"My lord, there is news from Echizen that 40,000 troops have been sent to the Asakura family, and Kaga Issunaya has led an army of 50,000, and at this time it has already marched towards Omi, and the enemy army in Omi will probably exceed 100,000 by then. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn addition, the Hatano family and the Akai family of Tamba jointly sent 10,000 troops, plus the wealthy clans of Settsu Province and the followers of the Ichijo sect, there are also 50,000 people. At the same time, the strength of the Miyoshi family is expected to be 20,000. On the Takeda family's side, there is no movement for the time being. The third lady of the hundred places said respectfully.

"Hehe, it's worthy of Honganji, it's tens of thousands of people who can mobilize casually." Oda Nobunaga chuckled, his tone quite emotional.

Speaking of which, I don't know when the scale of the war has suddenly become huge, from the past thousands of men and horses can be regarded as a large army, and now a casual war is tens of thousands of horses. Not to mention the attack on the Asai family against the Oda family this time, the total number of people is nearly 200,000. And if you add up the strength of both sides of the three fronts of the Oda family, I am afraid that it will exceed 300,000 people.

Wars of this scale are also very rare in the history of Japan, and if you count them forward, there may be only three battles that are closest to this number, one is Uesugi Kenshin's troops to Kanto, plus this time when the city is still under siege, there are two in total, each time it is more than 100,000 people. Further on, there was the Battle of the Nine-Headed Ryugawa in 1506, when the Ichijo sect followers of Noto, Echichu, Kaga, and Echizen gathered nearly 300,000 troops. However, the most famous is probably the Onin Rebellion that broke out in 1467, a battle that lasted for ten years, and the combined strength of both sides reached 270,000 men.

However, in a sense, the only thing that can be compared with this war is the Onin Rebellion, because it was all a war to decide the overlord. However, in terms of the combatants, it is not as good as the Yingren Rebellion. After all, the troops on both sides of the Yingren Rebellion were all the troops of the commanders of various wealthy clans, but now this time, there are more than 70,000 people who are followers of the Yicheng Sect.

Of course, although the followers of the Sect are unorganized and undisciplined, if they go crazy, it is still quite terrifying. After all, no matter how strong the army is, it is difficult to beat the madman who wants to die.

Having said that, Oda Nobunaga sighed on his lips, and he sighed a lot in his heart. Because he knew that if it weren't for Oda Yoshinobu to make a reserve military service, his mood would definitely not be so calm now.

It seems that the reserve military service seems to be similar to that of ordinary peasant soldiers, but in fact the gap is very huge, the simplest two points are that this decree makes the model that can only be mobilized by the local government, and as a household governor, he can only specify the number of troops according to the number of stone highs, and it has become a model in which the number of troops is specified by the governor, and then the local government implements it. At the same time, mobilized civilians have also gone from having to join the troops for the sake of profit and orders, to joining the troops on their own initiative.

Such two simple points made the Oda family's military strength unrivaled in the world at once, although for this reason, the Oda family had to spend more financial resources to support these soldiers, but ...... Who made the Oda family rich? Not only occupies the richest in the world, but also Oda Yoshinobu, the god of wealth. Others don't know, but Oda Nobunaga knows very well that the annual income of the Argoth Chamber of Commerce under Oda Yoshinobu is probably more than the combined income of Mino and Owari.

After all, trade with the Ming Kingdom is not comparable to relying solely on the output of local commerce and agriculture. Not to mention that Oda Yoshinobu still has several gold mountains. Sometimes, Oda Nobunaga suspected that Oda Yoshinobu was not actually the reincarnation of Susanoo, but the reincarnation of Ebisu.

By the way, Ebisu is the child born to Izanagi and Izanami among the Japanese gods, and was abandoned because he was a deformed child, but now he has become the Japanese god of wealth.

Having said that, it was precisely because of the reserve military service and the huge economic power that Oda Nobunaga was able to deal with this encirclement network calmly. Because although the enemy's forces are large, the forces of the Oda family are even greater. In fact, Oda Nobunaga only mobilized the 70,000 troops that went to Omi, Mino, Owari and Ise this time.

It took a long time for Oda Nobunaga to come back to his senses, turn his head to look at the third Taifu of Hyakuchi and ask, "What's the situation on the Asai family's side?" ”

Hearing this, the third prince of Hyakuchi hurriedly responded, "Back to the lord, it seems that the Asai family intends to fight a decisive battle with our army in the sister river, according to the intelligence, the Asai family has ordered all the troops south of the sister river to retreat to Otani Castle, and at the same time, there are also a large number of military supplies transported to Otani Castle. ”

"Sister Chuan...... It's a pity that I'm a good man, but it's a pity......" Oda Yoshinobu touched the mustache on his chin and whispered, his eyes radiating a fine light, obviously he had already guessed Asai Nagamasa's intentions.

After thinking about it, Oda Nobunaga ordered, "Tell the troops to slow down, since they are so generous, then we can't be polite ......either" Oda Nobunaga sneered, his eyes exuding a terrifying aura. Even if he doesn't know how many people he has killed in his life, he can't help but tremble in the face of Oda Nobunaga's evil spirit.

"In addition, closely monitor the actions of the Takeda family, and report it immediately if there is any sign of sending troops!" Oda Nobunaga said again. Most of the current situation did not surprise him, with the only exceptions being the emergence of the Kaga Ichijo sect and the quietness of the Takeda family. And between the two, Oda Nobunaga undoubtedly cares more about the Takeda family. Although Matsudaira Ieyasu and Imagawa Clan have been arranged to stay in Mikawa and Enoe to guard against the Takeda family, in Oda Nobunaga's heart, if the Takeda family really sends troops, the two of them can only delay for a while at most, and it is impossible to stop the Takeda family.

"However, if it drags on for a month or two, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?" Oda Nobunaga thought so.

Well, strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with Oda Nobunaga thinking so, after all, Takeda Shingen's siege skills are as famous as his field skills, but the siege is famous. Maybe it's because the Red Reserve Army spent too much money, so Takeda Shingen was basically reluctant to send them into battle when he attacked the city?

On the other hand, the combined forces of the shogunate and Honganji soon arrived at Katryuji Castle, and the Miyoshi army, along with Suzuki and Nerai of Kii Province, once again entered Kawachi Province. However, this time, they did not face the Oda army, which hastily gathered troops to resist, Akechi Mitsuhide gathered 30,000 people from Yamashiro Province to defend Katryuji Castle, and Kawachi Province, Sasa Narumasa, Maeda Toshiie, and Ikeda Tsuneko led an army of 20,000 out of the city to meet the Miyoshi army.