But as the saying goes, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, if you just muster up the courage to move forward, there is still a willingness to rely on human life to fill in and attack the city, but now that breath has been vented, even if you don't retreat, you can't reach the momentum just now.

So while the attack continues, the offensive can no longer be compared to what it was just now.

Nagafune Sadako saw that the army under his command had already fallen down a lot, and it continued to fall, the question was that there was no point in this person's death, so at this time, even he couldn't stand it. I saw him hurriedly come to Kato Kiyomasa's side and said: "Lord Kato, I think that this city is not a one-hit victory, it is better to fight and retreat, let's think about it in the long run." ”

Kato Kiyomasa is now also in a dilemma, although before the attack, the lord did not say it clearly, but he knew that this time, he was just an auxiliary, after all, Inabayama Castle has never been breached head-on since it was built, so whether or not this city can be captured depends mainly on Takigawa Kazuki, who is attacking urgently behind the city, and the role of the frontal attack is not to fight hard, but to contain, as long as you can contain a large number of troops in the city, then it can be said that your task is completed.

Before, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he wanted to break the city from the front, not only to win the first merit, but also to use this battle to greatly enhance his reputation. But with Nagafune's personal persuasion, he calmed down, how could Gifu Castle, as one of the famous cities in the world, be so easy to break?

With the change of mentality, the offensive of Kinoshita's army also changed, only to see the front of Gifu Castle, Kinoshita's army's attack was sometimes rapid, sometimes steady, one hit missed, immediately retreated and then organized the next wave, the purpose of such an attack was to prevent the enemy in the city from thinking that the offensive was weakening, and sent some troops to help the castle. Of course, he didn't think about postponing the offensive, so that the half-guards in the city thought that there was no threat to the front, and sent troops to the back of the city, but he thought that he couldn't calculate the other party, and even if the other party was really good, he didn't think that the army under his command could quickly recover the state just now after suspending the offensive. If, under such an offensive, the other side can withdraw part of its troops, it will be better.

However, this kind of small calculation, Takenaka Hanbei didn't take it seriously at all, although the front used for defense is only two thousand, but don't forget, there are still four thousand reserves that can be put into battle at any time, and now they haven't even replaced the first wave, and the other two teams have no chance to perform at all, but although the opponent's offensive is weaker than just now, he can mobilize the army, but he didn't do it. Just took advantage of the end of the enemy's offensive to change the defense.

As for the back of the city, he was not worried at all, the back of the city was different from the front of the city, the road there was difficult to travel, and the other was that the other party could not be allowed to launch an offensive at all, especially after Oda Ka captured the city, it was even more difficult to cut the mountain and fill in the rocks, making the already small area even more dangerous. If it's a stealing of the city, it's still possible.,But a frontal attack... Not to mention that there are thousands of defenders behind the city, and there is wise Mitsuhide in charge, even if there are only a few hundred people, it can last a lot of time.

As Takenaka Hanbei thought, Takigawa Kazuyi behind the castle would attack at some time later than Kato Kiyomasa, but this soldier did not help him much, especially when he saw Akechi Mitsuhide's helmet standing on the wall and smiling at him. Seeing that stealing the city is not possible, then it can only be attacked.

Attacking dozens of people at a time, this will not play any role at all except sending them to death in vain, but even if Takigawa Kazuki knows, he can't help but do it, if he and his subordinates all go back, the punishment is light, and it is difficult to say whether he can continue to gain trust.

Especially at this critical moment, a large number of samurai come to vote, especially the Uki family is to make the lord look at it differently, if he doesn't show his performance, it is estimated that it will not take long to be forgotten, this is still from the perspective of maintaining his status, and there is a more important point, that is, the Takigawa family seems to be beautiful, but in fact, at present, there is only Kii, a place where birds don't, if they are not favored, then I am afraid they will be trapped here, and the consequences are unimaginable.

It's just that he wasn't the one who sent him to death, so he couldn't experience the horror that he knew he had to go to death, but he could understand the ashigaru under his command, especially the first to go up the mountain, the farther forward he was, the faster he died. Not only Ashigaru but also those low-ranking samurai who led the army in front of them, they were also going to die, so after only rushing twice, no one dared to step forward.

Takigawa Yiyi looked at it, this is not good, less than a hundred people have just died, and the loss is not big enough, and I can't explain it when I go back. And after all, he is a veteran who has fought for many years and has rich experience, far from being comparable to the young man of Kato Kiyomasa, and when he sees that no one rushes up, he is not hard. Instead, give enough benefits, as long as you dare to step forward, then not only will your status be promoted immediately, but even if your family dies, you can enjoy the treatment of a samurai, especially if you have children, you can inherit them when you grow up. Not to mention that driven by such interests, there are really some people who are not afraid of death. Of course, these people are still dead.

Wise Mitsuman looked at the place where he was shot by iron cannon arrows before he rushed to the city, and he was a little anxious, according to this posture, the enemy could not break through to the city at all, so he could only stare here, seeing that the enemy was in front of him, but he could not step forward to kill the enemy, this feeling was simply a torment for a samurai like him who was full of slashing people. What does the enemy's head represent, it is all a meritorious service.

"Lord, now that there is no threat to the back road, it is better to let his subordinates bring an army to the front of the city to kill the enemy." Watching another wave of enemies fall, knowing that Guangman really couldn't help it, he only listened to what he said.

After hearing this, Akechi Mitsuhide just smiled slightly and then shook his head. “”

"With Takenaka-sama in front, do you still need to support? I think you have itchy hands, don't worry, after this war, there will be no less war. Speaking of this, Wise Mitsuhide sighed lightly, and then whispered: "The era of the two heroes has come, is the wise family ready?" In the end, I definitely didn't feel that it was for Akechi to listen, it was more like a catharsis for Akechi Mitsuso's repression in his heart.

Akechi Mitsuhide was suppressed by Oda Nobunaga for more than ten years, even if he was fortunate enough to marry Takayama, this situation has not been improved by half a point, especially thinking that back then, he was almost the same as his identity, or not as good as his own, which is not a big name now, and now he is like a lost dog, and he has no place to stand. But all this is gone, and with the exclamation just now. Because Nobunaga is dead, and there is no possibility of a resurrection. Looking at the world again, although there are still some forces with unknown attitudes, even if they add up, they will change the situation of the two heroes competing for hegemony, this is not only an opportunity for the Gao Shan family to seize the world, but it is not a good time for him to turn over wisely.

The reason for rejecting Akechi Hidemitsu's offer was that he didn't value the credit at all, and because he didn't get any actual reward, at most it was just a verbal reward, which caused the displeasure of the Takenaka Hanbei.

What he wants is a shocking achievement, what he wants is a number of countries, and what he wants is to leave a name in history. And such an opportunity is coming soon.

And just as the two armies were attacking and defending, a ninja hurried to Tokugawa Ieyasu in the main camp of Kinoshita Ieyasu a few miles outside the city.

"Report to the lord, according to the news from the front detective, the army of the Takayama family is entering Mino, and the soldiers are rushing in the direction of Gifu Castle."

"Got it, stand down." Tokugawa Ieyasu listened and waved.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was not the only one in the tent, because there was still a battle ahead, at least a few samurai were waiting here for news at this time. ”

But who knew that the battle report had not yet come, but the Gao Shan Army came first.

Although the other party has only just entered the Mino realm, it is not wrong to prepare early. This is also Tokugawa Ieyasu's cautiousness, at that time Kinoshita Hideyoshi only discharged the report thirty miles, Tokugawa Ieyasu felt unreliable when he heard it, the Kinoshita family did not fight with the Takayama family, I am afraid it is not clear, but he has fought with the other party, although it is only a small-scale battle, it is enough to reflect the strength of the Takayama army, the distance of thirty miles, if it is a cavalry, it is not in the blink of an eye, and it is not so easy to withdraw calmly, so after Kinoshita Hideyoshi arranged the manpower, he still secretly lined up the ninjas under his command to the Mino border, You see, it's working now.

Since the ninja said it clearly just now, and all the people present heard it, so there is no need for him Tokugawa Ieyasu to repeat it, and now at this time, whether it is fighting or withdrawing, he can't oppose it, if the general trend is becoming clearer and clearer today, if he doesn't hug Kinoshita's thigh tightly, then the Tokugawa family will have no way to live.

The other daimyo or Kinoshita family ministers present also did not speak like Ieyasu, and what they wanted in their hearts was surprisingly consistent with it, and the current form of the game must not be nonsense, once the bet is wrong, it will be doomed.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi saw that the eyes of everyone present were all focused on him, and he was still relatively satisfied, no matter what, at least these people were still dominated by themselves, and they were not frightened when they heard that the Takayama Army had come, of course, whether it was really as they thought, they couldn't guess it, and they had to say it.

"Everyone, we and the Gao Shan family have reached the point where either he dies or I die, this time we can compete with one of them, are you willing to help me?" After speaking, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's eyes kept looking at everyone.

"I would like to listen to the dispatch of my lord (lord)."

Kinoshita Hideyoshi is still very satisfied with their attitude, but the problem is that he doesn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Takayama family, and he thinks that when he says that, the samurai present should be divided into two factions, one agrees and one opposes it, so that he can see their original intentions, and everything that agrees to the decisive battle will be reused in the future, and if he refuses everything, he is embarrassed, so he will stand aside in the future. And in the end, he ended up agreeing to withdraw his troops, which is simply killing two birds with one stone. Why didn't you go the way you designed it? Could it be that these people are all out of the way and want to fight with the Gaoshan Clan? Supposedly, these people can't do it at all.

Because there was no scene like Kinoshita Hideyoshi's imagination. , for a while even he didn't know what to say. You can't really fight the Takayama family. Now is definitely not the time.