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Unrinin Yuki's territory was less than seven kilometers away from Nagano Castle, and he led an army of 1,700 men to rush back overnight, preparing to drive the pirates out as soon as possible and minimize the losses in the territory.

While crossing the river at the foot of the Satoyama where Kasho Castle is located, the army was ambushed from the mountains. This is something that Yunlinin Yuki did not expect at all, the Kasho family is a branch founded by the third son of the Nagano clan two hundred years ago, and it has been attached to the Yunlin family for decades, and it is impossible to rebel, and the more than 400 people of the family are currently in Nagano Castle, and it is impossible for there to be troops left...... That's right, that's the problem! The city must have been taken by the pirates!

Now that this group of pirates has been found, Yunlin Yuan Yuji decided to annihilate them on the spot. He repelled the ambush and stabilized the position, then set up a simple main formation at the foot of the mountain, and ordered the troops under his command to light torches and attack the castle of Kasho on the mountain.

However, the army advanced to the mountain, but the main position below the mountain was attacked from the river. Two hundred iron cannons stealthily protruded from the cabin, covering the main tent of Yunlin Yuan Yuji.

Suddenly, a large number of iron cannon strikes were encountered, and the main general was beaten into a honeycomb, and the army immediately fell into chaos. The people of the Kitabatake family want to return to Nagano Castle, they are unfamiliar with the place, and it is in the middle of the night, and they have no intention of fighting, and now they have lost Yunlin Yuan Yuki, and they can't fight; The samurai of the Unrin-in Yukifang wanted to avenge the head of the family, but they could not command the people of the Kitabatake family...... Just as the two sides were in an uproar, the enemy on the mountain launched an attack, and the Kitabatake army was the first to withdraw, quickly retreating in the direction of the road, and under their influence, the ashigaru of the Yunlin Temple reserve in panic and confusion also took advantage of the situation to retreat for fear of being left alone, and the samurai were unable to stop the flow of people despite shouting and scolding.

Fortunately, thanks to the addition of the Ashigaru of the Yunlin Academy's reserve team, this rout was able to follow the path and return to Nagano Castle in a roughly complete way. When the Kitabatake Gujiao heard the news, he immediately understood that this must have been done by the Kira family. He reined in his army and decided to attack Annontsu Castle in the second day, and sent people to contact the two families of Kobe and Kafuto, and asked them to send troops to Mie County to contain the Kira family at the expense of the old leaders of the branch family.

The war is finally in full swing.

……，……

Nagano Fujitotsu's urgent messenger arrived at the same time as the news of the invasion of Kobe and Kafuto's house. According to news from the inner line of Nagano Castle, there were 7,500 people besieging Anongtsu Castle, of which 6,500 were the troops of the Kitabatake family, and the remaining 300 troops and a small number of the Nagano family remained at Nagano Castle, under the command of Kitagawa Naomoto. And the Kobe and Lufutu families, which invaded my territory, also sent out the whole army, and the number reached 3,000.

At this time, I had already sent the branch Mitsuka to Komaki Yamajo as a hostage of the Nagano family, and Nobunaga's additional reinforcements had also arrived, and the Kanie and Tsushima clans were transported by the Saji family, with a total of 800 people, led by Oda Nobubo and Naomasa Tsuka.

It is very reasonable for the nearest Oda envelope to come to the rescue. What's more, Kane and Tsushima used to be my territory, and many people in this army have been trained by my family, so it will be very convenient to command. However, when I think that Oda Nobunaga inherited the Nagano family in history, I always think that Oda Nobunaga sent him with other intentions.

After some consideration, I decided to let Oda Nobubo be the main commander and be in charge of dealing with Kobe and Shikafutsu's family. I handed over all the 2,000 people sent by the Guan family and the Chikusa family to his command, and I also left behind 1,000 reinforcements from Nakagawa Shigemasa, Ikoma Parents, and the main family. In this way, the strength of his army reached 3,800 men, which has already surpassed the enemy, and with the advantage of the home field, how can he cope with it. As I recall, Oda letterbags were quite capable.

"The military strength of the Kobe and Lufu Rabbit families who invaded my family's territory will be handed over to His Highness Envelope." When he led Standing and Preparing to leave Mie Castle by boat, I solemnly entrusted him with the word.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness Xuanjing, my letter will definitely live up to its mission. However, His Royal Highness Xuanjing faced an enemy army of 8,000 people...... However, His Royal Highness Xuanjing is a senior, and he is one of the best generals in my Oda family, so he will definitely be able to win! ”

"I also wish His Highness the letter bag a prosperous martial arts!" I nodded and boarded the boat.

By the time we arrived, the battle under Anotsu Castle was in full swing.

At this time, Anongtsu Castle was built by Nagano Fujitsu when he was the head of the Hosono family, and it has not been built by Oda Nobubo and Fujido Takatora, so the scale is not too large. The castle tower was only three stories long, the outer stone wall was about two meters high, and the castle hori (moat) was about three meters wide, and the entire castle was surrounded by 8,000 enemy regiments.

Fortunately, because Yunlin Yuan Yuki had previously dismissed the reserves of Hosono and the branch family, when Nagano Fujitsu returned to this old domain, he quickly gathered nearly a thousand people. Wasuka Masakatsu then also abandoned Kasho Castle and led the elite of 500 sailors to join Nagano Fujitsu. Thanks to the assistance of Tsuya, the material reserves in the city were very abundant, and it was even equipped with hundreds of iron cannons.

As for the 200 iron cannons that were previously ambushed on the river, they were the iron cannon group of the navy led by Iwamatsu Jingding himself. There are many rivers in Ise, so it is very convenient for the sailors to change to the Kozaruma boat.

