In the assessment room of Gujo Hachiman Castle, the retainers are very nervous now, it can be said that the family has not had any major battles since the capture of Gujo Hachiman Castle, which makes them feel very irritable, especially Sugitani Zenjubo, since the iron cannon Ashigaru army under his command, has not participated in the battle at all, if this is the case, the family still wants themselves, and what is the use of the iron cannon Ashigaru, this time he will say that he will go into battle, even if he offends the other two retainers who are seated, he will not hesitate to do so, however, this situation as he thought did not happen after that. （）

Seeing that the retainers were all looking at him with expectant eyes, the clan was very satisfied that they could have such an attitude, and the leading samurai should have such an attitude, only if everyone was eager to fight, the prestige of the family would be eternal.

I only heard the clan sect speak: "Now that the defense of the family's territory has been handed over to the new writing group, and there is a ninja army guarding the border, there is no need to worry at all, so I have decided that this time I will go out to Ise, Honda Masanobu will be the military advisor, and the three of you will be the general of the unified army, and you will lead four hundred troops to follow me." ”

After hearing this, the three leading samurai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they couldn't help but think that the establishment of the new group of the family seemed to be a good thing, otherwise, I don't know who would be the turn of Lu Dao to defend the territory this time.

And not only this time, but I don't have to worry about it in the future, when the lord goes out to fight, he will be left in the territory.

Thinking of this, the three retainers and Honda Masanobu hurriedly replied: "It's the lord, and the subordinates will go down to prepare." ”

On the morning of the same day, the gates of Hachiman Castle in the Gujo were opened, and Maeda Toshiya was seen wearing a gold leaf and a catfish tail with a long spear, leading 200 scimitars to ride in the forefront.

Coming out of the gate was Watanabe Moritsuna, who was wearing a red saga, and the clan was wearing a helmet with a horse with a horse coat, and he was walking in the ranks of the elite horsemen, and beside him, in addition to Honda Masanobu holding a military fan, the golden peacock horse seal was also held high, and it was showing the world the might of the Takayama family.

And the most out of the castle is the Sugitani Zenjubo and the iron cannon Ashigaru led by him, I saw that they not only carried the iron cannon, but also hung iron thorns around their waists, Sugitani Zenjubo has full confidence in the hundred iron cannons Ashigaru under his command, even if they are close to the enemy, they also have the ability to fight.

This army marched all the way through Mino and through Owari, and all the people they met looked sideways, especially the territory of the Hao tribe that they passed, which made them even more envious.

Since Nobunaga's order was to arrive at Kanie Castle on the border between Owari and Ise within five days, and the clan clan received the order without any delay, and the time was still very rich, so I saw that the clan was not in a hurry, and marched leisurely.

Crab River Castle is located in the southwesternmost part of Owari, as long as you pass here, walk a few miles to the south, it is Nagashima Castle, and the scale of this castle called Crab River Castle is very small, and the structure is all wooden, not to mention thousands of troops, even a thousand troops are difficult to fit, otherwise, in the last time Owari has always been a riot, the castle lord Oda Nobuyuki will not die at a young age because the garrison is too small.

However, this city is not considered to be on the border between the two countries, but it is not a strategic location, and no one knows the reason for the construction of this city that did not play any role in the past, but Nobunaga knows that there is no need to expand this city.

Before you reach Crab River City, you can see countless tents outside the city. Even Nobunaga's direct elite spears were ashigaru, and most of them had to be stationed outside the city, and this Nobunaga personally led the army to the expedition, although he only brought 5,000 elite banners, but if he combined his retainers and the army led by the Nowei clan, then the total army strength had reached 10,000, and even if the entire army of Ise was combined, it was not much more than that. …,

But don't forget, what is the military strength of the Oda family, it is elite, and looking at the military strength of the Ise family, except for the 2,000 monks of Yuanshoji Temple and the flag of the Kitabatake family, which still have some combat power, the other military forces are just peasants who have just put down their hoes and picked up bamboo guns, and it is simply wishful thinking that such an army wants to withstand the attack of the Oda army.

Today, looking at the situation in Ise as a country, the Kitabatake family still controls the southern Ise, and in the last war, there were many profits, and now the Kitabatake family not only sits on the entire territory of Southern Ise, but also controls the Ano and Suzuka counties, and the power of the Kitabatake family in Ise is no longer unshakable.

And the most profit is the temple, originally the temple only controlled a part of the land of Kuwana County, but since the defeat and evacuation of Takigawa Ichiyi, the temple as the main Honganji temple to take advantage of this opportunity, to expand the strength, in just a few months, he occupied, Sanname, Yuanben, Chaoming, three counties and four counties, nearly 200,000 stones, the army has also expanded to 3,000 people, there is a big plan to compete with the Oda army.

