Chapter 836
The Battle of East-West Combination and Sekigahara
The Izumo soldiers have always been a peripheral force within the Maori family faction, even further back than the Kitakyushu Chikugo and Bunzen regiments.
Because this place has always been the front line of the Maori family's defense center, even after Hideyoshi was surrendered, Izumo changed hands several times.
Although it has undergone some reforms, and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi helped the Maori family to eradicate the stubborn diseases of the Ryogawa system, the power of the wealthy family still exerts pressure to check and balance the development ideas of the Maori family.
Now that the power of wealthy families is on the rise, it is impossible to bypass factional struggle.
Izumo Country has always been the front line for the Maori family to deal with the invading enemies from the east. Previously, the Boqi clan acted as cannon fodder, and they could still say that they were half of the core clan.
However, after surrendering to Hideyoshi, Izumo and Bitchu were stripped back and rewarded by Hideyoshi. Now they have become the new members of the Mori family, and their status is even lower than that of Kitakyushu Tozenzhu.
It's true that Ninomiya Jitatsu is the uncle of the Yoshikawa Hiro family, but he is an illegitimate son, otherwise he wouldn't be leading the Izumo clan.
At present, the Eastern Army is attacking very urgently, so it is natural to let the cannon fodder attack first to buy time for subsequent changes in formation.
Ninomiya Jiuchen did not hesitate, he knew his position in the Maori family very well.Previously, they were afraid that their Izumo clan would take the credit. Their Izumo clan was originally arranged on the side of Nangong Mountain. Now they are the most suitable ones to take the first wave.
Ninomiya just left, but before anyone could reach his military formation, shouts of killing rang out from the mountainside. The Ashikaga Army on the mountain relied on trees as a barrier or held bows, iron cannons or threw stones to stop the Ukita Army at the foot of the mountain. attack.
Conquering mountains has been difficult since ancient times, which is why the Xiu family asked Yu Xita's family to take the lead.
Although he is his cousin, he has become an independent daimyo after all. If you want to get a good reward after the war, you have to do whatever you can to do it, right?
Although it only took 7 years to transfer from Sanuki to Anbo, the main force that the Uki family brought to Luo this time was the troops that accompanied the Hide family in the Northern Expedition to Ezo. In the past few years of the Northern Expedition to Ezo, the Hide family always consciously or unintentionally They will intervene in the training of these armies, so the combat effectiveness of the Yuxi family can still be guaranteed.
It's just a pity that Ukita's family has made every effort to develop agriculture and trade in the territory these years. He thinks that there will be no more wars, so he didn't hoard enough military supplies, and even sold some iron cannons, making the iron in the entire army The gun equipment rate is the lowest.
Fortunately, the team that attacked the mountain also had a member of the Toyoharu family like Musashi Bei, who could provide fire support for the mountain attack.
In combat, soldiers at high places have many advantages over soldiers at low places, but for the long-range firepower of both sides, soldiers at the bottom of the mountain often have more advantages than soldiers at the top of the mountain.
Because the soldiers on the mountain need to lean out most of their bodies if they want to shoot, while the soldiers at the foot of the mountain only need to touch one head to fire back.
There was another reason why Toyotomi Shigeie attacked the mountain. There was an Ezo tribesman in this army. Although the number was only a few thousand, such high-quality cannon fodder was originally consumed in the battle.
Ezo Land, which has not experienced large-scale development, is full of forests and swamps, and forest warfare has always been their strength.
I saw the Ezo soldier holding a log shield in front of his chest, with his head slightly buried behind the shield, and holding a hand ax in his other hand as he shuttled through the mountains and forests.In just a moment, they had reached the Maori army formation.
The Ezo soldiers do not have a flag behind their backs like Japan's Ashigaru. In addition, the forest tribesmen are relatively short in stature, so they appear to be very flexible when moving through the forest.
On the other hand, the Maori army still held three long spears in their hands. The length of the long spear was 3 meters long. Such a long spear was not suitable for fighting in the forest. Take the ax away.
The Ezo soldiers were wearing Katakozakuro Maru, which had been eliminated by Japan, and was re-edited on the Ezo people's leather jackets. Even though it was a waste product, its defensive power was much higher than the ordinary Japanese Ashigaru Maru.
However, the Ainu people don't have helmets, and only the upper body has armor. Shields are their best defense supplement.
At this time, the melee weapons used by samurai were still mainly spears, but in the forest, even the 3-meter-long spear in the hands of samurai was still limited.
Some samurai abandoned their spears and began to fight with these Ezo soldiers with samurai swords.At this time, they will find that the katana held in both hands will be blocked by the opposite shield, and then an ax will come towards their waist.
The warriors of the Maori family had never experienced the Ezo war. The difficulties they encountered now were exactly the problems that the Hide family encountered when they opened up Ezo.
Fortunately, there was a generational difference in the weapons in the hands of Japanese soldiers at that time. Many tribes in Ezo were still in the Stone Age, using stone axes and stone arrows.The Japanese army used refined iron weapons, iron armor, and iron cannons, and this was considered as subduing some of the Ezo tribes.
And now, in the Ezo Territory that has been governed by the Hide family for nearly 20 years, these recruited Ezo soldiers are all wearing iron armor, and the weapons they hold are iron axes. How can they be so easy to deal with back then?
How could it be that the warriors holding spears could still rely on the length of the weapons to deal with the tribal soldiers, but the restrictions of the geographical environment directly eliminated this part of the advantage, so that the warriors had to abandon their spears to fight with them in close combat, which caused the barbarians to overwhelm them. Maori soldiers fighting illusion.
"Iron cannon! Shoot with the iron cannon!" Ergong Jiuchen, who arrived in front of the formation, saw that the situation was not right and quickly ordered to the left and right to use iron cannon to deal with this group of barbarians.
But as I said just now, if the long-range units on the mountain want to shoot, the exposed area must be larger than that at the bottom of the mountain, and the iron cannons of Yamashita Musashibi and Ukita An Fangzhong are pouring firepower on the mountain without stopping.
Iron bullets shuttled between mountains and forests, embedded in trees, or hit rocks and spattered stone fragments.
At this moment, for Ergong Jiuchen, the Nangong Mountain battlefield was like purgatory. He was hiding behind a stone, listening to the iron cannon's projectiles flying above his head, but he did not even dare to poke his head out.
At the same time that Toyotomi Shige's family launched an attack on Nangong Mountain, at the foot of Nangong Mountain, the Ashikaga family's department, Sanada Nobushige's department, in cooperation with Tachibana Muneshige, Nabeshima Naoshige and other daimyos had already surrounded the Kobayawa people.
At this moment, no matter how stupid the samurai of Kobayakawa's family were, they would recognize the reality.
The low-level warriors can't understand that we are obviously allies, why are we so tense like enemies?
The senior samurai were extremely frightened. They didn't know where the secret was exposed, and they all looked at Jindai Matsuno Shigemoto, wanting to ask him for help.
But at this moment, Matsuno Shigemoto was looking at the top of Okayama with an expression of sorrow for his misfortune and anger. In his opinion, it was impossible to leak the secret. The only possibility was that his lord had just served in the right house. After he softened, this led to changes in the right government.
There were only two paths before her at this moment. The first was to lay down her arms and surrender, while Kobayakawa's chickens and ducks awaited trial.
Xiuqiu stepped back from the brink in time, and the survival of the Kobayakawa family may have become a fact. However, someone must be responsible for this matter, and the patriarch of the family may not be able to escape the fate of seppuku.
Beyond that, there's only one other way to go
He looked behind him and at the Tachibana Army and Nabeshima Army surrounding him, and finally chose the wrong answer.
He rode his horse to the outermost edge of the team, and shouted to Tachibana Zongshige: "Tachibana attendant, the matter has been vented! It is time to be loyal to the lord!"
But the only response he received was Tachibana Munemo's cold gaze, as if he was looking at a dead person.
After a long time, Tachibana Munushige responded: "You are the only ones who leaked the truth." Unwilling to do so, he ran to Nabeshima Naoshige's formation and shouted: "Kagamomo! Tachibana's servant betrayed the Toyotomi family, and now he can only Our family depends on you!"
Despite his age, Nabeshima Naoshima is already a 66-year-old samurai, but his words are very interesting.
He only heard him respond to Matsuno Shigemoto, "Really? Then please go to your death first, and I, the Nabeshima clan, will come later."
After his words fell, the Ashikaga family had rushed back.The young general rode on a tall horse and shouted to the Kobayakawa crowd, "Fairness to Heaven, righteousness lies with the Eastern Army! The generals of Kobayakawa surrendered openly, but in fact the adulterers in the court were in trouble. The right government dares the benevolence of heaven and earth, and today only punishes the evil ones." , lay down your weapons and follow me no matter what!"
