"Who are you? Although the power of this family is not as strong as the Sakuma family, I am here to represent the head of the family, and you are only a retainer, so how can you be qualified to make this decision for Sakuma-sama. But Nian is about to return to his family, and he will be considered a colleague with you in the future, so he will not care about you this time. "Although these wealthy clans came to submit, the toughness of the samurai did not forget because of the surrender, so I only listened to one of them to fight back strongly. But they didn't dare to say it too much, so they only listened to another sentence at the end.

"Presumptuous! and so disrespectful to our Lord, that thou hast used thy head today to preserve the reputation of my Lord. Maeda Keiji said, stood up again, pulled out the knife at his waist, and was about to kill this person.

And the envoys who came were a little confused at the moment, and they were also sitting on the spot, and it was said that it should be Sakuma Nobumori's retainers, how could they call this person the lord, and could the ministers also be qualified to sit in such a high position?

But the messenger who spoke didn't have time to think at this moment, and saw that the warrior who was walking towards him was tall, and the sword in his hand was even more dazzling......

"Stop!" I only heard that the clan immediately stopped Maeda Keiji, although the clan also wanted to kill them very much, but these people are messengers after all, if these people are killed, then this is to harm their reputation.

"My lord, my subordinates think they must not be spared." Since the lord has a life, Maeda Keiji is not easy to act arbitrarily, so after saying a word resentfully, he obediently retreated to his position and sat down.

"Since you want to ask, then I will not hide it below, I am the old Takayama clan of the Oda family, and this time I led the army to help my father-in-law, if you have any objections to what I just said, then the clan also said it just now, it is better to see the real chapter on the battlefield."

"High... Takayama-sama. Hearing the other party's name, these envoys were really dumbfounded this time, including the heads of the various families, they only knew that Sakuma Nobumori led the army to attack, so the pressure in their hearts was not great. After all, if it was too urgent, then the various families and the Hatano family would unite and they would not be afraid of Sakuma Nobumori, but the Takayama clan actually led the army to come. Then this matter is not easy to do, no one knows the daimyo of Owari no Fox, even a famous family like the Takeda family is not its opponent, and a small wealthy family like himself, even if they unite, I am afraid that there is not much hope of victory.

And at this time, Sakuma Nobumori did not hesitate. I only heard him say: "What the clan said is exactly what I intended, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to make the decision, so let's wait for you for three days, if you don't want to, you don't have to come again in three days, send off guests!" ”

"Yes, yes, I will definitely do my best to persuade the head of the family, and please wait." After saying this, the messengers hurriedly got up and took their leave. This is not a prevarication, but this is indeed what they think in their hearts, fighting with the Gaoshan Army, just kidding, why did the family fight against the Gaoshan Army? Do you only rely on the hundreds of peasant soldiers under the command of the lord, I am afraid that the two armies will not be in contact at that time, and there will be no one left, it seems that the lord should be persuaded to agree, otherwise his life will not be guaranteed, but if he loses his life and does not keep the family business, it is a little too unworthy.

When the crowd left. The clan couldn't help frowning, looking at the meaning of these envoys, I am afraid that after returning home, they will definitely persuade their lord to agree to unconditional submission, if this is the case. After the war, the father-in-law will definitely return their territory, which is a little inconsistent with his own plan, but the clan sect has no good way, and can only hope that the other party still has some blood.

Since there were only two days, these envoys did not dare to delay in the slightest bit, for fear of missing the time. So I set out early in the morning, and at noon I had already returned to the city where the heads of the families lived.

And the result is what the clan is most willing to see, when two days later, no one comes, this is not that those wealthy families are not afraid, but they are all planning to take advantage of opportunism, they think that instead of handing over the territory now, it is better to wait for the defeat, anyway, the result after the defeat is the same, so why not fight it. Moreover, the Takayama clan has come all the way, and the surrounding area of its territory is even more powerful, maybe such as Hojo, Uesugi those snobbery see the emptiness in its territory, and it is very likely that the army will attack, and at that time the Takayama army will inevitably retreat, leaving only Sakuma Nobumori, and it is unlikely that he wants to capture Tanba. The more they thought about it, the more justified it became, so no matter how much the messengers who returned tried to persuade them, none of them agreed.

And Sakuma Nobumori wanted to let them live, but when he saw that these wealthy clans had such an attitude, he couldn't help but be furious, and as soon as the three days passed, he immediately invaded Tanba with a large army in the early morning of the fourth day.

And in these days at the border of the Sakuma Army, the Hatano family is also panicked at the moment, to say that the reason for the current situation is due to the suspicion of the head of the family, Oda Nobunaga, although he has expressed his obedience to Oda, Oda Nobunaga has also accepted, originally the Hatano family can be worry-free, but Hideji thinks that every time Nobunaga recruits each other, he has the intention of harming himself and taking the family business, so all of them refuse without exception, although he has been obedient to the Oda family for several years, But I never went to see it once.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the assessment room of the castle tower of Hagami Castle is very dull, Hideji Hatano sits on the throne and doesn't know what he is thinking, and the retainers sitting at the bottom of the stairs don't know what they are thinking, such a scene has lasted for almost a meal since the military meeting was held, and neither Hideji Hatano nor the retainers know what to say at the moment. It seems that there is no point in saying anything now.

The news of the Hatano family is much better than those wealthy families in the country of Tanba, they not only know that Sakuma led the army, but also know that the three Wakasa led the army, and they also know that the Takayama clan also led the army, they are not afraid of the Sakuma army, nor are they afraid of the Wakasa army, the only thing that makes them jealous is the Takayama army, the Takayama army is so prestigious, it is not made up, but it is obtained by real achievements. Don't look at the fact that there are only a few thousand people, but not long ago, it was also a few thousand Takayama troops who drove the Takeda forces out of Shinano, so the same thousands of people, once the arrangement is not right, it is enough to destroy the family several times.

Hatano Hideji also knows that although he has said that he has been obedient in recent years, he has actually not had anything to do with the Oda family at all, so he has long thought that there will be a day when his army will attack, so in the past few years, the Hatano family not only did not relax, but spent all his energy on the whole army, as early as a few years ago, it also began to implement the separation of soldiers and peasants, in order to meet Oda in the future, but also tried his best to keep the number of ashigaru at 5,000, in addition, it also took thousands of guan to rebuild the Eight Castles, Although there is still a gap with Gifu Castle, and there is no comparison with Azuchi Castle, but today's Yagami Castle is definitely a rare fortified castle, after the renovation of Yagami Castle, Hatano Hideji is finally relieved, even if Oda Nobunaga sends troops to attack, the family can also rely on this fortified castle to fight with it, but I never expected that it was no one else, it was the Takayama Army that I was most worried about. Although he now has a strong city and 5,000 elite people under his command, he still can't feel safe.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the enemy is present, I wonder if you have a way to retreat from the enemy?" I only heard Hideji Hatano break the dullness and speak.

"My lord, my subordinates think that it is better to send someone to Sakuma and Takayama-sama to show their submission, and if they accept it, then all crises will be solved."

"Do you think the Oda family will accept the submission of the Oda family?" I only heard Hideji Hatano ask flatly.

"It's... As long as the lord can be truly obedient, then presumably the Oda family should accept it. The more the retainer talked, the more weak his heart became, and in the end, even he felt that this proposal was too ridiculous.

Obviously, this time the Oda family has no intention of accepting the return of their own family at all, otherwise they only need to send one person to come, which means that it is powerful, so why bother to mobilize the army to come.

"Okay, you are thinking about your family, so I won't pursue it this time."

"Yes, thank you lord, my subordinates will definitely defend the Hatano family to the death." After hearing this, the retainer hurriedly said as if he had been pardoned.

"Do you have any other suggestions?" Hideji Hatano didn't bother to entangle with the retainer at the moment, only to see him look at the retainer under the stairs again, and then asked.

"My lord, my subordinates believe that in this enemy army, only the four thousand people led by the Takayama clan can really be called elite, and the rest, whether it is the Sakuma army or the Wakasa army, is probably slightly inferior to the main army in terms of combat power, so it is not impossible to repel the enemy." I only heard that the Kashii Kyoye, who was known as the green ghost among the two demons of Tanba, spoke after thinking about it.

"How should this battle be fought?"

"Back to the lord, the eight upper cities of this family are strong, and there is enough grain and grass in them, the family only needs to cage the city to resist the enemy, then the subordinates have the confidence to let them return in vain."

"Bladei-sama has a point."

The reason why the two of them didn't speak for a long time was not racking their brains to think of a way to deal with it, Akai Naomasa and Blade Sect were not just brave, they were able to protect the Hatano family for many years, and stood out, and their intelligence was not bad, such a strategy, there was no need to think about it at all, the reason why the two of them didn't speak for a long time was entirely because they were constantly struggling in their hearts,

If this method is adopted, then he is bound to command in the city of Bashang, so he will lose the land under his rule to the enemy, after all, once there is no oneself, then the city under his rule will not be able to block the attack of the mountain army, so it is indeed a little difficult to make a decision, but they know in their hearts that if even the main family is destroyed, even if there is their own town in the city under their rule, it is impossible to block the attack of the enemy army, so in the end they can only make the decision to protect the big and give up the small. (To be continued.) )xh118