The day gradually passed, and the rock castle, which had been fighting fiercely for a long time, gradually calmed down.

"What Tengu Maru was captured by the color department?"

To the east of Iwaki Castle, in the main formation of the Echigo army, Uesugi Kenshin was surprised when he heard about this.

"Yes, it's a military report sent by Lord Sebe himself," Minoru Naoe asked from the side, "My lord, is there anything wrong?" ”

Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said, "Yes, according to the news provided to me by Takeda Yoshinobu, Iwaki Castle is a fortified city, not to mention, Takeda Katsuyori has one hundred and fifty iron cannons to help, and there are Li Xiao in the city, and the fierce generals of the three armies like Okuma Ashide, it is not so easy for our army to capture Tengu Maru in the first place." ”

Naoe Minoru laughed and said: "The lord is too worried, and now it is a hard battle, but Lord Sebe has paid the price of more than 400 people, and he must have given enough damage to the Takeda army." ”

Uesugi Kenshin shook his head and said, "Maybe others will think so, but the Takeda army in front of me is different, they defeated our army in the battle of Shirane Mountain. I felt a little uneasy, maybe I was overthinking. ”

Naoe Minoru snorted and said: "It is necessary for the lord to be worried, I guess that the Takeda army is more likely to plan to preserve the military strength, judging from the map of Iwaki Castle, the terrain of Ninomaru and Nakajo is more dangerous than that of Tengu Maru, and the two cities are horns of each other, which is the reason why Iwakushi Castle is really called a fortified city, I think the Takeda army would like to concentrate its forces to hold here." ”

Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said, "Naoe, what you said is reasonable. However, Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki are both resourceful people, and they can't be unguarded. The order went down, and asked the Tengu Maru Maru Sebu Katsucho to keep one eye open even if he fell asleep tonight, and the Tengu Maru must not have any mistakes. ”

"Oh!"

Minoru Naoe agreed and withdrew from the big tent.

Ninomaru in Iwaki Castle is now temporarily replaced by Li Xiao by Daikuma Asahide in order to guard against a possible night attack by the Echigo army.

And in the castle tower of Iwaki Castle Honmaru.

Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki, Baba Masafu, Baoke Masanori and several other generals have not eaten rice all day, and now they have time to sit down and eat.

Right now, in front of Takeda Katsuyori, they each hold a bowl of chazuke, snoring and snoring and snorting with soup and water into their mouths, looking like they are gobbling up.

Only Li Xiao put the bowl aside and talked about today's battle situation with Takeda Katsuyori in detail.

From time to time, the two walked to the watchtower of the castle tower and picked up the Echigo army position to watch the battle.

This Qianli cylinder is a southern barbarian, that is, a metal monocular at that time, which was searched from the city after breaking through Songshan City.

At that time, the Takeda army didn't know what the purpose of this thousand libo was, these few coincidences, Li Xiao found out, so he used to play with it, when he was at home, he had played with the military telescope that came from the northeast when the Soviet Union collapsed, and that was called a clear.

This 16th-century product is just a casual play.

But this thousand lito cylinder turned out to be taken by Takeda Katsuyori and taken it for himself.

"Your Highness, there has been a fierce battle today, and the number of casualties in our army is less than seventy. In addition to the geographical advantage, the main thing is that our army is equipped with iron cannons, bows and arrows have played a huge role, but the ammunition of iron cannons, the use of arrows is too large, if used at this pace, our ammunition and arrows will only be enough to support two more days at most. If once the ammunition is exhausted, it will be difficult for our army to resist the offensive of the Echigo army. ”

Li Xiao suggested to Takeda Katsuyori. He was also telling the truth, if the iron cannons and bows and arrows were exhausted, I am afraid that with the numerical superiority of the Echigo army, it would not take half a day to take the entire Iwaji Castle.

Takeda Katsuyori was also worried, and said to Li Xiaoyan: "You are right, but ammunition and arrows can't be conjured up in the air. How can this be done? ”

"Changxing, what do you see?"

Sanada Masayuki thought about it for a while, but still shook his head, indicating that there was nothing he could do.

When the rest of the generals heard that even Sanada Masayuki, who was outstandingly resourceful, they all shook their heads, saying that they had no plan.

"How's that okay?"

Seeing that there was nothing everyone could do, Katsuyori Takeda couldn't help but slam his fist on the floor.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a crowd close to Takeda Katsuyori suddenly knelt down in front of Takeda Katsuyori from the side, and said: "Your Highness Katsuyori, Your Majesty has a way." ”

Everyone saw that this close crowd was not a familiar face, and it was obvious that he had not been a guard by Takeda Katsuyori for a short time.

"Great Treasure Chang'an," Takeda Katsuyori called out his name, frowning and asked, "There are so many retainers here who can't come up with a plan, can you come up with it?" ”

Hearing the name of Dazang Chang'an, Li Xiao thought to himself, dizzy, isn't this Okubo Chang'an, and later the old middle of the Tokugawa Shogunate, known as the chief acting official of the world, the first internal minister, how did he forget him.

"Lord, you might as well let the Great Treasury Chang'an speak bluntly, anyway, there is no better way for the time being." Li Xiao said loudly.

Hearing Li Xiao say this, Takeda Katsuyori also said: "Great Treasure Chang'an, you can just say it." ”

Oh, Dazang Chang'an raised his head and said very methodically: "Your Highness, although your subordinates can't conjure up iron cannon ammunition and arrows out of thin air, you can reduce the number of shots through precise calculation and overall planning to avoid wasting ammunition and arrows." ”

"Bastard, do you mean that let's bow and gun and ask for the surname of Bow and Gun Shot to stop shooting? What's the use of them like that? Takeda Katsuyori scolded on the spot.

"Your Highness, it's not that you don't shoot, but you manage the numbers." Instead of being discouraged by Takeda Katsuyori's reprimand, Dazō Chang'an continued to speak unhurriedly, "According to His Majesty's observations, the main reason for the excessive consumption of ammunition is because of the uneven distribution. In this way, firing more than 30 shots a day will inevitably cause waste, and his subordinates will only control the quantity of ammunition on each iron cannon ashigaru, reduce it below an average, and save the total number of shots on the premise of avoiding waste. ”

Takeda Katsuyori was still confused when he heard it, but Li Xiao was shocked, and said in his heart that this Okubo Chang'an is really a talent, this thinking is a bit similar to the overall management in modern economics, which is a must-learn content for every CEO and manager.

Before Takeda Katsuyori could make a decision, Li Xiao immediately slapped his thigh and said: "Okay, since it is your suggestion, it is up to you to implement it, and now you are temporarily serving as the commissioner to deal with the distribution of ammunition, and it must be implemented tonight." ”

When Dazang Chang'an heard that his opinion was actually adopted, he was immediately overjoyed, buried his head, and said loudly: "My subordinates will definitely swear to complete this matter, please rest assured that Lord Li Xiao." ”

At this moment, his heart is also like turning over the river and the sea.

Dazang Chang'an said silently in his heart: I Chang'an diligently sought the opportunity to show his skills, and finally realized it at this moment. Wait, Father, Chang'an will follow His Highness Katsuyori and make a name for himself in this Iwaki City!

Thinking of this, Dazang Chang'an grabbed his knees tightly with both hands.

The second day of the battle of the cage city of Yanji.

The attack lineup on the side of the Echigo army was adjusted, and yesterday it was said that Sebe Katsunaga, who suffered heavy casualties, and the two castle lords of Nakajo Fujiko were replaced.

It was replaced by the second team, one of the four heavenly kings of Uesugi, the lord of Iizuka Gray Hair Castle, the lord of Kanya Keichi and the lord of Shinta Castle, and Shinbata Nagatsu, who attacked Iwaki Castle.

The tragic siege battle finally started again the next day.