Prime Minister Bizen

Maeda Toshinaga led his troops down the mountain, almost like a tiger charging forward. Inaba Norimichi and his ilk had at least a thousand men in their hands, and some wealthy families only had a few hundred troops in their hands.

You may be able to let them raid the formation, but it is simply a fool's errand to expect this improvised army to be able to resist the Maeda army leading more than [-] people to attack the mountain like a rainbow.

Nakagawa Hidemasa naturally saw the actions of the Maeda family on Matsuo Mountain on the left. As the general of this army, he should naturally be responsible for overall planning.

But he is also the general of the Nakagawa Army and needs to deal with the attack of Hosokawa Tadayoshi on the front battlefield.

If Nakagawa Hidenari had not died, Nakagawa Hidenari might be able to deal with Hosokawa Tadayoshi and Nakagawa Hidemasa could coordinate the arrangements at this moment.However, it is really difficult for the Nakagawa family with a declining population to find a second general who can take over their duties.

Never believe in the cohesion and fighting will of the Sengoku army. If Maeda Toshinaga really overwhelms the daimyo in the rear, the military strength of the Nakagawa family and the Mori family will soon be on the verge of collapse. ,

As Maeda Toshinaga came out, more than 3000 people including Kode Yutada, Kuchiki Mototsuna, Wakisaka Anji and others who were deployed between Matsuo Mountain and Tenman Mountain also acted together to cooperate with Aoki Ichimiki who was outflanking from the north. The headquarters plans to completely encircle this lone army's deep-reaching force.

There is not much time left for Hidemasa Nakagawa.

Looking at the "quasi-friendly army" on his left surrounded by the "quasi-friendly army" Nagasougabe Nobuyika sighed helplessly, and felt some lingering secret relief. The consequences of Nakagawa Hidemasa and others were the reason why he had not acted for so long.

"Boom boom~"

Several cannon shots rang out on the north side of Nangong Mountain, and the stone bullets fired from the cannons fell directly on the military formation of Toyotomi Banner under Kyogoku Takatsuki's command.

The caliber of the artillery shells is not large, and even the number of cannons fired is not large, but it can still easily kill people in the dense formation of the Hatamoto Legion.

The heavily armored soldiers on the front were terrifying enough. There were cannonballs flying above their heads that could shatter people. The soldiers' hearts were already shaken.However, because Toyotomi Hatamoto's treatment was relatively generous in the past, he can still maintain organization under the control of his superior generals.

"Brother, look!" Kyogoku Kochi, who was deployed on Mount Sasao, pointed to Mount Mobei in the southeast and said to Kyogoku Koji, "There are patterns of gentian and iris on Mount Mobei!"

The unusual movement on Topei Mountain naturally attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield, not only the gentian and tung pattern on the top of the mountain, but also the Kuroda family soldiers who fled from Topei Mountain.

Naturally, Todo Takatora and others brought this military flag with the gentian and five-seven-tung pattern.

"The troops of Chang Zong at the foot of the mountain have moved!"

Kyogoku Takaji looked at the movement on the other side of Mobei Mountain and said, "It would be too late to move now. After the war, I will definitely join him in Tosa Morimoto's performance."

If Kyogoku Takatsuki's words at this time were heard by Nobuyuki Chosougabu, he would definitely smile and say, "It's not too late, it's not too late, it's not too late at all. It's the right time to act."

"My sons! Get up with me and welcome You Mansion into Luo!"

Following the roar of Nobuchika Chosogabe, 2000 people from the Chosogabe family rushed toward Mobi Mountain and ran into the fleeing Kuroda family head-on.

"Hey~hey~hey~! It's too late to come to help at this time!"

"Have you Tosa Baga finally finished your meal?"

The loyal samurai of the Chosoga tribe ignored the Kuroda family samurai's complaints and directly pierced him with the spear in his hand, sending him to Hirahara slope in the underworld with his complaints.

"Something's wrong, who are we, Chosou, fighting?!" Kyogoku Kochi has been paying attention to the battle on the Mobeishan side. If the Mobeishan can stand firm, they can cooperate with them to go down the mountain to attack Toyoharu in the valley. military.

But the situation he saw at this moment was beyond his expectation. The Chosougabe family had reached halfway up the mountain. Although the people they met head-on were a little stretched and uneven, they could still see the formation flag of Kuroda Fuji. They came to prove their identities. Why did the people from the Changzonggabu family take action against them?

