The negotiations between Hashimoto Masamatsu and Shimoma Yoriren made great progress due to the fact that Honganji was based on the fact that Yoshiei was the new shogun, and Tennoji House, who had the background of the Date family, presented a catapult, which made it very convenient for Honganji to attack the castle and plunder the land. Without Date Masahiro's approval of the Tennoji Temple's dedication of the catapult, Honganji would not believe it even if he was stupid, but since Date Masahiro was unwilling to come forward to prove it, Honganji had no reason to debunk it, and both sides pretended to be confused.

Tennojiya proposed that he wanted to send a few observers to observe the use of catapults, but Hashimoto Masamatsu couldn't mention it, and Tennojiya brought it up, and Honganji didn't have a problem not agreeing, and it wanted to let the Date family take a good look at the strength.

Naturally, the battle of Kishi and Tian Castle could not catch up, but the battle of Kawachi Province Takaya Castle made these young observers with Tennoji House on their heads complain, and they could not complain in front of a few eager monks around them, and they were so uncomfortable that they could only signal to each other, and their eyes were full of ridicule.

The leaders of the observers were none other than the future stars that Date Masaki highly valued, Kuroda Kanwei, Shimizu Soji, Yamanaka Shikasuke, Hiraga Koji, Tsuda Munekazu and others, and they were accompanied by more than two dozen young men.

The Kuroda Kanwei who was ordered to go to Hirado can be said to be a mixed blessing, because Wang Wufeng was imprisoned and Xu Haifeng was stationed in Chengang, Wang Wufeng's partner Matsuura Takanbu was very courteous to Kuroda Kanwei who came from afar, but Wang Wufeng's fleet was in chaos without a leader, so he was naturally not very interested in Kuroda Kanwei's visit.

Kuroda Kanbei has a good IQ, so he can only turn his head and discuss cooperation with Matsuura Takanobu, from which he heard the news of Wang Wufeng, and learned about the relationship between Matsuura Takanobu and Wang Wufeng from his own words, and heard that the relationship between the two is not what he thinks, but putting the cart before the horse.

That Wang Wufeng and Matsuura Takanobu said that they were partners. In fact, Matsuura Takanobu is more like Wang Wufeng's subordinate. Wang Wufeng has 20,000 or 30,000 troops and thousands of sea ships in his hands, and he has to collect tens of millions of yuan in tolls every year, not to mention that he also operates a sea trade, so he can be said to be the No. 1 sea king on the sea.

After hearing Wang Wufeng's news, Kuroda officers and guards did not dare to slack off. After discussing some cooperation matters with Matsuura Takanobu, he hurriedly returned to Okayama Castle and reported what he had seen and heard to Zhengheng, but he didn't expect to get Zhengheng's clear demeanor.

Obviously, Zhengheng also knows Wang Wufeng quite well. When Kuroda Kanbei learned this, he was very interested in why Masahiro sent him, but Masahiro didn't explain it, so he could only guess for himself.

Before Kuroda Kanbei could guess a sub-ugly Yinmao, he set off for the chaotic Kyoto again, this time. Instead, he set out with a large group of companions from the chamberlain battalion, and the task was to observe the battle between Ichichi and Miyoshi Chokei.

There were more and more horizontal formations in ragged clothes, and the corners of Kuroda Kanbei's mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, revealing a mocking smile. He has always had a lot of people, but in fact his combat effectiveness is quite limited, as long as he gives him a cavalry of more than 100 people, it is enough to crush them.

A total of twenty catapults were used in Kishiwada Castle, and fifty catapults were arranged in two rows a hundred paces away from Takaya Castle, and below the catapults were dense crowds of people. Kuroda Kanbei squinted his eyes and said, "There are really a lot of people? ”

Count soldiers. It is the most basic subject in military science. Capable scouts, or veteran generals, can often tell the exact number of enemy troops in front of them at a glance, and then deduce the total strength of the enemy army, and they do not need to wait in line to count.

It is clear that it is not a regular army. Naturally, it is quite incomprehensible to guess the total number of them, and even the monks who accompanied them could roughly report a number, whether it was 100,000 or 150,000.

100,000 and 150,000 are two concepts in the eyes of Honganji, and the young people from the Date family look at each other with such a stick. When they were children, they mostly passed down the art of war from their fathers and brothers, but it was nothing more than a fight between hundreds of people. At most, the scale of the number of people is thousands, and when I grew up a little and arrived at the Date house, there were thousands of people, among which Shimizu Soji participated in the Battle of Kojima Bay and the Battle of Lotus Mountain Castle, and the number of people on both sides of these two battles exceeded 10,000.

