Historically, the famous Battle of the Nagara River took place in April of the second year of Koji (1556), when the heavy snow of Mino Province dissipated and the snow poured into various rivers, causing the Nagara River to swell. At the time of the decisive battle between Saito Michizo and Saito Yoshiryu, Saito Michizo was originally hoping for reinforcements, and the wise family was slow to move, while his son-in-law Oda Nobunaga acted quickly, but advanced to the Kiso River and the Hida River, because of the flooding of the spring, he had to stay in the Higashizoji Temple, looking at the battle situation of the Nagara River in a hurry.

And in this historical time and space, due to Saito Yoshiryu's snowy attack, Saito Michizo also did not wait for the support of reinforcements, and what is more serious is that the Nagara River, which is an important barrier of Sagiyama Castle, was also frozen due to the wind and snow at this time, completely losing its role as a barrier.

When Michizo Saito led a small number of loyal people to climb the commanding heights of Mt. Tsuruyama outside Sagiyama Castle and watched the army of his son Saito Yoshiryu, he silently stroked the spear that had accompanied him all his life, and remembered that decades ago, the handsome and dashing Shogoro Matsuba danced the spear like an eel in the main hall in order to win the appreciation of the lord Kotoki Yorigi. And today, let me dance again and again!

On December 10 of the first year of Koji (1555), Saito Yoshiryu's army launched a general attack: the vanguard Takegi Michichen led his troops to cross the Nagara River in a dense formation. Saito Michizo laughed when he saw this, brandished his spear and commanded left and right, so the two teams of the three Dao armies who had been ambushed on the bank of the river in advance came out and killed the bamboo waist army, and then the sixty-year-old Michizo rushed into the bamboo waist army with a spear, shouting and shouting, and stabbed the bamboo waist Daochen with one shot. "Yilong Boy. When I did the third thing when I defeated the tiger of Owari at the mouth of the well. You're still drinking milk. Today, I am going to recreate the battle of Ghana Pass. ”

But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion from the Daosan army, and it turned out that while Michisan's attention was focused on the bamboo waist army, Saito Yoshiryu took the flag team and took advantage of the frozen river to quickly cross the Nagara River. appeared on the side of the three armies of the Dao, wearing a "Hineno head-shaped pocket", the six-foot-five-inch tall Yilong was majestic, taking the lead, and was particularly conspicuous in the army.

The blocking effect of the Nagara River has been completely lost, and Dao San has to choose to fight head-on, "Feng Tai Maru, under Lao Tzu's nose, I can successfully rush to cross, and the command is very skilled, this time we will fight." You've taken the lead in all my moves. Although you may not be my own, I, Mino Viper, now admit it. You are qualified to be my son, inherit my mantle, give the Saito family to you, see how far you can go, I am watching you in that world, haha! ”

As a result, under the influence of Saito Dao's momentum, the morale of the three major armies of the province suddenly soared.

Over there, Saito Yoshiryu saw this, and immediately shouted behind him: "Which warrior dares to ride and suppress the momentum of the old thief army." ”

Saito Yoshiryu's subordinate general Nagaya Shiemon immediately slapped his horse and reported his name, and Shibata Kakunai, a warrior in the three armies of the province, immediately raised his spear to meet him, and after a few rounds, the weak Nagaya fell under the horse and was taken by Shibata's head.

When Yilong saw that he had failed to fight for a horse, all his men were afraid, and immediately shouted: "You still want to go back to the days when you were wantonly tortured and killed by the old thief, if you want to turn over, it is today!" Yan Bi personally took the lead, and the morale of Yilong's banner book was boosted when he saw this, and he also followed the tall Yilong and fought with the three armies of the Dao.

Gradually, Saito Michizo gradually lost the upper hand because of his outnumbered soldiers, and Yoshiryu waved a military fan and commanded the follow-up brigade to cross the Nagara River and outflank the Michizo Army left and right. At dusk, the three tribes of the Dao were killed and wounded, and the samurai of the Yilong Army rushed into the Dao San's main formation like chicken blood, wanting to cut off the head of the Mino pit viper to ask for merit.

Faced with the surging enemy army, Saito Michizo made a different choice than recorded in history. Historically, Saito Michizo still insisted on fighting to the death at this time, but as the attendants around him began to rout, there were fewer and fewer people to protect him, and the enemy was pouring in from all directions.

Saito Yoshiryu Banner Honnagai Tadasaemon tried to grab the first place, relying on his blood and strength, and a sword forced the old Dao Sanjie to retreat, "Viper, come to your senses, I want to capture you alive and sacrifice it to Your Highness." ”

However, at this moment, the peach picker came up, only to see the spear master in the Yilong Army, Komaki Yuantai shot out horizontally, first a shot through the calf of Daosan, and then when Dao San did not fall, he went up to the throat and shot again, understanding the life of the pit viper, "Saito Mountain Castle Guard, has been taken by my Komaki Yuantai!" ”

Of course, the above is a record in history, and this time, Dao San saw that his army was invincible, and in a trance, he suddenly remembered his son-in-law Luo Shi Zhengliang, and he didn't know for what reason, he actually led him to change his determination to die, and immediately went straight to Lushan City in the rear under the protection of his own guards.

After escaping back to Egreyama Castle, while Saito Yoshiryu's army was still fighting fiercely with the Dozo army at the city gate, Michizo quickly took his family and his youngest two sons, and fled into the secret passage of the city under the escort of several loyal retainers, and escaped from the castle through the guò secret passage.

At this time, he was once again faced with a choice. At this time, Saito Michizo had several places to go, and the nearest place was naturally the territory of Saito Rizo, the husband of Mino Kuni's fourth daughter, but Michizo was the first to veto this place of hiding. Because Michizo suspected that Saito Rizo would betray him under pressure from Saito Yoshimyu.

As for the in-laws Wise Family, Dao San also gave up. After all, with this fiasco at the hands of Saito Yoshimyu, Saito Yoshimyu's power in Mino Country is almost unbeatable, and as a wise family who has always been close to him, he will definitely be attacked by Saito Yoshimyu. And with the strength of the wise family at this time, it is impossible to resist the attack of Saito Yoshiryu's army. So the wise family had only two ends, either surrendering to Saito Yoshiryu or being destroyed by Saito Yoshimyu. Going to the territory of the wise family by yourself is purely to light the light in the toilet and look for death.

Since there is no way to hide in the Minong Country, you can only choose a region outside of the Mino Country. Go to the son-in-law of Hida Country and take refuge with Yoritsuna Koji? In the impoverished area where the birds don't in Hida Country, as long as they are crushed by Saito Yoshiryu's army, it is estimated that the wealthy families there will take the initiative to force their sons-in-law to hand them over, and they can't go here.

And what about Oda Nobunaga, the son-in-law of Owari Kuni? It seems to be a good hiding place, but Saito Michizo can't believe Oda Nobunaga at this time. After all, in the eyes of Michizo, although Oda Nobunaga, a good son-in-law, will definitely take him in, it is conceivable that he will live under house arrest from now on, and at the same time become a tool for this son-in-law to covet Mino Country. Even if I, Saito Michizo, die, I won't trap myself in passivity, so Owari can't go to take refuge either. (To be continued......)