Chapter 115: Cizhao Temple Raid (Second Watch)
After having eaten enough, Kira Yoshitoki arranged for the navy to block the Kamogawa channel, making sure that Matsunaga Nagayori's 2,000 troops could not pass through the Kamogawa River, and then leaving the severely damaged remnants and wounded soldiers to watch over the remnants of the Miyoshi family who had been defeated and captured, while he personally led the remaining less than 4,000 troops to sail up the Kamogawa River in a roundabout boat.
After crossing the three bridges, he began to land on the east bank one after another, according to the news reported by Hattori Baocho, Miyoshi Nagaitsu was setting up a formation outside Ginkakuji Temple, and the early 5,000 troops were attacking Nakao Castle on the mountain, and he was sitting in Ginkakuji Temple with 3,000 troops in his own formation.
At this time, about three o'clock in the afternoon, Miyoshi Changyi launched a routine suppression, he was resting in Cizhao Temple, he would order the army to attack Nakao City every day, in the first half a month, Miyoshi Changyi also took advantage of the freshness of leading the army to hit Nakao City every day, and then the freshness passed and he was tired of it, and coveted the prosperous palace of Cizhao Temple every day to spend all day in it to make a good temple smoky miasma, which was really annoying.
After getting this valuable information, Kira Yoshitoki seized the opportunity, and immediately rushed to Jizhao Temple with 4,000 troops, and hit Miyoshi Changyi by surprise, only a few people in the Miyoshi family army in this formation were fully dressed, and most of them relaxed their vigilance to rest, so when the Kira family's army suddenly attacked, the main formation immediately fell into a panic.
Kira Yoshishi was worried that this guy would resist stubbornly in the corner of Cizhao Temple, and if there was a jade burning temple burning move, it would be more than worth the loss, so he ordered the army to encircle and suppress Cizhao Temple, deliberately surrounded Sanque and let them escape, and because of the lack of troops, Omi Bei was too tired from the long journey, Kira Yoshishi only ordered to attack the front.
The long-range striking power of the iron artillery team and the archery team continued to wear down their will to resist, and for a time the Miyoshi rebel army who dared to resist and rushed out suffered countless casualties, listening to the thunderous explosion, Miyoshi Changyi ordered everyone to resist desperately, while convening his retainers to discuss countermeasures.
"Now the shogunate army is coming to the door! Let's talk about what to do with my family? ”
Miyoshi Changyi's nephew, Miyoshi Hyogo's Booster Changsheng said: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to join up with the army and come back in one go!" ”
"Yes! That's all there is to it! "Several retainers are mediocre people, otherwise they would not follow Miyoshi Changyi as a retainer, those who have the ability want to go to Miyoshi Changqing to be a direct minister, who will follow this old guy to eat and drink, the monks in the temple locked the door of the meditation room and ignored them, and Miyoshi Changyi also felt that there was nothing to do.
"Do you really have to run away?" This patriarch of the Miyoshi family, who has a pivotal position, paced back and forth without making a decision, in the end, he still had illusions and hoped that the army on the mountain would be able to rush back to rescue in time.
His hesitation didn't last long, and he endured for most of the day and the two reserves of Mikawa were full of firepower, among which the gun Hanzo Watanabe Takatsuna took the lead, leading two hundred elite Ashigaru Nari to charge forward, and the big gun in his hand slashed and stabbed to kill five samurai of the Miyoshi family for a moment, and then shouted: "Watanabe gun Hanzo begged for the five samurai of the Miyoshi family!" ”
The battle situation changed rapidly, and when Watanabe Takatsuna took advantage of the victory to break into the formation and slashed several people in a row, Kira Yoshitoki's main formation was also constantly moving forward, Naito was hanging on the saddle with a single bow and two pots of arrows, and the longbow in his hand opened and closed from time to time, and any Miyoshi family samurai who dared to approach the main camp became his dead soul under his arrows.
The 300 iron artillery team that was urgently dispatched also performed well, and Takigawa Mashige commanded the iron artillery team to do salvo fire again and again, and when facing the Ashigaru charge of the Miyoshi family, he did not rush to aim with his guns, and only began to shoot at a distance of ten rooms, and the thunderous roar covered the sky with smoke rising from the sky, and more than fifty or sixty people were killed in one salvo.
Miyoshi Changyi's army only lasted less than two moments before it completely collapsed, and Miyoshi Changyi, who had not yet figured out a way, could only take the remnants of the 300 troops in embarrassment and fled in the direction of the army in the mountains, and more than 3,000 defenders died in a short battle, but more than 300 people surrendered, which was really 108,000 miles worse than the main formation of the Ten Rivers.
Kira Yoshishi ordered the Yodogawa people to take charge of the prisoners, and held a military council in Jishoji Temple, at which time the baked jade was also unloaded from the ship, and the jars of baked jade were stuffed with strips of cloth soaked in earth and nitrate solution, which was his secret weapon in this battle.
"The terrain on the mountain road is narrow and steep, which is not suitable for large-scale operations, so after the battle, we must seize the advantage of firepower to defeat the army of the Miyoshi family as much as possible! The bow foot light, the iron artillery team, and the baking throwing team must work together, the gun is the lightest to pay attention to protection, and the infantry shield must be equipped, I just saw a lot of throwing and discarding infantry shield charging, this is a wrong behavior, it must be strictly stopped, do you understand? ”
Time was tight, and Kira Yoshitoki could only take a simple map drawn by Hattori Hocho and explain the tactical arrangements for the next battle in the Fishing Autumn Pavilion in Jishoji Temple.
The ashigaru were busy making a fire and boiling water to clean the wounds, the monks of Jishoji Temple also took out herbs to bandage the wounded, and the master of the temple, who was also the 84th presiding officer of Xiangkokuji Temple, allowed Kira Yoshitoki to move the wounded to rest next to the tower in the temple, which allowed the monks to provide herbs, boiling water, and personnel assistance, which gave Kira Yoshitoki great help.
"We only have one hour to prepare at most, before it gets dark, the Miyoshi family will definitely react and rush down the mountain, now I want you to go back and make defensive arrangements, you must annihilate the Miyoshi family army in this battle!" Kira Yoshitoki admonished.
"Yes!" The retainers dispersed.
Tokiyuki Yamamoto came over and handed him a kettle, and Yoshitoki Kira took it and tilted his head to drink it, and the clear and sweet spring water flowing into his body made him feel refreshed, leaning on the stone pillar in the pavilion, seizing this last rest time to close his eyes and recuperate.
The quiet summer breeze blew on him with a cool breeze of early autumn, and after a while, Kira Yoshitoki whispered, "Master Craftsman, I don't know if I was right or wrong to do this, because my methods caused many people to die, and I saw them kill their dying companions with tears, and the scene was so cruel!" ”
"You're not wrong, you're doing well, it's better than I expected, and I can't make a better choice than you." Yamamoto took off his helmet and lay down against the stone pillar, the dust and smoke on his face had not yet been wiped away, and his gray hair fluttered in the breeze, and only then did he remember that he was already a fifty-year-old man.
When Yamamoto Tokiyuki looked at Kira Yoshi, he said in a flat tone: "The troubled times are like a sea of suffering, and if the world is drowned in the sea of suffering, you and I are just one of the many living beings, and we have to do it as a last resort in order to survive...... Don't be sad, you're doing a good job, and as a martial artist, you should be strong. ”
"I want to end this troubled world." Kira Yoshishi pondered for a moment, and then said: "I hate this troubled world, I really hate it!" ”
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