As the night fell, there were still blood-colored fiery clouds left on the horizon.

In the dim and unclear twilight, the banks of the Tetori River were full of voices, and countless figures were shaking.

In the distance, there was another rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

The horseback samurai of the Shibata Army, who had been galloping for a day, came to the front, and when they came to the front, they rolled off their horses and plunged headlong into the side of the Tetori River.

The sound of rushing water, people and horses competing for cattle drinks by the river.

In the woods by the river, the ashigaru people with the golden flags of the two geese drove for a day, sat down by the river to rest, and grabbed the rice balls from their waist bags, and stuffed them directly into their mouths without roasting them.

On the hill by the river, ashigaru lit torches and lit up the surroundings.

You can also see the horse seal of Shibata Katsuie's gold coin from a distance, and Shibata Katsuie's main camp is stationed here.

At this moment, Shibata Katsuya himself was looking in the direction of the north, with a solemn face, and then the small surname served Shibata Katsuya a marching rice ball sprinkled with salt.

Shibata Katsuya took a look at it, and immediately stuffed the rice ball wrapped in seaweed into his mouth in one bite, and chewed it with iron teeth like a knife.

A rice ball had not yet been eaten, and the Shibata army, who had gone to investigate the information, had already rushed back to the main camp.

When Shibata Katsuya saw this person, he clasped his palms together and said vaguely, "Quick, bring the map." ”

Hearing Shibata Katsuie's order, he hurriedly opened a cylinder next to him and took out the Hokuriku map made of cloth leather.

Immediately one of the men bent down, and the map was laid directly on his back. For Shibata Katsuya to see.

Shibata Katsu saw things with his hand, and the other party immediately intended to mark the latest movements of the Takeda Army on the map.

Suddenly, Shibata Katsuie's complexion suddenly changed to look ugly.

Shibata Katsuya took a deep breath. Yan said: "Li Zheng's army is advancing, which can really be described as fast. ”

Speaking of this, Shibata Katsuya waved his hand and said: "Pass the order, the army will cross the river overnight, quickly!" ”

Oh!

Immediately, Shibata Katsuie's orders to cross the river were conveyed one after another.

The Tetori River is one of the most rapids in Japan, and it is also in autumn. The water level suddenly skyrocketed.

In the past, when the Shibata army came, they could also wade across the river, but now after the heavy rain, they are quite worried about crossing the river.

Because the river is fast. It was not possible to build a pontoon bridge with wooden boats, so the Shibata Gunmen built ropeways with straw ropes on both sides of the riverbank, and then used wooden boats to move sideways. First, the horses crossed the river with horses and horses.

The boats were all improvised, and there were not many of them, and it was impossible for everyone except the samurai and the horses to ride them.

As a low-level ashigaru, of course, they don't have such a good treatment on the boat.

They cleaned up the ribs and shaved their heads. Bundled into a large package, carried on the body.

After these ashigaru. Hold a long rope on the river in one hand and a stick or spear in the other for support. Barely wading across the river.

Now the lights on both sides of the Sichuan River are brightly lit, and the printing is connected to the sky.

The water above the river was sparkling, and a popping sound was heard, and an ashigaru named Shibata Legion jumped into the river.

Then, in the dark, rubbing across the river.

Beneath the surface of the river, the current is rapid, and it is impossible to discern it, and from time to time one or two people who cross the river miss their hands and slip down the ropeway and fall into the rushing river.

Ashigaru who falls into the water often loses his voice and shouts one or two times, then struggles a few times and submerges into the water, in such an environment, everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, and there is no one to save them, so others can only secretly call it unlucky.

Shibata Katsuya stood in front of the horse, looking at this tense scene of crossing the river, but he secretly sighed in his heart.

When he made the decision to retire from the army, generals such as Maeda Toshiya and Fupo Koji were all opposed.

They believed that although the Takeda Army had reinforcements, the Shibata Army still had the advantage in strength, and the victory or defeat was unknown. …,

Shibata Katsuya shook his head secretly about their words, the difference between being a general and thinking is different from that of a general.

Calculate the gains and losses for the generals, the winners can fight, the winners can not retreat, if the victory is unknown, you can still fight.

But Shibata Katsuie is different, as the general of the Oda family's Hokuriku Army, he thinks more.

Shibata Katsuie's invasion of Hokuriku this time was to capture Kaga, not to fight the Hida Echichu Army.

In a decisive battle with the strong troops of the Hida Echichu Legion, if the power is too damaged, then his position as the chief commander of the Oda family will be shaken, and his voice will be greatly reduced.

If he falls to the point at that time, he will have to look at the faces of the juniors such as Hashiba Hideyoshi, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Takigawa Kazuki, which makes him, the elder of the three dynasties of the Oda family, endure it.

Moreover, under Kajida Castle, he was defeated by Li Xiao, and his memory is still fresh, so he has no chance of winning the decisive battle under the Weishan Imperial Palace, and what Li Xiao brought this time was his most elite standing army.

Under the standing preparations of Li Xiaowu, in less than an hour, they broke the defense line of the northern wing of the Oda army, Takigawa Ichiyi, Niwa Nagahide, Sakuma Nobumori, and Ikeda Hengxing's 10,000 troops, and led to the death of Niwa Nagahide and Sakuma Nobumori.

And if he didn't choose a decisive battle, and then confronted each other, then the 35,000 army would be consumed with food and grass day by day, and he would really not be able to support it for long under the premise that the water transportation of Wakasa Country was cut off.

So instead of fighting for this negligible chance of victory, Shibata Katsuya decided to choose to retire at the moment.

After the onslaught on Li Zheng's army during the day, Shibata Katsuya used a big trick at night, retreated overnight, and deceived Li Zheng, Shigeharu Takenaka, Honda Masanobu and others who faced off in front of him.

When the Takeda army of Oyama Gobo found out, Shibata Katsuie had already led an army of 35,000 to retreat, and it was too late to catch up.

Now that Shibata Katsuie had led his army to the banks of the Tetori River, he could retreat into the hinterland of Kaga Echizen and enter Daishoji Castle, which was guarded by his retainer Toji Hiromasa, and then he would have a place to retreat.

Therefore, the river must be crossed quickly.

Shibata Katsuie clenched the whip in his hand and fixed his eyes on the Tetori River.

At present, most of the people and horses of the Shibata Army are crowded by this river, one after another, looking at each other with blank eyes, slowly crossing the river.

After the war, the soldiers had already returned to their hearts, so they all looked at the other side of the river one by one, thinking of their relatives and a comfortable life, looking through the autumn water in their eyes, and missing their hearts like arrows.

At this time, at some point in the night, a strong wind rose and swept straight from the north.

Whirring!

The double goose golden flag on the head of the Shibata Katsuya is wrapped around the flagpole and is tired.

This scene faintly made Shibata Katsuya even more uneasy in his heart.

Shibata Katsuya looked around, tightened the leather-red scarlet on his body, and asked the person beside him in a deep voice, "How many people have crossed the river?" ”

"Returning to the lord, that's all."

As soon as the others were halfway through their words, suddenly Shibata Katsuya raised his hand and signaled the other party to stop talking.

At this time, the wind turned fast, and the wind was blowing, and there was a faint sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse from the wind.

Shibata Katsuya's face changed dramatically, and at this time, a pole pierced the ground The flag mark was actually broken by the wind, and the flag mark painted with the double goose gold family pattern fell to the ground.

The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by the sound of the cold wind, came from far away from the north, and it was suddenly clearly audible.

How can it be!

A trace of blood foamed suddenly from the corner of Shibata Katsuya's mouth, Li Zheng's army, he had been watching, and arranged enough military strength for the palace to block along the way with a broken tail tactic.

But for Li Xiao's reinforcements all the way, he didn't expect it. …,

Two days?

Li Xiao's 10,000 army was able to rush from Kuli Jialuo Mountain to Tetori River, which was absolutely impossible!

"It can't be!" Shibata Katsuie suddenly erupted into a roar of rage against the wind from the north.

But there is nothing in this world that is impossible and impossible.

In response to Shibata Katsuie's roar, the sound of horses' hooves sounded silently in the night.

In an instant, countless lit torches were thrown into the woods where the Shibata Legion was stationed.

The horseback warriors of the Takeda Army, who came by night, kept throwing torches into the forest, and the dead leaves everywhere touched the flames, and the ground burst into flames.

It's September, autumn is dry, and the wind fuels the fire.

In the outermost dense forests on the banks of the Tetori River, a raging fire suddenly ignited.

The strong wind blowing from the north is constantly blowing violently, and the sparks burning on the periphery of the forest continue to drift into the depths of the dense forest with the wind, and the fire is expanding!

Night Raid! Night Raid!

Takeda Army Night Attack!

There was a lot of noise in the garrison of the Shibata Army, and the order that had been struggling to be maintained in order to cross the river had become difficult to continue due to the sudden attack of the Takeda Army and the fire in the surrounding woods.

The soldiers of the Shibata Army by the river stared dumbfounded at the fire in the forest not far away.

And one after another, shouts and curses kept coming.

Darn.

Who the hell did it?

It's not good, the Takeda army is coming, run away.

Don't retreat, give me a blow.

All kinds of shouts and scolding were mixed with the wind, and the people who crossed the river felt a burst of urgency in their hearts, and their hands and feet couldn't help but speed up.

The soldiers waiting to cross the river in the rear began to push the people in front impatiently.

Crowds of people poured in waves towards the site of crossing the river.

At this time, because of the urgency of the situation, the ropes in the river crossing were also full of Shibata Army's ashigaru, and they scrambled to swim across the river.

Gradually, the rope became a little overwhelmed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of exploding bean-like iron cannons rang out intensively.

The sudden sound of iron cannons made the soldiers of the Shibata Army feel stunned, and at this time, there was a loud bang.

A rope broke.

Because so many people were scrambling to crowd and pull, the rope had long since overloaded.

A rope, more than a dozen Shibata soldiers are light, and they are washed down the river by the rapids at the moment, and only a few people who barely understand the nature of the water can escape.

This mutation, like a spark, is thrown into dry firewood, and with a bang, it becomes a sky-high fire.

The order of the river crossing completely collapsed under this incident. (To be continued......)