Chapter 42: Domination (2)
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(The text was first published in the reading cabinet biquge.info) Astronomical twenty-one May 15, 1552 at noon, this year's rainy season has not yet come, and it is only in these few days, the mood of Zhengheng is bumpy, once the rainy season comes, the Matsuyama Castle strategy will be set back indefinitely, once the time drags on, I don't know what unpredictable things will happen, he is now on the Seki ship that has made great achievements on Manabe Island, there are more than ten small morning boats in front of and behind the Seki ship, There was also a transport ship following behind, with a total strength of less than 500 men, looking towards the shore, and under the mountains there was a team of 1,200 people following, zigzag and circling forward, because it was a retrograde, the degree of the ship was not fast, the degree of walking was the same as the degree of the ship, and it was immense from a distance
Due to the narrow mountain road, a long snake has been formed, and now that the Date family is extremely strong, no one will raid the advancing team to send troops to get the righteous name, of course, it is to unify China, and the persuasion sent in the early stage, Zhuang Gaozi did not respond, and directly hit the general, which gave Zhengheng a reason to directly send troops to exterminate the Zhuang family
Yes, he wants to kill all the clans of the Zhuang clan, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he is tolerant of the people of the Xiaohao clan, in order to be able to unify China as much as possible, he did not raise the butcher knife in his hand, and tried to speed up the pace of the attack, as long as he handed over the table, he could be properly disposed of, but the Zhuang clan clan is different, they have nominally dominated China for nearly 20 years, but if they are exiled or reduced, the influence of the Zhuang clan is still there, If it was given to some wealthy families or foreign daimyos, it would cause great trouble for Date Masaki, who had just established its foundation
Rather than causing unnecessary trouble in the future, it is better to kill them all as soon as possible, and now it is now an arrow on the string and has to send nine of the ten counties in Beizhong, leaving only Zhuang Gaozi in Songshan City has only one way to perish, even if the messenger does not come out, Zhengheng does not let go of Zhuang Gaozi, but it is just a matter of getting rid of it early and getting rid of it late
In fact, there are two ways to get from Sarukake Castle and Koyama Castle to Matsuyama Castle, one is to go upriver along the road built along the Takaliang River, which was repaired by Zhuang Weizi for four or five years in order to rule Oda County well, and no one thought that Date Masaki would use this road to advance towards Matsuyama Castle; There is also a way to take the Lugu River through Tianzhu Mountain and turn to Sayotani Valley through Gengshen Mountain, and you can also reach Matsuyama Castle, where there is an ancient road, which is the only way to pass before Zhuang Weizi did not develop the coastal road, and it was from there that Zhuang Weizi and Ueki Hidecho united to attack Matsuyama Castle
Guan boat slowly moving forward, the boatmen are working hard to row the oars, it always takes a lot of strength to go upstream, Zheng Heng is sitting on the bow of the boat looking at the scenery ahead, listening to the beasts and birds chirping between the mountains on both sides, suddenly remembered Li Bai's famous article "Early White Emperor City", and involuntarily sang softly in his mouth: "The white emperor of the court, the white emperor Caiyun, thousands of miles of Jiangling, one day and the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains" and then shook his head and laughed mockingly, muttered: " I'm afraid that I won't have the opportunity to see such a beautiful scenery again in this life, how can the mountains and rivers of the Wa Kingdom compare to the beauty of the Heavenly Empire, it can only be regarded as a miniature version of the landscape"
Just as he was sighing to himself, a small castle appeared in front of Zheng Heng's eyes in the distance, and he laughed slightly: "It's all destroyed by these unobtrusive things, and all these things will be demolished in the future, what kind of city is that?" ”
The accompanying little surname Sukego replied angrily: "That's Dadu City, the lord of the city, Yuki Tadashi, guards one hundred and fifty people, His Royal Highness has rewarded Matsushima Yajiro "Sukego is Tsuda Soji, Tsuda Soda's sister-in-law, the future big boss of Tennoji House, one of the three major tea craftsmen in the world, of course, these are impossible things to happen, he is now the surname of Zhengheng, although he is a little reluctant, but under the power he has no other way, he can only be cautious to be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day
Zhengheng smiled slightly, and said with a smile: "It's Matsushima Yajiro's castle, then give the team on the shore a flag, order Dadu Castle to surrender, and Yuki Tadahide move to Oda County to go to Lower Gomo Castle, well, the stone height is about three hundred stones, almost, give him half a pillar of incense to think about it, otherwise after the city is broken, all the men will be sent to Yoshioka Copper Mountain for mining, and the women will be rewarded to the lower-level samurai, and the slightly beautiful Sankan money will be sold, and they will almost be sent to Copper Mountain as a comfort team for workers."
