Ise.
Umedo Castle.
The fierce battle has just ended, and the smoke of the war seems to have not completely dissipated.
The Kyogoku family had indeed achieved a great victory.
The Umeto family, Senkuge family, Tanemura family, and Katayama family were all wiped out by the Kyogoku family, and the entire Ebenben County was under the pressure of the Kyogoku family.
However, before Kyogoku Gaomasa could be happy, a new round of crisis suddenly struck.
The previous battle between the Umeto family and the Chigusa family had attracted the attention of the wealthy families in the surrounding counties of Yuanben County. Since the two sides had not yet decided the winner, most of the wealthy families stayed on the sidelines.
But now a new force suddenly intervened in the situation, and this new force even attacked and destroyed several wealthy families one after another.
Seeing that Yuanbian County was about to fall into the hands of others, no one could sit still.
The one who responded the fastest was the Akabori family in Asaomei County. Its leader, Akabori Tomanobu, led nearly 2,000 people to attack the Umeto family directly.
Immediately afterwards, Tu Yikui suddenly broke out in Yuanbian County, and mobs broke out in every township in the county, turning the entire Yuanbian County into a pot of porridge.
Kyogoku Takamasa could no longer care about anything else at this time and could only gather all his limited troops in Umedo Castle to guard the hard-won victory.
...
On the tower of Umedo Castle's Otemon Gate, Kyogoku Takamasa was already covered in blood.
Three consecutive days of intense fighting made Kyogoku Takamasa feel a bit too much.
But looking at the enemy troops outside the city who still didn't stop their offensive, Kyogoku Takamasa didn't dare to slack off at all.
Although Umedo Castle has been renovated several times before, the overall scale is not large, and the city wall is only a simple structure of rammed earth as a foundation and rows of wooden boards inserted on top.
To the south of the city is the Otote Gate, to the north is the Shoshou Gate, and in the northwest corner is a secret door.
The Oshou Gate is the main entrance, the Shoe Gate is the back entrance, and the secret door is a secret passage, usually used to transfer family members in the city before a war. Sometimes it is also used as a secret passage to surprise enemy troops outside the city. It is generally not easy to open, and it is difficult to find the secret door from outside the city.
The Akabori family is a powerful and powerful family in Northern Ise. It has risen rapidly in recent years and has annexed several nationalities. It is quite powerful.
Akabori Tomanobu first sent two retainers under his command, Tomita Castle Lord Hazuzu Yuin and Hamada Castle Lord Hamada Tomatadaya, to attack the north and south gates of Umedo Castle respectively, while Akabori Tomanobu personally took charge of the main formation and was responsible for coordinating the overall situation.
Guarding the Otemon in the south of the city was Kyogoku Takamasa, accompanied by thirty or forty wild samurai.
Under the temptation of a large bounty and the opportunity to serve in the Kyogoku family, these wild samurai still broke out with considerable fighting power. But all this is because the war situation has not yet deteriorated, and the city is not in danger of falling for the time being.
Otherwise, if they had to choose between money and life, these wild warriors would probably choose the latter.
This has no sense or morals, after all, we are all common people.
The Akabori family's troops that attacked the south gate had only more than 300 and less than 400 soldiers. These people were all peasant soldiers under Hajin Gouyin's command. Although the manpower under Kyogoku Takamasa was small, the combat effectiveness of Yujin Yuin's peasant soldiers was low, and it was difficult to determine the outcome for a while.
However, the situation at the north gate of Umedo Castle is not optimistic.
Those guarding the Kuchiki Gate are Kuchiki Takatsuna, Mitsui Toraka, Endo Kyouyo and others. Although Kyogoku Takamasa has sixty people at the north gate, because the area outside the north gate is where the castle town is, the terrain is wide. , coupled with the fact that there are houses in the castle town as cover, it makes the defense of the city more difficult to a certain extent.
Originally, the two sides fought vigorously at the beginning of the war, attacking and defending at the same time.
But just when the battle situation was getting tense, a group of people suddenly joined the battlefield for unknown reasons.
Naturally, these Ichiku could not have come to help the Kyogoku family defend the city. It was obvious that for some unknown reason, these Ichiku had all joined the Akabori family.
Although they are all mobs with crude weapons, low morale, and poor combat effectiveness, they can't stand up to the large number of people.
The outbreak in Yuanbian County was very large, and it could be said that it was blooming everywhere.
Although it was unclear how many people came to participate in the battle, Kuchiki Takazuna stood on the tower and watched for a while, and roughly estimated that the number of people in this group would not be less than a thousand.
After fighting for a long time, Kuchiki Takazuna was a little unable to resist.
Fortunately, not all the 60 people from the north gate were sent up. Endo Kyouyo and Mitsui Torata each brought 20 people as a reserve team. Seeing that the battle situation was tense, the two of them had no choice but to join the battlefield.
But even so, in the face of a fierce attack by more than a thousand people, the situation at the North Gate was still not optimistic.
...
In the Akabori family's main formation, a morning siege battle had just ended, and the Akabori family's troops had also returned to repair.
Akabori Gunobu called Hamada Guchu, Hazu Guin and others to discuss countermeasures.
"My lord, although there are not many troops in Umedo Castle, you have also seen it. We have been attacking Umedo Castle for almost three days with nearly 2,000 troops, but the Kyogoku family's troops in Umedo Castle seem not to be afraid of death. Same, what can I do?" Hamada Gutada said loudly.
Akabori Tominobu smiled and said slowly, "Don't be impatient."
"There are not many troops in Umedo Castle, and they don't look like the samurai and ashigaru of the Kyogoku family. Most of them are dressed as ronai and wild samurai! I think these people are temporarily hired by the Kyogoku family. As long as If the combined battle continues, and the casualties on the other side begin to increase, these wild warriors will naturally lose their will to fight!"
"Akabori-sama, I would like the Shoji Temple to assist in sending troops this time. Firstly, it is to repay the kindness of the Akabori family's former leader Ise Morden, and secondly, the Kyogoku family and I, the Ichigo clan, also have a deep hatred!" At this time, sitting in the main formation! One of the monks inside suddenly stood up and said, "Last time I organized an attack in Omi, I was beaten by the Kyogoku family and suffered heavy casualties!"
"Although Omi's Ichiko sect has been defeated, my Ise sect temple in Ise cannot allow the Kyogoku family to come and bully us!"
Ise is also an area that has been flooded with Hōkō sects. If nothing else, the Ganjoji Temple on Nagashima Island in Ise is already very cool.
Historically, when Oda Nobunaga conquered Ise, he also made a big mistake here.
Moreover, the Ise Ichiko sect is extremely united. There are only three or five Ichiko sect temples in Yuanben County, and they are not large in scale.
But in just a few days, it still had a huge influence.
Originally, Xiang Zong didn't intend to take a trip into this muddy water.
But as soon as I heard that it was the Omi Kyogoku family who captured Yuanbengun, I was instantly devastated.
During the previous Kinai War, the Hosokawa family provoked a conflict between the Hokke Sect and the Ichigo Sect. However, after taking advantage of the Ichiko sect, he quickly attacked the Ichiko sect, causing heavy casualties to the Ichiko sect, and even Omotoyama Sanshina Honganji Temple was burned down.
Although Rokkaku Sadeyori and the Hokke sect were responsible for burning down the temple, the news that this plan was initiated by Kyogoku Takamasa was leaked from unknown sources.
For a time, the Yixiang clan was agitated and regarded Gaozheng Jingji as their enemy.
Therefore, today's passive situation can be regarded as a hole dug by Kyogoku Takamasa himself.
