Although the appearance of Oda Shinna gave Shigeharu Takenaka a headache, he was still very happy about the arrival of Sakakihara Yasumasa and others. What he lacks www.biquge.info is a general who can lead the army alone, and Sakakihara Yasumasa and Yamanaka Yukimori are undoubtedly such people.

Although he spent most of his time as a deputy general, Sakakiwara Yasumasa has been at the forefront almost since the Yuan service, especially he has been learning from Maeda Keiji, Shimasaku and others, it can be said that among Oda Yoshinobu's retainers, Sakakiwara Yasumasa and Honda Tadakatsu are the generals second only to Maeda Keiji.

And Yamanaka Yukimori, strictly speaking, he has even more experience in war than they are near Shimazuo. And most importantly, Yamanaka Yukimori's previous battles were almost single-handedly fought against the entire Maori family. And the enemy he faced was China's No. 1 general, Yoshikawa Motoharu.

This point cannot be compared even by Maeda Keiji and Shimazo Kon, because the most powerful enemies they face in their own army are only those small wealthy families of Ise and Yamato. In all the big battles, although they also performed well, in front of them, after all, there was still Oda Yoshinobu.

Of course, what made Shigeharu Takenaka happiest was that Oda Yoshinobu decided to let Shigeharu Takenaka decide when the Chosamune family would join the battlefield. What could be more wonderful than this? Obviously not, because with the help of the Nagazong family, it is not difficult to take down the entire Shikoku in the eyes of Takenaka Shigeji.

"But when it comes to letting Changzong and my family appear, we have to think about it." Shigeharu Takenaka said in a deep voice. In his opinion, once the Chozong family joined the battlefield, it would not only completely turn the situation of the four countries in favor of the Oda family, but also have a certain impact on the morale of the coalition forces. However, whether this impact is big or small depends on the timing.

"Lord Takenaka, my subordinates don't think that the Changzong family should be allowed to fall to the family now, except that the Miyoshi family has no strength to resist the family at this time, and the frontal battlefield has not yet started an important reason. If at this time, the Changzong family falls to the main family, and after the news of the defeat of the Miyoshi family spreads, it is very likely that the Maori family will turn on the defensive. Oda Shinna said in a deep voice.

Oda Shinna's words made Saeki Yuumi and Suzuki Shigemasa and others light up, obviously they didn't expect Oda Shinna to have such vision. However, for Takenaka Shigeharu and them, this is obviously not worth making a fuss about, you must know that Oda Shinna has been receiving the top education almost from a very young age, Li Huamei, Takenaka Shigeji, Shimazo Kon, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, etc., almost all the famous teachers that Oda Yoshinobu can find are found for Oda Shinna, plus Oda Shinna himself is talented, almost everyone who has taught Oda Shinna is full of praise.

Hearing this, Shigeharu Takenaka nodded, "Then, now let's continue to discuss how to take down Sanuki and Awa as soon as possible." I think we only have two or three days, and once that time passes, the news will definitely reach the ears of the Maori family. ”

While Shigeharu Takenaka and the others were constantly discussing, on the other side, Maeda Toshiya and the others had already arrived at Ishiyama Honganji Castle.

"What?! You've already defeated the Miyoshi family?! Sakuma Nobumori looked at the three members of the Maeda Toshiya and exclaimed, but then he was overjoyed, "Okay! Good! Good! Lijia, Chengzheng, Hengxing! The three of you deserve to be the future masters of your family! Well done! Haha, I really want to know what the expressions of those guys are when they know the news. Sakuma Nobumori said excitedly, and the expressions of the others were the same.

At this time, the decisive battle between the two sides has just begun, and even if you carefully calculate the time, I am afraid that the Uesugi and Mori families have not yet arrived at the battlefield, but at this time, the Oda family has already won a big victory, how can this not make Sakuma Nobumori and others happy? And once this matter is reported, it will be very morale-boosting for the Oda family, not to mention a blow to the morale of the enemy.

Everyone surrounded Maeda Toshiya and the others and kept praising them, until their faces turned red, and after a long while, Maeda Toshiya found an opportunity to say, "Lord Sakuma, the next three people came here to ask if they need support here, and if not, they are going to Harima to support Hashiba-sama." ”

Hearing this, Sakuma Nobumori paused for a moment, and then muttered, "Ishiyama Honganji Castle has been surrounded by the main family, and I have tentatively attacked several times before, but there is no good way. ”

"Yes, even with your support, I'm afraid I won't be able to capture Ishiyama Honganji Castle in a short period of time." Mamoru Ando echoed.

Hearing this, Sakuma Nobumori nodded and said, "The Ri family, you go to support Hideyoshi, he is going to face the Mori family's Sanyo Road Legion, and the general is known as Kobayakawa Takakei who inherits the wisdom of the Maori family......" Although Sakuma Nobumori did not say it very bluntly, everyone knew very well that Sakuma Nobumori was not optimistic about Hashiba Hideyoshi. In other words, the entire Oda family is optimistic that Hashiba Hideyoshi will be able to block the Kobayakawa Takakei Corps, and there is no one at all.

Well? What about Yoshinobu Oda? Well, anyway, at least for now, Oda Yoshinobu is really not optimistic about Hashiba Hideyoshi, and the reason is very simple, Maori Yuan is still alive. A very simple reason, but one that no one can refute. After all, isn't the strongest Maori family at this time the Maori strategy that makes everyone jealous? Although Kobayakawa Takakei is known as inheriting the Maori strategy, everyone knows that he is still very, very far from Maori.

Hearing this, the three members of the Maeda Toshiya nodded, they thought the same, after all, at this time, Sakuma Nobumori had already led the army to surround Ishiyama Honganji, even if there were more than 10,000 of them, what role could it play? So, the three members of the Maeda Toshiya took their leave of Sakuma Nobumori and led their army to Harima Province.

Speaking of which, everyone is not optimistic that Hideyoshi Hashiba will be able to block the Sanyo Provincial Front army of Takakei Kobayakagawa, but what about Hideyoshi Hashiba himself? Are you also not optimistic about yourself? Obviously not, you must know that Yushiba Hideyoshi never doubted his own words except when he faced Oda Yoshinobu at the beginning.

In fact, at this time, Hashiba Hideyoshi was thinking about this big plan with Kodera Takataka, Isono Motomasa and others.

"My lord, according to the ninja report, the Maori family's vanguard Shimizu Soji is about to arrive at Dragon Mouth City, with a strength of about 8,000." Kodera Takataka said in a deep voice.

"Oh? Is it finally here? I thought they were going to wait for the main force of Kobayakawa Takakei~" Hashiba Hideyoshi sneered, his tone full of disdain for Soji Shimizu. Well, how do you say it? According to his original estimates, when he and the Ukita family were fighting at Takatenjin Castle, the Bichu people led by Muneji Shimizu had already begun to march towards Bichu. But now that he has repelled the Ukita Naojia and surrounded the stone castle, this Shimizu Soji is belated, so it is conceivable what he or the Maori family is thinking.

"My lord, my subordinates think that the Maori family will not calculate the Uki family so much, after all, for the current Maori family, they still need the combat power of the Uki family. And the Ukita family is also considered to be a famous soldier, and if the Mori family really intends to do such a shallow thing, I'm afraid it will immediately fall to the family. Isono said in a deep voice after hearing Hideyoshi's words.

Hearing this, the smug look on Yushiba Hideyoshi's original face suddenly collapsed, "Yuanchang, you just let me be a little proud~" Yuchai Hideyoshi complained helplessly.

"Lord, now the family has only achieved a small victory in the face of the Uxi family, and even the Uxi family has no loss at all, but they don't want to fight with us, so they will retreat to Stone City." As if he hadn't heard Hideyoshi's complaints, Isono just said with a straight face.

Hearing this, Yushiba Hideyoshi could only echo and said, "Yuanchang is reasonable, then let's discuss how to deal with the support army of Shimizu Soji." "For Isono Yuanchang, Hashiba Hideyoshi really can't do anything. On the one hand, Hashiba Hideyoshi relies very much on Isono's ability to command the army, on the other hand, he is the father-in-law of Hashiba Hideyoshi, and the most important house, Isono Hideyoshi's character has always been like this, not to people, if Hashiba Hideyoshi is angry because of this, it will obviously attract the dissatisfaction of other retainers.

But strictly speaking, Yushiba Hideyoshi has no dissatisfaction, at this time, although his personality has become much calmer, but he still has a big grin about many things.

"Lord, according to what his subordinates have seen, at this time, Shimizu Soji has three choices, one is to come directly to support Toshi City, which has 8,000 people, plus more than 10,000 people in Toshi City, although it is still not as good as the combined forces of the main family and the Urakami family, but it is not much different. The second is to directly send troops to Tianshen Mountain City, at this time, there are not many troops in Tianshen Mountain City, and it is completely impossible to resist the attack of Qing Shui Zongzhi. The third is to continue to garrison Ryunoguchi Castle, and with the garrison of Stone Castle, it is basically impossible for the family to capture it before the arrival of the Sanyo Road Front of Kobayakawa Takakei. Isono said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yushiba Hideyoshi nodded, "What Yuanchang said is good, so what do you think?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates think that our army might as well withdraw to Tenjin Mountain Castle, and then use Tenjin Mountain, Kitasone, Tomita Matsuyama and Sanshi Castle as a defense line, and wait for Kobayakawa Takakei's Sanyo Road Army." Kodera Takataka said in a deep voice.

"Hmm......" Hashiba Hideyoshi pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at Urakami Sokei, who had been silent on the side, and asked, "Your Highness Urakami, what do you think?" ”

"It's all up to Lord Yuchai." Urakami replied with a respectful expression. Although the Urakami family and the Oda family were allied at this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Urakami family did not have any equal status with the Oda family as an alliance at all. After all, with the strength of the Urakami family now, even Hashiba Hideyoshi, who occupies Harima, can't compare, so how can he become an alliance with the Oda family?

In fact, from the Urakami family's choice to ally with the Oda family to the Oda family's request for help because of the Uki family's troops, it was Yushiba Hideyoshi who was responsible for handling this, and Oda Nobunaga was not consulted at all. And this, on the one hand, is because Oda Nobunaga gave Hashiba Hideyoshi and others a fairly high degree of freedom, and on the other hand, Hashiba Hideyoshi felt that such trivial matters did not need to bother Oda Nobunaga to come forward.

After all, the Urakami family did not have a famous ancestor like the Akamatsu family, they were just retainers of the Akamatsu family, and they expanded their power and became a semi-independent Bizen powerhouse. Not to mention that because of the rebellion of the Uki family, the power of the Urakami family has shrunk to half of the territory of Bizen Province.

So although Hashiba Hideyoshi is just a retainer of the Oda family, Urakami Munekei is still very respectful to him, because he knows very well that the life and death of himself and the Urakami clan are all in the thoughts of this ugly man with a sharp face and monkey cheeks in front of him.

nodded with satisfaction, in fact, Yushiba Hideyoshi asked Urakami Zongjing, just to show his friendliness, after all, in Yushiba Hideyoshi's opinion, as long as he can block the attack of the Maori family, then Bizen Country will definitely be given to him by Oda Nobunaga, so that he can win over the non-threatening Urakami family, and he can better rule Bizen.

Stone City.

The Ukita Naoya was preparing to rest at this time, and although Toshishi Castle was surrounded by the combined forces of Yushiba and Urakami, he didn't feel the slightest nervousness at all. After a second look at the castle tower observation deck, he handed over the defense of the castle to his younger brother Ukita Hidetada, while he stayed in the castle tower and thought about the future path of the Ukita family.

At this time, a rush of footsteps came, and after a while, I saw Ukita Hidetada hurriedly walking over, "Brother, the Oda army has retreated!" ”

"Oh? Retreated? It seems that reinforcements from Muneji Shimizu have arrived. When the Ukita Naoya heard this, they immediately guessed the reason. Calculating the time, I think that Hashiba Hideyoshi has just received the news, but he can make the choice to withdraw his troops so immediately, it seems that the future war will not be easy to fight~" Ukita Naoya sighed, just listening to his tone, how can he feel a little gloating?

"Brother, what now?" Ukita Hidetada asked in a deep voice. Since the Ukita Nao family succeeded to the governor, he has been diligently assisting his brother, and he has not competed with the Ukita Nao family for the position of the governor like other forces.

"What to do? Let's wait for Kobayakawa Takakei's reinforcements~" Ukita Naoke said with a smile, "The reason why Hashiba Hideyoshi immediately withdrew his troops was because he didn't want to be entangled by the main family and Shimizu Soji, because once he was entangled, when the army led by Kobayakawa Takakei arrived, he would not have the slightest chance of winning." Moreover, they fought all the way to the city before and after they arrived in Bei, but they haven't set up defenses yet~"

After speaking, seeing that Ukita Hidetada seemed to want to say something, the Ukita Naoya smiled again, "Don't think about it so much, in this war, all the family needs to do is protect the family and the territory,"