Sena Shitoshi was dressed in delicate Jinhaori, and I helped Natsu to sit down next to his corpse, and cut strips of cloth from his Jinhaoori to bind Natsu's wounds. This time, Xiao Xia cooperated with me very well-behaved, occasionally pulling the wound, and immediately frowned.

"You still know it hurts!" I glared at her.

"Lord, looking at this person's dress, he seems to be a great general. Cut off his head, too. Xiao Natsu looked at Sena and said.

"Isn't he known by his name, Sena Shitoshi, the chief general of this vanguard army." I was as good as a stream, and I took off the head and threw it to Xiao Xia.

"This?" She looked at me puzzled.

"This person is the sister-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the head of the Imagawa clan's Sena family, and the important minister of the Imagawa family. With such credit, the main hall should not be counted compared to the things you fought before. I said.

"However, it's obviously the lord's ......"

"You're all mine, and you care so much about what to do." I said in passing.

Hearing this, Xiao Xia's face couldn't help but flush.

A pegasus galloped by. Immediately, it seemed to be a new member of Nobunaga's horse, loudly conveying Nobunaga's order: "The lord has an order!" Assemble quickly! Don't be headed! The decapitation is equally divided! ”

"Let's go, hurry up and present the head of Sena Shitoshi. If it's late, the face of the main hall will not look good. I hurriedly helped Xiao Xia to climb onto the horse, and then got on the horse myself and went to the rear to gather together.

In front of Nobunaga, I reported for Konatsu: "My lord, the Kira family's Kamikawa Konatsu is asking for the main general of the first formation, Sena Shitoshi!" There's a head here! ”

"Well, that's good! And you, Keijiro, can seize the opportunity this time, resolutely move forward, and deeply integrate the art of war! "At a small cost, Nobunaga was in a very good mood to annihilate this army of more than 1,500 troops.

"My Oda family is blessed by the god Atsuta Daimei, and I am invincible!"

"Not bad! Ha ha! Hearing my words, Nobunaga burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty has another reluctant request...... This time, his subordinates were able to return with their whole body, thanks to the protection of Kamikawa Konatsu. His Majesty wanted to ask the lord to retract the preface and allow His Majesty to accept Kamikawa Konatsu. "I was deeply in debt right away.

"Really, I'm thinking about it now!" Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly. He looked at the wounds on Xiao Xia's body, and finally nodded, and at the same time admonished: "I will allow the matter...... However, it can only be the identity of the side room! ”

"Your Majesty's Order." I took Natsu and thanked Nobunaga together.

Yoshiyuki Sawaki on the side looked at the two of us with a complicated face, and finally nodded.

"Fujihachi, I'll invite you to a drink when I get back."

"Well, I remember it's the best one in town." He struggled to give a smile.

At this moment, all the members of the family gradually gathered in front of Nobunaga's horse. Maeda Toshiya also came over, with three heads hanging from his waist. He came to Nobunaga's horse and respectfully reported: "The abandoned minister Maeda Toshiya, behead three pieces, and belocate, I implore the lord to inspect and accept the abandoned minister to return to the Oda family!"

"What! Don't you take my words seriously? Nobunaga shouted in his words, "I said I don't want a head!" ”

Listening to his reprimand, Maeda Toshiie threw the three heads to the side of the road, his face gloomy.

I know that if I had not asked Nobunaga to retract the preamble, he would not have felt repeatedly offended by his authority in the face of Rika's pleas. In that case, it is likely that the Rika family's request will be granted. So in a way, I was dragging him down. Thinking of this, I glanced at the Li family apologetically.

After another moment, the army was almost assembled. Nobunaga rode his famous horse and walked back and forth several times in front of the army.

"Ladies and gentlemen! This time the enemy was quickly defeated, thanks to your bravery! Everyone has a share in the decapitation! Nobunaga held up the head of Sena Shitoshi, "I have received information that Yoshimoto's main camp is in Tarakusa, a mile away!" If you want a head, go and get Imagawa Yoshimoto's! ”

"Hey! Hi! Hi ——! The whole army shouted in unison. After the complete victory just now, our morale has increased greatly.

"Ikeda Hengxing listens to orders! You lead the spear formation of the foot light team and attack the Yiyuan main formation from the entrance of Tian Lejian! All the horseback riders, follow me to Taiziling, and take Imagawa Yoshimoto! ”

"Yes!" The crowd was like a rainbow.

"Katsuzaburo, you will arrange for the injured to be protected. Before you and Yoshimoto engaged, blow all the conches and inform me of the surprise attack. I will lead the cavalry team and take advantage of the chaos to storm from top to bottom, and I will surely win a big victory! ”

"Yes!" Ikeda bowed in agreement.

"My lord, my lordship is willing to act with you and block the arrows for your lord!" I pleaded.

Nobunaga nodded.

"Abandon the Maeda Lijia and be willing to gallop for the horse!" Toshiie Maeda also drove forward.

"You've been wounded twice, so stay," Nobunaga's tone softened a little more than before. Then he took the lead and galloped forward.

I glanced at Xiao Xia and the Li family, nodded, and followed the horse riding team with Xiujing.

Nobunaga seems to be very familiar with the area, and may have carefully surveyed it before. Thinking that Nobunaga had left Cheongju for a whole day, I already had a rough understanding. And Taiziling, a hill, is located in the middle of Tianle Narrow. Nobunaga led everyone to the top of the mountain, and the situation of the Imagawa family's army in Tarakusha below was immediately clear at a glance.

I have to say that Imagawa Yoshimoto was really careless this time. The Tianleshan area is a small mountain bag of 50-60 meters, and the middle road is narrow and rugged, so the locals call this place "barrel narrow". Imagawa Yoshimoto's main army was arranged in a long snake and distributed between this stretch.

Successive victories at the front; The "big fools" of the Oda family were unresponsive; From here to Cheongju, several armies have been deployed; Moreover, in front of the important land of Matsutaniguchi, there are 1,500 people of Sena Toshi. So, there will be no enemies here at all...... Maybe Imagawa Yoshimoto thinks so!

Due to the heavy rain half an hour ago, the entire army of Imagawa has stopped, and it seems that it is still resting. And his own main account is not far from the foot of Taiziling at this moment.

Seeing the bright yellow military flag of Imagawa Yoshimoto's Nichibi-Gosanki Honjin in front of the main tent, as well as Yoshimoto's red black horse seal, Nobunaga's eyes couldn't help but glow with a terrifying light.

"My lord! Rush down in one go and cut off Yoshiwon's head! Shibata Katsuya said. He also saw where Imagawa Yoshimoto was.

But Nobunaga was able to hold his nerves. He waved his hand: "Don't worry, wait for Katsuzaburo's side to take the battle." ”

A moment later, there was the sound of a conch at the entrance of the Taraku narrow room in front of him. Four or five conches sounded together, successfully creating an atmosphere of an incoming army. The army of the Imagawa family below immediately stirred, and four or five horsemen immediately set off from Yoshimoto's main tent and galloped towards the exit.

"It's now!" Nobunaga pulled out the famous sword Hasebe Kunishige, raised it high, and swung it down violently, "Don't have a head!" Take Imagawa Yoshimoto directly! ”

"Kill!" Everyone shouted in unison, and more than 400 horsemen made a concerted effort, stepping on the grass with raindrops still hanging on the slope, and rushed straight to the main tent of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

The loud howl of the Imagawa army was heard in his ears, as if it was a giant snake hissing before it was dying. The ashigaru along the road was constantly cut down by us, and some of them were not killed immediately, but we had no time to mend the sword, and all of us had only one belief: to cut off the head of Yoshimoto!

When they were about to reach the main tent, they were greeted by about 200 samurai on horseback who were wearing bright yellow two-to-five-three banners, and this was the horse warrior of Imagawa Yoshimoto. The two sides did not say a word, and immediately fought into a ball. However, the attack on the main tent of the main camp was really a huge blow to the Imagawa side, while our side was imposing like a rainbow and had the advantage of troops. Under the influence of the other, the two hundred people did not support for long before they were slaughtered by us.

"What about Yiyuan? Did you see Yiyuan! Oda Nobunaga shouted.

Everyone shook their heads together.

"Look over there!" A certain stableman suddenly pointed ahead. There's also a horse team over there.

"Yiyuan wants to escape!" Oda Nobunaga immediately understood, screaming and rushing forward.

Tian Le's narrow room was too narrow, and due to the chaos, the speed of the horse team could not be fast. But it is much more convenient for us, whoever stands in front of the road, cut down! In just over 100 meters, we don't know how many ashigaru fell, including many samurai in the costume of a general, and finally caught up with the cavalry.

In the midst of the scuffle, Hattori Kohei Taiichadashi saw a middle-aged military general who fell off his horse, wore a black hat, and wore a golden red court uniform, and he knew that he had met a big fish.

"Where to go in Imagawa Jibe!" He shouted, and drove his horse forward, stabbing him in the right abdomen.

"Bastard!" Imagawa Yoshimoto drew his matching knife and slashed the spear that Kazutada had stabbed again in the abdomen, slashing his knee with the effort. Yizhong had nowhere to focus in the abdomen, and injured his knee, and immediately fell off his horse, almost half to death.

"Your Highness, please come to your senses!" A man behind shouted, dismounted and drew a knife, slashing at Imagawa Yoshimoto's right buttocks. It was Mori Shinsuke Yoshikatsu. Imagawa Yoshimoto stumbled and almost fell to the ground. But he quickly adjusted, and stood guard with his back to the hillside.

Facing a famous general like Imagawa Yoshimoto and a famous sword in his hand, Mori Yoshikatsu did not dare to rush forward. He carried a sword and circled back and forth in front of the opponent, looking for an opportunity to attack. Yoshimoto stared at Maori Ryokatsu and kept adjusting his pace. Suddenly, he stepped on the slope with his right foot, lost his balance slightly, and caused the injury on his right hip, and the whole person fell to the ground at once.

Seeing this opportunity, Mori Ryokatsu quickly rushed forward, pressed his knee against Yoshimoto's chest, rested the sword on his neck, and laughed wildly to cut off his head.

"Bastard!" Yoshimoto's face was full of anger, and he opened his mouth to bite the little finger of his right hand holding the knife.

"Ahh Mori Ryokatsu let out a painful cry and gritted his teeth and cut off the knife. A bloody arrow erupted and splashed on his body.

"Die here...... How could it be ......" Imagawa Yoshimoto muttered to himself, his eyes quickly losing luster and looking at the sky blankly. At the side of his mouth, a little finger fell out.

In this way, the "deputy general" of the same clan as the shogun, the "Tokaido Ichiyutori" Imagawa Yoshimoto, who owned the Three Kingdoms and a territory of more than one million stones, passed away with extreme unwillingness.

"Imagawa Osamu was taken by my Mori Ryokatsu!" Mori Ryokatsu cut off the head of righteousness, raised it high and shouted.

Hearing this shout, all the scufflers turned their heads.

"Well done! Haha!" Nobunaga laughed wildly.

The people in the nearby Imagawa side were stunned, and they lost their souls one by one. It's as if he's lost all his fighting spirit. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we quickly eliminated them and cleared a clearing.

"My lord! This is Yoshiwon's saber! Mori Yoshikatsu presented Nobunaga with Yoshimoto's famous sword, "Sozo Samu". This sword was originally a treasure of the Takeda family, and when Takeda Harunobu's sister married Imagawa Yoshimoto, it was sent to Suruga as a dowry, and it has always been cherished by Yoshimoto.

"Not bad! You're both good! Nobunaga looked at Mori Yoshikatsu and Hattori Kazutada, who had a knee injury, and complimented.

"My lord, as soon as Imagawa Yoshimoto dies, this army is about to collapse! Destroy them now! "Someone proposed.

Nobunaga looked around and shook his head. Originally, there were only four or five hundred men on our side, but after nearly an hour of fierce fighting, we had already suffered a lot of damage.

"Let's go ahead and meet Katsuzaburo. This battle is coming to an end. He said.

"Lord, we might as well fight the military flag and horse seal of the rebel yuan, and we will definitely be able to save a lot of fighting!" I proposed.

"Yes, so be it! In addition, hang Yoshiwon's head on the horse seal as well! Nobunaga nodded.

……，……

Yoshimoto's military flag and horse seal passed everywhere, and the Imagawa army collapsed one after another. Soon, we joined up with Ikeda Tsuneko in front, and the rest of the Kawaka's forces fled out of Tarakuzama along the way they came.

"Katsuzaburo! The gun array is all handed over to you, why such a big loss! Looking at the army that had lost a lot of troops, Nobunaga's face was very angry.

"It's His Royal Highness who insists on being the striker, and his subordinates can only lead the spear array in the rear......" Ikeda Tsuneko lowered his head. His family was a Oda family tree, and those seniors were all people who had fought alongside his father, so he couldn't restrain them too harshly. Moreover, he had not directly commanded the entire gun formation before, and he may still lack a little confidence.

"What about others?" Nobunaga asked.

“…… I have been loyal to the Lord! Ikeda replied.

"Hmph...... Never mind! Nobunaga will no longer continue to pursue responsibility, "Gather the military situation, check the head, and prepare to return to the army!" ”

This battle, if Ikeda Hengxing's side did not have such heavy casualties, could almost be called a complete victory. Tian Le's narrow room is very narrow, and there are not many people on the battle line. If you use a gun formation with outstanding combat power and a neat array as the striker, you will definitely not have too much damage.

But even so, we won a big victory. In addition to the previous pioneers, the Imagawa side left more than 2,700 people in the main formation, many of whom were famous military generals of the Imagawa side. Toe Nimata Castle Lord, Yoshimoto Deputy General Matsui Sonobu was killed in battle, Suruga Anhara Castle Lord, Imagawa Genealogy Dynasty Asahina Family Head, and Taiyuan Yukisai were also Imagawa Family Town Imagawa Family Town Captain Asahina Kintoku was killed in battle, Yoshimoto's banner head general Anhara Nomasa was killed in battle, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's son-in-law, Nagasawa Matsudaira Masada, Toe Ii Iya Castle Lord, Ii Naomasa's adopted grandfather, Ii Naomasa Lord, Ii family head Ii Naomori died in battle, Suruga Kamohara Castle Lord, Imagawa Yoshimoto's uncle Kamohara Clan Toku died in battle, from the Imagawa clan relatives, Kenkawa Province Ship Castle Lord, Yoshimoto's sister-in-law and Matsudaira Motoyasu's father-in-law, the Sekiguchi clan, was killed in battle, the lord of Ejiri Castle and the son of Yoshimoto's sister, Kuno Clan, the lord of Tsurugawa Ogawa Castle and the lord of the Hasegawa clan, Hasegawa Motocho, the lord of the Suruga River Castle and the lord of the Yubi clan, was killed in battle, the lord of Toe Hamamatsu Castle, Iio was killed in battle, and the Yoshida clan of the military council was killed in war......

There are also the head of the Imagawa clan's family, the head of the Sena clan, and the sister-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto, Sena Toshito, who died in the battle of the Imagawa clan, and the lord of Suruga Kuno Castle who won Chiakishiro, Kuno Motomune. In addition, there are a large number of famous generals such as Asahina Hidesa, Anhara Tadashi, Anhara Tadaharu, Fujieda Aki, Ichinomiya Sonori, and Tominaga Shigeru.

The death of these generals accelerated the collapse of Imagawa's military strength even more.

After that, Nobunaga did not immediately attack the other teams of the Imagawa side. After burying Yoshimoto's body, he returned to Atsuta Jingu with Yoshimoto's military flag, horse seal, head, and saber to make a vow, and sent a messenger to Cheongju to inform him of our victory.

Actually, there is no need to attack at all. After learning of Yoshimoto's death, Miura Yoshishi, the head of the Suruga banner, withdrew from the occupied Tange, and broke up halfway, and he was taken by us. As for the father and son of the Geshan clan, they are really unlucky. They wanted to bypass our garrison from the western coastal area of Dataka and Narumi and then take Cheongju directly, but they did not expect that due to the high tide in the early morning, the road conditions were so bad, so they were delayed there. When the news of Yoshimoto's death came, they immediately fled back to Suruga.

And among the castles controlled by the Kawa side, Asai Masatoshi, the sister-in-law of Yoshimoto, the castle guard, abandoned the city, and his 1,500 city soldiers were scattered, and he fled back to Suruga (Imagawa Yoshimoto's sister is really not ordinary!). ）。 Kondo Keiharu entered the castle from the branch city of Takapo Castle after Asai Masatoshi abandoned the castle, and as a local wealthy family, he could not give up his family business and escape. Soon after, our side captured the Oda family, and he had no choice but to cut his stomach. Uden Nagasho, the son of Yoshimoto's sister and the commander of Otakajo Castle, retreated to Suruga, and Asahinatai retreated to Enoe, and Matsudaira Motoyasu also withdrew his troops from Odaka, but stayed at Daishuji Temple, which was the Matsudaira family Bodhi Temple near Okazaki. When Okazaki's Imagawa Mamoru abandoned the castle and fled back to Suruga, he immediately stationed in Okazaki and quickly established himself in Nishimikawa.

The only one who held out was Motonobu Okabe of Narumi Castle. Despite the news of Yoshimoto's death, he still firmly guarded the city, thwarting three or four of our attacks in a row. Later, the two sides negotiated, and we returned the head of Yoshimoto, and Okabe Motonobu gave up Narumi Castle and led his army out of Owari Province. Mizuno Nobu of the Mizuno family went to pursue on his own initiative, but instead lost his surname......

It is really worthy of the person who later defended the High Heavenly God City and the whole army perished in the city!

However, with the departure of Okabe Motonobu, Imagawa's forces in Owari Province were all wiped out.

After this battle, Nobunaga's reputation resounded throughout the book, and Imagawa was greatly damaged by the loss of the excellent lord Imagawa Yoshimoto and a large number of military generals and strong men.