Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 141 Sumata Military Discussion
After dealing with the rumors and rumors, most of the military forces of the major names have gathered at the head of Sakamoto Castle, waiting for Hideyoshi's order to go out, but Sasa Naruma, who is in Etchu, has not come for a long time.

In the previous military service arrangement, Sasao Naruma was assigned to Hashiba Hidecho to control, and he needed to undertake the army of 7000 people, which accounted for 1/5 of Hashiba Hidecho's army, and was one of the proper main forces.

Now Sasa Naruma keeps publicizing and refusing to send troops under the pretext of being sick, which makes Hideyoshi feel a little worried.

At this time, all the big names in Hokuriku had gathered in Sakamoto. If Narumasa Sasao stabbed a knife in the back, I am afraid that none of the remaining generals in Hokuriku would have the strength to stop Narumasa Sasao's attack.

After deliberation, Hideyoshi ordered Maeda Toshiie to return to his skills immediately and watch over Narumasa Sasasa. No matter whether Narumasa Sasasa sent troops after the war, he would be counted as a great contribution.

After receiving the order, Maeda Toshiie led the troops back to Noto, but after such a round of changes, the army of Hashiba Hidenaga's team dropped to 2, and the strength of the army was almost cut in half. Hideyoshi had no choice but to assign it to The 6000 members of the Tsutsui family in Gamo's Township were supplemented by Hashiba Hidecho.

To talk about the reason why Hideyoshi mobilized the Tsutsui family's military power, we also need to talk about the situation between Kii and Izumi.

As early as the beginning of February, Kii's Nerai people took the lead in harassing the border of Izumi, and it can't be said to be the first. As the only Kinai power that has not surrendered to Hideyoshi, the people of Kii and Nerai Temple will go down to Izumi for a few days every year to fight the autumn wind.

After being arranged by Hideyoshi to sit in Kishiwada Castle at the beginning of the year, Kamo clan cooperated with Nakamura Kazushi to build a fort on the border of Kii, and built three strong castles in Hakosaku, Tottori, and Amami in the territory of Izumi, and entered Kii along Kimi Mountain Road Occupied Hashimoto Castle, an important hub between Kii, Izumi, and Yamato.

The Kamo family township has arranged 2000 people to guard each castle, and Hashimoto Castle has 3000 defenders. They rely on the fortified city to refuse to defend the border and strictly prevent the people of Kii from crossing the border. Ready to support.

The handling of Gamo's township is much smarter than that of the Nakamura family in history, who only knew that they were blocking Kishi and Tiancheng.

The fall of Hashimoto Castle directly made the people of Kii panic, and gathered the main force in Zaga Castle, preparing to attack Hashimoto Castle along the valley between Mt. Kongo and Mt. Koya.

This is exactly what Gamo Clan Township planned. He was going to wait until the two armies were anxious in Hashimoto, and cross the King Kong Mountain to surprise the Kii people. This battle plan was approved by Hideyoshi.

Now it coincides with the lack of strength of Hashiba Hidena's team, and the Tsutsui Army has not yet moved out of Kishiwada Castle because of the previous incident, so Hideyoshi is simply left by Hideyoshi and handed over to Hashiba Hidena as a supplement.

In fact, due to changes in the situation in Mino, Hideyoshi once wanted to cancel Hashiba Hidechana's ranger arrangement. After all, according to the Ninja Army's report, Mino's enemy troops have reached 4, and 6000 reinforcements may be needed in the future.

However, Hidecho Hashiba and Kanbei Kuroda persuaded Hideyoshi. The more the situation is confronted, the more it is necessary for the troops to play a role in breaking the situation by surprise. Now the two armies have a total of more than [-] troops facing each other in Mino, and no one dares If you act rashly, if there is a troop that can surprise attack from the rear, it will definitely disrupt the local situation.

It was March 3th when the re-planning of the deployment was completed, and Hideyoshi finally led the army in Sakamoto on March 19th.

Hideyoshi's team has a total of 5 people, and it is known as an army of 2150. According to the original plan, it entered Owari from Mino, first captured Qingzhou Castle, and then turned to attack Nakono, Suemori and other cities, cutting off the source of Tokugawa Ieyasu. .

But now that the Oda Tokugawa coalition forces have penetrated deep into Mino, the strategic plan must be changed. So at the beginning of the war, Hideyoshi and Kuroda Kanbei decided to lead the main force to contain the enemy. A strategy of disrupting the enemy's formation and then engaging in a decisive battle.

Hideyoshi moved very quickly. By the 23rd, he had already stayed in Ogaki Castle overnight, and his vanguard Hineno Hiroji and others had entered Gifu Castle, injecting a boost to the shaken Mino crowd.

At the same time that Hideyoshi raised his troops from Sakamoto, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was far away in Owari, also received Hideyoshi's news through Iga Ninja.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Owari on March 3, he had been stationed in Cheongju Castle. The Mino offensive was fully commanded by Sakai Tadashi. He did not leave for Inuyama to command until he received the news that Hideyoshi had raised troops.

But Ieyasu did not launch an offensive hastily. After discussing with Oda Nobuo, he was stationed in Mino Naga Castle, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was stationed in Owari Kuroda Castle. The two cooperated with each other like horns.

At the same time, Hideyoshi stationed troops again on the 24th, and did not choose to enter Gifu, but chose to station in Sumata Castle on the banks of the Nagara River.

Returning to the starting point of his destiny here after more than ten years, Hideyoshi is full of emotions. The city of Sumata is located on the impact plain between the Nagara River and the Kiso River. During the confrontation with Noo, Owari inserted into Mino an important wedge.

After Oda Nobunaga unified Mino, the monkey also briefly served as the representative of Sumata Castle. At this time, Sumata Castle and the nearby territory were within the competence of Ikeda Hengxing.

Hideyoshi stationed here, but the location was specially chosen. This place is the protruding part of Nishi Mino, which is the junction of Mino, Ise and Owari. The main force of Tokugawa was able to quickly respond to Hidecho Hashiba after he attacked Ise.

After hearing the news of Hideyoshi's arrival in Sumata, the generals in Gifu Castle went to Sumata for a military meeting on the 25th. Because the evaluation room of Sumata Castle was too small, the military meeting had to be set up in the courtyard of Sumata Honmaru.

As soon as the military discussion started, Hideyoshi looked at the city that witnessed the starting point of his power and sighed, "Mino Owari is really an outstanding person, most of the samurai who are working today are from Noo, and the least one is Wanshi's now. Great name, this was unimaginable 20 years ago, you are all heroes of the world."

"Hahaha" Hideyoshi's compliment was responded by the sitting daimyo. The atmosphere in the shogunate was very harmonious, and Hideyoshi continued to mobilize before the war.

"Nongwei is the gateway to Kyoto. There have been dozens of battles in history. His Royal Highness Youfu has attacked Meinong six times. It is difficult to discuss the right and wrong of it."

"But everyone knows the significance of Nobi to the situation in the world. If Nobi is stable, Kyoto will be safe, and if Nobi is lost, Kyoto will be chaotic. I absolutely cannot watch the Oda family's family business being usurped by the rebellious sons and courtiers of the right government."

"In the ninth year of Yonglu (1566), I had the honor to build this city here with the help of His Royal Highness Youfu. Since then, the fate of me and the Oda family has been firmly bound together."

"It can even be said that the battle of Sumata Castle represented the starting point for the Oda family to become stronger, and it was also the starting point for me to be appreciated by His Highness Youfu."

"After Sumata, the Battle of Inabayama Castle and the Battle of Anegawa were all victorious. Saito, Rokkaku, Asai, and Asakura were all turned into dust. I don't understand why Sumata Castle is still in my hands now, but You guys are so depressed."

"18 years ago, I embarked on a journey from Sumata. Since then, dozens of battles have been won and lost. Even the mighty Maori and Shibata families have been defeated by me. Kinai has been leveled, and the Oda family's mountains and rivers have remained the same. "

"Wherever the family and the army go, the people welcome them wholeheartedly. It can be said that they take advantage of the time and harmony. The state of vigorous vitality and all things competing is still in front of us."

"I believe that today, 18 years later, we occupy the right place in Sumata, which can be said to be the right time, place and people and all three are available."

"Tokugawa's claim that my 8 army is a bluff, hehe, now including Mino's army, the total number is more than 7, and Ise still has my 3 army, and our army totals more than 10. "

“对面呢？织田家3万，德川军1万6加起来不过4万6000人，即便加上那所谓的援军不过5万余人。”

"No matter how you say it, [-] vs. [-], I have the advantage! This battle is absolutely impossible for us to lose. I was not in Meinong before, and the loss of East Meinong was only a temporary disadvantage. Now I, Yu Shibaquan Da Nayan is here, it’s time to change the shape of offense and defense!~”

"Hey hey hey hey~"

Hideyoshi's speech was very inspiring. It not only compared the present from old cases in history, but also described the current military power balance. Hideyoshi gave the reasons why the daimyos would never be defeated, and the daimyos were also quite encouraged. Promise to Hideyoshi that he will fight hard to kill the enemy.

Seeing that the atmosphere had reached a climax, Hideyoshi handed over the presiding power of the general meeting to Kanbei Kuroda for arrangement.

Kuroda Kanbei limped to the front of the screen, pointed to the Novo map set up on the bracket, and said, "The Tokugawa and Oda Allied Forces formed an formation across the Kiso River. Sichuan blocked, it is difficult to support each other."

"I heard that His Highness Tokugawa has set up more than a dozen pontoon bridges on the Kiso River in order to ensure that he can support the Oda Army in northern Sichuan. Your Highness Mori, you are a wealthy family from East Mino. After you return to Gifu, you will detour along the upper reaches of the Kiso River along the mountain. Logging and shipbuilding, I will give you 3 days to prepare rafts for a thousand people, and go down the river in the early morning of the 30th, breaking down the pontoon bridge on the Kiso River and blocking the support of the Tokugawa Army."

"You don't need a lot of people in your team, just a thousand people. Go down the river all the way, and you must not love to fight. You can go ashore at the Kasamatsu area on the opposite bank of Kuroda at the corner of the Kiso River. There will be troops to meet you there."

"Skui, I understand, leave it to me." Mori Chang was originally a wealthy family in Dongmeilong, and it was very appropriate to entrust the task of going around the enemy's rear and blocking support to him, a local snake.And the daimyos present were also surprised by Kuroda Kanbei's strategy and sighed.

"After the military meeting is over, His Highness Hachisuka will lead the seventh team of 7000 people, plus 6000 people from the first team Shigetsu Kimura, Kato Koyasu, Hineno Hiroyuki Yamada Takeya and others; the second team Nakagawa 6200 people including Hideyoshi, Kinoshita Toshihisa, and Ogawa Yutaka; a total of 19200 people entered Gifu Castle for repairs”

"Wait three days later, cook at the third shift, set off at the fourth shift, leave the city from the back mountain of Gifu, launch a surprise attack on Naga from the north to the south from the Wakasa Gorge, and when the Tokugawa reinforcements are cut off, please feel free to defeat Oda Nobuo."

Several people in "Yu Yi" who heard the order all expressed their agreement.

But just when Kuroda Kanbei was about to continue talking, Ikeda Hengxing who was in the first place was a little unhappy. He coughed twice and said to Kuroda Kanbei, "Hachisuka is going to attack the main force of Oda Nobuo, Then what do I, Mino, do?"

Kuroda Kanbei smiled and said to Ikeda Hengxing, "Don't worry about Settsu Mamoru, I'm going to talk about you soon. When His Highness Hachisuka is leaving, you should also start to leave. You can hit as many torches as you can." , went directly south to the Haguri area on the opposite bank of Kuroda, and put pressure on His Highness Tokugawa to stop his attempt to cross the river to support Oda Nobuo."

"The main family's team will also start from Sumata at the same time, and arrive at Yanatsu and Kasamatsu on the other side of the Kiso River, across the river from Kuroda Castle."

"If His Highness Tokugawa remains unmoved, the main family will wait for His Royal Highness Hachisuka to cross the Kiso River to cut off His Highness Tokugawa's retreat after defeating Nobuo Oda; I have read Kisogawa together and attacked His Highness Tokugawa, making him unable to look at each other from head to toe.”

"Skui, this strategy is really powerful." After hearing about Kanbei Kuroda's strategy, everyone who worked on it expressed their approval.

Hashiba Hideyoshi was even more smiling. After all, this strategy was a strategy he racked his brains to come up with, and he thought it would be a win-win battle.

He even had already decided that he would spend the summer festival with Ieyasu's family members in Tokugawa Ieyasu's inner hall in Junpu Castle.

Unexpectedly, an abrupt voice interrupted Hideyoshi's obsession at this time, Hideyoshi looked along the voice, the person who spoke was Ikeda Hengxing, he walked out of the position with a serious face, knelt down and said to Hideyoshi.

"His Highness Quanda Nayan, please allow me to switch missions with His Highness Hachisuka. Oda Nobuo killed my eldest son Motosuke. I made an oath to avenge him with my own hands."

"Now that you have such a god-given opportunity, His Highness asked me to be a partisan in a feint attack. I absolutely cannot agree. You are saying that Wakakusa is my territory. I must be more familiar with it than His Highness Hachisuka. Let me handle it." Things can definitely be done better.”

The reason why Hashiba Hideyoshi made such an formation must have a purpose. Ikeda Hengxing is not one of his team members.

Moreover, he now owns 54 koku of Mino Owari. If he is entrusted with the task of this main attack, once he makes meritorious service, what kind of reward will he give him?
Is it necessary to seal another "Oda Nobuo" to threaten his own rule?This was something Hideyoshi didn't want to see, so after thinking for a while, Hideyoshi said to Ikeda Hengxing.

"I understand what Settsu is thinking. It's just that the Mino Army has just experienced a change. Now that they have this ability to be the main attacker, Settsu should know that the opportunity for battle is fleeting. If we don't grasp it this time, the battle may be delayed for a long time. .”

Hearing that Hideyoshi disagreed with his proposal, Ikeda Hengxing said sullenly, "Is Quan Da Nyan questioning the warriors of Mino? You tell Quan Da Nyan, can you fight?"

What Ikeda Hengxing said in the second half of the sentence was about the pro-vassal warriors he had entered into the shogunate, including his second son Terumasa Ikeda. Seeing his father's call, they roared battle roars to express their confidence.

Hideyoshi saw Ikeda Hengxing's red eyes, and saw Ikeda Hengxing's determination from inside.In the end, Hideyoshi had no choice but to agree to Ikeda Hengxing's request, let him swap with Hachisuka Masakatsu, and at the same time hand over 6000 people including Kato Koyasu, Hineno Hiroyuki and others to his control, making Ikeda Hengxing's subordinates The military strength reached 2 people.

(End of this chapter)