Chapter 34: The Battle of the Ape (2)
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(Like this book, please collect biquge.info) when the army of Masahiro approached Kamoyama Castle, Hosokawa Tongfumi, who did not have any power to parry, could only watch dryly as the Date army was deployed outside the city, Kamoyama Castle and Yonechi Castle, Kasaokama Castle are different, Hosokawa family used to be the widest in the world, and the Hosokawa family in Bichu also had a command, most of the Kamayama Castle was built of stone, and it was very difficult for the catapult to capture it, and the terrain was quite significant. It doesn't seem like it will be so simple, and Masahiro camped under a huge tree in Kosaka, sat on a bench with a curtain around him, and silently looked at the shouting and shouting of Kamoyama Castle, and soon Kamoyama Castle suddenly fell silent, but the figures of soldiers walking around the city could still be vaguely seen
There was no bloody fierce battle between Hosokawa and Date Masahiro in Kamoyama Castle, and even the Catapult of the Date Army was not set up, not to mention projecting a stone, Hosokawa Tsumiko gathered his army and began to slowly retreat from Kamoyama City, there was no smoke in Kamoyama Castle, nor did he destroy a little building, and he didn't even move the burned breakfastHosokawa Tsufumi was afraid that his irrational actions would anger the nerves of the Date Army, and the Date Army ignored a fierce attack, The demoralized team of more than 100 people in the field really couldn't deal with the attack of more than a thousand Date troops, Hosokawa Tsufumi was depressed, and left the Asakchi County that he dreamed of, and maybe secretly swore in his heart that he would take revenge and regain the lost glory, but unfortunately this qiē Zhengheng couldn't hear it, he was in a very good mood now, and since he learned that the salt and water army had taken his sins, his mood had not been bad, and the seizure of Asakchi County made the Date family's territory expand again
The appearance of catapults that ended the attack on Kamoyama Castle without any fighting at all made many castles or castles in Asakchi County not suffer strong resistance, as if the air was naturally discharged, and the powerful people in the city either chose to surrender or abandon the city and fled without a trace. But as a whole no longer owns a territory
The fall of Kamoyama Castle has greatly increased the pressure on Kaga Mountain Castle and Nishichiyama Castle on the west side, and the lord of Kaga Yama Castle, Araki Shigehisa, and the castle lord of Nishichiyama Castle, Isaishi Nakaji, are the elders of Hosokawa Tsufumi, and they have made great contributions when they greeted Hosokawa Tsufumi a year ago, for fear of being implicated by Hosokawa Tsufumi, they have already been ready to flee to Iyo Province, where did they think that Hosokawa Tsumino fled overnight under heavy pressure without notifying them so that they had no way to retreat, Under the persuasion of Zhengheng, he sent his respective sisters-in-law as hostages, and immediately showed the posture of surrender, and the strategy of more than ten days made the Date family's territory expand to five of the nine counties in China, and included the three counties of Houyue, Asaguchi, and Oda, plus the original Aga, although the two counties of Zheta are not yet dominant, and the most elite Shimoshima County and Tsukushi County in China have not yet been held in their hands, but they have an absolute advantage in area, as long as they defeat Zhuang Gaozi, who occupies Matsuyama Castle, the situation of preparing for the unification of China will come
The seizure of Kamoyama Castle made the Date family completely control Asaguchi-gun, and the expulsion of Hosokawa Tsufumi-fu made the Date family become Asaguchi-gun, seizing the only right to speak, and opening the passage for the Date family to the granary of China
On the night of April 6th, Zhengheng was spending the night in Yashan Castle, and he was in a happy mood, and he didn't close his eyes, and just when he wanted to fall asleep, the guard at the door sent a report that Kusama Shibei asked to see him, and Kusama Shibei knelt at the door and replied, "Your Highness, I have investigated the matter of Matsuyama Castle and Sarukake Castle."
