Chapter Eighty-Three: Swinging the Army to the East
In Okazaki Castle, as soon as the assessment meeting ended, Matsudaira Motoyasu sent Honda Tadakatsu and Kamihara Yasumasa to lead hundreds of ashigaru escorts Ishikawa Shumasa and Okubo Tadashi out of the city to persuade the traitors and wealthy families. And promised them that as long as the chaos is rectified, this mistake will not be blamed in the past.
Among the retainers and wealthy families of the Matsudaira family who have taken refuge in the Ichizong clan, only a small number of them are sincere in their refuge, and the vast majority of the rest can be divided into two categories, the first type is the last resort to surrender to the enemy, these people see hundreds of thugs attacking their own territory, if they don't immediately show their obedience, not only will they not know how to do it, but I am afraid that even the family name will be wiped out, in order to keep the family name, so they have no choice but to get on the thief ship of the Ichikozong. After seeing the envoy sent by Matsudaira Motoyasu, these people had not yet made up their minds to return to the Matsudaira family, but they had basically stopped attacking and began to wait and see.
There is also a kind of people, not to mention the sincere obedience, they see that the sect has always been powerful, and seeing that the Matsudaira family is about to end, in order to be able to earn enough benefits from it, so they defect to the enemy and rebel. Now that I heard that Matsudaira Motoyasu not only forgave them for their actions, but also that as long as they could return, they would get a lot of benefits, and I couldn't help but be a little shaken. However, now the Sect has an absolute advantage, so he didn't directly say it to death, but he began to stand still and wait for it to change.
Due to the temporary silence of these people, the pressure on Okazaki Castle was greatly reduced, and Matsudaira Motoyasu took advantage of this great opportunity to start preparations before the counterattack.
Compared with the Matsudaira family, the Oda family's power in Mikawa is not so good, and the location of the Honshoji Temple is in Bikai County, so the Oda family was the first to be impacted.
In Bihai County, the large and small wealthy clans of the vassal Oda family saw that they had always had a huge clan, and they did not dare to resist it, so except for the rebellious samurai and a few castles who were still holding on, the others all led their Ashigaru to Kamigo Castle, but they were afraid that Oda Nobunaga would blame them afterwards, so they all thought of a reason, that is, to help Mori Yoshikatsu defend the city.
This reason seems to be very sufficient, after all, Shangxiang City is an important town in Bihai County, as long as Shangxiang City is not lost, there will be a chance to counterattack. Mao Li Liangsheng is young, and he is only a martial artist, how can he guess the thoughts of these old and sophisticated wealthy family heads.
Although Mori Ryokatsu has the upper village town, but his knowledge and deeds are only 1,500 stones, and the banner under his command is not even 100, and when he is thinking about whether he should be loyal to the Oda family, he suddenly sees these hundreds of reinforcements, how can he not be ecstatic, he is very grateful that those wealthy families can lead the army to help at a critical moment. It is precisely because of these hundreds of new forces and a relatively strong city that Shangxiang City has been able to hold on to the present.
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Outside Inabayama Castle, after the clan said goodbye to Nobunaga, he came to his own formation, and the three retainers under his command did not know that Owari was at this moment, and Mikawa had already had a riot, and when he saw that the lord had returned from participating in the military meeting, Maeda Toshiya hurriedly asked: "Lord, can the main hall make a decision to attack Inabayama Castle?" ”
"Inabayama Castle? Hehe, don't think about it for now. Clan Zong said with a wry smile.
After hearing this, the three retainers didn't understand what the lord meant, now more than 10,000 Oda troops have attacked here, although the attack has been frustrated, but the lord should not say such a depressing word, in case if the main hall knows the way, it will definitely be charged with disturbing the morale of the army on the lord.
Yamauchi Kazutoyo said: "My lord, although Inabayama Castle is difficult and dangerous, according to the opinion of his subordinates, the defenders in the city have more than doubled, and the consumption of grain and grass in the city has increased dramatically, and the food in the city will be exhausted in a few months. ”
Seeing that Wasuka Masakatsu was about to speak, the clan waved his hand and said: "Okay, now it's not a problem with Inabayama Castle, Owari and Mikawa have a large-scale confrontation between the two countries, and the lord has decided to return to the army to quell the rebellion, and I have already applied to the lord to go to Kamigo Castle to rescue, you will immediately gather Ashigaru and set off immediately." ”
After listening to the clan's words, the three retainers understood what was going on, but they were a little dissatisfied with the lord's initiative to apply for rescue in Shangxiang City, after all, their territory was still in danger of being attacked one by one, and now where is there time to rescue others. However, since the main hall has agreed to the lord's application, even if everyone is unwilling, there is nothing they can do. ,
"My lord, Dongqi City is where the foundation of the Lord is located, so my subordinates applied to lead the Zhidao Ashigaru back to Dongqi City for defense, and I also asked the Lord for approval." Yamauchi Kazutoyo hurriedly said.
The clan thought about it, Mikawa and Owari are not the same, Mikawa is a mountainous country, the cavalry is basically not of much use, and the speed of the childish sword is slow, even if you go back, I am afraid that the city of Dongqi will be lost a long time ago, and even if the city is still there, with this hundred foot light, plus the dilapidated city wall, nothing can resist thousands of enemies. Thinking of this, I saw that the clan shook his head and said: "No, now the situation is urgent, Dongqi City can no longer take care of it, you three lead all the horses of your family and follow me to Sanhe." ”
I saw that Yamauchi Yifeng hesitated for a moment, but still said: "But in this way, the east of the city will be dangerous, please think twice." ”
The clan said with a straight face: "Think about it again, there is no time now, go down and prepare immediately, and send someone to Dongqi City to inform you to give up the defense and transfer all the materials to the Qingzhou Samurai Mansion, if there is not enough time, all the materials will be abandoned, by the way, go and tell Kagawa Tadaji that he must not leave the Qingzhou City Samurai Mansion for a single step." ”
If he is allowed to go to Dongqi Castle to transfer supplies, if he is surrounded by enemies, then I am afraid that he will not be able to see this indispensable financial commission in the future.
"It's the lord." Yamauchi Yifeng saw that the lord had made up his mind, and he no longer persuaded him, gritted his teeth and said.
The clan knew that the situation was urgent, and there was not much time left for him, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, and directly ordered: "Wasuka Masakatsu!" ”
"The subordinates are here." Wasuka Masakatsu stepped forward and replied with a salute.
Clan Zong Masase said: "Well, you immediately gather the ninja army and infiltrate the mountains and rivers to investigate the location of Honda Masanobu, I don't care what method you use, you have to bring Honda Masanobu intact to me, do you understand?" ”
The clan thought that there were so many cities in Sanhe, and Honda Masanobu was not necessarily so coincidental to attack Shangxiang City, which was also a backup hand for himself, so as not to miss Honda Masanobu when he got it, and the bamboo basket that he got back was empty.
Although Wasuka Masakatsu promised in his mouth, he was wondering in his heart, who is this Tamasano? There are already a lot of ninjas who have been sent to Mikawa to listen to information, but they have never heard of this name, forget it, whatever, since the lord has ordered it, just do it.
"Left, immediately lead the Iron Thorn Cavalry to follow me to Shangxiang City to support." After speaking, the clan looked at Yamauchi Kazutoyo and said: "As for you, lead the childish sword Ashigaru to follow, if you meet a thug who has always been a thug, immediately bypass it, and don't engage with it." After speaking, the clan had already stepped on the war horse and rushed out of the battle with a clamp on the horse's belly.
"Yes, my subordinates obey."
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