Shimoma Yorisho wanted to use procrastination to delay the enemy's attack, and Tian Weizheng was in a hurry, and the joint battle between the two sides was very lively, but after a day of fighting, there was no victory, and Shimoma Yorisho's goal was achieved.

Like a small boat in the sea, Ikeda Castle was dangerous, but it did not capsize, and when darkness came, both sides had to stop fighting, and both sides were preparing to continue the war early tomorrow morning. On the side of Shimoma Yorisho, his lieutenant took a look at the enemy formation, sighed, and said, "My lord, Ikeda Castle is probably in danger, and since it won't last a few days, let them see how powerful we are." ”

Listening to the adjutant general's advice, Shimoma Yoriteru fell into deep thought, he knew that once Ikeda Castle fell, he might not be able to drag it out, and he knew that Wada Yumasa was quite difficult to deal with, a hard bone, and the two discussed how to deal with him.

The deputy general thought for a while and said: "My lord, the martial arts of the enemy general are quite powerful, and the killing of three hundred elites such as An Huiyuan today is proof of this, if you attack on a small scale, I am afraid that it will be an egg to hit a stone, but a large-scale night battle is not mature, I don't know what tricks the adults have?" ”

Shimoma Lai Zhao also knew that Hetian Weizheng was difficult to deal with, and today's defeat was due to the fact that he did not figure out the origin of the other party, and he also understood the truth that he knew that he would not be defeated in a hundred battles, and he asked in a low voice: "What can you do, you can talk about it." ”

The adjutant general couldn't guess, and the others were also confused.

Shimoma Lai Zhao suddenly looked at the young warrior in the corner, frowned, and then asked, "Hanzhicheng, why are you silent, what plans can you tell?" I will not despise you just because you and Honda Masanobu are both from Mikawa. ”

Half of the beehouse. It was originally the six city lords of the Three Rivers Kingdom. Entered the beehouse family as an adopted son-in-law, originally from the Matsudaira family, he and Honda Masanobu are also from Mikawa Province, and their status is much higher, you must know that Honda Masanobu is just a hawksmith.

When Honda Masanobu arrived, it was a good time, and when the bee house Hannojo arrived, the cake was already almost shared, and he could only temporarily live in Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and he didn't look down on Honda Masanobu. I really don't look down on Honda Masashibu, this villain is in a high position.

Seeing that Lai was inquiring about the next house, he pondered for a moment before he said: "Hetian Weizheng has 12,000 men, and we only have 6,000, so we are absolutely weak in terms of numbers. The Holiness apparently thought that as long as Koshisui Castle was in hand, he would not have to worry about the way out of Ikeda Castle, and even tomorrow the number of reinforcements would not be enough to deal with Wada Yumasa's number. ”

The mouth of the bee house Hanzhi Cheng obviously did not have any respect for Honganji Xianru, but everyone present did not refute it, what he said was something that everyone knew, and what Yorisho Shimoma and the others wanted to know now was that everyone didn't think of it. I heard that the bee house still has the second half to say, and waited quietly.

The Bee House glanced at everyone. He said slowly, "The importance of Ikeda Castle, I think adults should be aware that once Ikeda Castle is lost, there is a possibility that the Ishiyama Imperial Palace and Koshisui Castle will be cut in two, and both castles may become isolated cities. ”

Shimoma Yorizhao's eyes flashed, he came to rescue Ikeda Castle just by order, only thinking about the idea of delaying, listening to the words of the bee house Hannojo, he searched the map from his mind and compared, losing Ikeda Castle, and Koshisui Castle is very likely to become an isolated city.

Without the tens of thousands of troops in Koshisui Castle, Ishiyama Honganji would be in danger of being attacked from both sides. Shimoma Lai Zhao's expression suddenly became concerned, and he asked: "Banzhicheng, of course I know this matter, that's why I want to defeat the enemy in front of me, you can say whatever strategy you have?" ”

The bee house Hanzhicheng thought for a while and said: "If Hetian Weizheng is in the camp step by step, it will be difficult for us to win, but I heard that Akechi Mitsuhide and Hetian Weizheng are fighting for power and profit, and Hetian Weizheng must be anxious now, which gives us a chance." ”

Shimoma Lai Zhao's eyes flashed, nodded, and said, "Go on!" ”

The bee house Banzhi Cheng came over and whispered, the corners of Lai Zhao's mouth showed a slight smile, and then he laughed out loud and said: "Okay, good, good, really powerful, then this matter will be handed over to you, I will give you 800 soldiers." ”

Half of the bee house retreated.

