Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 837 The East-West War (34) The script is not like this
At this moment, the changes at the foot of the mountain were clearly seen by the two people at the top.

Seeing that he was surrounded by people at the foot of the mountain, and then there was even more commotion, Hideaki Kobayakawa couldn't sit still anymore and jumped up from the chair.

At this moment, he looked like a bad boy whose bad deeds had been exposed, or like a gambler who had gambled all his wealth. He looked at Xiujia with blood-red eyes and asked, "Youfu, what do you want to do?"

Seeing Kobayakawa Hideaki's gaffe, some servants in the shogunate had already stepped forward, holding the sword at his waist all the time. If he dared to make the slightest movement, the sword would definitely hit him.

On the other hand, Xiujia was very calm, without looking at him, he said lightly, "I should be asking you this, what do you want to do?"

But when he said this, he changed the subject and his tone became extremely harsh, with reproach in his words: "Don't forget that you are the nephew of the Beizheng Institute. Even if you are the adopted son of Guan Bai like me, you are still the son of the Beizheng Institute." Over there. What kind of ecstasy soup did the Tokugawa Uchifu feed you, making you ignore your brother, aunt, and biological father, and meddle in the affairs of other families?"

Hideaki Kobayakawa was scolded by Hideie and was speechless. Is he going to tell Hideie that "Tokugawa Ieyasu promised that he would become Kanhaku after the war?"

But this Hideya seemed to have read through his inner thoughts and said to him, "If I don't win today, Hosei will be implicated. Do you think you will have good results in the future? Don't forget that the one sitting in Osaka right now is Yodohime." !
Don't believe in the title of 'Guan Bai'. How knowledgeable are you now? Even if you get the title by abandoning me in this battle, is it possible to become the Lord of Millions of Stones?You also have the Tokugawa Imperial Household and the Toyotomi Councilor above you! "

(Hideie does not recognize the identity of Toyotomi Hidekatsu Nakaton, so he calls him a counselor)
Hideie's words finally woke up Hideaki Kobayakawa, "Yes, why should I become Guan Bai Na? Aren't the Tokugawa Naifu and Toyotomi Nakagan the ones who have the most merit?"

Kobayakawa Hideaki, who wanted to understand this, was about to explain to Hideya, when things changed again at the foot of the mountain.

The Ryuzoji family charged Naoshima Naoshima's military formation from behind, which eventually caused the Kobayakawa people to attack Nabeshima Naoshima from a pincer attack. The battle had already begun at the foot of the mountain.

This frightened our "good baby" Hideaki Kobayakawa, with tears rolling in his eyes, he hugged Xiujia's leg and asked, "Brother! Brother! What should I do?"

However, Xiujia did not immediately restore him, and kept looking at the battlefield down the mountain.

Until the two armies of Sanada Nobushige and the Ashikaga family moved, the Hide family could only sigh helplessly, "This way there will be no room for turning things around."

You may want to ask, back then, Toyotomi Hidehisa's retainers made trouble much more seriously than now. The Hide family was not forcibly preserved. Why is there no room for turning around today?Will it be fine soon after returning it to the retainer as promised?

However, things are not that simple, and the situation is different from last time.

Although it happened in Osaka Castle last time, the situation was controlled by Hideie. What exactly happened and the impact did not expand.

That's the way the upper class sociopolitical game is, you hear the rumors but you can't do anything to me without evidence.

But this time is different. It is an indisputable fact that Hideaki Kobayakawa betrayed the Hide family, and on the basis of surrendering to the Western Army, he still wanted to feign surrender and entrap the Eastern Army.

With so many famous names, so many samurai, and the Ashigaru watching, if the Hide family wanted to keep Hideaki Kobayakawa, how could they explain it to other people?

Even those who betrayed your Xiujia and even designed to harm you can be forgiven. How can your Xiujia deal with other big names who honestly take different sides because of their different stances?

What's more important is that so many famous people and samurai have their heads pinned to their belts to accompany you to show off your family, and they are not here to play house with you.

If Hideaki Kobayakawa succeeds in his plan, their endings are predictable.

How do you expect these people to look good on you?

How could Xiujia ignore the mood of his allies and forcefully protect you, Xiuqiu?
But the current Xiu family is also very difficult to do, because the legitimacy of his Jing Nan comes from Ning Ning, and Xiu Qiu is Ning Ning's nephew. If the Xiu family makes a move against Xiu Qiu here, how can Ning Ning support him in the fight? Tea tea?
After struggling for a long time, Hideie still felt that he had to betray Ning Ning, so he helped Hideaki Kobayakawa up and said to him, "Fortunately, you have loyal and brave people like Hiraoka Katsuyori and Suzuki Shigeto by your side. From now on, you will Follow me, Hiraoka Katsuyori and Suzuki Shigeto are temporarily under the command of my son Matsuhachiro. After everything happens here, I will naturally try my best to protect you."

Hideie's idea is very simple, to use Kobayakawa's military exploits on the battlefield to protect Hideaki.

But the basket Hideaki stabbed was too big, and it would not be enough to vent his anger unless he was sent to Liujo River.Even if the situation is over now, I am afraid that after the war, I will not be able to escape the fate of being exiled and becoming a monk, but at least my life has been saved, right?
While the two brothers were communicating, the battle on the Nangong Mountain battlefield became more and more intense. Although there were dense woods as a cover, you could still see warriors in various colors and armors passing through the woods. During this time, the battlefield was almost reaching the top of the mountain. Got it.

From the moment the fighting broke out in Nangong Mountain, Tokugawa Ieyasu already knew that his plan had failed.After just being stunned for a few seconds, he thought of several escape routes in his mind.

It is impossible to retreat. My hometown is gone. Where can I retreat to? What leverage do I have to negotiate with Xiujia?
Fortunately, the gamble has not completely failed yet. As long as Kobayakawa Hideaki attracts the main force of the Eastern Army and then strikes back, he still has a slight chance of winning.

Just as he was thinking about who to send away first, his subordinates reported that "the main force of the Eastern Army is coming from Nakasen Road along the Aikawa River."

"What flag is leading the flag?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked proactively after hearing the news: "Have you ever seen the flag with the left samba pattern and the rotating sickle and horse seal?"

The samurai thought for a moment and replied, "His Royal Highness Toyoharu may be here with the banner with the gentian Wuqitong pattern, and in addition to the Fujido Tsuta pattern, it should be His Highness Fujido Sado, the old family of Toyoharu. But I haven't seen it before." To the banner and horse seal of squire Kobayakawa."

"What does this mean? Hideie came, but not completely?" Tokugawa Ieyasu quickly searched for information in his mind. The most likely result is that this pioneer is the direct son of Hideie, Toyotomi Terie and Kazuo Todo. The military strength led by Gao Hu was because they were the original Nakasendo formation.

This is a bit tricky. The son of the Xiu family is very famous. Even if you win this legitimate son, can you really blackmail the Xiu family into submission?

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little hesitant, but others were much more decisive than him.

Seeing that there was still no movement in the main formation at Tenman Mountain, the formation at Sasao Mountain was moved first by Kyogoku.

"Everything is as expected by the inner government, and the right government has fallen into a trap."

He decisively ordered to his subordinates, "Youfu himself is in the army, pass on our military orders, the whole army will attack, and those who capture the head will be granted the title of Wanshi regardless of their origins!"

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Even a clay leg can be rewarded with a name of ten thousand stones, let alone the generals who command the troops on the front line.

As soon as the military order was issued to the front line, Ishikawa Yasunaga, the Toyotomi banner general who was at the forefront and was awarded the title of Iga 3 koku, took the lead with his troops and killed the Toyotomi Teru family.

Division Yoshimitsu and others will follow closely, and the two sides will fight directly on the flat ground between Mount Mobi and Mount Sasao.

The main force responsible for the main attack this time was the last member of the Toyotomi family, recruiting banners from Harima, Tamba, Settsu and other places.

These people are the core force of the Toyotomi family. They have extremely strong fighting power and high equipment configuration. There are actually 25 iron cannons per [-] people. For a while, thousands of people from both sides started firing iron cannons at each other directly in Sekigahara.Since the Western Army had already been deployed, the Eastern Army urgently turned to fight during the march. In addition, it faced the absolute elite of the Toyotomi family, and was suppressed by the Western Army for a while.

Seeing Toyotomi Hatamoto's victory, the Mino daimyo Mizoguchi Hidekatsu and Aoyama Munekatsu and others all looked at Kazuki Aoki. He is now the military commander of the Mino people. There must be a plan for war and peace.

These Mino troops were originally the troops that Tokugawa Ieyasu placed in front of the Tenman Mountain Formation. They were originally the main force on the front line of the plan. They never thought that Kyogoku, who was on Mount Sasao, would rush in greedily and unexpectedly, and even the enemy on the opposite side would They were already killing them before they even fully entered the valley, which made their originally planned first formation very embarrassing.

In fact, there is no way out for Kazuki Aoki. Like Tokugawa Ieyasu, all he has in front of him is to give it a try.

He felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The main force of the Eastern Army was buried between the two mountains and could not be deployed, which could eliminate the advantage of the opponent's troops.

He turned his head and looked at Tokugawa Aoimon on the top of Mount Tenman behind him, but Tokugawa Ieyasu delayed in giving a signal, which made Kazuki Aoki very dissatisfied.

But he was not a man like Kyogoku Takatsugi who loved great achievements, nor was he a reckless man like Fukushima Masanori. He did not dare to act rashly without instructions from his superior generals.

He doesn't dare to move, but someone dares to move.

Standing on his left side, Masanori Fukushima, located between Mount Sasao and Mount Tenman, was originally promised by Ieyasu Tokugawa that when Kazuki Aoki and others were only responsible for defending the front line, he would be the one to attack and make contributions .

