Chapter 167: Echigo Dispatches Troops
The Tone River, the river is choppy, the war horses are Xiao Xiao, and the majestic Echigo army is marching between the dangerous peaks and bad waters at this moment. Dressed in gorgeous armor, the long-tailed Jinghu with a peerless and inviolable appearance looked down on the mountain like a god, looking down on the army marching under her feet, and a group of fierce generals behind her surrounded her in the center.
"My lord, the Hojo Army has sent troops from Musashi Province at the invitation of Tsukahara Moryū." Usami Dingman spoke after receiving a report from his subordinates.
Hojo? Everyone was stunned, the last strong man in Kanto stood on the side of Tsukahara Molong, and Uesugi Kenmasa was almost facing the crusade of the entire Kanto! Then he and the others went south this time......
"Generals, troops, the direction of the march" Nagao Jinghu didn't notice anything unusual, and still asked indifferently.
"Hojo Tsunari, thirty-seven thousand, Nishi-Ueno."
Thirty-seven thousand! The generals of Echigo were in an uproar, such a huge corps can almost be compared to the 20,000 main forces commanded by Tsukahara Moryū himself, even if the Hojo family has regained Musashi Province now, but it is still unimaginable to dispatch such a large army without recovering its vitality. Is this to be loyal to Tsukahara Ryūo, or is it a demonstration? Or both? But in any case, such a large army far exceeded the Echigo army, which had only 7,000 men. It's not that the Nagao family is reluctant to send troops, after Nagao Jinghu learned the news that Tsukahara Molong sent troops to the wilderness, but he strictly ordered the Echigo generals to rush to Kasuga Mountain Castle with troops within three days, otherwise they will all cut off the territory. However, the time was too short to mobilize the peasants, so he had to bring all his own samurai and standing energy belts. Although the Echigo generals are very confident in their own soldiers, fighting in the case of absolute inferiority in troops is not called bravery, it is called suicide.
The long-tailed Jinghu sneered: "Thirty-seven thousand troops? In my opinion, it's just a chicken-and-tile dog! The order was passed down, and the whole army bypassed Minowa Castle, entered the west of Ueno, broke Hojo first, and then fought Tsukahara! ”
If others dared to say such a thing, the generals of Echigo would definitely rebel immediately, cut down this girl, and then the whole army retracted back to Echigo, but as soon as a famous general like Nagawei Jinghu opened his mouth, these fierce men were as convinced as the most devout believers that this was the incarnation of Bishamentian!
In this way, the Echigo army crossed the mountains and mountains all the way and approached Kunimine Castle, which was heavily surrounded by the Hojo army.
Kunimine Castle is the transportation hub of Ueno Province and Shinano Province, and it is a place where soldiers must fight. If Tsukahara Moryū wins Kunimine Castle, he can strangle the support of the Takeda Army to the Hojo family from the direction of Shinano, on the contrary, if the Hojo Army captures Kunimine Castle, he can rely on Takeda, protect his territory from both the north and the south, and launch the Kanto Raid, which can be said to be offensive and retreating. Such an important castle has always been an outstanding representative of the samurai of Ueno Province: Kohata Kenshige himself is in charge, but Kohata Kenshige has been placed under house arrest by Uesugi Kenmasa in Minowa Castle, and the entire Kunimine Castle is leaderless, and no one has the prestige to subdue everyone. How could Hojo Tsusunari miss the opportunity, and immediately made a decision to choose the main direction of attack of the Hojo Army here. As soon as Kunimine Castle was taken, the purpose of the Hojo Army's dispatch of troops this time was achieved.
However, Kunimine Castle is also the throat of Murakami Yoshikiyo's assistance to Uesugi Kenmasa several times, so it is very valued. The whole castle is placed under the stone wall, the outside of the Tang Gate, the arrow tower is lined up, especially after the battle of Shomon Mountain, Uesugi Kenmasa also began to pay attention to the iron cannon, so two additional pills were built, and the iron cannon holes on the top are dense, which makes people daunting. Even if there is no unified general command at this time, a strong army like Kohata Akabei is still in the city, relying on the defense of the city, and it is not something that Hojo Tsusunari can attack in a while. But Hojo Tsusunari is really not too worried, as far as he knows, Nagao Jinghu has already sent troops, according to the temper of her and Tsukahara Molong, there is a chance that Nagao Jinghu, who was also played last time, will go to Tsukahara Molong to settle accounts, and his time is quite generous, as for the siege cannon fodder, there is no shortage of cannon fodder. Just kidding, don't say that now, when the Hojo family was in its heyday, it was very difficult to pull out an army of 37,000, let alone now, but the Hojo Army is indeed 37,000 now, but among them, the old ones, the small ones, and the ones who really have combat effectiveness are actually only about 14,000 people. Anyway, Hojo Tsunashi was also sure that there were no guards in Guofeng City, and no one dared to go out of the city rashly.
This morning, because it was still early, the sun had not yet risen, so the early Hojo Tsunari could still feel a little cool, just when he finished washing up and was about to go to the tooth sacrifice, there was a commotion in the barracks, Rao is a battle-hardened Hojo Tsunashi also showed a distressed look at this time: this time to send troops, too many people who have no combat effectiveness and have not experienced battles, and these people have no concept of the army at all, private fights, reselling grain and grass This kind of thing has been repeatedly prohibited, and this kind of thing is too common. After waving his hand in annoyance and asking his subordinates to deal with it quickly, Hojo Tsunatsumi continued to hi. But what Hojo Tsusunari didn't expect was that the noise from the opposite direction suddenly made him angry: "What are you doing!" I want to blow up the camp! Go, kill a few ...... of troublemakers for me" As he spoke, Hojo Tsunatsumi was speechless, because now it was not somewhere to bomb the camp, but the entire northern part of the camp was in chaos!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "A samurai with only half of the armor was wearing it and ran towards the main camp on horseback, seeing such a loud voice, Hojo Tsunashi only felt that his head was as big as a fight, and he really wanted to pick up his bow and arrow, and shoot this fool with an arrow, you ran all the way, the deaf people heard it, the camp was chaotic enough, and it took longer to mobilize troops to meet the battle, but now it's okay, it's extended indefinitely. And looking at the appearance of this goods, it is obvious that he is a samurai who escaped as soon as he woke up, and the more Hojo Tsusunari thinks about it, the more hated his teeth itch, "Come on, shoot me ......"
"Father, no, that's the son of Cheng Cheng!" The Hojo clan is worthy of being the son of Hojo Tsunari, and when he saw his father like this, he knew that it was not good, and hurriedly dissuaded him. Originally, the position of Hojo Tsunari, the son-in-law of the door, in the Hojo family was very delicate, and if the Hojo clan Makoto who was sent by the Hojo family to be gilded was shot into a hedgehog, then Hojo Tsunari's situation in the Hojo family would be even more embarrassing.
Hojo Tsunashi used great perseverance to stop his impulse, and immediately said to the Hojo clan: "You immediately lead Akabi to watch the Kokumine Castle, once Kohata Akabi leaves the city, only you can stop it!" ”
"I'll go!" The Hojo clan hurriedly replied that the Akabei under his command had grown up after many battles, at least he would not be unable to command in such a level of chaos. And Hojo Tsusunari mobilized his Huang Bei and prepared to fight, but at this moment, a scene that made him feel good appeared: an arrow suddenly flew from behind Hojo Makoto and shot him directly off the horse, but Hojo Tsusunari soon couldn't laugh. The gorgeous big armor, the stunning face, the power of the gods, "the long-tailed Jinghu ......"