"Tomorrow, if the Miyoshi family decides to stick to it, they will definitely resist with Yinuya Mountain as the core." Oda Nobunaga pointed at the location of Yinuya Mountain on the map and ordered in an enthusiastic tone: "We don't need to be afraid! In addition to the auxiliary soldiers who transport siege equipment, leave all the auxiliary soldiers in the camp, and the 25ooo soldiers came out to fight them head-on."
"As the general of the Northern Army, His Highness Asai led his troops to attack Nanchanji and Okazaki Shrine, and directly attacked Kyoto from the Northern Road." Oda Nobunaga first called out the daimyo of his brother-in-law, Asai Nagamasa.
"Yes!" Asai Nagamasa responded loudly with his blood, and his voice could almost make the entire camp heard. The North Road is the closest way to Kyoto. If everything goes well, the Asai family can become the first in the Shangluo coalition to invade Kyoto. In such a great battle that can be recorded in history, winning some achievements will be a great achievement for glorifying the ancestors and the highest honor for a samurai defending justice.
"Your Highness Oda," Haibei Teng, who was sitting next to Nagamasa Asai, looked at his lord and hurriedly stood up and said, "With your Highness's love, how dare the Asai family refuse? It's just that the Northern Army's mission is too heavy, and the 5ooo soldiers in their troops may not be able to do so. The Asai family is naturally not afraid of casualties, but they are just worried that it will delay the overall situation."
"What you said makes sense." Oda Nobunaga nodded with approval, then waved his hand and looked at his subordinates, "Then I will allocate 25oo soldiers of Yuqiuhei, Takigawa Ichii, Morikozen and Hirohiko Ikeda to command. Is this enough?"
"Thank you, Your Highness Oda. It's really a great wing to get the help of all the Oda family." Haibei Teng bowed to thank him, but Asai Nagamasa didn't seem to care about all this. He was just excited about being able to fight side by side with Yu Qiuping. He blinked at Yu Qiuping knowingly, and Yu Qiuping also smiled and nodded.
"And Yu will lead the main 85oo soldiers of the Oda family to go through the middle road and attack Yinyu Mountain in person." Oda Nobunaga hit the location of Yinyu Mountain on the map, and his voice became domineering. "In the future, Yu will support the upper and lower routes or directly drive Nijo Castle!"
"And South Road, I'm going to ask His Highness Asakura." Oda Nobunaga looked at Asakura Yoshike with a contemptuous look, and the latter immediately blushed when he heard this. Because the South Road Army's route is remote and almost wanders outside the main battlefield. Neither Kyoto nor Nijo Castle have anything to do with them. No matter how good the battle is, it will not have any impact on the battle situation. If you want to enter Kyoto or Nijo Castle, it is probably after the battle situation is settled. All honors have nothing to do with the Asakura family. "I hope His Highness Asakura will work hard to capture Higashiyama and Tofukuji, and even take down the Fushimi Inari Shrine to cover the flanks for the army."
"Thank you for your kindness." Asakura Yoshike said angrily in a somewhat resentful tone. Asakura's family came from afar and was actually arranged to become a supporting role in the war. But who made Oda Nobunaga the general? Asakura Yoshike had no good idea.
"And Gongfang Temple, please lead the Fengguan and Minami Omi's troops to command Yamako's main team." Oda Nobunaga finally arranged the mission of Ashikaga Yoshiki. It was said to be command, but in fact the command power must be in the hands of Oda Nobunaga. Like Asakura Yoshiki, Ashikaga Yoshiki was arranged far away from the battlefield, and his troops were only his own hundreds of Fengguan and the Minami Omi family who had no combat power, and had nothing to do with the honor of Kyoto and Nijo Castle. Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was still very excited just now, looked gloomy again. He originally thought that he could act as a banner, follow the Middle Route Army or the North Route Army, win the honor of the first to enter Kyoto or Nijo Castle, enjoy the cheers of the military and civilians, and rebuild the authority of the shogunate. However, Oda Nobunaga seemed to have no intention of letting him regain his prestige and left him aside.
"Since you have no objection, please fight together tomorrow!" Nobunaga Oda looked at Ashikaga Yoshihiro and Asakura Yoshike, who were full of dissatisfaction, and nodded with satisfaction.
After the meeting, Oda Nobunaga planned to have a good sleep and make up for the fatigue caused by staying up late yesterday. However, the guards said that Lin Xiuzhen would like to see him. This time, because Oda Nobunaga was determined to do his best, even Lin Xiuzhen, who had always been left behind, was taken to the battle with him.
"Sadou, is there anything wrong? I'm going to sleep after nothing, and I'm so sleepy." Nobunaga Oda asked casually when he saw Lin Xiuzhen walking in.
"Yes, lord. I want to ask you to pay attention to the movements of the Matsunaga family." Lin Xiuzhen did not express dissatisfaction with Oda Nobunaga's rudeness, but whispered in a low voice.
"That old fox Matsuezuki Hide? Hasn't he been defeated by Hongye and Nagamasa, and was driven out of Kyoto by Miyo's family in shame and ran back to his hometown to lick his wounds?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head indifferently when he heard this, adjusting his position, as if he wanted to sleep more comfortably: "There are a total of 18,000 people who have been killed by Hongye and Nagamasa, and there is no one who can't recover for half a year."
"The lord is a wise man, but this person is very cunning and has never played according to common sense. It is better to be careful." Lin Xiuzhen insisted on reminding.
