Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 143 The Big Tail Battle ([-])

Of course, it was impossible for Hideyoshi to sit still like this. On the 26th, the second day of the military meeting, he sent an envoy to Hashiba Hidecho to speed up the march, and at the same time ordered his team to go forward to Yanagatsu and Kasamatsu to build the castle.

Fortification is Hideyoshi's forte. Although Kasamatsu and Yanazu are plains formed by the impact of rivers, there are no earthy mountains that can be used to build castles according to the mountains, but Hideyoshi directly recruited tens of thousands of people around Mino to build castles directly on the plains.

"Dig deep trenches and build high forts" Hideyoshi arranged for Ishida Mitsunari in this way. In fact, there is no need for Hideyoshi to order. Ishida Mitsunari himself is already a master of fortification ordered by experience.

Of course, whether it is Hideyoshi or Sancheng, it is the first time to build a city on such an endless wilderness.

After repeated discussions, Hideyoshi and Sancheng decided to build a city wall with two circles and one circle higher than the first circle according to the way of building Takamatsu embankment in the past.

This kind of fortification is similar to the Chinese city wall that protects the internal buildings, rather than the common Japanese style of building a platform of a certain height, and the castle next to it is a part of the city wall.

According to Hideyoshi's urgency, it is natural to build screens on the castle and set up more arrows and sculls, making the two cities look like a hedgehog beside the Kiso River.

The progress of the entire city is very gradual, and it has begun to take shape after 5 days.

Tokugawa Ieyasu standing on the opposite bank looked at Hideyoshi, and recognized Hideyoshi's strategy at a glance. This wild monkey may not have any advantages in fighting, but he is good at discovering his own advantages, and he will gradually move the front line by building a fortress. move forward.

It was extremely difficult to build two castles that could accommodate 5 people within 5000 days. This was extremely difficult in the past when productivity was underdeveloped. Even Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was an enemy, admired Hideyoshi's achievements.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the castle on the opposite bank, pointed at the fortifications on the opposite bank, and sighed: "Hideyoshi regards me like Takeda Katsuyori. Back then, His Highness Oda and I were on the side of the Nagashino River. The camp is waiting for Takeda Katsuyori's attack, and now Hideyoshi is doing the same thing again, it's a pity that Sakai Kogoro is on my side."

The Sakai Kogoro mentioned by Tokugawa Ieyasu is Sakai Chuji. In history, the real winner of the Nagashino battle actually appeared in his hands.

For Takeda Katsuyori at the time, when he crossed the border to attack Mikawa, he was eating from the enemy. Oda Nobunaga supported Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was eating from his friends. Only the old tortoise Tokugawa hoped that the war would end quickly and resume economic production in the territory. .

Therefore, Takeda Katsuyori had no desire to attack at the beginning of the camp that was formed by the side of Nagashinogawa. Behind the Oda family was Honganji Temple, and Mori had to solve it. Takeda Katsuyori had plenty of time and Oda-Toku The Sichuan coalition forces consumed.

The impatient Tokugawa Ieyasu sent Sakai Chuji to attack Mount Jiusu in a surprise attack. Although he was blocked by Katsuyori Takeda's support troops during the retreat and suffered heavy losses, he successfully burned tens of thousands of stones of grain on Mount Jiusu. The strategic goal has been achieved. .

Takeda Katsuyori, who lost his food, was left with two options: retreat and a quick decision, forcing Takeda Katsuyori to make a decision between the next best move and the last best move.

This is why Tokugawa Ieyasu said today that Hashiba Hideyoshi did not have Sakai Chuji on his side, because he didn't care about Hideyoshi building a camp at all, and he had no desire to cross the river to attack.

In Noo's battle situation, because Morinaga Ke's attack was not successful, the two sides entered a quiet period, and the offensive of Hashiba Hidecho, who was far away in Ise, seemed to be progressing rapidly.

Hashiba Hidecho released the version first on the 20th, and soldiers surrounded the Kiriyama Imperial Palace on the 23rd. The lord of the castle, Takigawa Yutoshi, was originally the son of Wooden Toshimo. Tian Xinxiong's capable and beloved general.

But at this moment, Hideyoshi Hashiba is another veteran of the team, that is Kazuyoshi Takikawa who has half-retired. Let him spend his old age peacefully.

But this time he was responsible for the crusade against Oda Nobuo and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Hideyoshi still put him in the military service account and assigned him to Hashiba Hideunaga's team to fight.

As the father-in-law, Kazumashi Takigawa expressed his affection for Yuri Akatsuki Takigawa with reason, which made him surrender on the same day, and Hidecho Hashiba's team was able to enter the most important city in Minami Ise without blood.

The Kaesong of Wushan, like a signal, was transmitted in Nanyise. The main force of the family had already mobilized to Noobi, and the defenders of each family were only a few hundred. Tens of thousands of troops charged forward.

So a very strange phenomenon appeared in the Warring States Period. The head of the family brought his heirs and main force to serve his lord, and the elder who stayed behind at home took other heirs and chose to surrender to the other party, Kaesong, to preserve the family name.

Hashiba Hidecho seemed unwilling to delay here, and the main force entered Matsushima on the 25th. The lord of Matsushima was Takigawa Yutoshi's cousin Kizo Kumasa, who was originally the third younger brother of Kitabata Gujiao. He was ordered to inherit the Muzuo clan from the branch family.

His succession made Toshimo Kizo, who originally had the right to inherit, become a branch family, and finally the eldest son Yuri had to join the Takigawa family.

In history, he has always been Nobuo's loyalist. When Oda Nobunaga attacked Ise, he betrayed his elder brother Kitabata Gujiao in exchange for his ability to Andu. The original historical line, with 650 people The defense of Kido Castle delayed Gamo's township for 6 days.

It's just that in this life, the main force led by him is contributing to Oda Nobuo in Mino, and he leads the defense of the old wooden tool Ji. Coincidentally, the wooden tool is the grandson of Kizo Toshimo and the nephew of Yuri Takigawa.

So under the guidance of Takigawa Yuli, the city guarding the important port of Minami Ise surrendered to Hashiba Hidecho Kaesong.

Counting these credits in detail, all stemmed from Takikawa Kazuyoshi's strategy, and perhaps this was also Hideyoshi's purpose in arranging him in the Ise offensive army.

Just when Hidecho Hashiba was preparing to further adjust the strategy of Kita Ise, Hideyoshi Hashiba ordered someone to send a letter with extremely harsh words from Sumata, asking his Ise front army to go to the border of Nooze as soon as possible and capture Nagashima City. Close Oda Nobuo's escape route.

The arrival of this letter forced Hashiba Hideaga to change his tactics of steady and strategic advance, and switched to a crusade-based approach, supplemented by strategic adjustments, to encircle Long Island City as soon as possible.

At the same time, Oda Nobuo's team, who was far away in Mino Naga, was also arguing about the next action.

After hearing the news of the fall of their own territory, the Ise people headed by Tianmaru Naomasa and Tahara Shigetsuna clamored to return to the territory.

How could Oda Nobuo let them go back, not to mention that Ise has fallen, will they come back after they go back, or even directly join the enemy to Hashiba Hideyoshi, and turn against himself.

Oda Nobuo had no choice but to agree that his uncle Oda Nagasuke would be the general general, and he would lead the Ise Haozu troops back to Ise on April 4 to resist Hashiba Hidecho's invasion.

With the departure of Isezhong, the available troops in Oda Nobuo's hands have dropped to 1. It is of little significance for him to continue to stick to Mino's forward position, and the risk has risen sharply.

Tokugawa Ieyasu in Jiangnan sent letters to Oda Nobuo in Naga three times a day, asking him to retreat to Inuyama Castle and stick to it.

Who is Oda Nobuo?Don't care if the meat in his mouth is poisonous, you still want him to spit it out?It's just a dream.

But Oda Nobuo's arrogance is tantamount to giving Hashiba Hideyoshi a very good opportunity, allowing Hashiba Hideyoshi to see the key to breaking the game again.

Previously, Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu formed a formation across the Kiso River, the closest distance between the two sides was only a few hundred steps, and the two sides fought around the Kiso River every day.

For Hideyoshi, he must not only consider the war on Tokugawa Ieyasu's side, but also focus on the disputes in the world.

It is said that the Shimadzu family in Kyushu is attacking Otomo Zonglin fiercely, and the envoys of Otomo's family asking for reinforcements have already sent the third wave.

After being swollen by Hideyoshi last year, the Nagamune clan of Shikoku began to become restless again. After Hideyoshi came out in March, he took the first step to attack Awa Naruto Castle, captured the last stronghold of the Miyoshi family, and pacified Awa. collar.

The demise of Miyoshi's family is undoubtedly the best booster for Changzong's family, and it also restores the prestige of Changzong's relatives to a certain extent.

After capturing Awa, perhaps out of fear of the Hide family, Yuanqin did not choose to continue attacking Sanuki, but turned to the west and divided his troops into two groups to attack Iyo. It seemed that he wanted to take advantage of Hashiba and The Allied Forces of Zhide couldn't take into account the gap between the four countries in the war, and quickly assessed the richest neighboring country of the four countries.

Therefore, if possible, Hideyoshi very much hopes to end the battle on the Tokaido side as soon as possible, and turn around to deal with the affairs of the West Kaido.

Even because of the defeat a few days ago, there were rumors in the world that "Quan Da Nayan is at the end of his rope, and the Zhide coalition forces have changed their offensive and defensive forms."

Although Hideyoshi severely executed those tongue-twisting ashigaru, Hideyoshi knew that this was just to seal everyone's mouths.

If he can't quickly end the war here, his ruling power based on rewards, like a pyramid built with floating sand, will inevitably collapse over time.

The daimyo who is subordinate to him may choose to take the risk and make a choice to betray him, so his snowball will roll in the opposite direction, and eventually it will get smaller and smaller.

