Chapter 684: Counterattack on all fronts
When Wind Demon Kotaro finished speaking, no one hesitated, only listened to them speak in unison.
Now that Fenglu's problem has been solved, what is there to hesitate about, in addition to the high mountains, looking at the whole world, no one will give themselves such treatment, if they miss it, then they will definitely regret it for a lifetime.
As for the question of leaving their homeland after returning to the Takayama family, these ninjas didn't think too much about it, for them, it didn't matter where they lived, instead of living in their hometown, it was better to come to Hida to settle down again and fight for a better future.
After the people present decided, many of them began to secretly calculate, if they didn't die, in terms of the Fenglu they were going to get, I am afraid that as long as they save for two years, it would be enough to get back a woman, give birth to a baby, and give themselves a home.
Unlike samurai, samurai are desperate to earn merit and get promoted for fame, because they already have status, status, women, etc., so fame becomes their pursuit.
And ninjas have nothing, what do they want to get more Fenglu for, they don't want to have a home, ninjas want to have no identity, no status, no status, not to mention poverty, and dangerous work, women marry farmers, at least they can be relatively stable, and marry ninjas, maybe when they will become widows, so although there are many ninjas, there are very few who can start a family, and the desire as a ninja is very simple, that is, I want to have a home.
When they are injured, it is enough for them to have someone who asks for warmth. If you are loyal to the Takayama family and get the treatment of a samurai, then these problems will be solved, and as long as you have enough money, even if you die in battle, your wife and children will not be unable to live without you.
And my identity is different, and it will be much easier to marry a wife.
Most of the ninjas present were over the age of twenty. It's also time to think about succession.
Wind Demon Kotaro met before all the ninjas chose to submit with him without exception, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, it seemed that his previous worries were completely superfluous, only to hear him say again: "Are you waiting to follow me." Instead, I will be loyal to my lord, and after this battle is over, I will only have 300 ninja troops under my command, and these 300 people will be the most elite of the ninja army, so there must be some of you who will not be able to continue to follow me, but you should remember to me, no matter who is in charge. I can't lose my face in the wind demon! ”
"Yes, we will live up to the expectations of the Commander." I only heard all the ninjas present say in unison.
"Okay, I won't say more, the lord will launch an attack on the enemy at ten noon in two days, as for the ninja arrangement, I will tell you before the battle, in the last two days, I don't want anyone to let the people of the Takeda family see the flaws. Do you understand everything? ”
Two days had passed in a blink of an eye, and it was less than half an hour before noon, after the Takeda Army had just failed to attack and retreated. The army in Takayama Castle did not take turns to defend as before, except for the iron cannon and the heavy wisteria bow and ashigaru guarding each place, the other more than 1,700 melee troops were all concentrated on the inside of the main gate, waiting for the arrival of ten o'clock at noon.
And the clan and the leading retainers under their command have already been dressed neatly, and they have been waiting for this day for a long time.
After another failed attack, the Takeda Army had all withdrawn to the camp to rest, and in the past few days, the losses of the Takeda Army were quite serious. At present, there are less than 2,000 ashigaru left under the command of Yama Yama Masakai, and because the attack is not smooth, their morale has been low, even if the wind demon Kotaro does not help them, they can be defeated by the Takayama army alone.
And the head of the Takeda family, Yama County Changjing, is very annoyed now, firstly, because this mountain city cannot be attacked for a long time. delayed the lord's plan, and secondly, because just now he saw the envoy sent by the lord, although the messenger said very politely, but between the lines, he still heard the lord's dissatisfaction with himself. …,
He could tell that the lord was very dissatisfied with his decision to send the wind demon Kotaro to assassinate the Takayama clan, and he was only giving himself two days, if he hadn't been able to wipe out the Takayama family after two days and led the army west to raid Gifu, then his position as the main general would be considered to be over.
And this is not counted, I'm afraid that after that, it will be difficult for him to be reused by the lord like before, he believes, this is not alarmist, if this battle is won, then the world belongs to the Takeda family, if defeated, then the Takeda family will face the Oda family's counterattack, which is related to the survival of the Takeda family, if the failure has its own reasons for taking care of its reputation, then no matter how much the previous lord pampered himself, this time there will definitely be no appeasement.
In addition, in recent years, anyone can see that the lord has begun to promote young retainers on a large scale, such as Anayama Nobukun, Sanada family Shintsuna, and Changhui, if he can't succeed this time, I'm afraid it won't be long before he will be replaced by these people, so even if he is reluctant, he has to use extraordinary means to go west within the time specified by the lord.
