"The moonlight is bright tonight, and Imagawa Yoshima tried to leave the city secretly in the latter half of the night, cross the river downstream of the Tenryu River, and attack our camp in the early morning." Toshi Sena named the Imagawa clan at an emergency assessment meeting attended only by core members of the Imagawa family. The letter sent secretly by Zhen was shown to everyone, "I have been instructed by Yoshizaki Imagawa to find a way to influence the situation and prompt His Highness the Governor of the Household to mobilize the army to the upper reaches of Tianlong River for defense."
"But the better ferry is indeed upstream." Ogasawara Haruyoshi is familiar with the geography of the Yuanjiang River. "The ferry downstream is not easy to cross the river."
"That's why Imagawa Yoshima came up with a surprise." Futama Castle, Matsui Sadamune's residence, is on the edge of the Tenryu River, and he knows the hydrology of the Tenryu River very well. "Your Highness, as long as we set up an ambush at the ferry, we can attack Imagawa Yoshima with a half-crossing attack. Depending on how fast the Tianryu River flows in April, they can only wait to be washed into the sea water once they hit the water at the downstream ferry."
"Gengoro, has your identity as a spy been suspected by Imagawa Yoshima?" Sena Ujisada looked at his child.
"Absolutely not. I have always reported the truth in my letters. Every matter has been confirmed later."
"The ninja who was ambushing just now also reported that there were signs of troops entering and leaving the south gate of Hima Castle. They should undoubtedly be heading downstream for the ferry." Asahina Yasunaga added.
"Then set up an ambush at the downstream ferry." Asahina Taichi suggested eagerly, "Kill them without leaving a trace."
"It's just that since the enemy's downstream ferry is not suitable for crossing the river, it would be abnormal for us to ambush our troops downstream. The enemy will also realize that Sena is a double agent." Imagawa Ujimoto looked at the uneasy Sena Ujitoshi, who had already moved from The hesitation in his heart was read in his eyes, and then he looked at Sena Ujisada, "Mutsu no Mamoru, Rei Masaka is in danger."
"You don't have to worry about your humble concubine, everything is about the overall situation." Sena Shizada bowed solemnly, and then looked at Sena Shitoshi, who also hurriedly saluted to show his determination.
"There is no need to repeat the previous argument, right? I don't agree." Imagawa Ujimoto firmly rejected the proposal, "The main force is to defend the upstream ferry where it is easy to cross the river, and only the newly attached small wealthy families are left in the camp. force."
"Your Highness..."
Seeing that no one agreed, Imagawa Ujimoto raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person who is so stupid that he would sacrifice the entire army just to save a mother. The main defense upstream is just a show, and only Asahina is arranged to prepare Wase Nabei was stationed on the mountain next to the upstream ferry, and Matsui Bei, Ogasawara Bei, and Shinno Bei were also stationed near the upstream ferry, but they were ready to return to the main camp at any time. When the enemy saw so many flags beside the ferry, they should have thought that Sena was He’s accomplished his goal.”
"After all, it's not the best deployment..." Asahina Taino made the final suggestion while sipping his wine.
"The enemy may have other tricks in the army. Who can guarantee that no one from these small wealthy families will tip off my third brother? The best arrangements have been made. If the enemy finds out that the plan has been seen through, they will probably not come. If Let them retreat into Yinma City, and it will be more troublesome for us to attack again." Imagawa Shimoto originally just wanted to find an excuse, but he didn't expect that the more logic he said, the more logical he became, "This way of pretending to be a trap can actually lure the enemy across the river. Isn’t it?”
"What Your Highness said makes sense, but is this a 'reason' or an excuse?" Sena Shisada could see at a glance what Imagawa Shimoto was thinking - I'm afraid he did it to save Sena Shitoshi's mother. Come up with such a deployment - but this deployment happens to be reasonable.
"It doesn't matter, just do it quickly."
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It was late at night, and there was a lot of snoring in the tent. Unlike the Imagawa family tree generation who were nervously preparing for war, the foreign wealthy families in Yuanjiang seemed to know nothing about what was about to happen and slept peacefully. This phenomenon was also normal in the troubled times of the Warring States Period - the lord often trusted a family that was related by blood and family members who had served the family for many generations. And those newly surrendered and surrendered foreigners are often the focus of attention. Of course, after following for a long time, the outsider may become a loyal and loyal person.
Considering that these foreign wealthy families may not necessarily fight to the death with the rebels who are also from Yuanjiang, the counter-rebel camp will inevitably be attacked by the rebels crossing the river from the lower reaches at the beginning. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of Imagawa Ujimoto, Asahina Yasuno insisted on letting him leave Ma Yin in the camp, while he came to the north under the protection of heavy troops at the upstream ferry. When the war started, the Imagawa family members agreed to watch Asahina Taino's horse seal act together.
Asahina Yasuno went to rest early on the grounds that "there will be a big battle tomorrow, and now he needs to recharge his batteries." The slovenly veteran was able to fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, which made Imagawa Ujimoto admire him quite a lot. psychological quality. Unable to sleep, Imagawa Ujimoto put on his clothes and got up and looked at his family's camp.
Asahinabe, where Imagawa Ujimoto was located, was stationed on a hill next to the ferry upstream, with a good view. Looking down from above, the hill is covered with torches and the Asahina family's left-sand-three pattern. Senabe was stationed at the bridgehead and shallow beach next to the ferry. There were also many torches in the camp, illuminating the two lines and two patterns held by the Sena family, a relative of the Imagawa family. Looking back to the south, we can see the campsites of Matsui Bei, Ogasawara Bei and Shinno Bei, and further back is the camp that is brightly lit at night.
The sentry soldiers on the camp wall carefully guarded the surroundings by the light of the fire. With just a few thousand people, the camp is already quite large. Imagawa Shigen couldn't help but think about how grand a battle with a hundred thousand people like the Onin Rebellion would be - and then he shook his head hard and shook the thought away from his mind. Fighting and killing is not interesting at all. The poetic and picturesque palace depicted in "The Tale of Genji" is more attractive.
But now is not the time to daydream about these things. Imagawa Shimoto turned his attention back to the ferry downstream in the south. Although the river there is fast, there are few bridges, and the number of shoals is limited, it also gave Imagawa Yoshizhin the opportunity to take surprise. Soon after, Imagawa Ujimoto saw the blurry figure of an army on the other side of the lower reaches of the Tenryu River in the southwest. In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, they did not use torches, so their traveling speed was very limited. And outside the upstream ferry due west, another team also appeared - it should be a feint force to attract attention.
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"There are all lights and flags behind the upstream ferry. If they are all real flags, then there must not be 2,000 people under the flags? How is that possible? It must be a fake formation. It seems that the enemy has fallen into the trap."
Imagawa Yoshima was currently riding his horse in the formation of the troops stationed on the North Road. The main forces of the Horikoshi family, Iio family, Okuhira family, and Kira family were all here. However, at the downstream ferry on the South road, there were only 500 suspects from the Toda family.
"Sena Ujitoshi was a close confidant of Imagawa Yoshimoto in his previous life, and he even married Imagawa Yoshimoto's sister. How could he betray him? He was clearly a double agent under the orders of Imagawa Ujimoto." Imagawa Yoshima looked confidently. On the other side, "That must have revealed my plan, right? The dark, seemingly deserted downstream ferry in the south should be full of ambushes at this moment. And the real direction of my attack is the upstream ferry in the north. Isn't this ferry much more convenient than the downstream ferry? You think Sena is your double agent, but in fact, I have used your trick to lure your main force away."
"Send the message to Toda Tanzheng, everything remains as usual, please attack. After he attracts attention, we will cross the river in large numbers."
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"The team of suspects is so long..."
Imagawa Ujimoto called out Asahina Yakino, and Asahina Yakino, who was dizzy from sleep, took a few sips of strong liquor to refresh himself. After calming down, Asahina Tai could point to the large group on the other side of the river, "It's so dark that I can't see clearly, or am I dazzled? The suspected soldiers, who numbered at most several hundred people, suddenly formed a group of two thousand people." "
"I don't know, but the enemy troops in the south have already begun to cross the river anyway." Imagawa Ujimoto looked at the suddenly lit torches at the downstream ferry and the rebels who began to cross the river under the moonlight, "Beizhongshou, should we launch an attack?" The signal put the camp on alert.”
"Let's go, let's go south together with the main force to return reinforcements. Everyone is on the alert and mobilized very quickly." Asahina Taino ordered his men to light a bonfire while looking at the ferry at the foot of the mountain. "Senabe's 500 men are left here to deal with the suspected soldiers on the other side. That should be more than enough. When the other party saw that we had so many torches and flags at the upstream ferry, they must have thought that we had fallen into the trap and would not embarrass Sena Mutsu’s wife.”
As soon as the signal was given, the ignorant wealthy foreigners in the counter-rebel camp began to commotion. Many messengers rushed to where Imagawa Shimoto's horse seal was, only to find that there was no one under the horse seal, making it even more chaotic. But soon Imagawa Ujimoto ordered Hayasaka Nao to go and deliver the order. While taking back the red bird horse seal and going up the mountain, he also asked the wealthy families in the camp to stick to the camp. Beware of enemies crossing the river to the south.
"It's strange..." Asahina Taino watched his troops go south to support the camp, but his eyes were always fixed on the enemy army crossing the river at the downstream ferry. "Why are there so many torches? Since it is a sneak attack, isn't it? Should we light as few torches as possible? But they fired nearly 500 torches with great fanfare. And after crossing the river, they were stunned and did not take advantage of the situation to attack or retreat."
Almost at the same time, torches were lit at the upstream ferry on their opposite bank, and they launched an attack on the other side of the river. Asahina Taino and Imagawa Ujimoto did not take this group of suspected soldiers to heart at first, but they immediately realized that something was wrong - the battle at the upstream ferry seemed extremely fierce, and Sena Bei's camp seemed to have been breached in many places - -The number of "suspicious soldiers" is beyond imagination.
"House Governor's Hall! Your Highness the Guardian of Bichu!" A messenger of the Sena family rushed up the mountain, rushed to the horse seals of Imagawa Ujimoto and Asahina Taino, and said hurriedly, "Our unit was attacked by a heavy enemy force, and the number may be thousands. , please support me quickly!”
"Thousands..." As the cold wind blew, Asahina Taino felt sober from the wine after hearing the news, but he burst out laughing after a moment.
"Your Highness, who says good people are not rewarded? Your compassion for Mr. Sena's mother has actually helped us. The enemy's troops to the south are just a feint, and the enemy's main attack direction has been the upstream ferry. Imagawa Liangzhen thought that you would not believe Mr. Sena's report and would definitely deploy heavy troops at the southern ferry. Who would have thought that in order to pretend to have fallen into the trap, you left the army in the north. He is on the third floor, but His Highness is on the first floor. Instead, they plotted against him." Asahina Taino pointed to the upstream ferry, and at the same time ordered in a deep voice: "Let those who are supporting from the south return north to the upstream ferry immediately!"
