Chapter Seventy-Eight: Surprise Attack and Horse Fight

"How is the garrison in the back mountain?" Fanxiu also seems to be infected with Nobunaga's habit of being concise and to the point, so he asks directly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's Hineno Hiroshi, the lord of Mino Honda Castle, and there are hundreds of people under him, and it seems that there are iron cannons"

Hattori replied.

Hineno Hiroshi, this name is quite impressive, as if he is a person who can fight well.

"It seems that there are still capable people in the city, it seems that they saw their family's plan in advance." Fanxiu sighed with emotion, and couldn't help but sink in his heart. The strange soldier is recognized, is it still called a strange soldier?

"Hayato Nagai is a very experienced veteran." Someone reminded so.

"Is it possible that this person will be rebelled?" Fanxiu asked Koroku Wasuka, who was familiar with the situation in Mino. At this time, the one who insisted on standing on Saito's side must be a henchman, but he couldn't give up without even trying.

"I'm afraid it's hard." Wasuka shook his head unexpectedly, "This person turned out to be from and Izumi Province, and he has only been coming to Mino with his father for more than ten years. Because he is a foreigner, he is highly valued, and he was promoted by a wild samurai to become the lord of a castle, so he is also very loyal to the Saito family. ”

"That's it......" Fanxiu frowned, and then looked sideways at Hattori and the others, "Let's talk about the enemy's defense first." ”

"Yes."

A very sketchy diagram is shown.

Inabayama Castle is a large castle with several roads leading to the castle. The main gate is located on the west side of the south side, and it is the direction of the main attack, and the straight-line distance from the castle is about 1,800 meters (1,800 meters), and the front is quite wide, but the garrison is also very strong, and it is difficult to attack from the bottom up.

There is another shortcut on the east side that allows the army to get in and out smoothly, but there are already people in charge.

The north side of the mountain is low in slope, but the road is long, and only four or five people can walk side by side at the narrowest point, and there are several curves, and there are artificial longitudinal roads to block the upward road, and natural bunkers such as water currents are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are hundreds of people stationed in them, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for 10,000 people to rush up. Originally, I thought that the garrison of this kind of place would be relatively weak, but I didn't expect that there would be as many as hundreds of people in reserve.

"What about the structure of the city?"

"Your Highness, because the security of the Saito family around the castle is quite dense, so ......," Kazuji Nakamura explained.

"Don't you even know the general situation?"

"There are two branch castles built around it, that is, the two that are attacking from the front, and there are turrets or yakuras every fifty or so on all sides, and the main castle is built with three stone walls high......"

"What about the side behind?"

"The northwest side is leaning against the cliff, and there is no way to get in and out."

In short, all that comes out is not very favorable information.

Fanxiu didn't speak, lowered his head and pondered for a while. Historically, the invasion from the back seems to have been successful, so this time ......

The people around also felt that they had nowhere to speak, and they didn't have any proposals for a while.

"Little Big Six......

"What do you command?"

"You just said that the guard general Hioneno Hiroshi is not a local?"

"That's right, he hasn't been here for long."

"And what has he been doing?"

"He was previously a close attendant of Saito Sakyo (Yoshiryu), and later he was made the lord of the castle."

"So he didn't stay in Inabayama Castle for too long?"

"This ...... I guess so. ”

Fanxiu nodded, and ordered his subordinates: "Search around the neighborhood and see if you can find a private house, this mountain can't be without hunters or medicine pickers." ”

"So what do we do now?" Keiji couldn't help but ask.

"Waiting, of course." Pan Xiu calmed down and said leisurely, although he was also a little anxious in his heart, but he couldn't show it in front of everyone.

"Isn't that considered a passive slack job...... Keiji complained in a low voice, and then asked, "How much time do you have to wait?" ”

"It's not going to be too long." Fanxiu turned his back to him and replied, "If the surprise attack doesn't work within a day, you can give up." Because at that time, the other party already had precautions. ”

…………

About two hours later, a man and a woman were brought to Fanxiu, who looked like a couple living in the mountains.

"Your Excellency...... I, we didn't ......."

The two men probably mistakenly thought that they were going to be taken into slavery or sold, and although the man's legs trembled with fear, he stood in front of the woman.

"Don't be nervous, our Oda family has always been very kind to the people, and we won't do anything to you."

"Yes, yes......"

Fanxiu tried to soothe in a soft voice, but the effect was not great, after all, the people of Mino had tasted the "benevolence" of the Oda family in recent years, although the proportion of robbery and looting may be slightly lower than that of other daimyos, but this kind of thing is really unavoidable in the chaos of the army.

"What do you guys do?"

couldn't communicate, Fanxiu didn't care, just asked directly, and then took out a few gold coins from his body: "If you answer my question, the money will be rewarded to you." ”

The man froze, and knelt down and answered:

"My lord, I ...... The villain is a medicine picker. ”

"Hmm...... So you know a lot about the nearby mountains? ”

"Yes...... Right. ”

"Usually in this area, do you encounter patrols from the Saito family? They allow you to pick up your medicine freely? ”

"Before...... It was quasi-before, and later it was ...... I have to pay 1,500 wen a year, and many people run away. ”

"And you guys?"

