91. Progressiveness (II)
"Don't joke here!" Her ignorance of the importance of things when discussing business has a lot of impact on my image, and sometimes I really don't understand whether she is really stupid or pretending to be stupid. Sanyuan is surrounded by cliffs, the only way to the top is a section of about 200 stone steps through the ancient city, now we can't even take the ancient city and talk about what Sanyuan is talking about!
"Why am I just kidding? It's really feasible to capture the three plains! The little fox of the mirage puffed out her cheeks and glared at the pair of red eyes, she never thought it was ridiculous for what she said to be ridiculous.
"Ahem, ahem, the girl probably doesn't know! You can't go to the Mihara ...... without staying in the ancient city," Takenaka Hanbei had to explain in order to avoid a more embarrassing situation.
"Who said you can't get up?!" The little fox of Mirage immediately turned the spearhead to him, and said confidently: "I went to Sanyuan just now!" I haven't passed through the ancient city! If you can't go up, it's better to say that you don't have the ability! ”
"You...... Can you ......" Takenaka's eyes straightened suddenly, and a snowy light appeared. Sanyuan is condescending, if he takes this place first, and suppresses the city from here while capturing the ancient city of Su, then the ancient city of Su will be destroyed.
"You can't go up there!" I vetoed the Mirage Fox very rudely. I know about her skills, but there are really not many places she can't go, but isn't it a joke to ask me to pick out at least a few hundred of her level from the army!
"You !!" For my unreasonableness, the little fox of the mirage glare angrily.
"Lord!" Just as there was a silence in the tent, Goto Matsubei came in and reported, "Back to my lordship, Kusunoki-sama and Ishikawa-sama ask to see you!" ”
"Let them in!" I calmed the irritability in my chest and said.
"I'm so sorry to disturb my lord's rest!" Mitsunari Kusunoki and Tadasuna Ishikawa walked in.
"No need to be polite, I haven't slept yet!" Seeing that they must have just returned from outside, I motioned for them to sit down, which has made them anxious enough these days. There weren't enough stools in my sleeping tent, so Ah Xue and the guards moved in a few marching horses from outside. "Is there anything else going on at this late hour?" I asked.
"Yes, there's one thing!" Kusunoki moved his stool to my side, moved closer, and lowered his voice. "Ishikawa-sama and I have been repeatedly exploring the terrain of Hatokata Castle recently, and today we have found a way to make a breakthrough in the capture of the ancient city of Suzuku......"
"What?!" My heart immediately flipped over, and I had been affected for more than ten days, how could I be stimulated so much in one night. "Tell me about it!" I'm interested.
"That's right!" He took a picture out of his bosom and held it in front of me. This is a simple topographic map of the ancient city of Sugu with some red and black lines added to it. "From here, ......," he said, pointing to a red line, "from the flank, you can approach the north side of the ancient city, and as long as you go up to this position, you will only be more than ten zhang away from the city wall!" ”
"But the ancient city of Sugu is heavily guarded, and our several sneak attacks have not been successful!" Hanbei Takenaka frowned as he looked at the lines on the diagram. “…… Besides, although it is only more than ten zhang away from the city wall, it is almost a straight up and down slope! Although you can barely stand on your hands and feet, you can't even attack even if you deploy troops, don't talk about attacking? ”
"Yes, what Takenaka-sama said is very true!" Nanmu Guangcheng nodded solemnly, indicating that he knew the difficulty of this. "But the purpose of our move is not to stay in the ancient city, but to live in the upper three plains!"
"Huh~!" Takenaka and the half-guards were both surprised and snorted, only the mirage fox whispered a few words there, "I said it earlier!" Something like that.
"Actually, it's ...... diagonally up from here," said Kusunoki Mitsunari's hand, which slid up another red line from the point just now, and connected to a thick black line. Climb over the cliff of more than 30 zhang, you can reach the stone steps behind the ancient city of Su to reach the Sanyuan Stone! The Sanyuan Fortress is a fortress with a difficult terrain, and the passage only passes through the ancient city of Su, so the wall is not built solidly, but only a wooden fence more than eight feet high. After many days of observation, there were only less than 300 men on it, bows and arrows and iron runners. As long as we take this place, then we can use the firearms here to suppress the defenders in the ancient city below, and then the army will be easy to attack the city! ”
"So...... This move really has a very high success rate! At this time, the half-guards of Takenaka were also excited, staring at me with bright eyes.
I looked at the little map, still full of hesitation. "It's more than 30 feet to climb here, is it really feasible?" I've seen this rock wall a dozen times in the past few days, and it's not surprising to me that monkeys can climb over it, but it's a bit more difficult for humans. Although there is a gap in the rock wall above that you can hold onto, you can use the strength of your fingers to hang your body and move forward, which is a difficult freehand climbing technique!
"I've been up with Nanmu-sama, no problem!" Seeing that I was hesitant, Ishikawa Tadatsuna was a little anxious. "You can also pick out three or five masters from the ninja army, although it will be more difficult, but you should be able to go up!"
"This ...... Even if a few of you go up...... "Although Guangcheng and Tadatsuna are good, I don't think a few of them can subdue 300 people without knowing it."
"As long as a few people can go up, the others will be easy!" Kusunoki Mitsunari had obviously made some preparations before coming. “…… Here's how we thought about it: Ishikawa-sama and I went up first with five other selected people, each carrying a big rope! Later, about 200 people will be used to rope up, and it will be relatively simple! ”
"That's good! That's it...... "I finally made up my mind, but the specific action depends on their preparation. "When are you going to act? What else is needed? ”
"The only way to achieve the effect of surprise is to act immediately...... "We will do it immediately, and we will start in about half an hour, and if all goes well, then we will be able to take the Mihara in two hours!" Please arrange for the lord to hide at the foot of the mountain, and watch my signal to be ready to capture the ancient city at any time. It's just that the battalion must remain in its usual state and not arouse the suspicion of the defenders! ”
"Guangcheng, Zhonggang...... Be careful yourselves! When it was certain that they were about to leave, I stopped them and gave them another admonition. I don't have to doubt the skills of the two of them, they must be able to climb the steep stone cliff of 30 zhang if others can't do it, but they can climb up with a big rope of more than 100 catties on their backs, and there is a danger that they may be discovered by the defenders of the ancient city at any time, it is not a simple matter!
"Don't worry, lord!" They nodded confidently to me and walked away.
"Lord, I'll arrange for the troops to prepare for the siege!" Takenaka's half-guards then left.
Will it succeed? I kept asking myself in my heart. When a person decides to give up on something, his mood is relaxed, and when he regains hope for something that he had given up, his inner concern is often stronger. Winning Suguro will give me the lead in this game, and I can't say that it doesn't matter to me!
"Lord...... The food is a little cold, shall I heat it up for you? Seeing that I was sitting there for a long time without moving, Ah Xue gently reminded on the side.
"Oh, no need!" I haven't eaten yet, but I'm not in the mood right now. Picked up a rice ball and swallowed it in two bites, and then took the miso soup and drank most of the bowl, probably a little cold, and there was a gurgling sound in the stomach. "What's wrong with you?" I noticed that the little fox of the mirage was rolling his "red eyes" at me viciously.
"This idea came to my mind first!!" She yelled at me angrily.
"Of course, of course! If the whole world is not as smart as you thought first, who else can think of it? "She can't be considered my official subordinate, and it doesn't hurt to be a manly husband and coax a little girl." …… But you also know that after all, this matter depends on a few of them to carry it out, and it is also necessary to satisfy their vanity in order to better complete the task! Don't worry, I know it! Once this battle is over, I will definitely remember your 'head work'! ”
"That's pretty much it!" When she heard me say this, her face immediately froze like a river of ice and snow, and the ice melted.
"Is there anything going on at home?" That's what I really want from her.
"At home? Oh, yes, yes, yes! Actually, there is nothing big at home, but my wife asked me to tell you......" Mirage Qianye Little Fox remembered the mission of this trip at this time, and talked endlessly.
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Actually, it's nothing to say, it's just that I've been running around for a few months, and Xianzhi sent her to report her in order to give me peace of mind. The letters sent through the MI are monotonous, and many things are not suitable for them. Although it is all trivial, even at home I don't care about these things. In fact, through these seemingly boring contents, Xianzhi just wanted to send a message to me: it's really okay at home, don't worry about it at all!
Slowly, my heart relaxed...... Slowly, my heart lifted again! I turned my head to look at the camp outside the tent door, where the lights were still on. "It's been almost two hours, why haven't you paid back yet?"
"If I had known this, wouldn't it have been nice to send me to lead the team just now!" The little fox of the mirage said unhappily, but I didn't expect him to see my worry.
"How can I give it up!" I replied casually without a match, and my mind was not on it at all.
"Seeing that you are so hearted, I'll go up and take a look for you!" My unintentional words aroused her interest, and she went out of the tent in a flash, without even giving me a chance to say a few words. "Don't worry, they'll be close to Mihara when I come back!" In less than half an hour, she returned, looking unusually relaxed. "Just 3 of the first people who went up with a rope fell to their deaths......"
"What?!" I broke out in a cold sweat.
"That Kusunoki and Ishikawa are fine, and the person who fell did not alarm the enemy army by stuffing something in his mouth......" Her words later also made me relax a little.
"Lord!" I was about to ask further about the details she hadn't made clear, when Sadatomo Ishikawa ran in out of breath. "Lord Takenaka asked me to report to the lord: Lord Nanmu has sent a signal that the attack on the ancient city of Susu has begun!"
"Let's go, let's take a look!" I stood up as strong as an ox.