Yiyin scoffed.
"What kind of style? A blind person can smell all the little thoughts."
Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong.
What the Wu family seeks in serving the public is generous rewards from the king. They are not afraid that Warrior Ji will have selfish motives, but they are afraid that Warrior Ji will not do his best.
People like the Sanada people are pure-minded and eager to achieve success, but they are not afraid of hardships and hardships. They dare to fight and die. They are indeed worthy of the title of the most powerful soldier. "
Yiyin sighed.
"No one can be without selfishness, but at this juncture we must unite sincerely.
I hope Maeda and Sanada Nobushige will remember my warning. If they continue to make trouble, and several factions in Kanto follow suit, how can this war continue? "
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"Your Majesty, you are too worried. Although they are trying to steal credit, they are still loyal to Your Majesty.
Maeda’s interests aside, I still don’t understand why Sanada Nobushige is so loyal to your Majesty. Could it be that your Majesty cast some spell on her in Kanto? "
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and asked seemingly casually, but Yoshigan knew those dirty thoughts in her stomach, and she just thought that he was giving alms with his body again and won Sanada Nobushige's heart.
Yiyin snorted coldly.
"Am I so despicable in your eyes? I can tell you clearly that I don't have the kind of relationship you think with Sanada Nobunaga.
She is willing to do her best to serve the public just because the life of the mountain people is really poor and I have given them a good way out. "
Yiyin added in his heart that there was no physical relationship like that in his mind. He just had a sip of iced black tea in Yantian City. It was purely to complete system tasks and there were countless things he could do.
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled slightly, but he couldn't tell whether she believed it or not.
"Your Majesty is a kind man, and it is a great honor for the martial arts family under your command to be able to serve you in the official service."
Yiyin shook his head and said.
“There’s no need to say any compliments.
I hear what you mean. It seems that you admire Sanada Nobushige very much. You also agree with her view and hope to focus on Shiyue? "
Akechi Mitsuhide said.
"Maeda Hime just made it very clear that it is not easy to break through Jiyue."
Yiyin asked.
"So, you support Maeda's interests and think we should break through Mount Iwasaki from the front?"
Akechi Mitsuhide said.
"There is no greater advantage in attacking Mount Iwasaki directly than taking a roundabout route to Mount Iwasaki."
Yiyin narrowed his eyes.
"Stop beating around the bush, what exactly do you think?"
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"Is it important what Sanada Nobushige and Maeda think about the interests? Why don't you ask me, what do you think, Oda-sama?"
Yiyin's expression condensed and he nodded slightly.
"Yes, then you can analyze it for me. What is Oda Nobunaga thinking about?"
Akechi Mitsuhide pointed to the map spread out on the desk and said.
"Don't you think it's strange, Your Majesty? If Your Majesty Oda just wanted to stay on standby, why did you leave Nagahama Castle?
Although the exit of the mountain road is important, it is still not as important as Nagahama Castle, Otani Castle, and Yamamoto Mountain Castle.
Back then, His Highness Oda hated His Highness Asai, but in order to kill the Asai family, he had to be patient, either by force or persuading them to surrender, and then pull out the surrounding strongholds one by one, and then launch a general attack.
The terrain of Kitaomi has been thoroughly studied by the Asai family. The Oda family only needs to follow the same example and occupy the key points of the pass to defend it. It will not be a big problem to block us for a year and a half. "
Yiyin thought deeply.
"Oda Nobunaga's rear was leaking from all sides. She may be worried that a long-term confrontation would cause problems in the territory behind her, and she didn't want to delay it too long.
She sent troops this time just to fight with me, not to defend. "
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.
“Since Her Majesty Oda wants to fight a joint war, the line of defense in front of us is a cover-up, a tool used to conceal her true intentions.
It is impossible to win by passive defense. The formation put up by the Oda army must be calculated for counterattack. "
Yoshihiro followed Mitsuhide Akechi's words and began to think.
"Are you saying that Oda Nobunaga seems to have set up an iron barrel formation waiting for me to attack, but in fact he has hidden murderous intentions and will come out at any time to strike me head-on?"
Akechi Mitsuhide pointed at the map and said to Yoshigan.
"Your Majesty, please take a look.
This is Yuwu Lake. Maoshan, Shenming Mountain, and Tangmu Mountain to the north will soon fall into the hands of our army, but my feeling is that it will be too easy. "
Yiyin frowned.
"Are you saying that Oda Nobunaga deliberately abandoned this place and wanted to lure me deeper?"
Akechi Mitsuhide didn't answer and continued pointing at the map.
"Your Majesty, look, if we successfully capture the three mountains in the northern part of Yuwu Lake, then the route to continue the attack will be on both sides of the lake.
Detouring from the west, there are the rivers and hills around Iiura Kandake. This area is very narrow and is sandwiched between Lake Biwa and Lake Yuwu, with almost no room for maneuver.
Maeda Hime's analysis was correct. If we attack from Shiyue, once the offensive is blocked and we want to retreat, the terrain will limit the speed of retreat. It is easy for the enemy to catch up and be forced to fight again and be defeated.
Therefore, the only way to attack here is with a surprise attack, and this surprise attack is likely to become an abandoned son in a desperate situation. "
Yiyin nodded and said.
"So you still agree with Maeda's interests and think it is more appropriate to break through Iwasaki Mountain east of Lake Yuwu?"
Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head.
"Your Majesty, Mount Iwasaki is probably a trap."
Yiyin's eyes narrowed and he asked.
"How to say?"
Akechi Mitsuhide pointed at Kinomoto and said.
"His Majesty Oda abandoned the fortified castle in Kitaomi and personally led 40,000 people northward just to block the exit of the streets of the North Kingdom and prevent us from entering the plains?
According to the information provided by the Ninjas, observing the two attack directions of the Hagakure and Iwasaki Mountain defenders, the flag family moe, was not guarded by the Owari Minonzo.
Takigawa Kazumasu is in charge of the defense of the mountain. She is Ikeda Hengxing's best friend. She was introduced by Ikeda Hengxing to Oda Nobunaga's maidens and is deeply trusted.
But the defenders under her command were mainly composed of the local samurai family in Kitaomi, the former vassals of the Asai family who had surrendered.
The garrison at Mount Iwasaki is Sasaki Narimasa, a close confidant of Oda Nobunaga, who was born in the Mother Clothes clan. The defenders there are mainly from the northern Ise region. "
Yiyin kept frowning as he heard this.
Oda Nobunaga's origins were the members of the Wild Child Group who grew up with her, namely Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneki's gang.
The second is the close relatives of the Mother Clothes, and the third is the two samurai families of Owari and Mino.
If Oda Nobunaga really wants to hold on, he will definitely put his core military strength on Mt. Kikidake and Mt. Iwasaki to prevent the Shiba army from breaking through these two points.
But the reality is that Oda Nobunaga only let the close confidants of the Muyi clan serve as guards, and roped in peripheral samurai families such as the Kita Omi clan and the Kita Ise clan to block the gap and use them as cannon fodder. This is very strange.
It's not that cannon fodder cannot be used, but it must be crammed in bit by bit using refueling tactics to prevent the entire front from being shaken and collapsed by the cannon fodder who are not willing to fight.
But Oda Nobunaga did the opposite and used peripheral cannon fodder to enrich the defense line. Takigawa Kazumasa, Sasaki Narimasa and their personal followers played more of a role in supervising the team.
The two points at the core of the defense line are both peripheral samurai families. So where did Oda Nobunaga place the main force composed of the two samurai families of Owari and Mino?
Yoshigan looked at the map. Judging from the route of Shiba's army going south to attack Mount Iwasaki, Lake Yugo was on the west side, and Higashino Mountain and Naka no Sato were on the east side.
He gritted his teeth and said.
"Higashiyama, Nakanosato, Oda Nobunaga placed his main force here."
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.
"Your Majesty, Hideaki, I have the same idea. Oda Nobunaga placed all his most powerful troops in the mountains on the east side to hide.
We took down Domu Mountain, and if we continue to go south, we can directly attack Iwasaki Mountain without passing through the mountain pass on the east side.
But if we are frustrated in the attack on Iwasaki Mountain Road, we will be exhausted in one go and then fail again.
If at this time, a large number of enemy troops suddenly appear from Higashinoyama and Nakanosato on the east side, driving our exhausted division to the west. . "
Yiyin snorted coldly.
"Our exhausted attacking force is likely to be confused when encountering a surprise attack and be driven directly into Yuwu Lake on the west side.
However, where did Oda Nobunaga get the confidence to think that he could block my attack by placing some peripheral samurai families on Mt. Shidake and Iwasaki Mountain?
If those peripheral samurai families cannot withstand our army's attack and I capture Iwasaki Mountain directly, wouldn't Oda Nobunaga have to steal the chicken but lose the rice? "
Akechi Mitsuhide said solemnly.
“Your Majesty, you have forgotten Big Rock Mountain.
I ordered Fujibayashi to secretly sneak into Dayan Mountain. I found that the place was heavily guarded, but the troops there were quiescent, and I couldn't tell whose military strength it was.
She took the risk to peek inside and found that His Majesty Oda's red and black maidens were there. "
Yiyin's pupils shrank and he looked at the map.
Good guy, Oda Nobunaga secretly left Kinomoto and moved the front of the formation to Oiwa Mountain.
According to Sanada Nobushige's idea, if her surprise troops can capture Shiyue, they will immediately attack Oiwa Mountain and open the way to Kinomoto.
On the other side, on the other side of Mt. Iwasaki, Mt. Iwasaki and Mt. Oiwa are the front and back mountains that echo the angle!
Oda Nobunaga set up the main formation at Mount Oiwa, which would be a boost for both the direction of Mt. Mitake and Mt. Iwasaki.
The Lord is at the front line in person, who dares not to fight tooth and nail? Do you really think that the Oda family's supervising team would not dare to kill deserters with their swords?
The appearance of the two groups of red and black women in Oiwa Mountain also proved that Akechi Mitsuhide's judgment was correct.
Because, if Oda Nobunaga wants to strictly guard the defense line and take charge of the overall situation, it is best to place the main formation in Kinomoto.
Although Oiwa Mountain is good, it is too far away from Higashino Mountain and the Nakanosato side, making it difficult to see the beginning and end.
Only by placing the main formation on Kinomoto can Oda Nobunaga send orders in all directions through changes in the battlefield.
Even if one corner of the front collapses, Kinomoto can serve as the last line of defense to stabilize the position.
But Oda Nobunaga gave up on Kinomoto and moved the formation forward to Oiwa Mountain, leaving only one possibility. That was because she was worried about the defense of Shiyue and Iwasaki Mountain, and wanted to take care of the defense line herself.
And she felt reassured about Higashinoyama and Nakanosato, because the elites of the Oda family were stationed there, ready to attack at any time.
Yoshigan hit the map on the case with his palm. Oda Nobunaga made a pocket for himself to dig into. As long as he attacks Mount Iwasaki, he will fall into the trap.
He looked at Mitsuhide Akechi and asked.
"So, do you still choose Jiyue?
Send troops into Shiyue, penetrate the Northern Omi people who are not very willing to fight, and directly enter Oiwa Mountain to attack Oda Nobunaga's main formation and disrupt her deployment. "
Akechi Mitsuhide still shook his head.
“That would be worse.
It is not difficult to break through the base mountain, but since His Highness Oda dares to stay in the Big Rock Mountain, the surprise attack troops will definitely not be able to take it there.
Don't forget, the red and black women's robes are there. His Highness Oda's identity is no longer what it used to be, so the bodyguards around him will definitely not be empty.
Once the Qi soldiers are frustrated, it will be difficult to retreat from Dayan Mountain. As long as the army in Dayan Mountain pursues and oppresses them, the Qi soldiers will probably be wiped out in Jianyue.
The surprise troops will be wiped out, and the coalition forces on the frontal battlefield will also be shaken. The Oda elites from Higashinoyama and Nakanosato will come down from the mountain at this time and directly attack your main formation, which will definitely achieve miraculous results.
After all, we are a coalition. As long as someone is afraid of retreating, it will definitely lead to imitation. If we are in danger, it will be difficult to reverse the defeat even with the prestige of the king. "
Yiyin said angrily.
"Not even Mount Iwasaki, so why did I come to Kitaomi? Why don't I just surrender!"
Yoshigan was angry, but Mitsuhide Akechi was not afraid and just spoke slowly.
"Whether it is attacking Mt. Iwasaki or Mt. Iwasaki, it falls into His Highness Oda's calculations and is inevitably controlled by others.
But if we use the troops attacking Mount Aiden and Mount Iwasaki as bait, we can turn the entire battle situation around. "
Yoshigan was looking at the map. When he heard this, he turned around and looked at Akechi Mitsuhide. He saw her elegant smile, and felt a chill in his heart.
Akechi Mitsuhide, is she planning to sell Sanada Nobushige and Maeda Kazuki as abandoned children?
Ignoring Yoshigan's ugly expression, Akechi Mitsuhide pointed at the map and said.
"Your Majesty, you can send Sanada Nobushige's 10,000 troops to attack Mount Iwasaki, and ask Maeda to lead an allied force of 10,000 to attack Mount Iwasaki.
After they attack, you personally lead 10,000 elite members of the coalition forces, including Sibo Zhong, Zahe Zhong, and Sanhao Zhong, to secretly leave Xingshi Mountain and march to the Fox Tomb to hide and wait.
The Sanada army is an elite division. If they can break through the base mountain, it would be best to enter Oiwa Mountain, which can attract His Highness Oda's attention.
In addition, Maeda's troops were forced to attack Iwasaki Mountain. The defense line of Iwasaki Mountain must be in a precarious state and cannot be sustained for long.
Even if His Majesty Oda is personally in charge of Oiwa Mountain, she must attack decisively in a situation where she is being beaten from both sides to prevent the situation from collapsing and her achievements falling short.
As long as she uses the elite troops from Higashinoyama and Nakanosato areas to go down the mountain and flank Maeda's interest base, that's our chance.
The Fox Tomb is located due north and is also the flank of Oda's elite. They attack Maeda's flank, and you can attack their flank directly with flank-to-flank attacks.
As long as we can defeat the Oda elite, we will win this battle.
Not long after the two samurai families of Omi and Ise returned to the Oda family, their minds were uncertain. The most reliable Hime Samurai group in the hands of His Highness Oda comes from the two countries of Owari and Mino.
The Owari military commander faction was nailed to Echizen Country, and the Owari New Generation and Simino samurai suffered heavy losses in this battle.
Without the absolute superior military power to suppress the two samurai families of Omi and Ise, His Highness Oda must return to the army to regroup to prevent civil strife. "
(End of chapter)
