"Tomorrow, if the Miyoshi family decides to hold on, they will definitely resist with Mount Otowa as the core." Oda Nobunaga clicked on the location of Mount Otowa on the map and ordered in an excited tone: "We don't need to be afraid! In addition to transporting
Except for the auxiliary troops for the siege equipment, all the other auxiliary troops were left in the camp, and 25,000 soldiers went out to fight them head-on."
"Please, His Majesty Asai, as the general of the Northern Route Army, will lead his troops to attack Nanzen Temple and Okazaki Shrine, and attack Kyoto directly from the Northern Route." Oda Nobunaga first named his brother-in-law, Asai Nagamasa.
"Yes!" Asai Nagamasa responded loudly and enthusiastically, and the voice could almost be heard by the entire camp. The North Road is the shortest way to march into Kyoto. If everything goes well, the Asai family can become the first family in the Shangluo coalition to attack.
Entering Kyoto. In such a battle that can be recorded in history, winning a victory will be a great achievement that can bring glory to the ancestors, and it is also the highest honor for a samurai who defends justice.
"Your Majesty Oda, your Majesty." Kaiboku Tsuna, who was sitting next to Asai Nagamasa, saw that his lord was on top, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Thanks to His Highness's great love, how dare the Asai family refuse? It's just that the Northern Route Army has too heavy a task.
The 5,000 soldiers under their command may not be able to cope with the situation. The Asai family is naturally not afraid of casualties, but is worried that it will delay the overall situation."
"What you said makes sense." Oda Nobunaga nodded with approval, then waved his hand and looked at his subordinates, "Then I will send Yu Qiupei, Takigawa Kazumasu, Mori Katsunari and Ikeda Tsune
A total of 2,500 soldiers in the Xingfu Department have been allocated to your command. Is this enough?"
"Thank you, Your Highness Oda. It is really helpful to have the help of the Lords of the Oda family." Kaiboku Tsuna thanked him personally, but Asai Nagamasa didn't seem to care about all this. He was just happy to be able to fight side by side with Yu Qiuping.
Feeling excited, Chaoyu Qiuping blinked knowingly, and Yu Qiuping also smiled and nodded.
"And I will lead the Oda family's main force of 8,500 soldiers to the middle and attack Otowa Mountain personally." Oda Nobunaga tapped the location of Otowa Mountain on the map, and his voice became domineering, "After that, I will provide support.
Either way up or down, or drive directly to Nijo Castle!"
"As for the southern route, I have to leave it to His Highness Asakura." Oda Nobunaga glanced at Asakura Yoshikage with a contemptuous look, and the latter immediately blushed after hearing this. Because the southern route army route is remote, it is almost isolated from the main battlefield.
Besides, whether it is Kyoto or Nijo Castle, they have almost nothing to do with them. No matter how good the fight is, it will not have any impact on the battle situation. If you want to enter Kyoto or Nijo Castle, it is probably a matter after the battle situation has settled. Everything
Honor has nothing to do with the Asakura family. "I hope His Highness Asakura will work hard to capture Higashiyama and Tofukuji Temple, and even capture Fushimi Inari Shrine to cover the flanks of the army."
"Thank you for your love." Asakura Yoshikage said angrily in a somewhat resentful tone. The Asakura family came all the way and were actually arranged to be a supporting role in the war. But who made Oda Nobunaga the general?
Cang Yijing didn't have any good ideas.
"And Kōhoden, please lead the troops from the public and Minami Omi to take command of Yamashina's main formation." Oda Nobunaga finally arranged the task of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. It was said to be command, but in fact the command power must be all
In the hands of Oda Nobunaga, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, like Asakura Yoshikage, was placed far away from the battlefield. The only troops under his command were his own few hundred people and the powerful Minami Omi clan who had no fighting ability.
, and it has nothing to do with the honor of capturing Kyoto and Nijo Castle. Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was excited just now, now turned gloomy. He originally thought that he could serve as a flag, follow the Central Route Army or the North Route Army, and win the first place.
He had the honor of entering Kyoto or Nijo Castle, enjoying the cheers of the military and civilians, and reestablishing the authority of the shogunate. However, Oda Nobunaga seemed not to let him regain his prestige at all, and left him far away.
"Since you have no objections, please let's fight together tomorrow!" Oda Nobunaga looked at the unhappy faces of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Asakura Yoshikage, and nodded with satisfaction.
After the meeting, Oda Nobunaga planned to have a good sleep and make up for the fatigue caused by staying up late yesterday. However, the guard said that Lin Xiuzhen would like to see him. This time when he went to Luo, because Oda Nobunaga was determined to do his best, even the one who always stayed behind
Lin Xiuzhen was also taken with him on the expedition.
"Sado, what's the matter? I have nothing to do and I have to sleep. I'm so sleepy." Oda Nobunaga asked casually when he saw Lin Xiuzhen walking in and had no intention of getting up from the camp bed.
"Yes, my lord. I would like to ask you to pay attention to the activities of the Matsunaga family." Lin Xiuzhen did not express dissatisfaction with Oda Nobunaga's rudeness, but whispered in a low voice without being condescending.
"That old fox Matsunagahide? Wasn't he already defeated by Momiji and Nagamasa? He was driven out of Kyoto by the Miyoshi family in despair, and ran back to his hometown to lick his wounds?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head nonchalantly after hearing this.
He adjusted his posture, as if he wanted to sleep more comfortably: "Of the eighteen thousand people he came to, Hongye and Nagamasa killed five thousand, and there is no one who can't recover in half a year."
"My Lord, it's just that this person is very deep in the city and doesn't always play his cards according to common sense. You should be more careful." Lin Xiuzhen insisted on reminding her.
"It's okay, Yamato is in the south of the mountain city. Isn't there Asakura Yoshikage keeping an eye on us to the south? His road is off the beaten track. Anyway, nothing happened. It's okay to help us watch Matsunagahide, right?" Oda Nobunaga disdained.
Di Leng snorted and waved to Lin Xiuzhen to leave: "If you don't have anything else to do, leave quickly. I'm going to bed."
"My lord, the more you have the world in mind, the more you have to pay attention to the dangers at your feet."
"I only look at Kyoto and have no time to look down at my feet. People who always lower their heads will only be able to wander in circles in this life."
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In the early morning of October 7, before dawn, Yu Qiuping was woken up by Long Zi again. This time, he was very conscious and did not ask any questions. Instead, he cooperated and asked Long Zi to wash him, and then started
Changing into armor. Needless to say, the Miyoshi family must have retreated again to find a battlefield suitable for counterattack. The Oda family is about to start pursuing, and the battle to determine the ownership of Kyoto will begin today.
Yu Qiuping walked out of the camp, facing the direction of Kyoto from a distance, and carefully wiped the Chidori's scabbard and blade with a cloth, as if while stroking it, Imagawa Yoshimoto's soul could see through the Chidori and see what was in front of him.
everything of.
This is your dream Kyoto, this is your dream.
I am coming.
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The 25,000 soldiers of the coalition slowly filed out of the company camp and followed the retreating army of the Miyoshi family. The situation was exactly the same as yesterday. At the beginning of the morning, the Miyoshi family's army retreated to the great plains of Yamashiro Country.
, and the Oda family has also occupied Yamashina, and is pursuing them into the plain with great strides. This plain is more than 20 miles long from north to south, and about 20 miles from east to west, and will become the battlefield of this great battle.
In front of them, the Miyoshi family troops retreated in three routes - which coincided with the three-pronged attack planned by the Oda family in advance. One route retreated from the north route to Nanzen Temple, one route retreated from the middle route to Otowa Mountain, and one route retreated from the south route towards Higashiyama.
And Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered the 25,000 soldiers of the coalition to act according to yesterday's deployment. Asai Nagamasa led 7,500 people from the Northern Route Army to attack Nanzen Temple. Oda Nobunaga personally led 8,500 people to march towards Otowa Mountain.
Kura Yoshikage led 6,000 soldiers of the Asakura family to attack in the direction of Higashiyama, while Ashikaga Yoshiteru led 3,000 soldiers of the Honkyō family and the Minami-Omi wealthy family to guard Yamashina's main formation and protect the 50,000 auxiliary soldiers within it. The coalition forces will assist
The soldiers were placed in the camp for protection. The soldiers carried a day's worth of dry food and planned to engage in a large-scale battle in an upright manner.
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At this moment, Tokiwa Bei is marching as the left wing of the Northern Route Army. The forward of the Northern Route Army is 500 soldiers of Isono Watamasa, the center army is 1,000 eagle soldiers of Asai Nagamasa and the entire Asai family army, and the left wing is Taki.
Kawaichi Masuo and Mori Katsunari, with Amakihei on the right wing, and Ikeda Tsuneko's troops serve as rearguards. The right wing of Mori Katsunari and Takigawa Kazumasu march close to Daimonji Mountain, and have a lighter task for the time being. The left wing and forwards are
To deal with the defenders of Nanzen Temple.
To Yu Qiuping's surprise, the Miyoshi family's troops directly abandoned Nanzen Temple and continued to retreat to the north. Nanzen Temple, as one of the strongest temples in Yamashiro Country, is a rare defensive position.
After learning that the coalition forces had abandoned Nanzen Temple, Asai Nagamasa ordered the Chinese army to continue to advance, and Yu Qiupei occupied and raided Nanzen Temple to prevent the Miyoshi Army from ambushing it. Ikeda Henghe's troops moved to the left
Marching forward, taking the place of Yu Qiuping's left wing position, after Yu Qiuping completed the search, he followed from behind as the rearguard of the entire army.
After Yu Qiuping led his army to Nanchan Temple, he immediately ordered his subordinates to start checking around. He himself took his attendants and important officials to the hall of this mountain temple built on the mountain, and looked at the temple from a high position.
Nanzenji Temple is a Buddhist temple, the largest of the Nanzenji sect of the Rinzai sect. It was built in the fourth year of the Shoei period (1291) for Emperor Kameyama, and the first presiding officer was the national preceptor Kantobumon. His status in Kyoto
It is extremely lofty and ranks among the five mountains of Kyoto. It is the highest Zen temple in Japan and was also designated by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the number one temple in the world. However, this temple was destroyed due to the fire in Meitoku 4th year (1393) and the Onin Rebellion.
It is nearly abandoned and few monks live here.
"Hanbei, do you think this Nanzenji Temple looks a bit like the fortress I drew for you before?" Yu Qiupei stood on the top of the mountain, pointed to the outline of the temple, and asked Takenaka Shigeharu with a smile.
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After hearing this, Takenaka Shigeharu frowned and reminded Yu Qiuping with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness, Nanzen Temple is the holy land of the Rinzai Sect. Please respect it."
"Um..." Yu Qiuping almost forgot about the Japanese's piety towards Buddhism and scratched his head in embarrassment, "I just really think it's very similar."
Yu Qiuping is actually right. When the former site of Nanzen Temple was built, whether for aesthetics or other reasons, it was not built into a square and square convex polygon. Instead, it was built into a concave polygon with edges and corners. It has many
The edges and corners poke out. The height of the courtyard wall is also nearly one and a half feet, which is almost the same as the height of an ordinary small town.
"Then Your Highness shouldn't be so abrupt." Takenaka Shigeharu still corrected him reluctantly. Just when Yu Qiuping was embarrassed, a messenger of Oda Nobunaga's mother-in-law came and rescued him.