"Kill!"

At the Otemen Gate of Saruki Castle, the Oda Army was like locusts, attacking wave after wave.

"Hold on! Hold it for me! Ahem, ahem! ”

Taji saw that he had not eaten a drop of water for most of the day, and the corners of his mouth were white when he saw the ashigaru guarding the city, and some of them were afraid that they had not been able to drink water for more than a day, and they had begun to collapse severely.

"Oops."

One of the defenders of the city collapsed to the ground weakly, and he only felt that the world was spinning, and he was desperately thirsty.

"Quick! Drag him down! Taji saw that the repair hurriedly commanded the two ashigaru to drag the fainting ashigaru down, otherwise it would spread like an infectious disease and seriously hit morale.

"Damn! Why haven't the reinforcements come yet! Seeing the repair, Taji said angrily, Ape City has been besieged for half a month, and even if the reinforcements climb, they should crawl over.

What he didn't know was that the three cities of Sekijo, Kajida Castle, and Tangdong Castle, which were close to Sarugu Castle, originally wanted to agree to send troops together to support Sarucho Castle.

Unexpectedly, the lord of Kajida Castle, Sato Tadano, excused himself in every possible way at this juncture, saying that he would not send troops to rescue. The other two families smelled a smell of conspiracy because of this, and naturally they did not dare to reinforce alone, lest their hometown be taken away.

Higashimino reinforcements could not be counted on even more, because the Endo family and the Oda family were related by marriage and now remained neutral.

As for the reinforcements of Nishimino, it was led by the three Mino 3,000 troops to kill under Ikiyama Castle, and the 1,300 defenders of Hosokawa Nobumoto and Kawa Namizhong were equally divided, and it was difficult to solve.

But in fact, the two families seemed to have some agreement in private, and the attack was only thunder and rain. As a result, the reinforcements of Nishimino were also blocked from the castle of Imuyama and could not come to the rescue.

"My lord, this is a letter from Ando-sama." Tsurujumaru held the letter in both hands and came to Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"Well, by the way, send this reply letter back to Lord Ando." Hosokawa Nobumoto pointed to a codex on the desk, and then slowly unfolded the letter he had just received.

The content of the letters is nothing special, just ordinary greetings, and occasionally some non-fighting agreements, and there is a secret harmony between the two families.

"My lord, why don't you defeat the Saito army head-on? With only the hastily mobilized peasants and soldiers, the standing equipment of the family can defeat them. Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at Sun Shiro who was speaking, and now the Hosokawa family has just carried out an armament reform, and Honda Masanobu, Sanada Masayuki, and Mikoda Masaharu are respectively appointed as the supervisors and military advisors of the spear ashigaru, the horse samurai team, and the bow ashigaru.

"The so-called soldiers who surrender without a fight can exchange the smallest sacrifice for the maximum benefit, why not do it?" Fan said on the side: "Now the entire Mino country knows that the Saito family is gone, and the wealthy families everywhere are either loyal to the end, or they are waiting for the price to sell. The three of Mino are obviously waiting for the price to sell, in that case, why do they want to damage their own strength in vain? Now, as long as anyone can preserve their strength, they will be able to reap the greatest benefits in the end. ”

Late at night, Taji quietly opened the city gate and led two or three hundred ashigaru to escape from Saruki City in a hurry.

Early the next morning, the undefended Sarukai Castle was easily captured by the Oda family.

When Saito Ryuko learned of the loss of two castles in a row, he was furious, scolded the inaction of the Mino trio, and strictly ordered them to capture Imuyama Castle as soon as possible, and ordered Kishi Nobu Zhou to execute Sato's daughter on the grounds that Sato Tadano was secretly in contact with the Oda family.

Kishi Nobu Shu had no choice but to take Yae Midori as a hostage and execute him to Nagao Maruyama on the opposite side of Tangdong Castle.

That night, Saimura Jirobei, a retainer of Tadano Sato, infiltrated the camp of the shore army, successfully stole Yae Midori's body, and officially announced his departure from the Saito family and the Oda family.

Oda Nobunaga took the opportunity to send Kanamori Nagakin as an envoy to Tangdong Castle to surrender, but Kishi Nobushu refused, and his sister-in-law Kishi Nobubo was afraid of Saito Ryuko's suspicion, so he had to behead his son in front of Kanamori Nagakin to express his loyal faith to Saito Ryuko.

"Humph! It's still stubborn, and since that's the case, let's let the Kishi family be removed from now on. Oda Nobunaga heard Kanamori Naga's report in the big tent, and he was very dissatisfied and prepared to kill.

"Command! Niwa Nagahide and Kawajiri Hidetaka are responsible for attacking the west side of Tangdong Castle, and Niwa Nagahide is the main general! ”

"Yes!"

"Command! Shibata Katsuya and Mori Kesei are responsible for attacking the south of Tangdong Castle, and Shibata Katsuya is the main general! ”

"Yes!"

"Command! Tadano Sato led the Kajida people to attack the north of Doto Castle, while the main camp was set up at Mt. Takahata, separating Doto Castle from Sekijo and hindering Nagai Michitoshi's reinforcements! ”

Boom! Boom! The drums of war sounded in unison, and the 2,500 Oda army attacked Tangdong Castle on three sides like a tide. There were 800 defenders in the city, including 500 shore troops and 300 troops who had escaped from the city. However, Tajimi himself fled to Kai alone, so Kishi Nobu Zhou was in charge of defending the south and west sides of Tangdong Castle, and the north side was in charge of Kishi Nobubo.

"Archery!!"

Ushiichi Ota commanded Oda Nobunaga's banner to suppress the defenders of the southern castle, which was the main gate to enter the Doto Castle, and Shibata Katsuie led the army to repeatedly attack.

"Kill! Don't panic, there aren't many enemies! Attack me! ”

Niwa Nagahide commanded an army in a field battle with the shore army in the mountains and forests, and the Oda army, which was attacking from the west, was constrained by the steep terrain and was unable to break through the defense line formed by the ambush of the shore army.

"Up! On the left, there is a mountain road that leads to the top. ”

Sato and his son, who were attacking from the north, relied on their familiarity with the terrain and attacked Tangdong Castle along the mountain road.

"Tadano Sato! You treacherous villain, don't succeed, kill me! Kishi Nobubo led the condescending attack of Ashigaru and drove the Kajida people down from the mountain.

"Damn! Pull oneself together! Get ready to attack again! The enemy is already besieged by our troops, and they have no way to retreat! Sato Tadano, who had been defeated and descended the mountain, quickly gathered Ashigaru again and attacked again along the mountain road.

"My lord, the defense of Tangdong City is resolute, and all attacks are blocked." Ikeda said from the side.

"Well, don't worry, they are trapped beasts, and after a while, when they are out of strength, the family will naturally gradually gain the upper hand." Oda Nobunaga sat on the horse, looking in the direction of Seki Castle, not worried about the battle situation at Tangdong Castle.

After a while, news came from the direction of Guancheng that Nagajing Dao led 1,500 troops and rushed to reinforce Tangdong City.

"It's finally here, order the army to enter the Takahata-forest for defense!" Oda Nobunaga Hode stood up and gave the battle order, where he only had 800 standing guns and 200 standing bows and ashigaru was led by Ota Ushiichi to participate in the siege. Since the difference between the strength of this team and the Nagai army was doubled, Oda Nobunaga adopted a more prudent tactic to meet the attack, and by the way, to review the combat effectiveness of the standing army.