Chapter 464
Ueno Surprise Attack "Wearing the Stable Bridge Victory Song"
Chapter 464 Ueno Surprise Attack ([-]) "Song of Victory at Wenshang Bridge"
Hearing the news that Stable Bridge City had been captured, the Xiu family could hardly restrain their inner excitement. At this time, Nobutada Anayama was boasting about himself, which attracted the cheers of many people around.
In fact, everyone doesn't know what happened, but it is definitely not wrong to shout "Long live the lord".
In the end, it was the Xiu family who suppressed everyone's praise, and let Zushik Sanzhicheng and Kagawa Jing reveal the actual battle situation in Stable Bridge City.
Since the battle had just ended, many of the content in it was relayed by Stable Bridge, which made everyone's blood spurt when they heard it.
Of course, it is also due to oral recitation, the real situation will inevitably have some deviations, after all, when people spread it, it is inevitable that they will unconsciously carry out artistic adaptations.
The most outrageous thing is that Sanada Nobushige led more than ten people to walk around Tubori to burn the city under the guidance of a guide. He told the story that he went deep into the enemy's rear alone, killed the guards and burned the city safely, and then returned safely.
Of course Hideka wouldn't believe the authenticity of this story. If Nobushige Sanada is really that powerful, then is it a Japanese Lu Bu-like existence?
But Hideka’s disbelief couldn’t stand others’ disbelief. People who heard the story expressed their admiration for Sanada’s bravery, and only Kagawa Keinori and Anayama Nobutada, who were familiar with him, lowered their heads in doubt and embarrassment.
After hearing that the city lord Duomu Yuanzhong died in battle, that the city of Stable Bridge fell and killed more than 800 people with heads, and captured more than 600 people, the charred corpses were still being counted, and there was no news that anyone in the city of Stable Bridge had been arrested.
The emotions in the shogunate were pushed to the climax, and the soldiers shouted "Long live" again.
After a burst of emotion, Xiujia also followed Shan and shouted "Long live", the emotion was in place, Xiujia suddenly felt a surge of poetry, and very heroically said to Anayama Nobutada, "Serve with pen and ink".
Many of the retainers present here were new faces, and the Hide family hadn't written poetry for many years, so they were surprised by the Hide family's sudden request for pen and ink, but Anayama Nobutada was still very firm in implementing the Hide family's request.
At first he brought a piece of letter paper for writing documents, but the Xiu family said with disgust, "It's too small, take a five-foot horizontal batch!" (153x84cm)"
As a result, Nobudaka Anayama rummaged through the box and did not find it. He found a four-foot horizontal batch paper (138x69cm), and Hideka could barely use it.
In this era, Japanese papermaking has become very popular. However, for industries like papermaking that require a large amount of wood and water resources, there are not many countries in Japan that can produce it on a large scale.
Among them, because Mino is adjacent to Kyoto, the mountains are rich in timber resources, and the plains are rich in water conservancy, the paper industry once again has a foundation for prosperity, hence the name Mino Paper.
Aside from the essence of technology, after hundreds of years of rendering by literati and poets in Kyoto, Mino paper has a high cultural attribute and has become a symbol sought after by the upper class.
However, due to the wars in the Warring States Period, the price of Mino paper was extremely high in the past. Even after Oda Nobunaga unified Mino, Mino was relatively peaceful, but the price of Mino paper remained high.
Everyone thought that after the world was peaceful, the price of Mino paper would go down. Who would have thought that when Hideyoshi ruled the world, the price of Mino paper would rise instead of falling.
One of the big reasons is that uneducated people like Hideyoshi began to follow the trend, ordering Mino paper in large quantities, and using it in ordinary paperwork.
And a person with Hideya's status, no matter whether he wants to be taken advantage of or not, with Hideyoshi taking the lead, in order to highlight his status, he has to spend a lot of money to order Mino paper.
Anayama Nobutaka waited on the Xiu family to spread the paper, pressed the three sides with paper stones, dipped the brush to his lips to lubricate the bristles of the brush, soaked the freshly ground ink for the Xiu family, and handed the brush to the Xiujia.
