Of course, if the other party did not attack from here, then the Takenaka half-guards would not let these people stay idle and look at the scenery, they also have a role, that is, waiting for the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Kinoshita army from the back mountain, after all, now the 80,000 troops of the Kinoshita family are basically concentrated in front of Gifu Castle in Inabayama, if an army is dispatched from the back mountain, it is still difficult to be detected by the other party, even if it is discovered by the detective, then it is enough to arrive at the Kinoshita family army formation after the other party is ready.

And the reason why Akechi Mitsuhide is allowed to go, it is because the loyalty of the first party is nothing to say, after all, he and Takayama-sama still have this marriage, and anyone can rebel, but Akechi Mitsuhide will never be. The second is the wisdom of Wise Mitsuhide, now there are not many samurai in the city, and there are even fewer samurai who can take charge alone, so that the talent of Wise Mitsuhide will immediately stand out, and he can feel at ease with him, and there is an important point, not only is Wise Mitsuhide outstanding, but also the ability of his retainers is obvious to all, Wise Zuoma Hidemitsu, Saito Rizo and other samurai have been fully proven in previous joint battles, even on top of a banquet, Takayama-sama also once tried to be wise Mitsuhide, hoping to let Hideman turn to serve, Takayama-sama's ability to see people, unparalleled today, so that he can feel the samurai who can be tempted, that is definitely a heavy responsibility, so originally Akechi Hideman was not too much valued by Akechi Mitsuhide, but after that, Akechi Mitsuhide strengthened its reuse, and sure enough, within three years, Akechi Shuman has become a world-famous samurai, and the old samurai Saito Toshizo of the wise family is called the wise double wall. With him in the city, he can focus all his energy on the frontal battlefield.

In addition to this arrangement, the Takenaka Hanbei divided the remaining 12,000 people into six teams of 2,000 people each, and each team was divided into ten squads of 200 people each, and this distribution was also the result of his deliberate actions, because Takenaka Hanbei thought that this time he would face not only the Kinoshita Army, but also the Tokugawa Army, although the Tokugawa Army's combat power was inferior to the Kinoshita Army, but the Takenaka Hanbei would not forget that Tokugawa Ieyasu also had a ninja army of thousands of people, And he knew that although the number of this ninja army was not as large as the Takayama family, but in terms of the elite level, it was not much worse, and the Takayama family could have the power it has today, and it can be said that the greatest credit is not the cavalry soldiers, but precisely this ninja army that will always remain mysterious.

And to deal with the ninja army, then the best way is not to concentrate the military situation together, now the army in the city is only more than 10,000 people, if they are concentrated in a few places, then there will inevitably be a big hole in the city defense, and if they are integrated with the situation of the team and the squad, and the city is divided into areas, each team has its own specific defensive area, so that once the other side of the ninja army steals the city, then the army under the command will not appear chaotic in the first place, and there will never be a dead end in the city, A small team of 200 people is enough to deal with it, after all, if the other party steals the city, the ninjas sent will never exceed fifty, after all, once the number of people is large, I am afraid that it has already been discovered before stealing into the city.

As for the army that really defends the enemy attack on the city wall, there is only a team of 2,000 people, if you add two reserves of 2,000 people, it is only 6,000, don't look at the small number, not even a tenth of the enemy, but Takenaka Hanbei is the most at ease here, don't look at only 4,000 troops to fight the enemy head-on, but this is enough, after all, Gifu Castle is a mountain castle, and the other party is simply not able to deploy all the military forces like the attack on Heijo, so the enemy they really have to face is never more than 2,000 people, In this way, with the strong city, there are enough war supplies in the city, enough for them to face the same number of enemies, as for the reserve team to arrange two, but also for the other side to rely on the strength of the army far beyond their own wheel tactics, once the other party does this, then these two reserves can also be regarded as handy, three troops, each after resisting the opponent's attack, can get double the time to rest, as long as the energy is sufficient, then the enemy wants to break from the front is basically impossible.

It can be said that under the arrangement of the Takenaka Hanbei, even in the face of the enemy's 80,000 troops, Gifu Castle is impregnable, not to mention that the Takayama family reinforcements will arrive in a few days, and even if there are no reinforcements, there will be absolutely no problem in holding out for a year or two.

