The originally clear sky has now become gray. Without wind, the heavy and warm air seems to evaporate from the ground.

When I arrived at Imamura, Imakawa Yoshimoto's march became extremely cautious. When passing a village, he always sent people to inquire about the reactions of the local people. When there was no abnormality, he only got up the sedan chair and advanced. The reason was that before going to the expedition, Matsuhei Motoyasu told him that the leaders in this area would stubbornly resist the Imakawa army.

On May 18, the third year of Eulu, Imakawa Yoshimoto issued an order to launch an attack on the Oda family at dawn the next day. Imakawa Yoshimoto was tightly guarded for a while, and even he himself was fully armed.

Inside the armor of Shujiangjin, there was a white battle uniform. The sword was two feet and six inches long, which was the word "Sun Sanzuo" that he was proud of, and the short sword was wearing the treasure of Matsukurago Yoshihiro. Imakawa Yoshimoto was unable to ride on the horse, so he had to sit leisurely in a sedan chair with gold and silver inlay. From time to time, he opened his eyes to look around and constantly wiped the sweat.

On the 16th and 17th day, they were stationed in Okazaki Castle and carried out their final preparations. Today, they will rest in the city of Dagu, and will start a general attack at dawn tomorrow. In short, the main force must be allowed to arrive at the city of Dagao tomorrow. The forward has entered the Minghai area yesterday and set fire in the surrounding villages. Imakawa Yoshimoto was sweating while looking at the map beside his legs and the troops on the map.

According to the formation, when dawn was approaching, Matsuhei Motoyashi will first lead more than 2,500 Okazaki people to attack Maruen. Maruen's guard was the long-standing Sakuma University Morige. Motoyashi was still very young, but the experienced Okazaki officials would not fail easily.

Asai Naino will also lead 2,000 troops to attack Washizu. The enemy general is Oda Genbo Nobuhei, a veteran general. Therefore, Miura Beigu's back guard led 3,000 reinforcements just in case. Okabe Motoshi also sent 700 new soldiers to guard the upcoming Naruto Castle. Asai Masatoshi led 1,500 troops to guard the upcoming Dargao Castle. Utataka Nagata was on the verge of adapting to the situation. He was ready to reinforce Matsuhira Motoyashi or Asai Naruto at any time.

This time the formation was set up was foolproof. The Imakawa family seemed to have a great victory. After Imakawa Yoshimoto finished the arrangement, he personally led 5,000 troops under Geshan Shin-yeon to advance towards Qingzhou City.

Whether Oda Nobunaga retreated or defended, or went to command in person, it didn't matter. Even if the 5,000 troops of the Katsuyama tribe were defeated, the 5,000 main forces that followed would work with the original troops to siege Kiyosu Castle, and the troops would reach 10,000 at that time. Moreover, Matsuhei, Asahina, and Miura's generals took advantage of the situation to attack Kiyosu Castle...

On the 18th day of the 18th, Oda Nobunaga issued any orders. In the evening, a small drum sound suddenly came from the room. At the request of all the retainers, Oda Nobunaga's close guard Iwaki had to go inside and take a look. It turned out that Oda Nobunaga was summoning his four children to listen to him playing the small drum!

After Iwamo exited the room, he answered the questions of the retainers about hearing the drums.

"What? He gathered the children?"

"Yes! There are the eldest male Qimiao Wan, Deji, the second male tea lemon, and the third male Sanqi Wan... By the way! Sanqi Wan is still held by the nurse! In addition, the other three concubines are also sitting behind the wife..."

"Then this means he has made some determination! This is a symbol of farewell. I guess he might launch a night attack tonight."

"Night attack? Did you run to Dagucheng in one breath?"

"I may attack Takua City in one breath! It is said that before Imakawa Yoshimoto's main formation, more than 20,000 troops were advancing forward."

"Anyway, it's a very troublesome thing to wait for the lord to issue an order!"

For a moment, all the retainers were talking and stood up one after another. But not long after, everyone became quiet again. At this time, stars gradually appeared in the sky, and Katsusaburo Ikeda also walked out of the room.

"Thank you all for your hard work. Let's stop here today. Please go back and rest! This is what Your Highness wants me to tell you." He told everyone.

Everyone was so surprised that they couldn't say anything! There was nothing more puzzling than this! The enemy's general, Yoshimoto Imakawa, had already arrived in Jingkawa and was about to enter Ozawa. At such an important moment, the lord Nobunaga actually...

"I want me to wait to go back and have a good rest?" This is really confusing. However, everyone finally walked out of the city in thirty-five ways. Of course, they were still talking:

"This is really strange!"

"That's right!"

"And we also need to take off our battle shoes, which is cooler."

"Yes! We'll have to go back to bed and wait for his news."

"He is an old fox, he is really an old fox!"

"No! The lord may not have any enemy in his eyes!"

"In my eyes, there are only stars. Ah! Beautiful stars!" Everyone left. Oda Nobunaga also rested earlier than usual that night.

In comparison, Imakawa Yoshimoto was much more miserable. That night he slept in the center of the academy. Two guards on both sides repelled mosquitoes for him. However, he tossed and turned that night and couldn't sleep. This was not because he was going to fight with Nobunaga Oda and was so nervous, but because the environment here was too different from the residence of Junfu, there were many mosquitoes, and the hot climate made him unable to sleep for a long time. He finally turned around until two o'clock in the middle of the night and finally fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, he had already hung high altitude.

"Hey! Get the fan quickly!" Imakawa Yoshimoto ordered the guards beside him.

"The war has already started? Is there any news from the front line?" Then, he asked with ease.

"Yes! No news has come so far. Are you going to ride a sedan chair or a horse today?" Asakawa Masato, who had been guarding him all night, asked with his hands crossed.

"What? Do you still need to ride a horse for the Oda family (this is the name Oda Nobunaga's former name for Oda Nobunaga by the local leaders)?" Imakawa Yoshimoto replied. Then he began to wash his face, comb his hair and turn it on.

This answer means that he does not need to ride a horse today. This is also because he is too fat. If he rides a horse, his two strands will be damaged. In this way, when he is about to launch the General Attack of Cheongju City, he will not be able to ride a horse to command.

"Okay! Take my shoes!" After the filling, Imakawa Yoshimoto suddenly stood up in front of others. Because he was very fat, the gloves, buttons and shoelaces he wore had to be swept with the guards, otherwise he would not be able to wear them. And two people had to help him put on his clothes!

"Okay! You can bring breakfast! I want some hot food."

"yes!"

"If it weren't for me, no one could stand it. If it were someone else, he would have been unable to bear it." As Kawa Yoshimoto said, in such a stuffy season, he tightly wrapped his chest and shoes on his feet in luxury equipment. Although it looked very gorgeous, it was actually very stuffy.

After all the outfits were properly worn, the guards took another piece of leopard skin and spread it on the Tang Dynasty cabinet, and asked Imakawa Yoshimoto to sit down on it.

"Hurry up! Hurry up and help me leak the air!" He urged! At this time, news finally came from the front line.

Matsuhira Motoyashi's troops who set out to attack Maruen before the Ming Dynasty were immediately attacked by enemy general Sakuma Matsuhiro Matsuhiro's troops as soon as they left the siege gate. They were now in a tough battle!

"What? Is Sheng Chong so brave? Go and tell Yuankang that he can't retreat at all. I have already set out from Dagucheng. Can't I retreat?" At this time, Yuankang's envoy took the order back again!

"Yiha! Yoshiha!" Imakawa Yoshimoto called Horikoshi Yoshiha's name anxiously.

"This guy Yuankang seems to be almost unable to hold on. Go and tell Yudian Changzhao quickly. He wants him to send troops to provide assistance as soon as possible in this critical moment. Immediately send a famous envoy to inform him. Once we set out from here, we will never return to Dagucheng. If he wants him, he must save face for me!"

"yes!"

"But no matter what, the heat today is really unbearable. It seems that yesterday was even hotter!" After Imakawa Yoshimoto finished his breakfast, he was still half an hour before he was scheduled to leave from Dagucheng. It was only about eight o'clock in the morning. But the general still decided to start walking, and even the little guard beside him was sweating profusely.

Imakawa Yoshimoto was wearing a large armor that was not ventilated all over his body. In summer, the sun shone in the air, and there was no trace of wind in the air. Even the leaves of the plants and trees withered, let alone people. This is the true nosh Nakaki Hirano.

In comparison, Oda Nobunaga, who knew the weather well, did not even wear shoes in Kiyosu Castle. However, Imakawa Yoshimoto was the opposite. In order to impress the people nearby and to make the people understand the majesty of General Kurou, he specially wore this way. Now he was sitting in the sedan chair and frowned, sweat dripping along his forehead.

After leaving the city of Daguai, less than ten steps away, "rituals" appeared, so the group stopped halfway. The so-called "rituals" means that whenever a new lord or conqueror arrives, the local residents will immediately pay tribute to the new lord to please the new lord.

"Report!" Yoshihisa Horikoshi who was walking beside him stopped and said, "The rituals nearby hope you can meet them."

