Murakami Yoshikiyo is a retainer of the Uesugi family, in his eyes, whether it is Matsukura Castle or this Sakurato Castle, there is no big difference at all, and he always thinks that this Sakurato Castle is stuck on the road to Hida in Hachiman Castle in the county, and the geographical location is very important, although there is no trace of the Takayama clan and its army now, but he believes that it will not be long before the Takayama clan will knock on the door in order to open the road, and by then it will be solved in one fell swoop, and there will be a lot of trouble left, so since he arrived, And before the decisive battle with the Alpine Army, he did not think about leaving at all.

And for this matter, he quarreled with Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang for a day, and in the end no one could convince anyone, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang wanted to go to it is not impossible, he led the army back to Matsukura City, if there is no special reason, Murakami Yoshikiyo will not go.

And Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang knew that even if he led the thousand troops under his command to return to Matsukura City, once the Takayama Army attacked, then it would be impossible to hold it, and he knew in his heart that it was safest to follow the Uesugi Army now, so in addition to being anxious, he could only send more of his subordinates out to investigate, hoping to find the current location of the Haoshan Army, and then take the initiative to attack and eliminate it as soon as possible, so that he could return to Matsukura City as soon as possible.

Most of the troops defending the city wall are the army of the Ji Koji family, and the Uesugi family is reluctant to do such a job, and just as a few ashigaru are looking out, they suddenly find that in the direction of due north, several people are approaching Sakurato Castle.

As they got closer and closer to the city, they could tell that one of the other party's five-member squad was dressed as a samurai, while the remaining four were ashigaru-looking, and from the clothes on their bodies that had been torn by the branches, they could also tell that the other party was very embarrassed.

Since there were only five of them, the Ji Xiaolu family Ashigaru who was guarding the city didn't feel much panicked, and they were still talking in a low voice. Guess where they came from.

The samurai of the Ji Xiaolu family are not only too few in outstanding ability, but also the number is really small, if the defenders don't know the four ashigaru, they recognize the samurai.

So when the five people came more than ten meters outside the city. I heard one of the castle guards, Ashigaru, hurriedly say, "Tamura-sama, why are you here?" ”

How could Tamura Hyonosuke have the strength to talk to them, I saw that he didn't stop at all, and said loudly as he walked: "Quick, open the city gate quickly, I have 100,000 urgent things to ask to see the lord." ”

The defender of the city did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened the city gate. Let the five people who had lost their souls in.

"Where is the lord, I want to meet the lord, say quickly." As soon as he entered the city, he heard Tamura Hyonosuke hurriedly ask.

"Lord Hui, the lord should be discussing with Lord Murakami in the castle tower about returning to the army." After hearing this, Hyonosuke Tamura didn't say much, and rushed away in the direction of the Naomoto castle tower.

In the assessment room of the castle tower, I only heard Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna say to Murakami Yoshikiyo: "Murakami-sama, I have been searching outside this Sakura Cave for more than a day now. The Takayama clan sect was not found at all, and according to the ashigaru report who infiltrated Mino, there are now many ashigaru guards in the cities in the Takayama family's territory. The military strength of the Takayama family is already there, and if it is still in Hida, how can it still make up so many troops, so I think that the Takayama clan has already led the army back, so why don't we return to Matsukura Castle as well. ”

After Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang received the return, he was no longer as anxious as he was yesterday, but he didn't want to continue to consume it here, so he would bring up the old matter again, anyway, he had already made up his mind, if Murakami Yoshikiyoshi didn't leave. Then he himself will lead his men to leave, and if this city can be defended by 3,000 Uesugi troops, then he can rest easy. …,

Although what he said was reasonable, Murakami Yoshikiyo always felt that there was fraud here, and the Takayama clan invaded Hida and left before he could get any benefits. And now the Oda family has not made any big moves, this approach is really abnormal, when did the Takayama clan become so easy to talk to?

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Lord Ji Xiaolu, that Gaoshan Clan Sect has always been scheming, we must not be careless, although there are many troops in its territory, but who knows if they are Gaoshan Army?" And how could the Takayama Clan Sect leave easily if it didn't get enough benefits here, so I think that the Takayama Clan Sect should still be in Hida at present. ”

Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart after hearing this, only to hear him hurriedly say: "Lord Murakami, do you think he will attack Matsukura Castle?" ”

Murakami Yoshikiyo was taken aback by his statement, but quickly dismissed his opinion. "My lord is too worried, first of all, if the Takayama army wants to attack Matsukura Castle, then there are only two roads to go, one is the path when we came and the other road has to pass through Kojima Castle, Kojima Castle has Yasuda Nagahide and a thousand Uesugi troops in charge, even if it is defeated, but there will be people who will come to deliver the letter.

In the past two days, no one has come at all, so this means that he should not have attacked Matsukura Castle, and my lord can rest assured. ”

When Murakami Yoshikiyo finished speaking, Ji Xiaolu Laigang was somewhat relieved, but the Takayama Army was in Hida for a day, and he couldn't be at peace for a day, so he only heard him ask again: "Then what do you think the Takayama Army will be where now?" ”

Murakami Yoshikiyoshi thought for a while and said: "At present, there are only a few large-scale cities under the rule of adults, if you cut out Matsukura, Kojima Castle, and Sakurato Castle, then the next target of its attack will only be Takayama Castle or Masuda Castle, and I guess the Takayama clan under the rule of the Xiaohao clan will not look down on it at all." ”

After listening to Murakami Yoshikiyo's analysis, he only heard Ji Xiaolu Yoritsuna shouting: "Takayama Castle! Your Excellency is right, the Takayama Army must have gone to attack Takayama Castle! ”

This Murakami Yoshikiyo didn't know what to do, but he knew that the Takayama army came to take Hida, what was the purpose of wanting to destroy his family, not to avenge his parents and relatives, to recapture the old land, Takayama Castle is now empty in defense, how could he not take the city.

However, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang didn't know the way at all, the clan clan just used the name of the Takayama family, and revenge was just to capture Hida's Akira, so in the eyes of the clan, that Takayama City was nothing at all, in his eyes it was the entire Hida country, and even the East Hida with the Takeda Army in charge was also a place he must take.

Murakami Yoshikiyo himself was not sure where the Takayama Army was now, and he felt very strange when he heard Ji Xiaolu Yoizuna say it so surely, so he only heard him ask: "How can my lord be so sure that the next target of the Takayama Army is Takayama Castle?" ”

"This ......" Hearing Murakami Yoshikiyo ask, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang suddenly didn't know how to explain, he knew that he couldn't tell the truth, otherwise the Uesugi family would definitely not help him defend the land anymore, maybe Murakami Yoshikiyo would turn around and attack his family when he was angry, even if he just withdrew his troops and left, his family would not be able to face the attack of the Takayama family alone.

Thinking of this, I heard him hurriedly say, "That... That Murakami-sama, I think that this Sakurato Castle has now been occupied by us, which is equivalent to cutting off the supply road of the Takayama Army, and since the Takayama Army entered Hida has now been a few days, presumably the Takayama Army's food has been almost consumed, so it should now urgently need to find a castle to replenish, and although Takayama Castle is not close to this Sakurato Castle, the road is much easier than going to Masuda Castle, so if I am a Takayama clan, I will definitely go to take Takayama Castle to replenish first, and then make plans. ”…,

After hearing this, Murakami Yoshikiyo also felt that what he said made some sense, the most important thing to go out to fight was supplies, so it was indeed unlikely that the Takayama Army would be outside Sakurato Castle at present, and it seemed that he was too cautious.

Seeing that Murakami Yoshikiyo nodded, which was regarded as agreeing with his statement, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang suddenly relaxed, and only heard him say while the iron was hot: "Lord Murakami, since there is a great possibility that the Gaoshan Army is in Gaoshan City, it is better to lead the army now." ”

"Okay, come on, the order will be ...... in half an hour"

"Lord, it's a big deal, it's a big deal...... before Murakami Yoshikiyo finished speaking, he saw Tamura Hyonosuke running in in a panic and shouting loudly.

Seeing him coming, Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang secretly screamed in his heart, only to hear him ask anxiously: "Tell me quickly, is there an accident in Songcang City?" Say it. ”

I saw Tamura Hyonosuke nodded hurriedly and said: "Lord, yesterday, the Takayama clan rebelled, he led a hundred gold diggers and his army to attack Matsukura Castle, due to Miki Kunitsuna-sama's unpreparedness, he quickly captured the castle tower, and used it to defend, Miki-sama organized several attacks, but because the army was too small, they failed to recapture the castle tower, and when the army was resting, the Takayama clan chief suddenly led his subordinates to kill, Miki Kunitsuna-sama was not in a hurry to defend, was taken by the Takayama clan, and his army also collapsed, And the subordinates led several ashigaru day and night to report to the lord and ask the lord to decide. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang stand up violently and yelled: "A group of waste, what a group of waste." I'll send you 400 troops now, and if you can't take Matsukura Castle back, then you can apologize. ”

Although Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang felt extremely angry after hearing this, he heard that it was the rebellion of the Nuggets that caused Matsukura Castle to be taken, not the Takayama Army, so he was angry, but he was not very worried.

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will live up to the lord's trust." After saying that, Tamura Hyonosuke was about to leave the assessment room and set off.

But before he could stand up, he heard Ji Xiaolu Lai Gang hurriedly ask, "What do you say is the person who is the leader called Gao Shan?" Where did the leader of the Nuggets go again? Why didn't he care? ”

Hearing the lord's question, Tamura Hyunosuke could only stubbornly say: "Back to the lord, the Miki clan chief has... It has been announced in public that the surname Takayama will be restored, and he is the leader of the rebellion, the head of the Takayama clan. ”

"Ahh Jianzi, dare to betray me, I vow to break your body into ten thousand pieces! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )