The days of defending the city were extremely difficult.
On June 25, more than twenty days had passed since the siege of Miyoshi's family. Miyoshi Yoshihide's ninjas had cut off half of the water sources in Okafeng City, and the water supply in the city began to become tense. Yu Qiuping expected that there would be an outbreak among the Miyoshi army.
The epidemic did not go as planned. Although Ashigaru fell ill due to eating unclean food, the epidemic was quickly controlled.
Compared to Yu Qiuping, the people of the Changzonggabu family are more anxious. At present, all their territories are occupied by the Sanhao family. According to the style of the Sanhao family, they will not give up until they make a good arrest.
They were so determined to loot their home city, Iimoriyama Castle, let alone Tosa. The samurai of the Chosogabe family were worried about their territory, not knowing how it would be ruined by the Miyoshi family.
The Miyoshi family besieged the city for more than 20 days, but they did not launch an attack, as if they did not want to bear the casualties caused by the attack. Urado Castle in the southwest did not seem to have encountered war, because the Sanuki soldiers showed no signs of returning.
It has to be said that the choice taken by the Mihaoshi family was a wise one. These days, Yu Qiuping did nothing else but focused on strengthening the defense of Gangfeng City. Under the personal supervision of him, a defense expert, the soldiers and civilians in Gangfeng City went into battle.
The inside and outside of Okafyo Castle were armed into a large fortress. Okafeng Castle relied on the mountains and was equipped with a large number of iron cannons, bows, arrows and artillery. If the three good armies wanted to attack, they would definitely meet with a bloody blow.
Yu Qiuping's idea was to use the city defense battle to consume the strength and morale of the Sanhao Army. After the Sanhao family suffered heavy losses, the troops in the city took the opportunity to counterattack and defeated the Sanhao Army under the city. However, the Sanhao family did not give Yu Qiuping such a chance.
The opportunity is to think of a way to cut off the water source of Oka Toyo Castle, and watch Chosou's troops and the Momiji Army rush out to break out of the encirclement when they can no longer hold on.
Time passed day by day, and by June 30th, there were only two springs in Okafeng City that had not been cut off, and the situation was full of crises. The retainers of the Chozonggabe family and the Yuqiu family held multiple assessment meetings to discuss the last resort.
The tactics used by the two armies to break out of encirclement.
"The Miyoshi Army has about 30,000 people outside the city, including 10,000 combat soldiers." Yunan Fukuzawa explained the current situation to the two samurai groups surrounding him in front of the sand table made by the Hongye Army Staff Headquarters. Such an intuitive and detailed sand table
The people in Changzong's family were full of praise, and they seemed to be planning to make one themselves.
"Outside the south gate is the main force of Miyoshi Changqing, with about 15,000 people. Outside the west gate and east gate, Shihe Yicun and Miyoshi Yixian are in charge. Miyoshi Changqing also sent some troops to assist." Yunan Fukuzawa
We clicked outside the east gate of Oka Toyo Castle, where is Miyoshi Yoshihide's camp. "Miyoshi Yoshihide's Awa Zhong were defeated by us not long ago, and their combat effectiveness is relatively weak. If we want to break through,
, we must break out from the east."
"But what happens after we break out from the east? Where do we run to?" Xiangzong's subordinate Qin Tai leaned forward slightly and asked, "Xiangzong Castle and Aki Castle in East Tosa have both fallen, and there is no place to rely on.
"
"We can snatch them back." Yoshioka Shengmasa stretched out his hand and knocked on the edge of the sand table, "Then we can defend the city."
"Let's not talk about whether we can successfully break through the encirclement under the pursuit of the Sanhaojia army. Even if we break through, can we resist the pursuers and capture the city in front?" Yu Qiuping frowned and shook his head, "It's too difficult. And it's fragrant.
Zongcheng and Anyi City are both small and may not be able to accommodate our 12,000 people."
"If you want to break out of the encirclement, you have to break out to the southwest." Fukudome Oikasa pointed at the location of Urado Castle. It was the only two castles with red leaf flags and seven pieces of wood sorrel planted among the nail pattern.
"Urado Castle is surrounded by water on both sides, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The city is also large and can accommodate so many of us. Moreover, the water source of Uradō Castle will not be cut off, so we can continue to defend it."
"If we can really break through to the edge of Urato Castle, we have a chance. The brewers in the city will definitely come out to meet us. With the internal and external coordination, it will not be a problem to rush into Urato Castle." Yu Qiuping nodded slightly, but still shook his head after a moment.
He shook his head and said, "The problem is how do we break through to Urado Castle? To the west of Oka Toyo Castle, the official road is narrow, and Shihe Yicun is stationed there. Miyoshi Changqing's main force can also support at any time, so I'm afraid we won't be able to break out."
"If you can't rush out, you have to rush out, or else you will die of thirst in Okafeng City?" Chosou Motochika smiled helplessly, "The Red Leaf Army is brave and invincible, and with His Highness Jibe here, we still have a chance to fight.
Powerful."
"To be honest, I'm not very confident. The number of people in the Sanhao family is almost three times that of ours. And in the past twenty days, the Sanhao family has also built a large number of rock forts, fences, trenches, and horse barriers outside the city. I think
It is even more difficult to break through." Yu Qiuping held the edge of the sand table with both hands, staring at the battle situation, trying to capture some fighter opportunities.
"His Majesty Jibu's Hongye Army was able to win against the Koshu Takeda Army that had twice the number. How come it couldn't even break through?" Gu Zhongcheng still seemed to doubt Yu Qiuping's attempt to preserve his strength.
asked sarcastically.
