"Suspicious?! Will it be so? Xiangxi Yuancheng looked a little suspicious.

"That's right! It's a suspicious soldier! Miyoshi Masaysu nodded and said. The terrain of the Oda army was very well chosen, and it was especially advantageous for the defense of the side with fewer people! But you ......see," he said, pointing to the ranks of Oda's army, "they have not set up any obstacles, nor have they deployed archers and iron cannons in the front row, and the present formation is neither offensive nor defensive, and in every way it is extremely unreasonable!" So there can only be one intention for them, and that is that they are suspicious and want to deter our army! ”

"Will it ...... What trap does the enemy want to set for us? Saigo also had some concerns.

"Absolutely not!" Miyoshi Masayasu shook his head contemptuously. "The combat power of the Oda army is seriously insufficient, and it is almost impossible to win in the field! If they really plan to do so, their only chance is to adopt a surprise strategy. Because of the huge disparity in numbers, even if they arranged an ambush in the woods, it would not have much effect, and our army was mainly infantry, so the threat of the forest to our army became less and less. I should have been worried if our army had marched through a narrow ravine, but ......" he shook his head again. "There's no terrain like that near Kyoto!"

Xiangxi Yuancheng hesitated and said: "So if we don't move, they plan to spend it with us all the time here?" ”

"It won't be that simple!" Miyoshi Masaysu thought for a moment and said, "If I were the commander of the Oda army in front, I would do some strange things again to confuse the enemy army even more......"

"Report~!" As if to prove his judgment, a herald hurried up the hill. "Report to Your Highness, there are several groups of Oda cavalry of unknown origin around our army?"

"How many are there?" Xiangxi Yuancheng asked immediately.

"I don't know exactly how many there are......" said the herald, "the enemy army has only a dozen to twenty men in each group, but it is not clear how many there are in the advance and retreat, and it is estimated that there should be hundreds of people in total!" ”

"Your Highness, do you want to send a cavalry team to attack?" Xiangxi Yuancheng asked tentatively.

"Not necessarily!" Miyoshi Masayasu rejected his proposal. "Our army has crossed the sea, and the number of cavalry is extremely limited, although the enemy army is only to deter our army, but there may be some small tricks, and if the situation is unknown, a rash attack may fall into their trap! Besides, as long as our army's position is not chaotic, these hundreds of people will have nothing to do, so don't pay attention to their harassment! ”

"What His Highness said is extremely true!" Saigo nodded and said, his tone full of adoration. "From this point of view, the enemy army is a complete bluff! Your Highness, please let me lead my troops to attack, not only can I defeat this Oda army, but even Katsuryuji Castle can also go down with one drum! ”

"Hmm......" Miyoshi Masaysu stared ahead, groaning slightly. His hand slowly pulled out the military fan on his waist, and everyone stared at him intently. He slowly raised the military fan in his hand above his head, and everyone's hearts were lifted along with that hand. "The generals will obey!" He finally spoke.

"In!" Everyone agreed together.

"The generals are back to the team, strictly abide by the sequence! Don't act without an order! With this command, Miyoshi Masayasu lowered his raised hand.

"Your Highness......" After the generals left, Kasai Motonari asked cautiously: "It is not difficult to defeat this Oda army, but why are you ......?"

"Hey~~~!" Miyoshi Masaysu sighed and shook his head. "Yuan Cheng, you don't understand!" He walked over and patted Xiangxi Yuancheng on the shoulder. "The current situation is extremely dangerous, and the Miyoshi family is even more stormy. How many people who used to look at our faces and act have now fallen to the Oda family, and I don't know how many people are secretly scheming! What if we defeat the enemy in front of us? What if you succeed in Shangluo this time? Will we be able to regain the power of the past? How many people will really follow us? These are all questions that must be considered! As he spoke, he set his sights on the West. Itami has made it clear that he has taken refuge in Oda, and Katsumasa Ikeda is also vacillating. In this case, Araki Murashige will be so active in bringing troops to help, which is quite intriguing! I didn't know this man well, I just knew that he was extremely talented and ambitious. He may have come here to take full control of the Ikeda family, or he may have jumped out of Settsu to gain a place for himself in Kyoto, in the imperial court, or even ...... I have to guard against it! ”

"Your Highness! You've done a great job! Xiangxi Yuancheng said excitedly.

"Really? Maybe I'm overthinking......" Speaking of this, Miyoshi Masaysu smiled helplessly. "In any case, as soon as the Araki army arrives, we can encircle and wipe out this Oda army outside the castle of Katsuryuji, and we will have more certainty of controlling Kyoto!"

"Your Highness is far-sighted and the world is beyond the reach of the world!"

"Alright, you go and inspect the queue of the Chinese army again!" Miyoshi Masakang said.

"Yes!" Xiangxi Yuancheng turned to leave, and after taking a few steps, he turned back again. "Your Highness, no matter what! Even if I go to the soup and break my bones, I will follow His Highness to revive the three good families! ”

"Good!" Miyoshi Masayasu waved at him, showing a hint of old age and loneliness at the same time. "I hope the Rokkaku father and son can hold Oda Nobunaga for a few more days; I hope that the situation in the four countries will soon stabilize; Hopefully, the second force led by Iwanari Tomomici will arrive sooner; I hope Miyoshi Yoshitsugu won't ...... again" Thinking of the willful and irascible young master, he couldn't help but shake his head again.

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"Your Highness, the Araki Army has reached a distance of 20 miles!" An hour later, the herald brought the news that Miyoshi Masayasu had been waiting for.

"Give Araki my order to take the north side around the woods, insert themselves behind the Oda army, and flank us in the evening!" Miyoshi Masakang's solemn order arrived. But......

"Your Highness, it seems that something is wrong......," Xiangxi Yuancheng said anxiously. It's been an hour, and the Araki Army hasn't responded at all, just keep moving towards the rear of our army! ”

"Did you send someone over again?" Miyoshi Masakang asked.

"It's sent, it's already sent three waves of people!" Xiangxi Yuancheng replied quickly. "But there has been no news, and none of our people have returned!"

"Send it again! Send another group of people! Miyoshi Masayasu roared loudly.

"Yes!" Xiangxi Yuancheng received the order, and then he remembered one more thing. "Your Highness, the Oda cavalry around us suddenly disappeared just now!"

"That's right...... "Miyoshi Masayasu took a deep breath." Order Saigo Ieji to lead the front army to attack the Oda army and force them back! Tell the rear army to strengthen its vigilance and not act rashly, you go in person! Bring the reserves of the Chinese army with you! ”

"Yes!" Xiangxi Yuancheng replied.

"Attack! Spearmen march! After receiving the order of Miyoshi Masaysu, Saigo Ieji personally led the team and began the attack. At this moment, he also seemed to feel a little uneasy. The three spearmen phalanx of the Miyoshi Army began to approach the enemy. But the Oda Army on the other side didn't seem to see it, and stood there without saying anything. Saigo Ieji gritted his teeth and threw the two thousand spears that were used as reserves into the battle sequence.

Slowly, the Oda army began to retreat. Seeing this, Saigo Ieji finally smiled, but soon he couldn't laugh! Behind the Oda army appeared a fence, one, two、...... The Oda army quickly retreated past the three fences and began to stand in formation, but this time the Miyoshi army was faced with five rows of archers.

"Break through the block! Attack! Saigo Ieji ordered loudly with a blushing face, serious casualties were inevitable in this situation, but he had no way to retreat at the moment.

"Kill!" The soldiers of the Miyoshi Army shouted and rushed to the fence. At this time, they had come to the place where the Oda army had just stood between the two woods, and the ground under their feet seemed to be a little soft, and many soldiers had fallen on their heels.

"Push the DAO fence!" The first low-ranking samurai to arrive was ordered to.

"How is it wet?" A soldier grumbled as he looked at his sticky hands.

"Look at !!" With a terrible exclamation, everyone looked up. I saw a rain of arrows flying from the camp of the Oda army, and the arrows flashed with red light, drawing beautiful arcs in the slowly darkening sky......

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Bear in Winter: I'll say a few words about the number of troops that some readers have questioned the number of Rokkaku's army, but the Rokkaku family is actually a hundred-legged insect that dies without stiffening, and the army gathered with the influence of the long-term rule of Omi and Iga, coupled with the dense population of the area, has a terrifying number, and the actual nature is similar to that of "Tsuchichi". As for the Koga and Iga, of course, there are ninjas, but they are mainly mercenary nationals. According to some information I have seen, the Rokkaku family was not beaten to death with a stick when Oda Nobunaga was in Kamiraku, and the Rokkaku family was present until the war between Kanesaki and Sister Kawai, and the "Shibata Broken Bottle Incident" was a battle against the Rokkaku family, which was around 1570. Of course, my information is not very complete, and it is very likely that there are many fallacies, I hope you will continue to correct!