In the face of Hideyoshi's menacing attack, Shibata Katsuya looked a little cramped. This book comes from his bravery, and everyone in the Oda family is well-known, but the politics and strategy are not very good, and his subordinates Sakuma Morimasa, Sasa Narumasa, and Nakagawa Shigemasa are also the type with more muscles than brains. On weekdays, they are quite proud of this, thinking that this is the true nature of being samurai and subordinates. However, when it came time for ** to preside over the overall situation, all kinds of complicated situations and changes quickly destroyed their pride. Whether it was the Uesugi family's renegade on the peace treaty, or Kanamori's close throw to Hideyoshi, they were at a loss; And the climatic limitations of the Hokuriku region made it impossible for them to support Shibata Katsutoyo and Oda Nobutaka of the alliance in time, so they could only watch them subdue and perish. As the deputy general of the Katsu family, Takigawa Kazuki is a person who is very good at maneuvering, and when he surrendered the Hida Kunijo family, he opened the passage from Mino to Echichu for the Oda family, and later heard that Hideyoshi and the Maori family were in harmony, and quickly reached a peace agreement with the Uesugi family, which was all his handiwork, but at this point, it was impossible for him to reverse this bad situation.

In this sense, the decisive battle between the two sides had already begun, and Hideyoshi's various arrangements before, including the early strategic battle and peripheral warfare, as well as the further co-optation of Yoshikawa Motoharu and Tokugawa Ieyasu, were all part of the decisive battle. Through these means, the balance of power between the two sides has changed greatly, and the balance of victory and defeat in the war has also been seriously tilted in Hideyoshi's favor, and this direct battle is just the first stage of the decisive battle.

As a result, the Northern Army Regiment was able to resist the 100,000 troops, only more than 30,000 people from Echizen, Kaga, and Noto, and Sasa Narumasa in Echichu was originally the vanguard of the Northern Army Regiment to attack the Uesugi family, and his strength was quite strong, but at this time, he had to keep most of his forces in the country, in case the Uesugi family responded to Hideyoshi from the rear, so he could only send a small number of elites to participate in the war.

On March 12, Shibata Katsuya crossed the Kogado Pass and marched into the territory of Kita-Omi, sent people to contact the wealthy clan who had previously surrendered to him, and sent his adopted son, Shibata Katsumasa, the lord of Echizen Kunikatsuyama Castle, as the first attacker, to lead an army of 5,000 troops to advance to the area of Kita-Omi Zhushan, and set up a castle on the west side of Lake Yuwu to guard Ikeda Tsuneko, the leader of the Yura family in the eastern part of Lake Yuwu. Not to be outdone, Ikeda Tsuneko relied on the superiority of his forces and sent Nakagawa Kiyohide and Takayama Shigetomo to lead his headquarters to occupy the southern and northern parts of Yuwu Lake, respectively, and to defend them at Mt. Tangmu in the north and Mt. Shidake in the south. The two sides confronted each other for two days, but the situation did not change in any way, and Hideyoshi remained very calm and left his main camp on Mt. Tenjin, southeast of Ikeda Hengxing, as if waiting for the arrival of 30,000 men under Yoshikawa Motoharu, Ukita Tada, and Hosokawa Tadashiko, and from the west with his main force to attack Shibata Katsuie's army. In view of this, Shibata Katsuya decided to attack first and surprise Ikeda Tsuneko's Settsu army.

His move was tactically sound. As a weak side, a surprise attack is the only magic weapon to take the lead and even turn the situation around, just like Nobunaga's surprise attack on Imagawa Yoshimoto and Asai Nagamasa's surprise attack on Nobunaga in the Battle of Sister River. It's a pity that he made a mistake in the main general of the surprise attack army, instead of sending the deputy general Takigawa Kazuki, who is cautious and intelligence-oriented, but considering the degree of trust of each person (guarding against defecting to the enemy), and the cooperation with Shibata Katsumasa on the front line, he sent Katsumasa's own brother, Kitakaga guardian Sakuma Morimasa.

