Although it did not suffer any actual blows, defeat is defeat after all! On the evening of July 5, Oda's army began to march one after another, and after a night and a day of rapid marching, they came to the junction of Echizen and Omi. After a restful night, the army recovered somewhat, and on the morning of July 7, it set out on the road again, crossing the border and entering Asai Nagamasa's territory.

Word came from the rear team that the army led by Asakura Keikey had begun the pursuit, but it was still in a state of imminent departure, and there were only sporadic encounters, and it seemed that they wanted to follow us all the way to the area controlled by the Asai army.

At 10:20 a.m., I led my troops along the main road of Hokuriku Province, with Ikeda's troops in front and 1,500 men of the clan Fuquan in the back. "Are you ready?" According to my calculations, the battle was imminent, and although I believed in the ability of Takenaka Hanbei, I was still a little nervous.

"No problem...... Takenaka Hanbei replied in a confident tone, but his face was serious. After last night's rest, the manpower and horsepower have been restored, and I checked it again this morning, and the equipment is completely normal! I can't say I'm at my best right now, but I'm ready to go into battle at any time! ”

"That's good......" I nodded slightly, and it would be a knife to stretch out and shrink my head anyway.

"Lord, you just have to rest assured!" Shimakatsu Takeshi, who was following me, said calmly. "At the beginning, we alone defeated Miyoshi's 5,000 troops, and now there are 35,000 men and horses of the Shin Naga Palace, so there is no problem in winning!"

"Lord, you're so careful!" Shinhachiro, who had been following behind, suddenly said, his face full of excitement and excitement. Now he has gradually become accustomed to the new identity of the martial family, and only calls me big brother in private. “…… Now the strength and weakness are clear at a glance, what suspense is there in this kind of battle? All we have to think about is how to get a few more heads! As he spoke, he proudly waved the "Shura's Fury" in his hand. He was now full of things except for a baby face, and his armor was extremely powerful in pitch black and shiny.

"In the end, it's a newborn calf...... "Keiji Maeda shook his head teasingly and said, "The matter of fighting a war is not as simple as one plus one equals two!" We are currently in a guest area, and we may be flanked at any time, and it is up to others to decide what kind of location we want to fight. ”

"I'm not a calf!" Shinhachiro argued indignantly. "When it comes to fighting with people, I'm not necessarily less than you!"

"Ha, ha、...... The kid has a big temper! Keiji Maeda pointed to Shinhachiro's head and asked with a smile, "And said it's not a calf!" Isn't that the horn of a calf? ”

Shinhachiro wears a Chinese-style short-length black iron helmet with a copper stud from front to back, which is very harmonious with the style of the armor. There was not much decoration on it, and the front and blow back were not settled, except for the ghost face of the top door, which was inlaid with rubies and two eyes, and there was a pale yellow two-inch-long curved corner on each side. "It's not bull's horns! It's a tiger tooth! Shinhachiro is now glaring at Keiji Maeda.

When the two of them were half-truthing and half-truthful, the team in front suddenly stopped. Ikeda's troops were quiet and unmoving, but there was a faint commotion from farther away.

"Go and ask and see what's going on!"

After receiving my order, one of his own soldiers rode his horse and ran forward, and after a while he turned back again. "Report to the lord, the big barrier in front of you is blocked by the Asai army. The main formation of the main hall is now stopped at the foot of the hill in front, and the vanguard units are attacking the enemy army! He replied.

What should come will come, I shook my head helplessly. "Shigeji and Shinhachiro will follow me to the front to have a look, and the others will return to the team and stand by!" After saying that, he urged the horse to run forward.

"Can't stay in the back? Let's take a look! It didn't take long for him to run into Ikeda Tsuneko, who was also about to go, but he didn't seem to be worried at all.

"Why is that guy Shibata grinding in such a place!" I complained to him as I walked. "The lord is too, if you encounter the main force of Asai, you should immediately start the whole army!"

"You haven't walked through here!" Ikeda pursed his lips and smiled, as if he was glad that I didn't know about it. "The big barrier is a mountain pass, although it is not very dangerous, it is only more than 20 zhang wide, and it is on a slope, too many troops can't be used!"

"Really?" I was speechless for a moment, and it wasn't nice to be stuck in this prospect. After a short walk, we came to Oda Nobunaga's temporary command post, where he was standing on a small hill and watching anxiously ahead, with most of the generals of the front and middle armies surrounding him, and the atmosphere seemed very depressing. Ikeda and I crept up behind Oda Nobunaga and stood up, stretching our necks and looking forward.

