Yi Gin patted the white jinhaori on his body and stood up.
"It's almost three-quarter noon, let's go."
"Hi!"
Pu Sheng's hometown presented swords to Yiyin, and Yiyin inserted the sword ribs one by one.
Afterwards, Kamaojigo and Ii Naomasa opened the door, and the spring breeze and sunshine hit Yoshigan who walked out.
The white hunting clothes are hung with feathers. Under the spring sun, he looks like a fairy coming out of a painting.
The people outside the porch bowed deeply together and shouted.
"The military fortune of the royal palace is prosperous!"
Yiyin turned around and walked out along the porch without looking. Kamo clan's hometown is on the left, Ii Naomasa is on the right, followed closely behind, and Tongxinzhong follows.
The group of people moved forward in silence, the only sound was the patter of footsteps. Along the way, the people guarding the door and occupying the corridor bowed and saluted one by one. After Yiyin passed, they followed at the end of the queue.
When we walked to the outer court, it was already noisy and chaotic, with people shouting and neighing. The moment Yiyin appeared, the human voice suddenly stopped, leaving only the unstoppable snorting of the horses.
Everyone bowed to Yiyin.
"The military fortune of the royal palace is prosperous!"
Yiyin looked at the sky, and it happened to be three quarters to noon. Xiaodao Zizhen personally took out his war horse and sent it to the emperor.
"Odaisho, I heard that you are going to Yamada River, and all the Princess warriors in the city are following you enthusiastically.
I will leave a few warriors guarding the city, and the rest of the Ji warriors will be mobilized to join the team and go out with you. "
Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna came out first and bowed together with Iikawa Mitsumato and other seven Hime warriors.
"I am willing to fight for the Imperial Palace! I will fight to the death!"
Chang Lianlong took the five Ji warriors from the Chang family who came with him and bowed out of the queue.
"I am willing to fight to the death for Yutai!"
With a flash of sharpness in Yuzuo Neng's eyes, he led four Ji warriors from his family out.
"If you can follow Otaisuo, you will die without regrets!"
Wenjing Jinglong knew that there was no room for other thoughts at this time, and he was extremely excited to go out.
"It is an unforgivable crime for Xiang Zong to invade the imperial palace! I am willing to kill the thief for the imperial palace!"
Seeing this situation, Yamamotoji Takacho rushed out to participate in the performance and shouted.
"Kill the thief! Protect the Lord!"
Yiyin glanced at the angry Ji warriors and asked Kojima.
"How many people are there in total?"
"Go back to the Imperial Palace.
Counting the envoys from each family, there are 103 Ji warriors and 220 horses. "
"good."
Yiyin looked at Xiaodao Zhen, and she had put down the coffin book. Takaoka Castle had enough food in just a few moments, and the Horse Princess warrior was really trying his best to scrape together so much.
he said.
"I see your loyalty."
Yiyin raised his head and shouted to the Ji warrior present.
"I have seen your loyalty!"
He took the reins from Kojima's hand, mounted the horse and steered the horse to spin with one hand, with the horse's head facing outward. He touched the spear food bag on the side of the saddle with one hand and nodded with satisfaction.
"I often say that Ji will not let me down, and I will not let Ji down. Your devotion today will be generously rewarded in the future. This is my promise to you, Sibo Yiyin.
Come on, let us teach those thieves and nuns how to fight.
Set off! "
Yiyin took the lead, and the Ji warriors behind him got on their horses to follow.
All the city gates and barricades have been opened. The cavalry rushed out of the city unimpeded and rushed to the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yamada River.
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The Yamada River flows into Fuji Bay from west to east, and its mouth is located in the western part of Aishui County. To the north of Takaoka Castle is the lower reaches of the Yamada River, to the north is the Futami Hills, and to the north is the Himi area.
The Himi area is an alluvial plain located around the mouth of the Kamisho River. The Futoka Hills in the south and the Hoda Hills in the west are the root of the Noto Peninsula connecting China and Japan.
Whoever controls the mouth of the lower reaches of the Yamada River can suppress the Hyomi area to the north, and can reach the mouth of the Shogawa River to the east and erode the central part of Esu County.
Since the Toyama Imperial Palace was moved to Anyangji Village, the Anyangji Imperial Palace was established, and the Anyangji Temple was built based on Seixoji Temple, the two counties of the old Jimbo Territory, Eishui County, began to be unstable.
Yori Zhao was in charge of the overall situation at Shengxing Temple, and almost all the military strength of the Yuezhong Ixiang Sect was transferred to Anyang Temple to take charge of the strategy in the direction of Sheshui County.
With Shokoji Temple as the backing, we crossed the Yamada River at Fushigi's ferry. Walking along the coast, not far away is the outlet of Zhuangchuan.
The mouths of these two rivers are so close to each other. As long as they occupy this place, one can attack Takaoka City from the plain south.
Then they went upstream along the Shogawa River and joined the main force of Kaga Ichimumu's northward force occupying the Kureha Hills on the southern line, cutting off the back route of Takaoka Castle.
Shimo Yori Zhao asked around.
"How many troops are crossing the river now?"
"Back to the general, there are about three to four thousand people."
Yoriteru Shimoma frowned.
"too slow.
At least 7,000 people will have to go and set up camp today. Preparing for the follow-up troops to cross the river tomorrow for repairs, the former army first surrounded Gaogang City. "
The Kaga Ichikusou on the southern front should have already launched, but the troops led by Zuisenji were dissatisfied with leaving their own territory and heading north for a sneak attack, so they moved slowly.
What's even more troublesome is that the leader of Zuiquan Temple is responsible for the logistical supplies of the Kaga Ichigo sect's troops and is expected to spend 30,000 military supplies.
The leader of Anyang Temple only needs to bear the supply of the Yuezhong Yixiang Sect's own military force, which is about 12,000 people.
Ruiquan Temple is the orthodoxy of the fifth generation of Dharma masters, and Anyang Temple is the orthodoxy of the eighth generation of Dharma masters. Although the two sides jointly govern the Yuezhong Yixiang Sect, their demands are different.
The leaders of Anyang Temple chose to move the royal palace to the lower reaches of the Yamada River because they were determined to swallow the fat of Sheshui County.
The Ruiquan Temple family established the temple even earlier, a full 150 years ago, and had already formed a tacit understanding with the local martial arts family, so their desire for external expansion was not strong.
Now, Zuisenji Temple is being pressured by Shimo Yoriteru to provide military supplies and participate in the war. The money paid for food and weapons was more than twice that of Anyang Temple leaders, which caused dissatisfaction among Ruiquan Temple leaders.
While Shimoma Yoroteru wanted to bridge the differences between Zuisenji Temple and Koshikoji Temple, he also had to step up the dispatch of troops to cooperate with the Kaga Ichikai clan on the southern front to achieve strategic goals.
Internal conflicts caused her to be slower than the southern route for at least three days, so she couldn't help but be in a hurry. Once news of the breakthrough on the southern front reached Takaoka Castle, the suddenness of the northern offensive was gone.
No matter how strong the Xiang Zong army is, it is still at the level of the nuns of the Wu family. Compared with the famous names of the Wu family who focus on fighting, they are not even close to one or two points.
If the Uesugi Jinbo coalition forces really come back to their senses, this battle will be difficult to fight. And if Yoshihiro Shiba of Takaoka Castle gets the news and withdraws, Yoriteru Shimoma will lose another excellent bargaining chip.
Therefore, the speed of dispatching troops must be accelerated!
Yoriteru Shimoma said.
"Order the troops in front to avoid it and let the nun regiment from Shengxing Temple pass first."
The subordinate who followed the order was stunned and asked.
"Sir, what is on the other side now is a group of people from Ruiquan Temple. If we send the nuns from Shengxing Temple there, will there be any problem?"
Yoriteru Shimoma glared at her and said.
“The nun regiment of Zuisen Temple is still on the way, and I’m not even sure if they have crossed the border between Tonami County and Sheshui County.
These people were dilly-dallying, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't cross the river for three days.
Simply let the nuns from Shengxing Temple pass over and organize the army to surround Gaogang City tomorrow. Don't miss the important event. "
The subordinate hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing. Of course Yoriteru Shimoma also knew what she was worried about.
Ruiquan Temple and Shengxing Temple are two systems. Under the two systems, they are divided into a group of monks and nuns. Together with the believers who volunteer to fight for the Buddha, there are six different organizations.
Letting the nuns from Shengxing Temple lead the troops from Ruiquan Temple to fight, this is overstepping the command of Ruiquan Temple, which is tantamount to seizing power, and will be easy to argue with in the future.
Because of the unfair distribution of logistics supplies between the north and south lines, Ruiquan Temple and his family already had objections, and they were just trying to bargain on the road.
Yoriteru Shimoma knew the reason, but she couldn't afford to wait! She must immediately surround Takaoka Castle and not let go of the big fish Shiba Yiyin.
What could she do? Salad!
Send people across the river to organize the military first, and we will deal with other nonsense after the war.
