Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 119 Kagawa Affinity Runs Away
Of course, Hideka has no time to waste time here in Sanuki. He knows that in March of the 12th year of Tensho in history, it was the time when Komaki Nagakute broke out. Hideka must end the war in Sanuki as soon as possible, and even further control the Awa Hakuchi or East Iyo area. , has obtained the outpost that suppressed Changzong's Ministry.

There is not much time left for Xiujia!
After thinking about it, 99 Mountain City is a bowl of raw rice that is hard to chew. There are 1200 defenders in the city. It is not advisable to attack by force. The siege seems to be the only way.

If 99 Mountain Castle can't eat it, how about bypassing him and attacking Takamaru Castle?

The Xiu family doesn't have enough troops right now, so after much deliberation, they decided to take two steps:

Firstly, 5 of the 2 backup teams in Beizhong were selected and transported to Renwei to take over the siege task, and then sent people to inform the generals in each branch to speed up the attack and come to Takamaru Castle to join themselves as soon as possible.

The Hide family didn't even need them all to come, they only needed 1 or 2 side divisions, and with more than 1 people, they could set up a main formation in Sangshan and bombard Takamaru Castle from a high position.

With cannons as a sharp weapon and an elite army in hand, Hideka is confident that he can quickly take down Takamaru Castle.

When Takamaru Castle is captured, Nishi Sanuki will no longer have a strong city to defend, and the power of Changzong's family will inevitably withdraw from Sanuki.

After Hideya's order was transmitted to each backup team, the backup captain and the side general stepped up their offensives in their respective areas. By December 12th, Fujido Takatora, who was in charge of the southern part of Sanno and southern Naka, and Akita, who was in charge of attacking the Yubuk family, Shangjiu Jiazong returned to the team together.

It turns out that the Akigami Hisa family had already completed the invasion of the Yubutsu family in early December, successively conquering the cities of Yubutsu, Goto, and Ayagawa. Take care of Tianwu City.

In history, after his father died of illness during the siege of Shihe City, Yubutsuki himself was begged to death by Kosai Jiaqing.

Now that the Xiu family has logged into Sanuki, the relatives of Yuan gathered up the army ahead of time for a decisive battle, and I don't know if it was a special way to save his life.

After eliminating the Yubutsu family, the Akikami Hisa family and Todo Takatora joined forces to complete the attack on Minami Sanno.

As a powerful family in West Sanuki, as early as the first time when the Nagasoga tribe entered Sanuki, the Nagao family directly fell to the Nagasoga tribe, so they obtained the skill Andu of 6300 shi. staunch allies.

In the Ruyi Mountain battle, the Nagao family also participated in the battle. Later, because the Hide family had the upper hand, after Takimiya Shitatsu took the lead, the entire Sanuki family fled in all directions, and the Nagao family was among them.

After the war, Todo Takatora once delivered a letter to Hideo, intending to surrender to Hideo on the condition of security.For this reason, he also deliberately took out drinks and food to fight against Fujido Gaohu.

After Xiujia saw the letter, he snorted coldly, what capital do you have to negotiate terms with me?Just because you stood on the wrong team twice, it is already a gift to you not to change you, how can you still count on Anta?wishful thinking.

Immediately, the Hide family sent a letter to Todo Takatora, asking him to confuse Nagao Takakin, to attack other places first, to ask Nagao's family to provide military supplies, and then turn around and take down Nagao.

The Hide family has already thought about what to do with the Nagao family. The Hide family is planning to transfer part of the Sanuki and Misaku clans. The Nagao family will be sealed up in Kamei Izumo's Yazaki Castle and won a fief of no more than 3000 shi. Kamei Tomoki will be assigned to Ako to guard the east gate for the Hide family.

Fujido Takatora did exactly that after receiving Hideka's letter. Nagao Takako really thought that Hideka had agreed to the conditions, but in the end it still depends on his performance.

Desperate people are most afraid of having hope. Takao Nagao finally caught a life-saving straw and couldn't hold on to it firmly. Then he sent people and food to help Takatora Todo to attack Minami Naka County and Minamisano County.

In the end, they even helped to write a letter to persuade Caitian Hisanobu to surrender, so that when they met with Xiujia around December 12, in addition to bringing their own reserve team, the two also pulled up a powerful army of 20 people. With more than 1500 people, Xiujia's plan was also implemented.

Hideka kept Oda Zongzhong and Tetsudo, who had been transported from Bizen, and continued to surround 99 mountain castles. He led more than 12000 people and moved southward under the cover of night.

Xiujia set up the main formation in the remaining veins of Sangshan Mountain, transported all 2 12-pounder guns and 5 6-pounder guns, and set up artillery positions on it.

Hideka's artillery position is about 700 meters away from Takamaru Castle, and considering the height of the mountain, it is absolutely possible to shell into the castle.

In the early morning of the next day, Takatora Fujido and Hisaka Akigami were dispatched to surround Takamaru Castle from east to south. Takamaru was adjacent to the sea to the west, and the Nio area, which had been captured by Hideka, was to the north.

By the time the defenders in the city woke up Kagawa Amiwa and came to Sannomaru to check, Ukita's army had already surrounded Takamaru Castle layer by layer.

"Impossible, impossible, Major General Bizen was helpless at 99 Mountain City yesterday, why did he come to Takamaru Castle today?"

Kagawa Amiwa felt unbelievable for Ukita Hideka's actions so fast, and already panicked in his heart.

In fact, he had cast a new shadow on the Yuki family after the fiasco of Ruyi Mountain. Facing the already dull patriarch, the patriarch Daping Kunijiu took over the command and asked his son Daping Shangsheng to bring the patriarch back to Honmaru to rest. .

The Xiu family sent Fanqi to the city on horseback to persuade them to surrender as usual, but Daping Guojiu shot them away with a bow and arrow, which was also expected by the Xiu family.

The fact that the Hide family sent envoys to persuade them to surrender is itself a kind of ceremonial spread, which shows that the family is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness before the soldiers. Now, as the Hide family expected, the Kagawa family refused to surrender, which just gave the Hide family an excuse to eliminate the Kagawa family.

Following the order of Hideka Issei, the cannons of the Kuwayama Honjin opened fire, condescendingly bombarding Takamaru Castle, and the 12-pound shells could even fall into the Honmaru. The embedding of the earthen wall destroyed its internal stress structure, and the earthen wall collapsed.

After only five rounds of artillery fire, the defense system of Takamaru Castle had a loophole for the first time. The Iron Cannon Team suppressed the top of the city with firepower under the Sannomaru.

The entire Takamaru Castle collapsed like a piece of ice cream melted by heat, and Ukita's army attacked the city with little resistance.More than 1500 people under Daping Guojiu, the boss of the family, were captured.

When the Xiu family got the report, they were all surprised by this number. Knowing in advance that there were 1700 defenders in the city, the Xiu family was ready to fight a tough battle.

Unexpectedly, Takamaru Castle is not as strong as 99 Mountain Castle. It took only 5 rounds of bombardment and one round of assault. Even with 1700 pigs, Yuxijia would have to chop it down for a long time!
When Todo Takatora brought Ohira Kunihisa back, these answers were finally revealed. It turned out that during the second round of shelling, a shell fell directly on the side of Kagawa Amika who had just returned to Honmaru.

The 5.5-kilogram shell fell not far from the Honmaru Palace, and hit the ground hard, shocking a piece of soil, and the nearby ground was shaken.

Kagawa, who had already lost his mind, was like the god of war on Guanyuan, and his mentality completely collapsed. After sitting on the ground and muttering for a while, he rushed to the imperial palace to pack his things like crazy, and brought the horses and people to hang down from the west side , and fled for his life along Somegawa.

The main general has already fled for his life, and the soldiers under him have no fighting spirit. Except for a few diehards, the guards in Takamaru Castle have chosen to surrender, which is why Takamaru Castle was captured so quickly.

(End of this chapter)