It was said that Kyogoku Kochi was confused, and Tokugawa Ieyasu of Tenmanzan Honjin was also confused.

He just speculated that there would be a spy among the Kyushu daimyo who had many contacts with the Hide family, but didn't the Chosōgabu family of Shikoku hate the Hide family for destroying the country?

During the riots in Keichang, the Hide family also manipulated the reduction of the seal of the Chosonggabu family. How could they join forces with the Hide family?
"Quickly send someone to contact Tosa Mamoru to see if there is any misunderstanding." Even at this moment when he saw that the Chosogabe family had actually taken action against the Kuroda family, Tokugawa Ieyasu still felt that there was a misunderstanding.

Kazutoyo Yamauchi who was next to Tokugawa Ieyasu was not as optimistic as Tokugawa Ieyasu. How could it be so easy to explain clearly the relationship between the Chosogabe family and the Hide family?
It is true that the Hide family destroyed the Chozonggabu family, and they also mercilessly reduced the knowledge and behavior of the Chozonggabu family. However, the hatred of the Chozonggabu family is the hatred of the Chozonggabu family, and Nobuyoshi himself is Those who have done a lot of work as a show family, the Tosa Fukoku Hide family of the Chosoga tribe also contributed a lot.

It originally had a territory of 10 koku, but when it was required to be reduced due to participation in the Keicho riots, the ratio of the Nagasunegabe family's reduced status was much smaller than that of other daimyo such as Fukushima.

If you insist on talking about the Keicho riots, wasn't the reduction of the Ukita Kan family's seal from 18 koku in Sansai to 5 koku in Anbo even more severe?Aren’t you also playing for the Eastern Army now?

Perhaps Yamauchi Kazutō is a political speculator himself. He did not contact Nobuchika Chosogabu who had already contacted Hideie. Instead, he believed that it was Chosogabu Nobuchika and the gangsters who were trying to save others. The inherent contradiction between Tian Changzheng and Tian Changzheng just took this opportunity to temporarily turn against each other and make political speculation.

Yamauchi Kazuoyo advised Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Inner government, be careful of Tosa Mamoru switching sides before the battle. Mobiyama is in the battlefield. If the Eastern Army gains a foothold, it will be dangerous to the battlefields on both sides of the north and south."

Tokugawa Ieyasu himself was about to be a mole before, so when Yamauchi Kazuoyo reminded him, he suddenly realized: "How is it impossible? Even I can be related to the Hide family, why should I trust the clan? impossible."

"Damn it! You actually ignored Guan Bai Enyi and did such a thing at this critical moment!" Tokugawa Ieyasu was so angry that he even dropped the military equipment in his hand. There are some things that only he can do, and others under him can do it. Absolutely unacceptable.

But in the entire Guanyuan battlefield, only his own formation was the weakest. Where would he mobilize his troops?Could it be that Tokugawa Hatamoto, the guy who saved his life, was pressed so early?

After much thought, he decided to hand over this task to Shimazu Yoshihiro, who took the initiative to remind him before.

Although Shimazu Yoshihiro reminded him that Kobayakawa Hideaki's anti-revolutionary thoughts were false, he had made his attitude clear after all, didn't he? At least it proved that this person could be trusted.

But now the main force of the Shimazu family is in Ogaki Castle. There are only 1500 people in the Shimazu family here, which is simply not enough to shoulder the burden of blocking the Eastern Army from the front.

"Hida Mamoru, the troops of Shimazu's servants are insufficient. Are you willing to go to help? I will contact Fukushima's servants and Karatsuden's (Terazawa Hirotaka) troops to dispatch them together. It will be up to you to win this battle. .”

When Yamauchi Kazutoyo heard that Tokugawa Ieyasu had entrusted him with such an important task on the front line, he almost knelt down. "Toyotoyo has wasted half his life without meeting his master. Today, the inner government values ​​him, and he is determined to repay him with death."

Yamauchi Kazutoyo was really touched. You must know that in this team, Fukushima Masanori and Shimazu Yoshihiro are more noble than him, and Terasawa Hirota has more military personnel than him. Why does Tokugawa Ieyasu trust him so much? What about his right to unite these people?
But power is power, and Yamauchi Kazutoyo does not have the ability to convince the public.

