Chapter Forty-Eight: The First World War Conquers the Five Cities (1)

In the process of spreading the Dharma and accepting disciples, the officials and lecturers of Lianzhao Temple have long described Gao Shisheng as the reincarnation of Gao Shitai, a famous general of Jianwu, who was enlightened by Hui Bodhisattva and cultivated into an arhat.

This time he re-entered the dust to assist the Ming Lord, calm the world, and rescue the Pure Land believers from the sea of suffering.

It doesn't matter whether the monks of Lianzhao Temple believe it or not, they must let others believe it, and they will never allow questioning and slander. In the past, other Buddhist sects refused to admit that the Venerable Master was the reincarnation of the Buddha, but this time they did not agree to meet an evil ghost who ran out of the path of evil ghosts, or to be rescued by the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, so that they could be reincarnated and reincarnated.

At a very large level, this proves the bodhisattva status of the Venerable Master and the correctness of the Dharma of the 'Wicked Witness', but at a lesser level, whether or not Gao Shisheng was enlightened by the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, or whether it is a monster or something, Renshoji Temple does not care, as long as it can take the opportunity to drum up the momentum and expand its influence in Shinano.

Otani Sonao's face was displeased, he had long been dissatisfied with the monks of Lianzhao Temple, and he had always had a large number of troops, and he was even more annoyed when he heard the words of Lai Qingchang's ambition and destruction of his own prestige.

At the moment of the great enemy, we cannot first mess up our positions, so we have to endure ourselves.

There were people busy left and right, so they hurriedly came out to play a round and asked, "What the official of Shiomabo said is not unreasonable, where can I compare to Murakami Yulin, but I am stupid, and I can't see why the name is not worthy of the name, and please prepare to solve our doubts." ”

Otani also knew that now was not the time to care about these things, so he pointed to the barracks of the Imagawa army at the foot of the mountain, and said, "Look, I have four sides outside the White Horse, and the east, west, and north are all flat, and only the south faces the Rhino River, and there is also woodland. After speaking, he took a closer look at the camp of the Imagawa army, and said with a smile: "Not only is the camp selected by the Imagawa army wrong, but you see, the soldiers and horses of the Imagawa army have traveled nearly fifty miles, from the border of the county to the outside of our city, I am afraid that they have long been sleepy and tired, but their generals are only tired of soldiers, and they are forced to cut down trees and build camps, dig trenches and build fortifications." Look, the banner of the Imagawa army ······"

The people at the head of the castle looked in the direction of Otani Sonao's direction, and saw the flags that were discarded all over the place.

Otani Sect smiled and said, "The Imagawa army even threw down the flag, and it can be seen that the soldiers must be exhausted, and it can be seen that their people are not strict in governing the army. He came quickly, regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers, and forced the construction of the camp, and the management of the army was not strict, and even the location of the camp was wrong, so I said that he did not know the strategy of the army, and fortunately he was famous. Being able to break through Murakami's Yulin and Nagao Echizen is not in Gao Shisheng, but the Takeda army is trying to survive in death, one man surrenders, and thousands of cavalry retreat, not to mention that there are two hundred Chibei cavalry in front of the formation. ”

Lai Qing is the official who commands the monks and soldiers, and he has launched an armed confrontation with the people for many years, and he basically agrees with the analysis of Otani Zongnao, and when he saw that he began to talk about the military situation, he no longer belittled Gao Shisheng, the living arhat of the Pure Land True Sect, so he was silent.

In the castle, there are roughly four factions in the city, including the Nishino samurai, the Hokushin clan, the Hida countrymen, and the Ichiga. The Nishino samurai and the Kitashin clan were both from the Shinano samurai, so they united to elect Otani Sonao as the leader; The people of the Hida country have always been mostly believers in the Pure Land True Sect, so they supported Lai Qinglai, the official of the Fangfang, to be a leader.

The four families and one party, since the beginning of the army to crusade against Takeda, except for the one who has been stationed in Ogawa Castle and fled from the wind, they have all been marching all the way, fighting and winning successes, and the Takeda army in Anyun County is not an opponent at all, in the eyes of Otani Munao, Gao Shisheng is just sitting in vain, and he does not have many military strategies and bravery, and he can win a big victory in the Taihei Temple, not that he is too strong, but that Murakami Yoshikiyo and Nagao Masaki are two people who do their own thing.

Otani Muenao was a well-known warrior in Kita-Shinano, and when Ogasawara led Nishina, Fujisawa and other wealthy clans across the Shiojiri Ridge to invade Suwa, he was the first general, and within one day, the three castles of Lianke made the Suwa people under the command of the Takeda family have the tendency to collapse. In the following year, in the Battle of Toishi Collapse in the 19th year of Astronomical, he also went out as a reinforcement assistant, and followed Murakami Yoshikiyo to attack the rear of the Takeda Army with all his strength in Sakaki, and made a great contribution.

After the destruction of the Nishina family, it was confiscated by Takeda Shingen, and only retained the ability of 500 stone to become an ownerless Shinano samurai, and even Shinano had no place for the ancestors, so when Nishina was instigated, without any hesitation, he took his Lang Party to vote for the so-called Nishina Revival Army,

Because of his bravery, he was sent by the general of the Nishina Revival Army, Nishina Moricho, to Hakuma to guard the retreat to Echigo.

After watching the Imagawa army led by Gao Shisheng, he made a decision and said to the people on the left and right, "The Imagawa army is less than a thousand people, and it is a long-distance attack, the main general does not spare the physical strength of the soldiers, and forces the soldiers to build a barracks, if our army goes out of the city at this time, it will be able to win a complete victory!" ”

The Hida people under the command of Lai Qing hesitated, and said, "Although the Imagawa army is tired, there are still 800 people, and we will fight lightly, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties, and it is the best law to guard the city according to me." ”

The Hida people crossed the mountains and mountains to Shinano to participate in the festival, of course, not to restore the name of the Nishina clan, but simply because the country was too poor, and every year there would be wealthy clans or samurai who would organize young and strong, and bring swords, guns, bows and arrows to the surrounding countries during the slack time.

Let's see if there are any big names who spend money to hire them to go out into battle, so that they can earn some money and food to go back to support their families.

Because the Hida soldiers endured hardships and stood war, they were hired for a low price, and when they were not participating in joint battles, they would not plunder the countryside like other evil parties in the mountains, so they had a good reputation.

In the armies of the daimyo of the surrounding countries, Hida soldiers, who are shorter than ordinary people, carry two guns three meters long, and go out as the first move.

This time, the leaders of several Hida tours are all from Ono County, and they used to belong to the Ogasawara clan in the past, and they are also half allies with the Nishina family, and when they learned that the Nishina clan launched a revival army to restore the family name.

Several leaders gathered together, and after a little summing, they took the initiative to lead the troops over the mountains to assist, and on the way they called the fellow villagers of Jicheng County, and the big guys gathered together a total of 300 people, and rushed to Sencheng.

However, at that time, the Renke army did not have much money to spare, so they simply introduced this group of Hida soldiers to the Shaotian family, which happened to be in the city of a thousand countries Shaotian Chonggao lacked military strength, and the two sides hit it off after negotiating, and after paying a small down payment deposit, this group of Hida soldiers was incorporated and allowed to raise money and food by themselves.

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