Warring States Eagle

Historically, the famous Nagara River battle took place in April of the second year of Koji (1556). At that time, the heavy snow in Mino country disappeared, and the snow water poured into various rivers, causing the Nagara River to surge.At the time of the decisive battle between Saito Dozo and Saito Yoshiryu, the reinforcements that Saito Dozo had hoped for, Akechi, moved slowly, while his son-in-law Oda Nobunaga moved quickly, but advanced to the Kiso River and the Hida River , Because of the spring flood, I had to stay in Tozoji Temple, watching the battle situation of Nagara River anxiously.

In this historical time and space, due to Saito Yoshiryu's attack in the snow, Saito Dozo also did not wait for the support of the reinforcements. What's more serious is that the Nagara River, which is an important barrier for Lushan City, is also at this time because of the wind. Snow and ice, completely lost the role of the barrier.

When Saito Dosan led a small number of loyal followers to Mount Heshan, the commanding height outside Lushan City, and watched his son Saito Yoshiryu's army, he silently stroked the spear that accompanied him all his life, and remembered Decades ago, the handsome Matsuba Shogoro danced his spear like an eel in order to win the appreciation of the lord Toki Yorii in the main hall.And today, let me Saito Michizo dance happily again!

On December 1555, the first year of Hongzhi ([-]), the Saito Yoshiryu Army launched a general attack: the pioneer Zhuyao Daochen led his troops on the first journey, and crossed the Nagara River in a dense formation.Saito Dosan laughed when he saw this, and waved his spear to direct left and right, so the two teams of Daosan army who had ambushed in advance by the river bank came out and killed the bamboo waist army to pieces, and then Daosan, who was in his sixties, stood up With a long spear, shouting, he charged into the Zhuyao army, stabbing Daochen over Zhuyao with one shot. "Kid Yoshitaka. When I, Dozo, defeated Owari Tiger at Inoguchi, you were still drinking milk. Today, I will reproduce the scene of the battle at Kanaguchi."

But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion from the third Dao army. It turned out that when Dao San's attention was on the bamboo waist army, Saito Yoshilong led the banner team, taking advantage of the frozen river surface, quickly We crossed the Nagara River.Appearing on the side of Dao's army, wearing a "Higenno head-shaped pocket" on his head, the six-foot-five-inch tall Yilong is majestic and majestic. He takes the lead and stands out among the thousands of troops.

The blocking effect of the Nagara River has been completely lost, and Daozan had no choice but to fight head-on, "Toyotamaru, I was able to successfully cross the river under my nose. The command is very good. This time we are fighting. I was robbed of all my moves. First move. Although you may not be my own, but I, Mino Viper, admit it now. You are qualified to be my son, inherit my mantle, let the Saito family be handed over to you, and see how far you can go, I Looking at you in that world, haha!"

As a result, under the influence of Saito Dao's momentum, the morale of the three Dao armies suddenly soared.

Over there, Saito Yoshilong saw this, and immediately shouted behind him: "Which warrior dares to ride a horse to suppress the momentum of the old thief army."

Saito Yoshiryu's general, Nagaya Jinemon, immediately slapped his horse on the horse and came from the newspaper's name. Shibata Kakuuchi, a warrior in the three armed forces, immediately raised his gun to fight. After a few rounds, Nagaya fell under the horse and was beaten Shibata took the head.

Yilong saw that Yiqi failed in his behest, and all his subordinates were frightened, and immediately shouted: "You guys still want to go back to the days when you were tortured and killed wantonly by old thieves. If you want to turn around, today is the time!" Yan Bi personally took the lead , Yilong's banner cheered up his morale when he saw this, and followed the tall Yilong to fight with the three armies of Dao.

Gradually, Saito Dosan gradually fell into a disadvantage due to his few soldiers. Yoshilong waved his army fan and commanded the successor brigade to cross the Nagara River, outflanking the three armies of Dao from left to right.At dusk, all the members of the three tribes of Dao were exhausted, and the warriors of the Yilong Army fought like chicken blood, scrambling to break into the three main camps of Dao, and wanted to cut off the head of Mino Viper to claim credit.

Facing the turbulent enemy army, Saito Dozo made a choice that was different from that recorded in history.In history, Saito Dosan would still insist on fighting to the death at this time, but as the attendants around him began to retreat, fewer and fewer people guarded him, but enemies came from all directions like a tide.

Saito Yoshilong Banner Nagai Tadazaemon tried to take the lead, relying on his blood and strength, he forced the old Dao three backs with a sword, "Mastle, wake up, I will capture you alive and present it to Your Highness."

However, at this moment, the peach pickers came up, and I saw Xiao Muyuan, a spear master in the Yilong Army, shot out too horizontally. First, he shot through Dao San's calf, and then when Dao San fell down, he went up to the throat. Another shot, knowing the life of Viper, "Saito Yamashiro, I have been asked by my little Mu Yuantai!"

Of course, the above are recorded in history, but this time, Dao San saw that his own army was defeated, and in a trance, he suddenly remembered his son-in-law Luo Shi Zhengliang, and for some unknown reason, he changed his decision to die. Determined, he immediately went straight to Lushan City in the rear under the protection of his own guards.

After escaping back to Lushan City, while Saito Yoshiryu's army was still fighting fiercely with Dosan's defeated army at the city gate, Dosan quickly took his family and his two youngest sons with him under the guard of several loyal retainers. He escaped into the secret passage in the city, and escaped from Lushan City through the secret passage.

At this time, he once again faced a choice.At this time, Saito Dosan had several places to go, and the nearest place was naturally the territory of Saito Toshizo, the husband of Mino's fourth daughter, but Dosan was the first to reject this hiding place .Because Dosan suspected that Saito Toshizo would betray him under the pressure of Saito Yoshitaka.

As for his in-laws, Ming Zhi's family, Dao San also gave up.After all, after this disastrous defeat to Yoshitaka Saito, Yoshitaka Saito's power in the Mino country is almost unmatched. As a wise family who has always been close to him, he will definitely be attacked by Yoshitaka Saito.With the strength of the Akechi family at this time, it is impossible to resist the attack of Saito Yoshiryu's army.So the wise family has only two ends, either surrender to Saito Yoshilong, or be destroyed by Saito Yoshilong.Going to Zhizhi's territory by himself is purely lighting a lamp in the toilet, courting death.

Since it is no longer possible to hide in Mino Country, the only option is to choose a region other than Mino Country.Going to join Hida country's son-in-law Yorizuna Koji?In the impoverished area of ​​Hida country where no birds shit, as long as it is suppressed by Saito Yoshitaka's army, it is estimated that the rich families there will take the initiative to force their sons-in-law to hand them over, and they cannot go here.

What about Oda Nobunaga, the son-in-law of Owari?It seems to be a good hiding place, but Saito Dozo can't believe Oda Nobunaga at this time.After all, in Daozan's eyes, although Oda Nobunaga, a good son-in-law, would definitely take him in, it is conceivable that he will live under house arrest from now on, and at the same time become a tool for this son-in-law to covet the Mino country.Even if I, Saito Dosan, were to die, I would not put myself in a passive position, so Owari Gu also could not go to seek refuge.