Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 160 Three Rivers Surprise Attack ([-]) Soldiers Arrive at Okazaki

Hisamatsu Toshikatsu did not want to mention that Xiu's family wrote documents, but now the whole family, including Matsudaira Yasumoto's family, and the third-generation descendants are in their hands. There is no other way, Hisamatsu Toshikatsu can only hold his nose and write a Letter of persuasion.

This letter of surrender was checked and transcribed several volumes by Xiu's family, and was signed by Toshikatsu Hisamatsu for other use.

After dealing with Hisamatsu Toshikatsu's matter, the sky was getting brighter, and Hideka originally planned to call Qinglong Beibei Captain Akigami Hisaya, Okubibei Captain Takashima Masayuki, and Minobibei Captain Chihara Katsunori to inquire about the situation of the landing assembly.

But after working all night yesterday, after all, it was not the fatigue that this 12-year-old child's body could bear.

The Hide family could only ask Shimizu Yukiya to order on their behalf, and according to the original plan, dispatch personnel to capture Otsuka Castle and Fengyuedong on the east and west sides of Gamagori.

Fengyue is a canyon between the valleys on the west side of Pujun. It was developed in later generations and has a width of 20 meters. However, in this world, it is only a narrow passage for 2 people to pass through. Usually, there are only goods, so the flow of people is relatively sparse. Xiujia is just in case. , send people to occupy first.

Otsuka Castle is a castle located on the other side of the mountain after crossing Toshen Mountain and Mido Mountain. Seizing this place can be used as a bridgehead for a quick blitz to the East Sanhe.

Hideka slept until the afternoon, and it happened that the second wave of troops had already started to land. The Kurashiki Ubei, which was composed of Kurashiki residents, had the lowest rate of seasickness in the entire backup team. When Hideka woke up, its captain Ukita The Quan family and the various captains are already waiting for the Xiu family to be summoned in Shangzhi Township.

The Xiu family simply summoned all the captains who stayed in the upper village and ordered further strategic planning.

"Yizhijie, how is the recruitment situation of the various reserve teams now? Have you dealt with what you ordered yesterday?" Xiujia saw that all the generals had arrived, and first asked about the current situation of our army's assembly.

After Qiu Shangjiu's family bowed to Xiu's family, he said: "After the order from the palace yesterday, Lord Takashima and I deployed overnight, each dispatched a battalion of soldiers to seize Otsuka Castle on the east side of Gamagorie and Fengyuedong on the west side."

"There is no problem on the west side. Our family has blocked the access to Gamagori from Hatato Toba on the west side of Takarai County. There is basically no problem with Otsuka Castle on the east side. The defenders are only a dozen people. The city has been taken."

"Currently the first batch of reserve teams has been basically assembled, and the second batch of reserve teams, Kurashiki, has been basically assembled. The upper left reserve has assembled more than a thousand people, and the upper right reserve has assembled more than 800 people. Akasaka has just landed. In assembly."

Xiujia listened to his statement, and wrote it down on paper again, thinking that the number of troops assembled by the registered army was about ten thousand. Xiujia didn't want to wait any longer, and continued to ask, "San Zhicheng .From yesterday to now, have things changed in the three rivers of the East and West?"

"When Otsuka Castle was captured this morning, there seemed to be a lot of movement. Mitsuyama Castle on the east side sent people to spy on them, but they were captured by our Ninja Army. In the afternoon, we sent scouts to spy on them, and they were also captured."

"The scouts haven't returned for a long time. It seems that Makino Xincheng of Dongsanhe has already noticed the strangeness here. It's just that he doesn't have enough troops now, and he doesn't know the situation here. This is the opportunity of the family. The action of the family must be fast. , without further delay."

"Yijusuke and Takashima-sama, the two of you have a relatively complete reserve team, so you will form the West Route Legion and send the letter of persuasion written by Nagato Shou yesterday to the hands of the wealthy families in Xisanhe."

"The backup team in your hands goes directly to Otsuka Castle, and surprises and occupies Ushikubo Castle as quickly as possible. It is best to capture Makino Nobumoto himself. In the end, send people to capture the two counties of Hachika and Atsumi. Shitara is a valley, so let's not use it for the time being." Go to Raiders."

"The strength of the Tokugawa family in Junyuan San is no more than 3 to 4 thousand people. On the far side of the river, at most 2 thousand people can be assembled. It is best for you to cross the border of Sanhe and attack Jiujin and Zhibatian, which are west of the famous lake on the far side of the river. , Utsuyama, Ona, Saku and other castles, forming a threat to Hamamatsu Castle."

