Chapter 1119: Sound East Strikes West
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At the beginning of the fifth month of the fifth year of Eiroku, the Toe Imagawa family once again mobilized troops in the country when the Hojo family was too busy to take care of themselves, and the momentum of the mobilization seemed to tell the world that the Toe Imagawa family was going to fight to the death with the Suruga Imagawa family, thus ending the situation of the Imagawa family's division.
In the face of such a huge mobilization of troops by the Toe Imagawa family, it was impossible for the Suruga Imagawa family, which was separated by an Oi River, not to know about it, so the Suruga Imagawa family concentrated their forces on the east bank of the Oi River with all their strength to prepare for the invasion of the Toe Imagawa family, and on the other hand, they sent a helper to the Hojo family and the Takeda family.
On May 10, the army of the Imagawa family of Toe left Suwahara Castle, and when the banner of 'Ashikaga Nichibi' appeared in the array of the army of the Imagawa family of Toe who was marching, the people of Toe could not help but sigh and say, "Your Excellency has sent troops again." ”
In last year's joint battle on the west bank of the Oi River, the Toe Imagawa family won a great victory, while the combined forces of the Suruga Imagawa family and the Hojo family who invaded Toe suffered heavy losses.
The local people of Yuanjiang and Suruga, who were still under the unified rule of the Imagawa family three years ago, were already a little tired of this kind of war life that was suddenly divided, so when the people of Yuanjiang saw that the army was neat, the army of the Imagawa family was very relieved and excited. This heralded the reunification of the Imagawa family soon. And the war of division is coming to an end!
In fact, the Toe Imagawa family did not mobilize many troops this time. Coupled with the forces of the subjugation and submission of the wealthy clans in various places, the total number is 3,000 people, and the leader is the feared Prince Xinliang and the ghost hundred warriors.
When the 3,000 troops of the Toe Imagawa family arrived on the west bank of the Oi River at the junction of Toe Province and Suruga Province, the army of the Suruga Imagawa family led by Okabe Motonobu on the other side was already in full battle.
In fact, Okabe Motoshin was reluctant to come to preside over this battle with the Imagawa family on the other side of the river, after all, after the Suruga Imagawa family suffered several defeats in the past three years, in fact, the strength of the Suruga Imagawa family had already plummeted, and what made Okabe Motoshin even more jealous. At this time, the Imagawa clan, the governor of the Suruga Imagawa family, was captured by the other side of the river when he attacked Enoe Province last time, and if the other side directly pushed the Imagawa clan as a shield for progress this time, he really didn't know what to do.
And the fact is just like Okabe Motonobu, Roshi Nobuya really used the Imagawa clan as a shield to cover the army of the Imagawa family in Toe when he crossed the river. In the face of such a despicable act of the Toe Imagawa family, although the people of the Suruga Imagawa family were already gritting their teeth in annoyance, none of them dared to order their subordinates to carry out archery and iron cannon attacks, after all, if they accidentally shot the captured family governor, then the sin would be great.
Thereupon. Although he had been prepared for a long time, he once planned to take advantage of the half-crossing of the army of the Imagawa family in Yuanjiang. But in the end, under the despicable actions of the Toe Imagawa family using the Imagawa clan as a shield, the Suruga Imagawa family could only stop the attack of the Toe Imagawa family on the east bank of the Oi River, in the territory belonging to Suruga Province.
"Although I can't shoot, I can always meet you on land, I don't believe that you still dare to put your own family governor in front of the land formation, otherwise we will definitely snatch it with all our might." Looking at the army of the Imagawa family of Toe that was constantly pouring over from the other side, Okabe Motonobu gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.
However, just as Okabe Motonobu was still preparing to intercept it with all his might, the army of the Toe Imagawa family, which had arrived on the east bank of the Oi River, was in formation, as if it was planning to confront the army of the Suruga Imagawa family on the spot, and did not intend to attack immediately.
