A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

In the Shitarahara battle, after the Kitahata soldiers on Mount Midou came down the mountain beating drums, they completely fell to the Yamauchi army. The situation was almost without any suspense.

The first to completely collapse was the Tokugawa Army, which was abandoned by Oda and most of which had fallen into chaos. After Oda Nobutada and Kawajiri Hidetaka abandoned their rear forces and suddenly withdrew from the battle, Sakai Tadashi finally couldn't resist the fierce attack of the Yamauchi Chief of Staff and collapsed!

The front army rushed to the rear army, and the rear army collapsed. The more than 4,000 Tokugawa troops could no longer deal with it and became prey under the sword of Yamauchi Army.

Oda Nobutada and Kawajiri Hidetaka, who were marching, were very happy when they saw the Kitahata letter on Mido Mountain coming down the mountain. If there are more than 12,000 people, Oda Nobunaga will definitely be rescued, and everyone can retreat to Okazaki Castle and fight again.

Oda Nobutada, who originally wanted to invite his uncle to send troops together, even slowed down his riding speed slightly, preparing for his uncle and nephew to ride shoulder to shoulder to rescue his father. The result was of course obvious. As he was walking, he suddenly heard the phrase "Samu denies thieves, justice is in the mountains!" After that, he was completely panicked.

Kitahata Matuchi took the lead, followed closely by the southern kingdoms. Toriya Oo Mitsui was guarding Kitahata's letter, and Sasa Rigan's horse was hanging high. The whole army rushed towards Oda Nobutada's troops with great momentum.

What is particularly impressive is a general who is wielding a two-meter-long ghost gold stick. He is 1.8 meters tall, wearing the body of Amitabha, and has an Ashikaga two-biki flag behind his back.

At the point of the ghost gold stick, the men, horses and equipment were shattered into pieces, taking away the lives of dozens of Oda Army soldiers in just a few seconds. Looking up close, it turned out to be a great monk with a scar on his head. Who could it be if it wasn’t Zen Master Jingkong, the master of Luoyang et al.!

As a close confidant of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, he never betrayed the loyal ministers of the shogunate even in the most difficult times. This time, he went into a dangerous journey and broke into the tiger's den alone. He persuaded Kitahata Tomokazu to raise an army. After learning about Kitahata's strategy, he followed the army. Now, as the tip of an army, he took the lead in entering the Oda formation.

Reciting Amitabha Buddha did not prevent the ghost gold rod in his hand from spinning like flying. The copper-clad iron rod weighing dozens of kilograms was already stained with the blood of the Oda Army soldiers, and there was not a single general under the rod.

"Where is Oda Kankuro?" Zen Master Jingkong shouted, causing the Oda army to retreat in fear.

Of course no one would agree to him. With his appearance, let alone Oda Nobutada, even Honda Tadakatsu and Tachibana Soshige would have to consider whether they could withstand that blow. Anyway, Oda Nobutada took a look at his thin arms and legs, and he definitely didn't dare to step forward to challenge.

Hidetaka Kawajiri, who was in the formation, immediately asked people to move the Yongle-dong horse sign to the other side, so that the great monk would not look at the horse sign and attack him with all his strength.

"Young Master, everyone in Beibata is causing trouble. It's urgent. Let's go!"

"Let's go, let's go..." Oda Nobutada's loyalty was finally broken by the continuous blows. He lost his mind and his desire to survive defeated everything.

"Your Highness, Sir! Young Master, you go first!" Hidetaka Kawajiri is Nobutada's assistant, and their relationship is the same as that between Heita and Ashikaga Yoshiaki. They are half monarch and minister, half father and son.

"Hizen..." Oda Nobutada was a little at a loss as Hidetaka Kawajiri stripped him of his conspicuous clothing.

"Let's go!" He ordered a few loyal horses and helped Nobutada change into an ordinary horse. Hidetaka Kawajiri looked at the road, patted the horse and sent Nobutada away.

"Oda Kankuro Nobutada is here!" Seeing Nobutada running away, Kawajiri Hidetaka put on Nobutada's headband and shouted in greeting.

The Hokahata people from all directions finally found "Oda Nobutada" who was standing under the BMW sign on Yongle Street. They all fought bravely and fought to be the first to kill him.

Bokuzo Nagamasa, Kitahata Tomochika, Tahara Shigetsuna and others not only drove the soldiers to attack fiercely, but also shouted and fired at close range.

"Oda Kankuro Nobutada has been begged by me, Hirasawa Gaiji Youemon Yamasa!"

A head hung high in the formation, and thousands of people including Oda Nobutada and Kawajiri Hidetaka collapsed!

This sudden change was something that neither Yamauchi nor Oda expected during the battle, but what's wrong with this for Yamauchi?

Oda Nobunaga, who was on the stage, heard the words "Oda Kankuro Nobutada has been begged by me, Hirasawa Gaijiemon Yamasa!", his expression suddenly became depressed, although he soon returned to his original state. , but everyone nearby knew that Nobunaga must be extremely sad in his heart.

"Blow the drum and send the order! Let everyone rely on Taiyuan to respond to the enemy!" Nobunaga quickly adjusted his strategy.

There are currently less than 20,000 Oda troops. If they gather together and rely on Danzhengtai to defend, the Yamauchi army may not be able to attack. He also has more than a thousand iron cannons in his hand, and he will use his height to lower them, which will pose a great threat to the Yamauchi army who is pretending to attack. Every time the Yamauchi army attacks, they will pay a huge price.

The two sides had been fighting fiercely for nearly three hours from the initial test of firepower, and most of the soldiers were exhausted. Both Oda and Yamauchi had almost no reserves and could no longer continue fighting.

Let's see who can last longer!

The Yamauchi Army's center and right wing, with less than 30,000 troops, slowly advanced and roughly spread out, trying to surround the main platform. In addition to Oda Nobunaga's main team, Taihara Sakon also included Niwa Nagahide, Sakuma Nobumori, Takigawa Kazumasu and other troops, as well as the original guerrilla force Shibata Katsuie and Hashiba Hideyoshi who regrouped after retreating.

It is said that there was such a conversation in history. The two people talking were Kasaka Danmasa and Naito Osamu. One of them asked the other party what kind of person Oda Danmasa was. Another person replied that Oda Nobunaga was a person who would never leave his body even if he forgot toilet paper (that thing is called nose paper?).

Although this stuff is similar to those anecdotes, military discipline and the like, and seems to be made up by novel authors in the Edo period, it can still reflect the world's view of Oda Nobunaga.

This man is a standard samurai!

He is always ready to fight, and all the focus of his life is on war. He can take a shit without paper, but he will never go out without a knife. From the side, since he is a "true samurai", he obviously has many skills that a samurai should have.

Such as running away!

In addition to longevity, samurai who could survive into the Edo period also had one of the most important skills, and that was running away! Anyone who couldn't run away would definitely be dead long ago. Even Tokugawa Ieyasu, there was a time when Mikatahara suffered a humiliating defeat and ran away on his own.

Not to mention Nobunaga, who has spent half his life in war, encountered countless betrayals in his life, but cheated all the way to the age of forty-nine, an SSS-level runner.

The current situation in this battle has changed from Oda's dominance to Yamauchi's dominance, but it is still in a certain deadlock. Even Oda Nobunaga is beginning to prepare for the worst.