Yiyin patted the white feather fabric on his body and stood up.
"It's almost three quarters noon, let's go."
"Hi!"
Pusheng's village presented swords to Yiyin, and Yiyin inserted the sword ribs one by one.
Afterwards, Kamaojigo and Ii Naomasa opened the door, and the spring breeze and sunshine hit Yoshigan who walked out.
The white hunting clothes are hung with feathers. Under the spring sun, he looks like a fairy coming out of a painting.
The people outside the porch bowed deeply together and shouted.
"The military fortunes of the Imperial Palace are prosperous!"
Without even looking at it, Yoshigami turned around and walked out along the porch. Kamao Clan was on the left, Ii Naomasa was on the right, followed closely behind, and the Tongxinzhong followed.
The group of people walked forward in silence, with only the pattering of footsteps. Along the way, the fellow guards guarding the door and occupying the corridor bowed and saluted one by one. After Yiyin passed, they followed at the end of the queue.
When we walked to the outer court, it was already noisy and chaotic, with people shouting and neighing. The moment Yi Yin appeared, the sound of people stopped suddenly, leaving only the unstoppable snoring of the horses.
Everyone bowed to Yiyin.
"The military fortunes of the Imperial Palace are prosperous!"
Yiyin glanced at the sky, and it happened to be three quarters to noon. Xiaodao Zizhen personally took out his war horse and sent it to the emperor.
"Odaisho, I heard that you are going to Yamada River, and all the Princess warriors in the castle are following you enthusiastically.
I will leave a few warriors who are guarding the city, and the rest of the Ji warriors will be mobilized to join the team and go out with you."
Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna was the first to step out of the queue and bowed together with Iikawa Mitsumato and other seven Hime warriors.
"I am willing to fight for the Imperial Palace! I will fight to the death!"
Chang Lianlong took the five Ji warriors from the eldest family who came with him and went out to bow.
"I'm willing to fight to the death for Otai!"
With a sharp flash in Yuzuo Neng's eyes, he led four Ji warriors from his family out.
"If you can follow Otaisuo, you will die without regrets!"
Wenjing Jinglong knew that there was no room for other thoughts at this time, so he was extremely excited to go out.
"It is an unforgivable crime for Xiang Zong to intrude on the imperial palace! I am willing to kill the thief for the imperial palace!"
Seeing this situation, Yamamotoji Takanagi hurriedly came out to participate in the performance and shouted.
"Kill the thief! Protect the Lord!"
Yiyin glanced at the angry Ji warriors and asked Kojima.
"How many people are there in total?"
"Go back to the Imperial Palace.
Counting the envoys from each family, there are one hundred and three Ji warriors and two hundred and twenty war horses."
"good."
Yoshihiro looked at Kojima Town, and she had placed a coffin. Takaoka Castle had enough food in just a few moments, and the horse warrior was really trying his best to gather so much.
he said.
"I see your loyalty."
Yiyin raised his head and shouted to the warrior Ji present.
"I have seen your loyalty!"
He took the reins from Xiaodao Zuzhen's hand, mounted the horse, and steered the horse to spin with one hand, with the horse's head facing outward. With one hand, he touched the spear and grain bag on the side of the saddle, and nodded with satisfaction.
"I often say that Ji will not let me down, and I will not let Ji down. Your devotion today will definitely be generously rewarded in the future. This is my promise to you, Sibo Yiyin.
Come on, let's teach those thieves how to fight.
Set off!"
Yiyin took the lead, and behind him, the Ji warriors mounted their horses to follow.
All the city gates and barricades were opened. The cavalry rushed out of the city unimpeded and rushed to the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yamada River.
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The Yamada River flows from west to east into Fuji Bay, and its mouth is located in the western part of Isui County. To the north of Takaoka Castle is the lower reaches of the Yamada River, to the north is the Futami Hills, and to the north is the Himi area.
The Himi area is an alluvial plain located around the mouth of the Kamisho River. The Futokami Hills to the south and the Hoda Hills to the west are the roots of the Noto Peninsula connecting China and Japan.
Whoever controls the area around the downstream outlet of the Yamada River can suppress the Hyoumi area to the north, and can reach the outlet of the Shogawa River to the east and erode the central part of Esu County.
Since the Toyama Imperial Palace was moved to Anyangji Village, the Anyangji Imperial Palace was established, and the Anyangji Territory was built with Seungkoji Temple as the foundation, the Esu-gun of the two counties of the old Jimbo Territory began to be unstable.
The next Yori Zhao was in charge of the overall situation at Shengxing Temple, and almost all the military strength of the Yuezhong Ixiang Sect was transferred to Anyang Temple to take charge of the strategy in the direction of Sheshui County.
With Shokoji Temple as the backing, we crossed the Yamada River at Fushigi's ferry. Walking along the coast, not far away is the outlet of the Shogawa River.
The mouths of these two rivers are so close to each other. As long as they occupy this place, one can attack Takaoka Castle from the plain south.
Then, they went upstream along the Shogawa River and joined the main force of Kaga Ichimumu's northward force occupying the Kureha Hills on the southern route, cutting off the back route of Takaoka Castle.
Shimo Laizhao asked around.
"How many troops are crossing the river now?"
"Back to the general, there are about three to four thousand people."
Shimo Yori Zhao frowned.
"too slow.
At least 7,000 people must arrive today and set up camp. Preparing for the follow-up troops to cross the river tomorrow for repairs, the former army first surrounded Gaogang City."
The Kaga Ichika clan on the southern front should have already launched, but the troops led by Zuisenji were dissatisfied with leaving their own territory and heading north for a sneak attack, so they moved slowly.
What's even more troublesome is that the leader of Zuisen Temple is responsible for the logistical supplies of the Kaga Ichigo sect's troops and is expected to spend 30,000 military supplies.
The leader of Anyang Temple only needs to bear the supply of the Yuezhong Ixiang Sect's own military force, which is about 12,000 men.
Ruiquan Temple is the orthodoxy of the fifth generation of Dharma masters, and Anyang Temple is the orthodoxy of the eighth generation of Dharma masters. Although the two sides jointly govern the Yuezhong Yixiang Sect, their demands are different.
The leaders of Anyang Temple chose to move the royal palace to the lower reaches of the Yamada River because they were determined to swallow the fat of Sheshui County.
The Zuiquan Temple family established the temple even earlier, a full 150 years ago. It has already formed a tacit understanding with the local samurai family, and its desire for external expansion is not strong.
Now, Zuisen Temple is being pressured by the subordinate Norito to provide military supplies and participate in the war. The money paid for food and weapons is more than twice that of the Anyang Temple leader, which has caused dissatisfaction among the Zuisen Temple leaders.
On the one hand, Yoriteru Shimoma wanted to bridge the differences between Zuisenji Temple and Koshikoji Temple, and on the other hand, he also had to step up the dispatch of troops to cooperate with the Kaga Ichikai clan on the southern front to achieve strategic goals.
Internal conflicts caused her to be slower than the southern front for at least three days, so she had no choice but to be impatient. Once news of the southern front's breakthrough reached Takaoka City, the suddenness of the northern front's offensive was gone.
No matter how strong the Xiang Zong army is, it is still at the level of the nuns of the Wu family. Compared with the great names of the Wu family who focus on fighting, they are not even close to one or two points.
If the Uesugi Jinho coalition forces really come back to their senses, this battle will be difficult to fight. And if Yoshigan Shiba of Takaoka Castle gets the news and retreats, Yoriteru Shimoma will lose another excellent bargaining chip.
Therefore, the speed of dispatching troops must be accelerated!
Shimoma Yoriteru said.
"Order the troops in front to avoid it and let the nun regiment from Shengxing Temple pass first."
The subordinate who followed the order was stunned and asked.
"Sir, what is on the other side now is a group of people from Ruiquan Temple. If we send the nuns from Shengxing Temple there, will there be any problem?"
Yoriteru Shimoma glared at her and said.
"The nun regiment of Zuisen Temple is still on the way, and I'm not even sure if they have crossed the border between Tonami County and Sheshui County.
These people were dragging their feet, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't cross the river for three days.
Just let the nuns from Shengxing Temple go over and organize a military force to surround Gaogang City tomorrow. Don't miss the important event."
The subordinate was hesitant to speak, but finally remained silent. Of course, Yoriteru Yamama also knew what she was worried about.
Ruiquan Temple and Shengxing Temple are two systems. Under the two systems, they are divided into a group of monks and nuns. Together with the believers who volunteer to fight for the Buddha, there are six people from different organizations.
Letting the nuns from Shengxing Temple lead the troops from Zuiquan Temple into battle is overstepping the command of Zuiquan Temple and is tantamount to seizing power. It will be easy to argue with in the future.
Because of the unfair distribution of logistics supplies between the north and south lines, Zuiquanji and his family already had objections, and they were just trying to bargain on the road.
Yoriteru Shimoma knew the reason, but she couldn't afford to wait! She had to surround Takaoka Castle immediately and couldn't let go of the big fish like Shiba Yoshigan.
What can she do? Salad!
Send people across the river to organize the army first, and we will deal with other nonsense after the war.