Chapter 178: Confrontation (2)

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With the urgency of the Kusama Four Guards, more and more bad news came to the Ryonomiya Mountain Castle.

Because Urakami Sokei had killed more than a thousand of Nizi Jingzhen on the front line of Washi Mountain a few days ago, he miscalculated the battlefield shape and invested troops to defend the three cities of Eagle Mountain Castle, Zhou Zacha Chajiu Mountain Castle and Daisen Mountain Castle, and Nizi Haruhisa sent a general to lead the elite siege of the city. A sudden rain slowed down the pace of their attack, and the rugged and muddy roads and the echelon resistance of the Urakami army and the small-scale harassment tactics all gave the Niko army a headache, so the advance of the army was unusually slow, once again giving Urakami the illusion that he would defeat Niko Haruma independently and gain great prestige, and lost the last chance to withdraw the troops on the front line of Washiyama Castle to Tenjin Mountain Castle.

The small Washiyama Castle first killed his henchman, and then slapped him several times in a row, and Niko Haruma was obviously angry, and even ordered to attack in the rain.

The defenders of Eagle Mountain Castle could not resist the strong attack of the Nizi army and lost several important points one after another, coupled with the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, and finally led the collapse of the defenders in the city, and fled from the city.

With the successive destruction of the first-line castles of Eagle Mountain Castle, the army of Nizi Haruhisa has accelerated significantly, and more and more castles have either been broken or surrendered directly, the latter is obviously much more than the former, after all, when there is an army of tens of thousands of people in front of him, no one has much courage to rely on a small castle of three or four hundred people to win the victory.

At the end of November of the 22nd year of Astronomy (1553), the arrival of night did not weaken the howling of the cold wind in the slightest, but rather boosted its momentum, and it was clear that there was no night in the castle of Ryonomiya Mountain. The atmosphere inside and outside the city became more and more tense as the cold wind howled.

The mountain-like Niko Haruhisa was in the hearts of the people, and they were not afraid in words, and what they were thinking in their hearts could be seen in their eyes and faces, even though they had just defeated the Mori Motosho of the Chugoku region in Bigo Province. Niko Haruhisa obviously came more than Maori Moto, which made the people of the Kibi Mountains more intuitive and fearful. Niko Haruma has invaded the Kibi Mountains several times to conquer the rebellious Hao people, and these seemingly strong Hao people have been crushed under the front of Nizi Haruhisa's soldiers, rising and falling like meteors, how strong the Miura clan of Mimasaka was once so strong. Almost monopolized the country of Misaku.,It's not the last to be beaten and hidden in the mountains.,Now when I saw the arrival of the army led by Nizi Haruhisa, I fled to the place where I don't know.。

Masahiro was obviously different from most of the Date family, and also before the war, he was afraid of Maori Moto. In the middle of the war, he was also hesitant to negotiate peace several times when he had a great advantage, and if it weren't for the fact that Maori Yuan was too pressing, I am afraid that it would not be possible to support the day of a great victory. However, in the face of Nizi Haruhisa's situation, Zheng Heng did not hesitate to withdraw decisively from Bigo Province, and in the case that Nizi Haruhisa did not clearly express his intention to attack Bei China, he clearly supported Urakami Sokage, and even deployed the most elite troops of the Date family in Liangnomiya Mountain Castle. and the Tenjin Mountain Castle are each other's horns. In his eyes, Maori Yuan, who had the last laugh in history, was obviously more feared than the discredited Nizi Harujiu.

In the main city in the center of the Liangnomiya Mountain Castle, Zheng Heng was studying the topographic map at his desk, perhaps the spies under the Kusama Four Guards had a new military situation, he was holding a pen and ink, and was adding lines of notes to the map. After listening to the military situation for a while, Zhengheng put down his pen and ink, stretched his waist, and then turned his body to Katayama Shengchang, and said with a smile: "Nizi Qingjiu is worthy of being Nizi Qingjiu." It's really getting more and more interesting, he wants to swallow the Heavenly God Mountain City and the Lianggong Mountain City in one go, his appetite is really big enough! ”

Katayama Moricho's face was solemn, he was not as calm as Zhengheng to joke, raised his head and said, "Your Highness." Is it holding out or is it field? ”

Masahiro took a deep look at Katayama Moricho, he originally wanted to use the conversation and laughter of the two to resolve the tense atmosphere in front of him, so as to dispel the tense atmosphere around the two palace mountain castles from top to bottom, obviously Katayama Moricho did not understand what Masahiro meant, and then glanced around, and said with a smile: "Our tactic has always been to give the enemy a dull stick in the first battle, and beat the enemy dizzy, so that we have the advantage at the beginning, whether it is defending or fighting, we have to act according to our eyes." It's always been like this before, hasn't it? Niimi Sadatsune, Mimura Iekin, Mori Moto, which one of them was not beaten by us at the beginning, as long as we take the lead, no matter how many people there are in the enemy, they will lose their courage, and the victorious side will be us. ”

Without waiting for Katayama to reply, Masahiro clapped his hands, pointed at Inamaki and said: "After the Nizi army seized the first line of Eagle Mountain Castle, they entered Inamaki early in the morning of November 24, and then divided their troops, led by his sister-in-law Saburo Shiro, assisted by Uyama Hisaka and other generals, led about 10,000 to 13,000, known as 30,000 Tong Guò Hidayaya to take Tenjin Mountain Castle, this is to add a sum of seniority to his son-in-law; The other route was led by Niko Haruhisa himself, with a force of about 12,000 to 15,000, and it was also claimed that 30,000 crossed Akaban County. ”

Zhengheng didn't seem to see everyone's faces, and said: "If Nizi Qingjiu doesn't divide the troops, whether it is Tianshen Mountain City or Lianggong Mountain City, he can only pray for God's protection, and the next goose feather snow will make the Nizi army withdraw, but he just divided the troops, does he think that he can be so rampant when he comes to win, we don't take advantage of the victory, just count him as 13,000 people, and our Date family is no less than 10,000 people in Lianggong Mountain City, not to mention the tens of thousands of troops in China and Beihou." ”

Ryonomiya Yama Castle, Date Clan Shishiki Bei a total of more than 3,600 people, Takamatsu Castle Ishikawa Hisataka sent 1,000 troops, Ueki Hideshi sent 1,000 troops, Iga Kutaka sent 1,200 troops, Kanemitsu Sotaka, Susuki Toyozen, Shosho Mototsune and other Nishibizen people mobilized more than 2,000 people, plus other subordinates, a total of about 10,000 people. What is the combat strength of these nearly 10,000 troops, it can only be seen, but the number is comparable to the number of Nizi Qingjiu after the division of troops, as Zheng Heng said, if you don't divide the troops, whether you go to attack Tianshen Mountain City or come to Lianggong Mountain City, the latter can only pray for the next heavy snowfall.

Zheng Heng suddenly raised his head and said to everyone: "Everyone, who can tell me what we are going to prepare for this time?" ”

Before the sudden withdrawal of troops from Bigo Province to Bizen Province, the Date Army held a pledge meeting, and all the generals below Masahiro appeared on the stage, informing the officers and men of the task of assisting Urakami Munekyo to resist the rebel Urakami Masamune, and even posted a notice on the street.

But of course, the generals don't think so, they think more that they are here to resist Niko Haruhisa. It's just that this time he was more silent, and what Masahiro wanted to ask was naturally not to resist the slogans put on the surface like Urakami Masamune or Noriko Haruhisa, but the true intention of Date Jun in the Lianggong Mountain Castle these days.

With the passage of time, the political balance became more and more realistic, and when it came to achieving China's hegemony, he became a realist through and through, and he certainly would not consume his own interests for the sake of others, even if he shouted loudly and coldly.

This time the troops were sent to prepare for the former country, and almost no one in the army knew about the specific combat objectives and battle plans, and what was placed on the bright side was the deployment around the Tianshen Mountain City Urakami Zongjing, and no one could guess what Zheng Heng's real thoughts were.

The meeting fell silent all of a sudden, and no one could be sure why the political balance would have such a question?

Zhengheng looked up at everyone again, his face suddenly became heavy, and he said in a deep voice: "The Date family started in the mountains of Bei China, and has always been an enemy on all sides, step by step into a high position, no matter who wants to see the rise of the Date family, Maori Yuan and Nizi Haruhisa attacked Kibi in the east and west, trying to strangle the Date family, and Bigo defeated Maori Motoshi in a war, it seems to be beautiful, but in fact it is full of crises, if you don't stop Nizi Haruhisa in front of the preparation, will you go to prepare for China to fight, if you don't hurt Niko Haruhisa, Where will he remember the lesson. ”

After speaking, Zheng Heng snapped, slapped his palm on the map, and said with a cruel smile: "If you don't send troops to prepare the former country, how can you have the righteousness after the war to grab the greatest benefits, once the Nizi army retreats, the territory they leave behind, but whoever occupies it will be whoever." ”

The last sentence can be regarded as saying the true thoughts of Zhengheng, and the real purpose of this military advance is to take the opportunity to seize the greatest interests of the country before the preparation.

It must be known that Bizen Province seems to be the dominant family of Urakami Sokei, but Urakami Sokei is originally plotting to seize his brother's territory, and the group of Bizen people who support Urakami Sokage say that they are retainers, but they are actually wealthy families with independent control rights, and Urakami Sokage is considered the boss of the East Bizen Alliance. The arrival of Niko Haruhisa completely disrupted the situation in Bizen Province, and Urakami Sokei retreated to Tenjin Mountain Castle, reducing his influence on Bizen Province to a minimum. Whether it is the victory of Nizi Haruhisa or the success of Urakami's defense, given time, it will inevitably peek into China, which is caused by geographical factors. Instead of passively defending at that time, it is better to take the initiative to attack, under the banner of helping Urakami Sokei, take advantage of the civil strife in Bizen Province, occupy Nishibimae first, and at the same time consume the combat power of Urakami Sokei and Niko Haruhisa to the greatest extent.

The generals listened to Zhengheng's words and took a sip, originally everyone had more or less thoughts in this regard, but to tell everyone so bluntly, I have such an idea, which really makes everyone a little unable to turn around. While everyone was still chewing on the meaning of Zhengheng's words, a spy led one person outside and reported: "General, he said that there is important information to report. ”