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Volume 4 Chapter 2 Part 5

「W-Wait! I understand that it is very disadvantageous for us if we gave up the protection of Kyoto and get trapped here, but why has Mount Hiei become our enemy!? Did we do something to provoke it to turning against us?! 」

「I am not sure. The timing that the Azai and Asakura clans allied with each other is just too perfect, and the betrayal of Azai Hisamasa was not noticed even by his own son, Nagamasa-sama. I’m afraid that someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes… 」

As the Oda clan had lost their target, they pitched camp at Sakamoto. Before, it was the Oda clan retreating from Kanegasaki, but now it was the allied forces escaping into Mount Hiei.

The Oda army, previously supported by their mindset of vengeance, had reached their limits. The soldiers were all exhausted, both physically and mentally.

But, at that moment, there was yet another