Oda Nobunaga sat down with his back against a dead tree, blood oozing from the knife wound on his left arm from time to time, and Moriranmaru was bandaging him.

At this time, he looked at his son kneeling in front of him, and his heart was full of joy, the Oda family had never produced a bad seed, from his grandfather's generation, based on Owari, and continued to encroach on the surrounding area, and by the time of his father, Oda Nobuhide, the "Tiger of Owari", he had completely banned the guardian Daispo family and became the lord of the Owari country.

Waiting for the governor to pass to his hands, it is even more hard to fight the predecessors Yu Lie, become famous barrel narrow, capture Mino country, raise troops in Shangluo, annihilate the hexagon, crusade against Asakura, defeat Takeda, enemy Uesugi, coerce the emperor to order the princes, at the moment, the five army is in the Kanto, Kansai, Hokuriku, Shikoku, Kii direction with troops, unification of the world is just around the corner......

Seeing his Katsu eldest son, although he was young, he was very brave, daring to ride alone into the enemy formation, and his martial arts were exquisite, and the blood of the enemy army that he killed was rampant, and he was terrified, Oda Nobunaga loved this son even more in his heart.

I feel that today, Oda Katsunaga has the heroic posture of smashing the Yellow Dragon and picking up the head of Imagawa Yoshina in the Battle of Barrel Sasama when he was young, and he is very relieved to think that a hundred years later, the foundation he created single-handedly is guarded. At this time, Oda Nobunaga raised his eyes again to look at Long Shaocong who was standing on the side, and felt that this young man was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye the more he looked at it now.

Just now he didn't leave his son's side for a moment, blocking left and right, protecting his son and killing a bloody road, although there was still a lack of domineering in the fight, and the knife was not bold enough, but his loyalty was commendable, and with a little training in the future, he could become a great weapon.

"Wu'er, you get up, you can come in time to bring troops to rescue your father, and the widow is very pleased." Oda Nobunaga smiled and told his son to get up and speak.

"Father Xie, I don't know what we want to do next?"

"What's next? As soon as a large number of reinforcements arrive, kill him without leaving a piece of armor" Oda Nobunaga was a little puzzled.

When Oda Katsucho heard this, his face was sad, he sighed, and said, "Back to my father, the reinforcements are here." ”

"What?" Oda Nobunaga sat up straight suddenly, and when he saw the remaining horsemen around him, he couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "But the widow just saw that the dust in the woods opposite was like a gallop of thousands of horses. ”

"Back to my father, this is a strategy that Long Shaocong came up with temporarily, bolting the branches to the horse's tail, and running back and forth to raise dust to create suspicious soldiers."

"Oh......" When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he was immediately interested, and couldn't help but glance at Long Shaocong twice, and asked, "How did you come up with this trick to hide the sky and the sea." ”

At this time, Long Shaocong was also scattered with sideburns, and there were blood stains on it, although he was not injured, but after a fight, he was also quite tired.

Seeing Oda Nobunaga's admiration for himself, Long Shaocong was very embarrassed in his heart, and when he saw countless swords and spears shining in the sun from a distance, the first thought was to turn the horse's head and run away. If it weren't for Oda Katsucho in front of him to kill and rush violently, his heroic spirit inspired his courage, and the ten dragon young congregations would not dare to fall into the ground formation and fight for their lives.

And the so-called suspicious tactic, Long Shaocong is nothing more than imitating the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei deceived Cao Cao in Dangyang Changsaka to chase the soldiers, which is really not what he thought. Therefore, he smiled reluctantly, bowed to Oda Nobunaga, and said: "His Royal Highness Reply to Nobunaga, I can't let the young master be in danger, and I can't abandon His Highness's safety, so I came up with this expedient measure out of urgency. ”

Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga nodded with satisfaction, and secretly said that this person is young, but he is not proud of his achievements, which is really rare. And what makes him even happier is that Long Shaocong likes to use his brains in war, which will be of great benefit to the hegemony of the Oda family in the future.

So, Oda Nobunaga smiled and said, "After you get out of danger, return to Azuchi Castle, and the widow will definitely reward you heavily." ”

When Long Shaocong heard this, he bowed down and thanked him, and retreated to the side.

At this moment, Aoki Saemon, who was already eager to try on the side, saw that Long Shaocong received the appreciation, and immediately went out of the battle, knelt down and saluted: "In the lower Aoki Saemon, knock to meet His Royal Highness Nobunaga Nobunaga." ”

Oda Nobunaga saw that this person was very angry, and he didn't know him, and his face suddenly became puzzled. Seeing this, Oda Katsunaga immediately said, "Father, this is Aoki Saemon, and it belongs to his son...... Erchen's friend, this time I learned that my father was in trouble, and I came to help. ”

Oda Katsunaga really didn't know how to introduce Aoki Saemon, and when he saw this daredevil, he couldn't help but feel angry, but he had to come forward to relieve him.

Originally, on the road, he had clearly rejected Aoki Saemon, after all, he was going to fight hard this time, and he was more than lucky, but this kid insisted on following, just because by eavesdropping on the conversation between Oda Katsucho and Hasegawa Shuichi, Aoki Saemon had vaguely guessed the true identity of Oda Katsunaga, and with his youth and vigor, he had to see a war scene.

In the end, there was really no way, so Oda Katsunaga had to take him with him, but in this way, he found a good guide by mistake. This kid seems to have had a painful experience, and he is even more familiar with the type of Mount Ei than the ninja army who reported the news, and led everyone to find a shortcut, and arrived at the battlefield an hour earlier than the scheduled time, and it was this hour that saved Oda Nobunaga's life.

But Aoki Saemon showed his skills but couldn't find the point at all, originally his position as a guide, it can be said that he made great contributions, but he gave up this merit, but boasted in front of Oda Nobunaga: "His Royal Highness Nobunaga, although the little one and the young master meet in Pingshui, but they are close friends...... Speaking of this, he did not forget to glance at Oda Katsucho affectionately, and the stomach of Oda Katsucho who looked straight at it kept turning over the river and the sea......

Ignoring the feelings of others, Aoki Saemon continued to say shamelessly: "I heard that His Highness is in trouble, although the little one has a small martial arts, but for the sake of his friend, he will stick a knife in both ribs, even if he is a doppelganger, he will not hesitate to break his bones, so he is willing to risk his life, gallop in the dense forest, and deceive the enemy." After he finished speaking, he stood there waiting for Nobunaga's appreciation.

But to his surprise, Oda Nobunaga just waved his hand and said lightly: "I know, you step aside for the time being." Then he said to Mori Lanmaru beside him: "Pass the order, march immediately." ”

Long Shaocong saw the embarrassment of Aoki Saemon, and felt really funny in his heart, when he saw the murderous fighting scene, this kid was timid in his heart, so he took the initiative to take the order and did the errand of "sweeping the soil". Now, for Nobunaga's attitude, Long Shaocong raised his hands in agreement, but he didn't know that Oda Nobunaga had already learned about this Aoki from the mouth of Sanji Nakagaku, and knew that he was the son of the Shimai clan, so he didn't show too much surprise and enthusiasm.

Just when Long Shaocong was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard that he was going to march again, and he suddenly felt confused, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to look at Oda Katsunaga.

Sheng Chang was also puzzled, so he asked: "Father, we are sleepy and tired, I think it is better to rest for a while, and then it is not too late to leave." ”

Oda Nobunaga laughed and said: "Wu'er, if your suspicious tactics are used to block the pursuers, you may be able to delay for an hour, but in order to understand the siege of the widows, it can only be alleviated for a while, and the enemy will not see the reinforcements appear, and will definitely notice the clues at the first time, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, leave quickly." After saying that, he ignored everyone, turned over his horse, and under the leadership of Senranmaru, he went out of the woods.

When Long Shaocong heard this, he slapped his head, feeling that he was too smart, and after thinking about it, could it be that he had watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? Otherwise, how can it be said that this method is used to block the pursuers, and it will get twice the result with half the effort.

For this, he completely guessed wrong, Japan admires the Three Kingdoms, but the real "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" came to Japan in the Edo period, and Japan during the Warring States period only knew about the Three Kingdoms from the history books, and most of the wonderful passages in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are not in the history books.

The reason why Oda Nobunaga has this judgment is completely out of the experience of perennial conquest and the strategy in his heart, after all, the history books record that he has familiarized himself with Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Six Tao Five Strategies.

