Yubi Okouchi Kunizuna said: "1,292 Tanba people died in the battle, and 569 Naito troops died in the battle, including 416 mounted samurai, and 2,446 were captured, including the general Naito Munekatsu."
"In other words, all the Tanba people have run away?" Kira Yoshihi coldly snorted: "These people are really unreliable. I'm afraid Naito Sokatsu is regretting it?"
"The Hatano family was the first to retreat shortly after the battle, followed by the Akai family, and the Monai family retreated one after another. All the wealthy families fled in a swarm. They did not dare to pursue too deep before returning, otherwise the death toll would be even higher." Toki Yamamoto
Xing said with a smile.
"The Hatano family is really unreliable." Yoshiki Kira curled his lips and said, "Don't mention those things about the wallflowers. Is there no problem with the transportation and storage of military rations?"
"No problem! Nakao Castle and Jishoji Temple each reserve 5,000 koku of military rations. The roads in this area are already under our control. There is currently no sign of the Awaji Navy entering the Kamogawa River, so it is safe."
When the Kira army entered Kyoto, Yanasawa Motomasa, the leader, took the initiative to give up his comfortable position in Kyoto's money house and came over to serve as a military ration leader.
When a written petition was handed to Kiragi respectfully, each 100 Ashgaru consumed 20 koku of food per month. Theoretically, these 10,000 koku of food could be enough for five months. However, considering the intensity of the war, the daily food supply
Consumption may be doubled or more.
"Well, how about seizure?"
Okouchi Kunizuna continued to report: "There are 774 complete sets of cano balls, 1106 long handles, and 385 sets of armor. 223 uninjured horses. 218 horses with minor injuries that do not affect military use. Thirty thousand koku of military rations, and another 400 koku were found in warehouses.
Judging from the flag and the armor, it should be equipment captured from the shogunate army."
Kira Yoshishi thought for a while and said: "Return the equipment of the shogunate to the shogunate, 10,000 koku of military rations to the shogunate, and replenish all the other damaged armors and horses killed in the battle to Shiga Bei. Shiga has been severely damaged."
C. First, retreat to Nijo Castle in Kyoto for rest, and ask Omi to urgently mobilize a thousand ronin to supplement the army. The camp built by Naito Munekatsu halfway up the mountain is in a good location and has complete equipment, so we can live there!"
"Yes!" Okouchi Kokusuna hurriedly drafted a pleading, handed it to Kira Yoshi, and used the seal to issue it as a decree.
After dealing with a lot of dizzying military affairs, a group of staff members retreated one after another. Kira Yoshi rubbed his temples and asked Monomichi Hattori Chief: "Bauchou, tell me how the situation is in the Miyoshi Army?"
"The Miyoshi Army is still attacking Katsuryuji Castle. It is said that the lord of the castle, Hosokawa Harukune, has sealed himself in the castle tower without leaving the house. Katsuryuji Castle is now resisted by several generals of the Hosokawa family." Hattori Yasunaga.
After hesitating for a moment, he added: "Shengryu Temple City can withstand for up to five days."
"Five days? Without the support of the navy, I can't forcefully cross the Katsura River. This is really a troublesome thing!" Kira Yoshi threw away his riding whip in annoyance, hesitated for a moment and then continued: "I order Kuki Shigetaka to do everything possible.
, we must defeat the Awaji navy within five days!"
"Yes!" Hattori Baochou responded and left, casting a meaningful glance at the corner before leaving.
After all the retainers retreated, Kira Yoshitoki just lay on the tatami with his back stretched out. He couldn't breathe due to the heavy government affairs. He had to think every moment and always maintain the dignity of a lord. He was already young.
, if you don’t want to be looked down upon by your retainers, you can only pretend to be inscrutable and majestic.
"...The look in that uncle's eyes is so scary!"
"Huh? Why are you here?" Kira Yoshi shook his head and saw Chiyoko Mochizuki sitting next to him. This time she put on a black night-dress-like appearance, carrying a small short sword on her back, and two braided horns.
He looked dizzy as he wandered around.
"I've always been there! Chiyome seemed to have said that she would always follow His Highness!" Chiyome Mochizuki pointed to her chin and thought about it carefully, then repeated in a determined tone: "Chiyome still remembers it very clearly, so she was right to say so!"
