"The moonlight is bright tonight, and Imagawa Yoshima tried to leave the city secretly in the latter half of the night, crossed the river downstream of the Tenryu River, and attacked our camp in the early morning." Sena Ujitoshi told Imakawa Yoshida at an emergency assessment meeting attended only by core members of the Imagawa family.
The letter sent secretly by Zhen was shown to everyone, "I have been instructed by Yoshizaki Imagawa to find a way to influence the situation and prompt His Highness the Governor of the Household to mobilize the army to the upper reaches of the Tenryu River for defense."
"But the better ferry is indeed upstream." Ogasawara Haruyoshi is familiar with the geography of the Yuanjiang River. "The ferry downstream is not easy to cross the river."
"That's why Imagawa Yoshima came up with a surprise." Futama Castle, the residence of Matsui Sadamune, is on the edge of the Tenryu River, and he knows the hydrology of the Tenryu River very well. "Your Highness, as long as we set up an ambush at the ferry, we can attack Imagawa Yoshima on a half-crossing.
Depending on how fast the Tianryu River flows in April, once they fall into the water at the downstream ferry, they will have no choice but to wait to be washed into the sea."
"Gengoro, has your identity as a spy been suspected by Imagawa Yoshima?" Sena Ujisada looked at his child.
"Absolutely not. I have been telling the truth truthfully in my letters. Every matter has been confirmed later."
"The ninja who was ambushing just now also reported that there were signs of troops entering and exiting the south gate of Hima Castle. They must be heading downstream for the ferry." Yasunaga Asahina added.
"Then set up an ambush at the downstream ferry." Asahina Taichi suggested eagerly, "Kill them without leaving a trace."
"It's just that since the downstream ferry is not suitable for crossing the river, it would be abnormal for us to ambush the troops downstream. The enemy will also realize that Sena is a double agent." Imagawa Ujimoto looked at the uneasy Sena Ujitoshi, and had already seen from him
The hesitation in his heart was read in his eyes, and then he looked at Sena Ujisada, "Mutsunomori, Rei Masaka is in danger."
"You don't have to worry about being humble, put the overall situation first." Sena Shizada bowed solemnly, and then looked at Sena Shitoshi, who also hurriedly saluted to show his determination.
"There is no need to repeat the previous argument, right? I don't agree." Imagawa Ujimoto firmly rejected the proposal, "The main force is to defend the upstream ferry where it is easy to cross the river, and only the newly attached small wealthy families are left in the camp.
Troops. Just pretend that Sena has successfully tricked our troops into heading to the upstream ferry."
"Your Highness..."
Seeing that no one agreed, Imagawa Ujimoto raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person who is so stupid that he would sacrifice the entire army just to save a mother. The main defense upstream is just a show, and only Asahina is arranged to prepare.
Wase Nabei was stationed on the mountain next to the upstream ferry, while Matsui Bei, Ogasawara Bei, and Shinno Bei were also stationed near the upstream ferry, but they were ready to return to the main camp at any time. When the enemy saw so many flags at the ferry, they probably thought Sena was there.
He has accomplished his goal."
"After all, it is not the best deployment... It will take a lot of time for the troops deployed upstream to reach the downstream, and they miss the best opportunity to attack halfway across the river." Asahina Taino put forward the final plan while sipping his wine.
suggestion.
"The enemy may have other tricks in the army. Who can guarantee that no one from these small wealthy families will tip off my third brother? If we make the best deployment and the enemy finds out that the plan has been seen through, they will probably not come.
.If we let them retreat into Yinma City, it will be more troublesome for us to attack again." Imagawa Ujimoto originally just wanted to find an excuse, but he didn't expect that the more he said his logic, the more logical he became. "This way, pretending to be a trap can actually lure the enemy over.
River, isn’t it?”
"What Your Highness said makes sense, but is this a 'reason' or an excuse?" Sena Shisada could see at a glance what Imagawa Shimoto was thinking - I'm afraid he did it to save Sena Shitoshi's mother.
Come up with such a deployment - but this deployment happens to be reasonable.
"It's not important, hurry up and execute it."
It was late at night, and there was constant snoring in the tent. Unlike the Imagawa family members who were nervously preparing for war, the foreign wealthy families in Yuanjiang seemed to have no idea what was about to happen, and slept peacefully. This phenomenon was also normal in the troubled times of the Warring States Period -
-The ones the Lord trusts are usually the blood-related clans and the family members who have served the family for many generations. And those foreigners who have newly surrendered and joined are often the focus of attention. Of course, after following them for a long time,
The appearance may also turn into a loyal and loyal person.
Considering that these foreign wealthy families may not necessarily fight to the death with the rebels who are also from Yuejiang, the counter-rebel camp will inevitably be attacked by the rebels crossing the river from the lower reaches at the beginning. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of Imagawa Clan,
Asahina Yasuno insisted on letting him leave his horse mark in the camp, and he came to the north upstream ferry under the protection of heavy troops. When the war started, the Imagawa family members agreed to watch Asahina Yasuno's horse together.
Print and act.
Asahina Yasuno went to rest early on the grounds that "there will be a big battle tomorrow, and now he needs to recuperate his energy." The slovenly veteran could fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, which made Imagawa Ujimoto admire him quite a lot.
His psychological quality. Unable to sleep, Imagawa Ujimoto put on his clothes and got up and looked at his family's camp.
Asahina Bei, where Imagawa Ujimoto is located, is stationed on a hill next to the upstream ferry, with a good view. Looking from above, the hill is covered with torches and covered with the Asahina family's left and right crests. Sena Bei is stationed there.
At the bridgehead and shallow beach next to the ferry, many torches were also lit in the camp, illuminating the two-biki-ryo pattern held by the Sena family, a relative of the Imagawa family. Looking back to the south, there are Matsui Bei, Ogasawara Bei and Shinno
There is a prepared camp, and behind it is the big camp that is brightly lit at night.
The sentry soldiers on the camp wall were carefully guarding the surroundings by the light of the fire. With only a few thousand people, the camp was already quite large. Imagawa Ujimoto couldn't help but think that if there was a battle of 100,000 people like the Onin Rebellion, what would it be?
How majestic - then he shook his head hard and shook the thought out of his mind. Fighting and killing was meaningless at all. The poetic and picturesque palace depicted in "The Tale of Genji" was more attractive.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But now is not the time to daydream about these things. Imagawa Ujimoto turned his attention back to the ferry in the lower reaches of the south. Although the river there is fast, there are few bridges, and there are many shoals
It was also limited, but it also gave Imagawa Yoshizhin an opportunity to surprise. Soon after, Imagawa Ujimoto saw the blurry figure of an army on the other side of the lower reaches of the Tenryu River in the southwest. In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, they did not light torches.
Therefore, the traveling speed is also very limited. And outside the upstream ferry due west, another team also appeared - it should be a feint force to attract attention.
"There are all lights and flags behind the upstream ferry. If they are real flags, then there must not be 2,000 people under the flags? How is that possible? It must be a false formation. It seems that the enemy has fallen into the trap."
Imagawa Yoshima was currently riding his horse in the formation of the troops stationed on the North Road. The main forces of the Horikoshi family, Iio family, Okuhira family, and Kira family were all here. However, at the downstream ferry on the South road, there were only 500 suspects from the Toda family.
"Sena Ujitoshi was a close confidant of Imagawa Yoshimoto in his previous life, and he even married Imagawa Yoshimoto's sister. How could he betray him? He was clearly a double agent under the orders of Imagawa Ujimoto." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at him confidently.
On the other side, "That must have revealed my plan, right? It's dark in the south, and the downstream ferry seems to be deserted. It should be full of ambushes at this moment. And the real direction of my attack is the upstream ferry in the north.
Isn't this ferry much more convenient than the downstream ferry? You think Sena is your double agent, but in fact I have used your plan to divert your main force."
"Send the message to Toda Tanzheng, everything remains as usual, please attack. After he attracts attention, we will cross the river in large numbers."
"The team of suspects is so long..."
Imagawa Ujimoto called out Asahina Yasuno, and Asahina Yasuno, who was dizzy from sleep, took a few sips of strong liquor to refresh himself. After regaining his composure, Asahina Yasuno pointed to the brigade on the other side of the river, "It's so dark.
, can’t see clearly, or am I dazzled? The suspected soldiers, who numbered at most several hundred people, suddenly formed a line of two thousand people."
"I don't know, but the enemy troops in the south have already begun to cross the river anyway." Imagawa Ujimoto looked at the suddenly lit torches at the downstream ferry and the rebels who began to cross the river under the moonlight, "Beizhongshou, should we launch an attack?"
The signal put the camp on alert."
"Let's go, the main force will go south together to return reinforcements. Everyone is ready and ready to mobilize very quickly." Asahina Taino ordered his men to light a bonfire while looking at the ferry at the foot of the mountain. "Senabe's 500 people are left here to deal with the suspected soldiers on the other side.
It should be more than enough. The other party saw that we had so many torches and flags at the upstream ferry, and they must have thought that we had fallen into the trap and would not embarrass Sena Mutsu’s wife.”
As soon as the signal was given, the ignorant wealthy foreigners in the counter-rebellion camp started to commotion. Many messengers rushed to the horse seal of Imagawa Ujimoto, only to find that there was no one under the horse seal, making the chaos even more chaotic.
However, soon Imagawa Ujimoto ordered Hayasaka Nao to go and deliver the order. While taking back the red bird horse seal and going up the mountain, he also asked the wealthy people in the camp to hold on to the camp and beware of the enemies crossing the river to the south.
"It's strange..." Asahina Taino watched his troops go south to support the camp, but his eyes were always fixed on the enemy army crossing the river at the downstream ferry, "Why are there so many torches? Since it is a sneak attack, isn't it?
Should we light as few torches as possible? But they fired nearly 500 torches with great fanfare. Moreover, they were stunned after crossing the river and did not take advantage of the situation to attack or retreat."
Almost at the same time, torches were lit at the upstream ferry on the other side of them, and the enemy troops crossed the river and launched an attack on Sena Bei. Asahina Yasuno and Imagawa Ujimoto did not take this group of suspicious soldiers to heart at first, but they immediately realized what was going on.
Something was wrong - the fighting at the upstream ferry seemed extremely fierce, and Sena Bei's camp seemed to have been breached in many places - the number of "suspicious soldiers" was beyond imagination.
"House Governor of the Household! His Highness the Guardian of Bichu!" A messenger from the Sena family rushed up the mountain, rushed to the horse seals of Imagawa Ujimoto and Asahina Taino, and said hurriedly, "Our unit was attacked by a heavy enemy force, and the number may be thousands.
, please provide support quickly!”
"Thousands..." As the cold wind blew, Asahina Tainou felt sober after hearing the news, but he burst out laughing after a moment.
"Your Highness, who said good people are not rewarded? Your compassion for Mr. Sena's mother actually helped us. The enemy's troops to the south were just a feint, and the enemy's main attack direction has been the upstream ferry. Imagawa
Liangzhen thought that you would not believe Mr. Sena's report and would definitely deploy heavy troops at the southern ferry. Who would have thought that in order to pretend that you fell into the trap, you left the army in the north. He is on the third floor, but His Highness is on the first floor.
On the contrary, they plotted against him." Asahina Taino pointed to the upstream ferry, and at the same time, he ordered in a deep voice: "Let those who are supporting from the south return north to the upstream ferry immediately!"