After a long and narrow valley appeared in front of Dingtian Novel again, without waiting for Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna or Murakami Yoshikiyo to order, more than 3,000 ashigaru people stopped, and dozens of ashigaru climbed the cliff without orders, and searched carefully, until they searched from this end to that end, and after making sure that there was absolutely no ambush, they came down again and reported: "Report to the lord, Lord Murakami, no trace of the enemy has been found on the cliff, and please ask the lord, the lord to decide." Ella Book House

"The whole army obeys the order and continues to advance." Murakami Yoshikiyo gave an order, and the Uesugi army in front moved again, and the remaining 400 troops of Ji Xiaolu were still the same as just now, keeping a distance of more than ten meters from the Uesugi army.

The six hundred ninjas of the Takayama family in the grass on both sides saw the enemy continue to march, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, now they admired Maeda Keiji's resourcefulness and threw themselves to the ground, if it wasn't for Maeda-sama to temporarily change the ambush location, then it would definitely be discovered by the enemy, and then the mission would also fail, this is a very shameful thing, even the ambush is not good, for the ninjas, this is definitely a shameful thing, and if you go back, you may be laughed at by other ninjas, but now you don't have to worry about all this.

Seeing more and more enemies walking into the valley, only a tail was left in the blink of an eye, and the ninjas who had just relaxed couldn't help but feel anxious, Maeda-sama couldn't help but feel anxious, if he didn't attack again, after the enemies all entered the valley, there would be no chance.

Soon the Uesugi army had all entered the valley, and at the moment when Ji Xiaoji's army was about to enter, he saw Maeda Keiji fighting fiercely. He drew his sword and shouted, "Attack, attack, don't let one go, attack!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to rush forward, although he had long forgotten what the Takayama clan had said not to engage with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, but the ninjas beside him had not forgotten that Tian Keiji was just about to rush out of the city. I saw several ninjas hurriedly pull him down.

"Maeda-sama, the lord has decreed that you cannot engage the enemy." As they spoke, the shurikens in the hands of hundreds of ninjas were already shooting out towards the enemy in the middle.

Fortunately, Keiji Maeda didn't rush over. Otherwise, I'm afraid he'll shoot into a sieve.

At this time, Keiji Maeda had also calmed down, and saw that the ninjas now all had something to do, but he was the only one who was idle and panicked. Seeing the shuriken in the hands of the ninjas keep throwing out, he really regretted that he didn't come with a bow and arrow.

"Here, give me some shuriken." As he spoke, he snatched the shuriken in the hand of the ninja next to him, but this shuriken seems to be very simple, as long as he throws it, but if you want to keep your head accurate, it takes a long time to practice, and Maeda Keiji has never even touched this thing in his life, so the shuriken shot can only follow the feeling.

"The enemy has an ambush, run!" Ji Xiaolu, who had already become a frightened bird, saw an ambush again. Now they don't want to do anything, they just want to escape, but no matter how fast they run, they can't run faster than the shuriken, and the faster they run. The easier it is to become a target.

And at this moment, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang, who was walking in the middle of the team, heard the miserable howl behind him, and almost fell off the horse, but the back was all his own subordinates, if they had any more losses, then the family would really be injured.

"Quick, turn back. We must save the family. Although Murakami Yoshikiyo acquiesced in his approach, but this valley is long and narrow, and many Ji Xiaoji family Ashigaru are running into the valley, and the entrance has already been blocked by them, even if the Uesugi army wants to get out, it is impossible.

The Takayama Army, like the previous two times, did not fight with it at all, except for throwing a large number of shuriken, and retreated very quickly, without any hesitation, and this time it was the same, the attack of the Takayama Army only lasted for a dozen or twenty breaths, and then began to retreat, even if the Uesugi Army wanted to chase it, it was too late. …,

This attack, although it was not as heavy as the last loss, there were dozens of fast-legged Ji Xiaolu family ashigaru into the valley, but the number of casualties still reached more than three hundred, and without exception all Ji Xiaolu family ashigaru, this time Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang brought a total of 1,000 troops, in addition to the 200 troops left in Sakura Cave City, there are only a few dozen people left who can still fight.

Even if the two hundred left in Sakura Cave City, under the attack of the Takayama Army, there is no possibility of preservation, the total strength of the Ji Xiaolu family is only one thousand and five, and the loss of seventy percent in just a few days, it can be said that if there is not still the Uesugi army, then it is no different from destruction, even if the Takayama Army does not come, the Ji Xiaolu family with only more than five hundred troops left will be swallowed up by the Jiangma family who is not much worse than him.

Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang was riding on the horse with a blank gaze at the moment, his mind was blank now, and he just silently followed the team and continued to move forward.

Seeing that his state was not right, Murakami Yoshikiyo hurriedly persuaded him: "Lord Ji Xiaolu, the ninja army of the Takayama family is only more than a thousand, and it has almost been exhausted just now, and I think that there should be no ambush in the future, after all, the Takayama army is only left with Ashigaru, and those troops are not good at lurking, and even if they dare to come, Zai Xia is confident that they will be repulsed." ”

"Hmm." Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang just hummed, as for whether he listened to it or not, no one knew what he said.

And the more he is like this, the more ashamed Murakami Yoshikiyo feels, now he has completely lost his original arrogance, not that he doesn't want to, but now he feels too embarrassed, thinking that Ji Xiaolujun can be wiped out by the whole army if he is by his side, and he hasn't even touched the corner of the enemy's clothes, if this is spread out, then he will never want to raise his head in the future.

Seeing that Ji Xiaolu's spirit still did not improve, he had no choice but to say again: "Lord Ji Xiaolu, the people in the territory of the Lord Xiaguan are not small, and the reason why the adults can't expand the army is because this Hida is too poor, and the adults don't have enough funds, so let's wait for the repulsion of the mountain army, and immediately repair a letter to report to my lord, so that my lord can help the adults with some military funds, and also provide thousands of dollars to the adults to turnover, so that the adults can pull up an army of 1,000 people again, I wonder what adults think? ”

"Thank you, then, sir." After listening to Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang, his face finally eased a little, but he secretly scolded in his heart, the reason why the family is so poor is not because all the gold mined is supplied to the Uesugi family as military expenses, but such thoughts did not show on his face.

And after the other party finished speaking, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang was now thinking about how to restore his family's military strength as quickly as possible. He has the same idea as most samurai in the world, that is, Ashigaru is meant to be consumed, of course, if you die too much, it will have a great impact on the harvest, but this problem does not exist at all in Hida, the area of Hida is not small, but the arable land is only about 40,000 koku, and the population is too much in comparison.

Fortunately, there are many mountains and forests here, and you can rely on the wild beasts in the mountains to make dry food, although the samurai do not eat these, but the civilians have to eat in order to survive, if there is no such food, I don't know how many people will starve to death here, so as long as you have money, it is not difficult to pull up an army again.

Dozens of miles down, plus attacked three times by the Takayama Army, not only the army under his command, but even Ji Xiaolu Laigang and Murakami Yoshikiyo are tired, it's not that they don't want to rest, but this road to Matsukura City, there are really not many open places, tired and tired, but no one is left behind because of this.

The Uesugi family ashigaru did not dare to stop privately because of strict military discipline, and the dozens of ashigaru left after the Ji Xiaolu family did not dare, with the protection of three thousand Uesugi troops, the strength of the family was almost wiped out, if they stayed alone, how could they still save their lives, so they had to endure it, gritted their teeth and continued to insist on hurrying. …,

They all grew up in the mountains, and dozens of miles of mountain roads are a big problem for others, and it shouldn't be nothing in front of them, but now they, like those Uesugi family ashigaru, are also tired, and when they are tired, their bodies will not be able to do it.

Finally, after a few more miles, I finally came to an open place, which is also compared to the dangerous places of Hida, this place is still surrounded by mountains, but it is no longer as steep as before, and if you go up the hill, you can easily climb to the top.

And there is no forest at the foot of the mountain, or there used to be, but it was cut down by the surrounding villages not far away as firewood, so the ground is covered with irregular roots and stakes, seeing such a terrain, Murakami Yoshikiyo is very satisfied, this is a good place for the army under his command to rest and eat.

"All of you are commanded, rest here for an hour, and continue on your journey after an hour." After listening to most of them, they sat on the nearest tree stump, took out the rice balls and chewed them in large gulps, and even didn't even care about eating the rice balls, and just lay on the ground on all fours.

However, there are still 100 ashigaru who are not so lucky, and they are arranged by Murakami Yoshikiyo to guard around. They all thought that the terrain was open and the enemy would never ambush here, so they saw them munching on rice balls while looking around.

On the hillside, Maeda Toshiie and several other samurai wanted to wait for the enemy to completely relax before attacking, but when they saw that several ashigaru had already walked towards their side, if they didn't attack again, they were afraid that they would be discovered by the enemy, so Maeda Toshiie, Hori Hidemasa, and Tanaka Katsusuke exchanged glances, and immediately ordered an attack.

"The enemy is tired, don't kill the enemy at this time to make meritorious contributions, and when will you wait, kill me!" Maeda Toshiya shouted and rushed towards the enemy at the bottom of the hillside, while the 900 Takayama Army followed closely behind, and suddenly shouted and killed. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) Group Academy