Chapter 13: Strategy
The small castles scattered throughout the Fuyin Mountains, Miyazawa Heihachi did not want to let go, and he not only asked Asai Nagamasa to attack the strongest of them, Shikafutu Castle, but also asked the three of Nishimino to attack one after another, making sure that the grain route was unobstructed. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info 8,000 troops plus more than 10,000 people, so many mouths to eat, if you only rely on Suzuka Pass, it is very likely to be harassed by the enemy, he will take down all the fortresses in the Buyin Mountains, and when Akechi Mitsuhide arrives, the whole army can deal with him.
Kameyama Castle is rumoring, the fire under the castle is still burning, most of the castle town has been burned down, and the common people fled into the mountains and forests with their families, no one is optimistic that Kameyama Castle can be defended, since it can't be kept, there are not many burials. Akechi Mitsuhide's army has all entered the city, which makes the guards who stayed in Kameyama Castle a little relieved, and they can hand over the responsibility of defending the city to Akechi Mitsuhide, and send part of the army to patrol the surroundings, but they don't dare to go out of the city to fight the fire, for fear of being attacked by enemy cavalry cruising outside.
The news that the Date army had broken through Suzuka Pass and swept the Buyin Mountains quickly spread throughout the Akechi army as they entered Kameyama Castle, especially when they saw the arrival of the cavalry flying various banners roaming outside, and no one was able to maintain their composure.
Akechi Mitsuhide hurried back to Kameyama Castle, he knew that it was impossible to break through Okochi Castle in a short period of time, and if he couldn't completely annihilate the Kitabatake clan, even if he broke through Okochi Castle, he wouldn't be able to annex Minami Ise. He could not guarantee that Kameyama Castle would be able to hold it, and Suzuka Pass was breached in one day.
The large-scale invasion of the Date army was something that Akechi Mitsuhide did not expect, he did not expect that Masahiro would invade in a big way, and apparently the fall of Suzuka Pass was also part of Masahiro's invasion, which forced him to return to Kameyama Castle and rely on the fortified castle to resist the invading enemy.
Akechi Mitsuhide was angry and even more worried. The anger was directed at Miyake Yaheiji, who was guarding Suzuka Pass, and Miyake Yaheiji swore to him before the war that he would be able to hold Suzuka Pass, at least for two or three months, but in the end, he didn't hold it for a day, and he didn't succeed enough to lose it. As a result, an avoidable crisis has been magnified. Akechi Mitsuhide held back his anger and returned to Kameyama Castle while making emergency arrangements, but fortunately, Miyake Yahei took the credit and restrained Mikumo Nariji and Gamo Kenhide for three days, giving Kameyama Castle time to react, and finally held Kameyama Castle so that the incident would not deteriorate completely.
However, now that the crisis has completely erupted, when Akechi Mitsuhide walked into the conference room coldly and met with the guards who stayed behind and the people who rushed over, these generals who followed Akechi Mitsuhide to various places were all bitter, and the last thing they wanted to see still happened. The powerful Date army broke through the Suzuka Pass and entered the Ise country to burn and loot, as evidenced by the black smoke that kept rising from outside the city, and they did not dare to go out of the city to sweep away the enemy cavalry roaming outside.
It is useless to say anything now, the immediate priority is to resolve the crisis, hold Kameyama Castle, and ensure the interests of the wise army. Akechi Mitsuhide's face was extremely ugly, and his sharp eyes seemed to be about to devour Miyake Yahei who was kneeling at the door.
Miyake knew that he could not escape the blame, and he bowed his head in shame, shameless. He didn't know that it was his negligence that led to the outbreak of a series of subsequent events, which made the strategy of capturing Nanshi that Akechi Mitsuhide had planned for a year come to naught.
His wife Mu Fanxi saw the killing intent of Wise Guangxiu, and he couldn't bear it, and shouted loudly: "Mi Pingci, at the moment of life and death, don't hurry up and explain the information you know to the lord one by one." "Wife Mu Fan Hee is the father of Heeko, the wife of Akechi Mitsuhide.
Miyake Yaheiji's heart trembled, and he knew that his wife Mu-hee was saving him. The reason why he knelt at the door of the conference room was to save himself, he knew that he had made a big mistake, and if he didn't make a desperate expression of despair, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape this catastrophe.
Akechi Mitsuhide glanced at Miyake Miheiji fiercely, although he wanted to cut off Miyake Miheiji's head with a knife, but he knew that there were still many people among the generals who took pity and sympathy to Miyake Miheiji, and thought that the fall of Suzuka Seki was not a crime of war.
Wise Mitsuhide snorted coldly, "Tell me about the information you have discovered?!" ”
Miyake Yaheiji breathed a sigh of relief, with a sincere and fearful expression on his face, and Akechi Mitsuhide let him speak, indicating that Akechi Mitsuhide had already saved his mind to let him go because of human feelings, and he didn't panic when he had the bottom in his heart. After all, he is the descendant of the wise family, if it weren't for the Saito country change, he wouldn't have to change his name and surname to avoid Akechi Mitsuhide, and he still has some emotional intelligence to juggle between Akechi Mitsuhide and his cronies all day long. He can bend and stretch, follow the words of Akechi Mitsuhide, and then be grateful to Akechi Mitsuhide's grace of not killing. After some nonsense, I finally got to the point.
