As soon as the battle of the Moribe was over, Shibata Katsuya was happy, he summoned all the retainers to the samurai mansion of Mori Border Castle, and after everyone sat down, he only heard Shibata Katsuya Dalu smile and said: "Ha Luha, this time to achieve a victory in the joint battle, all depend on your bravery, this battle Qianbei is even more indispensable, the reward is 30 times!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Shibata." After the clan thanked him, he raised his eyes and saw that everyone was looking at him with envy.

The clan secretly laughed at them in his heart, he really hadn't seen the world, and it was worth making a fuss about only 30 guan, if Lao Tzu could make such a big contribution, he would have to reward one or two hundred guan.

However, the clan also understands very well in his heart, for ordinary samurai, it is already a lot to be rewarded with 30 pieces of credit like this, after all, Shibata Katsuya is not a daimyo, and now all the income comes from Zhixing, and he usually has to support his retainers and ashigaru, so under normal circumstances, there is not much money left in his hand.

As soon as the clan thought of this, he only heard Shibata Katsuya say again: "Baixiang Jiajia was the first to defeat the enemy formation, and the credit is not small, and the reward is 10 times." ”

Bai Xiang Jiaxi hurriedly said, "Thank you, my lord." ”

The army rested in the city while waiting for Oda Nobunaga's arrival. In the afternoon of the same day, Oda Nobunaga appeared outside Moribe Castle with an army of 3,500 troops. After much deliberation, Shibata Katsuie decided to hand over the responsibility of guarding the Mori Border Castle to the Takayama clan, leaving 50 ashigaru to help defend it. After that, he joined forces with Nobunaga's army and marched towards Inabayama Castle.

Along the way, nineteen and fourteen were captured by Sakuma Nobumori and Hayashi Tongkatsu, and Oda's army reached the outside of Inabayama Castle unimpeded. At this time, Oda's army had exceeded 6,000 people.

As early as when Shibata Katsuya and the other three attacked the three castles respectively, in the Inabayama Castle Assessment Room, the retainers of the Saito family had begun to panic, and they didn't notice that Saito Yoshiryu, who was sitting on the main seat, had a gloomy and gloomy face, and he was still talking to each other.

Saito Yoshiryu saw the retainers below messing around, chattering endlessly, and finally couldn't help but say angrily: "Okay! Shut up, have something to say one by one! When he had finished speaking, the retainers were all quiet again. Didn't they all have something to say just now, why are they all dumb now? ”

Saito Yoshiryu focused his attention on Kuninobu Aiba, one of the eighteen generals of Nishiminon, who was the most active just now. "Guoxin, can you tell me what strategy you can use to retreat from the enemy?"

If there was a strategy to retreat from the enemy, he had already said it just now, this was an opportunity to show his face in front of the lord, but he was only a martial artist, and he could not think of any strategy other than rushing to kill in front of the battle. However, since the lord called his name and didn't dare not answer, Xiangba Guoxin hurriedly bowed down and said: "Lord, my subordinates think that reinforcements should be sent quickly to save the three cities." ”

At this time, Fupo Guangji said loudly: "My lord, you must not send reinforcements to support, otherwise you will fall for Oda Nobunaga's tricks." ”

"Lord Bupo, what do you mean by this, if you don't go to the army to rescue, if the retainers are chilled by this, can you afford it?" Hibino Hiroshi shouted at the top of his voice.

He didn't intend to argue with this group of rough people, and said directly to Saito Yoshiryu: "My lord, my subordinates have heard that in addition to the three armies of the Oda family, Oda Nobunaga has led a large army to go out, if the three cities are rescued, Inabayama Castle will be empty, if the Oda army comes to attack at this time, then this city will be difficult to protect." Please also think twice. ”

"Don't break the words of the lord, I don't agree with it, Inabayama Castle is high and deep, and the terrain is dangerous, even if 100 ashigaru guards the city, it will be difficult for the Oda family to get down to this city in a hurry, so the subordinates agree with the proposal of Lord Xiangba, and it is better to send troops to rescue."

"Hugh wants to talk nonsense in front of the lord, lord, in the city of Inabayama, there are no more than three thousand, and it is not enough to defend the city, how can you send reinforcements, please think twice." Mamoru Ando shouted angrily.

"You..."

When Saito Yoshiryu saw his retainers criticizing each other and attacking each other on the occasion of offering advice, he couldn't help but be furious and roared, "Bastard! Shut up for me," After speaking, calm returned to the assessment room, in his opinion, the two strategies that the retainers said just now were not the best strategies, but there was no better way for a while, so he hesitated again.

Just when Saito Yoshiryu couldn't make up his mind, a person suddenly ran in from outside the door of the assessment room, only to see that the helmet pocket on his head was gone, and the big armor on his body was also damaged in many places, and the expression on his face was even more frightened. He is none other than Kiyomi Hibino who lost Mori Castle. "Lord, his subordinates are incompetent, the forest border city has been captured by the enemy, please punish the lord." ,

Saito Yoshiryu was shocked when he heard this, he really didn't expect that the enemy had just left the army in the morning, and the report of defeat came at noon. "What! You lost the forest border castle? And what about Adachi Rokubei? ”

Hibino Kiyoshi said bitterly: "Back to the lord, the Adachi Rokubei has been killed. ”

Saito Yoshiryu sat down by force, although the Adachi Rokubei was under the command of Hibino, but his brave warrior Saito Yoshiryu was still relatively clear, even if he was called the first fierce general of the Saito family, it was not indispensable, but he actually died, that... Then who else can withstand the attack of Oda's army? Unlike in the past, this time Saito Yoshiryu was really panicked.

Takenaka Hanbei had been thinking about countermeasures, until this moment he finally thought of a plan to retreat from the enemy, only to hear him speak: "The lord doesn't have to worry, his subordinates have a strategy to retreat from the enemy." ”

Saito Yoshiryu's spirit suddenly perked up, and he hurriedly said, "Quick... Say it. ”

"My lord, although the Oda family army is numerous, it is not without weaknesses, and his subordinates believe that the Oda family has sent troops from Owari, and the supply line is too long, and if they can send an army to cut off their food routes, the Oda family must have to retreat without a fight. This plan is also up to the Lord to decide. ”

Saito Yoshiryu swept away his decadent state, and said excitedly: "Okay, okay, the half-soldier guard has a very good plan, this matter will be handled by you, I am helping you with 500 troops, no matter what, you have to succeed." ”

"Yes, my subordinates are commanded." After speaking, Saito Yoshiryu ordered people to strictly guard the city, and on the other hand, he sent Takenaka Banbei to lead the army to quietly sneak behind enemy lines.

At this time, the clan had been guarding the castle for four days, and during these four days, he kept receiving battle reports from the front, but the content of the battle reports was that the Oda family's attack was blocked without exception, and there was no good news, and he was not surprised by this, if Oda Nobunaga could capture Inabayama Castle this time, it would be surprising.

"Lord Gao Shan, the lord orders you to retreat immediately, there must be no mistake!" Kanamori shouted as he ran into the room. After saying that, he panted and entered the samurai's mansion.

"Okay, let's get ready." The clan had long thought that the result of this battle was nothing more than a retreat, so without any surprise, he immediately ordered Maeda Toshiie to gather Ashigaru and prepare to leave.

"Takayama-sama, don't you ask the reason for the retreat?"

"It's all about retreating anyway, it doesn't matter if you know the reason for it, Lord Kanamori, what do you think?"

After a while, Maeda Toshiya walked into the house and said, "Report, lord, the army has been assembled and can be evacuated at any time." ”

"Out of the ......" clan just wanted to give the order to retreat, but he suddenly thought that if he retreated like this, this city would be owned by the Saito family again, so wouldn't his efforts have been in vain in the past few days, thinking of this, he only heard the clan say again: "Left, immediately order Ashigaru to set fire to the city." ”

With the burning of Moribe Castle, the Oda family won a partial victory, but it did not break the Saito family.

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