In the middle of June of the second year of Eiroku (1559), Honda Masanobu was very happy when the envoy of Miki Castle informed Honda Masanobu of the decision to govern the other places and the father and son through Koshisui Castle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAs he expected, when the father and son of Bessho and Anji gathered heavy troops at the Date family at Himeji Castle, they changed their previous indecisiveness and raised their banners to rebel without hesitation.

Miki Castle's public rebellion changed the situation in Harima Province again, and this change not only benefited Honganji Temple on the battlefields of Settsu and Yamato, but also had a major impact on the development of the future situation in Kinai.

Honda Masanobu immediately decided that when Miki Castle raised the flag to rebel, he must let Miki Castle block Date Masaki's onslaught and drag him down. It is necessary not to enter Settsu until the winner is determined in Kinai, and this is the strategy that Honda Masanobu offered to Honganji Temple. As long as the winner is divided in Kinai, Date Masaki is not able to enter Settsu, then it will not be Date Masaki who will have the final say on whether it is a war or a peace, and Honganji will have a bargaining chip with Date Masaki.

At that time, whether the father and son of Mikijo Bessho live or die is just a bargaining chip between Honganji Xianru and Date Masahiro, but as long as Mikijo is still in the hands of Bessho and his son before the victory or defeat in Kinai, he does not mind pleading with Honganji Xianru to take good care of their family.

Hosokawa Fujitaka suddenly heard that Miki Castle was rebelling, and he was stunned and thought that Date Masaki did it deliberately, but he soon threw out this unrealistic idea, you must know that this kind of thing cannot be faked, not to mention that Miki Castle is obvious, and it is clear whether it is a rebellion or not.

Hosokawa Fujitaka originally had no room to speak, but he still strongly advised Date Masaki to take advantage of the unstable rebellion of the father and son of Bessho to launch a decisive attack. If the father and son of Bessho are given enough time and get enough assistance, the difficulty of the attack will inevitably increase greatly, and the losses paid by the Date army will be greater, not only will they not be able to defeat the opponent in a short time, but once they cannot make a breakthrough in a short period of time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru in Kinai will become more difficult, and it is possible that the boat will capsize in the gutter, so that Honganji will stabilize the situation.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is also concerned about chaos, he is a close confidant of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, he has always been by Ashikaga Yoshiteru's side, and he knows all the decisions of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, once Date Masaki can't go to Luo smoothly, Ashikaga Yoshiteru will become alone.

Honganji will be able to calmly deal with Ashikaga Yoshiteru's challenge at that time, and Matsunaga Shu, Hatakeyama Takamasa and others who are galloping in Yamato will not need to be transferred back to Ishiyama Honganji, and will continue to make trouble in Yamato and even break into the rear of Kyoto, causing the forces to hesitate.

Tsuyoshi apparently had other plans for Miki's rebellion, and instead of storming Miki Castle as Hosokawa Fujitaka wanted, he gave Miki Castle enough time to hold on to the castle, much to the surprise of all those who paid attention to it.

Honda Masanaga breathed a sigh of relief and was a little puzzled, but he still didn't see the true purpose of the Date family clearly, thinking that Date Masahiro had won years after year, and his heart had already been blinded by the glory of victory, and he didn't understand the truth that the arrogant army would be defeated.

Honganji Xianru heard that Miki Castle was rebelling and blocking the eastward advance of the Date army, and greatly praised Honda Masanshin, but he still did not dare to support Miki Castle openly, of course, he secretly wanted to greatly support Miki Castle, and it was also a matter of course to block the advance of the Date army.

Ashikaga Yoshiki heard that Date Masaki was actually blocked by the little Miki Castle, and scolded loudly, with a mocking smile on his face, but his tone was quite unkind, and he scolded Date Masaki for his incompetence and reputation.

Akechi Mitsuhide was puzzled by Date Masaki's hesitation, could it really be that he was stumped by Miki Castle, he was still misled by the traditional method of warfare, and in the traditional method of warfare, it is a matter of patience to attack a cage city.

Although Miki Castle is not a famous city in the world, it is also a fortified castle in Harima Country, and if you want to attack such a castle and capture the castle in a short period of time, the Date army and horses will suffer greater losses, and in this era of war, what is most needed is a brave and good warrior, Date Masaki must understand this truth, and will not do the strategy of attacking with the loss of soldiers, but adopt the strategy of starvation and flooding. The so-called starvation is a food war, and flooding is the construction of dikes on all sides to release water to besiege the city.

Many knowledgeable people think that it is a difficult thing to capture Miki City, but they don't know that in the eyes of Zheng Heng, it is really a very simple thing to attack such a strong stone and wood building, you must know that he pointed out the master of the bronze cannon on the technology tree.

The consumption of bronze running gunpowder saltpeter is huge, but it is more than enough to attack a small Miki City. The reason why there was no rush to attack Miki Castle was just to make Honganji Temple think that the Date family had exhausted their skills and would not be able to conquer Miki Castle in a short period of time, so he could rest assured that he could boldly send troops to fight to the death with the old temple forces in Kinai.

The battle of the cage castle of Miki Castle was lackluster, but the battle of Jianbu Mountain Castle was divided early.

On June 27, 1559, a large castle was built near Maizuru Bay in Kenbu Mountain Castle, and the weather was clear, and the arrows whistled three times and passed over the main building of Kenbu Mountain Castle. Seconds later, there was a commotion among the city soldiers. In their ears, the sound of arrows became a sign of bad luck. Some even trembled at the sound of the arrows, which had long since subsided.

Dysprosium arrows are sent from the Ida camp and represent a precursor to war. If the sound of dysprosium arrows might not have caused panic before the castle was built, but now, after the construction of the castle has been completed, there is no hope for Jianbu Mountain Castle to break through, and the sound of dysprosium arrows announcing battle is tantamount to the sound of death.

Most of the principal's family members were in the city, and the soldiers were warriors from nearby villages, who usually carried out hoes and farms, and were summoned by the lord to assemble when there was an emergency. The Isshiki clan and the Takeda clan have been fighting for many years, and these people have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they used to be the opponents of an enemy of the size of the Date family. Whether it is in terms of numbers or morale, except for the Jianbu Mountain Castle, which is still a strong city, the rest have no chance of winning, so it can be said that this is a war with no chance of winning.

There are only two roads in front of him, one is that the whole city is not fighting, and the other is that someone has come out to take responsibility for this war, and the rest of the people are living in shame, whether they are alive or dead, all of them are between the thoughts of Isshiki Yoshiki and Yoshido father and son. Yishi Yixing and Yidao glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of determination.

Just as he was about to summon his retainers to make a final declaration, a deafening bang woke up Isshiki Yoshiyuki and Yoshido father and son from their decision, followed by a violent shaking of the earth, and a huge wave of air roared, and before they could open their eyes, they were violently swept into the air, and then tumbled and rolled out of the distance like dead leaves, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Before they could react, their mouths were filled with foul-smelling muddy water, and the two of them floated into the pond in the courtyard, and crawled out of the pond, and as far as the eye could see, there were all the collapsed and charred street occupants, the collapsed and burning towers, and the corpses scattered all over the place.

What's going on? What's going on? Before the two of them could figure it out, Naohide Inatomi stumbled in, and seeing the appearance of the two, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "City Lord, how is the situation, the **** Date military catapult threw a wooden barrel full of gunpowder." ”

Isshiki Yoshiyuki shook his head and frowned, he never thought that Date Jun would be irresistible if he didn't move, he shouted fiercely: "Where did it come from, how is it possible?" Thrown into Honmaru? ”

Isshiki Yidao patted his head, suddenly thought of something, pointed to the castle outside and said viciously: "Damn, it turns out that they have been building the castle not to surround us, but to build a platform for catapults, what should we do now?" ”

Inatomi Naohide looked dazed, he didn't know what to do, he ran in to ask the two principals, he never thought that both of them were blinded, but asked him what to do, where did he know, so he had to lower his head and shake his head.

Isshiki Yoshiki looked at the blackened city walls, and suddenly a cold murderous intent bloomed on his face, and said in a cruel voice: "Yidao, Daofu, you two immediately order people to retreat to the western city and let the eastern city out, as long as they dare to come in, then the catapult will be useless." "He also has no way to do it, Jianbu Mountain City is divided into the East City, the West City and the main city, now the East City has been hit by a tragic blow, the city is also a bullet, only the West City is located on the side of Wuhe Bay, the distance is far, it is safe, as long as the Date army is put into the East City, then the catapult will lose most of its role, only step by step steady attack, you can enter the traditional tactics.

It is no exaggeration to say that Isshiki Yoshiyuki gave him a certain tactical literacy in the battle with the Wakasa Takeda family, and he was also outstanding in the Tango and Wakasa areas. As he spoke, the catapult was ejected again, this time without the power and suddenness of the first time, but it was also more disgusting, and it was all dung filled with burlap bags.

These fecal water damage can be said to be no, but disgusting people are real, what is even more terrible is that these fecal water are with deadly germs, once it comes into contact with the water storage system, it can immediately make Jianbu Mountain City lose its water source, even if there is food and no water source, it will quickly lose its combat effectiveness, and what is more terrible is morale.

Isshiki Yoshiyuki, Yoshido father and son each led a team of warlords to supervise the battle, never thought that the attack of the Date army became more and more fierce, although the two of them were brave, but now it is also the end of the crossbow, he brandished a bloody spear, leading the soldiers to rush to the edge of the high wall of Nimaru again and again to block, kill, and then organize everyone to charge, block, kill. It wasn't until no one followed him that the two fathers and sons felt very bad.

Katayama Moricho saw that victory was in sight, but he was leisurely, victory was in sight, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Attack, attack, attack......" He kept shouting attack, attack, attack, attack, attack again, as long as Kenbu Yamajo is in me, his crusade will also come to an end, and he will return to Inaba Province to build his Tottori Castle, and the troops will also be handed over to Matsushima Hengkatsu to enter Tanba Province to fight.

If you want to say regret, it's a pity, but Katayama Moricho knows that he has a lot of military exploits, and once his achievements are high, I'm afraid that even if both of them and father and son are trusted by Date Masahiro, it will be difficult to guarantee that they will not be jealous of everyone, which is not good for them, and they have to let go when they should let go.

Isshiki Yoshimichi has been stabbed by arrows and spears in more than a few places, he didn't cry out for pain, he still did the same thing as usual, and now there are less than thirty people around him, blocking the enemy of nearly a thousand people, he sighed secretly: "Defeated!" ”

Just as he was sighing, a bald man jumped in from the city, and as he entered, a total of seven or eight big men jumped up at the same time, each with a ring knife, and the bald man in the lead shouted: "It's a big fish, it's ours!" ”

Saying that, seven or eight big men shot at the same time, and the sword light was like snow, rushing towards the righteous path of one color.

Isshiki Yidao knew that the other party must be a monk who came with him and didn't know where he was a monk, otherwise he would not use an unconventional weapon like a ring knife, but he didn't have the slightest hint of looking down on the other party, and when he saw seven or eight monks appear, he immediately shook the spear in his hand.

Seventeen or eighteen guns seemed to appear in front of these monks, and the guns beckoned to their vital points. In a panic, they waved their knives desperately, blocking the east and west, and making a mess, only to hear a series of clanging explosions, followed by a burst of screams, and a short monk was first picked in the throat and fell to the ground, splattered with blood, convulsed, and could not survive in front of him.

The other monks and soldiers saw that Isshiki Yoshido was so strong, they didn't feel a shock to their bodies, and just as they launched the next wave of attacks, more than ten warriors from the Shan family jumped into the city, and as soon as they saw Isshiki Yoshimichi, they glanced at each other, and one of them shouted loudly: "Isshiki Yoshimichi, I think you still surrender, I can intercede with the adults and spare you a dog's life!" ”

As he spoke, the Isshiki Yoshido group was already surrounded, and a steady stream of soldiers and samurai from the Katayama family, the Goto family, and the Date family jumped in from the castle behind him, and the enemies around the Isshiki Yoshido became more and more surrounded.

Isshiki Yoshido was secretly jealous in his heart, looking for a way to escape, and returned to the castle tower first to insist for a while, but where could he find a way out, sighed, and shouted loudly: "The frost and snow of the withered grass have disappeared with the morning sun, and my life is like this, and I can't escape retribution after all!" As he spoke, he brandished a spear and rushed into the enemy's ranks, stabbed one person to death, and finally was unable to defeat four hands with two fists, and was slashed and stabbed by several spears and swords, and died a heroic death.

As soon as Isshiki Yoshimichi died, Isshiki Yoshiki also had no love, and after resisting for a while, he set himself on fire and died in the castle tower. (To be continued.) )