Oda Nobunaga was quite amused. After withdrawing his troops, he transferred Sakuma Nobumori, who was originally responsible for the defense of Minami Omi, and assigned him a total of 10,000 men to guard Akutagawa Mountain Castle and Takatsuki Castle, and guard against the Miyoshi Army and Honganji Temple.
Help Yu Qiuping deal with the danger in the north. But the battle in the south can only be left to Yu Qiuping to solve by himself.
Previously, the Miyoshi family was busy suppressing Harima and Iyo, and had not put enough troops into Hanoi and Izumi. Now, Miyoshi Nagakei was able to free up his hands to further increase troops in Hanoi, Izumi, and Anzai after Oda Nobunaga withdrew his troops.
Dong Kang's 8,000 men were also sent over, and the total strength of the Miyoshi Army in Hanoi and Izumi has reached 32,000. Yu Qiupei, Takigawa Kazumasu, and Ikeda Hengxing had to go on the defensive. Matsunaga Hide simply did not turn around this time.
He left and restrained part of the Sanhao Army to prevent the situation from getting out of hand.
At the same time, the diplomatic showdown between the Yuqiu family and the Miyoshi family also began. Since Oda Nobunaga strictly prohibited the important officials of the Oda family from making peace with Honganji in private, Yuqiupei could not send envoys to Honganji. However, in
Under the planning of Amano Keitoku and Sanada Masayuki, Amakihei took advantage of a loophole in Oda Nobunaga's order. Although Amakihei did not make peace with the Honganji family, the small wealthy families in the upper house and the businessmen in the lower house could come forward. They
Their status is equal to that of Yu Qiupei, and Yu Qiupei cannot restrain them, so Oda Nobunaga can also prevaricate them.
These small wealthy families and businessmen all had many connections with Honganji. They quickly got in touch and reached a secret agreement with Honganji Xianru. Honganji would not attack the Yuqiu family's territory and caravans, but in response
, Congress will also restrict the actions of the Yuqiu family and will not approve any budget of the Yuqiu family for the Honganji Temple. After receiving the guarantee, the Honganji Temple can confidently attack the rock forts that the Oda family had previously deployed outside the Ishiyama Gobo.
There is no need to worry about reinforcements from the Yuqiu family.
Miyoshi Yoshiken tried to use the conflict between the Oda family and Honganji to blackmail Honganji into reaching an armistice agreement. However, Honganji showed no intention of reaching an agreement with the Miyoshi family. For some reason, Honganji showed no intention to reach an agreement.
Ru's attitude towards various big names was unusually tough, and he had an aura of "don't care about life and death, just do it if you don't accept it". On the contrary, he gave a low profile to the businessmen and small wealthy families who came to him to beg him.
Since Honganji was not polite to the Miyoshi family, Miyoshi Nagakei was not someone to be trifled with either. He immediately set out from Noda Castle and Fukushima Castle and went south to attack Honganji. While Honganji was resisting the attacks of the Miyoshi family, it was attacking Sakuma.
Nobumori launched an attack. For a while, the Oda family and the Miyoshi family, who were still fighting in Settsu, actually started fighting with the Honganji Temple.
However, the Miyoshi family and the Oda family in Settsu were harmonious, but the two armies of Kawachi Izumi were at war with each other. Yu Qiupei led his troops to defend Sakai Town. In front of him were the troops of Miyoshi Yoshihiro and Anzai Fuyasu, and Anzai Fuyasu's troops.
The Awaji navy even cruised outside Sakai Town Port, with signs of blocking the port at any time. Although according to the previous agreement between the Miyoshi family and the Uaki family, the Miyoshi family was not allowed to interfere with the entry and exit of ships in Sakai Town, but when the war was really in danger,
No one can say what Sanhaojia will do.
Located in Gaowa City, there are the troops of Shihe Icun, Miyoshi Changit, and Miyoshi Masayasu. After Shihe Icun arrived at Gaowa City, he sent Miyoshi Yixing's troops to join Anzhai Dongyasu, and he took over
beyond the power of the commander-in-chief. Ikeda Hengxing and Takigawa Kazumasu who originally tried to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river
All the bridges on the Yamato River were immediately destroyed to prevent the Ten Rivers and Ones from crossing the river. However, Matsuhisa Hide, Miyoshi Choitsu and Miyoshi Masayasu still faced off without any pain.
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At this moment, in the Yuqiu military camp in Sakai Town, everyone was also having a heated discussion on the issue of military deployment.
"Your Highness, is it inappropriate to concentrate all Yu Qiuping's troops in Sakai Town?" Nakahide Omaezaki has made suggestions to Yu Qiuping many times in succession, but Yu Qiuping never agreed, so he directly asked the question at the evaluation meeting: "
Now all our troops are gathered in Sakai Town, and the territory between Sakai Town and Wakae Castle only has some troops from the small wealthy families in North Kawauchi. Once the Miyoshi Army in front of us marches toward the northeast, we can immediately cut off our connection with Wakae.
, trapping us in Sakai Town.”
"It's too dangerous to divide the troops. The Sanhao Army in front of us has 17,000 people. Our Changpanbei combined troops are still less than 8,000. Wouldn't the division of troops be defeated by each one?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and refused, adopting a conservative strategy as always.
"Then what if the contact is cut off? Do the two sides have to fight on their own?" The Kitahata Kei family is also worried, "The people in Wakae Castle and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle are all friendly forces from the Oda family, and they may not be interested in defending our territory.
No matter how caring you are, maybe they will all evacuate once the situation worsens. What will happen to Ruojiang City and Maple Leaf Mountain City then? If they are lost, wouldn’t we be homeless?”
"Yes, by then we will be trapped in Sakai Town, leaving all of Hanoi to the Miyoshi family, and the Honganji Temple in the north is also an enemy of the Oda family. Do we have to swim back to Owari?" Nakahide Omaezaki saw.
Someone supported him and added with increased confidence, and also made a few paddling gestures, making everyone laugh.
"Then do you mean to divide our troops? But our military strength does not allow us to divide our troops. Didn't I say that?" Yu Qiuping still shook his head with some resistance.
"The worst case scenario is that we should retreat. Isn't it okay if we don't defend Sakai Town?" Ogawa Yutong also interrupted, "We don't necessarily have to sacrifice the lives of our brothers here for such a few merchants. Let's do it.
As long as we retreat to Ruojiang City, join forces with His Highnesses Ikeda and Takikawa, and have tens of thousands of people in charge of Ruojiang City, we can keep Ruojiang City airtight, and we won't be afraid of any three good armies at all."
"That's true." Yu Qiuping nodded, acknowledging Ogawa Yutong's words, "It's just that this Sakai Town is an indispensable part of our existing system. Both the Congress and the treasury are here, and we must not give up easily.
"
"Your Highness is right, and the Second Young Master is still in the hands of the merchants." Fukushima Yasunari patted Ogawa Yutaka's shoulder worriedly and motioned for him to stop interrupting, "If we retreat without a fight, we will lose everything."
If the merchants of Ichisaka Town directly take our treasury and the second son to join the Miyoshi family, then the Yuqiu family will face big trouble."
"Oh yes! The second young master is still there!" Ogawa Yutong reacted and immediately stopped talking. Omaezaki Nakahide and others no longer suggested that Yu Qiuping retreat - after all, Yu Qiuyou was a hostage in the hands of the Congress.
If Yu Qiuping gives up on Sakai Town, Sakai Town will definitely not treat Yu Qiuyou kindly.
"What should we do?" Every time when we discuss countermeasures like this, Yoshioka Katsumasa is always the one with the least sense of presence, because he always puts forward the same plan: "How about we find an opportunity to fight with the people in front of us?
The main force of the Sanhao family has a decisive battle. As long as they win, the problems will be solved!
"
"Wake up, are we going to hit you on the head? You idiot!" Omaezaki Nakahide slapped Yoshioka Katsumasa hard on the back, "There are 17,000 people across from us! And we are in Sakai Town.
Located on the south bank of the Yamato River, among the two armies facing each other in the Takaya Castle area, Juga Icun on the south bank can support the battlefield here faster than His Highness Ikeda and His Highness Takikawa on the north bank. At that time, our Yuqiu Army will directly face Ju He
With 26,000 people from He Yicun, Anzhai Dongkang and Miyoshi Yixing, do you think there is a chance to win?"
"How can you find out if you don't fight!" Yoshioka Katsumasa was immediately refuted by Omaezaki Nakahide, and he retorted a little embarrassedly, but he was not so confident.
"Your Highness, I have a plan." Takenaka Shigeharu suddenly said after staring at the map and thinking for a long time. However, in the middle of his words, he suddenly shook his head.
"What's wrong? Hanbei?" Yu Qiuping asked curiously when he saw Takenaka Shigeharu hesitated to speak.
"After all, it's a risk, there's no guarantee." After hesitating for a long time, Takenaka Shigeharu finally sighed. Takenaka Shigeharu's performance made everyone feel a little discouraged. This man once dared to attack the bandit's lair with more than a dozen people.
; With the weak Asai family, he was able to deceive the Rokkaku family; he ambushed Oda from all sides; Imakou Akira captured Inabayama Castle with seventeen people. He even dared to issue a military order for these crazy things: No
Achieving the goal without leaving any life behind, but this time I actually felt that I was taking a risk - it must be really dangerous.
"If Takenaka-sama says it can't be fought, then it definitely can't be fought." Nakahide Omaezaki said in a teasing tone, "But if His Highness says it can be fought, then it must be possible."
beated."
"What do you mean, kid, you're going around the corner and calling me a coward?" Yu Qiuping immediately recognized Omaezaki Nakahide's voiceover and cursed angrily, making everyone laugh again, and the tense atmosphere actually faded a lot.
.However, it’s a joke that the current situation is indeed not optimistic. After everyone discussed it for a long time, they couldn’t come up with any good countermeasures.
However, at this moment, Amano Keide, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.
"Your Highness, I have a plan."
Yu Qiuping glanced at Amano Jingtoku's gloomy face and understood that there was probably some ruthless plot.
"Go ahead, Quan Bingwei." Yu Qiuping sighed and whispered. Everyone's atmosphere suddenly became serious, waiting for their always ruthless Crow Judge to give his plan.
"Our army has never been so close to Sakai Town. This is our best opportunity to suddenly attack Sakai Town." Amano Keitoku lowered his voice coldly, "The crows below are already lurking in Sakai Town.
Hidden line, if you are willing, I will give orders to those ninjas, and they will have a chance to raid and capture the place where the second master is under house arrest, and temporarily guard it for a while. Then one branch of Tokiwa Bei and Naruhei Bei will march into Sakai Town to protect the second master, and the other group will go forward.
Go to Sakai Port and blockade the port to prevent merchants from escaping with the national treasury. Solve all these problems in one fell swoop."
"Amano-sama's brilliant plan." To everyone's surprise, Takenaka Shigeharu, who had always been at odds with Amano Keitoku, actually smiled and nodded, agreeing to this perfidious proposal, "If this plan can be slightly modified, I can make it
Military order."
"Within five days, if the three good deeds are not violated, no one will be spared."