head!" ”