On October 12, the second year of Eiroku, shortly after the end of the autumn harvest, the Imagawa clan of Suruga issued a ****** to the retainers of the three kingdoms and one of the retainers under their leadership. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOn the 16th, 9,000 people from Suruga will meet at Sunfu Castle, and 7,000 people from Enoe will gather at Kakegawa and Tsushima Castle.

On October 14, the Pelican Palace Changzhao, led 700 troops, and settled in Dagao City; On the 15th, Okabe Motoshin led 850 men and stationed in the castle to defend and attack the enemy.

On October 16, Oda Nobunaga ordered 340 Mizuno Tadamitsu to enter Tangita, and Sakuma Nobumori 450 to enter Zenshoji Temple and surround Narumi Castle; ordered Sakuma to enter the Marune Fortress with 520 people, and Oda Hidetoshi with 150 people to enter the Tsuyama Fortress and besiege the Great Taka Castle; Ordered 250 people from Kajikawa Shigemi to enter Nakajima and monitor the movement in the southeast.

On October 17, Matsudaira Motoyasu led 1,200 Mikawa people into battle, Ii Naomori led 1,000 people from Toe to battle, and Katsuyama Motomoto led 1,500 Suruga people to battle as the vanguard of this battle.

On the same day, Imagawa's main team went out of battle, and on the 18th entered the Yuanjiang River, and the main team increased to 16,000, and on the 21st, it entered the three rivers, and it increased to 19,000. The total number of men on this frontal battlefield was 23,000, and it was claimed that there were 40,000.

On October 20, the Matsudaira Division entered Owari and began to attack Marune, while the Ii Division was responsible for attacking Tsuyama Fortress and jointly receiving the Great Taka Castle, while the Katsuyama Division bypassed the front line and monitored the movements of Kiyoshu Castle.

On October 22, Imagawa's main team entered Owari. The Hinatai Dynasty led 6,000 main forces to support the attacks of Matsudaira and Iibe. Miura Motomasa led 3,000 men and made a detour to the left to attack Nakono Castle, and Kambara's 2,500 troops marched south to clear the small forces on the right flank that had not yet yielded. In this way, there are still more than 7,000 people left in the team.

Clausewitz once said in "On War" that the side with a stronger force can spread its forces in several places, and in doing so, it can create in many respects the conditions that are convenient for its own survival and operation in a strategic scope, and at the same time it can also accumulate the strength of its own troops in case of emergency. On the other hand, the weaker side must concentrate its forces more and try not to scatter its forces in an effort to compensate for the resulting deficit through movement.

Imagawa Yoshimoto certainly did not know Clausewitz as a person, but his use of troops was in line with the principles of the "Theory of War". Dividing the army into several teams and marching in turn had the effect of forming a three-bread clamp situation, and at the same time forcing the opponent to send the necessary forces to deal with the front, otherwise the Imagawa army commander would drive straight in, and the Oda family would not have time to assemble an army.

Under the city of Cheongju, the people are panicked.

At present, the Oda family has a maximum mobilization force of about 10,000 people, and more than 2,000 people have been engaged in the battle, and at the same time, most of the retainers whose territory is in the east have been divided, and some people are monitoring the Saito family in the north, so there are only three or four thousand soldiers in total under the castle of Cheongju.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga did not have the slightest intention of convening his retainers, he just stayed in the main pill of Kiyoshu Castle, and kept ordering his subordinates to collect the latest battle situation. Niwa, Shibata and Hayashi are the busiest people at this time, and in addition to worrying, they must also pretend to be confident to comfort others.

If it had been seven years earlier, when Oda Nobunaga had just taken over as governor, these important ministers would have been very dissatisfied with his attitude and would have joined forces to intervene. However, in the past seven years, Nobunaga led his retainers to several joint victories, more than doubling his territory, and no one dared to question the authority of the sovereign.

So, they had to gather and exchange views privately – even if no one came up with a new conclusion for several days on end.

Lin Xiuzhen is a person who is in favor of Cage City, and he has also been approved by most people. But objectively, this is the worst option. With the logistical strength of the Imagawa family, it was not difficult to besiege Kiyoshu Castle for half a year or even a year, and the Oda army, which lacked reinforcements, would probably be trapped and killed in the city. Moreover, Cage City means that it will not rescue the affiliated wealthy clans in various places, which will greatly damage the majesty of the main family, and the vassals may immediately change their courts.

Shibata Katsuie believes that as long as the command is appropriate, there is no chance of frontal combat. The Imagawa family divided the troops into several teams, which gave Oda the opportunity to break through one by one. However, Imagawa's smallest detachment numbered more than 1,000 men, while Oda's own detachment was less than 4,000.

Niwa places more importance on the role of diplomacy. The so-called cold lips and teeth, the rokkaku of, Kitada of Ise would not want to see the Imagawa family easily occupy Owari, and even the hostile Saito, under certain conditions, may not be the object of an alliance. On the one hand, he expressed his determination to continue fighting, and on the other hand, he asked for help from all around, and if he could achieve this, he could force Imagawa to abandon the attack. It's just that the Imagawa family may not leave this time for Oda.

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According to the modern concept, there is a certain inertia in history, and the general trend of economic and cultural development will not deviate too much because of the influence of individuals; However, the fate of a particular character may be turned upside down because of the butterfly effect. The time of the Imagawa army's attack was half a year earlier than history, and the historical knowledge possessed by Hirate Honhide was useless. It is also questionable whether that famous joint battle will take place again.

Historically, storms have obscured the trail of sneak attacks, but now it's a dry autumn and the likelihood of rain is quite low. Even, it is uncertain whether Imagawa Yoshimoto will stop in the barrel room. What was originally a narrow victory in the surprise attack now seems to be a last resort before execution.

The Imagawa army was already on the side, and it was likely that the Owari main road had been divided, and it would be in great danger to abandon the territory and return to Kiyoshu Castle at this time. As a small lord who commands a few hundred people, there is no possibility of solving the problem militarily. In terms of the thinking of this era, there are still three options left, one is to hide in the countryside and wait for the main forces of the two sides to divide the victory and defeat, the second is to take the initiative to seek battle and leave the name of heroic martyrs, and the third is to surrender as soon as possible in exchange for a proper position.

Losing the ability to predict the future and competing on the same starting line with others in this era, although Tieshou Tsusuku may not be the dragon and phoenix among people, he can also be regarded as a well-informed wise man, so he planned a plan. What started out as a dispensable whim has now become a lifesaver. Therefore, Fan Xiu had to find relevant people and so on, and made a lot of changes to the plan. The Imagawa army in history quickly lost its fighting spirit after Yoshimoto's death, which was where Honhide's confidence in determining the feasibility of the plan lay out.

However, after all, the plan needs someone to carry it out. In the impression of future generations, the expected relevant person may not be a reliable candidate at a critical moment, but now, it seems that there are no more options.

Even whether Matsui, Kawada, and Marumme can remain loyal under such conditions is not something that can be easily asserted.

If one of these things goes unexpected......

Death in battle or surrender?

Maybe only then will we know.

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