Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 821 Osamu Ishida, I have been waiting for you for a long time! (5.4K)

In October, Okazaki has already blown a cold wind, but Yoshida is near the sea and affected by the warm Pacific Current, it is not relatively warm yet.

However, the Ashikaga family, Toyotomi Teru's family and others mainly ambushed on the Wandeng Mountain in the rear, where the trees are shady and good for concealment, but the warm Pacific current in the south is blocked by the higher Chausu Mountain, and the Wandeng Mountain is still relatively cold.

"Ah~" Toyotomi Hui's family sneezed, and the attendants on the left and right immediately stepped forward and put on a piece of clothing to keep out the cold.

Even Fujido Takahu persuaded him, "The night is getting colder, the young master should take care of himself."

Huijia took the clothes and thanked Fujido Takatora, and confirmed to Shinjo Naosada again, "Are you sure it's today? Will Ishida Jibu really come?"

To be honest, Xinzhuang Zhiding is not sure, he is now in the Fengchun army, and he only knows a rough idea of ​​Ishida Mitsunari's arrangement.Now facing the question, he can only bite the bullet and answer, "Due to the shortage of ships, Ishida Jibu can only divide the whole army into two teams. I and the Echizen Shou lead the forward to cross the sea first. After crossing the sea, control the Yoshida coast and wait for him to arrive." After that, we will attack the rear of Youfu."

"Since Jibu wants you to wait for him, why did he bump into us on the road?"

Xinzhuang replied straightly, "Echizen heard that Okazaki Castle was crumbling, so he temporarily changed the arrangement and took us to support Okazaki first."

After getting the answer, Feng Chunhui's family looked at Fujido Gaohu, and Fujido Gaohui nodded to him and replied affirmatively, "If you want to come to Zhibu tonight, you must come."

Toyotomi Teruya asked curiously after listening, "Why is Sado so confident?"

"Because I staged a three-river surprise attack with my lord back then, I know that the most important thing about this strategy is suddenness. Since Ishida Jibu intends to attack me in the rear, he must transport as many troops as possible in a short period of time. If Time has dragged on for too long, it would be dangerous if the one who landed first is discovered!"

Fujido Takatora is an old writer of the Toyoharu family and also the uncle of the Toyotomi Teru family, so there is no doubt about his statement.

But everyone waited until the dead of night, and they didn't hear any news. Even Xinzhuang Zhiding was a little uncertain, "Could it be that some routs fled back, so that the government could not be prepared?"

He is now in the hands of the Hui family and others. He said that just to save his life. After all, the Ashikaga family who was ambushing on the other side has sent two waves of people to inquire about the situation. The two young halls of the family will have no good fruit to eat when they go back next time.

On the contrary, Todo Takatora is much more stable than him, and has always said that he will continue to wait. He believes that Ishida Mitsunari will definitely come.

Until the east is white, with the rooster crowing in the village at the foot of the mountain, Todo Takahu, who is already a little tired, is awakened.

At this moment, the Wandeng Valley was hidden by the morning mist, and Fujido Takatora looked around and said helplessly, "Let's go, it seems that Ishida Jibu will not come."

But before his words fell, he saw a horse galloping towards this side at the foot of the mountain. Although the man was not wearing any armor or clothing, and even the clothes on his body were very ordinary, but in this era, people who can ride horses must not be ordinary people.

After getting close to the person, it was confirmed that it was indeed the valet sent by Toyotomi Hui's family to ambush Mount Linhai Jishan, and the adopted son of the elder Narita.He knelt down in front of Toyotomi Hui's family and reported: "My lord, there is a ship coming from the sea, so vast that you can't see the border at a glance!"

This is good news, probably because Ishida Mitsunari was delayed by the above-mentioned affairs, so the arrival was delayed for half a day, but it was better than waiting here for a night with cold wind blowing.

Fujido Takatora stepped forward in three steps and two steps and asked, "Can Jishan see the sea? Isn't it affected by the morning fog?"

Narita Changki replied, "It was indeed foggy in the morning, but just now the breeze came from the sea, and the fog near the coast has dissipated, so I can clearly see that there is a fleet coming from the sea!"

"That's right!~" Shinjo Naodada continued as if holding on to a life-saving straw, "We were also in the same situation yesterday. The weather turned cold and there was fog in the morning. The Zhibu should have known about this, so we postponed our departure on purpose."

After hearing the news, Huijia asked Xinzhuang Zhiding again, "When will the fog clear?"

Xinzhuang looked at the left and right sky and said, "It's about half a quarter away (more than 30 minutes)!"

The Fengchun army who got the news of Ishida Mitsunari's arrival was very excited, and because time really waited for no one, the Hui family quickly ordered people to form a team, and at the same time sent people to contact the Ashikaga family who were ambushing on the other side.The two agreed to wait half a moment and give Ishida Mitsunari time to go ashore before setting off.

But the Ashikaga family is a person who can't stand loneliness, and after only half a breath, he immediately said to the left and right, "The whole army set off, cross Fukuji Castle and go straight to the coast of Yoshida!"

The distance between the ambush of the two armies is actually not far away, so any movement from the Ashikaga family's side was transmitted to the Hui family's side. At this time, although it was impossible to see what happened because of the fog, the movement did not seem to be from a battle. , he and Fujido Takatora have been able to guess the general idea.

"This Matsuhachiro, how can you do this?!"

Obviously, the Hui family didn't know enough about his younger brother, but now that his younger brother had moved, he could only act, and hurriedly ordered people to go down the mountain to fight according to the previous military plan.Their first priority was to take Tojo Castle at the foot of Chausu Mountain.

This is the former main castle of the Tojo Matsudaira family, and it was abandoned facing the ruined castle of the Tsutsui family in Mikawa.However, the foundation of the fortification is still there, and because of the high terrain, it has become the formation house of senior warriors.

Although it is not allowed to build stone screens, stone walls and castle towers, the overall architecture of the city has been roughly preserved, and it looks no different from the early Japanese fence city.Coupled with the important geographical location, Xianshi Xiujiu took control of the walled city as soon as he landed yesterday.

But when he led people to besiege Dongjo City and started to besiege the city, he found that the west side of him was empty.

"What's going on? The Fukuji Castle over there was taken by Matsuhachiro so quickly?" Toyotomi Teru's family was a little surprised at the speed of the Ashikaga family's progress, but soon Tanqi from his side came back and reported, "Report to General , Major General Ashikaga on the west side abandoned the city and went straight to Kira Castle instead of attacking!"

"?!" Toyotomi Huijia was stunned for a moment, his face flushed with teasing.

"This Matsubaro, why is he so out of tune!" Hui Jia said angrily.At the same time, he was also afraid that his brother would be the one who won this immortality, so he planned to order to the left and right. While some people were left to continue attacking the city, the others would go south with him to capture Kira Castle and encircle Ishida Mitsunari who had just landed.

But this order was rejected by Fujido Takatora as soon as it was exported.

He directly said to Toyotomi Hui's family, "Young master, you are the young master of the Fengchun family. In the future, you will sit firmly in the Chinese army, and you will not move even if Mount Tai collapses in front of you. Then Major General Ashikaga is your brother. He is also your servant, so he is naturally attacking cities and lands for you.

First, you should not hastily change your established deployment because of other people's actions, and second, you should not rush to attack your courtiers.Isn't his credit the credit of you, the chief general?

And set up a seat here, the small city of Dongtiao, it only takes a moment to take the city, can't you even wait for such a little time?
As the general of your army, your mentality will be transmitted to the soldiers below. Such an anxious mentality is a taboo in war.Soldiers are fierce.If you are not careful, you and the tens of thousands of soldiers under your command will be destroyed. The young master should be cautious before making every decision. "

The Hui family is still young, and in the market outlook, it is an age that likes to be restless.But when Xiujia was young, his father's love was lacking, and his uncle Todo Takatora, who made up for Xiujia's fatherly love, always listened to Huijia.

So when Todo Takatora pointed out his problem, he immediately adopted it, when you sit peacefully on your Maza and watch your soldiers attack the city.The facts are indeed as Fujido Takatora said, Tojo Castle is also a small town, and the city has been declared to be captured with one charge.

But as they gradually approached the coast of Yoshida, they could faintly hear the sound of rumbling guns.You must know that the Fengchun army's artillery is all in Okazaki at the moment, and they don't have any artillery in their hands!
So when they heard the sound of the cannon, their first reaction was that the Fengchun navy came to encircle them!

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The facts are indeed as Toyotomi Huijia thought, Ishida Mitsunari's surprise attack this time did not go well.

As an important samurai sent by Osaka to Noo to help Kazuki Aoki take control of Noo, when he proposed the plan of the Mikawa surprise attack, it was rejected by many people.

Everyone felt that since the Xiu family was the main organizer of the Sanhe surprise attack last time, they must be on guard against this move.Moreover, the cannon of the Toyotomi family's navy ship is not something these small boats can compete with.

But Mitsunari Ishida also put forward a different point of view, "He thinks that it is precisely because Xiujia has done this and knows the difficulty of this matter that he will not be on guard against his actions."

In fact, Hei was really deceived by him. The Xiu family never thought that anyone in the Toyotomi family would dare to reproduce his surprise attack on Mikawa across the sea from Ise Bay.

