Chapter 39: Breaking the Deadlock
"Let's go to Mino!"
Everyone was puzzled, since they knew that Owari was in crisis now, why didn't they hurry back to Nakono and instead moved towards Mino.
"The route of the Imagawa army is nothing more than my guess, what if I guess wrong? What a millimeter of miss! To be honest, I don't care about losing other castles except for Nakono, but that would really ruin my plans, and now only Mino is the only one who can know the route of the Imagawa army. After Guo Jia finished speaking, this group of people also understood.
That's right, if the Imagawa army is marching on a detour, then the road they must pass through will definitely appear within the reconnaissance range of Mino, so it is not a strange behavior for Guo Jia to go to Mino now.
"My lord, how many troops do you estimate the Imagawa army will use to attack us?"
"That's about 10,000." Guo Jia is not panicking at all now, if his idea comes true, then the Imagawa army is likely to stumble this time.
"Sir, you go and tell the residents of the city that there may be a war here, and if you want to, you can take refuge in Cheongju City." Guo Jia can't take care of so much now, and it is absolutely impossible for him to take in the displaced people, it is estimated that he will not be able to take into account the situation of the people at all due to the frequent wars in the near future, and now he can only let them scatter and take refuge.
"My lord, won't you save us? Do you want to watch us starve to death? Please, sir! Help us! No matter how much it was, it was useless, Guo Jia turned his head and left directly, and the man knelt on the ground crying bitterly.
"Don't worry, old man. Qingzhou City has been taken by Lord Guo Jia, and you will definitely be able to survive if you go to Qingzhou City. Master Guo Jia will not give up on you! Teng Jilang comforted the man, and he also hoped that the man would cheer up because of his few words.
"You are all liars! It's all liars! However, in exchange for the man's heart-rending crying and abuse.
"Monkey, let's go." Guo Jia didn't look back, he could only grit his teeth and make such a decision now. There's no way, this world is inherently unfair, and he has to think about the whole Ozari.
The group walked out of Inuyama Castle with their heads bowed, and the thief in the thunder group locked the gate again, as if nothing had happened, except for the clothes that the man was wearing.
It wasn't until this night that Guo Jia and his entourage arrived at Mino Inabayama Castle, and there was no need to report it at all, because Saito Michizo treated Guo Jia as a special treatment, and they arrived at the ceremonial hall unhindered along the way, Guo Jia and the monkey had already gone in to wait for Saito Michizo's arrival, while the others were arranged to wait outside the castle tower. This is also out of Guo Jia's respect for Daosan.
"It's coming!" The silence in the hall could hear the needle dropping, and the sound of two sets of footsteps outside could also reach Guo Jia's ears.
"The Three Great Men of the Dao." Guo Jia greeted this Meinong name very decently.
"No need to be polite."
"The three major Dao people, I will say anything directly, and I hope that the three Dao three people can inform Guo Jia."
"Okay." Of course, Saito Michizo knew why Guo Jia was here. It's simple, he's definitely asking for information now.
"Is it clear about the movements of the Imagawa army?"
"You are more than eighty miles east of Inuyama City, and the speed is estimated to arrive at Inuyama City tomorrow."
That's right! Guo Jia guessed right! Imagawa Yoshimoto is planning to directly attack the two castles of Inuyama Kiyosu!
"The three major Daoists, we will retire first." After hearing the news, Guo Jia got up and left directly, yes, his purpose has been achieved, and now he should immediately return to Naguno to prepare to fight against the Imagawa army.
"Is it in such a hurry?" Saito Michizo said softly, he knew that Guo Jia couldn't stay here at all at this time, because he understood the situation in Owari. At this time, he already completely admired this young man, because the whole situation of Owari was not too good, but this young man did not panic at all, but still looked like he was winning.
"My lord, where are we going now?"
"Eat, eat enough, and go back to the ancient wild city overnight."
On the far side of the Enoe, Imagawa Yoshimoto once again regrouped his army, and they also began to set up camp with the intention of repairing and then marching tomorrow to occupy Inuyama Castle.
"Okabe Motonobu, are you sure that the matter has not been exposed!"
"Yoshiwon-sama, I'm sure! Guo Jia couldn't have imagined that we had already taken control of the city lord of their Inuyama City, and this coward didn't want to leave now when he heard that the adult's forces were strong. ”
However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Oda Nobuyuki doesn't want to leave, he is simply under house arrest.
"We're still more than seventy miles away from Inuyama Castle now, and we can definitely get there tomorrow!" Motonobu Okabe said happily.
"Alright, let's rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."
"Report!" The debriefing that came at this time was definitely not a simple matter.
"Come in!" Imagawa Yoshimoto and Okabe Mototo sighed in confidence, could it be that the Oda family has already found out?
"Report! Narumi Castle has been breached by the Miyoshi people! ”
"What did you say?"
The perspective switched, just as the Imagawa army was marching, when Guo Jia left Inuyama for Mino, the general attack on Narumi Castle began.
Outside the city, the Miyoshi people, with nearly 5,000 troops, completely surrounded Narumi Castle, and the defenders led by the Katsuyama clan in the city were only about 2,000.
"Humph! Rockets on the archers. "It was just afternoon, and the general assault had begun after that order.
The red oil rocket of the Miyoshi Army has been set on the bowstring. Then they let go of the fingers of their right hand, and a crack broke through the air, accompanied by the sound of raging fire, resounded outside the city. The rain of arrows in the sky didn't look like a plague of locusts at all, if anything, it was full of flames.
The arrow hit the castle tower of Narumi Castle, and the dry weather instantly ignited the place, and the fire became stronger and stronger with the help of the wind, and the people stationed in Narumi Castle became more and more anxious. It's been three days, but reinforcements from Yuanjiang haven't arrived for a long time.
"The archers put their arrows to suppress them." The Katsuyama clan could not stop the spread of the fire, the flames were terrible, and although the castle tower was made of blue bricks, there was always some wooden material. So he decided to fight to the death with the three good people outside the city.
"Infantry regiment!"
"Drink!"
One by one, the infantry raised their shields and moved slowly towards the city, this group of people looked like mudslides, the color of the wooden shields was like mud and sand, and they walked quickly towards the city.
"Open the gates! The cavalry charged me. "The Katsuyama clan is also a powerful general, at this time, the vision of the three good people is blocked by the shield, and if the cavalry charges at this time, it will directly trample many people to death.
"Yo~" With a burst of neighing, the cavalry of the Geshan clan rushed out of the castle tower and crashed into the body of the Miyoshi infantry, and in an instant, it was like a giant beast rushing into the crowd.
"Cut off the horse's leg!" A man pulled out a long knife stuck in a corpse that was not yet cold, he was the general of the three good people!
"Die!"
"Kill!"
The infantrymen also began to attack the horses when they heard the instructions of their generals, and when the horses fell, what about those who fell immediately? The answer is death.
"All the troops are attacking."
The biggest failure of the Katsuyama clan in the offensive and defensive battle was to open the gate of the Narumi Castle Tower, but there was no way to do it at all!
The Narumi Castle Tower is about to burn to ruins, and once the Miyoshi people approach here, the army of the Katsuyama clan will definitely be trapped here, with a fire in the back and an enemy army in front!
Geshan Clan Yuan could only think about how to sacrifice now, he couldn't think of why the reinforcements were delayed, and he couldn't think of why he was so embarrassed. Rather than being burned to death, it is better to fight them and die at the hands of the enemy, and there will be some glory to speak of.
The terrible voice of the Geshan clan rang down, and the horn of the attack also sounded, and endless soldiers rushed out of the inside of the Narumi Castle Tower, and they did not flee for their lives, but rushed directly into the enemy's army with the will to die. Everyone is holding the mentality that killing one is enough to kill two and make money, impacting the Sanhao Army.
A miserable roar continued to sound on the battlefield, and the blood donation stained Narumi Castle with a layer of color, and the battle finally ended in the afterglow of the setting sun. The legendary Katsuyama clan was also separated in this battle and became someone else's glory. And the results of this battle will soon be passed on to others to let others know that Miyoshido has risen in Ise.
"What did you say!"
"Back to my lord, Narumi Castle has fallen, and it's the three good people of Ise. The Katsuyama clan died on the spot. ”
Imagawa Yoshimoto fell into deep thought, what's the matter, isn't the Katsuyama clan a betrayal, how can he die? Did you fall for it?
Also in contemplation was Okabe Motoshin, who had always thought that the Katsuyama clan was a betrayer, but after hearing the news, he couldn't calm down, because since the Katsuyama clan had betrayed, why was he killed?
"Someone! Grab Motoshin Okabe for me! Imagawa Yoshimoto thought about it and made a decision in an instant!
Imagawa Four Heavenly Kings had betrayed someone, and he had suspected that it was the Katsuyama clan but now the facts told him that the Katsuyama clan had not betrayed, and he was still stationed in Narumi Castle before he died, so who would be the betrayer?
"My lord! Why did you arrest me! Okabe Motonobu was stunned, more than he heard the news of Katsuyama's death.
"Okabe Motonobu, it's in vain that I trust you so much, and you do such a thing!"
"I don't understand, sir! What did I do! ”
"Good, good! You came and tell me that I came with you to the Commander of the Angen, who came to Owari! Why did you come back and he didn't! Why is it that only you succeed and he fails? ”
"My lord, I don't know, I immediately sent a message to you, Lord Yiyuan, when I received the news!"
"Then how do you prove that you didn't betray me!"
It's a good question, who can prove that he didn't betray Yoshimoto Imagawa, no one can. At first, Guo Jia just wanted to kill people with a knife and suppress the morale of the Imagawa army, but now? The small plan to kill people with a knife was evolved into a discordant plan by Imagawa Yoshimoto himself. Did anyone betray the Four Heavenly Kings of Imagawa? The answer is no, Imagawa Yoshimoto is suspicious by nature, and even Guo Jia didn't expect such a result.
Now the situation in Owari has completely changed, and the mixture of true and false things has caused a series of reactions.
Mino's garrison reinforcements gave Miyoshi the confidence to seize Narumi Castle, Katsuyama Clanmoto's self-righteousness led him to his death, and Imagawa Yoshimoto's suspicious personality caused Imagawa Four Heavenly Kings to fall apart. And some of these things are in Guo Jia's control, and some of them are not known to Guo Jia, but he can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
The most important thing for him now is to let Imagawa Yoshimoto have no room to turn over, and then divide the city of Enoe with Matsudaira Motoyasu.