"It's okay, Yamato is in the south of the mountain castle. Isn't Asakura Yoshike staring at him in the south? His side master, there is nothing wrong with him, so it's okay to help us watch Matsunaga Hide." Oda Nobunaga snorted disdainfully, waved his hand to signal Lin Xiuzhen to leave: "If there is nothing else, hurry up, Yu is going to bed."
"Lord, the more you have the world, the more you should pay attention to the dangers under your feet."
"Yu's eyes only look at Kyoto, and he has no time to look down at his feet. Those who always bow their heads can only spin on the spot in their entire life."
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In the early morning of January 7, before the sky was dawn, Yu Qiuhei was awakened by Ryuko again. This time, he was very aware that he did not ask anything more, but cooperated to let Ryuko wash him for a while, and then began to change his clothes. Needless to say, the Miyoshi family must have retreated again to find a battlefield suitable for counterattack. The Oda family is about to start chasing, and this battle that decides Kyoto belongs to will start today.
Yu Qiuhei walked out of the camp, facing Kyoto from a distance, and carefully wiped Chidori's scabbard and blade with a cloth, as if while rubbing, Imakawa Yoshimoto's soul could see everything in front of him through Chidori.
This is the Kyoto you dream of, this is your dream.
I am coming.
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The 25ooo soldiers of the coalition army slowly emerged from the company camp and followed the retreating army of the Miyo family, which was exactly the same as yesterday. At the beginning of the Mao period, the Miyo family's army retreated to the large plain of Yamacao Kingdom, and the Oda family had already occupied Yamako and chased and entered the plain with great strides. This plain is more than 20 miles long from north to south and about 20 miles east to west, so it will become the battlefield for this Grand Union Battle.
In front of them, the Miyo family retreated in three ways, which coincided with the three attacks planned by the Oda family in advance. One route retreated from the north road to Nanchan Temple, one route retreated from the middle road to Yinyu Mountain, and the other route to Dongshan. Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered the 25ooo soldiers of the coalition army to act according to yesterday's deployment. Asai Nagamasa led the 75o people of the Northern Army to attack Nanchan Temple, Oda Nobunaga personally led the 85o people to march into Yinyu Mountain, Asakura Yoshike led the 6ooo soldiers of the Asakura family to attack Dongshan, and Ashikaga Yoshiki took the 3ooo soldiers of the Nanonge family to guard the main line of Yamako and protected the 5ooo auxiliary soldiers of the coalition army. The coalition forces placed the auxiliary soldiers in the camp to protect the soldiers, and the soldiers carried the dry food for a day, intending to have a large-scale joint battle in a dignified manner.
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At this moment, Takatani was moving as the left wing of the Northern Army. The vanguard of the Northern Army was Isono's 5oo war soldiers, the central army was Asai Nagamasa's 1ooo eagle war soldiers and the entire Asai family army. The left wing was Takigawa Ichiei and Moriko, the right wing was Yu Akihei, and the troops of Ikeda Yoshihide were serving as the rear guard. The right wing where Moriko and Takigawa Ichii were marched against the Dawenzi Mountain, and the temporary task was lighter. The left wing and the vanguard had to deal with the defenders of Nanchanji Temple.
To Yu Qiuping's surprise, the troops of the Sanhao family directly gave up Nanchan Temple and continued to retreat to the north. Nanchan Temple, as one of the strongest temples in the mountain city, is a rare defensive position.
After learning that the coalition forces had abandoned Nanchan Temple, Asai Nagamasa ordered the central army to continue advancing, and Yu Qiuhei took over and swept Nanchan Temple to prevent the three good troops from lying in ambush. Ikeda Yoshihiko's troops marched to the left front to replace Yu Qiuhei's left wing position. After Yu Qiuhei completed the search, he followed and served as the defender of the entire army.
After Yu Qiuping led his army to Nanchan Temple, he immediately ordered his subordinates to start inspections everywhere. He himself took his attendants and important personnel to climb the Dharma hall of the mountain temple built against the mountain, and looked at the temple from a high place.
Nanchan Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is the main temple of the Nanchan Temple in the Linji Sect. It was built by Emperor Kameyama in the fourth year of Zhengying (1291), and Ren Zheng was a national teacher who had nothing to do with the national sect. His status in Kyoto was extremely high, ranking above the Five Mountains of Kyoto, and was the highest Zen temple in Japan. It was also designated by Ashikaga Yoshiman as the first place in the world. However, this temple was almost abandoned due to the fires during the 4th year of Mingde (1393) and the Yingren Rebellion, and few monks lived there.
"Ban Bingwei, do you think this Nanchan Temple looks a bit like the bastion I drew for you before?" Yu Qiuping stood on the top of the mountain, pointed to the outline of the temple, and asked Takenaka Shigeji with a smile.
After hearing this, Takenaka Shigeji frowned and reminded Yu Qiuping with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness, Nanchan Temple is a holy land of Linji Sect, so please respect it more."
"Uh..." Yu Qiuping almost forgot about the Japanese's devotion to Buddhism and scratched his head awkwardly, "I just really feel it's very similar."
Yu Qiuping is actually right. When the former site of Nanchan Temple was built, it was not known whether it was for the sake of beauty or other factors. It was not built to form a square convex polygon, but instead an angled concave polygon with many edges and corners, with many edges and corners that were protruded. The height of the courtyard wall was nearly 1.5 meters, which was almost the same as an ordinary small town.
"Then your highness shouldn't be so abrupt." Takenaka Shigeji still corrected his words. Just when Yu Qiuhei was embarrassed, a group of Oda Nobunaga's mother-robed messengers rushed over and relieved him of the siege.
Chapter completed!