The corpses were everywhere in the black house, and the army did not go in to restrain them, and did not take the trouble to bury the corpses, and when the money and food in the hall were plundered, the arsonists set fire to them.

Gao Shisheng did not rest and ordered the whole army to be mobilized.

In the afternoon of the same day, the city of a thousand countries had appeared in sight. This raid is really fast. Gao Shisheng spread the word to Anyun County three days ago, and then went all the way to the townships, and everyone in the city knew it.

In the morning, after receiving a letter asking for help from the general of the Black House Pavilion who would rather have jade shattered than retreat and hand over his family business, at this time, Shaoda Shigegao and others were still arguing about whether to send troops to camp outside the city, and they did not expect that the Imagawa army would be killed so quickly.

On the wooded wilderness outside the city of Qianguosi, the people who hurried to cut down trees to make defensive equipment saw the army from a distance, threw down wood and stones, and ran all over the city in the mountains. The defenders guarding the Hukou Gate did not have time to let them in, so they hurriedly pulled up the drawbridge and hastily closed the city gate. The sound of the taiko drum and conch of the alarm in the watchtower sounded together.

The frightened Murakami Ashigaru, under the urging of the samurai, rushed to the castle in a group, and more than a dozen iron cannons were ignited and erected at the gates of Yakura and the turret on both sides of the gate, sounding a deterrent.

The people outside the city wailed and shook the heavens, and they scurried about like frightened animals. Some fled to the mountains and forests without looking back, some jumped over the ditch and beat the city gate under the city to call for help, and more directly raised their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for the Imagawa army in order to survive.

A large banner with a 'three eagle feathers' pattern was erected at the head of the city of Qianguoji. More than a dozen samurai under its banner, supporting the characters dressed as generals, asked the castle, "Musashi Mamoru is leading the troops here, I don't know what he means?" Do you have to renegade the peace treaty of Kawanaka Island and attack the castle of my Shaotian family? ”

There are few soldiers in the city, counting the number of people who have attached to the Zuohu Hidden City in recent days, there are less than 2,000 people, and after deducting the old and weak women and children, they can get another four or five hundred people, barely defending themselves, and it is impossible to repel the high division Shengbu, Shaotian Shigegao can only bring out the peace agreement on Kawanaka Island, hoping to make the other party fearful.

After the Nishina Renaissance Army seized Senkokuji Castle, in order to get more support from Echigo, they ceded the castle to Murakami Yoshikiyoshi along with Wanyuki who was nearby with thousands of stones.

However, Murakami Yoshikiyo is also constantly in the collar, taking care of himself, and his skills are not bordered by the north of Anyun County, even if he wants to help, he is beyond the reach of the whip, so he regarded it as a favor, and changed it to Shaotian Changlusuke to receive, and at the same time as an exchange, half of the pension and baggage received by the Shaotian family from the Echigo side were handed over to the Beixin Xiaohao family under the Murakami family.

Therefore, although Shaotian Shigegao planned to abandon the city and flee if he had something to do, before the situation deteriorated to such a point, he still wanted to use reconciliation to protect his newfound Wanxing.

Gao Shisheng ignored his fierce questioning, and the military order he received was to take the city of Qianguosi, as for whether the defenders in the city were the Renke army or the Shaotian army, there was no need to distinguish at all.

Arrange the generals and assign the teams by themselves. The castle of Senkokuji is not big, the size of seven or eight towns in a radius, there is only one gate in the front, and it is not as big as the village of the Nagata family, but the defense is more than a few wins.

The entire Qianguo Temple Castle is built in the form of steps, and the curved wheel is built in a stepwise manner, divided into the second and third floors, all of which are built on the relatively flat mountains.

The height of the wall is not much different from that of the Kuroyakan, and it was built using the Udo method, which was measured by the rope stretch method and built by civil engineering, because there were many rocks on the mountain, and it was difficult to dig deep into the foundation, which made it impossible for the mountain castle to build a high wall to defend against enemies like Heijo.

The outermost Qulun Tiger out of the pill, basically built at the foot of the mountain, protruding outward in the form of a ring belt, firmly protecting the main gate of the mountain city on the inside, there are two chaser side doors on the left and right, for the soldiers in the city to enter and exit to launch a counterattack, the hidden hand door does not know where to hide, Gao Shisheng took the left and right to follow, Le Ma waited-and-looked, trying to spy on the city's defense.

In the Ninomaru area of the castle, it is suspected that you can see the Kyoto Buddhist Temple, and it is thought that it is the inner castle town area where the mountain temple was rebuilt in the past, and the castle tower stands high on the top of the mountain, and the entire castle is undoubtedly overlooked, and it is a typical Warring States Hirayama Castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The more than 500 soldiers stationed here by the Murakami army are all from Beishin Suinai County. The people in the city are also mostly landless people who have been invaded by the rebellion, if the people are united and rely on the strong city to defend it, the victory or defeat is indeed unknown.

Nagata Mori and Kitazhuang Moritada were ordered to camp their own teams, envoys, archers, and makeshift stone carts to prevent the surprise attack of dead soldiers in the city.

Most of the captives who begged outside the city were ordinary people who could not escape in time, and they were blocked out of the trenches, and after being captured by the Imagawa army, they were desperately lined up and pushed to the bottom of the city, including men and women, old and weak. The Imagawa army didn't care whether they were coerced or not, and according to the military order of 'beheading them without forgiveness', they were all beheaded and displayed to the public, and they were tied with ropes with the heads that had been captured in the two castles of Hakuba and Kuroya.

Shaotian Chonggao had something to say, Gao Shisheng waved his hand and ordered, "Shoot the cannon!" ”

Cannon whistles whistled, and heads bound with ropes flew in the air. The first shot hit a square, landed on the wood and stone made of slabs, smashed into pieces, and almost hit the turret where Shaotian Shigegao was, although the lethality was not large, but the deterrent effect was extremely strong, and people were panicked for a while.

Mitsuhide Naito led the envoy to the Hachichi to step forward, pointed at the head of the city with a halberd, and scolded angrily in unison, "Today, my Musashi guards the army, and at this time, the castle is subdued, and one death can be spared, and after the city is breached, the death row prisoners in the Black House Pavilion will be the end of you!" ”

Seeing that the Imagawa army would not stop there, Shaotian Shigetaka had to turn around and retreat to the side of the high pavilion, and ordered people to gather all the generals and go to the city together, leaving the soldiers all over the city, hurriedly carrying all kinds of city defense equipment.

Seeing that the Murakami army planned to resist stubbornly, Gao Shisheng quietly watched the deployment of various armies. The horses galloped, the sickles were everywhere, and the winter sun could not warm the cold of the blade. The flags were unfurled, the dust was almost overwhelming, and the five stone carts continued to throw human heads into the city, and only stopped after half an hour.

Lai Qingli stood beside Gao Shisheng, twisted the Buddha beads in his hand, carefully pointed around, and said, "Musashi Mamoru please see, this city stands in a dangerous place on the high mountain, leaning on the mountain in the northeast, bordering the three kingdoms of Echichu, Echigo, and Hida; The southwest is a fertile valley, connecting the two counties of the water and the water, which is really the key point between the north and the south, and the place where the soldiers must fight. And the land is fertile, there are the advantages of discussing the market, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most important big city in the north of Anyun County, in the past, before the Takeda Daizen passed through Shinano, the two families of Nishina and Shaotian fought for this city, and the troops continued. ”

In fact, Lianzhao Temple has also peeped into this city many times, and the Fangguan Fugashi clan has led monks and soldiers to attack many times, but because of the high mountain and strong city, they have not been able to succeed.

The Tomigashi clan was originally the leader of the fang official sent by Lianzhao Temple to participate in the organization, but after the Senkokuji Castle was assigned to the Shaotian family, he returned to the temple in a fit of anger and withdrew from the Nishina Ichika, and had to preside over it before temporarily re-assigning the next room Laiqing, a temple family official who did not understand military law, to preside over the joint battle.

"Oh? Does my brother want this city? Gao Shisheng understood slightly, and there was no one else left and right, so he simply asked directly, "If Senior Brother is interested, I can make a price and hand it over to your temple to temporarily manage the Takeda family." ”

The urgency of Qianguosi City, Gao Shisheng had heard about it before entering Anyun County. However, the richer the better, so that after the attack, the more he will be captured, and he does not care who this city belongs to after he has sacked it.

"This... That's not big, is it? Shimoma Lai Qing asked tentatively.

"Why not?" Gao Shi replied meaningfully, "You must know that after pacifying the city, you are going to Sencheng to join the army, where is there any surplus troops to defend this city?" The Pure Land Shinshu and the Takeda family were originally allies, and since the Takeda army was unable to garrison this city, it made sense to hand it over to Guiji as an administrator, not only Senkokuji Castle, but also Hakuma and the nearby villages. ”

If the price of Lianshoji Temple is met, it is not necessary for him to sell the castle he has beaten to the other party, and whether the Takeda family will admit it or will be dissatisfied with it is no longer in his consideration, anyway, after the suppression is over, he will have to turn back to Yuanjiang, and as he said, there are not many troops to garrison.

It is really unrealistic for the Imagawa army to stay and garrison, and if the people of Shinano Province who have just surrendered are settled, then why bother to raise the army and move the people to come to the requisition, and selling it to Lianshoji Temple is the most beneficial method for Gao Shisheng personally.

Lai Qing originally just wanted to get closer to each other and casually bring up a topic, but he had no intention of encroaching on this city, and he couldn't help but be moved by it at this moment.

On second thought, if Renshoji Temple won the two castles of Senkokuji Castle and Hakuba, it would be possible to divide the Anyun Bangun, and use this as a foundation to unite other temples in Echichu and Hida with the Kaga Honzan at its back, it may not be impossible to extend the territory of Buddhism all the way to Shinano.

I was about to open my mouth to accept it, but I saw Gao Shisheng laughing, beat his horse and marched forward, reviewing the siege preparations of each team.

The Murakami army in the city has never attacked out of the city. Soon after, Shigetaka took several samurai to the watchtower, condescendingly, carefully observing the Imagawa army outside the castle.

The local natives of Shimoma Laiqing are very familiar with the samurai in the city, so they hurriedly caught up and introduced them one by one, "In addition to the main general of the castle, Shaotian Shigetaka, the young samurai on the left is the head of the Shinzu clan, and his name is Shinjin Shigenari, who is the adopted son of the Shaotian family, and he is the guard who was originally guarding the castle in the left Togaku. ”

"The Shinzu clan came from the Seiwa Genji and the Hiraga clan, and was considered a prominent samurai family in Echigo, and when Minamoto Yoshimori, the son of Genzaburo Yoshimitsu of Silla, served as the secretary of the Echigo country, he was once called the 'Hiraga Champion'. For example, the Shaoda clan, the Heikura clan, the Kiyoki clan, the Yamamoto clan, the Mizuhara clan, and even the Saito clan of Saito Asanobu of 'Echigo Zhongkui' Saito Asanobu and many other wealthy families of Echigo country are all acting officials of the Shinzu clan. It's just that after supporting the Uesugi clan and the two Nagao in the struggle for control of Echigo Province, he was tragically changed and became a retainer of the former acting official Shaoda clan. ”

Gao Shisheng nodded slightly, in the Echigo country, which is full of martial virtues, fierce morale, and good at the order system of the following restraints, it is already considered lucky that the Shinzu clan has not been cut off.

"The man on his left, tall and tall, is the Ueno samurai Shimazaki Keishin. The two samurai on the right were the retainers of the Nishina family, and the brothers Koiwatake Moriki and Moritsu served as the leaders of the horses and the envoy riders respectively - the two were the cronies of the general of the Nishina army, Nishina Sun Rokuro. ”

"When the Nishina army attacked Senkokuji Castle, it was the Koiwatake brothers, who were the head of the soldiers in the garrison at that time, who were the inner divisions, and the Shimazaki Keishinobu who responded to the siege of the castle, was able to easily take the castle gate."

The name Shimazaki Keishin sounds very familiar, Gao Shisheng thought about it for a long time, and he couldn't remember where he had heard it, military affairs were complicated, and some things had to be arranged, so he simply ignored it.

Senkokuji Castle is located close to the Hida Mountains on the north side, and the winter climate is particularly cold, much colder than the flat river valley. Therefore, the Imagawa army seized the time to build a camp, and at dusk, each team had already set up the camp tents and raised a fire to cook.

The generals came to see each other, and Oi Mori Chao took the account book and replied, "My lord, the food in the army will be exhausted, and it will be used for two thousand people for half a month, I don't know what will happen next?" I also adjusted the amount of daily rations according to the military order. ”

Part of the army's food stock came from Kurita Castle, and some of it was the five-day rations that the villages that had returned were sent out in accordance with the military service order.

The half-moon grain straw mentioned by Oi Sheng Dynasty does not include the military rations brought by the military service, which is really not much, and it is not that Gao Shisheng does not want to follow the old example of the Takeda army and send grain to the township.

The so-called sentinel ration is actually to send troops to rob it, and this kind of thing is not only done by the military forces of the daimyo such as the Takeda Army, the Nagao Army, and the Imagawa Army, but also by the people in each prefecture, and even among the villages in order to survive, in other words, it is not the Shinano famine caused by the confrontation on Kawanaka Island, and there will be no large-scale situation.

Unable to provide food for the resettlement of 70,000 or 80,000 people in the four counties of Hokushin, the Takeda and Nagao families could only send troops to exterminate and expel other countries, and then use methods such as relocating the people of other counties and recruiting displaced people to redistribute the ownerless land and reclaim the abandoned fields.

The more troops he managed, the more people he killed, Gao Shisheng found that his heart became more and more cold and hard, and he was no longer the same person who served diligently under Junfu City back then.

As long as the soldiers under his command did not go too far, Gao Shisheng acquiesced to their murderous and arsonous behavior, that is, turning a blind eye and not causing chaos.

Hundreds of his subordinates followed him all the way to the Shinano ravine, on the one hand, to accept the strict military law, on the other hand, to fight with the enemy army at any time, and he was not too blamed, and whether it was looting or seizing, it was he, the main general, who took the most money and food, and from his own interests, there was no reason to stop him.

It's just that after hearing about the Imagawa army's 'besiege but not forgiveness', the villages took the initiative to lead the people to surrender in order to protect themselves, but it was not good for him to send troops to plunder everywhere, so the food was not much, and it was not enough to fight a siege battle.

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