This day was a sunny day. It was already mid-to-late March. The rain and snow in the sky had dissipated, and the long-lost sun appeared, making people feel warm.

Shibata Katsuya sat in the central army tent, while savoring the fragrant tea, while looking at the faintly moving figure on the hill opposite in a happy mood.

There is the barracks of the Hashiba Army. They are on a relatively short mountain. It is almost obvious to them when they look here! Shibada Katsue is in a very good mood: "As long as you don't go to the Takayama on the side of Kishaki to provoke Hideyoshi's main force, the team here is no problem!" Katsue said in his heart.

The current situation is much better than expected - although I was at a disadvantage before, since the Ming Dynasty came, my luck has improved a lot! Not only has I urgently formed an alliance with the Uesugi family, my confidant behind me, but I have also divided the internal forces of the Hashiba family, and have also weakened a lot of Hashiba Hideyoshi's strength openly and secretly.

Although, well, I also suffered a certain loss, it was really much lighter than Hideyoshi Hashiba. In his heart, he never had the intention of reviewing his behavior, but attributed it to bad luck.

At this moment, the clanging sound of armor came from outside the military tent! Listening to this pace, it should be his nephew, Sakuma Shengmasa! This kid is thirty-one years old this year, and he walks like he is twenty years old! He is such a tiger general!

Shibata Katsuya thought to himself, the Ming Dynasty man seemed to have doubts about Katsumasa, well... I should know more about my nephew!

"Uncle!" Sakuma Katsumasa's loud voice rang near outside the military tent: "I'm in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the big nephew stepped into the military tent.

He was wearing a red hat and was still so powerful! After entering the house, Sakuma Katsumasa took off his helmet and looked at his uncle with a big smile.

"Shengmatsu is here!" Shibata Katsuya said gently. He had no son and his relationship with his adopted son was extremely bad. After all, this nephew was more like his own child. The Katsuya couldn't say that he loved this child. Although he was in his thirties, he still felt that Katsuya was a child who had not grown up.

"Uncle, the sky clears up! Today is a great time to march!" Sakuma Masaru's loud voice sounded again. He is an active war pro-war faction, and he will be impatient if he doesn't fight for a day!

Shibata Katsuya knew his nephew quite well, so he gently tapped his breastplate with an iron military fan and smiled and said, "No! Katsumasa, don't worry! The situation is good for us now. The more we calm our energy, the better we will be!"

Sakuma Morima picked up the tea bowl on the table, drank it all, and laughed: "Uncle, what are you saying! I see that the soldiers of the Hashiba family on the opposite mountain are like their master family - monkeys, what are you waiting for! Just take the courage to move forward and you can defeat them in one fell swoop!"

Shibata Katsuya likes this kid's personality very much, like when he was young, he was brave, enthusiastic, generous, and without any consequences!

But Shibata Katsuya still shook his head and smiled and said, "No, Katsumasa, it's not the time to march. The enemy camping was earlier than us. They must have entered the fatigue first. That's the best time for us to fight them in the mountains!"

Sakuma Shengmasa changed his seating position, feeling unhappy, and pouted, "No wonder you are called Hitoshibata by the world. It's really amazing wisdom!"

This sentence sounds like a compliment, but in fact it is ironic that accounts for the vast majority.

Satoshi smiled but didn't say anything, and took another sip of tea.

Seeing that Shibata Katsuya didn't say anything, Sakuma Morimasa said impatiently: "Uncle, our general who invaded the enemy has been returned. He has provided me with first-hand information - Hideyoshi is not in the formation at all recently!"

Shibata Katsuya closed the fan with a "say", frowned and asked, "Are you serious?"

Sakuma Masaru said carelessly: "I'm not an unreasonable person! I heard that Oda Nobuta was making trouble behind the scenes, and the monkey Hashiba Hideyoshi personally led his troops back to Ise to put out the fire!"

Shibata Katsuya asked anxiously: "Is the news accurate?"

Sakuma Shengzheng laughed and said, "I knew you were going to ask this question by uncle! Last night, I sent a few ninjas to the enemy's stronghold to check, and the stove was nearly half missing! It can be seen that Hideyoshi's team is indeed not here!"

As he said that, Sakuma Katsumasa sat down, rubbed forward, and continued to say anxiously: "Uncle! Hideyoshi is not here, these people on the other side are like native chickens and tile dogs, nothing is scary! We should take this opportunity to knock down Hideyoshi's side master in one go! When he comes back, he can only regret it. The situation is over!"

This made Shibata Katsuya feel moved, but reason told him that Hideyoshi was not such a person who was easily defeated. In his heart, he still felt that his steady tactics were more reliable. However, as an elder who felt sorry for his younger generation, he could not resist Sakuma Masaru's repeated tossing.

I heard the ghost Xuan Ban Katsumasa said in a mocking tone: "Uncle, you are not afraid of that monkey, right?"

As the number one retainer under Oda Nobunaga, Shibata Katsuya is naturally more jealous than the top. If he is afraid of Hideyoshi Hashiba, then he will not agree! So Shibata said unhappy: "What are you saying! I just think the tactic of perseverance is more stable!"

Sakuma Shengmasa said anxiously: "Uncle, when you stand firm until Hideyoshi comes back, our troops will be at a disadvantage again. At that time, I am afraid it will be too late to fight to the final battle! I beg you to let me lead the troops to attack the other side for a while! If it is really inappropriate, I will come back as soon as possible!"

Speaking of this, Sakuma Katsumasa has begun to coax and deceive Shibata Katsuya. In his dictionary, how could he have ever had the option to return? He said this just to deceive Katsuya and let him go.

