After the spring plowing in the second year of Gengame (1571), the Oda family army made a comeback. This time, their target was directly at the Asai family in North Omi. The remaining troops of the Oda family in Minami Omi and Oda Nobunaga's main army attacked from left and right, and soon They surrounded the strategically important Yokoyama Castle and Sawayama Castle in Kita Omi. Oda Nobunaga went further north and stationed troops on Mount Tiger Gozen, threatening the security of Otani Castle. After Asai Nagamasa estimated the strength of the enemy and ourselves, he did not send troops rashly. , but waited for the arrival of reinforcements from the Asakura family. Ashikaga Yoshiki tried to echo the actions of the Asai family and the Asakura family, but due to the military pressure of Akihei Ame, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide, he did not dare to act rashly for the time being. But his small move But they did not stop, but secretly instigated the monks and soldiers of the Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei to cause trouble and attack the Oda Army's transport convoy in the Kyoto area.
However, the Asakura family's reinforcements were much slower this time. By the time Asakura Kagetsune's reinforcements arrived, Yokoyama Castle had already fallen, and Masa Isono of Sawayama Castle was almost at the end of his rope. There are two strategic locations in Kitaomia , one is Otani Castle, and the other is Sawayama Castle, and Isono Danmasa is also the most important minister in the Asai family after the three generals, Kai Akame, and is one of the best generals. Asai Nagamasa cannot abandon him either emotionally or rationally. So, After the Asai family and the Asakura family reunited, the two armies went south together, trying to relieve the siege of Sawayama Castle.
However, the Oda army had already set up a position at Kaname and was ready. Although they had an advantage in strength, the last time they were defeated by the Eagle Preparation for eleven consecutive battles was still a shadow in the minds of the Oda family ministers, so they very safely Went on the defensive.
Originally, they did not have a numerical advantage, but the Asai-Asakura coalition forces had to take the initiative to attack in order to rescue Sawayama Castle. Originally, Asai Nagamasa thought that with the combat power of the Eagle Preparation, even a life-and-death battle would be enough to break through the Oda army. The position. However, what I never expected was that the wealthy Oda Nobunaga actually raised money and purchased two thousand iron cannons and waited for the eagle to prepare.
After the Eagle Army formed a dense formation to attack the Oda Army's position, two thousand iron cannons opened fire at once, causing huge losses to the Eagle Army. The accuracy and hit rate of the iron cannons were not to mention. No matter how high it is, the neat formation of the Eagle Preparation just allows the iron cannon to double its power. As long as the projectiles are fired in the right general direction, the probability of hitting people will be greatly increased. The neat formation of the Eagle Preparation is like cutting Maizi was knocked to the ground by the iron cannon, and rows of Ashigaru were shot and killed.
Even though Eagle Bei endured huge casualties and rushed into Oda Nobunaga's position, he was eventually repelled by the Oda army due to insufficient numbers. More than half of the 1,000 Eagle Bei were lost in this battle, and their vitality was severely damaged. The Asai-Asakura coalition forces were also forced to retreat.
However, early the next morning, the Oda Army, which had refused to attack despite the challenge from the Asai-Asakura coalition, suddenly launched a surprise attack. Under the fierce fighting of Shibata Katsuie and Takigawa Kazumasushi, the Asakura Army collapsed due to organizational confusion. , leaving Asai's army behind and evacuated. Asai Nagamasa was unable to support himself and had to retreat to Odani Castle to hold on. With the retreat of the reinforcements, Sawayama Castle, which had been besieged for a long time, also lost the motivation to persist. Isono Umasa asked Oriji half a month later Tian Nobunaga surrendered.
Oda Nobunaga then transferred Hashiba Hideyoshi from Kyoto to take charge of Sawayama Castle.
Yokoyama Castle, Toragozenzan and other strategic locations for monitoring the Asai family were transferred to him, and he was responsible for guarding the Asai family.
The great victory of the Oda army in the Kaname Battle shocked the Oda family, and the once arrogant Asai family suffered for the first time. However, the retainers of the Yuqiu family were happy to hear this.
Can't get up. Oda Nobunaga creatively came up with a way to defeat the attack of the Eagle Bei: a large number of iron cannon salvos. And this will inevitably be imitated by other hostile daimyo and used against the Eagle Bei.
The exactly same Yuqiu army's formation attacked.
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After solving the worries of the Asai family and the Asakura family, Oda Nobunaga did not disband his troops. Instead, he turned south in June of the second year of Gengame (1571) and launched a war to conquer Nagashima. The aggressive Oda
This time the Tian army was sure to win. The 40,000-strong army divided into three groups and attacked Nagashima. Oda Nobunaga himself set out from Tsushima, and a special force with Niwa Nagahide as the general attacked Nakasujikou, while Shibata Katsuie was the commander.
Another special force of the General-in-Chief attacked from Otaguchi.
However, Honganji is not a fuel-efficient lamp. After Oda Nobunaga defeated the Asai-Asakura coalition without disbanding the troops, Honganji Kenjo already sensed the danger and sent out the most powerful mercenaries of Honganji, Zagazou.
The Nelaizhong went to Nagashima to help in the war. The Zaga people and the Nelaizhong were all famous in Kinki for being good at using iron cannons, and they were also masters of guerrilla warfare. They launched a guerrilla war with Oda Nobunaga in the complex water network terrain of Nagashima, and took Oda Nobunaga to
The constant harassment was very annoying. The Oda Iron Artillery Team, which had just returned from victory, was no match for the Zahe Zhong and Genlai Zhong in the complex terrain, and was beaten to a pulp.
