Chapter 229: Embattled
Another half a month passed, the siege of Dinghai City continued, and Hosokawa Nobumoto also received reports from various places, but they were not very optimistic.
First of all, Masakai Yamayama, the pioneer of the Takeda family, led an army of 5,000 men to invade the eastern part of Mikawa Province from Ina Prefecture of Shinano Province, and successively captured the Tokugawa family's Ashisuke Castle and Noda Castle, and approached Yoshida Castle.
He also ordered Akiyama Nobutomo to lead an army of 3,000 to Higashimino Province to confront Ikeda Tsuneko and contain the Oda family.
Takeda Shingen personally led his 20,000-strong army, passed through the foothills of the Yatsugatake Mountains, and successfully attacked the northern part of Enjiang Province, where he joined forces with the Yamayama Shokei team at Inui Castle.
Secondly, Oda Nobunaga himself was firmly pinned down in Kita-Omi by the Asakura and Asai coalition forces, and it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat for a while, while Minami-Omi behind him was sideways.
In the Hosokawa family's domain, Koga Prefecture in Minami-Omi, Rokkaku Yoshiharu declared independence again and launched a strategy to recover Koga Prefecture. Deura Morikiyo had to lead a thousand ninja troops, united with the ninja family of the Hosokawa family, and the Rokkaku family and the ninja family of the pro-Rokkaku family, and once again launched a fierce fight.
Originally, it was Akechi Mitsuhide's job to eliminate Minami Omi's rebellion, but now he is also uncomfortable. He had just suppressed a rebellion near Mt. Hiei, only to have Shogun Yoshiaki declared his independence from the Oda family. So, he hurriedly ordered Ryoda Hiromasa and Naomasa to return to Yamashiro Province and suppress the Nijo Imperial Palace.
Then, just as he was about to order his team to go to Yamashiro Province, Rokkaku Yoshiharu became independent again, and in order to ensure that Oda Nobunaga had no worries about the future, he had to lead his army to Minami Omi.
Halfway through the line, his subordinate Isono Yuanchang suddenly led his troops to rebel, if he hadn't been in place in time, I am afraid he would have been won by Isono Yuanchang. In the end, the two sides reached a draw, and no one could help anyone, and they were deadlocked in the Kusatsu area, across the river.
Matsunaga Hide's Yamato Province counterinsurgency was the smoothest, although Tsutsui Shunkei led the monks of Kofukuji Temple also participated in the rebellion, but the Tsutsui family was actually a family of monks with a samurai character, and it was a relatively special existence among the daimyo.
And the Tsutsui family is not a pure Buddhist force like Honganji, and after many years of suppression by Matsunaga Shu, it didn't make too many waves this time. On the contrary, in the end, for some reason, Matsunaga Shu and Tsutsui Shunkei actually reached a rapprochement through the mediation of Akechi Mitsuhide.
Tsutsui Shunkei also served the Oda family, and sent troops to Minami-Omi to reinforce Akechi Mitsuhide. Matsunaga Shu sent troops to Hanoi to reinforce Miyoshi Yoshitsugu.
Miyoshi Yoshiji of Hanoi was also not peaceful here, and the entire Hanoi country was turned upside down, and he finally put down his rebellion in North Hanoi, and before he could go to South Hanoi to help Tien Shan Shogao put down the rebellion, he heard that Tayama Shogao was killed by the rebels.
It turned out that Tayama Shotaka's important ministers Tabunin Hidetoshi and Yuzo were religious, and they plotted to kill Tayama Shotaka and seize Takaya Castle.
But Hosokawa Nobugen was suspicious for a long time when he got this tip, not for Yusa's religion, but because of the handsomeness of this Tawenin. He is the head of the Tamonin Temple in Yamato Province, and Kofukuji has a close relationship with the Tsutsui family, and Tsutsui Shunkei and Matsunaga Shu have just made peace?
