Sabei looked at the spies in front of him who had separated the corpses, and ordered someone to release a wave of guns under Shimoyama Castle, and then distanced himself from Shimoyama Castle. Seeing that there was no sign of attacking Anayama Nobukun in the castle, Sabei calmly commanded his men to retreat, and then opened up a position for the large army led by Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga also received a report from Hidetaka Kawajiri and led a large army to advance in the direction of Shimoyama Castle.

With the arrival of Oda Nobunaga, Sabei was sent to the outskirts of the position to attack the villages and small temples near Shimoyama Castle.

After the stormy sweep by Sabei, the villages around Shimoyama Castle have been swept away, and most of the villagers have long since fled, leaving behind nothing more than some lonely people.

After sweeping away the surroundings of Shimoyama Castle, Sabei began to penetrate deeper into the Kai Kingdom, and then encountered a small group of troops of the Takeda Army who had come to inquire about the news.

The huge difference in numbers between the two sides made the Takeda army make up their minds to retreat at the beginning of the encounter with the Sabei Einsatzgruppen. Naturally, Sabei would not let go of this opportunity, and after commanding his troops to surround them, he killed more than ten people, captured two people alive, and deliberately fired two or three people at the same time.

After defeating the first batch of Takeda troops who came to investigate, Sabei temporarily handed over the command of the shogun to Okubo Tadasa, and went to Oda Nobunaga's main camp to report on the situation with his close attendants and the captured heads.

Oda Nobunaga in this camp was drinking with Tokugawa Ieyasu at this time, while Hanbei Takenaka and Ikeda Tsuneko were on the side. Oda Nobunaga saw that Sabei and his horse were pressing back on the two samurai wearing old belly rolls, and said to Sabei: "Since the Takeda Army has just sent out a tour, then presumably Takeda Katsuyori is already preparing, you should be careful these days!" ”

After speaking, Oda Nobunaga glanced at Takenaka Hanbei and Ikeda Hengxing again, and then said, "Hanbei, you will take the captured heads and captured Takeda samurai to Nobutada." ”

Seeing this, Sabei bowed his head to Oda Nobunaga, and then left from Oda Nobunaga's main camp with his people.

Oda Nobunaga's army confronted the defenders of Shimoyama Castle for five or six days, and Oda Nobunaga had ordered people to cut off the living water source in Shimoyama Castle, and at the same time prepared to send ninjas to poison the castle.

However, Sabei, who was on guard on the perimeter, had never encountered the Takeda army that appeared outside the city since the last short battle, and the Takeda army seemed to have received some order and all of them retreated into the city.

At the same time, according to the Oda family's spies in the Kanto region, several more battles broke out between the Hojo clan and Satakesatomi coalition forces, but the outcome was still not decided. The Hojo Army was in a dilemma for a while, and the Satake Satomi coalition army wanted to take advantage of the weakness and take advantage of the Hojo Army's defeat in Suruga Province to further encroach on the territory of the Hojo clan.

The Uesugi clan finally sent a formal letter, hoping that the Oda army would slow down Takeda Katsuyori so that they could calmly attack Kitashinano and Ueno Province. Oda Nobunaga, after thinking about it, responded to Uesugi Clan's letter, promising to hold Takeda Katsuyori back.

After several unsuccessful attempts to provoke the Takeda Army in the castle, Sabei decided to reduce the vigilance of the Einsatzgruppen and instead sent a small group of spies to infiltrate the interior of Kai Province.

Sukeemon naturally became the person in charge of this mission, and Sukeemon led more than 20 of his subordinates to break into pieces and infiltrate the interior of Kai Province from multiple directions.

Oda Nobunaga's siege plan continued, but Anayama Nobuyan in Shimoyama Castle seemed to be unable to hold on, so he sent an envoy to negotiate peace. Although Oda Nobunaga did not ask Sabei to be present when he received the envoy of Anayama Nobuki, Sabei still heard something from other people's mouths, and Anayama Nobujun was talking to Oda Nobunaga about the conditions.

In this case, it is actually more beneficial for both sides, and the peace talks of Anayama Nobujun can delay time for Takeda Katsuyori, and may even be a fraudulent surrender. Oda Nobunaga accepted that the peace talks could be calmly laid out and better grasp the initiative, anyway, if the negotiations were not completed in the end, he continued to attack the city and waited for Takeda Katsuyori to come to support.

Just when Sabei thought he would have to wait, Sukeemon, who had been dispatched, reported a major incident to Sabei. Takeda Katsuyori had gathered 5,000 troops and was ready to come to support Shimoyama Castle.

After listening to Sukeemon's report, Sabei immediately sent someone to report to Oda Nobunaga, and after Oda Nobunaga received the information, he immediately led his four formations of nearly 10,000 troops to fortify on the road that Takeda Katsuyori had to take to support Shimoyama Castle.

Sure enough, not long after Oda Nobunaga set up the formation, the scouts sent by Sabei came to report on the movements of Takeda's army one by one. In less than half a day, Sabei saw the military flag with the Takeda diamond pattern appear not far away, and then the mighty Takeda army came into view.

Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Katsuyori did not act rashly after discovering each other, and Oda Nobunaga directly ordered the generals not to attack.

The morale of the defenders of Shimoyama Castle also increased significantly after discovering the strength of Takeda Katsuyori's army, and Oda Nobutada's regiment, which was in charge of the feint, also received an order from Oda Nobunaga to attack the castle with all its might.

Sabei observed the Takeda army in front of him, and the Mori chief on the side asked visibly: "Lord Sabei, why didn't you say that the lord didn't order an attack on Takeda Katsuyori, our army is almost twice as strong as the Takeda army in this battle..."

Hearing this, Sabei smiled, withdrew his gaze from the Takeda army not far away, and said to Mori Changke: "The five thousand troops of the Takeda army share the same hatred of the enemy, and their fighting spirit and morale are high, if they attack rashly, it will be unfavorable to our army, you wait, Takeda Katsuyori will definitely attack before the lord!" ”

After hearing this, Mori Naga thought about it and walked towards the back of the battle, at which time Fujido Takatora said: "My lord, Nobunaga Gong means to consume the morale and fighting spirit of the Shimoyama Castle army and the Takeda Katsuyori army; After Takeda Katsuyori experienced the last defeat, he would definitely be cautious, but Nobunaga Gong held a heavy army but did not take the initiative to attack, so Takeda Katsuyori mistakenly thought that Nobunaga Gong was cheating, so he did not dare to attack, but the defenders of Shimoyama Castle saw that the reinforcements were delayed, and their fighting spirit would fall sharply over time, and at the same time they were desperate for Takeda Katsuyori, and Nobunaga Gong's plan was really ingenious. ”

Hearing this, Sabei shook his head and said to Fujido Takatora: "When the lord commands the army, he prefers to fight like a storm, this plan is not the lord's plan, it should be the plan of the Takenaka half-guard!" ”

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Without waiting for Fushiwa Akijiro to tell the past, Sabei waved his hand to stop Fushiwa Akijiro, and at the same time said to the people around him: "The current priority is to defeat the Takeda clan and strengthen the strength of the family, and no one can do anything that is not conducive to this important task!" "The latest chapter of the "Oda Family's Rinzai Monk's Claw Library" is free to read for the first time.