Chapter five hundred and eighteenth ingenious plan to determine the three rivers
Matsudaira Motoyasu asked Sakai Chuji.
"Teacher, the people who besieged Okazaki Castle have been repulsed. What should we do next?"
Sakai Tadashi had already prepared the case, and when the master asked about it, he was confident.
"Your Highness, we must rescue Xiwei City."
Matsudaira Motoyasu nodded.
The Kamiwada area returned to the Matsudaira family and supported Nishio Castle along the Yahagi River, which just connected the upstream and downstream areas.
The essence of Nishi Mikawa lies here. If we stay here, the foundation of the Matsudaira family will not be shaken.
"Then we can send troops."
"Wait a moment."
Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at Maeda Toshiie.
"Li Jiaji, do you have any suggestions for me?"
Maeda Toshiie bowed.
"The foreign minister has some immature ideas."
"Please say."
"I would like to ask Your Highness Songping, if you are willing to take the risk and take the risk, since there are attacks all over Xisanhe, and it will take a long time to exterminate them one by one."
Matsudaira Motoyasu frowned.
Of course she wanted to put an end to Xiang Yikui as soon as possible, but this incident had already wasted the slack season after spring plowing, forcing her Dongsanhe strategy to be postponed until after the autumn harvest.
If the suppression is not successful and a lot of time and resources are wasted to suppress the country, it will become even more passive in the future.
Who knows when the Imagawa family will be able to free up their hands to deal with themselves severely. They must take Higashi Sanhe as soon as possible and expand the buffer zone.
But the whole area of Xisanhe is in constant trouble, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to pass.
She bowed deeply to Maeda Toshiie.
"Please also ask Li Jiaji to teach me, please!"
Maeda Toshiie stepped aside, returned the gesture, and said.
“I don’t take it seriously, just some ideas for His Highness Matsudaira’s reference.
I heard your battle report before, and the people around Okazaki Castle have been repelled, and they are unable to attack again.
The Yikui troops were scattered in various places, and communications were chaotic. It was difficult for the south to know clearly the battle situation in the north.
The leader of this attack, Master Kongshu of Benzheng Temple, is leading troops to besiege Xiwei City.
We are marching south with great fanfare. If she chooses to retreat and reorganize various places to counterattack, the situation of corruption in Xisanhe will be even more serious and difficult to deal with.
It would be better for most of the troops to stop their activities, throw out a little baggage as bait, pretend to transport food supplies to Xiwei City, and lure the Kongsworn troops to come and seize the food.
The people in the south didn't know that my support force had arrived, so they must not be on guard. They chose a desperate place to besiege Kongshu and force her to surrender.
Benzheng Temple is the head of Xisanhe Yixiang Sect, and Kongshuo is of the bloodline of eight generations of Dharma masters, so it has a high prestige.
As long as we make an emergency landing on her and force her to speak out to persuade other places, this crisis can be quickly resolved, and a few dissenters will not be able to cause big waves."
There is a huge problem with Maeda Toshiie's plan, that is, Sora Oath has a lot of troops, and if she wants to besiege her, Okazaki Castle's military strength will be exhausted.
If the people in the north notice that Okazaki Castle is empty of military power, will they take the opportunity to seize the castle where the Matsudaira family lives? This would be a risky move.
But after hearing this, Matsudaira Motoyasu was overjoyed and couldn't help but stand up and said with a smile.
"Li Jiaji's plan works!"
The Matsudaira family will have to face the Imagawa family's counterattack sooner or later. Only by pacifying Nishi Mikawa as soon as possible and taking Higashi Mikawa can they have a way to survive.
It is better to take risks than to suffer slowly and wait for death. At critical moments, Matsudaira Motoyasu is still a heroic figure who is willing to take risks.
Maeda Toshiie added.
"If everything goes well, it will be easy to extinguish this attack. But Yixiang Zong will not give up and will make a comeback sooner or later."
Matsudaira Motoyasu smiled coldly.
"I understand what Toshiyaji means. If the Matsudaira retainers are willing to know their way back, I will let the past go."
She made up her mind to suppress the three forces involved in Yikui first and then separate them.
We can only be understanding towards the Matsudaira retainers group, but cannot be tough, but the retainers must change their religion, and those who refuse to change their religion will be exiled from the country.
The forces of Zongsan Temple can take this opportunity to punish them, restrict them from preaching, and then start slowly.
As for those old Imagawa ministers who caused trouble, let them die.
Having found a way to quickly extinguish Ikku, Matsudaira Motoyasu became energetic and discussed it carefully with the girls.
After that, the army took action. Taking advantage of the temporary peace in the north, they gathered two thousand soldiers from the two families and went south with all their strength to ambush Kongshu.
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Outside Xiwei City, the crowd was always in high spirits.
Xisanhe was everywhere, and the foundation accumulated by Xiangzong for many years exploded, and the situation was like the Kaga Buddhist Kingdom.
As the initiator, Master Kongshu was even more proud. He claimed to be the Lord of the Three Rivers Buddha Kingdom, and sat in the main seat holding an iron rod, making a Vajra-like look with angry eyes.
"Everyone, there is a shortage of food in Xiwei City, and we will open the city and surrender soon.
A heavy Songping team took advantage of the opening on the other side of the river to secretly transport grain to Xiwei City, but was discovered by spies.
I will lead the nuns from Benzheng Temple to intercept the grain and grass, while the rest of the believers will continue to besiege Ximi City and wait for my return."
Everyone fell to the ground and accepted the order, but one person looked ugly and spoke out a warning.
"Host, may I ask where the food transport team comes from?"
"Along the Yahagi River, of course."
"But I heard that the Kamiwada Okubo family had launched an army and the river was cut off. How did they get here? I'm afraid there was some fraud involved."
Kongshou looked at her with dissatisfaction. This warrior Ji looked delicate, bowed her head in meditation, and had an elegant temperament. She was Honda Masanobu, a disciple of the Honda family.
"You are the only one who talks a lot! Just obey your orders!"
She had been making empty vows these days, and the most annoying thing was when someone disobeyed her, so she simply cursed, ignored them, and went to send troops on her own.
Soon, Kongshu was ambushed in the Anzheng area. He was surrounded and defeated on three sides and had no choice but to surrender.
Subsequently, Matsudaira Motoyasu coerced Sora into surrendering, claiming that all those involved in the Ichikui had forgotten their responsibilities, and demanded that the Ichikui groups in various places be disbanded.
With the Oath of Time in hand, Nishi Mikawa was quickly put down by her. Matsudaira Motoyasu was patient for the time being, preparing to deal with others after the limelight.
At this time, she only asked that the Matsudaira retainers must change their religion, and those who did not want to abandon their faith should be exiled from Mikawa Kingdom.
Honda Masanobu became one of them and was exiled to Konki.
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Oda Nobunaga of Komakiyama Castle received the military report, and Maeda Toshiie assisted Matsudaira Motoyasu in quickly pacifying Nishi Mikawa.
She lost her temper for a while and couldn't help but find trouble for Niwa Nagahide several times.
Niwa Nagahide is also helpless, what can she do, just endure it.
Just when Oda Nobunaga was depressed, a ronin asked to see her. This man was Takenaka Shigeharu, who was famous for his skillful capture of Inabayama Castle in Mino.
When she came to the seat, Oda Nobunaga was looking for various reasons to cause trouble for Niwa Nagahide, watching this confidant helplessly explain one by one the trivial matters that were causing trouble.
Takenaka Shigeharu kowtowed to the ground. Oda Nobunaga was very interested and looked around her three times. Then he returned to normal and continued to find trouble for Niwa Nagahide.
Takenaka Shigeharu's constitution was not very good. He endured it for a long time and knelt down until his body became stiff. Finally he couldn't help but say.
"Your Majesty Oda, you have humiliated me too much! I'll take my leave!"
Oda Nobunaga glanced at her and said.
"Who gave you permission to leave?"
Takenaka Shigeharu was stunned for a moment.
"Since you don't want to use me, then I will naturally leave."
Oda Nobunaga grinned wickedly.
"I don't want to use you, but I'm also afraid that others will cause me trouble by using you.
I give you two choices, either die, or become a teacher for my ashigaru-heads and teach them some knowledge."
Takenaka Shigeharu's face turned red and he said.
"I am willing to commit seppuku! Please ask His Highness Oda to choose someone to forgive me."
Oda Nobunaga said oh, turned around and said to Niwa Nagahide.
"Arrange for someone to take her to Muxia Village and teach that girl a lesson. If she doesn't have any training in military strategy, I'm afraid she won't survive long, so just treat her like a warrior."
Niwa Nagahide smiled bitterly and nodded, while Takenaka Shigeharu looked confused.