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Matsudaira Motoyasu's infantry was slightly slower, but the cavalry of Kosenda marched very fast.

Oda Nobunaga returned to Narumi Castle yesterday, suffering heavy losses in his troops, and he was also worried in his heart, so he hurriedly gathered his troops, and did not dare to take any real action all night.

When daylight came, he saw that the Imagawa family's troops had withdrawn, so he sent several small units to the nearby castle towns and villages to collect grain. He was ready for a long struggle.

Who knew that Gao Xianda's cavalry troops would come back so quickly and directly block these troops outside the city.

These small groups of infantry, each team has only a dozen people, where is the opponent of these wolf-like cavalry? It was killed in an instant. Even if they left the collected grain and ran on two legs, the speed was no match for the cavalry, and it did not take long for them to catch up.

In yesterday's battle, many of the cavalry brothers were killed, and these cavalrymen were full of resentment towards the people of the Oda family. The spear machete swung at once, killing all the ashigaru.

The soldiers of Narumi Castle had the intention to come out of the castle to meet them, but they saw that the Ashigaru troops led by Matsudaira Motoyasu had already arrived. If they open the gates at this time, it will be tantamount to letting each other into the city.

So the soldiers could only shoot a few arrows at random at the wall, and then watched as the whole army of the grain collection team was wiped out.

The cavalry triumphantly gathered the grain collected by the enemy Ashigaru in one place, and there was a lot of it. That's enough for a team of 1,000 people to eat for a month.

The so-called grabbing the enemy is like eating your own ten buckets.

It was Oda Nobunaga's troops who came out to grab food, but it was the troops of the Imagawa family who really ate the food. This time not only replenished the food, but also lowered the reputation of the Oda Nobunaga family, and the Oda army may not be so easy to go out of the city to collect food, which is a good thing to have the best of both worlds.

Moreover, Oda Nobunaga was willing to go out of the city to collect grain at this time, indicating that the surplus food in Narumi Castle was already insufficient.

When Gao Xianda and Okabe Motoshin came out of Narumi Castle, Gao Xianda did not advocate bringing too much military rations, thinking that the soldiers were expensive and fast, as long as they arrived at the castle of Cheongju, they could capture the castle, and there was food in the castle.

However, Motonobu Okabe believes that adequate preparation should be made.

So in the end, it was decided to cook a lot of rice in advance in a large pot and put it directly on the trolley and push it away, leaving no time to cook on the road at all.

Both of them have their own perspectives, and they are both correct. Gao Xianda believes that time is of the essence, and the earlier he rushes into Cheongju City, the less difficult it will be to attack the city. Okabe Motonobu believed that if the soldiers did not have enough to eat, they would not have the morale to attack the castle.

So the agreement they finally reached was to be both fast and have enough to eat. They didn't think about the food consumption in the city.

At that time, all the grain was stored was rice, but when it was boiled, rice had to be boiled. There is nothing difficult about cooking rice in a large pot, but the process of cooking rice is very complicated, and it is not easy to do without special tools.

However, Gao Xianda was in a hurry, and the soldiers could only go out with all their strength and use local methods to scoop rice.

However, the tools are not complete, and the craftsmanship is not good, so the rice yield is very low, and a lot of good rice is wasted in the process of scooping rice. A large amount of broken rice and rice bran was thrown away along with the husks.

Preparing food for 1,000 people for 10 days is no less than preparing 20 days of food for more than 1,000 people.

Fortunately, the speed was indeed relatively fast, allowing Gao Xianda to successfully capture Cheongju City.

At that time, Gao Xianda did not have to think about the problem of grain storage. At that time, there were only 200 defenders in Narumi Castle, and there was enough food left over for them to eat for several months.

But this time there were 1,000 more troops of Oda Nobunaga in the city. Oda Nobunaga's troops had almost exhausted their resources in the continuous war, so the food in Narumi Castle was suddenly not enough. So Oda Nobunaga had to send soldiers outside the city to collect food.

Their grain collection team was intercepted by Gao Xianda, which was also a great blow to the morale of Oda Nobunaga in the city.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Xianda asked Matsudaira Motoyasu to organize his Mikawa troops to launch several waves of attacks on the city.

Matsudaira Motoyasu was obedient and really took the lead in the charge. But this force was not so much a siege team as a small detachment of people to protect it.

All the Mikawa soldiers did not attack the city, and they all surrounded Matsudaira Motoyasu, for fear that he would make a mistake.

Gao Xianda is also a discerning person with a rough understanding of the art of war, and he can see that although these soldiers of the Three Rivers shout vigorously on the surface, they do not rush forward, and always hide outside the range of the enemy's bow and arrow. Matsudaira Motoyasu's main idea seems to be how to preserve his strength.

Oda Nobunaga's army fired a few rounds of arrows from the castle, and then they retreated, and this siege method was not as reliable as blowing the walls down with their mouths.

Couponda understood what was going on, and it was difficult to say it clearly. They can only be allowed to simply withdraw.

Since you soldiers of the Three Rivers are not willing to fight, it is always okay to set up camp here. Although it is not as good as the perfect defensive offensive of Zenshoji Temple, at least it is not used to go back and forth.

I heard that I don't have to go out and work hard, so Matsudaira Motoyasu is very happy. Hurriedly arranged for Sakai Tadaji to organize manpower to set up camp.

Gao Xianda immediately saw the power of the soldiers of Sanhe, and soon a small camp was built.

As long as Oda Nobunaga's troops could not come out to collect food, and there was relatively little food in their city, their morale would soon be low, and they would take the initiative to go out of the city and surrender.

On the other hand, Gao Xianda also sent people to Okazaki Castle and asked the guards of Okazaki Castle to organize men and send reinforcements as soon as possible.

Narumi Castle is now surrounded by the Imagawa family's forces as a whole, and he is not afraid of Oda Nobunaga playing flowers.

Sure enough, it was Oda Nobunaga's army that couldn't hold its breath first.

That night, a hundred-strong force came out of the city and tried to attack the camp of the Imagawa family at night.

The soldiers of the Oda clan had little advantage in combat when the musketeers were largely lost.

As soon as this unit left the city, it was discovered by the soldiers of Mikawa who were in charge of watching.

There was no need for Gao Xianda's cavalry to go out, and the ashigaru under Matsudaira Motoyasu immediately dressed up and lined up to greet him.

At this time, Honda Tadakatsu exerted his general's martial arts, brandishing a huge spear "Dragonfly Cut" and decisively charging at the front. His whole body seemed to be wrapped with fighting spirit, and with a wave of his big gun, he could often sweep several enemies.

In this battle, Mikawa's soldiers defeated Oda Nobunaga's army in charge of stealing the camp, and rolled back to the city with their tails between their legs.

If they hadn't retreated in time, Honda Tadakatsu would have almost led his men through the main gate by the time they could open the door.