Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

At this time, the Oda Army set up their main formation on Huyuqian Mountain—the distance from Xiaogu Castle was only two kilometers away.

With 2 people against [-], such an advantage in numbers can be said to be a sure thing.But just like Inabayama Castle (now renamed Gifu Castle), which Saburo was unable to attack when he attacked Mino, Otani Castle is very tightly defended.Even compared to Inabayama Castle, which was built on the mountain by virtue of its natural terrain, Xiaogu Castle is the result of purely cutting the mountain by manpower. Every detail is for the protection of the people in the city. Difficult to defend.

If they want to attack by force, the Oda army will not have the advantage, and the excellent situation created in the past two days will also fall into a disadvantage.If they were repelled by Asai, even if it was just a little bit, the soldiers who had experienced the defeat of Empress Kanazaki would lose their morale again, and it would be even more difficult to talk about counterattacks.

If you want to besiege, [-] troops are far from enough, not to mention that Asakura may appear at any time to support Asai.If they didn't get enough benefits before Asakura's arrival, it would be difficult for the Oda family to have the confidence to fight head-to-head.

A strong attack will not work, nor will a siege work.At present, the only and best strategy they can adopt is to lead Asai Nagamasa out of Kotani Castle.

After figuring this out, almost all the retainers looked at Saburo with admiration, among them Shibata Katsuie's expression was the most gratifying.

Saburo: I always feel that the communication with everyone seems to be on the same line.

Regardless of whether Sanlang's original intention was to maintain the safety of Ashi in Xiaogu City, or he really suddenly lit up his military talents and became the general in the hands of Zhizhu, in short, everyone agrees with Sanlang's proposal, and they are already planning to take measures to bring Asai forced out.

The final approach was to set fire to it.

With Hashiba Hideyoshi as the main force, and Hori Hidemura and Higuchi who had just defected to the front as the vanguard, they set fire to all over the castle town of Otani, burning all the houses and fields.

This candidate has also been carefully selected!

Hori Hidemura and Higuchi chose to join Oda after being persuaded by Hanbei Takenaka.But so far, the two of them only dedicated the city, and did not formally break with the Asai family, so they were in an embarrassing situation, just because it took a short time to go from Sickle Blade City to Xiaogu City, and there was no clue yet.

It is really suitable for Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was single-handedly selected by Oda Nobunaga and trusted, to watch these two people. Showing an expression of avoidance or intolerance, it doesn't matter if Hashiba Hideyoshi directly kills them.

Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was trusted and trusted, showed an honest smile that fit his Oda family setting—today, Hashiba Hideyoshi is also considered loyal to the Oda family.

It is only June now, and rice is grown in one season in Japan. At this time, most of the rice seeds have sprouted and are thriving in the fields.After burning like this, not to mention that the seedlings will not be kept, it will be too late for replanting, and it will take a lot of energy to care for the burned fields to the extent that they can be planted again in a short period of time.What's more, in addition to the fields, the houses were also burned. When the farmers return again, it may be difficult to continue their lives.

Even in order to recruit troops and grow food, Asai had to keep these farmers.But once you choose to keep the population, it means you have to bear a heavy burden. In such an era of frequent wars, this sudden burden is enough to make the Asai family overwhelmed.

This is not setting fire to the city, but it is worse than setting fire to the city.What it pinched was not the present, but it was actually the lifeblood of the Asai family.

If you want to prevent all this from happening, unless Asai Nagamasa immediately sends someone out to fight the fire!

Such a strategy to lure the enemy out of the city is said to be a conspiracy, but it is actually a vicious blade behind Qianjing's back!

Saburo squinted at the billowing black smoke rising from the burning, feeling that he couldn't even see the sun.He waited bored for a while, but he never saw the gate of Xiaogu City open.

Asai Nagamasa seemed to have made up his mind not to go out, even though he anticipated the consequences of the fire, he refused to meet Saburo head-on.

This way of not knowing whether to call it sober or to call it cruel, made Asai's retainers who just wanted to deal with Asai's retainers as soon as possible before Asakura's arrival felt quite irritated.

Also standing beside Saburo, waiting for the doomed result in history, Gukuu Toshiro watched the smoke rising and surging along with the crimson flames, and muttered to himself: "...it's fire."

"Don't you like Gu Gu? Also, this way can't be reminiscent of barbecue." Saburo sighed depressingly, "—and it also pollutes the air, or something."

"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that the part I can recall is only the raging fire." Toshiro Gukuro stated slowly, with a confused expression, "What kind of memory is it that was burned in the fire?"

"Hey, do you fall in love with the scene?" Saburo blinked disinterestedly, and comforted sloppyly, "Anyway, if you have more companions, you will remember it——no, is there someone you have known long ago at Token Fusangshen? It’s all about showing up.”

"There are also... Even if it is a sword, there are brothers and partners who have worked together in history."

"It feels like an ordinary person. It's quite powerful." Saburo made a gesture of repelling him, signaling the bone-headed Toshiro to retreat, "If you don't like fire, you don't have to stand here. Anyway, I'm just looking at Nagamasa Asai Will it come out——Hideyoshi!"

Sure enough, Hashiba Hideyoshi appeared in front of him a few seconds later.

The young man who looked like a monkey was sweating profusely at this moment, and there were a few inconspicuous patches of black ash on his face.He squeezed out a flattering smile towards Saburo, and his description became more and more funny, and said to Saburo respectfully: "Your Highness, I was about to rush to report to you, but I heard you call me! The Asai family I still choose to stay out of the city, so I would like to ask you to allocate another thousand soldiers to me—"

"Destroy the positions outside Xiaogu City, and directly build an auxiliary city."

Hashiba Hideyoshi's proposal at this time is still based on threats.

If the Asai family remained indifferent in the face of arson, it could only be said that the perceived danger was not great enough.If a sub-city is temporarily built under Xiaogu City and soldiers are stationed there, the Asai family can't just keep silent about the danger that is so close at hand!

"Sounds good—but I don't think that Asai will come out." Saburo sighed, and said distressedly, "It's all been set on fire, and I haven't even seen his face. Sure enough, compared to me, Asai's family is still I like Asakura more."

Even Hideyoshi felt quite maladapted when he heard such a miraculous description, and quickly assured him: "The villain firmly believes that this time I will be able to force Asai out of the city!"

"Hey. Let's do it." Saburo just nodded flatly, "It doesn't matter if you can't do it, I have other ideas anyway."

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Even being threatened in this way, Asai is still huddled in Xiaogu Castle.

Hashiba Hideyoshi, who thought he would be able to lure Asai, was a little frustrated.But he has a deep scheming heart, and this setback is just a trace on the surface. In his heart, he admires Asai who has a firm attitude.

He really deserves to be the person he once favored—if Empress Kanazaki was not forced to fight to the death for Nobunaga, he might have already voted for Asai's name.

But what is ushering in now is not another good opportunity for betrayal.Once Asakura arrives, Oda will have to fight head-on with Asai Asakura's allied forces, and no matter how he seeks to escape, there will be traces left behind.

What he wanted was never to leave the Oda family, but to inflict heavy damage on Nobunaga!Such a weak situation might as well be his stepping stone, allowing him to grab more power and status here.

Hashiba Hideyoshi's failure didn't make Saburo react much.Almost without hesitation, he directly ordered the entire army to withdraw from Huyuqian Mountain and attack Hengshan City, the branch city of Asai's family, instead!

——At this moment, even Hashiba Hideyoshi looked at Saburo with subtle fear.

Otani Castle is currently the main city of the Asai family, both Asai Nagamasa and Ashi live in Otani Castle.It can be said that as long as Xiaogu Castle is captured, the surname Asai will become Omi's history!

For Asai, this is a real, life-and-death battle.Regardless of whether it was sending Takenaka to persuade Horihide Village to surrender in advance, or attacking from Kamaba Castle, all the way to Otani Castle, what Saburo showed was a clear intention to attack, and the target was fixed on Asai Nagamasa from the beginning. body.

This is not impossible.They even said that they had already threatened Qianjing, otherwise they would not have made such a big battle, and Qianjing still insisted on not leaving the city.

But even facing this advantage, Saburo still gave up as soon as he said he would give up, and changed from Huyuqian Mountain, which was very close to Xiaogu Castle (two kilometers away), to Hengshan City, which was relatively far away (nine kilometers) from Xiaogu Castle. !

Once they occupy Yokoyama Castle, the connection between Kotani Castle and Sawayama Castle will be severed. Even the coalition forces of Asai and Asakura are destined to be restrained by Oda!

Whether it is the courage to give up, the tactical and military vision, or the courage to face the future Asai Asakura allied forces... Oda Nobunaga seems destined to reach the peak!He was so sober that he didn't seem like a person living in this era!

In this way, it is almost certain that the person who will leave a name in history, once he is pulled down—then the person who steps on him will definitely become more famous

Hashiba Hideyoshi couldn't describe his mood.But it is undeniable that his original blazing murderous intent towards Oda Nobunaga unexpectedly came down miraculously.This murderous intent was still strong, but it was no longer the kind of heat that would make him imagine that the knife was splashed with Nobunaga's blood repeatedly in his sleep.

Oda Nobunaga cannot be described as calm or not surprised.Even if he was single-handedly promoted by Oda Nobunaga, he is probably far more reliable than Akechi Mitsuhide in Nobunaga's mind.For a long time, no matter whether he was desperately making contributions to the Oda family or trying to gain the trust of Nobunaga, what Hashiba Hideyoshi wanted was the "best of both worlds" that could put Nobunaga to death and protect himself.

But once Nobunaga is not killed, the surviving big fool Owari will only show the same flat expression as usual. Whether he betrays or resubmits at that time, Oda Nobunaga will not be moved at all .

I want more intense revenge, I want to go deeper, make Oda Nobunaga show a painful expression, and feel the same humiliation and anger as him, but even more than him.

Hashiba Hideyoshi suddenly had a new longing.

This desire is more difficult than killing Oda Nobunaga, and it is more exciting for him than killing Nobunaga.Just thinking of the picture after success made him unable to restrain his inner greed. He immediately judged the countless life-threatening risks that must be encountered to achieve his goal, but his fingers still trembled slightly with excitement.

——I want to step on Oda Nobunaga's head.

He wanted to take the Oda family away from Nobunaga.

The bone sword was originally a naginata, and then it was ground into a wakizashi during the Warring States Period. The exact time is unknown, but when Matsunaga Hideo exchanged 30 gold for the Otomo family, it was already a wakizashi. ←Well, this is Chapter [-] of this article. Hideo Matsunaga jokingly asked Saburo if he wanted to buy a bone ghoul. In fact, he was going to exchange a knife for gold hahaha.

The information I found is like this, but I don’t know how to make it specific, so here I write it based on the fact that Saburo had already been ground into a threat when he got the bone scorpion (Fu Sangshen).