When the thick door opened, the light inside suddenly turned on, but the light was not very strong, only the light shadow was surrounded by a faint yellow light, I saw Masahiro in a kimono, with a candle in his right hand, appeared at the door, and glanced at the Kusama Shibei by the candlelight and said: "What the hell is going on, let you hurry back" He heard that Kusama Shibei's breath was a little messy, and there were some water stains on his pocket, obviously he had just come back from outside, and obviously got the news amazing, He also wanted to hear the news that Kusama Shibei had gotten so that he could make accurate preparations for his next move, and he also wanted to know what benefits it could bring to the Date family
Kusama Shibei sorted out his thoughts and then said: "Between the 1,500 troops of Matsuyama Castle and the 1,300 troops of Zhuang Zichao and Zhuang Zishi, a fierce battle broke out for the first time in the area of Raijiuji Temple after a month-long confrontation this morning, burning down a large area of castle town, and finally giving up the castle town with Zhuang Gaozi retreating to Matsuyama Castle, Zhuang Zichao and Zishi brothers led the army to besiege Matsuyama Castle for the first time, but with the solidity and reserves of Matsuyama Castle, It is difficult to make progress in a short period of time, but the Hoida Minoru of Sarukake Castle has been quite active for a period of time, and frequently walks between the wealthy clans of Shimochi County and Tsukushi County, so it seems that it is difficult for Matsuyama Castle to distinguish the winner from the loser in the short term, and even if it is to divide the winner or loser, it is a great injury to the vitality, and the reason why Hoida Minoru has been in frequent contact with Shimochi County and Tsukumi County is that he learned from the mouths of several captured Ape Kakeshi peasant soldiers that the food in the city is not enough, and he wants to get some from the wealthy clans of Shimochi County and Dukushi County" Saying that, the Kusama Shibei reported the evidence of his investigation to Masahiro one by one
Zhengheng nodded frequently and said: "Haha, I didn't expect that the three brothers of Matsuyama City are still competing for the position of the head of the family under internal and external troubles, and Minoru Suida of Sarukake Castle recently saw that the Date family's strategy for the three villages was successful, for fear that the Date family would take Saruhang City as the target of the next strategy, and his heart was anxious to work hard for you, go down and rest"
Kusama Shibei said goodbye and left
Zhengheng watched the four guards of Kusama leave, the light flashed in his eyes, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he muttered in a low voice: "Tianyu doesn't take it, but suffers from it, Zhuang Gaozi, I heard that you once regretted that you didn't marry Princess Xiaozao to him, so now I will return this kindness to you, let your two younger brothers let go of hatred, brother and brother Gong"
Early the next morning, the Date Army no longer stayed in Kamoyama Castle, and the Date Army did not receive any pressure or attack on Kamoyama Castle, which made the morale and spirit of the Date Army very high
His next target is not the granary that has opened half of the road, but the importance of the most important frontier of the Zhuang clan, the fortress of Ape Kakecheng, the importance of the Ape Kakei Castle is self-evident, it is the bridgehead fortress that blocks the progress of the Mimura family, and it is the most important castle between Oda County and Shimochi County, which can control the traffic route to Shimochi County For Zhengheng to capture this city, in addition to completely opening the way to the richest granary in China, it can also completely connect the Kawakami County and Asakchi County of Date Household Control Zhì, The army that was not divided into two by the attack of Sarukake Castle also made Asaguchi-gun good to get support from Kawakami County, and if he broke Sarukake Castle, he could completely control Oda-gun, and after taking Oda-gun, it was the Shimochi of the Ichima Hirakawa River and the two counties of Tokuba, and the waterways were vertical and horizontal, and there was no dangerous mountain castle to block the advance of the Date army, and the flooding of Takamatsu Castle, which Toyotomi Hideyoshi became famous for in the first battle, was also here
Once Sarukake Castle falls, Matsuyama Castle will no longer have enough food supply, there will not be enough food supply, Matsuyama Castle, which has already lost Sakaida Castle, will have no troops to rely on, and the decay will increase, and even without the Date army attacking, it is possible not to be defeated without a fight, and now that the Niko family is still in full swing, it is not appropriate for the Date family to take the initiative to attack Matsuyama Castle In fact, if Matsuyama Castle does not have civil strife now, Masahiro will not send troops to attack Sarukake Castle Who makes Matsuyama Castle Zhuang Gaozi and Zhuang Zichao, Zhuang Zishi brothers turn against each other, and civil strife is endless, The guide is not able to support the Ape Castle, the Ape Castle is as fragile as a baby who has given up, and the heavens will not take the blame, if you don't attack the Ape Castle now, will you wait until Matsuyama Castle is divided, and then if you want to seize the Ape Castle, you have to consider preparing for a big fight with Matsuyama Castle, and at that time, it is impossible for the Nizi family to stand idly by
It's just that he wants to attack the Ape Castle is not just talking, the Ape Castle and the Mimura family stubbornly resisted and cultivated a hundred battle elites, according to the report of Araki Shigehisa who went to the Ape Castle to participate in the battle, Zheng Heng has a complete understanding of the defenders of the Ape Castle, and the city has an elite team of three hundred people, although the blades in the hands are incomplete, but the power of this team looks very scary, and the brave Cheng dù can not be underestimated, and it also increases the difficulty of the strategy In addition to the standing army of three hundred people, There was also a peasant army of no less than 500 men, although the peasant army was greatly reduced under the conscious suppression of the political balance, but the number of peasant soldiers was about 300 or more, so that the two together were enough to have a force of more than 600 men
Noyama Yoshichao listened to Araki Shigehisa's report, his face has not been very good-looking, because he is quite familiar with Sarukake Castle, and once followed Date Soheng to visit Sarukake Castle, he smiled slightly bitterly and said: "Your Highness, Sarukake Castle Guardian Suiida is one of the only remaining two wings of the Zhuang family, compared to Ueki Hidenaga's Wen Zhong Yu Wu, he is like a samurai, brave, after dozens of battles is honed the demeanor of a hundred generals, it is very difficult to deal with, and this Sarukake Castle was originally the base of the Zhuang clan, It is built quite tightly, most of them are built with stones, the thickness of the castle wall is several meters, unlike the wooden castle like Yonechi Castle, if you use a catapult, it is not easy to capture for a moment, and there is a standing army under the command of Minoru Suida who has been fighting for more than ten years, these descendants of the Musashi Seven Party Kodama Party have developed a fearless mentality after more than ten years of war, and they are much stronger than the peasant soldiers who swear to defend their homeland, although we have gone through a winter of training and physical increase, But it's still hard to win easily against Ape Castle."
Taoshan Zhenbei nodded slightly and said: "What the young master of the palace said is right, the Ape Castle is difficult to deal with, but if you don't capture the Ape Castle now, there will be no such a good chance to divide the victory and defeat of the Moon Songshan Castle Now that I have experienced the victory with the Mimura family and Hosokawa Tongfu, there is no need to worry about morale, and there is no need to worry about food, the increase of more than 100 iron cannons makes it possible not to worry about the counterattack of the Ape Castle in terms of medium and long-range power, but the Ape Castle is strong and the morale is not low, and it is very difficult to use catapults to conquer, If a long-term confrontation is formed, I am afraid that it will not be possible to make a breakthrough against Sarukake Castle before Matsuyama Castle is divided, and then the situation will be complicated."
Akagi Takao is in a good mood, he has been very excited since he got the spoils that Masahiro got from Manabe Island, the total value of the inventory is about seventy or eighty thousand, and the big sale is at least more than sixty thousand, and it is possible to sell it slowly and meet a good season, and it is possible to sell it slowly and meet a good season, not counting the five ships of porcelain that he wants Tsuda Soda to bring back, he has not returned to Aga-gun to preside over spring ploughing since he got that batch of loot, and now the middle and lower-level retainers of the Date family have gradually come out He rolled his eyes, Jin Yan said: "Your Highness, last year, the three village families attacked Sae Hang City, Zhuang Gaozi led thousands of troops into Sae Hang City, people ate horses, and finally Zhuang Zi vomited blood and died, Hidecho Ueki died on the battlefield, it can be said that it was a heavy loss, the grain in Ape Hang City was originally relying on the support of Matsuyama City, and now everyone knows that there is civil strife in Matsuyama City, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, where is there still room to support Saruhang City, I am sure that the food in Saruhang City is not enough now, that is to say, it is impossible for Saruhang City to confront us for a long time, and even if it is a confrontation, We're not afraid, the worst plan is to secretly support the Zhuang brothers to continue to mess up, anyway, now we are not short of money"
Obviously, Akagi Takao only learned from the people coming and going of the city that the food in the city was already insufficient, Zhengheng smiled slightly and threw out the news that the Kusama Four Guards had just gotten, and the faces of the generals were full of joy when they heard it, a castle with poor food is much easier to attack than a castle with rich reserves, as long as you put on a posture of attack, you can force the people in the castle to eat with an open stomach to keep their spiritual bodies to fight, so that the food in the city will disappear little by little, until it is exhausted, Once it is exhausted, there is only one way to open the city
Hearing that Sarukake Castle was short of food, Noyama Yoshichao said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, don't wait for any time at this time, once Matsuyama Castle is allowed to win or lose, the situation will definitely be more complicated at that time, once we win the victory over Sarukake Castle, the rich Kurashiki will be completely open in our pace, and the weak Ishikawa clan will be unable to resist our step-by-step approach, once we get the grain from Kurashiki, we will form a siege of Matsuyama Castle, and then China will be our Date family."
