Time goes back four days to the evening of September 22, the fifth year of Astronomy (1536), at Imagawakan.
"What the teacher means is that I will lead the army to the west to pacify the Yuanjiang River according to the original plan, and you, teacher, will rush to the Fuji River to sit down." Imagawa Yoshimoto repeated the plan that Taiyuan Xuezhai had just taught in person, "Then I secretly sent a small army at night A large group of troops returned to the east of Hedong, pretending that a large army was returning?"
"Yes, the Hojo family must have secretly communicated with Imagawa Yoshima and are preparing to lead us to the east of the river. If their ninjas find out that we are secretive about the size of our army during the day, and that someone is heading east with torches at night, they will definitely It is suspected that our army heading west is a suspect, and the main force has already arrived east of the river."
Taiyuan Xue Zhai gently moved the rosary beads in his hand, but the plan in his mouth was ruthless, "As a teacher, I will also appear in the rock village on the banks of the Fuji River so that their ninjas can see clearly. Hojo Ie and Imagawa Yoshima saw that even I was on the bank of the Fuji River, so they would naturally be convinced of their guess. When the time comes, Imagawa Yoshima will definitely take advantage of our army to advance eastward and attack the Dongyuan River with troops. You only need to bring the army with you Waiting to set up an ambush at Kakegawa Castle, you can just wait and see."
"The question is...isn't this teacher's plan a conspiracy?" Imagawa Yoshimoto recalled Taiyuan Xuezhai's teachings about "conspiracy and conspiracy" and couldn't help but said, "You win by deceiving the other party. Once you are seen through, it will be a conspiracy." We've lost everything. My third brother is so powerful and always knows what's going on. If he sees through the plan and doesn't attack but stands still, wouldn't we have wasted the opportunity to pacify Hedong?"
"Haha, conspiracy has always been a winning strategy that can only be launched by the party with the right time, place and people. There are very few opportunities to use conspiracy. We weak people like us who are in adversity want to defeat the superior. ', don't you have to rely on conspiracy to gamble? How can you be given the opportunity to use conspiracy in a smooth manner?" Taiyuan Xue Zhaiyun raised his eyebrows lightly, then changed the subject and looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto:
"It's just that there is a flaw in my plan. If I want to deceive Imagawa Yoshima and the Hojo family - to make them really think that our main force and targets are in Hedong, I must show up in Hedong. Then The battle between Toe and Imagawa Ryojin may require you to take command, Chengyoshi. You haven't fought much, can you do it? Or should Asahina Binaka secretly come out of Kakegawa Castle to assist you in command?"
"What's this?" Imagawa Yoshimoto replied with a smile.
The view switches back to the early morning of September 26, the fifth year of Tianwen (1536), on Zijiao Mountain in the northeast of Kakegawa Castle.
"It's like fighting a war, and you don't pay attention to rhythm and artistic conception. It's just like that. Isn't it much easier than singing a Japanese song?"
Imagawa Yoshimoto stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the battlefield like a chessboard and the enemy and our armies as big as chess pieces. With the sunrise behind his back, at the moment when the first ray of morning light pierced the clouds and fell to the earth, Imagawa Yoshima's horse seal was printed. Snapped his fingers——
"My disciple has learned it after watching it twice."
"Don't be afraid, it's undoubtedly a suspicious soldier!"
After Imagawa Yoshizhin noticed that his subordinates were a little shaken because they saw the two flags of Red Bird Horse Seal and Imagawa Eryin on Zijiao Mountain, he immediately shouted loudly, "There are at most 2,000 enemies here, and the main force of the clan has already gone to Hedong. !”
"Your Highness is right, there is no need to panic!" Horikoshi Sadaki also hurriedly shouted loudly, and at the same time, he signaled his legitimate son Horikoshi Ujinobu, and his second son Horikoshi Sadatō immediately led the horsemen to wander among the troops to stabilize the situation.
At the same time, on Zijiao Mountain, the Imagawa clan's 4,500 direct banners were ready to go, and their 1,500 soldiers and 300 horsemen were all decked out, just waiting for the order from Red Bird Horse Seal to attack.
"Matsui." Imagawa Yoshimoto pulled out the folding fan from his waist, pointed it at Matsui Sonobu, who was wearing white armor, and encouraged him in a deep voice, "I promised you the position of pioneer, now I can fulfill it."
"Your Highness, you are so kind! I will never be able to repay you even if I die!" Matsui Munanobu clasped his fists hard with a sound that almost hit his bones. He suddenly leaned over and saluted, "For an hour, Imagawa Yoshima couldn't move, so I came to see you with my head raised. !”
It is also the first moment of Mao hour, at the foothills of Mount Wako on the north bank of the Kurama River on the northern line.
"Sena Niyinryo! They are the troops of the Sena family! Wakoyama has been occupied long ago!"
Amano Keitai immediately recognized the flag of Sena Ujisada on the top of the mountain, and at the same time hurriedly shouted to the messenger behind him, "Go and ask your Highness for instructions, do you need to forcefully attack the mountain?"
"We only have 500 troops, but the enemy has more than 1,000." Sena Shisada on the top of the mountain looked at the defense line set up by his side based on the dangerous mountain terrain and Amano Bei, Yuishi Bei and the people on the other side of the Kurama River who were hesitating at the foot of the mountain and were about to cross the river. Okuhei Bei, "According to His Highness's previous instructions, the northern front only needs to be held back, and all ministries must guard the front!"
