Chapter 885 Fire Attack

Half a day later, three thousand soldiers led by Imagawa Yoshimoto's general and Maeda Inuchiyo of the Oda faction left Owari and appeared under Inabayama Castle, the gate of Mino, where they had just completed a day's killing A part of Shibata Katsuya, who was repaired after the war, joined together.

So far, the number of Imagawa troops in Meinong has exceeded 5,000, and the number has reached more than 6,000. Whether it is fighting consumption or playing tactical transfer, there is no need to worry about the problem of insufficient manpower.

Not to mention, at the same moment that this army arrived, Matsudaira Motoyasu's troops from Sanhe also entered the territory of Mino.

Even if the number is only 2,500, with the Imagawa Army under Kami Inabayama Castle, the total number of troops is more than 8,000, which is enough to break all the arrangements of Takenaka Hanbei, and Mino has to carry out the most brutal frontal battle.

"We will definitely win this battle!" Akechi Mitsuhide said awe-inspiringly.

It’s just that the good times didn’t last long. In the morning of the next day, shortly after Shibata Katsuie commanded the Imagawa army to launch an attack on Inabayama Castle, the information from other places once again made everyone’s eyes change and their expressions became serious.

"Nagamasa Asai and Yoshikage Asakura are really good at timing." The general of the Imagawa Army scolded angrily.

Yes, that's right, after the delay from Inabayama Castle, Asai Nagamasa finally led the Asai family's army into Mino's country as agreed, and launched support for Mino. Being persuaded for some reason, Asakura Junkai, who sent troops to help, joined together and rushed towards Inabayama Castle together.

On the contrary, the Liujiao family of Minami Omi, who is also a close neighbor and the place that Imagawa Yoshimoto must pass through, is indifferent, and has no intention of sending troops to support. I don't know if they can't understand the current situation, or they have other ideas.

Anyway, for the current situation, it is not a bad thing.

"What should we do now?" the general of the Imagawa family looked at Shibata Katsuie and asked.

"What's your opinion?" Shibata Katsuie asked back.

"Since Meinong people don't know good and bad, let's stop paying attention to benevolence and righteousness, and just set fire to the mountain." The general of the Imakawa family said.

After all, Inabayama Castle is a city built on top of mountains and forests. Although it is blessed with a location that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is also covered by numerous trees. If there are problems such as excessive killings, the destruction of the city, and the reduction in the value of Inabayama Castle after the city is broken, it is not too difficult to conquer Inabayama Castle.

And this is also the reason why Akechi Mitsuhide only dared to lead a small number of people to charge and break through when he knew there was a trail—she was also worried that if there were too many people, the Mino people would set fire to the mountain!

At that time, as long as it is controlled properly, it is possible to directly wipe out a team with more than a thousand people in one fell swoop without sacrificing a small part of the mountain forest, without affecting the defense system of Inabayama Castle.

"No! In this case, the existence value of Inabayama Castle will be completely abolished." Akechi Mitsuhide retorted.

"Then you can't waste time here just because of it, right? Don't forget, the troops of the Asai family and the Asakura family are on their way." The general of the Imagawa family asked bluntly.

"..." Immediately, Akechi Mitsuhide was speechless, looking at the map in front of him and frowning.

"Burn the mountain." Qin Heqing said to Shibata Katsuie after watching the situation for a while.

"Qin Jun!?" Akechi Mitsuhide and Shibata Katsuie looked at him with puzzled eyes, wanting to know why he supported this plan.

"Don't worry about putting out the fire and the follow-up issues, I'll take care of these, you just perform your duties and help Yiyuan take Mino down for her." Qin He Qingsu said.

"Is it really okay?" Shibata Katsuie asked with some concern.

"Well, trust me." Qin Heqing said with a smile.

"Okay, let's burn the mountain!" Shibata Katsuie stared at Qin Heqing for a moment, gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

Then the Imagawa army took action under the order of Shibata Katsuya, and first attacked as usual-the archers and infantry rushed up to divert the attention of the Inabayama Castle soldiers, and then Akechi Mitsuhide, Maeda Inuchiyo, and Imagawa generals led a small army each. Some people rushed out of the main formation, entered the mountain with arson tools, found the right place, and started setting fire.

So it didn't take long for conspicuous fires to burn in several forests around the mountain city, and gradually expanded, spreading towards the mountain city.

"That's... fire!? People from the Imagawa Army set fire to it!? Could it be that they want to destroy the mountain city?" Hanbei Takenaka said in shock when he heard the news.

"I guess I was forced to rush." ​​The former ghost covered his face with a feather fan, only showing his eyes and said softly.

"Come here!" Hanbei Takenaka did not hesitate, and immediately turned around and shouted to the side.

"My lord." The soldier half knelt down and replied.

"Immediately organize manpower to prepare water trucks, water cannons, and various fire-fighting materials around the mountain city, and prepare for the fire to burn the city. Then arrange two hundred-man teams to go around the fire spreading, and try to clear the sundries on the path of the fire. Clean it up, we must stop the fire from spreading, and delay the attack of the fire until the reinforcements from Asai and Asakura's family arrive." Banbei Takenaka said without any wordy instructions.

"Yes!" Then the soldier got up and left to convey Takenaka Hanbei's order.

"Fortunately, that guy didn't make a move, otherwise, we might not be able to hold on until Asai and Asakura's family came over." Hanbei Takenaka looked at the battle situation under the castle, and looked a little relieved. road.

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However, the actions of the Meinong army failed to stop the speed of the flames from spreading.

After all, the speed of arson is much higher than the difficulty of fighting fires, coupled with the fearlessness of the Imagawa Army—mainly because the soldiers of the Imagawa Army who followed Shibata Katsuie first, after experiencing Ayukawa’s miraculous treatment methods, understood that as long as It wasn't an injury with missing arms or legs. A serious injury in the general sense was not an afterthought to them at all. It was a rough killing, which put a lot of pressure on the members of the Meinong Army.

Coupled with the existence of the surrounding flames, they had no intention of fighting head-on, let alone the opponents of the Imagawa Army. Therefore, after holding on for almost an hour, the Meinong Army decisively chose to retreat, ran back to the forest, and used the fire to fight back. The cover ran back to the mountain city.

As for fighting the fire? Whoever wants to go can go, anyway, they don't have that idea.

So not long after, the mountain forest near Inabayama Castle was decisively covered by the soaring fire, like a flaming mountain, separating Inabayama Castle and the Imagawa Army.

"It would be great if Yu Nu was here at this time." Qin Heqing looked at the Inaba Mountain Castle that was engulfed in the fire, and suddenly remembered Yu Nu who was left by him in Izu at this time, and said with some emotion.

"I'll go and have a look."

After speaking, without waiting for Shibata Katsuie and others to speak, he summoned back to Ayukawa, activated his ability, and flew into the sky.