"Bastard, Lao Tzu is not even afraid of death, he is afraid that the lord will not be punished, Lao Tzu is full of cavalry, and he will definitely run in front of you, you just wait to eat dust in the back." Maeda Toshiya was so angry with these three and bastards that he even burst out with foul language.

"You have cavalry under your command, aren't I under you? If it weren't for the lord's magnanimity, I would have died a long time ago, and the life of the past few years was given by the lord, even if the lord wanted to take it back after rescuing the lord, I would never complain. So I'm the one on this matter. ”

"The task of the new team is to defend the territory, and the two of you, what kind of bombardment is there to follow, the three of you are not embarrassed? Lao Tzu has the largest number of ninja troops, so how can he not go. Masakatsu Wasuka shouted.

And the blood of the other retainers was also boiling suddenly, and they had long left behind the punishments they might bear in the future, what was most important now, and rescuing the lord was the most important.

And just when the retainers were impassionedly asking for battle, Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki looked at each other and smiled.

Other retainers forgot, but the two of them did not forget, the lord gave him the power to act cheaply, as long as he agreed at the same time, it can be implemented, although as retainers, they know in their hearts that the lord gave themselves such power, it is a recognition of their own ability, but it is still not better, after all, it is easy to attract the suspicion of the lord, but now the situation is urgent, and they don't care too much.

And the reason why they didn't say it just now was because Enryakuji Temple was not so easy to deal with, and if they didn't use this to motivate their retainers, they would lead their troops to go. Nor is it necessarily an opponent of the enemy. The method of agitation, the two of them can be regarded as the essence of the essence.

Seeing that all the samurai had already walked towards the door, Honda Masanobu hurriedly said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please stay." ”

"The two military advisors don't need to be persuased, in our hearts, there is nothing more important than the life of the lord." After Maeda Toshiya finished speaking, he continued to walk outside.

"Maeda Toshiya listens to the order, I order you and Hori Hidemasa to ride two hundred scimitars to the mountain castle to rescue the lord."

"Yes, under the order, huh?" After Maeda Toshiya instinctively answered, he couldn't help but be stunned. The other retainers also stopped, and their eyes focused on Sanada Masayuki, who had just given the order.

But before they could speak. I only heard Sanada Masayuki not pause at all, and continued to order: "Watanabe Moritsuna, you and Nakagawa Kiyohide will lead two hundred elite armor riders together." "Due to the abundant influx of soldiers in the Yamashiro Country, Watanabe Moritsuna asked the clan for a hundred places, and now the number of elite cavalry has reached two hundred. On par with the Scimitar Rider.

"Wasuka Masakatsu, you lead a thousand ninja troops to catch up later. Mizuse Uemon sent many ninjas to the mountain castle to collect information, and it was necessary to report it every day. The other samurai took their own posts to prevent others from attacking the territory when their own army was in the army. ”

"Yes! However, Sanada-sama, in this case, isn't it all on your shoulders, and we will never agree. ”

After Watanabe Moritsuna finished speaking, he only heard Honda Masanobu say, "Ladies and gentlemen. Back then, the Lord gave me the right to act cheaply, and as long as we both agreed, I could do it, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

Everyone immediately remembered that the lord had indeed granted him such power at that time, but why didn't the two military advisors say it earlier just now, and we were fighting with red faces and thick necks, when is it now, and they still have the heart to joke, isn't it fun?

Seeing the displeasure on everyone's faces. I only heard Sanada Masayuki say: "It's not that the two of us want to play tricks on you, it's all because considering that the monks of Enryakuji Temple are powerful, and if you don't make up your mind, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win." That's why I came up with this decision, and I ask for your forgiveness. ”

"Five adults. The Ashikaga coalition army should not be underestimated, this battle is mainly to rescue the lord, supplemented by killing the enemy, so as not to be surrounded by the enemy, must be remembered. ”…,

After everyone listened, their faces calmed down, and the military advisor said well, if they were suffering from gains and losses, how could they defeat the enemy.

"Two military divisions, we must keep in mind the warnings of the military divisions, and without further ado, we will send troops to the mountain city at the lower level."

Since the ninja army is not currently in the Gujo Hachiman Castle, and the situation is very urgent, Maeda Toshiie, Watanabe Moritsuna and other four people had to lead the army to take the first step, and Wasuka Masakatsu immediately returned to the ninja to mobilize the ninja army to set off one step later.

At the same time as the Takayama family's army was mobilized, Oda Nobunaga was also listening to the report, because there was currently the Takayama clan in Yamashiro Country, and it would not be long before someone would send someone to send the current situation, so Oda Nobunaga was still very relieved there, and only sent a small amount of patience to pay attention to the situation in.

