Seeing that the retainers were donating money one after another, if the Kitabataker agreed, he could immediately raise more than 5,000 kan, even if each ashigaru was rewarded consistently, not only was it enough, but there was also a surplus.

But it is absolutely impossible for Kitabatake to ask for this money, and if he agrees with the actions of his retainers, then he will owe a favor that cannot be repaid, so how can he govern the Kitabatake family.

But if not, then how can we get through the current difficulties? In order to give the Kitabatake family a chance to survive, he had to come up with a compromise solution.

I only heard him speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, this money is indeed very important to my family, so I will accept it for the time being, but when my family gets through the difficulties, I will definitely repay it twice." ”

"Lord, our donation is willing, and we don't need to repay it, and I ask the lord not to shirk." I only heard the retainers speak in unison.

"How can this be done, as a family governor, it is no longer appropriate to let the retainers donate money, if it is not repaid, what face will I have to stand in heaven and earth, you don't need to persuade in this matter."

Although Kitabatake's house has been explained, the retainers still refuse to give up, they think, not to mention these money, even their own territory is given by the Kitabatake family, and now they finally have the opportunity to repay the lord, how can they give up easily.

However, no matter how they persuaded them, Kitabatake's house just shook his head and refused to allow it, and in the end, the retainers had no choice but to agree to the lord's approach.

"Guys, I wonder who has a good plan?" Although Kitabatake has already gotten two solutions, it is still not enough, and now, every extra suggestion will give the Kitabatake family a little more chance of survival, how can he give up so easily.

I only heard another retainer speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that although the Oda family is attacking rapidly at present, and no one can stop them on the way, however, the Oda family's three-way army will be surrendered along the way, so it will still delay some time, and the family should take advantage of these four or five days to intensify the training of the ashigaru in the city, which is not only very good for improving morale, but also can improve the combat power of the family, and the most important thing is that the flag book brought by the inferior people is not under the command before coming to Okochi City, and the lord can take advantage of these few days, The general situation is run-in, so that in the next war, it is not easy to cause chaos, and the lord is also invited to decide. ”

After listening to this, Kitabatake's room couldn't help but agree: "Okay, good, although it's only a few days, you can't improve your combat power too much, but as long as it's beneficial to defend the city, you can't give up, and this matter will be handed over to you and Okuyama Nagalusuke to be jointly responsible. ”

Kitabatake-bo-in-ho Zhilu said that he didn't have any experience, and if he went to train by himself, maybe before he could fight with the Oda family, the military situation would be chaotic first, and the person who made the suggestion was Shimoyama Kiyoshi, and his identity was only a major ashigaru general, and he was afraid that he would not be able to take on such a heavy task, so he would send a major minister in the family to be in charge with him.

Subsequently, although Kitabatake's room did not want to end the meeting, no matter how hard the retainers racked their brains, there was no other way, so they had to announce the dismissal of the meeting, and while making the most final preparations, while waiting for the arrival of the Oda army.

After the Oda family's three-way army entered Minami Ise, they were unable to inflict any losses on the Oda army, despite the desperate resistance of the Kitabatake family's retainers.

As soon as the three days passed, more than 4,000 elite banners led by Oda Nobunaga himself had already arrived outside Okochi City, and in the evening of the same day, the Oda family's army led by Shibata Katsuie and Sakuma Nobumori respectively also arrived, and the three routes of the army were united.

Since it was getting late and the army was tired, Nobunaga did not attack the castle, but set up camp outside the castle for the ashigaru to rest. …,

As soon as the sky dawned on the second day, Nobunaga saw that there were many swords and guns on the city wall, as if the Kitabatake family had no intention of returning to Shun, he couldn't help frowning, and thought to himself, the elite of the Kitabatake family had been lost in the battle of Kabara, why did they dare to fight against their own family now?

Could it be that the peasant soldiers in the city who had been put together improvised could not do it? Hmph, it seems that if you don't teach them some lessons, this Kitabatake Gufang really doesn't know what the sky is high and the earth is thick.

However, when Nobunaga took a look, he saw that the ashigaru on the city wall was wearing the armor used by the elite of the Kitabatake family, and the weapon in his hand was not a bamboo gun and a wooden club, but a sword and spear, and he couldn't help frowning.

No wonder the Kitabatake Gufang is still planning to stick to the city, it turns out that there is still something to rely on, and even if there are more than 1,000 flags in the city, Nobunaga doesn't take them to heart, if they are replaced by the five hundred elites around the Kitabatake Gujiao, then Nobunaga can't deal with it carelessly.

Since the other party has no intention of surrendering after seeing the army, then after beating them up, let Cha Whisk Maru inherit this Kitabatake family.

Thinking of this, I saw Nobunaga pointing forward and commanding loudly: "Attack!" As soon as his voice fell, he saw the Oda family army attacking from all sides.

The Hokuhata army in the castle is light, and although in the past few days, everyone has been rewarded with a lot of money, and their morale has risen a lot, but in front of the Oda elite, this combat power is still low.

Even if there was a castle to rely on, the casualties were already equal to the Oda army, and in just one day, more than 100 ashigaru were killed and more than 200 ashigaru were wounded, and most of these more than 500 troops were under the command of retainers, those who had just been newly equipped.

Before the attack, Nobunaga saw them guarding the city, and thought that there would be a fierce battle, but who knew that the same armor and armor were ashigaru, but the combat power was very different, and it seemed that they were just wearing the same armor, but they themselves had not undergone much training.

However, even so, it would take at least a few days to break through the castle, and the Samurai of the Kitabatake clan were loyal, and even if they took Okochi Castle by themselves, the samurai south of Okochi Castle would continue to resist, and after his own army, it would be difficult for Ise to settle down, so Nobunaga still planned to use the advice of the clan to use the method of succession to control the Kitabatake family and control Minami Ise.

In this way, the retainers who originally belonged to the Kitabatake family should not defect, and now what I have to do is to hit the morale of the Kitabatake army and make them dare not resist again.

And at the same time that the Oda family launched a fierce attack on Okochi Castle. After learning that the Oda family had gone south, the leader of the Kumano Naval Army, who had been in the Kitabatake family, quickly recruited his retainers to Toba Castle to discuss the plan.

During the period of the Kumano Water Army, due to the rebellion of Kohama Keitaka, the strength of the Kumano Navy Army was greatly reduced. And Kohama Keitaka, who defected to the Imagawa family of Enjun, has grown and grown under the sponsorship of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

In the next few naval battles, due to the suspicion of the Kitabatake Gukyo's Kumano Navy, the Kumano Navy's army could only fend for itself, and between the other, it was the opponent of the Suruga Navy, led by Kohama Keitaka, and after the Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka succeeded to the throne, the situation did not improve, and the Kumano Naval Army General Mukai Masatsuna saw that he had no power to return to the sky, and led more than ten large and small ships, taking advantage of the absence of the Nine Ghosts Kataka, decisively went to Kohama Keitaka.

Now, the Kumano Navy has an Ataka ship under the command of the Kanma, and the ship is no more than five hundred, and among the sailors, the strength is the weakest, and it has been blocked in the Kumano Beach by the Suruga Navy, if it is only based on the tens of thousands of stones of Shima, it is still possible to maintain the status quo, but it is impossible to develop at all.

In the assessment room of the Toba Castle Castle Tower, the nine ghosts Yoshitaka sat on the main seat, and there were three people sitting under him, these three people were Naito Asami, the lord of Poche Castle, Shinzaburo, the general of Ataka Boat, and Seijuro, the commander of the boat. …,

Today, the purpose of the nine ghosts Yoshitaka to recruit the three of them is very simple, that is, to see if the Kumano water army can develop in the war between Oda and the Kitabatake family and break the deadlock. To put it bluntly, he wanted to ask for the opinions of these three subordinates to see whether they should continue to be loyal to the Kitabatake family or return to the Oda family.

After the three of them sat down, they only heard the nine ghosts Yoshitaka ask: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the situation in Minami Ise is very clear, I am afraid that the Kitabatake family will not be able to support it for long, and it will be wiped out by the Oda family."

Although the family is a Shima family, it is nominally part of the Kitabatake family, so after the Oda army captures Ise, it will definitely not let the family go, so in order to prevent the Kumano water army from being destroyed, it is necessary to plan early, I don't know if you have any suggestions. ”

In fact, on the surface, the best way out for the Kumano Navy is to take refuge in the Oda family, but although these three retainers have not met Nobunaga, they know Nobunaga's temper very well, and they say that it sounds good, it is the Shima Hao clan, but in fact, they are just pirates, can Nobunaga accept such an identity?

Moreover, even if he accepted the submission of his family, would he support his family, and if Nobunaga's attitude towards his family was like that of Kitabatake's teaching, leaving the Kumano Navy to fend for itself, then what was the use of voting for him, thinking of this, the retainers expressed their worries in their hearts.

There is nothing to be done about this Nine Ghost Yoshitaka, at present, the Kumano Navy is on the verge of extinction, and it urgently needs strong support, otherwise even if the Oda Army led by Nobunaga does not attack, it will not be long before the family will be destroyed in the hands of Kohama Keitaka and Mukai Masazuna.

But if you don't go to Nobunaga, then you can only continue to be loyal to the Kitabatake family, but the Kitabatake family ...... Thinking of this, Nine Ghost Jialong's eyes couldn't help but light up, it seems that the opportunity for the family to get development has come.

According to what he heard, the current head of the Kitabatake family, Kitabatake, is the lord of good names and treats people generously, and if he lends a helping hand to help him tide over the difficulties when he is in danger, I am afraid that after the Oda family retreats, he should vigorously support the Kumano naval army, and this method is also very simple, just lead his ships to attack Owari by himself.

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