Chapter 188: Jiangzhou Outpost Battle
The first year of Yonglu, August 29. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Shogunate minister Ise Ise Mamoru Masataka raised troops in Nakao Castle to rebel. The two daimyo of Rokkaku and Takayatayama also raised troops in response. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the general of the Seiyi, took refuge in Sakamoto Castle under the escort of Kenshin.
However, Ise Sadataka, who is considered by the world to be close to the Miyoshi family, did not receive the support of the 'people of the world' Miyoshi Chokei this time. As the largest force in the Gyeonggi area, Miyoshi's every move can completely influence this long-planned military mobilization. But Miyoshi Changqing unexpectedly chose to hold a tea party in Akutagawa Mountain Castle and face waka.
Although Miyoshi Changqing's actions made Qianxin a little confused, he couldn't completely think that the Miyoshi family was his ally. Moreover, she went to Luo this time to obtain the imperial teaching book to defeat the Takeda family, and on the other hand, she wanted to kill the sharp spirit of the Miyoshi family.
Due to the sudden disappearance of Ashikaga Yoshiteru himself, most of the public samurai chose to remain neutral and silent. None of them knew where Ashikaga Yoshiteru was, and they couldn't blindly join the ranks of the rebels. Naturally, Ashikaga Yoshiteru did not enter Sakamoto Castle alone. Entering Sakamoto Castle with him were five other people, including his flanks Shinshi Haruhura, Jibe Fujitsu, Jibe Fujiami, Isshiki Awaji Mamoru and Nishiki Shichiro.
Although Ise Sadataka's Nakao Castle was 20,000 koku, the Gyeonggi area had a large population, and he was able to recruit 5,000 troops with this one. If you add the two departments of Rokkaku Yoshiken and Hatakeyama Takamasa, it will be more than 20,000. The Kawachi Tayama family has the guardian duties of Kii and Kawachi, and if the situation is urgent, they can recruit Nerai and Saga to participate in the war. Fortunately, Hatakeyama Takamasa did not recruit Nerai and Saga, and he thought that with nearly 20,000 troops mobilized by Rokkaku and Kawachi Tayama, he would not be able to defeat Akechi Mitsuhide, who had less than 30,000 stone in Nishi-Omi's territory? However, the wise and bright Jiantian people who recruited an are not good people. Rokkaku Yoshiken and Hatakeyama Takamasa didn't know this, and even Ise Sadataka, who had been handling political affairs in Kyoto for a long time, didn't look at Katada. Therefore, Akechi Mitsuhide still has the trump card of Jiantian Zhong in his hand.
Fortunately, the Asai family did not take the opportunity to fall into the well against Akechi Mitsuhide. Asai Nagamasa is well aware of the power of the people, and the Asai family itself is an alliance of the people. He decided not to fall into the well, after all, his encroachment on the Rokkaku family was best carried out after the Rokkaku family suffered heavy losses, and Akechi Mitsuhide happened to be the stepping stone for him to achieve Omi's hegemony. Asai Nagamasa's idea is still very good, and of course the reason why he didn't do it was also on the side of the Oda family. After all, the Oda family and the Uesugi family also had a marriage, and Fujiwara Asada, who was the shogun of the town guard at the time, married Oda Inu as a side room. There were also quite a few retainers within the Asai family who wanted to get a glimpse of how powerful the Uesugi family was in Kyoto.
Since Ise Sadataka is the opposite of the light, Kenshin can't sit idly by. Since she herself is in Kyoto, she can't let these rebellious ministers and thieves do whatever they want. In order to keep the strength of the shogunate side from suffering, Kenshin did not intend to let Ashikaga Yoshiteru order the public to assist him, but planned to fight against the three coalition forces alone with Akechi Mitsuhidebe. And Qianxin also has a lot of confidence to face the enemy army that is several times her size, and she is not afraid.
While the rebels were actively marching towards Kyoto, Akechi Mitsuhide transferred the water transportation of the Yodo River around Kyoto to himself. And they will temporarily replace the combat mission of the Katada people on land. In this way, the Katata people were able to take advantage of their unimpeded ability to navigate the lake in Biwa, and sail a large number of Kohaya and a few ships to continue to harass the Rokkaku family along Lake Biwa. And Yodogawa Sanemon, the leader of the Yodogawa people, was directly transferred by Kenshin to Akechi Mitsuhide and force, and he was not directly under his control.
This time, Akechi Mitsuhide finally made a difference by using the network he had built up over the years in Kyoto. He raised a samurai team of hundreds of wise warriors who had defected to him to improve his own combat power. Not only that, but he also attracted the lords of the people in Tanba to his side, such as the lords Kawakatsu family and Ohata family around Mt. Turban. The two of them rushed to Sakamoto Castle with more than 1,000 soldiers and horses.
With the participation of the Tanba clan lords, Kenshin had more than 6,400 available troops (more than 1,000 Kata, more than 1,000 Katsuya and Ohata family, more than 200 Yodokawa, more than 4,000 Sakamoto and Imakakuta, more than 100 wise samurai, and 100 iron artillery ashigaru)
On August 31, the Hexagonal Army was spearheaded by Minami-Omi, and more than 900 of its troops took the lead and prepared to seize the castle of Zensho in Shiga County. However, Kenshin had already guessed the goal of the Hexagons. She ordered the Wise Sweep Department (Jiantian Zhong, who was given the word Wise Miao), the Wise Nine Taifu, and the Wise City Lieutenant to lead three hundred troops to quickly seize the castle and hold it.
And the Hexagonal Army, or Zensho Castle, was seized by the Wise Army, and immediately began to attack Zensho Castle. Ma Yuan Donggang of Qingdi City, Sanyun City Sanyun Dingzhi and other hexagonal retainers successively led their troops to the castle of the dining house. In an instant, the hexagonal army besieging the city reached more than 3,000, which was three times the number of defenders in the city. And the three wise retainers in the city are not worried, even if the enemy army is ten times as large as their own, they only need to hold the city for two days, and the rest is to counterattack. The castle was so well fortified that the Koga people of the Rokkaku clan were unable to infiltrate the castle and sabotage and steal through the gates.
Akechi Mitsuhide was left at Sakamoto Castle by Kenshin at the beginning to use it to dispatch the troops of various departments, and Kenshin himself led the samurai team and iron cannon ashigaru team formed by Akechi Mitsuhide to use the transportation capacity of the Katatsu clan to send it to Gamo County, the hinterland of the Rokkaku family.
Kenshin dared to go to the hinterland of the Rokkaku family with two hundred troops, and he also learned that Yongyuan Shigetsu of Eihara Castle had been rewarded by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and he would not be in the same league as the Rokkaku family. And his territory is the breakthrough of humility. After negotiating with Nagahara Shigexing in advance, Kenshin quickly changed into the flag of the Rokkaku family, Tsuru no Maru, when passing through Nagahara, in case it was discovered by the Koga and Iga people.
On the evening of September 1, Kenshin finally waited for the Hexagonal Army, which was marching towards the castle of Zensho. Just as the Rokkaku Army of Higashi Omi assembled and marched to Nishi-Omi, they were ambushed by Kenshin at Chokoji Temple. The 3,000 hexagonal troops, including Yamazaki Muneke and Takanose Hidetaka, were attacked head-on by the 200 troops led by Kenshin at night, and they were completely caught off guard. Due to the accumulation of hundreds of iron cannons and the night, the Hexagonal Army could not figure out how many enemy troops there were for a while. However, Kenshin didn't give them the slightest chance, and directly led a hundred samurai into the enemy formation. Yamazaki Muneke and Hidetaka Takanose, who led the Roxagonal Army, immediately fled back to their abilities with a small number of soldiers and horses, and the rest were defeated.
Kenshin was ready to hand over the work of collecting the corpses to the Rokkaku family, and he was in a hurry to lead people back to the rear of the 6,000 Hexagon Army to continue the raid. So there is not much extra time at all to clean up the battlefield.
However, the ninjas of the Koga Fifty-Three family are not vegetarians after all. They still found out the exact number of troops led by Kenshin. However, when they reported it to the hexagonal Yixian in Guanyin Mountain City, they were angrily scolded.
"Bastard! How did you become ninjas?! You will only know when the enemy army has come to the hinterland of your house and succeeded in the sneak attack! "Hexagonal Yixian was very angry.
"Rokkaku Sakyo, isn't that a good thing? It just so happened that we learned about the location of Uesugi Danmasa. Chiyo Mochizuki, who was dressed in a shrine maiden costume on the side, said calmly while wiping her ninja sword.
"A good thing? Could it be that Takeda Daizen sent His Excellency to Jiangzhou this time······" Rokkaku Yoshiken instantly thought that Takeda Shingen was Kenshin's nemesis.
"Yes, the Takeda Army is already on the offensive with missiles, and it will not be long before they can capture most of them. Echichu and Noto are already in the bag of the Takeda family. "Chiyonu Mochizuki naturally knew the movements of the Takeda Army, but she underestimated the combat effectiveness of the generals of Echichu.
"Since the Takeda family wants to be friendly with the main family, then if the two families have a common enemy, they can further deepen the bond between the two families······" Rokkaku Yoshiken wanted to form an alliance with the Takeda family. He felt that the power of the Takeda family was not small, at least in Tokaido and Higashiyamado, and the power could not be underestimated. Moreover, the three hundred taels of Koshu gold brought by Chiyo Mochizuki this time made Rokkaku Yoshiken feel that the Takeda family was very worthy of befriending.
"It's not up to you to deepen the bond between the two families, but you can ask my lord about his wishes first. Once agreed, then the two families must have formed an alliance of in-laws. "Chiyo Mochizuki naturally wants to stabilize Rokkaku Yoshiken first, as for Takeda Shingenken's refusal, that's another matter. It won't matter to her then.