"Don't talk nonsense. I, the Kobayakawa family, are sincerely following the Youfu to make meritorious deeds. How can I pretend to surrender in vain?" After his words fell, a samurai in the formation retorted.
The Ashikaga family would not waste time with little people, so they directly called out Hiraoka Yorikatsu and asked him to testify for himself, "Hiraoka Ishimi Mamoru! (Hiraoka Yorikatsu) why don't you come out and testify yourself!"
It was only at this moment that Matsuno Shigemoto and others knew that there was a mole within themselves, and that the other side had already known their full plan as early as late yesterday.
"Ishimi, you are asking for glory on your back!" Before Hiraoka Yorikatsu even spoke, he was accused by other Kobayakawa family retainers.
Hiraoka Yorikatsu also defended himself: "I just can't bear you to go astray and lead the Kobayakawa family, which has finally recovered, to sink again!"
Putting aside the quarrels of the Kobayakawa family's retainers, the Ashikaga family also took the opportunity to persuade them, "Your lord is a guest in Okayama to renew the old brotherhood with my father. You and I are brothers. Since we are brothers, why should we shed blood here?" ? The right way is to quickly put away your weapons and return to the territory with Kobayakawa's attendants!"
The elders belong to two factions, and the samurai below also naturally belong to two factions. Some want to surrender, while others are clamoring to resist, and some even clamor to go to Gangshan to rescue their lord.
On the west side of the Nangong Mountain, a great opera is being sung, and the stage built by Kobayakawa, Tachibana, Nabeshima and others is also very lively, which will naturally attract the attention of the Daimyo behind the scenes.
However, while the people surrounding Kobayakawa were trying to persuade him to surrender, the Ryuzoji family, who was also a Kyushu daimyo, was following Nabeshima Naoshige's footsteps under the leadership of his family's elders, Hayao Takashi, Ryuzoji Nobshu and others. .
But for some reason, the front actually blocked the pace of progress, and there were faint shouts and shouts.
Nobushu Ryuzoji sent people to investigate, and he didn't know which link was wrong. He actually got the news that the Eastern Army was fighting the Western Army, that the Kobayawa people had abandoned Tokugawa, and Nabeshima, Tachibana and other daimyos were resisting steadily.
Nobushu Ryuzoji has a very flexible brain. Historically, as the elder and mainstay of the Ryuzoji family, he actually actively supported Naoshima Naoshima Shigekagami to replace the Ryuzoji family's regime after Gao Fang's death. It can be said that he has a clear view of current affairs. people.
In this time and space, Ryuzoji Nobushu, who was dissatisfied with the fact that half of the land was divided by the Nabeshima family, has been looking for opportunities to teach Naoshima Naomi and restore the former glory of the Ryuzoji family.
But it's a pity that they were all allies before, and no one gave him a chance!
But now, he believed that the opportunity had come. As long as he could kill the two "traitors Nabeshima Naoshige and Tachibana Muneshige" and submit a certificate of surrender to the Youfu, he would definitely be rewarded by the Youfu afterwards.
What does it matter if there is no prior contact? The words of the great names during the Warring States Period are like farts, and the agreement is as cheap as toilet paper.
Don't listen to what he says, you have to watch what he does.
But brother, your information is wrong!
The determined Longzuoji Xinzhou and several other family elders combined and immediately decided to fight back.
All I heard was Ryuzoji Nobushu, waving his fist and shouting loudly, "Fengtian is in peace, justice lies with the Eastern Army!"
The entire Ryuzoji Temple Legion directly took the most elite Suguzu as its banner and stabbed Nabeshima Naoshige in the butt.
Nabeshima Naoshima had a backup plan, but he never expected that the Ryuzoji family would work so hard.
After all, this place is under siege by the Eastern Army. Faced with this situation, any daimyo with a clear head will either retreat to Ogaki City and wait for the final result, or they will retreat to the side and never interfere.
Who would have thought that the Ryuzoji family would be so stubborn that they would use all their strength to attack the Nabeshima Legion, which was evenly outnumbered.
But why is it so awkward to listen to their slogans?
What is "Feng Tianjing is difficult, righteousness lies in the Eastern Army?"
