Yamanaka Mochihide was a little confused.
He didn't know whether the decision he made was the right one, but he only knew that his decision today would affect his life.
He was not happy at Kyogoku's house.
The samurai of the Kyogoku family and the Numata family regarded him as an alien and would not call him in their daily gatherings. Most of the time, Yamanaka Mochihide was a marginalized person.
Although Mochihide Yamanaka felt helpless about this, there was nothing he could do about it.
But today, taking advantage of the attack from Takashima County, he seemed to finally have the opportunity to let out a cry of his own - Salted fish is also very dignified!
"So, Mr. Kami agreed to my proposal?" After receiving Yamanaka Mochihide's affirmative reply, Nakamura Shiro asked eagerly.
Yamanaka Mochihide nodded heavily and said, "The Kyogoku family and Numata Mitsukane treated me like this, so don't blame me Yamanaka Mochihide!"
"The defense of Kaijin Castle has been very tight in the past few days. Kyogoku Sakyo Susumu, Numata Echumori and others took turns guarding Kaijin Castle's Otemon and Tatemon. I have no chance to open Kaijin Castle's gate. Please give me some time in the next few days. , once I have the opportunity, I will personally open the Kaijin Castle Gate," Yamanaka Mochihide said loudly, "At that time, Takashima Palace can send troops to lurk outside the Kaijin City Gate, and once the gate is opened, they can immediately enter the city. "
"Okay! With these words from the Chief, I feel relieved! I will return immediately to inform Takashima-don of the news, and I will leave everything to the Chief!" Nakamura Shiro said excitedly.
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Outside Kaijin City, after Nakamura Shiro returned to the main formation and told Takashima Takamochi about today's conversation with Yamanaka Mochihide, Takashima Takamochi suddenly let out a relieved laugh.
Kuchiki Inetsuna looked at Takashima Takamochi with a surprised look on his face and said, "Takashima-dono, I wonder what happened that made Takashima-don laugh so much?"
"Kuchiki-den doesn't know anything. Just now, our family sent Nakamura Shiro to sneak into Kaijin Castle and find the former lord of Ii Castle, Mr. Yamanaka Sosuke! After some persuasion, Mr. Yamanaka has agreed to cooperate with us inside and outside to open the door of Kaijin Castle and cooperate. Our army attacks the city!"
"Is this true?" Kuchiki Yuzuna also asked in surprise.
Takashima Gaochi stroked his beard and smiled.
"good!"
Kuchiki Aizuna immediately slapped the table in front of him, feeling that he finally had a place to vent the humiliation he had suffered in the past few days.
"If this is true, then Haijin City will be within easy reach!"
"Please allow me, the Kuchiki family, to lead the front line in the coming days. I will definitely avenge our previous humiliation!"
Another two days passed, and there was still no movement from the Takashima family's troops outside Haijin City.
Instead of relaxing at all, Kyogoku Takamasa and others became even more nervous.
The various weird behaviors displayed by the Takashima family made Kyogoku Takamasa always feel that something was wrong, but he could never grasp this point.
When he led Lin Zhengxin to inspect the city defense of Kaijin City, Kyogoku Gaomasa always focused his eyes on the allied forces of Takashima County outside the city, with a tense expression on his face.
Lin Zhengxin also understood what Kyogoku Gaomasa was worried about, so he quickly said: "My lord is worried that the enemy is brewing some conspiracy if they don't attack the city."
"However, there has been no movement from the enemy in the past few days, and it doesn't seem like there is any trick. Could it be that we are too worried?"
Kyogoku Gaomasa supported the city wall with his hands and replied without looking back: "The enemy has the potential to win a great victory and has superior strength, but they still refuse to attack the city. There must be something wrong here!"
"It's just that I can't understand the enemy's plan for a while, so I'm really worried!"
"Lord, it's not an option for us to just stare at it like this. Why don't we send a few people out of the city to investigate?"
Kyogoku Takamasa slowly shook his head, "Inuhachiro is not here, and there really is no such candidate for the moment!"
"It doesn't matter, the troops will cover up the water and the earth. As long as we pay close attention to the enemy's movements and prepare the city defense, when our reinforcements arrive, no matter what conspiracy he has, it will be in vain in the face of absolute strength!"
While the two were talking, Numata Mitsukane at Otemon suddenly sent a samurai over.
"Sakyo enters the palace, and the enemy troops begin to gather at Otemon. They seem to be preparing to attack the city!"
Hearing the samurai's words, Kyogoku Takamasa breathed a sigh of relief, "Have the enemy finally been unable to sit still?"
"Let's go and have a look!"
Before Kyogoku Takamasa and others reached Otemon, there were already bursts of killing sounds coming from the direction of Otemon.
From time to time, an ashigaru holding a bundle of arrows rushed past the two of them, and the people waiting in the city also carried large and small stones to the edge of the city wall.
As far as the Cage City work is concerned, Haijin City is fully prepared.
"Etsuchushou, how is the situation?" After boarding the Otemon gate tower, Kyogoku Takamasa immediately found Numata Mitsukane who was commanding Ashigaru.
Numata Mitsukane quickly turned around and said: "Sakyo entered the palace, and the enemy suddenly launched an offensive. Fortunately, the city was well prepared and the enemy did not succeed!"
"There are hundreds of archers outside the city, using the cover of wooden pillars to shoot wildly into the city. More than ten of our ashigaru have been injured."
"The enemy's attack is rapid and fierce. There are enemy troops everywhere in the outer Maru and Otemon gates. The fighting is very tight!"
"Which powerful family's troops are responsible for attacking the city?"
"It's the Takashima family. Takashima Echu personally commanded the siege!" Numata Mitsukane pointed to the flag seal outside the city belonging to Takashima Takamochi.
Kyogoku Takamasa immediately geared up and said: "This old fox Takashima Takamochi can't sit still anymore. That's fine. Let's fight the enemy with real swords and guns!"
"The Otemon gate will be handed over to the guard of Echu. I and Zuohei will go to Sotomaru to direct the battle!"
"With Sakyou Jin at the palace, Soimaru will be able to ensure that everything is safe!"
As soon as Kyogoku Takamasa took two steps, he suddenly thought of something, so he turned back and said, "Although the enemy attacked the Otote Gate, they had to defend the Tate Gate. I wonder if the Ezhong defender has sent people to guard the Tate Gate?"
"Don't worry when Sakyo enters the palace. I've already asked Numata, Shichiro, Yamanaka Kamisuke and others to go to the Shoumen Gate to set up defenses."
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, and then strode towards Soimaru.
At this moment, the Takashima family's troops were concentrating their attacks on the outer Maru and Otemon areas.
The outer Maru of Kaizu Castle is located on the right side of the Otemon Gate. It is an outcast gate similar to a curved wheel, mainly used for the entry and exit of war horses. However, there are no cavalry in Kaijin Castle, so the outer pill is of no real use.
But as the protruding part of the city, it is the most vulnerable place to attack. In addition, the terrain was flat and there was no Mizuhori for cover, so it became the place where the Takashima family's attacks were most violent.
Turning into the Sotomaru from the Otemon gate, Kyogoku Takamasa found that many enemy troops had entered the Sotomaru and were fighting in a melee with the Numata family's peasants and soldiers.
Although only a small number of enemy troops entered Gaimaru, it proved that the defense here was already stretched thin.
"Zabei, you go to the Kakure in the west and command the archers to shoot at the enemy troops who have not yet entered the Outer Maru! Leave this to me!"
Kyogoku Takamasa just looked around at the situation and immediately issued the order.
After Hayashi Masanobu went to Kakuro, Kyogoku Takamasa slowly pulled out the Iwakiri from his waist and licked his lips excitedly.
The night raids in the previous two days were not fun, but today I can finally kill them!
