Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 139 Nobuo Oda's Highlight Moment

After some twists and turns, Hideyoshi finally saved the country in a curve, and accepted the half-level official position of Gao Tokugawa Ieyasu. The previous cloud was swept away in an instant, and the self-confidence of the past appeared on his face again.

It's just that this work has been completed, and the time has come to mid-March, and the battle situation in Owari Ise has begun to become unfavorable.

It turned out that Oda Nobuo's sudden rise of troops was not completely meaningless, after all, it was beyond everyone's expectations, killing Ikeda Hengxing by surprise.

In history, Nobuo only owned the half-country of Ise, and had to send a large number of soldiers to attack Northern Ise in the early stage of development to connect the front and connect the territory. In this life, Nobuo launched a heavy attack except for a few sporadic fortresses at the beginning of the battle. Under the city of Qingzhou, they attacked Niwa County.

Ikeda Hengxing did not expect the sudden attack of Oda Nobuo, and only passively mobilized after receiving the news of Oda Nobuo's gathering of troops.

The third month of the lunar calendar is the spring plowing season, and the rich families in Mino are willing to abandon their livelihoods on the land to fight for their masters. When Oda Nobuo gathered 3 troops, Ikeda Hengxing was able to gather 5000 troops. people.

In history, Hengxing Ikeda joined Mori Nagaka, and on March 3th, when Nobuo Oda's main force was attacking Ise, he launched an attack on Inuyama Castle and captured Inuyama in one fell swoop.

But now, faced with such a gap in strength, how dare Ikeda Hengxing go to Niwa County for support as in history, and even Kisogawa dare not defend, and retreat his troops to Gifu Castle to wait for Hideyoshi's reinforcements.

This matter is not to be blamed on Ikeda Hengxing. After all, before being appointed as the lord of Settsu by Oda Nobunaga, the Ikeda family was only a small daimyo of 3 koku. The lord of Shi, there is no retainer in his family who can rule such a huge territory.

During Settsu, Hengxing Ikeda’s control over Settsu was also very low. There were not only Takayama Ukon, Nakagawa Kiyohide, etc. in his collar, but also powerful people such as Itami Kisho and Irie Motoke. The straight collar is only about 10 shi.

After the Qingzhou Conference and Jianyue, although its territory was increased to 54 koku and transferred to Mino, the land of Mino that Hideyoshi gave him was not a good place. In the territory, there were Inaba Katie, Morinaga, and Yuan. Daimyos such as Fuji Keitaka have a very low grasp of Mino.

Ikeda Hengxing has just been transferred to Mino for less than a year, and his prestige is not enough. Although he has been labeled as the sixth minister of the Oda family, but with the rise of Hashiba Hideyoshi, who will ignore you, a relative of the former master's family?
After all, at any time, it is more comfortable to be a direct minister of the master's family than to be an accompanying minister. This is why Naoe Kenxu has 30 shi in history, but he is still unwilling to be a direct minister, causing such a big uproar.

In terms of seniority and order, there are differences in retainers. If Hideyoshi severely reprimanded these crooked daimyos, it would be fine. Hideyoshi actually maintained his acquiescence in the flattery of Inaba Katie and Morinagake, which made Ikeda Hengxing even more in the United States. The strong prestige is gone.

This is also the reason why Ikeda Teruma only inherited 13 koku of Mino Ogaki Castle after the death of Ikeda Hengxing in history.

Let me say that Hengxing Ikeda sits in Mino Treasure Land, and he used to be quite prestigious in Oda's family. After receiving Hideyoshi's bird-like attitude, it's all right to simply join forces with Oda Nobuo, and maybe he can win a fortune .

Who would have thought that his brain circuit is so strange, that he would acquiesce to this situation, and expect Hideyoshi to help him tidy up his collar after making great achievements on the battlefield. This kind of thinking is so ridiculous.

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Oda Nobuo led the army to attack Mino Niwa County, vowing to pull out the fishbone inserted into the hinterland of his territory. The Niwa County samurai who lost the support of their masters could only fight on their own.

However, the cities guarded by more than a hundred men could not withstand the Oda army several times larger than their own, but were taken by Oda Nobuo in groups with superior forces.

When Nobuo set off in Cheongju on March 3, his troops were no more than 7. The army marched along Niwa County all the way to the Kiso River. When Inuyama Castle fell, Oda Nobuo's army had expanded to 2 people.

Inuyama Castle is located on a cliff beside the Kiso River, with a drop of up to 40 meters in the height of the mountain. Not far from it to the east is Mt.

Whether it is Owari or Mino, whichever side wins this important fortress beside the Kiso River is equivalent to gaining the initiative to attack the other side.

Inuyama Castle was originally the home of Nobunaga’s cousin and cousin-in-law Oda Nobukiyo. The latter two had a dispute over the division of Oda Nobuken’s territory. Nobunaga sent troops to attack Inuyama many times, facing Inuyama Castle who was backed by Mino Saito’s family The second time I failed.

It wasn't until the 5th year of Yonglu (1564) that Niwa Nagahide belonged to Inuyama Castle's old family, Kuroda Shinsuke Wada Shinsuke, and Koguchi Castle Nakajima Toyogo Nobunaga was able to defeat Oda Nobukiyo and occupy Inuyama Castle.

After winning Inuyama Castle, Nobunaga rewarded Ikeda Hengxing with the city. After many years, Ikeda Hengxing transferred the title from Settsu to Mino again, and after rewarding Owari Niwa County, the castle returned to him again. hands.

At this time, it was Ikeda Hengxing's eldest son Ikeda Motosuke who was guarding Inuyama Castle. Facing Oda Nobukiyo's menacing attack, he had time to mobilize 1500 troops to defend Inuyama Castle and wait for his father's support.

After Oda Nobuo surrounded Inuyama, he tried to persuade Ikeda Motosuke to surrender. After all, his father had a good relationship with his father, and Ikeda Motosuke could be regarded as his own cousin. Help is tantamount to adding wings to a tiger's cause against Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Unfortunately, Ikeda Motosuke tried to delay Oda Nobuo's pace on the grounds that he could not make a decision and needed to ask his father for instructions. At the same time, he blatantly let his envoy go away from the siege of the Oda Army and went to Gifu to meet Ikeda Hengxing.

Ikeda Hengxing heard that his son was trapped, and he was very anxious, but the army has only gathered 6000 people so far. How can he save the siege of Inuyama, so he can only send messengers to Sakamoto for help. He asked Sakamoto for help three times a day.

Nobuo Oda, who waited for two days without news at the foot of Inuyama Castle, finally realized that he had been deceived and ordered the whole army to attack the city.

The first team in charge of the siege was Oda Nobuo's only remaining family member, Kawaguchi Somori, who received 1 stones from the castle during the Nobunaga period.

In history, he served as the daimyo of the 2 koku lord of Inuyama Castle under Nobuo's command, and after facing the attack of Ikeda Hengxing and Morinaga, he broke the castle and died. He is considered a loyal elder to Nobuo.

After Nobuo executed Okada Shigetaka and other three family elders, in order to stabilize the situation in the family, he named him the daimyo of 6 koku and gained his support.

Under the orders of Oda Nobuo, Kawaguchi Munemori commanded the army to attack Inuyama Castle. Unfortunately, Inuyama Castle has always been a border fortress. After dropping a hundred corpses, they retreated in embarrassment.

The first failure made Oda Nobuo even crazier. On the second day, he sent the troops of Hijikata Yuhisa, Tsuda Hidemasa, and Sakai Naruma into the siege, using wheel tactics to attack Inuyama Castle day and night. Onslaught.

What they are doing are all veterans of the Warring States Period, who are deeply rooted in the essence of the Warring States War. When facing pressure, paddling is a good hand, but once the enemy exposes a loophole, it will immediately attack to death.

As for the defenders of Inuyama Castle, of course they don't know when the enemy will show their true strength to attack, and they are always tense with that string of power.

After several days of battle in the cage city, the defending army Yamashita was exhausted, and was repeatedly attacked by the host of the Oda family. Fortunately, he was repelled by Ikeda Motosuke's old family, Inada Uemoto, so that the city was not lost. The army has also reached its limit.

On March 3, after merging the armies of Inaba Kazutetsu and Morinagaka, Ikeda Hengxing finally led an army of 18 to the Kisogawa line in an attempt to support his son.

Of course, the defenders in Inuyama Castle saw the reinforcements not far behind the Kisogawa River, but they were already exhausted at this time.

Not long after Hengxing Ikeda entered Unuma Castle not far from the north of the Kiso River, Inuyama Castle on the south bank of the Kiso River ignited a raging fire, and the Owari Oda family finally broke into Inuyama Castle.

The cliffs not only limited the enemy's attack strength, but also limited Ikeda Motosuke's retreat. Seeing that there was no way to retreat, Ikeda Motosuke committed seppuku in Inuyama Castle after bidding farewell to his father in the north.

The most tragic thing in life is the loss of a child in middle age, not to mention that Ikeda Motosuke is the son of Ikeda Hengxing who was raised as the heir. This child was very intelligent since he was a child. Nobunaga received as near-side congregation.

Now seeing with his own eyes the destruction of Inuyama Castle and the uncertainty of his son's life or death, Ikeda Hengxing fainted from excitement.

Since it was getting late at this time, Oda Nobuo did not choose to cross the river directly to attack Unuma after capturing Inuyama Castle, but went into the city to fight the fire and make repairs, which gave the Ikeda Army a chance to retreat calmly.

Because of the fainting of Ikeda Hengxing, the command of the Ikeda Army fell into the hands of Kazutetsu Inaba, the second largest force in Mino. At this time, Kazutetsu Inaba was already 70 years old. Facing the situation that was about to collapse, he could only accept orders in the face of danger. The Ikeda army on standby retreated to Gifu one by one, and reported the news of Inuyama's miss to Sakamoto Castle.

After the Ikeda Army marched to Suyuan City in the middle of the night, Ikeda Hengxing finally woke up, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to ask about his son Yuansuke.

However, the Ikeda army retreated very quickly, and the situation of Inuyama Castle was not clear. Even the defenders who fled from the city were not sure about Ikeda Motosuke's situation in the chaos.

Some said they committed suicide, some said they fled, and some said they finally surrendered to Oda Nobuo.

Of course, Ikeda Hengxing really wanted to turn around and attack Oda Nobuo to find out the news about his son, but under the comfort of Inaba Kazutetsu and Morinaga Kazuki, he temporarily let go of this unrealistic fantasy.

In the afternoon, the 1 people in Ikeda's army saw the slowly increasing army on the other side, let alone more than three times their own. Now they have just witnessed the fortress of the friendly army being stormed down, and their morale has already fallen to the bottom. After trimming it is difficult to fight.

In desperation, Ikeda Hengxing had no choice but to lead the army to continue to retreat to Gifu Castle, and sent people to continue to recruit the troops of the powerful families and daimyo in the territory, while sending people to continue to inquire about the news of Inuyama Castle.

By March 3th, definite news was obtained from Oda Nobuo's army. Ikeda Motosuke had been killed in Inuyama Castle, and more than 20 defenders had died in battle.

Faced with the bad news of the intrusion, Ikeda Hengxing fell ill in Gifu City, and the affairs of the Ikeda Army were entrusted to Ikeda Teruma, Inaba Kazutetsu, Morinaga and others to act as agents.

Faced with such an unsightly record of the Lord of Mino, the powerful clans in Mino began to get ready to move. Dongdo Castle Kishi Shinbo, Taiwei Mountain Castle Sato Hidekata, and Sarupeku Castle Lord Unuma Hidei blatantly joined the weaving On Tian Xinxiong's side, the situation in Dongmeilong was completely out of control.

These are independent wealthy families located between Ikeda Hengxing and Morinaga Ke's territory, and their betrayal directly cut off the connection between Morinaga Ke and the territory.

Even Morinagake's subordinate, the lord of Zhizhicheng, Guan Gongcheng, began to flirt with Oda Nobuo, trying to surrender to him on the condition of restoring the old collar of Guancheng. Unfortunately, Morinagake executed him after the correspondence was discovered.

You must know that Guan Gongcheng is currently in Mori Nagako's Gifu formation. Once he wavers, it is very likely that he will cooperate with Oda Nobuo to win Gifu City.

In the historical battle of Komaki Nagakute, this fierce general who died as the vanguard of the Morinaga Ke Ranger and died under the hands of Kanbara Yasumasa in the history and became famous in history, did not expect that in this time and space, because of the change of the situation, he made a move against his master. He was aggrieved by his decision and was executed.

But you only killed one Guan Gongcheng, how can you ease the panic of Dongmei Nong people, the current situation in Dongmei Nong has been corrupted, and many wealthy families have lost contact with their own territories.

The family members are always safe, and the territory is still under control. These are all unknowns, how can the East Meinong people be able to fight with peace of mind.

At the same time, turmoil also occurred in the sapling castle under Morinagako at the edge of East Mino. With the support of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyama Yumasa incited the people in the territory to revolt and recaptured the sapling castle.

Why do you say it again?Because the Toyama family was granted 2 koku of sapling castle when Nobunaga was subordinate.After the Honnoji Incident, Morinaga took advantage of Mino's ignorance to openly attack Sapling Castle. Toyama Yuzheng fled after being defeated, and was finally taken in by Ieyasu Tokugawa.

Now that the Oda and Tokugawa allied forces have invaded Mino again, this pawn finally has a place to play. The Toyama family has owned Sapling Castle for generations, and has a very high prestige in the territory. He was welcomed by the people when he came back.

Toyama Yusho and Ashigaru who guarded Sapling Castle together killed Joyo, and then took control of this important city that controls the border between Mino and Shinano.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not expect the situation to change so quickly. When he raised his troops on the 7th, he was still cursing Oda Nobuo for his lack of brains. He did not expect to have invaded the hinterland of Mino ten days later and controlled 1/3 of Mino's territory. .

The fall of Sapling Castle made Tokugawa's reinforcements no longer have to detour to Suruga, but directly entered Mino through Kiso Valley. By March 3, the Tokugawa army in Mino had reached 21, and 1 people were in the letter. Nong Gaoyuan City, you can feel the front line of Mino within 8000 days.

Fortunately, news finally came from Sakamoto Castle that Hashiba Hideyoshi Hideyoshi's 10 troops have set off and will reach Mino within 5 days. However, the situation Hideyoshi is going to face at this time is much worse than in history. Can he win another game?

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