"We can only go up the hill from the path, and no one can take care of us when we have been in chaos recently."

"Where's the path?"

"Well, sometimes ......"

"How?"

Fanxiu took out one of the gold coins and put it in his hand, and the man suddenly spoke a lot more freely.

"Adults, villains generally go up the mountain from the northwest side."

"Isn't that a cliff over there?"

"There's a small mountain road, it's only so wide." The man stretched out his hand and gestured for a length of about fifty centimeters, "There is a cliff on one side, so not many people are willing to go, and then no one knows about the people who collect the medicine, and I also know it from my ancestors......"

"Can I go into town?"

"The last time I went to see it, there was a locked door over there."

"How tall?"

"Probably...... Two rooms high! ”

"Let him lead the way!"

Fanxiu immediately made a decision, and ordered Nakamura and the others, "You can climb over and open the door, and then let people enter the city and set fires everywhere." ”

"Let me be a pioneer!" Keiji immediately asked for battle.

"The role of the strange soldier is not to take the city but to create chaos, and after entering the city, you must not fall in love with war."

"Yes!"

"So...... I'm still not at ease with you. ”

"This ......"

"Little Six, your subordinates should be familiar with this kind of thing."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness."

"Also...... Sun Jiro, Nibei, each of you will bring a hundred people to follow, and the work will be the same. ”

"Yes."

…………

In the afternoon, the first wisps of green smoke rose from the top of the mountain. Immediately after that, several fires floated in succession.

"Did it work?" Fanxiu was relieved at this time, "Then we will also attack from the back...... Well? ”

At this moment, there was a commotion on the side of the road, and then a figure could be seen around the bend - someone rushed down?

"Follow me...... Protect your uncle! ”

In this name, Keiji, who looked frustrated, suddenly turned over and rushed out with his gun and his reserve.

But the situation in front of him soon disappointed him again-because there were only two people rushing down...... Looks like they came to surrender.

"Welcome to the two of you, abandon the darkness and turn to ......the light," Kawada shouted at Fanxiu's signal.

"Who said we're going to surrender?" The childish-looking young samurai jumped up as if he had been stepped on seven inches.

"Do you want to fight?" Pan Xiuqi said, "Then let's put the bow and arrow......

"This ...... Wait a minute! The boy raised his hand, "One ride!" I ask for a ride! If someone wins me, I'll surrender willingly, and if I lose, you let me go! ”

Fanxiu didn't realize when he heard this, didn't this teenager feel that he was too naΓ―ve?

At this time, the slightly older person beside him shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me, my companion likes to talk nonsense, and we do intend to surrender......"

"Oh, those who know the times are Junjie, and they are very welcome. But ......" Fanxiu looked at Keiji and said, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm hiding it!"

"It's Tokuyama Norixiu under it, thank you for your understanding......"

Tokuyama tugged at Kerr's sleeve, who blushed but didn't move.

Ke'er is hidden, this is a well-known character in history. But I'm afraid I'm only thirteen or fourteen years old......

"That'...... Keiji, go and try it with him! ”

"Uncle, you are really ...... So merciful! Keiji was overjoyed, and a carp rolled over and walked out with a gun.

"Ke'er is only hiding Ji Chang, and the Treasure Courtyard Drift Spear Technique Seal Ke!"

The young man waved the spear in his hand, and his face was very serious.

"Oh...... I'm Keijiro Hideyi in a tie, I don't know what genre it is, I just learned a little messy stuff casually, and I haven't met an opponent anyway......" Keiji walked out absentmindedly and lazily.

"Look for death!"

Ke'er hid her annoyance and was ashamed, and stepped forward to stab her.

Although Keiji made a slight gesture on his face, he didn't really relax, and turned around and waved his gun to block the stabbing attack, but it made the other party tremble with a gun.

Sure enough, the other party is not yet fully adult, and the difference in strength is too big.

Ke'er didn't dare to come up easily, just confronted each other.

"Doing it without even saying hello, is this the tradition of the Treasure Courtyard Stream?"

"You!"

This sentence provoked him to hide and move forward.

This time, Keiji struck a horizontal shot, and then the tail of the gun was thrown out, hitting Caizang in the abdomen.

"Can't get up?"

"Hmph."

Then came the third and fourth times.

……

From Fanxiu's point of view, there is not much difference between the two in terms of technology, but their physical strength is completely incompatible, and they may be able to fight in two or three years.

In the end, Keiji spent some effort and shot down Caizang's gun.

"Uncle, this person is my retainer!"

Fanxiu nodded. This person's personality is indeed better under Keiji.

As for the other person, it seems to be called Tokuyama Norihide.

"Why did you come back to us at this time?"

"Alas...... I had warned Hineno-sama that the abandoned side door must not be relaxed, but he didn't listen. It just so happened that Caizang had a conflict with him......"

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