Chapter 198: Battle of Long Island
I have to say that the masters are still very face-saving, maybe they are afraid of being picked up by Oda Nobunaga, so they took advantage of the fact that they had thighs to hug, and hurriedly gave Oda Nobunaga a wave of blood first, and soon believers from all over the country began to concentrate on Nagashima City, and the war materials were raised in Kaimachi, and then transported into Nagashima Castle through the Kumano Navy attached to the Kitabatake family.
The Rokkaku family was also afraid that Oda Nobunaga would help the Asai family beat themselves together, and the Miyoshi family had already made them stumble, so they finally sent away Miyoshi Chokei, if there was another ruthless person, the Rokkaku family would cry, so not only did they send the Iga ninjas into the Oda family's territory to lurk, but also mobilized 3,000 elites to secretly go to North Ise to integrate those small wealthy clans to prepare for a unified battle.
Although Imagawa Shin is very reluctant, to be honest, he is not worried that Oda Nobunaga will beat him now, anyway, with his back to Kanto, Oda Nobunaga dares to touch him, and Ashikaga Molong will definitely bring troops to save him in order to ensure the safety of his west gate, and his biggest mind has been on how to seek greater benefits from the process of Ashikaga Molong's Shangluo.
However, it was impossible for him to be perfunctory with Ashikaga Molong's words, so he had to gather his ministers to prepare for the dispatch of troops.
The wealthy families on Suruga's side are still relatively obedient due to the pressure of Ota Shimasa, and they have expressed their willingness to follow the lord, but it is not easy to say who this lord is.
But the wealthy families in Yuanjiang were not so happy, they all had a headache and cried poor, so they almost ran with a hanging rope to sell it miserably.
Fortunately, Ota arrived in time, a sentence
"The matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king" scared them so much that they didn't dare to make noise, not to mention anything else, as long as Ashikaga Molong wanted another city to garrison five thousand standing in Yuanjiang, these wealthy clans had to kneel down and sing about conquest.
After some coordination, 12,000 troops were put together, and under the escort of the Suruga naval army, they went to the territory of the Kitabatake family in Minami Ise.
Kitabatake Gukyo didn't believe in such a good thing at first, and the Imagawa family came forward to help him integrate his retainers, but when he thought of the demon dragon behind the Imagawa family, he immediately understood what the situation was, obviously Oda Nobunaga's expansion had caused Ashikaga Molong's dissatisfaction, and Ashikaga Molong was planning to limit his development speed.
So it's quite cooperative with this.,After taking the troops of his descendants and the Imagawa family's army.,Go to the city of your retainers to transfer troops from city to city.,It's completely a posture that you have to be beaten if you don't obey.。
Where can the retainers of the Kitabatake family stand this battle, the reason why they ignored the Kitabatake Gujiao before was because the troops directly under the Kitabatake family had suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, and they felt that the Kitabatake family could no longer suppress them, so they began to indulge themselves one by one.
As soon as I saw that there were more than 15,000 people dangling at this door, how could this be indulgent? Hurry up and bring the one who can move and follow the boss to fight.
Isekuni is such a big battle, Oda Nobunaga is not blind, of course he can see, he heard that the masters wanted to do something at the beginning, and immediately felt sleepy and came to the pillow, after unifying Mino-Owari, his preferred direction of expansion was Isekoku, last time he lost face under Nagashima Castle, this time he had to find a way back.
But after the Rokkaku family and the Imagawa family got involved, he immediately realized that something was wrong, which at least used the power of the six countries of Minami Omi, Iga country, Ise country, Shima country, Ene country, and Suruga country to lay out in Nagashima City, in order to give himself a ruthless, such a big deal, it is estimated that the big boss of Ashikaga Molong can do it.
Since this is the case, then Oda Nobunaga also has to find a helper, his first thought is, of course, Takeda Harunobu, anyway, Ashikaga Molong and Takeda Yoshinobu made an agreement that they would not take the initiative to attack the Takeda family, so the east of the Takeda family is safe, and the Nagao Masakata in the north has just taken over Nagao Keihu's class, and there is still a lot of chicken feathers waiting to be cleaned up in the country, and there must be no time to pay attention to Takeda Harunobu.
It is said that the Imagawa family in the south has sent tens of thousands of troops into Ise Province, and it is certain that they will not have the spare strength to attack north.
Therefore, Takeda Harunobu has almost no national defense pressure, even if he takes into account the logistics factors, he should be able to dispatch more than 10,000 troops to help, so it is almost the same, Oda Nobunaga wants even if it is a war, he fights frequently, and there is not much food in stock, so he must fight quickly.
A month later, Ashikaga Muryu's annual drama opened in Long Island City. The Oda Takeda coalition army of 55,000 people surrounded Nagashima Castle, including 40,000 Oda troops and 15,000 Takeda troops, all of which were personally commanded by the governor, and it can be said that they all brought the most luxurious lineup in their hands.
And the composition of the Great Coalition Army is very messy, there are masters, ninjas, small wealthy families, elites such as the Rokkaku family, the Kitabatake family, and the Imagawa family, and the strength is close to 80,000 people, among which the masters can be said to have contributed a lot.
Considering the tragic reality that most of Kaga Province was destroyed by the Asakura family, the master's belief in preserving Nagashima Castle was still very strong.
And after realizing that those old peasants who had just put down their hoes and went to the battlefield were actually more likely to cause chaos, under the sponsorship of Ashikaga Molong, the major temples in the entire region crowdfunded an army of monks.
Although there are not many people in each temple, after all, it is still a non-governmental organization, and if a temple can pull out tens of thousands of people, the local daimyo will not be able to sleep well, but the number of temples cannot be supported.
In particular, the monks of Kii Province were the main force that Ishiyama Honganji relied on to fight Oda Nobunaga for ten years, and although the organization was not as strong as the regular army, the number of outrageous iron cannons in the defense of the city was still very impressive.
Looking at the roar of iron cannons like a tsunami, both Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Harunobu turned pale, and everyone looked as if they owed him money.
In fact, the army they can use to besiege Long Island City is only more than 20,000 people, after all, Long Island City is so big, and it is estimated that there are only six or seven thousand people inside, but there are still 80,000 troops around Long Island City, even if it is a rabble, it still makes people's scalps tingle to watch.
Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Harunobu both felt that it was too mysterious to use more than 30,000 people to fight an army of 80,000 after all, so they unanimously decided to take Nagashima Castle first and then fight a decisive battle.
Of course, it is needless to mention that the two began to write frantically after returning to their respective camps. The two sides have been in a stalemate for more than half a month, Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Harumina have collapsed several and failed to gnaw the fortress of Long Island City, no way, the number of iron cannons is too terrifying, and it hasn't rained much these days, as long as Long Island City still has ammunition, the defenders only need to spray bullets out.
That's right, it's a bullet spray! The bullets fired by the defenders who had learned to shoot in three stages were like water splashes, and countless Oda Takeda good boys were knocked down without even seeing the enemy.
The heavy casualties of the Oda Takeda coalition army made the surrounding large coalition forces eager to try, but the 10,000 army jointly sponsored by the Asai family and the Asakura family and the 10,000 army that was forced out again within the Oda family, as well as the 3,000 troops of the Mikawa Matsudaira family, a total of 23,000 troops, made the strength of the Oda Takeda coalition army swell to as many as 78,000 people at once, and suddenly the large coalition army did not dare to act rashly.
Although the military god of the Asakura family has fallen, but before the expedition, the milk Asakura Yoshikei is obviously a little temporary, and he also knows very well that this is the first battle between the forces that may oppose Ashikaga Molong and Ashikaga Molong in the land of, if Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Harunobu can't bear it, then it is estimated that no one can really stop the general trend of Ashikaga Molong sweeping the world.
So although he didn't have any feelings with Oda Nobunaga, he still pulled the Asai family together and sent out an army of 10,000 in the name of the Asai family to help the fist.
But the Oda family is quite dissatisfied with this, the wall grass doesn't care who is the boss, they only care about their own interests, Oda Nobunaga is now conscripted according to the standard of twenty stone one person, this is very fatal, even if he wins his own family, he will be greatly injured.
Oda Nobunaga made a bunch of temporary promises, and finally squeezed out 10,000 people from the cracks in these walls.
As for the Matsudaira family, it doesn't matter, it's just a small force, and if you dare to have an opinion, you can wipe it directly.