Chapter 486 45. Always Make a Big Noise

"Your Highness, are you going to abandon my Yamanouchi people?" Xiaoping was too careless about the decency, and his tone was even questioning.

"That's not the case, Tanzheng. It's just that the Yue people have been repeatedly defeated and their morale is gone. They really can't fight again in the short term.

Now we can only temporarily gather people's hearts and set up camp on the north bank to serve as Tanzheng's wing. It's really a last resort."

"But this? How can we provide support to Songshan Castle? How can my Yamanouchi people break the siege?"

"For the time being, there is nothing we can do..."

Uesugi Terutora showed a bitter expression on his face. Such words made such a strong man say more uncomfortable than cutting him with a knife. It was like taking half of his life. After saying this, all his strength was drained away, and he became depressed.

Everyone present understood that the rift between the Kanrei Uesugi clan and the lower Yamanouchi clan could not be repaired.

Kobayata knew that Uesugi Terutora had taken a detour through Oshino Castle and tried to attack the Hojo Takeda army from the side and rear to rescue Hosokawa Nainoe and Matsuyama Castle.

He watched the defeat of Nagano Yoshimasa's troops in Sugiyama Castle, and was anxious for a moment, so he did not wait for the follow-up reinforcements. But what's the use of reinforcements? If you can't break through the Tone River, you can only go to Oshino Castle to make a detour, and Kobayata might even be sent to the fire pit.

But in the final analysis, why did the Yamauchi army come? Isn't it to support the war of your Kanrei family!

"How can your highness abandon my Yamauchi people?" Kobayata said with a burst of sadness for no reason, and tears fell.

Originally, his eyes were red, and there was no stimulation, but tears rolled down. As the tears fell, people were powerless, their knees softened, and they sat down on the ground.

The scene became even more embarrassing. Xiao Pingtai fell to the ground and burst into tears. He had only 10,000 men and 6,000 righteous (shielded) and brave (shielded) soldiers under his command. It was impossible for him to defeat the coalition forces of 5,500.

Others could not persuade him, nor could they not persuade him. They all sat on the stool helplessly and looked at Uesugi Terutora.

"His Highness Taro is your nephew. How can you watch him die without saving him? Is God going to destroy my Yamanouchi family?"

No one persuaded him. Xiao Pingtai became more and more sad. Why! Why!

"Tanzheng, I will go with you!" Ueizumi Hidatsuna did not hold him back. Nagano Yoshimori came out of the crowd and ran over to help Xiao Pingtai up.

Everyone looked at the 14-year-old Nagano Yoshimori. After all, he was young and energetic. He could not see that Uesugi Terutora had already had the intention to retreat. Moreover, their Nagano family was a standard kanrei retainer from the daimyo. He actually bypassed Uesugi Terutora and agreed to Xiao Pingtai first.

This matter is very taboo. If it is a petty lord, he might take action on the spot and kill Nagano Yoshimori.

Ueizumi Hidatsuna looked at Uesugi Terutora nervously, but found that Uesugi Terutora had no dissatisfaction.

"Tanzheng, then let's do this. I will try to organize the army tonight. If you go out tomorrow, the Yue people can only watch the battle, and the Kaizu people and Minowa people will try to accompany you."

Uesugi Terutora, who softened his tone, discussed with Koyata. It can only be said that this is not a solution, but the only result that both sides can barely accept at the moment.

"I will go back to the camp to make arrangements!" After howling, the collapsed mood recovered. Koyata saluted and went to the Hamamatsu teams to summon the generals of each team to discuss how to fight.

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Sugiyama Castle has now become the main camp of the Takeda and Hojo armies. The war has lasted for almost a month, which is much smoother than expected. But inevitably, the soldiers developed a war-weariness due to fatigue from continuous fighting.

With the successive victories, all the soldiers had already plundered the spoils. Northern Musashi was about to be completely recovered, and the army lost its will to fight and wanted to retreat.

The reason why they didn't retreat was that there was still a Koshihata Castle in front of them. If they surrounded Koshihata, they could try to persuade Matsuyama to surrender and take all of Northern Musashi.

Oishi Ujiharu had achieved more than half of the strategic goals he had set, and he was quite satisfied. Although he didn't capture Uesugi Terutora, the battle of Oshi Castle had caused great casualties, which was enough.

Takeda Harunobu was more cautious, but he couldn't hide his excitement. After the battle was over, he could go back and disband the 20,000 people, gather the 10,000 people who didn't come out, and first take the finished Nishi-Ueno. Then wait until the wheat was harvested, and at this moment he could always pull out 35,000 people to attack Yamanouchi with a crushing momentum.

It was so beautiful!

"The smoke from Koshihata is getting less again." Ito Masakage came in with a happy face to report.

"Really? Hahahaha, if we delay for another two or three days until Koshihata runs out of food, that will be the day they will be defeated."

Takeda Harunobu nodded with satisfaction. Although the Takeda-Hojo coalition had fought repeatedly in the past ten days, they had sufficient troops and never relaxed their siege of Koshihata.

In addition to the 4,000 people directly under Yamanouchi in Koshihata Main Castle, there was actually a large area outside the city that was originally under the control of various units of the Yamanouchi army, and defenses were established with trenches and fences. So there was really no shortage of firewood and other things, and they could even cook.

But now that the Takeda-Hojo coalition is pressing forward step by step and constantly pressing up, the living space of the Yamanouchi army is getting smaller and smaller. Now it is basically confined to the small Koshihata Castle, and the situation is becoming more and more dangerous.

The key point is that Koshihata Castle was surrounded and had no idea of ​​the arrival of Kobayata's reinforcements. After all, it is possible that Kobayata is still fighting the Ikko Ikki in Mikawa. The Takeda-Hojo coalition knew the news of the arrival of Yamanouchi's reinforcements.

But what if we get there?

The strongest army in the world, such as the Jia Army, has many experienced generals. When they looked across the Tone River, they knew that the Yamanouchi Army had about 15,000 troops, Takanari Masayoshi had 5,000 troops, and Nagano Yoshimori had 3,000 to 4,000 troops. Together, they had just over 20,000 troops, and including the remnants of Uesugi Terutora, there were at most 30,000 troops.

The coalition army only needed to send 30,000 troops to confront each other on the south bank of the Tone River, 20,000 troops to surround Koshihata, and 5,000 troops to surround Matsuyama.

It was foolproof.

The day when Koshihata ran out of food was the day when the battle ended!

The consensus of the two armies was also fully known by Kobayata. It had been sixteen days since Hosokawa Saijo was besieged, and the food in the siege was about to run out, and it was impossible to hide it. Once the food ran out, even the most loyal Yamanouchi warriors would be shaken, and Koshihata would be finished.

If Koshihata wanted to hold out longer, it was necessary to let Koshihata know that reinforcements had arrived and there was still a chance of survival. This might delay for two or three more days and seek opportunities for battle.

The Tone River is not far from Koshihata, just over a mile, or about five kilometers in total.

The sound of a large-scale battle between two armies can naturally be heard that far. A large-scale battle of 50,000 to 60,000 people can easily be heard five or six kilometers away. But even if there is a battle, Hosokawa Saijo and Yamauchi's soldiers cannot be sure that Yamauchi's reinforcements have arrived. As long as they cannot break through the Tone River, it will be useless.

They have to make some big noise!