Don't look at Sakuma Nobumori's command of 30,000 troops, even if there are 20,000 troops this time, there are still 10,000 troops in the territory, but this 10,000 troops also have a task, their task is to guard against the nails left by the Tokugawa family in the territory, although these nails do not give Sakuma Nobumori an excuse to do it on the surface, but they can't help but take precautions, especially those diehards who originally Imagawa, they had to take refuge in Tokugawa, and now they have changed Sakuma, they are still reluctant, especially in the Yuanjiang area, This is a weak area of weak rule, which is more suitable for the development of these forces, so Sakuma has deployed 8,000 troops in this country, and Suruga has been fully controlled by it, so even Sunfu Castle has only 1,500 troops at the moment, without any defense, Sakuma Nobumori can think that it is basically impossible to block the attack of thousands of people on the other side with this little manpower, but the thousands of troops in Yuanjiang cannot be mobilized, otherwise I am afraid that they will not arrive at Sunfu Castle, Those Hara Imagawa forces will take the opportunity to rebel, although even after the end of the war, Sakuma Nobumori has the ability to eliminate them, but the problem is that the damage they caused in the territory during this period will also be borne by him, if you add the loss of the salt field, and the loss of Sunfu City, then the finances of the Sakuma family will collapse directly, and no one knows what will happen when the 30,000 army has no food and no money, so Sakuma Nobumori does not dare to gamble, and he can't afford to gamble at all.

After getting this news, Sakuma Nobumori began to hesitate, if he withdrew at this time, then how to explain to his son-in-law, especially once he retreated, then Narita's army could immediately be put into the main battlefield, which would cause a lot of pressure on the Takayama army. But if you don't retreat, then there is no way to solve the affairs in the territory......

Just when he was in a dilemma, the samurai of the Sakuma family in this formation couldn't wait, especially those old ministers who had followed Sakuma Nobumori for decades, they were not very capable of this battle, Sakuma Nobumori did not let them participate in the war, to say that he was also a person who missed the old feelings, although when he captured Tanba, he was also dissatisfied with these old ministers under his command, but at that time he was angry, and there were samurai of the Takayama family as a comparison, so they would have to clean them up, but when that incident passed, After the power of the Sakuma family has been greatly improved, and there are many good retainers in his hands, his mentality has changed a little, although he does not plan to reuse these old ministers, but they also live the rest of their lives with peace of mind.

Therefore, in this battle, those young and capable samurai led the army to fight the enemy, and most of these old ministers stayed in the main camp to enjoy the joy with Sakuma Nobumori.

But now that something has happened in the territory, these retainers all unanimously proposed that the lord immediately lead the army back to the territory, and no one hoped that the lord could stay and continue to fight. After all, although they were lucky not to die in the Tanba Raiders, they also knew that the Gaoshan Clan Sect was not kind to them, and they had no ability to retaliate at all due to their low status before, but this time, since they had this opportunity, they had no intention of giving up.

And Sakuma Nobumori's original idea was to withdraw half of the army, after all, even if he withdrew half of the army, he would still have the upper hand in terms of troops, but when he said it, his subordinate Lao Chenji Xixiu opened his mouth to persuade him: "My lord, my subordinates think that once the troops are divided, then the situation in the territory will inevitably be unable to hide the military situation in front, and at that time it will inevitably cause the morale of the army of the family, even if there are thousands of more troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve victory again, not only that, but maybe it will be defeated by the enemy, so The result is still the same, not only can it not help the Takayama family, but it will also affect the family to destroy the enemy army in the territory, so the subordinates think that instead of leaving half of it, it is better for the whole army to retreat, as for Takayama-sama's side...... The combat power of this Narita army is not too strong, and even if it joins, it will be difficult to cause losses to Takayama Lord, this is the opinion of his subordinates, and I ask the lord to decide. ”

"What Lord Teranishi said is reasonable, once you retreat, then even if you leave the army, you won't be able to resist the enemy, so it's better to withdraw from the battlefield entirely."

"My subordinates also agree with the opinions of the two adults."

