Isshiki Fujinaga and the other three all believed that with the current situation, there was no sign of defeat at all from the Miyoshi family, and the attack of the Oda family's army was not a good thing in their eyes.

But how could Takayama-sama be so sure, and after all, the Miyoshi Army has 20,000 troops, even if it can't defeat the Oda Army, but it should still be possible to hold the west bank of the Seta River, so the Takayama clan must want to separate himself and others, and after the only son goes to attack the Miyoshi Army, and this is only one of the reasons why the three of them hesitated.

Another reason is that they are really not confident in the siege, they have been staying in the mountain city country for many years, of course, they know that Kawaguchi Castle is not a strong city, and the defenders are only 100 people, but the total strength of the three people on their side is only 200, although it is more than twice as much as the enemy, but the enemy has a city to defend, and it is so close to this place, in case their own attack is blocked, and the enemy rescues, then what should I do.

When they thought of this, they only heard Ikeda Katsumasa speak: "Takayama-sama, I think that the most important thing now is to defeat the Miyoshi army in front of you, as long as you can defeat the Miyoshi army and let the Oda family army cross the river, then with tens of thousands of elites, let alone one city, even if it is not difficult to sweep the entire mountain city country, so I think that now divide the troops to attack the castle in the mountain city country, isn't it... Isn't there a need for this? ”

After hearing this, the Takayama clan said in his heart, he kindly gave you the credit for Bai Lai, and it is equivalent to giving the Ashikaga family thousands of stones in disguise. You don't want it, since you don't want it, then forget it.

The clan sect sent them to seize Kawaguchi Castle, which can be said to have no selfish intentions. **!Book. I just think that the military strength of the three of them, such as Isshiki Fujinaga, is the most suitable to go, and if the three of them lead the army to go, then once Kawaguchi Castle is taken, then it can be said that this city belongs to the Ashikaga family, after all, Oda and the Ashikaga family are currently in an alliance, except for Nijo Castle and other castles that symbolize the identity of the shogun, it can be said that whoever takes the castle is theirs, and now they don't want it. This is really a donkey's liver and lungs.

Who is the clan sect, it is the very famous tail long fox, so when the three of them hesitated, he had already guessed what the other party was thinking. So he was very unhappy in his heart, he had traveled over for so long, it was rare to be a good person, and the other party was so unreal, how could he not be angry.

However, although these three people have said that they are willing to listen to their own arrangements. But after all, they are not their subordinates, and these three people are equivalent to themselves in terms of identity and knowledge and deeds, so it is not easy for the clan to order directly, and now since the three of them are unwilling to go. Then forget it, anyway, it's not that there is no military strength under his command.

Come to think of it. Although the clan had a lot of complaints in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. I saw that he was still smiling and said, "Well, since the three adults are unwilling, then the three adults will lead the army to follow him." ”

After listening to this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they couldn't help but feel very proud, they could also see through the plan of the Takayama clan, and it seemed that it was nothing more than that.

But soon the three of them regretted it, and after the clan finished speaking, he didn't mean to stop there, but he immediately opened his mouth and ordered: "Katsusuke Tanaka! ”

"The subordinates are here, please command!" I heard Katsusuke Tanaka hurriedly reply.

"I now order you to lead your spear ashigaru to attack Kawaguchi Castle!"

For his retainers, the Gaoshan clan didn't have too many scruples, and just listened to him in an unquestionable tone.

"It is the lord, and his subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." After speaking, I saw that Katsusuke Tanaka immediately stepped on his horse and led nearly 200 spear ashigaru under his command towards Kawaguchi Castle. …,

The clan did not care about Tanaka Katsusuke's departure, but pointed his hand at Seta Yamashiro and ordered again: "Omiya Keiren, Sugitani Zenjubo!" ”

"The subordinates are here!" I heard the two of them reply in unison.

"I order you two to lead your own army and attack Setayama Castle."

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it." After speaking, the two excitedly led their subordinates away.

Kojishima Castle, the clan clan focused on this, and did not speak directly, this city is a big city, and this city is directly facing the main camp of the Miyoshi army of the Seda River, it is certain that if the Miyoshi army retreats, then it will inevitably pass through here, and it is even very likely to enter this city, with the help of the strong city walls, to resist the attack of the Oda army, and wait for reinforcements from the Shikoku side.

Therefore, if this city is captured, there is an eighty percent chance of encountering the attack of the Miyoshi army, and the army that can be deployed now is only three hundred ninja troops and one hundred cavalry, and the cavalry will be left to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, so can the three hundred ninja army block the enemy's attack?

Even the clan sect, which has always been decisive, hesitated, and not only that, he only paid attention to the movements of the Miyoshi family's army, so he didn't know how many defenders there were in this island city, and who the defenders were, so with only a few hundred troops, whether he could capture the island city was in two words.

When the clan thought of this, he did not give orders to Wasuka Masakatsu and Mizuse Uemon, but first asked, "Who is currently guarding Kijima Castle and what is the military situation?" ”

Although the lord didn't mention this matter before, but Wasuka Masakatsu had done enough work, and it was just a gesture for him to get the information about the island city, so even if the clan didn't tell him to do it before, he still investigated the situation in the city clearly after the Miyoshi family's army left, and now the lord asked, this information can be used.

I only heard Wasuka Masakatsu speak: "Back to the lord, there are currently five hundred defenders in the city of Koshima, and the city is represented by Miyoshi Kangjun." Please also ask the Lord to decide. ”

After hearing this, the clan nodded, and when he heard that the defender in the city was just Miyoshi Yasumun, who had no brave name, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The clan knew that although Miyoshi Yasutoshi did not have a good reputation, and if he hadn't even gone to by himself, he had never heard of such a person in the Miyoshi family from the intelligence, so if he sent two masters, Suga Masakatsu and Mizuse Uemon, to lead the team, it should be foolproof.

As for the other party's 500 troops, although there are a lot more ninja troops than their own family, and there are cities to defend, the clan does not take them too seriously.

The ninja army is different from other military forces, their main combat method is sneak attack, as long as they can sneak into the city, then with the elite of the ninja army, not to mention that the enemy has five hundred, even if he gives him a thousand, it is not the opponent of the three hundred ninja army, as for whether he can sneak into the city unknowingly. With the presence of Masakatsu Wasuka and Mizuse Uemon, the clan believes that it is completely superfluous to consider this issue. (To be continued......)