On the east bank of the Seta River, I saw 2,000 Oda family elite flags carrying papaya-patterned flags, wearing a bucket river bag, and holding spears.

They pulled their trouser legs high, lest the river wet their trouser legs after entering the water, increasing the resistance to advance, and the two thousand eight hundred people knew that only by crossing the Seta River as fast as possible could they have the possibility of victory, so as long as they could speed up the speed, they would spare no effort to do it, let alone just such a small thing as pulling up the trouser legs.

In front of these two thousand eight hundred people, more than a dozen samurai were on horses, facing the Seda River standing side by side, only one person exceeded the crowd and a horse's head, this person was none other than others, he was the first fierce general of the Oda family, known as the broken bottle Shibata, and was also the Shibata Katsuya of the father-in-law of the Takayama clan.

This time, the lord sent himself to serve as the chief general of the battle of crossing the river, and he has always been arrogant, he didn't dare to have any carelessness, don't look at the two thousand banners sent by the lord to himself, plus the eight hundred ashigaru under his command, it seems that there are nearly 3,000 troops as the vanguard, which is said to be a lot, but maybe this battle will face the 20,000 troops of the entire Miyoshi family, so it is still too little, so Shibata Katsuya not only let all the ministers under his command go into battle, even if it is sent by Oda Nobunaga, all of them are sent out.

If the other side does not take advantage of the time when he crosses the river, it is better to say, otherwise, it will be a vicious battle, so there must not be the slightest sloppiness.

In this formation, Oda Nobunaga saw that on the bank of the Seda River, the two thousand flags he sent and the eight hundred ashigaru of the Shibata Katsuya had been lined up for a long time, but Shibata Katsuya did not give the order to march, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious, the reason why he sent Shibata Katsuya as the main general and was fully responsible for the battle of crossing the river was not only because of his bravery, but also because of his self-confidence.

In previous battles, as long as you give your own orders. Shibata Katsuya will not hesitate to resolutely execute, and if you want to succeed in this battle, then the most important thing is courage.

So. When Nobunaga saw that he did not go directly to the army, he couldn't help but open his mouth and ordered: "Someone! ”

As soon as Nobunaga's voice fell, I saw Hasegawa Shuichi, who had been waiting in the tent, hurriedly came to Oda Nobunaga and replied, "My subordinates are here, please give instructions to the lord." ”

"You go and tell Quanliu at once, and tell him to leave immediately."

Shibata Katsuya saw that the lord had already begun to send his attendants to urge, and he knew that he couldn't drag it out. Otherwise, I am afraid that my status in the heart of the lord will fall greatly.

Thinking of this, I saw him pull out his horse's head, turn around, and say to the two thousand eight hundred ashigaru in front of him: "You are the Oda army that has experienced a hundred battles and is called the elite by the people of the world, although our army is at a disadvantage in this battle, but. Compared to you, the Miyoshi family's military strength is just a rabble, and you just need to maintain your usual combat strength. You can defeat them, and at the end of the day, I hope you will tell me your determination with practical actions. ”

"The subordinates (subordinates) and others will live up to the trust of the lord." Shibata Katsuya was very pleased with their shouts, only to see him turn around, point his spear at the west bank of the Seta River, and give a loud order: "Go!" ”

Since it is not the rainy season, the Seta River is wide, but it is not too deep, and the most central part is only waist-deep.

However, although the river is not deep, it is not easy to walk. At the bottom of the river, in addition to the aquatic plants that bind the feet, there were also large and small stones, which could be knocked down by those hard stones if you were not careful, so the speed of the Oda army was not very fast.

And when the 2,800 men came to the center of the river, the 4,000 troops led by the three people of Miyoshi had also come to the west bank and were ready. …,

"My lord, the enemy has begun to cross the river. Please also ask the Lord to decide. I only heard one of the junior samurai speak.

After hearing this, Miyoshi Changyi put his hand on the pergola and looked forward, but he was not in a hurry, if he led the army to fight the enemy now, then his family would not have any advantage at all, and only by waiting for the enemy to attack when he was about to reach the shore could he give it the most painful blow.

Thinking of this, I only heard Sanhao Changyi say lightly: "I know the way." ”

Then he said to Miyoshi Masaysu and Iwanari Tomotsu beside him: "Two adults, I thought that we should wait for the Oda army to get closer before launching an attack, at that time the Oda army was tired, and it should not be difficult to achieve victory, I don't know what the two adults think?" ”

Although Miyoshi Masaysu and Iwanari Yutsu have not read many military law books, they both think that the Miyoshi family has been fighting for decades, and this experience can be said to be very rich, so there is no objection to this.

I saw that Miyoshi Masaysu nodded and said: "What my lord said is reasonable, and I have no opinion below, but now that the enemy has reached the center of the river, our army should also start to prepare." ”

When Shibata Katsuie's Oda army jumped over the center of the Seta River, they began to move faster, but when they saw thousands of enemy troops waiting for them on the west bank, they were not happy at all.

It didn't take long, and when the Oda army was still more than ten meters away from the river bank, the Miyoshi army finally launched an attack on them.

Since Shibata Katsuie had long expected the enemy to attack while he was crossing the river, he maintained his formation after entering the water, although the speed was slower, but it was much better than being defeated by the enemy.

When the enemy had already rushed towards him, he heard Shibata Katsuya hurriedly order: "The river bank is in front of us, as long as we defeat these enemy forces in front of us, then we will win, rush me." ”

Although the Oda family Ashigaru wanted to receive his life, it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to run in the knee-high river, only to see that the ashigaru in the front row had just run two steps forward and was knocked down by the stones under his feet, but fortunately the enemy had not rushed to the front, otherwise it would be easy to cause chaos.

Seeing this, Shibata Katsuya felt a little helpless, it was not that the army under his command did not carry out the order, but that he could not execute it at all, in order to maintain the formation, so he could only give up the plan to let the ashigaru march quickly.

Soon, the 4,000 troops led by Miyoshi, the three of them and more than a dozen retainers had come to the Oda army.

"Kill me!" Iwanari Yutong is worthy of being a fierce general of the Miyoshi family, and as soon as the two armies clashed, he left his army and went straight to Shibata Katsuya.

His idea is very simple, Shibata Katsuya is the first fierce general of the Oda family, and he is also the most brave retainer of the Miyoshi family, although the army's strength is not as good as the elite of the Oda family, but he definitely doesn't want to lose to the other party in terms of bravery. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )