"The main hall, why did you come so quickly this time?" After Seminyak and Imakawa Yoshimoto asked curiously.
"After receiving the alarm, I rushed over with 1oo cavalry and arrived in a few days." Imakawa Yoshimoto smiled, "I came so quickly, there are two main purposes."
"The first one, I wanted to come and have a look because I heard that the battle situation was very strange." Imakawa Yoshimoto raised his eyebrows, "The Oda family actually crossed the mountain road from Kudu to Tuksam to attack. It was obviously very clear about the itinerary of our baggage team, so he dared not carry the baggage and rely on robbing our food and grass to maintain the troops."
"So the main hall is curious why the Oda family got news about our baggage team?" Semei Shizu took over the conversation, "I am also thinking about this question in the next few days."
"Sename, what do you think?" Imakawa Yoshimoto took a sip of tea.
"There is a traitor, and he is still in the top management." Serezushi said with a low voice and quickly.
"The judgment is correct." Imakawa Yoshimoto's lips curled up, "I don't know what method he used to leak the information of our baggage team to the Oda family, but our ninjas and intelligence personnel were unaware of it. The biggest possibility is the senior staff, which is why I came to the battlefield this time."
"I want to observe the movements of the senior generals?" asked Toshi Semei.
"Yes," Imakawa Yoshimoto took another sip of tea. "I originally thought that the people in Matsuhira's family were the most suspicious. They just heard that I was coming and they knelt at the door."
Imakawa Yoshimoto drank some warm tea in a sip and continued, "The second reason is that I want to see if the bait I left behind has caught fish."
"Farehouse?" Semine Shin-shi was a little confused for a moment.
"It's the Shin-Kai Castle." Imakawa Yoshimoto smiled, "Sure enough, the Oda family took the bait."
"Even if our total force on the border of Ozawa Sanhe River is equal to the Oda family, once the war begins, it is very likely that the Oda family will invade the hinterland." Imakawa Yoshimoto explained, "because the Oda family has the advantage of attacking first."
"Whether it is surrounded by Naruto City or forced infiltration after Dagucheng, or crossing the small road like now, no matter how we defend, it is very likely that the Oda family will be attacked to Sanhe and cut off the traffic line and connection. At this time, when we are in Dagucheng, the troops of Naruto City and Okaga City will not be able to echo each other and will lose their connection with Okazaki Castle. If the Oda family attacks any of the cities at this time, there is a risk of losing."
"So, in order to prevent the fish from biting the precious coral, I left the bait," Imakawa Yoshimoto pointed to the location of Chiri Castle on the map. "Chiri Castle is a strategic location for the border between Ohachi and Sanhe. After controlling it, he grasped the situation. The three border cities that were completely cut off from contact cannot echo each other. Chiri Castle's defense is so weak that Oda Nobunaga must be unable to hold back this piece of fat and will swallow it in one bite."
"But the problem is that the Oda family can mobilize troops to attack the hinterland, with only about 2 ooo people. They must not only ensure the narrow rear guard, but also stay in Zhili, so the remaining mobile forces will be greatly consumed and they cannot further attack vigorously. The time to attack Zhili City is enough for the troops from the Sanhe River in the Yuanjiang River to gather together for reinforcements."
Imakawa Yoshimoto smiled slightly, "Just like now, the Oda family, who is in a dilemma, can only withdraw their troops in the end, because the Shiri Castle is lonely and unable to defend, so it is far better to defeat the Takui Castle and Naruto City."
"This is why the hall was reluctant to strengthen the defense of Zhilicheng at that time?" Semeishi Toshi suddenly realized, "If Zhilicheng had a strict defense and felt that there was no way to take advantage of it, maybe he would attack Naruhi Castle and Dagu Castle."
"Why didn't the lord explain clearly at that time? It also caused a lot of opposition from the bottom."
"Isn't there a traitor now? Fortunately, I didn't say it at that time." Imakawa Yoshimoto laughed, "I just wanted to test you at that time, but I didn't expect it to be so useful."
"Originally, we just need to stay here quietly. Just watch the Oda family defeat the Imairean Hou and retreat, and withdraw our troops by ourselves." Imakawa Yoshimoto frowned, "It's a pity that Sena, you sent the young man I like to the death to Shiri Castle to defend."