Zhu Wu looked at Zhengheng in amazement, he didn't expect Zhengheng to issue such a severe punishment, half a pillar of incense to consider the time, what is the difference between this and not considering the time, the punishment after the city is broken is also so strict, isn't this forcing people to die? Sukego said in a low voice: "Your Highness once said when you were in Koyama Castle that people are castles, stone walls, and moats, compassion is friendship, hatred is enemies, why should you give such a severe punishment, it is the most important thing to reach Matsuyama Castle as much as possible, and with such a strict order in Dadu Castle, Matsuyama Castle will definitely become very difficult to conquer."
Zheng Heng laughed, stared back at Zhu Wu, his eyes were full of depth, and then laughed again, laughed for a while, and then said, "Zhu Wu, do you really want me to kill you?" I even said that my words and deeds are inconsistent, haha, stick to Matsuyama Castle, if he wants to defend it, let him stick to it"
Seeing Zhengheng's deep one-eyed, Sukego's body trembled involuntarily, and he fell to his knees, trembling, but his mouth was silent, and no sound of begging for mercy came out
Zheng Heng no longer went to look at Nasuke Wu, looked at Dadu City in front of him, and said: "Then give him a stick of incense, Zhu Wu, this is what you asked them for, if they still hesitate, I will leave the matter of escorting them to Tongshan, I will leave it to you" said no more, just quietly watched Dadu City's reaction
Zhuwu paused for a moment, he didn't expect Zhengheng to follow his advice, raised his head and looked at Zhengheng in a daze, and couldn't turn around for a while
In Dadu Castle, Yuki Tadahide lay on the head of the city and watched the soldiers of the Date Army set up under the city, showing off his might, he never expected the Date Army to come so quickly, yesterday he also heard that he was still staying in Koyama Castle, and now he has killed the city
Although Dadu City occupies a big word, but in fact, it can't say anything and the scale of the big name, it is very simple, compared to the current Matsuyama City is far inferior, not to mention the future of the world can be called the strong city of Matsuyama Castle compared to the Yuki Zhongxiu Dadu City, in fact, it is a dilapidated place, if it were not for a small area of the alluvial plain of the Gaoliang River under the mountain, Dadu City could not be built, Dadu City has always relied on the support of Matsuyama City to be able to maintain the scale of one hundred and fifty people
Last year, the farmland under the city was destroyed once the autumn harvest was completely lost, Zhuang Weizi died, Zhuang Gaozi and Zhuang Zichao, Zhuang Zishi turned against each other, the direct consequence was that the support of Songshan City was gone, so Dadu City was in short supply of grain, and could only eat old grain to survive, and the stored grain was already about to run out after a winter, and now I was worried about how to be a good time, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and I didn't expect the Date army to come
Although Yuki Tadahide has Yuuki's surname, he has nothing to do with the general daimyo Yuki Masakatsu, his surname Yuki is from the Mimura clan, and the Mimura family is still a little kinship, just like the stone crab clan in Stone Crab Mountain City, they are all distant tribes of the Mimura clan, but Yuki Tadahide was born with the small surname of Zhuang Weizi when he was very young, and the wife he married is still the adopted daughter of Zhuang Weizi, so it is considered the descendant of the Zhuang family, not Zhengheng, and he doesn't want to persuade him, It is precisely because he knows that Yuki Tadahide is a descendant of Zhuang Weizi, and the relationship with Zhuang Gaozi is also good, and it is much better to get rid of him than to keep him
After listening to the contents of the report and persuasion of the people below who were a little trembling, his hands trembled involuntarily, and the descendant who vowed to be martyred for the Zhuang family was furious, and he said viciously: "Bastard, three hundred stones, only three hundred stones, you want to send me away, but I have five thousand stones, and I only gave three hundred stones, which is abominable" He suddenly slapped his palm on the railing at the head of the city, and with a snap, he made the retribution shiver
Yuki Tadahide shouted loudly: "Yuki Hidekatsu, you give me to go to Matsuyama Castle immediately to report and ask for reinforcements, the infighting between the three brothers has also stopped, as soon as Dadu Castle falls, Matsuyama Castle will completely become a lonely city, I think they can hold it?" "Yuki Hidekatsu is his sister-in-law, and letting him go for help can show the crisis of Dadu Castle, and secondly, it can also save his life and preserve the bloodline of the Yuki family
The time for a stick of incense is coming soon, and Dadu City still has no intention of opening the city to surrender, which makes Zhengheng slightly surprised, he glanced back at Zhu Wu, and said with a smile: "Zhu Wu, you are worried about Dadu City in vain, now let's take a good look at the prestige of the Date Army If the catapult is not applicable, the Date Army is also the elite of China."