The Honganji Temple seemed to be raising its arms, and Owari once again broke out a huge force of Ichiki in Ise, attacking the Oda army's food road on a large scale. And Minamiomi also broke out again, in cooperation with the Rokkaku family.
The remnant forces and the monk soldiers from Mount Hiei worked together to disrupt the situation in Kinki. A fire broke out in the backyard of the Oda family, and it was about to be unstoppable.
Shibata Katsuie, who was irritated by this kind of candy-style warfare, knew that the Oda family could not hold on any longer, so he relied on the vigor he had just defeated the Asakura family in Kamazana and stopped entangled with the Zaga clan and the Nerai clan.
Instead, he led his army straight to the gate of Changdao City, intending to force the Zahe Zhong and Genlai Zhong to engage in an upright battle with him. However, on the way up the mountain for a lookout, he himself was shot in the lower abdomen by a sniper ambushed by the Zahe Zhong, and he suffered deeply.
He was seriously injured and almost died. The troops on the Otaguchi side were instantly demoralized and hurriedly evacuated from Nagashima Castle. The monk soldiers in Nagashima Castle immediately launched a pursuit, cooperating with the Zaga tribe and the Nerai tribe to besiege the Oda army. At the critical moment, one of the three Mino troops
Buquan of the Uji family stood up and led his army to counterattack alone, blocking the pursuit of Nagashima, but he was killed in the chaotic battle.
The Rangers were defeated, and Oda Nobunaga no longer had the strength to fight again, so he had to lead his army back in despair. After learning from the painful experience, he decided to completely resolve the civil strife in the territory before attacking outwards. He first asked for the Kitahata in Ise
The brothers Nobuo and Nobutaka Kobe immediately suppressed the Ise Kingdom's Ichiki. And after he himself suppressed the Ichiki in Owari Kingdom, he led the troops of Owari and Mino to march westward again in August, aiming directly at Minami River.
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Minami Omi's Ichikui had developed and grown in the previous days, and Rokkaku Yoshihide and Rokkaku Yoshiharu and his son even recaptured Ishibe Castle and began to gather the old troops in Minami Omi. This was due to the fact that Shibata Katsuie and Mori Katsunari were
Oda Nobunaga entrusted the important ministers in Minami Omi, who had followed Oda Nobunaga in the expedition to Nagashima, so the territory was empty.
Due to the occupation of Sawayama Castle and Yokoyama Castle, the official road connecting Ono and Minamiomi has been opened, and the Oda army's maneuvers between its home base and Kinki have become convenient and fast. Minamiomi's always-dominated forces are still there.
Before anyone knew it, the Oda family's army had arrived at Shimura Castle, the base camp that Minami Omi had always been proud of. Shibata Katsuie, who had been deeply humiliated by his defeat at Nagashima Castle before, went into the battle wounded, wearing a bandage and leading the way, carrying a city ram.
Attack the city gate. Inspired by him, the Oda army gained momentum and captured Shimura Castle in just one day, gaining countless victories.
Shimura Castle fell, and Minami Omi's Kiichiki were defeated. The Kiichiki who were still harassing and resisting in various places went into hiding one after another and fled back to the countryside to avoid being pursued by the daimyo. Generally speaking, the main components of the Kiichiki were local people, and their leaders were
After the monks and monk soldiers of Honganji Temple suppressed Ichikui, the most they could do was punish the leaders of Honganji Temple, but would not pursue these common people - after all, they still depended on them to farm and pay taxes. However, Oda Nobunaga this time
However, he acted unusually tough and actually sent troops to find the people who had fled back to the countryside. However, although Oda Nobunaga was tough, his samurai did not dare to make mistakes and just captured dozens or hundreds of people at random.
Come back for business.
However, when Oda Nobunaga saw how his subordinates dealt with him, he became furious and scolded all the retainers who failed to arrest him. The furious Oda Nobunaga vented all his anger on Ishibe Castle.
The Rokkaku family didn't even hold on for a long time before they fled into the Koka Mountains in embarrassment again.
Oda Nobunaga seemed to be still angry after quelling the rebellion in Minami Omi, and actually led his army straight to Mount Hiei. Seeing this, the Enryaku Temple in Mount Hiei was horrified and hurriedly took back all the monks who had been sent to harass the Oda family's troops.
An envoy was sent to apologize to Oda Nobunaga, hoping to quell the conflict. However, Oda Nobunaga has been troubled by the constant harassment in the past two years, and he has long been extremely unhappy with the monk - Hieizan Enryakuji Temple actually sent people to harass the Oda family before.
, which added fuel to the fire. As a result, Oda Nobunaga categorically rejected the peace request of Enryaku Temple, led his army to surround Mount Hiei, and also gave way to Settsu, Sakuma Nobumori and Amakihei on the Kawachi front.
The army joined the war and participated in the siege of Enryaku Temple.
Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei has always been a forbidden place for Buddhism. It is a holy place in the eyes of countless believers around the world. Its status in Japan is as important as Mecca for Muslims. Seeing that such a temple was about to suffer a military disaster, Ashikaga Yoshiteru immediately couldn't sit still and called for Enryaku.
The temple's request came to mediate, but was rejected by the angry Oda Nobunaga. When the emperor saw that something was not going well, he actually sent three waves of ministers to persuade Oda Nobunaga. However, Oda Nobunaga even refused to accept the request of the emperor this time.
He did not give any face to him. At the evaluation meeting on the evening of September 11th, he directly issued the order to capture Mount Hiei, which immediately caused an explosion in the camp.
Chapter completed!