I've always been terrified when I fled from Kyoto, and I had no relatives! Almost all around them were enemies who wanted their lives, and it was really because they were too arrogant when they were in power, almost to the point that people hated dogs.

After fleeing all the way along Lake Biwa, after entering Wakasa Province, Honda Masanobu ambushed Takeda Nobukata and captured Takeda Nobukata's home city, Shinhoyama Castle, and began to take a short rest.

Honda Masanobu's biggest trophy is to obtain the 5,000 stone grain that Takeda Nobukata secretly hidden, why did Takeda Nobukata have the courage to drift away from his brother, it is not because of the food, as the so-called food in the warehouse, there is no panic in his heart. Where did Takeda Nobukata's grain come from, it was really looted, he used Shin-Hoyama Castle as a base, and after the grain output of Enshiki County was collected according to the six-gong and four-agricultural system, he symbolically paid tribute and paid a fraction of the money, and ninety percent of the grain tax was hidden in Shinhoyama Castle. Now it's a good thing, it's all the spoils of Honda Masanobu.

Honda Masashi had food in his hands, and under the temptation of food, he began to reorganize the army, and only those who were willing to reorganize could give food, and whoever did not want to reorganize would find food by himself. This trick is ruthless! There are too few people like Nobukata Takeda who are so arrogant. After the reorganization, the number of troops under the control of Honda Masanobu reached 25,000 troops, and you must know that there are only 30,000 or 40,000 Honganji believers in total, which is enough to be proud of one side in terms of strength. However, this also put more pressure on Honda Masanobu's shoulders.

Calculate that Takeda Nobukata's strategy can only be used once, and now it is an impossible task to deceive out of the siege and annihilate it. Siege warfare is really not the strength of the new series, not to mention that even if the city is breached by luck, who knows if the defenders in the city will set fire to it before fleeing.

Honda Masanobu, who quickly cheered up from the shadow of the defeat in the Battle of Kinai, was even more gloomy, but after the Battle of Shin-Hoyama Castle, his personal reputation increased instead of decreasing, and he admired Honda Masanobu very much, and he was like a god. You must know that when they escaped from Kyoto, almost everyone fell into deep despair, and it was Honda Masanobu who shouted loudly to keep them from completely collapsing, and it was Honda Masanobu who defeated Takeda Nobukata and got a temporary respite for everyone to rest.

In the conference room of Xinbaoshan City, Honda Masanobu sat at the top of the position, he is now the commander of this remnant army, he is much thinner than a month ago, his eyes are more energetic, he glanced around, and said in his unique low voice: "Everyone, five thousand stone grain has been found from Xinbaoshan City, and now there are three thousand five hundred stone left for people to eat and chew, if you save a little, it will be two or three months, but after two or three months, it will be a cold winter." ”

All those present had been starved, and knew that starvation was very uncomfortable, and if it weren't for Honda Masanobu's strategy, or more accurately, he had made a desperate bet to seize Xinbaoshan City and obtain a batch of food, otherwise they would all be starving now. Five thousand stone grain seems to be a lot, but there are also a lot of people who look at the food, and if they don't eat, they will be hungry, and they will starve to death, not to mention that they will enter the winter in another month or two, and there will be no food, how to survive this winter?

Wasuka Masakatsu looked up and asked, "Where do you want to go?" "He was originally on an equal footing with Honda Masanobu, but Honda Masanobu was higher than him when Honganji was under his command, and now it is even more so, and he has also put him in the right position.

Honda Masanobu had obviously already thought about where to go, spread out the map, and said: "Now we are in Shin-Hoyama Castle in Enshiki-gun, Wakasa Province, which means that we are in the middle of Wakasa Province, but we all know that it is almost impossible to achieve such a big victory as Shin-Hoyama Castle. The places where a large amount of grain can still be stored in Wakasa are none other than Goseyama Castle, Kuniyoshi Castle, and Shidaoyama Castle, but these three castles are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is obviously impossible to break the castle without paying a heavy price. Once we reach a stalemate in Wakasa Province, the Date family in Obanai will besiege Wakasa Province from Tango, Tanba, and Omi from three sides, and we will be able to hold off Shin-Hoyama Castle in this way. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the venue was silent for a while, and everyone suddenly felt a sense of suffocation, for the Date family, they can be said to be powerless to resist, yes, the Date family almost won a complete victory at a very small price, and now hearing this word, it will also make them feel fear, you can imagine the intensity of the fear in their hearts. No one wants to stay in Shin-Hoyama Castle, and all of them want to escape from afar, preferably as far away as possible, because Wakasa Province is right under the nose of the Date family, and will send troops to attack at any time.