The sound of war drums began to sound, Yuki Tadahide looked at the slowly advancing team, listening to the exciting sound of the rumbling of war drums in his ears, knowing that this battle was inevitable, he held the treasure knife that Zhuang Weizi rewarded him, his heart gradually calmed down, his hand no longer trembled, the knife was raised, and he shouted loudly: "Archers ready" Hundreds of archers raised their Maruki bows in their hands, and there were two rounds of bows and arrows to shoot when they rushed up the mountain, which was a common practice of siege warfare in the Warring States Period, and the battle of Dadu Castle was no exception, He mounted a bow and arrow, and pointed it at the crowded area of the Date army, which was slowly rushing up the mountain
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the cold roar of "salvo" Yuki Tadahide sounded, and the archers began to shoot their shots, and hundreds of bows and arrows were shot out with a "click", but the effect depends on how God arranges it, that is, it depends on the luck component
Fortunately, there is a section of the trees on the gentle slope under Dadu City that have been cleared early, and the bow and arrow have been shot in front of the Date army without hindrance, but at the front of the crowd of the Date army, the wooden board shield that suddenly appeared in the way was blocked, and only a few bows and arrows penetrated along the gap in the shield, and the wooden board shield was hung on the foot of more than ten unlucky people The wooden board shield protected the safety of most people very well, and the more than ten ashigaru thought they were dead, but they didn't expect the bow and arrow to just hang on the foot and not penetrate, There was only some pain in his chest, and only one of the unlucky ones had his cheeks scratched by the arrow feathers that bounced up, and he became the only injured ashigaru
Date soldiers cheered, their pace became more steady, the wooden board shield slammed against the mountain rocks, step by step upward, and the eyes that passed through the middle of the wooden board shield looked viciously at the enemy who shot their bows and arrows on the mountain, just like a bloodthirsty hungry tiger The archers on the mountain scattered several times due to their condescending relationship, but still did not let one Date soldier Ashigaru be hurt by Yan zhòng, Yuki Tadahide had to give up attacking with a bow and arrow and roared: "Upper plate shield" Knowing that once they got closer, the Date army would also fire their bows and arrows, so he ran and told the archers to give up their arrows and pick up the bamboo planks that stood in front of them
They didn't wrap the wooden planks with copper like the Date Army, but they used split bamboo pieces and ropes to tie the bamboo boards, which were used to defend against the Maruki bow, and the bows and arrows shot by the Maruki bow had a miraculous effect, but Yuki Tadahide did not wait for the archers' shots, and the sound of the wooden shield hitting the mountain stone sounded, and in the gap of the wooden shield, a black hole hole of iron cannons stretched out, and then in the sound of "iron cannon team firing", the roar of the "bang bang bang" iron cannon continued to sound, and a large white smoke appeared in front of the wooden shield in an instant, at such a close distance, How can the bamboo board withstand the impact of the projectile
One by one, the projectiles shot through the bamboo board, and then a scream accompanied by the roar of the iron cannon sounded white smoke and dust, and the shouts fell silent all of a sudden, but the roar of the iron cannon rippled in the air "Okay" Hearing the thunder and white smoke that sounded under Dadu City, Zheng Heng smiled slightly and said: "It's over"
In the sound of iron cannons, Dadu Castle was quickly breached, and it was immediately ravaged by Date soldiers, Masahiro watched from the bow of the ship, some ashigaru wielded their knives desperately in the cries of women and children, and two ashigaru were fighting for the headless corpse of a samurai, and the flames were burning next to the headless corpse of a samurai, and when the women fled to avoid the fire, the ashigaru let out cheers and pounced, pulling them into the nearby grass to commit violence, and even two or three soldiers were against a woman**
Zhengheng sighed slightly and closed his eyes, this is a clumsy nation, even if the military discipline is strict, after the capture of the city, it is inevitable to make such a cruel and inhumane act to help Wu Looking at such a cruel battlefield, people kept trembling, and looked at Zhengheng who closed his eyes, and did not speak, he had just admonished once, and now he will definitely provoke Zhengheng to be dissatisfied
After a while, Zhengheng ordered the ship to move on, and the team on the shore only stayed for a moment, leaving a small group of people to clean up the battlefield and continue to move forward in a howl, only the ruins of Dadu Castle remained, and soon a castle would be built here as Matsushima Yajiro's castle
Dadu City is in danger
When Yuki Hidekatsu hurried to Matsuyama Castle, as long as you are not a fool, you can spy out something different from it, Yuki Hidekatsu came in despair, and heard the news of the arrival of Date in the crooked mouth of the accompanying Ashigaru, once Dadu Castle fell, the situation was critical, Matsuyama Castle was in danger, their net worth was in danger, ordinary ashigaru people panicked and did not choose the road, Zhuang Gaozi, Zhuang Zichao, Zhuang Zishi The three brothers still have the heart to fight, turn against each other, first save their lives, In fact, when the news of the fall of Ape Hanging City came, their civil strife was almost over, and now the news of Dadu City's request for help came, and it was completely calm
Zhuang Gaozi's heart was dripping blood, he didn't expect such a thing to happen, he should have thought of it a long time ago, Date Masahiro would be such an arrogant person, he should have thought of it when Sai Tian Castle Ueki Hideshi was replaced, and he couldn't help but secretly scold Zhuang Zichao and Zhuang Zishi for being stupid, and his body trembled involuntarily and glanced at Yuki Hidekatsu, who was kneeling on the side and crying bitterly, and couldn't help himself, Zhuang Gaozi was in a bad mood, and shouted in a low voice: "What kind of bitterness is crying, tell me what happened?" What about your father? ”
Yuki Hidekatsu sat paralyzed on the ground and said with sadness on his face when he heard his father's words: "Father, he led the army to guard Dadu Castle to block the attack of the Date thief army, and asked the adults to go to the rescue quickly, I'm afraid it's too late...... I'm afraid it's ......," he said, and tears fell again
"Boom, boom, boom......" Just when Zhuang Gaozi wanted to say something more, suddenly a huge roar came from a distance, and a deafening sound resounded in the sky
"How can it be?" "What's going on?" "It seems to be not far away" "Is the enemy attacking?" It was noisy outside, and people were fighting with frightened eyes looking at the place where the sound came from, their faces were full of fear, and their hands stopped moving, staring blankly at the direction that was thundering
Zhuang Gaozi said sadly: "Dadu City seems to have been lost, the Date Army has used iron cannons" He said this and stopped talking, he knew the iron cannon, there was also this thing in Songshan City, and he also knew its drawbacks, he knew a lot more about the Date Army than anyone else
Soon, the news of the fall of Dadu Castle and the continued advance of the Date Army also reached the panicked Matsuyama Castle Sho Gao Zhisheng to appease Yuki Hidekatsu, who was crying bitterly again when he learned that his father was killed in battle, and muttered in a low voice: "It seems that it is time to talk to those two bastards."
On that day, the two brothers, Zhuang Zichao and Zhuang Zishi, led their troops into Matsuyama Castle at the same time, and the Date army had also arrived at Matsuyama Castle (to be continued)
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