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In the fifth year of Tensho (the beginning of September in 1577, well, it was almost mid-September.

When Akechi is close to the shogun, Shinkomi and Morinaga, who is later known as the "Oni Musashi Mamoru", can take all the ships near Kanazawa Castle in the north of the Tetori River and stop them on the bank of the river.

While the two of us were anxiously waiting, Takigawa Kazuyi, who had just won the battle, led his men and horses to arrive.

"Let's go back to the camp quickly," the past few days under his hands, it can be regarded as a little closer, after saying hello to him, I "kindly" reminded: "Your Royal Highness Takikawa will see the lord later, you must be careful, the lord has just finished scolding His Royal Highness Shibata, and now he is angry." ”

"Yes~" Takigawa Kazuki wiped his sweat and said reluctantly, and then, accompanied by the two of us, he entered the shogunate of Oda Nobunaga.

By about two o'clock in the afternoon (until now, I wasn't used to using the dry branch to keep time, and thanks to the sun, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to tell the time), Uesugi Kenshin's first wave of attacks was finally over, and the defeat of Kanazawa Castle put his north at great risk.

Thanks to the unity of the officers and men of the Oda Army, desperately resisted, which greatly consumed the sharp energy of the Uesugi Army, so although the Shinbata Army was about to attack the main formation, they were in danger of being wiped out at any time at the end of the crossbow.

And with the recovery of the second formation, Sasa, Maeda and others organized an effective defense, causing the Chisaka and Uesugi (Keishin) divisions here to suffer heavy losses.

This is probably Oda Nobunaga's favorite defensive counterattack tactic when facing a strong enemy, and I heard my father say that Oda Nobunaga used this routine during the Battle of Ogawa and the Battle of Nagashino.

After all, in terms of numbers, Oda Nobunaga had nearly 20,000 horses more than Uesugi Kenshin, and there were also a large number of firearms that the Uesugi army had always scarced, including two large barrels (it should have been called "big iron cannons" at that time...... The battle situation may not be so passive.

Well, there must be no mistake, Oda Nobunaga must have intended to use this tactic, to consume the enemy first, and then counterattack it.

But I'm just guessing, Uesugi Kenshin didn't hesitate to blow the conch and withdraw his troops in such an environment.

If my conjecture is correct, then Uesugi Kenshin definitely did not give up the fighter, on the contrary, he made Oda Nobunaga's patience for the subsequent counterattack meaningless, at this time the Oda army has just played a little momentum, but there is still the best state, and it is a dream to organize an effective pursuit!

In short, this battle, Uesugi Kenshin won. Except for the fifteen-hundred-plus heads, Oda Nobunaga didn't get anything.

The weather in September is strange, and these days are hot and cold.

On this day, when the battle began in the morning, the sky was still cloudless, and the wind was beautiful.

But at noon, when the battle was at its most intense, the clouds in the sky suddenly increased, and the sun obscured it, and then the weather ceased to be hot and began to become cooler.

Soon after Uesugi Kenshin withdrew his troops, the sky began to darken, and dark clouds dominated the entire sky.

At this time, as long as you have a little life experience, you will feel it.

It's going to rain!

And it's going to be a heavy rainstorm!

Shortly after Takigawa Kazuyi returned, Hideyoshi Hashiba also returned.

Similar to the Takigawa army, in this battle, the southern Yushiba army also fought very well, and Wasuka, Maeno, Mori, Kato, Kuroda and others fought bravely, so that the Uesugi army never broke through here, on the contrary, there were still many losses.

The rivers of the Tetori River were already very turbid in the autumn, and after such a battle today, the smell of blood was even more unbearable.

It was already dark, and it was time for dinner, and while Keiji Maeda and I were nibbling on the rice balls together, a drizzle began to fall from the sky.

"Young master, it's raining."

"I know," I said, looking at the sky, "that the rain will get heavier and heavier, and it may not stop all night." ”

"It's a good thing the camp is high," I said, looking at the two of them, "otherwise this would have been a water-view house." ”

"Water view room?" Both guys put a question mark, "What's that?" ”

"A house in the water, similar to a kappa's house." I replied succinctly.

"Soga ......" the two suddenly realized.

I was joking with the two of them, but I couldn't calm down.

The biggest factor in the defeat of the Tetori River was the rapid rise of the river caused by heavy rainfall, and now it seems that it is getting closer and closer.

By midnight, the drizzle turned into a downpour.

But at dawn the next day, the rain suddenly stopped again.

It's not cold and says it's completely stopped, and there are still filaments floating in the sky.

Oda Nobunaga's new order came down, and he ordered the military commissioner Hidemasa Hori and others to reorganize the camp, and at his request, along the west bank of the Tetori River, a new high wooden wall was built along the west bank of the Tetori River with a total length of 60 rooms (1 room is 1.8 meters) and a width of 50 rooms from east to west.

At the same time, a gate about 16 rooms wide from east to west and 30 rooms long from north to south were built on the front, and with Takigawa, Sakuma, Hashiba, Shibata, Sasa and others lined up in the shape of fish scales.

