"The Miyoshi family originally tried to hold on in Seta, waiting for us to run out of supplies and retreat with low morale, so as to win without a fight. However, because the Miyoshi family transferred all their main forces to Yamashiro Country, the opponents in his territory saw that there was an opportunity.
They started to get into trouble one after another." Takenaka Shigeharu pointed at the map and began to analyze, trying to explain the situation in front of him in the simplest terms.
"There was a fire in the backyard of the Miyoshi family, and they could no longer consume Seta and the coalition forces. However, the Miyoshi family was unwilling to accept defeat and refused to abandon Kyoto without a fight, so they formulated a plan. That was to actively show weakness, pretend to retreat, and attract the coalition forces to attack.
Then launch a counterattack and completely defeat the coalition forces."
"They first poisoned Ashikaga Yoshie, and then deliberately leaked the news and announced to the outside world that Ashikaga Yoshie died of illness, thus making the coalition forces feel that the Miyoshi family no longer had the right to continue fighting and must retreat. At the same time, they sent envoys to negotiate
, took the initiative to show weakness in the negotiations, deepening the impression that the coalition forces lack confidence in the Sanhao family and will retreat in the near future."
"All the above strategies are designed to make the coalition forces think that the retreat of the Sanhao family is reasonable and inevitable, so that the coalition forces will not doubt the fraud and pursue them without hesitation."
"When the Miyoshi family retreated to the plains of Yamashiro Country, they were still worried that the coalition forces would be cautious and dare not pursue them. So, the Miyoshi family boldly abandoned the most important strategic point - Otowa Mountain. This move made us completely let down our guard, because who
Whoever controls Otowa Mountain controls the entire battle situation. Oda-den no longer had any doubts and ordered all departments to attack in three groups."
"We completely fell into the Miyoshi family's trick of underestimating the enemy." Takenaka Shigeharu smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly and said, "I didn't expect that we fell into the trick that I am best at."
"In fact, the Miyoshi family also divided their troops into three routes, the north road, the middle road, and the south road. The south road only sent a small force to contain the Asakura family who had no intention of fighting. The north road set up ambush heavily to give the north road a chance to fight.
The Miyoshi family brought huge trouble to the army and prevented them from easily attacking Kyoto. The Miyoshi family's middle army had been lying in wait near Toji Temple behind the Kamogawa River and did not appear. This was also the main force of the Miyoshi family. However, because the Miyoshi family had repeatedly
The show of weakness made the coalition forces mistakenly think that their main force had retreated, so they took it lightly."
"The reason why the Miyoshi family wants to cause trouble for the Northern Route Army at the cost of casualties is to make Oda Daidou, who is stationed at Otowa Mountain on the middle route, impatient. With no battle to fight, he must be eager to send troops. Oda Daiden is seeing the progress of the Northern Route Army.
It didn't go well. Because we underestimated the enemy, we abandoned the crucial Otowa Mountain and sent most of our troops to reinforce the North Road, intending to capture Kyoto in one fell swoop and end the battle."
"At this time, it was time for the Miyoshi family to counterattack. They burned Kyoto and sent people to attack Honnōji and other temples, causing trouble for the main force of the coalition and delaying their return to support Otowa Mountain. Then the real main force..." Takenaka Shigeharu said
Here, he slowly stood up and pointed at the Miyoshi family troops who were crossing the Kamogawa River and heading towards Otowa Mountain - that was Miyoshi Changqing's main team - 5,000 direct-administered soldiers! "The real main force
Then in one fell swoop, we can capture Mount Otowa, which has been abandoned by the Oda family."
"The battle situation will be reversed the moment Otowa Mountain changes hands. After occupying Otowa Mountain, he cuts the coalition's lineup into two sections, outflanking the main force of the coalition in the Kyoto area from the side and rear; he can also cooperate with the left and right wings to attack condescendingly
By flanking the coalition forces, we also gained the highest field of vision; we could even easily capture Nanzen Temple, cut off the retreat of the main coalition force, and then further capture the coalition's main formation in Yamashina."
After Takenaka Shigeharu finished speaking, everyone present was sweating profusely. In this grand battle, the coalition forces were completely plotted by the Miyoshi family, and there was even a danger of the entire army being destroyed.
"Otowa Mountain can no longer be defended." Yu Qiuping glanced at Miyoshi Changkei's team, which was only four miles away from Otowa Mountain, and realized that there was no time to drag Tokiwa Bei, who had just advanced to Nanzen Temple, to Otowa Mountain to set up defenses.
.The war situation is irreversible. All we can do is to ensure that we don’t lose too badly.
"Send the order!" At this critical moment, Yu Qiuping remembered the teachings of Imagawa Yoshimoto and immediately made a choice: "Let Tokiwa Bei garrison Nanzen Temple, and we will defend Nanzen Temple to cover the retreat route of the coalition forces. Let the troops of our formation
Gongfang Palace, send the soldiers of the Minami Omi wealthy family over immediately!"
The troops in Kyoto, that is, the main force of the coalition forces, the only route back to Yamashina at this moment is the route taken by the Northern Route Army, that is, through the passage between Mount Otowa and Mount Daimonji, and this passage is controlled by Nanzenji Temple.
Mount Daimonji is rugged and difficult to navigate, and Mount Otowa will soon be occupied by the Miyoshi family. If Nanzenji falls again, the coalition's retreat will be cut off and they will be trapped on the Kyoto plain.
"Another order! All auxiliary troops heading to Kyoto should stop and start building fortifications at Nanzen Temple in accordance with my requirements!" Yu Qiuping stood up and ordered sternly: "Collect all nearby stones, bows and arrows, bamboos
The gun, as well as all stones, sand, wood and other building materials, must be transported to Nanzen Temple as soon as possible!"
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It's late afternoon, in the southern suburbs of Kyoto.
"Main Hall! Something bad has happened!" Just as the coalition forces were working hard to restore their troops around Kyoto and assemble the troops, a messenger suddenly came directly from the east bank of the Kamogawa River on horseback and waded into the water, rushing towards Oda Nobunaga.
The horse stamp rushed over and shouted from a distance.
"It's from His Highness Inaba." "What happened to the three Mino people?" The women in uniform around Oda Nobunaga immediately exclaimed, "Is there something wrong with the back road?"
"What's going on?" At this juncture, Oda Nobunaga tried hard to maintain his composure, trying to reassure his men; "Speak!"
"Something is going wrong, Grand Palace!" the herald soldier said with a sad face: "We originally planned to cross the river from the middle road to follow His Highness, but suddenly nearly 30,000 good soldiers came out from the East Temple on the other side of the river! There were more than 3,000 running.
Your Highness's retreat is towards Honnoji Temple, and there are 6,000 people heading directly towards Otowa Mountain! There are 5,000 direct soldiers under Miyoshi's repair department inside!" The order soldier was so exhausted that he was out of breath. After saying this,
After a long speech, I took several breaths before continuing to cry: "Our troops of three people from Simeon and the men of the repair doctor Miyoshi collided directly near the Liuparamita Temple. They are no match at all! The repair doctor's soldiers are too strong.
Oh! There are also 1,000 soldiers of Miyoshi Masayasu who have come back in a roundabout way. If the main hall doesn't come to rescue us, our three-man army will collapse!"
Oda Nobunaga was shocked when he heard this and almost fell off his horse. All the important officials of the Oda family around him were shocked - not only Toga Ichino did not retreat, but Miyoshi Nagakei also did not retreat! Then wouldn't they have started from
I fell into a trap from the beginning.
However, when they were in crisis, they could not sort out the entire idea as quickly as Takenaka Shigeharu, but the instinct of years of fighting told them that they would be doomed if they did not receive reinforcements.
"Go south immediately! Reinforce Lieutenant Youemon, defend the temple complex, and repel Juga Sanuki! Then return to Otowa Mountain immediately!" Oda Nobunaga quickly issued the order, but at this moment, less than 5,000 of the over 10,000 coalition troops had been assembled.
.However, he had no time to delay, so he could only leave some retainers to continue to be responsible for the assembly.
Just before the army was about to set off southward, suddenly a large number of Sakuma family ashigaru escaped northward from the temple complex in the south. Immediately afterwards, Sakuma Nobumori himself also escaped on horseback with his bodyguards. Before Oda Nobunaga had time,
Before asking what happened, I saw a fierce general leading the Sanuki clan of the Toga family and rushing out of the temple complex.
"The first one to charge? Is that Oni Juga?" Oda Nobunaga looked at the Sakuma army fleeing in panic, and the Sanuki army gradually approaching, and his heart suddenly tightened, "Even Sakuma, who is always known for his steady retreat, retreated.
Being beaten so badly...how strong is this Shihe Isun?"
"Iron artillery unit! Fire!" Seeing the Sanuki troops getting closer and closer, Oda Nobunaga's guard captain Sakai Masanao immediately ordered the iron artillery unit that had previously boarded a three-story building on guard to fire at the Shiga Army. Fortunately,
, a projectile hit the left arm of Toga Ichin who was charging ahead! The Sanuki people's offensive stalled, while the Oda army cheered.
However, Tokawa Icun did not cry out for the medics, but just glanced at the wound where he was shot. He easily pulled out the ribs from his waist and directly inserted the ribs into the wound on his arm without changing his expression.
In the middle, he twisted a few times and dug out the projectile along with the flesh and blood. He let the blood burst out without saying a word. The surrounding guards' faces turned pale, and Shihe Yicun held up the trickling water.
The wound was bleeding, but it seemed like nothing happened.
"Is there any salt grass?" Shihe Yicun asked casually, and a guard beside him immediately took out the salt grass from his arms. Shihe Yicun took the salt grass nonchalantly and touched the wound several times.
The next step was to disinfect it, and then he removed a small section of vine from a vine next to him, and tied it several times around the wound. It was considered as a bandage. During the whole process, he acted as if nothing had happened.
"Continue the attack!" After Toga Ichisun finished dealing with it, he raised his arms again! The surrounding Sanuki ashigaru were impressed by the hero's heroic performance, and they howled and rushed forward. The ashigaru of the coalition forces looked at
Shihe Yicun, as if the gods had descended, were all suppressed. Facing Shihe Yicun's assault, they were unable to resist and retreated steadily.
Oda Nobunaga originally wanted to defeat Tokawa Icun before going to reinforce Otowa Mountain, but at this moment he was defeated by Tokawa Icun, so he had to order Asai Nagamasa to lead the troops that had not yet been reorganized to retreat to Kamo.
On the east bank of the Sichuan River, he himself led his troops to resist step by step and slowly retreated. And he did not dare to get close to Kyoto, which was still burning. He had to follow the steps of Asai Nagamasa and surrender the Kyoto he had just conquered.
out, and retreated to the east bank of the Kamogawa River - the location where the morning attack was launched.
At a later time, on the battlefield between Otowa Mountain and Rokupolomiji Temple, Miyoshi Chokei simply killed the attackers. The three people at Simeon were completely defeated, and the rout could no longer be recovered. Miyoshi Chokei seemed to be interested in the pursuit.
These collapsed troops showed no interest, but after reorganizing themselves, they immediately adjusted their direction and charged towards Otoyu Mountain.
Behind Mount Otowa, Yu Qiuping was standing condescendingly in the Dharma Hall on the hillside of Nanzen Temple, holding the recent linear planning drawings and nervously directing tens of thousands of people to quickly carry out the construction of fortifications.