Chapter 67: Recovering Zhiduo County (2)
Outside Odaka Castle, General Hosokawa Nobumoto suppressed the momentum and stationed on the spot, which seemed to be a posture of long-term siege.
The current composition of the personnel in Ōtaka Castle is extremely complex, including hundreds of Suruga people led by the former guard general and the son of Yoshimoto's sister, Uden Nagasho, 3,000 Enoe people led by Asahina Tai Dynasty, and 2,503 Rivers led by Matsudaira Motoyasu.
"Rokuro, it's still early, and you can attack Dagao City a few times, why do you want to be stationed and rest now?" Shibata Katsuya asked puzzled.
[Hey, although you are the first fierce general of the Oda family, you can't be so brainless, right? ] There are nearly 6,000 defenders in Dagao City, and only a thousand of us are needed? Joke! Purely to death! Although he despised him in his heart, he replied respectfully on the surface: "Lord Shibata, although the morale of our army is strong, it is still very difficult to capture the city defended by 6,000 people in one fell swoop. Besides, thanks to the trust of the lord and handed over to me the command of the flag book, it is impossible to defeat the lord's family, right? ”
"Yes, yes, Hosokawa-sama is right. Why don't we ask for reinforcements from our lord? Ikeda Tsuneko chimed in as the commander of the Oda Nobunaga's immediate guard, so he naturally did not want his subordinates to suffer heavy casualties.
"Then in that case, let's ask the lord for help, I think the lord should understand." Hearing Ikeda Hengxing say this, Shibata Katsuya couldn't say anything more.
"No, we're all there for." Hosokawa Nobumoto rejected the offer for help with one vote, and he is now full of confidence, a feeling that the heroes of the world are not me.
"Pass the order, rest on the spot, and prepare to raid Dagao City tonight." Hosokawa Nobumoto gave the military order.
"Tonight? Rokuro, are you sure? Shibata Katsuie frowned again, today was the second time he frowned.
"Of course, tonight I expect chaos in Dagao City!"
"Okay, then I'll be the first to storm the city." Shibata Katsuya nodded, and went out to rest with Ikeda Hengxing first.
"Deura Shengqing!" Hosokawa Nobumoto shouted outside the door.
"The subordinates are here!" Approaching the crowd, Pu Shengqing came in and knelt down on one knee.
"Tonight, you will lead Ukai Sun Roku and two hundred ninjas to attack Dagao City." Hosokawa Nobumoto commanded.
"Huh? Let's lead under the line? Is this appropriate? "Izuura Morikiyo hesitated, he was still just a close man, and Ukai Sun Roku was a ninja leader with two hundred men.
"What? Not confident? You're one of the best ninjas in my Hosokawa family, and you're especially good at leading group battles, so you're perfect for this task. I won't tell you how to act this time, you just need to know one thing, that is, I want the maximum chaos in Dagao City, and the destruction of the city at the least cost for our army. That's it, go down and prepare, I've asked Ukai Sun Roku to obey your dispatch with full authority. Hosokawa Nobumoto did not allow him to shirk and assigned the task forcefully.
"Yes, then the subordinates will go down and prepare first." Deura Morikiyo slowly withdrew, and as soon as he walked to the door, Hosokawa Nobumoto's voice came: "I just remind you of one thing, Uden Nagasho is known as the first thinker of Tokaido." When Izuura Shengqing heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he turned around and saluted again, and then retreated.
Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the departing Deura Morikiyo, thinking about whether it would be risky to hand it all over to him this time, in fact, the most suitable was Hattori Hanzo, but he had now led his companion Shichiro and eighty ninjas to infiltrate the Mikawa country, and was setting off a bloody storm.
In the dim night, the chief of the pelican hall was thinking hard in the house. Since the news of the death of the lord Imagawa Yoshimoto, the Imagawa family has been panicked as if the sky had fallen.
Now a small big high city can accommodate 6,000 troops, which is already overloaded, and even the streets are full of resting ashigaru.
During the day today, he discussed the next steps with Matsudaira Motoyasu and Asahina Taichao, and Asahina Taichao proposed to withdraw his troops immediately, after all, the lords are dead, and they have no meaning here, so they should rush back now to stabilize their family affairs.
Matsudaira Motoyasu insisted on staying, keeping the fruits of victory, and the two sides were inextricably matched, and Uden Nagasho had to play a round on the side. He knew that the situation was urgent, morale was unstable, and now was not the time for infighting, but he didn't have any good ideas. In the dead of night, everyone else was resting, only he was still meditating.
At the same time, in a corner of Da Gao Castle, several ninjas sneaked in, the leader of whom did not wear masks, and carried a package bulging behind his back. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding ninjas immediately scattered in all directions, and quietly killed the surrounding guards, clearing out an open space. Then the people who entered the city one after another stood full of more than 100 people.
"Chief Izuura, what should I do now?" Ukai Sun Roku respectfully asked the sixteen-year-old boy in front of him, in the world of ninjas, strength is respected. When he first learned that he was working under Izuura Moriki, he was dismissive, but when Izuura Morikiyo showed his superb ninjutsu, he was immediately convinced.
"Divide into two teams, one team will follow me and disguise yourself as the Matsudaira Army, and the other team will follow you and wait for the chaos in the city to set fire everywhere and open the city gates." Deura Morikiyo calmly ordered, opened the package behind him, and inside was a set of carcass armor, which was put on with the help of the left and right. The hundred ninjas who followed him also opened the package behind him, a set of light feet, and some forged Matsudaira family flags.
"What people!" Two concierge guards stopped Deura and his party.
"Please tell Uden-sama, just say that the Matsudaira family's Ishikawa and Shichiro are numbered, and they have something important to see." Out of the ura, Shengqing out of the column said.
"The Matsudaira family?" One of the guards looked at the hundred or so people strangely, and he didn't know the leader and had no impression. But who has made the flags in the city mixed recently, and there are many families, and it is normal not to know each other.
"Then my lord, please wait, the villain went to tell you, and it just so happened that the city lord did not rest." After saying that, the guard hurried in, and they still had a very good impression of the Matsudaira family, after all, it was the Matsudaira family who took the risk to bring in food and relieve their famine.
"Huh? The Matsudaira family's Ishikawa and Shichiro are numbered? Uden Nagasho asked strangely, thinking, [Come to me so late, could it be that Matsudaira-sama has something urgent?] "Quickly invite Ishikawa-sama into the main hall. After saying that, Heyi got up and went to the meeting room without even taking a knife.
"Ishikawa-sama, please!" The guards who reported the news hurriedly came out to greet the disguised Izuura Shengqing, and before he could react, Izuura Shengqing took a dozen people through the inner door and went straight to the place where the pelican hall was located.
"Huh? Why are there so many people? Are they all okay? The guard asked strangely to the Matsudaira family, who was standing next to him.
"Hehe, of course there's something, and it's still a fatal thing." The guard looked at the talking ashigaru and sensed that he was smiling wickedly.