"I have already lost that battle. If the artillery hadn't luckily injured Takeda Shingen, preventing him from using his reserve team to give us the final blow, we would have been completely wiped out." Yu Qiuping smiled and spread his hands, "
You don’t necessarily expect me to hit Sanhao Changqing with one more shot, right?”
"I have a question." Maeda Keiji, who had been staring at the sand table, suddenly interrupted, "Why hasn't the north of Oka Toyo Castle been surrounded? The Miyoshi family has posted some scouts there."
"Because there are mountains to the north of Oka Toyo Castle, with steep peaks and dense forests, it is impossible for the army to pass through." Kira Shinsada looked at Maeda Keiji and explained to him.
"Then why don't we try to retreat to the mountains?" Maeda Keiji raised his eyebrows and looked around at everyone present, but found that no one seemed to be interested in it.
"The mountains to the north are really unreachable." Chosogabe Motochin rejected Maeda Keiji's proposal in a tone that left no room for doubt, "There is no need to consider it at all."
"If Judge Kuro had looked at Ichinoya like this that day, then there would not have been that world-famous battle." Maeda Keiji tried to use the example of Minamoto Yoshitsune's surprise attack on Ichinoya to encourage everyone, but it still failed to impress everyone.
"It's too difficult." Yu Qiuping shook his head, "Judge Jiulang brought dozens of cavalry that day, but now we have to bring an army of tens of thousands, how can we get out."
Just when everyone in Okafeng City was at a loss what to do, in the main tent of the Miyoshi family, Miyoshi Yixian also had a sad face.
"Everything is going according to your plan, what's wrong, second brother?" Miyoshi Changqing saw that Miyoshi Yixian was so worried that he couldn't eat, and couldn't help but joked, "It's not free and easy at all, it's not like your style."
"What are you worried about? All their naval forces are trapped in Urado Port. Without the navy, the Red Leaf Army cannot fly over Kinki." Seeing that Miyoshi Yixian still didn't speak, Miyoshi Nagakei continued to speak,
"This is not a matter of strategy or not. The Seto Inland Sea is across the way. If you can't fly over, you just can't fly over."
"If Judge Kuro had believed that the Seto Inland Sea could not be crossed, there would have been no Battle of Yashima." Miyoshi Yoshiken's mouth twitched slightly, "There is nothing impossible. The so-called surprise attack
, just do things that no one can think of or dare to think of.”
"But right now, the Hongye Army is really powerless, and all of Amano Keitoku's strategies must have been used up." Anzhai Fuyayasu said in relief, "Oda Nobunaga had already moved out the emperor's envoy to sue for peace yesterday. According to
As long as there is room for maneuver in his temper, he will definitely not do such a cowardly thing."
"I'm just afraid now that someone is acting out of character and not following common sense." Miyoshi Yoshiken slowly stood up, picked up the tea on the table, and looked at the tea leaves undulating on the tea, "Don't forget, back then, Matsunaga played Tadashi
Just like that, they made a surprise attack on Iimoriyama Castle."
"You mean that guy will help? He wishes that Yuqiu Hongye died so that he could carve up Hanoi and the spring." Shihe Yicun snorted disdainfully.
"Of course he can't, but the most indispensable thing in the Oda family is lunatics." Miyoshi Yoshiken put down his teacup and slowly turned his gaze to the northeast, "Everything seems to fall into my painting, but there is one person who is still outside the frame.
.”
"Who is it?" Shihe Yicun asked.
"Hashiba Hideyoshi." Miyoshi Yoshiken raised his hand and pointed in the northeast direction, "This guy is unpredictable."
On July 1, a messenger conveying urgent military information was welcomed into the main tent of the Miyoshi Army. The message was concise and concise, but it exceeded everyone's expectations, except Miyoshi Yoshihide.
Hideyoshi Hashiba made a surprise attack on Awaji Country, which was isolated overseas! Now he is laying siege to Sumoto Castle!
"How did you get here?" Anzhai Dongkang was the first to react when he heard the news, "Where did the boat come from?"
"They are all small merchant ships." The messenger who came to report looked a little defeated. "Our navy and ninjas left behind are all monitoring Kishiwada Port and the Kuuki navy wandering south of Kii. No one is monitoring the direction of Settsu. Hideyoshi Hashiba
I don't know when we gathered a bunch of small merchant ships and took advantage of the storm to go out to sea on the Settsu Sea. The wind blew them all the way across the Akashi Strait and arrived at Awaji Island. They landed immediately. We saw how big the storm was that day.
, I didn’t expect there would be anything going on, so I didn’t arrange a routine sentry.”
"Underestimate the enemy." Anzhai Dongkang sighed helplessly, as if all the strength in his body had left his body, "I have said it so many times, but I still can't remember it. Also, if I can really remember it after saying it a few times,
Never in the past or present have so many people been defeated by underestimating the enemy."
"Your Highness, please return quickly. I don't know how long Sumoto Castle can hold on. It seems that the Oda Army still wants to use those merchant ships to continue crossing the river! But the sailors and Ashigaru of our Awaji Navy can't get away to go to sea. Everyone
They are all defending Sumoto Castle, and there are not many people left on the ship!" The messenger whispered very anxiously, "Hashiba Hideyoshi is robbing our crops on Awaji Island. If this continues, there will be no crops left this year.
Received."
"One move was missing." Miyoshi Yoshixian didn't say much, he just shook his head silently and glanced regretfully at the Maple Bird flag flying at the top of Oka Toyo Castle.
This is the last time you escape from me.
Miyoshi Yixian thought silently in his heart.
Chapter completed!