Xiujia took the brush and wrote the following verses on the 4-foot piece of paper:
"Winning the Victory Song of Stable Bridge"
Si Wen heard that the Northern Division had been defeated, and the triumphant song played the flag of Yanjing.
The tents of Chu are surrounded by singing and singing, and the sky is full of fire and rain on the stable bridge.
Weakness on the back of the mountain is still boasting of courage, drinking blood is like forgetting the alliance.
Knowing only that attacking with fire is not a bad strategy, sweep away the sky with blazing fire!
This poem is actually relatively easy to understand. The fifth and sixth sentences may not be very easy to understand. Let me analyze it.
The fifth allusion comes from "Zhuangzi", which means that mosquitoes are too weak to carry a mountain, and their strength is not competent.Here, the Hojo family is compared to a mosquito, who is obviously short and weak but still has to boast about his bravery.
The meaning of the sixth sentence is: It is clear that there was blood in the mouth just now, but it can be forgotten immediately, regardless of the contractual spirit of the covenant.
It means that the Hojo clan originally signed an alliance with the Toyotomi clan, but they reneged on the injustice of the alliance.In ancient times, blood was required to sign a covenant.
Xiujia was very satisfied with the poem he wrote, and he did not forget to appreciate it for a while after writing it.
To be honest, there is another reason why the Xiu family is so heroic. Yesterday, they were still worried that the Stable Bridge would be difficult to get off and they would have to retreat to West Ueno. Who would have thought that the stable bridge would have been taken overnight, allowing the Xiu family to regain control of the battlefield? .
To be honest, most of the people around the Xiu family at the moment are big-bodied men, and there are really not many people who understand Chinese and songs, so after writing this poem, the Xiu family can only explain it to them.
No matter what his literary background is, or whether Xiujia's explanation is understandable or not, in short, the flattery is over, and by the way, he can copy this poem for a few volumes, and he can pretend to be a cultural person in front of his subordinates.
What Hideka didn't know was that this poem was spread in Kanto so casually, and then reached Hideyoshi's ears, and finally spread its praises to the world, and was included in his collection of poems.
"Matagoro (Kagawa Keinori), frame this poem, send it to the Stable Bridge, and hand it over to Misaku, and count it as my reward for all of them."
"Hayi~" Xiang Chuanjing actually didn't quite understand the meaning of Xiujia's explanation, but it doesn't matter, this kind of opportunity to pretend to be X can't be missed. Others will pretend to be in front of his subordinates, but he wants to go in front of the old man Pretend to go!
After sending Kagawa Kagenori away, Hideka asked again, "How is the situation with Ryosuke?"
Hearing the Xiu family's inquiry, Zhezhi Sanzhicheng replied: "There are not many guards in Jingcheng, and the surrounding peasants and soldiers have no time to mobilize. Jingcheng has been captured late last night, and He Qibei has begun to repair the city to guard against Hojo."
After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and said to Xiujia: "The news from this morning confirms that the Hojo clan government stayed in Kagoe City last night. If there is no problem with the schedule today, it is estimated that they will be stationed in Ninja Castle."
"Forbearance!" Hearing the news, Xiujia actually didn't react too much. With the physical strength of soldiers in this era, walking more than 20 kilometers a day is a very common speed.
It is a rare thing for Yu Xijia to walk nearly 4 kilometers across mountains and mountains in 100 days.
You must know that one day of the Xiu family was used to cross the Dubing Ridge, but it was precisely this perseverance that made the surprise attack so effective.
Hearing the news that the Hojo Clan's Political Council was stationed in Ninja Castle today, Xiujia began to plan in his heart:
Ninja Castle is still one day away from Jingcheng, but after arriving at Ninja Castle with Hojo's disposition, he will definitely stay here for a while to check our intelligence.
After all, Ninja City is still too far away from the front line of our family. Now we have seized Stable Bridge City and occupied the initiative on the battlefield.
There are at most 7000 people in the hands of Inomata Kuninen in the north, and Osafune Sadaki is twice as many as Inomata Kuniken after Huihe Todo Takatora.
In order to save Inomata Bangken, the Hojo clan must take the initiative to launch an offensive. At this moment, he has two options. One is to go west to Fukaya Castle, which is closer to Isesaki Castle and can be used as the main battle.
It is only 8 kilometers away from Jingcheng, and it can be reached in a short walk.
However, if the Hojo clan really moved the main formation to the deep valley, Hideka must also move the main formation. After all, there is a natural danger in Negawa that can be used. Why let the opposite side foolishly cross the river to fight against him in the cage city?
On the second day, the road is to go directly north into Jinshan City, and use Jinshan City as the main formation to confront yourself from east to west.
This is actually the strategy Hideka hopes to see the most. Once the Hojo family does this, it seems that they will be closer to Inomata Bangken, and the flat plains on both sides seem to be more conducive to fighting against themselves.
But it was the turbulent Tone River that he crossed, which added a natural barrier to his retreat.
Hideka, on the other hand, could wait for reinforcements from Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kagekatsu to arrive, cross the border from Hirai Castle into Musashi, and attack Musashi all the way south.
If Ninja Castle can be taken down before the Hojo Clan reacts, the Hojo Clan can only borrow Shimono and Shimono to return to Musashi.
But this is a big circle!How could it be faster than Xiu's family going all the way south along the Musashi Plain?
Besides, based on the organization level of the Warring States Army at this time, once the news of the fall of Ninja Castle is heard, how many soldiers will the Hojo clan have by his side?
I'm afraid that all the nobles who surrounded him at this time ran away, and how many of them would sink with the broken ship of Hojo?
But no matter what kind of situation it is to deal with, the biggest problem facing the Xiu family now is the problem of insufficient troops. Now there are only 9000 people available at hand. How can they hold the long Tonegawa line of defense?
"It's still necessary to push Maeda and Uesugi's forces." Xiujiayou thought.
Immediately, he quickly wrote two pleadings, and asked his attendants to forward them to Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Jingsheng in the rear, urging their progress.
It's almost November, and our Northern Route Army may assume the role of a vanguard, attracting the main force of the Hojo Clan to Ueno Musashi, and creating conditions for Hideyoshi to encircle Odawara.
But Hideyoshi is about to raise his troops in the coming days, why haven't the two of them arrived yet?
The Xiu family was thinking about what to do, when suddenly another warrior came running outside, and he knelt down in front of the Xiu family and said, "My lord, there is an army coming from the west side of Imamura City, the number of them is about a thousand. It's Maruno's vertical three flags."
Hideie frowned when he heard the family crest, "Could it be the Narita family? But the ninja army's intelligence didn't say that they were guests in Inomata Bangken's formation?"
As one of the formations of the Ueno Army of Inomata Kuniken this time, the appearance of the Narita clan's army near Isesaki Castle aroused Hideo's vigilance. This is why the enemy army came to him.
Hideka, who was uncertain about paying attention, called Tsusue Sannojo, and wanted to confirm the movements of the Ueno Corps, Inomata Kuniken, and the Narita clan.
But I heard Tsusue Sannojo reply, "It's still the earliest news. Two days ago, Inomata Kuniken led the Ueno Corps to withdraw from Iwakaki Castle. Calculating the distance, it should be Numata by now.
Chief Narita didn't seem to be walking with Inomata Kuniken. Our people said that they saw the troops of Narita, Kobata, and Wada heading south on Mount Haruna that day.
But there is another interesting piece of news. The night before yesterday, an army set out ahead of time with a torch. The problem is that both inside and outside the city seem to be unfamiliar with this army. "
Hideka drew useful information from Tsusue Sannojo's information, the most important of which was that the Narita Army did not act together with Inomata Kuniken.
Why is this?Is it because of a rift between the two?But why did he take Xiao Banshi and others with him?
At first, Hideka thought it was Inomata Kuniken's arrangement, but after thinking about it, it was impossible. At this time, the Azuma line was difficult to walk, and it was fine for the herb collectors to walk, and the march of large troops generally crossed the line.
