Although Kinoshita Hideyoshi was full of confidence, Yu Qiuping was worried about whether his trip would be successful.
However, Kinoshita Hideyoshi quickly proved with his strength that it was not without reason that he became the most famous person in Japan in his previous life. His excellent strategic planning ability is jaw-dropping.
On June 16, Osawa Jiro, the lord of Unuma Castle, who was known as the "Tiger of Unuma", announced his submission to the Oda family under the lobbying of Kinoshita Hideyoshi. Unuma Castle has an important geographical location, opposite Inuyama Castle across the Kiso River.
It can be said that it was Mino's east gate against Owari's defense line. After learning that Unuma Castle surrendered without a fight, the whole of Higashi Mino was shocked.
"Fujikiro, how on earth did you do it!" At the celebration banquet held by the Oda family for Kinoshita Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide repeatedly condescended to toast Kinoshita Hideyoshi.
"Don't you dare! How dare you ask His Highness Niwa to toast me!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi thanked him profusely and drank the wine in one gulp. But when he talked about how he persuaded Osawa Jiro to surrender, the overjoyed Kinoshita Hideyoshi immediately
Unable to hide her inner joy, she said with joy, "Flies can bite any egg as long as it has a crack!"
"Oh? Fujiyoshiro! Then tell me where this seam is!" Maeda Toshiie asked with a smile.
"It's all about the conflict between the small wealthy families on the front line and the Saito family and the big wealthy families!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi waved his hand excitedly, "Didn't His Highness Takikawa's intelligence tell you! When Sarugagaku Castle was besieged, Nagai Michiuri and the others
The army stayed in Guancheng, unwilling to come to fight, but just waiting for us to retreat! How desperate must these small wealthy clans be to cry out to the sky and the earth that the water is not working! His Highness Osawa watched helplessly as the water supply of Sarugano City was cut off
And he fell, but no one came to save him, how heartbreaking it must be! I took advantage of his frustration with the Saito family to persuade him to surrender, telling him that the Saito family could abandon Sarugaku when Tajimi repaired and was besieged.
If you want to stay in the city, you can also abandon his Unuma Castle! He is just a pawn of the Saito family! It is better to submit to our Oda family, our Oda family will definitely watch and help each other!"
"What a wonderful idea!" Ikeda Hengxing exclaimed from the side, "Tokichiro's skills are really good! He's almost catching up with me! It's worthy of me to bring him out!"
"Stop bragging. When did you ever take Tokichiro?" Yu Qiuping laughed and said, "With your stupid mouth, I can guarantee that if you try to persuade him to surrender, you will be arrested if you speak no more than three sentences."
Push it out and chop it!"
Yu Qiupei's words caused everyone to burst into laughter. After the laughter, Niwa Nagahide spoke again: "Fujiyoshiro's discovery this time is very good! This may be a breakthrough for us and make up for the shortcomings in our military strength!"
Not to mention Niwa Nagahide, Yu Qiupei almost forgot that Niwa Nagahide was also a master of strategy in his previous life.
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After the surrender of Unuma Castle, the Oda family not only did not seize the military power and control of Unuma Castle, but gave Osawa Jiro great freedom. After receiving the news, Oda Nobunaga, who was far away in Qingshu Castle, also personally sent people
He sent the testimonials and the security guards he led to Osawa Jiro, and granted the Oda family the position of Lord of the City. With such a positive example, the minds of the wealthy families in Higashi Mino became active for a while.
Niwa Nagahide took advantage of the situation and launched a series of reconnaissance activities, and began to persuade those small wealthy families who were also close to the border and exposed to the front of the Oda family to surrender. Niwa Nagahide personally served as an envoy three times, going to Kajida Castle and Yoneda Castle.
Kazamatsu persuaded Ijo to surrender. Under the persuasion of Niwa Nagahide, the lord of Kajida Castle, Sato Chunou, the lord of Yoneda Castle, Hieda Tadamasa, and Kazumatsu, the lord of Ijo Castle, Tsubouchi Ridada, surrendered to the Oda family one after another. In just half a month, Higashi Mino Kiso
Five castles along the river with a total of tens of thousands of stones were captured by the Oda family, which shocked Mino.
At this time, Saito Ryuuki could no longer sit still. The current Oda family's partial army was not the kind of guerrillas that would leave when the autumn harvest came - they had already taken root in Higashi Mino. So he
Immediately ordered Nagai Michuri who was located in Sekijo to immediately lead his army south, and counterattack Kajida Castle with the lord of Dodo Castle, Kishi Nobushu, and Tajimi, who had defeated Sarugami Castle, to counterattack Kajida Castle. At the same time, he also executed the lord of Kajida Castle, Sato Tadashi.
A daughter who can stay in Inabayama Castle as a hostage.
After hearing the news, the Oda family was unambiguous and took action immediately. Mori Katsunari advocated immediately going north to attack Dodong Castle. The main force led by Nagai Michuri and Kishi Nobushu, Tajimi repair meeting and the previous two were defeated first.
Thereby preventing the other party from joining together. Although Yu Qiupei felt that it was too risky, Niwa Nagahide still adopted this suggestion and asked Mori Katsunari and Takikawa Kazugashi to go north immediately, with Yu Qiupei and Niwa Nagahide following closely as the second team.
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On June 19, Mori Katsunari and Takikawa Kazumasu arrived at Dodong Castle and randomly launched a fierce attack. Kishi Nobushu and Tajimi Xiu were sending auxiliary troops everywhere to cut wood in the nearby forest to build siege equipment and prepare
After waiting for Nagai Michuri's army to arrive, they counterattacked Kajida Castle. Who would have expected that the reinforcements that arrived first were not the Saito family's reinforcements, but the Oda family's army. The auxiliary troops outside the city had no time to retreat, so they had to flee in all directions in the forest. The castle was defended.
The castle did not have enough troops to withstand the attacks of Mori Katsunari and Takigawa Kazumasu. Due to the dry and hot weather, Takigawa Kazumasu decided to ask the archers to tie lit pine trees to their arrows and shoot them into the city to launch a fire attack. The attack of Dodong Castle
Ninomaru randomly fell into a raging fire, and the scene was in chaos. Katsunari Mori broke through the city gate and occupied Ninomaru. The main force led by Niwa Nagahide arrived later, broke into Honmaru, and captured the city after nightfall. Kishinobu and his wife
Defeated and committed suicide, Tajimi repaired and fled in embarrassment again. Nagai Michuri, who was originally on the way to Dodong Castle, realized that Dodong Castle was under attack and hurriedly speeded up to come to the rescue, but was blocked by Yu Qiupei's Tokiwa.
In the west of the city. Under the defense of Joban Bei, Nagai Michuri's 1,000 soldiers were unable to break through and failed to arrive at Dodō Castle in time. After nightfall, realizing that Dodō Castle had fallen, Nagai Michuri had no choice but to lead
The troops retreated overnight with torches burning.
After learning that Dodō Castle had actually fallen, the joint meeting of important ministers composed of Saito Ryuuki and Nishi Mino wealthy families were shocked. The two sides hurriedly joined forces and led an army of 10,000 people to march eastward to Sekijo and Nagai Dori.
Combined, the total force reached 13,000. Then, on July 2, the army went south and passed through the hub Jinshan City to counterattack Tangdong City. Yu Qiuping believed that there was a huge disparity in strength at the moment, and the city defenses of Tangdong City had not been completely repaired after the fire, and the people's morale was also
It was unstable and should retreat immediately. At his insistence, the Oda Ka Division abandoned Dodō Castle and retreated to the direction of Unuma Castle and Kajida Castle, and at the same time asked Oda Nobunaga for help.
Before this battle, neither side expected that the battle would develop to such an extent. It was a good operation to harass and encroach on the territory, but because it went too smoothly, the entire Saito family came.
Saito Ryuuki did not hesitate much, and seemed determined to regain all the lost territory. On July 3, he went south to counterattack Kajida Castle again. The lord of Kajida Castle, Sato Tadano, resisted vigorously, and his eldest son Sato Tadayasu died in the battle to defend the city.
Kajida Castle was barely defended.
Oda Nobunaga has a sharp vision and a good grasp of strategy. When he noticed signs of the Saito family gathering an army in mid-June, he had already begun to mobilize a large number of troops in Owari territory. After receiving the Niwa Nagahide faction After the envoy for help arrived, he immediately led the 6,000 troops assembled in Owari territory to cross the Kiso River northward and arrived at the Iwasa on Mount Imu.
However, Oda Nobunaga was not led by Saito's army. Instead of rescuing Kajida Castle, which was in danger, he went straight north and launched a fierce attack on Kanayama Castle, the route from which the Saito family came, and an important strategic hub of Higashi Mino. At the same time, he also ordered Niwa Nagahide's partial division to send troops to harass and hinder the Saito family's army from returning for reinforcements.
Saito Ryuuki learned that his retreat was lost and immediately ordered the entire army to retreat. However, they were harassed by Niwa Nagahide and others and were in a panic. Yu Qiupei's iron artillery team once again shined in the harassment battle, through elusive sniping and The volley seriously interfered with the Saito family's retreat. The result of all this was that when the Saito family finally retreated to Dodong Castle on July 5, Kanayama Castle had been captured by Oda Nobunaga.
Oda Nobunaga was not satisfied. He immediately launched a non-stop attack on Sekijo, a key location connecting Inabayama Castle and Higashi Mino. At this time, Sekijo was almost empty. Even if Saito Ryuuki sent Nagai Michuri As the vanguard, they set off from Dodō Castle and marched back to Sekijo Castle, but it was of no avail. Nagai Michuri's army was defeated by Shibata Katsuie outside Sekijo Castle. The Toyama family, Endo family and other Higashi Mino wealthy families led their troops to withdraw their troops. , Kanjo also fell. Saito Ryuuki, who came in a hurry, failed to catch up with the rescue of Kanjo, and had to retreat to Dodong Castle in embarrassment.
Since Sekijo fell into the hands of the Oda family, the roads for Saito Ryuuki and the Nishi Mino wealthy family to return to Inabayama Castle and Nishi Mino were also cut off, and 10,000 troops were trapped in Higashi Mino. The Oda family divided their troops to garrison. Seki Castle, Kanayama Castle, Kajida Castle and Unuma Castle firmly blocked Saito's army's retreat route.
Although the Oda family's forces are scattered, they all have the city as a basis, and they are at odds with each other to rescue each other. Saito's army can't do anything to them. The Saito family's army gathered in Dodong Castle, and Nishi Mino's remaining troops Under the leadership of Ujie Naomoto, who was also left behind, they stationed in Kanana City, threatening the Oda family's flank and rear, so that the Oda family did not dare to act rashly. As a result, the situation became deadlocked, and no one could make progress.
However, as time passed day by day, the autumn harvest was imminent. The armies of Simino and Owari were eager to go back for the autumn harvest and were unwilling to confront each other here, so they both had the idea of ​​​​peace. Since the Oda army had standing troops The impact on the autumn harvest was less than that of the Saito family; and the Oda family had an advantage in this battle, so Oda Nobunaga was particularly confident. After five days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. Agreement - The Oda family lets the Saito family leave, but the Saito family must withdraw from Dodong Castle.
On July 16, under the supervision of the Oda family, the Saito family left Higashi Mino in despair and rushed back to West Mino for the autumn harvest. And this battle also ended with the Oda family's victory. Originally, it was just The Oda family, who wanted to send a partial army to encroach on some Mino land, achieved results they could not have imagined when they sent out troops. Not only did they occupy Higashi Mino Koji County, Kamo County and Central Mino Bugi County, nearly 7 Wanshi's territory also captured Sekijo, an important city connecting Central Mino and Higashi Mino, and Kanayama Castle, the hub of Higashi Mino, and almost cut off Inabayama Castle from Higashi Mino Kamo County, Toki County and Ena County. Contact. This is also the first time Owari has achieved such a hearty victory after being suppressed by Mino for decades.
Oda Nobunaga was so excited that he highly praised the meritorious ministers this time. Mori Katsunari was finally able to return to his hometown of Mino, and was appointed by Oda Nobunaga as the Lord of Kanayama Castle, becoming the leader of the Oda family in the area occupied by Mino.
Niwa Nagahide became the county representative of Niwa County, Owari County, and a large number of territories were granted titles. Kinoshita Hideyoshi was also promoted to the rank of general and was highly praised by Oda Nobunaga. Other meritorious ministers, such as Yu
Chapter completed!