The fire on the banks of the Tetori River, after burning all night, has become billowing black smoke, and it is still rising in the air.

The turbulent water continued, and scattered spears, cowhide and bamboo feet, and corpses mixed with the earthy yellow mixed current, were constantly washed downstream.

In the middle of last night, the Takeda Army's Tsuchiya Masatsubu Cavalry attacked the Shibata Army at night, first setting fire to the forest with torches, and then the two hundred dragoons prepared by Sun and Moon fired at the Shibata Army in the dense forest with iron cannons.

After that, Shibata Katsuie had no choice but to send Banner's cavalry to stop it, and the two sides fought fiercely at night, outside the forest.

The two sides fought fiercely for a night, and Tsuchiya Masatsune's sun and moon were prepared, and only then was finally forced back by Shibata Katsuie's fierce general, Sakuma Morimasa, who was known as the ghost Xuanfan.

On this night, with the attack and interference of the sun and moon preparations, under this compulsion, the speed of Shibata's army crossing the river, instead of speeding up, because of crowding and conflicts, as well as the collapse of order, caused a large number of soldiers who crossed the river to fall into the water and drown.

In the water of the Tetori River, there are countless souls of Shibata soldiers who died in vain.

The river was crossed overnight, and less than half of the 35,000 soldiers of Shibata's army have crossed the river so far.

And under last night's fire attack and the attack of the Takeda Army's cavalry regiment, the officers and men of the Shibata Army have already heard rumors.

No one wanted to stay at the end of the river and become the queen of their companions, but they were killed by the Takeda army that was chasing from behind.

The crowd of black people piled up, and the soldiers behind them, one heavy and one with only half of their faces exposed, crowded each other, and tried to stare at the riverbank with their feet high, counting how long it would be before they arrived.

And many Shibata soldiers who were pushed to the river by the crowd in the rear were light, just like dumplings. One by one, pushed by their companions, they fell down the river.

Quite a few people didn't catch the rope at all. It was swept away directly by the earthy yellow river.

Shibata Katsuie watched the scene from the river. couldn't help gritting his teeth, and scolded in his heart: "This Li Xiao actually chose the time when the main force of the Uesugi Army went south, and the main force of the main army from Gifu Castle went out to Iwamura Castle. All the forces were drawn to fight me. ”

"This is clearly determined to kill me, has it come to this point? He still won't let me go? ”

Damn, Shibata Katsuya is secretly annoyed, no matter what. He's already badly injured. Not only was his power greatly reduced, but his voice in Oda's family was also weakened.

Defeated by Li Xiao twice, not only did he lose face, but also Princess Ashi, whom he had always missed in his heart, had no hope of reaching a compromise with Oda Nobutada and letting the other party marry him.

Come to think of it. Shibata Katsuya couldn't help but hate it in his heart, if it weren't for Li Xiao's retirement. Why did he come to Kaga to wade through these troubled waters?

That's when it's happening! Boom! Boom!

The sound of the taiko drum in the distance resounded loudly in the sky.

Shibata Katsuie's expression changed dramatically when he heard this, and when he stood on the hill and looked around, he saw a huge plum flag rising on the horizon in the distance.

On the Kanazawa Plain, the flags stood like a forest, and a large stream of soldiers stood side by side, and the men and horses of the Hida Etsuchu Army swept over the sky like a red tide with no end in sight.

At this moment, Li Xiao's legion, after a sleepless forcible march day and night, finally pursued and rushed behind the Shibata legion.

And now half of the Shibata Corps has not yet crossed the river.

The miraculous advance speed of Li Xiao's army made the whole Shibata army stunned, and now seeing the opponent's attack lineup, everyone's hearts were cold. …,

Shibata Katsuya didn't say a word, threw his golden head pocket to the side, revealing his red head, at this moment he showed a fierce look, pulled out the sword and said loudly: "Li Xiao is either you die or I die today." ”

Seeing Shibata Katsuie's bloody courage, the general Mori Katsunaga and Maeda Toshiya next to him all said together: "Lord (Repairer), we are all willing to die with you." ”

Shibata Katsuya laughed and said, "Very good, very good, I didn't expect that when I was at the end of my Shibata road, there would be warriors who were loyal to die with me, come, come, bring wine." ”

Shibata Katsuya said loudly, and the small surname on the side gave Shibata Katsuya a wine bag and poured it into a large teapot.

The three of them took turns drinking the wine from the teapot.

In the end, Maeda Toshiya drank the rest of the sake in one go, wiped the wine stains from his mouth with his hands, and then slammed the teapot to the ground.

Shibata Katsuya nodded approvingly, reached out and pressed Maeda Toshiie's shoulder, and said, "Left, good." ”

Maeda Toshiya pressed Shibata Katsuie's hand and said, "Lord Repair, I'll go first, and I'll drink with you under the yellow spring." ”

Shibata Katsuie snorted, and then watched Maeda Toshiya pick up his vermilion spear and ride away.

And Mori Katsunaga also summoned the samurai who dared to die beside him, and together with Maeda Toshiie, they killed the Takeda army camp.

The posture of these two people is like the assassins who never returned on the banks of the Yishui River that day.

At this time, the shout of the sky sounded on the side of the Takeda Army's camp, and the Takeda Army began to launch a general attack on the Shibata Army!