This time, Miyake Yahei didn't dare to say big things, he told what he knew one by one, of course, in the end, he still didn't forget that these were just things he knew, and if things didn't match him, he couldn't be blamed.
Miyake didn't talk much, and after saying the main content once, he stopped talking, bowing his head and lining up at the end of his seat, not knowing what he was thinking.
Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes were taken back from Miyake Yaheiji's body, he really wanted to cut Miyake Miheiji to a hundred, but his wife Mu Fanxi pleaded for mercy, he still wanted to sell him a favor. He pondered intently, and his expression was very ugly.
Akechi Mitsuhide glanced around at everyone and said, "The current situation is that the main general of the enemy army is Miyazawa Heihachi of Sawa Yamashiro, as well as Asai Nagamasa of Kita Omi, Mino Inaba Ryotsu, Ando Morisa, and Naomoto of the clan, which are composed of three parts, and there are no less than 20,000 soldiers. ”
Wife Mu Fan Xi bowed slightly, he stayed in Kameyama Castle, he did not waste it, after Miyake Yaheiji reported the information, he also sent some people out to investigate, and the situation found was not much different from what Miyake Yaheiji said, he said: "In short, Kameyama Castle just blocked the enemy's road, as long as Kameyama Castle is still in our hands, we don't have to worry about the safety of the rear for the time being, but if the Kitabatake Gukyo of Okochi Castle knows the situation, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not counterattack." ”
Tsugumi Fanxi meant, Akechi Mitsuhide knew that it was difficult to block the attack of the Date family with the defenders in Kameyama Castle alone, and if you wanted to drive the Date family out of Ise Province, you would need to gather all the people, but the people and horses of the wooden castle could not move.
Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head slightly and said: "The current situation is that the 20,000 troops of the Date family have entered Ise Province, and although Kameyama Castle has reached the forefront of the army, it can still be stopped in a short period of time, but once the time drags on, there will be a serious shortage of food and ordnance." However, the use of wooden men and horses will inevitably give Okochi Castle an illusion, well, the men and horses of the wooden castle not only cannot retreat, but also take the initiative to attack, prompting Okochi Castle to have the illusion that Kameyama Castle can be defended. The 3,500 men and horses stationed in Sangming returned to Guishan Castle with 2,000, and the 1,500 men left behind to hold Sangming Castle. ”
Although Akechi Mitsuhide knew that once he divided his troops from Kumana City, the Pure Land True Sect forces that he suppressed in the place might have a resurgence again, but he had no other good way now, and Guishan City was now only 35,600 people, and it was not a way to defend it.
Now that there were more than 20,000 enemies eyeing the enemy, Kameyama Castle seemed to have become the center of the storm, and it was peaceful for three days, while the Date army in the direction of Suzuka Pass was still building fortifications and sweeping away the fortresses in the Fuyin Mountains.
But on the fourth day, Mizoo Shigerao, who stayed behind in the wooden castle, came with bad news, in the direction of Aoyamaguchi, there was an Date army marching towards Ise Province, and it would enter Ise Province in a few days. "How many people?!" Shocked by this, Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes widened and asked the panting messenger of Mizuo Shigeto, who had just returned from the wooden castle all night and had not even had time to take a sip.
The messenger did not dare to speak presumptuously, and said in a dry voice: "According to Mizoo-sama's judgment, the number is about 5,000 people, and they were stationed at Aoyamaguchi last night, and it is estimated that they should have entered the Ise Province Plain by now, Mizoo-sama asks for your guidance." ”
Aoyama Pass, an important pass for Iga Province to enter Ise Country, can only enter Aoyama Pass through Iga Country, its mountains and forests are dense, looking at a verdant area in the distance, there is a small town built on a hill, with a population of hundreds and dozens of soldiers, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Iga people are fighting endlessly, but they are very united in the face of foreign invasions, and Akechi Mitsuhide has been helped by the Iga people when he enters Ise Province from Yamato Province, and he doesn't want to offend the Iga people completely, but he still builds a small town on the hill where he can observe the Aoyama Pass.
"I see?!" Akechi Mitsuhide finally figured out why Miyazawa Heihachi was delaying his move, he was waiting for friendly troops from Iga, everyone could see that the Date army that crossed Iga and the Kitabatake Gukyo of Okochi Castle were far more numerous and elite than the ditch tail of the wooden castle and Nagano Fujita, the wooden castle was dilapidated, it was difficult to resist their attack, once the direction of the wooden castle was defeated, the two phases would form a flanking situation, and Kameyama Castle was in danger.
The messenger bowed and waited for Akechi Mitsuhide's decision.
Akechi Mitsuhide stopped talking, he held the case with both hands, looked down at the situation map of Ise on the map and was silent, the small Ise country has now poured into more than 25,000 Ida troops, and I don't know how many more people and horses will arrive in the future, and they will be wiped out.
Unlike the battle of Jinai three years ago, there is still room for maneuvering, but this time there is an enemy inside and outside, there is no way to retreat, and if you are not careful, you will die. Looking around, behind is the choppy Ise Bay, surrounded by Date Ling, has become a Jedi, facing the Date family step by step, only stubborn resistance. (To be continued.) )