"If we cage the city, which city should we cage? Do I have to pack up my belongings and change places tonight?"
Just when everyone was hesitant about how to speak, Goro Imagawa, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly spoke, making everyone stunned for a moment - although he was the young master and the nominal commander of this battle, but No one seems to pay attention to his opinion - after all, Imagawa Goro is only 9 years old and is notoriously ignorant of worldly affairs. He has never had any experience in government or military affairs.
Rumor has it that he was just like his father in Imagawa Hall, he was keen on flowers, birds, romance, and the moon, and had no concern for the way of the samurai. Everyone here thought he would remain silent until the meeting was over, but they didn't expect him to jump out and interject. ——And it is still a very critical issue. Tongyanwuji really made Imagawa Goro talk about the pain point of this battle.
There are also different plans for cage cities. Each family can defend its own city; it is better to bring the main force to the front line and garrison the front lines to attack each city and jointly defend each other; or it is even better to defend some isolated cities that are difficult to defend and concentrate the forces. Garrisoned in an important town like Okazaki Castle...
The safest way is definitely for part of the main force of the Imagawa family to garrison Okazaki Castle, and the people in the central Mikawa area also abandon their homes and enter the Okazaki Castle. With Okazaki Castle's solid city defense and sufficient food reserves, it will be possible to hold on for several months. No problem. When the main force of the Imagawa family returns, the Oda family will have to withdraw.
But the problem is that the people in the central Mikawa region are unlikely to agree to give up their home city. Whether it is the branches of the Matsudaira family or the Kira family, they definitely want to stay in their home city to avoid the looting of their territory. Even the Higashi Mikawa family The people of the country may not be willing to gather at Okazaki Castle. If one part of the Oda army is left to besiege Okazaki Castle, and the rest infiltrate into Mikawa to the east for random arrests, their territory will also suffer.
The most ideal plan for a caged city for the people of the country is for all the Imagawa troops to march to the banks of the Yahagi River and build a rock stronghold to fight with the Oda troops. If the Oda troops want to attack the fortress, it will be just right. If the Oda troops choose to besiege the Imagawa troops, Yanzhai, turn to other directions to attack, then these Chinese people will also have the opportunity to make use of the situation. The last thing they want to see is that the Imagawa army divides its troops into multiple groups and garrisoned the cities of the Chinese people in the central Sanhe area to assist in the defense. ——In a sense, they are supervising the army. Reminiscent of the history of the Furuno family's Yutaka who robbed Toda's Yoshida Castle after entering the city a few years ago, they were not even willing to let the Imagawa army enter the city, and wished that the Imagawa army could set up camp in the wild. Field battle with the Oda Army.
The question Imagawa Goro inadvertently raised is such a difficult question.
Although the members of the Imagawa family in Yue and the people of the Mikawa country are not interested in the young master of Imagawa, the Imagawa clan's own direct jurisdiction and generation still respect Imagawa Goro. Now that Imagawa Goro has spoken, they will naturally want to In response, Yamada Ketaka bowed and reported to Imagawa Goro:
"Young Master, please forgive me. In my opinion, you can sit in Yoshida Castle and make arrangements from the center."
Since the question of which city to capture was difficult to answer, Yamada Ketaka wisely avoided it and instead answered the question "Does Young Master Imagawa need to change places?"
"But I don't know how to organize at all. It's useless to stay at the back. Why don't I go to the front to play horse seals? Can it also boost morale?"
Imagawa Goro spoke with a childlike voice, but his words were quite responsible, which surprised everyone again - and was quite touching for the Imagawa family members and important ministers.
The young master is very promising...
He will be a great samurai when he grows up...
As expected of the Imagawa family...
He is much more reliable than His Highness...
Yamada Keitaka, Osawa Kisho, Uden Nagamochi, Lengquan Weihe and others thought silently.
