Chapter 57: The Eve of the Great High City (Recommended for Manbaikagam)

"Alright, everybody! Please calm down. Niwa Nagahide hurriedly came out to play the round, "Everyone is an important minister of the Oda family, and at this time of crisis, it is necessary for me to work together to tide over the difficulties." ”

"That's it, that's it, if you have something to say, don't talk about those useless things." Hosokawa Nobumoto was also happy to intervene.

"Humph! I think it's better to take the initiative......" Shibata Katsuie snorted coldly and insisted on his opinion, and Mori Kesei, Takigawa Kazuyi, and Ikeda Hengxing also echoed.

"I think it's better to go to Cage Castle..."The faction led by Niwa Nagahide insisted on Cage Castle.

"It's better to endure the anger of the moment, and it's better to negotiate peace..."Lin Xiuzhen, Arao Yoshiji and some other old and serious retainers all supported the peace.

The noisy and shouting became a pot of porridge, and the sky was noisy and there was still no unified opinion, and the scene gradually began to get out of control again.

Oda Nobunaga, who was on the throne of "Bang, Bang, Bang", knocked on the table in front of him with a sword, and all the retainers immediately stopped arguing and looked at Oda Nobunaga in unison.

"Since that's the case~~, let's break up." After saying that, Oda Nobunaga got up lazily and walked inside, not forgetting to blow out the lampstands on both sides of the main seat.

At that moment, there may have been more than one person who thought in his heart that the Oda family was going to be finished. When Lin Xiuzhen went out, her face was full of anger, and she said two very fierce words. As the only remaining elder of the Gu Ming family in the Nobuhide era, he was the only one who dared to criticize Nobunaga in public.

And Arao Zenji left Owari overnight, and according to Hattori Hanzo Sonata newspaper, he went to report to Imagawa.

"Okay, Rokuro, what's the matter with coming to me so late? Kwonroku and Yagoro have just been here separately, each with their own opinions, do you have any new ideas? Oda Nobunaga asked calmly, not at all like a family governor who was on the line of life and death, which made Hosokawa Nobumoto secretly give a thumbs up.

"My lord! First of all, it is impossible to negotiate peace, and the reason why Imagawa Yoshimoto is under the banner of Kamiluo is nothing more than to see that the Gongfang Hall is opposing the Miyoshi family and wants to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie. However, His Majesty has followed the Gongfang Hall since he was a child, and he knows His Highness's conduct very well, and once he hears about Imagawa Yoshimoto's Shangluo plan, he will definitely abandon his previous suspicions with the Miyoshi family, reach a harmony, and let Imagawa Yoshimoto work for nothing. At that time, if the main family had already made peace with the Imagawa family, they would definitely have made enemies with the Gongkata Hall and the shogunate, and the Imagawa family would definitely turn around and annex the main family in order to mitigate the blow suffered by the defeat of Kamiraku and avoid the reduction of their prestige. Hosokawa Nobugen first found a reason for Oda Nobunaga to refuse to negotiate peace, and he knew that according to Oda Nobunaga's conduct, he would never be able to negotiate peace.

"Well, what Rokuro said is reasonable, go on." Oda Nobunaga got off the donkey down the slope, and the peace plan was negated.

"The second is Ridge Castle, although Niwa-sama's suggestion seems to maintain stability, but it is precisely to hand over his fate to the other party. 20,000 troops, my lord, if 2,000 troops are strong, I will raise my hands in favor of the ridge city, but 20,000~~hehe~~ It is only a matter of time before the city falls. After Hosokawa Nobumoto finished speaking, he looked at Oda Nobunaga's contemplative expression and waited for his reply.

"Okay, I see, since you're going to fight! What advice do you have for smart pills? Oda Nobunaga figured out the key and made up his mind.

"My lord, my lord had the privilege of seeing the battle of Itsukushima up close in his early years."

"Oh? It was a sensational battle, and it was said to be a classic of winning more with less. Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga suddenly became interested, and the battle was rumored to be miraculous at that time.

"Yes, my lord, it is indeed a classic. Therefore, based on the experience of this battle, his subordinates formulated this strategy, using Marone and Washizu as the forward positions to attract the main force of the Imagawa family, and then the main force of the main family raided the main camp of Imagawa Yoshimoto. The Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's "Coming Out of the Stopper" has a cloud: the bow should be strong, the arrow should be long, the man should shoot the horse first, and the thief should capture the king first. Therefore, the key to this battle lies in Imagawa Yoshimoto himself, and only by defeating him or even killing him will this battle be won. Hosokawa Nobumoto used his saber and other objects to demonstrate the strategic process on the spot.

Such a visual demonstration made Oda Nobunaga nod his head again and again, "Well, yes, since it is a surprise attack on Imagawa Yoshimoto's main formation, the main point of this battle is to break his main formation without having time to react with the speed of the soldiers." ”

"Exactly, the lord is wise!"

"Very well, let's go down."

"Yes."

The next day, there was still a quarrel between each other in the assessment room, but fortunately, in the end, it was decided to mobilize 700 peasant soldiers first, and reinforce Marone and Washizu in two batches, the first team of 350 people, which was assembled two days later, and set off under the leadership of Oda Nobubo; The second team of 350 people was assembled four days later, led by Sasa Masaji and Chiaki Chunzhong.

As a result, the total strength of Marone and Washizu will reach 1,800 men, while the defenders of Otaka Castle will only have a few hundred.

Uden Nagasho stood on the lookout of Otaka Castle at this time, watching Oda Nobubo lead the army into Marune. Since being besieged by the Oda army and cutting off the connection between Odaka Castle and Narumi Castle, Uden Nagasho has been living like a year, looking out of the city all day long, expecting the Imagawa family to rescue, but only to wait for reinforcements from the Oda family.

"Hey~~ It seems that the Oda family has increased its troops again, and sent someone to inform the lord, saying that the Oda family has increased the troops of Washizu and Marugen again, and the military rations of Dagaocheng are about to be cut off, and I hope that the lord will send reinforcements as soon as possible." The pelican hall chief commanded depressedly.

Originally, this big high city is also a high city deep pond, about 106 meters from east to west, 32 meters from north to south, and there are famous temples and other castles around it. However, the Oda army of Washizu and Marone did not clash head-on with the defenders of Odaka Castle, but put pressure on the nearby villages, making it difficult to supply military food in Odaka Castle, and constantly harassing them day and night, so that the nerves of the garrison in the castle were in a high tension 24 hours a day.

"My lord, there is Da Gao City in front of you." Tadaji Sakai sat on his horse, and said respectfully with his head turned to the left and a young horse general.

"Well, order the army to rest on the spot, prepare military rations, and be ready to transport Dagao City at any time." This young man is the new governor of the Matsudaira family, Matsudaira Motoyasu.

"My lord, my majesty still thinks that this is a place of death, although my family has more than 2,000 troops, but half of the army is needed to carry food, and there are only more than 1,000 troops in battle. And just received information that the Oda family has increased its troops by 700, and the number of combatants is twice as large as that of the main family, and the subordinates think that they should wait for the main team of the main hall in order to relieve the siege of the big high castle. Ishikawa Shumasa, who was side by side with Tadaji Sakai, persuaded the lord in front of him to the right.

"Needless to say, since I have accepted this grain delivery task, it must be completed." Matsudaira Motoyasu interrupted the words of persuasion that they were going to persuade later, his character is like this, extremely forbearing, but he will show his value in a timely manner to prevent being marginalized, deep and cunning.