At Seta River, although the Miyoshi Army had already formed a position at the west bank of Sanri, and basically all the favorable terrain had been occupied by it, if it wanted to go to Luo, then it was not allowed to continue its advance. (_&book&bar)

And now the most feared thing is that the other party will attack when the army of the family crosses the river, so that even if they do not win, the family will have a lot of losses, so Oda Nobunaga very cautiously ordered the first fierce general of the family, Shibata Katsuie, to lead two thousand elite banners under his command as a vanguard, cross the river first, and wait for them to gain a foothold on the west bank of the Seda River, and then the army will cross.

And the reason why Miyoshi Yoshitsugu lined up here was completely following the advice of Araki Murashige, who was also familiar with military books, not only did he plan to wait for the enemy to attack halfway, but even if the enemy successfully crossed the Seta River, then the enemy's back would inevitably be low, no matter whether the effect was as ideal as he thought, but as long as it could slightly weaken the combat power of the Oda family, he would spare no effort to do it.

After all, now that Matsunaga Xiu has been completely abandoned by the lord, it can be said that basically all the arrangements for this battle are arranged by himself, and he has spent so much time and so many strategies, and he has not been able to kill the Takayama clan, which has already made the lord a little unhappy, if he can't stop the Oda family from advancing this time, then the lord's trust in himself will probably be greatly reduced.

So I don't care if Nakagawa Kiyohide can make a contribution or not, but now we must block the offensive of Oda's army first.

And when the Oda army has not yet arrived on the east bank of the Seta River, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu has already recruited all the commanders and retainers under his command to the forefront of the battle, which is only less than two miles away from the Seta River.

After a short time, I saw a junior samurai walking quickly into the big tent, and before he could speak, he saw Miyoshi Yoshitsura standing up and asked anxiously, "Is it the Oda army that has arrived?" ”

I heard that the low-level samurai hurriedly replied: "Back to the lord, the army of the Oda family has reached the east bank of the Seda River. It seems that he is organizing a river crossing, and he asks the lord to decide. ”

After hearing this, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu couldn't help but clench his fists, and he was about to fight the Oda family. He was somewhat nervous.

Before, before the two armies faced each other, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu could still be calm, but now, he really couldn't calm down.

Although it is said that the strength of the main family is among the best compared to the Oda family, the land under the rule of the Oda family is except for the four prefectures of Owari. The others were all laid by his own hands, and looking at himself, although he also had nearly two million stone land under his rule, it was the legacy left by his ancestors, and this battle was his first battle, and the first battle had to face such a powerful enemy, so his current nervous performance is understandable.

Seeing that the lord did not speak for a long time after listening to the report. Araki Murashige immediately said: "My lord, seeing that the enemy is about to cross the river, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

The course of the battle had been set beforehand. Now just wait for Miyoshi Yoshitsugu to speak.

After Miyoshi Yoshitsugu calmed down a little after he finished speaking, he saw that his retainers were all looking at him, and he couldn't help but say, "Okay, I have decided to immediately set up a formation and attack the Oda army when it crosses the river." ”

"It is the lord, and the subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord."

After all the retainers expressed their determination, I saw Miyoshi Yoshiji after scanning the retainers. Heart Dao, if he is Oda Nobunaga, then he will definitely not let the limited army disperse across the river, after all, the army of the family is already in full battle, and if the general forces are scattered, then how can he reach the west of the river safely? So it must be the general who is clenched into a fist. Only in this way will it be possible for the Oda army to entrench itself in the West Bank. …,

Thinking of this, I only heard that Miyoshi Yoshitsugu Lieutenant General stayed on the three of them, in the family, these three people can definitely be called the pillars of the family, among which Iwanari Yutong is brave, Miyoshi Changyi is experienced, and in addition to the three good Masayasu who are both civil and military, there are three of them out at the same time, and then he will send the elite of the family to hand over to them to command, and it should not be difficult to block the Oda army.

Thinking of this, I only heard Miyoshi Yoshitsugu speak: "Miyoshi Changyi, Miyoshi Zhengkang, Iwanari Youtong!" ”

The three of them were not surprised after hearing the lord call their names, in their opinion, such a task, looking at the family, I am afraid that only the three of them can be competent, so they saw the three of them calmly said: "The subordinates are here, please give orders to the main attack." ”

"Okay, I now order the three of you to be fully responsible for blocking the battle of the Oda army from crossing the river, and I will send 3,000 banners to you in this battle, and hand them over to you......"

"Report to the lord, the old Shibata Katsuya of the Oda family has led two thousand banners to line up and prepare to cross the river, and I also ask the lord to decide." Before Yoshitsugu Miyoshi could finish speaking, he saw a junior samurai running in quickly and reporting loudly.

After hearing this, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu ignored him, and hurriedly said to the three of Miyoshi: "Quick, you three go and prepare, you must not let the Oda army take a step beyond the thunder pond." ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will wait for this to prepare." After the three of them received the order, they did not dare to delay, and immediately retreated, leading the three thousand banners of the Miyoshi family and the army under their command, a total of 4,000 people, towards the Seta River.

As soon as the three of them left, they heard Arakimura Shigege speak again: "My lord, the Oda family's army is small, but its combat power is better than that of its own army, and Shibata Katsuie, as Oda's first fierce general, is even better than Iwanari Yudo in terms of its bravery, so it seems that the outcome of this battle is still difficult to predict." ”

After hearing this, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then it is better to send some more troops." ”

"The lord can't, the army of this family is as strong as it gets, but the elite of it is much less than the other party, so it is not appropriate to send more elites, if the losses are heavy, how can the family block the attack of the remaining more than 10,000 troops of the Oda family.

Although there are many peasant soldiers, it is not appropriate to dispatch them at this moment, and the dispatch of peasant soldiers at this moment is afraid that it will cause chaos to the military situation of the family, which will really do more harm than good, and please ask the lord to decide. ”

After hearing this, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu couldn't help frowning, only listening to him say dissatisfiedly: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, can I wait here to stare at me and do nothing, and then I can repel the Oda army?" ”

Arakimura saw that the lord was displeased, and hurriedly explained: "Back to the lord, the subordinates don't mean this, the subordinates mean that while Miyoshi Nagayi and the other three adults are fighting with the Oda army, they also need to move the rear army forward, in case they succeed in crossing the river, then the lord can command the army to attack the enemy while the foothold on the west bank of the Seta River is not stable, so that if there is no accident, it will be a complete victory, and the lord will decide." ”

After listening to Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, he couldn't help but return to normal, it turned out that Araki Murashige asked himself to prepare with both hands, and it seemed that he was too anxious just now and misunderstood what the other party meant.

Seeing that there was no displeasure on his face, he said with a pleasant face: "What you said is reasonable, since this is the case, then without further ado, immediately order all the troops to move forward immediately except for the ashigaru who guards the favorable terrain, and line up on the west bank of the Seta River." ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it." After speaking, all the retainers present walked quickly towards the outside of the tent, and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu also followed the crowd and immediately walked to the rear of the main camp to mobilize his remaining 5,000 banners. (To be continued......)