Civilization Guardian Front

"I haven't seen the seal of the imperial horse of Sosuke Oda..." Understanding his colleagues' reluctance to the battle situation in Nakadao Village, Katsuyama Shigen patiently explained:

"However, Oni Shibata's ambush has clearly demonstrated the intention of the Oda Army, which is to defeat or even destroy our Imagawa advance team."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Asahina Shinoki nodded, expressing his understanding.

He didn't deceive himself because of the great situation in front of him. Ge Shan's Yuanhui was so embarrassed that there were only one thousand troops left, and he hurried to Zhongdao Village to warn him, which showed the seriousness of the situation.

I turned my head and glanced at Nakadao...

Under the onslaught of the Jinchuan army, not only the gate of the village was broken, but even the top of the wall was occupied by soldiers climbing the city.The casualties of the Zhitian army in the village increased rapidly, at least a hundred people were killed in battle, and the number of seriously injured is unknown.

On the other hand, the current Sichuan army only paid more than 30 lives when they attacked the village at the very beginning, and there were few casualties after that.

Just give him another half an hour... no, just two quarters of an hour, and he will definitely be able to capture Nakadao Village!

However, if you delay this time, you may encounter an attack from the Shibata Katsuya team.

Besides, what's the point of taking down this stronghold other than killing the Zhitian army with less than a thousand people in the stronghold...

Stay here?

However, the Nakadao village with its damaged gate and lack of favorable location can't defend against Oni Shibata or even Oda Kami Sosuke's team.

With His Royal Highness Yiyuan's marching speed, he and Ge Shan Shiyuan's [-] lone troops would be wiped out here before they could be rescued in time.

It is really meaningless to send back the captured city in a blink of an eye.

It's better to save this army for Her Royal Highness, and maintain the absolute advantage of the Imagawa Army over the Oda Army.

Asahina, who was born in the Asahina family, has no family lineage, but relying on his ability to step up to serve as a general, Asahina Nobuyuki is undoubtedly a good general.

"Huh..." Asahina Shinoki let out a long breath, put the knife back into the sheath in his hand, and no longer cared about Nakajima Zhai's gain or loss.

"Show the flag order!" He patted Ge Shan Shiyuan on the shoulder, and he ordered to the herald:

"Retreat, the whole army returns to Tagua City."

......

In the future, the mountain road from Gu Minghai to Shanzhao Temple...

A long troop was marching, and the army with black helmets and black armor was walking on the winding road, like a huge black snake crawling forward.

The [-] main force of the Oda Army who marched to the ancient Narumi yesterday to rest and reorganize will finally arrive at Shanzhao Temple Village after a half-day march today.

Oda Nobuna, who was walking ahead of the team, looked at Zenzhao Temple less than two miles away, then crossed his hands on his chest, and sighed:

"Hmm...it seems that the ambush was not as successful as expected."

"His Highness Nobuna, what's wrong?" Chios asked with some doubts.

None of them had arrived at Shanzhao Temple, nor had anyone informed them of the battle situation, yet Xinnai looked determined.

"Hoo~" Niwa Nagahide held a folding fan and covered his cherry lips with a chuckle.

"It seems that Master Chios doesn't know much about six yet, 67 points."

"Wasn't Liu shouting loudly as long as he wants to win the enemy general..." Nobuna spread his hands, as if complaining that the character of his retainers was too easy to guess.

"It should be said that as long as there is good news, she can't wait to tell others."

Chios immediately understood.

Looking back at Katsuya Shibata's performance in the past, this seems to be the case.

"That is to say..." Akechi Mitsuhide, the newest Oda retainer, raised his hand politely and asked:

"For Lord Singer, no news is bad news?"

"Almost, but usually it's not too bad..." Nobuna played with her long brown hair with one finger, and replied very calmly:

"At most it's just that the guy feels uncomfortable."

I have to say that Nobuna's feeling is very accurate.

After the army arrived at Shanzhao Temple Village, Chios took a look and saw the three thousand Oda vanguard troops temporarily stationed at the foot of Shanzhao Temple Village.

as well as...