At the beginning of Mao hour, on the south bank of Nichuan on the southern line, Zuoshu Village.
"Reporting to Your Highness, there is resistance ahead, and there is an ambush in the village! The flag is Sankai Hishi, they are the troops of the Ogasawara family, and there are hundreds of them!"
Iio Bei, who originally maintained the march towards Sashu Village, encountered an ambush in the village. The vanguard was defeated and retreated, and he withdrew from Sashu Village in embarrassment.
"There are actually enemies here?" Iio Norien was really surprised when he heard the news, and then climbed up to a two-story building to observe the situation. He saw that Ogasawara had occupied various key points and commanding heights in the village. Even if Iiobe has almost double the strength advantage, it may not be easy to capture the village in a hurry.
"Ask Kunobei to cross the Inverse River quickly and take a detour to the back of Sasuke Village from the north bank of the Inverse River." Noriyuki Iio sent an envoy to Kunobei who was crossing the river to urge him, "By the way, I would like to ask His Highness for instructions on how to deal with resistance on the southern line. ?”
"How to deal with it? Just do it cheaply!"
After receiving the messengers from the northern and southern lines at the same time, Imagawa Yoshima was so anxious that he had no time to think about it. He only thought about the fate of Kirabei, Todabei, Iibei and the small wealthy people of Toeji who were still on standby in the west of Kakegawa Castle. More than 3,000 main troops were transferred to the north of the city - but they need to bypass Dachi Lake, which is expected to take some time.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In front of him, 1,500 soldiers from the Imagawa clan have roared over, and 3,000 auxiliary soldiers can be vaguely seen on the mountain. And at his hand, he only has 300 soldiers and Horikoshi. Just the family's 300 combat soldiers and 600 auxiliary soldiers.
"Why are there ambushes everywhere... There must be nearly 7,000 people just showing up now." Imagawa Yoshima felt like his head was about to split. He couldn't figure it out anyway, "My ninjas clearly saw Imagawa." The people of the Zong family returned at night, and they clearly saw the monk Taiyuan Xue Zhai appearing on the Fuji River... Could it be that they were all suspected soldiers? But the Hojo family was on the Fuji River. Didn't they see at least 7,000 Imagawa troops on the Fuji River? Are you there? Is it possible that Master Genan is lying to me? The Hojo family and I are allies against the Imagawa clan, what reason does he have to lie to me?"
"Ah sneeze——"
At this time, on the Kansai ship that sailed from Toe Province and returned to Sagami Province, Hojo Genan was lifted up from behind and sneezed heavily.
"Master, are you feeling ill?" Upon seeing this, Momotosaburo, a trusted messenger sent by Imagawa Yoshizhin, stood up in a hurry and wanted to welcome Hojo Genan back to the cabin.
"Chief Saburo, look, that's the Imagawa clan's ship in the distance?" Hojo Genan suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Momotosaburo's back. Momotosaburo was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around to look. As a result, on the sea
But there was nothing. Just when he wanted to rub his eyes, his waist suddenly felt cold. A knife penetrated his abdominal cavity, and then severe pain spread throughout his body. Before he could react, another knife was stabbed into his abdomen.
He completely lost the strength to resist and vomited blood and fell on the cabin. Before he died, he looked in disbelief at Hojo Genan holding a handful of blood-stained ribs and looking at him with a sinister smile.
"What about the separation of soldiers and peasants, the dismantling of customs, and the gathering of retainers... What about the Oda family rising up and conquering the world... And the weird military training method and military system - 10 people per squad, 5 squads per platoon
, 8th Platoon and 1st Company... Haha... How could anyone in the world say such ridiculous things and do such ridiculous things?"
Hojo Genan wiped the blood-stained blade casually with his snow-white cassock, the smile on his lips could no longer be concealed.
"Imagawa Yoshima, I don't care who you are, go to hell, you are the one who lied!"
"Your Highness is truly a genius in the world..."
On the Kakegawa Castle Castle Tower, Asahina Tenno was holding the fence, watching the situation around the battlefield, and couldn't help but praise Imagawa Yoshimoto's talent.
"It has only been a few months since he returned to secular life, and he has only witnessed two battles. Has he already realized this level?"
Asahina Yasuno took stock of the Imagawa clan's deployment on the battlefield, and then looked at the defeated rebels everywhere.
"Every favorable terrain has been occupied first, and the dispatch and distribution of troops are also perfect. I believe this is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for decades."
Asahina Tainou laughed and drank a large jar of wine to cheer him up. Then he burped and sighed: "No wonder His Highness doesn't work very hard on weekdays, and Master Xuesai didn't criticize him. With such a talent, he must have learned nothing since he was a child.
You can capture him easily, so why do you want him to stab his buttocks?"
Then, his smile grew wider and he couldn't help but make fun of himself.
"Fortunately, a few months ago during the battle for the house governor, I thought that the Fourth Young Master was an ordinary person who could calm down compared to the Third Young Master. Now I see that his talent is even higher than that of Imagawa Yoshima!"
"He relies on his talent but is not arrogant. Even though he is extremely talented, he is still modest and cautious. Isn't this the most rare thing?"