Thinking of this, I only heard him say loudly: "Come on, go and find me the Wind Demon Kotaro, I have something to order." ”
At this moment, the wind demon Kotaro is in the final arrangement, the three pontoon bridges have been destroyed, and most of the Takeda family ashigaru is recruited from Koshin, among which there are very few ashigaru who know the water, and this road is completely a dead end for them Han ducks.
In addition to the pontoon bridge has been destroyed, the ninjas outside the potential Takayama Castle have been secretly transferred back by him after the siege battle just now, and five hundred people are arranged on the road leading to Masuda Castle, if the Takeda army cannot escape from the direction of Miyagawa, it will definitely escape from here, and the remaining five hundred people are led by him personally, and cooperate with other troops to attack the Takeda army.
"Lord Wind Demon, Lord Shan County, please." Just as Wind Demon Kotaro was arranged, he saw a flag head walking into the woods and saying loudly.
Wind Demon Kotaro looked at the ninja knife inserted in the ground, only a trace away from noon, if he went at this time, then who would command the ninja under his command, anyway, the time is approaching, even if he let Shan County Changjing know that it is not a big deal, thinking of this, I only heard him open his mouth and said: "Go back and tell Shan County Changjing, my Wind Demon has returned to the Gao Shan family, tell him to wash and wait to be slaughtered, give me a roll!" ”
"You ......" After hearing this, he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, if he left immediately just now, there would still be a chance to live, but because of his hesitation, he missed it.
As soon as noon arrived, I heard the sound of shouting and killing from the direction of Takayama City.
The Takayama clan clan led 1,700 troops to the Takeda army camp, due to the suddenness of the incident, the Takeda family Ashigaru except for a few garrisons, the others were resting, and Takayama Castle was only a thousand meters away from this camp, and it arrived in an instant, leaving them no time to react.
At this moment, although the camp gate is still in the hands of the Takeda army, many of the Gaoshan army have already climbed through the wall.
"This is the best time to destroy the Alpine Army, attack me quickly, kill me!"
"It's the lord." Changjing of Shanxian County saw the Gao Shan army out of the city, he did not feel much fear, but was very happy, the Gao Shan army was cowering in the city, and there was nothing he could do about him, but since he came out, it was not so simple to go back again.
Although the opponent was caught off guard because of its sudden attack, with the advantage of numbers, it will definitely be himself who wins the final victory.
"Someone, go and inform the Wind Demon Kotaro to lead the army to come to help, and cut off the back road of the Takayama army." Shan Shan Changjing rushed towards the enemy who had already attacked the camp with a spear, and at the same time did not forget to send people to help the Tongzhi ninja army. …,
However, he had forgotten one thing, that is, the Wind Demon Ninja Army was outside the mountain city at the moment, and they didn't have any obstruction at all, didn't this explain the problem.
Although Shan County Changjing forgot, but the deputy general Daxiong Chaoxiu did not forget, when the Takayama army came out of the city, he thought that the ninja army had changed, and he had been pacifying Ashigaru behind the camp just now, so when he rushed to the front, the Takayama army had already rushed in.
As soon as he came to Changjing's side in Shanxian County, he said in a panic: "Lord Shanxian, there is a change in the ninja army in the next wind demon, so let's withdraw quickly!" ”
After hearing this, Changjing of Shan County was stunned, and then realized the seriousness of the matter, not to mention the rebellion in the wind demon, even if the two do not help each other, the Gaoshan army is not something they can deal with, but if they retreat now, then the Gaoshan army will chase and kill behind, and how many people will be able to escape.
Just as he hesitated, he saw hundreds of ninjas rushing out of the woods on the side of Takayama Castle, and as soon as they appeared, the Takeda army began to boil, and many ashigaru did not forget to shout loudly while fighting: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!" ”
But not long after they were excited, they found that it was true that the ninja army in the wind demon came, but it was not a reinforcement, because it was a tall wind demon Kotaro, and the ninja knife in his hand was constantly harvesting his own life, and now even a fool could see that the wind demon had rebelled.
"Wind Demon Kotaro, the Takeda family has taken you a lot, why did you rebel." When the Wind Demon Kotaro led the ninja army into the camp, he saw a samurai with more than 100 feet in front of him, and asked.
"Fart, Lao Tzu has not yet become a minister of the Takeda family, so why talk about rebellion, don't talk nonsense, hand over the head." As he spoke, he rushed towards the samurai.
Not to mention the average second- and third-rate samurai, even if he is a top samurai, he has the ability to fight with it, how can this retainer under the command of Yama Yama Changjing be his opponent, just one face, his head appeared in the hands of the wind demon Kotaro. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )