The city is born under the city.

The Upper Shirt Army is in the main formation.

Naoe Jingzuna held a feather fan, "Look at the battlefield that has just been fought under the mountain."

The battlefield was on a river beach on the side of the Shentong River, and the Upper Shirt Army had just "repelled the penetration of the two standing garrisons of the Takeda Army into the castle with several times the superior force."

However, although the Upper Shirt Army repelled the Takeda Army, the support in the city "also took a lot of effort, and the losses were also great under the hard battle."

Naoe Jinggang pondered for a while, and when he turned around, he said left and right: "I heard that Dao Shengmeng" is the first general under Li Xiao who can fight habitually, and "I see it today" really deserves its name. "Even if we have the advantage in our forces", we should not underestimate the enemy.

The generals on the left and right listened to Naoe Jinggang's words, and they all agreed.

At this moment, "a muddy envoy hurried up the mountain.

Coming to Naoe Jinggang, "this man thrust the handle of the gun down" and said loudly: "Report to the lord" Our army exiled rafts upstream of the supernatural power and "successfully burned all the well towers in Chengsheng City", and now the water source in the city has been cut off. ”

Hearing this person's report, "All the generals of the shirt family are all happy", Naoe Jinggang slowly shook his feather fan, "looking at the city on the side", and said in a deep voice: "Very good, the water source is cut off", and the army's heart will be chaotic. In this way, the city was captured. ”

The other side of the Takeda Army's main formation.

Shima Katsu had already heard the news of the failure of the assault on the castle, "but he didn't care too much" When he attacked this time, he was just a move to test the strength of the Upper Shirt Army.

"The Upper Shirt Army is very tough", Naoe Jingzuna is a famous general who is good at guarding and being cautious, "In my opinion", I am afraid that it will not be easy to penetrate the Upper Shirt Army, "It is not easy to enter the city." ”

The Speaker was a young general dressed in fiery red.

The other party is none other than Kohata Prosperity, the general sent by Gao Garbage Masanobu to Fei Dirty to "aid Li Xiao".

Kohata Masamori is the son of Kohata Toramori, one of the five ministers of the Takeda family, "father and son, both are brave and outstanding", and is among the twenty-four generals of Takeda.

Kohata Toramori, formerly known as Kori Torama, "later inherited the Koshu Kohata clan", and the Koshu Kohata clan and Yumi Kohata's Uesu Kohata clan also belong to the Koshu Kohata clan.

In the fourth year of Eiroku, before the Battle of Nakajima, "Kohata Toramomori died of illness at Kaizu Castle", and Kohata Masamori took over his father's position as a comatose general, "assisting Takashi Masanshin to guard Kaijin Castle."

Later, Takeda Shingen established the Kita-Shinano Army, and "Kohata Masamori also became the corps' faint general", this time, Gao Zhichang believed in Takeda Shingen's order to "aid the Feihui Echichu Army in the bitter battle", so he sent Kohata Masamori to lead a thousand troops into Feixiang.

Kohata Yoshimori's consistent combat style is very strong, "there is a tendency to rather bend than bend", and "there is a father's style", so he commented on Naoe Jinggang's military strength, "It is also a very high judgment."

In fact, there was a lot of friction between the Kita-Shinano Army and Echigo, and "the two sides fought small-scale battles from time to time", so the strength of the Kita-Shinano Army and the Echigo Army were all gone.

Kohata Masamori continued, "Our army is inferior to the Upper Shirt Army," and when we take the initiative to attack, it is a kind of pressure on our side, so I ask Shimasama to be cautious. ”

Shimakatsu glanced at Masamori Kohata, "I haven't spoken yet."

At this time, the general Tsuchiya Masahiro said with a calm face: "I have long heard the name of Lord Kohata for being brave and good at fighting, but when I saw it today, I was greatly disappointed in Zaixia", "Now that the castle is besieged by the heavy troops of the Upper Shirt Army", our army is about to enter the siege, "If we dare not come forward to fight the enemy", why do we come here? ”

Kohata Masamori was also young and vigorous, and when he heard Tsuchiya Masahiro's words, "anger immediately surged", and he said: "Tsuchiya-sama" is not afraid of death, "I just don't want to bear the death of dishonor", and the soldiers under my command are not willing to follow such a stupid general and lose their lives. Therefore, please be cautious. ”

"Who do you say is a stupid general?" Tsuchiya asked angrily.

