After a moment of silence, Kuriya Gentaka slowly said: "Everyone heard it too!"
"The Muto family and the Yi Jian family have already sent out troops. If we wait until their troops arrive, the situation of this battle will be very unfavorable to us!"
"If nothing else happens, the troops of the two Muto families will arrive on the battlefield before tomorrow night. In other words, we will have to attack Takeda Nobuntoyo early tomorrow morning!"
"If we can defeat Takeda Noboshi first, then our chances of winning will be greater!"
After hearing Kuriya Mototaka's analysis, Takeda Nobutaka and Terai Katsutomo both nodded in agreement.
The Wakasa Stone is 100,000 high, so the mobilization power of Ashigaru is not very high. But the good economic development has made the Wakasa Takeda family rich.
In terms of comprehensive national strength, Wakasa's mobilization force is about 20,000 people, and most of them are well-equipped Ashigaru. At this point, even the Kyogoku family is slightly inferior.
The total military strength of Takeda Nobutaka and Kuriya Mototaka's side is only 5,000 people, which means that Takeda Nobuntoyo's side has about 15,000 troops.
Among them, there are 3,000 people from the Muto clan, 4,000 people from the Yoshimi clan, 4,000 people from Takeda Nobutoyo, and 4,000 people from Naito, Yamagata and other countries.
Nowadays, the Muto clan and the Yoshimi clan have not yet arrived, and the people of Yamagata, Naito and other countries have not yet joined the war. The only direct enemy facing Takeda Nobutaka's side is Takeda Nobuoyoshi, who is very close at hand.
Five thousand versus four thousand, the odds of winning are still very high.
Early the next morning, at dawn, Takeda Nobutaka, Kuriya Mototaka and others commanded the Ashigaru to march out of Hakoyama Castle.
After walking along the street leading to Gozeyama Castle for less than half an hour, we arrived near Takeda Nobuyosei.
Takeda Nobutoyo was woken up from his sleep. He couldn't fall asleep last night and didn't fall asleep until almost early in the morning.
Hearing Kuriya Mototaka's attack, Takeda Nobutoyo lost all sleep and immediately summoned Ogawa Yoshimochi and Yoshida Kanaga.
"My lord, I have deployed a thousand ashigaru at Muzha, guarded by Inuko Taro!"
"With the terrain here, it is impossible to defeat Kuriya Gentaka and others, but it is still possible to hold on!"
"Please, my lord, be sure to hold on to our formation. In a decisive battle with the opponent at this time, the morale of Ashigaru is particularly important! As long as my lord is here, our family will be in an invincible position!"
Takeda Nobutoyo was skeptical about Yoshida Kanaga's words.
To be honest, if Ogawa Yoshimochi hadn't persuaded him all night last night, Takeda Nobutoyo would have packed up and returned to Gozeyama Castle.
In Takeda Nobutoyo's view, Gozeyama Castle is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and his own strategy for cage-cageing Gozeyama Castle is a foolproof strategy.
Going to this wilderness to have a decisive battle with Kuriya Gentaka would actually put himself in danger.
"Captain Zaemon, reinforcements from Uenosuke Muto and Mamoru Isumi Suruga are already on the way. Why don't we withdraw our troops and return to Gozeyama Castle. Wait for Uenosuke and his troops to arrive before we engage in a decisive battle with the enemy?"
"So, shouldn't the odds of winning be greater?"
Ogawa Yoshimochi and Yoshida Kanega looked at each other, and then said helplessly: "My lord, I just received the news that Muto Uenosuke's troops encountered a blockade from the Hongo Administrative Department Shaofuden in Tacheng. It has not yet been Pass through the city!"
"Isumi Suruga Mamoru set off from Takahama Port and encountered the Kuriya family's navy at Kohama Bay. The two sides are fighting in the waters of Kohama Bay!"
"In other words, in a short period of time, Uenosuke and his troops will not be able to reach the battlefield!"
