Harassment and counter-harassment, and finally, on July 29, Wada Yumasa finally won a decisive victory and breached Ikeda Castle. Ikeda Castle was wiped out, with the exception of Katsumasa Ikeda and his close retainer Araki Murashige, who escaped.

Wada Yumasa listened to the report, looked at Ikeda Castle dripping with blood, and said to himself, "Am I too cruel to kill all the clans!" "Naturally, I have this heart, why do I have to say it compassionately after killing all of them.

Takayama Yuzhao appeared behind him, half-knelt on the ground, and replied: "My lord, this is fate!" They should be like us in an early avatar, not only to preserve the territory and security, but also to be able to get a piece of the pie at the upcoming feast. ”

Wada Yumasa heard Takayama Yuteru's words, suddenly laughed, and said again and again: "Yes, that's right, since Ikeda Castle has fallen, and Shimoma Yorisho has also begun to retreat, we should make great strides forward and attack Ishiyama Honganji." ”

Takayama Tomoteru shook his head slightly and reminded: "My lord, the casualties are too great, and the army is also too tired, so it's better to rest in Ikeda Castle, fortunately, there hasn't been any movement in the direction of Ibaraki Castle, let your lord challenge Ishiyama Honganji Temple alone?!" ”

Wada Yumasa was stunned for a moment, he bowed his head again and again, there was a competitive relationship between him and Akechi Mitsuhide, and now he not only broke through Ikeda Castle, but also killed hundreds of enemy troops who came to support, and he had already completed his task beyond the standard, and now it was time for Akechi Mitsuhide to show his strength.

Takayama Yuteru saw that Wada Yumasa listened, and he did not continue the topic just now, but changed the topic and said, "Ikeda Castle is quite close to Harima Province. Once the skin is torn. I'm afraid the adults will have to be on their own. ”

Wada Yumasa said "um". Clenched his fists, of course he knew the meaning of Takayama Yuzhao's words, but it was his expectation to be alone, as for whether to resist or not, he would not say it, you must know that the two were not familiar with each other.

While resting in Ikeda Castle, Wada Yumasa persuaded the surrounding local tyrants to strengthen his strength. In addition, he also reported the latest information to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Of course, it was a big victory, or a decisive victory, but in the end, it was also told that Ashikaga Yoshiteru had suffered heavy losses and was unsustainable.

Soon, Ashikaga Yoshiteru learned that Wada Yushimasa had won a decisive victory, not only breaking through Ikeda Castle, which refused to surrender, but also causing Yoriteru to be embarrassed and suffering heavy casualties, leaving behind more than 3,000 heads. It made him a little more beautiful.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru sent an envoy to the forward position and told Akechi Mitsuhide about Wada's glorious experience in 1510 in front of a large number of generals. The messenger spoke eloquently, slapping Wise Mitsuhide in the face like a slap.

Wise Guangxiu snorted coldly and sneered: "Since Hetian Weizheng is so strong, why don't I give up the position of coach to Hetian Weizheng, why come and lose my face?" With a cold snort, he threw the messenger on the spot and ignored it.

Where did the envoy suffer such humiliation, and after returning to add fuel and vinegar, he also slandered Ashikaga Yoshiteru about the fact that the soldiers only knew that Akaga Mitsuhide did not know Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru heard the words of the messenger, and his face became very ugly.

You must know that the legion under Akechi Mitsuhide is the most important legion under Ashikaga Yoshiteru, except for the 12,000 people under the command of Wada Yumasa, the rest of the people are all under the control of Akechi Mitsuhide, once Akechi Mitsuhide has a rebellion, he abandons Ashikaga Yoshiteru in minutes.

At that time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru will become a single general again in minutes, the days without soldiers are painful, from thrift to luxury, on the contrary, there are many difficulties, Ashikaga Yoshiteru has tasted the days of soldiers and horses gathering, seeing that Zhongxing is in sight, and let him return to the previous hard days, saying that he will not do anything.

However, even Honganji Xianru knows that changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and changing the situation in Yamato country has changed dramatically, and the defense has changed hands, is it possible that Ashikaga Yoshiteru will do something to change generals in battle, of course, he didn't want to do it, but was frightened by the messenger. Today, the decision to change generals was made, and I am afraid that tomorrow Wise Mitsuhide will run to the outside of Shenglong Temple with thousands of troops and horses and roared: "The enemy is in Shenglong Temple!" "This is not the unjust death that let Ashikaga Yoshiteru die, he died before he left the school.

Ashikaga Yoshiki was much worse than Oda Nobunaga, who was in the middle of history, so he couldn't even say anything, and immediately tied up the messenger, and then cut off his head, showing that he didn't have any dissatisfaction with Akechi Mitsuhide, and the messenger died unjustly.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru's approach was countless times more clever than Oda Nobunaga's knowledge, and the historical Oda Nobunaga did not do this, and Shengsheng handed over the Oda family business to Yushiba Hideyoshi, giving up the position of the people of the world and dying in the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide.

Although Akechi Mitsuhide was dissatisfied in his heart, but when he heard about Ashikaga Yoshiteru's behavior, he didn't have any reason to take that step, although his reputation in the army was very high, but it was true that he did not reach the point of the messenger, and there were still a large number of people in the army who only recognized Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and more importantly, it was Hosokawa Fujitaka who controlled Akechi Mitsuhide's grain and grass, and Hosokawa Fujitaka's object of allegiance was Ashikaga Yoshiteru, not Akechi Mitsuhide, once Akechi Mitsuhide had objections, Hosokawa Fujitaka cut off the grain and grass in minutes.

Akechi Mitsuhide knew that Ashikaga Yoshiteru had doubts and knew that he had to fight a victory as soon as possible. The fact that there was a gap between Ashikaga Yoshiki and Akechi Mitsuhide quickly fell into Honda Masanobu's intelligence system, and you must know that Ashikaga Yoshiteru's killing of his cronies was not secretly killed.

After learning of this situation, Honda Masatin knew that Akechi Mitsuhide would definitely send troops to attack in the near future, and he borrowed Masasu Masakatsu's brother-in-law Maeno Nagayasu from Wasuka Masakatsu, and after a while, Maeno Nagayasu nodded and agreed.

On 3 August, Maeno Nagayasu led an army of more than 1,000 men in a forest in the north of Kashiri Mountain, and they had been sleeping in the open air for two days and two nights, and before their target appeared, they were inevitably a little anxious in their hearts.

They were greeted by a food convoy from Honganji Temple, which would deliver military rations to Ibaraki Castle and Miyake Castle once a day, and since Honganji had run out of food, they could only exercise once a day.

Good thing it's close. Don't waste too much time. Honda Masanobu believed that Akechi Mitsuhide would deal with food if he wanted to win. This is also the best way he can achieve the final victory. As long as Ibaraki Castle and Miyake Castle are starved of food, they will be able to win without a fight.

The grain transport team obviously didn't know that Honda Masanobu had sent Maeno Nagayasu to wait for the attack of the Eastern Army, and it was the third time that the convoy passed in front of them, and there was no movement in the first two times, which made Maeno Nagayasu also a little depressed.

Just as they were thinking about whether to go back and report and wait any longer, the convoy was suddenly attacked when they left a distance of hundreds of feet, and a group of foot-clad ashigaru rushed out of the grass next to the Yodo River. You don't need to look at it, it must be someone from the Eastern Army who is attacking food.

Maeno Nagayasu was stunned. He didn't expect to really tell Honda Masanobu that the Eastern Army had really come to rob the grain, clenched his fists, threw off the straw hat on his head, raised the spear in his hand in the air, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" ”

Without looking back, Maeno Nagayasu raised his spear and rushed towards the chaotic grain transport team.

The ambush battle was half a mile away from the place where Maeno Nagayasu was ambushed, and he passed in front of them, and he originally thought that today was another wasted job. Unexpectedly, the enemy really came, and he was less than half an hour from the time he stood up. He had already entered the ranks of the Eastern Army, which was completely stunned by this sudden change.

In ancient times, only samurai had names and surnames, Maeno Nagayasu was naturally not born in Caokou, he practiced swords and guns since he was a child, and the singing voice in his hand was like a poisonous snake stabbing out, and a shot pierced the throat of an enemy soldier in front of Maeno Nagayasu, he twisted and pulled out the spear, and blood gushed out from the wound on the man's neck.

Without looking at this hopeless enemy at all, Maeno Nagayasu half-turned around, accompanied by an angry roar, "Kill!" Once again, his spear plunged into the throat of another enemy. It took only a moment to see that the army had arrived, and the change from the slaughterer to the slaughtered seemed to be an instantaneous change.

The one who came to rob the grain was Mizoo Shigeto, a retainer of Akechi Mitsuhide, who started with Akechi Mitsuhide's wanderings, and it can be said that he was a close retainer of Akechi Mitsuhide, who served as the first reserve in the Battle of Yamazaki in history, and came out of Katsuryuji Castle with Akechi Mitsuhide after the battle. After helping Akechi Mitsuhide commit suicide, he committed suicide in Sakamoto.,It's one of Akechi Mitsuhide's five elders.。 It's not very outstanding in terms of ability, but it's better to be loyal, and to be able to complete the tasks entrusted by Wise Mitsuhide.

After Mizuo Shigeru also ambushed nearby for a day and a night, he watched a grain transport team slip away from his eyes and did not make a move, and only did he do it when the second grain transport team arrived today.

Mizuo Shigeru knew that this was enemy territory, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would be besieged here by the soldiers and horses of the Honganji Temple around him, he saw the chaos in the rear team, and he was not afraid, he calmly observed, and then pointed to a place where no one went, and shouted loudly: "Throw the torch and retreat with me!" Ignoring the safety of the rear team, he took the lead in leading more than 100 people to flee towards the mountains and forests on the left.

Maeno Nagayasu watched Mizuo Shigeru evacuate, he didn't want to pursue, but he still understood the truth of poor Kou Mo's pursuit, and if it wasn't good, there were ambushes in front, so it was better to collect it when it was good, anyway, he had already killed three or four hundred people.

Mizuo Shigeru led more than 100 people to evacuate, and all the soldiers and horses he abandoned were discarded and fell into the hands of Maeno Nagayasu, who turned a blind eye to the enemy's statement that he wanted to surrender, and killed them all as if they were the enemy, cut off the heads one by one, threw them on an empty grain cart, and transported them back to Ibaraki Castle to report the victory.

The headless corpses recounted the desolate slaughter, the blood flowed all over the ground, and the men of the grain delivery team became the corpse carriers again, burying the headless corpses in a huge pit, and then filling them with layers of earth, and next year it was a fertile land.

Ibaraki Castle, Honda Masanobu was holding a letter in his hand, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, he looked carefully, and after reading the letter in his hand, he raised his head slightly, looked at a young samurai in front of him with a playful look, and said, "Do you think that just such a headless letter can make Ashikaga Yoshiteru believe that Akechi Mitsuhide has betrayed?!"

The person who came was none other than the Bee House Half Castle, and since the defeat of Ikeda Castle by Shimoma Yorisho a few days ago, his life has suddenly changed a lot, and Shimoma Yorisho is indeed a narrow-minded person who does not have any mind to take responsibility, and the defeat of Ikeda Castle is blamed on the head of Bee House Hanno Cheng.

The bee house Hannojo saw clearly the character of Shimoma Yorito, and in desperation, he came to Ibaraki Castle to take refuge in Honda Masanobu, who he despised on weekdays, and his heart was bitter, but looking around, he could only take refuge in Honda Masanobu, who had a little friendship with his fellow villagers, to help him get out of the false accusation of Shimoma Yorisho.

If you want to impress Honda Masanobu, you have to have his value, and the bee house also has a unique skill, that is, copying, yes, he can copy any note he has read, so he wrote a wise Mitsuhide's "surrender letter" dedicated to Honda Masanobu.

Knowing that a letter could not impress Honda Masanobu, he said with a hundred and fifty-ten thoughts: "Do you know what you are talking about on paper? Wise Guangxiu, a famous general with outstanding intelligence, it is not easy to beat him in a short period of time. Ashikaga Yoshiteru thinks highly of himself, but he lacks the ability to fight and does not know how to be flexible. If Ashikaga Yoshiki can replace Akechi Mitsuhide as the commander of the Eastern Army, countless loopholes will definitely be exposed, so that adults can seize and reverse the unfavorable situation in front of them in one fell swoop. ”

Honda Masanobu heard the bee house half of the story of "talking on paper", his heart moved, and he was already vaguely thinking about the bee house half of the house, and said: "You mean the anti-plan, I have just said that a letter is just a letter, where can Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Akechi Mitsuhide turn against each other?" ”

Bee House Hannoshi said with a smile: "My lord already knows, but he just wants to be careful about me." Ashikaga Yoshiaki's killing of the messenger has spread, which shows that he has begun to be jealous of Akechi Mitsuhide, if this jealousy is expanded, everyone knows that Ashikaga Yoshiki and Akechi Mitsuhide are against each other, Akechi Mitsuhide intends to take refuge in Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and then let Ashikaga Yoshiaki write a few letters to Akechi Mitsuhide, no matter how Akechi Mitsuhide hides, it will make Ashikaga Yoshiki deepen his doubts, so that this letter will be useful. ”

A smile appeared on Honda Masanobu's serious face, nodded, and said: "This matter is entrusted to you, if you want people and things, there will be significant results, as long as this matter is completed, your affairs, I will take care of the next room." ”

The Bee House Half of the Bee House immediately thanked him: "Thank you, sir! ”

Soon, rumors spread throughout the frontier positions such as Takatsuki Castle and Akutagawa Yamajo and all over Kyoto in the rear that Ashikaga Yoshiki and Akechi Mitsuhide were not on good terms, and among the many rumors, there were rumors that Ashikaga Yoshiaki admired Akechi Mitsuhide very much. (To be continued.) )