■ After a short time, I saw that Shinzaburo not only captured another ship, but also brought up all the sailors on that boat, and all those sailors were all surrendered without exception

Since the ship was seriously damaged and needed to be repaired in time, and the clan and the Nine Ghosts Jialong had also negotiated the matter of surrender, there was really no need to continue to stay at sea, so the Nine Ghosts Jialong immediately ordered to return.

However, the clan and his army only stayed in Toba Castle for half a day, so they ignored the retention of the Nine Demons and led the army to Okochi Castle to join the Oda army.

Outside the castle of Okochi, the Oda army has launched several attacks on the city in two days, although the northern family did not let the Oda army attack with the fortified city, but it also lost hundreds of ashigaru, and most of the hundreds of ashigaru killed were those who had been armed under the command of the retainers.

Although these more than 1,000 sets of armor have been given to the retainers, but they have no intention of keeping them private, every time a ashigaru is killed, or is wounded and loses combat power, the armor on their bodies will be taken off and handed over to other ashigaru to use, and the retainers of the northern family know in their hearts that if they don't defend the city, then what is the use of these armors even if they are preserved, it is better to let them play a greater value.

However, although the peasant soldiers directly under the Hokubo wore these delicate armors and replaced the bamboo spears and wooden sticks in their hands with swords, after all, they had not received much training before, so their combat effectiveness was still low, and it was difficult to inflict casualties on the Oda army.

And as the temptation of reward had faded, the morale of the Northern Army had begun to decline. /Very literary/

Seeing that the morale of the Hokufang and his retainers began to fall again, they couldn't help but feel anxious, but there was nothing they could do, even if he was helpless, risking his life, and personally fighting the Oda family outside the city on the city wall, the morale did not rise by half a point, if it continued like this, I am afraid that in less than a month, even if Ashigaru was not consumed by the Oda army, it would collapse because the morale reached zero point.

But now that there is Asai Nagamasa in the northwest of the Oda family, Matsudaira Motoyasu in the southeast, and there are no strong enemies in the surrounding areas, the territory can be said to be extremely stable, so Oda Nobunaga will withdraw his troops when he is about to succeed.

Bei Gufang reluctantly thought that if it really didn't work, then he had to cut his stomach to save his family name and the soldiers in the city.

And Nobunaga in the main camp outside the city was not too surprised when he saw that the northern army was so vulnerable, the elite of the northern family had already been consumed in the battle of Shikahara, and now the northern army was facing the onslaught of the main family, and it was a little beyond Nobunaga's expectations that it would not be directly dispersed.

Seeing this, Nobunaga didn't want to waste any more time here, so he decided to continue the onslaught on Okochi Castle today, and tomorrow he sent his retainers into the city to persuade him that as long as Kitagubo was willing to give up the position of monk, then it would be better to spare his dog's life.

That night, after the last round of attacks, Nobunaga called Niwa Nagahide to the big tent, although Nobunaga had not yet spoken, but because the lord had already mentioned in the last meeting that he wanted to control the North family by succession, so as to achieve the goal of controlling Ise, Niwa Nagahide had already prepared.

As soon as he entered the big tent and sat down, he heard Nobunaga say, "Yonegoro, tomorrow you will go to Okochi Castle to explain the matter of the succession to the North Gufang, is there a problem?" ”

Now that the situation is very clear, it is only a matter of time before the castle of Okochi is broken, and as far as Niwa Nagahide knows, Kitagubo is cowardly by nature, and it should not be difficult to persuade him to give up his family governor in order to achieve the goal of saving the Kita family.

Thinking of this, I only heard Niwa Nagahide confidently say: "Lord, please rest assured, if you go by your subordinates, you will definitely make Beigufang give up the position of head of the family." ”…,

I saw Nobunaga nodding and didn't say anything more, so he asked Niwa Nagahide to retreat.

And that night, although Bei Gufang and his retainers were already physically and mentally exhausted because of the day's battle, they stayed awake all night.

At first, they were optimistic that if the combat strength of the Oda army was only like this, then it should not be a problem to hold on to the city for two months, although they had not yet been able to figure out what to do after that, but if there was a buffer of two months, they were not sure if they could come up with a way during this time.

From noon today, the Oda army will no longer attack from one side as it did yesterday, but will launch a non-stop attack on the city from four sides.

If you put all the 1,000 ashigaru wearing fine armor on one side, even if the casualties are not small, but for the time being, there is no worry about breaking the city, but if they are sent to four sides, there are only two hundred and fifty on each side, how can they resist the attack of thousands of elites on each side of the Oda army.

And if the remaining peasant soldiers in the city rushed forward to help defend the city, it would simply be increasing casualties, only in this afternoon's battle, the number of casualties in the family has reached as many as three hundred, and there are still four or five hundred ashigaru due to injuries can no longer participate in the battle for the time being, and the casualties brought by the family to the Oda family are only more than a hundred, for the Oda army, this loss is just a drop in the bucket.

I have a city to rely on, and the number of dead is more than twice as many as the Oda army, how can this battle continue, if it goes on like this, let alone two months, even if it is not broken by the Oda army within ten days, then this is already the heavens favoring the family.

Now Beigufang no longer thinks about what he should do in the future, but thinks about how to ensure that the name of his family is not destroyed by him.

However, if you want to save the family name, I am afraid that it will not be an easy task, I and my father have been enemies of the Oda family for two generations since a few years ago, and Oda Nobunaga has never been merciful to the enemy, I am afraid that even if he himself cuts his stomach or expresses his submission, it will be difficult to get Oda Nobunaga's understanding.

The more Bei Gufang thought about it, the more he was worried about the future of his family, he had just succeeded as the governor of the family, if the Bei family perished in his own hands like this, after his death, how to explain to the ancestors under Jiuquan, this idea was like a boulder, pressing on his heart, if it wasn't for the presence of the ministers of the family now, he really wanted to cry.

The retainers of the North family now have no way, the army of the family is too weak than the enemy, this is nothing, the most important thing is that the family has no reinforcements to call for help, no reinforcements, in the eyes of the ashigaru, there is no hope, the ashigaru people don't even have any hope of survival, morale will only get lower and lower, until it collapses, the city of Ashigaru is all routed, even if they are desperate for a dozen people, how can they stop the Oda army.