But now the script was not followed at all, which made Masanori Fukushima very dissatisfied. He didn't even say hello to Tokugawa Ieyasu, but directly ordered to kill him with more than a thousand of his own people.

Kazuki Aoki was very confused. How on earth would we fight this battle?

Didn't it mean that we were responsible for withstanding the Eastern Army's offensive, Fukushima Masanori and others surrounded and attacked, and Jing Gao led people to cut off the back from the middle many times, so that we could get the Eastern Army's first move?

Why are you, Kyogoku Takatsugi and Fukushima Masanori both on board?

In fact, Kyogoku Takatsuji was not completely reckless, because the Nakasendo Road was sandwiched between two mountains, and the battlefield was only so wide, which was not conducive to the expansion of the Eastern Army at all.

When Kyogoku saw the fighting on Nangong Mountain, he naturally knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu had a backup plan on Nangong Mountain.It's just that the current fighting tells him that Tokugawa Ieyasu's backup plan has failed.

Since the original plan was no longer feasible, the formation had to be changed. However, seeing that no new orders had been issued from the Tenmanzan main formation, and the Eastern Army was about to leave Nakasendo to deploy their formation, Kyogoku Takaji, who was extremely anxious, did not report Tokugawa Ieyasu stepped forward.

As the saying goes, when the road meets a narrow road, the brave will win. The Zhongshan Road is so narrow that there is no possibility for both sides to withdraw their troops.

Thousands of people fired at each other with iron cannons, and after they were knocked down, others stepped in and continued to kill them. A modern hot weapon war was staged in Sekigahara.

Since the Eastern Army has not yet started the battle, and the Western Army has the advantage of ascending the heights, the Eastern Army is completely at a disadvantage in this firearms battlefield.

If the Western Army continues to fight like this, maybe Todo Takatora and Toyotomi Teru's family will lose this battle.

However, the generals of the Western Army have obviously not realized the evolution of hot and cold weapons on the battlefield. Their thinking is still stuck in the understanding that iron cannons provide advance firepower supplement for army charges.

After just a few rounds of mutual fire and gaining some advantage, Jiaguang, the branch responsible for commanding the troops, moved forward with his troops and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eastern Army.

There is no such thing as a battle formation on this kind of battlefield. The right way is to rush forward and huddle together to fight.

Since the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, the most brutal cold weapon encounter on the Japanese battlefield started in such a confused manner.

Kyogoku Takatsugi's behavior really frightened Tokugawa Ieyasu and made him feel ashamed.After all, he is the commander-in-chief. There is no reason why the generals below him have already taken action to start the war before his own military orders have been issued.

Kyogoku Takaji was also Chacha's chosen lieutenant, so he naturally had a certain appeal.The look on Tokugawa Ieyasu's face by a lieutenant made him fearful of the man on Matsuo Mountain.

It's just that the battle has reached this level now, and there are really not many choices left for Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Since the bet was miscalculated, he could only go back to his original plan and use the name of the Western Army as a surrender certificate in exchange for Xiujia's forgiveness.Or they can use chaos to create chaos and gain a slight chance of winning.

"In the inner palace, the ambush on Nangong Mountain seems to be too weak. Since there are Kyogoku attendants on the north side to fight, how about we put our experience on Nangong Mountain? As long as we can block the Eastern Army from going up the mountain, our army still has a chance of winning this battle!"

The one who spoke was Kuroda Nagamasa. Because he did not have many soldiers under his command, Tokugawa Ieyasu stayed in the formation to participate in military formation affairs.

He is also the kind of person who wants to give it a go. He doesn't understand why Tokugawa Ieyasu has not given the next step.

In his opinion, since the Eastern Army wanted to capture Nangong Mountain and enter Guanyuan on the Zhongshan Road, it would be better to simply use the geographical advantage they currently occupy to block them on the Zhongshan Road.

In this way, the Western Army can attack the Eastern Army at the foot of the mountain from three sides, and the Western Army has an absolute advantage.Even if they can't defeat the Eastern Army, they can still delay their march to Luo.

"Inner government, why don't you let me lead people to support the Nangong Mountain Maori Army?" Kuroda Nagamasa tentatively asked Tokugawa Ieyasu again.

At this moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu felt a loud noise in his ears. He was already a little annoyed that the situation did not go as he expected, and he was even more dissatisfied with Kyogoku Takako's independent decision-making.

What he was thinking about now was not the question of how to fight, but the question of "fight" or "sell". He heard Kuroda Nagamasa chirping in his ear like a little bee.

He was simply annoyed, waved his hand and said, "In that case, just wait for others."

Kuroda Nagamasa, who received Tokugawa Ieyasu's response, did not leave because the hundreds of people he had benefited from alone were not enough to fill the gap. He wanted to ask Tokugawa Ieyasu for a few more people.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu still has people in his hands. He only has 4000 flags to use. If he has enough troops, it will be Kyogoku's turn to act recklessly.

(End of this chapter)