At this moment, Nabeshima Naoshige may still be repeatedly confirming in his mind, "It's broken, I will join the Western Army?"
Naoshima Naoshima was stabbed in the butt, so he naturally had no time to deal with the surrounding Kobayakawa people. He needed to concentrate on dealing with the Ryuzoji Legion who shouted "Righteous in the East Army" but drew a sword at him.
As a result, a loophole appeared on the side of Ogaki Castle, which made Matsuno Shigemoto, who was still hesitant about fighting or surrender, make up his mind.
"It is obviously impossible to complete the tasks assigned by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the moment, but as long as we work hard, we should be able to get the rewards promised by the imperial government after the war." This is what he thought.
He was preparing to lead his troops to break out of the encirclement, and the best gap to break through was Nabeshima Naoshima, who was being attacked from both sides.But Nabeshima Naoshige made such a big noise, which naturally attracted the attention of other corps on the left and right.
Both Tachibana Muneshige and Sanada Nobushige thought that Naoshima Naoshige had been stolen by the Western Army behind him, and they all sent some troops from their own team to help them make up for the gap in the encirclement.
Sanada Nobushige even ran directly to Nabeshima Naoshige and said, "Kagamomo just needs to respond to the enemy with all his heart. Leave the encirclement of Matsuno's rebellious ministers to us!"
After all, they are better than others, and with the personal testimony and endorsement of the family boss Hiraoka Yoshikatsu, there are still many people in Kobayakawa who are not willing to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Among them, Zaga Sunichi and others who were handed over to Hideaki Kobayakawa by the Hide family made it clear that they would not follow them to oppose the Hide family.As the leader of the Zaga Sect, he controls the only independent iron cannon squad in the hands of the Kobayakawa family.
There are a total of 600 people, half of which are standing and half are temporary signs. In this extremely mobilized Kobayakawa army, it is already a large group of armed forces.
And seeing that some of the Kobayakawa people were still stubborn, the Ashikaga family no longer had any extra patience, not to mention that they needed to quickly get rid of the Kobayakawa people, and they would have to capture Ogaki Castle later.
"Those who lay down their weapons and leave the group will avoid death. Anyone who resists and refuses to follow will be hanged by the bandits!" So he threatened the Kobayakawa people one last time with force. If they were still unwilling, then the only way left for them would be death.
Because this place has always been the front line of the Maori family's defense center, even after Hideyoshi was surrendered, Izumo changed hands several times.
Although it has undergone some reforms, and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi helped the Maori family to eradicate the stubborn diseases of the Ryogawa system, the power of the wealthy family still exerts pressure to check and balance the development ideas of the Maori family.
Now that the power of wealthy families is on the rise, it is impossible to bypass factional struggle.
Izumo Country has always been the front line for the Maori family to deal with the invading enemies from the east. Previously, the Boqi clan acted as cannon fodder, and they could still say that they were half of the core clan.
However, after surrendering to Hideyoshi, Izumo and Bitchu were stripped back and rewarded by Hideyoshi. Now they have become the new members of the Mori family, and their status is even lower than that of Kitakyushu Tozenzhu.
It's true that Ninomiya Jitatsu is the uncle of the Yoshikawa Hiro family, but he is an illegitimate son, otherwise he wouldn't be leading the Izumo clan.
At present, the Eastern Army is attacking very urgently, so it is natural to let the cannon fodder attack first to buy time for subsequent changes in formation.
Ninomiya Jiuchen did not hesitate, he knew his position in the Maori family very well.Previously, they were afraid that their Izumo clan would take the credit. Their Izumo clan was originally arranged on the side of Nangong Mountain. Now they are the most suitable ones to take the first wave.
Ninomiya just left, but before anyone could reach his military formation, shouts of killing rang out from the mountainside. The Ashikaga Army on the mountain relied on trees as a barrier or held bows, iron cannons or threw stones to stop the Ukita Army at the foot of the mountain. attack.
Conquering mountains has been difficult since ancient times, which is why the Xiu family asked Yu Xita's family to take the lead.
Although he is his cousin, he has become an independent daimyo after all. If you want to get a good reward after the war, you have to do whatever you can to do it, right?
Although it only took 7 years to transfer from Sanuki to Anbo, the main force that the Uki family brought to Luo this time was the troops that accompanied the Hide family in the Northern Expedition to Ezo. In the past few years of the Northern Expedition to Ezo, the Hide family always consciously or unintentionally They will intervene in the training of these armies, so the combat effectiveness of the Yuxi family can still be guaranteed.