Kohata Masamori snorted disdainfully, "Seeing the tension between the two of them, all the generals persuaded them to leave.

At this time, "Monomi Bantou hurriedly ran up the hillside" and reported to Shimakatsu Takeshi: "My lord" According to the captured Echigo army Ashigaru, "the water source in the castle has been cut off. ”

"What?"

When the Takeda family heard this, their bodies moved.

Shima Katsu was the first to ask, "Is this news reliable?" ”

Kohata Masashi on the side said: "The island lord is very considerate, Naoe Jinggang is as cunning as a fox" It is likely that the fake news released by the time party "tempted us to attack." ”…,

"Hmph" If it weren't for the fake news that "we missed the fighter", can we only watch the city fall? Tsuchiya Shoji retorted at the moment.

Monomimi said: "I would like to reply to my lords, "my personal judgment is not fake news", so I made a decision early in the morning. ”

Shimakatsu shook his head violently, and said: "Kohata Masamori is right: "With our troops, it will be difficult to penetrate the defenses of the Upper Shirt Army", and if we want to attack by force, it will be difficult to win even if we pay losses, "but we may fall into a situation of total annihilation." ”

Hearing this, Tsuchiya Masatsune said loudly: "Shima-sama" must not be saved without saving him, "I am willing to lead a team of five hundred horsemen to "rush into battle first" No matter what, I must rescue the two adults of Kinoshita Baba. ”

Seeing Tsuchiya Masahiro's excited appearance, "All the generals thought of Kinoshita who was trapped in the castle, "There are 1,500 soldiers in the racecourse.

Hearing of the severance of the water supply, "the defenders must be anxious."

And as reinforcements, they "cowered" and "did not dare to fight the enemy", which was simply a shame as samurai.

As a result, the samurai present heard the words of Tsuchiya Masatsune, and asked Shimakatsu to fight, "Even the Uchijima family, the governor of the Uchijima family, who has always been cautious in defense, also opened." Take the initiative to attack.

Shima Shengmeng is also in a dilemma at this moment, "If he takes the initiative to fight" the "4,000 Takeda Army, the 11,000 Immortal Army under the Castle" will definitely have little chance of winning, not to mention that Shi Fang is a famous general like Naoe Jingzuna.

If the battle situation is unfavorable, "it is very likely that all this support force will be hit."

If the decisive battle is abandoned, it will be to watch Kinoshita Koichiro's 15,000 troops be wiped out, "the castle will fall", and the Takeda family's contact with the family in Vietnam will be completely cut off.

As a result of this incident, Takeda Shinxuan will definitely be very angry and ask Li Xiao because of the loss of Yuezhong.

At this time, "Island Shengmeng has no second way to go except to apologize to Li Xiao for his crimes".

Shima Katsu glanced at the densely surrounded Shirt Army formation under Chengsheng City, and couldn't help but look solemn, and it was a little difficult for him to make this decision at this moment.

Shimakatsu thought for a while, and suddenly gritted his teeth, "When the order is given."

At this time, a servant came to report and said, "The lord of the island has arrived" and ordered you to go and meet you. ”

"The main gate" Dao Shengmeng was overjoyed when he heard this, "I thought to myself, since Li Xiao is here", then he must have a plan to decide this matter.

Shima Katsutoshi immediately asked, "Where is the lord?" Does he know the current situation of our army? ”

The samurai whispered, "Zigong is on the hill ahead, "I have been watching the battle for a long time," and he said that he asked the island lord to go and discuss, "the plan to put on the shirts?" ”

"What? The lord already has a way. Shima Shengmeng was very surprised when he heard this, "But thinking about Li Xiao's ability" is not possible.

In Mt. Shirane, "in the Rock Rejection Castle", he had already seen it.

But at this moment, "Island Shengmeng is also a little bit of Li Xiao's heart, and he doesn't know it. (To be continued)