Chapter 268: The Siege of Long Island
At the junction of Owari Province and Ise Province, there is a similar country of China, and that is the Prayer Temple on Nagashima.
The temple is located on the north side of Long Island, and there is also a Long Island Castle on the south side. Nagashima is an archipelago of small islands that are surrounded by many rivers that flow into Ise Bay, including the Oshio River, the Ogi River, the Meso River, and the Sao River. Moreover, it is surrounded by shallows and reeds, and the terrain is muddy and complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It was only a cup of tea to get here by sea from Devon Castle, so Hosokawa Nobumoto went out and summoned Takigawa Kazuki on the Ise side and Sakuma Nobumori on the Owari side to the Tsushima Council.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to the great love of the lord, I hope that you will be able to do your best to help calm this situation in the next move." Hosokawa Nobumoto sat on the main seat, and the people below sat down in order of rank.
"We will obey the orders of the lord and obey the command of Lord Hosokawa!" The Oda family's old Sakuma Nobumori, Hayashi Xiuzhen, and Takikawa Kazuki took the lead in saluting, and even Kitada Nobuo, who usually had eyes on the top of his head, did not dare to make a sound at this time, and honestly bowed his head and saluted.
Hosokawa Nobumoto sat on the main seat, looking at the people who saluted below, although he couldn't see the expressions of their faces, but he guessed that he must not be happy.
First of all, Takigawa Ichiyoshi and Sakuma Nobumori, who were originally the bannermen of the front army, although they were temporarily under Hosokawa Nobumoto's control, they must have been extremely reluctant in their hearts.
There is also the old Lin Xiuzhen of the pen family, he, the chief retainer of the Oda family, is really not worthy of his name now. Originally, he was assigned to Sakuma Nobumori's Owari Front, and he complained that he should be in charge of the position of the bannerman. Now it's okay, there is another Hosokawa Nobuyuan, and his status has regressed several places all of a sudden.
In addition, the encirclement and suppression of Long Island a while ago has always been a beating, and his son Lin Tongzheng died in battle, so he will not have a good face.
"Then it will be temporarily transgressed." Hosokawa Nobumoto returned the salute with a calm expression.
"The reason why Nagashima has always been slow to eradicate impurity is because of the excellent geographical location of the temple and the fact that Nagashima is surrounded by water. But now it's different, I brought the navy this time, and it's a local operation, and the logistics and materials are readily available, surround them, and besiege them. ”
"I am going to adopt a strategy of encirclement on all sides, and the main camp will be set up in Tsushima, north of Nagashima, and I will command the whole army. On the east road, it was handed over to the Owari people led by Sakuma-sama, Hayashi-sama, and others. On the west road, the Ise people led by Takigawa-sama and Kitada-sama are the Ise people. The sea surface of the south road is in charge of the navy of the family. Hosokawa Nobumoto already had a case in his heart, he divided the military into four routes, and the bannermen of all sides of the army were still under their own command, which indirectly alleviated everyone's grievances.
"That's very good." Sakuma Nobumori was the first to nod in agreement, as two generations of old ministers in the Oda family, he has his own proud capital.
"I agree with the following." Takigawa Kazuyi also nodded in agreement, everyone wants to maintain a certain independence.
"Okay, that's it, I wish you all good luck in the next place." Hosokawa Nobugen actually did this for himself, or because he was handy with his own military command, and the interests involved in the coalition were too wide.
"We also wish Hosokawa-sama good luck and farewell." The Oda family will leave one after another and deploy according to their respective responsibilities.
A day later, Nagashima was surrounded by Oda's army, and the abbot of the temple, Honganji, stood on a high platform and felt his scalp tingle as he watched the entire river densely packed with warships.
But he is still confident that he can defend this Buddha country, and you must know that there are 100,000 believers who defend this Buddha country. The reason why the Ichijo sect was able to spread temples all over the country, develop a large number of believers, and eventually form such a huge power, is thanks to the revitalization of the Pure Land Shinshu Sect, the eighth lord of the Honganji Temple.
He was very active in giving birth to offspring, with a total of 13 boys and 14 girls. All the sons were sent to various places to develop the power of the Ichijo sect, and all the daughters were married into the abbots of other monasteries, thus establishing a Buddhist kingdom centered on the Ichijo sect.
And this fourth-generation abbot Honganji testimony is the great-grandson of Renru's sixth son, Renjun, who came to Ise Nagashima in 1501 and built the temple, so Honganji temple testimony is also called the temple testimonial.
"Nan no Amitabha..."The person who recited the Buddha's name next to him was the official of Honganji Temple, Shimoma Laidan, who was also a fierce general.
"Master! Guru! Detective clear! "Kick and kick, a burly samurai stepped up from under the high platform, and it turned out to be Hineno Hirosa. In the battle of Inabayama Castle that year, Saito Ryuxing was defeated and fled, but he did not continue to follow Saito Ryuxing, but came to Nagashima Prayer Temple and carried out the anti-Japanese war behind enemy lines.
"The commander is Hosokawa Nobumoto, he is stationed in Tsushima in the north, and it is said that he brought all the standing equipment, and the total number of cavalry troops is as high as 7,000."
"So much!" Shimoma Lai Dan raised his eyebrows, this is only one side of the enemy, plus the east, west and south, I am afraid that the total strength of the Oda family this time is as high as more than 30,000 people.
"Yes, and he has three thousand iron artillery alone, and half of the ships on the sea are his. In just five years, he has grown from a territory of less than 10,000 stones and a strength of only 1,000 to a territory of nearly 400,000 and an army of tens of thousands. Hineno Hiroshi said melancholy, thinking about his former master, Saito Ryuxing, who is still a down-and-out daimyo with no roots, and is currently feeding at the Asai family.
"Don't be afraid, we have 100,000 believers, and the protection of my Buddha. This time, they will come back with a big defeat as they have done in the past. Hmph, by that time, we who defeated Hosokawa Nobumoto will also be famous all over the world. Hahaha! Thinking of the end, the testimony couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hahaha! Yes, yes, the owner is right. Hahaha! The surrounding monks patted their asses and laughed unbridled together.
"Hey... This group of straw bales..."Higen Nohiro shook his head secretly, this group of monks drinking, eating meat, playing with women, fighting? I'm afraid that ten people can't withstand half of Hosokawa Nobumoto, and he is now starting to think about how he can get out of trouble here.
The so-called reading 10,000 books is better than traveling 10,000 miles. After so many years of wandering, Hineno Hiroshi can see it clearly, what kind of "Oda encirclement network", it's all! The Oda family was not only not besieged, but it grew stronger and stronger, and none of the members of the alliance ended well.
Knock knock! The drums sounded in unison, attracting the attention of the monks, and the general attack of Oda's army began. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie