On the road from Umezawa Castle to Tazawa Castle, more than 300 troops of the Tsugawa family were moving in an orderly manner. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

A total of 260 reinforcements led by Yoshikawa Hiroie, Nagano Masabo, and Saigo Kicho were 310 people, plus 50 troops from Yoshimori Totoki in Umezawa Castle.

"Yoshikawa-sama, the road ahead is Shengbaoxiang." Totoki Yoshimori rode a horse and followed the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family, and said slowly, "Speaking of which, the last decisive battle between the main family and the Spo family was here. ”

"Hmm," Yoshikawa Hiroya nodded and said, "I think the Spo family already knows the news of our troops, and the structure of Tazawa Castle is not suitable for defending against attacks from the west, so if Spo Tsukashi wants to hold a joint battle with us, he can only take the initiative to attack, and this Shengbao area is the most suitable place to fight." ”

"The last time the family was able to defeat the forces of the Spo family here, this time it will definitely be able to!" Yoshikawa Hiroke said in a firm tone.

Totoki Yoshimori nodded and continued, "The Kuchiki Tsutsuaki and Kaitaka Yoshizane of the northern valley castle also sent an order to let them lead their troops to march from the valley castle to Tazawa Castle. Judging from the distance between Umezawa Castle and Tazawa Castle and the distance from Tanuchi Castle, if a joint battle breaks out between the Honke family and the Spo family in the Ikubo area, the strength of the Yamachi Castle side should be within 2 hours. ”

"The number of enemy troops is at least 600, and if there are no reinforcements, it will be difficult to repel the Spoo family with our strength alone," Saigo Kicho said on the side, "but it is still possible to delay the Spo family's attack." ”

Nagano Masabo also spoke, "I don't know how the battle is going in the Shimonoyama area in the south now, and if the lord can't repel the forces of the Onodera family, even if we drag on here for a long time, it's useless." Compared with the composure of Yoshikawa Hiroya and others, Nagano Masabo is a little lacking in confidence.

"Huh?" Yoshikawa Hiroke said, "Nagano-sama doesn't need to worry too much, there is a lord in the south, and the Onodera family can't get in." All we have to do is to hold back the Spo family's forces as much as possible, and then wait for the lord to come to support after defeating the Onodera family's forces. ”

"Yes! As long as there is a lord, the Onodera family has nothing to worry about! Saigo nodded in agreement.

Although he was still a little worried, he saw that everyone was optimistic that Nagano Masabo would not be able to say some more frustrating words, so he fell silent.

Having said that, in fact, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family has no bottom in his heart. This time, the Tsukawa family will face a joint invasion of the two powerful forces of the Onodera family and the Spo family, and there is also a force like the barnyard family in the middle, so the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family doesn't know if the Tsugawa family can survive this time............

"But fortunately, the detectives of the Ben family found out from the east that it seems that the He family is currently at war with the Barnyard Guan family, and a detachment of the He family has also attacked Shizukushi City, the rear important place of Sibo Quan Gao." Toshi Yoshimori said with a smile: "In this way, the He family may be able to contain part of the Sibo family's troops, and our pressure will be reduced a lot." ”

"There are also smart people in the He family, and it seems that the He family also understands the truth of the cold lips and teeth, so it is very reasonable for the He family to be willing to send troops this time." Yoshikawa Hiroya nodded, "I just don't know how far the Hehe family can go?" ”

While a few people were talking, a foot light with a Tsugawa bellflower pattern on his back quickly ran to the front of the team.

"Yoshikawa-sama, the Spo family has attacked. The head of the Sipo family, Si Bo Quangao, personally led the army towards Shengbao Township, with a number of about 400 people. ”

"Got it." Yoshikawa Hiroya waved his hand and sent the detective away, then turned his head to Totoki Yoshimori and said, "Lord Toshi, the Spo family took the initiative to send troops to meet it, and it will be a fierce battle next!" ”

"Your Excellency is the most elite Ashigaru in the family, and there will be Lord Lao as the front army later, and I will let Lord Saigo support you."

"Hah!" Toshi Yoshimori hurriedly received the order.

"Lord Nagano, you lead the army of Nagano Castle as a reserve, and follow my orders before acting."

"Hah!"

"Kanna Shixin, the cavalry team under your command is divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, 50 people each, and you must not act rashly without receiving my order!"

"Hah!" The Tsugawa family's cavalry team did not have a clear commander, as the retainers of Tsugawa Soji were not very familiar with cavalry. The Tsugawa family's horseback team had always been under the direct command of Tsugawa Soji before, but they were only assembled in the area of Hondo Castle for training in normal times. But now that Tsugawa Soji is gone, the Yoshikawa Hiroke can only let Kanna Tokinobu, the highest position in the riding team, be the head.

Born and raised in Senhoku-gun, the Kanna Tokinobu family has always been the steward of the Hondo Castle Ranch, responsible for feeding the horses and managing the ranch. When it came to Kana Tokishin's generation, Kanna Toshishin also aspired to become a glorious samurai, and later when the Tsugawa family formed a horse riding team, Kanna Toshinobu signed up, and because of his superb horsemanship and bravery in battle, he was soon promoted from an ordinary cavalryman to an ashigaru general.

"Report! The forces of the Spo family have reached the Shengbao area, and they are deployed in the area around the Shengbao River. At this time, another detective came to report.

"Hmm!" Yoshikawa Hiroke nodded and said, "Continue to monitor the movements of the enemy army, and report anything abnormal immediately!" ”

"Hah!"

After the detective left, Yoshikawa Hiroya said to Totoki Yoshimori and the others beside him, "Everyone, the rise and fall of this family is in our hands, and we must hold off the enemy army no matter what." ”

"Yes!"

Yoshikawa Hiroya is also struggling in his heart, because it stands to reason that the best way is to go to Umezawa Castle, but if all the troops are gathered in the area of Umezawa Castle, then the valley castle in the north will be very dangerous, and if it is in the valley castle cage castle, the south of the Umezawa castle may face the attack of the Spo family, and if the troops are divided to defend both the valley castle and the Umezawa castle, it is the next strategy. Originally, there were not many troops, and if the troops were divided, they would be even more unable to resist the attack of the Spoo family.

Therefore, there is only one way in front of the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family, and that is to take the initiative. Instead of passively defending and ceding the initiative to the Spo family, it is better to take the initiative to attack, so that the Spo family can only face the battle, and the initiative is on the side of the Tsugawa family.

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The Ikuhogawa River is actually a small stream that flows into Lake Tazawa on an unknown hill in one of the Ou Mountains. This is where the main camp of the Spo family is located.

Spo Quangao sat in the main camp and said to the pig beside him, "The enemy's strength is about 300 people, and the current strength of the family plus the strength of the barnyard family is close to 400 people. However, the enemy army has a cavalry team, so now we are still at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Shigehiro Kudo doesn't know when he will be able to arrive, so let's not attack for the time being. ”

"I didn't expect the Tsugawa family to send the main force to block the main family, that is to say, Tsugawa Soji only brought more than 100 people to fight against the Onodera family, which is really unexpected!" Spo said with a depressed face.

"It's my father's prestige that spreads across the Ou region, so Soji Tsugawa has to be cautious." The pig went to Quanyi and patted the horse a little.

Spo Quangao shook his head and said, "But in this way, the enemy's strength will be equal to that of the family, and if the next battle is not careful, the family may face defeat." (To be continued.) )