A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

It was hard to imagine that the short, fat young man in front of him was actually a brave general who fought together in the wild field, defeated the Rokkaku clan's 30,000 troops with a weak force, and won a brilliant victory.

Although some of Japan's "famous generals" are very good, the "Eagle of Jiangbei" Asai Nagamasa should be stronger than Niubi, and it is not just based on bragging.

It's a pity that there is no one from Omi in Sakon, so we can't inquire about Asai Nagamasa's deeds in detail. In addition, he ended up becoming a wine glass, and even many of his deeds were not handed down, making his existence even more confusing.

"What are Your Highness and Dashu doing?"

"We were riding in the same (ox) cart and said we were playing chess." Hosokawa Saime turned around and pursed her lips.

Different from history, because the close troops numbered 6,000 (more than 5,000 plus the shogunate), they were called 10,000, and they were protected like a sea of ​​people. Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not need to wait for Oda Nobunaga's victory at Mino Ritseiji Temple, but could go to the battle in person.

There are two large flags in the formation, one is Hinowa Amaterasu and the other is Hinowa Hachiman, both representing the personal presence of His Highness.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had never been able to become a general in this life, is now in a good mood, respected by everyone, and admired by all people. He has thousands of troops and horses, and the flags and drums are like a forest.

Although he was wearing magnificent armor, he did not ride on his horse. The recent public no longer has the courage of Ashikaga Takauji and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to immediately conquer the world. Unless necessary, Ashikaga Yoshiaki does not even ride in an ox cart, but chooses to ride in a sedan chair.

As for the so-called talk with Yamauchi Taro, it is better to say that it is just passing the time casually. It took a long time to finish a game, and a total of forty or fifty pieces fell on the chessboard.

Moreover, the young and the old had no intention of playing chess or learning chess. After passing the Miyingji River and going further south, they reached the Jiangnan area, which belonged to the territory of the hostile Rokkaku clan.

The most important castles arranged nearby by the Asai family are Sawayama Castle and Yokoyama Castle. One has Isono Umasa as the lord of the castle, and the other has Mitamura Sadan as the lord of the castle. They are all trusted generals of the Asai clan, otherwise they would not have been entrusted with this important task.

It is worth mentioning that Yokoyama Castle was later succeeded by Kinoshita Hideyoshi, also known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi. An important strategic goal of the Asai family in the Zichuan Battle was to break the siege of Hengshan City and deliver supplies, rice and reinforcements to the city.

Just looking at the terrain, you can tell that there are two disgusting small mountain cities that will kill you. Especially Hengshan City, that city is really very small. It is built on a continuously undulating hillside, flattening the top of the mountain and leaving a piece of open space to build a pill.

Not to mention Mount Sawa, Mitsunari Ishida has two treasures, one is Mount Sawa, the most fortified city in the world that is difficult to attack, and the other is Shima Kiyoshi, a fierce general with unparalleled military strategy.

Nowadays, Mount Sawa has become quite large. In the repeated tug-of-war battles in the south and north of the Yangtze River, Masa Isono and his soldiers have also become very brave.

As they were walking, news came from the vanguard that Rokkaku was determined to fight to the end. With the main city of Guanyin Temple as the center, eighteen branch cities or stockades were arranged around it, and troops were distributed.

Castles including Minosaku, Hachimanzan, Chokoji Temple, Hotayama, Sao, Arakamiyama, Megada, Takatori, Minmanji Temple, Yamazaki, Tayama, Hino and other cities are all facing powerful enemies.

Minosaku Castle was the first to bear the brunt. Yoshida Takashige and Abe Hyuga were deployed, and more than 1,300 people were gathered to defend the castle.

As the branch city of the Rokkaku clan's headquarters at Guanyin Temple, the battle for Jizuo Castle must be fought successfully. Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, so that the Liujiao family and his son can clearly see the strength of the Shangluo army and stop doing stupid things to resist the king's master.

After all, if Guanyin Temple resists resolutely and there is sufficient food and grass in the city, even Oda Nobunaga cannot guarantee that he will defeat it in a few days.

Originally considering the importance of this battle, Oda Nobunaga planned to let his son-in-law Niwa Nagahide personally fight, and cooperate with his die-hard retainer Mori Katsunari and his brother-in-law Kanhei Ikeda to conquer the city in three days, preferably in one day. Just leave.

But during the military meeting, Asai Nagamasa took the initiative to speak up and said that they would fight this battle with Asai. Let Shangluo Jun see Jiangbei Erlang's ability and show off their reputation as a well.

Although before coming, Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga promised to use the two Jiangnan counties as rewards to reward Asai Nagamasa for responding to the call to raise troops in Kamiro.

But no matter how good the promise is, it is not as good as what you get. If Jizuo City is captured, you won't need to give a reward, and it will immediately become the territory of the Asai family.

Just as Asai Nagamasa said, their family also needs to show off its muscles and cannot let others look down upon the Asai family. Otherwise, when Oda Nobunaga came to Luo to lead the shogunate and take power, it would be difficult to confirm the status of the Asai family.

The Warring States Period!

Isn’t that what I believe in? It’s the principle of relying on one’s abilities and the size of one’s fists!

Ashikaga Yoshiaki seemed to approve of Asai Nagamasa, but the leader of the Kamikaga Army was still Oda Nobunaga. The two are now in the honeymoon period, and they will give each other whatever face they should give each other. He planned to listen to Oda Nobunaga's opinions before expressing his own opinions.

Oda Nobunaga was a little hesitant. He didn't know much about his foster brother. The reason why he married A Shixia, the most beautiful girl in the world, was purely to add another person to stab Mino Country's back.

Poke him in the buttocks of Ryuuki Saito!

Forming a three-sided trap, a powerful posture of closing the door and beating the dog. As for Hida Kingdom, to be honest, Oda Nobunaga had never thought about this.

As for how capable Asai Nagamasa is, Oda Nobunaga and Kodaira are not much different.

Probably, maybe, should be able, it’s not a big problem!

After hesitating for a moment, Oda Nobunaga made up his mind and closed the folding fan in his hand.

"I'll rely on my sworn brother! Attack the city first tomorrow!"

"There is no need for tomorrow, the sky is bright today, and we can still use troops!" Nagamasa Asai was better and more active.

"Tarō has four Nanbarbar barrels for Kotani Sohō!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki also smiled.

"Nanman Datong?" Asai Nagamasa was confused.

As soon as the words were spoken, there was no way Koheita and Hosokawa Saime could stop them. This blunderbuss was originally used to build momentum, and they had no intention of actually using it.

But when the father of the theoretical master spoke, he couldn't slap him in the face. He could only bite the bullet and go out to adjust the artillery.

Oda Nobunaga sent Niwa Nagahide and Sakai Masao to monitor and intercept Kannonji's army. The other generals came out of camp to watch the Asai Army's offensive.

Xiaoping Tai asked Chen San to take charge of the cannon temporarily. Jizuo Castle was not high, that is, it was a small city built on a slope of twenty to thirty meters.

The sky collapsed and the earth shattered. Fo Langji approached a hundred meters below the city. He used a large number of bamboo bundles as a shield and greeted the soldiers on the city and the wooden wall.

One cannon was loaded with only three muskets and fired a total of twelve rounds, but there was a cry of mourning in the city and awe in the city.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't bear to marvel, and gave an order to lead his troops to attack Jizuo.

The city is broken!