"Okay! Don't dwell on this problem." Kira Yoshi felt confused and rubbed his forehead and said, "By the way, which uncle were you talking about just now?"
"That's the uncle who walked away just now! His eyes were so fierce. He was the only one in the room staring at Chiyome!"
"Oh, you are the security chief of the Recruitment Department! He is the leader of the Iga Ninja Army, so of course he is powerful... Wait! Did you just say that he is the only one in the room staring at you?" Kira Yoshishi stared at the idiot Loli in confusion.
, seeing her nodding matter-of-factly, he felt that something was wrong, and asked again: "Then why don't other people look at you?"
"Because they can't see it!"
"Then why can Chief Hattori see it?"
"Chiyoda didn't know, so she said that the uncle's eyes were so fierce!"
…
News of the end of the Battle of Funaokayama spread quickly throughout Kinki. After all, how many pairs of eyes were watching the action there, and the Miyoshi family relied on the advantage of water transportation to get a complete battle report immediately. Miyoshi, who was stationed in Tenno Mountain, besieged Shoryuji Castle.
In the military tent, Miyoshi Changqing glanced at every retainer with a stern face. No one dared to meet his eyes, including Miyoshi Yixian.
"Do you know what I'm going to say? Ah?" Mihao Changqing said in a soft voice, "What a bunch of idiots! Idiots! Fifteen thousand people were attacked at once, and the Chinese army collapsed at the first touch, forcing the president to
The general personally went into battle and was defeated and captured. This is a shame! My Miyoshi family has never experienced such shame! The people of Tamba deserve to die!"
There was silence in the tent. No one dared to talk at this time. It was rare for Miyoshi Changqing to be angry. Only a few times such as the battle at the Shrine Temple and the Jiangguchi battle would make him furious. Counting this, this was the fourth time Miyoshi Changqing
He was angry for the first time, but the last time was because of the death of Shihe Yicun.
"It seems that the only way is to capture Shengryuji Castle as soon as possible." Miyoshi Yixian immediately made a decision and encouraged the Miyoshi retainers in the tent: "Gentlemen! This is the time when our Miyoshi family's hegemony is about to be completed.
It’s a time of reward! You are seeking to be the lord of a city or the leader of half a country, so it’s up to you to win it with your hands!”
"Ha! We will do our best!" Miyoshi's retainers and the morale of the people of the country were mobilized. What they wanted was to increase their knowledge and conduct. Otherwise, no one would go all the way to Kyoto to fight in the joint war. So what is the encouragement of Miyoshi Yoshihide?
All powerful.
On the evening of July 13th, at a certain river port in the Yodogawa River, ever since the Kizugawa Marine Corps attacked the Awaji Marine Corps, the Awaji Marine Corps had been having a very rough time. The weakness of being alone and losing support was fully exposed. The business on the waterway
Unlike the land route, you cannot expect to conquer a certain river port and annihilate all the enemies. The naval forces of each route are familiar with the waterways on the Mujin River and can hide in a reed bush that cannot be found at any time.
Soon there were disagreements within the Awaji Navy. The grassroots samurai of the Awaji Navy felt that entering the inland river dispute was a huge mistake, and the offshore navy should not violate the agreed rules and enter the inland river. This trend of thought soon affected the decision-making of the top management. A group of Awaji Navy
Chinese people agree with this statement.
Awaji people who hold this view think that the requirements for Sanzhu are too harsh. Sea routes are different from inland rivers. Inland rivers are characterized by wind and waves, small rivers, and shallow channels. They who have homes and large ships in inland rivers become a burden. They are slow to respond and often turn slowly.
It has become a target ship in the inland river, and the inland river also has a collapse network of river channels. It is comparable to the most complicated jungle maze. People who are not familiar with it can easily get lost if they enter it by mistake.
"Therefore, it is not a good choice to deal with the Kira Navy or the Kizugawa Navy." Suga Tatsuda, the lord of Pig Bear Castle in Awaji Country, is one of them, and his attitude is supported by many Awaji samurai.