Long Shaocong walked at the end and found that they only had eighteen horsemen left, and most of them were injured, which couldn't help but remind him that later generations had seen Yanyun's eighteen horsemen in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", but the eighteen horsemen in it were murderous maniacs who terrified the enemy, and the eighteen horsemen in his team were all defeated soldiers, and they were panicking in order to avoid the pursuers......

As Nobunaga had expected, the Tsutsui army was looking for traces and quickly chasing after them. And Tsutsui Shunkei, who was sitting on the horse, had an anxious look on his face, regretting that he had just hesitated for a moment and failed to take advantage of the perfect opportunity to slash his enemy Oda Nobunaga.

At that time, he felt that dozens of horsemen rushed into his army, and the first thing he thought of was the enemy's large army reinforcements, and when he looked closely, he found that the woods behind him were dusty, covering the sky and the sun, and there were thousands of troops in the posture. Although the enemy was fierce, he did not flinch at the first time, on the one hand, he ordered his soldiers to continue the siege of Oda Nobunaga, and at the same time sent a part of the archers and ashigaru to form a formation in the rear to block the enemy's reinforcements.

He judged that it would only take a moment for him to capture Oda Nobunaga, and that the dozens of horsemen and horses would not change the situation on the battlefield in the slightest, but this time he was wrong.

First, he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the comer, and secondly, the besieged Oda army saw the arrival of reinforcements, and ignited the ** of survival, and suddenly their morale was greatly boosted, and they made a desperate fight, and the momentum of his soldiers was just the opposite, everyone looked at the smoke and dust behind them, thinking that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and the first thing they thought about was not to attack, but to go deep alone in a foreign country, how to get out of danger safely.

Under the advantages of the other, coupled with his temporary change of formation, there was an air raid in the chaos, and the enemy actually fled by the situation.

And what made him even more angry was that the so-called reinforcements were actually Meridian must, and he actually fell for the suspicious tactics of the young descendants, and he really couldn't help but lament again and again.

"Lord, why bother with a long beard and a short sigh, the enemy's reinforcements have not yet arrived, as long as we hurry up, we still have a chance to fight."

It was Matsukura Shigenobu who spoke, originally he went to besiege Hori Hidemasa and his men, in order not to let the other party and Oda Nobunaga join forces and annihilate the two sides. Unexpectedly, this old horseman was very cunning, knowing that he was at a disadvantage, he did not confront him head-on, and took him around in circles in the mountains, and he wanted to give up the pursuit, but the other party harassed in turn, and as soon as the two armies came into contact, Hori Hidemasa immediately retreated.

Later, he guessed that the other party was to drag himself so that Oda Nobunaga had a greater chance of escaping, so he planned to leave some soldiers and the enemy around, and issued an order to take the enemy's method, and he quickly left the battlefield and made peace with Tsutsui Shunkei, and killed Oda Nobunaga together.

Tsutsui Shunkei saw his retainer return to his side, and his confidence suddenly increased a little, this Matsukura Shigenobu is a tiger general under him, and another general, Shima Zuo, and called the "left and right near" of Yamato country, it can be said that it is the pillar of the Tsutsui family, originally, he planned to stay a hundred years after himself, let the two of them assist his son Tsutsui Dingji in the future, and achieve a hegemony, but who wants to ......

Thinking of this, Tsutsui Shunkei sighed, turned his heart sideways, and secretly said You Nobunaga puppet, today I will risk my life, and I will also take your head to avenge my dead son. I saw him wave his match and say loudly: "Pass my order, speed up the march, don't kill Oda Nobunaga, and swear to die!" ”

The army received the order, and despite the rugged mountain road, they rushed straight up, and in a short time disappeared into the jungle valley.

At this time, outside Mt. Hiei, the Yongle Tongbao battle flag and the papaya pattern flag were waving in the wind, and thousands of reinforcements from the Oda family finally arrived.

Niwa Nagahide took the lead and became the leader of this coalition army, he immediately made a deployment, and he and Hasegawa Shuichi each led the men and horses of the headquarters, divided into two directions, and entered the mountain in a fan-like shape. At the same time, a large number of ninja troops were dispatched, and as soon as there was news of the lord, they would be summoned immediately.

In this way, in the foothills of Mount Hiei, where the jungle is dense and the hills are undulating, several large armies march rapidly, like dogs and teeth, racing both wisdom and luck, and this scene of rejuvenating the teachers and mobilizing the crowd has even disturbed a person who has been practicing here for a long time, making the situation even more strange and complicated......