The expression on Shibata Katsuie's face twitched slightly, and he nodded slowly, and the impassioned look on his face gradually retreated. He peeled off the striking armor from his body one by one, and whipped his horse again.

The war horse was in pain, and immediately galloped.

After doing all this, Shibata Katsuya threw away the horsewhip, approached the side, and said expressionlessly: "Let's go, let's cross the river by boat!" ”

Higashimino.

On the banks of the Nagara River under Iwamura Castle.

The Oda family, who was holding a small flag, dragged a corpse on the left and right legs, and slowly dragged it to the river.

And on the edge of the river, along the Nagara River, such corpses were stacked in a long row.

In the sound of the murmuring river, a large number of vultures are unscrupulously, burying their heads in their mouths and munching and swallowing the pieces of meat on the corpses.

On the other side of the corpse, the former Takeda Ienan Shinano Commander General General Akiyama Nobutomo and his wife, as well as the retainers Oshima Morinosuke and Sakukoji Temple left nearly four people.

The four of them were tied up together and knelt on the edge of the gravel-covered river.

And beside them, dozens of ashigaru members of the Oda Army were holding bamboo spears and aiming at them.

At this moment, Akiyama Nobutomo looked at it with a sad and indignant face, and the papaya-patterned flags fluttering on Iwamura Castle shouted at the sharp spears of the Oda army around him: "Kiso Yoshimasa, you traitor, you can't die well!" ”

Akiyama Nobutomo's angry and terrible roar made people shudder, this former Takeda family tiger general, but at this moment it is a bound tiger, a hero's end of the scene.

On the castle tower of Iwamura Castle.

The governor of the Oda family, Oda Nobutada, stood with his hands in his hands, smiling at the former rival of the Takeda family.

For Oda Nobutada, there was nothing more refreshing and comfortable than seeing his former rival being killed.

Behind Oda Nobutada, Hidetaka Kawajiri, who was his successor, smiled, looked at Kiso Yoshimasa, who was standing respectfully behind them, and smiled: "Kiso-sama, this Akiyama Nobutomo is cursing you, what do you think?" ”…,

After hearing this, Kiso Yoshimasa looked submissive, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare to have any opinions, I don't dare to have any opinions." ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri waved his hand and said gently: "Don't be restrained, since you have betrayed Takeda, as a member of your own family, you should deceive the gate of Iwamura Castle, that is, the henchman of this family, and it doesn't hurt to say everything." ”

Kiso Yoshimasa breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a flattering face: "Returning to Lord Kawajiri, now that I am a minister of the Oda family, I am loyal to serve the lord, and as for the curse of Akiyama Nobutomo, I don't care." ”

Listening to Kiso Yoshimasa's words, Oda Nobutada's face wiped a trace of disdain, and then raised his hand and slashed down.

After that, the Oda family on the banks of the Nagara River immediately raised the bamboo spears in their hands and stabbed Akiyama Nobuyo and his wife and his retainers from all sides.

Poof!

The spear pierced through the flesh, and the blood soaked the beach on the Nagara River.

Oda Nobutada waved his hand and motioned for Kiso Yoshimasa to step back.

A hint of anger appeared on Kiso Yoshimasa's face, but he immediately pressed down, knelt down and bowed deeply, and then turned to leave.

Hidetaka Kawajiri said to Oda Shin: "How lord, I don't like this Kiso Yoshimasa. ”

Oda Nobutaka said lightly: "I don't like or hate it, but I will never reuse the person who is a traitor, so I am cold now, lest he not know how to advance and retreat in the future." I don't want to see a second Masunaga show again. ”

Kawajiri Hidetaka said: "When the ancestor was here, he was able to tolerate Matsunaga Hide, and he also had a reason. Those who are generous can quickly grasp people's hearts. ”

Oda Nobutada waved his hand, obviously not wanting to talk about this topic with Hidetaka Kawajiri again.

Oda Nobutada said in a deep voice: "Now that Iwamura Castle has been down, the gap in the Higashimino Nakasendo has been filled. What's more, he rebelled against Kiso Yoshimasa, and the door of Takeda Minami Shinano was opened, and I just took this opportunity to use troops on a large scale to attack Shinano, what do you think? ”

Hidetaka Kawajiri thought about it carefully and said: "My lord, in the opinion of my subordinates, the power of this family cannot be destroyed for the time being, and if you carry out Shinano too early, it will conflict with the Uesugi family, who are determined to win Shinano, and this cannot be done before the situation is unclear." ”

"According to the opinion of his subordinates, it is possible to take advantage of the momentum of a great victory and return to the army to attack Kajida Castle of the Takeda family's Hida Echichu Army, as well as Hachiman Castle in the gun, and capture these two castles and recover the entire territory of Shinano, which is the best strategy for a steady and steady victory."

Listening to Kawajiri Hidetaka's words, Oda Nobutada nodded and said appreciatively: "Lord Kawajiri, worthy of being my Zhuge , just follow your words." ”

Just as Oda Nobutada was about to send an order back to attack Kajida Castle, a samurai hurried to the castle tower and reported to them, "My lord, the Hokuriku Legion has suffered a great defeat on the banks of the Tetori River!" ”