Under the canopy, it was pitch black, and the heavy rain was getting heavier and heavier.

On the plain of Shiraku.

As soon as the Oda Tokugawa army arrived here, they built strong fortifications, and cut the slopes on both sides of the platform into artificial steep slopes, as well as triple earth ramparts, and defense lines against horse fences.

At present, the 38,000 Oda Tokugawa coalition forces are silently confronting the Takeda army less than 20 towns away behind this strong wall.

Kek Lok Temple Mountain, Oda Army Main Formation.

Oda Nobunaga put his hands in front of his chest, looked down at the dim Takeda army headquarters under the heavy rain, and asked Tokugawa Ieyasu beside him, "How did Sakai Tadaji and Matsudaira Itada's special forces set off?" ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu bowed his head respectfully, looked at the man who controlled almost half of the world, and said, "Just left!" I guess I've already crossed Toyokawa at this time! It is expected that before dawn tomorrow, they will be able to cross the boat landing mountain and surprise attack the Takeda army at the Kite Chao Mountain under Nagashino Castle. ”

Oda Nobunaga nodded, and walked forward, moving with a bang, covered in armor.

Nobunaga turned abruptly and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was following behind him, "If such a surprise attack can attack the city, the Takeda army should be in a situation where the enemy is on its back." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a sigh: "Yes, Kogoro, act cautiously, this surprise attack plan was proposed by him, and he will be sure that it will be successful enough." ”

"But," Tokugawa Ieyasu paused, raised his own question, and asked, "But Takeda Katsuyori will shake our army with an army of 12,000, and I doubt that Takeda Katsuyori, with such a disadvantage, will fight against our army!" If we withdraw at this moment, all our efforts will be in vain. ”

Oda Nobunaga said with a smile: "You can rest assured, Katsuri is so happy with this person, and he is burdened by his father's prestige, he will inevitably take the initiative to ask our army for war, not to mention that I have arranged to play dark chess, and Takeda Katsuyori will be lured by his benefits, and he will inevitably fall into the trap." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu listened, and did not take the liberty to ask what Nobunaga was referring to the dark chess, but nodded silently.

Oda Nobunaga waved his horsewhip, pointed to the dim and unknown Mt. Mt. Mt. Seooji opposite under the heavy rain, and said, "Tomorrow the Takeda family will perish!" ”

In the Takeda Army's main formation.

As soon as Yama Yama Changjing's voice fell, at this time, Nagasaka Mitsuken, who was on the side of Takeda Katsuyori, got up and said: "We are clear about the inferiority of troops, but we received a secret letter from Oda Clan's old Sakuma Genbo, saying that if our Takeda Army launches an attack on the Oda Army, he will lead the headquarters to defect in front of the battle!" ”

"And that's how we win this battle!"

Hearing the news of Sakuma's secret letter, the important ministers in the military tent were all surprised, and tried to digest this important news.

Baba Nobubo said: "This is impossible, it must be the subterfuge of Nobunaga's army, lord, who is Nobunaga, is the man who brings a large and small waist knife when he goes to the toilet, even if he forgets to bring a tissue paper." And Sakuma Genbo is mostly a plan from him to deceive me into surrendering to us, in order to tempt our army to attack the strong position of the Oda army! ”

"If it weren't for a strategy, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity to defeat the Oda family in one fell swoop and seize the world!" Takeda Nobutoyo said on the side, "My lord, Nobunaga employs people like a pile of salaries, and the latecomers come first, Yushiba, Akechi, Takigawa and others are all latecomers, and for Hayashi Satoshi, Sakuma Genbo has served his family for several generations, and he is deposed outside his henchmen. Therefore, Sakuma Genbo must have some resentment towards Nobunaga in his heart, so his deception is not unreasonable. ”

"Takeda Stable, it's really a child's opinion!"

Baba Nobubo angrily rebuked Takeda Nobutoyo's words at this moment.

As the son of Takeda Nobuyoshi, as the closest relative of Takeda Katsuyori, Takeda Nobutoyo is ranked below Takeda Nobuyoshi in the family. …,

Seeing such a reprimand for the Baba Nobubo, Takeda Nobutoshi was also furious, and said: "The name of the stable was passed down from my father to Zaixia, and Baba Mino said this, does she look down on Zai and his father?" ”

Baba Nobubo looked at Takeda Nobutoyo and said, "I'm really ashamed of Master Chaoyue, having a son like you!" ”

"You!" Takeda Nobutoyo couldn't help but draw the knife half-sheath at the moment.

And the racecourse letter room also pressed his hand to the hilt of the knife.

"Stop!"

Shan Shan Changjing stepped forward and pressed the two of them, and shouted: "Draw your sword in front of the lord, what kind of posture are you doing, the Oda army has not yet been killed in front of the battle, are you all fighting together?" ”

Racecourse Nobubo, Takeda Nobutoyo both stopped angrily.

Yama Shan Changjing is very aware of the estrangement between himself and this lord, since the death of the former lord Gongxin Xuan, his first minister, in the heart of Takeda Katsuyori has been declining day by day.

But Yamasan-magatsu knew this, and still insisted on his principles, he had to abide by the righteousness of the samurai, and he had to speak upright.

Yama County Changjing's gaze was fixed on Takeda Katsuyori's eyes, and said: "Facing a strong enemy with a weak army, and pinning the opportunity to win on a decisive battle in which the enemy army mutinied, Your Majesty has never heard of it, I don't think even if Lord Ling Zun is alive, he will not make such a risky decisive battle!" ”

"Your Majesty's words have been exhausted, please make the final decision, Lord Pavilion! As long as the hall owner gives an order, even if the sword mountain is in the sea of fire, the guards of the county will act according to the order, and they will not give up! ”

Baba Shinbo, Naito Masatoyo also came behind Yama Yama Changjing, and said: "The subordinates and others all agree with the decision of the Yama Prefecture Guard, please ask the lord to make a final ruling." ”

At this time, in the military tent, all the retainers bowed down and listened to Takeda Katsuyori's decision.

Yama Prefecture Masaki, Baba Nobubo, Naito Masatoshi and other veterans all looked expectant, hoping that Takeda Katsuyori could repent at this last moment and decided to cancel this wrong battle.

In the face of all the people bowing down, Takeda Katsuyori, who was sitting on the main seat, slowly stood up, released his arms holding his chest, held down the sword at his waist with his left hand, pulled out the military equipment with his right hand, and slowly raised his head, and then pressed down and said: "I have made up my mind, and I will fight Oda Tokugawa tomorrow, unchanged!" ”

Listening to Takeda Katsuyori's final decision, the Baba Nobubo, Naito Masatoyo felt a little thunderous in an instant.

There was silence.

And Shan County Changjing's eyes at this moment, there were tears falling suddenly, but he raised his head resolutely, used all his strength, and said loudly: "Oh! ”

After that, the head and the headbag slammed heavily on the ground.

After Yama Prefecture Changjing, Baba Shinbo, Naito Masatoyo looked at Takeda Katsuyori and said with tears in his eyes: "Yes, my lord! ”

On top of this military discussion, under the resoluteness of Takeda Katsuyori, the decision to meet the Oda army tomorrow has been passed.

The news of tomorrow's decisive battle spread to the ears of the 12,000 soldiers of the Takeda Army in the Archery Plain.

It had rained heavily for a long time, and it had subsided a lot.

The sky was still covered with rainpowder.

On the north side of the Sherakuhara area, Chamoji Mountain is located near the direction of the Okusan River.

Mt. Chaji was also the northernmost part of the Oda Army, where the Oda generals Sakuma Nobumori, Ikeda Nobuyuki, Niwa Nagahide, and Takigawa Ichiyi were guarded.

Takigawa Ichiki Ichiki on the position of the Ise Corps.

The people of Ise who rushed to Mikawa from Northern Ise to participate in the war were not accustomed to the cold and humid weather in Mikawa.

The rain made them lie very unstable in their soaked tents.

The ashigaru who was on night patrol vigilantly cruised through the camp, staring at the Takeda Army's position in the darkness opposite, with a solemn expression in their eyes. …,

"Look at what, look!"

Ashigaru whipped his head on the body of Ashigaru, who was patrolling the night, and said, "Don't look at the other side, stare at yourself, if the Takeda army attacks from the side road at night!" ”

Ashigaru scolded his subordinate Ashigaru, and this subordinate Ashigaru snorted a few times and didn't dare to answer.

At this time, a ashigaru head on the lookout platform shouted below: "It's close again, don't scold, this ghost weather, how can the Takeda Army attack in the dark?" ”

The ashigaru head, who was called close again, looked at the dark mountains outside the barracks, and smiled unconsciously, indeed in such a night when the heavy rain had just passed, and the clouds were thick, and there was no moonlight.

If the Takeda Army did not fire torches, it would be impossible to attack in the dark.

He smiled and scolded: "If you don't scold, these slackers will be tired, and you have to cheer up no matter what you say......"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ashigaru who had been beaten by him suddenly said, "My lord, you see that there seems to be a fire on the opposite mountain!" ”

"Fart! Are you eye-catching! ”

Looking up closely, Siye was still pitch black, where there was a little fire, so he couldn't help but scold his subordinate Ashigaru, and beat him with a horsewhip.

However, after being whipped a few times, the ashigaru said with a sad face: "My lord, you see that it is in the northeast direction, and there is indeed a fire!" ”

"Yes, it's closer, you come up and look, there is indeed a fire there, it seems to be a torch lit!"

Ashigaru, whose name is near, was slightly surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly climbed to the lookout.

Looking at the ashigaru head on the oar, he turned his hand to the dark night sky in the distance, and said, "Look! ”

I opened my eyes closer, and looked into the distance, and there were indeed a few scattered fires not far away, which was particularly surprising in the empty night.

"Maybe it's a passer-by in the rain!"

"Impossible, this is the battlefield, and who else will go here now."

When his recent words were refuted, he immediately said with a smile: "That's right, it's not a passerby, it's a messenger from Owari!" ”

"Stupid! This is the direction of Okumikawa, the messenger from Owari, how could it be possible to take this road? ”

After listening to what the other party said, he suddenly realized that he was glaring towards the northeast of the lookout!

"The fire has expanded again! I think there are at least 100 of them! ”

He was a little surprised, and said, "No, I will report to the lord immediately!" ”

The nearest lord is Takigawa Kazuyi, and when he and Takigawa Ichiyi arrive at the lookout outside the main camp, they see that the fire in the distance has expanded into a piece.

Although at this distance, it is only the size of a fingernail, but this is almost the scale of the preparation team all the way.

Takigawa Kazuki said: "No, this matter must be known to the lord immediately, and immediately go to the Yamoto Camp of Kek Lok Temple with me!" ”

In the main camp of the Takeda Army, on the mountain of Yiwangji.

Under the banner of the windforest volcano.

Yama Prefecture Changjing, Baba Nobubo, and Naito Masatoyo are standing under this banner.

Since the military tent came out, the three of them have all been pale and talking and laughing.

Naito Masatoyo, Yama Prefecture Masakai, and Baba Nobubo talked about the old past when they all served as close officers under Shingen and led the army to fight.

The three gray-haired veterans couldn't help but laugh heartily when they recalled what happened when they were young.

After speaking, Changjing of Shan County took off his head pocket, and then ordered the side to bring the wine.

After pouring more than a dozen bottles of sake in a row, the head pocket was half full, and the aroma of the sake was overflowing.

Changjing of Shan County picked up the head pocket containing the wine, took a big sip, and then handed the head pocket to the horse farm letter room. …,

After seeing it, the Baba Nobubo was also silent, drank the wine, and passed it to Naito Masatoyo.

After Naito drank this farewell wine, he said to the two: "Our Takeda family is going to perish!" Tomorrow's battle, I'll go first! ”

The horse farm letter room wiped the white beard with wine on his lips and said, "Goodbye! Go first! ”

"Fortunately, Takasaka is not here, and with him continuing to assist the Pavilion Master, you can rest assured! See you in front of the first lord! ”

Naito Masatoyo nodded and spoke calmly.

"Let's meet again in Hirasaka!"

After the three old ministers of the Xinxuan era finished speaking, they each raised their spears and crossed the banner of the wind forest volcano.

"Three adults, the lord has an urgent matter to summon!"

At this time, Takeda Katsuyori was beside him, and a side called the two urgently.

"Oh? What's the matter, has the lord changed his mind? Shan Changjing asked in surprise.

"Lord Bingwei, look at the mountain on the other side, there seems to be a fire!"

Suddenly, a side-by-side pointed to the north of the Takeda Army's main formation and spoke.

Yama County Changjing, Baba Nobubo, and Naito Masatoyo looked to the north, and they were stunned in place.

"It can't be! Where did this military power come from! ”

On the Yamamoto formation of the Oda Army's Gokurakkuji Temple, looking at the bright fire in the northeast, Oda Nobunaga took a step back at the moment.

"It can't be!"

Oda Nobunaga shouted angrily, and he stared in this direction, only to see that under the northern half of the sky, the fire was bright above the horizon.

What was originally just a sporadic fire, as time migrated, and gathered more and more, slowly like a stream to a river, and has converged from all sides, covering the entire plain and hills, looking like a sea of fire rushing to the sky.

At this time, the scene is like a wildfire!

What a military force of this magnitude!

Now the Oda army on Keokrakuji Mountain was already in full swing, and all the soldiers stood outside the camp with their spears in their guns, looking at this unknown military momentum in disbelief.

At this moment, on the heavenly dome of Kek Lok Temple Mountain, half of the sky was as dark as the eternal night, but half of it was baked by this firelight as if it were day.

It is less than a mile away from the tea roji mountain.

The soldiers with torches in their hands and light in their robes were stepping on the muddy ground and slowly entering the battlefield of the Shooting Paradise.

At this time, a tall samurai, riding on a war horse, stared at the position of the Oda Tokugawa army with a cold expression, and said to himself: "Back then, under the rock rejection city, Xin Xuangong saved my life once, and this time it was my turn Li Xiao to rescue the Takeda family in danger!" ”

"Speed up the march and let the Oda Tokugawa army know that I, Li Xiao, are here!"