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The Oda Army, which had 12 castles in a row, did not stop attacking, but after resting at Miyutsuka Castle for a night, they attacked Komatsu Castle again. However, in one morning, the two cities of Komatsu Castle and Hetian Mountain Castle were connected. Like the previous 12 castles, Shibata Katsuie continued to carry out a policy of slaughter.

From yesterday to now, at least 3 to 4,000 disciples of the Ichijo sect have been beheaded or burned to death by the Oda army. For these disciples, Shibata Katsuya showed as if he had a grudge against his father. Speaking of which, except for Sakuma Morima, who carried out Shibata Katsuie's order without a trace of hesitation, everyone else was a little hesitant and unbearable about this, but under Shibata Katsuie's resolute order, they could only be ordered to carry it out. And later, they themselves became numb, after all, burning one city is also burning, and burning ten cities is also burning. No matter how difficult it is to accept, you will get used to it if you do too much.

"Lord, all the disciples of the Yixiang Sect in the city have been killed!" Sakuma Morimasa walked over and said respectfully, at this time, this young samurai, who was only 17 years old, was full of killing aura between his eyebrows, and if a civilian who was a little less courageous saw it, he would probably be frightened and faint directly.

However, Shibata Katsuya was very pleased with his nephew's situation, and in his words, the samurai should naturally have such a strong killing aura. It's like Oda Yoshinobu, who usually looks harmless to humans and animals, but if it really exudes a murderous aura, the rich murderous aura can't help but feel a little palpitating even if it is a veteran like Shibata Katsuya.

"Hmm......" Shibata Katsuya nodded, his eyes fixed on the turbulent river in front of him. At this time, the water level of the Tetori River has risen due to the heavy rain in the past few days, making it even more difficult to cross the river.

"My lord?" Seeing that Shibata Katsuya stopped talking after answering, Sakuma Morimasa shouted softly in confusion, and at the same time turned his head to follow Shibata Katsuie's gaze to Tetorigawa.

"Even the heavens are helping me~" Shibata Katsuya muttered.

"Huh?" When Sakuma Morimasa heard this, he stared at the river carefully, and seemed to understand something in his mind, but when he thought about it carefully, it was extremely vague.

Seeing Sakuma Morimasa's somewhat distressed appearance, Shibata Katsuya patted him on the shoulder with a chuckle, "Morimasa, don't worry, you're still very young~" Shibata Katsuie's tone was a little sighing, a little envious, and a little expectant.

"Yes!"

"Go and gather all the people."

"Yes!"

After a short time, everyone came to the Tetori River, which was only a few hundred meters away from Wadayama Castle, and you could see the castle on the other side.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is still more than an hour before the troops of the Sect of the First Sect will arrive here." Shibata Katsuya looked at everyone calmly and said.

Hearing this, Sakuma Morimasa, Tomita Nagashiro and others suddenly showed excitement, while Kanamori Nagakin, Asakura Jingjing and others showed solemn expressions. Sakuma Morimasa and others are all fierce generals under Shibata Katsuie, and the eldest Tomita Nagashige is only 20 years old, and when he heard the news, all he thought was that the opportunity to make great contributions had come.

But for the retainers of the older generation, such as Kanamori, they thought more about the hardships of the war. Although they have successively built more than a dozen cities in the past two days, it seems that the Zong has been vulnerable in front of them, but they are not the kind of fools who can be carried away by one or two small victories, but they know very well how different those victories in front of them are from the upcoming war now. Belch...... It seems to be mocking someone.

80,000 people, even if this number is an unorganized army, even if their generals do not have the slightest military acumen, it does not prevent them from having strong combat effectiveness. After all, in this era, the number of people itself represents a kind of power. Moreover, in Kaga Country, there are too many fanatical disciples, and with their existence, they can easily influence the emotions of others on the battlefield, even if they can't be made to be equally fearless of death, at least they will not become greedy for life and afraid of death.

How could the war be so smooth? Although they had a well-trained standing army of 20,000 on their side, as well as 500 muskets and sophisticated equipment, the 1-to-4 disadvantage was obviously not so easy to compensate.

Taking everyone's expressions into his eyes, Shibata Katsuya quietly ordered, "Sheng Zheng, you immediately lead the army to re-encircle Hetian Mountain Castle, Chang Near, you lead a part of the troops, dress up as those who have always been sect believers to defend the city, remember!" It doesn't matter if anything else, the key is to shout louder! Learn like this, let the group of fake monks of the Yixiang Sect hear it on the other side, and let them think that their family is still attacking Hetian Mountain City! ”

Hearing this, the others were thoughtful, but Sakuma Morimasa's eyes suddenly lit up, "The lord means to bring the people of the Ichizong here, and then ......" Sakuma Morimasa said excitedly.