The general of the vanguard who sat leaning against a mandshurica tree with a displeased face.

Katsuie Shibata held a pampas grass in his mouth, and he was thinking for some reason, with the dreaded gun stuck upside down, and no one dared to approach it within ten meters of him.

The ponytail girl obviously heard the sound of a large number of people stepping on the ground.

Katsuya turned his head and saw Oda Nobuna, Chios, Niwa Chohide and others walking not far away, and immediately got up.

"I'm very sorry, Your Royal Highness..." Kneeling halfway in front of Nobuna, Singer reported the result with shame on his face:

"The Imagawa Army that originally attacked Shanzhao Temple Village had fallen into the trap, but its leader retreated before I led the troops to attack. I tried to pursue but failed. The leader and a thousand Imagawa troops ran away."

After hearing Singer's words, Nobuna couldn't help frowning slightly, with doubts on his face.

"Could it be that the enemy general has seen through our strategy?"

"It should be based on experience..."

Chios shook his head, his gentle and indifferent tone immediately dissipated the uneasiness in Xinnai's heart.

"If you have already seen through it, why would the enemy general sacrifice a single soldier here, and just turn around and leave."

"That's right, get up, Liu..." Lord Owari patted his chest, and comforted Singer who was half kneeling on the ground:

"There are successes and failures in the strategy, at least we are half successful, so we can't blame you for anything."

"Yes." The girl with the ponytail stood up, her expression still a little gloomy.

Nobuna turned his face to discuss something with Niwa Nagahide, the veteran and military adviser of the pen family, while Chios reached out and touched the ponytail girl's head.

Purely soothing...

"Ugh..."

Perhaps it was because the touching was so impressive last time, even though it was just a touch without any provocative meaning, Singer still groaned uncontrollably.

"What's wrong?"

Nobuna immediately turned her head, but Chios' hand had already been withdrawn, and it was placed safely on her lap.

"Singer seems to be a little brooding..." The young man smiled helplessly, as if it had nothing to do with this matter.

"Tch, why do you care about this matter..." Lord Owari waved his hand indifferently.

"During the decisive battle with that woman Imagawa Yoshimoto, just cut off a few more Imagawa samurai heads for me!"

"Hee hee..." Changxiu covered his face with his folding fan and snickered, as if he had seen through everything.

Hachisuka Goemon, who was hiding in the tree, witnessed the whole incident, but for the sake of her lord, the ninja girl chose not to say a word.

Akechi Mitsuhide and Maeda Inuchiyo didn't understand the situation at all.

"Okay, let's talk about the next strategy..." Having put aside the matter of ambush Imagawa's advance team, Nobuna began to consider the next move.

"What else can we do before Imagawa Yoshimoto's army arrives?"

"His Royal Highness Nobuna!" Mitsuhide raised his hands high, the radiance in the girl's eyes eager to be valued was hard to ignore.

"Juhei, do you have any ideas?"

"I suggest that His Highness Nobuna lead an army to attack Narumi Castle!"

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"Attack Narumi Castle?" Oda Nobuna couldn't help looking to the west, then nodded slightly.

"Indeed, in the decisive battle with Imagawa Yoshimoto, I don't want to see an extra enemy army in the back."

"Besides, once Narumi Castle is in an emergency, there will be smoke..." Akechi Mitsuhide clenched his fist and said confidently:

"Imagawa Yoshimoto, who came from afar, learned that Narumi Castle was under siege, so he might be eager to send troops to rescue them. Our army can send out a group of elite troops in advance to attack them after the Imagawa tired army arrives."

"Um..."

Lord Owari pondered for a moment.

Mitsuhide's strategy is very good, not only to remove the Imagawa army in Narumi Castle, but also to put some pressure on the Yoshimoto army, so that the enemy will no longer be calm.As long as the Imagawa Army acts anxiously, the Oda Army can find a loophole in it, increasing Nobuna's chances of winning.

But it's just "not bad". She still needs more people to make suggestions and perfect the analysis of the pros and cons of this strategy.

