Yamazaki Xingsheng obviously overestimated the ability of his soldiers, he originally wanted to launch a surprise attack overnight, but he was opposed by almost everyone, the samurai thought that the night battle was worth the loss, once entangled, it was bound to suffer huge losses, on the other hand, the soldiers also clamored, did not dare to march.

Jiang Liang Xianxuan is tolerable and unbearable for Yamazaki Xingsheng to hide from him and mobilize troops and horses privately, so he does not take him seriously, for him, he needs to use his military exploits to show that he can make meritorious contributions and regain the trust of Ouchi Yoshicho, and in private he also has the selfish intention of wanting to compare with his younger brother Jiang Liangfang Rongbi. Therefore, this expedition was paid special attention by Jiang Liang Xianxuan, but now Yamazaki's prosperous action has deceived him in the past, which is very unpleasant.

The samurai who were unwilling to fight at night saw that Jiang Liangxianxuan expressed dissatisfaction, although they were not very optimistic about Jiang Liangxianxuan, but they urgently needed a person to put the pot on top, so they naturally said: "Whoever fights with the enemy at night, you must use more fire drums, so that you can confuse the enemy's ears and eyes, so that they do not know what to do with me, and they will win." Fa said: Night battles are full of fire drums. Today, outside the enemy's fortress and Sakurayama Castle, the moonlight is bright and the vision is wide, so you need to cross the Numata River at night, and once you find it, you will be in a desperate situation. ”

A low-ranking samurai spoke so eloquently about Sun Tzu's Art of War, which was already qualified to stand in a higher position and do more important work in Kibi Shikoku, which was one of the reasons why the Ouchi army would despise the Date army so much. The samurai of the Wakuni Kingdom were educated from an early age, and the Yamaguchi Ouchi culture and the Ichijoya Asakura culture and the Suruga Imagawa culture are known as the three major branches of Kyoto culture, and they took in a large number of poor ministers. Under the cultural prosperity, the cultural cultivation of the samurai was greatly improved.

Jiang Liang Xianxuan was supported by the vast majority of lower-ranking samurai. Listen to me. With his limited military qualities, he immediately felt that what they said was right, that the right time, place, and people were the key factors in victory or defeat, and now that they were at a disadvantage in terms of geography, they were obviously inferior in terms of location, not to mention people, and rashly marched in the case that the time, place, and people were not advantageous. It's really more than worth the loss.

If you can wipe out the Date army besieging Sakurayama Castle smoothly, gain a firm foothold in Sakurayama Castle, and flank Takayama Castle, how much credit this has, there is no need for Jiang Liangxianxuan to remind himself repeatedly.

Once the losses are too large and the casualties are too heavy, even if the final victory is won, it will be a tragic victory, and for Jiang Liangxianxuan, there is no difference between a heavy victory and a defeat. When the time comes. Jiang Liangxian complained that all the actions were private acts of Yamazaki Xingsheng, and he was completely unaware. I'm afraid I'll never be able to raise my head in Ouchi's house again.

Correspondingly, for Yamazaki Prosperity, a crushing victory is also a victory.

Jiang Liang Xianxuan still knew a thing or two of these truths, and after figuring it out, his gaze at Yamazaki Xingsheng was even more unkind. Cutting off people's futures is worse than killing their parents, Jiang Liangxianxuan has heard this sentence, and he has such an experience at this moment.

Yamazaki Xingsheng originally wanted to use his position to force the middle and lower level samurai and soldiers to obey his orders, but seeing that Jiang Liang Xianxuan clearly agreed with the opinions of the middle and lower level samurai and soldiers, and stood on the opposite side of him, he saw that Jiang Liang Xianxuan's gaze was not good.

Yamazaki Xingsheng already knew that if he continued to talk more, he was afraid that Jiang Liangxian would regard him as an enemy who had won the battle merits, although he originally had this intention, and secretly thought to himself: "This is our only chance to win quickly, once we wait until tomorrow to march again, the Date army outside Sakurayama City will definitely be prepared, and when the time comes, we can only fight against the Date army." Hmph, anyway, when the time comes, the victory will come, and my name will be indispensable in the credit book, once it fails. ”

Early the next morning, on the hills on the west bank of the Numata River, a group of soldiers dressed in Date Army gear were carefully buried in a small col, not daring to show their heads for fear of being discovered. Two of them stared through the gap in the direction of the Numata River, while the others gathered around and whispered. Surrounded by them in the middle is the Guofu Matashiro of the city of Guofu, who is leaning comfortably on a slanting stone at the moment, holding a grass in his mouth, his eyes are closed tightly, he doesn't know whether he is sleeping or recuperating, it looks like the old god is there, and he is very comfortable.

Xu was often bitten by mosquitoes, and while closing his eyes, he reached out and scratched his body a few times from time to time to drive away the mosquitoes that disturbed the cleanliness, and the sky gradually brightened, and the sun shone directly into the col and shone on his body.

A rush of urine came to his heart, Guofu Matashiro opened his eyes, stretched his waist, looked up at the sky, and muttered in a low voice: "Bai waited all night, bastard things, come early and finish early." As he spoke, he pulled his pants and came to the side of the col far away to take a dip, and when he looked up, he was so frightened that he urinated sideways, and hurriedly lay on the ground, regardless of the urine that he had just spilled on the ground.

After a long while, the government of the country and Shiro ran back, kicked his subordinates a few times with hatred, and shouted in a low voice: "Wake up quickly, the enemy is coming, and the vanguard of the Ouchi army is coming." ”

More than 30 of his subordinates got up in a panic, and all looked directly at Guofu Youshiro, who pulled a soldier who was scurrying around, pressed him to the ground, and shouted in a low voice: "I don't want to live anymore, I will attract the scouts of the Ouchi army, and the water will not be able to escape." ”

When a veteran saw the solemnity of the national government and Shiro, his heart tightened, and he immediately nodded and said, "Of course, I want to live, and I ask the lord to give an order." ”

Kunfu Matashiro knew that now was not the time to teach a lesson, so he glanced around left and right, and said, "Don't be stupid and look at it, you can't stay here, come with me to observe the number of enemies first, put a beacon fire, and then leave here immediately." ”

Everyone knew that their task was to observe the arrival of the enemy and set a beacon fire, and inform the companions surrounding Sakurayama Castle of the arrival of the Ouchi army, and the order of the national government Matashiro was also appropriate, obviously it was necessary to observe it in order to prevent fire, so they chose two veterans from the mountain people to follow the national government Yushiro to climb the hill to observe the enemy's situation, and the others packed up the camp and waited to leave at any time.

On the top of the hill, the three of them crouched and observed the procession passing under the mountain, and the country government Matashiro muttered: "Seven hundred and fifty, eight hundred and fifty? No, there should be thousands of people......" Seeing that there were thousands of people, his brow furrowed involuntarily.

Kofu Matashiro observed again, confirmed that the numbers were correct, climbed down, and asked the two veterans, "How many do you estimate?" ”

"Twelve hundred."

"Thirteen hundred."

The figures reported by the two were not much different from those estimated by the government Matashiro, and the situation showed that the number of Ouchi troops who came was as high as 12 or 300, and from the direction they came, it was from Heyi City, and it was obvious that this was their landing point.

Guofu Matashiro thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it, and ordered: "Set up the beacon fire, and then go in the opposite direction to Heyi City to take a look, and see where those ships have landed. ”

Starve to death the cowardly, support the bold, the government Mahashiro obviously wants to pull out his teeth and seize the ships anchored in Heyi City, everyone is stunned, but they think about it, if they can take the opportunity to snatch the large internal military ships outside Heyi City and burn a few, it will also be a great achievement.

Outside Sakurayama City, Qinghe Hengxiu saw several beacon fires in the distance, standing quietly, he couldn't sleep peacefully all night yesterday, for fear of being attacked by the Ouchi Army at night, afraid that the fake escape would become a real collapse, but he didn't expect to be nervous all night in vain but did not wait for the Ouchi Army. At this time, his mood calmed down, the Ouchi army had finally arrived, and it was time for his own plan to come in handy.

Qinghe Hengxiu looked around and said in a deep voice: "The enemy army is coming, let them take a good look at the strength of the Date samurai, and attack!" "Obviously, I don't want to lure the Ouchi army into the deep town valley when the battle is imminent, but take the initiative to attack and provoke the anger of the other party, which is the best policy.

Qinghe Hengxiu acted vigorously and resolutely, issuing orders one by one, no one had room for opposition, and those who dared to disobey would be beheaded on the spot. However, Qinghe Hengxiu's command was determined, and there was no panic in the slightest, and everyone correspondingly settled down in their hearts, and they were deployed in the wilderness.

Jiang Liangxian Xuan saw Qinghe Hengxiu in the field battle, and a smug smile appeared on his face, the people of the Date Army dared to go out in the field, which was a little unexpected to him, but it was really wishful thinking that he wanted to fight with himself with three hundred and fifty people, let them know the power of the Great Internal Army.

Yamazaki Xingsheng looked at the Date army in front of him with a sad face, and there was a slight uneasiness in his heart, but since the failure of last night's dispatch, Jiang Liang Xianxuan has completely deprived him of his military power, even if he is unwilling, he can only stand aside as a deputy general.

Yamazaki Xingsheng squinted and observed the Date army in formation, the number was about three hundred and fifty people, and there were more than 100 people stationed in the formation, he took it for granted that it was to prevent Sakurayama Castle from going out of the city to attack, although the number was small, but it was solemnly arrayed, exuding a terrifying momentum.

Yamazaki Xingsheng couldn't help but praise: "Such strict military discipline, worthy of being the elite of the Date Army!" He could see from the military formation that stood quietly without a trace of noise that the Date army was different from other powerful armies, and it was indeed an army that could stir up the storm and attract the attention of Ouchi Yoshinaga.

Jiang Liangxianxuan heard Yamazaki Xingsheng's admiration, his heart was slightly uneasy, and he wanted to extinguish it quickly, glanced at Yamazaki Xingsheng, and then raised his hand, pointed to the front, and shouted: "Assault!" His mount was originally a fairly docile war horse, and he didn't know if he had eaten the wrong feed or something, but under his assault, the horse was startled, and then rushed out towards the Date army formation at a gallop, which frightened Jiang Liangxianxuan and shouted loudly. (To be continued......)