Shancheng country, called Shanzhou, because the territory of Heianjing imitated Chang'an and built, so it also imitated the Tang Dynasty, called Shancheng country Yongzhou.

In the Heian period, it was the first country in the world.

It was just dawn.

Li Zheng, Yokoya Yukishige, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Hosokawa Tadashiko, Honda Masajun and others led an army of more than 1,000 people to kill out of Kyoto.

After a fierce battle last night, nearly half of the people were lost in Kyoto.

These people were either killed at the hands of the rebels or were scattered, and after a bloody battle, everyone who escaped Kyoto felt that they would survive the catastrophe.

Now Li Zheng and they are located in Tanba Kou, one of the seven mouths in Kyoto.

Kyoto Shichiguchi refers to the seven passages in and out of Kyoto, and the Tamba Exit is the direction to Tanba Province.

Li Zheng led his army out of Kyoto from the seven streets of Kyoto last night, and from the direction of Tanba Pass, he prepared to return to Tanba Province by mountain.

Now they are standing at this moment, looking back, there are still several thick clouds of smoke rising from parts of Kyoto.

Obviously, it was last night's military disaster that caused Kyoto to still not be pacified, and in such a situation, the rebels will definitely take advantage of the situation to loot, and the houses in Kyoto will be ruined.

Of course, one of these fires was also set by Li Zheng and them, and in order to block the pursuers, Honda Masashi burned the seven bridges over the Kamogawa River with his own hands.

However, thinking of the catastrophe in Kyoto for nearly a hundred years, Hosokawa Fujitaka, who was riding a horse, couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said: "When will the world be stable, I don't have to wait for it to be held immediately." ”

With these words, Honda Masachun, who was riding behind Li Zhengyi, said: "Your Highness Hosokawa, please rest assured, this day will not be too far away." ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka glanced at Li Zheng and said with a smile: "We all have this confidence. ”

At this time, a shoulder frame painted with paulownia patterns descended in front of everyone.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki dressed in hunting clothes. Walked out of the shoulder. He held a folding fan in his hand and said with a red face: "The Takeda family is a bunch of rebels, look at what Kyoto has become." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was in exile all night at the moment. He also had no bearing, and said loudly anxiously.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki glanced at this time, and Honda Masamu, who was dissatisfied on the side. reacted at the moment and said: "Of course, the Li family is still a loyal minister of the shogunate, and after this matter is over, I will definitely gather the world's great names to crusade against the rebellion." When the time comes, I will definitely not forget the rescue efforts of several lords. ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded and said, "What the Gongfang Hall said is true, and now we should think about how to get to Tanba from here." ”

"I suspect that Takeda Nobutoyo and Mochizuki Nobunaga have decided to rebel. must have guessed that the country of Tamba is the only way for us to survive, and on the mountain in front of us, an ambush must be deployed. I'll wait to see if I'll find another way. ”

"Hosokawa-sama is right." Ashikaga Yoshiaki nodded.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is both civil and military. Naturally, he won the trust of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

However, at this time, Li Zheng said: "What His Highness Hosokawa said is reasonable. Nobushige Yamada, the guardian of Yamashiro Province, has joined the rebels, and I suspect that he will stop the way. However, in my opinion, Nobushige Oyamada does not have many troops, and we can kill this place in one go. ”

"It's too risky, isn't it?" Ashikaga Yoshiaki frowned.

Li Zhengyan said: "Don't worry, I am absolutely sure of this. ”

As Li Zhengzhi said.

The current guardian of Yamashiro Province is Oyamada Echizen Shoushin Shigeru.

At the moment, in the direction of the mountain in Yamashiro Province, heading to Tamba Province.

Nobushige Oyamada led three thousand ashigaru and deployed in this direction.

What he was ordered was to block the road from Kyoto to Tanba Province and prevent Li Zheng and Ashikaga Yoshiaki from escaping from here. …,

Nobushige Oyamada planted his camp on the middle of a hill.

Now that the sky is dark, Nobushige Oyamada, overlooking the Katsura River at his feet, and the army led by Li Zheng, who has crossed the river, has a cold gaze.

As the elder of the Takeda family, the reason why Nobushige Oyamada joined this rebellion was very simple.

It's because the reward is unfair.

This sounds a little incredible, from the leader of the samurai regiment in Kai Prefecture to the guardian daimyo of Yamashiro Province of 225,000 koku today.

Nobushige Koyamada is still dissatisfied.

Yes, Nobushige Koyamada is indeed dissatisfied, as the patriarch of the three dynasties of the Takeda family who served Takeda Shingen, Takeda Katsuyori, and Takeda Shinkatsu.

One of the two mountains of the former Takeda family, Nobushige Koyamada considers himself to have done a lot for the Takeda family and has made outstanding contributions.

When he became the head of the Takeda Army as the governor of the Oyamada family, the ministers of the spectrum such as Takasaka Masanobu and Baba Nobubo were just ashigaru generals and ordinary samurai.

Because of Xinxuan's trust, these people became legion-level generals one by one, and their power surpassed him.

That's it, and later, Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki, and Baba Masafang, they have only joined the Takeda family for more than ten years, and they have not only become the lords of a country, but they are actually more than 500,000 stones per person, more than twice the size of his territory.

The sense of imbalance in Nobushige Oyamada's heart is even stronger.

Therefore, when Nobunaga Mochizuki greeted him, he agreed, of course, he would not take action if he came forward to rebel.

As long as Mochizuki Nobunaga blocks it, the intersection from Kyoto to Tanba can block Li Zheng's life road, which is of course a promise to Koyamada Nobushige, who has been unable to see through and the Li family is such a rising star.

"Report to the Lord, the enemy has discovered our army!"

Nobushige Oyamada looked at the momentum of Li Zheng's army after crossing the river, and quickly lined up in the direction of his ambush, and couldn't help but be surprised.

This frustrated his plans to ambush him.

"It's okay, strike!"

Nobushige Oyamada took the knife and shouted.

Immediately, in the woods on the banks of the Katsura River, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the Koyamada Army, which had been a regiment in the Takeda family's county, rushed out of the jungle and began to attack their former comrades.

The first to strike in the county legions was the slings.

When Oyamada Nobushige went out with Shingen to fight Hojo, he once broke the Hojo clan with a thousand people under the castle of Takiyama Castle, and relied on the slingering army and the segmented assault tactics of the Koyamada family's cavalry team.

Hundreds of Koyamada clans threw stones at the forefront, spun stone bullets above their heads. After that, with the help of impulse. Thrown into the air, it fell directly into the formation of the Takeda Army.

This sudden attack tactics smashed the tiger in front. The soldiers of the same heart are bleeding from their heads.

Seeing this, Honda Masajun was furious, and immediately ordered the ranks of the phalanx west of the iron cannon Ashigaru. Shoot at the Koyamada Army.

On the battlefield, the smoke from the fire of iron cannons filled the air.

After a volley of guns, the second round of shots was fired.

Nobushige Koyamada's army was strong, and he suddenly suffered heavy casualties.

Soon after, the cavalry of the Koyamada Army appeared and carried out a segmented assault!

The Takeda Army counterattacked with the spears of the western phalanx, facing the hard hedgehog-like tiger preparation.

The Koyamada Army was unable to take it for a while.

Instead, along the periphery of the battle formation, hundreds of corpses were dropped.

Admiral Ashigaru gave the order to attack. However, the Yamashiro country under his command is ashigaru, but one by one the spears clenched and refused to step forward.

"The people of Kyoto are really useless!" …,

Nobushige Koyamada couldn't help but scold. He couldn't help but miss it here. The army that was gathered in the county of Kai.

Wouldn't it be better to retreat after such a simple blow? Can't they see that the enemy army in front of them is a tired soldier?

However, Nobushige Koyamada, who was on the hillside and was supervising the battle, was not anxious at all, but watched the progress of the battle, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and ordered a second attack.

The roar of iron cannons on the banks of the Katsura River sounded again.

Due to the hasty march, the gunpowder carried by the iron cannon was light, and a lot of projectiles were lost, so after several shots, it was useless.

Seeing that the opponent's iron cannon was useless, the Koyamada army rushed forward together.

And at this moment, on the banks of the Katsura River, an army of two or three thousand people was rapidly approaching.

"Damn it!"

Nobushige Koyamada scolded, "They actually caught up." ”

Nobushige Koyamada's face was filled with chagrin.

On the contrary, the army of two or three thousand men on this road accelerated and rushed to the vicinity of the place of the fierce battle.

"Great, finally caught up!"

Nobunaga Mochizuki looked up to the sky and laughed.

At the last moment, he and Takeda Nobutoyo led the pursuing troops, and finally caught up with Li Zheng's army on the bank of the Katsura River.

"Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Li Zheng, Hosokawa Fujitaka, all here, it's really all in one catch! God help me, Father, have you seen it? I was right. ”

Nobunaga Mochizuki looked ecstatic at the moment, looking up to the sky and shouting.

Takeda Nobutoshi was on the side and said, "Okay, don't hurt their lives, do you understand?" ”

Nobunaga Mochizuki nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother." Immediately give an order to Oyamada-sama to stop the offensive. ”

Seeing the fierce resistance of the other party, Nobushige Oyamada knew that it was impossible to capture Li Zheng and Ashikaga Yoshiaki alive, and took it into his own hands, so he suppressed his ambition at the moment and ordered the army to stop attacking.

Nobunaga Mochizuki rode forward, confident that he would not be attacked by iron cannons at this distance, and shouted, "Please also ask the guard general to answer!" ”

At this moment, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Honda Masamune and others were covered in armor, all of them were stained with blood, and they were obviously all in battle in person.

Yokotani Yukishige said to Li Zhengyan: "The lord must not agree. ”

Li Zheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, just talk nonsense with him." ”

At that moment, Li Zheng pulled out his horse, and the two left their respective forces, came to a distance of several distances between each other, and stopped at the horse.

Li Zheng said with a smile: "Congratulations to His Highness Mochizuki for his great achievements, and the usurpation of the throne and killing his father is unprecedented." ”

Mochizuki Nobunaga felt that the victory was in his hands, and he was not impressed by Li Zheng's ridicule at the moment, and said: "General of the Guards, why do you say this, since ancient times, Li Shimin has changed the Xuanwu Gate, and eventually becomes a generation of saints, what I do today, people in the future will think that I am forgivable." ”

Li Zheng said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the four words of success and defeat are extremely good." ”

Just as Nobunaga Mochizuki smiled confidently, Li Zhengyu suddenly said: "His Royal Highness Mochizuki, if you can hide it from Lord Yuguan, Chaoyue Gong, if you do this rebellious thing today, no matter what, you are also a figure in the world." ”

Nobunaga Mochizuki glanced at Li Zheng and said, "Lord Gokan, regardless of my father's kindness, I am ready to attack and kill our father and son with the Iga ninja, so I have no choice but to strike first. I'm also forced to do so, but I'm actually defending myself, and my father is still a fool and loyal to the Lord of the Imperial Palace. ”

"But I don't think so, as the saying goes, others treat me as a countryman, and I also treat others as a countryman. If the Lord of the Imperial Pavilion didn't plan to kill our father and son, I would have rebelled, and if my father had rebelled, I could have delayed for a while, so why rush today, wouldn't there be a better chance in the future? ”…,

Nobunaga Mochizuki talked eloquently, and after explaining to himself, he said: "Your Royal Highness the Guard, if you want to comment on the gains and losses with me, after the cabinet is subdued, I have time to talk with you slowly and in detail. ”

Li Zheng laughed and said: "Your Excellency is still obsessed at this moment, it is wisdom enough to refuse advice, and words are enough to disguise wrongdoing." ”

"Your Excellency is also the first-class person in my family, but it is a pity that you have made too many excuses for yourself. If I were Your Excellency, I would rebel, and if I was ambitious, I would be ambitious, and I would never lie and pretend. When have you ever seen Li Shimin defend himself by killing his brother and forcing his father to abdicate after he ascended the throne? ”

Seeing that Li Zheng did not have the slightest consciousness of being a prisoner under the order, Mochizuki Nobunaga was secretly surprised in his heart, and still said: "Your Royal Highness, I think Your Excellency is wise enough to refuse advice, and words are enough to disguise wrongdoing. ”

"Now that the victory and defeat have been decided, for the sake of the face of the Yagata Gong, as long as you persuade the Gongfang Hall to put down the weapon, I can guarantee that it will never hurt your life?"

Li Zheng sneered and said, "When it comes to guarantees with a fatherless and rulerless person like you, can I believe it?" ”

Mochizuki said angrily, "If you want the jade to be burned, I can also fulfill you." ”

Li Zhengwang sneered, and at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling on the side of the hillside.

It was as if the earth was shaking.

Takeda Nobushigeru and Koyamada Nobushige looked at each other in shock, only to see a large group of horseback riders with the sun and moon flags suddenly appearing from behind the hillside.

"It's the sun and the moon!"

As a former ally, Nobushige Oyamada recognized at a glance this Li family's cavalry regiment that had made great contributions to the killing of Nobunaga in the Battle of Nagashino.

It is said that in the Battle of Kurobegawa, Uesugi Kenshin was also blocked by this cavalry team, and finally died of wounds.

Seeing the appearance of the sun and the moon, Koyamada Nobushige hurriedly commanded the army and set up a formation in the direction of the enemy.

On the plains, a hasty attack by such a cavalry would surely wipe out the entire army.

Just as Nobushige Oyamada moved to the formation, from the bank of the Katsura River, another army came with a flag.

Its military strength was exactly that, and the two thousand Tanbo people led by Li Yong, the lord of Tamba Turtle Mountain Castle, came to respond.

Seeing the two military forces, Mochizuki Nobunaga couldn't help but change his face, and said to Li Zhengyan: "I just think that Your Excellency has a full plan, it turns out that the soldiers and horses are arranged here, very good, I, Musashi, the reinforcements of the Yamato Legion, will arrive immediately, and then we will have a showdown here to see who is the winner." ”

Li Zheng heard Mochizuki Nobunaga's words, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Your Excellency will be disappointed, your reinforcements will not even rush here." ”

"What?"

At this moment, Nobunaga Mochizuki finally couldn't sit still.