It's just a pity that Ukita's family has made every effort to develop agriculture and trade in the territory these years. He thinks that there will be no more wars, so he didn't hoard enough military supplies, and even sold some iron cannons, making the iron in the entire army The gun equipment rate is the lowest.
Fortunately, the team that attacked the mountain also had a member of the Toyoharu family like Musashi Bei, who could provide fire support for the mountain attack.
In combat, soldiers at high places have many advantages over soldiers at low places, but for the long-range firepower of both sides, soldiers at the bottom of the mountain often have more advantages than soldiers at the top of the mountain.
Because the soldiers on the mountain need to lean out most of their bodies if they want to shoot, while the soldiers at the foot of the mountain only need to touch one head to fire back.
There was another reason why Toyotomi Shigeie attacked the mountain. There was an Ezo tribesman in this army. Although the number was only a few thousand, such high-quality cannon fodder was originally consumed in the battle.
Ezo Land, which has not experienced large-scale development, is full of forests and swamps, and forest warfare has always been their strength.
I saw the Ezo soldier holding a log shield in front of his chest, with his head slightly buried behind the shield, and holding a hand ax in his other hand as he shuttled through the mountains and forests.In just a moment, they had reached the Maori army formation.
The Ezo soldiers do not have a flag behind their backs like Japan's Ashigaru. In addition, the forest tribesmen are relatively short in stature, so they appear to be very flexible when moving through the forest.
On the other hand, the Maori army still held three long spears in their hands. The length of the long spear was 3 meters long. Such a long spear was not suitable for fighting in the forest. Take the ax away.
The Ezo soldiers were wearing Katakozakuro Maru, which had been eliminated by Japan, and was re-edited on the Ezo people's leather jackets. Even though it was a waste product, its defensive power was much higher than the ordinary Japanese Ashigaru Maru.
However, the Ainu people don't have helmets, and only the upper body has armor. Shields are their best defense supplement.
At this time, the melee weapons used by samurai were still mainly spears, but in the forest, even the 3-meter-long spear in the hands of samurai was still limited.
Some samurai abandoned their spears and began to fight with these Ezo soldiers with samurai swords.At this time, they will find that the katana held in both hands will be blocked by the opposite shield, and then an ax will come towards their waist.
The warriors of the Maori family had never experienced the Ezo war. The difficulties they encountered now were exactly the problems that the Hide family encountered when they opened up Ezo.
Fortunately, there was a generational difference in the weapons in the hands of Japanese soldiers at that time. Many tribes in Ezo were still in the Stone Age, using stone axes and stone arrows.The Japanese army used refined iron weapons, iron armor, and iron cannons, and this was considered as subduing some of the Ezo tribes.
And now, in the Ezo Territory that has been governed by the Hide family for nearly 20 years, these recruited Ezo soldiers are all wearing iron armor, and the weapons they hold are iron axes. How can they be so easy to deal with back then?
How could it be that the warriors holding spears could still rely on the length of the weapons to deal with the tribal soldiers, but the restrictions of the geographical environment directly eliminated this part of the advantage, so that the warriors had to abandon their spears to fight with them in close combat, which caused the barbarians to overwhelm them. Maori soldiers fighting illusion.
"Iron cannon! Shoot with the iron cannon!" Ergong Jiuchen, who arrived in front of the formation, saw that the situation was not right and quickly ordered to the left and right to use iron cannon to deal with this group of barbarians.
But as I said just now, if the long-range units on the mountain want to shoot, the exposed area must be larger than that at the bottom of the mountain, and the iron cannons of Yamashita Musashibi and Ukita An Fangzhong are pouring firepower on the mountain without stopping.
Iron bullets shuttled between mountains and forests, embedded in trees, or hit rocks and spattered stone fragments.
At this moment, for Ergong Jiuchen, the Nangong Mountain battlefield was like purgatory. He was hiding behind a stone, listening to the iron cannon's projectiles flying above his head, but he did not even dare to poke his head out.
At the same time that Toyotomi Shige's family launched an attack on Nangong Mountain, at the foot of Nangong Mountain, the Ashikaga family's department, Sanada Nobushige's department, in cooperation with Tachibana Muneshige, Nabeshima Naoshige and other daimyos had already surrounded the Kobayawa people.
