After hearing the loud noise from the back mountain, Otagaki Terunobu was stunned for a moment.
"How come it's so fast? You shouldn't have reached the position yet?" Otagaki Terunobu, who was organizing an attack, looked at the smoke rising from the mountain forest in puzzlement, "And...it has no effect? ​​There is no collapse.
There is no landslide...it shouldn't be...the mountain there is obviously very fragile."
"No matter what, retreat!" Otagaki Terunobu took a deep breath, and then said helplessly, "The battle has failed, and there is no point in continuing to fight."
As this huge explosion sounded, all the battle fronts that were originally fighting around Tottori Castle also shut down one after another. Yoshikawa Keike, Yoshikawa Motoharu, Kumagai Nobunao gave up their positions and retreated, Nizi Katsuhisa, Urakami Munekage,
The Ukita Nao family also led their troops to withdraw into Tottori Castle. Inaba Country, which was still raging just a moment ago, suddenly became calm. The Oda army on all fronts was also confused, but the explosion at Kusatsuyama made them feel uneasy.
So they all gave up the pursuit and retreated to their positions on the east bank of the Chiyo River.
On the afternoon of October 1, the eighth year of Tianzheng Period (1580), in the camp of the Hongye Army.
"Based on the prisoners' confessions and our investigation of the scene, we can confirm that the plan of the Yamana Army is indeed this." Sanada Masayuki put a pile of collected information on the desk and whispered to the officers present. Everyone heard
After hearing the news, everyone looked solemn and terrified.
"The Maori Army launched a full-scale attack, and the Tottori Castle defenders also came out in full force...The purpose was to lure us all away from the vicinity of Kusatsuyama, so that the surprise attack team could go up the mountain with gunpowder and detonate it, causing a landslide. What a great effort." Fu.
Ze Yunan followed Sanada Masayuki's words, shook his head and sighed.
"What if it really explodes? How serious will it be?" Sanada Masayuki looked at Fukuzawa Yunan.
"If they follow the same arrangement as His Highness did when he blew up the Shishan Imperial Palace before, they can completely blow up the area that originally collapsed and cause a landslide." Fukuzawa Yunan narrowed his eyes and replied in a low voice, "But
They may not have that kind of technology, they may just stuff the gunpowder indiscriminately, and at most it will cause a larger landslide."
"The landslide is enough. Below is our military camp. There are so many auxiliary soldiers, as well as people from the staff and the Military Intelligence Department." Sanada Masayuki smiled bitterly and touched the hard stubble on his chin. "It's right next to it.
The Hashiba family’s military camp…there are also many people inside.”
"Honestly, I didn't expect such a thing as a mountain explosion. I have to be careful when camping on the edge of mountains in the future, especially in places that have collapsed before. This poisonous snake of the Ukita Nao family is really cruel." Run away.
Yu Qiuping, who had survived the disaster, shook his head repeatedly and said, "But, should we say that we are very lucky, or they are very unlucky."
Yu Qiuping's words drew the attention of everyone in the camp to Naoe Nobuei, who smiled sheepishly and scratched his hair.
"You kid's damn luck... can this happen to you?" Yu Qiuping looked at Naoe Nobuei with a dumbfounded look, "I don't know how many days of planning it took, and the whole army attacked inside and outside with such good coordination that we were defeated
Everyone was diverted away, and finally the Rangers were hit head-on by you who panicked and didn't choose the right path?"
"The luck of Seigenmaru has always been undeniable. Who hasn't known it for so many years?" Ogawa Yutong joked happily, "This time I made a great contribution and saved the entire army. When I return to Maple Leaf Mountain City, I will invite your uncle.
you drink!"
Ogawa Yutaka's words made the atmosphere in the tent lively. Maeda Keiji, Arikanariyo and others were all booing and wanted to go back and take Naoe Nobuhira to drink and visit the brothels, which frightened the latter quite a lot.
"I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't dare to go out to drink wine or anything like that!" Naoe Nobuhira waved his hands repeatedly with a pale face, "But please don't let me get involved with this matter.
It has arrived…”
"What was transmitted?" Ogawa Yutong deliberately lengthened his tone, and then turned his gaze from Naoe Nobuhira to Yu Qiupei with a smile.
"Of course it has reached the ears of our princess!" Maeda Keiji burst out laughing, and at the same time he patted Naoe Nobuhira hard on the shoulder and raised his eyebrows at Yu Qiupei, "Who doesn't
I know that Cheng Yuanwan is the consort appointed by our Highness!"
"I never said that!" Yu Qiuping immediately objected loudly and defended his reputation, "Which of you dares to spread rumors about my daughter? Huh?"
In the midst of laughter, the evaluation meeting of the Yuqiu family ended happily. In sharp contrast, the military situation evaluation in the Tottori Castle samurai house was as cold as ice.
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With the failure of the mountain bombing plan, the coalition forces in Tottori Castle also completely lost the possibility of turning defeat into victory. The Oda family strengthened the blockade of Tottori Castle, with the Akechi Army at the north gate, the Hashiba Army at the west gate, and the fort on the top of Hisamatsu Mountain.
Firepower was poured into Tottori Castle non-stop. The castle tower had been riddled with holes by noon and could not be used. Even the military assessment meeting had to be held in the samurai house in Ninomaru, which was the blind spot of the shelling.
And the water that was already in short supply has been consumed a lot due to today's large-scale military operations. The situation in Tottori Castle is now only getting worse.
"The entire Maori army has withdrawn its main formation, and Yoshikawa Keke's troops have also withdrawn." Urakami Munekage, who had just returned from the city, informed everyone of the frustrating news, "We have no foreign aid."
"The Maori Army will come back." Otagaki Terunobu retorted in a low voice, "This is Tottori Castle, the important town of Sanin. Once Tottori Castle is lost, Inaba Country and Hoki Country may not be able to save it. The Maori Army will not give up Tottori."
Of the castles...except for Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, there is no castle in Sanin that is more suitable for resisting the Oda family's attack than Tottori Castle."
After Otagaki Terunobu finished speaking, he realized his gaffe - sure enough, Nizi Katsuhisa trembled immediately after hearing that haunting name, and the resentment towards the Mori family suddenly arose in his heart, and he sighed fiercely.
He said, "Those things from the Maori family can't be trusted. Didn't you see that they didn't fight the Oda army with real swords and guns today? How many hundreds of people died in total? He just wanted us to be cannon fodder."
, throw it away after using it.”
"Not all..." Yamana Toyokuni wanted to rebuke Nizi Katsuhisa, but his words were covered up by the roar of artillery and the loud noise of shells piercing into the city. Although Nizi Katsuhisa didn't finish listening to Yamana Toyokuni
Guo's words, but he still knew that the latter wanted to ridicule the Nizi family for being betrayed by Yuchai's army, so he said harshly: "You Shanming family betrayed friendly forces yourself, how dare you criticize others?"
"Your Highness Nizi, please understand the current situation." Yamana Yutoyo, who had lost his family's most powerful general due to the failure of today's attack, was in a very bad mood. He said sarcastically in a sharp tone that did not match his age, "I am living under someone else's roof.
, just don’t be too sharp.”
"Tch." Nizi Shengjiu snorted coldly, lowered his head and stopped talking.
"It's time to think about the way out." Yamana Yutaka tried his best to calm down and murmured in a low voice, "Tottori Castle can't be defended... The remaining water can't last for a few days. And today's battle
We can also see that His Highness Yoshikawa may not be able to defeat the Oda army besieging the city."
"Surrender." Yamana Yutaka took a deep breath and slowly looked around at everyone, "Rather than carrying it to the end, it is better to preserve the family name."
"Hashiba Hideyoshi will not accept surrender. He has no intention of leaving us a way out." Urakami Munekage, who had just sat down, laughed twice and pointed to the wound on his neck that had not yet healed. "We Urakami
My family originally surrendered, but in the end, that guy actually colluded with the Uki family to destroy us, but refused to give us a way to survive."
"Your Highness Urakami." Oka Toshikatsu reminded with some displeasure upon hearing this, "The word 'collusion' is not appropriate to use when referring to friendly forces. If it weren't for the help of our Uki family, you might have been wiped out."
"Who is helping whom? Are you satisfied that some things have to be exposed and make everyone look bad?" Urakami Munekage answered Oka Toshikatsu's words, but his eyes were fixed on the Ukita Nao family and the Ukita family.
Everyone understood that Urakami Munekage was referring to the incident when the two families jointly deceived the Nizi family and dragged the latter into the coalition army.
"If nothing else, that guy Hideyoshi Hashiba is really a scorpion-hearted guy, and he doesn't want to die a good death." Katsuhisa Nizi clenched his fist viciously and cursed in a low voice, "He only has land in his eyes, and he doesn't want a place to live.
Leave it to us. He wants to kill us for those things. Not to mention that he won't accept surrender now. Even if he accepts our surrender, he will try to assassinate the surrender army just like he did against our Nizi family. Instead of surrendering, he was inexplicably killed.
A sudden assassination is not as good as an upright fight now."
"That's right." Ukita Naoie nodded slowly, his bloodshot eyes showing murderous intent. He never vented his emotions in front of outsiders, but he also showed his deep hatred for the Hashiba family - because of Hideyoshi Hashiba
He actually cruelly killed his most beloved son, Hachiro. "I'm at the end of my rope... Let's fight with the Hashiba family. If you can kill one person, it's a person. It's best if you can take Hideyoshi's head."
"Did your highnesses not understand the situation?" Yamana Yutoyo listened to the Uki family, Urakami family, and Nizi family complaining for a long time before he said leisurely, "This is Sanin Road, and it is Akechi.
The area that His Highness is responsible for. We, Inaba Province, Tottori Castle, want to surrender to the benevolent His Highness Akechi. Why should we worry about His Highness Hashiba? We, the Yamano family, did not have any trouble with Hideyoshi's surrender and rebellion like the three of you.
, We have no grudges against His Highness Mingzhi. When I was defeated and captured, I had a relationship with His Highness Mingzhi."
Yamana Yutoyo's words stunned the three daimyo from Sanyodo who were present for a long time. After a long while, Nizi Katsuhisa asked with some trembling: "Does Yamana-sama mean to abandon us and ask for surrender to Akechi-sama?
"
"Why would I abandon you?" Yamana Yutoyo immediately shook his head after hearing this. "After all, we have been partners in weal and woe for many days. Naturally, I have to speak kindly for you and ask His Highness Akechi to give you a way out. His Highness Akechi is in charge here.
Hideyoshi Hashiba has the final say in this area, so please don’t panic."
"But our territory is all in Sanyo Road." Urakami Munekage glanced at Yamana Yutoyo with a wry smile, "Yamana-sama should not pretend to be dumbfounded. Could it be that Akechi-sama would still carve out Tajima Kingdom and Inaba Kingdom?"
Can the territory accommodate us? If we, thousands of people, don’t want to become homeless ronin, we have no choice but to find Hideyoshi Hashiba.”
Chapter completed!