In the early morning of September 4th, before it was fully light, Matsunaga Hide couldn't wait any longer and launched a fierce attack on Ninomaru. At the same time, he also sent an envoy to ask Miyoshi Yoshihide to also send troops to attack - even if Miyoshi's army still had to attack
Water, at least helped him contain some of Yu Qiuping's troops.
Miyoshi Yoshiken understood that if Matsunagahide could not capture Kannonji Castle before noon today, this battle would have failed. Therefore, he no longer stood by and watched, but personally led his army to storm the west gate of Ninomaru.
Under such a situation, Ninomaru's city wall held on until the seventh quarter of Tatsuki and then fell. However, the Oda family, under the command of Yu Qiupei, still did not panic. They covered each other and retreated to the position between Ninomaru and Honmaru.
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But this time, since the entire Ninomaru city wall has fallen, and the space between Ninomaru and Honmaru is far from spacious, the Miyoshi Army and the Matsunaga Army can stand on the city wall and use bows and arrows to suppress the Oda Army.
The long-range soldiers in the high-rise building in the protrusion. Under the cover of bows and arrows, the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family made rapid progress. It only took an hour to capture the block between Ninomaru and Honmaru.
At this time, Yu Qiuping finally stopped retreating - behind him was the castle tower. Tens of thousands of troops from the Oda family stood on the honmaru, keeping the small honmaru airtight. The Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family took turns to attack, but nothing happened.
It was difficult to conquer, and it was already close to noon.
"Mikyu, Mikyu, you are so smart that you are fooled by your cleverness." Seeing that there was no hope of conquering, Matsunaga Hide personally rode his horse to find Miyoshi Yoshiken. Although there was still a kind smile on his face, there was no trace of it in his tone.
There was a little anger, but Miyoshi Yoshiken understood that Matsunaga Hide was extremely angry: "Mikyu thought that even if he retained his strength and did nothing, I could capture the Guanyinji Castle. It's a pity that this operation is useless because of this Honmaru."
Are you satisfied with your success and success?"
"Tanzheng, what you said is wrong." Miyoshi Yoshihide glanced at Matsu Nagahide, and suddenly sneered and said: "Even if I take action, we will not be able to defeat the Guanyin Temple City today."
"Oh?" Matsunaga frowned when he heard this, but the smile on his face became thicker, "I don't know what I mean by this."
"Didn't Tansei see it? There is still strength left in this rainy autumn and red leaves." Yoshihide Miyoshi glanced at the maple bird flag on the castle tower with a very vigilant expression, "He could have given up the outer positions not so quickly, but
In order to protect the lives of soldiers, he retreated again and again. When he retreated to a position where he could no longer retreat, he would hold on desperately. His purpose was to delay it for two days, as long as the main pill was not lost after two days. You look like
, it seems that in a day and a half, Sannomaru and Ninomaru have been captured. But in fact, those are the ones he gave to you because he was unwilling to suffer too many casualties. If he is unwilling to give up, stick to Sannomaru and Ninomaru just like you stick to Honmaru.
Ninomaru, we are still far away from Honmaru."
"Even if I attacked with all my strength yesterday, I still wouldn't be able to defeat him. He will only change his defensive strategy and endure more casualties in order to delay time. At this time today, we will still be blocked by him in the main pill."
"Hehe..." Matsunaga Hide laughed twice after hearing this, and glanced at the maple bird flag with somewhat complicated eyes, "No wonder you value this kid so much, he really has something."
"Withdraw. Although it is very regrettable, we still have to face the enemy's army." Yoshihide Miyoshi shook his head, not knowing whether he was talking to Matsunaga Hide or murmuring to himself: "As for our public hall...
(This refers to Ashikaga Yoshie, who is supported by the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family)."
"Ashikaga Yoshie has already announced to the world at the request of the old man that Ashikaga Yoshiteru and others are rebels, and the Kamiro Army of Oda Nobunaga and others are rebels." Matsuzuki Nagahide nodded towards Miyoshi Yoshihide,
"The message will be sent out tomorrow."
"Where is His Majesty the Emperor?" Miyoshi Yoshiken seemed to be interrupted by Matsunagahide. He shook his head with some dissatisfaction and asked, "Can you issue an edict and designate Oda Nobunaga and others as enemies of the court?"
"It's not that you don't know, Minakyu, that His Majesty the Emperor and those palace ministers have a good relationship with Ashikaga Yoshiteru..." Matsunaga smacked his lips and patted the katana on his waist playfully: "I will not give up until I die.
It’s okay to insist on asking them to speak out the edict, but I’m afraid it will hurt the peace.”
"Then don't worry. Anyway, declaring war on the enemy is not as useful in this era as it once was." Miyoshi Yixian turned around, but his eyes did not look at Matsunagahide, but looked past Matsunagahide and towards the northeast.
Sky.
Matsunaga noticed Miyoshi Yoshihide's eyes, but did not turn around in a hurry. Instead, he asked very calmly: "Mikyu, what's wrong?"
"Tanzheng, you are going to be in trouble." Miyoshi Yixian smiled, slowly raised his hand, and pointed at the three clouds of smoke slowly rising in the northeast sky.
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At the same time, inside Kannonji Castle Honmaru.
"Wolf smoke! To the northeast?" A group of high-ranking samurai from the Oda family were standing on the castle tower, looking at the three clouds of smoke rising from the northeast in disbelief. "My lord, no matter how hard I risk my life, I won't be able to make it at this time."
ah!"
"No, that's the Asai family's smoke signal, which means attack!" Yu Qiuping, who has worked with the Asai family for many years, recognized the smoke at a glance, "It's the Asai family's reinforcements!"
"Your Highness Asai? Your Highness Asai actually came for reinforcements?" Inaba Kazutetsu was shocked when he heard this: "When we went south for a surprise attack before, wasn't it because the Asai family couldn't send troops because of the reputation of the Kōhoden? If he had been there at that time,
If we send out troops, we can beat up the drowned dogs, and seize the Rokkaku family's territory and supplies, but he didn't come. Now that the Matsunaga family and Miyoshi family's armies are attacking, why did he suddenly come! He doesn't eat fat meat, but insists on chewing bones?"
"Because Your Highness Asai is such a righteous person." Yu Qiuping laughed when he heard this, and secretly slandered Asai Nagamasa in his heart: You hot-blooded idiot!
"Reporting to Your Highness, the Matsunaga family and the Miyoshi family have begun to withdraw their troops!" A messenger rushed from the Honmaru, "The Miyoshi family has withdrawn from the west gate, and the Matsunaga family has withdrawn from the north gate!"
"Hongye, are you chasing me?" Ikeda Hengxing eagerly made a few warm-up moves, as if he couldn't wait to start the battle.
"Chasing, of course we have to chase, cooperate with the Asai family to fight together."
"Then who should we pursue? The Miyoshi family or the Matsunaga family?" Ikeda Tsuneaki asked again.
"Of course it's the Matsunaga family." Yu Qiuping pointed at the north gate of Guanyin Temple Castle with his hand. "The Miyoshi family can't catch up anyway, but the Matsunaga family is different. The direction he exited from the north gate is the Asai family.
This is the direction we’re coming from!”
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Just as the Matsunaga Army was about to retreat, the Oda Army in the Honmaru attacked them mercilessly and pursued them all the way along the city walls and streets, beating the Matsunaga Army miserable. The Miyoshi Army retreating from the west gate, due to
No one disturbed me, so I retreated quickly.
Matsunagahide watched Dango's troops being dragged near Ninomaru. They were unable to evacuate quickly, and the Uaki family's troops had already climbed onto the walls of Ninomaru and were outflanking him. He hurriedly boarded Sannomaru.
Looking from the city wall, I found that the Asai Army had appeared in the field of vision.
"If we break, we will break." Matsus Nagahide looked stern and ordered the troops to block the Oda army. He led the remaining troops to retreat unceremoniously to the west. However, the Asai family seemed not to let them easily
They left, and the cavalry led by Isono Watamasa was in hot pursuit. Seeing this, Matsunaga Hide dropped an army again without hesitation, and then he led the main force away and withdrew without looking back.
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After the main force of the Matsunaga family withdrew, the more than 1,500 people who stayed behind the Kannonji Castle and the more than 1,500 people who stayed to block the Asai army were defeated without any suspense. Under the pursuit of the cavalry, almost no one could escape back to the mountain castle.
He was killed or captured in Minami Omi territory.
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In the afternoon, inside the Kannonji Castle Castle Tower.
"Nagamasa, why did you come here?" Yu Qiuping saw the dusty Asai Nagamasa wiping sweat and drinking a large glass of water with his neck raised, and asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the General has given you permission to send troops.
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"No, Gongfangdian was furious because of my unauthorized actions." Asai Nagamasa shook his head apologetically, and then nodded firmly and said: "But my brother is in danger, and I can't just sit idly by and ignore it, both emotionally and rationally.
"After receiving my brother's request for help yesterday, I immediately led my troops to set off from Odani Castle and finally caught up."
"Is this really good? Do the retainers have no objections?" Yu Qiuping reminded him with some worry when he saw Asai Nagamasa's righteous look.
"The retainers are really not happy. They think that the Oda family should be responsible for the troops of the Oda family. Anyway, the Oda family did not notify us before the surprise attack. It is considered a private action. Moreover, the Miyoshi family and the Matsunaga family are large in number. In case of real bloodshed
The Asai family would have to break their muscles even if they fight." Asai Nagamasa repeated the opinions of the retainers, and then said in a deep voice with some disgust: "They, they, always think about profits, but they talk about it.
I refused to admit it. When I asked for reinforcements, they used the principle that they must obey the orders of the Kōhoden to suppress me - but this is just an excuse for them to evade morality. You are my brother, and the Oda family is my ally, ally.
How can I sit back and ignore things when there is trouble? I am just practicing the morality of a warrior."
"But disobeying the general's orders also violates the morality of the samurai..." Yu Qiuping noticed the contradiction in Asai Nagamasa's words.
"I know." Asai Nagamasa did not deny it when he heard this, but his expression became more determined: "The two righteousnesses contradict each other. I just want a clear conscience. It is inevitable to give up reinforcements because of the consideration of interests, but to mobilize everyone to risk it is to be single-minded.
Just for the sake of righteousness. In this case, I will choose the most difficult road."
"You, you...don't put justice and profit against each other...it's too tiring to live like this." Yu Qiuping looked at Asai Nagamasa's eyes, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart.
Chapter completed!