Volume 6 Recruiting people to hear the flute of Luocheng, Chapter 792, Fortified City
Recommended reading for all book friends: The main text of Tokiwa Red Leaves Traveling through the Warring States Period - Volume 6 - Expediting People to Hear Luocheng Flute - Chapter 792 - Fortified City (..) - In addition to the 5,000 people of Mori Changke, Sent by Oda Nobunaga The reinforcements also include the artillery team, 4,000 people from Sawaki Yoshiyuki, 5,000 people from Hori Hidemasa, 3,000 people from Yamauchi Kazutoyo, and 3,000 people from Nakamura Kazushi. In addition to Akihira Ame's and Riki Ikeda Tsuneki's 6,000 people, The total number of troops under the direct control of the Oda family reached nearly 30,000. Yu Qiupei himself also led 9 reserve units of the Hongye Army and 1 special company, totaling more than 40,000 people, to meet with the Oda family's reinforcements, and the army surrounded them from three directions: southeast, north, and south. Ishiyama Imperial House and many fortresses around it. The Hongye Fleet was ordered to anchor at the mouth of the Kizugawa River and block the sea outlet to the west of Ishiyama Imperial House. On November 13, the seventh year of Tianzheng (1579), Ishiyama Imperial House was completely blocked.
Ten miles south of Ishiyama Gobo is the main formation of the Oda Army for this campaign, and Yu Qiupei's maple bird horse seal is flying high in it. At this moment, the important officials of the Oda family have gathered in the main formation, waiting for Yu Qiupei to hold an evaluation meeting. Yu Qiuping glanced at the pocket watch in his hand and found that there was still a quarter of an hour left, and Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki had not arrived, so he decided to go for a walk outside. He found a small hill in the main formation and stood on the high slope. On the slope, looking at the Shishan Royal Square in the distance, I couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
Ishiyama Gobo can be regarded as a giant city. Although it is not as big as Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, it is between 55 and Azuchi Castle. However, Azuchi Castle is more imposing, while Ishiyama Gobo considers the needs of defense more. Ishiyama Gobo The walls of Shinomaru are high and thick, and the walls of Shinomaru, Ninomaru and Honmaru are even stronger. Outside the walls of Shinomaru, there is a moat surrounding the whole city. And outside the moat, there are various large and small Ishiyama Gobos. There are many defensive fortifications such as city walls and rock villages.
According to the information provided by Sakuma Nobumori, there are about 10,000 monks and warriors in the Ishiyama Gobo, as well as 100,000 followers of the Ichijo Sect, including many old and weak women and children. Honganji Temple, as the headquarters of the Ichijo Sect in the country, has several In the past ten years, countless funds, food, weapons and ammunition have been gathered, plus the materials shipped by believers from all over the country before the sea route was blocked, so it is enough to support this protracted war with the Oda family.
This is not the first time that Yu Qiuping has fought against the Yixiang Sect. He once participated in the attack on Shishan Imperial Palace, and also fell into the quagmire of Yixiang in the Jiyi expedition. Those believers are all honest and honest people, and they are treated like scorn by these people. Destroyed by the troubled times of dogs, they converted to the Pure Land Shinshu, also known as the Ichiyo sect. They believed deeply in the teachings of the Ichixiang sect and believed that as long as they recited "Namo Amitabha" and died fighting for the Lord, they could be reborn in bliss. For this Believers who have long been tired of suffering in this world are not afraid of death. They only want to be liberated and go to the pure land of happiness.
Such enemies are the most difficult to deal with, not to mention there are 100,000 such enemies.
Just when Yu Qiuping was worried about it, Mori Ranmaru found Yu Qiuping.
"Your Highness, the time is coming."
"Okay, let's go back." Yu Qiuping sighed, took one last look at Ishiyama Gobo in the distance, and then returned to the camp. Hori Hidemasa, Mori Nagaka, Ikeda Tsuneaki, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Nakamura
The entire Ichi clan was already waiting at the table, and Takenaka Shigeharu and Amano Keitoku attended the meeting as the family's advisers. Now, the important ministers from the time when the Oda family was founded have all taken charge of their own affairs, and the reinforcements sent by the Oda family are commanding the capital.
He is a new generation of samurai. In terms of seniority, Yu Qiuping is already considered senior. Since Ikeda Hengxing has always been neither older nor younger, Yu Qiuping has become the "senior" among this group of people who needs to speak first.
"No more nonsense, my lord didn't give me the time to talk nonsense. It's only 100 days. If you don't get it, you will have to come to Mount Koya to see me." Yu Qiuping smiled and gave everyone the opening remarks, Ikeda Hengxing
He also teased and continued, "Come on, who wants to see you? I've been coveting your Maple Leaf Mountain Castle and Sakai Town for a long time! When you are exiled, I will give you these two pieces of land no matter what.
A portion?"
"Then my lord also asked you to take down Ishiyama Gobo in 100 days. If you can't take it down, you can go to Mount Koya to accompany Momiji." Sawaki Yoshiyuki patted the table and laughed, "At that time, these two pieces of land will be returned to you.
Me!"
"Why can't you take it off?" Ikeda Tsuneaki blushed at Sawaki Yoshiyuki's sarcasm. Regardless of the fact that this was a military discussion, he yelled back, "I'm not bragging to you. The reason why our Oda family has been here for 10 years
The reason why we didn’t win the Oyama Palace is because I was never allowed to become a general!”
"Yes, yes, yes, if you are made a general, you will go to guard Kyoto in a few days. Why do you want Oyama Gobo!" Sawaki Yoshiyuki mocked angrily, seeing Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki about to fight each other across the table.
After getting up, Hori Hidemasa hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "Okay, seniors! In order not to fall on us for the order of 'defeating Ishiyama Imperial House in 100 days', we should hurry up and assist His Highness Momiji to finish this Ishiyama Imperial House!"
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"Kutarou is still sensible, look at you again!" Ikeda Tsuneaki pursed his lips at Sawaki Yoshiyuki, who glared at him, and the couple finally stopped. Yu Qiupei glanced at Takenaka Shigeharu,
The latter cleared his throat and started giving a briefing.
"According to the information left by His Highness Sakuma, there are about 10,000 monk soldiers and more than 1,000,000 believers in the Ishiyama Imperial Palace, including many old, weak, women and children."
Takenaka Shigeharu's voice seemed a little weak. Since the serious illness during the Hokuriku expedition, his health has not been very good, and no matter how he nursed him back to health, it would not help. Yu Qiuping resolutely stopped him from participating in work at first, but Takenaka Shigeharu himself disagreed.
.Perhaps he wanted to devote his little remaining life to the cause of ending the cycle of chaos and creating a peaceful and prosperous age with long-term stability. After thinking about this, Yu Qiuping relaxed the restrictions on him.
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"A bunch of rabble, not much." Mori Nagako sneered twice, muttered in a low voice, tilted his head and shook his head.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. If Ishiyama Gobo was really that easy to fight, the Oda family wouldn't have spent 10 years trying to defeat him." No need for Takenaka Shigeharu's reminder, Yu Qiupei also understood the disadvantages of underestimating the enemy, "Your Highness Sakuma
The advice given is not to go straight to the main castle of Ishiyama Gobo, but to clear out the many rock fortresses around it before attacking. Otherwise, once the attack on the main castle fails, Ichigo Ichikui may launch a counterattack from all aspects. His Highness Sakuma has done so many times before.
Every defeat was due to this."
Everyone nodded when they heard this, but Mori Changke still looked at the map sideways with disdain.
"Don't underestimate the enemy." Yu Qiuping's words this time seemed to be specifically to remind Sen Changke. He stared into his eyes and said solemnly, "There are a large number of iron cannons and ordnance in the Shishan Royal Forbidden City. The combat power of the monk soldiers cannot be underestimated. The fighting style of believers who are not afraid of death is more likely to cause us a lot of trouble."
"Hmph." Senchang Ke also glanced at Yu Qiuping, "Aren't you afraid of death? We samurai are not afraid of death either. They are just a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people who can't even fight with swords and guns. I really don't know what to worry about. Again. Remind me over and over again. It rains in autumn and the leaves are red. Are you so afraid of enemies?"
Seeing that Mori Changke's attitude was so fierce, Yu Qiuping stopped preaching to him. Instead, he turned around and started assigning tasks, "Let's do this. We set aside 10 days to separately conquer many branch cities around Shishan Yufang. Village, fortifications. Hongye Army is responsible for the south and west of the city, Ikeda Army, Sawaki Army, and Nakamura Army are responsible for the north of the city, and Hengxing is the commander. Hori Army, Mori Army, and Yamauchi Army are responsible for the east of the city, and Hidemasa is the commander."
"10 days?" After hearing Yu Qiuping's words, Sen Changke looked at Yu Qiuping with a very exaggerated expression and said in disbelief, "Are you playing house? Those ruins are still of use. 10 days? 5 days is enough!”
"Don't underestimate the enemy." Yu Qiuping took a deep breath and said to Sen Changke with sincerity.
"I said five days is five days. It's none of your business if you don't believe me. I'm not underestimating the enemy." Mori Changke pushed the table, stood up, swung his skirt and strode out, "It's you who is afraid." Enemy, how dare you tell others? 10 days? In 10 days, I even defeated Shishan Yufang."
Everyone looked at Morinagako's leaving figure and looked at each other in embarrassment. It was Ikeda Tsuneaki who was the first to speak and break the silence.
"You are the second son of the Mori family. You haven't learned anything about Mori-senpai's good temper, so why is he so angry?" Tsuneki Ikeda put his hands behind his head in dissatisfaction and complained, "Do you have any more etiquette? "
"Actually...Mori-sama is pretty good on weekdays, but he is more wild on the battlefield." Hori Hidemasa saw that Ikeda Hengxing and others seemed very dissatisfied, and hurriedly stood up and explained, "I just don't know why...since I met Momiji After His Highness, it became so... so..." Hori Hidemasa considered his words, but hesitated for a long time and didn't know what to say.
"So excited." Yu Qiuping added the last few sentences for Hori Hidemasa with some regret, "Don't blame the child, he must admire and respect his father very much. That's why he hates me, hates me for this The person who killed Sen-senpai is also normal."
"This can't be called hate..." Ryoyuki Sawaki frowned and said slowly, "It just feels a bit... how should I put it? I don't know how to express it."
"The common problem among men in that period is that they always have all kinds of weird emotions." Ikeda Hengxing laughed twice and looked at Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Nakamura Kazushi and others, "You should get along with him more, he How are you usually?"
Yamauchi Kazuo and Nakamura Kazuo looked at each other, and finally it was Yamauchi Kazuo who said, "Nagako is really informal, but he is very brave on the battlefield. In the battle of Nagashima, even the Lord could not praise Nagako's bravery. Absolutely."
"If you are fighting with him, remember to keep an eye on him." Yu Qiuping stood up and walked out, patting Yamauchi Kazuyo and Hori Hidemasa on the shoulders, "There are many iron cannons in Honganji Temple. It is easy to hide swords and guns.
, it’s hard to guard against hidden arrows, be careful not to let him rush too far ahead.”
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