At the beginning of the hour on March 30, the 14th year of Tianwen (1546), on the Shichijo Bridge. Oda Nobunaga was leading the way, leading the Oda army directly across the Shichijo Bridge and towards the west bank of the Kamogawa River. The soldiers at the bottom were still immersed in the joy of successive victories. They had heads and trophies around their waists, waiting to go back and be rewarded based on their merits. But the knowledgeable senior samurai were all livid at the moment, unable to figure out what Oda Nobunaga was going to do at this moment.
"Young Master." Niwa Nagahide followed closely behind Oda Nobunaga's horse. He tightened his grip on Oda Nobunaga's horse reins and kept trying to pull him back: "Are you crazy? How are you going to the west bank? Are you going? The west bank is prosperous and is the strategic location of the Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle, so it will naturally be heavily guarded by the Northern Army. We have few soldiers, and Master Yuksai, who is in charge of the army, intends to frame us. It is too late for us to hide on the sparsely populated east bank. Why are you sending it to the tiger's mouth on the west bank by yourself? Moreover, according to the previous order, our mission is to advance on the east bank. Aren't you disobeying the order by going like this? What if His Highness blames you? The friendly forces didn't know you would be like this. Take action, who will rescue us if something happens? No one knows that our Oda Army will appear on the west bank!"
"Wan Qiandai, what do you know? If I stay on the east coast, I won't be tricked by that old monk. That old monster has many plans in his mind. I will go step by step. It will only be a matter of time before I fall into his trap. . God knows how he will adjust his deployment and how he will lure the enemy to surround us." Oda Nobunaga snorted twice, then laughed wildly, "But it's okay, I can't guess what he thinks, and he can't participate. Tell me what I think!"
"What's your plan, young master?" Niwa Nagahide looked at Oda Nobunaga excitedly as if he saw a turning point, "What's your plan for going to the West Bank?"
"No!" However, Oda Nobunaga loudly said loudly, "I don't know what I'm doing! I just want to choose the most outrageous and exaggerated direction of march! This is a once-in-a-century chaos, a war that attracts worldwide attention. Wouldn't it be too boring to follow the same rules without any changes or surprises? I, Oda Nobunaga, will be the spoiler!"
"Huh?" Niwa Nagahide was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.
"Haha, but even I don't know what I'm doing, so how could the old monk expect that I, the idiot Owari, would take this step? In any case, it must be outside of his plan. That's fine!" After that, Oda Nobunaga threw away Niwa Nagahide's hand holding his reins, clamped the horse's belly, and rushed forward quickly: "Muddy the water, fish in troubled waters! Beat the old monk to death with random punches!"
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At the same time, Sanjusangendo.
Mitsuhide Akechi, who was directing the firefighting, was dumbfounded as he watched the papaya pattern of the Oda family disappear on the west bank of Shichijo Bridge. He didn't know what to do for a while:
"The Oda family is the new in-law alliance of our Saito family. If they are allowed to go deep into the heavily guarded west coast alone, they will definitely suffer heavy losses, which will be extremely detrimental to the Saito family's geographical situation. But if we follow them, we will also The general is in danger, and Saito's army doesn't have many troops..."
"Follow me." A large rough hand patted Akechi Mitsuhide's shoulder, and Saito Douzan's voice immediately sounded from behind.
"Huh?" Akechi Mitsuhide was stunned for a moment, "My lord? Why are you here."
"Follow up and follow the Oda army across the river." Saito Michizan repeated the order without changing his expression.
Akechi Mitsuhide's expression tightened upon hearing this, he knelt down solemnly and retorted with his hands raised:
"Lord, please think twice, this is very dangerous. Currently, according to the flags of friendly forces and the intelligence sent back by our formation, the total number of Northern troops present on the battlefield is only more than 25,000, and the locations of nearly 60,000 are unknown. There is a high probability that their main force will be Waiting on the north side of the west bank. We only have 6,000 people, and the Oda Army only has 3,000 people. According to the previous plan made by Master Yusei, our goal is to advance on the east bank of the Kamogawa River. If we rush westward, not only will the entire southern army be broken We are unable to notify the surrounding friendly forces of our plan in time and cannot receive any support. With our strength, we will most likely be eaten directly."
"Danger is right. Wealth can be found in danger. I can't keep up with the footsteps of that boy from the Oda family." Saito Douzan smacked his lips disapprovingly, "If you follow the rules everywhere, you will definitely fall into the trap in the end. Monk Xue Zhai’s plan. In this case, why not
It is better to risk your life and fight for a way out. Aren't their Imagawa troops going to take a detour from the north of Mount Otowa to the east bank of the Kamogawa River? So if our troops on the east coast all move west, wouldn't the Northern Army's garrison troops originally left on the east coast be free to return north to outflank the outflanking Imagawa Army? "
"But they may also go directly south and cut off our retreat back to the east coast." Mitsuhide Akechi advised again.
"Don't worry, I'm not a lunatic, and I have no interest in risking my life's hard work. I just want to see how far that boy from the Oda family can go." Saito Michizan clapped his fingers, "We Stop after crossing the Shichijo Bridge, guard the ferry, and prepare to evacuate."
"Then I'll send someone to report our army's movements right now." Mitsuhide Akechi handed over his hands and prepared to leave, but Saito Michizan raised his hand to stop him:
"Don't report it."
Saito Douzan sneered: "Don't notify friendly forces."
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In the northeast of Sanjusangendo Temple, there is Shinyoshi Shrine.
Hojo Tsunari had just learned about the outrageous whereabouts of the Oda army from his family's messenger not long ago, and had to suspend the offensive. After Saito's army could no longer fill up the Sanjusangendo Hall on the flank, it resumed its attack on the New Hiyoshi Shrine. The brave Sagami Hojo Army was outnumbered and actually overwhelmed the Mimura Army and the Isshiki Army. Hojo Tsunari was confident that as long as Saito Army's reinforcements outflanked them from the west, he could force the Mimura Army and Isshiki Army to abandon the New Hiyoshi Shrine and retreat - of course he didn't know that Saito Army was also heading in an outrageous direction.
Not only were the friendly troops who were on the front lines unaware, Takeda Harunobu, who was coordinating the command at Tofukuji Temple, was also unable to see clearly the movements of the troops in the dense streets and alleys at the first time. He could vaguely see a crowd of people near Shichijo Bridge, but he had no idea what was going on.
On the other side of the Kamogawa River, Rokkaku Sadeyori and Asakura Sotechi naturally knew nothing about the actions of the Oda Army and Saito Army. They were busy directing the battle and had no time to pay attention to the movements on the Kamogawa River. They could not see anything across the streets. Even if they noticed the strange movement on the Shichijo Bridge, they would never have imagined that Oda Nobunaga, a lunatic, would not act according to the battle plan at all and lead the army into the fire pit - and the Saito army actually followed.
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The first one to discover the Oda Army was the Aki Mori family, a unit of the Northern Army stationed at Shin-Zenkoji Temple.
"Father?" The second son Yoshikawa Motoharu, who was adopted into the Yoshikawa family one year earlier than the original timeline, was originally on the top of the tower of Shin-Zenkoji Temple constantly looking at the battle situation in the direction of Gonkyo-ji Temple, discussing with his father Motonari Motonari. The gains and losses of command on both sides. However, as he was talking, he found that his father did not reply for a long time, and seemed to be distracted.
When Yoshikawa Motoharu turned to look at Motori Motonari, he found that the latter was staring in the direction of the Shichijo Bridge in the southeast in a daze.
"Someone may want to cross the bridge." Mourimoto replied in a low voice after noticing his son's gaze.
"Huh? Was that the Oda family's team over there just now?" The eldest son Mouri Takamoto asked doubtfully: "They should only have two or three thousand people. How dare they rush to the west bank of the Kamogawa River? Did my father see it wrong?"
"First determine the authenticity of the thing, and then consider the motive. If the thing really happened, even if we can't find the reason no matter how hard we think, it still happened. If the thing really didn't happen, even if we think the other party had to do something There is still no reason." Motonari Mouri shook his head inexplicably, "The fire in Sanjusangendo Hall did not go out immediately, which means that the Oda army who captured Sanjusangendo Hall did not stop, or To the north, or to the west, or to the east.”
"The horse seals have not been erected at the Rokuparamitsu Temple in the north, which means that the friendly forces ambushing there have not engaged the enemy. Otherwise, flags will definitely be used to command the entire army. And in the direction of the New Hiyoshi Shrine in the east, the Mimura family and the Isshiki family The flags are all in order, and it doesn’t look like they are being attacked from two sides. Only the Shichijo Bridge in the west is obviously smokey and commotion, so someone must be passing by. If not the Oda Army, who else could it be?"
"Takakage." Mourimoto signaled to his third son, who had been adopted into the Kobayakawa family, "Take someone to investigate."
"Yes." Kobayakawa Takakage has just entered the Yuan Dynasty. He still has his childishness, but he is already quite capable.
, after receiving the order, he led a small group of exploration horses to the southeast.
"Motoharu." Motonari Motonari looked at Yoshikawa Motoharu again, "Take the Yoshikawa family members and leave Shin-Zenkoji first and ambush in the neighborhood north of Shichijo Bridge."
"Yes." Yoshikawa Motoharu clapped away without saying a word.
"Takamoto." Mourimoto finally ordered to his eldest son: "Go down and command the troops to put on armor, prepare for battle, and set up defenses around the New Zenkoji Temple."
"Yes." Mouri Takamoto also accepted the order gladly, but he, who was always upright, still frankly raised his doubts to his father: "But I still feel that it is making a fuss. How dare the Oda family act like this?"
"Never underestimate your opponent, carelessness is unacceptable." Mourimoto taught in a serious tone: "Also inform the surrounding friendly forces of the situation and beware of possible surprise attacks by the Oda army."
