Early on the morning of the 11th, Akamatsu Masahide's army finally appeared to the west of Oguchi Castle, and at this time, the Miki family's reinforcements had already entered Oguchi Castle the night before and joined the Kuroda family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Lord, is this Xiaokou Castle? How does it feel like it's a different city? Shibahara Yajuro looked at Koguchi Castle in front of him, as if it was both strange and familiar.

"Damn Kuroda and Miki, order the whole army to attack." Looking at Koguchijo, which had turned into a hedgehog, Akamatsu Masahide's face became extremely hideous at this time.

"Lord, the army has been traveling all night, and they are all tired, let everyone rest before attacking the city!" Kuwabara Saemon knelt in front of Akamatsu Masahide.

In Japan during the Warring States period, due to malnutrition, the people of the island countries generally suffered from night blindness. Because they did not prepare torches in advance, they hurried all night in the dark, so at the end of the night, many soldiers were not only exhausted, but even fell and injured because they did not see the road clearly. Nearly 200 people were injured, more than a dozen of them were seriously injured, and five others fell and were trampled to death by their own people. You must know that this is still because of the march in your own territory, and if you are in an unfamiliar environment, the death and casualty rate will be even greater.

Looking at the wounded soldiers all over the ground, as well as the ashigaru and peasant soldiers who were sitting on the ground panting, Akamatsu Masahide, who was originally angry, could only give up the idea of attacking the city immediately, rushing up like this, it was really just going up to die, Akamatsu Masahide still cared very much about the lives of his soldiers, after all, he still needed these soldiers for his dream of unifying the country of Harima.

"Rest on the spot for an hour, quickly bury the pot to cook, treat the wounded, and reorganize the army."

"Hey!" Kuwabara Saemon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On Koguchi Castle, Kuroda Totaka, Miki Tsuaki, and two major generals got the news of the arrival of Akamatsu Masahide's army, and they all went up to the castle wall.

"It's coming so fast!" Mitsuaki Miki said.

"Xiaokoucheng has enough food and grass, and according to the news obtained by the ninjas of this family, there are still more than 200 wounded soldiers in the army of Zhengxiu Palace, and there are less than 2,500 soldiers left in the battle." Kuroda said with a smile.

"Did Masa-sama lose five hundred people? Looks like this battle is over! Mitsuaki also laughed. The generals of the two families standing behind them, without exception, all laughed.

"Okay, everyone, this time to send troops to protect the county, how much land can be obtained in the end, and how many rewards you can get, it depends on this battle, His Royal Highness Miki, everyone, we must unite as one to protect the land that has been captured by us."

"By the way, my ninja army has withdrawn outside the city, and they will harass the enemy's army while the enemy attacks and rests, and at the same time waits for the opportunity to burn the enemy's military rations." Kuroda said, pointing to the woods not far outside the city.

"Oh! It's amazing that the ninja army has such ability, but my Miki family has limited financial resources, and I can't afford to support so many ninjas! Miki was surprised by the strength shown by the Kuroda family this time, but after all, it is a local wealthy family, and although he said so, he still can't look down on ninjas in his heart.

"Okay guys, let's rest for a while, and I'll leave the next hard battle to everyone!" Kuroda said.

"Hey!"

Akamatsu Masahide Army rested on the spot, and a few ashigaru went to a farther place to relieve themselves, but they went for a long time and did not return.

"What did Tuan Zang do with them? Haven't been back for so long? Could it be that there is a woman in the middle of the woods? An old ashigaru noticed that several of his companions had not returned for a long time, and asked his companions.

"It's said that it's going to relieve your hands, it's been a bit long, and there won't be anything!"

"Don't talk nonsense, they are five people going together, all with weapons in their hands, how can there be anything!"

"Why don't we go and have a look."

"Okay, let's go take a look, it's almost time to eat, and if you don't come back, you'll miss the rice ball."

Although it was easy to say, the three ashigaru held spears together, and the hands were tightly written, and walked in the direction before the five ashigaru.

It was a small forest at the foot of the mountain peak on the left side of Koguchi Castle, probably because the trees grew densely, so even though the sun had already risen at this time, the forest was still dark. From time to time, strange bird calls come out, and it is indeed a bit infiltrating.

"Is it this way?" A ashigaru looked at his surroundings and asked worriedly.

"That's right, this is it."

"It's a little spooky here!"

"Don't scare yourself, okay! We're brave Takino people! Hahaha! His laughter clearly didn't make a difference.

"Look, it's Danzo, it's in that tree. Tuanzang, hey, Tuanzang, why did you run so far, and what about the others? A ashigaru saw not far away, their companion leaning against a tree. After the previous fear dissipated, he was a little excited.

"Yes! This guy. ”

When the three of them walked over, only about ten steps away from this Tuanzang, they finally noticed that something was wrong, this Tuanzang was leaning against a tree, and there were blood marks on the side of his mouth.

"No, Danzang is dead." After the head of the ashigaru saw it clearly, he immediately shouted, and when the three of them were about to turn around and run away, it was too late, and several black shadows suddenly appeared, and a few ninja darts accurately took the lives of the three ashigaru.

The death of these three people was not without effect, and the shout of Ashigaru before he died attracted the attention of Masahide Jun, who was resting, and immediately six more people rushed over, and when they saw several Ashigaru corpses, they were all shocked, this must be enemy harassment.

The leader of the group said to a peasant soldier, "Hurry back and report to your lordship that there are people from the Kuroda family who have attacked on the periphery of the army, and eight people have died." ”

"You don't have to go, you can't go, and there are fourteen dead." More than a dozen black shadows in the woods quickly burst out, and ninja darts, ninja knives, and shurikens came out together, and these Zhengxiu army sergeants quickly died in a heart-chilling manner.

With the order to "withdraw", the ninjas packed up the battlefield and quickly ran to the next location.

Soon, the same thing happened in many places around the Masahide Army, whether it was a peasant soldier who was resting alone, a foot light, or a patrol team of five or six people, as long as there were not many people, they would be attacked inexplicably.

"Your Highness, urgent report." A herald ran into Akamatsu Masahide's tent.

"What's the matter?" Akamatsu Masahide felt that there must be nothing good and immediately stood up.

"There are people from the Kuroda family around the camp who have attacked our army, I don't know how many there are, but my family has been attacked and killed more than 100 people."

"What? Does the Kuroda family only dare to fight in such a method that is not on the table? Are they a samurai family? It was simply unreasonable, and ordered the whole army to attack the city at once. Akamatsu Masahide, who had just recovered a little in the big tent, heard the news, his face turned hideous again, and he drew his knife and cut a marching horse next to him in half.

"Hey!"

Even though Akamatsu Masahide's army was tired and hungry now, since the order was given from above, they immediately stood up and prepared to attack.

On Koguchi Castle, the soldiers of Kuroda and Miki, seeing the movement of Akamatsu Masahide's army in the distance, knew that the other party was preparing to attack, and they all took up arms and prepared to meet the enemy.

"Isn't Akamatsu Masahide's army camping and resting? This is probably not enough time for them to live, right? What the hell is wrong with them, they have to attack when they are tired and hungry. But come at it like that! We can kill a few more, and you guys need to cut off a few more heads! On the other side, this is simply a credit to you. Imate said with a smile.

Originally, when they knew that the other party was more than three times as large as their side, the soldiers in Koguchi Castle were still a little scared, but after the encouragement of the Imate Yuji, they all laughed and felt that the soldiers on the other side were not so scary.