"Wise Lord, please see, there is only a narrow path outside the castle on the north and south sides of the Yamamoto Building. Writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Because of the Yyogawa River and Kamiiwa River, and the blocking of the Yamamotokan castle wall, the Ashigaru of the main family wanted to launch an offensive against the castle walls in the north and south of the castle, and he would first have to face the fire of enemy archers. "In the evening, outside the Yamamoto Castle, after dinner, Akechi Mitsuhisa, led by Masashige Tozawa and Moritsuna Tozawa, went to the outside of the Yamamotokan Castle to observe the terrain around the Yamamotokan.

"Once the family's ashigaru is arrayed on this narrow path, the archers on the dense platform of the castle tower will cause great casualties to the family's ashigaru! That's the case today. "When I thought of the more than 30 casualties under Ashigaru under my command in this morning's siege, Tozawa was very uncomfortable.

After listening to the introductions of Masashige Tozawa and Moritsuna Tozawa, Akechi Mitsuhisa nodded and said, "We didn't know the situation of the Yamamoto Pavilion in advance, which caused today's defeat. What the lord said is very true, knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can not be defeated in a hundred battles! ”

"Right now, the morale of the Ashigaru family is low, in my opinion, it's better to suspend the siege tomorrow and make plans after the Ashigaru rest for a day." Masashige Tozawa suggested.

Akechi Mitsu thought about it for a long time and agreed to Tozawa Masashige's proposal, but continued to say, "The ashigaru people are going to repair it, but how do you attack the Yamamoto Pavilion after the repair?" What do you two think? ”

Hearing Akechi Mitsuhisa's words, Tozawa Masashige and the others couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

After a long time, Tozawa Moritsuna spoke, "Lord Akechi, no matter what, as far as today's battle situation is concerned, the next siege north and south of the city must not be attacked again. These two places are not conducive to siege at all. If the family is obsessed with these two places in the Yamamoto Building, the casualties of the family will be extremely huge. ”

"So, does Tozawa-sama have any plans?" Akechi Mitsuhisa raised his head and asked.

Tozawa Moritsuna pondered for a moment, and then said, "Wise Lord, why don't you concentrate your forces and attack the east side of Yamamotokan?" ”

"No!" Before Akechi Mitsuhisa could answer, Hideji Fiftyme on the side shook his head violently and said to Akechi Mitsuhisa on the side, "Akechi-sama, yesterday and today, the east side of the Yamamoto Pavilion was in charge of Zaisha and Miura-sama, and Zai is very familiar with the situation here. ”

"Your Excellency, please look!" As he spoke, Hideharu Fiftyme pointed to a low-lying area outside the Yamamoto Pavilion's Otemon Gate and said, "This low-lying area is located to the east of Yamamotokan, and if we want to attack Yamamotokan, we will need to enter this area first, and then attack." ”

"But the topography of this place is similar to that of the north and south sides of Yamamotokan! If we only send a small number of troops to attack Yamamotokan, it will not work at all, and even if we barely climb the castle tower, we will not be an opponent of the enemy army in Yamamotokan. ”

"But if we attack in an all-out way, the hundreds of archers in the city will inevitably regard our Ashigaru, which is crowded here, as a live target, just like today!" Hideji Igme said slowly, "Wise Lord, I think the best way is not to siege the city, but to besiege it. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Akechi Mitsuhisa's eyes flashed, and he set his eyes on Fifty-eyed Shuji.

Hideji Fiftyme hurriedly replied, "My lord, imagine that the main battlefield of the Tsugawa Temple's attack on the Andong family is located in the area where the Yyogawa River intersects with Yaryūzan and Yaryūno. Yamamotokan is in a safe corner, as long as we surround Yamamotokan and don't let the enemy troops in the city take advantage of it. Then as long as Tsukawaden can defeat Anton Shunji on the main battlefield, Yamamoto Pavilion will surrender without a fight. ”

Hideji Fiftyme's words still make a lot of sense, although it is not ruled out that Hideji Fiftyme wants to preserve his own strength, but as far as the strategy itself is concerned, it is indeed a good proposal.

