"That's it! That's it! I don't want to leave either, it's really troublesome. Kinoshita Hideyoshi's lazy voice broke the peace.

This is near Nanzhuang in Nanjo-gun, Echizen Province, and a team of Oda Ashigaru escorted more than a dozen elderly and weak women and children.

"My lord, aren't you going to take us to Kyoto? Where is it? Asakura Yoshikage's mother, Kotokuin, couldn't help but ask, although she knew that the final outcome would definitely be death, but even Echizen Country hadn't waited to get out.

"Hey, hey... Old woman, I think you should know the end, too. Going to Kyoto is also a death, and being in Kyoto is also a death. Anyway, it's the same if you die early or later, so why not let the brothers suffer less sin, you say? Kinoshita Hideyoshi smiled cheaply, and Oda Nobunaga's order to him was to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.

"In that case, let's do it!" Kotokuin closed her eyes in resignation, thinking about her Aiwang Pill in her mind: It's okay... I'm the only descendant of the Asakura family.

The other family members also gathered around Kotokuin, not one of them crying, not one of them pleading, all of them glaring at Kinoshita Hideyoshi viciously.

"Damn! Do it! Do it! Kill them all! Kinoshita Hideyoshi did not receive the expected plea, but was glared at by them, touching the inferiority complex in his heart, and he was immediately annoyed and angry.

"Drink!" When the subordinate received the order, he stabbed the spear in his hand into the chest of the group of women and children.

"Ahh Belch! "With a few wails, all the family members of Asakura Yoshikage were killed, and he also focused on the three-year-old child...

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"Poof!" The BMW "Hurricane" sounded a whistle and successfully attracted the attention of the people on the horse.

Hosokawa Nobumoto patted the horse's neck and soothed it, just now he seemed to see the tragic situation of the substitute child, and he couldn't help but feel very depressed.

Now that the Asakura family has been destroyed, Oda Nobunaga directly appointed Maeboyoshi as the guardian of Echizen, ruling Echizen Province, and gave him the "eldest son" in his name, changing his name to Katsura Nagatoshi. He also arranged for Kinoshita Yuhisa, Tsuda Motoka, and Misawa Shuji to enter Kitanosho Castle as assistants to Mae-Ha Yoshitsugu.

The general Tomita Nagahiro obtained Fuchu Castle, and others such as Asakura Keimori, Asakura Keitsuna, Uozumi Keigu, Koizumi Nagatoshi, Mizoe Nagayi and other former ministers of Asakura who surrendered to the Oda family also gained the ability to secure the block.

After a short rest, Oda's army moved south, aiming directly at Kotani Castle, the residence of the Asai family.

"Hey..."Hosokawa Nobumoto sighed again, looked up at the mighty army on the left and right, and knew that Asai Nagamasa was probably going to follow in the footsteps of Asakura Yoshikei.

The Asai family had no foreign aid, and Kotani Castle was soon surrounded by the Oda army, which was nearly ten times his size. Looking at the Oda army with many banners and armor under the castle, Asai Nagamasa's heart fell into the abyss.

"Attack!" Oda Nobunaga waved his military armament, the drums sounded in unison, and the general attack began.

"Rush! Come on! "The Oda army marched out of Ōdake Castle and rushed down the mountain road to Kotani Castle.

Otani Castle is located on Mt. Kotani, but it's not the only castle on the hill. At 4,946 meters above sea level, Mt. Kotani is a large mountain range that resembles an inverted V, and the highest summit is the mountain castle.

Mountain Castle was taken by the night attack of the Oda army a while ago, and it is surrounded by Dingno Castle to the north, Otani Castle to the southeast, and Burning O Castle to the west of Asami-do, a shogun. It can be seen that the rebellion of Asami Michisai caused great damage to the Asai family, not only exposing the west side of Otani Castle, but also directly causing the fall of Odake Castle and Dingno Castle, making Otani Castle a completely dangerous city surrounded by enemies.

These castles are all located on Mt. Kotani, connected by stone roads, and Kotani Castle is not a boxy castle, but is built with a narrow centipede-shaped mountain range, and the cliffs on both sides are almost at right angles, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the mountain path leading to the other castles of Otani Castle became a death knell for itself, and the Oda army attacked Otani Castle from two flat mountain paths like ants.

"Kill!" Shibata Katsuie led his army to storm the north gate of Otani Castle, the third attack organized by the Oda army.

"Archery! Archery! "The defense of the castle north of Kotani Castle was personally commanded by Asai Nagamasa's father, Asai Hisamasa, who was stationed in Komaru. This man, who was not good at warfare by nature, may have burst out of his potential at the moment of facing a family crisis, repelling wave after wave of attacks by the Oda army, making Kotani Castle unbreakable.

The defense system of Kotani Castle from north to south is Sanno Maru, Komaru, Kyogoku Maru, Nakamaru, Honmaru, Jingomaru and Demaru, and there is a stone wall of one zhang and five feet high between each staircase for defense.

"Shoot!" Seizhi Kiyohiro led the iron artillery team to cover the attack.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Thousands of iron cannons fired in unison, gunsmoke rose everywhere, and the city wall that hit it sounded biubiu.

"One, two, bump! One, two, crash! "The heavy gate was pounded by the slamming wood, and now it was Takigawa Kazuyi who led the fourth group to start the siege.

The mountain pass to the north of Kotani Castle is majestic, with all kinds of arrows and high platforms, and the thickened gates are not open, and on both sides are thousands of abysses, and the Oda army that attacked head-on suffered great losses.

"Big tube! Shoot! "Suzuki Hideshige led the big team and tried his best to suppress the city, but the city defense was too thick and the lethality was limited.

"Archery! Don't stop for a moment! "Hisamasa Asai, who is over half a hundred years old, is also fighting on the front line, and this battle is related to the life and death of his Asai family.

"Team Four! Evacuate! Team 5! Above! "The Oda army attacked in batches, which not only ensured the continuity of the attacks, but also reduced the casualties of Ashigaru.

"Give it to me! Desperately want to take Kotani City! Sakuma Nobumori howled and led his team to rush forward.

"Blasting three groups! Advance! "The Hosokawa family's siege weapons are on the battlefield again, but...

"Quick! Fire Bolt! Aim for that special squad! "The Hosokawa clan's city gate blasting has long been famous all over the world, and each family has also thought about the tactics of confrontation.

Whoosh! The sky covered the entire blasting team with fire bolts, poof! Whew... Boom!

A few of them were hit by the fire arrows, and a huge explosion erupted in an instant, blowing away all the living creatures around them.

"Damn!" Hosokawa Nobumoto slammed the hammer, and this was the third group of losses.

"Hey, hey... It seems that Hosokawa-sama's siege weapon is not good, so I'll leave it to me later in the evening. At this time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi did not forget to take the opportunity to belittle Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"That's, no one is as disdainful as Kinoshita-sama." Hosokawa Nobumoto also scolded him unceremoniously.

"Hmph, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, isn't this what you often say, Lord Hosokawa?" Kinoshita Hideyoshi didn't feel anything bad at all.

"Then wait and see." Hosokawa Nobumoto definitely agrees with this sentence, but when it comes out of the monkey's mouth, it always feels so awkward.