As a famous general of the Shibata family to pacify the Kitakaga Ichijo clan and occupy the Kanazawa Imperial Workshop, Sakuma Morimasa did show his bravery. He led more than 10,000 troops to join forces with Shibata Katsumasa, and attacked Tangmu Shan Ya in the north of Yuwu Lake and Shigaku in the south. Nakagawa Kiyohide of the Tangmu Mountains had only more than 3,000 men, and seeing that the enemy army was large and the newly built Tangmu Mountains were not strong enough, they retreated to the west of Yuwu Lake and defended the originally constructed Iwasaki Mountains. However, the two armies fought in the first place, and the momentum was the first to be discharged, and although the Iwasaki Yamato was much stronger than the Doki Yama, he was unable to stop Sakuma Morimasa, and soon lost the castle, and he was also killed by Sakuma Morimasa (sent a blood...... ）。

At the same time, Shibata Katsumasa's strategy did not go well. With an altitude of more than 400 meters, the terrain is very dangerous, and from the mountain, you can monitor all the movements of Lake Biwa in the west, Lake Yumu in the north, Ikeda Hengxing Honjin in the northeast, and even Hideyoshi Honjin in the southeast. Therefore, after receiving the news of the Shibata family's advance, Ikeda Tsuneko immediately chose to support this side, and sent his eldest son, Ikeda Motosuke, to lead 3,000 people and Takayama Shigetomo to join and block Shibata Katsumasa to the west of Mt. Shibada. But at this time, the two suddenly found that a raging fire was burning in the Iwasaki Mountains to the east, and the Oiwayama main camp also began to fight, so they immediately retreated, giving up the Shibata family.

Shibata Katsumasa also discovered the movements of Ikeda Hengxing Oiwayama Main Formation, and he left more than 500 men stationed in Shidagaku, and led the remaining 4,000 people to chase after him, although he failed to destroy the main forces of Ikeda Motosuke and Takayama Shigetomo, but also achieved considerable results. The brothers then met at the foot of Mt. Oiwa and attacked Ikeda Tsuneko together.

The battle lasted for several hours, and Shibata Katsuya had already received the battle report, thinking that the goal of the surprise attack had been initially achieved, so he sent someone to order Sakuma Morimasa and Shibata Katsumasa brothers to retreat. However, Sakuma Morimasa believed that Ikeda's Tsunekobu had suffered repeated defeats and was at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and that it would be a matter of time before he was driven out of Oiwayama, and it was even possible that he would be defeated. In view of this, he refused Shibata Katsuie's request to withdraw his troops, but only retreated to Shidake to recuperate, and asked his younger brother Shibata Katsumasa to retreat to Zhushan to protect his own back road.

At the beginning of the night, Ikeda suddenly launched a major attack on the Yakuza Rak. Considering that the terrain was unfamiliar, Sakuma Morimasa chose to defend against him, and repelled several attacks by Ikeda Tsuneko, and even the Minami Omi Kuwasan Shigeharu Department (Niwa Nagahide and Riki, which was transferred to Hideyoshi after the Battle of Shikawa) who came to support him in the rear, also suffered defeat at his hands, and retreated to Oiwayama with Ikeda Tsuneko. And winning this night battle, and dealing a great blow to Ikeda's subordinates, Sakuma Morimasa was obviously more conceited. According to the confession of the later captive, he cursed Ikeda Hengxing at that time, and vowed to teach him a hard lesson when the day dawned, and then left sentry scouts to monitor the movements of Ikeda Hengxing and Takamiyama Hagara Hideyoshi, and ordered his subordinates who had been fighting fiercely for a day to hurry up and rest.

