Turn 3:
Oda Nobunaga felt the flurry of blows from Tadeshi's katana but effectively blocked all attempts to cut him down. Nobunaga countered with his own attacks but with the advantage of height Tadeshi blocked each thrust of the Yari with equal skill.
One of Nobunaga's bowmen managed to move to a flank and fired another willow leaf arrow at Tadeshi, surely this would strike home? At the last minute Tadeshi saw the threat and cut a second arrow in two before it could hit him.
Peasants watched as Nobunaga took a step back to compose himself as more of Tadeshi's band rushed onto the bridge.
Now backed up by his 'thugs', Tadeshi charged forward as Nobunaga moved to counter and a group of Loyal Oda Clan spearmen rushed to support Nobunaga. yet again neither Nobunaga or Tadeshi could find an opening.
A lone Ronin thug rushed up to support Tadeshi and took a wild swing at Nobunaga who blocked this crude strike with ease.
More Ronin advanced to back up Tadeshi as Nobunaga threw himself into a final attack. Thrusting with his Yari he struck home as the press of men behind Tadeshi gave him no room to maneuver away from the Yari.
The craftsmanship of the Yari blade cut through the protection of Tadeshi and he stumbled, heavily wounded.
With their leader cut down badly wounded the Ronin grabbed Tadeshi and carried him off the bridge. Nobunaga himself badly wounded and exhausted stopped his men from giving chase, "We need to get the Tanegashima back to the safety of Nagoya Castle, we can leave Tadeshi for another day".
Oda Nobunaga entered Nagoya Castle a few hours later. His first batch of Tanegashima secured he would now start training his Ashigaru and Samurai how to use them.
(Scenario 2: The strike back coming shortly).
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