As soon as Mizuno Nobumoto was persuaded to start acting immediately, one after another instructions passed from his mouth, and one by one samurai ashigaru gathered from all over Kariya Castle to the playground, with a total of more than 400 people. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the playground gathered mostly Matsudaira people, everyone did not have too much suspicion.

In wartime, it is always the Matsudaira people who charge into battle as the vanguard, and after each battle, some figures disappear from this world forever.

Kariya Castle is only ten miles away from Zhili, and there is no way to prevent the news from leaking, so it is better to blow the horn of the expedition generously, beat the war drums of the marching troops, raise the battle flag, and announce the arrival of reinforcements to the enemy.

Horns, war drums, flags, more than 400 people rushed out of Kariya Castle, lined up in a neat line and rushed towards Zhili, and behind them there was an even smaller team following, hidden under the rendering of the war.

Zhili, Okabe Motonobu waited for him, Ning listened to the drum and trumpet coming from a few miles away, the corners of his mouth grinned, and sneered: "It's finally here, it's not in vain I have been waiting for a long time, Kariya Castle Mizuno Nobumoto still doesn't dare to offend Oda Nobunaga, I don't know what his expression will be when he sees Sakuma's heavy corpse?" ”

Abe Dingfeng looked at Okabe Motoshin and said, "City Lord, the people who come to help are probably the elites of Kariya Castle, so it's better to be careful." ”

Okabe Motoshin shook his hand, his face was full of smiles, and said: "Don't be impatient, I know you don't want to see your former colleagues, but I have the advantage in morale and numbers, where will I not win, and wait for me to cut off their heads, and then present to the lord." ”

Abe Dingfeng heard the words of his former colleague, his face was red with anger, he was angry, if it wasn't for the Matsudaira people who forced his father to death, he wouldn't have had enough of suffering at a young age, and shouted in a low voice: "City Lord, let me be a pioneer." ”

Okabe Motonobu smiled, did not speak, and looked in the direction of Kariya Castle with his eyes intently.

After the departure of Kariya Castle, there were some silent changes in the team, and it can be said that the originally scattered team was integrated, and the team that was originally not affiliated with each other had a leader, and this leader was still a young man judging from the face he revealed.

The generals who did not belong to each other respectfully surrounded him, willing to obey his orders.

Matsudaira Motoyasu, who Mizuno Nobumoto has never been able to find, has been hiding in Kariya Castle all the time, hiding under his nose, and has done the safest place where it is the most dangerous, but now Matsudaira Motoyasu has parted ways with Imagawa Yoshimoto and changed his name to Matsudaira Ieyasu.

Matsudaira Ieyasu turned his head and glanced back at Kariya Castle, he had experienced a lot of wind and rain, and he was no longer a childish who didn't know anything, with a sad face and a silent face, watching the arguments of Sakai Tadaji, Ishikawa Shumasa, Torii Mototada and others.

Finally, Matsudaira Ieyasu spoke, "What do you think of Nomomo's orders?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, the topic they had just quarreled about was whether the advance was fast or slow, but they didn't think about why Mizuno Nobugen would send them out of the city to rescue, although Mizuno Nobumoto's purpose in protecting them was to serve as the vanguard to charge into battle. Everyone knows that now that Imagawa Yoshimoto's army has arrived, Kariya Castle will be besieged at any time, and as a team with amazing combat effectiveness, it is impossible for Mizuno Nobugen not to see this, so why did he insist on this, is it just to avoid being punished by Oda Nobunaga.

The old minister Okubo Tadashi hesitated for a moment and asked, "What did the young master see?" ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu looked disdainful, and seemed to be ashamed of Mizuno Nobumoto's villainous behavior, and said in a low voice: "Grandpa Okubo, more than an hour has passed since you found out that the Oda Army crossed the border, and it has not been taken yet, how is it possible?" ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and Matsudaira Ieyasu's words went to their hearts. Okubo Tadashi said hurriedly: "Could it be that Mamoru Shimono already knew that Sakuma Moriyage had been killed, this, why did he send us to the rescue, it is better to retreat." ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu seemed to expect everyone's reaction, and said slightly angrily: "He's just using us as bait, it won't take long for Okabe Motoshin to eat Sakuma Morishige, but if he wants to eat us, he will also break a mouthful of teeth, so what is his purpose?" ”

Ishikawa Shumasa raised his eyebrows and said, "Okazaki Castle, his purpose is Okazaki Castle, damn it?!" As he spoke, he waved his hand vigorously, looking angry.