"This..." Semei Shin-shou was a little embarrassed for a moment, "At that time, he volunteered to send the letter from more than 200 slaves, and also wanted to save their lives."
"That child is a bad guy." Imakawa Yoshimoto remembered Yu Qiuhei, "But this is one of the reasons why I like him." He put down the teacup and looked at Semei Toshi, "Although our Imakawa family is extremely strong now, the next generation of young people are not as satisfactory. Although that boy Shima is talented, I can't even see the order of Rashi Rosa that he proposed to me last time. However, he is arrogant, stubborn, and overly addicted to literature and art, and is afraid that he will not be willing to deal with political affairs in the future."
"The eldest of the Asahina family is pretty good. Although he is not as handsome as his father, he is steady and down-to-earth. The second of the Asahina family has some of his father's talent, but he is too idle and has poor concentration. The Okabe boy of the Okabe family is arrogant because of his little cleverness. He is far inferior to the two Asahina boys, and he will not be able to become a great man in the future." Imakawa Yoshimoto looked at Toshi Sena again, "Your son Yoshimoto..."
"I have no choice but to teach my children, so I am laughing at you." Semeishi Toshi sighed.
"That's not. The clan Yoshima is just a regular person, diligent and progressive, and he will be a talent for a country and a city in the future. But he doesn't have the same spirit as you." Imakawa Yoshimoto smiled, "Look at the genealogy of our generation, and many capable people emerge. Who would have thought that the next generation would not be able to do it."
"So we need to choose new blood, so that some talented young people with different appearances can enter the Imakawa family and become a new genealogy. I am very optimistic about this Yu Qiuhei. I briefly investigated before, and he did not record his activities in other families. He was indeed not in Japan before. He came from Ming Dynasty and had a clean identity." Imakawa Yoshimoto slightly rotated his teacup, "He has a unique charm in dealing with people, and his methods of looking at many problems are very insightful and profound. He is only seventeen years old! The most optimistic thing about me is his two personalities, one is compassion and the other is doing what he says." Imakawa Yoshimoto stroked his chin, "With compassion, he will not do things against the contrary, but will worry about the world. When he says, he will be trustworthy and ambitious."
"The only drawback is that his personality is also a bit too cautious, lacks the spirit of determination and adventure, and is too kind to be decisive to kill and decisive. This is a bit like you. I will help him change it in the future." Imakawa Yoshimoto straightened up and stretched. "It's good now. You sent the young student I focused on to the abandoned son of Zhilicheng, but I believe that according to his cautious personality, it's okay to defend for a while."
"Go out to rescue tomorrow morning," said Imakawa Yoshimoto.
"Does the main hall need to be united in the army?" asked Toshi Semei.
"If you want, come on, but I still say the same thing," Imakawa Yoshimoto smiled, "I am the only one of me, I will fight back Oda."
"Then you want to contact Naruhi Castle, Dagu Castle and the troops of Daigao Castle attack together?" Semei Shin reminded him again with concern.
"No, stop contacting tonight, don't have any messengers anymore." Imakawa Yoshimoto waved his hand, "Go out tomorrow at Mao hour, go straight to Kariya Castle, and then go to Shirika."
"Don't you go from Anxiang City? It's closer."
"No need, there are definitely more Oda troops there, closer to the south, which is not conducive to my plan."
The next day, early morning on August 1st, at four o'clock in the morning, I knew that the city was established.
Yu Qiuping fell asleep that night, but still woke up early. He was just woken up by the cool morning breeze and suddenly became energetic. The night-time clubs on the city were handing over, while Yu Qiuping himself looked to the east, rising from the horizon.
Maybe this is the last time I saw the sun rise. Yu Qiuping's heart sank.
"No, you can't be so decadent!" He rubbed his face hard, "If I'm afraid of worrying, how can I boost morale?"
He strode out of the Tianshou Pavilion, and the young men gathered in the center of the barracks to have breakfast. After yesterday's fierce battle, the team of 236 people had already died, and 22 were seriously injured and unable to participate in the battle. The troops that could be used were less than 200. The casualties were nearly 20%. Mimaezaki Nakahide's team could no longer take on important tasks and could only be used as a reserve team. After another linear planning and hard work yesterday afternoon, the defensive transformation task of Zhilicheng was finally completed. The city walls except Xicheng were all covered with pits and loads of simple roadblocks, and were covered with a lot of straw. Before dinner in the morning, the personal guards commanded the men to pour a layer of oil on the city wall to facilitate the ignition.
All four city gates were blocked by stones and would never be able to open for a while. Many defensive facilities were also set up in the city according to Yu Qiuping's sketch.
Originally, everyone meant layer by layer of obstacles and trenches. But Yu Qiuhei felt that this was inappropriate. The complete line of defense would only give the Oda family a strong attack. For this reason, he specially used the terrain and houses in the city to create a complex maze with fences, wooden fences, trenches, horse-rejecting equipment and other equipment. As long as the road was not blocked, Yu Qiuhei felt that the Oda family's footmen would still tend to take the labyrinth to pass through the defense line instead of directly destroying defense facilities such as wooden fences. At this time, as long as there was a little interference, the Oda family's offense could greatly slow down, blocking them on the city tower like last time, advancing and retreating, and exposing the firepower of the archers.
This time, in addition to the archers as long-range firepower, Yu Qiuping also concentrated the excess bamboo guns and planned to use them as javelins. In addition, many stones were also collected. When the bamboo guns were used up, they would throw stones as supplements.
At the eighth hour of the Mao period, the huge Oda family troops slowly left the Daying and were divided into two torrents from the Daying exit. They surrounded the North City and the other one was divided into two routes, all the way to the gate of Nancheng City. Finally, Oda Nobunaga's horse seal stayed outside the gate of Xicheng City. The gate of Dongcheng City was empty.
"Three sieges are missing one." Amano Kyoto explained to Yu Qiuhei, "The traditional siege tactics give the defenders a way to escape without fighting to the death. When the defenders escape outside the city, they will pursue them. If the defenders unfortunately collapse, the number of people annihilated is similar to the result of the full siege and annihilation, and they can also pay less casualties."
The overwhelming force of the Oda army made the defenders in the city feel the pressure of despair. For a moment, everyone was silent, cold sweat flowed down their cheeks, and their bodies trembled slightly.
"They definitely don't know that we blocked the city gates. This is a glare for the blind man to see." Mimaezaki Nakashui's words caused laughter from people around him, and the extremely tense atmosphere before the war also eased a little. "Sir, why not ask you to come forward and ask Oda Nobunaga to have a single ride! Oda Nobunaga will definitely accept it out of the dignity of the martial family! If you beat him, we will win!" Mimaezaki Nakashui's sarcastic tone made everyone laugh again.
"Go to you, don't you know that your adults can do anything in martial arts?" Yu Qiuping cursed with a smile. He was not so nervous.
"You guys, although the number of enemies is unprecedentedly huge, we are only one step away from victory." Yu Qiuping shouted loudly, "We have been persisting for two days, and the troops gathered by Lord Semei will come to rescue us soon! We don't need to win and hold on to this last moment! Let's go home together!"
"Before the war ahead, everyone felt that they would die!" Yu Qiuping raised his arms and shouted, "Didn't we all survive? This time, it seems that there is no chance of winning, but as long as we persist until the reinforcements arrive, we will win!"
"Hey! Hey! Oh!" The squads held up their weapons and shouted out the traditional Japanese squad.
At the third hour of the lunar month, the huge team of the Oda family finally completed the array. Outside the Xicheng City, there were a total of eight watchtowers with powerful firepower, and nearly twenty cloud ladders. In the Nancheng City and the North City, there were three watchtowers and ten cloud ladders. Outside the Xicheng City Gate, Oda Nobunaga's horse seal and 6oo Oda family warriors, nearly a thousand auxiliary soldiers. Outside the Beicheng City Gate, because the Oda army knew that the Beicheng City Gate had been blocked, there were only the 1oo warriors and
2oo auxiliary soldiers are used as a restraint. Outside the gate of Nancheng, there are 2oo Oda family soldiers and 4oo auxiliary soldiers. The commander is Takigawa Ichii, Oda Nobunaga's direct general Hiroki Ikeda, and a group of members of the Ma Li. The other members of the Ma Li are scattered around the city of Chiri, and half of them are responsible for investigating the direction of Anxiang City, while the remaining people pay attention to the direction of Tuoshanma, the direction of Dagao City and the direction of Kariya City. There are 2oo soldiers and the remaining auxiliary soldiers stay in the camp.
At four o'clock, with the heavy and powerful drum sounds in the Oda family camp, the siege officially began.
Chapter completed!