"What do you mean by this? Don't you know that the will of the main hall cannot be changed? Don't cause trouble in the military discussion!" General Oda said dissatisfied: "Maintaining the advantage of the inland river is beneficial to our Miyoshi family, isn't the decree of the main hall not enough?
Is it clear?"
"It's wrong for Oda-don to say that! How can you say that this is adding trouble! We are also working for the future of the Awaji Navy!" He Jianqin seemed to hate General Oda, and immediately retorted: "Think of us who work hard at sea.
The man is trapped in a small river. He is not allowed to enter or leave the river. He can only passively guard the Yodo River, which is no more than three towns wide at its widest point. He is trying to kill our Awaji navy!"
"Shut up! You old guy!" General Oda picked up the tea cup and threw it at him, but He Ji Anqin nimbly dodged it, which made the old man very unhappy.
The old man drew his sword and cursed: "Asshole! You are looking for death!"
Then General Oda followed suit and drew his tachi. Seeing that the two were about to perform a full martial arts show, the samurai beside him was frightened. He quickly hugged the impulsive young and old couple and called the samurai outside the door to take them away separately.
The lord of Awaji Noguchi Castle, who was also the adoptive father of the late Noguchi Fuyunaga, Noguchi Norimori, was really miserable when he saw his old brother being insulted by the people of Sachijin. He could only keep shaking his head and sighing: "Why?
So, why is it like this!”
"Lord! We have to make a decision! What should we do?" Funakoshi Kageron persuaded worriedly: "Now the morale of the Awaji men is low. They are all complaining that they are not adapted to the river here, let alone the Kira Navy and the Kira Navy.
The fighting methods of the Kizugawa Navy Army, if we continue to defend it, I am worried that the morale of the army will be in chaos!"
"Yes! Please make a decision, my lord!" Regardless of the attitude of the Awaji samurai, they are unwilling to continue to be conservative. For the supporters, just blocking the Yodogawa River will not be able to complete the ultimate mission of annihilating the Kira Navy. For the opposition,
From a personal point of view, blockading the Yodogawa River is a very stupid act. It is to use one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. The continuous defeats of the Uji River and Kizugawakami caused the Awaji Navy to lose more than 30% of its main force. In addition, the ships that were burned a few days ago were
The Awaji navy has lost half of its main force.
Anzai Toyasu pondered for a long time before he said cautiously: "I will contact my brother and inform him of the situation of the Awaji Navy. We really shouldn't stay here, but the prerequisite is that we must defeat the Kira Navy so that they have no energy left to enter the Yodogawa River and continue to be active.
, otherwise if we retreat and give way to the Yodogawa River, the Kira navy will come back, and by then, let alone interfering with my brother’s great cause, all the previous efforts and losses will be in vain!”
Several retainers asked hesitantly: "My lord, do you mean to take the initiative to attack? But the Kira navy is too cunning, will it be too dangerous for us to attack? You know, it is very dangerous for us to go deep into the inland river!"
Anzhai Fuyayasu showed a mysterious smile: "Don't be afraid! If the Kira Navy runs away, wouldn't there be Otsu Port? Do you think the Kira family will let me threaten Otsu Port?"
"Oh! Why didn't I think of that! My lord, what a brilliant idea!" Tamura Kyouyori slapped his thigh and said in surprise: "As long as we send the main force over, both sides will have iron cannons and baked jade. The Kira navy ship will have fewer people.
The disadvantage is fully exposed. It would be best if they fled into Lake Biwa. Burn Otsu Port, and even the two port towns of Sakamoto and Katada. By then, even if the Kira Navy cannot catch the Kira Navy, they can leave. Anyway, we
I have made up my mind not to enter the Yodogawa River again. No matter how deep the hatred is, the Kira family cannot take revenge!"
"My lord, what a wonderful idea! I admire you!" The Awaji warriors expressed their admiration.
…
News of the main attack of the Awaji Navy quickly reached the ears of the Kira Navy. With the surveillance point at Yodogawaguchi, every move of the Awaji Navy was within the scope of surveillance.
This communication method is also very simple. It uses the smoke of burning dried cow dung to transmit messages. This is a beacon tower originating from the Central Plains Dynasty. It has been used as early as the Kamakura period. The initial defense against the Mongolian invading army relied on beacon towers to transmit messages.
information.
