Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

The city gate was quickly closed, the flag was erected on the top of the city, and the bonfire continued to burn, almost turning half of the sky orange.

The time retrograde army swarmed up, but they were still blocked at the door.Compared with the Asai Army or the Asakura Army, their equipment was crude. They had neither siege equipment nor climbing ladders, and only the blades in their hands could be relied on.

Such them are helpless in the face of the high city wall.

After about a moment, the time-traveling army retreated again—as abruptly as they came.Some spies from the Asai family cleverly stopped them, treating them as troops who were also dissatisfied with Oda and came to help, and asked them to meet with Asai Nagamasa and work together.But these guys with empty human figures seem to only retain the thinking of fighting, and they are numb to other things like puppets.

Even though the Asai family's spies were sincere and even led a small team to block the road, they only asked them to consider it.These time-traveling troops still sluggishly retreated to the position when they appeared, and those who blocked the way were directly slashed and killed.In the end, all the soldiers of the Asai family could only watch them retreat in amazement and fear.

There seems to be a faint white light flashing in the dark and dark woods.

When someone went to investigate at the behest of Asai Nagamasa, all they saw was an empty space.Even if they lit a torch and searched carefully, they couldn't find human footprints—even the footprints of beasts disappeared abruptly in the woods.

For some reason, after receiving the report from the soldiers, Nagamasa Asai had the illusion that these "reinforcements" who had never greeted them might not be human.

He shook his head, shaking these weird thoughts out of his head—whether they were human or not, it was a fact that this strange army replaced the Asai Army and the Oda Army.Thanks to them, the Asai army hardly suffered much damage. Even if the Oda army closed the city, the Asai family was already sure of victory. It would not be difficult to kill thousands of soldiers in Kanezaki Castle and even the remaining generals.

——But the Asai family united with Asakura to block Oda here, is it just to kill thousands of people!

Soldiers can be recruited when they die, retainers can be promoted when they are gone, and the army can be rebuilt when there is no army... Only Oda Nobunaga, only Oda Nobunaga is gone, the Oda family will no longer have the power to resist!

Only take off the head of Oda Nobunaga!

Asai Nagamasa punched the horse's neck, and the horse neighed in pain, quickened its pace, and carried its owner to the city gate.As expected, the gates of the city were closed tightly, and the battering ram was not brought because of the urgent march to surround Nobunaga.

Will Nobunaga be in the city?

The distance between Gifu and Kanezaki is actually not too far, but Asai and Asakura still have a good location. As long as they are willing, they can join hands to capture Kanezaki before Gifu sends reinforcements... But this, Nobunaga will not know And looking at the previous actions of the Oda Army, it doesn't seem like a reckless act for survival.

It was because Nobunaga was in the castle, and he was confident that the Oda family would not give up on this patriarch, and would come to save people even with all the power of the whole country, so he retreated to the castle... After all, the Asai family just caught the Oda family by surprise and wanted to send The Oda family was tightly surrounded by nets, and they didn't have that kind of force yet.Just because someone will definitely escape, Gifu City will definitely receive the news...

But Mino and Echizen, especially Kanazaki of the Echizen family, are separated by a whole Omi!If the troops of Gifu Castle are dispatched, unless the entire Omi is captured, it is absolutely impossible to save Nobunaga!Such a delay, Oda Nobunaga will starve to death even if he is hungry!

Why did the Oda army retreat? Before the city, spies were sent to check in all directions. The only ones who escaped were the generals and their troops. Inside, there is absolutely no possibility of hiding!

Unless, unless—

Oda Nobunaga, had already chosen to escape from the very beginning!Even the troops they carried were too small to attract their attention!

When he realized this, Asai Nagamasa felt a sudden chill behind his back.

Not only the regret of missing Nobunaga, but also because of Oda Nobunaga's terrifying determination and courage.

The Asai family has helped the Oda family a lot! !Whether it was Shangluo or the time when General Kyoto was in trouble, even for Asai, when he sensed the possibility of betrayal, Oda Nobunaga quickly made a choice and gave up the almost easy victory of attacking Echizen— —If you can give up the alliance relationship and the victory in the battle, then what else can't be given up!

Such courage, coupled with such determination, and finally the ambition to dominate the world... Even if the Asai family has always regarded Oda as an ally, one day, it will be annexed by Oda, right?

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with attacking Nobunaga.

Firmly convinced of this idea, Asai Nagamasa raised a hand and issued an order to the soldiers behind him: "Leave some of them until the troops of the Asakura family arrive... the rest of them, join me in chasing Nobunaga !"

He has almost mastered the escape direction of all the retainers of the Oda family, except for Asakura... But the Tokugawa army is withdrawing from Asakura, and that road will only be more dangerous and farther.Even if he didn't want to believe it, Oda Nobunaga must have slipped away from Asai - under his nose.

The battle with the Oda family army has not continued for a long time, look for it now, maybe you can find it... look for it now! !

——Really, can I still find it...

Asai Nagamasa is unwilling to think about this possibility, even though he knows that there is little hope of finding Oda Nobunaga in the vast forest, but he still has to try for that faint hope.

It is impossible to be forgiven because of the Asai family who betrayed Oda.

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Such a heavy cognition that belongs only to the superiors did not affect the soldiers of the Asai family.They were soon divided into two groups, one group was stationed in place, and the other group followed Asai Nagamasa back the same way.In order to find the trace of Nobunaga, the torches of Asai's family almost illuminated the entire forest as brightly as noon, and many ashigaru almost lay on the ground, looking for traces of horseshoes in the grass little by little.

Another group of soldiers was waiting under the city gate.The city gate was thick and tight, and the inside was obviously blocked by heavy objects. It was impossible to open it with the ashigaru manpower alone, so they just surrounded the city gate to prevent the Oda family from escaping.

The flag of the Oda family hangs far away from the top of the city, reddened by the bonfire, and gently swaying in the night.

Whether it was the heavy casualties after the previous competition with the time retrograde army, or the disparity in the number of the imperial army, the Asai army, and the upcoming Asakura family, it made the Oda family's retreat a logical one.Because of this, the Asai family was only besieged under the city gate. They didn't know that the Oda Army in Kanezaki Castle was not depressed at present, and they didn't even cultivate. Enough firewood was added to the bonfire, and they quietly exited the city.

Even the horses were gagged, trying not to make a sound that would alarm the enemy.The Iron Cannon Team checked the number of remaining projectiles, and lurked together with the improvised long-handle team in the woods near Jinzaki Castle—of course, avoiding the area that Asai was currently searching.The wild samurai gathered by Hashisuka Masakatsu were used by Hashiba Hideyoshi as bait and sneak attack.

Almost the same, both the Oda family and the Asai family are waiting for the arrival of the Asakura family.

Without making these two families wait any longer, Maoya, the general of the Asakura family, and the [-] Echizen troops led by him appeared from the side of the road.

With the information provided by Hanbei Takenaka in advance, in the face of the Asakura family with high defense and a large number of people, Hashiba Hideyoshi remained calm and did not move, relying on the agility of a monkey, lying on the tree, far Watch the movements of the two armies.Sure enough, soon the Echizen army led by Moya replaced the unfamiliar and tense Asai army and surrounded the city gate, while the Asai family retreated...

- Bet right!

Hashiba Hideyoshi almost sighed.Suddenly he was about to fight for Oda Nobunaga, which made his nerves tense to a certain extent, but the psychological quality of being a spy is different after all. Even at this critical moment, he can still grit his teeth and make a big gamble— ——If Asakura and Asai join forces, with numbers several times his size, he will admit death no matter what.

But he just wanted to bet that Asakura's familiarity with Kanezaki would give him a good location in everyone's eyes, and that the Asai family would not go to the trouble of attacking the city with Asakura!Betting that Asakura came from a long distance, and the battle situation between Asai and their army is still unclear!

Sure enough, compared to a general like him, is Oda Nobunaga's head more important to the Asai family?

Hashiba Hideyoshi suppressed the ecstasy after winning the bet, still tense, and raised his hand forward under the unclear moonlight. Immediately, a small group of wild warriors followed his instructions and rolled out of the woods with their knives.

The wild samurai are said to be samurai, but in fact they can only be regarded as a group of poor settlers who can wield swords—in fact, the swordsmen of the time-traveling army were mistaken for wild samurai by Hashiba Hideyoshi for a moment, but so many wild samurai had to be gathered to fight, and they had nothing to do. No protection, no matter how you think about it, it's too strange.

It's just that now is not the time to explore the origins of those strange troops—right now, they are waiting for this small group of wild warriors to lure Mao Ya.

Clutching his palms tightly, Hashiba Hideyoshi watched Maoya gradually walk towards the grove - as the general of the Asakura family, Maoya was obviously not too stupid.He first divided a part of the soldiers and still guarded the city gate to prevent the Oda army from fleeing, and then led thousands of people to follow behind the wild samurai without any haste, and even the archers were ready to shoot bows and arrows at any time.

The Asai family didn't know that Kanezaki Castle had other exits besides the city gate, but Moya definitely knew.As long as he said this, the wild samurai would be able to gain the trust of Maoya to lure him over, and because the casualties of the Oda family palace army were too heavy before, Maoya would definitely bring most of the troops with him after learning the information provided by Asai. ...

"Iron Cannon Team, let it go!!"

It's time to ambush!

The wild samurai leading the way nimbly climbed the trees or slipped into the forest.The smell of gunpowder smoke from the matchlock guns filled the air again, and the loud noise and sparks made the Echizen Army, which was suddenly ambushed, flustered—I'm afraid they didn't expect that the Oda family, with only a few troops left, would have the courage to ambush them Bar!

"Long handle team, go forward!!"

The soldiers holding the spears changed from lying down to standing up. After sprinting, the overly long spears pierced directly into the center of the Echizen Army. Because of the terrain of the forest, they moved a little and woven a barrier to block their progress.The spear point pierced through the horses startled by the sound and the flames and some soldiers who did not react.After that, without Hashiba Hideyoshi's reminder, according to the previously set arrangement, the remaining wild samurai jumped down from the tree one after another, knocked down the torches immediately, and in the night battle they were accustomed to, they harvested heads like wheat.

Mao Ya raised the rein in astonishment, and shouted loudly in the chaos: "Retreat! Retreat now!"

The Echizen Army was defeated!

Hashiba Hideyoshi almost pinched the palm of his hand, but he couldn't help showing a cruel smile on his face, almost enjoying watching Mao Ya's flustered appearance after reorganizing the army and retreating.Such a life-threatening and terrifying battle leaves the body and brain with extreme excitement.

Unfortunately, his troops lost too much.

Kanezaki Castle, which is always lit with bonfires and flags, should be able to play a role in confusing - no matter who they are, they will regard their poor strength as a little ambush from the Oda family's army, thinking that the main troops of the palace army are still there. Inside Kanazaki Castle

If it weren't for those weird troops that caused heavy losses to the army, maybe it would be like this

Hashiba Hideyoshi thought so.

Now, they have to take advantage of the opportunity of the Echizen army being confused, and get away quickly!