Just when the clan was puzzled, he saw Ishikawa Goemon, walked quickly to the clan, and said: "My lord, the enemy has all entered the castle tower, and his subordinates have the responsibility of guarding the castle gate, so they have not attacked, and I ask the lord to forgive me." ”

The clan couldn't help but nod after hearing this, no wonder they didn't see the enemy's figure, it turned out that they had all shrunk into the castle tower, this Miyoshi Kangchang could react so quickly, it seems that he is not incompetent, this makes the clan feel a little surprised, it seems that it is no coincidence that the Miyoshi family has been able to dominate the world for many years.

Although Miyoshi Yasucho has a bad reputation, this ability is indeed not bad, and when the city gate has been lost, he can still command calmly, and he still underestimates the samurai of the Miyoshi family.

Moreover, this Hansheng Castle is the largest city in Hanoi, and it is also the residence of the head of the Miyoshi family, so not only is the castle defense strong, even if it is the castle tower, it is not bad, and now the enemy has already resisted inside, and it is not easy to take the castle tower.

However, it didn't take much effort to enter the city, so now there is plenty of time, if he doesn't try, how can he be willing, and besides, he has to wait for the person who went to report to Miyoshi Yoshitsugu to go far away before leaving, otherwise, if after he leaves, the people in the city are chasing him back, how can he achieve the purpose of mobilizing the enemy army.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan sect speak: "Zhilu Dao, you lead the ninjas under your command to continue to defend at the city gate, and if there is an enemy army to help, report to me immediately."

After speaking, I heard the clan sect speak again: "The rest of the army will follow me to the castle tower." ”

The castle tower of Iimori Castle is extremely majestic, and even if the Takayama army is at the gate, you can clearly see the tall building that has already been lit up.

With no enemy to stop them, the Takayama army was soon outside the castle tower, which was lit up by torches like daylight.

I saw that at the entrance of the castle tower, the shield of more than one person high on five sides stood here, this kind of shield will only be used in field battles, but I didn't expect to let Miyoshi Yasunaga also move over, and in the gap between the five shields, the spear three or four meters long pierced through the gap, if the army wants to attack from here, I am afraid that it will be stabbed into a honeycomb before it has reached the front.

And this is just the entrance of the castle tower, by the light of the fire, looking at the mouth of the arrow, as long as there is a mouth, there are ashigaru guards with bows and arrows, and on the top corridor, there are more than 20 ashigaru guards with iron cannons, in the face of such a defense, if you want to take this castle tower, you will inevitably pay a painful price, and how can such a stupid clan do it. //**//

Moreover, the reason why he attacked Iimori Castle was not to capture him, but to lead the nose of the Miyoshi family's army, even if there was more money and materials in the castle tower, he would not be moved in the slightest.

Therefore, after seeing this, the clan immediately gave up the plan to attack. I only heard him shout loudly: "Sanhao Changkang, do you dare to lead the army to fight with me, do you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head for the rest of your life?" ”

Sanhao Kangchang is also a person who has experienced a hundred battles, how can he be hit by the clan sect's fierce insect carving technique, only to hear him fight back through the strong shield: "Gaoshan clan, the world knows your Owari no fox name, but I don't accept it, if you have any ability, just use it." ”

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to lead my troops to attack the castle tower, and I ask my lord's approval." I saw Watanabe Shougang pull the reins, come to the clan, and speak.

After him, the retainers also asked for war, and although Sanada Masayuki did not speak, if the lord really agreed to the retainers' request to fight, he would definitely dissuade him.

In his opinion, under his own carefully arranged defense, the Takayama army could not be attacked even if it was elite, and the longer it dragged on, the more favorable the battle situation would be for the family, as long as the reinforcements arrived, then the Takayama clan and the Takayama army under its command would inevitably be unable to escape, and at that time, he would also be famous for defeating the fox of Owari, leaving a strong mark on his own half of his life's conquest career. …,

Seeing the enemy's courage, he couldn't help but shout an order: "All be prepared, if the enemy dares to take a step closer to the castle tower, there will be no mercy." ”

"Roar, roar, roar!" The Ashigaru of the Miyoshi family bowed and unsheathed his sword after receiving the order, and roared loudly while preparing for battle, they now saw that the defense was so tight, so they were not panicking like just now, and as long as they could hold out for a while, reinforcements would arrive, so these Ashigaru of the Miyoshi family were not demoralized because the enemy attacked the city, but improved.

The retainers of the Takayama family couldn't help but be furious when they saw that the enemy dared to openly challenge the lord, and their desire to fight became even stronger, and they even forgot the strategy they had set before going out to the army.

At this moment, they all looked at the lord indifferently, waiting for the order to be given. And this moment was finally waited for by them, only to hear the clan sect speak: "Sugi Shanzhufang, Omiya Jinglian!" ”

These two retainers couldn't help but be overjoyed after being named by the lord, especially Omiya Jinglian, since he left the Gaoshan family, he has not made an inch, and he now urgently needs to make a contribution to prove to the other retainers in the family that the reason why the lord values himself is not because of his sister Omiya Reiko.

Thinking of this, I saw that Omiya Jingren and Sugitani Zenjubo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My subordinates are here, please give instructions from the lord." ”

"Well, you two lead the army under your command to defend this place for me, and you must not let an enemy out, so prepare immediately."

Sugitani Zenjubo and the others were very puzzled after hearing this, the enemy in front of them was defending in the castle tower, and the enemy general had already explained that he was waiting for the lord to give the order to attack, how could he give up the castle tower for no reason and come out to fight against the army, it would not be that the lord was stunned by the enemy to answer such an order.

So after the clan finished speaking, the two of them did not receive the order, but only listened to Sugitani Zenzhufang ask suspiciously: "Lord, my subordinates don't understand what the lord means, and I ask the lord to say it clearly." ”

I only heard the clan say: "Just follow this order, and you will understand later." ”

Although the two still did not understand the lord's intentions, they did not dare to disobey the order, but after listening to their answer, they immediately ordered their troops to stand in front of the castle tower.

And when they commanded the Ashigaru array, they only heard the clan sect shout loudly to the Miyoshi Yasunaga in the castle tower: "Miyoshi Yasunaga, don't you really come out to fight our army?" ”

"Hmph, don't talk nonsense."

"I'm giving you a chance, don't regret it if you don't come out."

"No, if you have the ability, let the horse come." Miyoshi Kang Chang knew that the enemy was probably about to attack, so he saw him holding the hilt of his knife and being engrossed in guard.

However, what he didn't expect was that the clan did not order his troops to start attacking the city, but listened to him say: "Since you don't want to come out, then just leave it at that, and I don't have time to waste time with you." ”

Speaking of this, I only heard the clan order loudly again: "Watanabe Shougang, Hori Hidemasa, I order you two to lead the army under your command to set fire to the city, if a building is not set on fire, don't want to see me!" ”

Although the lord did not give the order to attack the castle tower, they felt a little regretful, and setting fire to this empty city could not be compared to an attack, but it allowed them to vent their anger in their hearts.

I only heard the two of them answer: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will live up to the trust of my lord." After speaking, the two led the army under their command to turn around and leave.

"You dare!" After the clan gave the order to set fire to the city, I only heard Miyoshi Yasushi say angrily...,

I saw that the clan clan smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry about Miyoshi, the clan has already seen it just now, this castle tower is built of stone, and the outer layer is covered with mud, even if the fire burns here, the castle tower will not be ignited by the flames, so adults don't have to worry at all, it is better to enjoy the beautiful scenery of this burning city with the clan." ”

Miyoshi Yasucho's lungs were about to be blown up after hearing this, if it was normal times, he would definitely not hesitate to lead the army to kill the revenge that had been avenged for this teasing, however, he knew that the reason why the Gaoshan clan sect would do this was not to force himself to go out, if he really led the army out of the army, wouldn't he fall for the ghost trick of the Gaoshan clan.

Moreover, don't look at the fact that there are only 200 troops outside the castle tower, but even if the number of troops under your command is more than twice the number of enemy troops, it may not be able to break up the opponent, if the description of the Takayama family in the intelligence is true, then don't say that your command is only twice the size of the Takayama army, even if it is several times the enemy, it is not necessarily its opponent.

In addition, the enemy troops outside the castle tower are all bowed and iron cannons, and if you lead your troops to rush out like this, I am afraid that you will lose most of them before you reach the enemy, and how can you be the enemy's opponent.

Miyoshi Yasunaga couldn't help but think that when the lord led the army to leave, the task he gave him was to defend the city, and as long as the castle tower was still under control, then this rice castle would not be captured by the enemy.

On the contrary, if he led his army lightly, not only was it very likely that the whole army would be destroyed, but most importantly, I was afraid that the city would also be taken by the enemy, so after weighing the advantages and disadvantages, Yasunaga Miyoshi still decided to defend in the castle tower, and the destroyed facilities in the castle tower could be rebuilt after the arrival of reinforcements and the enemy's retreat, but if the castle was lost, then the lost things could not be bought back with money. Thinking of this, no matter how the clan sect provoked, he just didn't come out.