Hosokawa Nobumoto always felt that there was some kind of deal in it, because as soon as Tayama Akitaka died, the Tayama family perished, and Nan Hanoi became a borderless land. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was originally a semi-independent daimyo, and the territory he conquered would naturally become his own, and if this development continued, it was very likely that the entire Hanoi country would be Miyoshi Yoshitsugi's.
Although Hosokawa Nobugen knew the ending later, he didn't want to change it, after all, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was his brother-in-law. If it is replaced by Matsunaga Hide, I'm afraid Hosokawa Nobumoto won't agree to anything.
Settsu Country is also a mess, because Hosokawa Fujitaka and they have just gained a foothold, and they have no prestige to deter the wealthy families. As a result, as soon as the Hosokawa coalition left Settsu Province, they led Itami Shinko of Itami Castle and entangled Araki Murashige of Mita Castle, Abe Katsuhei of Owada Castle, Suita Kopo of Suita Castle, Shiokawa Kunimitsu of Tada Castle, Noshi Yorido of Noshi Castle, and Takayama Tomoteru of Takatsuki Castle openly supported Shogun Yoshiaki and rebelled against the Oda family.
Originally, Takatsuki Castle was headed by Wada Weicho, but he resolutely disagreed to be with Araki Murashige, the enemy who killed his father, and as a result, he was killed by the important minister Takayama Yuteru and captured Takatsuki Castle. This Takayama Yuteru and the dead traitor Nakagawa Kiyohide are brothers, and he joins the ranks of the anti-Oda family in order to avenge his brother.
Finally, there was the Yamashiro Province of Shogun Yoshiaki, who quickly gathered 5,000 shogunate troops, with Iwanari Tomochi as the main general.
Hosokawa Nobumoto also didn't expect that Iwasari Yudo not only did not die, but also became an important minister of General Yoshiaki. I still remember the battle of my own temple back then, this Iwanari Yutong was the main general of the beheading operation, and now it should have been an enemy, but now it is a close family, which really makes Hosokawa Nobumoto feel that General Yoshiaki has no bottom line, which is very ridiculous.
However, to Hosokawa Nobumoto's shock, the wealthy clans of Tanba Province also participated in this "Shogun Movement", especially Akai Naomasa, who had the name of Tanba's "Red Oni", also supported General Yoshiaki. There are also Utsu Yorishige of Utsu Castle, Naito Ruan of Yagi Castle and others, and the Tanba people raised 3,000 troops to King Kamiraken.
"Lord, this is the recent situation, and the subordinates will also summarize the latest battle situation once a day in order to better analyze the current situation." Honda Masatin gave a detailed account of the situation in each place.
"What does it mean that Honganji is only besieged and not attacked? It stands to reason that there are more than 30,000 of them, and they can take turns to fight. Zhezhi Qingguang asked suspiciously, his 3,000 iron artillery team was hungry and thirsty.
"Don't look at the number of them, in fact, most of them are some peasants, let them take advantage of the fire to rob the city, this siege of the city? They don't have the ability to do that. Pu Sheng Fuxiu, the commander of Dinghai Bei, opened his mouth and said that there were not only his 500 Dinghai Bei in the city, but also 500 mobilized peasant soldiers to participate in the defense.
"That's right, we are all standing troops, and we still have a lot of weapons to defend the city, if they dare to come, they will definitely let them go and never return." The commander of Sekihara Haruki, Hosokawa Haruki, also echoed that his thousand Sekihara preparations can be said to be experienced in a hundred battles, plus Hosokawa Nobumoto also has the killer "Netherworld Iron Rider".
"Alright, let's wait and see what happens. Ordered the navy to come to Dinghai Castle to coordinate the defense, and blockade Osaka Bay, prohibiting all enemy ships from approaching Kinai. "Hosokawa Nobumoto is going to transfer the Hosokawa Navy as well, so that the defense of Dinghai City will be foolproof.
Soon, the Hosokawa Naval Army, which received the order, under the leadership of Murakami Motoyoshi, blocked the entire Osaka Bay, plus the defenders in Dinghai Castle, the total strength reached nearly 10,000 people, which can be described as impregnable. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie