On Gifu Castle, the three-storey, fifth-order castle tower, which was particularly conspicuous and white, was bathed in a piece of golden sunlight at the moment.

Upon hearing the news that Shimakatsu had sent troops to besiege Ichiyanagi Castle, Oda Nobunaga immediately returned to the castle tower, which represented the center of power of the Oda family, and summoned the important ministers of the Oda family to join the army

Hearing the news of Nobunaga's military meeting, the retainers of the Oda family, who had been waiting impatiently to summon him, hurried to the castle tower.

Hanging in the center of the castle tower is a map of the entire Oda family, and now all the retainers know at a glance that the Oda family in the center is already in an embarrassing situation of smoke everywhere.

To the northeast are the Asai family of Kita-Omi, the Echizen Asakura family, and the Takeda Flying Detachment of the Naka Corps which is advancing on Hokuriku.

In to the east, there are three people of Miyoshi located in Awaji, Ishiyama Honganji, and Matsunaga of Yamato.

To the south is Nagashima Honganji Temple.

On the Tokaido side, it was Takeda Shingen's 20,000-strong main force of Shangluo's army.

On the Zhongsendo side, it was the Takeda Army's Akiyama Nobuyo Regiment.

Now Ichiliucheng to the north of Mino is being attacked by Li Xiao's chief general, Shima Sheng

These forces are not ordinary, their total mobilization power is far above the current Oda family, and now the siege of nearly 100,000 people from all directions, all the retainers of the Oda family feel a pressure of the mountain tilting, pressing heavily on their shoulders.

Among the great broades of the castle tower, Katsuya Shibata, Mitsuhide Akechi, Nobumori Sakuma, Sadahide Hayashi, Tsuneko Ikeda, Kazutetsu Inaba, Mamoru Ando, Koji Fuki, Koji Fuki, Hirate Shu, Mizuno Nobumoto and others all sat inside.

At present, with the exception of Niwa Nagahide, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who is fighting in Kita-Omi, and Takigawa Kazuyi, who is in charge of suppressing Nagashima in Ise, almost all of the important officials of the Oda family are now gathered here.

On top of the military discussion, Shibata Katsuya first reported an unfavorable news to Oda Nobunaga, according to the news from Murai Sadatsu of Kyoto's Division, the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki also has an unstable trend, and is secretly recruiting troops.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was a shogun, a pillar of the samurai family, and the leader of the world, although he had already acted against the Oda family behind his back, and was known by Nobunaga, but if he openly declared war with Nobunaga now, it would be considered a denial of Nobunaga's current status.

This result is the same as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty becoming independent in a certain place and raising troops to fight against Cao Cao.

The Son of Heaven who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes is gone.

Hearing the news that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was going to crusade against him, Oda Nobunaga held the horsewhip and said with a smile: "Let him go!" ”

At this time, Oda Nobunaga pointed his horsewhip to the location of Ichiyanagi Castle on the map and asked, "How many people are in the army of Shimakatsu Takeshi?" ”

"Back to my lord, according to Lord Saito's investigation, there are more than 1,000 people, and the people of the Takeda Military Prefecture should be dispatched. Mamoru Ando, one of the three members of Mino, replied that the clan Buquan was killed in battle last year during the conquest of Nagashima Ichiyi, and now only two of the three people of Mino remain.

"If there are only a thousand people in the county, it is not worth the attention of the family, and the purpose of the Takeda Army may be to deliberately confuse our people and contain our army here, so that the main force of our army cannot go to Tokaido to rescue His Highness Mikawa." Shibata Katsuie said loudly.

As soon as Shibata Katsuyasu's voice fell, Mizuno Nobumoto on the retainer's seat was already looking like he was about to burst into tears, this person was from the Oda family, but he was the half-brother of Tokugawa Ieyasu's mother, that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu's uncle.

The Kiyoshu Alliance in Tokugawa Oda played a great role in promoting the two Mizuno Nobumoto as intermediaries.

"My lord, at the moment, Futamata Castle, a heavy castle in the Enoe, is being besieged by the army of Takeda Shingen, if the Futama Castle is lost, Hamamatsu Castle is being besieged by the army of the Takeda family, and the Tokugawa family is in danger, and now the Mikawa Hall has asked the family for help several times, and I also ask the lord to send troops quickly to rescue the Tokugawa family."

Mizuno Nobugen choked up after speaking, and the man in his fifties actually cried bitterly on the spot.

Faced with this, Ikeda Hengxing first said dissatisfiedly: "Mizuno-sama, please pay attention to your attitude, you are my Oda retainer. ”

Mizuno Nobumoto said, "Ikeda-sama, the way of the samurai is to do the duty of morality. The family has fought several key battles, such as the Battle of Shangluo, the Battle of Sister River, and the Tokugawa family has all helped each other, but now that the Tokugawa family is in danger, can you sit idly by? ”…,

"That's enough," Oda Nobunaga waved his horsewhip and said, "I'm going to discuss now, the matter of the Takeda army sending troops to the prefecture, the matter of rescuing the Tokugawa family, we will discuss it later, if it is to rescue the Tokugawa family, and lose the fundamental land of Mino, is this what Nobumoto wants to see?" ”

Hearing Nobunaga's angry shouting, Mizuno Nobumoto immediately pleaded guilty.

Oda Nobunaga pointed at Akechi Mitsuhide and said, "Shibei, last time in Kyoto, you said that if you were Li Xiao, you would go out of Hokuriku Province with the main force, but you ordered the county to attack as a partial army to harass the rear of Mino, and now from this situation, Li Xiao's actions are very similar to what you said." ”

At this time, Zhizhi Guangxiu said: "His Royal Highness, at that time, it was just a temporary speculation, and it was not the way to make decisions to speculate rashly on the basis of sufficient evidence. ”

Wise Mitsuhide's answer did not satisfy Oda Nobunaga in the slightest, he strode forward, waved his horsewhip at Akechi Mitsuhide's head, and said: "Bastard, according to what you say, if you don't judge Li Xiaozhi's main force for a day, won't the main force of my Oda army be able to move all the time?" ”

"Is it Omi or Gugami?"

When Akechi Mitsuhide heard Oda Nobunaga's reprimand, his face changed, and he said: "His Royal Highness, I thought that if the prefecture did not stock up on grain and grass in advance, it would not be able to support the actions of the army at all. As for whether it is Omi or the county, it is still up to the lord to decide. ”

Hearing Akechi Mitsuhide say this, Oda Nobunaga took a heavy breath, and a hint of determination suddenly crossed his eyes.

The retainers knew that Nobunaga had made up his mind.

Oda Nobunaga said: "Sakuma Nobumori, Hirate Shu and Mizuno Nobumoto, I order you to mobilize 3,000 troops and go to Tokaido to wait for the dispatch of Mikawaden. ”

Sakuma Nobumori, Hirate Hide, and Mizuno Nobumoto looked at each other when they heard this, and at the moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu could mobilize no more than 8,000 troops, even if the 3,000 reinforcements of the Oda family were added, it was just over 10,000.

In the face of Takeda Shingen's 20,000-strong army, this will not have much effect at all.

But the three of them saw that Nobunaga had made up their minds, and they did not dare to say anything but accept their orders.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga looked at the retainer at the end of the retainer seat and said, "Endo Keitaka obeys orders. ”

The young retainer was slightly surprised when he heard Oda Nobunaga call him, and when he reacted, he hurriedly said, "Yes, my lord." ”

Oda Nobunaga said: "You are the lord of the original county, and you are most familiar with the terrain of the county, but you immediately set out to rescue Ichiyanagi Castle." ”

When Endo Yoshitaka heard that Oda Nobunaga was dispatched, he excitedly received the order.

After Endo Yoshitaka was captured by Li Xiao in the prefecture of Hachiman Castle, he immediately defected to Oda Nobunaga.

In order to win over the Mino wealthy family, Oda Nobunaga gave him 5,000 stone as his place to live.

And at this moment, Endo Qinglong is also worried in his heart, since the last time he was defeated by Li Xiao, Higashi Changyao revived the name of the Dong clan and entered the county of Hachiman Castle, he has been trying to subdue the 1st leader.

Now that there is an opportunity to use troops against the gun, for Endo Keitaka, he is overjoyed, if Oda Nobunaga can subdue the gungami, he will definitely still use the gunjo as his block.

Therefore, Endo Qingtaka decided to do his best, but with only 5,000 stone Zhixing, he could only mobilize more than 200 people at most, and this military force rescued Yiliucheng, how to compete with the people and horses of Shima Shengmeng.

Just when Endo Keitaka was worried, Oda Nobunaga looked at a military general with a simple face and said, "Inaba Ichitetsu obeys orders!" ”

This military commander is the same name as Mamoru Ando among the three of Nishimino Mamoru Inaba.

Oda Nobunaga said, "I order you to send troops from Sone Castle, and you must save a willow castle for me." ”

Inaba snorted with an iron, indicating that he received his life.

Endo Keitaka was overjoyed to hear this, Inaba Ichitetsu is a famous military general in Mino, who has experienced more than ten battles, with more wins and fewer losses, with him as the main force in this battle, it is enough to fight against Shima Katsuto.

Keritaka Endo was relieved by this.

Unexpectedly, Oda Nobunaga didn't finish speaking, but turned to look at Shibata Katsuya and said, "Gonroku, I order you to lead the headquarters of the army to set off and prepare to meet Inaba Ichitetsu." If Inaba successfully saves Yanagijo, you don't have to go, and rush to Kajida Castle to prepare to face the Akiyama Nobuyo Army of the Takeda family. ”

At this moment, not only Endo Keitaka, but even the generals of the Oda family were also shocked, Shibata Katsuya is the first general of the Oda family, and he is also the first fierce general of the younger brother, known as the ghost Shibata, and even he was sent to deal with the gungami. …,

Oda Nobunaga actually valued Li Xiao so much.

Shibata Katsuya heard Nobunaga's command and sighed calmly.

At this time, Wise Guangxiu suddenly asked: "Lord, if Li Xiao's main force is really in the county, what should we do?" ”

Oda Nobunaga's eyes flashed, he looked at Shibata Katsuya and said, "You don't have to fight hard with Li Xiao, let me hold Li Xiao, and wait for me to lead the main army out of Gifu City." It doesn't matter if Dongmino loses it, it doesn't matter if you lose a country, as long as you can completely annihilate Li Xiao's main force, then for my Oda family, it's definitely worth it! Do you understand? ”

"Yes, my lord." The retainers received the order with a bang.

Finally, Nobunaga looked around at the generals present and said, "As for the rest, come with me to Gifu Castle, and as soon as the time comes, send troops immediately!" ”

"Oh!"

The retainers received the order with a bang.

On the other side, Liucheng has been besieged by the Takeda military commanders for three full days.

Last night, Yokotani Yukishige's ninjas secretly infiltrated the castle and set fire to the east side of the castle, burning down several houses in the castle, as well as the headquarters where weapons and military rations were stored.

The burning of military rations led to a devastating demoralization of the city's sergeants.

The next day, Shima Katsutoshi commanded the people of the prefecture to launch a fierce attack on Ichiyanagi Castle, and countless rockets shot into the castle with the help of the sudden wind, and a fire suddenly ignited in Ichiyanagi Castle.

Although Naosue Ichiyanagi had the style of a general, he led his subordinates to resist the onslaught of the Takeda Army while fighting fires, but the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

In an instant, Ichiyanagi Castle became precarious under the onslaught of the Takeda family.