After defeating Haibei Tsunajin and crossing the Great Barrier, Oda's army continued to march along the Hokuriku Road towards the hinterland of Omi, but somehow it was not intercepted by the Asai army again that day. After some discussion with the retainers, Oda Nobunaga decided that this was because Asai Nagamasa did not act rashly because he thought the terrain was unfavorable, and in view of the fact that there would be a big battle tomorrow, he gave the order to camp at night despite the urgency of time. Sure enough, as soon as I hit the road the next morning, I received a report from the ninja: Asai 24,000 troops were deployed not far in front!

The town of Tobubu is a small plain from which the Hokuriku Road runs from north to south. To the southwest is Kinhama Castle on the shores of Lake Biwa, and to the southeast is the castle of Asai, a small valley of Asai, and the two castles are no more than five miles apart. The reason why Asai Nagamasa set up a formation here is to take advantage of the two cities; Second, the Oda army moved quickly, and he began to retreat while he was still gathering troops, and it was too late for the whole army to set up a large barrier; The third is because this is the last barrier, and although there is still a large territory of the Asai family to the south, it can no longer stop the footsteps of the Oda army!

Although Oda's army had 35,000 troops, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the 6,000 troops of the "monkey" stayed behind to block the Asakura army, so they no longer had an overwhelming advantage at this time! Oda Nobunaga, for the sake of safety, ordered a battle sequence to be laid out eight miles away from the enemy, and advanced in three directions: left, center, and right.

I was in the position of the second reserve on the right flank, the side of Lake Biwa, with Matsunaga Hide's 2,000 infantry in front and Ikeda Tsuneko's 1,300 infantry mixed troops behind. Oda Nobunaga's main army is in our left rear, because the front line of this road is the widest, so the forward force is relatively strong, the first is Shibata Katsuya as the mainstay, Beeya Yoritaka as the auxiliary; The second is that the rice leaves are mainly iron, supplemented by non-breaking light treatment; The third course is Sakuma Nobumori, supplemented by a tie and a pan show; Sasa Narumasa, Oda Nobubo, Hayashi Totsukatsu, Takigawa Kazuyi and others followed Nobunaga's main camp; Mori Kosei, Maeda Toshiie, and Kato Mitsuyasu are the general reserves. On the left flank were Mamoru Ando, Niwa Nagahide, and Shike Buquan, and since it was a mountainous hill near Otani Castle, no cavalry was arranged.

Progress is slow, but what should come is always coming! At 10:15 a.m. on 8 July, the battle first broke out in the center, and then the armies of the two sides on the left also made contact, while the two armies on the right of which I was stationed kept under mutual surveillance at two arrows. Due to the complex terrain, the battle on the left was always tepid, and only the battle in the middle was in full swing at the beginning.

Against Shibata Katsuya is the first fierce general of the Asai family, Isono Yuanchang, the two of them can be described as half a pound and eight taels, the battle is extremely tragic, and the casualties on both sides are constantly rising. An hour and a half later, the beehouse Yoryubu, who assisted Shibata Katsuie, showed signs of instability!

"It doesn't seem to be a good situation...... "Maybe it's a little uncomfortable, but at some point Ikeda Hengxing slipped behind me." If the lord doesn't respond, it will be a matter of time before the bee house Raiton collapses, and that guy from Shibata will inevitably be affected, and the first front will collapse! ”

"That's for sure!" I nodded. "But the lord may not be willing to use the second-line troops before the Asai army, which is likely to lead to a decrease in morale! Our army is made up of patchwork from all sides, the quality is uneven, and the coordination is not as good as that of Asai's troops! ”

"Look!" Ikeda screamed as he pointed ahead, and when I turned my head to see that things had changed significantly.

Oda Nobunaga put up a banner to ask Maeda Toshiie to reinforce the front line, but before he could reach the bee house, Yoritaka's troops were scattered. Inaba Yitie on the second line made a quick decision, and without waiting for the order, he called Bu Po Guangji to enter the front line to make up for the gap, and Maeda Toshi's family arrived later, which was able to stabilize the position. In this case, the morale of the Oda army was quietly falling, and Asai Nagamasa saw the opportunity to put another 1,000 reinforcements to Isono Yuanmasa, and it was an elite direct army with Akimoto as the backbone.

"The lord has given the order!" Gamo Fuxiu said suddenly. A herald ran past our unit to Matsunaga Hide, and saw that the banner of the camp was to tell him to flank the middle of the Asai army, and at the same time asked me to make up for the right line.

"Let's go back!" I said to Ikeda Tsuneko anxiously. "We're about to fight!"

"It's not just Matsunaga......," he asked, puzzled.

"Pull a hair and move the whole body!" I took the fan in my hand. "Either the Asai army is coming to attack us, or the lord has told us to attack them!"

"Oh!" Ikeda suddenly came to his senses and hurried back to his troops. After a while, Oda Nobunaga really gave another order: tell us to attack the left flank of the Asai Army, which was also trying to help the center.

"How? Are you sure? I asked the man.

"No problem!" Keiji Maeda replied loudly. "I watched for a long time, and there were some peasant soldiers in front of our troops. Poorly equipped with bamboo guns, there is no threat to us at all! Takenaka Hanbei nodded to me frequently.

"Let's get started!"

"Change the team! Straight ahead, claws! With Maeda Keiji's big drink, the cavalry quickly lined up in our army's unique "claw" formation! There are 100 people in each of the three triangular formations in the front, and 700 people in the back form a phalanx, and the three "claw tips" are Shimakatsu Takeshi, Yamanaka Kanosuke and Keer Caizang. I raised the military fan in my hand high and waved it forward, and the 1,000 Star Armor rode forward to kill, the heavy horses' hooves on the ground, and the movement was like several trains coming at the same time.

The soldiers of the Asai Army were startled by the thunderous voice, and looked a little panicked, after all, the quality of the temporarily recruited peasants and soldiers was far inferior to that of the regular ashiki. "Don't go back! Violators will be killed! Some of the samurai of the Asai family shouted loudly, and at the same time, the regular soldiers in the rear team also shouted, "Wow! He raised his spear forward. Out of the peasants' long-term instinctive fear of the samurai, the confusion of the peasant soldiers stopped, and they raised their bamboo spears in their hands against the "big guys" who rushed from afar, but was it really so easy to adjust the untrained mental quality?

To be honest, I'm not sure what this well-built cavalry is really capable of on the frontal battlefield, the protective function of shields and armor comes only from theory and simple experiments, and the truth can only wait to be tested in practice! According to common sense, the cavalry charged the spear foot light in a tight formation was tantamount to suicide, and I quietly prayed in my heart, hoping for a "miracle" to come.

"Let's go!" A miracle really happened, and as the first bamboo spear broke after "intimate" contact with the shield, this crisp and melodious sound kept coming back to mind like a popping bean. The bamboo spears in the hands of the Asai peasants were not one after another, but broke one by one, and the terrifying cavalry wearing black leather armor with men and horses with a murderous aura that seemed to come from hell, completely ignoring the blocking of the gun blades in front of them, swaggered into the formation of the Asai army.

The peasants at the front of the line actually had no time to enjoy the cold blade of the Damascus scimitar, and a large number of them were knocked down by the rows of horses, and then they were killed under the hooves of the horses, and I even heard the faint sound of bones breaking under the hooves.

"Oh my God!" With the first guy with an earthy face dropping his weapon and turning away, this trend can no longer be controlled, compared to these "demons", the big sword of the Overseer team looks so "cute"! The peasants and soldiers of the brigade ran backwards desperately, and many of them even fought with the regular troops who were blocking their way in the rear, and the formation of the main formation on the left flank of the Asai family was also seriously confused.

"Leave the scattered deserters alone!" Keiji Maeda shouted at the troops in front, "Forward!" Keep moving forward! Attack in the direction of Shuai Qi! ”

At this time, I heard a dense drum beat behind me, and the sound of a conch whimpering also sounded, probably because Oda Nobunaga noticed the situation here, and Ikeda Tsuneko's 1,300 foot cavalry also followed, and I could rest assured that the chaotic enemy army that was left behind me could be handed over to him.

Due to the chaos of their own people, it was difficult to form a combat force, and the perimeter of the left flank army was easily broken through, but after all, the Asai army was in a tight position, and some simple fences, formation houses and other fortifications appeared in front of us at this time. My cavalry was also trained in this area, and after a few simple orders, they turned into many squads of dozens of people, chasing and slashing the enemy in the obstacles, but the momentum of the attack was greatly slowed.

"Rush!" Keiji Maeda shouted and rushed forward, and I, along with Takenaka Hanbei, Gamo Fuhide, and Shinhachiro and Kusunoki Mitsunari, who were in charge of protecting us, were surrounded by a small group of cavalry, and followed him towards Shuaiqi.

By the time we arrived, the battle had already begun, and because of the experience and position, Yamanaka Kanosuke was the first to arrive, and a dozen of the banners of the Asai army had been killed, leaving thirty or so people who were protecting their lord and making the last resistance in the encirclement. I looked up into the middle of the group and recognized the main man as Hidetoshi Mitamura in the four wings of Asai.

"Hey!" Probably impatient with this boring entanglement, Yamanaka Kanosuke rushed straight forward to kill, and after slashing three flags in a row that tried to stop him, he came to Mitamura Hidetoshi.

"Look at the knife!" The pale-faced Mitamura Hidetoshi tried to strike first, swinging his knife at Yamanaka Kanosuke.

"Mikazuki Sokin" held a snowy knife flower in the hand of Yamanaka Kanosuke, and Mitamura Hidetoshi's right arm holding the knife flew out. "Suffer death!" Yamanaka Kanosuke swung the sword again, and Hidetoshi Mitamura's head fell to the ground.

"Hidetoshi Mitamura has been taken!" The surrounding soldiers shouted excitedly, and the sound sounded the death knell for the Asai army's still resistance. In this direction, the sequence of the Asai army was completely destroyed, and we pursued the fleeing enemy troops gradually and deviated from their direction.

"Your Excellency!" Gamo Fushu tugged at my sleeve and said, "Ikeda-sama seems to be calling you from behind!" ”

"Oh!" When I looked back, it was true that Ikeda and the dozens of people around him were shouting and gesturing at me. It's really a shame that Gamo is young and has a good ear, and he can still hear it on this battlefield where he shouts and kills. "Listen to me, what is he shouting?"

"It seems to be...... Asai ...... Array or something...... Right! Asai Honjin is Asai Honjin! Gamo Fuxiu shouted excitedly.

"Where?!" Hearing this sensitive word, Tian Qingji immediately strangled "Songfeng" and looked around. "Ahh Over here! "He finally found the huge horse mark two hundred meters away, and it turned out that we had unknowingly arrived at Asai Nagamasa's main camp with the rout of the enemy fleeing to Kotani Castle." The whole army listens to me! Target: Asai Shuaiqi, the first three and the second back, arrow! Following Maeda's order, the cavalry formed five conical formations and moved forward to kill them.

Asai Nagamasa's main formation has 5,000 troops, and they are all the most elite troops. We were held back from the camp for several successive charges, and although their bows and spears were of limited damage to our cavalry, we had no choice but to engage in a gruffling on the perimeter in the face of strong barriers and sinkholes and tripping horses. As a result of the attack on the main formation, the attacking forces of the Asai Army were directly affected, and in the end, even Isono Yuanmasa's reserve was shaken. Oda Nobunaga saw the opportunity to put the reserves into battle at one time, and Asai Nagamasa gave the order to retreat when he saw that he might be surrounded if he continued to fight. Due to the limited terrain and the lack of cavalry on the left flank, such as Ando, Niwa, and Clan, the Asai army finally withdrew to Otani Castle with a loss of more than 3,000 men.