"Young Master has such courage, why worry about not winning this battle? With the Young Master holding the battle, the subordinates will definitely take the lead and fight with that Owari guy. Please give the Young Master the order to go out to fight!" Horikoshi Sadatoyo took advantage of the situation and excitedly said
He flattered Goro Imagawa. As a chess piece arranged by Taiyuan Xuezai in the Horikoshi family, he had a considerable say in the family after the last Enji rebellion. Naturally, he would not miss anything as he was focused on climbing up.
An opportunity to flatter the future governor, but he accidentally slapped his flattery on the horse's leg.
As soon as Horikoshi Sadatoyo said this, he immediately summoned Yamada Keitaka, Osawa Motosho, Uden Nagamochi and others with dissatisfied looks, which made the former tremble - although in their plan, the Imagawa army may not be able to do so.
He did not leave the city to fight with the Oda army in the field, but this plan was beyond the control of his second son, a retainer.
"If this is the case, I will do my best to help you." Nobunaga Matsudaira of the Goi Matsudaira family saw that the words were coming and hurriedly accepted it - as a countryman whose territory is on the banks of the Yahagi River, he is the one who most hopes that the Imagawa Army can
He personally went to the front line to fight with the Oda army in the field and drew the attention of the Oda army away.
"I will definitely fight for the young master!" Other foreigners from Togai, led by Iio Nori, also responded one after another - who doesn't want the opportunity to please the young master? Anyway, the ones who are being picked up and feel uncomfortable are the members of the family.
I don't want to deal with the foreigners.
When the people of Dongsanhe saw this, they all agreed - it was better to open the battle line to the west than to affect their territory behind the cage city - although the cost was that they had to lead their troops to follow the Imagawa army to the front line.
Now it was the turn of Yamada Keitaka and others to be embarrassed. They couldn't offend Imagawa Goro's face in public, right? But it was really too reckless to order the army to go westward to seek field battles so hastily.
"Since the young master has this intention, how can I dare to neglect it? But as a soldier, it is a major matter for the country, and we must not take it lightly. Please be patient, young master, and allow me to formulate a plan before making preparations for the expedition." So, Yamada
Jinglong had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the words.
"But didn't the samurai who came before say that the Oda army has already advanced to the edge of some river? It seems that it is about to fight over? Isn't it too late to set off yet? Why not set off now and make plans on the way?" Imagawa
Wulang asked back very innocently, making the situation awkward again.
The samurai of the Imagawa clan certainly understood this truth, but they originally planned to let the people of the country encircle the city. After consuming the first wave of vigor of the Oda army, the Imagawa army would set out from Yoshida Castle to decide whether to fight in the field or to confront each other in the wild.
.Imagawa Goro said it to death, and they had no reason to evade.
"Young Master Rongzhen, once we leave Yoshida Castle, we will have no danger of defending. After all, the Oda Army has a large number of people. If there is no comprehensive plan, they will be in trouble once they encounter it in the wild." This time it was another turn.
Until Kisang Osawa had the courage to answer his young master's words.
"Huh?" Imagawa Goro opened his beautiful eyes in great surprise, "I heard my father keep saying that every time he comes to Mikawa, he goes back to Okazaki Castle. It is such a big city. Can't we go there?
?”
God's way is reincarnation, and it's finally time for the people of Mikawa to be embarrassed - the ambiguous consensus that you and I know but cannot express that we don't want Imagawa's army to enter the city was directly exposed by this kid Goro Imagawa.
"Of course there is no problem. Okazaki Castle welcomes the arrival of the Imagawa Army at any time." Matsudaira Hirotada responded with his chest raised - out of his deep friendship with Imagawa Yoshimoto, he actually didn't mind the Imagawa Army entering the city at all. It's just other things.
The important ministers of the branch family and the family were quite afraid of this, and asked Matsudaira Hirotada not to take the initiative to invite the Imagawa army. But since Imagawa Goro hit the ball, Matsudaira Hirotada also had a reason to prevaricate the objections. Mikawa, who was feeling at ease just now,
The people of the country are all suffering at the moment. When the Imagawa Army arrives at Okazaki Castle, it will be inconvenient for them to fish.
"Without further delay, please go back and make preparations first! Sirs from Nishi Mikawa and Naka Mikawa, please move on to the castle. After the rest of the troops are assembled, follow the main force of the Imagawa Army and enter Okazaki Castle together." Sudden good luck came to him.
This made Yamada Ketaka a little uncomfortable, but he still hurriedly finalized the deployment, "The Imagawa Army will take the first step. Please follow up quickly after everyone is assembled."
On the evening of June 26, the 14th year of Tenmon (1546), the Oda family was holding a military situation assessment meeting in the Anxiang Castle castle tower on the west bank of the Yahagi River.
"Imagawa troops are going to enter Okazaki Castle to help defend it? And then let the rest of the Mikawa Central people defend the city individually?" Oda Nobuhide raised his eyelids and glanced at Yamaguchi Kotsugi, who was sitting on the back with his left hand, "Saumasuke, this
Is the news credible?”
"It's trustworthy, please rest assured, Your Highness." Yamaguchi Kyoutsugi leaned deeply, "I have some connections in Mikawa."
Oda Nobuhide turned his attention to Takigawa Kazumasu, who was in charge of intelligence in Oda's family. The latter also handed over his hand and said: "Reporting to your highness, Ninja reported that since noon yesterday, the Imagawa army has indeed left Yoshida Castle and entered the west."
"Zomasuke's information is quite good. It seems that we have to rely more on you for the strategy of the Mikawa area." Oda Nobuhide glanced at Yamaguchi Kotsugi with a smile, and the latter quickly leaned over and said obediently.
: "It is my honor to serve the Oda family and His Highness."
"If His Highness Saumasuke's relationship is reliable, I wonder if we can fish out the captured samurai from the Mizuno family?" Lin Xiuzhen, who was sitting behind Oda Nobuhide, smiled and nodded to Yamaguchi Nobuyuki, and mentioned the past few days.
That battle. The Mizuno Army, which wanted to take advantage of the confrontation between the Imagawa Army and Jodo Shinshu to invade Mikawa, was ambushed as they were crossing the Yahagi River and suffered heavy losses. Nearly half of the samurai in the family were captured and have not been released.
, leading to constant turmoil in the Mizuno family, and it was difficult to maintain the basic structure of administration and command. With so many hostages in hand, the Mizuno family and the Imagawa family were helpless when they faced off.
Lin Xiuzhen has always suspected that the Mizuno family's march route was leaked by the Yamaguchi family who acted together - because the Yamaguchi family was the biggest beneficiary of the Mizuno family's losses, and took advantage of the Mizuno family's absence to completely seize the dominance of the Chita Peninsula.
In that night battle, the Yamaguchi Army showed up at the right time and rescued Oda Nobhiro. It looked like it had been planned beforehand - but Mizuno Nobugen was not informed. Of course, there is no clear evidence.
There's nothing he can do about it from afar. If things get really desperate, he might switch sides and join the Imagawa Army.
"They are all imprisoned in Yoshida Castle. The lord of the city is the selfless Ohara Hizen. How can we get them out? His Highness Sado Mamoru is joking." Yamaguchi Kyoutsugi understood that Lin Xiuzhen was knocking him, and responded with a smile, "But if this battle
If you win, you might be able to exchange the chips you have with the Imagawa family. The Yamaguchi family and the Mizuno family have been friendly neighbors for generations. The Yamaguchi family will definitely work hard to win for the Mizuno family! Please also play His Majesty and Sado.
Don’t worry, Your Highness!”
"Hmph." Mizuno Shingen snorted coldly and rolled his eyes at Yamaguchi Kotsugi, but the latter was still smiling, making him feel a wave of anger hitting the cotton.