The combined forces of Mr. Narita and Shinsou Kobata are not too many, but they are definitely not many. Since Inomata Kuniken has crossed the line, how can he let them walk the difficult Azuma line?
After thinking about it, Xiu Jiasi couldn't figure it out. It seems that he can only ask them in person after the Narita Clan is captured.
Immediately, Xiujia stood up from his seat and shouted to the outside, "Blow the conch, gather troops, and meet the enemy!"
With the sound of the conch in Isesaki Castle, the whole city seemed to come alive, and the resting and working soldiers put down their work one after another, and lined up under the scolding of the superior samurai.
Bizen Otobi and Tsugabe were stationed on the west side of Kasugawa, and it was relatively easy to mobilize. Moreover, the battalion stationed at Imamura Castle was originally a battalion of Bizen Otobei, so it would be more appropriate for them to support.
But only two reserve teams of 3000 people are not enough. After all, although the current information is that there are only more than a thousand people in the Narita clan, who can guarantee that there will be no reinforcements behind? Isn't Narita the leader of Inomata Bangken?
But to be honest, the current Hideo family has a shortage of troops. The only troops stationed in Isesaki City are the firearms and the Banners. On the east bank of the broken ship, there are only 2200 Zhuang Zhiqing's Beizhong, and the number of troops in hand is less than 5000.
And Isesaki Castle is very important. Hideka can only bring 800 people from the banner and an iron artillery battalion with firearms to go out.
It has been an hour since the samurai sent a letter to discover the incoming enemy, and it has been an hour since Xiujia came out of the battle, and Xiujia is even a little worried about the battle situation in Imamura Castle.
After all, the city of Imamura is small, and there are only 500 defenders. Although the 5000 people facing Inomata Bangken may not necessarily fall into the city, the casualties must be very heavy.
You must know that these backup team members are the essence brought out by Xiujia from Jibei!But the cornerstone of his rule over Musashi, even if he loses the slightest bit in the battle, he will feel very distressed.
But when Hideka arrived at Imamura Castle, what Hideka expected was that Narita Chief was still confronting Tsudaka and Bizen Obi, and neither side seemed to have any intention of going to war.
(End of this chapter)
Hearing the news that Stable Bridge City had been captured, the Xiu family could hardly restrain their inner excitement. At this time, Nobutada Anayama was boasting about himself, which attracted the cheers of many people around.
In fact, everyone doesn't know what happened, but it is definitely not wrong to shout "Long live the lord".
In the end, it was the Xiu family who suppressed everyone's praise, and let Zushik Sanzhicheng and Kagawa Jing reveal the actual battle situation in Stable Bridge City.
Since the battle had just ended, many of the content in it was relayed by Stable Bridge, which made everyone's blood spurt when they heard it.
Of course, it is also due to oral recitation, the real situation will inevitably have some deviations, after all, when people spread it, it is inevitable that they will unconsciously carry out artistic adaptations.
The most outrageous thing is that Sanada Nobushige led more than ten people to walk around Tubori to burn the city under the guidance of a guide. He told the story that he went deep into the enemy's rear alone, killed the guards and burned the city safely, and then returned safely.
Of course Hideka wouldn't believe the authenticity of this story. If Nobushige Sanada is really that powerful, then is it a Japanese Lu Bu-like existence?
But Hideka’s disbelief couldn’t stand others’ disbelief. People who heard the story expressed their admiration for Sanada’s bravery, and only Kagawa Keinori and Anayama Nobutada, who were familiar with him, lowered their heads in doubt and embarrassment.
After hearing that the city lord Duomu Yuanzhong died in battle, that the city of Stable Bridge fell and killed more than 800 people with heads, and captured more than 600 people, the charred corpses were still being counted, and there was no news that anyone in the city of Stable Bridge had been arrested.
The emotions in the shogunate were pushed to the climax, and the soldiers shouted "Long live" again.
After a burst of emotion, Xiujia also followed Shan and shouted "Long live", the emotion was in place, Xiujia suddenly felt a surge of poetry, and very heroically said to Anayama Nobutada, "Serve with pen and ink".
Many of the retainers present here were new faces, and the Hide family hadn't written poetry for many years, so they were surprised by the Hide family's sudden request for pen and ink, but Anayama Nobutada was still very firm in implementing the Hide family's request.
At first he brought a piece of letter paper for writing documents, but the Xiu family said with disgust, "It's too small, take a five-foot horizontal batch!" (153x84cm)"
As a result, Nobudaka Anayama rummaged through the box and did not find it. He found a four-foot horizontal batch paper (138x69cm), and Hideka could barely use it.
In this era, Japanese papermaking has become very popular. However, for industries like papermaking that require a large amount of wood and water resources, there are not many countries in Japan that can produce it on a large scale.
Among them, because Mino is adjacent to Kyoto, the mountains are rich in timber resources, and the plains are rich in water conservancy, the paper industry once again has a foundation for prosperity, hence the name Mino Paper.
Aside from the essence of technology, after hundreds of years of rendering by literati and poets in Kyoto, Mino paper has a high cultural attribute and has become a symbol sought after by the upper class.
However, due to the wars in the Warring States Period, the price of Mino paper was extremely high in the past. Even after Oda Nobunaga unified Mino, Mino was relatively peaceful, but the price of Mino paper remained high.
Everyone thought that after the world was peaceful, the price of Mino paper would go down. Who would have thought that when Hideyoshi ruled the world, the price of Mino paper would rise instead of falling.
One of the big reasons is that uneducated people like Hideyoshi began to follow the trend, ordering Mino paper in large quantities, and using it in ordinary paperwork.
And a person with Hideya's status, no matter whether he wants to be taken advantage of or not, with Hideyoshi taking the lead, in order to highlight his status, he has to spend a lot of money to order Mino paper.
Anayama Nobutaka waited on the Xiu family to spread the paper, pressed the three sides with paper stones, dipped the brush to his lips to lubricate the bristles of the brush, soaked the freshly ground ink for the Xiu family, and handed the brush to the Xiujia.
Xiujia took the brush and wrote the following verses on the 4-foot piece of paper:
"Winning the Victory Song of Stable Bridge"
Si Wen heard that the Northern Division had been defeated, and the triumphant song played the flag of Yanjing.
The tents of Chu are surrounded by singing and singing, and the sky is full of fire and rain on the stable bridge.
Weakness on the back of the mountain is still boasting of courage, drinking blood is like forgetting the alliance.
Knowing only that attacking with fire is not a bad strategy, sweep away the sky with blazing fire!
This poem is actually relatively easy to understand. The fifth and sixth sentences may not be very easy to understand. Let me analyze it.
The fifth allusion comes from "Zhuangzi", which means that mosquitoes are too weak to carry a mountain, and their strength is not competent.Here, the Hojo family is compared to a mosquito, who is obviously short and weak but still has to boast about his bravery.
The meaning of the sixth sentence is: It is clear that there was blood in the mouth just now, but it can be forgotten immediately, regardless of the contractual spirit of the covenant.
It means that the Hojo clan originally signed an alliance with the Toyotomi clan, but they reneged on the injustice of the alliance.In ancient times, blood was required to sign a covenant.
Xiujia was very satisfied with the poem he wrote, and he did not forget to appreciate it for a while after writing it.
To be honest, there is another reason why the Xiu family is so heroic. Yesterday, they were still worried that the Stable Bridge would be difficult to get off and they would have to retreat to West Ueno. Who would have thought that the stable bridge would have been taken overnight, allowing the Xiu family to regain control of the battlefield? .
To be honest, most of the people around the Xiu family at the moment are big-bodied men, and there are really not many people who understand Chinese and songs, so after writing this poem, the Xiu family can only explain it to them.
No matter what his literary background is, or whether Xiujia's explanation is understandable or not, in short, the flattery is over, and by the way, he can copy this poem for a few volumes, and he can pretend to be a cultural person in front of his subordinates.
What Hideka didn't know was that this poem was spread in Kanto so casually, and then reached Hideyoshi's ears, and finally spread its praises to the world, and was included in his collection of poems.