At this moment, no matter how stupid the samurai of Kobayakawa's family were, they would recognize the reality.
The low-level warriors can't understand that we are obviously allies, why are we so tense like enemies?
The senior samurai were extremely frightened. They didn't know where the secret was exposed, and they all looked at Jindai Matsuno Shigemoto, wanting to ask him for help.
But at this moment, Matsuno Shigemoto was looking at the top of Okayama with an expression of sorrow for his misfortune and anger. In his opinion, it was impossible to leak the secret. The only possibility was that his lord had just served in the right house. After he softened, this led to changes in the right government.
There were only two paths before her at this moment. The first was to lay down her arms and surrender, while Kobayakawa's chickens and ducks awaited trial.
Xiuqiu stepped back from the brink in time, and the survival of the Kobayakawa family may have become a fact. However, someone must be responsible for this matter, and the patriarch of the family may not be able to escape the fate of seppuku.
Beyond that, there's only one other way to go
He looked behind him and at the Tachibana Army and Nabeshima Army surrounding him, and finally chose the wrong answer.
He rode his horse to the outermost edge of the team, and shouted to Tachibana Zongshige: "Tachibana attendant, the matter has been vented! It is time to be loyal to the lord!"
But the only response he received was Tachibana Munemo's cold gaze, as if he was looking at a dead person.
After a long time, Tachibana Munushige responded: "You are the only ones who leaked the truth." Unwilling to do so, he ran to Nabeshima Naoshige's formation and shouted: "Kagamomo! Tachibana's servant betrayed the Toyotomi family, and now he can only Our family depends on you!"
Despite his age, Nabeshima Naoshima is already a 66-year-old samurai, but his words are very interesting.
He only heard him respond to Matsuno Shigemoto, "Really? Then please go to your death first, and I, the Nabeshima clan, will come later."
After his words fell, the Ashikaga family had rushed back.The young general rode on a tall horse and shouted to the Kobayakawa crowd, "Fairness to Heaven, righteousness lies with the Eastern Army! The generals of Kobayakawa surrendered openly, but in fact the adulterers in the court were in trouble. The right government dares the benevolence of heaven and earth, and today only punishes the evil ones." , lay down your weapons and follow me no matter what!"
"Don't talk nonsense. I, the Kobayakawa family, are sincerely following the Youfu to make meritorious deeds. How can I pretend to surrender in vain?" After his words fell, a samurai in the formation retorted.
The Ashikaga family would not waste time with little people, so they directly called out Hiraoka Yorikatsu and asked him to testify for himself, "Hiraoka Ishimi Mamoru! (Hiraoka Yorikatsu) why don't you come out and testify yourself!"
It was only at this moment that Matsuno Shigemoto and others knew that there was a mole within themselves, and that the other side had already known their full plan as early as late yesterday.
"Ishimi, you are asking for glory on your back!" Before Hiraoka Yorikatsu even spoke, he was accused by other Kobayakawa family retainers.
Hiraoka Yorikatsu also defended himself: "I just can't bear you to go astray and lead the Kobayakawa family, which has finally recovered, to sink again!"
Putting aside the quarrels of the Kobayakawa family's retainers, the Ashikaga family also took the opportunity to persuade them, "Your lord is a guest in Okayama to renew the old brotherhood with my father. You and I are brothers. Since we are brothers, why should we shed blood here?" ? The right way is to quickly put away your weapons and return to the territory with Kobayakawa's attendants!"
The elders belong to two factions, and the samurai below also naturally belong to two factions. Some want to surrender, while others are clamoring to resist, and some even clamor to go to Gangshan to rescue their lord.
On the west side of the Nangong Mountain, a great opera is being sung, and the stage built by Kobayakawa, Tachibana, Nabeshima and others is also very lively, which will naturally attract the attention of the Daimyo behind the scenes.
However, while the people surrounding Kobayakawa were trying to persuade him to surrender, the Ryuzoji family, who was also a Kyushu daimyo, was following Nabeshima Naoshige's footsteps under the leadership of his family's elders, Hayao Takashi, Ryuzoji Nobshu and others. .
But for some reason, the front actually blocked the pace of progress, and there were faint shouts and shouts.
Nobushu Ryuzoji sent people to investigate, and he didn't know which link was wrong. He actually got the news that the Eastern Army was fighting the Western Army, that the Kobayawa people had abandoned Tokugawa, and Nabeshima, Tachibana and other daimyos were resisting steadily.
Nobushu Ryuzoji has a very flexible brain. Historically, as the elder and mainstay of the Ryuzoji family, he actually actively supported Naoshima Naoshima Shigekagami to replace the Ryuzoji family's regime after Gao Fang's death. It can be said that he has a clear view of current affairs. people.
In this time and space, Ryuzoji Nobushu, who was dissatisfied with the fact that half of the land was divided by the Nabeshima family, has been looking for opportunities to teach Naoshima Naomi and restore the former glory of the Ryuzoji family.
But it's a pity that they were all allies before, and no one gave him a chance!
But now, he believed that the opportunity had come. As long as he could kill the two "traitors Nabeshima Naoshige and Tachibana Muneshige" and submit a certificate of surrender to the Youfu, he would definitely be rewarded by the Youfu afterwards.
What does it matter if there is no prior contact? The words of the great names during the Warring States Period are like farts, and the agreement is as cheap as toilet paper.
Don't listen to what he says, you have to watch what he does.
But brother, your information is wrong!
The determined Longzuoji Xinzhou and several other family elders combined and immediately decided to fight back.
All I heard was Ryuzoji Nobushu, waving his fist and shouting loudly, "Fengtian is in peace, justice lies with the Eastern Army!"
The entire Ryuzoji Temple Legion directly took the most elite Suguzu as its banner and stabbed Nabeshima Naoshige in the butt.
Nabeshima Naoshima had a backup plan, but he never expected that the Ryuzoji family would work so hard.
After all, this place is under siege by the Eastern Army. Faced with this situation, any daimyo with a clear head will either retreat to Ogaki City and wait for the final result, or they will retreat to the side and never interfere.
Who would have thought that the Ryuzoji family would be so stubborn that they would use all their strength to attack the Nabeshima Legion, which was evenly outnumbered.
But why is it so awkward to listen to their slogans?
What is "Feng Tianjing is difficult, righteousness lies in the Eastern Army?"
At this moment, Nabeshima Naoshige may still be repeatedly confirming in his mind, "It's broken, I will join the Western Army?"
Naoshima Naoshima was stabbed in the butt, so he naturally had no time to deal with the surrounding Kobayakawa people. He needed to concentrate on dealing with the Ryuzoji Legion who shouted "Righteous in the East Army" but drew a sword at him.
As a result, a loophole appeared on the side of Ogaki Castle, which made Matsuno Shigemoto, who was still hesitant about fighting or surrender, make up his mind.
"It is obviously impossible to complete the tasks assigned by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the moment, but as long as we work hard, we should be able to get the rewards promised by the imperial government after the war." This is what he thought.
He was preparing to lead his troops to break out of the encirclement, and the best gap to break through was Nabeshima Naoshima, who was being attacked from both sides.But Nabeshima Naoshige made such a big noise, which naturally attracted the attention of other corps on the left and right.
Both Tachibana Muneshige and Sanada Nobushige thought that Naoshima Naoshige had been stolen by the Western Army behind him, and they all sent some troops from their own team to help them make up for the gap in the encirclement.
Sanada Nobushige even ran directly to Nabeshima Naoshige and said, "Kagamomo just needs to respond to the enemy with all his heart. Leave the encirclement of Matsuno's rebellious ministers to us!"
After all, they are better than others, and with the personal testimony and endorsement of the family boss Hiraoka Yoshikatsu, there are still many people in Kobayakawa who are not willing to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Among them, Zaga Sunichi and others who were handed over to Hideaki Kobayakawa by the Hide family made it clear that they would not follow them to oppose the Hide family.As the leader of the Zaga Sect, he controls the only independent iron cannon squad in the hands of the Kobayakawa family.
There are a total of 600 people, half of which are standing and half are temporary signs. In this extremely mobilized Kobayakawa army, it is already a large group of armed forces.
And seeing that some of the Kobayakawa people were still stubborn, the Ashikaga family no longer had any extra patience, not to mention that they needed to quickly get rid of the Kobayakawa people, and they would have to capture Ogaki Castle later.
"Those who lay down their weapons and leave the group will avoid death. Anyone who resists and refuses to follow will be hanged by the bandits!" So he threatened the Kobayakawa people one last time with force. If they were still unwilling, then the only way left for them would be death.