Chapter 1119
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In early May of the fifth year of Euoro, the Toei Imagawa family was unable to take care of the Hojo family, and once again mobilized troops in the Toei country. The momentum of its mobilization seemed to tell the world that the Toei Imagawa family would fight the Suruga Imagawa family to the death, thus ending the split of the Imagawa family.
Faced with such a huge mobilization of troops from the Toei Imagawa family, it is impossible for the Surugawa Imagawa family, which is separated by Oi River, to know that. Therefore, the Surugawa Imagawa family was fully concentrating its troops on the east bank of Oi River to prepare to fight the invasion of the Toei Imagawa family, and while sending envoys for help to the Hojo family and Takeda family, they currently have their own enemies, but with a lucky attitude, the Surugawa Imagawa family still sent envoys for help.
On May 10, the Toei Imagawa family's army came out from Suwahara Castle. When the "Ashikaga Nishi" flag appeared in the array of the Toei Imagawa family's army, the Toei people couldn't help but sigh and said, "The Lord of the Country has sent troops again."
Last year, the Toei Imagawa family won a great victory, while the Suruga Imagawa family and the Hojo family invaded Toei suffered heavy losses. If it weren't for the Hojo family's famous general Diei Hachiman Hojo Tsunari who fought to the death on the side of the Suruga Kingdom of the east coast of the Oi River, the Toei Imagawa family army would have already reached the foot of the Suruga Imagawa family's Furnishing Castle.
The local people of Suruga, who were under the unified rule of the Imakawa family three years ago, were already a little tired of this sudden split war life, so when the Toriga people saw the neat military appearance of the Torigaawa family, they were very pleased and excited. This indicates that the Imakawa family will be unified again soon. The split war is about to end!
In fact, the Toroe Imakawa family mobilized not much of the troops this time. In addition, the troops that surrendered to the tyrants of various places were 3,000 troops, and the leaders were the terrifying young master Nobuya and the Gui Baiwu Ken.
When the three thousand Toei Imagawa family army arrived at the west coast of Oi River at the junction of Toei Kingdom and Suruga Kingdom, the Suruga Imagawa family army headed by Okabe Motonobu on the other side was already ready.
In fact, Okabe Motonobu was not willing to come to preside over this battle with the Imakawa family on the other side of the Togee Imakawa family. After all, since the Suruga Imakawa family suffered several defeats in the past three years, the strength of the Imakawa family has actually plummeted, and what made Okabe Motonobu even more afraid of the rat. At this time, the Imakawa family's governor, Mama, was captured by the other side when the last attack on the Togee Kingdom. If the other side directly pushed Mama Imakawa as a shield for progress this time, he really didn't know how to do it.
The fact is just like Okabe Motonobu. When Luo's family crossed the river, he used the Imakawa family as a shield to cover the Imakawa family's army. Faced with such despicable actions of the Imakawa family, although the members of the Imakawa family were so angry that they gritted their teeth, no one dared to order their subordinates to shoot arrows or attack them. After all, if they accidentally shot the captured Imakawa family's governor, then the crime would be great.
So, although they were prepared for a long time and planned to take advantage of the half-crossing of the Toei Imagawa family. In the end, under the despicable act of the Toei Imagawa family using the Imagawa family as a shield, the Surugawa family members could only block the Toei Imagawa family's attack on the eastern bank of the Oi River and the territory belonging to the Surugawa Kingdom.
"Although I can't shoot, I can still fight against you on land. I don't believe that you dare to put your supervisor in front of the land formation, otherwise we will definitely rob it with all our strength." Looking at the Toei Imakawa family army that was pouring over from the other side, Okabe Motonobu gritted his teeth and said to himself.
However, just as Okabe Motonobu was still preparing to make every effort to intercept, the Toei Imagawa family army, who arrived on the east bank of Oi River, set up a formation on the spot, as if they were planning to confront the Suruga Imagawa family army on the spot, and they did not intend to attack immediately.
"What's going on?" After seeing this, Okabe Motonobu asked in confusion. The surrounding servants of the Suruga Imagawa family were also surprised by the strange behavior of the Toei Imagawa family.
"Since that's the case, in order to prevent the opponent from committing fraud, the army ordered the army to suspend its attack and confront the opponent on the spot." When everyone didn't know the real purpose of the Toei Imakawa family's strange actions for a while, Okabe Motoshinobu took stability as the priority and finally ordered.
Afterwards, Okabe Motonobu immediately sent someone back to Junfu Castle. This time he had to get Shouguini and others about how to deal with the captured family governor Imakawa, otherwise he would always be troubled by this problem and would not be able to let go of his hands and feet to fight the invading Imakawa family.