And hearing his words, the others also came to their senses, and looked at the turbulent water of the Tetori River, if they didn't know what was going on at this time, it would have been in vain for so many years in this era.

"The lord is very clever in this method, and even if Uesugi Kenshin or Takeda Shingen are here, the way they can think of is nothing more than that." Everyone praised.

"Alright, hurry up and prepare, the enemy army is coming soon." Shibata Katsuya waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" Everyone took the order and left, but Chaocang Jingjing stayed, "Lord, although the family has made the army's combat effectiveness unparalleled in the world because of the restructuring of the standing army, please don't underestimate that Xiangzong." Asakura Jingjing respectfully reminded. In the eyes of his subordinates, although they are very poorly organized and do not have any generals in the army, once their numbers are increased to a certain level, they will burst into terrifying combat effectiveness. ”

After a pause, Asakura Jingjing said again, "And our army's offensive in the past two days has been too smooth, although our retainers will not despise the enemy because of this, but the soldiers ......"

Hearing this, Shibata Katsuya nodded and said, patted Asakura Jingjing's shoulder and smiled, "Jingjing, I know that you have suffered a lot of grievances since you returned to your family, but you don't have to worry, the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, I am very optimistic about your ability!" I hope you can do well in this decisive battle, and then ......"

"Thank you, my lord! The subordinates will definitely swear allegiance to the lord! Although Shibata Katsuie's words were not finished, Asakura Jingjing had already thanked him excitedly. As Shibata Katsuya said, the time since Asakura Jingjing has not been very good, although there are not many old ministers of Asakura under Shibata Katsuie, but Asakura Jingjing is obviously different from other former ministers of Asakura. After all, in this era, there are many rebels against other forces, but there are very few who surrender to the enemy after tying up their lords.

And after the submission, Asakura Jingjing's status was not much higher than when he was in the Asakura family, and even because the Oda family's territorial system became lower, but he didn't have any other ideas at all, because no matter how stupid he was, he could see how powerful the Oda family was at this time. Therefore, at least until the Uesugi family and other forces defeat the Oda family, he will definitely not have any ideas. On the contrary, he has to work hard to show himself, because if he slacks off and the Oda family finally wins, then there will be no hope for his future at all.

Watching Asakura Jingjing leave excitedly, Shibata Katsuya sneered, how could he not know Asakura Jingjing's thoughts? It's just that in his opinion, Asakura Jingjing is indeed a talented person, if it can be used by him, what are those in the past?

Although it is not famous, since Shibata Katsuie, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Akechi Mitsuhide and others have become the lords of the country, the competition between them has also changed from simple merit to all-round comparison. Not to mention the merits of war and the effectiveness of governing the territory, the talents of the retainers are also one of the places where they compete.

And in this regard, Shibata Katsuya is actually a lot behind Akechi Mitsuhide and others, not to mention anything else, Hashiba Hideyoshi has Isono Yuanchang, and Akechi Mitsuhide's subordinates have Akai Naomasa and Shiokei Jiaoye, these three are all famous generals and fierce generals in. And what about Shibata Katsuya? If you don't count Sakuma Morima, Tomita Keimasa, and Tomita Nagashige, who emerged during the pacification of Echizen and this attack on Kaga, then the only ones under his command who can show their hands seem to be the only ones who do not break the light and the Asakura Kagami.

As for Asakura Keigami's loyalty, Shibata Katsuya was not worried at all, because in his opinion, since Asakura Keigami was able to subdue the Oda family, as long as the Oda family remained strong, it was impossible for Asakura Katsugami to rebel. And will the Oda family remain strong all the time? Shibata Katsuya is really not worried about this problem at all.

After a long time, the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded again at the Wada Mountain Castle, and when I looked from a distance from the Tetorigawa River, I saw countless Oda troops outside the city wielding weapons and constantly attacking the castle, and inside the city, countless people wearing various clothes with different weapons continued to resist.

"Heh, it looks like that, but it's not enough......" Shibata Katsuya chuckled as he looked in the direction of Wada Yamajo, "Yata." As soon as he finished speaking, a ninja appeared beside him.

"Bring some people and lure those fake monks to cross the river." Shibata Katsuya said with a sneer.

Nodding, Yata disappeared again.

"Then, then, all that remains is waiting......" Shibata Katsuie stared at the other side of the Tetori River, as if he saw the approaching army of Ichimune, "Let this battle become a stepping stone for my Shibata Katsuya to become famous all over the world!" The Oda family is not just Shura! ”