Chapter 1014 The Battle of the Cage City
In early June of the third year of Echoro, when the Luo family's Nobura army continued to siege Kagawa Castle. [Imakawa Iokabe Motonobu rushed from Suwahara Kingdom to Suwahara Castle on the east border of Toge Country. When he learned that Kagawa Castle had been surrounded, he stayed in Suwahara Castle and began to convene the wealthy families in the Hitobe-toge and Xisuoga. They would only wait for the assembly to rush to Kagawa Castle to help.
After receiving the military newspaper from the intelligence club, Luo's Nobuya immediately ordered the generals to demolish the troops and gather again and evacuate the city of Guchuan City. There was a large army outside the city of Guchuan City, and there was no need to siege. Moreover, most of the troops under his command were miscellaneous troops, and it was impossible to compare with the Luo family's standing army in the Kyushu area. It was okay to siege the city of insufficient troops with a numerical advantage. Once they fought with the main force of the Imakawa family, they might be defeated. Luo's Nobuya did not want to lose the many advantages they had previously established.
Before evacuation, Luo's family Nobura asked Takahashi Shaoyun (Yamamoto Kansuke was responsible for the comprehensive integration of the previously occupied territory) to discuss: "The Imakawa family sent generals despite the fire at the Junfu City, and the people's hearts must be different. Why not spread rumors that the Imakawa family's Masashi Okabe Motori Toruri was to imprison Asahi Natato and clear the Sanhe River, the Central African direct family members in various parts of the Tori River, and to consolidate their rule?"
"This plan is very good, so let me come down and arrange it." Takahashi Shaoyun replied after hearing this, but did not leave. He looked at Luo's Nobura: "Will you let Okabe Motoshi beware of those rich families after the rumors are released? Those rich families who originally planned to support our side?"
"It's just that he wants to be on guard, otherwise those who are swaying cannot make real choices." said Luo Shixinliang.
Shaoyun Takahashi bowed respectfully and took the order.
Nobura Luo's family called Imagawa Jungle again. After discussing with him, he asked him to take a walk under the Kagawa Castle. Imagawa Jungle stood at the city. The defenders recognized Imagawa Jungle and quickly informed Asahi Natara.
"Sir Tai Neng, please come, okay?" Imagawa Jungrei said with a smile when he saw Tai Neng coming to the top of the city.
"Your Majesty, just say what you have." Asahinata Nagano looked at Imakawa Jung and said coldly. Although Imakawa Jung is the second son of the former governor Imakawa Yoshimoto, this is a special period, and he will never call the other party "Young Master" on the top of the city.
"Nothing said, I just ask Lord Taineng to help me pass a letter from home to Hikaru. Please accept it." At the warning sign of Imakawa Jung-e, the samurai next to him immediately passed the letter and shot it into the city.
"Mr. Taineng received the letter from home and said goodbye. Before leaving, please be careful of being framed by a traitor." After Imakawa Jungre finished speaking, he took his men and left.
Asahina took the letter and opened it. She looked at both sides of the front and back, but there was only one sentence on it: "Thank you for your help from Lord Taineng." This is a letter to the family governor Imakawa at this time!
"I've fallen into the trap!"
Asahi Nataya immediately knew that he had been trapped, and Huang Ni was not sure. If he was wise and didn't worry, it would be hard to say what he would be dealt with. No matter how he dealt with, the Imakawa family would be shaken from top to bottom.
"Young Master, have we just given up like this?" On the way back, Bai Wuxianjian asked along the side of Luo's family's Xinliang horse.
"Haha, if Lord Taineng is in Kawakawa Castle, we may have to be besieged until next year before we can take Kawakawa Castle. If the general is replaced by Okabe Motonobu, we will be able to enter Kawakawa Castle before the autumn harvest this year." Luo Shi Nobura said with a smile immediately.
"Why?" Kenji Hakuto didn't understand. After Okabe Motonobu arrived, weren't there more people in the Imakawa family? Moreover, Okabe Motonobu is a powerful general of the Imakawa family!
"Because Okabe Motonobu no longer has the patience to defend the city." Nobura Luo said. When Yamamoto Kazusuke went to the rear, he had analyzed in detail to him that with the current combat power of his army, he could not attack the many defenders of the Walled City, nor could he fight against the Imakawa family in the wild. His only advantage was to use the materials he had prepared secretly before to defend a city and then lure the opponent to attack.
As for the Imagawa family, since many of the retainers in the Ukuraku family died in battle, the Imagawa family who could lead troops to fight at this time were nothing more than Tainuo Asahi Naino and Motonobu Okabe and others. Tainuo Asahi Naino would definitely be implicated by the previous conversation between Imagawa Jung and him at the top of the city. In this case, this time the attack on Imagawa Jung will be dominated by the remaining Otahi Matsunobu Okabe. If I can really attack Imagawa Jung, Motonobu Okabe Okabe is one of the only ones. Therefore, the mentality of Okabe Motonobu Okabe at this time can be imagined. After learning that Imagawa Jung's army is retreating, he will definitely pursue it and will never guard Kagawa Castle.
So, before Okabe Moto Noburo arrived, Luo's family Noburo followed the military advisor Kazusuke Yamamoto retreated back to the royal city west with his previous plan, and acted like he was sticking to the royal city. At this time, with the arrival of Okabe Moto Noburo, rumors began to spread that the Imakawa family's Oki'an cleaned the Mikawa family and the Tonoburo family were circulated. This was further confirmed by Asahi Naiten's subsequently sent to Junfu Castle.
Okabe Motonobu also found signs of instability in the army, so he ordered the rich families of Higashitori to disband the military and go home to prepare for the autumn harvest, and no longer gather the military forces. Even the defenders in their respective cities were restricted. He himself led the direct descendants of Suruga and the direct descendants of Togeri to follow the retreat route of Luo's Nobura, and began to set up formations under the city.
"The number of people is 5,000, and the personnel configuration is unclear. After Duke Yoshimoto died, the Imakawa family was completely out of reach." Luo's Noburo looked at the Imakawa family's military camp with his own clairvoyance. Judging from the other party's formation situation, Okabe Motonobu's main formation was in the center, while the rest of the troops were on both sides, guarding the main formation in the middle in a half-moon shape.
On the side of Luo's family, because the wall of the royal city was not too high, due to the geographical environment, even if Okabe Motonobu attacked the city, he could only attack from the east, so he laid two lines of defense on the wall of the east.
The first line of defense is a team of 1,800 people, among which the strongest Takahashi Shaoyun is in the middle, with Ken Ken Hachimatsu and Nobukashi Narimatsu on both sides, close to the island, and the two Maeda Taki family are also among them.
The second line of defense was one thousand people led by Luo Shi Nobura and Imakawa Jungre, and the remaining hundreds were responsible for defending the other three walls (although the opponent was very much bypassing the eastern wall to attack the other three walls, just in case, Luo Shi Nobura still made arrangements), with a total of more than 3,000 people.
Chapter completed!