After hearing the news, Yoshitora Shimazu of Oguchi Castle had a dull reaction. From the beginning, he felt that Ryuzoji Kaisuke was a bit out of character, so he was not too disappointed.
It's just that Shimazu Yoshihisa's increased strength made him deeply uneasy, but regardless of his reluctance or resentment, things have already happened. He originally planned to use Ryuzoji Kaisuke's army to attract Du Fei's main force to leave the Hyuga Kingdom, and himself
He took the opportunity to annihilate Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was still very weak, with one attack.
But the vulnerability of the Longzuo Temple Army was far beyond his imagination. Du Fei's methods made him even more frightened.
After all, the army of tens of thousands actually captured more than half of them alive without even using a single soldier (not counting the injured townspeople and guards during the capture)! They also captured the most powerful Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuzoji Temple!
This suddenly made his entire plan go bankrupt. After learning that most of the Ryuzouji army had been captured, he simply didn't move.
Sometimes when you are not proud, you have no chance to show your face even if you have exhausted all your traps. Shimazu Yoshitora, who has gone through many hardships and experienced many battles, deeply understands this truth, and he chose to remain silent and forbearing again.
If it weren't for his philosophy of life, it is estimated that their family would have been exterminated long ago. When his father (that is, Shimazu Takarahisa) and Shimazu Takahisa's father, Shimazu Tadayoshi, lost in a fight and were killed, he did not act impulsively.
, he knew that his impulse was the best excuse for others to take the opportunity to eradicate his entire family.
He endured it. This endurance was the result of decades of changes. He changed from a passionate young man to an old man with gray hair on his temples. No one paid much attention to him, and no one took him seriously.
But he has been silently strengthening his strength! Waiting for the moment when the accumulation of strength becomes thin. However, just when the golden opportunity comes, another Du Fei emerges from the thorn!
He had resented his bad luck and cursed his fate. But he knew it was useless.
In troubled times, the only solution is to rely on your own perseverance to open up the situation bit by bit.
Sitting alone in the room, Shimazu Yoshitora closed his eyes and pondered something. Suddenly, he blew out the only light in the room.
The whole room suddenly fell into darkness
dividing line
About a month later, Du Fei saw that Shimazu Yoshihisa had completely surrendered the prisoners of war into his own army. His strength had greatly increased, and his territory was even more impregnable. It was time to implement his plan to conquer the four countries.
News also came from Kinki that Oda Nobunaga had broken off the peace talks with the Miyoshi family. It seemed that another war was inevitable.
In order not to alert the enemy, Du Fei waited until Oda Nobunaga began to attack the Miyoshi family before setting off with his fleet.
Fearing the existence of Shimazu Yoshitora, he still left nearly 3,000 troops to defend. After recruiting soldiers from the Ryuzoji family, his troops were approaching the 10,000 mark. After leaving 3,000 troops to defend, there were still six
More than a thousand elite soldiers can be mobilized.
But this time he brought out all the main forces of his fire command team. Because the attack on Shikoku this time was mostly rugged mountain cities, plateaus and forests, it was not conducive for the cavalry to deploy, and it was not conducive for the infantry to form square formations. Only the fire command team
Soldiers can show off their skills.
When he sailed from Fukuchi Port in Kyushu to Urahu Port in Shikoku with thousands of troops, he saw Nagasogabe Motochichi and his men who had been ready to greet him at the port.
Looking at Du Fei's massive troops, Yuanqin, the chief minister of our department, was very excited: It seems that this guy is really going to do something big! Now he has gained a lot of money!
"Dusan!~" He greeted Du Fei cordially: "Why did you come here! We have been waiting for you for almost half a month!"
Du Fei, however, had no intention of talking nonsense: "How is things going at Sanhao's house?"
"The Mihaoshi family seems to be still deploying troops. Most of the troops from Tianwu City and Baidi City have been deployed to the battlefield in Nijo City. There are also about 8,000 defenders in Shihe City, Ruisheng City and other cities.
On standby."
"There are still eight thousand people." Du Fei was thinking in his mind: There is an ancient saying: besiege the city with five and attack with ten. Now the troops attacking the city are not as many as the troops defending the city, so how can we attack?
