On December 4, the news that the Oda family's left-behind troops in Kyoto reinforced Mapleyama Castle reached the ears of Yoshiki Miyoshi who was in charge of Takaya Castle.

"Yuqiu Hongye solved the problem of food and grass?" After hearing the news, he asked his subordinates very unexpectedly, "He was going to lose food these days, but he still had food and grass to supply to friendly forces?"

"Your Highness, I don't know." The ninja leader under Miyoshi Yoshi's commander whispered in confusion, "The surrounding area of ​​Iimoto Mountain Castle is closely guarded, so we cannot sneak in and find out."

"Did the merchants from Sakaimachi and Ishiyamachi start supplying them again?" Miyoo Masayasu pondered for a while and put forward a hypothesis, "Do you need to send someone to hit those profit-oriented merchants?"

"Saiyamacho is impossible." Miyoshi Yoshigen shook his head after hearing this and whispered with confidence: "It is possible for Ishiyamacho merchants. However, Ishiyamacho has rarely traded with other daimyos, and the grain trade volume of Ishiyamacho is much smaller than Sakaicho. Even if Ishiyamacho trades with Iimyoyamacho, it cannot support the food for so many people. Yuqiu Hongye must have obtained food from other channels."

"Why do I think Sakaimachi is impossible?" Miyoo Nagai frowned for a moment, but there was no such thing as that, so he asked.

"Because I am a businessman, I understand their calculations." Yoshi-hyun Sanyao snorted contemptuously, "Those merchants are profit-oriented, and their accounts are clear. It is almost unquestionable to support the Sanhao family or the Yuqiu family. If they support the Sanhao family, they do not need to pay any price. They just need to stop supplying goods to Fansheng Mountain City, so that the Yuqiu family will collapse without fighting, and the Sanhao family will definitely win. After the Sanhao family occupied the Ixian Mountain City, they also have to trade with them, and they will not lose money. And if they support the Yuqiu family, they will not only pay out of their own pockets to supply Yuqiu Hongye and other supplies to ensure that they keep food. Even so, it is hard to say whether the Yuqiu family can beat us, and the risk is huge. And afterwards, what benefits can the Yuqiu family give them more than us? At most, they will pay more when buying goods from them."

"The benefits that the Yuqiu family can give them can also be given to our Sanhao family. And our Sanhao family has much more chance of winning than the Yuqiu family. We don't have to pay the price at risk to support us. How could those smart businessmen not make choices?"

Miyoshi Yoshiki's words convinced the three people present. Iwa Naritoto also smiled and joked: "Unless Yuqiu Hongye promised Sakaimachi's merchants that after the matter was done, I would give half of Hanoi to them to take care of them, otherwise I would not believe that Sakaimachi's merchants would help them."

"Uncle, then how should we do it in the future?" Sanhao Yixing bowed respectfully and asked Sanhao Yixian.

"Drag for a while, don't worry about nephew." Miyoshi Yixian picked up the teacup and slowly sipped the tea. He looked really not anxious at all. "Anyway, before the autumn harvest next year, there is no new food supply for the red leaves in the rain and autumn. What are we anxious about?"

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However, on December 6, new information was spread to Hanoi. Hanoi guarded Katsuyama Takamasa, who led the Genlai and many Kii people to go north from Kiiji and point directly to Kishiwada Castle in Katsuyama. At the same time, Katsuyama Takamasa also asked all Hanoi families to respond to his call, support Yuqiu's family, and drive the Mihao family out of Hanoi.

After receiving this news, the Beihebei rich families, who were originally tense with Yu Qiuping, offered hostages and land deeds, and expressed their willingness to join Yu Qiuping's army. Yu Qiuping immediately issued a land security document to them to ensure the safety of their territory. The total number of troops in Beihanoi who were willing to fight side by side with Yu Qiuping was nearly 2,000, so the number of Oda's army reached about 11,000.

One has increased and the other has declined. The wealthy families in Nan Hanoi have left the troops of the Miho family and returned to their respective territories. Although they did not launch the Ikki Uprising to attack the Miho army, they will definitely not cooperate with the Miho family again. In this way, the number of Miho army is only 12,000.

Since Kishiwada Castle was threatened, Miyoshi Yoshi had to arrange Miyoshi Yoshi Yoshi to lead 3,000 people from his troops to Kishiwada Castle to guard. Now he has only 9,000 people from Sanyoshi and Sans, and the number is even smaller than that of the Oda family's troops. The situation has also been reversed as it rises and falls.

"Why did that old thing, Takamasa Katsumasa, go to help Yuqiu Hongye?" Seeing the situation reversed, Mihoao Changyi angrily hammered the table a few times, "We gave him such generous treatment before, and that old thing would rebel. Could it be that Yuqiu Hongye really gave Hanoi Kingdom to him and act as a guardian for him? Will Oda Nobunaga agree? This Takamasa Katsumasa Katsumasa must not wake up!"