"If we retreat to Gozeyama Castle, we will hand over Mikata County and Toshiki County to the enemy!"
"By then, even if Uenosuke and Suruga Mamoru arrive, the entire Mikata County and most of Toshiki County have fallen into the hands of the enemy! Our family and the rebels will definitely be in a tug of war, and they will not be able to win in a short time!"
"The Echizen Asakura family and the Tango Isshiki family will definitely take advantage of the chaos and attack!"
"At that time, the Kuriya family will cause chaos inside, and Ishiki and Asakura will invade the country outside. I am afraid that our family will face annihilation!"
"So after discussing with Mr. Xiaohe, I believe that the lord must not retreat to Gozeyama Castle, otherwise he will undoubtedly dig his own grave!"
How could Takeda Nobutoyo know this? Seeing that both Ogawa Yoshimochi and Yoshida Kanaga thought so, he reluctantly nodded and said: "In that case, then I'll listen to you two!"
"I will be stationed in our formation, and the battle ahead will be left to you two!"
Seeing that Nobuto Takeda gave up the idea of withdrawing the troops, Yoshida Kanega and Ogawa Yoshimochi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord, don't worry..."
"Report!"
Before Yoshida Kaneaga finished speaking, a samurai hurriedly walked in from outside the tent.
"Report! The enemy has launched an attack on our family, and the front line is already engaged in battle with the enemy!"
Yoshida Kanaga quickly stood up and said: "My lord, I will go to supervise the battle right now!"
"Master Xiaohe, I leave it to you, my lord!"
Ogawa Yoshimochi nodded, "Don't worry, Saemon Weiden!"
"Um!"
Yoshida Kanaga and Oga Yoshimochi confirmed their eyes before turning and leaving the formation.
At the same time, the Takeda family's front line was being violently attacked by the Kuriya family's ashigaru!
Leading the front line was Yoshida Kaneyoshi, the eldest son of Yoshida Kaneaga. Facing the Kuriya family's attack, Yoshida Kaneyō calmly directed the ashigaru to rely on the wooden fence to defend.
There were archers deployed on the hillsides on both sides, and there were ashigaru holding up wooden poles in front. The entire front line was considered quite solid.
However, most of the ashigaru led by Yoshida Kanyou are new recruits who have not fought much, while the ashigaru of the Kuriya family are veterans with rich combat experience. With almost the same equipment, the Kuriya family, who have the upper hand in morale and experience, are naturally more handy.
The borrowed road where the Takeda family is stationed is the main road connecting Omi, Echizen and Wakasa. The terrain is flat and wide, which is very conducive to field battles.
The Kuriya family had a numerical advantage, so when the battle began, the Takeda family was at a disadvantage.
There are many powerful generals in the Kuriya family, and they are all good at fighting.
In the joint wars that the Takeda family has participated in for decades, the Kuriya family has been the main fighting force. This is also a major reliance for Kuriya Mototaka to dare to rebel.
In less than half an hour, the formation of the front line was completely disrupted.
Kanagawa Yoshida of the second formation has been watching the battle ahead. Looking at the already precarious front formation, Kanagawa Yoshida sighed helplessly.
"It seems that Kuriya Ukyo Ryo also intends to end the war as soon as possible and does not intend to waste time with us."
"At this point, we can only fight to the death!"
"Send the order, the second formation will attack to support the front formation!"
"oh!"
Yoshida Kanaga is a bit old after all, but even if he is a little unable to do what he wants, he can only catch up with the ducks at this time.
With the entry of the second formation into the battle, Yoshida Kensei's formation, which was already on the verge of collapse, stabilized slightly.
The Ashigaru of the Takeda family were well-trained. If they were ordinary peasant soldiers, they would have fled in all directions by now. But even if the Ashigaru did not escape, their morale was depleted and the overall battle was at a disadvantage. Even if the secondary formation came to support, the situation was still not good.
I don’t know how long the Takeda family can last!
