The candidate to guard Yamazaki Castle was quickly determined, and it was Hatayama Nobunobu who proposed this plan.
Kyogoku Takamasa asked Numata Mitsukane to assign two hundred men to Hatayama Chonobu to garrison Yamazaki Mountain Castle, and also asked Onoki Kunishige and Nagasaka Nobumasa to follow Hatayama Chonobu to assist him.
While the Kuchiki family was still licking their wounds, Hatayama Chonobu and others quietly led their troops into Yamazaki Castle.
After the Asai family was defeated and surrendered by the Kyogoku family, Yamazaki Castle lost its previous role.
Later, due to the discovery of copper ore in the Yamazaki Mountain area, this place was gradually used as a warehouse for storing copper ore.
The only people stationed at Yamazaki Castle were a few samurai who maintained security in the copper mines and a dozen ashigaru.
After entering Yamazaki Castle, Hatayama Asanobu quickly found one of the leading samurai.
"May I ask, are you, Hatakeyama Naizangsukeden?"
Surprisingly, this samurai actually knew Hatayama Nobunobu.
"Exactly, Your Majesty, why do you recognize me?" Hatayama Chaobu looked at the samurai's face carefully, and then asked after confirming that he indeed had no impression of this person.
The samurai quickly replied: "I am the young assistant of the Dohi Punishment Department. I was originally a retainer of Asai. After the battle of Kodani Castle, I was asked by Sakyo to enter the palace to carry my beloved to my death."
"Although the place of knowledge is gone, I still retain my status as a samurai. I am the one who oversees Yamazaki Castle here."
"It turns out that this is the Young Assistant Hall of the Punishment Department of Dohi. I have admired your name for a long time!" Looking at Dohi Shinshun in front of him, Hatayama Chonobu also nodded.
Doi Mashun originally followed Asai Ryomasa, and the Kyogoku family and the Asai family fought several battles, and he still had some impression of Doi Mashun, the Asai family's general Hatayama Asanobu.
"Is the Neizang Assistant Hall here here for the war in Haijin City?"
Hatayama nodded towards Nobu, "Exactly. I wonder what the Shao Fu of the Ministry of Punishment has to say?"
"I can't take my opinion seriously. I wonder if Sakyo has already visited Haijin City in person when he entered the palace?"
"How did the Shao Fu Palace of the Ministry of Punishment know this?"
Dohei Zhenshun laughed and said, "You guessed it!"
"Haijin Castle is a flat city, which is not strong enough to withstand the enemy's army. Although Yamazaki Castle has been abandoned for a long time, the city must have considered the current situation it would face when it was built, so it was built extremely dangerously!"
"With Kaijin Castle alone, it is impossible to stop the enemy, but if Yamazaki Yamashiro is supporting from the side, it will be much easier to defend the city."
"The lord of Kaijin City, Numata Echuden, has not sent anyone here for several days, which means that the Echusanden is not aware of this at all. The Neizangshuden is next to Sakyo's palace. He suddenly came here today, and it must be Sakyo. The palace’s instructions.”
"To sum up, I can guess that Sakyo has already come to Haijin City to command the Cage City."
Hatayama Asanobu glanced at Dohi Mashun in surprise, he did not expect Dohi Mashun to be so knowledgeable.
"Yes, my lord has arrived at Kaijin Castle, and he attacked the Kuchiki family last night and won a complete victory. Within a few days, the Kuchiki family will never be able to fight again."
"But Dohi-sama was wrong about one thing!" Hatayama smiled confidently at Nobu, "The plan to station Yamazaki Mountain Castle to echo Kaijin Castle was proposed by me."
"Oh?" After hearing Hatayama Chonobu's words, Dohi Mashun couldn't help but look highly at Hatayama Chonobu.
To be honest, as a former Asai minister, I still look down upon Dohi Mashun of the Kyogoku family.
In Doi Shinshun's view, the reason why the Kyogoku family was able to defeat the Asai family was not because the Asai family was trash, nor because the Kyogoku family was too strong, but because the Kyogoku family was too high-minded.
In other words, except for Kyogoku Takamasa, Doi Shinshun did not take other Kyogoku family samurai seriously.
However, judging from Hatayama Asanobu's performance today, an inconspicuous sidekick can actually have such a vision. It seems that the Kyogoku family is not as unbearable as he thought.
"The Nezosukeden came at the right time. I am well aware of the pressure from Kaijin City and am preparing to help Numata Echuchu defend the city."
"I heard before that when the Takashima Allied Forces attacked, most of the nearby people fled to the mountains for refuge. However, the miners of the Yamazaki Mountain Copper Mine were gathered together. Although the number is not large, there are more than 300 people."
"It can be used to encourage Sakyo to enter the palace!"
After Doi Shinshun finished speaking, Hatayama Chonobu was happy at first, but then asked with some doubt: "This battle must be a hard battle. Although three hundred people are a lot, the fighting strength of the miners... ..."
"Don't worry about Uchizo-sukeden!" Doi Shinshun knew what Hatayama Chonobu was worried about, and quickly explained, "Many of the miners in the Yamazaki Mountain Copper Mine are composed of the former Asai family members, samurai, and ashigaru, supplemented by bandits, mountain Thieves, refugees, etc.”
"These people all have some combat experience and still have combat capability."
"But the most difficult thing right now is that we don't have many weapons and equipment. Most of the miners can only fight in sackcloth and holding shovels."
Hatayama nodded slowly towards Nobu, and said with a troubled expression, "Haijin City does not have any spare weapons, so I am afraid that it is powerless."
"But three hundred more combat power is better than no help at all. Although the armor is not perfect, it can still be used."
While Doi Shinshun and Hatayama Asanobu were chatting, a troop from outside Kaijin City was heading straight towards Kaijin City along the road.
At the same time, Kyogoku Takamasa and others in Kaijin City also received the information from the detective.
"It seems that the Takashima family has arrived with a large army. They arrived so fast!"
"Send an order to the entire city to be on alert. Archers will release their arrows immediately if there is any sign that the enemy is approaching the city!" Numata Mitsukane immediately issued the order.
Kyogoku Takamasa also put on Numata Mitsukane's spare gear at this time, and then strode up to the tower with a sword in his hand.
Lin Zhengxin also followed behind Kyogoku Takamasa wearing a belly wrap.
The few people who went to Wakasa were dressed in casual clothes before, and they did not expect that a battle would break out at this time, so they had no choice but to look for them in Kaijin Castle temporarily.
Fortunately, Kyogoku Takamasa, Numata Mitsukane presented his own spare equipment, while Hayashi Masanobu, Hatayama Asanobu and others could only wear the abdominal rolls and crotch balls used by lower-level samurai.
"There are so many enemy troops!"
Standing beside Kyogoku Takamasa, Numata Mitsukane looked at the densely packed enemy troops outside the city with a somewhat unhappy expression.
"The height of Gaodao County's stone is 60,000, and my family owns 10,000. The other counties are still capable of gathering thousands of troops with the territory of 50,000 stone!"
"However, although the enemy troops are numerous, they are all peasants and soldiers with low combat effectiveness. I regard them as dolphins and dogs! The real elite of the enemy troops are only a few hundred warriors. We are fighting in the city, but we are not without the strength to fight! "
"Now that the morale of the Kuchiki family has been dampened, the enemy will not launch an offensive in the short term. They will definitely explore the actual situation in the city first."
"So, we still have at least a few days to fix it!"
"In addition, I have sent people to Imahama Castle again to ask for reinforcements. I request my lord to send some troops for support first! If we hurry up, I'm afraid reinforcements will arrive in a few days."
"I believe it shouldn't be difficult to defend Haijin City!"
In a few words, Numata Mitsukane and Kyogoku Takamasa seemed to have secured victory.
And the real battle is about to officially begin...
