The Unechijima clan is not only much older, but as the head of the wealthy family, for the longevity of the family name, he can't help but consider the overall situation, so he is much stronger than the Takayama clan in this regard for the time being, as for Tanaka Katsusuke, he is just a wild samurai, and then he is only the commander of the sparrow house guards, and it is okay to charge, but it is difficult for him to grasp the overall situation, so he didn't say much.

"Lord Takayama, the lord previously granted you the right to mobilize the garrison of your own family at special times, in order to let you protect your family's territory when the lord is away, the current situation is special enough, if the lord does not use this power, wouldn't it be a betrayal of the lord's trust in you, and the enemy may attack at any time, now there is no time to hesitate, please make a decision as soon as possible." Seeing that the Takayama clan chief was still hesitating, he only heard the Uchijima clan say anxiously.

After hearing this, the Takayama clan finally strengthened his determination, rather than letting the enemy break through individually, it was better to concentrate the available forces together and hold the most important city first.

I only heard him say loudly: "Someone! Quickly ordered Harada Sanzaemon, Shimahara Rokubei went to the castle of Hida to transfer all the defenders, and asked them to bring as much food and grass as possible, without mistake. By the way, there is no need to go to Takayama, Masuda and Kojima Castle. ”

"It's Takayama-sama."

When the new writer group Ashigaru left, Katsusuke Tanaka suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but say: "Two adults, I remembered a usable army again, and in order to protect the safety of the workshop, the lord specially ordered Lord Yamada to recruit a hundred guards on his own. Gu Zai understands that although their combat power is limited, everyone has armor and weapons, and they are much stronger than the peasant soldiers, and now that they are in a critical moment, it is better to transfer them to defend the city. ”

Speaking of which, this hundred guards can also be regarded as part of the garrison of the Gao Shan family. The head of the Takayama clan also has the right to transfer, since he has made up his mind to transfer the defenders of the various cities, how can he hesitate for a moment for these hundred people. So as soon as Katsusuke Tanaka finished speaking, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Good idea, come on." Order Matsuda Torokuro to go to the main workshop immediately, and transfer the escort army to Matsukura Castle to fight, there must be no mistake. ”

When the two orders were issued, the three people in the hall of the samurai's mansion finally breathed a sigh of relief, if you add the 200 troops that are about to arrive, then the banner in Matsukura Castle has already reached 900 people, and there are 100 guards with slightly inferior combat strength There are 1,000 people.

And in addition to these, now that the food problem has been solved, the mobilization of the peasants and soldiers can also begin, in general. The defending army will reach at least 15 or 600 men, and with this army in hand, the three of them are already full of confidence.

It's been a day and a half since the end of the Miyagawa battle, and on the day of the end, in addition to letting the ninja army launch an attack on Takayama Castle. Changjing of Shanxian County did not let his troops attack the city again, but just let them recharge their energy and rest.

And in the next day, his subordinates did not have such a good treatment, and they launched an attack on Takayama Castle together with the ninja army, but Takayama Castle was strong. The defenders had already surpassed their imagination in the battle, launching three attacks, except for the second time when the Wind Demon Kojiro led the ninja to climb the Hida Heights, sneak up the castle from behind the castle, and attack the city, the remaining two attacks were covered by the enemy's iron cannons and bows and arrows, and they retreated without even touching the walls.

And even if the attack of the wind demon Kojiro sneak into the city, although he entered the city, but before they could gain a foothold in the city, they were discovered by the Takayama family ninja army, or if the wind demon Kojiro made a decision and decisively ordered a retreat, then I am afraid that at least half of these hundreds of people were killed. …,

The three attacks ended in failure, and he also lost more than 200 ashigaru, which greatly annoyed Shan Shan Changjing.

He originally thought that after defeating the Gaoshan Army on the battlefield, even if it retreated into the city, the morale of its army would be severely hit, and the morale of the army under his command was booming, and it should not be difficult to capture the city.

On the contrary, it was his own command that Ashigaru, because of the three attacks, none of them could reach the edge of the city, and with more than 200 dead and wounded, they could not kill a single enemy, so their morale had dropped, and they were no longer as high as they were in the morning, and the capture of Hida was only one of the purposes of Changjing in Yama Prefecture.

Another purpose was to lead the army to attack Gifu Castle after capturing Hida, so that the Oda family's army would be difficult to take care of, and lay the foundation for the Oda family's complete victory over the Oda family.

When the three attacks were over, the lieutenant general of Shan County Changjingsu and his leading retainers were recruited into the camp to discuss the plan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the current military attack is blocked, and if the situation continues to develop, it will be difficult to capture Takayama Castle in a short period of time, so it will be difficult to capture Gifu Castle in the decisive battle between the lord and the Oda army, do you have any thoughts on this?"

I only heard one of the retainers speak: "My lord, my subordinates think that it is better to leave a part of the army here to continue to entangle with the Gaoshan army, and the rest of the army will go straight to Qifu City, so that there will be no delay on both sides, I don't know what the lord thinks." ”

Before Changjing refused, he only heard Matsuyama City speak first: "Lord Matsuoka Youkyo, at present, even if you add the Wind Demon Ninja Army, the total army is only more than 3,500 people, and the defenders in Takayama City have nearly 2,500 people, if the remaining army is less, then the enemy will definitely go out of the city to counterattack, not only will the army left behind be defeated, if the Takayama clan clan leads the army to attack the army heading to Gifu from the back road, the combat power of the Takayama Army is also deeply understood, in the case of a comparable number of people, it is under the surprise attack, It is difficult for the family to have any hope of winning.

If you want to limit the movement of the Takayama Army, then at least 3,000 troops should be left here, and it is too childish to use 500 people to attack Gifu Castle, so it is completely unrealistic to want to bypass Takayama Castle, and only by defeating the Takayama Army first can you calmly attack Gifu. ”

After thinking about it, Nakahara Kanehisa also echoed it: "What Lord Matsuyama said is reasonable, if you don't take Takayama City, not only will you not be able to attack Qifu calmly, but the city that our army has just captured will soon be taken away by the Takayama Army. ”

Seeing that there were still retainers who wanted to continue to express their opinions on this issue, Shan County Changjing immediately waved his hand and didn't let them continue, only to hear him say unhappily: "Enough, I didn't call you here to let you fight, I want a practical and feasible way, which of you has come up with it?" ”

"This ...... Please also forgive your subordinates for foolishness. Seeing that the lord's face changed, he only heard the retainers present say in fear.

"Humph! A bunch of rubbish! What's the use of me raising you! Shan County Changjing was already holding back the fire in his heart, and after listening to the retainers, the anger in his heart was finally spit out by him.

Seeing that the retainers all lowered their heads in shame, they only heard him say again: "Since you can't think of a way, then don't hurry up and think of it!" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )