Seeing that the retainers' complexion had recovered a lot, the clan said quickly, "Mizuse Uemon, what is the enemy's movement now?" ”

"Back to the lord, at present, the Jiangma family has assembled nine hundred troops in Tanaka City, and the Takeda family is still resting in Fangka City, as for the three hundred monks and soldiers dispatched by the Kokubunji Temple, they are currently camping on the front line, and the lord is still asking for a decision."

After hearing this, the clan nodded and said to Hikoemon behind him, "Get the map." ”

After a short time, I saw a delicate map with a length and width of nearly two meters lying quietly on a high table.

The ninjas of the Takayama family scattered out some time ago, while collecting information, while drawing maps, under the request of the Takayama clan, this map is much more detailed than any map in this era, and even has a little shadow of a modern map, and this is a complete map of Hida.

The clan clan stepped forward, and the retainers present had already gathered around. It can be seen from the map that the plateau city where the Jiangma family army is located is very close to the island city, and the army from this city can be sent out in less than two hours to the island city, and the Fangka City where the Takeda army is located needless to say, this city is directly east of the mountain city, and it is also not far away.

Seeing this, I only heard the clan sect ask: "Mizuse Uemon, where are the three hundred monks and soldiers of Kokubunji now stationed?" ”

"Back to the lord, the monks and soldiers of Kokubun Temple are currently living here." As he spoke, he pointed to the map.

Seeing this, the clan has completely understood the enemy's strategic intentions, and if the intelligence is good, then it is obvious that the enemy is preparing to attack in two ways, one route is to attack Xiaodao City with the strength of the 900 troops of the Jiangma family. On the other hand, the Takeda army of Changjing, Yama Prefecture, came to attack Takayama Castle.

However, the clan believes that the enemy's idea is too naïve, and the enemy should know that the army under his command is not less than them, and if the army is combined, there is still some suspense about the outcome or defeat, but if the army is divided into two ways, I am afraid that none of the roads can succeed. Even if Kokubunji Temple chooses a place to live very cleverly, it can be used as a reinforcement between the two armies of the enemy. Moreover, if the enemy's two armies attack smoothly, they can take Masuda Castle directly, but the number of monks is too small. As long as he sent a few hundred people to Yitian City to defend, then whether he went to support the enemy's two armies or attacked Yitian City, it would be useless.

Just with these three hundred monks and soldiers, he wanted to cut off the connection between Takayama Castle and Kojima Castle, and now the clan was doubting whether the chief general of the Takeda family was Yama Yama Changjing, and if so, then he really had to wonder if his reputation as one of the four famous ministers of the Takeda family was obtained by strength.

Thinking of this, the clan first ordered the map to be removed, and then waited for the retainers to sit for a long time. Only then did he speak: "It seems that this battle will be very easy for this family." ”

If the followers of the Takayama family still did not understand how the enemy's deployment was beneficial to their own family, then these leading samurai who had been fighting for many years in the family knew the truth, and the lord was right.

The enemy's arrangement is completely a dead end. So when the clan sect finished speaking, their faces were also full of smiles.

After the retainers said a few gossips, the clan immediately began to arrange, only to hear him speak: "Shi Li, how is the separation of soldiers and peasants now?" ”

"Back to the lord, after the prince gave the order. The subordinates have already begun to work on this matter, and now the subordinates have raised three hundred flags and are being trained, although there is no elite army under the lord's command, but it can be used. ”

"Three hundred? That's right, the Jiangma family has 900 troops this time, and the target is Xiaodao City, can you be confident that you can block it? ”

I only heard the Nechijima clan say with confidence: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will not let the Jiangma family's army take a step beyond Lei Chi." "The Nei Nei Island clan is not blind and arrogant, he knows that the army of the Jiang Ma family is basically peasant soldiers, don't look at the number of people is three times his own, but the combat power is not much different from the army under his command, and he has a city to follow, so he still has a great advantage, if this can't keep the enemy out, what face do he have to live. …,

"In that case, the battle on the northern front will be entirely in your charge." Speaking of this, I only heard the clan say to Kagawa Tadaji again: "You immediately transport grain and grass to the island city,." ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it immediately after the meeting."

When the clan sect was about to continue the arrangement, he only heard Sanada Masayuki say worriedly: "Lord, let the Lord of the Inner Island defend Kojima Castle alone, is the defense too weak?"

