Now the entire Wakasa country is actually considered the sphere of influence of the Oda family, of course, the attitude of the wealthy families and people of the Wakasa country is actually very ambiguous, just like the current Takeda Motomitsu's command, counting Naito Chikumae Mamoru There are already nine Wakasa countries of power, and the number of people has also reached 700, and the strength has increased a lot.

What Takeda Motomitsu learned through the Tongxin people before was that in fact, many small forces in Wakasa Province were semi-independent, and the Oda family did not look down on this small country with only tens of thousands of stones, so they did not strengthen their rule over Wakasa Province, as long as they were obedient.

At the same time that Akechi Mitsuhide knew the news that Iga Valley Castle had been captured, Takeda Motomitsu had already continued to attack, and through a sneak attack, it only took more than an hour to capture the fortified castle Nosaka Castle, which had less than a hundred defenders, and at this time Akechi Mitsuhide accepted the result that his expedition had failed.

Akechi Mitsuhide sometimes does things very decisively, such as the battle of Kuroi Castle, and the famous Honnoji BBQ barbecue tournament, whose decisive means allowed him to defeat his opponent and walk to the peak of his life.

But sometimes, Akechi Mitsuhide will not be so neat because of his pride as a traditional samurai, such as his performance after the battle of Honnoji, and facing Yui Hatano, uh! Hatano house.

This time, he showed his traditional samurai side, and when he knew that Kawakami Castle had been captured, he felt that the Kuroda family should not dare to send too many men to fight. So they should just send a team to harass their back road and force themselves to return to the army, so they don't need to pay attention to it, at most, they can reoccupy Kawakami Castle later.

The significance of Nosaka Castle, Kawakami Castle and Iga Valley Castle, Akechi Mitsuhide knew very well that this was the link between him and the Oda family, and it was also the only support for him from the Oda family, and if he lost these three castles, his food route and the way back to retreat would all be cut off.

Originally, Oda Nobunaga wanted to see the abilities of Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, after all, these two people were known as the two figures of the shogunate before, and he had seen them himself, and felt that they were samurai who could take on a lot of responsibility, so he wanted to hand over a place like Wakasa Province to them, and at the same time see their actual ability, so as to decide on their appointment in the future.

I have to say here that sometimes Oda Nobunaga is indeed a mean person, but sometimes, he seems to be a master who uses people without doubt, and the contrast that happens to such a person, whether you say it is his personal likes and dislikes, or because of his mood, in short, it is very abrupt. That's why the monkeys under the command of Oda Nobunaga, Shibata Katsuya and others are cautious when doing things, but this may be the result of Oda Nobunaga's deliberate actions for His Majesty. Oda Nobunaga is an eclectic figure and could indeed do something like this.

This time, in addition to the 5,000 Oda family soldiers brought out, Akechi Mitsuhide also tried to gather the wealthy clans and people of Wakasa Province as much as possible. With such a mixed contingent of 7,000 people combined, Wakasa's mobilization capacity is indeed very limited.

Akechi Mitsuhide is now very sure that even if he doesn't have many opponents, he can capture Iga Valley Castle and Kawakami Castle in two days, and the number of people must not be too small, after all, the three cities have a hundred defenders, and Nosaka Castle should be no longer guaranteed.

The wise Mitsuhide Kuroda family is really not moving, and when it moves, it is like thunder, and it will cut off its back road in an instant, what should I do?

In the end, after a brief analysis, Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka agreed that the Kuroda family was able to accurately attack the three cities on their back road, which can be seen to be premeditated. And they also had an idea that there might be a traitor in their own army, and after a simple investigation, they finally found that there were more than 100 people missing from the 7,000 people, and the leader was Naito Chikuzen Mamoru who had already taken refuge in the Kuroda family.

The Kuroda family has not moved before, it seems that it may have been preparing before, and now it is ready and mature, and since the Kuroda family has laid out a big situation, it will definitely not be just how simple it is to cut off their own back road, the Kuroda family must still have a back move, it seems that the situation is already very serious.

Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka feel that if they want to break through with this army, the key is not how to defeat the attack of the Kuroda family, break through the defense of the Kuroda family, nor resist the conspiracy of the Kuroda family this time, but how their 7,000 army should break through, and the key to the breakthrough is Nosaka Castle, which has been occupied by the Kuroda family.

Now Akechi Mitsuhide has somewhat regretted that he didn't deploy enough troops on his back road. But there is no way, a total of 7,000 people in a ragtag team, with a little more people, how can they defeat the 4,000 elites of the Kuroda family. That's why the Kuroda family was able to find a path they didn't know and calmly detour behind them.

In the end, Wise Mitsuhide sighed and said, "Zhuang Bingwei misunderstood me. ”

But no matter what, for Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, now is not the time to review their previous mistakes, the breakthrough is what they have to consider, and people have to look forward.

This breakthrough must also be very particular, if the army knows that the back road is blocked, so it must retreat at the same time, and let the Kuroda family know their intention to retreat, the Kuroda family army will inevitably cover up from behind. At that time, if the army has no fighting spirit, it will inevitably be a big defeat, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to turn back to the mountain city country.

Under the watchful eye of Takayu Musato, Akechi Mitsuhide's army retreated. When Oda's army retreated, he knew that Takeda Motomitsu should have succeeded.

After all, Takeda Motomitsu is a native of Wakasa Province, understands the mountains and rivers of Wakasa Province, and has a group of younger brothers who support him in Wakasa Country, which is really a good thing for the Kuroda family.

The reason why he was sent to contact Naito Chikuzen Mamoru and go to Wakasa Country to make trouble is, to put it bluntly, it was just a bet by Takayu Musato. If it happens, it's good, but if it doesn't, it's not a big loss.

Takeda Motomitsu has indeed shown his martial arts under his command, but sometimes martial arts do not represent all, for a samurai, whether it is martial arts or government affairs, or incomparable eloquence and diplomatic ability, how to show his greatest role to the master's family, is the way for him to obtain the land he deserves.