Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang then remembered that the Miki clan was originally the son of Takayama Waiji, and the loyalty he showed before was all an illusion, he was really stupid, not only married his daughter to him, but also regarded him as the object of his family's key training, it can really be said that he is not thin, he even rebelled, how could Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang not be angry, and if someone else rebelled, then the family should be able to keep it, but if he rebelled, then the family would not be able to escape his poisonous hands.

Thinking of this, I saw Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang say to Murakami Yoshikiyo with a murderous face: "Lord Murakami is now that Matsukura Castle has been taken, I can't help but go, and the matter of attacking Takayama Castle will be handed over to the adult, I will definitely sword that Takayama clan is long under the knife, and say goodbye!" ”

"Lord Ji Xiaolu, please stay, what is the relationship between the head of the Gaoshan clan and the Gaoshan clan?"

"It's his brother!" Hearing this, Murakami Yoshikiyo didn't dare to slack off, since the head of the Gaoshan clan dared to lead more than 100 gold nuggets to seize the city, then this can completely show that he has been connected with the Gaoshan clan, maybe this is what the Gaoshan clan is willing to do, and if he dares to take the city, then he must have thought that Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang would go to recapture the city again, so he must have laid a trap.

And the whereabouts of the Gaoshan Clan Sect are currently undecided, maybe they have been ambushed somewhere along the way, just waiting for Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang to return.

The more than 1,000 troops under the command of Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang are not the opponents of the Gaoshan Army at all, if the two armies meet, the Ji Xiaolu Army will not be able to escape the fate of the annihilation of the whole army, even if the Gaoshan Army does not ambush and fights with it face-to-face, it does not take a moment or three to wipe out the Ji Xiaolu Army, and the combat power of the Gaoshan Army is absolutely not to be underestimated.

And what is the task of leading the army, it is not to protect Ji Xiaolu's family from destruction. Now that his residence has been seized, it is no longer good to replace the main bus, if this Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang has three long and two short, although the lord may not say anything, but don't think about it in the future.

So now he has decided that he must return with Ji Xiaolu, even if there is an ambush by the Gaoshan army. But as long as there are 3,000 troops under his command, it is expected that the mountain army will not be an opponent.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Lord Ji Xiaolu." I am willing to lead the army and go with the adults. ”

Half an hour later, in addition to leaving the exhausted Tamura Hyonosuke and the 200 Himekoji Army to guard the city, Himekoji Yoritsuna and Murakami Yoshikiyoshi led the remaining 3,800 troops straight to Matsukura Castle.

Out of the city. Seeing this, Murakami Kiyoshi hurriedly stepped forward, came to Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang, and said: "Lord Ji Xiaolu, the city has been taken by the enemy, even if you run fast, it is useless, and the traces of the Gaoshan Army have not been discovered, maybe they are waiting for us somewhere, so it is better to be careful." ”

"Murakami-sama. Matsukura City is the foundation of my Ji Xiaolu family, how can I not be in a hurry, and if the Takayama Army wants to ambush and attack the army, then it has already done so when you and I came, so why wait until now. That's why the Takayama clan isn't here at the moment, so I think it's better to rush back to Matsukura Castle as soon as possible. ”

"Lord Ji Xiaolu, having said that, but the Gaoshan Clan Sect is scheming, and I think it's not a big mistake to be cautious." Murakami Yoshikiyo is determined to slow down the army and advance cautiously anyway.

Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang saw that he was determined not to speed up. In the end, he had to slow down, after all, he would have to rely on this Murakami Yoshikiyo when dealing with the Takayama clan later, so he couldn't make the relationship too stiff.

The first few miles from Sakurato Castle to Matsukura Castle are very easy to walk, but after a few miles, you will enter the mountains, and although you don't have to go over the mountains, the road is very difficult.

"Stop!" When the 3,800-strong army had just walked out of Wuli, he heard Murakami Yoshikiyo pull the reins and roar. …,

Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang was puzzled, so he hurriedly asked, "What does Murakami-sama mean by this?" ”

"Lord Ji Xiaolu, the path ahead of you is going to pass through the dense forest, maybe the mountain army is ambushed here, and it is better to send the army into the forest to investigate."

"Lord Murakami, are you a little too careful, this is just five miles away from the city, and besides, I have already investigated in the forest yesterday, and there is no mountain army in it at all, I think it is better to hurry up." I only heard Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang say impatiently.

After hearing this, Murakami Yoshikiyo also felt that he was too nervous, if it was himself, he would not choose to ambush here, this place is so close to Sakuradong City, even if he is ambushed, he can run back to the city as quickly as possible, how could the Takayama clan expose the target so easily.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "What the adults said is not unreasonable. Speaking of this, I heard him shout again: "The whole army obeys the order and continues to move forward." ”

At this moment, the bee Suga Masakatsu, who was ambushing in the dense forest, couldn't help but breathe, just now he heard the other party shouting to stop, so he planned to lead his subordinates into the depths of the dense forest first, and wait for the enemy to enter the dense forest, and rush over as fast as possible, but when he heard that the other party let him continue to advance, he gave up this idea.

The strength of the 3,800 army is not much, but the path in the forest is too narrow, and at most three people can walk side by side, so the team of the coalition army suddenly became a long snake, and Wasuka Masakatsu stared at the enemy who was moving forward, and when the enemy was all in the forest, he did not give any orders, but put his hands into his arms, took out more than ten hand swords and threw them at the enemy, and gave orders with actions.

"Ahh

"Enemy attack, the enemy is in the woods, ahh......h

Ji Xiaolu, who was walking in the middle, wanted to order the withdrawal from the woods in a panic, but when he was about to give the order, he heard Murakami Yoshikiyo hurriedly say: "Don't panic, this is just a small force of the enemy, don't panic, quickly enter the woods and annihilate them, quickly!" ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo has been fighting for decades, what kind of formation has not been seen, he saw that although there were shurikens shot out of the forest, but there was no shouting of killing, and there were only more than 100 swordsmen, he knew that this was not the main force of the enemy, if he even had to retreat when he saw such a formation, then this battle would not be fought.

When he gave the order, only the Uesugi army moved, and although no one from Ji Xiaoji's army was swords, they were still in a panic, they didn't run away, let alone carry out the order, but Wasuka Masakatsu and the ninjas under his command did not stay in the forest for half a moment, when Murakami Yoshikiyo had not yet given the order, he had already stopped the attack and led the army to retreat into the dense forest, and the ninja who was ambushed on the other side saw that there was no movement on the other side, so he also hurriedly withdrew to the depths of the dense forest.

After a pillar of incense, the Uesugi army, Ashigaru, who had found nothing, returned to the path under the leadership of several low-ranking samurai.

One of them came to Murakami Yoshikiyo and said, "Report to Murakami-sama, there is no trace of the enemy in the forest, presumably the enemy has retreated." ”

After hearing this, Murakami nodded helplessly and said, "Zhilu Dao, you lead fifty ashigaru to lead the wounded back to Sakurato City." ”

After a while, the panicked Ji Xiaoji army finally eased up, and when they found that all the wounded and killed were the Uesugi army, they were even more glad in their hearts that they were at the forefront of the team.

There are about 200 people killed in the battle plus the wounded and the ashigaru who sent the wounded back, although such a loss is not small, but it is nothing in front of the 3,800 army, and Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna and Murakami Yoshikiyo will not stagnate because of the loss, but after letting Ashigaru rest for a while, he and the two will lead the army to set off. …,

After passing this forest, the road in front of it is all mountain roads, and it is said to be mountain roads, but more often it is between the valleys, after all, Hida's mountain is too high and steep, and it is not impossible to go over the mountain, but if you go like that, even if you get to Matsukura Castle, don't fight, and the ashigaru people are already tired and can't even move.

After entering the mountain, it was still very open at first, but as we went deeper and deeper, the road became narrower and more rugged.

Looking at the cliffs on both sides of the path ahead, Murakami Yoshikiyoshi once again ordered the army to stop.

"Lord Ji Xiaolu, looking down at the steep road ahead, maybe the mountain army is ambushed here, so I think it's better to send someone to investigate."

With the lesson just now, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gangyou had to be careful. I saw him nod and said, "What the lord said is reasonable, I will order my subordinates to go forward." ”

When he gave the order, he saw several ashigaru who were good at climbing, and found an easy place to climb on, and climbed to the top of the cliff on both sides.

Of course, these ashigaru knew what the Dao lord asked them to go up for, if there was really an enemy ambush above, I was afraid that the first one to die would be themselves, so when they climbed the cliff, they didn't dare to go too far, and even some ashigaru just looked into the distance and didn't dare to move at all.

As long as they investigate like this, not to mention that the Gao Shan Army is not here in the first place, even if they are really ambushed here, they will not be able to find it.

"Report to the lord, there is no trace of the mountain army on the mountain." Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and ordered the ashigaru to go down the mountain while continuing to move forward.

The 400 ninjas led by Mizuse Uemon were indeed ambushing on the cliffs on either side of the cliff now, but because he was coming from the north, they did not ambush at the south entrance, but at the two ends of the exit.

This valley is not long, but it is not short, it is also a few hundred meters away, and the mountain is full of weeds and trees more than one person high, Ji Xiaolu just took a quick look, how could he see the ambush army hundreds of meters away.

So when the 3,600 troops were just about to leave the valley, they heard Mizuse Uemon on the cliff on one side shouting: "The enemy is in front of you, greet fiercely with shuriken, if you don't throw the shuriken away, get out of the way." After speaking, he quickly came to the edge of the cliff, took out his shuriken and threw it at the enemy dozens of meters down, and after him, the shuriken was like raindrops, and kept smashing on Ji Xiaolu's ashigaru. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )