Chapter 60: The Battle of Dagao Castle (3)

"Quick! Quick, speed up, reinforce Washizu! "A team of more than 300 people of the Oda army is hurrying to Washizu, led by Sasa Masaji, due to the soaring water level of the Okokuro River, so that Sasa Masaji, who was originally on standby in Nakajima for rescue, had to make a detour and advance, delaying a lot of time.

"Report~~~ Lord Sasa! Washizu is lost! Lord Oda Genbo, Lord Iio Omi Mamoru and his son Shigesuke died in battle! The Imagawa family left 1,500 people in the Hinatai Dynasty, and the rest of the army and Matsudaira Motoyasu's 1,500 troops went to encircle Marune! "A samurai Kuama reported to Masaji Sasa.

"What! Lord Oda Genbo has been loyal! You go to Marune and remind the adults of Sakuma University to be careful, and you will be there later. Speed up! Sasa Masaji was annoyed, blaming himself for not rescuing in time when he hesitated, resulting in the loss of Washizu and the death of Oda Nobuni.

"Kill!" Crackling, the battle situation in the field of Marugen was extremely tragic, Oda Nobubo had been killed in battle, and Sakuma Morishige also personally went into battle to kill, fortunately these were the elite troops of his Sakuma family, otherwise they would have collapsed.

"Damn! Why is the Matsudaira Army so difficult, is this still the Samurai of Mikawa who I chased and beat at the beginning? Sakuma gritted his teeth and cursed, he underestimated the strength of the enemy, he was able to catch up with the strength of his own 700 troops and 2,500 troops in Matsudaira, and thought that the Samurai of Mikawa were all bad breeds, and he knew that he should hold on to it, but now it has become a mixed trend, and there is no turning back when he opens the bow.

"Kill!" Suddenly, from the direction of Washizu, the army all over the mountains and fields came to kill this side.

"Huh? Imagawa Army! Sakuma saw the military flag with the Imagawa red bird pattern, like a deflated ball. He knew that the Washizu Barrier had been broken, and he had been surrounded, and the Maruge Barrier would definitely not be able to hold it.

I saw Sakuma Shengshige's eyes bloodshot, his hair standing on end, and he raised his sword and shouted: "I am the Oda family general Sakuma University to help Shengshige!" You dare to fight! ”

Suddenly, the surroundings stopped attacking as if they were still, rustling, and there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and the Matsudaira army was divided on both sides, and a sturdy military general came out.

"I am the Matsudaira family, Sakai Saemon Captain Tadaji! I'm here to take your head! Sakai Tadaji drew his sword and came to fight.

"Hahaha, arrogant boy, today your Uncle Sakuma made you regret living in this world! Look at the knives! With a sudden, Sakuma slammed the sword in his hand and slashed straight at Sakai Tadaji's head.

Tadaji Sakai stepped back slightly, dodging Sakuma's heavy slash, and then slashed at his chest with a flat step.

Sakuma Mori took a flickering side, holding a knife in both hands, holding Sakai Tadaji's flat split, and the two fought back and forth.

"My lord, the army has almost been assembled, and it's time to go." Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the military situation outside, and the number of people was about one thousand five or six.

"Well, the time to come has come, and the one who doesn't want to come will never come." Oda Nobunaga opened his eyes, looked out with a fierce gaze, and then got up and walked to the door of the main hall.

When the troops of the Oda family saw that the lord had come out, they were suddenly silent, and they saw Oda Nobunaga put the famous sword "Guozhong" in one fell swoop, "Listen, everyone!" Atsuta Damyojin has made a clear statement that this battle will be won! God bless the Oda family! ”

"Bah! Creak! Oh!! ”

"Bah! Creak! Oh!! ”

"Bah! Creak! Oh!! ”

"Let's go!" Oda Nobunaga waved his hand, and the whole army set off.

"Uh~~cough cough" Sakuma knelt on the ground weakly, a knife wound on his chest was deep and the bone was visible, and his eyes began to look in the direction of Qingzhou City in confusion, "Lord~Gong~, farewell~~" Huh! The sword flashed!

"Report~~ Lord Sasa! Marune has been breached! Sakuma University, sama, sama him~~"

"Sakuma-sama, what's wrong with him! Say it! "Masaki Sasa already has a bad premonition.

"Yes! Sakuma University and Oda Sake Brewery have all been killed! Hearing such bad news, Sasa Masaji was dizzy, he and Oda Nobubo are both Kodozaka seven guns, and now because of their own ineffective rescue, the important ministers and friends in the family have left one after another.

"Left, it's all to blame for not listening to your timely rescue, regretting not at the beginning, and now I am making a serious mistake, and I can only sacrifice myself to atone for my sins. Do you dare to hit the Imagawa family with me? After speaking, he looked at Maeda Toshiya on the side.

"Since it's Lord Sazo's invitation, I'll give you a ride. I hope that Lord Sazo will go all the way. Maeda Toshiie knew that he had made up his mind to die, and he was deeply admired.

"Haha! Good! Let the Imagawa family see how heroic the samurai of my Oda family are! Sasa Masaji took the reins, turned around and rushed towards the Imagawa family's main camp.

At the same time, Oda Nobunaga led 1,500 troops through Tange, where Mizuno Tadamitsu was stationed, and went straight to Zenshoji Temple, where Sakuma Nobumori was stationed, and then met Okabe Motonobu who had left Narumi Castle to attack Zenshoji Temple.

After an hour of fierce fighting, he successfully repelled Okabe Motoshin and stationed at Zenshoji Temple, but the bad news came one after another.

"What! Both Washizu and Marone have been captured? Uncle Xuanfan and Uncle Xuanfan were also killed! "What! The Imagawa army broke through into the Kiso River, the Wasuka Koroku army collapsed, and Tange was besieged by an army of 3,000 led by Miura Beigo Moriyoshi, and the back road was blocked! The father and son of the Geshan clan led 5,000 troops to Qingzhou! ”

At this time, the Oda family was suffering from an unprecedented crisis, and the only good news was that Ryoda Masada's specific location was transmitted to Imagawa Yoshimoto himself.

Oda Nobunaga, who didn't dare to stay, left Sakuma Nobumori to guard the only way back, and rushed to Nakajima non-stop, "What about Masaji!" Where is the political order! Didn't you order you to get reinforcements nearby! Are you scared! Oda Nobunaga looked around angrily, this was completely different from the original plan, and now the lack of Washizu and Marune will make the Oda army suffer from the enemy.

"My lord! Sasa Masaji and Chiaki Shiro have been loyal to the Lord. At this time, Maeda Toshiie, who had just returned from a bloody battle, saluted Oda Nobunaga, and Oda Nobunaga looked at the exiled general in front of him, as well as Mori Hideyori and Kinoshita Masarasuke who were kneeling behind. Although they were all guilty, being able to stand up when the Oda family was in danger made half of his anger disappear at once.

Oda Nobunaga, who had calmed down, looked around, all the samurai of the Oda family were here, as if he had made up his mind, Oda Nobunaga walked up to Hosokawa Nobunaga, "Rokuro, the spear of this family will be handed over to you to command, and you will be appointed as the first general of the Oda family." Be sure to quickly defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto's vanguard formation, I took Quan Roku and 450 cavalry, detoured back to Taijine, and attacked Imagawa Yoshimoto's main team. ”

"Your lord, no! Hosokawa-sama is too young to be able to take on the position of general. Shibata Katsuya was the first to jump out and object.

"Shut up! I have made up my mind, all the troops obey the command of Commander Liulang, there must be no mistakes, those who violate the order will be killed! Oda Nobunaga said with a rare awe-inspiring attitude.

"Yes, Your Majesty has commanded." Ikeda Tsuneko, as the commander of Oda Nobunaga's banner ashigaru, took the lead in receiving the order.

"Let's go! Target: The head of Yoshimoto Imagawa. The horse's hoof was shrouded, and Oda Nobunaga, who was ready, gave the order to attack.

Looking at the Oda Nobunaga cavalry team that was walking away, Hosokawa Nobumoto decided to abandon the conventional battle, and hit the opponent by surprise if he did not play according to the routine, so he rode on the horse and drew his sword and ordered: "The whole team!" Target Imagawa avant-garde, don't worry about anything under the war book! Today is either the enemy dies or I die! Atsuta Damyojin is protecting us! Assault! ”

"Oh!!"