Chapter 142: Decision (2)
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On October 17, the 21st year of astronomy (1552), twenty-six or seven days had passed since the Battle of Takayagawa Gorge, and the Prime Minister of the National Division and Zhu Yun Huixin said goodbye to Zhengheng and others in the evening, and the sky gradually darkened, but Zhengheng did not have the heart to go to the camp to rest, standing on a sentry tower at the highest point of the Nishigahara and watching the endless black curtain, thinking about how to end this damn war.
Although there have been many skirmishes between the two sides before, and the largest fierce battle between the Date Army and the Maori Coalition Army was born in the Takayagawa Gorge, the result of the fierce battle still ended with the victory of the Date Army. The construction of the West Ebara, and later the completion of the East Ebara, did not calm down the heart of Zhengheng.
In fact, compared with the MΔori dollar, the political balance really does not have any advantage.
Since the Battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida County, Mori Moto, since the Battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida County, followed Tao Qingxian, the general under the command of Ouchi Yoshitaka, to crusade against the people of Bigo Province who belonged to the Niko clan, and he has been to Bigo Province more than once, and two years ago, the vanguard of Mori Motosho had already opened up contact with the Mimura family when they attacked the Kamejuyama Castle of the Miyashi clan, otherwise the Mimura family would not have been able to receive assistance from Mori Motosa. The series of actions of the Mori Motosho not only showed the deterrent and centripetal force of the Mori clan to the forces of Bigo Province, but also explored the geographical path of Bigo Province. The Date clan has no advantage in this regard at all, and it seems that it has traveled from the main city of the Date clan to Nishi-Ebara. It's much closer than the Maori dollar. Since most of the local wealthy families are interested in the Maori clan. I can't really talk about how much of an advantage it has. In addition, the rise of the Date clan was too fast, and the preparations for the war were not very complete, so it was said that when the construction of Nishiebara was built, it encountered the problem of insufficient shovels, so it had to urgently transfer a batch from Hecheng again, but there were not many problems with the materials.
It's not that Zhengheng doesn't want to build a camp closer to him. However, if you want to set up a camp close to the main camp of the Yamamori, it will take more manpower and time to cut down and transport wood, and more people will need to protect it, and if you can't use the water transportation of the Odagawa River as you do now, the natural danger will increase exponentially.
As Mori had predicted, he didn't have much patience to participate in a protracted battle, and his war career was almost always a decisive battle to victory, whether it was an ambush at the beginning. Or later attacked Hecheng and forced the Mimura family to fall into a desperate situation. If the siege of Matsuyama Castle was considered a long siege battle, the Date clan at that time already had an absolute advantage. It's time for the Zhuang clan to fall into a Jedi, in fact, they don't need to attack to get the final chance of victory. But in the end, he still launched a strong attack, which is enough to show that Zhengheng has always thought that if you don't have to fight a protracted war, you don't need to fight a protracted war.
By the time Prime Minister Kuniji had left, Masahiro had already sent an envoy to the area around Mt. Tenjin to convey a stern message, asking the Miyashi clan to move an attack on Kamejuyama Castle, regardless of victory or defeat, and it would be an excuse for Mori Moto, who was caught in the battle between heaven and man. As for Sugihara Yorishige of Ichijo Yamashige, his only use is to monitor Kobayakawa Takakei in the port of Tokuto, and it is almost impossible for Mori Yuan to have any meaning to Kamibe Plain, even for Kobayakawa Takakei, it is at most a fly-like use, come and go as much as you want, Kobayakawa Takashi is not so much that he will be restrained by the little Sugihara Yorishige, even if it is a surveillance work, it cannot be completed normally, to hide from the surveillance of Ichijo Yamashige, Kobayakawa Takakei has countless ways. Sugihara Yorishi's oath is still in his ears, but now it is as useful as chicken ribs, which really makes Zhengheng a little unsightly. In fact, from the beginning, Masahiro didn't pay attention to Sugihara Yorishige, but Sugihara Yorishige was the first person to clearly express his submission to the Date clan, according to the meaning of the daughter buying horse bones, Sugihara Yorishige will definitely be rewarded after the battle to set an example.
The people sent by Noyama Yoshitomo to follow the people who monitored the national division and Zhu Yun Huixin returned to report to him, and Noyama Yoshitomo took the man to the sentry tower and stood below to report: "Your Highness, they have left safely, there is no other action, it is late, please rest early." β
Zheng Heng replied vaguely: "Well, sue them, don't relax, as long as the good news comes again, that's what we cheer ......for" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly disappeared, his brows suddenly furrowed together, and his one-eyed eyes suddenly widened, his dark eyes stared at the boundless black curtain in the distance, he just seemed to see a few points of light flickering twice in the black curtain, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The night was dark and dreary, and few stars flickered, and the two points of light that had just flickered were not the stars that flickered in the sky with a cold light, but appeared at the junction of mountains and rivers. Yeshan Yichao was about to return when he suddenly heard half of the words, a little inexplicable, at first he thought that there were too many mountain winds and didn't hear the words clearly, but he stretched out his bare arm to feel the mountain wind, there was not much wind blowing in the canyon in autumn, and it didn't whistle like in winter, he looked up at the obscure figure of the sentry tower, and saw that Zhengheng was holding the wooden fence and looking into the distance in a way of leaning forward, as if something important had happened.
Zhengheng's actions made Noyama Yosaki's mood tangled up all of a sudden, he looked around suspiciously, the work of repairing the walled city at night had already stopped, and the training had also stopped, and there was nothing abnormal beside the seventy or eighty fires that had been erected, although the seven or eight thousand people could not be said to be calm, but under the leadership of the samurai, they could still be quiet, and the sound of eating, drinking, and laughing was endless. Apparently everyone already knows the good news from Nukeshire. I also saw the messenger under the banner of the Maori clan. Some thoughtful people probably guessed that the war was coming to an end on this occasion, and the feelings of relaxation were brewing in the army.
The moment he caught a glimpse of a few bits of light in the dark curtain in the distance, Zheng Heng felt that the sound in his ears suddenly disappeared without a trace, and the last thing he wanted to see was finally about to be born, and he shouted in a low voice, "Damn!" Then he shouted: "Quick, ring the alarm, Maori surprise attack, Maori surprise attack!" He suddenly thought of the reason why Mao Li Yuan sent the Minister of the State and Zhu Yun Huixin to make a trip. The Date family's demands were clearly stated, and there was not much room for negotiation, as long as the Maori Yuan withdrew, then the Date Army would be able to take over the territory left by the Maori Yuan. However, Maori Yuan still sent envoys, and they came with great fanfare, either to discuss the armistice agreement sincerely, or to relax and paralyze the military morale of the Date army, which is why the Prime Minister of the National Department and Zhu Yunhui left in a hurry.
Zheng Heng figured it out and shouted the slogan of the enemy attack at the same time. The camp suddenly sounded like a gong warning like popping beans, and a string of red lanterns rose from dozens of towering guard towers in an instant. For a while, the east and west camps were full of drums, and urgent orders came and went.
A row of dry ditches outside the Higashi-Ebara camp suddenly burst into flames, and the ditch was originally used to form a moat to communicate with the Odagawa River, but before it was completed, Masahiro ordered firewood to be placed in the ditch in case it was needed, so that it could provide a little time for the Date army in the camp to prepare, and second, it could also be used as lighting.
The firewood in the ditch was burning, and at the mouth of the canyon hundreds of steps outside the camp, a cloud of black shadows could be seen faintly like ghosts coming out of nowhere, and I don't know how many enemies had gathered.
The first garrison general of the Higashigahara Formation is Kawasaki Yorihiro, that is, the original Kawasaki Left Guard, the young lord of Kawasaki Castle, since he became the power of the Date clan, although he wanted to maintain his independence, but he still felt powerless in the face of the Date clan, which had become a behemoth, and became a retainer of Date Masahiro with all his heart.
Kawasaki Yorihiro shouted: "The hateful Maori old man, a despicable and shameless villain, actually sent envoys to negotiate peace on the one hand, and sent people to attack at night on the other. As he spoke, the heralds who came out of the West Ehara had already rushed to the nearest place, opening their mouths and throats and shouting in unison: "The lord has an order, all the soldiers will stick to the city wall, and they will not leave the camp without the order of the lord." Then a team of iron artillery appeared in front of the pass, and the shouts sounded, and it turned out that Qinghe Hengxiu led hundreds of iron artillery teams to meet them.
Kawasaki Yorihiro's eyes were blazing, and when he turned around, he saw Qinghe Hengxiu also walking up, and asked, "Qinghe-kun, do you see how many enemies are coming?" Although he has become a general in Date's army, he has not really led many soldiers and horses, nor has he participated in decent joint battles, and he is already dazzled by the shadows in front of him, and he can't estimate the approximate number of enemies at all. In the preparation of China's small fights, almost all of them are Zhengheng alone to fight the world, and others can win as long as they follow Zhengheng, and they just need to rush forward, which is also a common problem of many generals of the Date family, who have not participated in the war decently. Qinghe Hengxiu is not much better than Kawasaki Yorihiro, but after all, he participated in the battle of the Takayagawa Gorge and actively studied the notes left by Zhengheng, and he is a general that Zhengheng focuses on training.
Qinghe Hengxiu squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while before he said: "No less than a thousand people, now that the east and west formations have been prepared, Maori Lao'er is afraid that it will be difficult to get his wish, but I still have to give them a resounding lesson, otherwise they will not go back, well, you see, the sneak attack has changed to a strong attack!" β
It turned out that the Maori army saw that the sneak attack could not be successful, so they simply lit the torches, and the torches were lit, Qinghe Hengxiu and Kawasaki Yorihiro couldn't help but gasp, "Hiss! Kawasaki Lai Guang's face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted: "I'm afraid there are no less than two or three thousand people, if you don't show up early, the consequences will be unimaginable!" β
Qinghe Hengxiu smiled and said: "Hmph, it seems that Maori Lao'er has personally gone into battle, brothers, catapults, catapults, gravel bags, gravel bags, ready to give them some pre-war entertainment!" (To be continued!)