"What's going on?" When he saw this, Okabe Motonobu immediately asked suspiciously. The surrounding Retainers of the Suruga Imagawa family were also shocked by the strange behavior of the Toe Imagawa family for a while.
"In this case, in order to prevent the other side from deceiving, I ordered the army to suspend the attack and confront the other party on the spot." At a time when everyone didn't know the true purpose of the strange actions of the Imagawa family of Toe, Okabe Motonobu finally ordered with stability first.
Subsequently, Okabe Motonobu immediately sent someone back to Sunfu Castle, this time he had to get a real decision from Shou Guini and others about how to deal with the captured family governor Imagawa clan, otherwise he would always be troubled by this problem and would not be able to let go of his hands and feet to fight against the invading Toe Imagawa family.
In fact, after the last time I learned that the Imagawa clan was captured by the Toe Imagawa family, the Suruga Imagawa family had already considered changing the governor immediately, but for a while they couldn't find a suitable candidate for the governor, and some of the retainers seemed to be reluctant to change the governor, even if Shou Guini, who was the pillar later, personally intervened, he still hadn't confirmed this problem, but it's just that at this moment, facing the invasion of the Toe Imagawa family, this problem must have a result anyway. Otherwise, it will always be subject to the Enoe-Imagawa family.
In this way, after crossing the Oi River and arriving at the territory of Suruga Province on the east bank of the Oi River, the army of the Toe Imagawa family formed up on the spot, and as the defending side, they did not take the opportunity to attack, but also formed a formation opposite the army of the Toe Imagawa family.
It was soon evening, and at this moment, at the confluence of the Ishihanami and Suruga Bay off the coast of Suruga Province, a fleet of ships centered on a small fortune boat quietly appeared on the sea.
As the leader of this fleet, Masarashi was facing a middle-aged man and asked, "Noshiro, are there any good ports near here?" ”
Masara's attack on Suruga Province this time was a strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west, first letting the well-known Roshi Nobuya and Hyakkutake Kenkan and others who were well-known to the Tokaido, especially the Suruga Imagawa family, lead a part of the army to kill Suruga Province from the land with great momentum, and at the same time let the previous naval army of the Toe Imagawa family also appear arrogantly in the sea area of the Oigawa estuary. Attracted most of the land forces and water warships of the Imagawa family of Suruga Province to the vicinity of the Oi River.
And then. He led the fleet of sailors brought from the Luo family. Carrying the standing army that had been the main combat force of the Toe Imagawa family and some of the temporary military forces, it quietly came to the coastal area of Suruga Province.
The size of the fleet led by Masara was not small at all, and when it passed through the coasts of Awa Province and Kii Province in the Shikoku region, the delay in the naval fleet of such a size caused the pirates who had reached the coast of these areas to be half frightened to death, and they hid one after another, so that Masara's fleet had been able to sail safely and came to the coastal waters of Enoe Province along the way.
And when arriving in the coastal waters of the country of Yuanjiang, for the sake of secrecy. Masarashi did not let the fleet dock, and on the second day of his arrival, he officially ordered the Toe Imagawa family to launch an attack on the Suruga Imagawa family, which naturally made it even more difficult to notice Masayo's fleet, which had been secretly hidden in the bay along the coast of Toe Province in the night.
Now, when the army led by Nobuya Roche, Hyakkutake Kenkane, and others officially attacked the Suruga Imagawa family, and focused most of the forces of Suruga Province and the attention of everyone on them, then it was time for Masara's surprise army to attack.
At this time, on the deck of the small fortune ship, after facing Masaliang's inquiry, the person known as Noshiro immediately replied:
"Yes, sir. The port of Shimoo Bay in Hanazawa Castle is a good port. There is a large flat sandy beach in the bay...... It's just that I'm afraid that I won't be able to stop so many warships, and I may have to occupy the nearby port of the small Benjia. ”
Noshiro was originally the leader of a group of local pirates off the coast of Ene Province. But when the Yuane Imagawa family unified the coastal area of the Yuanjiang country, he decisively defected to the Yuanjiang Imagawa family, and now he is a general in the Yuanjiang Imagawa family's naval army. But even if he is a general, when he first saw Masara, although he still didn't know Masara's name and other relevant information, but from the majesty exuded by Masara, as well as the respectful attitude of the lord of the Imagawa family and the famous generals towards him, he naturally knew that Masara must be a very powerful person, especially after seeing that Masara was able to personally command a powerful naval fleet, his respectful attitude was especially great, so even if he was arranged as Masayo's guide this time, he had no complaintsand done respectfully.
"Little Ben's house?" Zhengliang immediately asked.
"Yes. About a mile away from Hanazawa City, there is also a naval army of two or three hundred people......" Noshiro immediately replied.
Masashi shook his head, it really deserves to be on the coast of Suruga Province, and every family has pirates. However, in front of Zhengliang's sailors, these small groups of pirates are just floating clouds.
"Noshiro, are you familiar with this route?" Masara asked.
"Don't worry, my lord, there is no problem." Noshiro replied with confidence.
"Well, then, let's head to the port you mentioned." Masahiro made a decision.
In fact, the harbor Noshiro was talking about was about the middle western part of the coast of Suruga Province, about seven or eight kilometers from Sunpu Castle, the home castle of Suruga Imagawa. Because of the currents, it was already eight or nine o'clock that night when we arrived at this place, but the moonlight was fine tonight, so that everyone could see their surroundings.
At the entrance of the bay, Masahiro held the Nanban clairvoyant mirror to observe the shore, but unexpectedly found that there were two groups of people on the beach outside the city with torches, seemingly fighting.
"Whose family is Erbawen?" Masara asked.
"It's the little Ben's house!" Noshiro quickly replied, "The other team is probably the defenders of nearby Hanazawa Castle. ”
"Oh?" When Masahiro heard this, he immediately felt strange, why did this defender fight with the local pirates?
"Hehe, my lord, these pirates probably saw that there was a battle ahead, and then took advantage of the emptiness of the defenders of Huaze City to rob the supplies in the city, but they met the resistance of the defenders and were defeated, and now they are being pursued instead." After seeing Masaliang's somewhat puzzled look, Noshiro immediately explained. In fact, when he was a pirate in the past, he often did this kind of thing himself, so after seeing the situation on the shore, he immediately understood. As for the fear of being retaliated against and hunted down by the local daimyo afterwards, when there is no food to eat, there is still so much management there, and it is a big deal to escape by boat when the local daimyo army arrives.
"Besides, my lord. Only we can help those pirates of the little Ben family. I'm sure they'll help us with our next steps after we land. After a moment's hesitation. Noshiro said again.
"Oh, then give the defenders of Hanazawa Castle a gift! Order, the Iron Artillery Corps moves, ready to attack those who are pursuing! "Since you can get the help of the land snake, then this is naturally the best, so Zhengliang immediately ordered.
"Yes." Behind him, as a temporary attack of Zhengliang, Dongxiang was immediately ordered. He waved his hand to summon his attendants and ordered him to blow the conch to convey the military order.
With the sound of conch, Masahiro's fleet of sailors immediately stretched out in the moonlight. Two symmetrical diagonal lines move closer to the shore.
However, strangely, hearing the sound of conch shells, another army suddenly appeared in the eastern direction of Hanazawa Castle, numbering about a few dozen people. The movements of this army were very agile, and they rushed towards Hanazawa City like a group of mountain monkeys.
"It seems to be an ambush soldier of the Xiao Ben family!" Noshiro, who was also holding a Nanban clairvoyant mirror, quickly understood.
"Not bad...... This Hanazawa City Lord is really careless. According to this trend, it may be captured! Marume Nagahui, who was beside Masaara, also said at this time.
"This ambush may have discovered an unknown military situation, so they tried their best to fall into the city." Noshiro said.
Indeed, the warring sides on the shore heard the sound of conch at sea. Only then did I discover the movement of the seashore in the twilight. They all stopped fighting and separated slightly. Subsequently. The people of Hanazawa Castle discovered the ambush in the east of the city again, and immediately hurried to the city to garrison. On the other side, the small family soon took action, and under the leadership of the leading general, they pursued behind the army of Hanazawa City. You still haven't refunded?
He also exposed his back to Masa-liang and them...... Yes, they are probably only thinking about grabbing the city now, and they don't know how many people Zhengliangfang is preparing to attack, let alone that Zhengliangfang is all equipped with iron cannons, and it is a new type of Luo family iron cannon from Suifa.
"Order the Iron Artillery Corps to land directly on the shore and press on Hanazawa Castle. There is also a standing standing, so let's get ready to go ashore! Masato ordered.
The order was quickly executed. The iron artillery group of 200 people landed on the beach in an orderly manner and formed a formation to force towards Huaze City. The transport ship between the Honjin Ataku ship and the Sekibune also set off, and the generals of the navy also saluted Masahiro one after another, and took the small morning clipper next to the Ataku ship to meet the standing one.
At this time, the moon in the sky was suddenly obscured by a cloud, lost the illumination of the moonlight, and the sky suddenly darkened, so the ships that had only lit a small number of torches for secrecy also lit more torches one after another, and instantly merged into a large area on the sea, which looked very spectacular. But on the shore of Hanazawa Castle, even with the help of the Nanban clairvoyant mirror, you can't see any movement clearly. However, there was nothing to worry about, and it was impossible for the Iron Artillery Corps to fail against these poorly equipped mountain people.
As if to verify Masahiro's statement, the roar of two iron cannons came from the shore one after another, followed by several sporadic attacks, and there was no more sound. Masato knew that the Iron Artillery Corps had cleared the battlefield, and the people of the Xiao Ben family had either fallen or fled.
"Let's go ashore too! Noshiro, you come too. Masarashi said, and then instructed Marume Nagae behind him, "Except for the Ataka boat, the rest of the ships will be temporarily moored on the beach, and it doesn't matter if the tide is low." ”
"Yes." Marume Nagae owes a debt to the body.
Immediately, several Zhengliang people also went ashore on a small morning express boat. When they arrived outside Hanazawa Castle, the iron cannons and standing guards were already lined up outside the city gate. Judging from the situation that the retainers had just returned, it seemed that the Xiao Ben family had an internal response in Hua Ze City, so they quickly occupied Hua Ze City, but the defenders of Hua Ze City who had been pursuing the Xiao Ben family's army were defeated by the Luo family's iron artillery team that suddenly appeared, and after leaving the corpses of dozens of people, they broke up and fled.
"My lord, can you wait a while, can you let you shout with the people of the small family who occupy Hanazawa City, I expect the other party to surrender to my lord." At this time, Noshiro suddenly pleaded.
"Okay." Zhengliang agreed. If you can take Hanazawa City without a fierce battle, this is naturally the best.
Immediately, Noshiro really ran to the castle of Hanazawa Castle and shouted: "Is it very helpful, Noshiro has something to say." ”
After Noshiro finished shouting, there was a commotion on the head of Hanazawa Castle, and it was obvious that someone knew Noshiro. A few moments later, a man appeared above the city.
"Noshiro?" The people at the head of the castle then looked at Noshiro for a long time, and finally recognized Noshiro. Then he immediately shouted. "Aren't you dead?"
"Haha...... Kansuke. You're dead, I'm not dead, I'm already a retainer of the Imagawa family now! Noshiro replied with a laugh as he held the sword at his waist.
"What? Is it the Toe Imagawa family, who unified the Tosu Beach of Toe Province and defeated the Suruga Imagawa family? Kansuke immediately asked in surprise when he heard this.
"Exactly, now that the army of the Toe Imagawa family has landed on the coast of Fangcai, you should surrender quickly and become a retainer of the Toe Imagawa family like me." Noshiro immediately persuaded him.
"What? The military strength of the Imagawa family in Toe is coming? Kansuke was startled at first, and then questioned, "Impossible. I heard in the morning that the people of the Toe Imagawa and Suruga Imagawa families were still fighting against Oigawa, so how could they suddenly come here tonight? ”
"Hahaha......" At this time, Masashi knew that it was the time for him to play, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency's words are wrong, it is the people of the Yuanjiang Imagawa family below, and the military strength of this family has come to the city, what else does Your Excellency not believe?" And there is no malice in the beginning, just passing by occasionally, and I want to talk about friendship with you. Please don't turn it away! ”
"This ......" Kansuke looked at the large group of troops outside the city by the light of the fire. Apparently hesitating.
"Kansuke, what else is there to think about? If you want to attack the city. The adults have already attacked. There are still more than 5,000 troops on the sea! Noshiro persuaded. In order to get Kansuke to surrender and thus add a little merit to himself, he didn't mind saying that the army of two thousand men was five thousand.
"What?" Hearing Noshiro say this, Kansuke was shocked by the big waves in his heart. Just now, after interrogating one of the samurai of the defenders in the city, he already knew about the situation in Hanazawa Castle.
According to the captive, these things have been transported to the camp of the Oigawa Suruga Imagawa family's army, and at this time, it is estimated that there are less than a hundred people he can gather, and the equipment is extremely poor, and Hanazawa Castle is only a small city, and the city walls cannot resist the attack of the army outside the city...... With this in mind, Kansuke finally gave in and gave the order to Kaejo.
Next, Masarashi took a little time to accept Hanazawa Castle, and then he immediately attacked overnight, heading to the rear of the camp of the Suruga Imagawa family army to the west, compared to when the army of the Suruga Imagawa family was attacked by their front and rear, it was natural that it would be defeated.
Of course, when he left, Masarashi took the proton of the Kohonke family and hundreds of Kohonke pirates, as well as one soldier from his own army, fifty iron cannons, five low-ranking samurai, three ninjas, and a bureaucracy. The reason why so many troops were left in Hanazawa Castle was because Hanazawa Castle was the last checkpoint from the west to Surugawa Imagawa Home Castle Sunfu Castle, and as long as you got through here, you could go all the way to the castle of Sunpu Castle.
As for why Masarashi didn't directly kill Suruga Imagawa Family Castle, Sunfu Castle, but chose to go to the Suruga Imagawa family's army camp on the east bank of the Oi River in the opposite direction, firstly, because he needed to unite the army of Roshi Nobuya, who was confronting the Suruga Imagawa family's army on the bank of the Oi River, and directly destroy the living force of the Suruga Imagawa family in one fell swoop, so that the Suruga Imagawa family lost its last support. Second, according to the previous report of the Luo Family Intelligence Pavilion, there were also a lot of defenders in Junfu City at this time, and if they rushed to attack the city, they would not be able to capture Junfu City for a while. That's why there was a plan to kill the army camp of the Suruga Imagawa family in the direction of the east bank of the Oi River.
In addition to leaving a lot of troops to guard the main Hanazawa Castle, the last checkpoint to Sunpu Castle, in addition, Masara also promised to recruit the people of the Komoto family as the retainers of the Luo family, and after annexing the Suruga Imagawa family, the Komoto family was regarded as the official retainer of the Toe Imagawa family, and a certain territory was given to the Komoto family.
Stimulated by such a rich reward, the top and bottom of the Komoto family not only immediately became supporters of the Toe Imagawa family, but also, under the command of Masayo, began to send people to contact the many pirate forces along the coast of Suruga Palace, preparing to jointly support the Toe Imagawa family and help the Toe Imagawa family in this campaign to annex the Suruga Imagawa family.
After the arrangement was returned, Masarashi immediately led the army and began to head towards the camp of the Suruga Imagawa family army on the east bank of the Oi River.
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