"Ahh "Run!" In the vicinity of the Kiso River in Mino Province's Kakubu Prefecture, the river swelled after heavy rains, causing the Oda army to lose its roof, and the Saito army took the opportunity to attack and win.

"Hahahaha! Kill me! Relieve your anger! It's so relieving! Saito Ryuko was so excited that he finally won.

"Quick! Record it! Give me a big compliment on my family's great victory, and then give it to Master Kuaikawa, I want everyone in the world to know about Oda Nobunaga's incompetence! Hahaha! Saito Ryuxing, who was already slightly psychologically perverted, had a distorted smile on his face.

On the other side of the river, Oda Nobunaga calmly looked at everything in front of him, and these routs were only some improvised peasant soldiers. As early as last year, he asked all the retainers and wealthy clans of his family to implement the separation of soldiers and peasants, and required no less than two people per 100 stones, so there was no loss of elite standing reserves at all.

"Almost, Takei Yuan! I'll leave it to you later. After saying that, Oda Nobunaga left without looking back.

"It's the lord." Takei Yuan knelt down to receive the order, he was Oda Nobunaga's new right hand, originally subordinate to the Saito family, and after Oda Nobunaga took over Mino, he became a retainer of the Oda family.

Soon, the condemnation of the Saito family for betraying the alliance spread widely, and the two families met again, and a big war was about to break out.

"Now that the letter of allegiance of the three Mino has been delivered, the Saito family has almost no soldiers to send, so I have decided to send troops immediately." Oda Nobunaga gave the order to send troops, and immediately led 4,000 troops to Inabayama Castle and set up a formation at Ryuruiji Castle in the south of the castle. He also sent troops to set fire to the castle town and burned down part of the Saito family's defenses, and the surrendered Nishimino trio also arrived with 3,000 troops and besieged Inabayama Castle.

In the Oda military tent, Oda Nobunaga looked at the magnificent fortified castle on Mt. Inaba in the distance, and his brows were furrowed. According to intelligence, there are still 2,000 defenders in the city, and the military food and water are sufficient, and it may be difficult to capture it if it is not a year and a half.

Oda Nobunaga, who was on the throne, saw that everyone had arrived, and coughed lightly and said, "Let's all discuss how to quickly capture Inabayama Castle." ”

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to be the vanguard, and they will definitely conquer Inabayama Castle!" Hosokawa Nobugen didn't need to look at it to know that only Shibata Katsuya could say this kind of thing.

"There are still 2,000 defenders in the city, and if you attack it, I'm afraid it will lose too much, not to mention that this battle is the elite of my Oda family." Sakuma Nobumori said angrily, this time the attack is the standing equipment that he managed to put together, if it is damaged here, the Sakuma family will be greatly damaged.

"Why don't you take a look at it first? Niwa-sama, can there be a useful person in the city? Sen Kecheng came up with a solution.

"The castle is full of die-hard loyalists of the Saito family, and there is no way." Niwa Nagahide shook his head, he had done his homework, but suddenly he thought of something, turned his head and asked Mamoru Ando and the others: "Lord Ando and others have been living in Mino for a long time, is there a way to crack it?" ”

"I'm very sorry, Inabayama Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was only by relying on Lord Takenaka to open the city gate in the city that it was able to take it lightly." Mamoru Ando also shook his head, at a loss.

Kinoshita Toyoshiro was very anxious in the back, scratching his ears and cheeks, according to the order of speech, there was also a heavy minister Hosokawa Nobumoto in front of him.

"Monkey! Do you have any suggestions? Oda Nobunaga saw Kinoshita Toyoshiro's small movements, and couldn't help asking, which made Hosokawa Nobumoto feel unhappy, this monkey really doesn't want to be in the limelight all the time.

"Hah! The owner! The subordinates thought of a method, based on the battle of Tangdong Castle, which is also located on a steep and steep mountain pass, but there is a hidden mountain road behind it, if it is not led by Lord Sato, who is familiar with the terrain, the family will not know that there is a back door at all. ”

"So my subordinates thought that the more precipitous the mountain city is, they will inevitably leave a passage for themselves to escape, otherwise if there is only one passage in front of the door, wouldn't they be trapped in this deep mountain?" Kinoshita Tojiro kept gesturing with his hands.

"Haha! Good! It makes sense, I'll give you 300 troops to go to the back mountain to find out if there is such a secret passage. If so, immediately take the opportunity to attack Inabayama Castle and open the door for the army. Oda Nobunaga was overjoyed when he heard this, and directly allocated 300 troops to Kinoshita Toyoshiro.

Hosokawa Nobumoto was dumbfounded, could this monkey be hanging? How can you get ahead of yourself when you go back, and this is worth it? Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked for his life: "My lord, my subordinates are willing to help Lord Kinoshita, my subordinates have hundreds of ninja troops, and they are the most handy in the exploration of the mountains and forests, please fulfill my lordship." ”

"Huh? Since Rokuro has spoken, it may be, so the chances of success are higher, and this time you will be the main commander of the back mountain raiders. After a few words, the full work of Kinoshita Tojiro in the future was more than halved.

"Then so be it, early tomorrow morning, start the siege!" Oda Nobunaga got up and gave the order for a general attack.

After nightfall, Hosokawa Nobumoto and Kinoshita Toyoshiro led 200 ninja troops and 300 ashigaru to quietly come to the back mountain.

"Report to the lord, there is no here."

"My lord, there is no secret passage found here." The wide net spread out sent back news one after another, but no mountain roads were found that could be used by large troops.

"Huh? Strange, how could there not be? Is it a fabrication of history? After searching for three nights in a row, he didn't find anything, and Hosokawa Nobumoto, who was resting during the day, also began to become uncertain and looked at Inabayama Castle, which was being stormed.

The people who are still able to follow the Saito clan are all loyal samurai and subordinates from the Saito family's direct leadership and loyal to the Saito clan for generations, and their resistance is very tenacious, and they have successively withstood Shibata Katsuie in the first formation, Ikeda Tsuneko in the second formation, and Mori Konari in the third formation.

"My lord, could it be somewhere else? It doesn't have to be in the back. Honda Masanobu thought for a moment and said, according to the ability of the ninja army, it will not be impossible to detect.

"Well, yes, Mt. Inaba is so big, it's very easy to hide a mountain road, so let's go to the west side tonight. Let the army seize the time to rest during the day, and it will be our turn to play in the evening. "The goal was established, and the order was quickly communicated.

That night, Hosokawa Nobumoto and others came to the west side of Inabayama Mountain, "Spread out!" Look carefully for suspicious roads! ”

Whoosh, the two hundred ninja army acted separately, and the rest of the Hosokawa family 500 German bunbei and Kinoshita Toyoshiro led 300 foot light sat on the ground, waiting for the ninja army to investigate.

"My lord! A suspected mountain road was found on the side, although the mountain road is still overgrown with weeds, but it is completely passable. "The exploration is finally making progress.

"Good! Lead the way! Let's go! With a wave of his hand, Hosokawa Nobumoto commanded the army into the mountains.