In this way, it naturally became the avant-garde of the base camp of Oda Nobunaga, which was located in the rear.

Oda Nobunaga did not hold a military meeting in the shogunate, and even the basic "upper court" was exempted, and they were deployed on the spot one by one.

I've heard Moriranmaru say that since he started serving Oda Nobunaga, it's the first time I've seen Oda Nobunaga so cautious, and he hasn't done anything in years.

From this point of view, yesterday's defeat had a great impact on Oda Nobunaga.

God didn't intend to give Oda Nobunaga face, and he had just finished patrolling the front line when the light rain in the sky became restless. Later, the rain became heavier and heavier, and finally it became a torrential downpour.

Oda's side continued to dispatch troops, and Uesugi naturally did not dare to slack off, and Uesugi Kenshin personally went out of Nomi Castle and rushed to Kanazawa Gobo to do a good job of the "united front".

And his generals were not idle. Among them, Chisaka Keikin, after learning that Oda Nobunaga had built a new camp, hurriedly reported to Uesugi Kenshin, who had been losing the battle in "cordial condolences".

Uesugi Kenshin then ordered Chisaka Keijin to reinforce his camp as well, but he vetoed Chisaka's plan to attack Oda's army.

It's the fourth day.

The rain has stopped falling and falling for the past two days, and white fog has begun to appear on the river's edge, and most importantly, the river has really started to rise.

"The river is rising?" Kenshin Uesugi said to himself, "If you have the conditions, it's not bad to have a water attack......

"Lord!" A retainer ran in.

"What's wrong?"

"Oda Nobunaga moved!"

"Nani?" Uesugi Kenshin was slightly surprised, "He moved?" ”

"Yes," reported the retainer, "there is movement in the enemy's camp. An unknown army came out from Kamishiba, Kahoda, Itagawa and other places due north to provoke His Highness Yamamotoji Temple in Hakusan. ”

The rain hasn't stopped, why is the enemy moving again? What kind of trick did Oda Nobunaga play? Uesugi Kenshin walked out of the castle and leaned against the wooden wall outside the city gate, looking at the enemy camp to the west.

"We got the news from a group of farmers."

"Farmer?"

"Yes, Oda Nobunaga set fires everywhere a while ago, burning all the nearby villagers to us."

"The farmer's words may not be credible, which makes the ninjas in Xuan Ape tighten their surveillance."

"At this point, you still have to fight? Nobunaga ......" Uesugi Kenshin took another look to the west and turned back.

Wait until the fifth day.

The rain stopped.

The rain really stopped, because on the map of the sky, the blue sky was beginning to regain lost ground.

"Woo~~~"

In the large camp of Sarusaka, the military commissioner sounded the horn of attack.

The Oda army began to attack.

"It's noisy!" Honjo rode a horse and was the first to run out of Nomi Castle.

"Let's take you bunnies first!"

Bang bang bang "A crisp burst of gunfire broke the dawn.

History has always attributed the defeat of the Battle of Tetori River to the fact that firearms were wet in the rain and could not be used, but in fact, as early as the introduction of iron cannons to Japan, the Japanese began to use some waterproof materials to store iron cannons, such as Oda Nobunaga, who used sandpaper to separate firearms from rain before the war.

Honjo Shiganaga fought with the first fierce general of the Oda family, Shibata Katsuie, for half an hour last time, and still did not lose the wind, which made his self-confidence almost burst.

But today......

Ah, the war horse has been shot! ”

"The enemy has fired!"

"Protecting the ...... of Adults"

Suddenly, a thick wall of people formed around the long Honjo. “

Bang bang bang "In the distance, seven or eight guns of the Oda Army spewed out tongues of fire, which was deafening.

Flesh and blood are not "high-tech" opponents after all, and in the blink of an eye, the guards around him have fallen four or five.

“TMD！” Honjo is long and can't help but get angry.

He dismounted from his horse and kicked his fallen mount hard. "These damn bastards are plotting against me with iron cannons. The horse had been shot through the chest by a bullet and would not survive. ”

I saw the bulleted war horse fall to the ground, looking at the master sadly, and wanted to stand up again.

"Forget it!" Honjo wanted to give this horse a chance to solve its pain, but when he saw the horse like this, he couldn't bear to do it.

At this time, the other generals of the Uesugi family also rushed out.

"Kill!"

For a moment, the battle flag was in the air, and the Uesugi army rushed towards the enemy on the other side of the river like a tide.

At this time, across the river, Fukutomi Hidekatsu and Hasegawa Shuichi, who were in charge of commanding the Oda Army's iron artillery team, naturally did not let go of the opportunity in the face of a large target that had become a live target.

"Shoot me!"

Bang bang bang bang ......" platoon fire tongues erupted from the second team of the Iron Artillery Corps.

Immediately afterwards, the 3rd Iron Artillery Group also began to attack.

Triple hit!

At this time, the forwards of the two sides were only fourteen or fifteen years apart, and they all opened their eyes angrily and gritted their teeth, it was the last moment before the decisive battle.