Chapter 187: Food shortage
Before Ashikaga Yoshiteru could react, he had already acted well, and Yusashi Nobu, who had an excuse, retreated overnight with the army of South Hanoi.
Converging the forces left behind in Takaya Castle, it was announced that Hatakeyama Takamasa had assassinated the "truth" of Yusa Chokyo, and the Yusa family turned out of the Hatakeyama family.
Then, Naomasa Yasumi, who was stationed in Iimoriyama Castle in the north, was filled with indignation and announced that he would break away from the Hatakeyama family and set up his own door.
For a time, the shogunate army was moved.
Fortunately, both sent messengers to say that they would continue to be obedient to the shogunate, and that they would not oppose Hatakeyama and not the shogunate.
Only then did he barely continue to maintain the logistics of the shogunate army, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru was helpless even if he knew the real truth.
Could it be for the sake of a Hatakeyama Takamasa who was already messy in the stroke of the shogunate army, to offend the two Hanoi nobles who would affect the victory or defeat of the shogunate army?
At this time, no matter how angry you are, you can only endure it, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the general, is too aggrieved.
In normal times, such behavior of detachment from the master's family and self-reliance would inevitably be greatly criticized by the shogunate.
But it was the critical moment of the fierce battle, as strong as Ashikaga Yoshiki, and he also knew that he couldn't lose a big thing because of a small loss, so he endured it.
The general's acquiescence, the one-sided words of the An Jian family and the Yu Zuo family were temporarily passed.
It is also a lesson from Hatakeyama Takamasa Kii Province, which is too unpopular. Most of the samurai families believed it, so that the two families benefited, and they severely wronged Hatakeyama Takamasa.
It is not enough that the Yusa family is entrenched in Takaya Castle, but Iimoriyama Castle on the west side of the Ikoma Mountain Range is an important node stuck in the logistics line of the shogunate army, which makes Ashikaga Yoshiteri in a dilemma.
If the two families get into trouble, they will inevitably hook up with the three good families. If the Miyoshi family pays a lot of money, will they choose to give up their current position and go to the Miyoshi family?
Don't say anything about being obedient to the shogunate, the rebels who are all against the lord have no credibility at all, and some are just waiting for the price to sell.
Just when Ashikaga Yoshiki was distressed, worse news came.
The governor of the Izumi Hosokawa family often defended the northern line of Izumi, and Anzhai Dongkang was repeatedly unable to attack.
Matsunaga Shu brought the people to sneak in from the southern line and attacked Kishiwada Castle.
Izumi's forces were concentrated in the hands of Hosokawa Mototsune in the north, and his daughter Hosokawa Fujitaka barely lost the castle and sent an envoy to the front line to ask for help.
Hosokawa Mototsune was shocked and sent troops back to help. was seized by Ataka Dongyasu and broke the northern defense line in one go.
Now Hosokawa mother and daughter are besieged by the northern and southern armies in Kishiwada Castle, and the threat of Izumi Province to Sakai Port has been completely eliminated.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru got the news and sighed. No longer hesitating, the general retreated to the border of the mountain city of Hanoi.
Relying on the Yodo River to the north and the Ikoma Mountains to the south, the defense line was reconstructed.
However, the decline of the shogunate coalition has become apparent, and not only the Rokkaku family and the Asai family in the north and south Omi have retreated, but the voices of the surrender faction led by Ise Sadakyo in the shogunate have begun to appear again.
The divisions within the shogunate coalition widened, but the Spo coalition army was united and their morale was high.
After Master Changjue of Xingfu Temple issued two clear decrees, Yiyin has achieved a complete victory in morality.
The former decree asking all the Yamato nuns and samurai to assist the Spo coalition army was quite ordinary, but the latter decree that pointed out Miyoshi Chokei as an enemy of Buddha was a bomb that detonated in Yamato.
Before the aftermath of the bomb exploded out of the Yamato Kingdom, Yiyin took advantage of this shareholder wind and went south.
Regardless of the matter of the enemy of the Buddha, how Changjue was dismantled by various sects afterwards.
At least for now, Yoshiin has obtained absolute authority from both the shogunate and the religious level, and has completely killed Shikawa Izuku at the moral level.
Miyoshi Changqing also won the dual identity of the enemy of the samurai family and the enemy of Buddhism, and his reputation stinked to a new level.
Since ancient times, no samurai has ever been accused of being a public enemy by both the shogunate and Buddhism, and this is a great blow to the Miyoshi family.
It's a pity that this Buddha enemy is only the words of the family of the Dharma Master of Kofukuji Temple, if it really gains the approval of all the sects, no matter how powerful the Miyoshi family is, it can only roll back to Shikoku.
Not to mention the recent sectarian forces such as Honganji, Genraiji Temple, and Enryakuji Temple, just a pinch of Buddhists in their own territory is enough for the Miyoshi family to drink a pot.
It's a pity, it's a pity.
However, in the current situation, Yamato has completely isolated Shihe Yicun, and no force dares to cooperate with her.
In this way, Yiyin can finally go south with peace of mind and kill Shihe Yicun before the other sects react.
Tsutsui Castle is low-lying, with plains nearby and a wide view.
With Tsutsui Castle as the core, the Tsutsui family built a series of walled city groups, relying on these small towns and cottages to resist the army of the Ten Rivers and One Survival in the south.
Not far to the east of Tsutsui Castle is Toyogawa. Toyokawa is a river with turbulent currents from time to time.
From north to south, the Toyokawa River passes through the eastern part of Tsutsui Castle and then circles to the southwest, forming an inverted L-shape.
Yiyin moved south along the Toyogawa River, and the coalition forces moved extremely quickly, arriving at their destination in a day and a half, echoing Tsutsui Castle in the east and west of the river.
Ten rivers and one exist and camp south of Toyogawa, and the positions of the three sides form an inverted font.
After setting up camp and surrounding the shogunate, Yoshiin convened the concubines to discuss the matter.
"Matsukura-hime, you rush back to Tsutsui Castle now. Tell Tsutsui-sama that the Dharma Master's decree is clearly announced to the world, and let her think it through for herself. ”
"Yes, Gozen."
Matsukura Shigenobu didn't talk nonsense, turned around and left.
She is an important minister of the Tsutsui family, a diehard loyalist of Tsutsui Shunkei, and everyone understands many things, so why pretend to be stupid and disgusting.
Now the most important thing is to tell Tsutsui Shunqing what happened in the north, so that she can understand the cause and effect, and not misjudge the situation and make the wrong choice.
Yoshiin coldly watched Matsukura Shigenobu leave.
The purpose of the Buddha enemy method identified by Kofukuji Temple is that it is impossible for Shunkei to stand on the side of Miyoshi Chokei in this battle.
He didn't expect Shunkei Tsutsui to help, as long as he didn't make a mess.
"Suzuki Shigehide, you will concentrate the remaining available iron cannons in the hands of the Saga Party, and the other more than 600 people from the Saga will return to Kii to cut off the supply line of the Ten Rivers Ichicun.
As long as they can cut off the logistics of the ten rivers and one survival, I will count you as a great achievement. ”
Shigehide Suzuki let out a sigh of excitement and went down to do something.
Most of the black powder of the Saga people was destroyed by a rainstorm in the system, and now only the remaining iron cannons are concentrated on the elite Saga party, which can play the greatest role in the joint battle.
As for the other miscellaneous people, Yiyin threw them back to Kii Province in order to cut off the logistics of the Ten Rivers and force her to take the initiative to attack.
You must know that this time the army sent to Shikawa Ichicun was from Yamato, which entered Kii.
Grain and grass were loaded from Sakai Port, disembarked from the west coast of Kii, and transported by peasants and soldiers from Kii.
After passing through the territory of the Nerai people in the west, and then passing through the territory of the Saga people in the east, and finally entering Yamato.
Now the Saga people have abandoned the darkness and joined the Spo coalition army. Then as long as people are sent back to interfere, the grain route that exists in the ten rivers will naturally be cut off.
The land and the peasants and soldiers are all mixed with the people, and what kind of logistics and transportation are we talking about.
There is no shortage of food for poisoning.
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