Today's Yamato country, with a large number of forces from all sides, is indeed complicated. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After a bloodbath, the power of the temple was greatly weakened, and the wealthy families attached to the temple fought for power and profit from the chaos, and the regional situation suddenly became very unstable. At this time, the visit of Wise Mitsuhide was like a shark pouring into the lake, and the situation of the original undercurrent in the lake was completely broken at once, whether it was a big fish or a fish and shrimp, they once again felt the tyranny of outsiders and hugged together again.

Akechi Mitsuhide came to Yamato with no intention of staying for a long time, and he didn't have any extra time to maneuver between the various forces in Yamato, striving for more allies, not making enemies on all sides, he came to grab food, to grab food from all sides.

Snatching food is destined to be violent from the beginning, obviously it is impossible to coexist peacefully, the purpose of wise Mitsuhide is to grab food, everyone knows that food is the most important material in the year of war, food is something equivalent to life, snatching food, the original owner has to starve to death, this is the deepest hatred.

The news that Akechi Mitsuhide's army had left Kawachi Province and entered Yamato Province along the mountain road did not attract the attention of many forces in Yamato at first, and by the end of September, that is, when Honda Masanobu received his first grain from Shin-Hoyama Castle. After Akechi Mitsuhide arrived at Tsutsui Castle, Fang just smashed into the lake like a boulder, causing a sudden change.

A few years ago, I besieged Tsutsui Castle and beat the main city of the Tsutsui family to a dilapidated state, and then I retreated, and the people of the Tsutsui family returned again.

When Akechi Mitsuhide arrived at Tsutsui Castle, the people of the Tsutsui family had no intention of holding Tsutsui Castle at all, but they had plenty of time to dispose of all the food in the city. After the Mingzhi army captured Tsutsui City, it took most of the day to find a hundred stones, which was just enough for the whole army to eat in a day.

Wise Mitsuhide's long-distance attack before not only delayed time and consumed morale, but also made Akechi Mitsuhide almost run out of food now, which means that he only has one day's food left, and if he can't make food after a day, he will have to starve, and starving in high-intensity war activities is a hurdle that the army can't get over.

Right now, in front of Akechi Mitsuhide are two paths leading to Kofukuji Temple. One is to attack Koriyama Castle, and then cross Koriyama Castle and attack Kofukuji Temple again, this road is the closest, and the blood flow of the predecessors such as Hatakeyama Takamasa and Matsunaga Shu before the year was also this road.

The other way is to go around Koriyama Castle and go straight to Kofukuji Temple.

Akechi Mitsuhide prefers to fight steadily, and then follow the old path of Hatakeyama Takamasa and Masunaga Hide, he believes that with his war skills, he will definitely not repeat their mistakes, and it is clear that food does not allow him to waste any time, so he can only gamble.

Akechi Mitsuhide's personality has a flaw of desperateness, but he knows that if he fails to bypass Koriyama Castle and take Kofukuji Temple, he will fall into a siege and die without a place to be buried, if it is just him, he will not hesitate, but he also has to worry about the majority of the army.

After deciding on two paths, Akechi Mitsuhide called the generals and told them what to do. The voices of the generals below who died in a low voice unconsciously became louder because of the quarrel, and reached the ears of Akechi Mitsuhide.

One faction thinks that there is also food in Koriyama Castle, so why take the risk, they think that Koriyama Castle and Tsutsui Castle will be easily captured, even if most of the food in Koriyama Castle is burned, it will be enough for the wise army to eat for a long time.

The other faction believes that Koriyama Castle is the last fortress of the Tsutsui family, and after the siege of Hatakeyama Takamasa and Matsunaga Shu, it has withstood the devastation of the cage castle battle, and it is very difficult to capture it in a short time, not to mention that their food is not enough to attack the castle for a long time.

In the end, the latter persuaded the former, the reason was that in the final analysis, it was food, and the lower-level soldiers did not know how much food was left, they more or less knew that the food had run out, and they could suffer for two or three days at most, and it was a delusional thing to conquer the county mountain castle in two or three days.

That night, Akechi Mitsuhide took out all the food, enough to eat, and then pointed in the direction of Kofukuji and shouted: "Pass the order, target Kofukuji, there is a lot of food there, don't want to starve to keep up!" "With the order of Akechi Mitsuhide, the 15,000 Akechi army began to march towards Kofukuji Temple under the cover of night.

The composition of the army under the command of Akechi Mitsuhide is better than that of Wada Yumasa who retreated to Tanba country, but there is still a part of the murmur, these people are obscure on weekdays, and they are not convinced in their hearts, and they secretly grasp the military power and do not let go, and when Akechi Mitsuhide is in a predicament, he jumps out and scolds Sang.

Although it has been reorganized several times, Akechi Mitsuhide still can't eliminate these people, and at the same time let these people huddle together for warmth. If Akechi Mitsuhide just issued an order to bypass Koriyama Castle and attack Kofukuji Temple directly, the purpose would be achieved, but there would definitely be no shortage of bad words. Now, Akechi Mitsuhide clearly pointed out that there is food in Kofukuji Temple, and he doesn't want to starve to keep up, which is in line with the vital interests of the officers and men of the whole army, and provokes everyone's painful memory, so that there is no market for bad words, and the whole army temporarily obeys the orders of Akechi Mitsuhide alone.

The procession of 15,000 men marched in four columns, pulling out a long line six or seven miles long on the country road. The predecessor of the Wise Army was the Shogunate Army, or the core army of the Shogunate Army, and the Shogunate's finances did not allow it, and the result was that the whole army was dressed differently, only the aqua blue bellflower pattern family crest flag made a rustling sound under the night wind.

Tsutsui Castle fell, and the movements of the Wise Army have always been the focus of attention of Koriyama Castle. When the wise army set out from Tsutsui Castle, the scouts quickly headed towards Koriyama Castle, and the people in Koriyama Castle felt the coming of death and suffocated in despair.

In the conference room, the ten-year-old Tsutsui family's governor Tsutsui Fujikatsu still did not appear as always, and his successor, Tsutsui Shunmasa, who had just escaped from Tsutsui City, sat at the top, as if he was acting as the governor of the family, and all the bigwigs present looked like they should be.

Since the disappearance of Matsunaga Shu fiasco, Hatakeyama Takamasa withdrew from Yamato Province, Tsutsui Fujikatsu has never appeared again, all affairs are from the hands of Tsutsui Shunmasa, and it is rumored that Tsutsui Fujikatsu has been killed, and then Kofukuji Temple came forward to refute the rumors.

At the request of Kofukuji Temple, Tsutsui Fujikatsu became a monk like his father and ancestors, and all the affairs of the family were entrusted to Tsutsui Shunmasa, and everything was that Tsutsui Shunmasa was more pleasing to Kofukuji and was willing to open up territory for Kofukuji, which made Kofukuji come forward.

Kofukuji refuted the rumors, but as the enemy retreated, the vitality of the Tsutsui clan was greatly damaged, and they were no longer able to control the cities under their command. The cities have defected to Kofukuji and are attached to Kofukuji Temple, but in fact, they are independent and no longer obey the orders of the Tsutsui clan.

Now that Tsutsui Castle has fallen, the only castle that the Tsutsui clan can directly govern is the small space of Koriyama Castle and the three nearby Fu Castles, and now that he heard that Akechi Mitsuhide had come out of the castle, Tsutsui Shunmasa felt a strong anxiety.

Although Tsutsui Junmasa is anxious, he is not depressed. He is still quite confident in Koriyama Castle, Koriyama Castle is not better than Tsutsui Castle, but a castle that has undergone the test of Cage City, and it has not been lost under the siege of more than 100,000 people, and he does not believe that Akechi Mitsuhide can easily conquer it.

At the same time, Tsutsui Shunmasa burned most of the grain in Tsutsui Castle with a fire before leaving, and he believed that the grain in the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide would not be able to attack Koriyama Castle for a long time, and as long as he held on, he would be able to obtain the final victory, and the victory must belong to the Tsutsui family.

Victory will eventually be won, but is victory in this sense something he wants to see? Tsutsui Castle burned down most of the grain, and now it will fall again, and the Akechi army will storm the Koriyama Castle, even if the Akechi army finally repeats the mistakes of the past, the Tsutsui clan, which was already greatly injured, will be broken again, and I am afraid that he will not be able to recover his brother's great cause for decades. can only be reduced to a local small wealthy clan to survive, what is the point of this, this is what Tsutsui Shunmasa wants to see.

Tsutsui Shunmasa was at a loss, and everyone was frowning and gloomy. At this moment, there was a slight tremor from the floor of the conference room, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen. Only the sound of footsteps was heard, and the sound was getting louder and louder.

The enemy is coming!

Tsutsui Shunmasa hurriedly ran out of the conference room and looked out of the city, and the elders of the important ministers such as Mori Yoshiyuki and Matsukura Shigenobu followed and rushed out to look. The castle was already in turmoil due to the attack of the enemy. From the retainers to the samurai, and even the maids in the backyard, all the subordinates of the Tsutsui family shouted "Enemy!" He ran all over the city, most of them to the third castle where the dew was located.

When Matsukura Shigenobu arrived at the Third Castle, he immediately climbed the watchtower and looked out of the castle. The other retainers also rushed to the bottom of the watchtower one after another, staring at the watchtower with anxious eyes. Yoshiyuki Mori shouted loudly below, "Right near, can you see it?" ”

Matsukura Shigenobu looked out of the city, but for some reason, he couldn't even see the light of a torch, and only heard the sound of a large group of men and horses marching far and near, and replied loudly: "I can't see it." All they knew was that they had arrived outside the city, and they were surrounding this side little by little. ”

Tsutsui Shunmasa arrived, and he also climbed the watchtower to lookout, and said, "Why don't you light the torch?" ”

Matsukura Shigenobu has become famous since the First World War, and now he has become the real power boss of the Tsutsui family, with an elite army of five or six hundred people, and he is the second real power figure in Koriyama Castle, he replied: "I don't know, this is to intimidate us." ”

Tsutsui Shunmasa was silent, raised his head and said, "Ask for help, ask for help from Kofukuji?" "The intimidation of the wise army has no effect, the timid will be timid even if they light a torch, but the brave will rush to a great insult and make a desperate decision.

Matsukura Shigenobu shook his head, silent. He knew that Kofukuji Temple wished that Akechi Mitsuhide was blocked in Koriyama Castle, and the monks of Kofukuji Temple could sing and dance behind Koriyama Castle, where would they personally go into battle to fight life and death, and everyone knew that Akechi Mitsuhide's food was insufficient, and as long as he held on for a while, he would retreat. The upper echelons of Kofukuji Temple may have the intention of sending troops, but they are not allowed to do it themselves, and the people who really do it think that a declining Tsutsui family is a good Tsutsui family.

has always plundered the Yamato country, the vitality of the Tsutsui family has been greatly damaged, and other heroes have not had a good time, even Yagyu Zhuang, who became famous in the first war, has paid a lot of price. In the eyes of the heroes, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and if they want to rise, they want the Tsutsui family to completely decline. Hearing the news that Koriyama Castle was under siege, these heroes wished that Koriyama Castle would be beaten to pieces, and of course it was best to sprinkle all their anger on Koriyama Castle and the Tsutsui family, and not come to them.

Many of the people of Tsutsui Castle spent a sleepless night at the Third Castle. Matsukura Shigenobu rubbed his eyes, pushed Tsutsui Shunmasa, and shouted urgently, "Isn't the situation right?" Ah, no, they went directly to Kofukuji Temple. ”

Tsutsui Shunmasa lay on the railing, panting heavily, staring at the red eyes, the corners of his mouth grinned, and he wanted to laugh, but thinking about the people left and right, he said: "They are not here to attack us, they are not here to attack us, they are not here to attack us." ”

The sound grew louder and louder. The retainers who had been waiting anxiously all night under the watchtower cheered, Tsutsui Shunmasa couldn't laugh, it didn't mean that the others couldn't laugh, as long as they didn't come to attack Tsutsui Castle, they didn't care what they did?

The cheers resounded throughout the city, but a few people had anxious faces and did not follow the cheers, and when they saw Tsutsui Shunmasa and Matsukura Shigenobu climbing down the watchtower, Mori Yoshiyuki asked again and again, "My lord, are they going to attack Kofukuji Temple?" How do we do that? ”

Shunmasa Tsutsui glanced at Mori Yoshiyuki and said angrily, "Wait!" As he spoke, he shook off everyone and walked towards the backyard, the corners of his mouth grinning slightly.

Everyone looked at Matsukura Shigenobu, who wanted to leave, but was entangled hand and foot, so he had to explain: "Without the decree of Kofukuji Temple, I can't wait to act rashly." "I was thinking about who wanted to rescue whom, but he wasn't going anyway.

Kofukuji Temple was attacked, and perhaps it could also profit from it. Matsukura Shigenobu thought about when to get the most benefit from it, and he thought about it, and he didn't say anything. Everyone went back to their own houses to find their own mothers, and whoever was stupid went to die.

Feng Shui takes turns, and when Tsutsui Castle fell last night, Kofukuji Temple did not make any movement, and I watched Koriyama Castle fall into anxiety. Now the people of Koriyama Castle are moving stools to watch a good show, and Kofukuji Temple rings the bronze bell and makes a mess.

Xingfu Temple, built eight or nine hundred years, has never been destroyed by the temple. Even when the previous year had been invaded into Yamato, most of the other temples were destroyed by military disasters, but Kofukuji not only did not decline, but flourished even more, and the monks reattached themselves one after another, and many estates were recovered.

The monks of Kofukuji Temple thought that this was the blessing of the Buddha and the result of worshipping the Buddha in Kofukuji Temple on weekdays, but they never thought that disaster would finally befall them. (To be continued.) )