Chapter 345: The Siege (Part II)
Because of the unexpected silence of Sabei as a general, Tokugawa Ieyasu and his generals were puzzled, but Takenaka Hanbei is now quite proud, and after a few polite words, he dedicated his plan to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was sitting in a precarious position.
At the same time, on the next day, he sent someone to seconded the lord four or five horses back, and on the third day, the young lord and Mikawa-sama's main camp frequently came and went, attracting the attention of the Takeda army in the boat-bearing city, and the Mikawa-sama waited patiently for three days, and the horses must return more frequently in these days, and at the same time, the persuasion letter continued to shoot into the ship-holding city, and the tone should gradually converge, and on the third day, the words were sincere and eager, and after three days, a burst of troops could be sent to Sunfu Castle.
At this time, the Takeda army in the ship-holding city will definitely not be able to hold out, openly discuss the surrender with our army, and secretly want to consume the sharp spirit of our army, and at this time our army will go for a while. Later, he insulted the Takeda army in the letter of persuasion, and at the same time made three feints to attack the ship castle and was defeated. At this time, the Takeda army in the ship-holding city will definitely light the enemy, and we and the army of the three formations will jointly attack the ship-holding city in the early morning, and the ship-holding city will fall!
Tokugawa Ieyasu listened to Takenaka Hanbei's plan, slapped his palms and said yes, and then turned his eyes to the retainers beside him, seeing that Sakai Tadaji and Okubo Tadashi and others also nodded in praise, and after glancing at Sabei again, he said to Takenaka Hanbei: "It is worthy of being the first wise general of Mino, and it is indeed worthy of its name!" ”
Seeing that the Tokugawa army that participated in the assessment did not oppose his plan, Takenaka Hanbei turned his head to Sabei on the side after making a slight adjustment, "I wonder what Kuniyoshi-sama thinks of this plan?" ”
The silent Sabei heard the Takenaka Hanbei call himself in the name of the city, and after looking around at the surrounding generals, he coughed and said: "The lord of this battle ordered us to follow Lord Mikawa to attack the ship-holding city, but he did not make detailed arrangements for the other acropolis, and the strategy of the ship-holding city must be a very important task!" ”
Yan Bi Sabei's eyes gradually became clearer, and he continued to say to the generals: "The ship castle is indeed one of the very important supply points for the Suruga Navy, and the lord also ordered the Kumano Navy's blockade of Suruga Bay, with the current strength of the Suruga Navy, it must not be the opponent of the Kumano Navy, if the water battle is lost, it is very likely to retreat into the water, at this time the ship-holding castle has become the elbow of our army, and the lord commands the Kumano Navy's army in Suruga Bay is like a wave of his arms." ”
Mori Nagake and Okubo Tadasa, who participated in the assessment with Sabei, stared at Sabei in front of them who seemed to have said a nonsense, and a trace of doubt also flowed out of their eyes, what Sabei said, Tokugawa Ieyasu basically said it before, what does it mean to repeat it?
Of course, there are more than two people who have this question, and the generals who participated in the assessment are also puzzled, and Honda Tadakatsu and Yasumasa Kamihara, who are slightly behind in the assessment room, are even more puzzled after listening to Sabei's words, and secretly said in their hearts: This is not Sabei's usual style of speaking, and Sabei is really quite weird today.
As a result, the entire assessment room fell into a brief silence because of Sabei's words, and Sabei stopped talking when he saw this, and looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu with blazing eyes. This glance confused Tokugawa Ieyasu, and his mind quickly flashed over what had happened between him and Sahei, and after confirming that there were no obvious mistakes, he subconsciously recalled what Sabei said.
Thinking about it this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and his originally confused gaze sharpened. It turned out that Sabei once again mentioned the importance of the ship-holding castle in his words, in order to tell himself that no matter how ingenious the strategy was to obtain the ship-holding castle, as long as he could easily and quickly capture the ship-holding castle, he would have made a contribution. Although the strategy of the half-guards in Takenaka is exquisite, but it is interlocking, if one link does not work, then this plan has no beginning and no end, but it is the most common water cut off poison, and the ant is the most simple and rude siege.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who wanted to understand the key to it, looked at Sabei, and there was a look of jealousy and praise in his eyes, after all, directly naming the shortcomings in Takenaka's half-soldier plan was easy to make people disgusted and feel that they were arrogant.
Takenaka Hanbei understood this joint one step earlier than Tokugawa Ieyasu, and his gaze at Sabei also changed, and this son was able to stand out from the new staff during his two years in seclusion in Bodhi Mountain Castle and became a relative of Oda Nobunaga and a heroic hero who led Wakasa 10,000 stone Zhixing, and it really did not depend on his bravery and amazing luck.
Honda Tadakatsu and Kamihara Yasumasa saw that Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes were sharp, and they also knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu understood Mingwei Genshin's words, so their faces calmed down a little, although they didn't understand it yet, but at least Sabei wouldn't be questioned because of this, which was also a worry as a friend.
After a few breaths, the calm assessment room was disturbed by Tokugawa Ieyasu's cough, and the silent generals also looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu, Sabei, and Takenaka Hanbei with different faces. On the contrary, the faces of these three generals were surprisingly calm, and their eyes were all looking straight at each other.
Tokugawa Ieyasu saw that the generals had not yet focused all their attention on themselves, so he waved his folding fan and said: "You have prepared more wooden ladders and wooden signs, and the fire arrows are also fully prepared, and we will go out to besiege the ship-holding castle the day after tomorrow!" ”