Honda Masanobu obviously didn't want to mention the word either, but he didn't expect that just mentioning it would cause such a reaction, which made him frown, knowing that if he wanted to reverse, only constant victory would remove the shadow in his heart. He continued, "In Wakasa Province, Tango Province is crossed by Mt. Aoba to the west, and Tamba Highlands is the border between Tanba Province and Omi Province to the south, and now that most of Tango Province, Tanba Province, and Omi Province have fallen into the hands of the Date family, our only way to survive is to enter Echizen Province through the Nosaka Mountain Range. ”

As he spoke, Honda Masanobu pointed all the way from Shin-Hoyama Castle to Echizen Province, and then drew a circle in Ono County, which accounted for one-third of Echizen Province, and said, "Wakasa Province is a dead land, so the only way to jump out and attack Echizen Province is to wait for us, but our destination is not to occupy Echizen Province and find a relatively safe place to survive after defeating the blocking army." ”

Wasuka Masakatsu asked suspiciously, "Ohno-gun?!" ”

Honda Masanobu bowed slightly, and said: "Ohno-gun, east of Kaga Province, can get the support of Kaga Province at any time, and at the same time, you can rely on the Liangbai Mountain Mountains and the Folding Mountains to concentrate on dealing with the enemies in the territory, reclaiming the land, and more importantly, there are many believers in Honganji here, so you don't have to worry about not being familiar with the place." ”

Masakatsu Wasuka agreed with Honda Masanobu's opinion, and soon everyone reached a consensus, and the next step was to face the grim reality of how to advance eastward into Echizen and Ono County. They have tens of thousands of horses, they are not small troops, and they can march at a speed of ten or twenty miles a day at most, and it is very difficult to march in enemy territory.

Honda Masanobu's fingers slowly retreated from Ohno-gun, and he pointed to the ground and said: "The first battle of the eastward march is also the most important battle, we must conquer Kanesaki Castle, otherwise I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out if the road ahead is blocked, Asakura Sodri is the third generation of the Asakura family, after the death of Asakura Sodrus, Asakura Keiki has always believed that he is the heir of Asakura Sodr, and the previous battles of the Asakura clan will inevitably compete for the position of military generation." Now, on the banks of the Nine-Headed Dragon River, Kaga Province launched a smash, and with the character of Asakura Keiki, he will inevitably rush to the Nine-Headed Dragon River. ”

After Honda Masanobu finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, none of them were launched by the Kaga National Order, and this riot was probably instigated by Honda Masanobu, which made them even more respectful of Honda Masanobu like a god.

Asakura Keiki didn't want the military to be left behind his family, so he naturally had to follow the Asakura army to the nine-headed dragon river, and it was obviously impossible for him to go out alone, and most of the military strength of Kanesaki Castle would be taken away. If they wanted to go east to Echizen, they would have to pass through Kanesaki Castle, and without the scheming Asakura Keiki and the elite army left behind by Asakura Muneto, their tens of thousands would be much safer. In this way, the situation will turn in their favor, because once they are blocked by Kanazaki Castle, even if the Kaga National Order is brave, the Asakura family will issue a ruthless edict to kill the Haoqiang near Kanesaki Castle with all their might, and they will become the target of public criticism, and they will be deeply encircled, and it will be difficult to enter the Ono Gunjiu eastward, and they may be destroyed, which is unacceptable to them.

Asakura Keiki took the strong army left by Asakura Sodrip to the Nine-Headed Dragon River, Kanesaki Castle did not have this strong army, and if they killed one or two moths that put out the fire, they would be able to successfully pass through Tsuruga County, enter Nanjo County, and then cross the mountains into the mountains, and it would be very difficult to intercept the large army.

Wasuka Masakatsu agreed with Honda Masanobu's decision, discussed with Honda Masanobu at will about specific attack plans, and most importantly, sent spies to spy on the movements of Kanesaki Castle, and the reason for their victory was that Asakura Keiki led his army to leave Kanesaki Castle.

The glory of the military dynasty is obviously much greater than the threat of Honda Masanobu, you must know that the military generation of Asakura Sodrip once served as the head of the three generations of the Asakura family, known as the military god of the Asakura family, where is the successor of the military god so good, not to mention that Asakura Keiki is still an adopted son. If it weren't for the fact that Asakura Sodri was too tough and his ability was too outstanding, he had occupied the position of military generation for decades, even if Asakura Yoshikei, the head of the Asakura family, opposed it, it would be useless, and he finally died on the battlefield.

After the death of Asakura Sodrip, Asakura Yoshikage has always wanted to get back the position of the military generation from the Asakura branch of Tsuruga County, and the other branches often have a red eye and a thick neck because of the problem of seats, and the eldest son of Asakura Keiki in history committed suicide by cutting his stomach to regain the position of the military generation.

At the end of September, news came that Asakura Keiki set off for Ichijo Valley Castle with his second son and 3,000 Asakura troops, leaving his eldest son Jingyuan to garrison Kanesaki Castle, leaving behind 500 elites and more than 1,000 peasant soldiers. According to Asakura Keiki's idea, with 1,500 defenders and a Kanesaki Castle, it was delusional to break through in a short period of time, and this time was enough for him to go back and forth to the Nine-Headed Dragon River.

Three days after Asakura Keiki left, Honda Masanbu set off again after reorganizing his army, and before leaving, he made a deal to sell Shin-Hoyama Castle to the bold Naito Shigemasa for a thousand koku of grain. After Naito Shigenobu Honda left, he lived in Shin-Hoyama Castle in a grand manner, and it was obvious that Wakasa would fight over the ownership of Shin-Hoyama Castle for a long time, and there was no leisure to care about Honda Masanobu anymore.

On the day of Honda's departure, he sent Maeno Nagayasu to lead a team of more than 300 people pretending to be the army of Kuniyoshi Castle to break into Tsuruga Prefecture, shoot an arrow at Kanesaki Castle, and finally on the land of Kanesaki Castle, which can be said to be extremely insulting.

As mentioned earlier, the Asakura clan has been blocked by Kuniyoshi Castle all times in its invasion of Wakasa Province, and the Asakura clan also has a deep grudge against Kuniyoshi Castle, you must know that Echizen Asakura has two elite troops, one is the Ono Gun Division Asakura family specializes in defending Kaga Province, and the other is the Tsuruga County Division to open up a new leader. Now, Kokuyoshi Castle Xiaoxiao actually took advantage of the fact that the Nine-Headed Dragon River broke out again, and sent a small force to mock Kanesaki Castle, which was unbearable, and the new garrison of Kanesaki Castle was angry.

Asakura Keiji, the eldest son of Asakura Keiki, the third generation of the Tsuruga Gun Division who committed suicide five years later because he was dissatisfied with the military generation, saw that the bastards of Kuniyoshi Castle came to disgust them, and he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to go out of the city and kill them all.

Asakura Keiyu gave an order, no one objected, in the eyes of everyone in Kanesaki Castle, Awaya Katsuhisa was hiding in this turtle shell in Kuniyoshi Castle, they had nothing to do with him, and now they took advantage of the danger of others to come and humiliate them, how could they be patient?

What are the consequences of not being able to endure it? Asakura Keigan led his army out of Kanesaki Castle and repeated the mistakes of Takeda Nobukata, but unfortunately this son did not have the good fortune of Takeda Nobukata and failed to escape his life, and unfortunately lost his head.

As soon as Asakura Keigan died, Kanesaki Castle fell in the first battle, Honda Masanobu made another fortune from Kanesaki Castle, and without any hesitation, set off into the mountains. Honda Masanobu's prudence saved his life, and it was another two days after Asakura Keiki rushed back to Kanazaki Castle.

Asakura Jingji screamed, he not only lost a son, but also lost the military generation that belonged to their family only in the era of Asakura Zongdi, and was taken by the Ono County Division Asakura Jingjing, and led the army to the Nine-Headed Dragon River.

Honda Masanobu's luck is really bursting, Asakura Keiki was exploited by him for a military generation, Asakura Keigami left his ability with a large army for a military generation, and when he entered Ono County, there was no one in the county who was invincible.

In the first battle, he conquered the mountain castle of Sihai in Ono County, and Honda Masanobu visited Hiraisenji Temple, which was recognized by the local Ichijo sect, and in response to the outbreak of the Kaga National Order, Honda Masanobu took all of Ono Prefecture before the winter came.

Asakura Keiki lost a son, and most of Kanesaki Castle was demolished, and he was going to rest with his army. Asakura Jingjing even lost Ohno County, and he had no intention of falling in love with the throne while being annoyed, clamoring to return to Ohno County. Asakura Yoshikei, in desperation, had to personally serve as the commander-in-chief to command the operation.

Asakura Yoshikei's internal affairs are very good and strong, but the skills of this war and Hosokawa Fujitaka have a fight, very trendy, so he has always selected outstanding generals to serve as military representatives to replace himself in command of the army, but he did not expect that the first time he led the army, he would face an unprecedented war of annihilation.

Asakura Yoshikei is still the first time to go into battle, which is commonly known as the first battle, and at the beginning, no one knew that his fighting skills were not good, but he soon showed timidity. I always looked at the door, and then saw that the two elite soldiers who had always been unable to get along with them were not there, and Hula called.

Asakura Yoshikei was in a mess because of Honda Masanobu's surprise attack, and Honda Masanobu also had to deal with the counteroffensive of Asakura Keigami and Asakura Keiki, and Echizen Province was in chaos - everything shows that Masahiro played a very good role in letting Honda Masanobu into Hokuriku. (To be continued.) )