Matsudaira Ieyasu glanced at Ishikawa Shumasa approvingly, and said calmly: "It is Okazaki Castle, Okabe Motonobu is the lord of Okazaki Castle, Imagawa Yoshimoto is in Kodozaka, Okazaki Castle is weak, if we entangle Okabe Motonobu, then he can take the opportunity to seize Okazaki Castle." ”

Torii Mototada thought for a moment and said, "He can't keep it." ”

A headless sentence, but everyone knows what Torii Mototashi said, Okazaki Castle is a weakness for Imagawa Yoshimoto, as soon as Okazaki Castle is lost, Imagawa Yoshimoto will go crazy and come back to help, and it is impossible to block Imagawa Yoshimoto's attack with Mizuno Nobumoto's troops.

Matsudaira Ieyasu shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if he can't hold it or not, because once Okazaki Castle is lost, Imagawa Yoshimoto will save it, once Imagawa Yoshimoto moves, then what about Oda Nobunaga?" Okazaki Castle can be said to be the key point that affects the overall situation. ”

This.

Everyone looked serious, and they were speechless, it was indeed as Matsudaira Ieyasu said, Okazaki Castle is a city that must be saved, and once it is lost, Imagawa Yoshimoto's belly weakness will be exposed to Oda Nobunaga's troops. However, Imagawa Yoshimoto divided his troops to rescue Okazaki Castle, which must have allowed Oda Nobunaga to see the dawn of victory. When the time comes, it will be a pot of porridge and form an entanglement, and Okazaki Castle will become the safest place, and Mizuno Nobumoto will have a great hope of occupying Okazaki Castle as long as he holds the first wave of attacks.

However, for the people of Matsudaira, Okazaki Castle was their life. knew that the battle of Okazaki Castle would be of great benefit to Mizuno Nobumoto and Oda Nobunaga, but for Matsudaira Ieyasu and the Matsudaira family led by him, it was a disaster enough to bury the Matsudaira family.

Ishikawa Shumasa asked, "My lord, what should I do?" ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu waved his hand and said, "Move forward quickly, and when you arrive at the battlefield, you will set up a formation, put on a stubborn attitude, and wait for Okabe Motonobu's attack." He didn't have a secret channel with Okabe Motonobu, so he had to expect Okabe Motonobu's IQ to be normal.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, but fortunately Okabe Motonobu was not carried away by the victory, he found a trace of strangeness, and the enemy who came to the rescue put on a stubborn posture, which made him a little puzzled, he should have defended it.

Abe Dingfeng also saw the clues from the enemy's attack, and was worried about this, once things changed, he, the conspirator, was very likely to be angry, his head could not be saved is a small matter, and it is a big matter to affect his relatives and family, he grabbed Okabe Motonobu's arm and said, "Things have changed, please return to Okazaki Castle immediately." ”

Okabe Motoshin was stunned, he looked back at Abe Dingfeng and asked, "What do you see?" ”

Abe Dingfeng nodded, shook his head again, and said: "This may be a gesture made by the Matsudaira people, to hold together to convey a message to us, what is not good for the Matsudaira family and the Imagawa family, then there is only Okazaki Castle." ”

Okabe Motonobu bowed slightly, he also saw some clues, after all, Abe Dingfeng was a member of the Matsudaira family, although he betrayed the Matsudaira family for various reasons, but the Matsudaira family's mind still knows a little bit about it, if this is the case, then Okazaki City is indeed a place that both sides are concerned about.

Abe Dingfeng thought for a moment and sneered: "City Lord, please quickly withdraw from the battlefield and return to Okazaki City." ”

Okabe Motonobu smiled, pointed at Abe Dingfeng, and said, "Yes, it's time to return to Okazaki City." He knew about Abe Dingtoyo's conspiracy, regardless of whether Okazaki Castle would be attacked or not, once the Matsudaira people returned intact, they would inevitably be suspected by Mizuno Nobumoto, and it was best to let the two sides have a violent conflict.

Motonobu Okabe began to slowly retreat.

In the face of Okabe Motonobu's retreat, the people of Matsudaira cheered, and if they didn't fight, they wouldn't die, what could be more to cheer about. But Matsudaira Ieyasu's face was still sad, and Okubo Tadashi saw the young master's expression, and asked in a low voice, "Young master, why do you still have a sad look?" ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu shook his head and said: "The Mizuno clan has suffered a lot of losses, but we have retreated, what does this make Mamoru Shimono think?" ”

Okubo Tadatoshi laughed and said, "Young master, Mamoru Shimono has always distrusted us and other Matsudaira people. In addition, the people he sent to secretly seize Okazaki Castle must be elite cronies, and under the heavy losses, he can't help but swallow the bitter fruit if he wants to hold Kariya Castle. ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu laughed at himself: "It's that I'm worried." ”

It was slightly dark, and a group of soldiers dressed in Imagawa family equipment arrived at the foot of Okazaki Castle with dozens of prisoners tied up in a big way.

Okazaki Castle was on high alert, and after Okabe Motonobu went out of the city, he was guarded by his deputy Yamada Shinemon, and he did not dare to mobilize the young men outside the city, for fear that there would be spies of the Matsudaira family, and Okazaki Castle was extremely weak at this time, with only more than 300 people to garrison.

What happened to Zhili, Okabe Motonobu had already informed them, knowing that he had won a big victory and won Sakuma Morishige, and he thought that it should be a team of people from the Imagawa family, but he didn't know why he came to Okazaki Castle. When Yamada Shinemon heard the news, he hurried to the castle gate and asked why.

The person who came claimed to be a general under Okabe Motonobu, and returned to Okazaki Castle with the captives first, so that Okabe Motonobu could calmly deal with the Mizuno army who came to the rescue. Yamada Shinemon was unusually cautious, and he asked for details one by one, or said that he was worried that there would be too many prisoners and that there would be an accident when entering the city, so he deliberately strengthened the security at the city gate.

It's always a good thing to be cautious when you sail the ship carefully.

Unexpectedly, the city gate had just opened, and before Yamada Shinemon could go out of the city to check, he suddenly heard a deafening shout: "Kill!" As he spoke, both the soldiers and captives of the Imagawa family rushed in with swords and guns and guarded the gate.

At the same time, hundreds of people rushed in with gongs and drums, shouting in a chaotic manner: "Imagawa Yoshimoto is the head, Oda vanguard has arrived, and the enemy is slaughtered!" ”

The pictures of Okazaki Castle that you see on the Internet are completely different from the very small Okazaki Castle in front of you, and Okazaki Castle is only composed of the main castle and the outer castle, which means that opening the gate of the outer castle is equivalent to breaking half of it.

Seeing that the castle gate was lost, Yamada Shinemon shouted, "Retreat, retreat to the main city, and wait for reinforcements to arrive." "He made the most correct decision, as long as Okazaki Castle is on fire, Okabe Motonobu will definitely return to help Okazaki Castle, and when the time comes, the outer city will inevitably be recaptured.

Mizuno Tadashige knew that the matter was not over yet, and only by taking the city could he really capture Okazaki Castle, so he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Kill! ”

The outer city was lost, and the soldiers of the Mizuno Army saw that victory was in sight, like fierce tigers, all of them were brave and fearless, forgetting their lives and death, and rushed to the last fortress of Okazaki Castle - the main castle.

"Bang!" A cannon rang out, and a sharp whistling sound came from Yamada Shinemon's ears, and half of his face was stimulated by the wind to a hot pain, and he was shocked that the other party actually used an iron cannon. Looking up, the Mizuno Army didn't know when they had already placed more than a dozen iron cannons on the high platform in the outer city and began to shoot at the city.

When I turned my head again, I saw a foot light falling down, a hole in the gap in the foot, and his chest was pierced, and he couldn't survive.

Yamada Shinemon knew that Okazaki Castle was about to fall, but he had no intention of breaking through, knowing that even if he escaped, he would be punished by Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Just as Yamada Shinemon was about to make the final blow to the death, a noisy shout of killing suddenly sounded outside the castle. Yamada Shinemon sat down on the ground, gasping for breath for a while, then stood up and shouted, "Reinforcements have arrived, follow me." ”

The Mizuno Army, which was originally full of ambition, now has no morale under the combination of the inside and the outside, and seeing that it is about to be surrounded, Mizuno Tadashi knows that it cannot be violated, and roars and says: "Break through, break out!" He brandished his spear and made his way out of the city.

Motonobu Okabe and Shinemon Yamada echoed back and forth, fighting fiercely with the Mizuno army.

Under the combination of the inside and the outside, the morale of the Mizuno army was lost, if it weren't for the sake of survival, I was afraid that it would have collapsed, Mizuno Tadashi led the army to break through, but Mizuno Tadashi woke up too late after all. Why didn't Okabe Motoshin enter the city early, and hid outside the city all the time, waiting for the enemy army to attack the city, it was for this time, how could he let them go.

Okabe Motoshin has an absolute advantage, coupled with the combination of inside and outside, the shouts are earth-shattering and surround it. The Mizuno Army had no intention of fighting, and only wanted to retreat quickly, but the faster it retreated, the lower its morale became, and the morale of the army was weakened, and it eventually collapsed.

The night helped Mizuno Tadashige to fight out of the siege, he heard the sound of water, it was the flow of water flowing in the Yasaku River, he glanced left and right, all the companions who broke through together stayed in Okazaki Castle, he was the only one who broke through, and muttered: "Yasakugawa, as long as you escape into the Yasasaka River, you will be safe." ”

A whistling arrow flew over. (To be continued.) )