The Kira family's beacon is the same as the original beacon. This kind of Kinki communication can only express one agreed meaning. The surveillance of the Kira navy and the beacon lit have only one meaning, and that is the massive invasion of the Uji River by the Awaji navy.
When receiving this news, everyone in the Kira Navy was relieved. They were not afraid of the Awaji Navy coming to fight, but they were afraid that the people on the other side would never come. The biggest headache was staying calmly in Yodogawa. Time is money.
Life, the task of the Kira Navy is very heavy. The sooner the Awaji Navy is eliminated, the greater the help to the overall war situation.
Prior to this, the sneak attack methods used were basically unsatisfactory. Even if the sneak attack was successful, there would still be a price to pay, and you would even lose some money when you were unlucky. This kind of simple confrontation would obviously cause the Kira Navy to lose more.
Their little wealth must not be able to use up the huge Awaji Navy. The Awaji Navy still has 2,000 main men and twice as many ships in its base on Awaji Oshima, while the Kira Navy does not have any back-up support.
During the military meeting, the Kira family's sailors looked excited. The young man Takeuchi Kuroemon, who was sitting in the last row, shouted loudly: "The Awaji navy actually attacked in full force! They must be crazy, right?"
A strong man sitting in front of him slapped him on the back of the head and shouted: "You don't even have your top hair combed. How do you know if you are crazy or not?" After that, he gave him a sideways look.
"Hahaha..." A group of warriors laughed.
"You! You...Tsuji Hachirobei, why do you say I'm young? Ichu Hachiroemon is younger than me!" Takeuchi Kuroemon pointed to the young man diagonally opposite who was gloating about his misfortune.
The warriors smiled even more happily.
"Okay, everyone! Listen to me first!" Kuki Shigetaka smiled and clapped his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "The Awaji Navy hasn't figured out our strength yet, and I guess they still want to take the opportunity to invade Lake Biwa and raid our house.
The plans of their henchmen, so we have to teach them a lesson!"
"Yes! Teach them a lesson!" The warriors, old and young, all clenched their fists and said in unison.
"Are the roasting and iron cannons ready?"
Yodogawa Mitsunaga nodded and said: "We are all ready! The three hundred iron cannons that the Lord asked Biwaya to allocate to our navy before going out to battle are all in place. The men have long been coveted for these iron cannons, and they have also touched them in the past two years.
A few real guys, I took advantage of a few days to practice my shooting skills, and selected ten people who could not miss the target to form an iron artillery team, so I can make do with it..."
"Well, attack immediately!"
The two naval forces met at Amanaseura on the Uji River. The Awaji Navy took the initiative to seek a decisive battle and came prepared. The Kira Navy also had plans in advance. The Awaji Navy had hundreds of large and small ships, among which Anzai ships were dispatched.
Two ships, Kanfune brought forty ships, Xiaozao eighty ships, excluding the Anzha ship, the other two ships were much more than the Kira family. This is still the Awaji navy that has been weakened many times. It can be imagined
Who knows how powerful they will be if they attack with all their strength.
Ujigawa Amanaseura happened to be at a sharp turn in the river. This sharp turn made the entire river form a V-shape. The Kira Navy blocked the exit on the right side and ambush. The Awaji Navy rushed to the front to close the ship and saw the ambush of the Kira River.
The army immediately blew the conch as soon as possible.
"Woooooo..." The low conch was blown into a shrill scream, and a moment later it was interrupted by a muffled "bang". A Kira samurai killed the Awaji samurai who was blowing the conch.
"The Awaji navy is coming! Get ready for battle!" Several samurai spread out and shouted to the fleet to paddle. The ashigaru standing on the bow raised the iron cannon to aim and fire. For a while, the iron cannon rumbled.
, the Guanzhou ship that was hit by a salvo made a strange "creeping" sound. This was the first appearance of the powerful iron cannon. With the new gunpowder, it could easily penetrate the Guan ship's armor.
Broken pieces of wood flew towards the bodies and cheeks of the Awaji Sailors under the impact of lead bullets. For a moment, the Awaji Sailors in the ship suffered a devastating blow. Blood spurted out everywhere. Several unlucky samurai were directly beaten to death.
Blood gourd.
"The iron artillery team loads up! The archery team fires arrows!" The iron artillery team immediately withdrew from the bow of the ship, and the bow and arrow ashigaru picked up the arrows wrapped in oilcloth, buckled the arrows and pulled the bow, and then several sailors took out fire breakers to ignite the rockets.
Rockets shot out in an instant, directly nailing the damaged ship. In a moment, the unlucky ship turned into a blazing fire ship.
"Yes! That's it! Keep working hard!" Kuki Yoshitaka shouted loudly and encouraged. For a moment, the morale of the Kira navy was greatly boosted. Dozens of Kohaya boldly ran to the front of the fleet and shot them with simple bows and arrows, and fell into chaos.
The Awaji Fleet. Once counterattacked by the opponent, it immediately withdrew the fleet, and was then destroyed by the Kira Navy's concentrated fire. This rogue tactic really troubled the Awaji Navy.
At this time, seven or eight blazing fireboats on Amanaseura blocked the river. Anzhai Fuyang saw that this was not possible and immediately ordered: "Rush over immediately! Let the Anzhai ships hit them and suppress them with iron artillery and archery teams. We will definitely
To break up their formation!"
"Yes!" The huddled Kanbune immediately moved out of the waterway, allowing an Anzha ship loaded with iron artillery and archery teams to stand out from the fleet. Its huge hull and thick deck could effectively ensure that it would not be hit by rockets.
Due to the danger of being burned down, the commander of the ship was Admiral Oda, a close confidant of Toyasu Anzai.
An Awaji samurai on the Anzhai ship asked for instructions: "There is a fire ship ahead! What should we do?"
General Oda slammed the table and shouted: "Charge over! Bump them away! Each team is ordered to open fire as soon as they see the Kira navy, shut down the ship and let them go. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
"Tell the fleet behind me that as soon as I hit the fireship, they will follow me and rush over!"
"Yes!" The samurai on Anzhai's ship quickly got busy.
It didn't take long for the huge Anzabune, driven by the row of oars, to slowly accelerate towards the fire ship. After a huge shock, the Anzha ship successfully knocked away the fire ship blocking the way, and the Awaji samurai covered it with black smoke.
The mouth and nose were coughing, and the outer deck of the flame-scorched Anzha ship was boiling hot. The sailors were busy using their oars to push away the obstructing fire ship in an effort to continue rowing.
At this time, there was a sudden thunderous noise in the distance obscured by billowing waves of fire and black smoke, and then the Awaji samurai on the upper deck of the Anzhai ship fell into the river with blood spraying all over his body. This unexpected change caught the sailors a little off guard.
General Oda drew out his sword and shouted: "Don't stop! Keep paddling! Hurry up and paddle for me!"
Perhaps his order had an effect. The sailors paddled with all their strength. The Anzhai ship, which had been stagnant for a long time, finally began to move slowly. At this time, hundreds of flaming arrows suddenly fell from the black smoke and landed on the bodies on the deck.
A raging fire broke out, and General Oda quickly ordered the samurai to scoop out water to put out the fire. There was chaos on the Anzhai ship.
General Oda yelled almost at the top of his lungs: "Don't stop! Keep paddling! Don't stop for any reason!"
"Bang, bang, bang!" Another series of roars and thunder from iron cannons killed half of the Awaji samurai on the deck. Many bullets hit the deck and penetrated a deep bullet hole. If the bow deck was not thick, it would have been possible.
After getting into the cabin, the remaining samurai dared not stand in the front row. They couldn't figure out what kind of weapons they had on the other side that could hit the people on Anzhai's ship from such a distance.
As the Anzha ships walked out of the fire ship area little by little, they finally saw the fleet on the opposite side clearly. They saw two Anzha ships at the front, and a dozen or so Kanbune ships guarding them. The densely packed iron cannons on the Anzha ships were pointing at them, and
Guan Feng was flying towards them with hundreds of burning fireballs.
When a warrior saw the formation clearly, he shouted: "Be careful!"
"Take, take, take!" The clattering sounds of bows and arrows falling to the ground were mixed with screams. A dozen more unlucky ghosts jumped into the water with their bodies covered in flames. General Oda yelled and cursed and organized the iron artillery team.
To counterattack, because the iron artillery team was hidden in the cabin and fired through the shooting port, the Anzha ship had to lay the ship horizontally to fight back. In this process, it could only use the bow and arrow ashigaru on the upper deck to fight back.
"Asshole! You used rockets! Why didn't we bring rockets!" General Oda had no time to complain more, because the iron cannon on the opposite side roared again, and the huge gunfire accompanied by the white smoke rising into the sky, will
The two Anzha ships in front of me were covered in a wonderland of Yunlai. Hundreds of bullets traveled a distance of 60 meters and hit the bow and arrow ashigaru on the deck who were trying to avoid them. Blood burst out and killed and injured countless people.
"Odaden! We can't keep fighting like this! If we keep fighting like this, all of our sons will die!" After several rounds of fire, there were more than fifty dead bodies on the deck, and countless people fell into the river. In the blink of an eye, it was
With nearly half the ship dead and wounded, how could such a tragic blow not make the samurai of Awaji feel heartbroken.
"What?" General Oda glared at several samurai with bloodshot eyes and shouted angrily: "As a samurai, are you still afraid of death?"
"We have absolutely no intention of doing this! As warriors, it is our fate to die on the battlefield, just because the death of our sons is so worthless!" A warrior also had red eyes and shouted angrily: "If we continue to fight like this,
Even if all our crew members die, we will not be able to touch a single hair of the Kira navy. Our death is lighter than a feather. How will we see our father and brother in Hirasaka after we die?"
"That's right! If we die in battle on the Uji River, we can't die so cowardly! Even if we die in battle, we can't accept such shame!" General Oda immediately shouted: "Paddle! The target is the Kira Army Anzai ship opposite.
Hit it!"
"Yes!" The samurai lowered their heads and rushed into the cabin to convey the order. General Oda stood on the deck, looking back at the Sekifune slowly passing through the fire ship, and shouted: "Main Hall! I am here to serve the Miyoshi family loyally.
Got it!"
A young man was lowering his head to reload his ammunition. Suddenly, he turned towards the Anzhai ship in the distance and accelerated slowly. He quickly pointed at it and said: "Look! The Anzha ship on the opposite side has started to move! Could they have been beaten stupid?"
A middle-aged man kicked him in the butt and scolded: "Sunsanlang! Shut your mouth! You are not allowed to talk while reloading. Have you forgotten the rules of the iron artillery team?"
"Tch! You obviously spoke too!" The boy named Sonsaburo curled his lips and muttered in a low voice. At this time, a samurai happened to pass by and suddenly stopped and said, "What did you just say?"
"Ah!" Sun Sanlang was startled and stammered: "I...I...didn't say anything!"
When the middle-aged man who kicked Sun Sanlang just now saw this, he quickly came over, nodded and bowed, and said, "Yes, sir! Sun Sanlang didn't say anything, and we can all testify!"
"I don't want to hold people accountable!" The warrior impatiently interrupted their nonsense, and his tone turned stern: "I didn't hear what you just said, please repeat it now."
"I...I said that the boat over there seems to have moved. Are you fooled?" Sun Sanlang was so frightened that he quickly repeated what he had just said.
"The Anzha ship has moved!" The samurai pushed aside a few iron artillerymen and looked into the distance. Sure enough, the Anzha ship gradually moved over. His expression changed and he hurried onto the deck, pushing aside the samurai who blocked the way, and faced
The navy general who was discussing tactics reported: "Oh no! That Anzha ship is heading towards us at full speed!"
"What!" Jiugui Shihonglong dropped the map in his hand, quickly walked to the high platform to look out, and then ordered with a groan: "Let the roasting team on the Guan ship attack and blow up the ship! Don't stop the iron artillery team! Do it right.
Suppress fire and we must not let them probe back to counterattack!"
"Yes!" As soon as the general's order came out, within a moment, several Kanbune vessels escorting the fleet suddenly separated from the main force and rushed at full speed towards the Awaji navy's Anzai ship. Their actions immediately attracted the attention of the Awaji navy ship, and the iron cannons at the firing ports began to fire sporadically.
The sound caused a lot of damage to the Kira family's ship. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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