After estimating, Ina Tadaji decided that it was not appropriate for the army to leave the shore at this time, which was convenient for supplies, and that it would take at least two or three days for the second batch of supplies to arrive.

So he agreed to the proposal of a night raid.

Governor Konishi was given a temporary mandate to make plans, select men, organize troops, and go to battle with the soldiers as a military supervisor.

This is a very enviable position.

There is no need to assume the responsibility of military command, just to ensure that the front-line generals have effectively carried out the deployment of the general general, and there is no meritorious service, and if there is a performance worth mentioning, you can get a high amount of extra points.

When Yamauchi was a military supervisor, he charged into battle three times in a row and beheaded the head of the enemy's important personnel, and was promoted to the general of the fifth reserve of Qimoto.

As the side of the monarch, he will naturally be regarded by the small soldiers as the "spokesman of the general", and his words and deeds have far-reaching influence.

The premise is that he is indeed a little brave, and he also has good military literacy and commanding ability, otherwise he will just die in vain.

So he was the first to stand out among the "close to the crowd".

President Konishi was quite envious of this, and he was bent on achieving a higher status than Yamauchi Kazutoyo.

Although Konishi is only eighteen years old, Yamauchi is only twenty-six years old. Obviously, ambition is not limited by age.

Twenty-eight-year-old Yoshiharu Horio and thirty-one-year-old Hidenaga Kinoshita have always been more reserved and indifferent.

After receiving the authorization, President Konishi carefully considered the selection of candidates.

A foreigner, the son of a merchant, is young and inevitably underestimated, and this self-knowledge must be had. Therefore, the veterans who have been tied since the Owari era may not be able to give face; The disciple of the Sword Saint is both pure and high-natured, gentle on the outside and arrogant on the inside, needless to say; Yamauchi Kazutoyo is an old acquaintance, but in recent times, everyone has a hidden sense of competition with each other; After thinking about it, there are only two new equipment teams that can be co-opted.

Mino ronin Kato Kotai, who used to lead a thousand troops in the Saito family, is quite famous for martial arts, and is currently known as a thousand stones, and has been appointed as the general of the sixth flag reserve. Miyoshi General Xiangxi Naganobu, who had commanded 2,000 ashigaru in the past, had been in battle for a long time, and received 5,000 stone as a "horse bone", and under the guarantee and recommendation of Iwanari Youtong, he got the position of commander of the seventh reserve.

There is also a Koga Kamishinobi Tarao clan who has recently taken refuge, and he has a very high salary, but he does not show where he is better than Nakamura Ichishi and Ishikawa Goemon. Ask him to send some extra ninjas around to disrupt the enemy's eyes and ears.

Theoretically, all three lack a foundation and need to be corrected.

After a little observation, Governor Konishi saw that the morale of the two reserve units was acceptable, and after making private communication with Kato Mitsuyasu, Kasai Naganobu, and Tarao Mitsutoshi, he urgently conceived the preparation of a surprise attack.

The whole process took only an hour, and it was completed before dinner.

Tieshou Honxiu smiled when he heard the return, and asked: "Kato and Xiangxi are prepared, there are only more than 850 people, isn't it a little less?" ”

Governor Konishi said generously: "The soldiers are not noble, and when the night attack is carried out, too many miscellaneous soldiers will form a drag." ”

"Well said, haha......" Hisho Tsuki chuckled for unknown reasons, and ordered: "Remember, if you have the opportunity, take down Shengrui City with a sentence, if you can't find a flaw, you will first lurk and keep an eye on it, and pay attention to whether the enemy's general has the posture of turning in." If he didn't take the city, but instead disturbed Miyoshi Changzhi and made him flee abroad, it would have been useless! ”

"Yes! Do as your lord commands! Governor Konishi knelt solemnly.

"Go ahead!" Hirate raised his eyebrows slightly and waved his hand.

So Governor Konishi took the order and left, organized the temporary special squad, ordered the soldiers to eat in advance, gathered the flag, covered the family crest, took off the heavy armor, and went into battle lightly.

After marching quietly for three and a half hours, passing by the fugitives or the routs several times, by comparing the terrain and observing the conspicuous buildings, it can be confirmed that it is on the edge of Shengrui City.

At this moment, it is getting late, and looking at the position of the moon, it is probably between the ugly time and the bad time.

Governor Konishi volunteered and offered to go to the castle to investigate.

Shang'e Meiyue, the light was faint, the visibility was very low, he took four cronies, all wrapped in black robes, maintaining a fairly high degree of attention, and walked a few hundred steps lightly, thinking that he would not be discovered.

Then a cluster of buildings gradually appeared in front of you.

There was silence all around, and there were no patrols with lanterns and torches. Looking closely, the castle town is showing a slight sign of dilapidation, probably due to the impact of the "legal disaster", and the business cannot be continued. Looking up again, there didn't seem to be many soldiers on duty on the city wall.

After all, it was the enemy's territory, and Governor Konishi didn't dare to enter the town too much, but quietly walked around most of the circle from a distance of twenty paces. After some observation, only five places were found with fires.

Shengrui Castle is a flat castle built on three sides surrounded by water, and there is no dangerous terrain to defend. The circumference of the castle is 160 rooms (about 290 meters), and with the castle town, the scale is not much larger.

"According to the calculation of ten people in each light, the guards of Waiguo are only fifty at most, so the total combat strength in the city is probably only three or four hundred, if you seize the opportunity, you will definitely have a chance to win it in one fell swoop." Yuki-Konishi muttered to himself and made such a judgment.

The only thing worth fearing is that except for the flat ground in the north, the remaining three directions of the city wall are rivers. Now the Einsatzgruppen is resting and waiting not far away for the time being, and if they want to set up a suitable formation, they must cross at least one current.

The narrowest position of the nearby water flow, there are as many as eight to nine (14.5 meters to 16 meters), wading over is not a big problem, but nearly 1,000 people are here, the water is not necessarily very good, whether it is wading or temporarily building a pontoon bridge, there will always be a lot of movement.

It's not like hiking.

At least you have to go around a little distance and cross the river quietly to ensure that you don't get noticed.

However, it will take a lot of time...... Look up at the sky, it will be dark after an hour, and then it will not be a night attack if you attack again.

It's not the first time I've come back to Shikoku, and this question should have been thought out a long time ago! If the influence of the river is taken into account in advance, wouldn't it be a problem to formulate a more scientific route?

- President Konishi was quite remorseful and blamed himself.

There was even a vague doubt in my heart, "Am I really not as good as that kid Yamauchi Kazutoyo".

In fact, he had already performed well enough, commanding a sixteenth-century army, running at night for more than three hours, basically not falling behind on the way, and roughly reaching the destination, which was enough to be called a general.

There is such a person in the world, who is born with self-confidence for no reason, even to the point of arrogance, and will be almost paranoid about the pursuit of perfection in everything, and will be strongly dissatisfied once there is a slight mistake.

After a moment's stunned effort, suddenly a cronie next to him said "Huh", and then shouted softly: "Look at the northwest direction!" ”

Konishi Yukicho subconsciously followed the prestige, and saw a bunch of dotted light sources slowly advancing from a distance.

That's weird.

It is unlikely that the Tieshou Army will send a second Einsatzgruppen, and even if it does, it will not be possible to appear from the northwest.

The disciples of the Shingon Sect and the Shingon Sect turned defeat into victory and came to the door? There makes no sense so fast.

That could only be-

When Miyoshi Changzhi learned that the army of the tie was coming, he was terrified, and ordered the wealthy clans under his command to step up their troops to defend Shengrui City, and then some loyal ministers really ran to rescue him day and night.

This may be an opportunity!

Governor Konishi didn't say a word, and waved his hand to signal his cronies to follow.

Everyone has a tacit understanding, and they roughly know the meaning without explanation.

One lord, four ministers and five people, bowed their bodies, with the help of the cover of the water and grass by the river, quietly touched the northwest direction, and walked to the position close to the opponent's large army.

With the help of the other party's vigorous fire, the deaf and clear-eyed Konishi Yukicho could see the five family crests from the flag. One of them is the Ogasawara clan of the Miyoshi family, and the other is the Horie clan of the Awa powerful clan. There is another one that is not clearly estimated to be the Izawa clan of the Miyoshi family tree, and it doesn't matter if the remaining two are unrecognizable.

"Look at this team, the morale is not high, the movement is slow, and even the scouts have not been dispatched, which shows that the military appearance is really not good. Later, when they approached the city walls, they had to verify their identities first, ask the guards to open the gates, and then enter one by one, the process would definitely take a lot of time. When the time comes, you just need to ...... By the way, don't the people of the Oda family like to say something like to say, 'Sixteen people in Takenaka take the city', and you can completely follow the example of one or two tonight......"

President Konishi finalized the plan in his heart, and his eyes unconsciously showed a cold glow.

Then he waved his hand backwards and led the four cronies to retreat cautiously.

At first, he bent down and held his breath and groped and sneaked in the grass, for fear of revealing his stuffing; After walking one or two hundred steps, he quickened his pace, no longer paying attention to the light sound of stepping on the ground; After a while, the direction of the stars and the river was determined, and he strode back.

It is necessary to lead elite samurai when the enemy's reinforcements enter the city, and launch operations during the intermingling period, so as to achieve the effect of taking the city by surprise and entering the city in one fell swoop.

In addition, it was necessary to let the others go around the four sides of the city, raise the torches in time, and create a posture of thousands of troops and horses to besiege, so that Miyoshi Nagaji did not dare to flee.

It was a pity that the sixteen members of the Takenaka half-guards failed to catch Saito Ryuko when they captured the castle in the middle of the night, not because of a mistake in command, but because Gifu Castle - it was called Inabayama Castle at the time It was a very large mountain castle, and there may be secret passages everywhere, and it is really impossible to block them all.

But Shengrui City doesn't have that condition!

What Takenaka Hanbei can't do, I, President Konishi, may not be able to do.