Kamata Toshimasa strode up to the enemy building at the gate, and the good mood of several days was finally hit today.

Although the Kamata family has a long history, they are just a small wealthy family that no one notices, and in the years when the Hosokawa family controlled the western country, they were not even the head of the land, but only the managers of dozens of tenant farmers. In such a chaotic era, the Kamata family struggled, and although there were no outstanding figures to make the family stand out, the family business continued to expand steadily through the hard work of several generations, and finally received 300 koku of Zhixing as a general of the Hatano family in the Toshisho generation. With the passage of time, many families have prospered and declined, and even disappeared in the long river of history, as if they had never appeared, compared to them, the Kamata family seems to be lucky!

Kamata Toshimasa is a conscientious but contented man, he has no dissatisfaction with his territory and property, he knows that he will not have any development at the age of forty, and he is satisfied to be able to keep this family business! For this purpose, he was cautious and down-to-earth, and the reason why Shinoi Kyokai appointed him as the chief general of Mineyama City was precisely based on this understanding. On this front, Hatano didn't want to make any progress, as long as he could stabilize the situation!

Even if you don't look for trouble, things may not come to you on your own, let alone in such a chaotic era! Two months ago, Kamata Toshimasa got the news: Tango was attacked by the Akamatsu family again! In fact, the contradiction between these two families due to the relationship between the ********two families has developed to this day, and it is difficult to say who is the cause of a certain incident! Anyway, in the end, it's always these little tycoons who are at the junction who are unlucky.

Kamata Toshimasa's 300 stone territory was in such a location, and as the head of the family, he couldn't help but worry about these things. If the territory becomes the main battlefield, or if the war lasts too long, then this year's harvest will be ruined!

Unlike developed regions such as and the coastal feudal states, even the lords in such semi-mountainous areas relied mainly on crops for their income. There is still some commercial profit from being close to the national highway, but unfortunately Kamata Toshimasa does not have such good luck. If the situation just mentioned really happens, if not completely destroyed but halved, he will have to use his already insufficient savings to buy rations for his family and people! Every time he thought about it, he felt his heart skip a beat.

Just when Kamata Toshimasa was worried (and there was nothing to do at the moment), his younger brother Hisamasa, who was staying at home to take charge, sent him a letter: Although the war is still going on, the situation has stabilized, and the Hatano army has driven the enemy back to the side of the border! Jiuchang led more than a dozen young men in his family to participate in some operations, but he did not lose manpower or destroy crops.

got the conclusive news that Kamata Toshimasa finally put his mind at ease, and calculated the age, and the eldest son would reach the age of Yuanfu in two years! After five or six years in this less noisy border, he gave up his position to his eldest son, and he went home and recruited some more men with his brother to open up some more wasteland. With his own years of hard work and the face of Lord Shioi, I want to come to the main guild to approve his practice of increasing the fields. Just this kind of thing for everyone, let's leave it to young people to do!

But just a few days after his spirit relaxed, he came to worry about it again! This morning, someone was sent from the city gate to report: The army of the Oda family has appeared outside the city again! Hey, why can't you let people stop a little longer?

When he came to the window of the enemy building, his deputy Ashigaru General Nakano Tatsuji immediately greeted him. Kamata Toshimasa didn't talk to him, and first set his eyes on the plains outside the city, but no matter how he looked for it, he didn't see the shadow of the Oda army. "Where is the enemy?" Kamata asked puzzled, but wasn't too worried.

Mineyama Castle is a treacherous castle, and the terrain is just stuck in the throat of Wakasa entering Tango. In the past few years, the Oda Army Lords stationed in Wakasa had attacked this area several times, but none of them caused any major losses. Later, they didn't come much, but sent a small force of infantry to bypass here and enter the hinterland of Tango. However, because the control of Mineyama Castle was always firmly in the hands of the Hatano army, the Oda army that entered Tango could not get heavy supplies, so in the end it had to return in vain. What's more important is that the main road here is tightly blocked, and the terrifying "Star Armor Rider" has never been able to enter Tango. Today, Kamata Toshimasa did not see the large army of Oda's attack, and instinctively thought that it was another small-scale psychological war of the ninja army.

"My lord, I'm afraid the situation is not good this time!" Tatsuji Nakano reminded his boss with a confused expression. “…… We didn't get any alerts last night, but this morning we found out that something so big had happened! Being able to do this is by no means a small group of harassment, and the Oda Army is probably already ......"

"Tell me what the hell happened?!" Kamata Toshimasa was infected by his emotions and became a little uneasy, but his subordinates never got to the point.

"My lord, look where you go first!" Tatsuji Nakano grimaced, and put his hand out of the window and pointed to a mountain peak on his left.

Kamata Toshimasa stretched out his head and pointed in the direction of him, and immediately felt a cool air rise directly from his back. It was one of the most important branches of Mineyama Castle, and now there was a banner of the Oda Army's "Tsushimaru" fluttering on it! Hurriedly looked at the branch cities and rocks on several other hills, and all of them changed their "font sizes" during the night.

"You see, sir! The eight branch cities and the rock fortress were all lost......" Tatsuji Nakano said as he spoke, his voice full of pain and helplessness.

"In the meantime...... Only...... Didn't get the news at every point? Kamata asked with a trembling voice, still with a hint of luck in his heart.

Tatsuji Nakano looked at him and shook his head wordlessly. Seeing his expression, Kamata Toshimasa's heart sank suddenly.

As an important stronghold at the junction with the enemy, the army stationed in Mineyama Castle is not small, with 3,000 men and horses, not only a hundred iron cannons but also a small number of ninjas, such strength is only ranked behind Kenbu Yamajo in the entire Tango country. But now, ......, the defensive force of the eight branches of the city is 800 people, and it may not be strange to lose in the event of a sudden attack by the enemy, but it is terrible that not a single person escaped! In this way, the enemy must have been so powerful and prepared! A quarter of his own troops are over without even hearing a sound, how should the next battle be fought?

"No! I still want to inquire about the situation of the Oda army! After thinking about it for a long time, Kamata decided that he would make some exploration before formulating a countermeasure. Thirteen Lang! He called the ninja leader who was with him.

"Yes!" With professional seriousness, Kubino Jusaro came over to accept the order.

"Find a way to spy on the reality of the Oda Army, and it's best to find out their intentions!" Kamata Toshimasa thought for a moment and added. "You bring a few more people, and take a closer look from the outside! If you're really struggling, don't push it too hard! ”

"Yes!" After Kubino Thirteenro succinctly agreed, he walked down the castle tower to make arrangements, leaving a few uncertain people nervously waiting for news.

Time passed minute by minute, and the early morning turned into noon in people's anxiety, and Kubino Jushiro's return had not yet arrived, but the Oda army, who had been unknown, appeared in sight. First of all, there were teams of ashigaru, iron cannons, bows and arrows, and of course, the most were spears! Judging by Kamata Toshimasa's experience, this army definitely had more than 3,000.

They came to a small plain in front of the gate and stopped at a distance of 500 meters. Then, one cart after another was pushed over, and a large amount of supplies were unloaded from it. Many of the ashigaru people began to get busy, and at the same time, they did not let their guard down. It stands to reason that under normal circumstances, this should be an opportunity to go out of the city and raid, but at this moment, no one on the city tower has ever touched this idea!

"They...... What do you want to do? A young ashigaru asked hesitantly.

No one answered his question, and there was no need to answer it. The so-called "many people are easy to do", before noon, a large camp appeared majestically in front of people's eyes. All the troops entered the camp, and with various facilities they defended more tightly, but it seemed that the busyness inside did not stop!

"Look! There! An exclamation, it was still the young ashigaru just now.

I saw a cavalry of about 1,000 men from the distant woods, slowly coming to the newly built barracks along the foot of the mountain on the left. The black armor and homogeneous horse armor seem to be a monolithic sculpture, and the copper nails on it and the tip of the short spear on the back glow chillingly in the midday sun!

"Stars Armor Ride!" Everyone was gasping, and at the same time secretly glad that they hadn't acted recklessly.

The last cavalry also disappeared into the camp gate, and the whole camp formed a mountain firmly suppressed in the hearts of everyone. No one thinks that they have the power to shake it on this side, but the other party may crush themselves to dust at any time.

"Kubino-sama is back!" I don't know who shouted, and everyone saw Kubino Jusan Lang running up hurriedly along the road of the city wall.

"How's it going?" Kamata Toshimasa grabbed his arm and asked nervously, and the others all gathered around.

"The enemy army is very numerous, and there are a large number of troops stationed in all the branch cities!" Kubino Jusan Lang said heavily. "I've observed it in several places, and the total number in the camp should be more than six thousand!"

"And what are they busy in the camp?" Tatsuji Nakano said, pointing to the still noisy side.

"The enemy has a very strong ninja defense, and there are a lot of them!" Kubino Jujuro reported, "...... Although there is no way to get close, judging by all indications, it should be the construction of large siege equipment! ”

"Any other news?" Kamata Toshimasa weakly let go of the hand that was holding Kubino Thirteen.

"It's gone! …… Of the 5 people who went out, only I came back, and everyone else died! ”

Only then did Kamata Toshimasa notice the blood on his hands and Kubino's slightly raised left arm. "We can't resist the enemy's attack on our own, so I'll send a letter to Lord Shinoi! But before the reinforcements arrive, I hope everyone will defend the city with a certain heart of death! After saying this, he turned his gaze to Kubino Jushiro. Although some of them are unreasonable, you have to make a trip to deliver the letter yourself! ”