"Matagoro (Kagawa Keinori), frame this poem, send it to the Stable Bridge, and hand it over to Misaku, and count it as my reward for all of them."
"Hayi~" Xiang Chuanjing actually didn't quite understand the meaning of Xiujia's explanation, but it doesn't matter, this kind of opportunity to pretend to be X can't be missed. Others will pretend to be in front of his subordinates, but he wants to go in front of the old man Pretend to go!
After sending Kagawa Kagenori away, Hideka asked again, "How is the situation with Ryosuke?"
Hearing the Xiu family's inquiry, Zhezhi Sanzhicheng replied: "There are not many guards in Jingcheng, and the surrounding peasants and soldiers have no time to mobilize. Jingcheng has been captured late last night, and He Qibei has begun to repair the city to guard against Hojo."
After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and said to Xiujia: "The news from this morning confirms that the Hojo clan government stayed in Kagoe City last night. If there is no problem with the schedule today, it is estimated that they will be stationed in Ninja Castle."
"Forbearance!" Hearing the news, Xiujia actually didn't react too much. With the physical strength of soldiers in this era, walking more than 20 kilometers a day is a very common speed.
It is a rare thing for Yu Xijia to walk nearly 4 kilometers across mountains and mountains in 100 days.
You must know that one day of the Xiu family was used to cross the Dubing Ridge, but it was precisely this perseverance that made the surprise attack so effective.
Hearing the news that the Hojo Clan's Political Council was stationed in Ninja Castle today, Xiujia began to plan in his heart:
Ninja Castle is still one day away from Jingcheng, but after arriving at Ninja Castle with Hojo's disposition, he will definitely stay here for a while to check our intelligence.
After all, Ninja City is still too far away from the front line of our family. Now we have seized Stable Bridge City and occupied the initiative on the battlefield.
There are at most 7000 people in the hands of Inomata Kuninen in the north, and Osafune Sadaki is twice as many as Inomata Kuniken after Huihe Todo Takatora.
In order to save Inomata Bangken, the Hojo clan must take the initiative to launch an offensive. At this moment, he has two options. One is to go west to Fukaya Castle, which is closer to Isesaki Castle and can be used as the main battle.
It is only 8 kilometers away from Jingcheng, and it can be reached in a short walk.
However, if the Hojo clan really moved the main formation to the deep valley, Hideka must also move the main formation. After all, there is a natural danger in Negawa that can be used. Why let the opposite side foolishly cross the river to fight against him in the cage city?
On the second day, the road is to go directly north into Jinshan City, and use Jinshan City as the main formation to confront yourself from east to west.
This is actually the strategy Hideka hopes to see the most. Once the Hojo family does this, it seems that they will be closer to Inomata Bangken, and the flat plains on both sides seem to be more conducive to fighting against themselves.
But it was the turbulent Tone River that he crossed, which added a natural barrier to his retreat.
Hideka, on the other hand, could wait for reinforcements from Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kagekatsu to arrive, cross the border from Hirai Castle into Musashi, and attack Musashi all the way south.
If Ninja Castle can be taken down before the Hojo Clan reacts, the Hojo Clan can only borrow Shimono and Shimono to return to Musashi.
But this is a big circle!How could it be faster than Xiu's family going all the way south along the Musashi Plain?
Besides, based on the organization level of the Warring States Army at this time, once the news of the fall of Ninja Castle is heard, how many soldiers will the Hojo clan have by his side?
I'm afraid that all the nobles who surrounded him at this time ran away, and how many of them would sink with the broken ship of Hojo?
But no matter what kind of situation it is to deal with, the biggest problem facing the Xiu family now is the problem of insufficient troops. Now there are only 9000 people available at hand. How can they hold the long Tonegawa line of defense?
"It's still necessary to push Maeda and Uesugi's forces." Xiujiayou thought.
Immediately, he quickly wrote two pleadings, and asked his attendants to forward them to Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Jingsheng in the rear, urging their progress.
It's almost November, and our Northern Route Army may assume the role of a vanguard, attracting the main force of the Hojo Clan to Ueno Musashi, and creating conditions for Hideyoshi to encircle Odawara.
