Chapter 665: Defeating the Enemy with the Enemy
After the battle on the battlefield was over, Yama Yama Masakai led several of his samurai across the Miyagawa River to the west bank, and although the battle ended in his own victory, he was not happy at all, and his heart was even full of anger.
He originally thought that the army under his command was behind the Gaoshan army, even if he couldn't leave them all, at least he could kill more than a thousand people, and he could also take advantage of the chaos to rush into the mountain city, but now it's good, not only did the mountain city not rush in, but he also lost hundreds of troops, under such a huge loss, the army under his command only killed five hundred Gaoshan family ninja army, is this still a pursuit battle, if you say it, it will definitely be laughed off by others.
So as soon as he got closer, he scolded the samurai who led the army, and when he finished scolding, he still felt angry, only to hear him reprimand the wind demon Kojiro again: "Do you know the way, you are nearly half an hour late, that is, in this half an hour, not only did you lose the opportunity to completely annihilate the mountain army."
And it also led to heavy losses in the army, there are 2,000 ninjas under your command, and there are 300 monks and soldiers of Kokubunji Temple to help, and it took so long to capture Masuda Castle, which is only defended by 300 people, are the ninjas under your command all waste?
When I see my lord, I will definitely report this situation and want to become a samurai of the Takeda family, hum! Dream on! ”
As a traditional samurai, Yama Prefecture Changjing looks down on these ninjas, even the top daimyo Wind Demon Kojiro, not to mention that this time it was indeed because they didn't arrive in time that they lost the opportunity to annihilate the Takayama Army, even if they arrived on time. It definitely won't give these ninjas any good looks.
Although this is just his angry words, but after it reached the ears of the wind demon Kojiro, it was very different, the reason why the wind demon Kojiro gave up the Hojo family and agreed to lead the army to support the battle of the Takeda family was not because he was expected to become a samurai, and now I heard Yamayama Shojing say so. His heart also cooled in half.
He knew that Yama Changjing was Takeda Shingen's favorite general, if he really said something in Takeda Shingen. Then his identity as a samurai will be in vain.
This time, his command suffered heavy losses, and if he couldn't get anything, how would he face the ninjas under his command. If you want to say who the Wind Demon Kojiro hates the most now, it is undoubtedly the Yama County Changjing in front of him.
Seeing that the other party was staring at him, of course he couldn't say that he didn't arrive late in order to bury the hundreds of warriors of the Takayama family, if he really said that, I'm afraid that Shan Shan Changjing would not only not change his opinion of himself, but would be even more angry, this was completely asking for his own suffering, how could Wind Demon Kojiro do this.
Other than that, he really didn't have much to explain. So after listening to the reprimand of Changjing in Shan County, he had no intention of opening his mouth at all.
If he begged for mercy, he might be able to get the other party's forgiveness, after all, after this battle, the Takeda army suffered heavy losses. The army under the command of Changjing in Shan County is less than 2,500 people, whether it is to capture Hida or directly capture Gifu City, he needs to use the Shinobi army in the Wind Demon, but he has no intention of asking for mercy at all, which really makes Changjing of Shan County angry.
In his opinion, Kojiro did this in the Wind Demon. It's all about despising yourself. Okay, since you don't take me seriously, then even if you don't have to make a complaint to the lord, I have a way to make it impossible for you to become a samurai, and this way is to die, not only Kojiro in the wind demon will die, but also the ninja under his command, Yama Yama Shokei, also has no intention of letting go.
Thinking of this, he saw that Shan County Changjing's face was cold, and he said: "The Gao Shan family has now entered the city, but I expected that it was not ready to defend yet, so I decided to attack the city immediately. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he only heard a junior samurai who was lucky enough to retreat from outside Takayama Castle say: "The lord must not, when his subordinates led the army to rush outside the Takayama city just now, they were fiercely resisted by the enemy, and there were heavy vines and iron cannons at the city gates and walls, and now it has been nearly a pillar of incense since all the Takayama troops were completed, and the subordinates think that the Takayama army should have been arranged, so now is not the best time to attack, please think twice." ”…,
"Is it because the enemy is prepared, we are going to return in vain, if we don't capture Gaoshan City, how can we continue to march and cooperate with the lord's army to fight, and don't shut up for me!"
"But my lord, if you attack now, even if Takayama Castle is captured, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and you will have to attack Gifu Castle next......"
"Shut up! My word is an order, and there is no need to say it again. ”
Shan County Changjing was angry because the retainer under his command was too blind, and he had decided to eliminate the Takayama family at the same time, and also consume the Wind Demon Ninja Army, even if they couldn't break Takayama City, but at least they could eliminate a lot of Takayama family ashigaru, which was still very good for the next battle, but now that the retainer under his command suddenly jumped out to oppose it, how could he not be angry.
As a deputy general, Daxiong Chaoxiu of course also knew that it was indeed not the best time to attack, and there must be some reason why Shan County Changjing insisted on it, so he didn't say anything.
Seeing that the retainer and the samurai present stopped talking, they only heard Yama Shan Changjing continue to say: "Wind Demon Kojiro, the siege of the city will be entrusted to you, if you can capture Takayama City, the belated matter will be written off, otherwise, you should think about how to treat the main bus first." ”
After speaking, he continued: "The whole army obeys the order, immediately set up camp and rest, and there must be no mistake." ”
If it's just reinforcements, Wind Demon Kojiro can completely refuse to attack Takayama Castle, but now although he hasn't officially become a samurai of the Takeda family, it doesn't make much difference, don't look at the army he commands accounts for nearly forty percent of the total military strength of the Takeda army, but even if he becomes a samurai, his identity is only the lowest-level retainer, and Yama Yama Changjing, as an important minister of the Takeda family, doesn't know how much higher Lu Dao is than him, so he can't help but not carry out orders.
When the Takeda family's army was encamped, the wind demon Kojiro had already led 1,500 ninjas under his command to launch an attack on Takayama Castle, but at this time, the defense in the city had already been arranged, and the long-range attack on Ashigaru alone reached more than 700 people, and on the city wall, the other Ashigaru teams of the Takayama family were still patrolling, so that even if there were ninjas who were lucky enough to escape the attack of projectile arrows, they would also die on steel knives and spears.
After dropping 200 corpses, Wind Demon Kojiro had to withdraw his ninja army, he knew that in the face of such an impregnable defense, if he attacked the city by himself, only the strength of the army under his command was not enough, so he had to retreat into the camp first to find a way to attack the city. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )