"Changbi, the two fortresses in Jian'an fell without a fight, and the Asai family was defenseless. Our army could bypass Hengshan City and penetrate directly into Xiaogu City.

The army monitored the city defenders head-on, and sent various troops to set fire to the town and its surrounding villages, luring the defenders to attack and fight on the plains."

Oda Nobunaga glanced at Takenaka Shigeharu and began to think deeply.

As the residence of the governor of the Asai family, Otani Castle was naturally chosen carefully. The Dayue Peak where it is located has a gap of 400 meters from the plain, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Otani Castle was expanded once, and the two mountains on the left and right were made into Honmaru. The valley between the two mountains was the residence of the retainers, and extending to the south was the castle town.

As the core city controlled by the Asai family, Kita Omi, in order to protect the safety of Odani Castle and its surrounding plains, the Asai family had Yokoyama Castle to the west to block foreign enemies from Mino.

In the northeast, along the shore of Lake Biwa, there is Yamamotoyama Castle to protect the flanks of Otani Castle and prevent the enemy from outflanking the rear.

In the south, there is the important town of Sawayama Castle, which is the junction of north and south Omi, sticking like a nail on the dividing line between north and south.

Takenaka Shigeharu suggested bypassing Hengshan Castle because the west side of Hengshan City was a flat plain with no danger to defend.

Once Asai Nagamasa discovers that Oda's army appears in Otani Castle, he will inevitably worry that Yokoyama Castle will fall and the plains will be unsafe to defend.

In that case, the Asai family's territory would be cut into two parts, north and south, and Sawayama Castle in the south would lose contact with Otani Castle in the north.

Not long ago, the two counties of Inugami and Aichi in the south came under the control of the Asai family, and they succeeded with the help of Oda Nobunaga.

Once the south loses contact with Otani Castle, the rule of the Asai family in these two counties is likely to collapse. And Isono Umasa's Sawayama Castle will also become an isolated castle surrounded by the Oda family.

Therefore, Asai Nagamasa must take the initiative and not allow Oda Nobunaga to calmly surround and capture the important town of Yokoyama Castle.

Oda Nobunaga thought for a while and said.

"You want to use Hengshan City to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Takenaka Shigeharu nodded.

"Our troops appeared at the foot of Otani Castle, set fire to the Asai family wantonly, destroyed the economic strength of the Asai family, and then left calmly.

Your Highness Asai has no choice but to send troops to keep up with our army. Because facts have proved that Hengshan City is no longer safe.

If she doesn't make any move, our troops who return to surround Hengshan Castle can easily take over the city. If she follows back, it will be an opportunity to annihilate the Asai family's military strength on the plains.

Fighting in the field is always easier than attacking a city."

Oda Nobunaga laughed.

"Do I have to move my main formation further forward to give Asai Nagamasa a God-given opportunity to kill me?

Do you think she will take the bait?"

Zhu Zhongzhi Zhengse Dao.

"In the battle between Norada and Asai, Asai was weak and Rokkaku was strong. Your Highness Asai once personally led the elite into battle. She did not lack the courage to charge into battle."

Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly, and an unknown fire suddenly surged in his heart.

"She was lucky that time. Tsudodon led his men to defeat Rokkaku Yoshihide's main formation and cut off Rokkaku Yoshihide's horse seal. The Rokkaku family was panicked and defeated.

But this time, Asai Nagamasa will not have such good luck again!"

Hashiba Hideyoshi listened silently to Takenaka Shigeharu's advice until Oda Nobunaga's domineering reply, and his heart skipped a beat.

The Oda family is finally going to attack the entire Omi country. The strategy Takenaka Shigeharu has planned for her to take root in Omi, expand her power, and expand her wings is moving towards success step by step.

But at this moment, Hashiba Hideyoshi did not feel the excitement of success.

She couldn't help but feel a little crazy when she thought back to the time when Shiba Yiyin galloped across Omi, and the samurai from north and south Omi admired him.

Thousands of troops and horses shunned the white robes, but the Omi warriors actually bowed their waists. What a remarkable man.

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During the off-farm season after the summer harvest, the situation in Omi rises again.

Oda Nobunaga accepted the surrender of Horihide Village and Higuchi Naofa. Oda's army quickly passed through the two fortresses of Nagabi and Sogan, and raided Kitaomi, catching Asai Nagamasa off guard.

Oda's army bypassed Yokoyama Castle, surrounded Otani Castle, set fire to the castle town and killed people to attract the defenders' attention, and then retreated towards Yokoyama Castle.

Nagai Asai gathered his troops to pursue him, and together with the Asakura army newly dispatched by Asakura Yoshikage, they fought towards Yokoyama Castle.

The mountain where Hengshan City is located is like a long triangle, with a corner extending from south to north. Hengshan City is located in the middle of the triangle, and the location of the triangle's tip is called Longbi.

To the north from Longbi is Aekawa.

At this time, Oda's army had surrounded Yokoyama Castle. Oda Nobunaga set up his formation at Ryubi, facing north and south, with his back to Asai and Asakura's coalition forces, in a very provocative manner.

Asai Asakura's coalition forces advanced to the north of Anegawa, less than two kilometers away from Ryubi. Seeing Oda Nobunaga's deliberately exposed main formation, Asai Nagamasa could hardly resist the temptation.

In Minamiomia, Shibata Katsuie, who had the tacit approval of Oda Nobunaga, led the Owari military commander faction to burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm and devoted themselves to military operations to suppress the riots.

Shibata Katsuie and Sakuma Nobumori attacked from east to west, quickly defeated the Rokkaku mother and daughter in Noshu Kawara, and drove them back to the mountains around Ishibe Castle.

Then Shibata Katsuie received orders from Oda Nobunaga and led his troops north to the battlefield of Yokoyama Castle.

On Asai Nagamasa's side, Masaru Isono, who was defending Sawayama Castle, was ordered to lead troops north to participate in the war on Anegawa.

The troops of Isono Umasa and Shibata Katsuie passed through the Sawayama Castle area one after another without any conflict. Both the enemy and ours focused their attention on the Ryubi One River area in the north of Yokoyama Castle.

When people from various tribes arrived one after another, 35,000 people from the Oda family and 5,000 people from the Tokugawa family, 5,000 people from the Asai family and 8,000 people from the Asakura family faced each other in the north and south of Anegawa, and the war was about to break out.

There is a three-fold difference in the number of troops between the two sides. Whether Asai Nagamasa can reproduce the glorious victory of the Noragada Battle will determine the future of the Asai family.

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