Thinking of this, Zhizhi hesitated for a long time before he made up his mind and said, "Okay!" Then give up the siege for the time being and surround the Yamamotokan! ”

Akechi Mitsuhisa also made a lot of determination to make this decision, after all, if he didn't attack the Yamamoto Pavilion, then Akechi Mitsuhisa and the others would have no merit at all. This is undoubtedly a difficult choice for the Tsugawa family, who attach great importance to meritorious service. But when he thought that more than 100 people had been killed and wounded in the attack for two consecutive days, Zhizhi Guangjiu didn't want to go on like this.

Hearing that Akechi Mitsuhisa agreed to his proposal, Hideji Fiftyme finally breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Miura Shengji next to him with a slight smile, and both of them saw a trace of excitement and happiness in each other's eyes. As for what they were happy about, the two of them tacitly agreed.

"In that case! Then I immediately set off to the main camp outside the Rokado Pavilion and informed the lord of the situation in the Yamamoto Pavilion. As for after I leave, all the affairs here will be temporarily handed over to the political leaders. Akechi Mitsuhisa continued.

Although Tsugawa Soji has entrusted all matters related to the attack on Yamamoto Hall to Akechi Mitsuhisa, as for the current situation of Yamamoto Hall, Akechi Mitsuhisa feels that he should still want to report to Tsugawa Soji. Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing to make Tsugawa Soji and the rest of his retainers think that they are afraid of the war.

"Hah! Thank you for your trust! Hearing Akechi Mitsuhisa's arrangement, Tozawa Masashi was stunned for a moment, but then reacted and quickly replied excitedly.

Akechi Mitsuhisa is a member of the Tsugawa family, and he is also a general who leads the army, and he is a direct minister of Tsugawa Soji. And the two of Tozawa Masashiro and Tozawa Moritsuna, due to the particularity of the Tozawa family at this time (the head of the Tozawa family, Takewakamaru, is the adopted son of Tsugawa Soji. So Tozawa Masaki and Tozawa Moritsuna were only retainers of the Tozawa family in the strict sense. Although Tozawa Masashige's knowledge and deeds are much higher than Akechi Mitsuhisa, in terms of status, Akechi Mitsuhisa is still much stronger.

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Yamahonkan, after two days of fighting, the morale of the Anto family in the castle is very high. After all, they had just repelled the attack of the Tsugawa family, which was in full swing, and in the words of later generations, I could blow this B for a year.

In the castle tower of the Yamamoto Building, Shimizu Masayoshi and others are discussing the next battle while having a meal.

After swallowing the chewed soup in his mouth, Shimizu Masayoshi put down the bamboo chip in his hand and said to the Kitei Hiroshi and the others in front of him, "Everyone, today the family successfully repelled the attack of the Tsugawa family, if nothing else, in the next day or two, we can sleep with peace of mind." ”

"Haha!" Everyone in the hall laughed heartily, and the sense of urgency that the Tsugawa family's army had pressed the realm before disappeared for a while.

"The family was able to repel the attack of the Tsugawa family so smoothly today, and Lord Shimizu contributed a lot!" Xiting Guangwu said with a little admiration.

Jiacheng Jiqing on the side also said approvingly: "Yes! Thanks to the strategy of Lord Shimizu, our archers have made the people of the Tsugawa family suffer a lot today. ”

"Actually, it's nothing, but I just accidentally read the records of the battle that took place in the Yamamoto Museum hundreds of years ago. In it, it is said that the Yamada clan used the unique terrain around Yamamotokan to repel the enemy with archers. Shimizu Masayoshi hurriedly explained.

"I see!" Jiacheng Jiqing nodded.

"However, in that case, how did the Yamamoto Pavilion be captured?" Xiting Hiroshi then asked. Since the Yamamoto Pavilion is now under the control of the Andong family, it is natural that the Yamamoto Pavilion was eventually captured.

Shimizu Masayoshi smiled and said slowly, "That's because there were traitors in the Yamamoto Pavilion Castle, and the Yamamoto Pavilion was captured under the cooperation of the inside and outside." But now, we in Yamahonkan Castle wouldn't do such a thing. What do you say? ”

"It's nature!" Xiting Guangwu and Jiacheng Jiqing hurriedly replied affirmatively.