"They just use each other. Yu Qiu Hongye can't come up with any bargaining chips that can attract Kazumasara Takamasa." Miyoyo Yoshi-hyun was a little overwhelmed by the situation in front of him. First, Yu Qiuping got enough food he had consumed from somewhere, and then Kazumasara suddenly announced his support for Yu Qiu's family. "I miscalculated it. This time the plan to regain Izumasara Castle was all my mistakes."

"I'm going to ask my brother for reinforcements. The attack on Tosa may have to slow down." Miyoshi Yoshien sighed, "Wait until some of my Awakens arrive, and then make plans."

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The Miho family wanted to drag on, but Yu Qiuping wanted to win the Miho family as soon as possible. Although there was no need to worry about food and grass now, the food transported from Sakaimachi and Ishiyamachi all the way, and the consumption was really considerable. If the war could be completed as soon as possible, the auxiliary troops would be disbanded, and some food would be saved.

However, Chang Panbei's military preparation has not been completed yet. Lan Xianghuajiu told Yu Qiuping that even if the Military Industry Department has expanded its recruitment and given its full strength, production will be completed at the end of the month at the earliest. The training of the recruits will almost come to an end at that time. Chang Panbei's previous recruits were only put into the battlefield after three months of training, but this time it may only take less than two months, and the pressure is very high.

The good news is that the weather has warmed up a little in the past few days, which has improved the progress of the people in building defense. It seems that it is not impossible to finish the house before the coldest weather. Yu Qiuping has purchased a lot of charcoal in advance and plans to distribute it to every household for heating.

Now, due to their respective reasons, no one can easily break the deadlock. The anxious situation lasted until December 28, when Chang Pan's army was finally completed. On the same day, Miyoshi Yoshi's 3,000 Awago's 3,000 Awago's gang arrived in Takaya Castle. In order to maintain the integrity of the front line on Shikoku Island, Awago's gang could not be all drawn at once, but had to leave in batches. The remaining 5,000 people were gathering in Shengrui City at this moment, waiting for Anzhai Dongkang's fleet to transport them.

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On December 28, in Ruojiang City.

"The reinforcements from the Miyo family arrived yesterday. Because their ninja defenses were tight, we could not approach the reconnaissance. However, based on the time, the total number of people is estimated to be around 4,000." Sanada Masayuki was retelling the information about the return of the ninja reconnaissance to Yu Qiuhei. "The total number of Miyo army in Shiki County, South is estimated to be around 13,000."

"It's still more than our soldiers." After hearing the report from Masayuki Sanada, Akechi Mitsuhide sighed helplessly: "The Miyoshi family is a family that has dominated Kinki for more than ten years. Even if they have been in trouble for only a few months, they can still gather so many people in a corner."

"But we can't hold on anymore, we have to fight." Yu Qiuping smacked his lips, looked at the map, and then looked at the positions of the Sanhao Army in the south. "We will not have any reinforcements, but the Sanhao family will send more and more reinforcements from the four countries, which is not good for us. Besides, our food and grass supply pressure is also greater."

"Bansen Guard, let the General Staff make a plan to send troops." Yu Qiuping made up his mind and spoke to Takenaka Shigeji, "Tang Panbei has been renovated. Tomorrow we will go south from Ruojiang City."

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In the early morning of December 29, all the Oda Army units received a white paper on combat plan issued by the General Staff of the Urigaki family. The subordinates of the Urigaki family were already used to it, but Kinishi Hideyoshi, Akichi Mitsuhide and other young families were as surprised as Ikeda Hiroki and Morikozen when they first met the General Staff, and were amazed at the perfection of the plan and the efficiency of the General Staff.

At the fifth hour of Mao, after 11,000 troops took breakfast, they slowly moved south from Ruojiang City. Since the army of Sanhao family was 15 miles away, no one dared to be careless. Not long after leaving the city, the morning mist gradually dissipated, and the camp of Sanhao family was already faintly visible. Sanhao family also noticed the movements of the Oda family and also began to slowly leave the fort.

The place where the two armies confronted each other was a plain about 3 and a half miles wide, and the battlefield was very narrow. The reason why the width was so narrow was because Hanoi's own shape was like an hourglass, tightening at the middle waist. The place where the two armies met was the plain where the waist was. On the west side of the plain was the Niya River flowing from south to north, and on the east side were the Kumang Mountains. The narrow plain between them would become the battlefield for the two armies to fight together.

13 miles south of this plain is the fork between the Neiya River and the Yamato River. The Yamato River flows from east to west, across Hanoi, and divides Hanoi into two parts north and south. Less than 7 miles south of the Yamato River is the main castle Takaya Castle of Hanoi. The Yamato River also divides the Neiya River as a tributary here, first towards the north, then turn north to the southwest of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle and flow westward, and flow into the Seto Inland Sea.
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