As the sun set, among the lush mountains, a cavalry with more than 100 foot lights slowly embarked on the way back to the camp. The www.biquge.info cavalry infantry were covered in blood and wounded. At the end of the team, a simple wooden frame was used to carry more than ten seriously injured ashigaru.

Since Suzuka Pass was attacked a few days ago, Suzuka Pass's guard general Miyake Yaheiji personally led his soldiers to raid twice, and they were all beaten back by the heavily defended Gamo Army, the confrontation was not very tragic, but it also made Miyake Yaheiji find out the reality of the Gamo Army, which is an army that cannot be ignored, not a rabble.

Since the Gamo army knocked on the pass, Miyake Yaheiji has attacked one after another, and when the enemy arrives, he can't hold the checkpoint without any movement, which will damage morale and is not conducive to letting the defenders of the pass hold on, not to mention that no one can figure out the intentions of the Gamo army.

"Back?!"

A very energetic greeting passed through the gate of Suzuka Pass and reached the ears of Miyake Yaheiji. Several samurai in armor stood in front of the gate of Suzuka Pass, and the one in front was thin and handsome, it was Akechi Mitsuhide himself, who heard the Gamo clan knock on Suzuka Pass, and could no longer sit still, so he immediately led his army to support.

Hearing the voice, Miyake Yaheiji saw the figure of Akechi Mitsuhide, his face had excitement that could not be concealed, and there were tears in his eyes, so he jumped off the horse first and rushed over to greet him: "Yaheiji has seen the lord." The movements of his face all expressed the excitement in his heart.

Miyake Yaheiji's original name was Akechi Mitsuharu, the son of Akechi Mitsuyasu. If there is no family change, it should be him who will inherit the wise family, not the older wise Mitsuhide. Due to the early death of Akechi Mitsuhide's father, Mitsuna, he grew up in foster care in the city of his uncle Akechi Mitsuna. The Saito family killed each other, and the Akechi family station was attacked by Saito Yoshiryu, and Akechi Mitsuyasu surrendered the position of family governor to the elderly Akechi Mitsuhide before breaking the castle. In this way, all the retainers who were originally wise and safe were loyal to wise and gentle. In order to avoid taboos, Yaheiji had to change his surname to Miyake, in order to show that he had no intention of competing with Akechi Mitsuhide for the position of family governor, and he put on a loyal appearance in front of people, and often told people that the lord in his heart was only Akechi Mitsuhide. In this way, no matter what the purpose of Akechi Mitsuhide, he can't harm Miyake Miheiji, and he has to show generosity. Akechi Mitsuhide intends to marry his eldest daughter to Miyake Yaheiji in order to consolidate his position and demote Miyake Miheiji from his peers to the next generation.

The corners of Akechi Mitsuhide's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Miyake Miheiji, and said with relief: "It's hard work, so you don't need to be polite." He saw Miyake Yahei and his party, but he didn't see a few heads, and many people were injured.

Miyake Yaheiji saw the place where Akechi Mitsuhide's gaze stayed, so he smiled bitterly: "I fought hard with the Gamo Army today and didn't get many heads, but I lost a few people, but I figured out the number of soldiers and horses of the Gamo Army, and it was not in vain." ”

Today, Miyake Yahei actually suffered a small loss, although the loss is not big, it is not in vain to say that this trip is just to support his face, he doesn't want to show his weak side in front of Akechi Mitsuhide, and he doesn't want to give Akechi Mitsuhide any excuse to deal with himself.

Akechi Mitsuhide was not as despicable and shameless as Miyake Miheiji thought, he didn't ask on the spot, but arranged for the doctor to treat the wounds of the soldiers who went to war, and then held a meeting to ask for relevant information, accompanied by Akechi Mitsutada, Ikeda Teruya, and Okuda Keitsuna.

Miyake Yahei saluted before he said, "The men and horses of the Gamo family arrived at Suzuka Pass about seven days ago, and the camp was set up five miles southwest of Suzuka Pass. It can be concluded that it is the army of the Gamo family, and there is no doubt about it. It seems that it was not Gamo Dingxiu himself who led the army, but his eldest son, Gamo Kenxiu. The strength of the Gamo family's troops this time was about 700 to 1,000 people, no more than 1,000 people, most of them were ashigaru and there were not many horses. Judging from the intensity of the battle and the weapons in the armor and hands of the armor, the elite should account for more than half of them, which is better than the Northern Ise forces. ”

Miyake Miheiji recounted in detail one by one the military intelligence reports obtained in exchange for blood, while the people below Akechi Mitsuhide listened carefully one by one with solemn expressions, lest they miss a single detail.

After he finished speaking, Wise Guangzhong immediately spoke: "The army of the Pusheng family is only a thousand people, and it should be annihilated by raising troops. "Oda Nobutada, who attacked the Nijo Imperial Palace, was wounded by an iron cannon bullet during the change of Honnoji Temple, and was wounded by an iron cannon bullet, and when he learned of the results of the Battle of Yamazaki, he committed suicide and was the brother of Akechi Mitsuhide.

Ikeda Teruya bowed to Akechi Mitsuhide and said, "My lord, there are only a thousand Gamo soldiers, and there will be no more than ten, and it is easy to exterminate them. What the minister is worried about now is what is the intention of the Gamo clan, Gamo Dingxiu is an old fox, he will not see the fate of Guan Shengxin? ”

Akechi Mitsuhide frowned, this is exactly what he was worried about, is there the Date family standing behind him, he glanced at Miyake Yaheiji, and asked, "Yaheiji, you can find the Date family's people and horses mixed in the Gamo army in your second attack." ”

Miyake Yaheiji shook his head and said: "Although it is a little stronger than other powerful people, it is not unexpected, judging from their marching military columns, they should have been trained for a long time, and it is impossible for the two armies to merge." ”

Akechi Mitsuhide didn't speak, his brows furrowed as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he turned his gaze to Okuda Jingzuna and said, "Miyauchi Shaosuke, tell me what you think." ”

Seeing the lord's inquiry, Okuda Jinggang raised his body slightly, and said slowly but firmly: "The battle to annex Nanshi is imperative, in order to accumulate strength to fight this battle, we have been recuperating for more than a year, and we have suppressed the invitation of all the soldiers to fight. Now, the Nagano Kudo clan has defected and opened up the passage to Nanse, and as long as the lord gives an order, the soldiers who have already been gearing up will rush into Nanse, tear apart the Kitabatake clan, and unify Ise. Now that everything is in order, just a few of the Date family's peripheral auxiliaries appeared outside Suzuka Pass, which scared us into aborting the plan, which was really more than worth the loss. ”

The Ikeda family and Okuda Keitsuna were both retainers of the Mino period, so they were naturally not afraid of Okuda Keitsuna, and he immediately retorted: "No, the actions of the Nagano Kudo clan have already attracted the attention of the Date family, and the actions of the Gamo family are a harbinger, if we insist on breaking the armistice agreement again, I am afraid that the next time it will not be just the Gamo family." The Kitabatake family has been operating the southern trend for many years, and it is not easy to break through the city held by the Kitabatake family in the short term, once the time is delayed, the Date family will lead the army to knock on the Suzuka Pass, and then our army will be dragged into the southern quagmire and cannot get out, and the northern situation is critical, which will cause a catastrophe. ”

Okuda Keixuna said in a deep voice: "Ise Province is known as the land of abundance, the land is fertile, as long as we seize the southern state, we can retreat and divide the Ise country, according to Suzuka Pass and the Buyin Mountains, we can use a small number of soldiers and horses to contain the Date family; When the time comes, the Date family is now powerful, and it is difficult to guarantee a day when they are not weak. If we don't seize Nanshi now, once the Kitabatake family comes to their senses, they will definitely invite the Date family into the country, and then we will have to face not only the weak Kitabatake family, but the tiger wolf. Now that the Gamo clan has arrived, it doesn't just explain the intention of the Date family, he just wants to use the Gamo family to send troops, in order to contain our army's southward plan and give time to prepare for entering the country. If I don't struggle, how long can I last? ”

He paused and continued: "However, the Gamo family knocked on Suzuka Pass, and it must have been the Date family behind it, otherwise according to Gamo Dingxiu's behavior, it would be impossible for him to do his best to make a loss-making deal, and his perfunctory intentions can be seen from the fact that he was stationed five miles away. ”

Akechi Guangzhong nodded and said: "If we can occupy the whole country of Ise and occupy a few more checkpoints, we will have a stable territory enough to be self-sufficient in the future, not to mention separation, after a few years, waiting for the right time, place and people, it may not be difficult to go to Luo?" “

Miyake Yahei looked at everyone, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, his second battle was not for nothing, not only obtained first-hand information, but also vaguely worried that the Gamo family was not perfunctory, but it was possible that he would not die.

Wise Mitsuhide listened to everyone's opinions, and said simply: "Fight, Mi Pingji, I will hand over five hundred people to you, and you must guard Suzuka Pass." ”

Miyake Miheiji knew Akechi Mitsuhide's stubborn character, and once he made up his mind, it was difficult to convince, so he got up and said, "Yes! ”

Akechi Mitsuhide turned his head to everyone and said, "Wait, immediately arrange manpower to provoke the Kitabatake family on the border of the Nagano Kudo clan, and provoke the Kitabatake family to take the initiative to tear up the armistice agreement, so that we also have an excuse to fight back, understand?" ”

On July 17, under the pretext that a soldier was missing, the Wise Army asked to enter the wooden city to search, but the owner of the wooden city, Mu Zaoji, sternly refused, and the Muzao Guzheng, who had already held his breath, ordered the expulsion of the Wise Army, and more than ten soldiers of the Wise Army were cut and wounded in the pushing and shoving. Akechi Mitsuhide used this as an excuse to say that Kitabatake Gukyo was the first to tear up the armistice agreement, and tens of thousands of troops who had been preparing for a long time poured out to besiege the wooden castle.

At the same time, Gamo Kensu finally waited for his reinforcements, and Mikumo Nariji appeared in his camp. The Date family entered Omi Province, some people became commoners from high-ranking nobles, and some people hugged the Thighs of the Date family and soared, and Mikumo Seiji relied on Miyazawa Heihachi to get ahead.

Soon, Mikumo Narichi and Gamo Kenhide split into two columns and marched towards Suzuka Pass, with a total force of 3,000 people, and they were not afraid of anyone. At this time, they did not know that Akechi Mitsuhide had set out to besiege the wooden city. (To be continued.) )