In the castle tower of Kamo Castle, Ichiro Yamamoto sat on the main seat, and Hirohiro Tsumiki and Shuichiro Yagyu and others were on the left and right.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the people of Sado Island have formed an alliance and are already stationed in Osakami Castle, and they will soon send troops to Kamo Castle, what can you do?" Ichiro Yamamoto looked around and said slowly.

As soon as Ichiro Yamamoto's words fell, Shuichiro Yagyu on the side said loudly, "Hmph! The Honma family is seeking their own death, and in Shimohara as the front army, they will defeat this group of waste in one fell swoop! ”

"Lord Yanagi's courage is commendable, but now that the family's strength has not been repaired, if you rashly send troops to engage in a field battle with the enemy, I'm afraid there will be some accidents." Tsumiki Hirohiro said at this time.

Although after three days of rest, the ashigaru's physical strength and condition have recovered, but it is still far from the state of the heyday, so Tsumiki Hirohiro is still very worried. The combat effectiveness of the Tsugawa family's ashigaru is naturally not comparable to that of the Honma family's peasant soldiers, but the problem now is that the ashigaru of the Tsugawa family is not in good shape, and in this case, the Tsugawa family has no advantage at all.

Ichiro Yamamoto also nodded at this time and said, "Yes, the combat effectiveness of the ashigaru has not fully recovered yet, and I think it is better to cage the city." ”

"But judging from the current situation, it will take at least about 10 days for the family's ashigaru to fully recover its combat effectiveness. But the rations we carry are only enough to last half a month, so what if the family can't quickly defeat the Honma family after the repair is completed? Shimazu and Saburo spoke at this time.

"Hmm.........." Hearing Shimazu and Saburo's words, Ichiro Yamamoto pondered for a moment, and then said, "So does Shimazu-sama have any good proposals?" ”

Shimazu and Saburo hurriedly said, "Could it be that Yamamoto-sama forgot the musket team led by Xia??? ”

"That's right!" After Shimazu finished talking to Saburo, everyone in the hall suddenly lit up, "Haha, I almost forgot that my family sent troops this time with the assistance of the musket team!" "The power of the musketeers is obvious to everyone, so there is really no need to worry about the combat power of the ashigaru.

"Good!" Ichiro Yamamoto suddenly stood up excitedly, and then said, "Since we are going to send troops, then we have to formulate a perfect strategy." In order to greatly reduce the casualties, quickly defeat the Honma family! ”

"Do you have any good proposals?" Ichiro Yamamoto then asked.

Shuichiro Yanagi suddenly said, "What else is there to say about this, just call it directly!" The family's ashigaru is already elite, and with the assistance of the musket team, after three rounds of muskets, the family only needs one charge to defeat the enemy! ”

"Forehead......" Hearing Shuichiro Yagyu's words, Ichiro Yamamoto suddenly had a black line on his head, "Lord Yagyu, although it is true that you can defeat the enemy army according to your proposal. But now I think it's best to annihilate the Honma family's forces at once, so that the battle of Sado Island can be determined, so as not to cause trouble in the middle of the day. ”

"This ........" Shuichiro Yagyu also fell silent.

At this moment, a young samurai sitting behind Shimazu and Saburo suddenly stood up and said to Ichiro Yamamoto, "Lord Yamamoto, there may be a plan in the future, even if you can't wipe out all the forces of the Honma family, you can at least annihilate seven or eight out of ten." ”

"Oh?" Seeing that it was a samurai he didn't know who spoke, Ichiro Yamamoto suddenly became interested.

Shimazu and Saburo hurriedly said at this time, "Lord Yamamoto, this is Kamo Hisashi, the current third squadron of the musket team, Ashigaru. He once learned the art of muskets from the Southern Barbarians, and he is a rare talent in his family. ”

"Hmm!" Yamamoto Ichiro nodded slightly, and then said to Kamo Jiuqing, "Kamo Jiuqing, then you can talk about your plan." ”

"Hah!"

"The strategy under is .............."

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September 23, 14th year of astronomy.

Osakami Castle, the temporary garrison of the Honma coalition forces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the distribution map of the Tsugawa family in Kamo City has been ascertained through the investigation of the family's detectives." In the castle tower, Honma Yasutaka pointed to a map behind him and said slowly to the people in the hall, "The Tsugawa family in Kamo Castle is divided into four groups. ”

"Among them, 100 members of the Yamamoto Ichiro team, the general of the enemy army, are stationed in Kamo Castle, 200 people from Tsumiki Hirohiro's team are stationed in a mile east of Kamo Castle, and 200 people from Yagyu Shuiichiro's team are stationed on the road leading to Kamo Castle, so if we attack Kamo Castle, the first thing we have to face is Yagyu Shuiichiro's team." After Honma Taitaka finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the other people in the hall.

At this time, Honma Takaji said with a puzzled expression, "Tai Gao Dian, just now you said that there are four Tsukawa family troops in Kamo Castle, so where is the other one?" ”

After listening to Honma Takaji's question, Honma Taigao frowned, and then said, "The fourth army knows that the leader is called Shimazu and Saburo, and the rest of the family doesn't know anything. This force is very mysterious and has not been seen, and the information obtained from some farmers and soldiers of the Shibuya family cannot confirm the specific information. ”

"However, it can only be roughly estimated that the number of this force will not exceed 200." Honma Taitaka continued.

"So, the Tsugawa family in Kamo Castle has less than 700 troops?" Honma Sadanao said slowly at this time.

"Exactly!" Honma Taitaka said, "In this way, the enemy and the enemy are equal in numbers. ”

"However, the Tsugawa family's Ashigaru is said to be the most powerful force in the Ou region! Most of our ashigaru soldiers are peasants, and even if they are equal in number to the Tsugawa family, I'm afraid they won't be the match for the Tsugawa family. The head of the family, Hidemin Akami said with a worried face at this time.

Hidetoshi's words were like a basin of cold water poured into the hearts of Honma Takaji and the others, instantly extinguishing everyone's original enthusiasm. For a moment, there was silence in the hall.

Originally, Honma Takaji and the others only thought that everyone could unite to compete with the Tsugawa family, but they ignored the fact that the Tsugawa family's ashigaru was much more elite than the Honma family's ashigaru. Now that Hidetoshi Osakami has said this problem, it makes Honma Takaji and the others very nervous.

"In my opinion, it's better for us to cage the city, right?" Honma Sadanao said helplessly at this time, "Osakami Castle is the main road connecting all parts of Sado, and if the Tsukawa family wants to continue to attack other places, they can only capture Osakami Castle first." As long as we hold the castle, then it will be equivalent to holding Sado. ”

Kamo Castle is located in the northern part of Sado Island, while the Honma family's territory is in the southwestern part of Sado Island. The castle is located right on the coast of Ryotsu Bay, in the middle of Kamo Castle and other castles. The Tsukawa family had to take the castle before they could continue their offensive against the other castles.

"Not bad! Although the Tsugawa family's Ashigaru is strong in combat, we can still hold on to the cage city! Honma Takaji said approvingly at this time.

Only Honma Tokitai looked at Honma Takaji and the others with a look of embarrassment, because Honma Tokita's home city Kuchi Castle and Kamo Castle are connected, which means that although the Tsugawa family cannot attack other castles without capturing Osakami Castle, Kuchi Castle is not among them...........