The Kira family and his party of more than 20 horsemen quickly turned back and entered Hanoi again, this time unlike the last time they sat in a boat and didn't even look at the flowers, because they had to go north through the Yamato River, so it was inevitable to enter the territory of Wakae Castle that belonged to the Miyoshi side, and the horses were like facing a great enemy one by one, and even the island Zuonai, who had always been wooden, was nervous, pulling Honda Sanya to guard Kira Manmatsumaru's side.

"What can you two protect me?" Kira Manmatsumu felt angry and funny, one was just ten years old, the other was only five years old, and two people protected him at the age of nine? Isn't that a joke?

"I can defend the Pavilion Master with a bow!"

"Sanmi too! Sanmi can too! ”

"Bastard! Don't talk about it, you two! Suddenly popping out from behind to talk will scare people to death! Zenjiro Yamaoka clutched his chest and complained quietly.

It turned out that this was just a false alarm, the Hatakeyama family did not even launch the mobilization order at all, Kawachi Province is currently under the control of Miyoshi Nagakei's new father-in-law, Yusa Chokyo, Hatakeyama Masakuni is a puppet in Takaya Castle, Yusa Chokyo is the emperor in Wakae Castle, and the army of the Miyoshi family gathers in Settsu Province, ready to pull out the last nail left by Hosokawa Harumoto in Settsu Province.

Passing through the territory of Wakae Castle, to the north is the Yodo River, which separates Settsu and Hanoi, and the place where the battle of the Eguchi took place this summer is next to the Yodo River, and the boat passes through the Yodogawa River and heads north a short distance to the location of the Miyoshi army, because at this time the Miyoshi family is surrounding Itami Castle, so he does not dare to get too close, but just stands on the nearby hillside and carefully implements the Miyoshi family's formation.

Nakajo Hidetaka frowned and said, "The fighting spirit of the Miyoshi family doesn't seem to be strong, what is the reason?" ”

"Oh? Do you think so? Kira Manmatsu sat in the shade of a tree, and although the sun in September was not as fierce as in July and August, it was still very uncomfortable to stand outside and bask for a while.

"It seems that I am thinking about something, and I don't look like I want to attack." The left side of the island sat cross-legged not far away, bowing his head and contemplating.

"Stupid! Of course, there is no intention of attacking, you see they are not attacking the city! ”

"Zenjiro! You're stupid! Squat to the side. ”

"Yes!" Yamaoka Zenjiro was knocked by the folding fan, hid in the shade of the tree next to him, looked up and saw the grinning Isshiki Shiro, and snorted angrily and turned sideways to hide in the shade farther away.

"Because their soldiers are very relaxed, and the little pack pack team over there is still chatting, there must be some reason for them to be so relaxed." The island Zuo Nei pointed to the small pack of people waiting for the handover in front of the big camp at the foot of the mountain, and they gathered in groups of three or five to gossip, and there was indeed no atmosphere of war.

"Oh? You've discovered this kind of detail too! Miyoshi really had no intention of attacking, or he didn't want to lose his troops. Kira Manmatsumu took the fan and fanned it slowly, this time it was not the famous bat fan that took out the door, it was just an ordinary folding fan, and it was not good to dress up as an ordinary person and hold something too conspicuous.

Nakajo Hidetaka said, "It is said that the lord of Itami Castle on the other side has gathered a thousand defenders, and if he attacks it, he will have to pay a great price." ”

"And how long will it take for Nakajo-den to take Itami Castle if the army is led by Nakajo-den?"

"This ...... If you don't count the onslaught of losses, you should fall in ten days. ”

"How much did you lose in battle?"

"The number of dead in battle should be less than 800, and it will remain within 1,000 if nothing else."

"Sure enough, it's still too much!" Kira Manmatsumu shook his head, this battle damage is not to say that the Miyoshi family can't bear it, in other words, no one can bear it, a thousand people killed in the battle means that there must be more than a thousand people who are disabled and sick, and there are two thousand people who have lost their combat power this time, looking at the three good military forces, whether it is the four countries of the lineage or the newly attached people, they can't bear such a high loss, and if they die too much, the governor will also lose his faith, such as Owari Sick Tiger Oda Nobuhide.

"This siege battle is a chicken rib, it is useless to attack and it is difficult to feel at ease without attacking, the Miyoshi family must have calculated, the number of deaths in the siege battle is more than 500 people is a loss-making business, and in the end, Itami pro-Xing Kaicheng surrendered to lose more, so the Miyoshi family would rather spend more food and defend slowly until next year than start attacking the city."

According to the information collected by the Hattori family last month, since the Miyoshi family went to Rakuro in July, Itami of Settsu Province secretly gathered his retainers to build fortifications, and after the end of the autumn harvest in late August, he decisively pulled up the anti-flag cage castle and held it, and the Miyoshi family moved when he heard the news, and the 8,000-strong army led by Miyoshi Yoshiken will surround Itami Castle, and it has been besieged for more than a month.

In the past month or so, only in the first ten days there were a few small-scale offensive temptations, both sides were very cautious, the Miyoshi family found that Itami was well prepared, and there was the autumn harvest of grain and grass to support the decisive abandonment of the attack, seeing that the autumn was not far from winter, the Miyoshi family had just established the hegemony of Kinai and there were still a thousand things to do, so Miyoshi Yoshiken quickly left and handed over the command to the command of a group of Miyoshi Changyi.

This has actually expressed the signal of a long-term siege, and the strong attack will definitely win, but it is really not cost-effective to hurt the newly attached countrymen, and Itami is obviously also wishful thinking, even if he can't fight in the end, he can still open the castle and surrender, and when the time comes, Hosokawa Harumoto, as his wife's cousin, can't blame him.

Yamaoka Zenjiro stretched out his head and poked his head over and asked strangely, "The Miyoshi family can refuse to surrender!" Why don't they follow what Takeda Daizen Daifu Haruminobu did in Shinano? Refuse to surrender to the people of Saku-gun, then slaughter the rebels, and capture the remaining civilians to dig for gold or give them to the samurai as slaves! In this way, there are both military merits and rewards, and it can make up for the losses of the siege at once, right? ”

Kira Manmatsumu picked up the folding fan and knocked it on his head twice, sighing with an unteachable expression: "Stupid! This is the Kinai of civilization! It's not Shinano Saku in the countryside! Takeda Harunobu dared to do this in Shinano because he was not afraid of making a big fuss, and it would cause the hatred of Shinano people in the sky, Miyoshi Changqing didn't dare to do this, his family still wanted to rule Kinai, his reputation and face were gone, what to rule Kinai? ”

"Kyoto is inhabited by the emperor and the five mountain monks, and samurai and cultural people from all over the country come here, and it is true that we cannot compare it with a remote country in the poor countryside." Nakajo Hidetaka also heard about the actions of the Takeda family in Shinano Saku-gun, and the tragic massacre after the Oda Ihara Battle made Takeda Harunobu bear the sin of indiscriminate killing, and this matter is currently only circulating in Kanto and Tokaido, which are closer to Koshin, and Kyoto has not heard relevant claims for the time being, from this point of view, the Takeda family's intelligence concealment work is good.

"Your Excellency! Zuo Nei felt that the Miyoshi family only needed to break through a few branches of Itami City, and then persuade the Itami family's subordinates to surrender, and they could also achieve the goal of opening the city without blood. ”

"Huh? Who told you these words? Kira Manmatsumu became interested all of a sudden, and unconsciously put away the folding fan in his hand.

"This is what Zuo Nei came up with by himself, there are five branch cities near Itami City, of which there are two generations, one family, as long as these three are defeated and the other two are persuaded to surrender, Itami City has nothing to fear."

"Good! He is truly a samurai who is favored by his family! The future is promising! Kira Manmatsumu is very happy, some people are born with a good talent, but they can't make him too proud, "The idea is really good!" Dividing troops in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and these need to be strengthened! ”

"Yes! Zuo Nai always remembers the teachings of the master! ”

"Back to Sakamoto, I will introduce my master craftsman Kansuke Yamamoto for you, and keep it up!"

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