"How far has it been?" When we arrived at the main battlefield between Oda Nobunaga and the Asai army, Tokugawa Ieyasu and I were stunned by what we saw, and it was more like two groups of thugs fighting than a large-scale joint battle.

There are two factions on the battlefield within a radius of more than ten miles...... No! It should be said that countless people are sent to fight each other in hundreds of areas, large and small! What formation, what front, it doesn't matter anymore! Everything at hand had become weapons, even claws and teeth, so the line between man and beast was rather blurred here. All kinds of flags and Ma India are mixed up crookedly, even if we want to help, I am afraid that only when we are around can we distinguish who is who!

Tokugawa Ieyasu and I, along with many people around me, immediately stood up, but no matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find the location of Oda Nobunaga's banner. "How good is that?!" Seeing this, I asked anxiously.

"Your Highness Zhuxing doesn't have to worry, His Highness Oda will naturally be auspicious!" I couldn't help but admire Tokugawa Ieyasu's calm and sophisticated, and after a little contemplation, he said to me, "It's better to be like this!" Your and our armies will attack and advance on the left and right, looking for the traces of His Highness Oda and rescuing the besieged soldiers along the way, so that you will always meet someone who knows the traces of His Highness Oda. ”

"That's it!" I couldn't think of a better way, so I had to do it first.

After leaving Tokugawa Ieyasu, I led my troops into the depths of the battlefield, rescuing small groups of Oda's army from siege along the way. It seems to me that history should not be like this, and although the Oda family was at a disadvantage during the Battle of Sister Kawago, there was no such near-defeat situation. Looking at the development of the situation in front of us, it is completely in the final situation of "fighting for life and death with boots and knives"!

"The Oda family is coming to an end? Could it be that Oda Nobunaga had already ......, "I can't help but feel anxious when I think of this, if this is the case, the general trend of the world will overturn in one fell swoop."

More than 500 people have been rescued from the siege, but they have not encountered a single high-level general. These people were either killed or the commander was killed, which was completely useless in judging the situation, which made me even more anxious. That's when I discovered Ikeda Hengxing!

Although his banner was gone, the sharp-eyed Gamo Fuxiu still recognized them from the blood-soaked banners of the group of soldiers and close attendants. They were now on a hill, numbering less than 200, and besieging them were 800 monks with naginatas in their arms.

"Quick! Rush over! "I immediately ordered Keiji Maeda, and I could see that they couldn't hold out much longer.

This was the first time I had fought directly with the monks, and their fanaticism was truly breathtaking! In the face of the terrifying and professional "slaughtering machine" of the armored cavalry, these monks and soldiers did not know what fear was, and still attacked with a shout, as if they had no feeling for the flying limbs and the blood splattered everywhere. But persistent faith alone was not enough to pit flesh and blood against steel, and in a short time a large number of corpses and mutilated living people were left on the ground.

Ikeda Hengxing ran towards me from the hillside, and the bloodstained war horse was gone, and it was so miserable! "Finally...... See you again! His first words were filled with a crying voice.

"Where is the lord?!" I asked anxiously.

"I don't know exactly what happened...... "He sat on the ground with his legs limped. The last time I saw my lord's team was half an hour ago, when they were retreating in the direction of Tiger Imperial Mountain! ”

Finally knowing some eyebrows, my heart was a little more solid, and I asked someone to bring him a horse and drive to Huyuqian Mountain together. "What's going on? Why is this all at once? What about your team? ...... "I got a chance, and I finally threw the doubts in my heart at him. I already knew in advance that this time he was different from the previous mission, he was to lead a force to fight alone, and the total number of people transferred by his own troops and Oda Nobunaga had reached 2,000, so why were there only so many people left all of a sudden?

"It......'s all broken up," Ikeda Hengxing said with a sad face, "I don't know what's going on today, the battle didn't go well from the beginning!" ”

"How so?" I'm puzzled by this situation. "The quality of our army is much better than that of the Asai army, and the number of people this time is three or four thousand more, even if there is any accident, it will not be like this!"

"Hey! When I bring it up, I ...... heartbreak," Ikeda sighed and began to tell the story. "As soon as the war started today, our front army was attacked by the Asai army, and Isono Yuanmasa, Yumori Yabei, and Asai Masasumi were killed in three ways, and the reserves of Shibata Katsuie and Sakai Masashi were shaken! Seeing this, the lord ordered me and Lord Mori Kecheng's reserve to go for reinforcements, and the situation was gradually stabilized. But in the fierce battle, the Omi Shiga people, who had just surrendered to us, suddenly collapsed, which shook the whole front! Just when we were about to regain the advantage, a large number of monks and soldiers suddenly appeared behind us......"

"Monk?" I was stunned when I heard this.

"It's a monk! There are tens of thousands of people! Ikeda bit his lip and bled it out.

"Tens of thousands?!" I was even more surprised, this number is so impressive. "There will be tens of thousands of people at Hiraisenji Temple in Echizen? Even if you tie Yuquanfang and Baoguangyuan together, you can't get 2,000! These 10,000 people came out of the ground?! ”

"It's not Echizen Hiraizumi Temple at all, it's a thief from!"

"? Who is it?! "My brain and tongue started to wooden, and my questioning became mechanical.

"Who?! No one can run away from these thieves! Ikeda roared loudly. …… Nichiren Sect, Shingon Sect, and Pure Land Sect all have these guys, and the leader is the Tendai Sect of Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple! They took advantage of the unpreparedness of our army to suddenly carry out a sneak attack, and our army collapsed on all fronts. The Asai family took advantage of the situation to flank the attack, and in this way, our troops were all scattered! Lord Sen Kecheng has already died in battle, and if you come one step too late, I'm afraid I'll ......."

I didn't hear what was going on underneath him, but I felt hundreds of bees buzzing and flying around in my head. Oda Nobunaga used to be a follower of the Daitoku sect, but in fact I always felt that he was an atheist, or at least not very religious! From the time of the unification of Owari, he wantonly confiscated the territory of Sanmon, and after Shangluo, he intensified this policy. I don't know if it's because of sincerity and fighting with religious forces, he even converted to Catholicism, and it is naturally not because of faith that he has so many wives, and a discerning person knows at a glance that he is going to take some old religious forces! However, the Buddhist forces have a deep influence in Kyoto, especially in the imperial court, so that Oda Nobunaga has not been able to find an opportunity, and I don't want them to strike first this time!

"Ashikaga Yoshiaki!" A name popped into my mind, and everything gradually became clear. It must be a ghost behind his back, don't forget that he was a monk in the first place!

"Big brother, what's wrong with you!" Ikeda reached out and pulled me out of my sleepwalking state.

"It's nothing...... I twitched my facial muscles at him. The situation has become more complicated, and I'm thinking about my family's strategy for dealing with it in the future! ”

"What's there to think about here, we must kill all these thieves and monks!" He sat on his horse and slashed the sword in his hand into the air in front of him, and the blood that had been sticking to it splattered out. "But that's something the lord should think about, and we don't have to bother thinking about it! But big brother, you ......" He stared at me excitedly and said: "Today, I Ikeda Hengxing will never forget your life-saving grace, and if I have the opportunity to save you in the future, even if I am broken, I will not be ambiguous!" ”

"Let's wait until the future!" I didn't care about his vow, and I didn't want to rely on him to save me from life and death in less than two years.

"May I ask if that is His Highness the Stars over there?" At this time, a loud voice sounded in the distance, although it was familiar, but because the environment was too chaotic, I didn't hear who it was.

"This is the ...... of the Stars Army," Shinhachiro replied in a loud voice at my signal. Who's in front of you? ”

"You can count it as finding your own people......" As the excited words sounded, a force was killed over there. When I got to the front of me, I saw clearly, it turned out that the three of Mino had arrived.

"Excuse me......" Inaba Ichitetsu hurried over when he saw us.

"The main lord's team is now in the Tiger Imperial Front Mountain, please go with me to protect it!" I knew what they were asking, and the situation at the moment was too much for a detailed conversation.

"So fast!" As soon as they heard this, they did not delay, and immediately led their troops to follow us.

After a few simple questions on the way, I learned that they were originally in charge of the position bordering the right flank and Tokugawa Ieyasu and therefore did not suffer any major attacks, so the more than 3,000 men and horses basically did not suffer any losses. By the time they realized that something was wrong, they had turned into a scuffle, and they had become a swarm of headless flies due to the loss of contact with Oda Nobunaga.

We have 8,000 troops in one place, and a small block can no longer stop this army. In the process of stepping up our efforts, we rescued Ikoma kinmasa, Mitsuharu Furupo, Sasa Naimasa, and Oda Nobuburo, who were in a bitter battle.

By the time we reached Mt. Toramae, it was just in time for the pinch, when Shibata Katsuie and the exhausted troops of the "Monkey" were blocking the entrance to a valley with their last faith, while the 10,000-strong army led by Asai Nagamasa himself was attacking in turn.

"Rush!" Inaba Ichitetsu led the team to rush over without consulting anyone, and I had no choice but to look at Ando Mori, Clan Bu Quan and others with a wry smile and follow behind.

The Asai army, which was also at the end of the crossbow, made the wisest choice after receiving this sudden blow from behind, and slowly retreated along the side slope of the mountain in the direction of Kotani Castle. First, the mountain road was not suitable for the rapid movement of cavalry, and second, the Oda army was indeed unable to fight again, so it had to enter the valley to meet Oda Nobunaga first, and soon Tokugawa Ieyasu would also arrive with Niwa Nagahide, Hayashi Tongkatsu, Takigawa Kazuki and others.

Sister River suffered more than 5,000 casualties in the first battle of Asai and Asakura, completely lost their vitality, and after gathering troops and horses, they withdrew to the city to defend and never dared to fight together.

The Oda army suffered more than 2,700 casualties, which was numerically superior. However, most of the other troops were defeated, and only Oda Nobunaga's main team was chased and beaten by Asai Nagamasa, so the highest proportion of losses was actually Nobunaga's elite mothers and horses. Due to the heavy losses, Oda Nobunaga had to withdraw his troops, but would he really just leave it at that?