Furthermore, his estimation of the departure date was also wrong. He originally planned to attack by surprise after all the main forces of the Sanhao Army were mobilized, but he arrived early. It was impossible for such a large army to deceive others.
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After thinking about it, he finally decided: first fulfill his promise to the Chosonggabe family and capture the Ichijo family!
So his army of more than 6,000 people plus hundreds of archers from Chosou's tribe, an army of more than 7,000 people suddenly attacked the territory of the Ichijo family without any warning!
Ichijo Kanesada, the governor of the Ichijo family, was out on an outing with his concubines at this time. After hearing the news, he was so frightened that he got on a horse and ran back, leaving all his concubines behind.
When he returned to the meeting hall in disheveled clothes, it was already filled with worried retainers.
"Who are the enemy troops? Where did they attack?" Ichijo Kanesada hurriedly asked everyone.
The chief general of the Ichijo family, Sozan Doi, glanced at him angrily: "Your Highness! The enemy is here! Why are you not vigilant at all?"
"How do I know he is targeting me!" Ichijo Kanesada shouted: "Doi! Even though you are a veteran, if you are so polite again, I will deal with you!"
Doi Zongshan sat down angrily and became speechless. At this time, another important minister Anguo Yihu stood up and said: "Your Highness! Du Fei's troops have captured the subordinate territory Anyi City. Their attack was too fierce. I came here last night.
I was preparing to report to you the news that a large number of troops were gathering at the border, but I didn’t expect that it would happen before I could return to the territory.”
"What!" Kanesada Ichijo jumped up: "Aki Castle is lost? Isn't it guarded by nearly three thousand elite soldiers?"
An Guo Yihu said with a sad face: "I heard from the soldiers who escaped that Du Fei's troops were equipped with a large number of powerful firearms. As soon as our troops emerged from the city, they were beaten back by a burst of gunfire, and then we heard a thunderous sound.
Sound! They are actually equipped with big cannons! The archers on the top of the city did not even dare to risk their heads, and soon they were blasted open by a cannon."
"So powerful!" Kanesada Ichijo's voice began to soften: "Du Fei is the head of the Shimadzu family. Why did he come here to bring bad luck to us? Is it because we have offended the Shimadzu family in some way?"
"Your Majesty! What are you thinking about these things now? What's the use of thinking about these things in the face of a powerful enemy? No matter what his purpose is, just beat him back!" Doju Zongshan couldn't help shouting again.
At this time, something unexpected happened. Kanesada Ichijo rushed in front of Doi Sozan, a veteran of three dynasties who was almost old enough to be his father, raised his hand and slapped him!
While beating him, he shouted: "Let you talk more! Let you talk more!" After the beating, he ordered the soldiers to drive Dou out of the city immediately and permanently!
"Your Highness! Think again!" The old ministers all knelt down to beg him, but Ichijo Kanesada said with a pinched neck: "Whoever pleads for him again, I will behead him immediately!"
Then he pointed at a military general and shouted: "Murakami! You lead two thousand cavalry to attack the enemy camp tonight! Be sure to get the enemy general's head!"
"Inaba! You bring two thousand infantry to meet Murakami from behind! Once his cavalry disperses the enemy's camp, immediately step forward to intercept the enemy's fleeing troops!"
"The rest of the people are with me at the base camp, and we will kill them together when the opportunity comes! Okay! Let's assemble the troops immediately and set off in the evening!" After that, he strode out of the meeting hall to put on his armor.
"You can't tell that the Lord is so careless at times, but he is really calm when things happen!"
"Yes, it's really unexpected!"
The retainers were surprised by Ichijo Kanesada's performance, and they were all full of morale. They believed that the retainer was calm and well-organized, and would successfully repel the powerful enemy.
But after Ichijo Kanesada left the meeting hall and returned to his room, he suddenly leaned against the wall: "I was scared to death."
It turns out that his calmness is just a blindness. A purposeless and cerebral imitation of a good commander.
He didn't know whether Du Fei was prepared at all, he didn't know what kind of troops Du Fei was bringing, he didn't know where Du Fei's main force was stationed, and he didn't know the characteristics of Du Fei's troops, so he vowed to let his general "Xingye" attack
After receiving the order, Murakami was very excited at first. After walking halfway, he began to think more and more strangely: Is the main force of the enemy army in the city or outside the city? If it is in the city across the city wall, what is the use of my cavalry?
But he had already walked halfway, and there was no reason to go back now to discuss the matter. He had no choice but to order the troops to rest twenty miles away from Aki City. At the same time, he sent spies to investigate ahead.
Didn't Inaba Masaaki, who was in charge of the infantry, have this awareness? He had always been at odds with Murakami. He had long been holding back his desire to take the lead, so he never took the same path as Murakami.
He led his troops directly to the foot of Anyi City. He saw only a sparse garrison on top of the city here, looking really vulnerable.
Inaba Maaki looked around but didn't see Murakami's cavalry. He suddenly felt excited: This is the chance to make a name for himself!
So he waved his hand without thinking! His soldiers took out their scratching hooks and climbed up to the top of the city little by little.
Just when Inaba's soldiers were densely packed all over the city wall, they suddenly heard a whistle! A large number of defenders suddenly appeared at the top of the city!
It seems that these defenders have been holding back their evil for a long time, and they will hit the incoming enemy with a plume of lead with their heads pouted and showing their ability to defend and resist!
Those troops who were full of joy and wanted to catch the enemy were hit hard! Many people fell off the city wall like a green onion in the head and became a pulp. When one fell, they often knocked down a large group below.
Those troops who had climbed halfway were in the most difficult situation: going up would lead to death, but going down
Because the city gate was already wide open at this time! Du Fei's elite soldiers rushed out like evil beasts out of the cage! They were all armed with improved spears, and they obviously had the upper hand in the battle.
Due to the confidence brought by the weapons, morale also increased, and soon the two thousand invading enemies of the Ichijo family were surrounded!
Du Fei commanded calmly on the top of the city, and he could regard an attack of this level as nothing.
The more than two thousand enemy troops, who were like frightened birds, were soon divided into two sections. The head and tail could not see each other. Commander Inaba had long been killed by random guns on the city top.
Du Fei saw that the enemy army was tightly surrounded and had no way to retreat. He was about to step forward to persuade them to surrender. Unexpectedly, he saw a commotion behind his army! The soldiers in the rear seemed to be scattered.
It turned out that the prudent Murakami knew the news that Inaba broke in without authorization and was surrounded. To say that this guy was not a bad character, he immediately rushed to the rescue regardless of anything, without any intention of avenging private revenge.
The situation on the battlefield suddenly seemed to be reversed, but Du Fei, who had experienced many battles, was not in a hurry. He immediately ordered the troops in front to clear a path and let the surrounded infantry escape!
This was a terrible moment. I saw those troops who had lost the command of their generals and had narrowly escaped death, immediately scrambled to flee back! Some accidentally fell down and were immediately turned into meatcakes by the people behind them!
These people were like a herd of frightened buffaloes, just in time to collide with the advancing Murakami cavalry!
Murakami's cavalry was suddenly trapped by the wave of deserters and couldn't move their hands and feet. Murakami was so angry that he yelled: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
But how could those deserters care about this? Seeing that this was their own cavalry, they gathered here instead! The originally narrow road was tightly blocked by cavalry and infantry, and those who wanted to rush forward could not get through.
The infantry cannot come out.
At this time, part of Du Fei's Fire Commander soldiers had already chased after them. They immediately formed three rows and took turns shooting at the human wall!
One army huddled together fell to the ground and died one after another. The army behind them saw that the situation was not good and immediately turned around and fled!
After a while, out of an army of thousands, only a few wounded soldiers with missing arms and legs were left groaning on the ground.
Oda Shikatsu, who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, hesitated in his heart: How to deal with them? They are all useless people. They are useless even if they are captured, but it doesn't seem appropriate to leave them here."
At this time, Kai Soun next to him did not hesitate to order the soldiers to kill these wounded soldiers with one shot! He said to Oda Shikatsu with a tiger face: "There is no way! This is war! Don't feel sorry for them once we are defeated.
Maybe it's worse than them! Someone came and buried them!"