But Hideyoshi is about to raise his troops in the coming days, why haven't the two of them arrived yet?
The Xiu family was thinking about what to do, when suddenly another warrior came running outside, and he knelt down in front of the Xiu family and said, "My lord, there is an army coming from the west side of Imamura City, the number of them is about a thousand. It's Maruno's vertical three flags."
Hideie frowned when he heard the family crest, "Could it be the Narita family? But the ninja army's intelligence didn't say that they were guests in Inomata Bangken's formation?"
As one of the formations of the Ueno Army of Inomata Kuniken this time, the appearance of the Narita clan's army near Isesaki Castle aroused Hideo's vigilance. This is why the enemy army came to him.
Hideka, who was uncertain about paying attention, called Tsusue Sannojo, and wanted to confirm the movements of the Ueno Corps, Inomata Kuniken, and the Narita clan.
But I heard Tsusue Sannojo reply, "It's still the earliest news. Two days ago, Inomata Kuniken led the Ueno Corps to withdraw from Iwakaki Castle. Calculating the distance, it should be Numata by now.
Chief Narita didn't seem to be walking with Inomata Kuniken. Our people said that they saw the troops of Narita, Kobata, and Wada heading south on Mount Haruna that day.
But there is another interesting piece of news. The night before yesterday, an army set out ahead of time with a torch. The problem is that both inside and outside the city seem to be unfamiliar with this army. "
Hideka drew useful information from Tsusue Sannojo's information, the most important of which was that the Narita Army did not act together with Inomata Kuniken.
Why is this?Is it because of a rift between the two?But why did he take Xiao Banshi and others with him?
At first, Hideka thought it was Inomata Kuniken's arrangement, but after thinking about it, it was impossible. At this time, the Azuma line was difficult to walk, and it was fine for the herb collectors to walk, and the march of large troops generally crossed the line.
The combined forces of Mr. Narita and Shinsou Kobata are not too many, but they are definitely not many. Since Inomata Kuniken has crossed the line, how can he let them walk the difficult Azuma line?
After thinking about it, Xiu Jiasi couldn't figure it out. It seems that he can only ask them in person after the Narita Clan is captured.
Immediately, Xiujia stood up from his seat and shouted to the outside, "Blow the conch, gather troops, and meet the enemy!"
With the sound of the conch in Isesaki Castle, the whole city seemed to come alive, and the resting and working soldiers put down their work one after another, and lined up under the scolding of the superior samurai.
Bizen Otobi and Tsugabe were stationed on the west side of Kasugawa, and it was relatively easy to mobilize. Moreover, the battalion stationed at Imamura Castle was originally a battalion of Bizen Otobei, so it would be more appropriate for them to support.
But only two reserve teams of 3000 people are not enough. After all, although the current information is that there are only more than a thousand people in the Narita clan, who can guarantee that there will be no reinforcements behind? Isn't Narita the leader of Inomata Bangken?
But to be honest, the current Hideo family has a shortage of troops. The only troops stationed in Isesaki City are the firearms and the Banners. On the east bank of the broken ship, there are only 2200 Zhuang Zhiqing's Beizhong, and the number of troops in hand is less than 5000.
And Isesaki Castle is very important. Hideka can only bring 800 people from the banner and an iron artillery battalion with firearms to go out.
It has been an hour since the samurai sent a letter to discover the incoming enemy, and it has been an hour since Xiujia came out of the battle, and Xiujia is even a little worried about the battle situation in Imamura Castle.
After all, the city of Imamura is small, and there are only 500 defenders. Although the 5000 people facing Inomata Bangken may not necessarily fall into the city, the casualties must be very heavy.
You must know that these backup team members are the essence brought out by Xiujia from Jibei!But the cornerstone of his rule over Musashi, even if he loses the slightest bit in the battle, he will feel very distressed.
But when Hideka arrived at Imamura Castle, what Hideka expected was that Narita Chief was still confronting Tsudaka and Bizen Obi, and neither side seemed to have any intention of going to war.
(End of this chapter)