The lieutenant general was jealous and said, "My lord, he is from Sanhe. His meaning is obvious, Honda Masanobu is a native of Mikawa, and the Beehouse Hannojo is also a native of Mikawa, so it is difficult to guarantee that the two are not related, and it is the person Honda Masanobu planted next to Shimoma Yorisho.

Shimoma Lai Zhao thought for a while and said, "Well, I know, you are secretly investigating and monitoring him, and once you find something wrong, come and tell me immediately, do you know?" The adjutant general received the order and bowed: "Yes! "I also left in a hurry, and went to secret surveillance.

Wada Weizheng's troops hurriedly worked for a day's journey, and fought from night to day, and from day to night, and it can be said that they were all very tired, after dinner. Wada Yumasa arranged the guards and patrols, and the others fell asleep.

Wada Yumasa was confident that the same would be true for Yorisho's side, but in order to guard against a possible surprise attack by the enemy, he still ordered a mobile force to be ready to go at any time, and at the same time, he did not feel sleepy, sitting in the main tent with half-squinted eyes and thinking about tomorrow's events.

There is no moon in the sky, and you can't see your fingers. Originally, the summer night should have been full of stars, but a few days ago, there had just been a heavy rain, so there were not many stars in the sky today, but fortunately, many bonfires were lit around the military formation, and the burning flames emitted a scorching light, illuminating the surrounding hundreds of paces.

Suddenly, the sound of hurried and dense footsteps like rolling thunder sounded from a distance, and the sound of swords colliding came, and the soldiers who were patrolling around were startled, and hurriedly gathered outside the camp in groups of three or five, and the mournful alarm horn sounded throughout the night.

The camp suddenly boiled, and the camp, which was already a bit of a grass and tree, suddenly became a mess. The soldiers who had just fallen asleep got up sleepily, and naked men in cloth bags were everywhere, and they rushed out of the tents with swearing, and quickly gathered to make all kinds of preparations to deal with the enemy's surprise attack and robbery camp.

Wada Weizheng rushed out of the camp, and the knife in his hand shouted loudly: "What's going on, hurry, give me speed." Check it out. Get ready! He didn't know what kind of order to issue. Messing around just adds to the confusion.

When they were about a mile or so apart, more than a dozen trumpeters on the other side blew the horn of the charge at the same time. A low whine reverberated in the dark night sky, looking extremely solemn and terrifying. Hetian Weizheng shouted at the generals beside him: "Everyone is in place, ready to meet the enemy!" ”

That's when something strange happened. All of a sudden, the enemy's torches were extinguished, and the earth was plunged back into darkness, and then a jumble of footsteps was heard, and then there was no sound. It's as if nothing happened.

Wada Yumasa didn't know what Shimoma Yorizhao was doing, for fear that the enemy was waiting for their surprise attack in the dark, so he could only step up his defense, but time passed little by little, and after most of the hour, there was no movement inexplicably.

Wada let out a long sigh, believing that the enemy must have seen that his formation was so close that he could only retreat, so he ordered his soldiers to disband and rest. The soldiers of the Hotan army cursed and returned to the tent listlessly to continue sleeping.

Soon. The camp slowly fell silent. The soldiers fell asleep and snored loudly. Suddenly. Something strange happened again, this time with the sound of trumpets on all sides of the camp, and the loud and terrible sound of a short attack once again woke the sleeping soldiers.

Like all the other soldiers, Wada Weizheng rushed out of the camp with a flying stride, and they saw an unbelievable scene. Three or four hundred paces away from the camp, to the west, all of them were densely packed with torches, and under the light of the torches, all of them were swaying figures.

Hetian Weizheng's camp was suddenly like a frying pan, the soldiers rushed to the wolves, panicked, and the generals were in a hurry, shouting hoarsely and commanding. The other party did not take the opportunity to attack, and with the swaying torches, Wada Yumasa shouted loudly: "Takayama Tomosho, you immediately lead the men and horses of the headquarters to block the enemy's attack." ”

Gao Shan Yuzhao listened to Hetian Weizheng's order, and trembled with fright, you must know that judging from the figures, the number of enemies is at least two or three thousand, and now there are only about three hundred people in his headquarters, and if he wants to go to block it, it is not to send him to death.

Wada Yumasa's gaze came over, and Takayama Yuzhao had to obey the order and led more than 300 headquarters men and horses to kill the area where the torches were lit. Wada Yumasa looked at Takayama Yuzhao, and similarly, everyone else was looking at Takayama Yuzhao.

Gao Shan Yuzhao covered his head and killed the past, step by step towards the past, the speed of running became slower and slower, and in the end he was just moving, but when he walked more than fifty feet, he suddenly fixed his eyes and shouted: "Isn't there a person in front?" ”

Takayama Yuzhao led more than 300 people to rush under the torches, and what they saw was indeed not people, but scarecrows, and it was indeed a figure from a distance in the dark night, and it was all scarecrows that frightened them so much that they didn't dare to move.

Takayama Yuzhao extinguished the torches, returned to the camp with a few scarecrows, and reported his discovery to Wada Yumasa, who clenched his fists and shouted: "Damn, those bald donkeys want to use the tactics of exhausting the enemy, but you still have to be careful." ”

Takayama Yuzhao nodded and said, "What my lord said is exact, Shimoma Yorizhao must want to use this method of frequent harassment to make our army unable to rest, in order to profit from it in the decisive battle tomorrow." Our army marched and attacked the city during the day, and the soldiers were already exhausted, and if we let the lower room continue to harass us like this tonight, even if we let the soldiers take turns to rest, we will not be able to meet the enemy tomorrow. ”

Hetian Weizheng shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Is there any way?" If Lai Zhao suddenly robbed the camp when we were most tired, then we would be doomed. ”

Gao Shan Youzhao thought for a while, and muttered: "My lord, our strength is about 12,000, and the enemy is about 6,000, that is to say, the difference is doubled, we are tired, they are also tired, they will send at most five or six hundred people to harass us, we might as well send a force of two or three thousand to dispatch with great fanfare." ”

Hetian Weizheng raised his eyebrows and responded, "What do you mean?" ”

Gao Shan Youzhao replied: "We have an absolute advantage in terms of troops, so they can only use conspiracy and calculation, we might as well attack in the open, night fighting, it is a difficult thing for both the enemy and us, we go forward openly, only to reset the rudimentary military formation between the two formations." The rest of the soldiers and horses will be divided into some people to monitor and patrol, and the rest of the people can rest and recuperate, and by tomorrow, we will have at most four or five thousand people listless, and more than half can be used for battle, what about them? ”

Hetian Weizheng laughed when he heard this: "Okay, this plan is wonderful? Takayama Tomojin, you lead the people of the headquarters, and then unite the two divisions of Nengshi and Shiokawa with a total of 1,000 people, and give you 1,500 soldiers, and go to challenge Shimoma Lai Zhao in the open. ”

Gao Shan Yuzhao originally thought that he had just returned from the battle and should not be sent out, so he made a clever plan, but he never thought that Hetian Weizheng would hand over such a dangerous thing to him, and he was stunned and speechless for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the final thing was spread on his head, Takayama Yuzhao had a feeling of being cocooned, and sighed that he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. He should have thought that Wada Yumasa would be this kind of person, otherwise he wouldn't have let him envoy to Ikeda Castle, and just now he asked him to bring more than 300 people to stop the attack, if it weren't for a false alarm, I'm afraid someone would have to collect his body now. The continuous encounters haven't made him sober up yet, and Takayama Yuzhao slapped himself hard, which is really stupid.

Even the tired Neng Yoriyuki and Shiokawa Kunimitsu looked at him a little ugly, they were originally hiding in the army to sleep, but now they were caught, who is to blame, it's not that Takayama Yuzhao is strong, and he died early, doesn't he understand this truth.

Gao Shan Youzhao saw that Neng Lai Xing and Shiokawa Kunimitsu had a bad face, he pulled the two of them and showed some careful thoughts, and said: "Two, two, this matter is very beneficial to us today, you and I can see the current situation clearly, and it is coming over there." ”

Of course, the two of them knew what it meant that they were coming, and when they heard this, they both looked at Takayama Yuzhao, who saw that the two of them had better faces, and looked left and right and said: "You and I both know the strength over there, they are coming, is it to surrender, or to surrender?" If you want to do this, it's best to hold a group, and at the same time you have to have some strength. As he spoke, he glanced at the more than 2,500 people behind him, and said no more.

Noshi Yoriyuki and Shiokawa Kunimitsu glanced at each other and nodded, and Noshi Yoriyuki said, "Okay, but how should this account be calculated,?! ”

Gao Shan Youzhao said sincerely: "Divided into three parts, a total of 1,500 people, 500 people each, wait a while to integrate these 500 people into the team, how about it, but the time is fast." (To be continued.) )