In Shangban Castle, as the Asai family stopped their offensive, the peasants and soldiers in the city could finally take a breather.
Nobumitsu Uesaka and Munanobu Uesaka stood at the top of Uesaka Castle, looking at the Asai family's troops retreating slowly, both of them felt puzzled.
"Why did the Asai family suddenly withdraw their troops? Is there some fraud?" Uesaka Nobumitsu, who was defeated twice by Asai Ryomasa, was obviously very afraid of Asai Ryomasa. When he saw the Asai family's unreasonable retreat, the first thing that came to his mind was this. I am afraid that this is Asai Ryomasa's strategy.
Uesaka Munanobu also scratched his head. Even though Uesaka Munanobu had spoken eloquently in Joheiji Castle, in fact, Kyogoku Takayoshi and others had memorized it in advance.
As a typical "big boss", Uesaka Munanobu is a good fighter, but it is a bit difficult for him to consider these issues.
"Brother, it doesn't matter what Asai Ryomasa's plan is, as long as we don't go out in Uesaka Castle, could we still fall into Asai Ryomasa's plan?" Uesaka Munanobu said with disdain.
"Having said that, we can't do nothing!" Uesaka Nobumitsu said slowly, "Immediately send a few detectives out to find out the situation. Although it is a good thing for the Asai family to retreat, who will know until the last moment? Is it a blessing or a curse?”
Uesaka Castle has been surrounded for several days. Uesaka Nobumitsu has not received news from the outside world for a long time, so sending detectives outside the city to find out the news is the top priority.
An hour later, the detective returned to Uesaka Castle as expected and said loudly, "Sir, good news! The Kyogoku family in Kamiheiji Castle has already sent out to support us, and we can reach the vicinity of Uesaka Castle in less than an hour!"
"Asai Ryomasa has begun to tighten his formation to prepare for the attack. The Asai training team and Asai Kiyomasa team on the right side of Uesaka Castle have given up the siege and joined Asai Nomasa on the left side of Uesaka Castle!"
"The main formation of the Asai family is located near Anegawa, three miles northwest of Uesaka Castle!"
After hearing the reports from several detectives, Uesaka Nobumitsu suddenly smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Gao Guangdian would actually send troops to support us. This way our chances of winning are even better!"
"Continue to investigate and report the trends of the Kyogoku family's military strength at any time!"
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This time to rescue Uesaka Castle, Kyogoku Takahiro did not mobilize all the troops in his territory. Firstly, there was a lack of time, and secondly, he was wary of Horimoto Mazu in Kamazana Castle.
Among the 1,500 people in the Kyogoku family, General Kyogoku Takahiro's main formation consists of 600 men, and the front formation consists of 300 men from Mitsui Setsutsuna and Asami Sasuke; the second formation consists of 200 men from Nagahi Castle Lord Onoki Kaga Morihidezu; The formation was composed of 300 people led by Kobori Masatoshi and Kobori Masabo and his son.
There are also 100 people from Asami Kii and Takasugi as a special force.
Kamiheiji Castle is located in the easternmost part of Sakata County, adjacent to Ikeda and Fuwa counties in Mino. Shangban City is located in the central and northern part of Bantian County, and the two cities are more than 40 miles apart.
According to the marching speed of a force like the Kyogoku family, which was composed of peasant soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers, it took nearly two hours to reach the outside of Uesaka Castle.
At the same time, Kyogoku Takahiro and others also learned the latest situation about Uesaka Castle.
"My lord, Asai Ryomasa's main formation is set up near Anesawa, three or four miles northwest, but it is located on the south bank of Anesawa with its back to Anesawa."
"I think it was Asai Ryomasa who saw the strength of our army and tried to fight against our family in a desperate attempt!" In the Kyogoku family's main formation, Asami Sadatsuki danced and analyzed to Kyogoku Takahiro.
After Asami Sadasuke finished speaking, Onoki Hidetoshi who was sitting next to him also nodded and said, "Mashou is right. The Asai family first fought a battle with the Imai family. Although they won, they also suffered a lot of losses."
"After attacking Uesaka Castle for several days, we lost a lot of troops. Now the enemy troops in Uesaka Castle are only more than 1,200 people after full battle. However, the strength of our troops plus Uesaka Nobumitsu and others in the castle is more than 2,000. Even Asai Ryomasa Don’t dare to act rashly!”
I don’t know where Asami Sadame and Ohnoki Hidetoshi got the courage to defy the Asai family who dominated Kitaomi, but judging from the number of ashigaru alone, Kyogoku Takahiro did have the advantage.
"Report! Daisuke Uesaka is asking for an audience!"
At this time, a bannerman suddenly opened the curtain of the main formation and reported loudly.
Before Kyogoku Takahiro and others could reply, Uesaka Nobumitsu walked in directly from the outside, "Uesaka Nobumitsu has seen Kyogoku-den!"
"I didn't expect that meeting Daisuke Jibu after so many years would be like this!" Kyogoku Takahiro hates Uesaka Nobumitsu extremely. In fact, more than half of the Kyogoku family retainers hate the tyrannical Uesaka Nobumitsu. This is why in the beginning The reason why Uesaka Nobumitsu was also exiled when Kyogoku Koji and Kyogoku Takayoshi were exiled.
Faced with Kyogoku Takahiro's unkind gaze, Uesaka Nobumitsu continued without hesitation, "Since Kyogoku-don has led his army here, it means that we are already allies at this time."
"I came here to discuss the upcoming war with Kyogoku Palace. How about we all put aside our past grudges and concentrate on dealing with Asai Ryomasa?"
Although he hates Nobumitsu Uesaka, Kyogoku Takahiro has to admit that what Nobumitsu Uesaka said makes sense.
"The Administrative Department's Daisuke also saw it. My lord personally led more than 1,500 troops to come to support, but Asai Ryomasa has already retreated to Anegawa several miles away!"
"Asai Ryomasa's army has formed its formation with its back to Anegawa, and it is likely that it will fight our army. If our army can suddenly attack while the enemy's foothold is not stable, the enemy's army will be in chaos."
Saying that, Asami Sadatsuki raised his head and looked at Kyogoku Takahiro and Uesaka Nobumitsu, and then said, "I propose that the front line where I am be the first to attack and contain the several troops deployed by the Asai family outside Uesaka Castle. .”
"Lord Onoki of the second formation supported him from the side. Lord Kobori of the third formation and the Chief of Staff Daisuke-den in Uesaka Castle took advantage of the situation and went straight to Asai Ryomasa's main formation."
"Once the Asai family's main formation is attacked, the troops in front will inevitably be disrupted. Once the enemy begins to retreat, my lord will join the battlefield and pursue the enemy with us!"
"In this battle, we may be able to defeat the Asai family in one fell swoop. Not only will we be able to remove the power of Uesaka Castle, but we may also be able to invade Asai County!" When talking about his excitement, Asami Sadame also waved his fist, looking like he was sure of victory.
"As expected of the son of Sadenoriden, Mamoru is indeed like a father!" After listening to Asami Sadatsune's words, Uesaka Nobumitsu half-heartedly praised him, and then turned his attention to Kyogoku Takahiro, " I very much agree with Tsuimamori's strategy, but what do you think of Kyogoku-san's wishes?"
Kyogoku Takahiro hesitated for a moment, then looked at Mitsui Setsutsuna and others in front of him, and said, "What do you think about Mamoru's plan?"
"I think it's feasible!" Asami Takasune was the first to express his opinion.
Immediately afterwards, Kobori Masatoshi and Ohnoki Hidetoshi also nodded in agreement. Only Mitsui Setsutsuna felt that it was a bit too hasty, but he was a low-key person, so it was better not to stand out.
Seeing that the retainers all agreed, Kyogoku Takahiro felt confident, "Okay! In that case, let's act according to Tsushima Mamoru's plan!"
"This battle, our family will definitely win!" Kyogoku Takahiro stretched out his right hand with an excited expression, clenched his fist and then raised it upward!
"Hey! Hey! Ouch!"
As waves of war roars rang out, everyone in the Kyogoku family began to celebrate their victory in advance.
