On April 12, Yu Qiuhei arranged for the two men to send someone to send him off, and then led his army into Sanhe.
When Chang Pan's red leaf flag and Yu Qiuping's maple bird and horse seal flew out outside Zhili City again, it attracted many people's attention. However, this time, the one erected next to the maple bird and horse seal was no longer the two-point flag, but an Oda papaya. Such a change really made these people sigh.
Zhili Castle is located in the safe rear. Yuqihei left Ogawa Yuto led a platoon of war soldiers and 1oo auxiliary soldiers, with a total of 15o people left behind. Later, Yuqihei's troops were divided into two groups, with Fukushima Akane becoming the general, Charlie as the deputy general, leading two squad light platoons and a bow and arrow platoon, plus a total of 45o auxiliary soldiers entered Kariya Castle in the southwest. Yuqihei led the remaining 6o people to enter the southeast Anxiang Castle. A small number of Matsue family defenders from Anxiang Castle and Kariya Castle saw Yuqihei leading his army to come, and they all wanted to see a savior, and hurriedly welcomed the two into the city.
It turned out that the people of the Honan Temple Yixiangsect had started wandering south of Kariya Castle and Anxiang Castle a few days ago. Kariya Castle and Anxiang Castle, which were almost empty, were very worried, so they had to sing the empty city plan to confuse the people of the Yixiangsect.
After Yu Qiuhei settled down, he immediately took Honda Tada and the guards of Ryuko who had just learned to ride a horse and rode his horse to Okazaki Castle to visit Matsuhei Ieyasu. However, what surprised Yu Qiuhei was that in addition to the Matsuhei family troops on the Yasakikawa and Okawa defense lines, there were still considerable reserve teams in Okazaki Castle. Since there were so many reserve teams, why not send three cities to the west to assist in the defense?
Matsuhei Ieyasu met Yu Qiuping on the third floor of Tianshou Pavilion, and specially instructed the chef to make a dish that both Yu Qiuping and Matsuhei Ieyasu loved very much - fried tempura.
"Thank you for the treat!" Yu Qiuping was eating crispy fried tempura happily. "Your chef is really good at making this dish! I really never get tired of eating it. No wonder Take Chiyo likes this dish so much."
"Haha, if Hongye likes it, please feel free to eat it," Matsuhei Ieyasu smiled honestly.
"Oh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and laughed silently, "Take Chiyo really has the demeanor of a general. Ikkito is about to hit our door. I was worried about the situation in Sanhe, so I marched urgently. Can we beat them together? It's hard to say whether Take Chiyo can still let me have a meal with peace of mind?"
"Well..." Matsuhei Ieyasu pondered for a moment and said again: "Even if you don't have to eat Hongye, we don't have to take those traitors seriously! The reason why I am so anxious to ask for reinforcements is that I am worried that I will not be able to eat this tempura in the second half of the year!"
"What's wrong?" Yu Qiuping heard something in Matsuhira Ieyasu's words. After three years of separation, this young man who had not lost his childishness back then was now quite cunning.
"To be honest, Hongye," Matsuhei Ieyasu said while chewing on the tempura. "By the strength of the Matsuhei family, it is still possible to destroy the thieves who want to destroy Sanhe. It may be delayed for too long. This year's autumn harvest will probably be delayed. If the autumn harvest is not good, then do you still have the spare money to eat fried tempura?"
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and his mind quickly began to turn around. He thought for a long time before finally understanding the meaning of Matsue Ieyasu's words.
Historically, Mikawa's Ikki was suppressed independently by the Matsuhide family. However, due to the difference in strength between the two, it took the Matsuhide family more than half a year to win the battle. This seriously affected the autumn harvest of the Matsuhide family and greatly damaged the Matsuhide family's vitality. In other words, if we follow the original historical development, just relying on the Matsuhide family's ability, the three cities of Kariya Castle, Anxiang Castle, and Chirishi Castle in the west would never be lost.
In other words, Matsuhira Ieyasu has a way to defend those three cities. The Matsuhira family is not as mentioned in the letter of help, and the three cities are already empty. They must wait for reinforcements from the Oda family to defend them.
Thinking of this, Yu Qiuhei suddenly realized. Matsuhei Ieyasu probably deliberately took time to make the city's troops, and acted as if he could no longer support it, and asked Oda Nobunaga to reinforcements - the purpose was to quickly quell the rebellion and reduce the losses of the Matsuhei family. If Oda Nobunaga did not agree to send reinforcements, Matsuhei Ieyasu would probably send the reserve team in Okazaki Castle to three cities to guard them.
"Okay, Takechiyo," Yu Qiuhei laughed out loud. Unexpectedly, Matsuhei Ieyasu actually used this method to "scam" reinforcements from Oda Nobunaga. "Don't worry, I won't tell outsiders that the tempura here is so delicious!"
After receiving Yu Qiuping's guarantee, Matsuhide Ieyasu breathed a sigh of relief. Just now in the city, he noticed Yu Qiuping seemed to be puzzled why the Matsuhide family had so many reserve teams. He was confused by the third place, but he decided to tell Yu Qiuping the truth and believed that his good friends would not betray him.
"In this way, I thank the red leaves." Matsuhei Ieyasu bowed to thank him.
"It's okay, this is human nature!" Yu Qiuping laughed, "How can you tell my friend's little secret?"
Seeing Yu Qiuping eating tempura again, Matsuhira Ieyasu was slightly moved.
Human nature, human nature...
Hongye, don’t you know? After becoming a warrior and the head of the family, you shouldn’t be considering the emotions of being an ordinary person.
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After learning that the Matsuhide family's strength had surpassed the rebels, Yu Qiuhei felt that his confidence increased. The Matsuhide family can now mobilize 15oo warriors for attack, and Yu Qiuhei also has 4oo warriors, which together are nearly 2ooo warriors, with a total strength of more than 6ooo. Although the total number of Ikki Ikki is close to 1ooo, there are a large number of old, weak, women and children. The real middle-aged man is only 5ooo. Among these mixed crowds, there may be only those 5o monk soldiers and the regular army that rebeled from the Matsuhide family have the combat power of warriors. Others may only be able to follow the trend to fight with the wind - such as the one that defeated Tadaji Sakai. Once they fall into the headwind, they may very likely disperse.
In the original history, Matsuhei Ieyasu was caught off guard in the early stages, allowing Ikki to kill to the edge of Okazaki Castle. Later, he also reduced his troops to defend like now, consuming the morale of Ikki. However, due to the addition of the new force led by Yuqiehei, the counterattack of the Matsuhei family came several months earlier than in history.
On April 15, Yuqiehei and Matsuhei Ieyasu each led their troops south. Yuqiehei's troops attacked Honzeki Temple, which was located on the lower reaches of the west bank of the Yasaki River, which was also the base camp of the Mikawa Ieyasu Ikki Honan Temple this time. Matsuhei Ieyasu crossed the Okazaki Castle to attack Komiya and Katsurara Temple. According to Matsuhei Ieyasu's few people, Yuqiehei only needed to hold on to the Yixiang Sect leader, and waited for Matsuhei Ieyasu to defeat the remaining two temples, and would cross the river and attack.
After Yu Qiuhei joined Fukushima Ansei and Ogawa Yutoshi, he led his entire army out of Anxiang Castle and soon encountered the Honzeki Temple Yixiang Ikki who came to hear the news. Yu Qiuhei's great momentum made Yu Qiuhei amazed - there were nearly 5 o'clock people here. However, when Yu Qiuhei rode a horse to look at a small hill, he realized that Ikki is more like a mob than the wealthy coalition forces of Simino back then. They had no formation shape, and everyone stood in a mess on the official road. Most of them were only wearing shabby cloth straw sandals, and the weapons they held were all kinds of. Scythes, hoes, guillotines, hatchets, and even wooden sticks and brooms. They looked like ordinary people who were honest in their daily lives.
After receiving the call from the Honan Temple, which they regard as gods, they gathered together desperately and relied on the many people to gain courage. Those people believed that what the monks in the Honan Temple said was the will of the gods and Buddhas. As long as they honestly paid the donations to the Buddha on weekdays and stood up to defend the safety of Buddhism in times of crisis, they could reincarnate in heaven for eternity and enjoy unimaginable glory and wealth in this world.
Alas... they are all innocent and pitiful people. Do I really want to fight with them?
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The Ikki people formed a group of three or five, and then formed a larger group, and finally formed an entire army. Everyone was noisy and noisy, waving their weapons, and sprinkling dirty words at Yu Qiuping.
In front of this group of mobs, Yu Qiuping saw two established troops. One group was bald, probably the monk soldiers from Honzen Temple, with a population of nearly 30 people. There was also a small group of troops under the banner of various branches, which might be the rebels of the Songpin family, with a population of less than 100 people.
"As long as those two troops are killed, they will disperse, right?" Yu Qiuping asked Maeda Kyoji on the side.
"Your Highness is probably underestimating the fighting spirit of those farmers." Maeda Keiji shook his head, "These ordinary people are usually honest, but once they revolt for their so-called Buddha, they all seem to be desperate. I advise you not to confront them head-on. Although your highness's Chang Panbei is elite, he is still weak in front of these thousands of people."
"Is that true?" Yu Qiuhei sighed. No wonder, in history, Oda Nobunaga fought with Isaacoro for ten years. Whether it was Nagashima Ikki, who made Oda Nobunaga's thrill of tsunami, or Ishiyama Honanji, which could not be captured for a long time, they must have been frustrated. If you really only kill these two troops and win, it would not take Matsuhira Ieyasu in history to suppress them.
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Yu Qiuping didn't want to attack, which did not mean that Ikki would stop attacking. After a burst of gongs and drums, the huge team immediately started to make noise. The entire formation squirmed like a huge caterpillar and rushed towards Yu Qiuping.
Yu Qiuping saw that there were many people on the other side, and the distance between the formation was more than five times that of Yu Qiuping's front line. The thin line listed by the four-light people would definitely be detoured from the side.
In ancient battle formations, the side and back of a unit were his most vulnerable. Because soldiers always faced the enemies in front, and the exposed ground was open to the ground. If there were enemies in front, back and left, the soldiers would be unable to match four hands and were cut down by random knives. If they wanted to cover the flank, they either stretch the front line to the same width as the opposite side, or use the terrain, or use formation transformation. For example, you can try to form a circular array to cover the flank - but forming a circular array means that the troops have basically given up any battlefield mobility. Or they use the skilled three-sided rotation method like Yu Qiuping, so that the foot light that was originally facing the front could be adjusted to the side face quickly. However, if the number of opponents is too large, this kind of three-sided rotation method at the micro level is not enough.
"It's really tricky," Yu Qiuping sighed with a frown, "If the flanks of the troops and even the rear of the troops are penetrated by these people, it will be a big problem. No matter how powerful Chang Panbei is, he will not be able to attack the enemy with his butt and back of his head. Moreover, if the opponent goes to the side and back of his body, my unarmed auxiliary soldiers will not be protected."
Chapter completed!