The situation ahead is really not optimistic, 500 meters away is a mountain pass sandwiched by two mountains, a shallow well army has set up a fence there to block the road, because it was an ally in the past, so I vaguely remember that the banner is one of the three generals of the sea north of the shallow well! Although the number of people was only about 1,000, the defense was quite stable because of the use of fortifications, bows, arrows, and spears. At the moment of attacking is Shibata Katsuya's two thousand spears ashigaru, to be honest, the quality is okay, but the equipment is really miserable, wearing only the lowest-grade leather armor, in a state of no cover within a few tens of meters, was shot by the wooden maru bow in a large area. But it's no wonder! With only his sixty or seventy thousand stone territory, this is the limit. In short, the situation of the attack was not going well, and the two forces of Inaba and Sakuma were on standby at the foot of the mountain.

"Damn it!" Seeing that another round of attacks was repulsed, Oda Nobunaga cursed fiercely. "Which of you has a solution?" He swept back with a sharp gaze.

Many people opened their mouths and did not speak in the end, not because they lacked courage, but because they really did not have the certainty of quickly breaking through the enemy's defense line.

"Rubbish!" Oda Nobunaga twisted his neck again.

"Lord......" I suddenly felt someone quietly pull my sleeve, and when I looked back, it was a half-guard in Takenaka.

"How?" I asked.

"You can apply and our cavalry will attack!" He said with a sparkle in his eyes.

"What?" I was taken aback by this suggestion. "Let the cavalry attack the fortification? You're not mistaken! ”

"It seems ridiculous, but it's actually very doable!" Takenaka's Hanbei tone was firm, not joking at all. "My lord, take a closer look at the terrain ahead! It seems to be very high, but the slope is not too steep, and there is no problem in going on horseback, although it cannot exert the impact of cavalry, but it is not used in itself in the face of the fence. In addition, I don't know if you noticed, this unit of Haibei Tsunami is likely to be only a vanguard, and it has not been there for a long time, although the fence has been erected, there is no time to prepare heavy defensive weapons such as rolling logs, and we are fully capable of defeating it in one fell swoop! ”

"Don't the enemy still have bows and arrows?" I said worriedly.

"That kind of bow and arrow doesn't pose any threat to the armor of our cavalry!"

"There's a fence to block it, and a spear ......" something moved in my heart.

"Cavalry with shields, horses with hanging armor on the front, spears will not hurt much! As soon as you get to the front, you will be slashed by a saber in a few strokes of this improvised fence! ”

"Hmm......" I looked down and pondered, and I couldn't help but say that this suggestion was still feasible.

"Lord!" Seeing that I was still hesitating, the half-guard of Takenaka couldn't help but be a little anxious.

"Okay, that's it!" I finally made up my mind. "Lord, can you let me try?" I came to Oda Nobunaga and said.

"You?" Oda Nobunaga looked at me suspiciously, and he knew very well my general attitude towards this kind of charging mission.

"Oh...... The former army departments are already quite tired, so it's good to let them come down and adjust a little! "I still left myself a way back and didn't talk too hard.

"That'...... That's good! Oda Nobunaga thought about it for a while and finally agreed. Tell Shibata to come down first, and your cavalry will go and test it! ”

"Yes!" I was about to go back to the back team, but I was stopped by Oda Nobunaga.

"Wait!" He looked at my cavalry from afar and said, "It won't be useful for you to go in person, just order your subordinates!" ”

"Yes, my lord!" I asked Shinhachiro to hand him the Taiji Regiment Fan in his hand, and asked him to pass on the order to Maeda Keiji with full command.

"There's something I've always wanted to ask you......" Oda Nobunaga said after Shinhachiro left, "how strange your cavalry looks!" Not only is he wearing leather horse armor, but he is also holding a shield? ”

"The leather horse armor can run faster than the bamboo horse armor, and the shield can resist the bow and arrow!" I explained it to him.

"I'm also very strange...... Niwa Nagahide also said at this time, "why didn't your cavalry hold the flag?" What are you doing with so many riding guns on your back? And it's all so short and thin! "In Japan, there has never been a concept of javelin.

"This is because only one saber may come out of your hand, and the one-handed riding gun is naturally shorter!" I don't think it's time to reveal the purpose of the javelin.

"What a strange idea...... Oda Nobunaga muttered to himself, shaking his head.

"Lord!" At this time, Shibata Katsuya retreated. "The incompetence of your subordinates makes you ......"

"Don't blame yourself!" Oda Nobunaga waved his hand to stop him from blaming himself below, and in all fairness he had always trusted Shibata Katsuie the most. "You've done your best, let the loyal guards try it!"

"Him?" Shibata Katsuya looked at me in surprise and disdain. "Okay, let's see the 'martial arts' of Lord Zhuxing's troops!"

"...... than Shibata-sama"

"What's going on with that?!"

Just as I was about to "compliment" Shibata when Ikeda exclaimed, I turned my head around. At a glance, I only felt a "buzz" in my head, and a layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on my back......

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Bear in Winter: It stands to reason that the protagonist can't use a military fan at his current status, but the colorful cape always reminds me of the "function of the horse's tail", and in general, the military fan is more magnificent. One more thing! The battle scene is about to begin, but I'm really not sure about writing this kind of plot, and everyone will bear with me if there is anything I can't get to!