In addition to these two major forces in Ise, there is also a relatively small power in Ise, that is, the Kobe family, which only owns the entire Kawako County, because in the last war, the Divine Guardian family did not suffer much loss, so not only the family name has been preserved, but also slightly developed, since the Kawakoto County was fully controlled, Kobe Gumori moved the castle to the stronger Kobe Castle, and to Takaoka Castle, it was handed over to a group of Kobe Nagamori to take care of.

It can be said that the power of the Ise country, which is as large as a cow's hair, has been replaced by these three families, but if it were not for the arrival of the Oda army, I am afraid that it would not be long before these large and small wealthy families would have sprung up and returned to Ise one after another.

In Xiejiang City, since the clan sect is the farthest away from here, when he led his army to arrive here, the other retainers had already arrived for a long time.

Just after the clan clan had just arranged the army under his command, Hasegawa Shuichi quickly walked to the Takayama clan and said, "Lord Takayama, the lord and all the lords have all gone to the assessment room, and now I am waiting for you." ”

"There is Lord Hasegawa running this trip, and I will go here next." After the clan finished speaking, he immediately handed over the military power to Honda Masanobu, and he walked quickly towards the assessment room of Crab River City.

In the assessment room, Nobunaga has not yet come out, but this time the retainers who have gone out with the army and reached the status of a general are already sitting here.

Seeing that the retainers had serious expressions, the clan just said hello to the familiar samurai and sat down in his seat, waiting for Nobunaga's arrival.

After a short time, Hori Hidemasa took the lead in coming out of the inner room and said loudly, "The lord has arrived." ”

As soon as his voice fell, he saw Nobunaga walking out of the inner room, and as soon as Nobunaga sat down, he only heard him say, "Shibata Katsuke!" Sen Kecheng, I order you two to lead the army of your headquarters to attack Xibao City. ”

"The subordinates are here, and they will live up to the trust of the lord." I only heard Shibata Katsuya and the two hurriedly replied.

Nobunaga ignored the two of them, but continued to order: "Sakuma Nobukatsu, Niwa Nagahide, you two are in charge of attacking Kuwana Castle!" ”

"It's the lord."

"Lin Tongsheng, Ikeda Hengxing, you two must take Deshan Castle."

"Please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to your lord's high expectations."

In the following time, all the retainers sitting here have received the task, although the retainers and the Hao clan led a total of only 6,000 troops, but they basically covered all the cities in the four counties controlled by the Wish Temple, although the division of troops is a taboo for soldiers, but it is not without benefits to do so, at least it can make the Wish Witness Temple unable to take care of each other, and also avoid the other party from helping each other.

Because Nobunaga wanted to refrigerate the clan for a period of time, he only let him lead his army and attack the temple alone, although it seemed that this task was good, and he was still allowed to complete it alone, but the retainers present all knew that even if the clan took the temple, it would not have much credit at all. …,

In the middle of the year, the temple has been destroyed by the Oda army, and the Honganji temple has been aggressively occupying the territory and expanding the army in recent months, so there is no extra money and time to renovate the temple.

Today's Yuanzheng Temple is not only dilapidated, but also there are only 150 old and young monks in the temple who are responsible for defense, so not to mention that the clan's command is the elite of the elite, even if there are 400 peasant soldiers armed with bamboo guns and wooden sticks, they can easily break through the Yuanzheng Temple.

And after the retainers sitting there saw that the lord handed over the least important task to the Takayama clan sect of Zhiyong Shuangquan, they couldn't help but feel very puzzled, if it was placed in the past, even if the clan sect was not allowed to attack Sangming, a big city like Xibao, it should also be allowed to attack Tokuyama, Gangmaru and other small and medium-sized cities, even if it is not good, the lord should also take him with him, and when attacking Nagashima City, he can also let him give advice, but who would have thought that the lord would take the least important temple of the temple, which is really too surprising.

However, at the same time, most of the ministers felt very happy, if this Gaoshan clan really lost power in their own family, then wouldn't they just take their place, even if it was impossible to occupy such a heavy position in the lord's heart as the Gaoshan clan had before, but if there was no big threat to the Gaoshan clan, it would be much easier to earn meritorious deeds.

I think that a few years ago, almost half of the credit of the family was earned by the Takayama clan, and he also went from a light head to a major minister in the family who now sits in the land of North America.

Fortunately, this Takayama clan didn't know how to offend the lord, so he had the opportunity now, and this time the Ise raiders said that they had to shine so that the lord noticed him, and only in this way could he increase his status in the lord's heart.

The Takayama clan, who was sitting in the assessment room, couldn't help but feel shocked when he learned that Nobunaga had let him attack the temple, could it be that as he thought, Nobunaga had already begun to be suspicious of himself, and with the order given, the clan couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart.

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