Unfortunately, he never had that chance again. At dawn, Keihide of Kita-Omi led more than 10,000 troops across Lake Biwa, and suddenly appeared at the foot of Zhushan, surrounded Shibata Katsumasa on the mountain, and also cut off the passage between Sakuma Morimasa and Shibata Katsuie's main force. Because he came so secretly and suddenly, Shibata Katsumasa was already firmly surrounded when he realized it, and he couldn't even send messengers to the front and rear, but it turned out that Sakuma Morimasa discovered the movement in the rear on the cheap mountain, so he poured out of the nest and wanted to defeat Yura Keihide with Shibata Katsumasa. However, Jingxiu has been fighting for a long time, and there are reinforcements from the rear from Lake Biwa, so naturally he will not lose to Sakuma Morimasa, he not only firmly blocked between Shibata Katsuya and Shibata Katsumasa, but also repelled Sakuma Morimasa's support, and when Shibata Katsuya found out that something was wrong and personally led the main force to come, Zhushan Ya had been conquered by Jingxiu, and Shibata Katsumasa was forced to lead the remnants to join Sakuma Morimasa and retreat to the Shigaku Taka garrison, and to the east of them, it was the main force of 45,000 Hideyoshi who rushed to hear the news.

At this point, Shibata Katsuya knew that the Northern Army Regiment had gone on a trend. Shibata Katsumasa and Sakuma Morimasa, 15,000 men, half of the entire legion, were now encircled, which not only exacerbated the disadvantage of troops, but also dealt a devastating blow to morale. What's more, at this time, 30,000 troops such as Yoshikawa Motoharu and Ukita Tadashi had already arrived in Wakasa, and even if he could capture Zhushan and go to the rescue of Shidake, he would be surrounded like Sakuma Morimasa.

At noon on the 14th, Takigawa Kazuyoshi first led his headquarters to retreat and retreated to his Minami-Kaga Daishoji Castle to defend it; Nakagawa Shigemasa then retreated as well, returning to Noto Nanao Castle. Shibata Katsuya was unable to support himself alone, so he had to lead the remaining thousands of troops back to Kitanosho Castle, and soon he was surrounded by the main force of Yura Hideyoshi, and committed suicide by burning the castle along with Aichi in the castle tower.

After the war, it is clear that Kyohide Yura, who led the army from Lake Biwa to a detour and divided Sakuma Morimasa, was the most credited, followed by Ikeda Tsuneko, who took the lead in blocking and holding back Sakuma Morimasa. In recognition of their merits, Hideyoshi transferred Ikeda Tsuneko from Settsu to Mino, and Keihide also took the opportunity to take possession of the entire Kita-Omi and served as the lord of Nagahama Castle; Shibata Katsutoyo, the former lord of Nagahama Castle, was transferred by Hideyoshi to Echizen Tsuruga Prefecture, and his territory increased slightly; And the rest of the Echizen Province was given to Yura Hidenaga. Then, Hideyoshi launched an attack on Kaga Kuni's Takigawa Kazuki and Noto Kuni's Nakagawa Shigemasa with Hidenaga as his commander-in-chief, Hideyoshi's adopted son and thirteen-year-old Hideji as his lieutenant, and Niwa Nagashige's widowed son, the eleven-year-old Niwa Nagashige. After the Battle of Shidake, although the military strength of these two countries did not suffer much losses, after all, they suffered a crushing defeat together, and they also lost the backbone of Shibata Katsuie, so it was impossible to do anything. And Hideyoshi arranged for his two children to be generals, obviously knowing this, and he was well aware of this, on the one hand, for Hideji to gain qualifications, and on the other hand, to prepare for the transfer of Niwa to Kaga.

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Hideyoshi was shining in Hokuriku, but I was still living in seclusion in Tosa, and I asked Ike Yoriwa and others to help me build a warship. This warship, belonging to the second generation of the Poseidon class, is larger than the first generation of Dinghai, Fubo, and Anlan, fortunately, there is ready-made shipbuilding experience, and there is high-quality wood from the deep mountains of Tosa Province (in history, Hideyoshi built Jurakudi in Kyoto, and Motojin once sponsored wood), and the progress of shipbuilding was very smooth, and by the time Hideyoshi subdued Takigawa Ichiyoshi and transferred it to Wakasa, the warship had been basically completed, and only the work of installing naval guns remained.

