Yamaoka Inuhachiro left the antidote and left with satisfaction, while Numata Mitsukane's life was successfully saved.
After Numata Mitsukane woke up and looked at Kyogoku Takamasa sitting in front of him, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Brother, our family is currently in a difficult situation in Wakasa. If we want to save our name, it seems that the only way is to join the Matsugiya family. Rather than that, it is better to join the Kyogoku family. At least Sakyo enters the palace and visits Kumagawa Township in person. In terms of sincerity, The Matsugiya family is so powerful!"
"Besides, tonight the Matsunomiya family sent ninjas to murder my brother. If Sakyo hadn't come to the palace to help, the consequences would have been disastrous!" Numata Mitsukazu helped Numata Mitsukane up from the ground, patted Numata Mitsukane's back from time to time, and said while Said softly.
Numata Mitsukane pursed his lips, and weakly raised his right hand to rest on Kyogoku Takamasa's shoulder, "Sakyo enters the palace. Although what happened today is not what I wanted, I have nothing to say at this point!"
"I would like to join the Kyogoku family. I just hope that Sakyo will take care of me when he comes to the palace in the future!"
Seeing that Numata Mitsukane finally relented, Kyogoku Takamasa was also completely relieved, "Don't worry, Echichu-san, you can rest in peace and recuperate in Kumagawa Township. When the war in Takashima County is over, I will discuss with Echichu-san about the Numata family." How are things going?"
“So best!”
"As for food, if Sakyo comes in, we will naturally not refuse it if necessary. Sakyo can go to the palace to discuss relevant matters with the palace assistant." Numata Mitsukane pointed to Numata Mitsukazu beside him and said.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, "Thank you very much!"
The Numata family doesn't actually have much food, but it's not a problem to allocate a small portion to the Kyogoku family for emergencies.
With the food problem solved, Kyogoku Takamasa didn't stop much. After all, there could be a fight at Ii Castle at any time. The most important task at the moment was to resolve the war in Takashima County.
Just after returning to Hakokwan Castle, before Kyogoku Takamasa and others could take a breath, Ii Castle's rescue envoy Ban arrived.
After seeing Kyogoku Takamasa, Shiban knelt down in front of Kyogoku Takamasa with excitement as if he was seeing his own father. "Sakyo entered the palace. Ii Castle is now surrounded by the Tagaya clan. The enemy may attack the city at any time. Please also ask Sakyo to enter the palace and quickly send troops to support!"
"Go back and tell Mr. Xinzhuang that we will send troops to support you immediately. Please be sure to fight to the death in the city and wait for reinforcements!"
"ha!"
After the envoy left, Kyogoku Takamasa quickly summoned his retainers.
"Everyone, the Tianya family has arrived at Ii City. The war has begun. We can't just sit here anymore."
"Zen'emon, what's going on with the Takashima family?" Kyogoku Takamasa turned his attention to Kaiboku Tsunachika, who was staying at Hakokanyama Castle.
"Back to my lord, nearly a thousand troops of the Takadao family have already assembled in Xinzhuang City. The enemy's Xiaohe Packing Team has set off from Qingshui Mountain City. It is already obvious that they intend to send troops north." Previously, the Takadao family's troops were only gathering, but they were still gathering. It was impossible to confirm whether the enemy troops were going to continue moving north.
But now that the Little Lotus Team (logistics transportation team) has set off from Qingshui Mountain Castle, it means that the Takashima family is ready to go north to continue fighting. In this way, the Kyogoku family will have the opportunity to do things in the dark. .
"Xinzhuang City is still one day's journey from Ii City. With such a strength, the Takashima family's troops are not expected to arrive at Ii City until noon tomorrow."
"The Tagaya family naturally also found out about the Takashima family's dispatch of troops, so the Tagaya family will inevitably launch a fierce attack on Ii Castle, hoping to capture Iii Castle before the Takashima family arrives."
"No matter what, Ii Castle must not fall, otherwise the Takashima family will inevitably retreat halfway, and our plan will be completely in vain."
"Immediately mobilize troops and march towards Ii Castle. If there are signs that Ii Castle has been captured, even if your identity is exposed, you can only grit your teeth." Kyogoku Takamasa slapped the floor and stood up suddenly from the ground.
Outside Ii Castle, inside the Tianya family's main formation.
Just as Kyogoku Takamasa suspected, Tanaya Akimasa had just learned from his own detective that the Takashima family was mobilizing troops in Xinzhuang City.
"Damn the Takashima family, are you trying to compete with me for the last territory of the new banker? Even the territory south of the Ishida River cannot satisfy the Takashima family's appetite!" Kasahara Kiyozuna said angrily.
"There is no need to be angry with Yosaburo. I don't care about the Takashima family." Tanaya Akimasa smiled confidently, and then continued, "The remnants of the new banker in Ii City have refused my family's persuasion to surrender. It seems they are going to do something. It’s a battle between trapped beasts.”
"Before the Takashima family arrives, our top priority is to quickly capture Ii Castle."
"Don't worry, my lord, my troops have been prepared and will launch an attack in a quarter of an hour! The new dealer has only a hundred or so defeated troops and their morale is low. They are definitely no match for us!"
"Before sunset, I have made up my mind to let my lord leap to Ijing City!" Haijin Zhengyuan, the lord of Haijin City, said loudly, patting his chest.
Tanaya Meimasa also didn't think it was difficult to capture Ii Castle, and immediately nodded and said, "It all depends on Uumasuke!"
After taking a short rest, Kaijin Zhengyuan appeared outside Yijing City with his three hundred peasant soldiers.
"Junjiro, put up the wooden posts to guard against enemy arrows!"
"Taroubei, bring the prepared fire starter, and I will hand over the Otemon of Ii Castle to you!"
As Kaizu Masamoto's order was issued, a group of three or five ashigaru carried wooden poles (a kind of shield) made of wooden boards and placed them in the open space near Otemon outside the city.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen ashigaru rushed out, holding firewood, torches and other igniting objects and hiding behind the wooden pillars. In an instant, they could rush up and set the Otemon of Ii Castle on fire.
Ii Castle is just a small flat castle. Not to mention easy to defend but difficult to attack, it doesn't even have a water bank (moat). There is a wooden Otemon (main gate) in the south of the city, and a nuo gate (side or back gate) in the west. It is easy to capture such a city, not to mention that Kaizu Masamoto and others still have Prepared.
On the tower of Ii Castle Otemon, Shinjo Naomasa turned pale after seeing Kaizu Masamoto's deployment.
"Why are the archers so stunned? Why haven't they fired their arrows yet!" A warrior from the Xinzhuang family stood beside Xinzhuang Naochang and pointed outside the city and shouted loudly.
"Sir, the enemy placed wooden posts fifty steps away, and our bows and arrows can't shoot that far!" An archer looked at the Marugi bow in his hand and responded with a sad face.
The bows and arrows used by small wealthy families like the New Bankers were mostly low-cost and low-power Maruki bows. The effective range is only twenty or thirty steps away. Although it can hit people beyond twenty or thirty steps, it can't even penetrate the body pills worn by ordinary ashigaru, let alone have any lethality.
As if Xinzhuang Naomasa didn't hear the archer's words, he tried hard to control his emotions, and then shouted around, "Don't panic, wait until the enemy's wooden posts start to move before shooting! Use rockets, and never let the enemy get close to Otemon!"
"Ask the peasants to bring up the stones. If there are not enough bows and arrows, they will smash them with stones! If there are not enough stones, then the castle guard will be demolished and the houses will be demolished. But bring up all the things that can be used for the defense of the city!"
At this point, Xinzhuang Zhichang's eyes turned red.