If it wasn't for his premonition that something was wrong, he sent Teruya Toyotomi and others to stay at the front line of Kariya Unicom Owari and Okazaki, and because of a stuck bug, he felt that Hidenobu Oda was unusual, so he sent the Ashikaga family to lead a team back to investigate. It is really possible to be stabbed in the ass by Ishida Mitsunari.

As for Ishida Mitsunari, he naturally wants to take people across the sea immediately after Sengoku Hidehisa, but the main power of Japanese ships in this era is oars, and Kuki Shoulong said that the water pattern in the first half of the night is not suitable for crossing the river, and he will not wait until the second half of the night Just boarded the ship.

As a result, the navy soldiers rowed a boat from Ise Sakamatsu to Ise Bay in the middle of the night, and encountered thick fog again, and the visibility was too low. In order to prevent getting lost, they had to stay in the sea to prevent drifting out.

It wasn't until the sea breeze blowing from the southeast cleared away the fog that the landmarks along the coast of Mikawa could be seen clearly, which allowed the fleet to continue on the road. This is why Ishida Mitsunari was later than originally thought.

Ishida Mitsunari looked around at the ships surrounding him, each of which had dozens or even hundreds of soldiers on them, these are the evidence that he has established meritorious deeds and proved to the world that he is not a fish belly "I, Ishida Zhibu, is also a member of Zhibing , this time we will use the head of the Youfu to consolidate the Toyotomi family's world."

Sengoku Hidehisa brought 1.5 people before, plus 1.4 on his side, and he even planned to let the navy go ashore to fight on land, so that he could gather 3.2 people, plus the Tokugawa army in Okazaki Castle, the total There are nearly 4 troops.

Combined with Oda Hidenobu and Aoki Kazuki who were defending from the front, the total number of troops before and after this operation was actually 8!

Although they were still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they were the ones to attack and backstab. They had natural aggression and initiative, and he was absolutely confident that they would succeed.

Just at this moment, the vassal Shima Kiyoyoshi who has been following him walked up to him and said, "Jibu, we are already half a day late, whether it is the Daisuke Jibu of Okazaki Castle or the Oda attendant of Furuno It won't be long, should they wait to go ashore quickly?"

For Shima Kiyoko's suggestion, Ishida Mitsunari said without much thought, "Let's do it like this, Zuo Jin."

When Kiyoko Shima turned around and was about to give the order, Mitsunari Ishida told him, "Let the Mori family and the Tsutsui family get off the ship first."

Shima Zuokon glanced at Ishida Mitsunari and nodded solemnly.

For this surprise attack, Ishida Mitsunari not only brought the Omi Legion that he had mobilized when he besieged Otsu Castle, but also sent people to Ise to mobilize the daimyos here, including Annotsu daimyo Inaba Denomichi and Ise Matsuzaka. Mori Tadomasa.

The relationship between Mori Tadamasa and the Hide family is very close, whether it was changed to Kyushu or Mikawa before, and then moved to Ise Matsuzaka not long ago.Mori Tadomasa has almost doubled his knowledge and knowledge in the past 20 years since he embraced Hideka's thigh.

Mori Tadamasa's previous attitude was the same as Tsutsui's. He refused to provide help to Osaka and refused to accept Osaka's recruitment. Of course, he also told Osaka that he would not join La Liga.

However, as the emperors in Osaka and Kyoto both accused Hideka as rebellious and an enemy, Mori Tadamasa was also shaken. He took the initiative to contact Ishida Mitsunari and asked if there was a chance to do anything wrong.

It just so happened that Ishida Mitsunari's Mikawa surprise attack needed the help of him, the Ise local snake, and he naturally threatened Mori Tadomasa to participate in it on the condition of guaranteeing his ability and letting go of the past.

As for the members of the Tsutsui family, Ishida Misachi felt a little regretful.Perhaps because of knowing Hideka's triumphant songs in Toe and Suruga, Tsutsui Sadaji still refuses to set things right.

But he didn't kill his words after seeing the tragic situation of Otsu City's ruined city. Under his instruction, his younger brother Tsutsui Jokei led 400 people from Fukuzu Castle to follow Ishida Mitsunari. This is what he can release for Ishida Mitsunari sincerity.

He knew very well that the Yamato he was in was a pit of fire. Although Xiujia had fought successively in Suruga and Enjiang, it was unknown when he would be able to fight Yamato. At this time, keeping himself was the most important choice.

Ishida Mitsunari knew that it was impossible for him to completely convince Tsutsui Setji, and even if he was really 25 on the spot, he would not dare to bring people from Tsutsui's family by his side, but these 400 people have enough room for maneuver.

The reason why he wanted the Mori and Tsutsui families to go ashore first was not only to let the two big names who had just gotten closer to hand over their certificates, but also to use the family crest flags of these two families to disturb the morale of the Toyoharu family.

At least in his opinion, this move will definitely deal a big blow to the Xiu family.

But when he went ashore, he found that bad things happened one after another. He thought that Xinzhuang Zhiding and Xianshi Xiujiu would be waiting for him here.He had repeatedly told him before that it would be good to shrink and refuse to defend after landing, after all, there would be a risk of exposure if you let people out in advance.

But now he and the two are no longer in Yoshida Coast and Kira Castle, and if you think about it with your butt, you know that they didn't listen to you at all.

But as soon as he landed, his retainers reported to him a very urgent information: "Yesterday, the Echizen guard heard that Okazaki was in danger, and hurriedly led people to the north to support. People here said that there seemed to be a battle on the north side in the evening, and soon after The rout came to report that the Echizen defense had been defeated."

Upon hearing the news, Ishida Mitsunari said angrily, "Why doesn't he understand! The thousands of people in Okazaki Castle are just adding heads, the important thing is to take down the right mansion! Once he leaves, we will be exposed!"

As he spoke, he asked the samurai again, "How long has Echizen Shou been walking?"

The samurai replied: "I left at noon yesterday, it will be almost a day."

"It's been 1 day, has there been no news?"

"Yes, didn't a broken soldier come to report that Echizen Shou had been defeated?" The samurai didn't understand what Ishida Mitsunari wanted to say, so he repeated.

"I mean, it's been so long since Echizen's defeat. Didn't someone from the Toyoharu family chase after him?"

"It seems that there is not. Maybe the people over there didn't disclose the situation here?"

"More than ten thousand people, how could they be so tight-lipped!" Ishida Mitsunari roared, "Get on the boat and evacuate, there must be an ambush ahead."

But not long after his order was given, there was rumbling gunfire on the sea behind him.Soon, a clipper urgently docked and reported, "Jibu, my lord asked me to tell you that there are big ships from the Fengchun family coming from the north. There are 6 big ships, 8 Anzhai ships, 20 closed ships, and about dozens of small ships." , he has already led people to fight!"

The one who came to report was the soldier of Kuki Shoulong. He had one of the strongest sea ship forces in Japan before, the artillery ship handed down from the Oda family era, and many large Antaka ships built in the Hideyoshi era.

But this balance of power has changed since the second conquest of North Korea, when the large ships with multiple cannons in the hands of the Xiu family were exposed.

In fact, what they saw was only the armed Fuchuan that Hideka had bought before. Each ship had only three 3-pound cannons on the side, and one 6-pound cannon on the front and back, but this also opened the eyes of the Japanese pirate daimyo.

Under Hideyoshi's signal, they began to modify the big house ship, trying to put artillery on the big house ship.However, the building structure of the big house ship's small boat against the giant building is doomed that the upper deck cannot withstand the aftereffect of the artillery, while the lower deck is easily wet by the waves.

Therefore, they can only increase their firepower by loading guns on the bow. In order to make up for the gap in firepower, they invented the sky mine boat loaded with gunpowder. To put it bluntly, it is a suicide boat. The Jinglou boat intends to use the advantage of numbers to get close and then use iron cannons and pirate jumping gangs to win in hand-to-hand combat.

It was precisely because of the strong strength of the Kumano navy that they were not allowed to associate with the Xiu family at the beginning of the war.

Ishida Mitsunari had previously promised Kuki Shoulong that after the war, he would get 20 koku from Ise, and he would become the most powerful daimyo in the world.

Kumoni Shoulong also repeatedly assured him that the Kumano navy has been training for a long time in order to deal with the Toyoharu navy, and what is waiting is to verify the results of the battle.

Now that the war is really coming, Ishida Mitsunari does not have so much confidence. After all, he still has so many people staying on the shore.

While he sent Shima Kiyoxing to collect the soldiers to board the ship again, he also sent someone to inform Kuki Morutaka, Wakisaka Yasuji and others that they must destroy the fleet of Toyoharu's family and cover the main force to retreat.

But not long after his order was issued, he heard shouts of killing from the east side, and he didn't need to think about it to know that it was Feng Chun's family who was about to close their pockets.

But before he could make any arrangements, another shout of killing came from his northwest side.Moreover, the shouts of killing from this side became more intense, and after a while, they were already approaching.

I saw a team of horse-riding samurai dressed in black and with two liang of family tattoos on their backs, approaching him a hundred steps, and shouted at him, "Ishida Jibu came from a long way, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea, my family!" My lord has been waiting for you for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)