In Takayama City, when the clan entered the city, he had been watching the battle on the front line until the enemy's ninja army retreated, and he was relieved to wait for a while and not see the enemy attacking.

I only heard him speak: "All armies will count the casualties immediately and report to me later." After saying that, he walked towards Honmaru on the mountain.

And after arranging the defense, the two military divisions also quickly followed.

Not long after the clan clan and the two military advisors entered the castle tower, Hikoemon handed over a report on the battle losses.

When the clan opened it, his face, which was not very good-looking, now became even more ugly.

The casualties of the army under the command of this battle reached nearly 900 people, and if you add the loss of 280 new writers in Masuda Castle, then the losses have reached 1,200 people, and most importantly, at such a price, not only did they fail to defeat the Takeda army, but they were besieged in Takayama Castle, and Masuda Castle was lost, and I am afraid that Kojima Castle would be difficult to block the attack of the Ema family and the monks of Kokubunji Temple, and it can be said that the strategy set by himself was a complete failure.

I only heard the clan chief sigh and said: "The two military advisors now have to admit that their own family has lost, I don't know what the two of you can do to reverse the situation?" ”

Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki listened, neither of them spoke, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the family, although it is difficult for the Takeda army outside the city to capture Takayama Castle, but with the loss of Masuda Castle, Kojima Castle is also difficult to keep, which means that the enemy has opened up two roads to the west, even if the Takeda army is afraid that the army of the family will attack its back road and dare not move lightly, but the family is now unable to restrict the actions of the Eima family, except for Matsukura Castle, there are only dozens of defenders in the various cities of the family, and it is impossible to resist the attack of the Eima family and the monks of Kokubunji Temple, This point is the most difficult to solve at present, so even the resourceful two military advisors feel very difficult, and in such a short time, they can't think of any effective way at all.

After a while. Only after listening to Honda Masanosin did he speak: "My lord, except for Matsukura Castle, the total number of troops scattered in the various castles is only two hundred, but once the Jiangma army and the monks of Kokubunji Temple attack. With these forces alone, they can resist the enemy's attack at all, and the city will still be lost.

In this case, it is better to immediately order the troops guarding each city to go to Matsukura Castle, in this case, the army in Matsukura Castle will reach 700 people, and there are Takayama clan elders and Tanaka Daisa towns in the city, even if the Eima family and the Kokubunji monks go to attack. In a short period of time, don't want to capture Matsukura Castle, as long as Matsukura and Takayama Castle are in hand, then the subordinates believe that the enemy will never dare to attack Mino, as long as the enemy is confined to Hida, then there is still a chance to turn the tables, this is the foolish opinion of the subordinates. Please also ask the Lord to decide. ”

Although the clan didn't want to do the thing of the strong man breaking his wrist, if he didn't do it, then not to mention that the other cities under his rule would not be protected. Even Matsukura Castle may be difficult to keep, and at that time, there will be only one lonely city left in the entire Hida Country, and there are enemy troops all around, and there is probably only a dead end waiting for the Takayama family, so even if he doesn't want to, he has to do it.

Thinking of this, I only heard him immediately command: "Someone! Mizuse Uemon was ordered to send ninjas to the castles under his rule, and ordered the defenders to abandon the castle and go to Matsukura Castle for defense. There must be no mistakes. ”

The order spread quickly, and when Mizuse Uemon explained to the ten ninjas, they immediately ran out of the castle.

Takayama Castle is quite large, and the Takeda Army and the Wind Demon Ninja Army together have less than 4,000 people, and it is impossible to surround Takayama Castle. Therefore, as soon as the battle was over, Changjing of Shan County set up camp a few hundred meters away from the main gate of Gaoshan City, and had no intention of besieging the city at all.

He did this because he knew that it was impossible for the Alpine Army to give up Gaoshan City, so he would not lead the whole army to leave at all, and the army under his command was resting in the camp, but the Wind Demon Ninja Army did not have such a good treatment, after their attack was over, before they took a break, they were sent to the area around Gaoshan City by Changjing of Shan County, and he did this completely to cut off the connection between Gaoshan City and the outside world. …,

After all, this Takayama clan is a retainer of the Oda family, and if he sends someone to ask Oda Nobunaga for help, it will be a little difficult to do, so he will not be sloppy.

There were more than a thousand ninjas staring at Takayama Castle, which was enough to cut off the Takayama family's way to ask for help, and sure enough, as soon as the ten Takayama ninjas left the city, they were shot by Shuriken from nowhere.

Seeing this, Mizuse Maemon immediately rushed to the castle tower and reported the situation to the lord.

The clan couldn't help but be furious after hearing this, only to hear him shout: "Mizuse Uemon, I order you to lead the ninja army in the city to eliminate the ninjas outside the city who are monitoring Takayama Castle. ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it."

When the right guards of Mizuse finished speaking, they were just about to get up and leave, only to hear Sanada Masayuki hurriedly say: "The lord can't, Lord Mizuse led the ninja army out of the city in the light, and the enemy is in the dark, once you get out of the city, not to mention whether you can destroy the enemy, you can do it all, and the ninja army of the family will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and even the whole army is possible."

Once the ninja army is lost, then there are less than 700 people left in the melee army of the family, and it is difficult to have a chance of winning if the counterattack is only based on these military forces, so please think twice. ”

"Sanada-sama is right, although the iron cannon ashigaru can also be used in close combat, but after all, it is not its forte, and the combat power is slightly inferior to the Takeda family's ashigaru, not to mention the heavy vine bow ashigaru, if the ninja army is losing something, then the family is really a little powerless to counterattack.

And there is a more important point is that although the ninja in the wind demon is not as good as the ninja army, but after all, it is also a ninja, and the attacker is invincible, if there is a ninja army in the city, they will not dare to act rashly, once the ninja army is killed and wounded, then the enemy can attack the city unscrupulously, so the subordinates think that it is only advisable to hold on now, wait for the opportunity, and must not let any army, especially the ninja army out of the city, and ask the lord to extinguish his anger and wait patiently. ”

After listening to the words of the two military advisors, the clan also calmed down, only to see him wave his hand, and impatiently let Mizuse Uemon retreat first, and with the departure of Mizuse Uemon, the three people in the assessment room fell into silence again.

While the Takayama army was holding the castle, the Uchijima clan, who was stationed in Kojima Castle, had already led less than 200 remnants of his army to abandon the castle and throw himself into Matsukura Castle.

At the beginning, he was able to resist the attack of the Jiangma family with the help of the fortified city, but the good times did not last long, and when nearly 300 monks and soldiers of Kokubunji arrived, it was not so easy to block the enemy's attack.

Speaking of which, the number of monks and soldiers is comparable to that of the army under his command, but the combat power is higher than that of the newly recruited banner on the inner island, and with the 900 troops of the Jiangma family complementing it, it is only a matter of time before Kojima City misses.

At first, the Uchijima clan thought that the new team led by Yamauchi Kazutoyo would arrive soon, so he didn't worry too much, but he didn't come to the left and right, so he knew that the situation seemed to have changed, and he couldn't help but think that instead of being attacked by the enemy, the army under his command was completely annihilated, so it was better to lead them to Matsukura Castle to help the Takayama clan chief and Tanaka Katsusuke defend, and after thinking of this, he immediately decided to lead his subordinates to withdraw.

Thankfully, the Jiangma Army and the monks of Kokubunji Temple did not chase after they captured Kojima Castle.

The reason why Jiangma Shisheng did not lead the army to chase the plane was not because he wanted to preserve his strength, in the agreement with Yama County Changjing, Kojima City was assigned to the Shoma family, but the other cities of the Takayama family were all the talents of the Takeda family, as long as the benefits were in hand, who would go to fight with the enemy, and besides, the truth that he was arranging the task at that time told you that he just let him attack Kojima City, as for what to do after capturing the city, Shan County Changjing did not explain, so even if he stagnated, he was not afraid of the other party's blame. …,

But although he wanted to preserve his strength, how could Shan Shan Changjing let him get his wish, and only one day later, Shan Shan Changjing's order was sent to Xiaodao City.

The content of the order was simple, that is, the Eima army and the monks of Kokubunji Temple should go together to attack Matsukura Castle.

After receiving the order, Jiangma Shisheng did not immediately send out the army, this is not his intention to delay, when attacking Kojima City, the losses of Jiangma Army reached as much as two hundred, if the defending army is left, then the army used to attack Matsukura Castle is only four or five hundred people, even if you add the monks of Kokubunji Temple, there are only seven or eight hundred.

According to intelligence, there are 500 troops of the Takayama family in Matsukura Castle, and these 500 people are really elite, and their combat power is not only too much higher than his command, even compared with the monks of Kokubunji Temple, but also the Inner Island Army that fled to Matsukura Castle, not to mention that the other party still has Matsukura Castle to defend, even if it is a field battle with the enemy, they are also not opponents, so he can only send someone to report this situation to Yama Prefecture Changjing and ask for reinforcements.

Now that the Takeda army was not enough to attack Takayama Castle, and how could there be any surplus troops sent to the north to help the Eima family, Yama Prefecture Masakai immediately sent someone to inform Eima Shisheng after thinking about it carefully, asking him to recruit the maximum number of troops within three days, and then launch an attack on Matsukura Castle.

He knew that in the area controlled by the Jiangma family, if it was recruited to the limit, at least 1,800 peasant soldiers could be raised in a short period of time, and now it was only 1,000 people with 900 troops, plus the military strength of the defense in the territory, so the army attacking Matsukura Castle could be expanded by 800 people, which was three times the enemy's army, and even if it was to use people to pile up, it would be enough to capture Matsukura Castle, which was why he did not send troops to help.

He is completely reporting a kind of mentality that does not need to be used in vain, as for whether those peasant soldiers will suffer heavy losses, it is not within his consideration at all, although the Jiangma family is also temporarily dispatched by him, but Shan County Changjing is only responsible for the banner of the Takeda family under his command. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )