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Kinoshita Tengjiro can do it, but if he changes to anyone else, even the contractor, he probably can't do it.

Gao Xianda didn't think he could do it either, so he recognized Kinoshita's success very much.

Kinoshita Tengjiro was also a man of great mathematics, and soon the statistics of the battle were presented.

In this battle, Imagawa invested a total of 500 soldiers, only 53 were wounded in the process of defending the city, and 12 were killed, which can be said to be a very small number.

As for the Saito army, the corpses were able to be recognized, and the 1,246 people who were beheaded and 375 were captured, including the head of the Saito family, the elder Inaba Kachitetsu, and seven of his close guards, and 50 elite troops. The rest are directly subordinate troops of Inaba Ichitetsu.

This number is very accurate, although Gao Xianda does not know if there is water in it, but he is very glad that he also has a good counter. I have always envied Matsudaira Motoyasu for having Sakai Tadaji and others under him, and now he also has Kinoshita Tengjiro who can compete with him.

And the others have turned into meat because they have been cut too many times by Gao Xianda's "Whirlwind Slash", or because they have crushed each other in battle, and there are still 500 people who can no longer see their true colors. Coupled with the deserters who fled directly after the morale collapsed, the Saito family invested in combat power this time, at least 3,000 people.

This was a battle with a ratio of 1 to 6, and although the Imagawa army relied on the castle for defense and had a geographical advantage, the casualties in this ratio were also very low.

According to Inaba Yitetsu's own account, he led 5,000 soldiers to attack this time, which was more than Gao Xianda expected, and even increased the ratio to 1:10. Even in a big city like Cheongju City, it would be unrealistic to defend an attack of 5,000 men with 500 men.

This is also the reason why Kinoshita Tengjiro's mood is almost broken when he is in the city.

In fact, the main reason for winning this battle was the addition of the three of Gao Xianda.

The cannon opens, approaching at high speed, Gao Xianda, who harvests with "Whirlwind Slash", Maeda Toshiie, who has upgraded his combat skills and holds a dragon horn gun, and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, a sword saint who can use the secret technique "Turn" infinitely, all three of them can be described as superhuman.

But five hundred and four people (counting Kinoshita Tengjiro), in the eyes of outsiders, are no different from five hundred. So in terms of publicity, it was still a five-hundred-five battle and a big victory.

"We must take advantage of this victory. Our Imagawa family's soldiers won a great victory with fewer enemies and more enemies, and defeated Inaba Ichitetsu. If you spread the word, you can make the people of the Saito family feel afraid. Saito Ryuko is a useless person, you can consider taking the opportunity to persuade him to surrender. ”

"This victory is naturally rare." Kinoshita Tengjiro said, "But the key to victory has to be you, my lord!" How can a few of us and a humble castle withstand an attack of 5,000 men? If it hadn't been for you, we would have almost been captured by the enemy! Do you want to declare to the outside world, my lord, that you are a god who has descended to earth and led us to victory? ”

"Don't overhype me." Gao Xianda shook his head and said, "My personal strength is very limited. If you publicize me excessively, not only will the enemies who have not fought not believe me, but even your own soldiers may rely too much on me and do not believe in their own combat effectiveness. Then if a battle is not fought without my participation, they will become panicked and lead to the final defeat. ”

"What your lord said is very true." Kinoshita Tengjiro nodded. Anyway, the reason he just put forward was also to shoot Gao Xianda's sycophants. He also knew that although it was actually Gao Xianda who led them to victory, if he only said that Gao Xianda was a thousand, the enemy would not believe it.

Gao Xianda said: "So if it is said that the soldiers of our Imagawa family are strong, well-trained, and well-equipped, and have defeated ten times the enemy by their own strength, then no matter where they are, they can fight to promote the heroic name of our Imagawa family." In this way, not only the Saito family, but also the Asai family, Asakura, Rokkaku, and even the Takeda family and the Hojo family will be afraid of us. We can easily win battles with great disparity in strength, and if there is not much difference in numbers, can they surrender directly? ”

"Your Excellency is really clever!" Kinoshita Tengjiro said, "Then about Inaba Ichchitetsu-sama ......"

"What's the matter?" Gao Xianda didn't understand.

"I mean, what are we going to do with Inaba Ichitetsu-sama?" Kinoshita Tengjiro said.

"What do you want to do?" Gao Xianda said, "Since he has surrendered, of course he is mainly recruiting to surrender." But I don't think he looks like a man who surrenders easily. ”

"That's for sure." Kinoshita Tengjiro said, "Inaba Ichitetsu-sama has always been known for his stubbornness and toughness. This time, he was defeated at your hands, and it was also to save the lives of his elite guards, but in fact, he must have been unconvinced. It is estimated that it will be very difficult to surrender. ”

"What then? Now that he has surrendered, we must not kill him. Gao Xianda said, "So I want to take him back to Junfu City and imprison him." ”

"I don't think that's right." Kinoshita Tengjiro said, "Inaba Ichitetsu has served in the Saito family for three generations, and he has a very deep relationship, and he has a good relationship with Anten Shousu and the family Bu Quan, and is known as the Mino trio. The other two people are also famous generals of the Saito family, and they each lead the lord of a city. And the son of Inaba Ittetsu is now acting as the lord of Sone Castle, and he has a very good relationship with Fupo Mitsuji. These people can wield 70 percent of the power of the Saito family. If we hold on to Inaba, these people will most likely rise up to rescue him. ”

"Didn't we happen to have a hostage?" Gao Xianda Road.

"Not really." Kinoshita Tengjiro said, "Our goal is to capture the Saito family and make them surrender, not to defend passively. In siege warfare, Saito Ryuko doesn't care how many of their hostages we have. They just want to save their lives. ”

"And what do you mean?" Gao Xianda also became interested in Kinoshita's thoughts, "You can't kill him, you can't keep it, you don't want me to put him back, right?" ”

"My thoughts...... That's it. Kinoshita Tengjiro said affirmatively, "I hope that the adults will agree to put Inaba Ischitetsu-sama back." ”