I woke up late on the second day, and it was not easy to deal with the three of them at the same time, so far the Mirage Thousand Nights Clan has completely completed the process of recognizing the master. To be honest, there aren't many places where you need to borrow their ninjutsu now.,It's just that occasionally there may be some "private matters" that you don't want to be known.,After all, I'm also a big man now.,This kind of thing is a little bit unusual.。

As long as there is a chance, men will always be fascinated by beauty! If you really want to find it, you can still make up a whole bunch of other reasons, but it's actually some self-deceptive. At least I have to admit that the concept of "loyalty" is mostly the product of social opinion and moral concepts, and it is worth examining whether it is related to love! The wide publicity of one-on-one marriage and love between men and women in the Yuan and Ming dynasties and dramas is just the natural reaction of the small people in the market to the sour grapes psychology caused by the untimely "decadence and degeneration"!

Since Xianzhi was going to tell me that shocking secret last night, the personnel on the first floor of the castle tower were all sent out, not to mention sentry, and even the attendants and relatives were not left. I didn't start to see people until I went down the floor, and Ah Xue, Sakurai Sakichi and others saluted me as usual, and even their expressions did not change in the slightest. When they got out of the castle tower's gate, they saw Kato Danzo and Kusunoki Mitsunari in the distance, and they were instructed not to approach the castle tower when they came last night.

"Is there anything you guys doing so early?" The remnants of modern education have not yet been completely cleared, and my face is a little red when I say this.

"My lord, Lord Yamanaka is back!" Kato Duanzo hurried two steps in front of me, his expression anxious and strange.

"What's wrong?" I clearly felt that something big had happened, and my heart suddenly hung in the air.

"Niko Katsuhisa was defeated and Shangyue Castle fell, and the adults in the mountains were seriously injured......"

"Let's go, take me to see it!" I couldn't wait to hear what he had to say, so I pulled him and ran.

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"Whoa!" As soon as the door was opened, a strong smell of medicine came to the face, and there was a slightly sour smell of blood in it, which caused a strong impact on the person's nasal cavity and lungs.

When a few people in the door saw me appear in the doorway, they immediately stepped back a few steps and bowed, revealing Yamanaka Kanosuke lying inside. I hurried forward in three steps and two steps, leaning over to take a closer look at his injuries.

Yamanaka Kanosuke was much thinner than when he left a few months ago, his face was a translucent bluish-white color due to excessive blood loss, and his lips were purple and chapped. At this moment, he was still in a coma, his eyes were closed, his brows were frowned from time to time, his hands were tightly grasping the corners of the quilt and trembling slightly, and his mouth was still making a slight murmuring sound.

I reached out and touched the mold, and his forehead was slightly hot. "How's he doing?" I asked the medical officer next to me.

"Back to the lord, it's basically under control!" The medical officer replied as he took his pulse. "Although Lord Yamanaka's injuries are serious, they are all external injuries, and his original physical foundation is good, and after some diagnosis and treatment, he is now no longer worried about his life!"

"Then why are you still having a fever?" I still don't feel at ease.

"When I first came here last night, Yamanaka-sama looked like he was exhausted due to excessive blood loss!" The medic pointed to the corner, where there was a large pile of dirty laundry soaked in blood. Therefore, while treating the trauma, his subordinates used needles and stones to stimulate their life potential, and attached them with drugs that filled the blood and gas. Fever is normal, and it will take about three or four days for it to slowly subside! ”

"That's good, there won't be any sequelae, right?" I asked with a sigh of relief.

"No, it didn't hurt the internal organs or tendons! It's just that the body will be extremely weak after blood loss, so you should stay in bed for at least three months. ”

"Hmm!" I nodded. I still know about this medical officer, not only is he a brilliant doctor, but he is also very stable, since he said so, there should be no problem. "How did it get like this?" I turned my head and asked Akigami Hisashi, who was waiting on the side.

I had been worried about the fleet for the other day, and most of the other things were forgotten. I vaguely remember someone reporting that Yoshikawa Motoharu was attacking Harima on a large scale, and the two sides were fighting fiercely in places such as Kamizuki Castle. I was very worried about the situation of Shikanosuke and them, but in the end, it was the defense area of the "monkeys", and it was not good to meddle too much. Later, he asked Kato Duanzo to pay attention to the changes, and sent a letter to Nagano Yemasa asking him for material assistance, thinking that the situation had stabilized, and he didn't want to be defeated!

"Your Highness! …… Finished...... It's all over......" Akigami Hisa knelt on the ground with a mutter, and the man who would not frown in the face of thousands of troops actually cried, and pounded the ground with his fists while crying. “…… His Royal Highness Katsuhisa was captured by Maori...... Last Moon City was lost...... Two thousand soldiers also ......"

"What?!" I sat on the ground with my legs limping and my ass on my ass. These two thousand men are not foolish peasant soldiers, each of them is a professional soldier who specializes in fighting, 1,500 are veterans who have been following Shikanosuke for a long time, and 500 are the elite under my direct jurisdiction! Needless to say, the equipment is definitely one of the best in the West in terms of training and experience. I don't mean that they will win every battle, but it would be absurd to be wiped out, and besides, if you are led by Yamanaka Shikanosuke, you will be on the defensive, even if you win the scheme, it will not be the result!

"Five months ago, Yoshikawa Motoharu led 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Shangyue City! We held out according to Yamanaka-sama's intentions, and immediately sent a letter asking for help to Himeji Castle......" Akigami Hisakae wiped the snot and tears on his face indiscriminately, stabilized his emotions and said: "Soon, Himeji replied: If you want us to hold on and wait for help, reinforcements will arrive soon!" We were also full of confidence, and then began a protracted battle to defend the city......" Then he talked about the hardships of defending the city for more than three months.

At the beginning, the defenders repelled Maori attacks many times because of their training and high morale, and although there were many casualties, it was assumed that reinforcements would arrive soon, so there was no special feeling. However, Shangyue City has changed hands several times, although the terrain is dangerous, the damage to the city defense has been quite serious, and the reserve of stone arrows is not much, and after a month, the defense of the city has become mainly carried out in the form of melee combat. Another month passed, but the shadow of the reinforcements was still not visible, and the morale of the army began to waver.

Niko Katsuhisa was an opportunistic capture of Kamitsuki Castle, and the composition of the rest was quite complicated, except for the two thousand people brought by Yamanaka Shikanosuke. Due to the secret instigation of some people loyal to the former lord Akamatsu Masamuro, the phenomenon of desertion appeared among the original soldiers. At this time, Yoshikawa Motoharu also changed his strategy and began to use the "tired army tactics" by taking advantage of the numerical advantage. In the case of continuous combat, morale is getting lower and lower, but fortunately, the grain and grass can still be supported.

"Didn't Himeji send reinforcements all this time?" I asked. Two months without movement was a matter of preparation, and it was most likely a matter of trying to reap the benefits of the Maori army when they were exhausted! Although this strategy is not very authentic, it can't be said that there is anything wrong with it, after all, Nizi Shengjiu is just a small wealthy family from outside, and it is a broken household. To be honest, I had long expected that the "monkey" would play this trick, and the reason why I asked Shikanosuke to bring 2,000 people was to leave a good impression of "benevolence" on the Niko family. Once Niko Katsuhisa becomes disheartened by the "monkey's" affection, it is very likely that he will switch to my disciples, and then I will be able to use this "old bottle" to brew a new pot of sake in San'in, which is an important reason why I did not have the order to directly intervene in the Harima war. But after two months, the "monkey" has not moved, so he is a little too calm, and he is not afraid that the loss of last moon city will cause the collapse of the whole line?

"We have also sent people to break through the siege several times to ask for help, but the reply always says that the reinforcements will arrive immediately, and we want to hold on a little longer!" The Akigami family became more and more excited, and the green tendons on the temples gradually exploded. “…… But we didn't see a single soldier of Himeji! In the end, not only did the arrows run out, but even the knives and guns were not enough for one person! Due to the dwindling stock of food, everyone could only drink porridge. You know you can't get enough to eat in such a tired situation......"

I found a place to sit down, trying to suppress the surging tide! I have a vague hint of the plan of "Monkey" and Kuroda, but I can't fully believe it yet. "I asked the teacher to send you some aid from Tamba, did you see that?" I asked something else, hoping to change my mind.

"See! However, due to the tight siege of the Maori army, we failed to rush in many times, and we were unable to meet the head when we went out of the city. In the end, seeing that the baggage might be captured by the Maori army, the reinforcements sent by the Nagano Boss could only burn the baggage and retreat! ”

"Oh......" I sighed softly. I don't remember that, maybe it was in the pile of papers that I had overlooked on the bookcase. It seems that I have to have someone sort out all the dossier on this war, which most likely contains something "wonderful". "That's how Moon City was lost?" I pressed my somewhat swollen head.

"No, we held Shangyue City!" Akigami clenched his fists. "Although it was very difficult, the Maori army was also in a dilemma! Since the beginning of last month, they have largely stopped attacking and have begun to gradually adjust their deployment. On the 7th of this month, they finally began to withdraw their troops, and the goal was to ...... in the direction of Bizen."

"And then? What was the reaction from Himeji's side? He picked up a teacup and held it in his hand, not noticing that there was no water in it at all.

"This time, Himeji took the initiative to send someone over, and one faction is 7 messengers in a row!" The muscles on Akikami Hisa's face twitched faintly. “…… Himeji's order was very strict and direct, and we were to go out of the city immediately to pursue the retreating Maori army, and be sure to entangle the other side and wait for Himeji's reinforcements to carry out a combined attack......"