For this matter, Keimasa personally rushed over from Iga Ueno Castle. I was in Urado Castle, where Yorikin's family was located, and as soon as he arrived at Urado Bay, he quickly entered the castle to meet me and informed me of the news of Takigawa Kazuyi's resealance.

I'm not surprised that Takigawa Kazuki bowed his head. Although he was already the elder of the Oda family when Hideyoshi had just come out and I was only a shogun of the Ashigaru, seniority was never an issue in the Oda family, and in his current form, he no longer had to make the rest of his choice.

It was Jing Zheng who came, which surprised me a little: "Just to report this news, you don't need to come here in person, right?" ”

"Yes...... The main purpose is to meet my father," Jing Zheng took the tea tray from the attendant beside him and brought it to me, "Last time my father taught the child a lesson in the letter, so the child came to receive your teachings and asked for instructions on the next step. ”

"Hmm," I nodded. His attitude made me very satisfied, after all, it was still a child I had high hopes for and cultivated as a Xinjing assistant: "What do you mean by the next step?" ”

"Of course it's the Tokugawa family and the Takeda family," Keimasa hurriedly replied, "His Royal Highness Tokugawa has always admired the family and you very much, and now that we are at a critical moment in attacking the Takeda family, should we strengthen our support for them?" The child's Ueno Bei has already begun to see scale, and if it is used together with the Hosono family's Anno Bei at this time, it will definitely be able to play a great role, and for His Royal Highnesses Hidetaka Kawajiri and Mori Nagako, as well as the Tokugawa and Hojo families, this is a righteous act in the snow."

"You can't let go of the credit and reputation of conquering the Takeda family, right?" I smiled and took a sip of herbal tea, "Moreover, how can your Ueno preparation be as good as the war-hardened Annong?" It's said that Annonbei and Ueno Bei are together, but in fact, Annonbei is the main force, and you take most of the credit and fame, right? ”

"This ......" Jing Zheng touched his nose embarrassedly and laughed wryly, "Isn't the reputation of the child the reputation of the father and the Kira family?" ”

"Do I lack fame now?" I smiled and shook my head, "Besides, you should say it the other way around...... If you are not my child, and you are not a member of the Kira family, with your age and qualifications, how can you intervene between the two highnesses of Hidetaka and Nagake and the Tokugawa and Hojo families? How could it be possible to get a different look from His Highness Hamamatsu? ”

"What my father taught," Jing Zheng sighed slightly and lowered his head, "The child knows that his qualifications are shallow, and the reason why he can have the influence he has now is because of you and the clan behind it, so he hopes to gain more fame, so that he can better serve his father and brother, as the pioneer of the sect family to pacify the eastern kingdom." ”

"Yes," I complimented him, "I am very pleased with your feelings. ”

"In that case, how about you agree that I support the Tokugawa family?" Keisei took advantage of the situation and pleaded, "You should have heard from Xuannao that His Highness Hamamatsu has accepted Yura Chikuzen's sister as the main room in exchange for reinforcements from His Highness Hideyoshi. If the family doesn't do anything, the Tokugawa family is likely to fall to the Yura family...... After all, Kumahime is only your adopted daughter, and Takechiyo is only two years old."

"By the way, the chief general of the Yuliang family's reinforcements has already decided, right? Isn't it Jingxiu? I asked suddenly.

"Yes," Jing Zheng nodded, "It's an obvious thing. There are only two people who can represent His Highness Chikuzen, His Royal Highness Xiuchang and His Royal Highness Jingxiu...... Jing Xiucai shined in the Battle of Shidake, and His Royal Highness Hidecho wanted to pacify and integrate the Echizen Province of the Shibata family, so it was naturally Jing Xiu who led the family's reinforcements. ”

"In that case, then I should also come forward to move," I smiled and stood up.

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