Chapter 5 Sweeping the Three Rivers
After bidding farewell to Kinoshita Toyoshiro, the clan clan took three ashigaru and kept expanding the team on the periphery of the battlefield. "You guys are under my command for the time being!"
"It's my lord!" Five more ashigaru members joined the clan's ranks.
"You people are under my command for the time being!"
"My lord, we are Shibata-sama's subordinates."
"Oh, then you go ahead and leave me alone."
In a short time, the clan gathered more than a hundred ashigaru, and together, these people were a force that could not be ignored on this chaotic battlefield. However, Takayama has no intention of continuing to fight here, and there is obviously no chance of meritorious service here at present. Before, he didn't dare to think about it when he had a small number of soldiers, but now that he has soldiers and horses, he thinks about meritorious service.
In the eyes of the clan, it is only a meal from here to Nemaru and Washizu, anyway, the Imagawa army guarding there will have to flee for a while, so it is better to cheapen yourself than that. Attacking the city and capturing the fortress should be regarded as a great merit.
The clan is a person who dares to think and dare to do, he first asked his subordinate Ashigaru to change into the Imagawa family's flag, anyway, the clothes are almost the same, so there is no need to change. Fortunately, there were a lot of corpses of the Imagawa family on the battlefield, and it didn't take long for the Ashigaru to change his appearance. During this period, there were several misunderstandings, but as soon as the clan appeared, after some explanation, the misunderstanding was resolved.
After everything was prepared, the clan leader led this group of "remnant soldiers" to the Eagle Tsu.
The Washizu Tsu is just a simple small wall, and when it is still a few hundred meters away, the clan leader Ashigaru sped up his running, and under his instructions, the ashigaru kept shouting: "The lord has been taken, the Imagawa family has been defeated, the Daejeon army is coming, brothers run!" ”
In Washizu, the person in charge of guarding the town is a low-level samurai named Takato Konhiro, a high-ranking samurai or those who have a relationship, and the samurai of Lu Ziye have already gone to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. Takato Konhiro was very ostracized in the Imagawa family, otherwise he would not have been allowed to do such a job.
He kept scolding just now, but when he saw the defeated soldiers covered in blood outside the city, he was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately he didn't go to the front line, otherwise he would have died on the battlefield with his ordinary martial arts.
Takato Konhiro didn't even have time to pack up his things, and ran away directly from the back door with a number of ashigaru samurai, and he didn't even see the face of the clan. In his mind, this should not be a trick of the Oda family, after all, even if the Oda family recaptures this place, it will not be captured by the Imagawa army in the end. Doing so will only increase casualties. It seems that the Imagawa family is really defeated, I'm afraid that the lord is also more than lucky, and he must bring this news back as soon as possible, with this, maybe the identity can still rise. With this in mind, Takato Konhiro went straight to Suruga without stopping all the way.
Seeing the background of the Imagawa army's escape, the clan couldn't help but smile slightly, but he didn't go directly into the city, and in order to play realistically, he continued to run forward with Ashigaru for a short distance before turning back again.
As soon as he entered the Washitsu Mansion, the clan clan shouted loudly: "Brothers, we don't have much time, go to the warehouse." "After coming to the warehouse, the clan was disappointed. In the huge warehouse, there were only one hundred and thirty yuan scattered around.
"Keep thirty pieces of money, and take the rest with you." After speaking, he pointed to one of the ashigaru and said, "You go back and report to the lord, and when the war is over, come to me to receive the reward." Oh yes, and don't forget to swap out the flag when you get back. ”
"Yes! My lord. ”
After more than two hours of bloody fighting, the Oda family finally beheaded Imagawa Yoshimoto and won the most decisive victory.
In this battle, although the Oda family suffered a lot of losses, but the harvest was also huge, just scattered on the battlefield weapons and armor there were thousands of them, and the captured Imagawa family's grain and grass baggage made the Oda family rich, in addition to loading this large amount of grain, but also loaded with a large amount of gold and silver. Imagawa Yoshimoto originally planned to use this money to buy people's hearts or bribe the minister, but he didn't expect that in the end, he cheapened Oda Nobunaga, and even took his life.
Oda Nobunaga led the crowd to Imagawa Yoshimoto's body, only to see that the white white robe on Imagawa Yoshimoto's body had been dyed red with blood, and his head was gone, but he was still holding the left character knife tightly in his hand, and he was lying on the ground motionless at the moment. Oda Nobunaga bent down, picked out Imagawa Yoshimoto's fingers, and took out the left text. ,
"Report! My lord, the Great High Castle has been recaptured by Lord Takayama! "This is already the fifth battle report from the Takayama clan.
In just over two hours, five cities were built in a row? All the samurai who heard the battle report couldn't help but gasp, this... How is this possible? He was alone, how could he capture five cities in just a few moments?
After receiving this battle report, Oda Nobunaga was also secretly surprised, after these five castles were recaptured, it meant that there was no Imagawa family's strength entrenched in Owari in the middle of the night. After the Qianbei comes back for a while, he must be rewarded.
However, after the Oda family finished cleaning up the battlefield and arranged for the injured Ashigaru, they did not see the clan return. Could it be that something happened to Senbei? Oda Nobunaga was a little heartbroken, it was a pity that a talent like this died before he could play a role.
"Report! Lord, Lord Takayama has entered the Three Rivers and is currently occupying the Shangxiang City of Bihai County! Now Mikawa Bihai County is occupied by Takayama Lord. ”
"What... What the! You repeat! Even Oda Nobunaga, who has always been unfazed, lost his temper after learning the news.
After the samurai said it again, the scene said excitedly: "Yonegoro, Captain Youemon quickly go to meet the Senbei and fully occupy Bihai County!" The two were just about to leave, but Nobunaga thought for a while and said, "Send someone to give Senbei an order to retreat immediately, and there must be no mistake!" ”
"Yes!" Niwa Nagahide, Sakuma Nobumori replied at the same time.
And at this time, the ashigaru team led by the clan had already left Bihai County, and although it was not completely occupied, it was basically controlled. After entering Nuta-gun, the clan clan was excited, and Okazaki Castle was built here. Along the way, due to the large number of Imagawa family ashigaru who fled back from the front line, it didn't take much time for the clan to control Bihai County at all, and if the castle was guarded, the clan didn't talk nonsense and bypassed it directly, but there were not many such castles. But if you encounter an empty city, you can let go of your hands and feet and plunder.
Since entering Sanhe, he has let the clan occupy a Shangxiang city and five small stones, and up to now, he has harvested a total of more than 500 gold judgments (note), as for the copper coin, that thing is worthless, and the clan can't look down on it at all, so the whole part is given to the ashigaru who followed, and if you can't take it, leave it to Nobunaga.
Just when the clan clan wanted to continue to advance and capture Okazaki Castle, a foot ran a few steps briskly in front of the clan and said, "My lord, my subordinates feel that it is not appropriate for us to continue the attack now. ”
Looking at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old slightly thin young man in front of him, the clan asked the clan, "What is the reason?" ”
"My lord, now that the enemy's large army has begun to retreat, even if we occupy Okazaki City, we can't hold it with a few dozen of us, and if the enemy cuts off the way back, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Seeing that this ashigaru was neither humble nor arrogant when he spoke, the clan admired him a little, and after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that this statement was reasonable, and now there were only more than sixty people left around, what could he do if he occupied Okazaki? In the face of the thousands of people in the Matsudaira family, people will definitely not be able to defend this point. It seems that the heart of wanting to destroy the old turtle is too eager, and the ashigaru in front of him can not only see through, but also say it, and the clan is interested in asking, "What's your name?" Whose subordinates are they? ”
"Lord Hui, under the command of Kagawa Kiyobei, the current Oda family flag is light."
Kagawa Kiyobei? It sounded a little familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was for a while, but the clan was sure that he had heard of this name, and the clan asked further, "Is it famous?" ”
Kagawa Kiyobei said: "Lord Hui, Kagawa Kiyobei Tadaji, his father Oda family is the head of Kagawa Nanaemon, but he was killed in the Battle of Ukino. Kagawa Tadaji was a little sad after speaking.
After listening, the clan finally remembered who this was, isn't this the later Imu Tadaji, and yes, the surname Imu was given to him by Oda Nobunaga after he captured Mino Imu Castle, to say that this Kagawa Tadaji is not good at martial arts, but he has a lot of experience in financial management, and he is a talent, and it is better to follow himself than to follow Ikeda Hengxing in the future.
Kagawa Tadaji saw that the clan clan stared at him for a long time and didn't speak, thinking that the suggestion just now had angered the adult, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, ......"
The clan had also come back to his senses at this moment, and asked solemnly, "Kagawa Tadaji, are you willing to be my retainer?" ”,
Kagawa Tadaji thought that it was said that with his identity as the Oda family banner Ashigaru, as long as he did not die on the battlefield, it would be a matter of time before he became a samurai, but he didn't know how long he would have to wait, and he knew that he was not good at martial arts, which meant that there were fewer opportunities for meritorious service, and I was afraid that he would not want to become a samurai in a few years or ten years. If you agree, although you can't become a direct minister of the Oda family, it's not bad, and the adult in front of you, who seems to be extraordinary, has captured so many castles in a short period of time, and with the adult, you don't have to worry about burying yourself in the future.
Thinking of this, Kagawa Tadaji knelt on the ground with a puff and said, "Kagawa Kiyobei Tadaji, swear allegiance to the lord." ”
The clan clan smiled with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I will now appoint you as the head of the ashigaru, and I will be able to do 5 times." ”
"My lord, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, your current identity ...... His subordinates did not dare to sit on an equal footing with the Lord. ”
"Your family master has more than 100 ashigaru, and within half a day, he has connected three cities and eight mountains, how long do you think I can stay in this position?"
"It's... What the lord said was that his subordinates thanked the lord. After hearing this, Kagawa Tadaji no longer shirked and accepted it gladly.
The clan looked ahead and said regretfully, "Everyone listen to the order and return to Owari the same way." After speaking, the clan took the lead and walked in the front. On the way back, the clan swept the fortress that had been captured just now, leaving nothing behind, and it was enough to fill seven carts before it was all carried away. Of course, this is only in the territory of Mikawa, and as soon as Owari enters the Omari, the clan clan will not dare to be so presumptuous, after all, if it continues to sweep, it will be difficult to explain when he sees Nobunaga.
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Note: Jin Xiaoju is 15-16.5 grams, which can be exchanged for 4 yuan at that time, and has been queried on many websites, and this article uses 15 grams.