It was already quite difficult to be able to command tens of thousands of people in a joint battle, and Date Mashiro had only accumulated enough experience after many joint battles, so they naturally couldn't imagine that they could command tens of thousands of people in a battle.

Now seeing more than 100,000 people gathered outside a city, it can be said that it is overwhelming, densely packed like ants moving, giving them enough shock, but also a deep ridicule, such a large scale, but also relying on the arrival of catapults to dare to attack a city with only three or four thousand people to defend.

Shimizu Soji shook his head and said: "The number is too much, but the catapults are too close, once the high house city is now opened, I am afraid that it will not only be difficult to exert its power, but it will become a burden, and the people surrounding the catapults will not be spared." ”

Shimizu Soji is the oldest of the observers, his relationship with Date Masaki can be said to be entangled and complicated, the surviving person of one of his cousins is now Date Masaki's earliest concubine Saki, and he also left a daughter to this cousin, his original wife Chihime is now Date Masaki's side room, after the Battle of Kojima Bay, he was gradually promoted, established his status after the Battle of Lotus Mountain Castle, and became the captain of the attendant camp by virtue of his military exploits, which is considered a little power.

Yamanaka Kasuke has matured a lot since he made a mistake for Niko Yoshisuke, he is considered a family scholar, squinted his eyes, and said: "Shimoma Lai Zhao is afraid that there is trouble, Miyoshi Shikyu of Taka Castle is also a smart person, he is afraid that he is going to come out." ”

Kuroda Kanbei shook his head and said: "What Yorisho Shimoma is waiting for is Takaya Castle going out of the city, you didn't see that there was a team behind the catapult, and it didn't move, that's what determined the outcome of this battle, it should be Suzuki Shigehide's Saga people." ”

Listening to the meaning of Kuroda Kanbei, Shimizu Soji said: "The means are vicious enough, conquering such a city, I am afraid that more than four or five thousand people will die, if we do this, we will have to mutiny immediately." And then cut off our heads. ”

Kuroda sneered and said, "Four or five thousand? If you want to fight out the 3,000 people of Miyoshi Shixiu, you have to leave at least 20,000 lives, but I guess that if you fight out 1,000 people at most, you have to withdraw from Gaoya Castle, otherwise you will have to mutiny. ”

Hearing this, Shimizu Soji's face showed a little compassion. Shen Sheng said: "It's okay to have a good country, I'm afraid that this country of Hanoi will be completely deserted, and there will be a serious famine in a few years, I don't know how many people will die before it can be ended?" ”

Kuroda Kanbei took a deep breath and said: "Look at it, most of the people gathered outside the castle are people from Izumi Province, how do you think they will treat the people of Hanoi Country, Izumi people robbing Hanoi people, Hanoi people robbing Settsu people, Setzu people?" They robbed each other. Hatred for each other brings them deep humiliation and anger, how they swallow this breath. Even if Honganji can win tactically for a while, they are complete losers in terms of strategy. ”

A monk on the left really couldn't listen to it anymore and wanted to refute it, but he had nothing to say, Kuroda Kanbei's words pricked their nerves, but it was Shimizu Soji who stopped Kuroda Kanbei's sarcasm. Said: "Officer Gongwei, you still like gibberish so much. ”

I was about to say something more. Suddenly, a young man shouted, "Takaya Castle is out of the city." It immediately attracted everyone's attention.

After the Battle of Kishiwa Taseong, Shimoma Yoriteru was once again promoted to direct the cause of Hanoi Province, which can be said to be infinitely good, and naturally admired the catapult strategy. Shimoma Yorisho's self-confidence has its confidence, and Suzuki Shigehide expanded to 3,500 people after the Battle of Kishiwada Castle, and now these 3,500 people are lined up behind the catapults, and the first-class Takaya Castle goes out of the city to attack the catapults. As for the counterattack, he is not afraid that the catapult will be burned, as many as he wants, as long as he kills and wounds enough of the defenders of Gaoya City, the victory must be theirs.

As for the dead and wounded that have always been beaten. Are their lives worth anything? What's more, for the cause of the Buddha, in order to establish the Buddha kingdom on earth, it doesn't matter how much they sacrifice, they sacrifice their lives, and their souls will go to the Western Heavenly Elysium under the guidance of the Buddha.

Takaya Castle opened the city, and Shimoma Yorisho naturally didn't think that he had come to surrender, but if he really came to surrender, he would uphold the glory of the Buddha, and if he could take refuge in the Pure Land Shinshu and become the apologetic Vajra of Honganji, he could consider one or two.

Of course, Miyoshi Shishu had no intention of taking refuge in the Pure Land Shinshu, but he had talked to his brother Miyoshi Chokei about this issue, and if he could coexist peacefully with Honganji, it would not be impossible to convert to the Pure Land Shinshu, and Miyoshi Chokei acquiesced at that time.

As time goes by, the possibility of taking refuge in the Pure Land Shinshu is getting lower and lower, and now that Honganji Temple is victorious, wouldn't it be boring to go and put a cold ass on your hot face again?! Miyoshi Shikyu understood this truth, and when he saw fifty catapults appear outside the city, he naturally knew that if he didn't fight, he would end up worse than Kishi Wada Castle. Kishiwada Castle is close to the sea, and it can still leave by boat, but the surrounding area of Gaoya Castle is densely surrounded, and there is no way to live, only a way to die.

The gate of Takaya Castle opened, and then the scale of thousands of people poured out from the gate, and the formation was lined up in front of the city, and the object of their attack was naturally the direction of the catapult, Suzuki Shigehide did not meet with Shikawa Ichiku when he was in Kishiwada Castle, and Tokawa Ichicun ran away, and now he plans to leave Miyoshi Minoru behind.

Of course, the meaning of leaving is to leave the head, and after looking at it for a while, Kuroda Kanbei couldn't help but sigh: "This Miyoshi army should be the elite, and the catapult can't be saved, but Suzuki Shigehide's Saga people should be able to block their attack." ”

Shimizu Soji nodded and replied: "Kankanwei, I think so too, but Miyoshi Shixiu shouldn't be so superficial, he will definitely have a backhand, if he knows that there is an ambush and rushes forward, he is not worthy of being called the wise man of Apo." ”

If you want to say that Miyoshi's family, who is most familiar to the people of the Date family, I'm afraid it's Miyoshi Minoru, three years ago in the battle of Miki Castle, although he won a small victory at the beginning, in the end, he still relied on the weather to force Miyoshi Minoru to evacuate Harima Country.

The battlefield soon changed, and the observers of the Date family saw that Suzuki Shigehide began to entangle with Miyoshi Shikyu around the catapult, and praised Suzuki Shigehide's tactics, which were indeed the right way to deal with the elite of the Miyoshi army.

Saga Zhong has been formed for a short time, and has not undergone a long period of training, so it is naturally not the opponent of the Miyoshi Army, and if you fight alone, you will have an advantage in numbers, and in the case of three against one, the final winner will definitely be Suzuki Shigehide.

When the teenagers thought that the winner of the battle was Suzuki Shigehide, the battlefield finally began to change, and a cavalry of more than 300 people suddenly appeared on the battlefield and rushed directly to the main camp where Shimoma Yorisho was, waving the banner of the public cypress fan.

Yamanaka Kasuke exclaimed, "It's Ten Rivers Ichicun, when did he hide where?" "Yes, Gaowu City has always been surrounded by one by one, so naturally it is impossible for a cavalry army to appear in plain sight, but Ten Rivers has obviously been in ambush for a long time.

Kuroda Kanbei frowned, clenched his fists, and said in a low voice: "Sure enough, it is worthy of the wise man of Awa, the sharp knife of Shikawa Ichicun came too timely, and the most important force that Shima Yorisho relied on is still on the front line, and this formation cannot be defended." ”

The corners of Qing Shui Zongji's eyes twitched slightly, and he said coldly: "Even if it is a small victory, it will not help, at most he will leave calmly, after the war, whether he wins or loses, he has to leave Gaoya City." ”

At the time of a cup of tea, the main formation of Shimoma Lai Zhao completely collapsed, and the remaining 2,000 defenders of Gaoya Castle also rushed out under the leadership of the general and slashed and killed, and more than 100,000 thugs completely collapsed, scurrying everywhere all over the mountains, behind them, the two or three thousand three good troops chased fiercely like wolves and tigers, killing and crawling all the time.

On the high mountain, the teenagers watching the battle all looked at each other, and their faces were full of disbelief that things would become like this, more than 100,000 people were chased and beaten by more than 2,000 people like sheep, such a scene is rare to see for a while.

Kuroda Kanbei shook his head and sighed: "Even if this kind of battle is won, what's so beautiful?" Let's go back! I don't know if it's Miyoshi Chokei or Honganji, but the teenagers immediately agreed.

The officials enthusiastically commented on the battlefield, and they didn't know that Miyoshi Shikyu pursued Suzuki Shigehide to the foot of the mountain. (To be continued......)