"Although there are a lot of Matsunaga people, they are just some improvised cobbled together dogs, and there is nothing to worry about!" I smiled faintly and said, with a sense of certainty in the unfathomable depth.

"Yes...... His Royal Highness the Stars of the Victorious General is here, what else is there to worry about! Oda Nobutaka's smile was a little reluctant, and then he subconsciously glanced at the samurai beside me. I noticed that his feet moved uneasily, but he didn't get up after all.

"Your Highness's words are really exaggerated, but this time against Matsunaga is really true!" I smiled and comforted him. I can't laugh at Oda Nobutaka's reaction, not to mention that when I first went to war, even now, when I don't know the exact situation, I will be taken aback by this number ratio.

Matsunaga Hide's troops are indeed expanding rapidly, but the quality and confusion are also getting worse and worse, and there are no more than 10,000 people who can really be called an army, and a considerable part can only be said to be bandits.

According to the ninja report, several descendants of the daimyo who had been destroyed also fell into the arms of Matsunaga Shu in order to revive the declining family. Since you want to share the profits, then you must invest a certain amount of capital, and some people are messily cobbled together, and the quality naturally cannot be too demanding.

In just a few days, the law and order situation in Kyoto has seriously deteriorated, and the danger has directly spread from ordinary people to the minister. Some influential people began to put pressure on Matsunaga Hide, and he himself was even unable to grasp the movements of certain armies. At this point, he had no choice but to come to meet him with his huge team.

"Have you fully grasped the situation of Matsuyou Hisahide's formation?" I looked at the small standards laid out on the map and motioned for further explanation.

"Yes! This morning, Matsunaga's troops have been largely in position, but the camp and the camp have not yet been fully built. He bent down and pointed to a thick black line with his right hand that connected Kyoto and said, "Hidemei Takeuchi led 15,000 troops to block the streets of Saikoku, and the location is in the narrowest part of Yamazaki. He had arrived yesterday, so the trenches and antlers were ready. This road is a key obstacle blocking the advance of our army, and it cannot be detoured or ignored! ”

"Where is Matsunaga Hide?" I looked at the largest mark on the map and actually guessed his location.

"It's right here, on the Heavenly King Mountain!" His finger moved about half an inch away from the map and landed on a dense pile of signs, where the shape of a hill was simply drawn. "Two hours ago, Matsu Nagashi Xiu set up a formation in Tianwang Mountain, with a strength of about 25,000 people, and Takeuchi Xiusheng was 300 zhang apart, and the mountain was encamped in layers to the south, north and west! In addition, Yodo Castle across the river from Yamazaki to the south, Katsuryuji Castle to the east, and Mt. Hachimanta and Cave to the northeast were also stationed in a total of more than 10,000 troops! ”

"It's all a ragtag unit with little combat effectiveness!" I looked at the next few locations, and they were all important points of long-term positional strategy.

"The lord is right, those are basically peasant soldiers who have not been seen in for a long time!" The companion nodded and took a half-step back, knowing that the main narration was done.

"Matsunaga Show is not simple, and he also has a set of soldiers!" I looked at it for a while, and when I looked up, I saw that Oda Nobutaka's face was even paler. "Oh......" It seems that the situation introduced by the companion Changxin and my unintentional words have added to his psychological burden. My army with His Highness (Oda Nobutaka also brought 1,800 men) has reached 15,000, and Matsunaga has 50,000 but is a complete rabble, and we have won this battle! "I clenched my fists and slammed them on the map, and many of the signs jumped up and fell to the ground.

"But that's 50,000 people after all......" Oda Nobutaka's expression changed and his mouth muttered.

"Your Highness, do you know why Matsunaga Shu left so many reserves?" I crossed the map at several points on the map, including Yodo Castle, Katsuryuji Castle, Mt. Hachiman, and Dongyuan, and asked him with a smile.

"Why?" Oda Nobutaka was stunned for a moment and then instinctively asked back, not thinking that I was stupid at all. In fact, the key to whether the question is stupid or not depends on who asks it, and what is the mood of the listener at the time. "And when you become famous, you talk about the way of the world!

"Why? Because even if those scum go to the battlefield, they will only cause chaos for their own people, and it is better to stay behind and be strong! "I say with confidence that the momentum naturally affected the audience." The key to this battle is the line of Mt. Tenno, and it is impossible for us to avoid this place to attack Katryuji Castle, or cross a river to attack Yodo Castle. On the other hand, if we take Mt. Tenno, then Yodo Castle, Katryuji Castle, and even Hachiman Mountain will definitely not be able to hold it. Therefore, the troops that Matsunaga Shu actually used for combat are these 40,000 people, and their top-to-bottom structure is chaotic, and the battle can only be defended! ”

"Hmm...... Well, well, what His Royal Highness Yuzhou said is very true! "Oda Nobutaka's mood gradually rose, what can be wrong with everything being said from the mouth of a famous general!

Actually, it can only be regarded as a half-truth in my words, and the deployment of Matsunaga Xiu is a defense-oriented strategy, but it is too much to say that the next 10,000 are completely vulnerable. I said this mainly to comfort him, but I did have a way to deal with it.

"Then what does His Royal Highness Yuzhou think Matsunaga will do?" Oda Nobutaka asked nervously and excitedly, his left hand subconsciously clenching the hilt.

"He hurried to build such a strong camp, naturally he wanted to wait for us to attack!" I moved the map around to make it easier for him to see. "Hidekatsu Takeuchi stood in the way and made a beating appearance in order to lure us to attack. It would not have been difficult to defeat these 10,000 people, but it would not be very fast in the face of so many obstacles. It was at this moment that Matsunaga Hidekatsu was waiting for, and at the critical moment of our attack, even when he had already broken into Hidekatsu Takeuchi's position, he suddenly swung his army down the mountain to attack the flank of our army and cut off the rear route of our army. He knew that our 15,000 people were not rich when attacking and 10,000 people who had positions to rely on, and it was impossible to leave too many reserves! ”

"His Royal Highness Yuzhou is really clever, so we should attack Matsunaga's main team on Tianwang Mountain first?" Oda Nobutaka asked modestly. He was inexperienced but not a fool, and he understood the meaning of my words.

"I have made a plan before, but I still have to ask His Royal Highness Xinxiao for the final ruling!" Since I have asked him to be the "chief general," such a face must be given, but it is impossible for him to raise any objections. "Matsunaga Xiu is waiting for the terrain of Tianwang Mountain, and there are more than 10,000 men and horses over us, so it is not enough to attack rashly. So my idea is to pull the shelf, but I'm not in a hurry to get results! ”

Oda Nobutaka lowered his head as he listened to me, carefully observing the layout near Mt. Tenno.

"If we attack the mountain in the traditional way, our cavalry will not be able to give full play to the advantage, and Masunaga Shu will take advantage of the interlude between our attacks to capture it with all our might, and we will not be able to resist at that time!" After a sigh of relief, I said, "This time I have brought more than 30 cannons, which is an absolute advantage over the enemy army. At that time, we will set up a position at a distance from Mt. Tenno, and the exact position has already been calculated by ninjas and iron cannon masters. The distance advantage of the cannon at this distance will be enough to destroy the enemy's outlying camps, and gradually advance over a few days, finally crushing the entire camp and morale of Matsunaga Xiu! ”

"I'm afraid it won't be so easy to attack the enemy's troops holding the camp, right?" Oda Nobutaka asked suspiciously, he had seen the actual effect of the cannon.

"It's much more difficult than directly attacking the enemy's formation, but it's much easier than attacking a city!" I did think about this question and was really distressed by the shells that were going to be consumed. However, after all, the enemy army is three times ours and occupies Tianwang Mountain, so it is not realistic to win easily. In this case, it is better to be safe, and since I have already played, I can afford to drag it out than Matsunaga Show.

"If Matsunaga Shu comes down the mountain to attack, or Takeuchi Hidekatsu takes the initiative to attack, then how will our army respond?" Oda Nobutaka still frowned and hesitated, and the psychological shadow caused by the opponent's numerical advantage was not so easy to eliminate. The shell fire is mine, so naturally he doesn't worry much about the cost, but his own safety problems are always haunting him.

"Ha, ha, ha, I was expecting them to do that!" After a burst of laughter, I said confidently that although Oda Nobutaka didn't quite understand, his heart was more stable. "So our army was in a fortified camp, and the enemy was completely exposed to this plain section of the western street. After our troops held the camp and killed and wounded the enemy with firearms in large numbers, the Cossack light cavalry could directly crush them. Matsunaga didn't have much cavalry, and there was nothing left of the infantry after the artillery fire broke the formation! ”

"In this way, the great enmity of my father and brother can be avenged, and I will bow down to His Royal Highness Yuzhou!" Oda Nobutaka suddenly stood up and knelt down to bow to me.

"Your Highness Xinxiao, don't do this!" His movements were so sudden that I was caught off guard. "Revenge for the Lord and the Young Master, this is also my unshirkable obligation!"

"It's just...... Such a war will inevitably be delayed, and everything will depend on His Highness's efforts to maintain! At this point, it was as if he had just remembered the enormous toll he could have done on me.

"I have already made arrangements for these, Your Highness just rest assured!" I helped him to sit back on the matza and said kindly, "The military rations and ammunition have been assembled in Sakai Town, and they will be delivered in two or three days." In addition, the former army is now building a camp, and the Cossack cavalry has also rushed over to keep an eye on it, just in case. I'm going to shell it at dawn tomorrow, do you think it's okay? ”

When I said this, I did feel that Zhizhu was in my hands, but I didn't expect that a sudden factor was being cultivated, which directly led to the complete confusion of the plan......