"The two of you, you don't need to come to Xisanhe to fight before you get my call and take over with the replacement troops. You should go down and prepare as soon as you receive the order. Now is the time to race against time."

"Yes" Akikami Hisaya and Takashima Masaoyuki took the order from Hideka, immediately got up and left the evaluation room, went to call for deployment and prepare to go out.

"Can the Banner Team draw 100 people to seize Yanlue Temple City?" Xiujia turned to Zhuang Lin Yixin, the captain of the Banner Team, and asked, "I mean, they need to control the entire canyon and cut off the reinforcements from the east and west of Tokugawa."

"Of course, after the Nishi Sanuki people log in, I will draw 350 people under the Xiangxi Temple to supplement you, but the main force of the garrison will still be your 100-member banner people."

"There are Yizhijie on the east side. This reserve team is just to ensure safety. However, if the Xisanhe front is unfavorable, it is necessary to call in Yizhijie and others to help. These 450 people are the last barrier to defend the rear of our army. This matter is very important, and I hope that you will go to this position in person."

Zhuang Lin Yixin immediately came out and said, "If I am in Yanlue Temple City, I will ask Xiaoxiao to enter Xisanhe one step. Your Highness, feel free to fight with Master Tokugawa in Xisanhe."

With Zhuang Lin's single-minded assurance, the Xiu family felt a lot more at ease, and continued to instruct Yu Xita's family, "Cangshiki Youbei is currently one of the few well-equipped reserve teams. You go out from Fengyuedong and capture the east. After Hatazucho, attack Toba Castle."

"Then entered the Nishimikawa Plain and captured Kira's Tojo Castle. After staying with some troops, we went up to attack Kira, Nishio, Honjoji and other cities, and then continued up to Okazaki to join me."

The Kira family is a well-known family in Japan. They were born in the Ashikaga family after Seiwa Genji, and even the Imagawa family, the former overlord of Tōkaidō, is a branch of the Kira family. , after Kira, the slogan of Imagawa Tsui".

But you must know that this is the same as the right of succession to the British throne. Even if it is really inherited according to this inheritance etiquette, it is your turn to be under the Imagawa family. That's all.

"Kurashiki's right side will set off first, and when the left side of the upper road is almost assembled, I will let him take the rest of your reserve personnel to support you, and you will be the general of the partial army."

It should be said that before Sanhe’s login, Ukita’s family was very pessimistic about Hideka’s plan, thinking that it was a dead end. However, the situation has developed so far, and Sanhe’s domestic performance seems to be unguarded, which makes this young The samurai rekindled the blood of struggle, how can a samurai not like to fight with the wind?
After Hideka gave the instructions, he said to Zhuang Qingzhi and Zhongshan Nobumasa, "I will immediately lead Shangdou Youbei, Banner Bei, and Huoqibei to meet Suzaku Bei and go straight to Okazaki Castle, the home city of the Tokugawa family in Mikawa. I will leave it to you and Akasaka Bei to take charge of the defense."

"Akasaka Bei will continue to gather troops in Kami no Sato, and at the same time help other troops to gather troops. After the Sanuki congregation gathers, Akasaka Bei will go to Okazaki to join me along with the rest of Kamido Ubei's troops."

"The garrison of Kami no Koshiro can be handed over to the 500 people of His Royal Highness Kasei Kasei. The Nishi Sanuki will accompany Okazaki to join the battle. They must catch up with my large army before noon tomorrow. There is no room for loss in this matter."

"If tonight, the third wave of the backup team confirms to land in Mikawa, after they have a rest overnight, let Miyoshi Hideji lead Hashiba Banner and Lord Nakagawa to replace Yijosuke and Master Takashima in charge of the attack plan of Nishi Mikawa. The Tsutsui family and 4200 people from the Sakuma family came to Okazaki to join me."

"What if His Royal Highness Sanhao doesn't want to obey orders? I'm just a small wealthy family, how can I command him?" Zhuang Qingzhi said with some fear.

"I do know Sun Qi a little bit. Instead of being under my command and being dominated by me, he would rather lead an army alone to take credit for it. Then you can put a high hat on his head and praise him for his leadership. A genius in the first army, he will be collectively called the general of the partial army."

"If His Highness Sanhao wants to take all 8000 people away, how should I persuade him?" Zhuang Qingzhi continued to ask.

The Xiu family sighed, and was moved by the lack of a resourceful general in the family, and I had to personally order everything to operate "You just need to tell him the information that the Sanhe Yuanjiang garrison is less than 2000, make him feel comfortable, and make him feel comfortable." I only need to lead 3800 elites to attack Yuanjiang, and he will release the other 4200 of course."

Miyoshi Hideji in history has completely inherited the character of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He likes to listen to the high hats worn by others, and he decides that he can really do it after listening to it. But in fact, he is not as capable as his uncle. Not 01:30.

At the very least, after listening to the soft words, Hideyoshi knew to analyze the authenticity of them, understand what flattery is, and what he is really capable of doing.

However, Miyoshi Hideji accepted all these words regardless of their authenticity, and even decided that they did not praise themselves enough to reflect their "wisdom and martial arts".

After the Xiu family gave these instructions, Yukina Shimizu clothed himself fully. At around 3 p.m., with only 800 people on the right side of the road, 400 people in the banner group, and 1000 people with only two iron cannons The camp fire and equipment set out from the upper township city, went to Sangendao to join the Takayama Clan who was guarding the pass, and went directly to Okazaki.

Coming out of the Sangen Canyon is the endless Xisanhe Plain, but the Xiu family did not see the Gaoshan Clan in Sangendong. After questioning, it turned out that he saw that the Dacao City outside the canyon was empty, so he directly led people to seize the city and let him go. The soldiers rested in the city.

Starting from Dacao Castle to Okazaki Castle, the 13.5km along the way is an endless plain. As the territory under the direct control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he abandoned all the redundant castles along the way. farming.

Of course there is a reason for this. After Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Okazaki, he launched a vigorous movement to divide the country and law, which eventually triggered Nishi Mikawa Kazuki. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was beaten by Kazuki and ran away with his head in his arms, could only choose to sit down and negotiate.

As one of the negotiating agreements, Tokugawa Ieyasu issued an order to the Nishimikawa families to fall into the city, except for a few strategically important cities, requiring each family to only own one city.

Take Matsudaira Yasumoto as an example, they originally owned the four cities of Shang Zhixiang City, Xijun City, Xingyuan City and Yanlue Temple City.In the end, Xijun City was reduced to Zhaixingyuan City and fell into the city, while Yanlue Temple City was preserved because it was located in a traffic artery.

Tokugawa Ieyasu may never have thought that his initial decision was to prevent the Mikawa family from allegedly defending him again, but in the end he actually took advantage of the kid who came from Beizen.

Along the way, there is only one city that can be called a city. The rest of Fukuoka, Wakamatsu, Lixiang, Tozaki and other villages cannot pose a threat to Ukita’s army at all. Even because the main force is dispatched to the front line of Owari, these were originally reserved for guarding against thieves. The village is almost unmanned at the moment.

At around 7:1 that night, Hideka and his troops approached Ryūkaiji Temple on the south bank of Otogawa, a tributary of the Yahagi River. Hideka set up his own formation here and ordered Suzaku to bring a battalion of iron artillery with a total of 2000 people across Otogawa to encircle Okazaki Castle. .

According to intelligence, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered Honda to stay at Okazaki Castle for several times. Honda is the second most important person. It can be said that he is a member of Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortune-telling team. .

More importantly, because his mother is the maid of Tsukuzandon, Tokugawa Ieyasu was afraid of Tsukuzandon's anger. Yuuki Hideyasu has been kept in the Honda multi-time residence, which is enough to see how much Ieyasu values ​​him. .

In history, he lost one eye, one leg, and several fingers for Tokugawa Ieyasu, but even such a confidant paid so much for Tokugawa Ieyasu, and stayed under the command of Tokugawa Ieyasu until his death Only the knowledge of 3000 koku from Furuido in the Shangzong Kingdom was obtained.

His descendants, the Echizen Maruoka Clan, only had Zhixing with 4 shi. This kind of loyal civil and military talent is placed in any other family, which is not a big man. After the world is settled, no more than 3000 shi will be given The king's name?

Putting aside these gossips, at this moment, Honda in Okazaki Castle has seen the Hashiba army coming from the southeast many times. If these flags are not easy to identify, then the flags behind the soldiers are Yuxiduo's unique "er character pattern", which is enough to explain the origin of this army.

Climbing on the turret of Okazaki Castle, Honda's heart tightened again and again, and he slammed his fist on the pillar fiercely, "Damn it, it's the Ukita Army. How did they come from the hinterland of Mikawa? How did they come from Ise?" Are you logged in? Why is there no news at all?"

Ishikawa Yasutsu who was behind him asked, "What should we do now, the enemy is already close at hand, even the cage city is not enough to gather troops."

It turns out that at this moment, Honda has been ordered to garrison Okazaki Castle many times, but Okazaki Castle has been awarded to the former boss Ishikawa Susho after Ieyasu moved to Hamamatsu. As the former headquarters of the Matsudaira family, it can be awarded such a The honor undoubtedly reflects the importance Tokugawa Ieyasu attaches to the Ishikawa family.

In this Nooo decisive battle, Ishikawa Suzumasa was ordered to join the conquest, and Okazaki Castle was guarded by his uncle Ishikawa Iemari. Although he was named uncle, his actual age was one year younger than Ishikawa Suzumasa. eldest son.

Honda has only 800 garrison troops at this time, and even if the cage city is still a drop in the bucket, this is why Ishikawa Kantong is anxious behind.

"My lord has heard for a long time that Hideyoshi Hashiba is going to send people to cross the sea from Ise. Although this plan sounds ridiculous, he still increased his military strength in Heinan and ordered Hamamatsu Enjiang's troops to move closer to Yoshida Castle and Tahara Castle in the East Mikawa. .”

"Now that the Ukita army is coming from Higashimikawa, I think they did log in from Tawaramachi, but I don't know what method the Ukita Hideyoshi, who Hashiba Hideyoshi called the new 'Nishiguni Warriors', used to make Tawarajo and Yoshida The city fell without sending a single letter."

At this time, Ishikawa Iemari, who was ordered to gather his troops, also climbed up the turret, looked at the Ukita Army who was crossing the river outside the city and asked, "Is it time to send people to attack a wave at this time, and kill the spirit on the other side?"

Ishikawa Iesari's remark won the approval of several samurai, but Honda repeatedly stopped him and said, "If it is another army, I will take the lead and defeat the enemy who is crossing the river."

"But on the opposite side is the former Xiguo army that can repel Maori and Changzong's family head-on, not to mention that there are 2000 troops behind them who have not moved. I am afraid that once our army goes out of the city, the 2000 troops will attack from the other side. Guard the empty Okazaki Castle."

"My lord has entrusted you and me with the heavy responsibility of defending Okazaki. Stand here and wait for my lord's reinforcements. It is the right thing to ensure that Okazaki is not lost. Don't make dangerous moves that trap the army in the enemy's way."

Although they disagree with Ben Duoji's point of view, in the eyes of this group of Sanhe warriors, whether the Imagawa army was strong back then was not defeated one after another by their own hands.

Now the Ukita Army on the opposite side has only heard of their reputation, and the real strength needs to be tested to know. After all, the Owari Qiangjun Oda Nobuo, who was boasting about the hype before, was beaten to only one county by Hashiba Hideyoshi. Is it that far?Maybe Ukita Jun on the opposite side is also an airs?
"How long has it been since the envoy was sent, why haven't we seen a reply yet?" Ben Duo asked in a very irritable mood at the moment.

"Just half an hour after it was dispatched, the news should not have been sent back so quickly." A warrior replied.

"Send another batch out, report the number of enemy troops, and at the same time reiterate our determination to stick to it, and ask the owner of the museum to send reinforcements quickly, and ask Mizuno of Kariya City to send reinforcements to help defend."

"Yes" the warrior got the order to run down, and arranged for envoys to come out from the unencircled west gate and send messages to both sides.

Hideka, who was on the south bank of Otogawa, has been paying attention to the situation in Okazaki Castle. Of course, he hopes that Okazaki Castle can send troops to attack Suzaku Bei when he is halfway across. Hideka believes that Suzaku Bei with the blessing of the Iron Cannon Battalion has sufficient capabilities. Hold back the attacking troops and buy time for yourself to capture Okazaki.

It's a pity that Okazaki Castle Guard Honda was cautious by nature, and he did not overcome this seemingly flawed opportunity like other samurai.

"Your Highness, there are knights coming out of the west gate of Okazaki. They should be envoys asking for help. Do you want to send someone to intercept them?" Shimizu Yuki, who was beside Xiu's family, also pointed to the northwest direction.

"No need. From the time when our family came out with big grass, Okazaki has watched every move. I think there have been several envoys sent out. It is meaningless to intercept this wave."

Xiujia put down the brass pipe held in his hand and pinched his eyes, and said, "Order the whole army to rest here, and attack Okazaki Castle tomorrow morning. I want to have lunch at Okazaki Castle."

(End of this chapter)