Cage City is the best choice for military generals to defend the city in the Warring States Period, especially when the defending side has fewer troops.

Before the Battle of Oda Nobunaga's Barrel Gorge, Cage Castle was the only defense of the Sengoku daimyos. And in the entire magnificent Hundred Years Warring States Period, the weak side took the initiative to go out of the city to defend against the enemy and won the only example of the Barrel Gorge. Other imitators, such as Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Mikatahara and Oda Hidenobu in the Battle of Sekigahara, were all defeated as a result, indicating that the victory in the Barrel Gorge was indeed due to luck.

Although Shinji Niki is only a small wealthy general, he is also a veteran after all, and as soon as he heard the news of the invasion of the Ohno family, he immediately decided to cage the castle.

"Quick, Xinzhen, go to the city gate with your father and watch."

"Haha."

As soon as Nobuji Hitoki gathered against Ashigaru, he rushed to the city gate with his adopted son, Nobutada Hitoki, to observe the situation. As soon as he took a look, Shinji Niki was shocked, it turned out that the Ashigaru of the Ohno family had surrounded Miki Castle, but then he breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately he had prepared early, otherwise he would have been in trouble.

"Father...... Father, the Ashigaru of the Ohno family is several times the size of the main family, and they have already blocked the siege of Miki Castle, what should we do? "Renmu Nobuzhen's experience is still shallow, and he has always been smooth, and at this moment, when he saw the soldiers of the Ohno family pressing the realm, he suddenly panicked.

In order to avoid losing confidence and affecting morale, Renmu Shinji saw that Renmu Xinzhen was timid, and hurriedly scolded loudly: "Bastard, how can you be afraid as a samurai, do you want to disgrace the family names of Renmu and Daki?" ”

After being reprimanded, Renmu Nobuzhen immediately blushed and hurriedly said resolutely: "Father, Nobuzhen knows that he is wrong, and I will definitely not let the names of the two families be ashamed!" “

"That's very good, you don't have to worry too much, although the forces of the Ohno family surpass us, our Miki City is not so easy to capture." When Renmu Shinji saw that Renmu Nobusada admitted his mistake, he no longer blamed him, but comforted him, but when he saw him frowning, he didn't know whether he was really confident or self-deceptive. ......

On the other side, in the Ono family's main formation.

As soon as Ono Shinpei and his brother Nobura Ono commanded the ashigaru to surround Miki Castle, they couldn't wait to ask their father Ohno Heinobu for instructions: "Father, the army of this family has surrounded Miki Castle, and Nobuhei is willing to take Miki Castle for his father as a vanguard." ”

Seeing this, Nobuya Ohno was afraid that his younger brother Nobunei would not have the advantage of gaining benefits in the future and his military exploits, so he hurriedly said: "Father, as the eldest son of the family, Nobuya has not yet made the contribution of breaking the city. I'm afraid that this will not match the identity of the young master of the Ohno family.,Please ask my father to hand over the position of pioneer general to Nobuya.。 Nobuya will definitely let the people of Miki Castle see the martial arts of my Ohno family, please. ”

"Taro, Matajiro, don't be in a hurry, you will definitely have the opportunity to be the pioneer of your family in the future. However, this time as a father, I cannot allow you to serve as a pioneer general.

"Haha."

This Renmu family is already in the family's pocket, so naturally the more they don't reduce their losses, the better. You only need to arrange for your own sergeant to surround Miki Castle, and if you can directly force down Niki Shinji, it is better not to force an attack. ”

"Haha."|...

Nobuhei Ohno has already regarded Miki Castle as his own, so if he can not destroy Miki Castle, he will not be able to ask for it. As for Nobuya Ohno, he just didn't want his younger brother to steal the credit, and since none of them could serve as the vanguard general, he didn't care if his father was going to storm Miki Castle. So the two of them retreated one after another after receiving the military order.

Above the gate of Miki Castle, Shinji Niki shouted loudly towards the place where the Ono family was arrayed: "Ohno Heinobu, you and I are retainers of the Matsugami family, and now that Lord Yoshiyo has just died, how dare you send troops to attack my Miki Castle." Do you dare to confront me Shinji Nishiki, you shameless man, I want to see what kind of face you will have in the future to meet the dead righteous deeds. ”

Now that the strength of the Ohno family is several times that of himself, Shinji Renki is unwilling to go to war with the Ohno family unless necessary, and he can only hope that the remaining prestige of the Matsugami family can temporarily suppress Ohno Heinobu.

In the middle of the Ono clan's military formation.

Nobuyoshi Ohno saw Shinji Renmu insulting Nobu Ohno and immediately said angrily: "Father, Shinji Hitoki is insulting you, let me lead the army to get his head!" ”

"Yes, Father, Shinji Nitoki is too presumptuous." Seeing this, Nobuhei Ohno hurriedly said, lest he have no chance to show filial piety to Ohno Nobusin.

"Hahahaha, Shinji Niki is desperate and wants to use the Matsugami family to press me. What stupidity! The Matsugami family is now unable to protect itself, so how dare they take care of other families' affairs. Taro, Matajiro, you wait a moment and see what other tricks he Shinji Nigi has to come up with. ”

He didn't care about Shinji Nitoki's insults against Heinobu Ohno, and the honor of a samurai was on the sword and gun, not on the tongue.

"Is my father really going to confront him as Shinji Nishiki wants?" Ohno Nobuya still said with some reluctance.

"No, my father is too lazy to say something useless to him, just write a crusade letter for my father and send it to him later."

"Haha." ......

At the same time, Miki Castle was above the gates. Seeing that Ohno Nobu had not replied for a long time, he was just a little slack, and suddenly a sharp arrow passed by him, and he was caught off guard, and he also fell to the ground.

"Father!" Nobutada Nishiki on the side hurriedly rushed forward to see if he was okay, if Shinji Hitoki was shot at this juncture, then Miki Castle would not be able to be saved.

Shinji Nishiki was also aware of his importance to Miki Castle at this time, and after falling to the ground, he stood up without delay. Seeing that Renmu Nobuzhen looked at him anxiously, he pretended not to care and said, "You don't need to care about it, it's okay for your father. Xinzhen, go and bring the arrow that is aimed at the father. It's just a letter from Ohno Heinobu, and it's been an old trick for him for so long. "Although Shinji Niki and Heinobu Ohno are at odds, the two have been rivals for many years and are very familiar with each other's habits.

"Haha." Suspicious, Nobutaha walked over to pick up the arrow, and found that there was a letter on the body of the arrow, so he hurriedly presented it to Nobuji Nitoki.

"Hehe, I'll also see what Ohno Heinobu said in the letter."

Shinji Niki took the letter and spread it out, and when he saw it, he suddenly changed color, only to see that the letter was written.

"Renmu left the horse head letter two respectfully:

The Nishiki family, like the Ohno family, has been a retainer of the Matsukami family for generations, and the Matsugami family is also as kind to the Nishiki family as the sea. However, after the death of the first lord, the Renmu family did not avenge the lord, nor did they go to Matsugami Castle to pay homage, but returned to the city of Miki Castle and held on, as if they had the intention of betraying the Matsugami family. This move is really against the way of loyalty to the retainers, and I, Ono Heinobu, as a retainer of the Matsugami family, naturally cannot remain indifferent. This time it is really on behalf of the main family to crusade against the Renmu family's heart of disobedience, if the Renmu family goes out of the city, please surrender, otherwise it will definitely set foot on Miki City. Don't be unpredictable.

Sado Ono Mamoru Heinobu. ”