At the same time as the clan attacked Inuyama Castle, in the direction of Sumata Castle, after two days and one night of fighting, Ikeda Tsuneko led 500 troops to defeat the left front of the Saito family, and killed Yoshihisa Funaki, one of the eighteen generals of Nishimino, and then he launched an attack on the enemy's central front with the left flank, and the Saito family's front line immediately collapsed with the onslaught of Ikeda Tsuneko.

The head of the Saito family will not break the light rule, and seeing that he can't resist the attack of the Oda family's elite ashigaru, he can only choose to retreat in the end.

And Oda Nobukiyo heard the report of the samurai who escaped from Inuyama Castle that Inuyama Castle had been captured by the Takayama clan and the way back was cut off by the Oda army, so he had to retreat to Inabayama Castle with hatred and Saito army in order to make a comeback.

After Oda Nobunaga held Sumamata Castle, he did not return to Kiyosu, but pursued all the way, and along the way, the retainers of the Oda family led Ashigaru to come, and by the time he reached the outside of Inabayama Castle, Oda's army had reached 5,000. Although there were 1,000 fewer troops than in the last attack on Inabayama Castle, these 5,000 were all lightweight, and their combat strength was not comparable to that of the peasants who had been urgently mobilized before.

Inabayama Castle is worthy of being a world-famous fortified castle, and with the addition of the head of the three Mino people, the Saito family is in charge of Inaba Ichitetsu, so although the Oda army is elite, it can't take a step beyond the thunder pond.

In Inabayama Castle, Saito Ryuxing saw that the Oda army had attacked outside the castle, and immediately panicked. Except for the retainers who defended the city, all the other samurai were summoned to the assessment room to discuss countermeasures.

After scanning his eyes over the retainers, Saito Ryuxing said, "Let's talk about it, now that the enemy has attacked the outside of the city, my Saito family has suffered this great humiliation, how should I deal with it?" ”

The retainers lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at the lord, now that they have been trapped in Inabayama Castle, what other way can they do other than the battle of Ridge City. Therefore, no one is willing to be stupid at this time and open his mouth to anger the lord.

Seeing this, Saito Ryuxing took the case and said angrily: "Why did you become dumb at the critical moment? How did my Saito family raise a bunch of garbage like you. After speaking, he turned his gaze to his beloved general Hino Root Hiroshi, and continued: "Hiroshi, you can tell me what to do now." ”

Hino Nehiro also knew that the lord intended to show his face in front of his retainers, but he didn't have any joy now, but his heart was tight, and it was okay to let him charge into battle at ordinary times, but he couldn't do this kind of brain-using work.

But since the lord had already named his name, he couldn't help but say it, and he just heard Hino Nehiro say: "Lord, my subordinates think... The subordinates think... The subordinate thought..."He said it three times in a row, but his mind was still blank, and there was nothing to say at all.

Saito Ryuxing swallowed and vomited when he saw Hino Nehiro, he didn't say anything, and his heart was even more angry, this Hino Nehiro really didn't know what to do, he had the heart to cultivate, he was good, and he didn't fight for himself at all. I heard Saito Ryu yelling at him angrily: "Get out of the way for me!" ”

Don't look at Hino Nehiro was scolded by the lord, and in front of many retainers in the family, but he didn't feel ashamed because of the loss of face, but his heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and he didn't care about the shame, after confessing, he hurriedly withdrew from the assessment room and went to the front of the city to supervise the battle, compared to here, he still prefers the battlefield ahead.

Saito Ryuxing looked at Mamoru Ando again and said, "You are an important minister in the family, can you tell me what to do now?" ”

Hino Nehiro can afford to lose people, but he Ando Mamoru can't afford to lose it, so he has to bite the bullet and say: "My lord, according to the opinion of my subordinates, now only the ridge castle to resist the enemy is the best policy, with the solidity of Inabayama Castle, the enemy will not be able to break through no matter what, and as long as the Oda army is exhausted, it will inevitably retreat." ”

"Langcheng, I know Langcheng, I don't need you to say this, I also know Langcheng, I am asking you how to defeat the enemy army outside the city, not how you defend." After Saito Ryuko succeeded as the governor of the family, he did not take Oda Nobunaga seriously. Before, his father Saito Yoshiryu was able to fight with Oda Nobunaga on a par, and his intelligence far surpassed his father's, how could that Owari big fool be his opponent, so he always wanted to fight Oda Nobunaga Zhenmi, and was more eager to win.

Mamoru Ando was anxious in his heart, and when he saw that the lord had been staring at him, he gritted his teeth and was ready to be blasted out. "My lord, please forgive my subordinates for their incompetence......"

Saito Ryuxing was about to be angry with him, when he saw a handsome young man sitting in the middle of the left side of the assessment room, dressed in blue, with a handsome face, but a little thin, and said, "My lord, my subordinates have a plan to retreat from the enemy. ”,

Saito Ryuxing's eyes couldn't help but light up, and immediately left Ando Shousu, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be a heavy treatment, let's talk about what the plan is." ”

Takenaka Hanbei is very disdainful of the current governor of the Saito family, Saito Ryuxing, so since he succeeded to the throne, he has never made a plan, offered a strategy, and even basically didn't even open his mouth when he held the assessment, and it was the same today as usual, if it wasn't for his father-in-law Ando Shou, he would have lost face immediately, so he didn't bother to speak. Anyway, he knew that it would be impossible for the Oda family to break through the city in a short period of time.

I only listened to the half-guards of Takenaka, and bowed slightly and said: "Lord, the enemy has been fighting for two days in a row, physically and mentally exhausted, and there are still 4,000 ashigaru in Inabayama City, the lord can lead 2,000 ashigaru to defend the city, and the other 2,000 ashigaru are full of food and rest, and after recuperating and recuperating, wait until evening, while the enemy's food is lax, send a general to lead 2,000 troops to kill, the enemy army will be defeated, and please decide." ”

"Okay, just do it, Ando Shou, you will be responsible for this matter, if you can't defeat the Oda army, then you will apologize."

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will go down and arrange it." Although Mamoru Ando was convinced of Takenaka's half-guard's strategy, he dared to neglect anything for the sake of his own life, so after he finished speaking, he immediately walked towards the assessment room.

Seeing that the problem was almost solved, Saito Ryuxing couldn't help but feel good, and after asking his retainers to retreat, he returned to the inner room and continued to enjoy himself. As if having forgotten that the Oda army was still attacking outside.

In the large tent of the Oda family outside the castle, Oda Nobunaga saw that the attack was frustrated, and the samurai and ashigaru were exhausted, so they had to suspend the attack and let them rest, and while the army was resting, in order to prevent the Saito family defenders from resting, he sent Kawajiri Hidetaka to lead 300 ashigaru to continue to harass the defenders of Inabayama Castle.

Ashigaru under the command of the Oda army can hold on for a while if he doesn't rest, but this rest, all the fatigue of the past few days has poured out, and he can only see the inside of the tent. Except for a few Ashigaru who are in charge of vigilance, the other ashigaru are all staggering around looking for a place to lean on, eating rice balls in large gulps, and some of them eat quickly, and they fall asleep at the end of the day.

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