Shibata Katsuya was moved, and this was a way! Let Katsumasa go for a while. If Hideyoshi is really not here, it would be a god-given opportunity!

Seeing that Shibata Katsuya's face had eased a lot, Sakuma Masaru continued, "Don't worry, uncle, I won't act recklessly! Just look at it! Is it OK?"

Shibata Katsuya stared at Sakuma Morimasa and said after a while: "Only one battle is allowed, no matter whether you win or lose, you must withdraw your troops. Can you do it?"

Sakuma Katsuma only heard the word "war" in his ears, but he didn't hear any other doubts, but he agreed without hesitation! Shibata Katsue thought about it again and then agreed, asking Sakuma Masato to go for a while!

The Ghost Xuan Banner Shengzheng received this military order, and he went happily like a tiger opening a cage and out of the gate.

Shibata Katsuya looked at Sakuma Katsumasa's back and suddenly felt a little uneasy. But soon, he suppressed his thoughts again. After all, this was his nephew, and he knew his courage.

But after thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, so he called his Xiao surname and called his general Maeda Taki family - the Ri family and him for more than ten years, so he was his confidant! The Ming Dynasty people actually suspected him, which was ridiculous!

"Rika, I have ordered Shimasato to be the vanguard to attack the enemy camp. Now you are the support commander and commander, staying far behind Shimasato to ensure his safety. Several other troops will be left to you to manage, and you must ensure that everything is foolproof!" Shibata Katsuya said earnestly to Shimada Tatsuya, who had completely forgotten my warning.

"Get order!" Maeda Takiya agreed very happily, and soon followed Sakuma Katsumasa's back with several deputy generals!

It has to be said that Sakuma Sheng Zheng was indeed a general who was good at fighting. He took his eight thousand men from Shanyang, Xingshi, bypassed Jifu Temple, Zhushan, and sneaked through Sichuan and finally arrived at the high mountain in the Jianyue area!

Standing on the top of the mountain, Sakuma Shengmasa was full of pride - didn't it mean that there was a main force of the enemy near Ji Yue? Why didn't a ghost be seen? Hideyoshi really ran away!

Thinking of this, Sakuma Shengzheng felt hot. He ignored the others and took his subordinates, Bakierlang, down the mountain like a tiger, and rushed towards Nakagawa Kiyosu's troops located in Dayan Mountain!

This place was garrisoned by Konishi in history, but this general was captured by him when I first rescued Sakumasa on sea, and I have no idea of ​​life and death since then. So the garrison general here has become Nakagawa Qingxiu!

In Hideyoshi's lineup, Nakagawa Kiyoshi can only be considered a mean talent, and there is nothing particularly outstanding. When he found an enemy behind him, Hachiroro of Sakuma Katsumasa had already rushed to half a mile of his camp!

In the extremely horror of Nakagawa, Sakuma Shengma's army rushed up like an unstoppable flood. The two thousand Nakagawa's beautiful men did not make much noise and were swallowed by this tiger-like army!

The Hideyoshi generals on the other mountain discovered the movement here. Seeing that Nakagawa Kiyoshi was about to collapse in the enemy's sneak attack, the entire army was wiped out, and the army was suddenly shaken and there was a slight chaos!

Sakuma Morima was so excited that he completely forgot what his uncle said, that he could only fight one battle and withdraw his troops regardless of winning or losing. With a finger of the sword, the brave general, known as the Guikuan Banner, took his own Eight Thousand Erlang and continued to rush to the next mountain - the enemy of Iwasakiyama!

The one who stationed in Iwasakiyama is nothing but Hideyoshi Hashiba's younger brother, Hidena Hashiba who is both wise and brave!

Seeing that his army was in chaos under the surprise attack of the other party, he immediately stood up to appease him. He shouted: "You all obey the order: Hashiba Shizuki's plan has been completed! The enemy has given up on his perseverance and came to fight our army to make a decisive battle! Everyone must stay at their posts, waiting for Shizuki's former guard to return and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop!"

In short, he attributed his defensive defense to the enemy's sneak attack to the strategy of Hideyoshi Hashiba, but for some reason, his officers and soldiers did believe him! The morale of the army was quickly stabilized, and the soldiers began to rely on the fortifications on the mountain to resist Sakuma Masaru's fierce attack!

If Sakuma Masatsu's offensive is like a flood, then Hashiba Hidena's defense is like a reef! No matter how brave Sakuma Masatsu is, Hashiba Hidena's defense is to defend steadily without any sign of collapse.

This battle lasted from daytime to nightfall. Sakuma Sheng Zheng's army was exhausted, and even the extremely brave Gui Xuan Ban himself had the intention to retreat and rest. He kept looking back, hoping to find the reinforcements he saw in the morning, which should be the location of the reinforcements sent by his uncle, and asked for assistance. After recovering his strength, he would turn around and fight again!

However, things were not as simple as he thought!

The Maeda Taki family behind him had already settled their positions twenty miles away and did not move forward. Although the few deputy generals were a little strange, they could not question the statement that the Maeda Taki family said, "Waiting for the Ghost Annen Ban is here, don't take his credit." So more than 10,000 people were stationed west of Mount Jianyue, and they watched Sakuma Masaru fight in front of him.

Just in Mino Country, fifty kilometers away from here, Hideyoshi Hashiba heard about the advance of Shibata Katsuya early in the morning, and found out that the pioneer of the march was Sakuma Moemasa, the reckless man, and he was very happy! So he led his 20,000 main force under his command to start a marching marche that was compared with his previous "China National Congress Return"!

And this also became the turning point of the entire battle! Or, the turning point of the entire Japan!
Chapter completed!