Chapter 542 4. Asai Nagamasa Fights for Credit
It is hard to imagine that this short and fat young man in front of him is actually the brave general who fought against the 30,000 troops of the Rokkaku clan with a weak force and won a brilliant victory in the Battle of Norada.
Although some of Japan's "famous generals" are very exaggerated, this "Eagle of Jiangbei" Asai Nagamasa should be more powerful than a bullfight, not just a boast.
It's a pity that there is no Omi person in Sakon, so we can't ask about Asai Nagamasa's deeds in detail. In addition, he became a wine glass in the end, and many of his deeds have not been passed down, making his existence even more confusing.
"What are your highness and Daiki doing?"
"They are riding in the same (ox) cart and are said to be playing chess." Hosokawa Cai'e turned around and pursed her lips.
Unlike in history, because the close team has as many as 6,000 people (more than 5,000 plus the shogunate), it is said to have 10,000 guards, like a sea of people. Ashikaga Yoshiaki does not have to wait for Oda Nobunaga's victory report in Mino Risshoji Temple, but can personally go to the battlefield.
There were two big flags in the formation, one was the Sun Wheel Amaterasu, and the other was the Sun Wheel Hachiman, both representing the presence of His Majesty the Shogun.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had no chance of becoming a general in this life, was in a good mood now, with respect from all directions and admiration from all people. He had thousands of troops under his command, and the flags and drums were like a forest.
Although he was wearing a gorgeous armor, he did not ride a horse. The recent Shogun no longer had the courage of Ashikaga Takauji and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to fight for the world on horseback. Unless necessary, Ashikaga Yoshiaki would not even sit in an ox cart, but would choose to sit in a sedan chair.
As for the so-called hand-to-hand talk with Yamauchi Taro, it was better to say that he was just killing time. He didn't finish a game for half a day, and there were a total of forty or fifty pieces on the chessboard.
Moreover, the two people, one big and one small, had no intention of playing or learning chess at all. After passing the Meiying Temple River and going south, they would reach the Jiangnan area, which belonged to the territory of the hostile Rokkaku clan.
The most important castles that the Asai family deployed nearby were Sawayama Castle and Yokoyama Castle. One was led by Isono Uemura and the other by Mitamura Sadanari. They were both generals that Asai trusted, otherwise they would not have been entrusted with such important tasks.
It is worth mentioning Yokoyama Castle. Later, its castle lord was Kinoshita Hideyoshi, also known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi. An important strategic goal of the Asai family in the Battle of Zichuan was to break the siege of Yokoyama Castle and transport food and reinforcements to the city.
Just looking at the terrain, you can tell that there are two disgusting small mountain castles. Especially Yokoyama Castle, that castle is really very small. It is built on a continuous undulating hillside, flattening the top of the mountain, leaving a piece of open space, and building a pill.
Not to mention Sawayama, Ishida Mitsunari has two treasures, one is Sawayama, the world's first strong castle that is difficult to attack, and the other is Shima Kiyooki, a fierce general with unparalleled military strategy.
Today, Sawayama has become quite large. In the repeated tug-of-war battles between the south and north of the Yangtze River, Isono Uemachi and his soldiers have also been trained to be very brave.
As they were walking, the first hand came to the news that the Rokkaku clan was determined to fight to the end. With the main castle of Kannonji as the center, 18 branch castles or forts were deployed around it, and troops were allocated.
Including Minasaku, Hachiman Mountain, Nagakkoji, Wada Mountain, Sase, Aragami Mountain, Megata, Takatori, Minman Temple, Yamazaki, Tayama, Hino and other castles and forts are all facing a great enemy.
Minasaku Castle, which was the first to bear the brunt, was deployed with Yoshida Takashige and Takebe Hyuga-no-mori, and more than 1,300 people were gathered to defend the city.
As a branch castle of the Rokkaku clan's original base in Kannonji, the battle of Minasaku Castle must be fought well. Knock the mountain and scare the tiger, so that the Rokkaku father and son can see the strength of the Shangluo Army and stop doing anything stupid to resist the king's army.
After all, if Guanyin Temple resisted resolutely and there was enough food and grass in the city, even Oda Nobunaga could not guarantee that he would be able to take it down in a few days.
Considering the importance of this battle, Oda Nobunaga was going to let his son-in-law Niwa Nagahide go in person, cooperate with his loyal retainer Mori Yoshinari and his milk brother Ikeda Kan'ei, and strive to conquer the city in three days, preferably in one day.
But during the military meeting, Asai Nagamasa took the initiative to say that they would fight in this battle. Let the Shangluo army see the skills of the Jiangbei men and show the prestige of their Asai.
Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga promised to reward Asai Nagamasa with two counties in Jiangnan for responding to the call to rise in Shangluo.
But no matter how good the promise is, it is not as good as getting it in hand. If Minasaku Castle is taken down, you don't need to reward it, it will immediately become the territory of the Asai family.
Just as Asai Nagamasa said, their family also wants to show their muscles and can't let others look down on their Asai family. Otherwise, when Oda Nobunaga went to Kyoto to become the regent of the shogunate, the status of their Asai family would be difficult to confirm.
Warring States!
Isn't it the principle of speaking with ability and fist size that they believe in!
Ashikaga Yoshiaki seems to recognize Asai Nagamasa, but the leader of the army in Kyoto is still Oda Nobunaga. The two are now in a honeymoon period, and on the surface they will give each other the face they should give. He is ready to listen to Oda Nobunaga's opinions before expressing his own opinions.
Oda Nobunaga was a little hesitant, and he didn't know much about his brother. At the beginning, marrying the world's most beautiful girl, Aichi, to him was purely to add another person to stab Mino Province in the back.
Stab his Saito Tatsuoki's asshole!
Form a three-sided sandwich, a powerful situation of closing the door and beating the dog. As for Hida Province, to be honest, Oda Nobunaga didn't think about it.
As for how capable Asai Nagamasa is, Oda Nobunaga and Kodaira are not much different.
Probably, possibly, should be able to do it, it's not a big problem!
After hesitating for a moment, Oda Nobunaga made up his mind and closed the folding fan in his hand.
"I'll rely on my brother! I'll attack the city first tomorrow!"
"No need for tomorrow, today is bright and we can still use troops!" Asai Nagamasa was better and more positive.
"Taro has four Nanban Otsuki to cheer for Kotani!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki also laughed.
"Nanban Otsuki?" Asai Nagamasa was puzzled.
Once the words came out, how could Kobayata and Hosokawa Nainou stop them? This Portuguese gun was originally used to boost momentum, and they had never thought of using it for real.
But the father of the theoretical lord had spoken, and he couldn't go to slap him in the face, so he had to bite the bullet and go out to adjust the artillery.
Oda Nobunaga sent Niwa Nagahide and Sakai Masanaga to monitor and intercept the army of Kannon Temple. The other generals went out of the camp to watch the offensive of the Asai army.
Kobayata asked Tatsuzo to temporarily take charge of the artillery. Minasaku Castle was not high, that is, a small castle built on a slope of 20 to 30 meters.
The sky collapsed and the earth cracked. The Portuguese approached the city 100 meters away, using a large number of bamboo bundles as a cover, and fired at the soldiers on the city and the wooden city walls.
A cannon only had three sub-guns, and fired a total of twelve rounds, but there were wailings on the city and exclamations from the city.
Asai Nagamasa had no time to exclaim, and gave an order to lead his troops to attack Minasaku.
The city was broken!