On the night that the Saito clan sent Karumi Mitsuken and Ihi Mitsukina to secretly go to Honshoji Temple to discuss the counterattack on Owari, more than 1,000 troops led by Sasa Narimasa had already captured the dilapidated 19 and 14 wars.

These two small bars had been heavily damaged as early as the last time the Oda army attacked, and before they could be repaired, they were attacked again by the Oda army, and in addition to the nineteen and fourteen bars, the defenders were no more than 100 people, and how could these troops alone withstand the attack of a thousand Oda elites.

After Sasa Narumasa captured the two skushi, he immediately reported the news to Oda Nobunaga.

Nobunaga was not surprised when he received the news, and in his opinion, if he could not capture those two small towers with a thousand troops, then he should consider whether it was time to change the political reform.

At dawn on the second day, according to the agreement, Nobunaga personally led an army of more than 10,000 troops to set out from Omakiyama Castle and went straight to Inabayama Castle.

As soon as the Oda army arrived, they launched a fierce offensive, and although there were only more than 2,000 defenders in Inabayama Castle, they had already learned that the Oda army was coming to attack, so they were fully prepared. Inside the castle walls, rolling logs and stones were piled up, and the mountains and forests from the outside of the castle to the mountainside were cut down overnight by the Saito family, and the entire Mt. Inaba, from the mountainside, is now bare.

The first offensive of the Oda army, because of Nobunaga's arrogance, did not send a small number of troops to test as before, but directly sent a thousand people to attack, and this thousand troops, led by Shibata Katsuie, the first fierce general in the family, Nobunaga wanted to take advantage of this powerful attack to break through Inabayama Castle in one fell swoop.

As soon as the thousand-strong army rushed to the mountainside, they were greeted by a large number of stones and rolling logs, and all those who touched it had their heads broken and their bones and tendons broken. In the blink of an eye, 2 or 300 people were killed or lost their combat effectiveness.

Seeing that something could not be done, Shibata Katsuya immediately organized Ashigaru to retreat down the mountain, and came to the camp in despair to ask Nobunaga for his guilt. "The lord, his subordinates are incompetent, and the offensive failed, and the lord is still punished?"

Nobunaga couldn't help but be stunned, it was only less than a meal, how could it be a failure? At this point, I don't think I have climbed to the top of the mountain. Thinking of this, Nobunaga asked suspiciously, "What's going on?" ”

Shibata Katsuie said: "My lord, the enemy army has prepared a large number of stones and trees in the city, and all the things that can be used for bunkers on Inabayama Castle have been cleared, and before our army has reached the top of the mountain, the defenders have thrown a large number of rolling wood and stones, and our army's attack has been blocked, and the losses have been heavy. ”

Nobunaga gritted his teeth and said resentfully, "Hmph! I'd like to see if it's your Saito family's many rolling wood stones, or my Oda Nobunaga's Ashigara Tashita, and I've ordered my Ashigaru to rest for a day and launch an onslaught tomorrow. ”

Naomasa Ho, a close attendant behind Nobunaga, and after Hidemasa Hori answered, he hurriedly ran out of the main camp and conveyed the order.

On the second day, Nobunaga personally commanded Ashigaru to launch a fierce attack on Inabayama Castle, but the result was the same, and before he came to the castle, his command Ashigaru could not support it, and all of them fled down the mountain.

After a few days, although the losses of the Oda army were very large, they consumed the rolling wood and stones in Inabayama Castle, and Nobunaga couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately commanded 2,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on Inabayama Castle.

However, just as the castle was about to be broken, the lord of Sone Castle, Inaba Kachitetsu, led 800 troops to support, and the Ogaki Castle clan family Bu Quan led 700 troops to arrive, and the lord of the northern castle, Mamoru Ando, led 800 ashigaru has also appeared, in addition to the more than 2,000 reinforcements led by the Mino three, the lord of Hachiman Castle in North America, Endo Morishu and other samurai families, led 500 reinforcements to support. These reinforcements did not engage the Oda army, but decisively entered the castle and defended after repelling the besieging enemy.

After Saito and Zide's reinforcements, morale was great, and although they were short-handed, the number of defenders was more than half of the Oda army, and there were fortified castles to defend, so Inabayama Castle was as stable as Mount Tai. If you continue like this, you won't have a year to break through Inabayama Castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Seeing that it was difficult to win immediately, Oda Nobunaga immediately gathered his retainers into the big tent to discuss countermeasures. "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, whoever has a good plan to break the city, please speak up."

After hearing this, although the retainers were all eager to make meritorious contributions, they could not think of countermeasures for a while.

Just when everyone was in a hurry, suddenly a junior samurai came to the tent, knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "Report! Lord, the big thing is not good, Owari, Mikawa broke out a large-scale rebellion, the enemy army is tens of thousands, Owari Kaisai County has fallen, Mikawa Bihai County except for the countryside city, all have been captured by the enemy, please make a decision as soon as possible. ”,

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga hurriedly walked up to Takigawa Ichiyi, stared at Takigawa Ichiyi, who was already sweating profusely, with his eyes like a knife, and said solemnly: "This is what you said, is it the result of Owari Ichiko's evaluation?" ”

Takigawa Ichiyi puffed and knelt on the ground, in fact, he was also a little wronged, Takigawa Ichiyi's banner was only 700 people, and it was unrealistic to want to use this military strength to wipe out all the forces of Owari Ichiko, so he only killed a small part, and most of the others were just driven out of Owari. This is also a method he had to come up with, who knew that it had not been two months, and it had been a long time, and Takigawa Yiyi now had to suffer this dumb loss.

"Lord, his subordinates are guilty, and his subordinates are willing to apologize." Takigawa Ichiyi said bitterly, pulling out the ribs and about to open up the stomach, before the knife went down, Nobunaga raised a kick and kicked the ribs in his hand out of the body, and then kicked Takigawa Ichiyi to the ground and stomped hard.

After the clan was at the end of the big tent, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and said in his heart, let your kid go against Lao Tzu, now it's time to get retribution, Lao Tzu has experienced Nobunaga's shadowless feet, that taste is really uncomfortable, and now it's time for you to taste it.

Different from the idea of the clan, the other retainers present hurriedly interceded for Takigawa Ichiyi, among which Shibata Katsuya and Takigawa Ichiyi had a good relationship, seeing Nobunaga angry, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt in front of Takigawa Ichiyi, and said: "Lord, now there has always been a riot, and this family is the time to employ people, and my subordinates implore the lord to let Takigawa make meritorious service." ”

"My lord, please calm your anger." The retainers also followed suit.

After Oda Nobunaga went too far, he calmed down a little, and couldn't help but think that it was a little ill-conceived to let Takigawa Kazuki independently go to exterminate the power of the sect in the territory before, so after venting, there was no intention of punishing the crime.

I saw Nobunaga turn his head to look at Inabayama Castle and said regretfully, "Order!" The offensive was halted, and the whole army returned to Owari to quell the rebellion. ”

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