The lord is listening to the enemy's intelligence, and the enemy is not also collecting his own information, once they know that the Tao is in the extremely important island city, there is only an army on the inner island, and the lord does not send the original army, then the three hundred monks of the national branch temple will inevitably go north to help the war, and the combat power of these three hundred monks alone will be higher than that of the inner island army, plus the nine hundred troops of the Jiangma family, there is no possibility of winning at all, once the island city is lost, then the enemy can go straight to Matsukura, and then continue to attack the city in the territory of the family, or to besiege Takayama City, it is very unfavorable to the family, so the subordinates think that it is necessary to send additional troops to the island city to garrison. ”

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "Changxing, I have already thought of this, but the reason why I will do this is because as long as the inner island army can withstand the attack of the Jiangma family, as for the monks and soldiers of Kokubunji Temple, there is no need to worry, the army of this family is limited, and there must be no waste." ”

Speaking of this, I only heard the clan sect order again: "Yamauchi Yifeng, you lead four hundred troops to camp in Yitian City, pay close attention to the movements of those bald donkeys, if the enemy attacks Yitian City, you will block it for me, and if the enemy goes north, you will also lead the army north to aid Xiaodao City." Do you understand? ”

"It is the subordinates who will live up to the trust of the lord." Not only Yamauchi Kazutoyo understood, but even Sanada Masayuki understood it completely after listening to the clan's arrangement.

This can not only ensure that the island city is worry-free, but also can save the army's strength to the greatest extent, the enemy's army is only so much, once the monks of Kokubunji Temple go north, then there will be no extra military strength to attack Masuda Castle, so that Yamauchi Kazutoyo can go north with peace of mind, there is no need to worry about the loss of Masuda Castle, and there is no need to waste hundreds of troops in Kojima City.

Thinking of this, I only heard Sanada Masayuki worship: "The wisdom of the lord is not as good as his subordinates." ”

The clan didn't say anything more about his admiration, but commanded, "Although Matsukura Castle is not the main city, it is the second most important town in the family, so I decided to send the Takayama clan chief and Tanaka Katsusuke to lead five hundred troops to defend the town. ”

"It is the lord, and his subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." After separating these 900 troops from the 200 troops that had been stationed at Hachiman Castle in the gun, the Takayama clan now has 3,300 troops in his hands, and now not only surpasses the Takeda Army in terms of combat power, but even in terms of numbers, it is basically the same as the Takeda Army.

There is no way for the clan to arrange it this way, and he also hopes to send more troops to garrison other cities, but he knows that the main force of this enemy is the Takeda army, as long as the superior forces are concentrated to defeat the Takeda army, then with the small fish and shrimp of the Jiangma family and the monks of Kokubunji Temple, they will not be able to make much waves.

At the same time as the clan sect was holding an evaluation meeting, Yama Prefecture Masakin was also discussing with several samurai, but since he had already arranged it, it was not as formal as Takayama, and several people just sat casually, discussing their views on this battle.

From their expressions, it can be seen that they are very relaxed.

"Lord Yamayama, if you arrange it like this, I'm afraid that this time the Takayama family will really be finished, and once the Takayama army is wiped out, the Oda family's army will be fighting on all fronts, and who else can stop the 7,000 army of the main family, and the capture of Gifu Castle is even more like taking something in a bag, so that the merit of the lord will definitely exceed that of all the samurai in the family." I only heard Yama County Changjing's subordinates and Matsuoka Ukyo say excitedly. …,

I only heard the retainer of Changjing in Shanxian County, Zhongyuan Kanejiu, said: "Lord, that Yitian City connects the north and south, and the location is not unimportant, although the lord only arranges three hundred monks and soldiers here to confuse the Gaoshan army, but even if the Gaoshan clan can't guess the lord's strategy, but this Yitian City is a front-line town after all, how can the Gaoshan clan not strengthen the defense of this city, so the subordinates think that it is better to let the wind demon ninja army and the family army attack Gaoshan City together, so it will be more secure." ”

"Don't worry, even if the Gaoshan Clan Sect wants to deploy heavy troops in Yitian City, I won't give him this opportunity, just now I have sent someone to Gaoshan City to fight the war, I want to confront it head-on, the Gaoshan Clan's available army is only four thousand five hundred people, if it is divided into some more, it is equivalent to the strength of the family's army. As long as he agrees to a battle, there will be no extra troops to be sent to Yitian City at all. ”

"But did the lord ever think that the Gaoshan Clan Sect could not accept the challenge at all, as long as he was cowering in Gaoshan City, then at least a thousand people could be assigned to garrison Yitian City, so it would be a little difficult to capture this city."

"The Takayama clan will definitely fight, his goal is to unify Hida, if he wants to achieve such a goal, he must completely defeat his own army, if he hides in the city, how can he do this? So even if I don't send him a letter of war, I'm afraid he'll send a messenger. ”

Speaking of this, Shan County Changjing asked again with this uneasiness: "Is the Wind Demon Ninja Army ready now?" ”

"Back to the lord, according to the lord's orders, his subordinates have informed Kotaro in the wind demon not to lead the army into Hida before the start of the war, so at present he and his two thousand ninja troops are staying at the Shinano border, and in the early morning of June 1, he will lead the army straight to Masuda Castle on time, please rest assured."

Shan Shan Changjing couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, he knew how powerful the intelligence network of the Takayama family was, as long as Kotaro led the army in the wind demon to enter, it would be discovered by the ninjas of the Takayama family, in order to let them play a greater role, so he didn't let them enter now, it can be said that whether this battle can wipe out the Takayama family depends on this ninja army as a strange soldier. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )