On the battlefield not far from Wada Mountain Castle, after the initial collision brought some casualties to both sides, the battle began to enter a stalemate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Relying on the high morale brought to them by faith, the Ichijo sect fearlessly attacked the formation of the Oda army, and under the command of Sugipu Genren, they constantly tried to flank the Oda army from both flanks. As the general of Kaga Province, although Sugi Pu Genren's ability may not be strong, his war experience is no less than that of ordinary famous generals.

Soon after the official confrontation between Ichijozong and the Oda army, he saw that the combat effectiveness of the Oda army's troops was not at all comparable to that of the believers of Ichijozong. Even if they have high morale and a spirit of not fearing death, these are not a substitute for personal combat effectiveness. And strictly speaking, the morale of the Oda army is also quite strong.

Therefore, he soon decided to give full play to the superiority of Ichimune's forces and attack the Oda army from three sides, from the front and from both flanks. In fact, he knew very well that with the combat effectiveness shown by the Oda army, even if it was attacked from three sides, it would be difficult to break through the local formation in a short time, but as long as this continued, the Oda army would sooner or later show flaws due to fatigue. After all, no matter how advantageous the standing troops of the Oda Army were, the 80,000-strong army of Ichimune would not be afraid.

"Humph! Want to take advantage of numbers? Shibata Katsuie sneered, and then ordered Tomita Nagashige to be in charge of the frontal battlefield, Yamaji Masakuni and Bupo Koji to be in charge of the flanks, and he himself continued to sit in the middle army and have an overview of the battle situation.

After a while, Chaocang Jingjing walked over and said respectfully, "Lord, there is no shouting and killing from the ancient city of Hetian, I think that Lord Jinsen has successfully deceived the people of the Yixiang Sect." ”

"Hmm...... In this way, it will be much easier~" Shibata Katsuya looked at Yijun and sneered.

"Then our army ...... now," Asakura Jingjing asked respectfully.

"Let's just stalemate for now, the morale of the army has always been high at this time, although our army is not afraid, but there is no need to increase casualties because of this." Shibata Katsuya said flatly, that tone, as if defeating the 80,000 Xiang Army in front of him, was just an easy thing for him.

However, Asakura Jingjing did not object to this, because the morale of the Sect was indeed very high at this time, or in other words, most of the time, the morale of the Sect was very high. This is also something that can't be helped, faith determines their morale, and in many cases, they don't need any encouragement at all, and a sentence of "Amitabha" can fill their bodies with strength.

Therefore, even if Shibata Katsuya wants to fight it out at this time, Asakura Jingjing will dissuade him. Oda's army was only 20,000 people, but it was not consumed by the capital and the 80,000 troops of Ichimune. Moreover, these 20,000 people are all standing soldiers, even if it is 1 for 3 or 4 believers of the Sect, Asakura Jingjing will feel that he has lost a lot.

But if it is just a stalemate, the losses of the Oda army will undoubtedly be much smaller, because whether it is the familiarity of the formations or the cooperation between the soldiers, or even in terms of equipment and personal combat strength, the soldiers of the Oda army are not comparable to those ordinary believers of the Ichijo sect, it can be said that if the Oda army just wants to hold the position and prevent the Ichijo sect from breaking through, at least in the estimation of the Asakura Jingjing, there is no problem at all in half a day.

Because in addition to the advantages mentioned above, the standing army has another advantage over ordinary peasant soldiers, and that is stamina. If Genren Sugi knew how long the standing soldiers trained for endurance every day, he would definitely not think that fighting a war of attrition with the Oda army was a good idea. Unfortunately, he didn't know.

On the other side, the large-scale war not far away did not seem to affect Wada Mountain Castle at all, and Wada Heiji followed Suzuki Shigeyasu to constantly redeploy his defenses, and at the same time, slowly gained Suzuki Shigeyasu's trust.

"I can't imagine that you know a lot about Heiji~" Shigeyasu Suzuki looked at Heiji Wada, and his eyes slowly appreciated. He never imagined that this young warrior, who was only 17 years old, would be so good at deploying the city's defenses, and even knew more about it in many places than he did.

"The adults have won the prize, and I like to learn this knowledge when I have nothing to do." Heiji Wada said respectfully, his tone was still low, and the expression on his face was also solemn, as if Suzuki Shigeyasu was not praising him at all.

Seeing this, Suzuki Shigetai was not surprised, but patted Wada Heiji's shoulder and said with a solemn expression, "Heiji, don't think too much, this time I repelled the Oda army, I will help you keep the territory of the Wada family and help you sit on the throne of the family governor." "In this era, it is not uncommon for a family to be robbed of its territory by other wealthy families or important officials because of the death of both the governor and the eldest son, and the superior generally does not pay much attention to this situation.

After all, the death of the patriarch and eldest son of a family basically means that the family has completely declined. To offend a powerful family for the sake of a declining family is obviously not a choice that a superior person will make. It's like after Saito Michizo was killed by Saito Yoshimyu in the past, the three people under his command and Nagai Michitoshi were desperately attacking those small wealthy clans who had lost power, and Saito Yoshimū turned a blind eye to this. After all, the vast majority of the superiors are only nominal alliance leaders, and they don't have much control over the subordinate wealthy families.

