Chapter 36 41. The Generals Were Encouraged to Go to Ermata

By noon, the pontoon bridge over the Tianlong River was also built. The reason why it is so fast is not because there are many boats in Yamauchi. It is on a river like the Tenryu River that is not very deep and can be crossed by treading water. If you seize civilian ships, pull iron chains and nail long piles, then lower heavy anchors and lay wooden planks. This step is too cumbersome, and it's not like pursuing a ten thousand-year prison sentence.

In fact, for the Tianlong River, which is less than one meter at its shallowest point, you only need to nail a bundle of ten spears into the water, tie them repeatedly with leather ropes and straw ropes, and tie a few small boats in the middle to make a simple pontoon. This is why the Yamauchi Army built several pontoon bridges in less than half a day.

At this time, the hunt for the defeated Imagawa Army was basically over. Chief Konishiharazaemon ranked first because of his contribution to the assassination of Anhara's pro-government. Uncle Tsunaro ranked second due to his achievements in conquering two ashigaru generals, Kamahara and Yui, as well as the twelve Hatamoto men (this is probably the truth about killing more than a dozen samurai in the first battle).

As for Koheita, he ranked third by participating in the night battle surprise attack and obtaining the head of Hatamoto Oka Minister Tsuna. None of the other armies expected that this battle would be so easy, and they simply regretted it. But Kodaira did understand one thing. He used to say that Owari's soldiers were the best in the world, but now it seems that Imagawa Suruga's soldiers without the Mikawa clan are the best soldiers in the world.

I can't help but think of the Osaka soldier's Oikaki Ogiri. Sure enough, today's soldiers are the taller among the short ones. I don't have to be better than you, as long as you are worse than me.

The servants re-established the shogunate, properly collected and stored the captured Imagawa horse flags and swords, and all the generals attended the meeting. The victory of Tenryu River greatly encouraged the Yamauchi army, and almost everyone encouraged Yamauchi Yoshiji to take Yuanjiang.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu was noncommittal and pointed with his military fan at Koheita, who was at the end (representing the town's Advocate General Kitahata University). He asked very solemnly: "Xiao Pingtai, how much more food can be transferred to the front line?"

Xiao Pingtai thought about it in his mind and figured out that about half a month would be fine. So he said: "Report to my lord, we can protect the army within twelve days, and we can also generously arrange for the food to be returned to the army mountain."

Yamauchi Yoshiharu slapped his thighs and muttered repeatedly: "Twelve days, twelve days, twelve days." Then he suddenly stood up and announced loudly: "The entire army will move to Futama Castle. There must be no delay. We must overcome the deadline." city!"

Xiao Pingtai was frightened, "The boss is talking nonsense again. It's definitely not a good thing. There may be another attack on the city with human flesh. I'd better get out of the way quickly." In his mind, he was thinking about whether it was better to use urine escape or feces escape. On the surface, But as everyone responded in unison, they made a loud promise.

The battlefield beside the Tianlong River was cleaned up, the corpses were hastily dug in a pit and buried, and the samurai's head was temporarily placed in a temple. First, marinate them all with lime, and then bury them in a ritual ceremony after Victory returns to the army. (Pickling human heads, how should I put it, is always a bit disgusting)

There are also countless captured armors and weapons, flags and banners, and the daimyo generally won't let the soldiers hand them over. Whoever grabs them gets it. Everyone just leave it to Yamauchi Yoshiji to show off. But the businessmen of Ejiri were very happy. They thought that their business would be greatly affected this year. As a result, tens of thousands of Imagawa troops lost their armor and were defeated miserably. The soldiers of the Yamauchi Army each seized a lot of money and sold it all to these businessmen at a discount, which made them a huge profit and both parties were happy.

So the soldiers with money in their waists and full bellies set out one by one in high spirits. The whole army looked like a victorious army. Sure enough, an army that has won battles and made a fortune is different.

It didn't take long for the entire army of 7,000 to set up camp at Futamata Castle. As expected, this important branch city that occupies the high ground on the north bank of the Tenryu River and connects Ejiri and Gaotian Shen Castle, the first important town on the Beiyuan River, has gathered soldiers and defended the city.

Looking at Futamata Castle on the hillside in the distance, along the hill, there are twists and turns of the city walls, narrow rooms and shooting holes at various angles. There is only one mountain road in the upper city that can barely be called the main road, which fully explains the meaning of the word disgusting. . It's just like an iron turtle shell. Although it has no spines, it doesn't even have a place to put its mouth.

Looking at this disgusting little mountain town, Yamauchi Yoshiharu didn't want to fight hard, so he sent a flag-bearing Hatamoto into the city to persuade him to surrender without even thinking. The generals of the Yamauchi clan, who were shouting slogans loudly, stopped talking.

Just like this cruel world, if the world gives you a heavy blow one day, please remember that there will be an even heavier blow in two days.

Not long after, news came from the city. The city general, Aoki Hyebu Sadatsuki, said that he had been favored by three generations of the Imagawa clan. Although Imagawa Yoshimoto's army was defeated, the loyal and brave men of Shigo will soon gather to fight against the Yamauchi army's invasion. . He will defend the city to repay the favor.

Everyone saw that there was nothing they could do to persuade Futama Castle, so they could only pretend to be eager to take the lead. Who knew that the cowhide had already been blown out? It was guaranteed to be loud enough. Now I can only swallow the bitter pill by myself and continue to play the show.

Yamauchi Yoshiharu then ordered Hosokawa Saime to lead two hundred Ejiri people to test first, while Yamauchi's chief planner threatened the flanks.

Hosokawa Saime rushed for more than an hour, but was shot hard by dozens of iron cannons in the city. There is only a flat road going uphill, and there is no way to deploy a large army. There was no other way, so they gathered dozens of iron cannons from the whole army, holding bamboo bundles and wooden poles, and fired at the city walls and above. It is hoped to consume the gunpowder in the city and reduce the casualties during the siege.

After three days of shooting, there was no improvement, and the Yamauchi army, which was originally high-spirited, couldn't help but feel frustrated. Several big men who went up to test the situation were defeated. Xiao Ping Tai continued to arrange military supplies safely. After all, there were too many big men who could be sent to attack the city, so his turn was not taken, and even Uncle Tsunaliang was not taken.

Another day passed, and it seemed that there was no hope of breaking the city. Yamanouchi Yoshiharu planned to set up a supplementary castle for surveillance and then let the soldiers arrest people for three days before retreating back to Yamanouchi.

Kobayata also circled around Futamata Castle. This kind of small mountain castle was really disgusting. It was impossible to attack it. If you force it, you would just give up your life. As long as there were a few hundred people in the city, plus sufficient food and water, it would basically be safe.

Anyway, it was none of my business and I returned to the camp. Many samurai knew Kobayata and knew that he was their transport captain, so they all greeted him. Those who wished for it even asked Kobayata when they could eat rice cakes again and if they could get more sake.

After Kobayata fooled them with a smile, he directed the soldiers to carry military rations at the gate of the camp and dispatched the expenses of the reserve troops.

Not far away, a warrior wearing the current armor and riding alone walked to the front of the camp and shouted: "General Imagawa Ujiyasu, Totomi Takaten Jinjoshiro Okabe Motonobu came to see you."

I was so happy to find that the weekly recommendation was already in the top ten in the foreign history category. The first nine and the last ten were all signed bigwigs. I, a newbie who didn't sign a contract, laughed out loud. In addition, the history category weekly recommendation was ranked 16th in the total list, which actually surpassed several novels I was still following. I was really moved by this late night typing.