Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 74 The Battle of Yamazaki

Following Hideo's order, the Ukita Army on the left and right wings began to move forward. The 4000 people on the left wing, under the leadership of Master Heiki, soon began to fight with the Akechi Army's front line Mimaki Kanake, Suwa Morinao, and Ise. Zhenxing fought.

Seeing Mingming's army in front of the battle was in a hard fight, and Tianwang Mountain could not be taken for a long time, Guangxiu was very anxious.

Mitsuhide sent 1000 reinforcements to Tianwangshan and 1500 troops to Mimaki Kankenchu ​​respectively. At this time, his reserve team was basically exhausted, and there were only 1000 people left in his hands, basically no soldiers to send.

Ikeda Hengxing, who received Hideyoshi's message, looked at the 4000 Ukita Army behind him, and finally gave up his mind, and personally led the team to attack Tsuda Nobuharu's team. At this moment, the Ikeda Army finally seemed to have an army of more than [-] people Some boldness.

"The enemy general, Akechi Motomo, was captured by Masanori Fukushima!" "Hehehe~"

The lucky roulette seemed to start turning again with this sound, and the rain in the sky began to intensify. The wise army responsible for attacking Tianwang Mountain lost the support of iron cannons, and the disadvantage of numbers began to become prominent.

"The enemy general, Suwa Morinao, has been taken wholeheartedly by my village!"

"The enemy general Mizoo Shigetomo was taken by I, Ikaruga Heiji!"

"The enemy general Ise Sadaoki died at the gun of my Lord Keiji Maeda!"

Those who are strange are invaders, and even reporting military merits will be different from others.

With the addition of Yuxi's family, the generals of Zhizhi's army who were responsible for covering the right wing's attack on Tianwang Mountain were killed one after another.

Even Shigetomo Mizoo, who led 1500 supporters, was killed by Heiji Ikaruga, which finally triggered the retreat of Akechi's army in front of the battle.

Ukita's army was able to pass through the blockade, came to the north side of Tianwang Mountain, and together with Hashiba Hidecho on the top of the mountain, flanked Akechi's army.

And the Saito Tori army, who had been fighting hard for several hours in the Hashiba army formation, also began to show signs of decline.The line began to be pushed back by Yu Chai's army.

Leaving aside the wise army attacking Tianwangshan, the Saito Tori army in the formation at this time finally began to decline with the collapse of its right wing and the increase in its own casualties.

And Kiyohide Nakagawa, who lost his containment, was able to double-team from the right wing. It was not until then that Saito Toshizo began to feel scared and began to command the troops to retreat.

Seeing that the right-hand attacking army was surrounded on Tianwang Mountain, and the pioneer Saito Toshizo could no longer hold on, Mitsuhide, who had no soldiers to send, finally began to retreat.

"The enemy general, Matsuda Masaki, has been taken wholeheartedly by my village!"

"Team Matsuda was defeated by my Akikami Hisa!" "Hehehe~!"

The shouts from Tianwang Mountain seemed to be the last reminder. Mitsuhide knew that the strategic goal of this battle could no longer be achieved, so he began to retreat to Shenglong Temple City with 1000 people from the main formation.

With the fading of Mitsuhide, the Akechi Army finally ushered in a total collapse, and a large number of famous samurai such as Taga Zhenno, Araki Ukiyoshi, Shibata Katsusada, etc. were beheaded.

Akechi Army vanguard generals Saito Toshizo, Tsuda Nobuharu, and Kawa Yi's family were captured.

By 11:2000 noon, all the battlefields in Yamazaki were quiet, and the main force of Hashiba's army, Ukita, Ikeda and other troops began to attack Katsuryuji Castle. The Hide family left [-] people to clean up the battlefield, and led the rest to follow Hideyoshi to Katsuryu. Under the temple city.

Shenglong Temple City, as the key point of the mountain city, has always been the main point for the general's family to build. The city is so strong that it can be taken in a short while.Hideyoshi looked at the majestic Katsuryuji Castle and asked Kuroda Kanbei who had just come down from the mountain for the rest of his life.

Guan Bingwei said, "Three can be surrounded and one missing. We surrounded Shenglong Temple City from the southeast and let them flee from the north. After the battle of Yamazaki, Mingzhi's army was already frightened. As long as there is a way out, they must escape from the north and lose their strength." The Rizhou guard in the city is not easy to catch."

Hideyoshi adopted Kuroda Kanbei's suggestion and ordered Ukita's army to encircle the east, and he was in charge of the south. The west was the wide Yodo River, so there was no need for a siege.

Thinking of Mitsuhide's fate, Hideka called Masatoshi Suga, who was always by his side, and said, "You have been diligently by my side. After this battle, Maeda Keiji, Shonai Isshin, and Ikaruga Heiji will all be able to rely on their first-class military exploits." To win a reward, you are the only one who stands by my side without making any achievements. Now I will send you a fortune."

