"The lord is not good!" The loud voice of Masayuki Sanada came from behind.

"Got it." Hosokawa Nobumoto interrupted Sanada Masayuki's later words.

"Well, the subordinates haven't said it yet." Sanada Masayuki was embarrassed to catch up from behind.

"I know, it's the Asai family who sent troops." Such an important historical event is well remembered by Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"The lord actually knows!" Sanada Masayuki was very surprised, this is the news that Monomiban just got.

"Alright, I'll go see my lord." Hosokawa Nobumoto stepped forward and caught up with Oda Nobunaga and told the truth.

"Huh? Did the Asai family send troops? The army was ordered to stand by and immediately convene a military council. Oda Nobunaga was puzzled, it was because he was afraid of the embarrassment of the Asai family that he didn't let him send troops together, but now he suddenly sent troops to figure it out?

The army that received the order was not chaotic at all, and rested on the spot with weapons in hand, and in the military tent that was temporarily erected, the military commissioner Hosokawa Nobumoto told the truth of the matter.

"My lord, the Asai family didn't even notify the family this time, and the intention is unknown. His Majesty suggested that he evacuate first, and wait until his intentions were clarified. Hosokawa Nobumoto was the first to speak, and he grabbed the credit for this suggestion first.

"Evacuate? Hosokawa-sama is kidding! The current momentum of the family is like a rainbow, and it is a good time to annihilate the Asakura family. Wouldn't the evacuation now give the Asakura family a chance to breathe? Besides, the Asai family is an ally of the family, so Hosokawa-sama must be too careful. If this matter reaches the ears of the Asai Palace, I am afraid that it will cause a gap between the two families. ”

Shibata Katsuya was the first to disagree, and the old leader of the Asakura family was the territory that Oda Nobunaga was going to canonize him.

"I wonder why Hosokawa-sama came to the conclusion that he withdrew his troops? I am willing to listen to you. "Tokugawa Ieyasu, the old fritter, is also a very cautious person, he is a person who only believes in himself.

"That's right, come and see." After speaking, Hosokawa Nobumoto spread out a hand-drawn map, which was exactly what he had sketched.

"This is where we are now." A finger of the hand, a plain.

"Facing the sea to the north and high mountains on both sides, the narrow passage has only two exits from the north and south. The north exit is the Muyaling Fortress of the Asakura family, and the south side is the entrance where the main army has just entered. ”

"If the entrance is blocked by hostile forces at this time, then on this narrow passage, the 20,000 people of the coalition army will not be able to use it at all, and they can only be attacked from front to back and become a turtle in an urn." Hosokawa Nobumoto shook his hand and signaled the danger of the terrain.

"Hosokawa-sama's analysis is very reasonable, but this is only based on the number of enemy troops, and it must be of a certain size. Now there is only Asakura Jingheng who has just surrendered behind the army, even if he turns against the water, he only has a thousand troops under his command, and he is not a threat to the army at all. Niwa Nagahide was clearly aware of the dangers of the terrain, but he didn't think anyone could block the entrance.

"The Asai family, according to the report of the family, the Asai family has 8,000 troops this time, and these people are enough to block the return of our army." Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the sky as he spoke, and it was still more than two hours before it got dark.

"What! More than 8,000 people? Isn't it that the entire Asai family has been dispatched? ”

"There's no fuss about this, the Asakura family is about to fall, and it's understandable that his Asai family came to get a piece of the pie."

"But it's a little too much, the coalition has never seen so many people from the Asai family in the past."

"This time, that time. Besides, Princess Ashi is the main room of the Asai Palace, and the two families are an alliance of marriage, what are you afraid of. ”

The crowd below was noisy and shouting for more than an hour, but there was no result. Speaking of Princess Ashi, Hosokawa Nobumoto felt strange, isn't there a good story in history that Princess Ashi sent a "bag of beans"?

As long as there is this "bag of beans", which means that it is rounded, it is easy for everyone to know the fact of the betrayal of the Asai family, and the Oda army will withdraw immediately. But it hasn't come yet, isn't the time yet? It's weird.

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"Ahem... "In a dense forest in the mountains of Jiangbei, a wounded samurai is dying and struggling, and the fatal wound to his throat indicates that he has not long to live.

In the end, the samurai reluctantly closed his eyes and clutched a "bag of beans" in his hand.

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Forget it, don't wait, it's very likely to be apocryphal. Hosokawa Nobumoto decided not to wait for any "bag of beans", got up and came to Oda Nobunaga and said:

"My lord, without further ado, please order the withdrawal of the army immediately, if it is too late, it will be cut off by the Asai family."

"Rokuro, why are you so sure that the Asai family will rebel? He is my sister-in-law, like you, the closest person to me, and I will never believe that you will rebel under any circumstances. Oda Nobunaga shook his head, with no intention of withdrawing.

"But my lord, what your subordinates said is just in case, just in case." Hosokawa Nobumoto's anxious mood couldn't help but be a little louder.

"No in case! Okay Rokuro! That's it for today! Hearing Hosokawa Nobumoto's roar, Oda Nobunaga was also angry, and he stood up suddenly, very dissatisfied.

"Lord!" Hosokawa Nobumoto gritted his teeth and knelt down to persuade: "My lord, have you forgotten the battle of the barrel saga!" ”

"Huh?" When it comes to the "Battle of Barrel Sasa", it was a long time ago, and it was not only the battle of Oda Nobunaga's fame, but also the battle of Hosokawa Nobumoto's fame, and at that time he also had the title of "Dongkuni Musou General".

"The lord appointed his subordinates to serve as military commissioners, which means that he believes that his subordinates will have the right advice to correct their wrong judgments! How similar is the scene at this time to the scene at that time, if the lord is damaged here because of this, his subordinates will not be able to make up for this crime of dereliction of duty even if they die ten thousand times! ”

"Bastard! You know what you're talking about! As soon as Shibata Katsuya heard that the lord was killed in battle, he stopped doing it on the spot, and was about to pull out the sword at his waist, and he was about to take Hosokawa Nobumoto's life, but fortunately he was dragged to death by Niwa Nagahide on the side.

"Your Majesty is willing to issue a military order! This matter is strange, I hope that the lord will evacuate, if he and his subordinates make a mistake in judgment afterwards, I am willing to commit suicide! Hosokawa Nobugen didn't care about it, he just talked about it, and simply fought with his life, anyway, the truth must be the betrayal of the Asai family.

After Hosokawa Nobugen said this, Oda Nobunaga, who was originally furious, couldn't help but sigh, understanding that he was also loyal.

"Rokuro, do you know what you're doing? If it's really your own reinforcements, you'll have to fight with your life. ”

"My lord! Your Majesty understands, please fulfill it! ”

"Okay, I agree with your suggestion, but if it's not as you said afterwards, don't let you cut your stomach, you can go and appease the Asai family yourself." Oda Nobunaga reluctantly agreed, but he also opened up to Hosokawa Nobumoto in advance.

"Yes, thank you for your trust!" Hosokawa Nobumoto was hot in his heart, but he didn't expect the cold Oda Nobunaga to still have his warm side.