If Qili Lai Zhou's words were to be said to the civilians, maybe they could start a riot first, but the people present who still don't know who, since they have stepped into the empty door, it is more than who can pretend more, who pretends to be more like, this is all tacit, no one will pick a name, if anyone says it, it will only make other monks feel that you are ignorant.

And they knew in their hearts that Qili Laizhou must have made up his mind because he heard the last sentence of the teachings of Zhaolian Temple, which was not only useful to Qili Laizhou, but also to the abbots of the temples present.

As soon as they thought of this, no one was raising objections, and even the monks who had already expressed their thoughts just now changed their minds one after another, supporting Qili Lai Zhou to lead the army to attack the Gaoshan family.

As soon as the Kaga temple led an army of 4,000 to assemble at Honganji, the Takayama ninja who was placed in Kaga to inquire about the information received the news, Honganji sent out the army Hida is not a trivial matter, the battle between the family and the Takeda family has just ended, although there are wind demon ninjas as a supplement, but the army is still too small, it is necessary to let the lord know the news as soon as possible, otherwise in the case of unpreparedness, it is difficult for the family to stop the attack of the Kaga monks.

Except for one ninja who immediately went to Takayama Castle to report to the clan, the other ninjas continued to stare at the Kaga monks' every move.

At this time, the Takayama clan had already led a hundred flag warriors under Maeda Keiji, and more than 2,000 ninja troops led by Wasuka Masakatsu and Wind Demon Kotaro crossed the room card castle. After walking forward for half an hour, you can enter Shinano, but at this time, I saw two people rushing from the southwest, and when the clan saw this, he immediately ordered the army to be tied up, and walked to the back of the line. Wait for them to come.

"Report to the lord, according to the ninjas under his command, Kaga Honganji gathered monks and soldiers from various temples in the country. In a few days, Hida will be attacked, and the total army will reach 4,000, and the lord will be decided. ”

"Is the information true?" I saw the clan ask with a gloomy face.

The ninja who had returned from Kaga hurriedly spoke, "Return to the lord." His subordinates saw the monks of Kaga-ji Temple stationed in Honganji Temple, and listened to them talk about it, and the army should be in the next few days, and asked the lord to prepare early. ”

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but scold in his heart, Lao Tzu was just about to send out the army to Shinano, and this gang of thieves led the army to attack, what a bastard, but no matter how he scolded, the enemy would still come. Obviously, his plan to go to the army Shinano had to be delayed.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "I know the way, you immediately return to Kaga, pay close attention to his every move, and report to me immediately if there is anything." ”

"It's the lord. The subordinates will do it. With that, the ninja immediately got up and left.

"Mizuse Uemon, you quickly return to Takayama Castle and convey the order to the leading samurai, telling them to immediately lead their army to Guiyun Castle to join me."

"It's the lord."

"The whole army listened to the order and immediately marched towards Guiyun City."

The leading samurai of the Takayama family after receiving the order. How dare you delay, immediately lead the army under his command to rush back to Yuncheng, and in the whole territory in the turn of the day, only the remaining hundreds of troops of the new group are guarding everywhere, and now the high mountain army in Guiyun City has a total of 3,700 people, with 3,700 monks and soldiers, no matter who it is, they have absolute confidence to repel the other party.

Takayama Ashigaru was even more excited, there were four thousand enemies, and if he was lucky, maybe he could make up ten heads in this battle alone and become the first people to be knighted.

Although the time for the Kaga monks and the Takayama army to attack was about the same, it was a little farther from Kaga Honganji Temple to Guiyun City, and they didn't dare to go too fast along the way, so when the Takayama army arrived the day after the day, the 4,000 ninja army was belatedly under the leadership of Shichiri Raishu. …,

Two miles away from Guiyun City, General Qili Lai Zhou was stationed, and at this time he should have launched a direct attack on the city, first eliminating the defenders in the city, and then letting the army rest in the city, but he didn't want to do this.

The purpose of his trip, to eliminate the Takayama family is secondary, more importantly, after defeating the Takayama army, directly take Mino, if the Takayama family is not ready to launch an attack, then it will be necessary to attack a city by city, this will undoubtedly waste a lot of time, only with the Takayama army all mobilized, with a decisive battle, and in one fell swoop, in order to save time, it can be said that he did this completely deliberately, he just wanted to use this to tell the Takayama clan, this seat is here, take it.

However, he didn't know what to do, now that the Takayama Army had already been prepared, and it was far beyond what he could bear, the ninja was much stronger than the monk when it came to gathering intelligence.

Due to the lack of ninja's elusive ability, monks can only listen to the town tavern lodging house, which is not only difficult to get accurate information, but also difficult to get a lot of information from them, plus there is only one Matsukura town in this Hida, and the Takayama clan has moved the castle to Takayama Castle, so they have even less information.