"Report to the lord, Lord Takayama sent someone to send information about the mountain city, and ask the lord to take a look." Nobunaga took the codex, opened it and looked at it, and was overjoyed in his heart, the Ashikaga family finally started, but when he looked down, he said that he couldn't be happy, the Ashikaga family was not fake, but Enryakuji Temple and other temples also participated, and the South Omi Temple had been fighting fiercely with the Shibata Katsu family, due to the demolition of the South Omi wealthy family, so it led to the defeat of the Shibata Katsu family, and the most difficult part of the codex was that the clan wanted to send reinforcements immediately.

After reading it, the letter was furious, tore the codex to shreds, and said angrily: "Come, send the order, prepare immediately, go to the mountain city, I want those bald donkeys and traitors to know the consequences of fighting against their own family." ”

Since the Takayama clan had mentioned before that the Takeda family, the Uesugi family and other powerful forces might participate, so when they went out to the army, they did not relax their defense of the territory, and sent people to Hamamatsu Castle, and Kotani Castle informed Tokugawa Ieyasu and Asai Nagamasa, so that they could also know in their hearts, and if the enemy really came, they would not panic.

The content written on the codex of the Takayama clan seems to be very serious, the enemy army is nearly 10,000, including nearly 8,000 monks, this force is indeed not to be underestimated, but who knows that Lu Dao, except for the first day of the attack is quite fierce, there has been no decent contact since then, if this is the case, the clan is too lazy to ask Oda Nobunaga for reinforcements.

In Rakuna Castle, the clan clan sat in the hall of the samurai's mansion, looking in a good mood, and the samurai sitting there were also smiling.

The clan has just received a report that Akechi Mitsuhide has completely defeated the monks of the Minami Omi Temple yesterday, and all the temples involved have been cremated to ashes, and he is currently leading the army to repair while waiting for his own orders, and the only bad news is that his father-in-law has been injured, and it seems that the injury is not light, but fortunately there is no danger to life.

The clan was a little surprised that Akechi Mitsuhide was able to completely defeat the enemy in three days, even if he went by himself, he didn't have the confidence to achieve results in such a short time, but Akechi Mitsuhide did it, and he used the most difficult to tame and the most xenophobic Shibata Army, in terms of this ability, it is not comparable to others.

The clan originally planned that after the wise Mitsuhide defeated those temples, he led the army to stay in Minami Omi to fight, and clean up all the wealthy clans who dared to disobey the yin and yang, and the father-in-law they killed was seriously injured and had to pay the price, but now, since the situation in Minami Omi was stabilized so quickly, so the clan had a better plan, that is, to start a counterattack, and those enemy troops outside Luozhong City now have no momentum of strength, and now they are only concerned about intrigue, and they will not be defeated at this time, let alone when.

Moreover, there are now more than 1,000 troops in the city, and the Shibata army temporarily led by Akechi Mitsuhide has 2,780,000, adding up to almost 4,000 people.

And the enemy army outside the city, although they still have an advantage in numbers, but don't forget, among these troops, there are 1,500 Ashikaga troops who are well fed and dark, although the strength of the monk army, especially the combat power of the more than 1,000 monks of Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei is still not to be underestimated, but now the morale of the family is strong, as long as it is properly arranged, it should still be possible to defeat them, so that even if Oda Nobunaga reinforcements do not come, they can defeat the other party, then their position in their hearts may have to be mentioned to Lu Shang. …,

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say to the ninja who came to deliver the letter: "You immediately go to Minami Omi, inform Lord Akechi, and let him attack the enemy army outside the city of Rakuzhong in the night two days, and I will lead the army out of the city. Go ahead. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely treat the lord's words to Lord Wise word for word." After speaking, I saw the ninja salute and quickly retreated. As soon as the ninja came out.

I only listened to the clan sect's instructions to the three samurai present: "Don't pass on the counterattack for the time being, lest the enemy see the flaws, and send someone to Nijo Castle to inform Isshiki Fujinaga that he must return to the Oda family and reach Ashikaga Yoshiaki with the news of the capture of Nijo Castle before the early morning of the next day, four days later." Okay, all right, step down. ”

"Lord Gao Shan, after all, there are still thousands of enemy troops outside the city, is the counterattack a little hasty now, my subordinates think that it is better to wait for the lord's army to come, only in this way can we be foolproof, please think twice." Muto Shunhide saw that the Takayama clan had already stood up, so he hurriedly said.

"There's no need to wait, if everything needs to be done by the lord, what's the use of me waiting, carry out the order."

In the blink of an eye, another day passed, and on this day the city was extremely quiet outside the city, and for a whole day, the Ashikaga coalition army did not come to attack, if it were not for the curling smoke not far away, the clan would have thought that the enemy had withdrawn.

In the main camp of the enemy army outside Rakunaka Castle, Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Prince Kakushu Ho sat side by side, and below sat the samurai of the Ashikaga family and the abbots of the temples, and in addition to these people, there was also a person standing, this person was full of weather, and the robe on his body had long been in tatters, he was none other than the abbot of Ryushoji Temple who had escaped from Minami Omi.

Seeing that he was coming, and he was so embarrassed, the feeling of being bad also lingered in everyone's hearts. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )