On June 9, the third year of Yonglu (1560), the siege around Yinma City was officially completed.
Yesterday, Iio Renryu, who learned that his territory was occupied, was forced to declare his surrender. The Miura family and the Katsurayama family also surrendered to the Asahina family and offered hostages. They were able to gather the scattered old troops and join the siege troops. Now,
The number of troops outside Yinma City already exceeds 4,000, and the total number exceeds 15,000. On the other hand, the Okabe family trapped in Yinma City only has less than 1,500 soldiers left, and the total number is more than 15,000.
Not even five thousand. And one-third of the more than 20,000 people in the castle town outside Yinma Castle fled into Yinma Castle to escape the war. The rest ran to the Asahina clan. Ume Qiupei ordered his subordinates to
Help them build simple shelters near the military camp for them to live in for a period of time.
When he learned that Iio Renryu, Miura Yoshiji and Katsurayama Gennobu had all defected to the Asahina clan, Okabe Motonobu had no choice but to stay alone in the inner room for an afternoon. The Ii family surrendered because of himself
misjudgment - failing to realize that the Asahina family would attack Ii Valley Castle, which led to the arrest of the Ii family members. The surrender of these three families was largely due to military defeats. In just a few days, the situation changed.
It was completely reversed.
Because of Amakihei's unbelievable rush march and the damn rumor he left behind that "the Takeda family might attack", the Okabe family was in chaos and put in place a defensive layout that was open to the outside but not to the inside. As a result, Asahina Taito came from the middle
Pierce directly into the core and break it apart in one fell swoop.
But now, Okabe Motonobu has no hope of victory at all. The morale in Yinma City is low, the numbers are inferior, and what is even more fatal is the crisis of food and grass.
The time now is just before the autumn harvest, when the old grain is exhausted and the new grain has not been harvested. It is the most food-short time of the year. Originally, Yinma City, as the main city of Yuanjiang, always stored a lot of grain. However, due to Yoshimoto Imagawa
During the Kamuluo operation a month ago, most of the stored food was taken away by the accompanying troops. What was even more unfortunate was that when retreating from Yoshida Castle, in order to ensure the marching speed, Okabe Motonobu did not take the huge baggage from Yoshida Castle with him.
Instead, they only took the necessary rations with them and abandoned the excess food in Yoshida City - which exacerbated the food shortage crisis.
As the war approached, many residents of the castle town ran into Yinma Castle to take shelter. Food suddenly became scarce. The price of food in Yinma Castle doubled in two days. There are now nearly 6,000 people crowded in Yinma Castle.
With the surname and more than 4,000 troops, food consumption is rapid. Okabe Gennobu estimates that if Yinma City persists with such food consumption for at most half a month, it may fall into a situation that it least wants to see. For this reason,
He deliberately blocked the news that Enma Castle was in a food crisis to stabilize the morale of the army and not let the Asahina troops who were besieging the city know about it.
His only hope now is to quickly send an envoy from Sunpu Castle to mediate. The civil war between the two families has begun for more than half a month, and Sunpu Castle still has not responded until now. It is really abnormal. Although due to Okabe Masatsuna
If it fails, the result of mediation may be very unfavorable to the Okabe family - but it is better than being trapped in Hima Castle.
"Damn traitor." Okabe Motonobu looked at the high-flying maple bird flag in the east of the city and cursed viciously: "The Imagawa family will be destroyed at the hands of a newcomer like you!"
On June 10, after the encirclement was completely stabilized, Asahina Taitomo and Sena Ujitoshi were ready to go to Sunfu to meet the new governor and Shouguini. They were also very puzzled by the slow response from Sunfu Castle.
According to the retainers of the Asahina family who stayed in Sunfu, during the period immediately after the news of Imagawa Yoshimoto's death came, Shouguini had been busy stabilizing the situation and establishing the successor, so he did not pay too much attention to the turmoil in Mikawa - maybe
She also felt that the Okabe family and the Asahina family could not fight each other.
After the news of the outbreak of civil war between the two families came, according to the retainers who stayed behind, Shouguini seemed to have sent many ninjas and immediately began to investigate the so-called "who is the traitor". According to Sena Ujitoshi's analysis, Shouguini
It is very likely that she wanted to find out the whole story before announcing the results of mediation and punishment - after all, the troops under the direct control of the host family had not returned to Junfu at that time, and she was afraid that she would not be able to control the situation. However, this series of intensive investigation activities,
But it came to an abrupt end after the host's troops arrived.
Originally, after the direct-controlled troops returned to Sunfu, Shouguini should have immediately ordered a cessation of internal fighting. Even if the traitor could not be found, he should have immediately asked the family governors of each family to stop using force and come to Sunfu City to confront him. However, Shouguini did not
Uncharacteristically, he refused to express his position on the disputes on the front line. He only said a few words of "restraint" and then heard nothing from him again.
Sena Ujitoshi privately speculated that Sugini probably felt that since the situation between Mikawa and Owari was irreversible, she simply did not try to remedy it. She may have felt that the Imagawa clan did not have enough prestige to overwhelm her powerful subordinates.
The wealthy family deliberately allowed the wealthy family retainers to fight among themselves and weaken their strength, thus strengthening the power in the hands of the family governor in one fell swoop.
Both Yu Qiuping and Asahina Taitomo agree with this conclusion - this is a measure that only those with great courage and skill dare to take - Shougui Ni indeed has this strength. A storming of Yinma City will obviously require a lot of casualties.
Asahina Taitomo is not willing to do this. Even though he is loyal to the Imagawa family, he does not want the Asahina family's status to decline because their strength has been severely weakened. Therefore, he and Sena Ujitoshi plan to return to Sunfu Castle together and provide a large amount of
The evidence points out that the Okabe family is a traitor, leaving Sugini to make a decision to end this civil war.
After the two supreme commanders left, the burden of commanding the entire army fell on Yu Qiuping. Although he was good at defense and was very nervous about commanding such a large army for the first time, he asked himself that he could still handle it. He changed the troops
According to the garrison order, each army was required to strengthen the defense line over and over again, and dense defense fortifications were built around the four gates of Yinma City, and a complete response system was also established.
Each of the four gates of Hikima Castle is in charge of four families. The Okabe family's most likely breakout line of defense, the east gate, is defended by Tokiwa Bei. At the same time, the Okuhira family and the Nakane family are also in this direction.
The Asahina family is responsible for the north gate of Ma Castle. As for the Ii family and the Iio family who have taken refuge, due to their strong strength, the Asahina family is also responsible for monitoring, and they remain at the north gate. The west gate and south gate, which are under less pressure, are handed over to
The Rize Ming family and the Miura family, and the Sekiguchi family and the Katsurayama family were in charge.
Yu Qiuping first dug a trench surrounding the entire castle town of Hima Castle, and then placed a row of wooden fences behind it. In this circle, there will be a tall watchtower erected every fifty meters.
, there are several archers monitoring the movements of the city. On the outside of this circle, there are four large camps set up facing the gate. The camps are all standing on the official road, with a large number of fortifications, trenches, and horse barriers in front.
Fences, traps, shooting towers, earth walls, all available.
Once the Okabe family intends to break out, the archers on the lookout can detect and delay it at the first time. Then, the troops responsible for defending that direction will use the trenches and fences to buy time to quickly enter their own defense fortifications, and other units will
The troops in the direction will rush to support or directly attack the city. Yu Qiuping's move is to turn against the enemy, directly taking the defensive advantage in his own hands, leaving the Okabe family passive.
The Okabe family also tried to organize two breakout operations on the 11th and 12th, but they were thwarted by Yu Qiupei. The first time, the Okabe family pretended to attack the east gate in a large scale, but actually rushed towards the west. This move
It really confused Asahina and the others - because the latter also felt that the east gate was the real main direction of attack. When the Okabe family opened the east gate and sent out troops, the troops from the north gate and south gate immediately began to move towards the east gate to provide support.
Therefore, when the Okabe family massacred Ximen, the Sena family did encounter a crisis of being outnumbered. The Miura family was an ally of the Okabe family not long ago, although they did not dare to attack because the hostages were in the hands of the Asahina family.
They acted rashly, but they did not have much fighting power. As a result, the Sena family fell into a bitter battle, and the camp outside the west gate was besieged by the Okabe family.
Akihei simply reacted quickly, and Joban Bei immediately passed over the somewhat chaotic South Gate troops and rushed directly to the West Gate through the castle town to support. The troops used by the Okabe family to protect the flanks quickly retreated in front of Joban Bei's gun array, and the Okabe family had to postpone the offensive.
To deal with Tokiwa Bei. At this time, the troops from the North Gate and the South Gate also carried city hammers to attack Yinma City. There was a panic in Yinma City. In desperation, Okabe Gennobu had to withdraw into the city, and the first offensive
Declare failure.
And Ame Qiupei also learned experience in this chaos - no random support is allowed. The Okabe family is sitting on Hima Castle, and can take advantage of the vast view from the castle tower and the inside maneuverability to freely mobilize Asahina on the battlefield.
The troops of this department are looking for weak points in the encirclement. The Asahina family, which is on the periphery, is much clumsier due to the lack of vision. If they support blindly, it is very likely that the Okabe family, who have a clear vision, will seize the weakness and break through.
Therefore, Yu Qiuping issued an order - no matter what happens, all ministries must not leave their positions to maneuver without authorization before receiving orders from Yu Qiuping to support them.
In the second breakout, the Okabe family did not try to use their tactics again, but directly attacked the defense line outside the east gate. If the breakthrough was successful, they could retreat eastward to Okabe Castle. Yu Qiuping did not show any weakness, and Tokiwa
Preparing to use the fortifications to stubbornly resist the Okabe family's attack, the Okabe family could not make any progress for a full hour. After confirming that the Okabe family's entire army was dispatched, Yu Qiuping also ordered other troops from outside the family to come to support.
After defeating the Okabe family who attempted to break through in one fell swoop, Okabe Motonobu retreated into Hinashima Castle in defeat and was no longer able to attack.
After two failed attacks, the number of available soldiers of the Okabe family in the city was also greatly reduced, with nearly 300 soldiers casualties and morale further reduced. Although the Asahina family outside the city also suffered more than 200 casualties in the two battles,
However, due to the large number of people, the ability to endure casualties is stronger, and the morale is getting higher and higher.
On June 12, Asahina Taitomo and Sena Uji Toshiya arrived at Sunpu Castle and asked to see Sugini. The two went to Sunpu Castle alone, which in turn showed their loyalty to the Imagawa family. This move of the two won the
With the recognition of many elders and relatives of the Imagawa family, the direction of public opinion has become increasingly unfavorable to the Okabe family. For a time, there was a tendency for everyone to overthrow the family. The Imagawa family was originally the most wealthy family, but now it is in a state of turmoil.
Chapter completed!