Noyama Yoshito's words obviously said the voice of the generals, unified China, the topic that everyone dared to think about before and didn't dare to say, for the first time from the first old mouth of the Date family, and at the same time let everyone express their own voices, yes, once the victory over the Ape Castle was achieved, Matsuyama City became a lonely city, and everyone didn't expect that the rise of the Date family would be so amazing, from May last year when it was still a poor little tyrant, It has only been April now, and the bold rhetoric of reunifying China has been voiced, but no one has said that this is a lie or empty talk
Now in China, only the Date family has the strength of unity, and the other powerful people have no ability to fight, if it is not for the Izumo Niko family, it is not impossible to directly attack Matsuyama Castle, but first attack the ape hanging city, and then take the insurance added by Matsuyama Castle, and even when the time comes, you can force Matsuyama Castle to leave the city automatically, and you don't need to meet with swords and soldiers to make the Niko family talk
Zhengheng suddenly asked Atsutaro Kiyokawa, who was behind the first two or three people, "When did Tsuda Soda leave, and did the gang deal with it with the heart stick?" He used the word "processing" rather than other words, and it was obvious that he was not very satisfied with the intentions of the group of infighting lords, or rather rather dissatisfied, if it weren't for the fact that Manabe Island was not superior in numbers, perhaps he would have thrown them into the Seto Inland Sea, and of course he was still a little apprehensive about slaughtering more than 300 people
Qinghe Atsutaro paused for a moment and replied: "Tsuda Soda has left two days ago, and now the rise of the Date family is too fast has aroused the vigilance of the surrounding heroes, and the Asakura Jingguo of the Wupin Prison City has reported several times that there is a shortage of manpower, this time the former Fuji Kuma Taro and Kumajiro brothers led more than 100 people to support the Gopin Prison City, thinking that the Asakura Jingguo will definitely be able to alleviate a little, and the two of them also led more than 100 people to Akasaka Castle at the junction of Agaguna County and Hakuki Province and Koshiyama Castle in the Hongo River, His Majesty also obeyed His Highness's instructions and told them privately that as long as they could achieve military exploits in Wupin Prison City, then they would be able to obtain the position of the lord of a city."
Zheng Heng nodded slightly, and said: "That's it, now it is of great benefit to the current Date family to let the salt-saturated water army in front, at least it is not appropriate to have a conflict with Noh Island before all the preparations for China, since this is the case, then now the only way to seize the Ape Hanging City is in my hands."
Saying that, he stood up, and put out a map of unequal proportions in the middle of the preparation, the preparation of the back, and the preparation of the front, this map took Zheng Heng's time all winter, and was drawn after listening to the opinions of more than ten retainers, which is a very accurate map in this era, Zheng Heng stood in front of the map, pointed to a place with a thin bamboo pole, and said: "This will be the place where we will fight the ape hanging city."
All the generals looked over, Yokoya
The atmosphere in the city is quite tense, the food is insufficient, the morale of the peasants and soldiers in the city is insufficient, and the deserters have already appeared
The lack of food and the pressing of the Date family made Minoru Suiida almost breathless, coupled with the incessant civil strife of the three brothers in Matsuyama Castle, which made his life quite restless, pulling his hair loose, looking up at the mountains shrouded in smoke, and the situation became more and more unbearable (to be continued)
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