(P.S: Matching: A kind of wooden long-handled baton in Japan's Warring States Period, the handle is densely decorated with slender strips of cloth and animal hair, vibrating and waving to command battles.) Another kind of "baton" is called military matching, which is actually a group fan, but there are tassels on the handle, made of leather, wood or thin iron, painted with lacquer or gold and silver powder, and painted with the twelve heavenly stems and earth branches, the sun, moon and stars, yin and yang gossip, the twenty-eight constellations, etc., the weight is heavier, it is said that in times of crisis, it can be temporarily used to resist swords and guns. ）

Long Shaocong and the three of them walked out of the tea house, and found that someone had prepared horses, and this kind of disaster happened overnight, and the three of them wanted to leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible, so they didn't say a word of nonsense, turned over and got on their horses, and walked forward with a bridle surrounded by soldiers.

Oda Katsucho and Hasegawa Shuichi walked in front, all smiling and chatting enthusiastically, Hasegawa Shuichi understood the young master's intentions in his heart, stroked his beard under his chin, and said: "The young master can rest assured, today's matter, the subordinate must restrain his subordinates, and he must not reveal half a sentence to the outside world." “

As soon as he heard this, Oda Katsunaga's hanging heart finally let go, and after thanking this Uncle Shuichi for his kindness, he squinted his eyes again, reminiscing about the gentleness of Yuxiang last night.

Hasegawa Shuichi said again: "It's just that the deceased is from Kyoto, and he is an entourage of Shima Fanchu Nayan, so it is more troublesome to deal with." ”

Oda Katsucho put his mouth to Hasegawa Shuichi's ear and whispered, "Uncle Shuichi has followed his father for many years and has a lot of experience, I want to settle such a trivial matter, and it will be difficult for my uncle." After saying that, he smiled, as if nothing had happened, lifted the reins, and went first.

Shuichi Hasegawa looked at Oda Katsunaga's back and shook his head helplessly.

Long Shaocong saw that the young master had quickened his speed, and also rode a horse to follow, and Aoki Saemon also seemed to notice something, and did not leave, and followed straight behind, maybe he was frightened by what happened last night, and felt that it was safer to mix among the officers and soldiers.

At this moment, suddenly a ninja soldier ran to Hasegawa Shui's horse, knelt down to give a salute, and said urgently: "Baoxiu, the lord was killed in Mt. Hiei, please rescue quickly." ”

Before Hasegawa Shuichi asked, Oda Katsunaga, who had not gone far ahead, vaguely heard that his father was killed, and immediately turned his horse's head and stepped forward to ask, "What did you say?" ”

When the ninja army saw that it was His Royal Highness the young master, he immediately bowed down and saluted, and said what he had just said again.

When Oda Katsucho heard this, he was about to run to Mt. Hiei as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, but he was pulled by Hasegawa Shuyi and grabbed the reins.

"Young master, things haven't been clarified yet, don't be impatient."

"Father is in danger, how can I not be bored!?"

Shuichi Hasegawa still held on to the young master's reins, turned around and asked urgently: "Do you know who did it?" What is the current situation at Mt. Hiei? ”

"Back to my lord, the specific situation is not clear, my subordinates have just received a summons from the ninja army, so they immediately came to report to your lordship."

When Hasegawa Shuyi heard this, he turned his head to Oda Katsucho and said, "Young master, yesterday Tsutsui Shunkei made an appointment with the lord to go hunting in Mt. Hiei, and an urgent report of distress came early this morning......

"Well, he is a thief, he must blame his father for the death of his son, such a despicable villain, I will take his dog's life."

"Young master, immediately follow me to gather soldiers and horses, and send troops to Hiei Mountain."

Oda Katsucho waved his hand: "The soldiers are very fast, you hand over these light horsemen under your command to me, and set off immediately with me, and you will follow with the team." ”

"It's not proper, young master, these people are going to help, besides, yesterday Lord Hori Hidemasa also went with the lord, with his protection, the minister expected that the lord would be worry-free for a while."

But where could Oda Katsucho listen to it, when he heard that his father was in trouble, he was already anxious at this moment, and when he mentioned the war horse, he rushed out in an instant......

Long Shaocong saw that Oda Katsu was running long-distance, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he also chased after him, and the Aoki Saemon next to him seemed to have the wrong string, and he was also reluctant. It's just that when he passed by the tea fragrance house again, Long Shaocong's mind suddenly thought: Why didn't I see that sloppy Taoist priest come out? But under the galloping of the war horse, how could he think about it more, this thought only flashed in his mind......

Hasegawa Shuichi saw that the young master had left, and sighed, but there was no way, and he hurriedly ordered a dozen light horsemen around him to catch up. This is the difference between him and Hori Hidemasa, if it is Hori Hidemasa, he will definitely make a decision immediately, even if he uses coercive means, he will not let the young master be alone in danger.

However, although he has a hesitant personality, he is also experienced in the battlefield for a long time and is quite experienced, so he immediately ordered the ninja who reported the news: "You also go and catch up with the young master, guide him in the direction, and report at any time if there is a new situation." ”

The ninja army listened, agreed, and rushed away.

"Send additional manpower to control the rest of the people in the post house where Tsutsui Shunqing lives, strictly guard the news, and don't reveal the slightest rumor."

Seeing that his subordinates were leaving, Hasegawa Shuichi immediately instructed the lieutenant general: "Send two messengers, hurry up and whip, and rush to the nearest Sawa Mountain Castle and Otowa Castle respectively, and report to Niwa Nagahide and Gamo Kenhide that they know, and ask them to immediately lead the men and horses of the headquarters to Mt. Hiei to rescue the lord." ”

The deputy general received the order, and just wanted to leave, but was stopped by Hasegawa Shuichi: "In addition, just in case, send another group of people, take the lord's order, go to the palace castle, and order the city lord Lord Spo Yoshidon to lead troops to ambush the main road under the mountain, first, you can't enlarge the crossing of the country, and second, you will strictly check all the people who enter the Yamato country, and if you resist, you will be killed!" ”

The adjutant general answered, turned around and went down to make arrangements. After Hasegawa Shuichi finished his order, he waved his hand and shouted: "The rest of the people, wait for me, accompany me to gather soldiers and horses, and kill Mt. Hiei." ”

At this time, at the foot of Hiei Mountain, a small hill is fighting with swords and shouting to kill the sky. Oda Nobunaga stood on top of the dirt mountain, his face was resolute, his eyes were cold, and dozens of sergeants around him were holding shields in their hands, spears were outside, and the archers inside were bowing and pulling the full moon, waiting for the battle.

At the foot of the mountain, Tsutsui Shunqing was sitting upright on his horse, his face showing a hideous color, and he commanded his soldiers to attack upward. He came prepared today, with a clear superiority in troops, and he was full of confidence in taking off Oda Nobunaga's head and avenging his son.

However, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Oda army, and did not expect that in the face of an enemy several times his size, only a few dozen people, they would not be chaotic in the face of danger, advance and retreat in a certain manner, and the formation would always be quite neat, so that his soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

However, he still firmly believes that he will fight the enemy today, because after a few days of secret dispatch, now in this Hiei Mountain, he has secretly gathered 600 men and horses to deal with Oda Nobunaga's 100 soldiers, even if it is dry, he can consume the other party to death.

Thinking of the early hours of this morning, he couldn't kill Oda Nobunaga with an arrow, and Tsutsui Shunkei's heart was very angry, "It's all to blame on the ninja who got in the way, it wasn't for him who appeared in time and blocked the fatal arrow shot at Nobunaga, I'm afraid that I have already cut off the enemy's head and drank the celebration banquet." ”

It turned out that after participating in the Oda Katsucho Moto's ceremony, Tsutsui Shunkei began to prepare to return to the city, but all this was just to hide people's eyes, he had arranged everything a few days ago, and now he is waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Before leaving, he said goodbye to Oda Nobunaga, and Nobunaga naturally kept him, and Tsutsui Shunkei pushed the boat down the river and agreed, but under the pretext of drinking and feasting every day for the past few days, he felt sore and tired, and proposed to hunt in the Hiei Mountains, and Nobunaga readily agreed when he heard it.

So, the two of them each brought their personal retinues, put on hunting clothes, and went out lightly, and entered the Hiei Mountain to hunt around the beasts. The day's harvest was quite fruitful, and the two of them hunted the same amount of prey, and there was no winner or loser. Tsutsui Shunkei proposed that he camp in the mountains at night, rest for the night, and after recuperating, he would decide the winner the next day.

But who would have thought that in the early hours of the night, when the soldiers were asleep, suddenly there was a fire all around, shouting to kill the sky. Oda Nobunaga woke up when he heard the sound, and when he got out of the account, he was still ordering someone to quickly inform Tsutsui Shunqing to take precautions, he never expected that at this time, the other party was holding a bow and arrow, drawing it to his throat.

Due to the chaos at the scene, the shouts of soldiers, the clash of swords and guns, and the neighing of war horses came and went, and when Oda Nobunaga found a feathered arrow coming straight towards him, it was too late to dodge......

Tsutsui Shunkei saw the eagle arrow he shot and ran towards Oda Nobunaga's throat, the other party had nowhere to hide, nowhere to dodge, and when he was happy in his heart, he suddenly saw a black shadow appear in an instant, blocking Oda Nobunaga's body.

The feather arrow hit the man's shoulder, but Oda Nobunaga was rescued by his soldiers, which made Tsutsui Shunkei, who was watching from afar, feel sorry for him, and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to cover up the past.

Because the number was at a disadvantage, and there was no defense in advance, so at the beginning of the battle, the Oda army fell behind, and was rushed by the enemy, and Oda Nobunaga did not find Hori Hidemasa, only with the small surname Mori Ranmaru, gathered the soldiers around him and fought and retreated, until the weather was cold, and only stabilized the team on a dirt mountain.

At this time, more than half of the Oda army behind the front hall had been killed or wounded, and the rest of the men had also retreated into the defensive line.

At this time, Tsutsui Shunqing had already taken off his hunting clothes, put on a golden worldly tool, and sat upright on a horse, looking majestic. He commanded his soldiers, surrounded Tushan, and then shouted: "Nobunaga, you order your men to lay down their weapons and stop making useless resistance, I promise not to hurt their names." ”

As soon as his voice fell, he only heard a "whoosh" sound, and a feather arrow shot straight at the door in front of him, Tsutsui Shunkei was really not simple, with a wave of the horsewhip, the feather arrow was easily knocked to the ground, and just wanted to order the soldiers to attack, he heard Oda Nobunaga ask: "Thief bald, when did the widow treat you slowly, why did you turn against me today?" ”

"Whew! You took the opportunity of peace and affection to frame my son to your Antu City, but he died unexpectedly, and you dare to say that you treat me well, and today the Sprinkle family wants to avenge the death of your son! ”

"The widow is also very sad about the death of your son, but how can you be counted on the widow's head?"

"Big fool! You don't come to deceive the Sprinkle family, you kill my son first, and succeed your son later, the purpose is nothing more than to occupy the territory of 450,000 stone in my Yamato country, and I Tsutsui Shunkei will never follow in the footsteps of Kitabatake-gufang and Kobe-Gusheng, and today I will take down the head of you, the 'Sixth Heavenly Demon King', and eliminate harm for the Buddha country! ”

Oda Nobunaga sneered: "Do you think you can leave safely after killing the widow?" ”

Tsutsui Shunqing waved the picking, and sneered: "This doesn't bother you, give it to me, and the person who takes the head of the letter chief will be rewarded with ten thousand stones." ”

A conch horn sounded, and driven by interests, the Tsutsui army began to rush straight into the enemy's position......