The same is true of Anontsu Castle, which is flanked by the Ano River to the north and the Iwata River to the south, with a distance of about 1,200 meters between the two rivers. These two rivers are not long, the Ano River is 16 kilometers and the Iwata River is 12 kilometers, and the volume of water is not large, but it is 100 meters wide for two or three kilometers downstream of the Ise Bay, which is enough for the ships to pass back and forth.

In Miyagawa before, the Kitabatake family had suffered from the navy, but this time they learned wisely, and when they saw the fleet at sea from afar, they immediately restrained the military momentum of the river in the south and north, and attacked from the east and west. The area around Otemon on the west side was originally the most fiercely contested place, but now the battle is even more intense. Nagano Fujitsu placed all the iron cannons of Masakatsu Beesuka in the nearby castle turrets, and he himself sat in the back. After most of the day, the Otebashi at the gate was already full of enemy corpses.

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the defenders in the city was greatly boosted, and the resistance became more fierce. Seeing this situation, the Kitabatake family had no choice but to withdraw their troops and end the siege of today.

After thinking about it for a while, I landed in the southern part of the Iwata River and set up camp. Eighteen hundred pikemen standing and in reserve were deployed on the west side of the position to guard against attacks from land; The Iwata River was guarded by naval forces, and part of it was placed on the Sekibune; Also placed on board the ship was the Iron Artillery Corps, which numbered at five hundred, and was all my current reserves.

I put up a thorough defensive position, which is why I set up my main camp on the south bank of the Iwata River and did not come into contact with Anontsu Castle. My attitude is obvious, I am telling the Kitabatake family: I have come, right here, whether to attack Annongtsu Castle or attack this side, the choice is yours!

Anyway, almost all of our troops are standing forces, and if they can consume it, the Kitabatake family will either attack or go back to harvest rice as soon as possible. In this regard, Atsushi Nagano Fuji also made a ruthless statement, saying that he would not hesitate to give up part of this year's harvest. And the Anongtsu Castle he guarded was not so easy to capture, the previous two rounds of attacks launched by the Kitabatake family were fruitless, which had already dampened morale, and now that our reinforcements have arrived, Anongtsu Castle is even more difficult to overcome.

Perhaps for these two reasons, the Kitabatake family, after resting for an hour, sent 5,000 troops to cross the Iwata River upstream and prepare to attack us from the west.

I convened a pre-battle military meeting and decided on the battle policy, and then everyone left one after another and went to their respective positions, and Xiujing, as the deputy general, personally went to the front of the battle to be responsible for coordination. In an instant, only three generals remained: me, the military commissioner, and Ryoyuki Sawaki in the main tent.

"General, how do you arrange my reserve team?" Seeing that there was still no task in the end, Yoshiyuki Sawaki asked.

"Fujihachi, you have captured Nagano Castle with His Royal Highness Fujitsu Nagano before, how about doing it again this time?" I asked.

"What do you mean, probably to prevent the Kitabatake family from retreating back to Nagano Castle and defending the castle? But just this 1,000 people...... Isn't it a bit reluctant? What if the Nagano family is defeated and has not yet been captured? Last time, it was with the cooperation of His Royal Highness Atsushi Nagano, so it would be so easy. Yoshiyuki Sawaki said cautiously.

"You have a lot of confidence in me, why don't you have confidence in yourself?" I couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm going to attack the city! You are a field battle, and it is also a favorable battlefield that you have chosen, how can you compare? ”

"Don't worry, there are also those who cooperate in Nagano Castle this time, and we will arrange a liaison to set off with you at that time," Shigeharu Takenaka explained to him, "At present, Yunlin Yuan Yuki is dead, and the Beichuan Naomoto who defends the castle is the appearance of the Nagano family, and he has no foundation in the Nagano family, and he rebelled first in the castle, which is very unpopular, and he can't control Nagano Castle at all." ”

"Well, you just wait for my good news!" Hearing Shigeharu Takenaka say this, Yoshiyuki Sawaki was immediately full of confidence.

"You don't have to leave so quickly, why don't you have to wait for this place to mingle first, right? Now, let's go and see how the battle goes? I said to the two of them.

"Just to see how capable the Kitabatake family army is." Shigeharu Takenaka nodded.

The main tent is located on a piece of high ground, and when you step out of the main tent, you can clearly see the battle line to the west and Nagano Castle to the north. The first hand of the Kitabatake family was pressing from far and near, and after about a quarter of an hour, they approached the position of our pikemen. Under the command of the generals, they swooped up like a tidal wave on their backs. And our side is the rock standing on the shore, and we insist on staying in front of the battle without retreating, so that the Kitabatake family hit their heads and bleed. However, the Kitabatake side is still attacking one after another, constantly squeezing our position, and gradually forming a dog-tooth intertwined trend.

Seeing that there was no movement on the south bank and that there were no people from the Kitabatake family, probably not having the confidence to break through the blockade of the naval army, I ordered the iron artillery team to move upstream and attack the vanguard of the Kitabatake family from the river on the flank.

In my watch, the ship loaded with the iron artillery sailed upstream. After a while, Sekibune crossed the battle line and reached the flank of the Kitabatake's vanguard formation. Then the ship was lowered to anchor, and clouds of white smoke rose from the boat, and the Hokuhata family ashigaru by the river fell one after another.

After receiving such a blow, the vanguard of the Kitabatake family immediately became chaotic.

"That's it!" Yoshiyuki Sawaki said.

"Our troops are well-equipped and well-trained, and the battle of positions will not be left behind. However, after all, there are more than 7,000 people on the other side, so if you want to defeat the other party, you have to find another way......" I responded as I tried to think.

(The picture shows the site of Kasho Castle);