In fact, after learning that the Imakawa family was captured by the Tomeng Imakawa family last time, the Imakawa family had already considered changing the Imakawa family immediately, but they could not find a suitable candidate for the Imakawa family. Moreover, some retainers seemed unwilling to change the Imakawa family. Even though Shouguini, who was the pillar of the Imakawa family, had not confirmed this issue yet. However, at this moment, facing the invasion of the Imakawa family, this issue must have a result. Otherwise, they will only be subject to the Imakawa family.
In this way, after successfully crossing Oikawa and arriving at the Surugawa territory on the east bank of Oikawa, the Toei Imagawa family's army set up a formation on the spot. As the defensive side, they did not take the opportunity to attack, but also set up a formation opposite the Toei Imagawa family's army.
It was soon evening, and at this moment, at the intersection of the Shihua Sea and Suruga Bay on the coast of Suruga Country, a fleet centered on a small Fukushi ship quietly appeared on the sea.
As the leader of the fleet, Masaruo was asked to a middle-aged man: "Noshiro, is there any good port nearby?"
This time, Masara took the strategy of striking east and attacking west. He first made the Tokaido, especially the well-known Luo family Nobura and Kenke Ken, and others from the Suruga Imakawa family, led a part of the army to fight from land to Suruga, and at the same time, the previous naval forces of the Toruga Imakawa family also appeared arrogantly in the sea area of the Oikawa outlet. It attracted most of the land forces and water warships of the Suruga Imakawa family to the vicinity of Oikawa.
Then, he led the naval fleet brought by the Luo family, carrying the standing army and some temporary army forces that were the combat power of the Toei Imakawa family, and quietly arrived at the coastal areas of Suruga Kingdom.
The fleet led by Masara was not small at all. When it passed by the coast of Apo and Kii in Shikoku, such a large naval fleet scared the pirates along the coast of these areas to death and hid, allowing Masarara's fleet to sail safely and successfully arrived at the coastal waters of the Toujiang Kingdom.
When arriving in the coastal waters of Tomeng Kingdom, Masara did not let the fleet dock, and on the second day of arrival, the Tomeng Imakawa family officially launched an offensive mobilization order against the Suruga Imakawa family, which naturally made it even more difficult to notice Masara's fleet that had been secretly hidden in the bay of Tomeng Kingdom in the night.
Now, when the army led by Nobura, Kenke Ken, and others of the Luo family officially attacked the Suruga Imakawa family and focused most of the Suruga Kingdom's troops and everyone's attention on them, then this is the time for Masara to attack the army.
At this time, on the deck of Xiaofuku's boat, when facing Masaru's inquiry, the person called Noshiro immediately reported:
"Sir, there are. The port of Xiawei Bay in Huaze City is a good port. There is a large area of flat sand in the bay... but I'm afraid that so many warships can't stop, and I may have to occupy the nearby small home's harbor."
Noshiro was originally the leader of a group of local pirates along the coast of Tonoe Kingdom. But when the Tonoe Imagawa family unified the Tonoe Kingdom's coast, he decisively defected to the Tonoe Imagawa family. Now he is a general in the Tonoe Imagawa family's naval army. But even when he saw Masara the first, when he saw Masara's name and other relevant information, he naturally knew that Masara must be a very powerful figure, especially after seeing Masara being able to personally command a powerful naval fleet, so even if he was arranged to be Masara's guide this time, he had no complaints and did a respectful manner.
"Little Master?" Zhengliang asked immediately.
"Yes. There is a navy army of two or three hundred people about one mile away from Hanaze Castle..." Noshiro replied immediately.
Masara shook his head. It is worthy of being the coast of Suruga. Every family has pirates. However, in front of Masara's navy, these small pirates are just clouds.
"Noshiro, are you familiar with this route?" Masarara asked.
"Sir, please rest assured, there is no problem." Noshiro replied confidently.
"Then, let's go to the port you mentioned first." Zhengliang made a decision.
In fact, the harbor that Noshiro mentioned is almost in the middle western part of the coast of Suruga, about 7 or 8 kilometers away from Suruga Imakawa Home Castle. Due to the sea current, it was already eight or nine o'clock that night when I arrived at this place, but the moonlight was very good tonight, which allowed everyone to see the surrounding situation.
At the entrance of the bay, Zhengliang held the Nanman Mile Mile Mile Mile to observe the shore, but unexpectedly found two groups of people on the beach outside the city were lying on torches, as if they were fighting.
"Who is Erbawen from?" Zhengliang asked.
"It's the Komaki!" Noshiro quickly replied, "The other team is probably the defenders of Hanazawa Castle nearby."
"Oh?" After hearing this, Zhengliang immediately felt strange. Why did the defenders fight with local pirates?
"Haha, sir, these pirates probably saw that the war was going on in front of him, and then took advantage of the emptiness of the defenders in Huaze City and planned to snatch the supplies in the city, but they encountered resistance from the defenders and were defeated. Now they were being pursued." After seeing Masayoro's somewhat puzzled expression, Noshiro immediately analyzed. In fact, when he was a pirate in the past, he often did such things, so after seeing the situation on the shore, he immediately understood. As for the concerns about being retaliated by the local Daming army afterwards, there was no need to eat, and there was so much to do. At worst, when the local Daming army arrived, they just fled by boat.
"In addition, sir, we can only help the top pirates in the Xiaozhuan family. I believe they will be helpful to our next plan after logging in." After hesitating for a while, Noshiro said again.
"Oh, then give the defenders of Huaze City a gift! The order is to act, and the iron artillery team is ready to attack the pursuing forces!" Since we can get the help of the local snake, this is naturally the best, so Masayoshi immediately ordered.
"Yes." The Dongxiang important position behind him, who was Masayoshi, immediately received the order. He waved his hand and called him to blow the magic snail to convey the military order.
With the sound of conchs, Masayoshi's naval fleet immediately stretched out in the moonlight, forming two symmetrical diagonal lines toward the coast.
However, strangely, when hearing the sound of conch, another army suddenly appeared in the east of Huaze City, with about dozens of people. This army was very agile and rushed towards Huaze City like a group of monkeys.
"It seems that it is the ambush of the Xiao Ben family!" Noshiro, who also held the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile, quickly understood.
"Yes... The Lord of Hanazawa City is really careless. According to this trend, he might be captured!" Marume Nagae, who was beside Masarara, also said at this time.
"This ambush may have discovered that the army was unknown, so I wanted to land in the city as soon as possible," said Noshiro.
Indeed, the two sides fighting on the shore heard the sound of conchs on the sea. Then they discovered the movements on the seaside in the dusk mist. They stopped fighting at the same time and separated a little. Then the people from Huaze City discovered the ambush in the east of the city and immediately rushed to the city to defend. The small family on the other side soon took action. Under the leadership of the general, they were chasing behind the Huaze City army. They did not retreat yet?
They also exposed their backs to Zhengliang and the others... Yes, they are probably just thinking about snatching the city now. They are not sure how many people Zhengliang Fang is preparing to attack, and they are all equipped with iron cannons, and they are new Luo Family iron cannons with fused locks.
"Order the iron artillery team to land directly and press against Huaze City. If you still have regular preparations, you should also prepare to land!" Zhengliang ordered.
The order was soon executed. The two hundred iron gun teams boarded the beach in an orderly manner and forced themselves to Hanazawa Castle. The troops transport ships that protected the Anzhai ship and the Guan Ship also set off. The navy generals also bowed to Masaru and went to meet with Changbashi on the small morning cliff next to the Anzhai ship.
At this time, the moon in the sky was suddenly blocked by a cloud, losing the moonlight, and the sky suddenly darkened. So the ships that had only lit a small number of torches for the sake of secrets also lit more torches one after another, instantly gathering in a large area on the sea, which looked very spectacular. However, on the shore of Huaze City, even with the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, they could not see any movement. However, there was nothing to worry about. For these extremely poorly equipped mountain people, the iron artillery team would not fail.
As if to verify Zhengliang's statement, two waves of iron cannons roared from the shore, followed by several sporadic attacks, and there was no more noise. Zhengliang knew that the iron cannon team had cleared the battlefield, and the people of the Xiaozhuan family had either fallen or had fled.
"Let's get ashore too! Noshiro, come too." Masarara said, and then ordered Marume Nagae behind him, "Except for the Anzai ship, the rest of the ships should be temporarily moored on the beach. It doesn't matter if the tide is stranded."
"Yes." Marume Nagae bowed his body and said, "I owed her to the death."
Immediately, the Masayo and others also boarded the Xiaozao Express. When they arrived outside Huaze City, the iron cannons and the standing guard had already arranged a formation outside the city gate. Judging from the situation reported by the retainers just now, the small family seemed to have an insider in Huaze City, so they quickly occupied Huaze City. On the contrary, the Huaze City defenders who had been chasing the Xiaozhong family's army were defeated by the Luo family's iron cannon team that suddenly appeared. After leaving dozens of corpses of people, they dispersed and fled.
"Sir, can you let the people from the little family who occupied Hanazawa Castle call out for a while? I expect the other party to surrender to you?" At this moment, Noshiro suddenly asked.
"Okay." Masayoshi agreed. If you can take down Huaze City without fierce fighting, this is naturally the best.
Then Noshiro actually ran to the city of Hanazawa Castle and shouted: "Is there any help, Noshiro has something to say."
After Noshiro finished calling, a commotion broke out on the top of Hanazawa Castle. It was obvious that someone knew Noshiro. After a while, a person also appeared on the top of the top of the city.
"No Shiro?" The man at the top of the city continued to look at No Shiro for a while, and finally recognized No Shiro. He then shouted immediately. "Aren't you dead?"
"Haha...Kansuke. You guy is dead, I'm not dead yet. I'm now a retainer of the Toei Imagawa family!" Noshiro replied with a smile on his waist.
"What? Did you defeat the Toei Imagawa family in Toei Kingdom and defeat the Toei Imagawa family?" Kansuke asked in surprise after hearing this.
"That's right, the military power of the Toei Imagawa family has landed on the coast just now. You should surrender quickly and become a retainer of the Toei Imagawa family like me." Noshiro immediately persuaded.
"What? The military force of the Tomeng Imagawa family is coming?" Kazusuke was startled at first, and then questioned, "Impossible. I heard in the morning that Tomeng Imagawa and the people from the Suruga Imagawa family are still fighting with Oikawa. How could they suddenly come here tonight?"
"Hahaha..." At this time, Masarara knew that it was his time to play, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "You are a bad person. You are from the Imakawa family. The army of our family has arrived at the city. What else do you don't believe? You have no malice, but you just pass by occasionally and want to talk to you. Please don't turn it out!"
"This..." Kansuke looked at the large group of troops outside the city under the fire. He was obviously hesitant.
"Kansuke, what else is there to think about? If you want to attack the city, you will have already attacked. There are more than 5,000 troops on the sea!" Noshiro advised. In order to allow Kasuke to surrender and increase his achievements, he did not mind saying that the army of 2,000 was 5,000.
"What?" After hearing No Shiro say this, Kansuke's heart was startled. Just now, after interrogating a samurai defender in the city, he already knew the situation in Hanazawa Castle.
There were not many supplies to defend the city in the entire Hanazawa Castle, arrows and spears. According to the prisoners, these things had been transported to the camp of the Imakawa family army of Oikawa Suzuka. At this time, he could gather less than one hundred men, and the equipment was extremely poor. Hanazawa Castle was just a small city, and the city walls could not resist the attack of the army outside the city... After thinking about this, Kazusuke finally surrendered and issued an order to Kaishou.
Next, Masara took a little time to accept Hanazawa Castle, and then he immediately attacked overnight and headed to the rear of the Suruga Imakawa family's army to the west. Compared to the Suruga Imakawa family's army, it would naturally be defeated after being attacked by them.
Of course, when he left, Masara took away the protons of the Komoto family and hundreds of the Komoto family pirates, and also left behind a soldier in his army, fifty iron cannons, five lower-level samurai, three ninjas and a clerk. The reason why he left so many troops in Hanazawa Castle was because Hanazawa Castle went from the west to the last level of Shunfu Castle in Suruga Imakawa Home Castle. As long as he passed here, he could run flat to the city of Shunfu Castle.
As for why Masara didn't directly rush to Suruga Imakawa Family House, Shunfu Castle, instead, he chose to go to the Suruga Imakawa Family's army camp on the east bank of Oichuan in the opposite direction. First, because he needed to join forces with the Suruga Imakawa Army's army on the banks of Oichuan, and directly destroyed the vitality of the Suruga Imakawa Family in one fell swoop, thus causing the Suruga Imakawa Family to lose its last support. Second, according to the previous report from the Luo Family Information Pavilion, there were also many defenders in the Suruga Imakawa City at this time. If he rashly went to attack the city, he would not be able to capture the Junga Imakawa City for a while. Therefore, he had the plan to rush to the east bank of Oichuan.
In addition to leaving many military forces to guard the last checkpoint of the Lord Hanazawa Castle to Junfu Castle, Masara also promised to recruit people from the Komoto family as retainers of the Luo family. After annexing the Suruga Imakawa family, he regarded the Komoto family as a formal wealthy servant of the Tomoe Imakawa family, and granted a certain territory to the Komoto family.
Under the stimulation of such a generous reward, the top and subordinates of the Komoto family not only immediately became supporters of the Tomeng Imakawa family, but also, at the command of Masara, they began to send people to contact the many pirate forces along the Suruga Palace, preparing to jointly support the Tomeng Imakawa family and help the Tomeng Imakawa family to carry out this battle to annex the Suruga Imakawa family.
After all the arrangements were made, Masara immediately led the army to head towards the Surugawa Imakawa family army camp on the east coast of Oikawa.
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