Chapter 80: The Trap
"It doesn't matter. Rest for the night and set tomorrow in the city! Guo Jia glanced at Inabayama Castle in the distance, ignored it, and walked directly into the improvised barracks.
"My lord, since we know their plan, why don't we attack in one fell swoop? Didn't the half-guards turn Inabayama upside down not long ago? Wouldn't it be better for us to take advantage of the chaos and take it in one fell swoop? Takigawa Yiyi sat down and asked suspiciously.
"Why bother? One day sooner or later, Inabayama Castle can't run again. Now that they have jumped over the wall, they will grieve the residents of Inabayama Castle tonight. Guo Jia said that he took out a book and began to read, and in the past few years, he has fallen in love with the joy of reading when he has nothing to do.
"Yiyi, did you let the Yin Mass sneak into Mt. Inaba?" Guo Jia remembered some of the backhands he left behind, and now he doesn't have to wait for a while?
"Well, it's been arranged a long time ago, but I haven't been in touch for fear of exposure." Takigawa Kazuyi nodded in affirmation.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, go to Inabayama Castle again, and shake out the information from Saito Yoshiryu. And that back hand. Guo Jia nodded when he heard this, and began to flip through the book and read.
"Okay." With that, Takigawa Kazuki disappeared again and left the tent.
It was already dark, and Takigawa Kazuyi's whereabouts were very secretive, and under the cover of the night, the whistles and scouts did not notice him at all, and there was no movement under his feet, and after a short time, he entered the city safely, groped in the darkness for a while, and then went straight to a corner of Inabayama Castle.
Darkness eroded the city, and it slept quietly like a normal town, but the deathly silence around it made Takigawa Kazuyi a little uncomfortable. He was wearing a group uniform of yin mass, and he was a little chilly on this day.
"Ha ......" Takigawa Kazuyi let out a long breath as he walked to a thatched house, his voice was low and completely overwhelmed by the cold wind. But the door to the room opened.
Takigawa Kazuyi walked in quickly, just like the outside world, there was no scenery in the room, only darkness, he didn't speak just waiting for the response of the code.
"Cough" responded to him with a dry cough, and Takigawa Yiyi observed the surroundings, and after being sure that he had no ears, he opened his mouth to say Guo Jia's order.
"Got it!" The people in the room responded and sent Takigawa Kazuki away.
"My lord, it's done." Back at the Oda barracks tent, there were still candles dancing in the camp, and Takigawa Kazuyi knew that Guo Jia had not slept yet, so he immediately entered to perceive Guo Jia.
"Alright, let's rest!" Guo Jia nodded, pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, his eyes were a little sour, and he couldn't open his eyes for too long waiting for this Takigawa Yiyi.
At night, except for the soldiers standing sentry, the Oda Army fell asleep. The next day, it was slightly bright, and the Oda army was ready to send troops.
Calculating the time, the rumor has just spread now, and Minong's soldiers should have come out of the residents' homes and are ready to send troops!
"Let's go, get things done!" After that, Guo Jia got on his horse and walked in front of the Oda army, leading the army of 10,000 people and began to march towards Inaba Mountain.
The day before, the distance between the camps was particularly close, and when the rooster should have crowed, the Oda army came to the castle again, pointing their swords at Mino.
"Give them notice!" Guo Jia turned his head to Shibata Katsuya and said.
I saw Shibata Katsuya pick up a horn from behind the horse and blow it in a deep breath. The dull voice instantly sounded here, transmitted to the entire Inabayama City, this was the clarion call for the general attack, and at this time, none of them went out to fight Guo Jia directly notified them of "benevolence".
After a while, the gates of the city were wide open to greet them, not the defenders of Mino, but the citizens of Mino, who had not yet dressed properly. This scene is something that Guo Jia planned. The two countries will never attack civilians in the war, and they will not disturb them excessively, and sometimes of course they will ask to evacuate, or go out to meet the enemy, but Guo Jialei's resolute methods have not given them this opportunity at all.
"Wait until they're all out and the mountain group is advancing." This is what Guo Jia wants, and instead of being arranged to leave, the residents have fled in a hurry, and they have lost trust in Minong's daimyo.
When no one appeared at the gate, the Oda army began to advance. The mountain group is the main group, and the fire group is supplemented by the inaba mountain castle. The forest regiment and the wind regiment are waiting for orders outside the city, and they can't attack the city.
"That's not right!" Guo Jia is also a person who entered the city, he frowned, how can this Inabayama City look more and more like an empty city?
Things are getting more and more wrong, Guo Jia began to think about some questions, could it be that this half-guard is setting up an empty plan for him? He's crazy? It stands to reason that Hanbei knows that he is determined to win Inabayama Castle!
"Stop, you go to the resident's house and show me what's going on there." Guo Jia casually pointed to a group of mountain regiment soldiers and ordered to move forward.
"Yes!" After a response, the group of soldiers of less than twenty people began to open the door, but unfortunately there were no Mino soldiers staying at all.
"Report, there is nothing abnormal in the search of thirty-five houses!" A report made Guo Jia even more shocked!
"Takigawa Kazuki! Repeat to me what you heard yesterday! Guo Jia hurriedly called out Takigawa Kazuki and asked him to retell the scene he saw last night.
"It's a half-guard...... Then he came up with a plan......" said Guo Jia directly interrupted him.
"This is it, you can tell me more details."
"I overheard the half-guard give Saito Yoshiryu a plan, is it...... And then that's it. Takigawa Yiyi didn't think of any questions, but looked at Guo Jia suspiciously.
"Oops! I almost hit the scheme! Retire! Guo Jia directly ordered the soldiers to leave.
Everyone was puzzled, why did they leave suddenly? Later, after Guo Jia explained, they were terrified.
"The total number of soldiers in Mino is about fifteen thousand, excluding the defending troops in each city, there are about 12,000, and the losses in the battle with the Lei Regiment yesterday were at least two thousand! Think about it, how is it possible for so many people to live in Inabayama Castle, and why not use the advantage to fight us? What an empty plan! ”
"I can tell you that this place is definitely empty, and Saito Yoshiryu doesn't know how to run there to escape the disaster, but I can't guarantee that this city will be so easy to take. The half-guards definitely know that I am confident that I will take down Minono, and I will hit my head on it if I put out an empty city plan, but I am afraid that there is still a plan in the plan. ”
"The enemy knows that we will take Mt. Inaba, and it may not be that there are no gifts left for us after the empty city! Shibata Katsuie, you let the fire regiment divide three hundred troops into the Inabayama castle tower to see if there is any danger! If you don't feel right, retreat immediately! We're waiting here, remembering that you only have half an hour to search the tower once you're inside. ”
Guo Jia's worries are not wrong, when Owari Mino was friendly, he had purchased gunpowder iron cannons in large quantities, and there was no military transaction after the rupture of the relationship between Yoshilong and the upper position, but since then Mino has not experienced war, Guo Jia is afraid that this castle tower in Inaba Mountain will become a powder keg for them to enter. After all, he didn't know what the half-guard really thought, and he didn't dare to guess and gamble.
A group of men and horses completely drew their knives out, cautiously advancing towards the gate of the city tower, and after a slight push, the door opened directly, still silent.
"Let's go!" The leading soldier winked and entered the place first.
"Wait, why is there so much straw here?" Another soldier saw the clue and asked.
"Enter first, then talk about anything else." The leading soldier continued to move forward, not seeing any problems at all, but the straw in this place also made his heart furious.
"Scatter and search, and come with two bold men and follow me into the tower." Leading the way was none other than one of the centurions of the Fire Regiment, who walked straight forward with a dozen of his men.
"Boss, don't you think it's a little quiet here?"
"Don't talk." The centurion put a finger to his lips to signal him to be quiet.
"Listen, is there any sound?"
At this time, a strong wind swept up, and there was no strange sound of the wind all around.
"Boss, don't scare us! Anyway, it was also from the sea of blood in the sword mountain. A soldier who had a good relationship with him gave him a blank look.
"Wait! Listen well! The centurion didn't scold, but told them to continue listening to the kind of voice he was looking for.
The voice of "hiss......" was very weak, and everyone only heard it with bated breath, as if it was a poisonous snake spitting out a letter.
"Withdraw!" This kind of voice is very inconsistent when it suddenly sounds here. The centurion knew what Guo Jia was thinking, and immediately told the soldiers to retreat.
It's a pity that before the words fell, a huge roar sounded, and the chest of the dozen or so soldiers of the mountain regiment who were shaking felt pain in their chests.
"What's the situation!"
Of course, Guo Jia and the others outside the castle tower heard this movement and looked at the Inabashan castle tower in shock.
"Don't move and wait!" Guo Jia did not let the army go to the rescue, at this time he still did not know what was happening, rash action or it would be more troublesome.
"! Fuck, what's going on! The centurion, who had been knocked down by the wave of air, stood and tore open and looked around, the billowing smoke had surrounded him, and he didn't figure out what was happening.
", Boss! You're alive? Damn, Kojiro is injured, come over and help. The soldier in the fire regiment roared as he hugged a bloodied soldier.
"Who came with us? How are you all doing? The centurion couldn't find any sign of them, the smoke was so loud that it obscured his vision, and the sound was ringing in his ears.
"Holy damn, retreat!" The centurion finally understood what Guo Jia meant.
"Boss!"
"Boom!" Another loud noise was heard that blocked their communication. The place where the Inabayama castle tower roared continuously, and all the sounds were muffled, and in an instant, a fire began to spread here!
At this time, these soldiers who entered the city finally knew why there was a lot of straw here! They are also glad that the whole army did not come in, otherwise it would really be a total destruction!
"Retreat!" I don't know if it was luck or what's going on, the dozen or so soldiers who approached the Inabayama castle tower were basically able to speak, except for the one who was injured at the beginning.
The centurion didn't think about what happened, but his task was to keep this group of people, and he didn't know the situation of the hundreds of people under the mountain, he only knew that the group of people in front of him should live!