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"My lord, there is Kanesaki Castle ahead!" Shibata Katsuie whispered to Oda Nobunaga.

"Humph! Nagamasa Asai, this bastard! Oda Nobunaga looked at the Asai family flag fluttering on Kanesaki Castle and muttered through gritted teeth, now this old man now hates Asai Nagamasa to the extreme. After all, if the Asai family hadn't betrayed, the Oda army would have already broken through the Koya Pass and forced Ichishiri Valley Castle at this time.

However, no matter how resentful he is, he must first leave here and return to, and the longer the time drags on, the deeper Oda Nobunaga's worries about become. Indeed, with the current strength of the Oda army, even if the troops are divided against the Asai family and the Asakura family, it is completely impossible to defeat them in an instant.

And if it is delayed, the situation in will become uncontrollable. Although he did not receive any information, Oda Nobunaga was 100% sure that Honganji and other forces would definitely take action. The only thing he couldn't be sure about was how messy was right now.

"Full speed ahead of the whole army! Try to avoid grappling with Asai Jun! Oda Nobunaga ordered.

"Yes!"

On the other side, on the plain leading from Kiya Pass to Kanesaki, Oda Yoshinobu and Oda Shinna and others fell behind the last of the main army, constantly blocking the pursuit of the Asakura army.

"These bastards are really bad!" Yoshinobu Oda cursed constantly.

When Oda Yoshinobu led the army to begin to retreat, the Asakura army just followed unhurriedly, without the slightest intention of pursuing. At that time, Oda Yoshinobu was still very inexplicable, because in his opinion, the Asakura army should be very anxious to pursue Oda Nobunaga.

But when it was nightfall, he realized that he was a little naïve. The Asakura army did not not attack, but waited for the best time to attack. After nightfall, Oda Yoshinobu's troops had to light torches to illuminate their surroundings because they did not know the terrain, so they continued their retreat.

And what about the Asakura Army? As locals, they obviously don't know the terrain here, and because of the firelight on Oda Yoshinobu's side, they can easily pursue Oda Yoshinobu's army even if they don't need to light torches. Thus, a completely unfair pursuit and escape war began.

The Asakura army continued to attack Oda Yoshinobu's rear formation, although it was constantly repelled by Oda Shinna and others, but the Asakura army did not care about these failures at all, but continued to attack. This also made Oda Yoshinobu have to retreat to the back to protect the formation from being destroyed, of course, this is also thanks to the addition of Mori Kosei, with the help of this experienced veteran, Oda Yoshinobu can sit in the back without any scruples.

"My lord, if it goes on like this, our army will not be able to speed up at all." Oda Shinna came to Oda Yoshinobu's side and said anxiously.

Turning his head to look at Oda Shinna, the armor on her body had already been stained red with blood at this time, although Oda Yoshinobu asked her to stay in the army and command, but maybe Oda Shinna wanted to prove herself, she always rushed to the front line every time she fought with the Asakura army.

"Hehe~ Your Highness, that's naturally it." Yoshinobu Oda smiled and wanted to reach out and touch Nobuna Oda's head, but halfway through his hand he realized that she was wearing a helmet. Helplessly, Oda Yoshinobu had no choice but to touch her pretty face, which was already stained with blood, as if he was helping her touch the blood stains.

"Calculating the time, the lord should also arrive at Kanesaki Castle, as long as there is no Asakura army, the Asai family alone will not be able to resist the lord's army. When the lord retreats safely, our mission will be completed~" Oda Yoshinobu said with a chuckle.

Hearing this, Oda Shinna was about to say something, when suddenly there was a loud killing sound in front of him, but it was the Asakura army that killed again.

"Damn, these guys are pretty quick learners!" Oda Yoshinobu muttered unhappily, he could see that the Asakura army was completely a tooth for a tooth, relying on three times more troops than Oda Yoshinobu's army, and constantly attacking the rear of the Yoshinobu army in the mode of wheel warfare. And in this case, it is obviously more tired than the previous Asakura army.

After all, the Asakura army could still take a break at that time, but what about the Yoshinobu army at this time? There is no way to stop and rest. Even Oda Yoshinobu didn't dare to change the formation, because at this time, the distance between the Asakura army and the Yoshinobu army was too close, and once the formation changed, it was easy for the Asakura army to take the opportunity to break through the formation.

"However, if you think that you will be able to defeat my troops in this way, you will underestimate me......" Oda Yoshinobu thought to himself as he looked at the Asakura army hidden in the dark in the night ahead.

On the other side, the battle situation at Kanesaki Castle was much easier than that of Oda Yoshinobu's, and perhaps as everyone expected, without the flanking attack of the Asakura army and the Asai army alone, it would not be able to stop the Oda army at all. In just three rounds, the Oda army completely broke through the encirclement of the Asai army and retreated quickly towards Wakasa Province.

"My lord, the Asai army did not pursue." Shibata Katsuya said strangely.

"Humph! How can the people who block the car with the mantis arm have the ability to pursue our army?! Oda Nobunaga said coldly, "Full speed ahead!" Enter Wakasa Province and join Nagahide's troops! Then let's kill back to together! ”

"Then Yoshinobu-sama......" Shibata Katsuie's words were not finished when he was rudely interrupted by Oda Nobunaga, "With Yoshinobu's martial bravery, who in the world can kill him?!" ”

"Yes!" Shibata Katsuya didn't say much when he heard this.

Riding on his horse and rushing forward, Oda Nobunaga's eyes were very cold, and he didn't seem to be happy that he had escaped from the encirclement of Asai and Asakura so smoothly. Because he knew that after his army withdrew, Oda Yoshinobu would have to face the attack of Asakura and Asai.

It's just that he can't go back to the army to help Oda Yoshinobu, because he must return to as soon as possible to preside over the situation. "Yixin, you kid must come back alive!" Oda Nobunaga thought to himself, and gradually disappeared into the night.

Inside Kanesaki Castle.

"My lord, the Oda army has broken through the position of our army and has retreated towards Wakasa Province." Endo Naokei bowed down in front of Asai Nagamasa and said respectfully.

"Hmm...... Then, everyone is ready, just wait for Oda Yoshinobu to arrive at Kanesaki Castle, and join forces with the Asakura family to attack! Be sure to leave Oda Yoshinobu in Echizen completely! Asai Nagamasa said loudly.

Although he was dissatisfied with being used as a pawn, and although he resented his retainers for hiding such a big thing about himself, but now, as the governor of the Asai family, Asai Nagamasa knows very well what the only thing he has to do is.

"As long as you kill Oda Yoshinobu, then the prestige of the Oda family will plummet, and then it will be ...... with the containment of other forces" Asai Nagamasa looked at the night outside and fell into thought.