And the Kinoshita army didn't let the troops in the city who were eager to fight wait too long, after all, if it was here for a long time, once the Takayama army came to help, then it was basically impossible to capture Gifu City, and Ono Na, so when Kinoshita and Tokugawa allied forces arrived outside the city the next day, Kinoshita Hideyoshi issued the fame and fortune of the attack, and in order to be able to cause psychological pressure on the other party as soon as he came up, so this first attack, there was no temptation, Kinoshita Hideyoshi directly sent the most elite under his command, The number of this army is a thousand people, although the number is not much, but this army is completely modeled after the Takayama family flag samurai team, although Kinoshita Hideyoshi's financial resources are not enough to support a thousand samurai team, this army is still composed of personnel is still the flag is insignificant, but it has also worked equipment, plus in recent years, it has continued to fight in the south and north of the western country, so that the combat power of this army is still very considerable, especially its commander Kato Kiyomasa and deputy commander Kato Yoshiaki, don't look at the age of the two, But after his debut, he has made a name for himself in the West in the last year or two.

The more outstanding Kato Kiyomasa became, the more fortunate Kinoshita Hideyoshi felt, to put it mildly, the reason why Kato Kiyomasa was able to become a retainer of the Kinoshita family, this is thanks to the Takayama clan, when the Takayama clan proposed to Fukushima Masanori and Kato Kiyomasa to reincarnate, although Kinoshita Hideyoshi had not recruited this person at that time, but he believed in the other party's ability to see people, after sending Fukushima Masanori, he began to pay attention to the person called Kato Toranosuke, and even after finding it, regardless of the other party's young age, he directly recruited the other party as a close attendant, After more than a decade, it finally came in handy. If he hadn't broken with the Gaoshan Clan Sect a long time ago, then he really imagined that the other party would ask for advice and the ability to look at people, after all, it was easy to look at an adult, and it was not an ordinary person to look at a child who was two or three years old.

Although Kinoshita Hideyoshi's banner Honashigaru team was elite and the leading samurai were also extremely brave, after all, the number was only 1,000, and he was not arrogant enough to think that Gifu Castle could be captured with only this 1,000 people, and at this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu stepped forward.

Tokugawa Ieyasu thought clearly, now his enemy is the Takayama clan, and the other party is strong, as the other party's original neighbor, he has a much deeper understanding of this than Kinoshita Hideyoshi, so this time he has no intention of watching the excitement, if he wants to defeat the Takayama army, then there is no other way than to unite as one, and even if he unites, he may not be able to win.

And looking at the Kinoshita family and the forces under the new Kinoshita family, the military strength under its command is not only this thousand people, but there is really no military strength to take it again, after all, the Kinoshita family has limited financial resources, and it is not easy to arm this army of only a thousand people, in arming others, Kinoshita Hideyoshi has to go bankrupt, and although there are tens of thousands of other troops, their combat power has reached the point where they can be used, and even in terms of combat power compared to the original Nobu Tadashi in the city today, there is a slight gap, After all, Oda Nobutada used the funds to arm 50,000 people, only armed 25,000 people, and did not neglect training, in this regard, Nobutada's work is still good, the only thing stronger than the other party is combat experience, although the army under Nobuta is not lacking in training equipment, but because it is in the rear of the Oda family, there are not many opportunities to fight, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi's army has undergone a baptism of blood and fire, so in general, the combat power of the two armies is not up or down.

But if there is enough time, the problem now is that Gifu Castle must be taken before the Takayama family's reinforcements arrive, otherwise the previous efforts will be wasted, and the other troops under his command will not be able to complete such a task.

And at this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu spoke. After Kinoshita Hideyoshi appointed the Banner Ashigaru Brigade, when he was selecting an auxiliary offensive force, he only heard Tokugawa Ieyasu speak: "Kinoshita-sama, this campaign is related to the pattern of the world, so I think that my Tokugawa family should also do my best, so I am willing to send an army to assist the lord to attack the castle, and I ask Kinoshita-sama to agree." ”

When he finished speaking, Kinoshita Hideyoshi did not agree, if he said that he did not have enough troops under his command, Kinoshita Hideyoshi would not mind the other party's request, but now there are nearly 70,000 troops under his command alone, so where can the other party be used, and Tokugawa Ieyasu did not express his allegiance to Matsunaga, Niwa and others when they were loyal to him, which made him inevitably feel a little dissatisfied, if it weren't for the Takayama clan that needs to face together, maybe it would have broken with the Tokugawa family at this time. So this time he had the intention to put the other party aside, so that he could take advantage of this time to be sober and sober.

When Kinoshita Hideyoshi rejected Tokugawa Ieyasu's kindness, he immediately made arrangements and ordered Masaharu Kamiko to lead 5,000 spears to Ashigaru to help.

"My lord, my subordinates think that if we only attack from the front of Gifu Castle, it will be difficult to capture this castle in a short time, after all, the front of this castle is not open, and our army cannot carry out a general attack in an all-round way, so my subordinates think that in addition to a frontal attack, we should also send an army to attack from behind Gifu Castle in the back mountain, so that not only can we disperse the enemy's already small army, but once the family adopts the wheel tactic, then the other side will not have more troops to rotate, so that the city can be captured in a short time, I don't know what the lord thinks? ”

It can be said that what Takenaka Hanbei can think of, how can Kuroda Kanbei, who is also resourceful, not think of it, and he has not only thought of this, Kuroda Kanbei is only the first step, once the enemy in the city is exhausted, then he can ask the lord to ask the Tokugawa family to send a ninja army to steal the city, originally he wanted to say it directly, but just now he found that the lord didn't seem to want the Tokugawa family to follow and mix, so the words were only half said, of course, This is also because recently he has felt that the lord no longer trusts him as much as before, especially after he indirectly forced the emperor to death, the lord has begun to alienate himself intentionally or unintentionally, so Kuroda Kanbei now knows that he can't be as unscrupulous as he used to be when he makes plans, so it was originally a comprehensive plan, and he let him withdraw half of it.

The current Kinoshita Hideyoshi is indeed dissatisfied with the Kuroda Kanwei, although the other party was the same before, but it did not touch Hideyoshi's bottom line, plus the other party's ability is indeed not comparable to other retainers in the family, so he can accept it, but since he met the emperor on his behalf, Kinoshita Hideyoshi is really a little unbearable, although he has always wanted to improve his status, but even he knows that the time has not yet come, but this Kuroda Kanwei is actually in charge of his own affairs, Who would believe such nonsense as the emperor admitting that he was the heir of his exile? Is it true that everyone in the world is stupid, if you can really win the world, it doesn't matter if you do it later, when there is no resistance force, what is what you say, but now you have to face an extremely powerful enemy, and even the chance of winning is less than fifty percent, at this time, Kuroda Kanbei suddenly came to such a play, it is really a smart person to do foolish things, he has already mastered the righteousness, but let him make such a fuss, how much is left of the name of this righteousness, only God knows.

If it were someone else, Kinoshita Hideyoshi would definitely find a reason to send him far away, and he would never reuse it again, but the problem is that there is no comparison with Kuroda Kanwei in terms of wisdom among the current retainers of the family, and the biggest enemy he is about to face is an old fox, if there is no Kuroda Kanwei, then he really doesn't have the certainty of winning the other party, and even if he reuses Kuroda Kanwei, his winning chance will definitely not be half, after all, let's not talk about the intelligence of the other party, only the strength of the two families,It's no longer at a level.,It seems that he has basically mastered the Western Kingdom.,And.,But because these two places have just surrendered.,Both land and military power are still in the hands of those retainers themselves.,So the Kinoshita family is currently more like the Maori family in the Maori Yuan era.,The Kinoshita family is just a consortium of interests.,And he's just the strongest alliance leader in this alliance.,If you want to really integrate these forces.,It's impossible to do it without a few years.,And it's still at best.。

Looking at the Gao Shan family again, after the other party captured the Kanto region, his own stone height has exceeded five million, and at least four million of these five million are directly under the jurisdiction of the clan, so that he can concentrate his military strength to the greatest extent and will not be scattered like himself. (To be continued.) )