“……”

In any case, the foundation of the family is the most important, not to mention that these people have opinions about the Gaoshan clan, even if they don't, they have to think about how to keep the foundation first, otherwise everything will be over.

"Okay, there's no need to say any more, give the order immediately, and the whole army retreats." After saying that, Sakuma Nobumori said to a herald samurai, "You should immediately inform the clan of the situation of your family, and there must be no mistake. After speaking, he didn't hesitate and took the lead in walking out of the formation.

And the army under Sakuma Nobumori is not a rout, but an orderly retreat, so there is no chance for the Narita army to raid later, of course, even if it is a rout, the Narita clan will definitely not pursue, after all, at the beginning of the war, he already knew that the lord had already made it very clear to him that his task was to resist the attack of the Sakuma army, and after its retreat, he immediately led the army directly into the Takayama family's main camp.

After the Sakuma army retreated, the Narita clan chief and the army under his command couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, facing the enemy's attack of 20,000 troops, which caused them great pressure both physically and mentally, fortunately, before the war, the Narita clan chief had informed every ashigaru of the lord's plan, otherwise I am afraid that when the other party led the army across the wine river, the army under his command collapsed, and now, they finally completed half of the task, and the next half, is to raid the Takayama army main formation.

The Narita clan chief is also a general who has led the army for many years, of course, he also knows that if he wants to defeat the other party, he must first understand the other party, so at the beginning of the war, he sent his subordinates to the direction of the main battlefield to observe, when the Takayama Army ninja army was dispatched, he finally put his mind at ease, because before the battle, he already knew that the military configuration of the Takayama Army's main formation, when the ninja army was dispatched, then only the two thousand banner samurai team could resist their own attack, as for the Takayama family's iron cannon and archery, he didn't put it in his eyes at all, After all, he is going to raid the other party this time, how can he give these two long-range combat forces time to prepare, once a surprise attack is launched, then these two armies will not play any defensive role at all, the iron cannon and heavy rattan bow in their hands can not be played at all, and it is not even as useful as a bamboo spear, and although the two thousand banner samurai team is tricky, he is not worried, because he knows that once a surprise attack is launched on the main battlefield of the high mountain army, then the high mountain army on the main battlefield will inevitably be in chaos, and then the lord will lead the army to press, The Alpine army will be defeated.

After the goal was so clear, the commander of the Narita clan immediately ordered his troops to rest for a while after the Sakuma army withdrew from the battlefield, and then led the remaining 6,000 people straight to the Takayama army at the foot of Mt. Hoshidake, ten miles away.

Now outside the main formation of the high mountain army, although the preparation time is too short, so they can't build any fortifications, the only thing they can rely on is the wooden fence around the formation, and these wooden fences are far apart, in fact, they can't play any defensive role at all, and the other party is a foot soldier, as long as the other party does not rush over, everything is easy to say, and once the other party rushes over, then there are strong fortifications in vain.

The three thousand iron cannons of the Takayama family and the three thousand bows and ashigaru have been lined up on three sides in the east, west and south of the formation, and because the enemy is due south, the Takayama clan is in the south direction of the formation is heavily armed, and two thousand iron cannons and two thousand bows and ashigaru are concentrated in this line, once the other party launches an assault, don't look at the lack of fortifications, but with so many long-range attack weapons, the clan is confident that the other party will be blocked out of the formation. When the Takayama army was just set up in this formation, the messenger sent by Sakuma Nobumori had already arrived at the Takayama army's main camp, and made a report on the situation at home and the clan, after the clan heard it, he couldn't help but gasp, he only thought that the other party would attack the Suruga salt field, but he didn't expect the Hojo clan to have such courage at all, and at this time he dared to divide a part of the army to go to Suruga by boat and attack Sunfu Castle, it seems that this time the Hojo clan is really planning to play with his life.

And the impression of the Hojo clan to the clan has always been a frontal battle, concentrating superior forces to crush the opponent, it seems that since he inherited the family governor, he has never done a sneak attack, so he did it fiercely, which is even more unguardable, of course, the clan has nothing to be angry about, this time and the Hojo army is a decisive battle, a full-scale war, since they can use all their forces, then the other party has no reason to let it go, who let the Takayama family and the Sakuma family have no water army, Of course, although the clan can ask the Nine Ghost Water Army to participate in the war, the problem is that the people are far away in Awaji, and their attitude is unclear before adding the Satomi Water Army, so the clan really didn't plan to trouble the other party, but it was because of this that the Sakuma army was evacuated.

And the messenger of the Sakuma family who met the clan showed a panicked look on his face after finishing speaking, for fear that the clan would blame, but he really thought too much, even if the clan felt a little helpless, he would never take a low-level samurai to be angry, and the other party was not evacuated for no reason, if he encountered the same thing, I am afraid that in order to keep the family business, he would also choose to do so, so that the clan not only did not get angry, but comforted the other party a few words.

This low-level samurai of the Sakuma family was also interested, and after a few words, he immediately chose to leave.

As soon as he left, suddenly there was a lot of smoke and dust from the south, and he knew that it must be the commander of the Narita clan who led the army to come, because the clan had already made preparations and had notified the front army that there was no need to return to help, and it would not cause chaos in the army, so his expression was still relaxed, and this time the enemy dared to use his most commonly used tactics in front of him, and he really didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Therefore, as soon as the enemy appeared, the clan immediately stood up and walked to the south, but Maeda Keiji and Wind Demon Kotaro, who had not been able to participate in the battle and felt very depressed, did not let the clan order at all, and immediately led the two thousand banner samurai under his command to follow the clan.

On the south side of the main formation, as soon as the Narita clan led the army to the outside of the clan's main formation, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered the team Takayama family to launch an attack, and this time he did not have any temptation, but led more than 6,000 troops under his command to rush towards the enemy's main formation.

And Omiya Keiren and Sugitani Zenjubo, who had been waiting for him, saw that the enemy had launched an attack, and immediately issued an order to fill gunpowder and take off the bow and arrows, because the Narita clan chief gave the order to assault hundreds of meters away, such a distance, he couldn't see the situation of the Takayama family's main camp at all, but this rush was dumbfounded when it was close, and when the distance was about a hundred meters, the samurai and ashigaru of the Narita family found that the other party was unprepared, and they were clearly waiting for themselves to charge, and when they just thought of this, Suddenly, the sound of iron cannons was loud, and with the smoke of gunpowder rising, the Narita troops who rushed to the front were shot one after another, and that's not all, as soon as the sound of iron cannons dispersed, they were greeted by countless sharp arrows.

Seeing that the enemy was prepared, although the Narita army had not yet rushed to the enemy's main position, they immediately retreated, after all, they only had a total of 6,000 people, and this charge, only rushed to a distance of nearly 100 meters from the enemy, and killed and wounded 2300 people.

Seeing this, the head of the Narita clan was also dumbfounded, he really couldn't understand why the other party was so well prepared, although the Sakuma family would definitely send someone to inform the Takayama clan, but it could be said that he only rested for a while after the other party withdrew his troops, and then rushed here, even if the Takayama clan got the news, it would definitely not be so well prepared, but if it wasn't like this, then how could it be explained? I can't explain it at all.

Of course, although the other party is prepared, he has no intention of retreating, after all, he knows in his heart that as long as the battle starts, then the Gaoshan Army on the main battlefield in front will inevitably return to help immediately, and then it will be the time for the family to win, so whether or not he can win depends on how long he can hold out, as long as he insists on the return of the Gaoshan Army, then there will be no suspense in this battle.

And this time before the war, the lord has made it clear that once the task is completed and the Takayama family is repelled, then he is the first merit, not only his reputation will be greatly improved with the defeat of the Takayama family, and most importantly, the lord has promised himself that once the Takayama army is defeated and retreated, then he will reward all the countries of Ueno to himself, although Ueno is still in the hands of the Takayama family, but as long as the other party loses in the decisive battle, it will be difficult to mobilize the army for a while and a half, and then there will be the lord to help, It was not difficult to get Ueno by himself, so this time, he had an absolute reason to continue to persevere, even if all his men were exhausted, he had to hold on until the moment of victory. (To be continued.) )