Therefore, in Suzuki Shigeyasu's view, Heda Heiji's expression is so solemn not only because of the death of his father and brother, but also because he is worried about the future of his family. If it was an ordinary person, Suzuki Shigeyasu didn't bother to pay attention to it, but the person in front of him was a person he admired very much, so naturally he wouldn't mind helping him.

And Suzuki Shigeyasu also has his own ideas, the Suzuki family of Kii Province has surrendered Oda Yoshinobu, but he Suzuki Shigeyasu has not submitted. He is also a member of the Suzuki family, although he is only a collateral line, but at this time, it is obvious that he also has the qualifications to inherit the Suzuki family, as long as there is someone to support it. But before that, what Suzuki Shigeyasu has to do is to improve his voice in Kaga and Ichijozong, and it is a pretty good way to win over these local wealthy families.

"Thank you, Suzuki-sama!" Heida Heiji hurriedly said when he heard this, but maybe because he hadn't come out of his sadness yet, he wasn't too excited. And Suzuki Shigeyasu also seemed to understand this, and patted Wada Heiji on the shoulder again, and then said no more.

And just like that, half an hour passed.

"Xuan Ren, what's going on? Why hasn't you been able to break through the position of the Oda army?! Qili Lai Zhou asked anxiously, his tone was very bad, obviously very dissatisfied with the current situation.

"Lord Acting Officer, please wait, I believe that the Oda Army will not last long." Shanpu Xuanren said with a solemn expression. He never thought that the Oda Army would not show any flaws in the face of such an offensive by Ichizong, but in the face of the Hedgehog-like defense of the Oda Army, Ichisu's side lost hundreds of lives.

This level of casualties may sound very terrifying, after all, most of the previous wars may have suffered fewer than 100 casualties in a whole day. However, if you consider the scale of this war and the scale of previous wars, such casualties seem to be a normal thing.

Hearing Sugi Pu Xuanren's words, Qili Lai Zhou nodded, "Very good, break through the formation of the Oda army as soon as possible, and then defeat the Oda army in one fell swoop!" ”

"Please rest assured, Acting Officer!" Shanpu Xuanren said respectfully, but he was quite confident in his mouth, but Shanpu Xuanren didn't have any confidence in his heart. He suddenly felt that he still seemed to underestimate the Oda Army, even if he had imagined the combat effectiveness of the Oda Army to be very high.

"Why is the Oda family able to have such a terrifying army? Even when Asakura Sodri was alive, there had never been such a powerful army. Sugi Pu Xuanren exclaimed in his heart, but at this time, the only thing he could do was to constantly mobilize the army that had always been strong, constantly consuming the physical strength of the Oda army. He still believed that with the advantage in numbers, no matter how strong the Oda army was, it would eventually be tired. And when the time comes, victory will come. After all, no matter how powerful the Oda army is, it is not a real samurai after all.

It's just that after another half an hour, Shanpu Xuanren can no longer maintain a stable state of mind, although he doesn't know if it's because Qili Lai Zhou has begun to roar in his ears, but he still has to make a change. Because he didn't know if the Oda Army could hold on there, but he found that he didn't seem to be able to hold out for too long.

The large number of casualties, the declining morale, and the exhaustion of the body all made it impossible for the offensive of the Sect to remain at a considerable intensity. After all, no matter how strong the belief is, it can't really replace physical strength.

"Send someone to Wadayama Castle and let Suzuki-sama lead the Iron Artillery Team into battle!" Sugi Pu Xuanren ordered loudly. Because of the strength of the Oda family's supervision, the iron cannon is a very precious weapon in the Ichikozong. After all, even if they could make something to replace saltpeter, they couldn't make an iron cannon out of thin air. For a long time, in addition to secretly buying through various channels, more people have relied on the Saga people of Kii Province to supply. But now, apparently, this source has been cut off.

And Sugipu Genren knows very well that since the Suzuki family surrendered to Oda Yoshinobu, Suzuki Shigeyasu has vigorously developed his power in Kaga. Due to its importance in the Kaga Ichikoshu sect, Shichiri Raishu has always had a tacit attitude towards this situation. So until the last resort, Sugi Pu Genren really didn't want Suzuki Shigeyasu to have a chance to make contributions. But now, the situation has gradually gotten out of his control, and Shanpu Xuanren can't care about anything else. Because if this battle fails, even if he doesn't die in the hands of the Oda army, Qili Lai Zhou will definitely not let him go.

Not long after, the herald brought Sugipu Genren's order to Wada Mountain Castle.

"Humph! That guy is really useless! Didn't you have to rely on me in the end?! Suzuki Shigeyasu snorted coldly, not caring about Wada Heiji beside him, maybe in his opinion, Wada Heiji is already his own person, right?

Then, he immediately gathered his troops and prepared to go out of the city to fight, but at this moment, Wada Heiji suddenly called out to him, "Lord Suzuki, I hope to be able to go into battle!" Heiji Wada said firmly.