Hideyoshi was in a hurry. After hearing the news of Oda Nobuo's division of troops, he was ecstatic and thought it was a godsend. For him, there were two options. One was to quickly defeat Oda Nobuo's army in Jiangbei, and then force Tokugawa Ieyasu retreated from Owari, taking advantage of the situation to annex Nobi.

The second is to unite with Ise's Hidecho Hashiba, join forces first, eat the partial army that has returned to Ise and stick to it, and finally fight a decisive battle with the Zhitoku allied forces in Owari.

Kuroda Kanbei's suggestion is to choose the second. In his opinion, Oda Nobuo's military strength in Jiangbei is already extremely weak, and it is no longer necessary to encourage and maintain it. He will inevitably choose to retreat to Jiangnan Inuyama to stick to it. This is the best policy.

Therefore, the first option is simply an impossible choice. The enemy has already run back. How can we defeat Oda Nobuo and annex the tail?
Hearing Guanbingwei's explanation, Hideyoshi laughed loudly and said, "It seems that you still don't understand this servant, as far as his character is concerned, how can you expect him to spit out something after eating it? "

Then he said to the envoy who was waiting outside, "The Gifu Castle Ikeda Hengxing team is ordered to go out, and the target is Naga Oda Nobuo's main team, which is about to defeat its army and open the way for our family."

By the time Ikeda Hengxing received the order, it was already 3 pm on the 1rd. He excitedly ordered his trusted samurai to blow the conch directly at Gifu Honmaru. This was a very urgent military mobilization method in old Japan.

By 2:30 p.m., the whole army had been prepared and set out from Gifu to Naga.It took only an hour for the army to march from Gifu City to Naga City, but when he arrived at Naga City, what he saw was an empty fortress.

It turned out that Hideyoshi had indeed judged Oda Nobuo's own choice, but he did not consider Tokugawa Ieyasu's influence on Oda Nobuo. In his view, the two were allies. With Oda Nobuo's arrogance, Presumably he would not accept Tokugawa Ieyasu's suggestion.

Unexpectedly, Tokugawa Ieyasu sent 3 envoys in a row, each time was more severe, and finally even threatened to retreat, asking Oda Nobuo to retreat and return to Inuyama.

Oda Nobuo is arrogant, but he is not stupid. He knows that without Tokugawa Ieyasu's help, he will not be able to defeat Hashiba Hideyoshi. He has no choice but to order the withdrawal of the entire army at noon the next day.

Seeing the empty Naga Castle, Hengxing Ikeda became more motivated to fight. He vowed to capture and kill Nobuo Oda's heroic spirit who paid tribute to his eldest son, and immediately ordered the army to cross the river to pursue it.

His nephew and son-in-law, Mori Chang Ke, persuaded him from the side, "It's getting late now, and the pontoon bridge on the Kiso River has been cut off. If we cross the river in a hurry, we may be caught in the pincers of the Zhide coalition forces. Why don't we retreat and return to Gifu for the time being? Quan Da Nayan discussed again, thinking that the fighter will appear again."

Morinaga is worthy of being the leader of the second generation daimyo of the Oda family, and he has a unique perspective on the judgment of the situation.

Just like the year before last, taking advantage of the changes in the Honnoji Temple, while other daimyos did not dare to act rashly, he sent troops to reduce the other daimyos of Dongmenong and expand his territory. It was also acquiesced by the bigwigs to their ownership of the newly occupied land.

Now Hashiba Hideyoshi is confronting the Zhide Allied Forces. For this kind of war with tens of thousands of people, the outcome is often in a moment, and fighter opportunities will often appear. For each family, it is the first to preserve their own strength. top priority.

However, Hengxing Ikeda, who has already become red-eyed, ignored Mori Changke's advice at all, and glared at him and said, "I am the vanguard general who is the leader of Quan Da Nayan's crusade against Nobuo Oda. , you can lead the troops back and go to Quan Da Nayan to file a complaint."

"It's just that I don't know whose fault it was that caused us to lose the opportunity, and now we are still here to deceive the people and confuse the hearts of the people. You can run for your life, and I will cut off the head of Oda Nobuo. "

Mori Changke was blushed by Ikeda Hengxing's words, why did he have such thoughts, what he said before was completely public, and he didn't expect to be misunderstood by his father-in-law.

In fact, Morinaga could just leave now, but Ikeda Hengxing's previous words awakened him. He was defeated by the Tokugawa army in Mino Ota, which made the situation confusing.

Hashiba Hideyoshi lost the opportunity because of his own problems, which must have left a bad impression on him.

Now if I don't show one thing or two and choose to fear the enemy and avoid fighting, what if Ikeda Hengxing really succeeds in winning Oda Nobuo's head?If he submitted his own book in front of Hideyoshi, he would be taken out as a model and criticized, and he would not be able to escape after the war if he changed his title.

Everything in the world is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, even if I don't want to, I can only drag Ikeda Hengxing along with injuries.

(End of this chapter)