Xu Guanzhong asked the sergeant to bring the sand table, the sand table is made of sand dyed blue, green and yellow, and there is a city pass made of wood, if Toba or Shirakawa sees this sand table, they will immediately stop fighting, from this sand table can be seen the Pingyin army's ambition for the Japanese country.

Xu Guanzhong pointed to the sand table and said, "Sanada Yukimura, Maori Katsunaga!" ”

The two generals came out and said, "The end will be!" ”

"The soldiers led by the two of you are both Japanese people, the easiest to deceive the enemy, today is May 18, now order you two for the Western Route Army, each with the headquarters, set off on the 19th three watches, go to the Myoki Mountain, and arrive at the Tanba country west of Heiankyo before the 21st, this battle you are a surprise attack, you will be able to win, immediately after the success, divide the army, one to the east, must occupy the western mountains of Heiankyo before the sun sets on the 22nd, so it is a great achievement!"

"Yes!"

"Huang Da, Cheng Min, Wei Dingguo, Shan Tingqi, Han Tao, Peng Xi, Jiang Xintai!"

Several people lined up and said, "The end will be!" ”

"Now the Seto Inland Sea has been mastered by our army, but there are also some Japanese naval divisions in the east, this battle you are the Eastern Route Army, Huang Da led the naval division as the vanguard, General Cheng followed by a cargo ship, set off on the 20th, arrived at Owari at the 21st, this battle you are also a raid, the main force of Owari has gone to the Heiankyo battlefield, it must be empty, after the second field division captured here, a regiment stayed, and the rest of the soldiers and horses attacked Mino with all their might, the naval division with artillery, and the geography here is also very flat, Your army will conquer Meinong before the sun sets on the 24th, and Chen soldiers will be outside the Buluo Pass, and lock the passage of the East Road of the Baihe Army! ”

"Yes!"

"In addition, our army in the Kanto region has never set foot in it, and the people of the Japanese country there must be unfamiliar with us, you must be more careful about the movements of the people of the people, and therefore, the main guild will arrange for five hundred Japanese soldiers and scribes to go with you, after arriving at Owari and other places, you are a lone army, the enemy before and after, once the siege of our army has been completed, the west is related to the pass and the danger, and the Kansai half of the wall has been owned by our army, the north is a dead end, and the south is guarded by the main force of our army, only the east is the only way for the Japanese army to survive, the limit state, You wait for 10,000 soldiers and horses to resist 100,000 Japanese troops, you must fight steadily, as long as you can block the Japanese army until the first day of June, it is the first achievement! ”

Huang Da and Cheng Min stepped forward together to take the order to retreat.

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sakabe Heita!"

The two stepped forward to listen to the order.

"Order the two of you to lead five hundred elites, scatter and set off, march at night and day and night, and start to send troops tonight, then our army has been stationed in Heian Jingzhong for a month, and there are already a lot of eyeliners of our army, you have to find a way to blend into the city, once you see the smoke and dust in the south city, you will kill the city gate and let our army enter the city!"

Sakabe Heita immediately agreed, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought for a while and said, "Strategist, can you lend me some clothes." ”

Xu Guanzhong immediately understood, and said with a smile, "I'll talk about it later." ”

Then Xu Guanzhong continued: "Dong Ping, Luan Tingyu! ”

"Settsu to Heiankyo all the way prosperous, absolutely can not disappear, since this is the case, then go the opposite, you are both cavalry, come and go like the wind, this battle you two are the vanguard of the middle route army, the twenty-second day of the departure ah, here is not more than a hundred miles away from Heiankyo, your cavalry saves horsepower, can also arrive in two hours, you two to arrive at Heiankyo at noon on the 22nd, after arriving at Heiankyo, immediately launch an attack, except for Toba, Fujiwara Faithful two can be killed by anyone who resists, do not ask you to capture Heiankyo, As long as you can occupy a domain, you can wait for the main force. ”

"Yes!"

Xu Guanzhong looked back at Jiang De and bowed, "Lord!" ”

Jiang De got up and nodded to Xu Guanzhong, Xu Guanzhong continued, "Please lead the rest of the soldiers and horses as the main force in the middle, and set off after the cavalry, with the quality of our army, a rapid march in one day, you must arrive at Heianjing, and you must arrive at Heianjing on the 22nd, if the main force of the Chinese army arrives, Toba will definitely be frightened away, and Baihe will learn that its back road has been copied, and it will be the 24th at the earliest, so that we have a day."

On this day, the Nakachi Army was to attack with all its might, pacify Heiankyo, and force the Japanese army to the narrow area of Lake Biwa. ”

As he spoke, Xu Guanzhong pointed to Lake Biwa and said, "If there is no food and grass for 100,000 Japanese troops gathered at Lake Biwa, they will be defeated without a fight in less than ten days, and in this way, our army will have won a complete victory!" ”

After Xu Guanzhong finished speaking, he looked at Jiang De, Jiang De nodded and said, "All the gentlemen have understood the strategy of this battle, this battle is only allowed to win, not defeated, and each of them will act according to the order!" ”

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On May 19, 4,000 Japanese troops quietly set out in the darkness of the night, and under the guidance of their guides, they entered Mt. Myoki and trekked all the way to Tanba Province.

On 20 May, tens of thousands of Pingyin troops announced that they had withdrawn and returned to China, and after going to sea, they quietly headed east and went straight to Owari State.

On May 21, the Second Field Division came down to Owari Province under the escort of the Naval Division, at this time the Owari Province was not the Owari Province of the Oda family hundreds of years later, although more than sixty percent of the land in the Owari Province at this time was alluvial plains suitable for farming, but the development time was not long, the population of the country was less than 100,000, the standing army was only three or four thousand, and most of them were transferred to the Otowa Mountains by the Shirakawa to fight, but also because of the battle ahead, Owari gathered a lot of peasant soldiers in the country, and the Second Field Division easily completed the landing under the cover of the Naval Division, Then he rushed to the town of Chita.

It is said to be a county seat, but it is the level of a town in the Central Plains, and because the overall peace of the Wa Kingdom during this period, the city defense is also in disrepair, Wei Dingguo directly opened the city gate with three cannons, and it did not take thirty minutes from the start of the war to the complete suppression of the resistance in the city.

Then, the Cheng Min soldiers divided into four routes, respectively to kill Aichi-gun, Kaibe County, Kasugai County, Nakajima County, the defenders of these places saw the black pressure of the Pingyin army, each of them was frightened, when the artillery roared, many of these peasant troops who had just picked up arms fainted directly, in their eyes, only the gods would let out such a roar.

In the early morning of May 22, the retainer of Mino-kuni received an urgent report that a large army had landed from Owari Province and had been killed, and he immediately guessed that it had been sent by Toba, so he ordered the cage castle and Shirakawa at the same time.

On the other side of the Western Route Army, Sanada Yukimura took the lead in grabbing the castle tower with a spear, and after stabbing a Japanese samurai to death with one shot, he then shouted, "Archer cover!" The pikemen assemble and stab through! ”

More than a dozen heavily armored pikemen gathered under the cover of archers and sword and shield men, and then under the leadership of Sanada Yukimura, they shouted in unison and stabbed forward, and the defenders with katanas couldn't parry in the face of spears and stabs, especially Sanada Yukimura led the lead in the heavy armor soldiers, many of these heavy armor soldiers wore two layers of battle armor, with chain mail inside, and another piece of armor outside, and some of the strong ones also wore three layers. There was no way to say anything, and only samurai with fine katana swords could kill these heavily armored soldiers.

But there are too few such elite samurai.

Sanada Yukimura brandished a spear, picked up a samurai wearing large armor, and then cut off the samurai's head with the tip of the spear, raised it high and shouted, "The head of Kameoka Ushimatsu has been taken by my Sanada Yukimura, will you still surrender?" ”

The defenders who were still resisting saw that the raised head was indeed the most courageous Kameoka Ushimatsu in the city, and they all retreated in fright, and Sanada Yukimura took the opportunity to attack again, and by noon, the national defense of Tanba Province and the remaining soldiers retreated to the Imperial Palace to resist stubbornly.

"Sanada-kun, the enemies in other places have been cleared, and this is the only place left." Mori Yongsheng said as he rode over on his horse.

"There are still nearly 100 people inside, I'll just stay here, and you can immediately lead the troops to seize the pass." Sanada Yukimura said to Mori.

"Okay, be careful!" Mori also felt that there was no need to keep too many people here, and agreed.

Sanada Yukimura saw Maori lead the army away, and said to the surrounding sergeants, "Go, find some wood, since they are going to die in battle, fulfill them!" ”

At the same moment, the Japanese people in Settsu watched in horror as a group of cavalry galloped north on the main road, these cavalrymen were all wearing black chain mail, wearing black masks, and could not see their faces, and the sun and moon flags told the Japanese people on the road their identities that they were the cavalry of the Pingyin army.

"Buddha, isn't the Pingyin Army leaving?" A Japanese merchant said with a feeling of a dry throat.

"Isn't that good?" A hawker next to him said while sorting out his goods, "Those vassals know that we have to pay taxes every day, and the samurai thieves on the road only know how to bully us, and the entire Wa Kingdom is the safest in the concession, if the world is the same as the concession, I think it will be good." ”

"Don't forget! We are Wa people, they are Song people! The former merchant shouted in a low voice, his hands trembling with excitement.

"Then we can also be Song people in the future? Isn't it good? The peddler retorted.

When the merchant heard this, he pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's good... But... After all, we are widows..."

The Japanese people, who have not yet undergone national awakening, do not care at all who is at the head of the people, as long as they can be allowed to eat more, everything is acceptable.

After the cavalry left, followed by the infantry led by Jiang De, the two armies of Toba and Shirakawa, who were still fighting on Mt. Otowaba, did not mean it at all, they had fallen into a huge encirclement.

At the beginning of May 22, a procession appeared outside Heian-kyo, and everyone in this team wore monk's robes, wore hats, recited the Buddha's name, and carried a Buddha statue in the middle.

It's a monk.

When the commander of Heiankyo saw such a procession, he immediately shouted, "Who is under the castle?" ”

An old monk came out and said to him, "We are monks from Jinshan, and I heard that Your Majesty is in trouble, so I have come to help." ”

When the shogun heard that he had come to help, he was overjoyed, but he was suspicious, after all, everyone knew that because of the incident in Mt. Hiei, many monks who had been neutral had gone to Emperor Shirakawa's side, and it was surprising that there were still people who could support Toba.

"Wait, I'll inform Your Majesty and Lord Guan Bai."

The monks and soldiers under the city began to sit on the ground, and several people gathered together to talk.

"Toyotomi-sama, is this really possible?" A man who looked like a samurai was more than a monk asked.

It turned out that this monk soldier was disguised by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others.

"Sakabe-kun, don't worry, I've already contacted the people in the city before, and they have spread the news in the city that there will be monks and soldiers coming to the rescue." Toyotomi Hideyoshi smiled and said, "Even if they don't believe it, they won't kill us, after all, not everyone is like the lord." ”

Sakabe thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi looked at the sun and said, "I'm worried that they will let us in too soon, and now Lord Dongping, I'm afraid it will take another hour for them to arrive." ”

In the palace, Toba was a little surprised to hear the news, and he wanted to ask Fujiwara Tadashi, but Fujiwara had already gone to the front line to supervise the battle as Sekihaku, so he went to ask Abe.

After hearing this, Abe immediately said, "Your Majesty, this matter is strange. ”

"How so?"

"Just yesterday, rumors suddenly appeared in the city that there would be monks and soldiers to reinforce them, and today is coming, isn't this a strange thing? Besides, they are coming from the south, and your majesty must not forget who else is in the south! ”

Hearing this, Toba hurriedly said, "If that's the case, why don't you drive them away?" ”

Abe shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate, after all, these people claim to be here to help, if you drive them away, won't it disappoint the people of the world, I see open the side door, surround them with heavy troops, arrange them to a Jedi, do not allow them to come out, and then send troops to guard, so best." ”

Toba nodded and said, "That's it." ”

On the afternoon of 22 May, 3,000 cavalry led by Dong Ping and Luan Tingyu arrived less than 30 miles outside Heian Jing

Their two regiments were supposed to have 4,000 men, but it was too much trouble to transport horses, so in the end, only 3,000 cavalry could have horses, and the remaining 1,000 men could only act with Jiang De's main force.

But these three thousand iron horsemen are enough.

Dong Ping looked at the sun and said to Luan Tingyu, "Luan Jiaotou, I don't think it's early, it's less than thirty miles away from Heianjing, and we have also met a lot of Japanese people on the way, so it's better to let go of the horse speed and kill them by surprise!" ”

Luan Tingyu nodded and agreed, "It's okay, I don't think I have gotten any news of our army in Ping'an Capital, and I will definitely be able to make a surprise attack at this time!" ”

"Herald! Speed up! ”

The speed of the cavalry immediately increased, and the distance of thirty miles was only half an hour for these cavalry, don't feel slow, speed up, and when you get to the place, the war horse should lie down.

At the same time, outside the southern gate of Heiankyo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi entered the city with five hundred monks and soldiers at the small gate next to the south gate, looking at the hundreds of soldiers waiting in the city, Toyotomi Hideyoshi knew that someone saw something suspicious.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi gestured to the people behind him, and after a while, the Buddha statue that had just passed the city gate suddenly fell to the ground, and the Buddha statue was a large Buddha statue carried by dozens of people, and the city gate was blocked at once.

"What's going on?" The samurai defending the city drew his katana and shouted.

"Bold! In front of the Buddha, dare to be presumptuous? The old monk who came forward before snorted, and then said, "It's the sedan chair that carries the Buddha statue is broken, it seems that there is a big disaster for me to come here.... Please wait for us to recite the sutras and ask the Buddha to set off again. ”

As he spoke, hundreds of monks and soldiers sat down together and recited the scriptures, and the warriors defending the city wanted to get closer to take a look, but were stopped by several monks and said, "General, please don't rush into the Dharma field." ”

After all, that warrior was not Jiang De, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he could only retreat to the side, if he got closer, he would find that where these monks and soldiers could chant scriptures, they were all talking nonsense.