After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but light up, and hurriedly opened the map, with the help of the firelight, this mountain city is not a big country, and according to the map, Takasaki Castle under the rule of Isshiki Fujinaga is only four or five miles away from this Ikoma Mountain, if you set off now, you can reach it at dawn, so that even if the surrounding army of the Miyoshi family comes to help, by then he has already entered the city, as long as there is a city to follow, even if the enemy has thousands of troops to attack, what is there to fear.

However, the only thing that needs to be determined now is whether the light sea light has returned to the first color vine for a long time, if not, then he will have to change cities.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "Wasuka Masakatsu, you immediately send a ninja to Takasaki Castle to investigate, I want to know if the Ichishiki Fujicho has been returned by Karumi Mitsuxian, if he has already surrendered to the Oda family or the Ashikaga family, then let him immediately prepare for battle, prepare to meet the strength of his own army to resist the Miyoshi army, if not, then report immediately." ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will arrange it."

Although the voice of the clan is not very loud, however, the retainers present still heard it clearly, the lord replied to such an order, undoubtedly to choose to retreat, retreat under the nose of the enemy, then this palace army is very important, if the enemy attacks when the army of the family retreats, then it all depends on whether the palace army can block the enemy's attack, this palace army is very important, although this task is very dangerous, but the credit is also huge, and the most important thing is that at this moment, the retainers of the Gaoshan family all think, Only he and the army under his command are the most competent. Except for himself, no matter who the lord gives this task to, he can't reassure them.

I only heard Sugitani Zenjubo take the lead and said: "My lord, the iron cannon under the command of my subordinates can attack far and near. And the losses in this battle were not large, so after the subordinates applied for the leadership of the palace, they also asked the lord for approval. ”

After he finished speaking, the other leading retainers also hurriedly applied: "My lord, my subordinates are willing to lead the cavalry with Hori-sama, the speed of the cavalry is fast, and the combat power is strong, if the enemy attacks." Not only does it have the strength to fight, but also, after the lord is safe, he can easily get rid of the enemy. Therefore, it is most reasonable for the cavalry to be the queen, and please ask the lord to decide. ”

"I don't agree with what your lordships say." Seeing that the retainers had already begun to fight over the affairs of the temple army, Wasuka Masakatsu hurriedly walked over with Mizuse Uemon after arranging for the ninja to go out to investigate.

I only heard him speak: "My lord." At present, the number of ninja troops is the largest in the current military situation, and the ninja army is also the most flexible, if the ninja army is used as the palace army, the subordinates are guaranteed. In the case of ensuring the safety of the lord and the army, the minimum loss will be possible. Complete the task, and ask the Lord to decide. ”

The clan saw that the retainers were willing to lead the army to the queen. I can't help but feel gratified, which reminds him of the Kanesaki retreat in history, it can be said that the current situation of the family is worse than the Oda family when Kanesaki retreated, after all, the army of Oda and the Tokugawa coalition army is more than that of the Asai and Asakura families, and it is not without the power of a battle, even so, when the palace army needs to protect the safety of the army, no one has applied, otherwise it will not be Kinoshita Toyoshiro's turn to perform.

And now look at yourself, there are only hundreds of tired troops under your command, but you have to face thousands of enemies of the Miyoshi family, not only did the retainers not express silence, but they all competed for the task of the palace army, which was really a bit unexpected by themselves, as the palace army, it was impossible for them to leave too much military momentum, if only those dozens of people and hundreds of people, without waiting for the arrival of enemy reinforcements, as long as the Matsunaga army casually launched a charge, it could be annihilated, even if they wanted to run, they couldn't run.

But even so, the retainers knew that if they were the palace army, they were likely to die in this battle and did not flinch, which made the Takayama clan feel greatly moved, but he now knew very well that even if the palace army was left, it would be impossible to hold back the enemy, since this was the case, it was better to retreat together, so that although there were still few troops under his command, it was not without the strength of a battle, which was much better than letting the army under his command lose in vain. …,

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect speak: "I understand your intentions, but the family now has only four hundred troops left, and it is really not easy to divide the troops, and the Matsunaga army is exhausted, even if it wants to fight with the family, it is powerless, and the Takasaki Castle is not too far from here, so I decided that this retreat does not need the palace army, and I will leave with everyone." ”

"Lord, this is too dangerous, let's let my subordinates lead the army, my subordinates promise to drag the enemy, and ask the lord to decide."

"Lord ......"

I saw that the clan waved his hand and said resolutely: "There is no need to say it, I have made up my mind, let's go down and prepare, after a pillar of incense, evacuate from the rear." ”

Seeing that the lord had made up his mind, the retainers knew that no matter how much they persuaded him, it would be difficult to change the lord's decision, so they no longer persuaded him, but they began to act immediately after receiving the order.

"Report to the lord, the Gaoshan army is gathering the military clan to prepare for retreat, and please ask the lord to decide." I saw a person who was observing the movements of the Takayama army in front of him running briskly in front of Matsunaga and kneeling to salute.

Song Yong Jiuxiu, who was leaning on the tree and closing his eyes to recuperate, did not feel too much surprise after listening, the retreat of the Gao Shan Army had long been expected by him, since the Gao Shan Army was going to withdraw, then he would follow him, waiting for the reinforcements to come to help, thinking of this, only to hear Song Yongxiu speak: "Good knowledge of the road, you continue to go to the front to observe, as soon as the Gao Shan Army has a movement, come to report immediately." ”

After the elite Ashigaru left, Matsunaga stood up and began to gather his troops, preparing to follow the Takayama Army.

As soon as the Takayama Army withdrew, Matsunaga Hidebe immediately led the army to follow, and the distance between the front and rear was still 500 meters.

At first, the retainers of the Takayama family were a little worried when they saw the enemy following them all the way, but after walking two or three miles, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the enemy was not close to them.

The enemy did this, obviously not wanting to fight hard with his own army, I am afraid that he wanted to wait until the reinforcements arrived to encircle themselves, however, their wishful thinking is probably going to be in vain, now it is only a mile or two away from Takasaki City, at the current speed, it will not take half an hour to arrive, and at that time, their own army has a city to defend, and in addition to the elite army of the two long-range attacks of the heavy vine bow and the iron cannon Ashigaru, even if the enemy has tens of thousands of troops, what is there to fear, The only thing they were worried about now was whether Takasaki Castle's Isshiki Fujicho had abandoned the dark head of Ming.

And after several years of training, although Mizse Uemon is not very old, he is much more mature than when he was in the Takayama family before. After all, he is also the commander of more than a hundred ninjas, so he naturally thinks more.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think, not to mention whether the family's army could defend Takasaki City, even if it could be defended, but it was not a way to always be besieged by the enemy, and along the way, he couldn't help but think that many of the lower ninjas he had been in contact with before, all of them had the heart to take refuge in the Takayama family, only because Wasuka Masakatsu's review of the lower ninja was too strict, so they failed to do so, and now the family is in danger, if at this time, all of them are included in the command, then it will inevitably increase a lot of strength for the family, if these ninjas are used to sneak attack the besieging enemy, if the enemy is unprepared, he will inevitably be defeated, and in this way, maybe the mountain army can still break out of the encirclement, and even if it can't, it will definitely make the enemy pay a big price.

This can at least reduce the pressure of defending the city, and as for the war, maybe the lord will include them under his command, even if it can't, but with the lord's generosity, it will definitely not lose them.

So why don't you say it? Thinking of this, I saw Mizuse Uemon quickly come to the side of the Takayama clan, and said: "My lord, now that my family's fighting strength is only four hundred, my subordinates are afraid that the city will be lost, so I applied to my lord to recruit the wild ninjas of Yamato Castle and Yamato to help fight, so that not only can I defend without worry, but I may also be able to defeat the enemy outside the city and break out of the encirclement, and ask the lord to decide." ”…,

"It's a good solution, but how can those ninjas support their own family for no reason and fight against the Miyoshi family, after all, this is the territory of the Miyoshi family."

Although he thought his solution was good, and was pleased that Mizuse Uemon had begun to learn to think with his head, he still voiced his concerns.

Since the establishment of the ninja army in the family, it has been a few years, except for the beginning, the expansion of the ninja army is relatively fast, the later it is, the slower the increase in the number of people, especially in the past year, the number of lower ninjas in the ninja army has increased less than ten a year, which makes the clan think that I am afraid that those in the opposition have been recruited by themselves to extinct it, so it will be so difficult.

On the contrary, in the last year, the increase rate of the middle ninja has been very fast, and this year alone, seven or eight middle ninjas have joined, and this number has made the clan very satisfied, and there is no less praise for Wasuka Masakatsu.

Now it can be said that every squad of the ninja army of the family, there is a middle ninja leader, whether it is combat power or coordination has been significantly improved, although as far as the ninja army of the family is concerned, it can not be compared with Igari Kagari, but whether it is quality or quantity, it is close to the first-class level, and in terms of the equipment of the ninja army, it has far surpassed Iga Koga, and has already reached the super-first-class level, and now the only thing that is lacking is the quantity, with the number that is increasing every year, and with their own prestige is getting higher and higher, There will definitely be a lot of ninjas to join, so I'm afraid it will only take ten years for the ninja army under his command to surpass Iga Koga and become the number one ninja power.

In another twenty or thirty years to integrate the strength of the ninjas in the world, I am afraid that there will be only one ninja in the world.

But these are just the clan's plans, if it comes to the present, he doesn't think that Minase Uemon can recruit many ninjas in such a short period of time, after all, with the family's attitude towards ninjas, there are only about a dozen ninjas recruited in a year, and they are recruited from all over the world, so the clan is not optimistic about this method. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )