On 28 September, Generals Shibata Katsuie, Mori Kasei, Maeda Toshiie, and Sakai Masashi crossed the Katsura River as the vanguard and attacked Katsuryuji Castle, a subordinate of Iwasari Tomotsu, one of the "Three Good Threes."

When Iwanari Tomochi learned about it, he immediately led 2,000 ashigaru to the rescue, and encountered 1,500 ashigaru of Mori Kosei and Sakai Masanori and started a battle.

"Steady! Hold the position! "Sakai Masashi led 500 ashigaru to meet Iwasari Tomotsu's 1,000 troops head-on, although the number was at a disadvantage, but the standing combat power was not comparable to the peasant soldiers, and the two sides were evenly matched.

"Damn! Why is the combat effectiveness of the Oda Army so strong! "Iwanari Tomotsu, who was used to being the overlord of Gyeonggi, never thought that the Oda army could be one against two, although he still had a thousand ashigaru not in battle, but the Oda army also had a thousand ashigaru on standby.

"It seems that Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiya are not in front of the battle, where did they go?" Looking at the banner of the Oda Army in front of him, Iwanari Yutong did not find the horse prints of Shibata and Maeda, and suddenly became suspicious.

"Lord Shibata, it seems that it is impossible for Iwasari Tomotsu to invest in troops anymore, and he is worthy of being the battle-hardened general of the Miyoshi family. I think that if we delay any longer, I am afraid that the Miyoshi Army will take the opportunity to evacuate. On a mound in the distance, Maeda Toshiya was suggesting to Shibata Katsuie that Iwasari's Maindo-Indian flag was beginning to show signs of moving backwards.

"Humph! Count him as a clever boy and order the cavalry to charge immediately! "Shibata Katsuie gave the order to attack.

Thundered! A thousand cavalry of the Oda family rushed down the hill and rushed straight to the Miyoshi army.

"Cavalry! Not good! Evacuate! Although Iwanari Yutong thought that there must be ambushes around, he didn't expect it to be cavalry, so he decisively gave the order to retreat.

"Hahaha! Want to go? It's late! Iwanari Friendship! In Shibata Quan Rokukachi! Come on! "Shibata Katsuya patted the horse and chased after Iwanari Yutsu.

"It turns out that he is the first fierce general of the Oda family, so let me meet you in the next place!" Seeing Shibata Katsuya riding alone, Iwanari Yutsu decided to kill the enemy general in front of the battle in order to save the decline.

"Drink!" Bite! The two shots collided, and the two horses were wrong, and Iwanari Tomochi shook off his horse, and he almost fell off his horse because of the inertial impact of Shibata Katsuie.

"Look at the guns!" Whew! Iwanari Tomotsu turned the horse's head and stabbed the spear three times in his hand, but he was dodged by Shibata Katsuie.

"Haha! That's all you can do! It's my turn! Look at the guns! "Shibata Katsuie rounded the spear, and it was a slap in the face.

Syllable! Iwanari Yutong held his gun in both hands to block this ferocious blow, but his arms were trembling slightly, and his strength was obviously not as strong as Shibata Katsuie.

"Drink! Die! Iwanari Yutong struggled to open the spear, and with a twist of his wrist, the spear stabbed Shibata Katsuie's throat like a poisonous tongue spitting out a letter.

Shibata Katsuie was lying on his back, kicked the handle of the gun with the tip of his right foot, and flew out of Iwanari Yutong's spear in a spun way.

"Huh?" Iwanari Tomotsu hurriedly pulled out the sword at his waist, separated the stab that Shibata Katsuie followed closely behind, and without the spear, Iwanari Tomotomi, who was fighting immediately, gradually fell into disadvantage.

Seeing that the Oda army was slowly approaching, Iwanari Yutong gritted his teeth, and when the two horses made a mistake, he ran away without looking back.

"Huh? Coward! Where to run! Shibata Katsuya was just about to chase after the horse, but was stopped by two guard horses, "Hugh hurt my master!" Look at the guns! ”

"Go away! Miscellaneous soldiers! After a few shots, Shibata Katsuya took the samurai who was in the way, but he was also delayed by this, so Iwanari Yudo ran away.

"Damn! Kill! The resentful Shibata Katsuya had no choice but to kill these slow-running ashigaru.

The Oda army, which won the field battle, did not attack Katsuryuji Castle in one go, but led the army back to Tofukuji Temple. Oda Nobunaga conducted the first inspection in Tofukuji Temple, and sent someone to persuade Iwanari Yutsu to surrender that night.

Iwanari Yutsu, who knew that he was invincible, surrendered the next day after ensuring that he was still the lord of Yamashiro Province, which made Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who knew about it, very dissatisfied.

But because the ceremony of canonizing the general was too cumbersome, I didn't have time to pay attention to the specific matters of the strategy, so I had to pinch my nose for the time being.

?? On September 30, Oda's army set up a formation in Yamazaki and appointed Niwa Nagahide, Hosokawa Nobumoto, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, and Kanamori Nagakin as the vanguard, marching to the area of Tenjin Mountain and oppressing Akutagawa Castle.

Guarding Akutagawa Castle was Miyoshi Nagaitsu, one of the "Three Good Three", who was stunned when he heard the news of Iwanari Yumitsu's surrender.

Not because I was surprised by the surrender, but because Iwasari Tomome surrendered, not only did he not receive any punishment. On the contrary, let him continue to maintain territorial integrity.

Didn't you say that you were going to crusade against the three of them? How does it feel like thunder is loud and rain is small, but Miyoshi Changyi, who is thinking about it, is waiting for Iwanari Yutong's letter.

"Hahaha! So that's the case, this Oda Nobunaga is really not ordinary, supporting the shogunate is fake, and manipulating Ashikaga Yoshiaki is real. After reading the letter, Miyoshi Changyi immediately understood, because this is also the usual method used by the three of them.

"Do you want to preserve your strength?" Miyoshi Nagaitsu pondered the suggestions made in Iwanari Yudo's letter, and summarized the combat effectiveness of the Oda army, in short, the current Miyoshi family is not its opponent.

"In that case..."Miyoshi Changyi frowned and began to think, he was a member of the Miyoshi family, the head of the Miyoshi three. Since the head of the family, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, defected to the Oda family, and the Miyoshi family officially split, it can be said that he is the leader of the Awa Miyoshi family.

"Good! Then save his strength and temporarily retreat to the Awa country, the Oda family has no naval army, and the sea is his biggest weakness. And the Oda army cannot stay away for a long time, and it will definitely turn around. At that time, the family gathered their forces again, counterattacked Gyeonggi, and destroyed Ashikaga Yoshiaki. ”

"And his Oda family will only watch the demise of Ashikaga Yoshiaki helplessly because the whip is out of reach, and there will be no more righteousness in sending troops, and my Miyoshi family will be able to dominate Gyeonggi again! Aha! Miyoshi Nagayoshi, who figured everything out, laughed loudly, this is a big gamble, it depends on whether his Miyoshi family destroys Ashikaga Yoshiaki first, or Ashikaga Yoshiaki can wait for Oda Nobunaga's rescue.

However, as a daimyo Miyoshi family that once owned the three divisions of the nine provinces [Kinai (Settsu, Kawachi, Yamato, Tanba, Yamashiro, Izumi), Shikoku (Awa, Sanuki, Awa) in total, and part of Harima, Iyo, and Tosa], Miyoshi Nagayi was confident that he would turn things around and recreate the glory of the Miyoshi family.

As a result, Miyoshi Changyi urgently consulted with Miyoshi Masayasu and finally decided on the strategic plan for the counterattack on Gyeonggi.