The Tsugar army Katayama Moricho led his army to destroy 12 guard posts built by Wasuka Masaka in the Nosaka Mountains, killing countless Honganji worshippers and approaching the middle castle of Echizen Kokufu, while burning and looting the surrounding towns. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Fuchu Castle was originally the capital of Echizen Province, and when the Kai clan served as guardian, it was based around Fuchu Castle and Tsuruga County that they expanded their power, but later in the Asakura period, as the political center moved to the Ichijo Valley, Fuchu Castle itself declined. However, after the loss of Tsuruga and Suijo, Fuchu Castle became increasingly important as the gateway to Ichijo Valley Castle, and was heavily guarded.

There are seven or eight castles on the first line of Fuzhong Castle and Longmenji Castle, and there are five or six thousand people in total, plus 25,000 Honganji believers who can rush into battle at any time.

However, Katayama was a strong man who had defeated the entire army of 70,000 or 80,000 Honganji believers with more than 1,000 horses, and now that he was coming again, no one dared to slack off.

Once Fuchu Castle fell, the situation in Echizen Province was severe, and the safety of Ichijo Valley Castle was seriously threatened. Beyond Fuchu Castle is the Echizen Plain, where the Hatama River is a flat river, and even though there are a large number of Honganji believers, no one dares to say that they can stop it in the face of the endless tide of Date troops.

Katayama Moricho led his army straight to Fuchu Castle, and when Honda Masanobu first heard the news, his first reaction was to be slapped hard, his face was extremely ugly, and the fists on his knees trembled.

Why did the Date Army, when the internal emptiness exist, not shrink its men and horses and do the opposite, and do this policy? After Honda Masanobu was annoyed, he couldn't help but think deeply, and after this deep thought, he suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem.

The total number of troops in Kyushu is more than 200,000, and such a large-scale expedition can still send enough men and horses to provoke Echizen Province, which means that the Date family still has a lot of men and horses.

If Honda Masanobu knew that the soldiers and horses of the expedition to Kyushu were composed, although Katayama Hengcho took Inaba, Tajima, and Tsuruga with him, the men and horses of Katayama Morinaga's headquarters, Asai Nagamasa of Kita-Omi, Sawa Yamashiro, Miyazawa Heihachi and Kitabatake-Gukyo of Ise, Saito Ryuko of Mino, Minami-Omi and Kii did not leave the station.

The total number of these horses reached 50,000, and since the alliance of Zentokuji Temple, Takeda Shingen, Hojo Shiyasu, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the Kanto Governor Uesugi Kenshin were engaged in a fierce battle, Mashiro clearly told his retainers not to disturb them before leaving. Then now for them, what they can deal with is Echizen Honda Masanobu.

Honda Masanobu was already pessimistic about the situation, but the situation was deteriorating much faster than he expected. Only one night later, the bad news came, Ono County on behalf of Maeno Nagayasu sent an urgent report, Saito Ryuxing ordered Mino to send 5,000 troops to remove more than 30 sentry posts, looted thousands of men and horses, the front of the army pointed directly at the Ohno Plain, and Maeno Nagayasu's letter for help was delivered.

At the same time, the news was also received by the Hiraisenji monk corps. Hiraisenji was the main independent force in Ono-gun, and it was independent during the Asakura period, maintaining a neutral posture between Echizen and Kaga provinces, and of course they also helped the weaker side balance the situation when one side was strong, so it can be said that they are a force that specializes in stirring up.

Ever since Honda Masanobu led the Honganji Defeated Coalition into Ono Prefecture in the north, Hiraisenji realized that in order to maintain its independence, it would need to support Honda Masanobu in fighting against the then powerful Nanori Yorishu. It's just that no one expected that Shichiri Yoshikai would be defeated in the first battle, and Honda Masanobu would become a hot figure in Echizen Province, and it was better to send charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake, and Hiraisenji Honda Masanobu also got a great expansion after entering the castle of Ichijo Valley.

Hiraisenji was very angry about Saito Ryuxing's unauthorized war, not only because Saito Ryuxing's hands were too long and crossed the border, which had seriously threatened their territorial security.

More importantly, everyone knows that behind Saito Ryuko's daring to provoke a war is the acquiescence of Shoheng, which is the reason for the extreme anger and uneasiness of the people of Hiraisenji, which will be a catastrophe that will sweep through Echizen Province. As an important part of Echizen Province, Hiraisenji Temple is difficult to get out of. There are only two roads in front of us, give up independence to show obedience, and fight to the end.

The expedition to Kyushu was bound to win, and this was the consensus of Hiraisenji. And from this consensus to deduce the future situation, it is not difficult to see that once the expeditionary force returns to fight the chaos and suppress the thieves, once the Hiraisenji rises up to resist, it must be the target of the Date army, so the people of the Hiraisenji Temple never dare to openly resist.

However, Hiraisenji's desire to stay out of the situation was shattered by Honda Masanobu with a punch, and they were asked to send troops to help Maeno Nagayasu stabilize the battle and recapture the occupied outpost.

Under the strength of Honda Masanbu, no matter how angry he was in his heart, he wanted to dismantle Honda Masanshin, and he had to send troops to help Maeno Nagayasu stabilize the battle.

Honda Masanobu was stunned, and the fact that Katayama Moricho led his army to approach the middle castle of the former national capital of Echizen could have been explained that it was to contain him from sweeping Kaga, Noto, and Vietnam. So when Ohno-gun is also threatened from Mino Province, although only the sentry posts set up on the border line are attacked, who knows if Saito Ryuko will go crazy and suddenly enter Ohno-gun from the mountain road.

Honda is free from anger, but facts speak louder than words, anger has no meaning and will not solve anything, and the most urgent thing at the moment is to find a solution, do everything possible to reverse the situation, and do everything possible to repel the enemy from all directions.

Obviously, Honda Masanobu would not have thought that only Katayama Moricho and Saito Ryuko were attacking Echizen Province on two sides, knowing that there was still a large Date naval army in Tango and Wakasa Province.

There is no point in the question of where the navy will land, and Honda Masanobu is now only able to repel Katayama Moricho first. It seems that Ono County is huge, the mountain road is dangerous, and at most it is a small-scale raid, and under the strict defense of the monks and soldiers of Maeno Choyasu and Heisenji Temple, it will not cause major losses. And once Echizen Fuchu Castle falls, Ichijo Valley Castle will be in no danger to defend, and Echizen Province will be reduced to the Shura battlefield.

When Masanobu Honda led the main force to Echizen Fuchu Castle, Katayama Morinaga and Wasuka Masakatsu fought back and forth for two rounds, and Wasuka Masakatsu suffered a small defeat and a draw, with a slight setback.

Seeing the arrival of Honda Masanobu, Katayama Moricho knew that he couldn't do anything, and said in his heart: "Judging from the current situation, we should retreat temporarily!" ”

Without waiting to contact Honda Masanobu, Katayama Moricho withdrew from the battlefield overnight.

Seeing Katayama's retreat, the remnants of Asakura asked Honda Masanobu to enter Suicheng, but in the admonition of the generals, only Wasuka Masakatsu expressed opposition.