On April 2, after receiving the news that the Asai family was about to declare war on the Oda family, the Oda family abandoned Kanezaki Castle and began to retreat south. On the same day, the Asakura army stationed in Bofu immediately advanced westward. In the early morning, the Asakura army, who were wearing torches, recaptured the empty Kanezaki Castle.
On April 3, the Asai family announced that they would break the alliance with the Oda family and raise an army to assist the Asakura family, and fight against the treacherous Oda Nobunaga. Sakuma Nobumo, who received the news, immediately assembled troops to prepare to advance eastward and attack Kitaoe of the Asai family.
Unfortunately, Ashikaga Yoshiki secretly instructed the Hatano family to launch an attack on Yama Castle. Yamato's Matsunaga Hide also drove the Matsunaga family's army to the border between Kyoto and Yamato under the name of "assistance to defend Kyoto".
On the afternoon of the same day, after receiving the news that the Asai family and the Oda family had broken the alliance, Miyo Nagai Nagai, who stayed in Takaya Castle, Nanhanoi and Minami Waizumi, began to assemble troops. Charlie and Yoshikazu Katsumasa, who were left behind, could not handle it, so Imagawa Kaeda asked for reinforcements from the Oda family troops stationed in Yamacai Kingdom.
At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshiki himself assembled thousands of troops in Nijo Castle. Kinki was in a state of great force as black clouds were pressing against the city. Sakuma Nobuma had to retreat to the Boyama Castle when he saw something was wrong and dared not continue to advance eastward. However, this information could not be transmitted to the Odoto Alliance, which was isolated in the enemy territory in time. Nobunaga Oda still prepared a decisive battle with the Asai-Asakura Alliance as planned.
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On April 4, the Oda family's army arrived at Nagafa Temple. Because the Asai family blocked the main road back to the Minami Onori River from the east bank of Lake Biwa, Oda Nobunaga sent troops to the Kuroki Valley area on the west bank of Lake Biwa, and made a gesture of retreating along the west bank of Lake Biwa. Oda Nobunaga also sent an envoy to contact the Kuroki Mototsu, the rich clan of Kuroki Valley, and asked to pass through his territory. After receiving the letter from Oda Nobunaga, Kuroki Mototsu immediately informed the Asai family and Asakura family of this information.
After receiving the news, Nagamasaki Asakura Yoshikei believed that the Odori coalition was eager to withdraw from Kyoto to stabilize the situation, so he launched a pursuit from the east and north directions. On the evening of April 4, 15,000 soldiers of the Asaki family arrived at Kyoto. On the 20-mile official road to the west of Kyoto to Nagamasa, the Oda family successively set up eleven defense lines and a total of 5,000 soldiers to defend. Since the Ori River to the north of the official road is the mountainous area at the junction of Ekimasaki and Ekimasaki, and Lake Biwa to the south, it can be said that it is a key road that can be opened by a man who can't pass by ten thousand men. If the Asaki family wants to attack the Odori Army's main formation, Nagamasaki, they can only take the route of attacking along the official road.
On April 4, the Asakura family also chased into the mountainous area 15 miles north of Changfa Temple. However, due to the narrow mountain road, the 8,000 soldiers of the Asakura family were unable to fully deploy and could only station in the form of a company camp.
Let’s look at the deployment of the Odori Alliance - 5,000 soldiers led by Niba Nagahide, Moriko Seung, Ikeda Hokage and others were stationed on the official road from Kishaga to Nagataji Temple, defending the Asai Army’s attack layer by layer, with the purpose of blocking Asai Nagataji. The main force of the Odori Alliance was placed in the mountains north of the Nagataji Temple and ambushed in the mountains. Tokugawa Ieyasu's 1,700 soldiers were lured on the front official road, while tens of thousands of Oda family soldiers were hidden in the hills and valleys on both sides of the official road, waiting for the opportunity to ambush the main force of the Asakura family.
Yu Qiuping was under house arrest in the camp at this moment, and 1,400 Takabashi were also left in the main formation of Changfa Temple, responsible for protecting nearly 30,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Oda League. This arrangement actually shows Oda Nobunaga's inner thoughts - he did not suspect that Yu Qiuping was in the enemy, otherwise he would not have arranged to guard the main formation. He was just very dissatisfied with Yu Qiuping's repeated confrontations and wanted to kill him.
The purpose of the Oritogao coalition forces in this battle was to stop the Asakura-Asakura coalition forces from joining together and block them to the east and north. First, relying on the dangerous terrain to block the Asakura family's attack. Then, the Tokugawa army introduced the Asakura family troops who underestimated the enemy into the ambush circle, and the main force of the coalition forces defeated the Asakura army first. Then, the troops resisting the Asakura family were pulled back and led the Asakura family to the Changfaji area. After defeating the Asakura army, the main force of the coalition forces reorganized southward, cooperated with the troops resisting the Asakura family to attack the Asakura family, and solved the Asakura family together.
The careless Asai-Asakura coalition did not expect Oda Nobunaga to act so boldly. They knew better than Oda Nobunaga that the Ododo coalition was now alone, with no way of retreat, and his morale was dispersed, so they believed that the Ododo coalition was bound to retreat. The remaining troops were all here to cut off the rear and cover the main force to evacuate. Therefore, after obtaining contact, the two sides agreed to start an attack tomorrow morning and attack the Ododo coalition on both sides.
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In the early morning of April 5, the Asai army located in Kishaki took the battle and launched a fierce attack on the Oda family position to the west. The Kishaki battle between the Asai-Asakura coalition and the Odoto coalition kicked off.
Located at the forefront of the 11th defensive front of the Oda Allied Forces is the commander of Oda Nobunaga's own team, Masasaki Sakai. The latter is commanding 800 Oda's directly-level troops stationed on the front line. Oda Nobunaga sent his powerful generals to the forefront, hoping that the defense in the east can curb the Asai family's offensive from the very beginning.
"Father, what kind of flag troops are this?" Sakai Masasuke's son Sakai Kusato stared at the troops lined up in the Asai family for a long time, "I have never seen such flag-bearing..."
"That's Eagle Bei." Sakai Masasaki took a look and realized that it was Asai Nagamasa's direct troops. There was no need to look at the flag, just look at the skillful and rapid formation changes of the Eagle Bei and the like of cutting tofu. It is said that this team was established by Yu Qiuhei and Nagamasaki Asai, which was no wonder that it was so similar to Takabata Bei.
"But this is relying on the flag..." Sakai Masasuo looked at the flag when his son reminded him, but found that he could not recognize it, and immediately fell into deep thought. The eagle was light, and the samurai's backs were not the flags of the Asai family's Misatoshi tortoise shell pattern. Instead, they were two white flags on one left and one right, with four words written in black pens on them. They were too far away to see clearly.
When the Eagle Bell slowly pressed towards the Oda family's reserve team under the command of Asai Nagamasa's White Eagle Horse Seal, Sakai Masasa finally saw the eight big words written on the flag behind each foot, behind the samurai.
"Where is righteousness"
"Life and death follow"
I also saw the tenacity and determination on the face of each eagle prepared for warrior.
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"The warriors of Eagle Pre, the enemy in front of us is the most powerful enemy in Kinki and even Japan now. The Oda family has more than 2 million stones of land and more than 70,000 troops. Our Asai family has a territory of only more than 400,000 stones and only more than 10,000 soldiers. What we have to do now is to hit the stone with eggs!" Asai Nagama walked in front of the Eagle Pre, and whispered to his soldiers: "I have never been able to speak, so I must apologize to all of you first. Originally, we were allies of the Oda family, and I took the initiative to break the alliance and bring you to this life-long battlefield! In fact, this battle could have been avoided."
"But I don't want to escape!" Asai Nagamasa changed his tone and suddenly shouted in a deep voice: "The Oda family betrayed his faith and ignored the alliance with our Asai family, and entered our territory without authorization to attack our ally. The Asai family and the Asai family have been in exchange for generations. In the past few decades, every time the Asai family has suffered a catastrophe, the Asai family will spare no effort to lend a helping hand. Therefore, the Asai family has achieved this today! Even if our Asai family is broken into pieces, we will repay this kind of reinvention!"
"I'll ask you!" Asai Nagamasato clamped his horse's belly and the war horse slowly walked towards the middle of the square, facing his loyal subordinates, these passionate men from Kitaomi.
From the day they remembered, and even from the day their fathers remembered, the Asakura family has been close friends and solid support for the Asakura family. Whenever the Asakura family fell into a desperate situation under the attack of the Hexao family: the head of the family fled, the troops collapsed, the territory fell, and the people in the territory were captured and enslaved by the Hexao family's troops; those samurai and sages from Echizen would always extend a helping hand to expel the abominable invaders, help the Asakura family stand up again, and help the Kitaomen escape the war. This kind of kindness is not only remembered by the relatives and retainers of the Asakura family, but is also deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Kitaomen's passionate young man.
They will not forget that when they were still young, they rumbled across the villages and towns and went to the front line to support their father and brothers. They will not forget that when they were in war, the flag of fighting bravely and expelling the invaders of the Hexake family. They will not forget that the distinctively armored Asakura troops that surrounded their old lord Asai Ryomasaki, did not take any action afterwards.
Now, the arrogant and rude Ohachi people crossed their territory to attack their Echizen friends. The number of Ototo coalition forces was so large that the Asakura family was unable to resist and faced a catastrophe. The warriors and people of Echizen were about to be involved in hell.
This time, it’s our turn to help you! This time, it’s our turn to repay you! This time, it’s our turn to rescue you from the war!
"I ask you, would you like to follow me and fight to repay the Asakura family's kindness!" Asai Nagamasa held back his horse's reins with force, and the war horse stood up instantly. He also clamped the horse's belly, raised the white eagle horse seal in his hand, and shouted with all his strength in his life: "Fight for the righteousness of the world!"
"willing!"
The soldiers of the Eagle Preparation roared loudly throughout their lives to respond to their commander. Then, whether it was done in advance or from the heart, all the soldiers of the Eagle Preparation took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice again:
"Where is righteousness! Life and death follow!"
"Okay!" Asai Nagamasa himself was also infected by the atmosphere of the military formation. The blue veins on his forehead swelled up, his eyes were red. He turned over and dismounted, handed the horse seal and horses to his guards, and ordered him to return to the formation. He himself drew his sword in his hand and stood in the first row of the square formation. He was with his subordinates, and with all the Oe people who had received the favor of the Asakura family.
"This battle does not require command or strategy, it only requires courage and determination to repay kindness!"
"The whole army obeys the order! Follow me to charge!"
Chapter completed!