Suga Masatoshi knelt down and said: "It is my duty to protect the safety of the lord. I don't need any wealth."

Xiujia looked at Masatoshi Suga who was kneeling down and was about the same height as himself, helped him up and said: "Samurai must rely on military merits to obtain fiefdoms in order to be remembered. Merit in battle is always inferior, don't refuse, just listen to me."

Immediately, Hideka pointed out Mitsuhide's address in Oguri's place in history, and asked him to take people to ambush him. ,

Looking at Masatoshi Suga who left with more than ten people, Xiujia already had a structure for the formation of the second generation of samurai in his heart.The mature and prudent Masatoshi Suga is undoubtedly more capable of commanding than Keiji Maeda, Isshin Shonai, and Heiji Ikaruga.

And he wants to command the other three, dazzling military exploits and more fiefdoms are what he needs, and at present, he is using Akechi Mitsuhide's head as his promotion capital.

"Master Bizenmori, please go to Harimamori." Just as Hideka was making plans for the future samurai tree, a voice came from behind him. Hideka turned around and saw that it was Hideyoshi's messenger.

"Is there something wrong?" Xiujia asked

"Yes, Kobe Nobutaka-sama and Niwa Nagahide-sama have left Osaka and are on their way to this place. My lord ordered me to call you to meet them together."

"Okay, got it, I'll go right away." Seeing that the Xiu family had received the order, the warrior bowed to the Xiu family here and then turned and left.

After making some preparations, the Hideo family led their entourage to Hideyoshi's headquarters, preparing to see the "Master Nobunaga" who had arrived so late.

It is clear that unlike history, Kobe Nobutaka and Niwa Nagahide in this time and space missed the Battle of Yamazaki and missed the opportunity to gain the greatest political capital after Nobunaga's death.

Until the outcome of the battle was decided, Kobe Nobutaka, who was shouting yesterday that the non-chief general would not come, finally couldn't bear it, and brought the troops to Yamazaki, hoping to have a sip of soup.

It's just that there are more than one or two warriors fighting in this battle, and each of them has the need to earn political capital.

Kobe Nobutaka fought hard before the army, you were not there, and you were the fastest to earn merits after the war, what are you thinking!Do you really think Hideyoshi is easy to bully?Even if Hideyoshi agreed, the tens of thousands of warriors under him would not agree!Ikeda Hengxing, who had been fighting hard for a long time, was the first to refuse.

Although everyone rejected Kobe Nobutaka who was coming to grab credit, Hideyoshi still gave him the face he deserved and called all the daimyos to welcome Nobunaga's third son.

Hideya rushed to Hideyoshi's side, seeing a group of troops coming from the direction of Osaka, led by Niwa Nagahide.

Hideyoshi saw his friend whom he hadn't seen for many years, walked over excitedly and saluted with both hands: "You are finally here, you have worked hard all the way."

Changxiu said with some embarrassment, "I was late. I didn't expect Harimaden to defeat the rebellious ministers and avenge the lord by himself. I really feel guilty for not joining the battle in time."

At this moment, Kobe Nobutaka stepped out of the sedan chair and came to the two of them, with his nose turned high, and said to Hideyoshi, "Monkey, you are so powerful, you dare to challenge Hishu Mamoru before I arrive."

Seeing Nobunaga's son Nobutaka approaching, the monkey knelt down on one knee and said, "You are a man of gold, so naturally you will be in Osaka to guide the battle. The swords and swords on the front line, just leave it to rough people like me to do it."

Kobe Nobutaka was originally very upset that Hideyoshi ignored his face and directly became the general general. Now seeing that the monkey seems to have given up the title of general general remote command, he nodded very usefully and said: "Thanks for your hard work, How is the situation now?"

Hideyoshi stood up and introduced, "The traitor Mitsuhide Akechi is besieged in the castle of Katsuryuji, and he can destroy the castle in no time."

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and attack the city!" Nobuyoshi can't do anything else, and it is definitely No. 1 to grab credit. When he heard that Akechi Mitsuhide could not escape, he left and ordered Hideyoshi to attack the city, and brought Mitsuhide's leader to see him he.

The Hashiba army who received the order began to attack Katsuryuji Castle from the southeast.

Faced with a gap of dozens of times their own number, and the just collapse of the Battle of Yamazaki, the wise army stationed in the city has lost the courage of the soldiers.

If Hideyoshi was besieged from all sides, they might still fight to the death for survival, but now the Yuchai army deliberately released the north gate and did not attack.

Seeing that the Zhizhi army in the north still has the courage to fight against the Yuchai army, they rushed out from the north gate, and the Yuchai army took the opportunity to attack the city. The few who stood firm were beheaded for military merit, and the cowardly surrendered captured.

Katsuryuji Castle, once the strongest mountain city, was like a piece of tofu, which was crushed by Hashiba Hideyoshi.This battle, which started in the early morning, ended when the Yuchai army stayed overnight in Shenglong Temple City.

(End of this chapter)