Just as Yamauchi Kazuto led the people away, something strange happened again on the top of Taobei Mountain.I saw a golden inverted gourd and horse seal appearing on the top of the mountain. The west-slanting sun reflected on the golden horse seal, reflecting dazzling light. "Inverted Gourd Horse Seal" Tokugawa Ieyasu suddenly felt a different kind of emotion when he saw this scene. This scene seemed a bit familiar.

The distance from the Tenmanzan Main Formation to the Tobeishan Formation is only 3 kilometers. In fact, it is impossible to see clearly the situation on the opposite mountain from such a long distance.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was standing on Mount Tenman, seemed to vaguely see the blue and white gentian flag on the opposite mountain. Under the flag, there was a general wearing a blue haori. Sitting there, there were dozens of strong and powerful generals around him.

At this moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not know that there were only a few generals such as Hideie's son and Takatora Toudo on the Mopei Mountain opposite.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who stood on Mount Tenman and witnessed the waving military flag with the gentian five-seven-tung pattern, felt as nervous as a child caught in a lie.he
He even seemed to see the breathtaking eyes of Xiujia on the top of Taopei Mountain across from him, as if he was saying, "Naifu, I've seen through you."

At this time, Fukushima Masanori at the foot of the mountain was distressed that Toyotomi Hatake of Kyogoku Takaji and others had blocked the mountain path and prevented him from engaging in battle. Suddenly, he heard Yamauchi Kazutoyo coming to report that Nobuyomi Chosogabu had betrayed his lord Hidetoshi. He turned in the direction of Nichen Xiujia, and he suddenly became furious.

Later, when he heard that Tokugawa Ieyasu asked him to attack Momobi Mountain, he planned to spread all his dissatisfaction to Nobubu Nobu, the chief of Nagasoga. Even before Yamauchi Kazuoyo made arrangements, he took the lead and led his people to Momobi Mountain. Go with the mountain.

Yamauchi Kazuo is also happy to see someone serving as cannon fodder for attacking the mountain. Don’t you see that the battle at the Nangong Mountain position has not come to an end since noon?Attacking the mountain is not that easy.

"Tosa Shukaku, your Grandpa Owari is here!" Before the people arrived, Fukushima Masanori's rebuke to the Chosogabe family had already spread throughout the battlefield.

However, when Masanori Fukushima pulled down the foot of Mount Mobei and prepared to attack the mountain, what he had to face was not the Tosa soldiers of Nobuhimori of Nagasoga's department, but Saitama Bei, who was holding an iron cannon and arrayed behind a wooden shield.

"Iron artillery team~shoot!"

"Bang bang bang bang~" The iron bullets flying in the sky stalled the Fukushima Army's offensive as they rushed forward.

Fukushima Masanori was reckless, not stupid. After seeing that the battle formation on the mountain seemed to have been set up, he no longer chose to rush recklessly, but gathered the bamboo bunches and wooden rafters at a later time to prepare for a positional battle.

Before the war started, the Western Army's plan relied on positional resistance, so it prepared a lot of materials for positional warfare.But I didn't expect that the Western Army would now become the main attacking party.

As the standing guard of the Toyoharu family, Saitama Bei has already completed the reform of the military system. The longbows that were equipped on a large scale due to the insufficient number of iron cannons have been eliminated and given to the garrison. However, there are still many samurai who are good at shooting in the standing guard. .

The bows and arrows in their hands were all self-prepared, and combined with the firing intervals of the iron cannons, they effectively blocked the progress of the Fukushima Masanori Army.

Although the Mopeishan position had just been captured by the Toyotomi Teru family, several layers of defense lines had been roughly laid out.

"I have sent someone to inform my lord that Mopeishan has been captured by us." After setting up the position, Toyo Takatora came to the temporary main formation, glanced at the tied man not far away, and turned to Toyotomi Teru. Jia said: "It's just that we can't slack off now, there are more troublesome things to solve."

Toyotomi Teru trusted his uncle very much and immediately asked him for advice, "Uncle, please tell me, what should we do next?"

"I just saw fighting in Shannan. The people who went to investigate came back and said they saw the flags of the Nakagawa family and the Mori family. They are currently under siege."

After Todo Takatora finished speaking, Chosougabu Nobuchika also said, "Your Highness is unaware that the main battlefield previously arranged by the Tokugawa Imperial Household was in this Sekigahara.

However, due to Kyogoku Councilor's private actions, the battle mainly took place north of Nangong Mountain, and the generals in Sekihara and Matsuo Mountain could only watch.

I don’t know where the servants Nakagawa and Mori came from, but they happened to run into the ambush circle.Just now, the Maeda Echichu garrison headquarters had led people down Matsuo Mountain. Together with Generals such as Councilor Hosokawa and Councilor Aoki, Minister Nakagawa and Minister Mori were already locked in a bitter battle. "

After listening to Nobuchika Nobunaga's explanation, Toyotomi Teruie looked at Todo Takatora and waited for his advice.

Todo Takatora thought briefly for a moment and said, "We don't have enough troops. We need to deal with Fukushima and others at the foot of Mount Mopei, and we also need to prevent the Maori family from the side of Mount Nangong from breaking out here. The troops are really stretched.

And even if I have extra troops at this moment, I will invest them in the valley on the north side. Only by cooperating with the heavy armored soldiers in the valley and the military strength of the Satake family to repel Kyogoku Takaji's Toyotomi Hatake, our main follow-up force A steady stream of talent comes in. "

"So, we can only watch Servant Nakagawa and Servant Mori being defeated under our noses?"

Such a result was obviously unacceptable to the young Toyotomi Teru. This battle was his first battle. Although it was such a fierce battle right from the beginning, he still wanted his first battle to end perfectly.

Moreover, this battle is a key battle for their Fengchun family in Shangluo, and all the daimyo are contributing.If after the war it was reported that the Toyoharu army refused to save them and resulted in the death of two daimyo, it would also be a serious harm to the reputation of the Toyoharu family.

"Uncle, the two attendants are saved." After just a moment of thinking, the Toyotomi Teru family had already come to the conclusion, "There are really no troops to draw, so I will draw my own banner to support."

"Young Master, you must not do this. The flag of this formation must not be touched lightly!" Hearing that the Toyotomi Teru family wanted to move the flag of this formation, Todo Takatora immediately stopped him. "Even if it comes to the time when I have to go into battle in person, the flag of this formation must not be touched lightly!" You can’t move it either, it’s reserved by the Lord to protect His Highness.”

Usually the Toyotomi Teru family obeys the advice of his uncle, but this time he insisted on his opinion, his eyes full of determination and said: "Uncle, this is the attitude of my Toyoharu family towards our allies!"

"." Both Takatora Toudo and Nobuchika Chosogabe were surprised by Hui's words. They didn't seem like political views that a 14-year-old boy could express.

But at this moment, both of them couldn't help but feel in their hearts, "Young Master (His Royal Highness) is truly worthy of being the son of Youfu, and the Fengchun family is expected to prosper."

Therefore, after hearing the words of Toyotomi Teruie, Nobuchika Chosogabu also decided to increase political investment: "It may be difficult to achieve the effect with His Highness's banner alone. Although our Chosogabu family has few troops, But I am also willing to do my best.

What Sado said is also a bit inverted. The Toyoharu flag is so precious that it should not be wasted here.Please leave the main force for this battle to my family, Chosonggabu, for the time being.Your Highness only needs to send some flags to raid the formation for me. "

The positive attitude of Nobuchika Changzong at this moment was in sharp contrast to his previous hesitation when the Eastern Army failed to make progress.Facts have proved that all the great names of the Warring States Period were talented people, and no one would show mercy when it was time to take action.

And this time, what Chosou Gabu said did not mean that the Toyotomi Teru family should take back the Hatamoto clan, and just go up with these people in his own hands. He still made it clear in his words that Toyotomi Hatamoto needed to be dispatched.

This is to embolden myself. After all, it is not enough to challenge Aoki Ichikki with just 2000 people.

But it's different with the Hatamoto clan. These are the treasures of the Toyoharu family. Most of the organization members here are composed of Kibi and the second generation of the Kanto samurai family. He Todo Takatora may not save Nobuchika, but he will definitely Save this flagman, otherwise it will be difficult for him to explain when he goes back.

Secondly, he planned to give part of his contribution to the Toyotomi Teru family.

You must know that the Toyotomi Teru family is the heir of the Toyoharu family, and logically speaking, there is no need for this credit at all.But if you personally hand over the credit to others, the second generation of the Fengchun family will not have a good impression of you. When you rule the world in the future, will you take a little care of your family?