Therefore, he is still arrogant that as long as the Takayama clan dares to send troops to come, then he can completely wipe out the Takayama family in just one battle, and then he will not only have a great reputation, but also surpass Ishiyama Honganji in terms of prestige and strength in addition to the new land of Mino, and he will also become the well-deserved leader of the Pure Land Shin Sect.

And just as Qili Lai Zhou was dreaming of Huang Liang, a ninja who inquired about the news had already appeared in front of the Gaoshan Clan.

"Report to the lord, according to the investigation of his subordinates, the abbot of seven or eight temples in Qili Laizhou and Kaga led four thousand ninja troops under the leadership of the teachings of Lianzhao Temple, and it is less than two miles away from Guiyun City, and I ask the lord to decide."

"Zhilu said, step down." After the clan said the clan, he couldn't help but think that the enemy has four thousand people, and it is not a weak monk soldier, if he goes out of the city and fights hard, although he firmly believes that the victory will still belong to the family, but in this way, the loss of the family's military strength may not be too small, this is not the result that the clan wants to see, if you want to reduce the loss, it is none other than the battle of the ridge city, the iron cannon and the heavy vine bow are all in Guiyun City at the moment, the number of people is seven hundred, and there are more than two thousand ninja army auxiliary, but the army can attack from afar There are as many as three thousand, with this army, It is entirely possible to make the enemy pay a terrible price with minimal losses.

And just when the clan decided to go to the city, I saw another ninja come to the clan and said: "Report to the lord, the enemy is currently camping two miles away from Guiyun City, and it seems that there is no intention of attacking for the time being, and the lord is still decided." ”

When the clan received such a report, he couldn't help but be stunned, when did those thieves become so grinding, if they were placed before, as long as they appeared, they would definitely lead the army to attack the city without hesitation, this time they didn't even launch an attack and rested first, what kind of medicine did they sell in their gourds?

Although the clan felt a little puzzled, he was not afraid of what tricks they could play, it can be said that since the moment these 4,000 troops came out of Kaga Honganji, they have been under the surveillance of the ninjas of the Takayama family, and now there are many people, and there is no way to have any tricks.

"My lord, my subordinates think that we should attack the enemy while he is encamped, so that he can be defeated in one fell swoop while he is not prepared, and ask the lord to decide." Wasuka Masakatsu, who had been by the side of the clan, said immediately after hearing what the ninja had said.

"Lord, the behavior of these four thousand monks and soldiers is too abnormal, maybe the enemy has already prepared, so this is deliberately luring the army of this family to go, if this is the case, it will not be so easy to win, so please think twice." When Wasuka Masakatsu finished speaking, he only heard Watanabe Moruntsuna immediately raise objections. …,

Why doesn't he want to go out of the city to fight, the ninja army can be close and far attacked, not to mention the other two long-range offensive forces of the family, if it is a ridge city, the most disadvantaged is the two armies under the command of his own fine armor and the scimitar under the command of Lord Maeda, the long-range attack power of the family is so strong, they can't use themselves at all, so there is no hope of getting credit in this battle. But for the sake of the Takayama family, he had to make a sacrifice to say this.

However, as soon as he said it, before Wasuka Masakatsu could refute it, he heard the ninja who came to report say: "Watanabe-sama, although there are about 100 vigilant troops around the enemy army, more monks have already entered the mountain forest to cut down trees at this moment, and from this point of view, it doesn't look like they are prepared. ”

After hearing this, no matter what Watanabe Moritsuna thought, the clan had already made a decision anyway, so he just listened to his mouth and ordered: "All armies obey the order, all melee forces immediately prepare, wait for the order to send out the army, and the heavy wisteria bow and iron cannon Ashigaru defend in the city." ”

Seeing that Watanabe Shougang still wanted to persuade him, the clan sect didn't give him this opportunity at all, so he waved his hand and said, "No need to say it again, prepare immediately." ”

There were two reasons for the clan's decision to make this decision, one was that if the enemy attacked, although the losses would be minimized, it was not known how long the battle would last.

Next, he will lead the army to attack Shinano and seize control of the border between Hida and Shinano, which is too important for the clan, Kaga Honganji is just a clown, and the Takeda family is the enemy, if you don't take advantage of this time to complete the strategic subordination, once the chaos of the Takeda family ends, then I am afraid that there will be no more opportunities in a short time.

There is another point, that is, more than a thousand monks and soldiers outside the city have been scattered in the forest, regardless of whether the enemy is prepared or not, under the condition of equal military strength, they are definitely not the opponent of their own army, in this case, what else do they have to fear. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )