Chapter 675: The decisive battle is imminent
Kitada Motogu, a well-known, manly name was born.
Hosokawa Senimaru congratulated him with a little envy below, and his application for the yuan service was rejected by Hosokawa Nobumoto. The reason is that he is the son-in-law of the family, the heir of the Hosokawa clan in the future, and he has to bow in front of the high hall of the temple, and he has to put on a big show and feast the daimyo of all parties.
"Hey... It seems that there is only a victory to return to the dynasty and wait for the next opportunity. Hosokawa Senmaru thought so and went up to congratulate his eldest brother.
After Kitada Motogu's gift of the original costume, it was the time when the Hosokawa army crossed the bridge.
Stompe... Stompe... Hosokawa walked lightly and neatly on the spacious pontoon.
Hosokawa Nobumoto deliberately built a pontoon bridge that can accommodate 100 people to pass side by side, and people walk on it as if walking on the ground.
The army relied on Mt. Atsushiga and was deployed at the opposite corner of the Shimoishi checkpoint and Mount Benten.
In addition, a 10-meter-wide pontoon bridge was built on the moat at the back of Atsushiga Castle to facilitate emergency access.
"My lord, the mountain in front of you is Bentenzan Mountain, and the Tsugawa family built a mountain castle on the mountain. Over there, there is Shimoinuishi, the northern entrance and exit of the Fukushima Basin, and from there, there is a long and narrow gorge called the Abukuma Gorge. Hattori began to explain these key points on the spot.
"The main gate of Bentenzan Castle is in the north? In other words, only by opening up the lower Shinshi can we besiege Tsugawa Soji? Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at the Newstone level from afar, his brows furrowed.
This was originally an independent pass, but now it is connected with the Bentian Mountains, the turrets are towering, and they are actually double-layer panes that cross the upper and lower levels, plus the top pavilion, it is like a multi-row triple oar! Its gate must have been thickened, and the stone fall above it must have been filled with all kinds of garrison materials.
If you look at Bentenzan Castle, it forms a right-angle shape with Shimono Rock, and the side facing Shimonyshi is completely a cliff, with a full 142 meters. Even if it was so high, so steep, so unattainable, the cautious Tsugawa Soji built a triple defense on it.
The sliding windows allow the defenders to attack from a high position, and the Hosokawa army attacking Shimonoishi will not only have to fight the Shimonoishi defenders on the one hand, but also suffer an attack from overhead.
"Back to the lord, exactly! Just by attacking the Teemon Gate of Bentenyama Castle, I'm afraid it is..."Hattori Hoshitoshi didn't continue, but even if he didn't say it, Hosokawa Nobumoto understood that even if he took the Teemon Gate, Soji Tsugawa would be able to escape from the main gate.
By that time, the loss of troops had been defeated, but he had not been able to kill Tsugawa Soji. Once he is allowed to escape back to the hinterland of the territory, he is afraid that a new fortified castle will be built to continue to deplete Hosokawa Nobumoto's strength.
"Gather all the generals first, and tell them all about the situation." Hosokawa Nobumoto waved his hand and decided to convene a military meeting, he wanted to decide the outcome of this battle, and he didn't want to continue the tug-of-war.
After a while, the important ministers gathered at the staff headquarters and gathered in front of the terrain simulation sand table.
"My lord, it seems... If you want to catch Tsugawa Soji, you must also break this new stone to achieve the momentum of encirclement. Kitada Gujiao spoke first, although Kitada Motokuyuan was served, but he had to go through the initial battle and be recognized by his family in order to become the real head of the Kitada family.
"Yes, the difficulty is here, under the attack, the new stone will inevitably suffer the blow of Bentian Mountain City, and the currently known means of attack are bows and arrows, iron cannons, falling rocks, roasting... It's too high, it explodes before it falls, and as for the gold juice... It can only be a vertical vertical strike, we just need to move away from Bentenzan. Mibuchi Fujiei snapped his fingers and looked down.
"Lord Sanyuan can't be counted like this, you can use a long lead for baking, as long as you calculate the distance and time, you can still hit our army. Golden juice doesn't have to be poured straight up, it can also be splashed, and it can also increase the kill distance. Hosokawa Fujitaka shook his head, saying that it was not good, his brother was too rigid.
"Then what about our army from the hand gate of Bentenshan Castle with lightning speed? Is it possible to block Tsugawa Soji in the castle tower? Hosokawa Motoxian kept staring at the cavalry road behind the mountain, fantasizing about going straight to the dragon's lair.
"I'm afraid it's not easy, first of all, I have to break through the defense at the foot of the mountain, but it is close to the Abu Kuma River, which is obviously very unfavorable to the attacker. There was almost no room for formation on the front, and the only way to attack was to attack diagonally from the west. Even if the defense is breached, it will take a lot of time for the long cavalry to run up, not to mention that there must be a layer of Honmaru defense outside the castle tower. Matsunaga scratched his gutter nose, it was almost impossible to block Tsugawa Soji, unless he was so amused that he had to defend the castle tower.
"My lord, for the sake of today's plan, the only way to conquer the lower new stone first and surround Bentian Mountain Castle is to besiege it. Then attack from the hand gate and carry out the decapitation operation! Kuroda Takataka said very firmly, it seems that there is only one way.
"If you attack Shinshi head-on... There will definitely be a lot of casualties, can you... Detour back to the front of Bentenzan Castle, so that you don't have to storm the new stone, and you can complete the siege of Bentenzan Castle. "Miyoshi Yoshitsugu didn't dare to take it hard, and the battle of Atsushiga Yamajo alone damaged most of the troops.
"No! You can't divide your troops! At present, our army only has 100,000 usable troops, and if the number of troops divided is small, and if it goes around to the front, it will only be slaughtered, and if there are too many troops, then there will be no more here. So no matter how it is divided, even if it is evenly divided, in the end, the strength of either side must be much lower than that of the Tsugawa army. At that time, there will be a lower stone barrier between our troops, but it will not be our army that surrounds the enemy, but will be broken by the enemy. Honda Masanobu immediately spoke in denial.
"Yes, Honda-sama is right, besides, this division of troops is protracted and inconvenient to contact, and there are too many changes during this period, it is simply his own death." Sanada Masayuki also said unceremoniously, making Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's face red for a while and purple for a while.
"Okay, I understand your opinions." Hosokawa Nobumoto slapped the folding fan in his hand and attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at the lord Hosokawa Nobumoto.
"I decide!"
After a while, everyone quickly stood up straight, ready to listen to the order.
"Conquer the lower stone first, and then surround Bentenshan Castle! The big hand gate is a feint attack, and the hand door is the main attack! Annihilate Soji Tsugawa in one fell swoop! "Hosokawa Nobumoto has set a tactic.
"Yes!" Everyone immediately saluted in unison and fully obeyed Hosokawa Nobumoto's orders.
"I command!" As he spoke, Hosokawa Nobumoto glanced left and right, as if he was thinking again... Let whoever is the right first.
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