However, it would be somewhat disrespectful to Mitsuhide who offered advice by turning around and asking other people.

So, now Nobuna can only put on a noncommittal look, waiting for the retainer who understands what he means to speak...

Chios and Niwa Nagahide, who fully understood Her Royal Highness's bluntness, communicated quietly through their eyes, and immediately decided who would speak first.

"I think the strategy of attacking Narumi Castle is feasible, and Mitsuhide is too humble to explain the benefits of this strategy..."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of Oda's retainers immediately focused on Chios first, and then turned back to Mitsuhide, with a questioning look in their eyes.

(Ugh?)

Guangxiu was a little embarrassed by the stares of everyone, and besides, she had no idea what Chios was talking about.

Fortunately, Chios had no intention of embarrassing this junior, and quickly relieved her...

"Let me explain..."

Pressing the left chest with his hands empty, the young man attracted everyone's attention again through his gentle voice and gestures.

"Our army's mobilization speed is definitely beyond Imakawa Yoshimoto's expectations. Just now, Singer said that the main general who attacked Shanzhao Temple has escaped, right?"

The heads of the Oda family all nodded.

Sheng Jia pouted even more, feeling that his scars had been exposed.

"This is not all a bad thing. After the general escapes back to Imagawa's team, the news that His Highness Nobuna has dispatched troops will reach Imagawa Yoshimoto's ears..."

Chios pointed to his ear with one hand, and gestured to the huge Oda Army behind them with the other hand.

"What do you guys think, how does Imakawa Yoshimoto decide that this Oda army...is it a [-]-strong army? Or is it the thousands of soldiers and horses of His Royal Highness Nobuna?"

After being reminded by the young man, the eyes of the Oda family's monarchs and ministers lit up at the same time.

"You, you mean..." Nobuna's hand holding the rein trembled slightly with excitement.

"Yiyuan will miscalculate the number of our army, and it is even more likely that when the flames of Narumi City rise, he misjudged the time when the city fell, and the number of reinforcements sent may be weaker than our army?"

"His Royal Highness Nobuna really draws inferences from one example..." Chios smiled at Nobuna, and replied affirmatively:

"That's right, Imakawa Yoshimoto knows best how slow his marching speed is, and it's too late to rely on our army to rescue Narumi Castle."

"Imagawa Yoshimoto, who believes that the number of Oda troops is insufficient, is very likely to choose a general to lead the army westward to support. Defeating this support army will further weaken the combat power of Imagawa's team..."

Changxiu shook her folding fan with a "shua" sound, and made a conclusion:

"It is indeed a good strategy, 95 points."

"Very good!" Nobuna nodded in satisfaction, and pointed at Naruto and swiped towards Narumi Castle.

"Order the whole army to eat early, and surround Narumi Castle in half an hour!"

...

When it was not right, Narumi Castle...

Oda Nobuna led an army of 1000 Owari, and cooperated with the [-] and [-] defenders of Shanzhao Temple Village to attack, and a total of more than [-] people surrounded the city.

Looking down from the city wall, except for the west side near the sea and the foothills outside the plains, on the not-so-wide plains, the black-armored-yellow-flag army spread to almost every corner of the field of vision.

"The Oda Army is coming!"

"It's almost endless... Does Owari have such a huge army?"

It can be said that the Imagawa army stationed at Narumi Castle saw such a large number of enemy troops for the first time.

The Imagawa army, which was always crushed by numbers in the past, was now surrounded by the enemy's troops with several times its strength.

The turmoil among the soldiers was too great, and Motonobu Okabe, the lord of Narumi Castle, had no choice but to walk up the city wall himself, motivating the defenders with a sword in his hand.

"Don't be timid!" Okabe Motonobu, who looks like a fierce general, shouted at Imagawa in a rough voice:

"The Oda army is just trying to show off its prestige before the army of Her Royal Highness the Princess arrives!"

What he said may be right, but the Imagawa Army is still dozens of miles away, while the Oda Army is close at hand...