"Is it the people?"

"Yes. And the priests and monks."

"I don't see you. I heard that there are wild samurai with a very bad character lurking nearby, so you can meet them on my behalf! Tell them that Colonel Imakawa's master will never abuse the people, please rest assured!"

The emergence of the ritualist is definitely not an unpleasant thing for a new conqueror. However, in this sunny and dusty road, it is too frustrating, so Imakawa Yoshimoto even finds it troublesome to leave the sedan chair.

"Okay! I'll tell them that, now please see this."

He handed the catalog of the tributes given by the ceremonies into the sedan chair, and then rode forward on horseback. The troops began to move forward again. After that, nothing happened, and the large group of people went west to Kamakura Street. When they arrived at the hill at the front of Prince's head, a place called Tarawa, the forward team stopped again. There was another place called Tarawa.

At this time, Imakawa Yoshimoto felt drowsy in the sedan chair. With his sleepy eyes, he seemed to see civil and military officials lined up to welcome him, just like a court ceremony for a minister to welcome the monarch.

"Oh! Have I become the commander of the world?" In fact, this was just his fantasy. The moment the sedan chair stopped, his dream disappeared, but he still subconsciously sweated.

"What's the matter?" Imakawa Yoshimoto poked his head out of the sedan chair and shouted at the guards beside him.

"Report!"

"What's the matter?"

"There has been a second news from Matsuhei Motoyashi."

"What? Motoyashi! What is the matter..." When he said this, Yoshihisa Horikoshi had already touched:

"It's good news! He has already captured Maruen alone."

"What? Have the root of the pill been removed?"

"Yes. The heads of the seven men including Marukishiro Sakuma University, Morige and his deputy general, have been taken down by him, about ten o'clock. Monkatori worked hard to win this victory. Now he continues to move forward!"

"Okay! Kill the defender! OK! Hahaha!" Imakawa Yoshimoto's belly trembled rapidly with the laughter.

"Yuankang... OK! This is a really gratifying thing! Now you go back and tell Yuankang immediately."

"yes!"

"I feel very relieved to say that. Matsuhei Motoyashi is the person with the greatest military achievements today. He wants him to enter Dagao Castle today and let the soldiers have a good rest."

"yes!"

"By the way! I'll also inform Yudian Changzhao immediately, asking him not to go to support Yuankang. He asked him to rush towards Qingzhou City with all his strength, and he must not lose to Yuankang!"

"I understand!" After receiving the order, Yoshihiro drove his horse away. Imakawa Yoshimoto shook his body and laughed again.

"That fool in the Oda family is not very good! It seems that I can spend the night in Chiangju City tomorrow! Hahaha..." It was almost four o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th.

On the side of the Oda family, late at night on the 18th... No! The more correct statement should be at 2 a.m. on the 19th. Someone came before the Oda Nobunaga's bedroom, who was going to bed earlier than usual.

"Lord! Lord!" The person who was calling out loudly outside was Kishita Fujiro Yoshiro.

"A monkey?"

"Yes! I have already discovered the direction of the advance of the Colonel's troops in the Ministry of Justice! They will be stationed in Otaka Castle on the evening of the 19th!" In fact, this was the information obtained by Kizao Shigetachi using the Luo Family Intelligence Pavilion on the local intelligence network. But as the transmitter, Kishita Fujiro did not mind sharing a little of this credit to himself.

"What? Otaka Castle?" Oda Nobunaga did not say the second sentence and immediately stood up.

"Okay! Go and blow the horn!" Oda Nobunaga ordered.

"Get my shoes!" he shouted to the next room again.

This is the time for every household to sleep. There shouldn’t be anyone’s answer, but suddenly I heard someone answering: “Your shoes are ready! Go and get them!”

Nobunaga's wife's wife answered cautiously, no, it's not just a wife!

"Yes!" Someone answered in the room next to his room. Then his two close-fitting guards took his shoes from the shoe cabinet in less than thirty seconds.

"And! Women all light up the lights!"

As if everyone was waiting for this moment to come, the lady's voice seemed extremely excited. At this time, the three maids who responded also entered the room with a candlestick. In an instant, the room became very bright, but it was not the maids who came in, but Oda Nobunaga's three concubines - Ari, Nana and Fumiyuki.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga had already worn armor for him by the guards. In the past, before he counted until sixty, he could help him put on his shoes; therefore Oda Nobunaga hoped that the guards around him could do this. So he often asked them to practice. In the blink of an eye, his equipment was already worn.

"Food!" he called out.
To be continued...