Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 850 Nobunaga's Strategy

The seventh year of Shaoming, the ninth day of June, Namba-kyo (Osaka)

Blood stained the land covered with dense water networks, and the banner on the hill next to the West Palace, which symbolized the left minister and the Fujiwara family, fell to the ground.

At noon when the red sun was shining brightly, the main force of Wa Kingdom after being raided had been completely defeated.

As far as the eye could see, the ground was crawling all over the place, and the corpses of soldiers and generals in Japanese costumes were still groaning in pain and fireworks were still floating around.

Dazang Harumi held a dagger and walked up to the left minister Fujiwara Minorai on the hill.

Miyori Fujiwara looked at Harumi Dazang in panic, and wanted to say something, but was suddenly covered by the samurai behind him.

Dazang Harumi approached Fujiwara Miyori step by step, with resentment and unwillingness shining in his eyes.

"Mr. Zuo Fu, have you seen it? After all, this world is still protected by warriors, not by useless officials singing a few waka songs to make this country last forever.

We are all sinners, please go to hell with me! "

After finishing speaking, Dazang Harumi yelled, and stabbed the left minister, Fujiwara Minori, who was struggling constantly, into the heart.

Afterwards, the Taiping Tianqing meritorious serviceman who was ranked among the famous generals by pacifying Fujiwara Junyou, aimed the Mao Tachi sword at his chest.

"My lord, please don't do this!" A warrior in bamboo armor rushed to Dazang Harumi and shouted while watching him with tears streaming down his face.

"My son wants to say, we can surrender to the Yan people, right?" Dazang Chunshi asked with a smile, it didn't look like he was going to commit suicide anytime soon.

A look of hope flashed across the face of the young warrior, and he nodded fiercely, "The imperial court treated the warrior harshly until today's defeat. We have already fought bloody battles, and we can be forgiven for surrendering if we are powerless."

"Hahahaha!" Dazang Chunshi laughed a few times, and then said to his son:
"My son, don't feel embarrassed, you can completely ask the Yan people to surrender, because our great Tibetan family is the descendant of the envoy of Azhi, and we are originally Han people, or the blood of the Han clan.

The imperial court of the Japanese kingdom oppressed the warriors, resulting in the disaster of overthrow, but this is an opportunity for my great Tibetan family. If the emperor of Zhou wants to have this place, the cooperation of the descendants of us pioneers is indispensable. "

But as he spoke, Dazang Harumi lowered his voice, "I'm old, and I've been greatly favored by the emperor. I think something unbearable will happen after I come here, so I don't watch it. My son is in full bloom, so let's return to the identity of our ancestors." !"

After finishing speaking, this descendant of the descendants of the Japanese Harada, Takahashi and other surnames, the descendants of the Han people who crossed the sea and returned to the mainland to worship their ancestors more than 1000 years later, calmly killed himself with a sword.

After his son and family collected his body, he wrote the five characters Liu Shi of the Han family on a white silk cloth stained with blood, and waited for the opportunity to take refuge in a high place.

With the suicide of Dazang Harumi, the Japanese army on the Nishinomiya side collapsed completely, and they couldn't run far at all. After almost all the infantry were defeated, they wanted to run away under the pursuit of the cavalry, which was completely overthinking.

On June [-], just after the defeat of the Nishinomiya Japanese army, the Japanese army on Takarazuka Mountain also ushered in a disaster.

The main force remaining here are more than a thousand imperial guards of the Emperor's Heian Palace and two or three thousand defeated troops.

Dazang Chunshi, who is barely considered a famous general, can't turn the tide, and of course they can't stop the Yan army's attack.

Within half an hour of the battle, the entire Japanese army of Takarazuka Mountain collapsed. The sixth grandson Wang Jingji and his son, namely Yuan Jingji and Yuanmanzhong father and son in history, were both killed, and the entire [-] Japanese army was wiped out.

Almost at the same time, Wang Jing and Li Hanqiong were in the northwest of Kobe, and the governor led a large army to attack Ono Haogu who was trapped here.

Yoshiko Ono led more than ten thousand Japanese troops to defend the city and resist desperately. On the third day of fierce fighting, Li Hanqiong personally led soldiers into the city. The Japanese army was defeated and more than [-] people were killed.

Relying on his familiarity with geography, Yoshiko Ono led more than a thousand remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Osaka. As a result, he was very unlucky to run into the cavalry team sent by Li Hanqiong to follow the main force of the Japanese army.

On the side of an unknown beach, Ono Haogu and others were completely defeated by seven hundred Tuyuhun cavalry, and his head became the trophy of a bald Tuyuhun man. At least this strong man could win a viscount bit.

. . . .

The three cities of Namba-kyo (Osaka), Heijo-kyo (Nara), and Heian-kyo (Kyoto) are very close to each other, and they are even connected together in later generations.

Therefore, Tachibana Toho, who is stuck in Nanbajing, has the advantage of home court and is familiar with the geographical environment, made a very bold and wise decision.

Before Murong Nobunaga's army encircled Nanbajing, he led more than two thousand elites to break out from the Mori Palace and ran directly to Heijojing.

For Murong Nobunaga, the advantage is that Namba-kyo (Osaka) won without a fight, but the disadvantage is that Heijo-kyo (Nara) is a strong city, which is not comparable to Namba-kyo (Osaka).

Moreover, Tachibana Yuanbao ran to Heijo-kyo (Nara), and there is a high probability that Emperor Murakami would not stay in Heian-kyo, which is easier to attack, and would definitely return to Heijo-kyo.

It's not that Murong Nobunaga didn't think that he should go to Heian-kyo to control the Emperor of Japan first, but he is not familiar with the place, has few people, and doesn't understand the language, so he can't directly attack Huanglong like he did in the Central Plains.

But now that this is the case, Murong Nobunaga is not in a hurry, anyway, the main force of the Japanese army has been solved, so you might as well wait.

Wait for those who dare to resist in the Japanese country to jump out, and then give them a hard time.

As a result, Murong Nobunaga immediately stationed the army in Namba-kyo, and officially changed its name to Osaka according to what the local people called Namba-kyo.

Banzhe, the slope is also suitable to describe Namba-kyo, which is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, and slopes from the inland to the ocean.

After gaining a firm foothold in Osaka, Murong Nobunaga immediately began to lock up the people of Osaka, build the port of Osaka, and sent decrees back to Kyushu and North Korea, ordering Zhao Pu, Zhao Yanjin, etc. who stayed behind to send personnel and materials to Osaka as soon as possible.

At this time, the household registrations assigned by Zhang Zhao to Haodaer Tuyuhun, Zhuqiang, Dangxiang, Khitan, Han and other ethnic groups had basically entered North Korea.

After receiving the news of Murong Nobunaga's victory in Osaka, Zhao Pu immediately reported it to Cao Yuanzhong, who was worried about his grandson Jiye and stayed in Seoul.

Well, this good grandfather of Murong Nobunaga and Zhang Shengren's good father-in-law and good cousin has a big head. It can be said that he has been tested in previous rebellions, and he can stand up to the biggest scapegoat.

So Cao Yuanzhong made a decision, and Zhao Kuangyin conscripted 3000 people from the various ethnic groups who went to North Korea, plus 5000 sailors from Henghai Town who stayed behind, and immediately set off for Osaka with [-] shi of grain and [-] ships.

Before Zhao Kuangyin set off, Cao Yuanzhong hurriedly got up again, took a fast boat to Dengzhou, and asked Lu Wang Qian Hongchu to send another [-] ships from the land of Wuyue, carrying [-] shi of grain and various logistics supplies to Daban.

It can be said that for the sake of his favorite grandson, Cao Yuanzhong also went all out, not even thinking about avoiding suspicion.

At the same time, Zhao Yanjin was in Dazaifu and ordered Yao Yanhong, the general of Jinghai Town, to immediately lead [-] Jinghai Town water troops and [-] shi of food, and immediately set off for Daban.

And now that the plan of using static brakes has been set, Murong Nobunaga began to manage Osaka and the adjacent Kobe, Wakayama, and Awaji Island with peace of mind.

On June 23, Murong Nobunaga, whose soldiers and horses had basically adapted to the soil and waters of Japan, ordered Wang Jing to lead [-] cavalry to attack Ping'an Jing.

As expected by Murong Nobunaga, the Wa country had long since abandoned Ping'an capital. When Wang Jing's troops arrived, before the siege of the city began, a fire broke out in Ping'an capital.

The Japanese set fire to the palaces in Heian-kyo by themselves, and the fire spread to the residential area, and the flames reflected the sky. It burned for more than ten days, and most of the urban areas of Heian-kyo that the Japanese worked so hard to build were burned.

Murong Xin grew up to be resentful, he knew that this was because the Japanese were unwilling to leave Ping'an capital to him, and it was also expressing their determination to resist desperately.

After that, the Pingcheng capital, which was built earlier and more difficult to capture, was the place for the final battle.

On June 27th, when the fire in Pingan capital was still burning, Wang Jing led his army to attack Pingcheng capital according to Murong Nobunaga's order.

This is of course tentative. If you really want to attack on a large scale, the whole army must be on top.

Therefore, what Wang Jing wanted to achieve was to make the Japanese people stretch their nerves to the tightest point, and let them mobilize all their strength.

Sure enough, in the face of the arrival of Wang Jing Wanyu Buqi, Tachibana Yuanbao, the general of the Pingkou, has been quickly appointed. Thousands of elite soldiers have been drawn from the two capitals, and a large number of followers and so-called righteous men have been recruited. They were given greater power and higher status than ever before.

Wang Jing saw that Pingcheng capital was vast, and he was bound to be unable to encircle it, so he began to seize Xingfu Temple on the earth hill northeast of Pingcheng capital as the commanding height, and by the way, tested whether this was the pain point of Pingcheng capital's defense.

As soon as I tried it, it came out.

Kofuku-ji Temple was the cultural center of Japan in the Nara period. In its most prosperous period, it is said that there were tens of thousands of monks and soldiers, and the royal family also depended on it.

One of the most important reasons why Emperor Huanmu moved to Heian-kyo was to get rid of the restraint of large temples such as Kofuku-ji Temple and Todai-ji Temple.

However, even though Kofukuji Temple was weakened in the Heian period, it is still one of the largest temples in Japan.

Wang Jing's test not only found out the key location of Xingfu Temple, which is a suitable place to break through the Pingcheng capital, but also found out the attitude of the Buddhist sect of the Japanese country.

Sure enough, unbelievers can still be saved, but heretics must die, and the Buddhist sects of the Japanese country are very vigilant against the Six Dharma Schools who come to grab their jobs.

Wang Jing led the army to attack Xingfu Temple, and as a result, all the monks and soldiers of the Japanese temples came to rescue, and Tachibana Yuanbao also sent thousands of warriors to the base of the city wall to support.

Wang Jing used five points of force to attack for several days, but he really couldn't get in, so he simply chose to retreat temporarily.

This time, the whole country of Wa was extremely excited, and immediately regarded Ju Yuanbao as a savior, and the King Qin Order sent to the counties and countries was even more confident.

July [-]th, that is, more than a month after the Battle of Osaka.

Echizen, Echigo, Kaga, Etchu, and Noto five countries in Hokuriku.

The Mino, Shinano, and Hida Three Kingdoms of Higashiyama Road.

The three countries of Owari, Mikawa, and Enjiang in the Tokaido, a total of [-] national government armies.

That is to say, the Changzheng athletes of the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, led by the national guards and police envoys of various countries, entered Pingchengjing from several directions such as Lake Biwa.

With their arrival, the number of Tachibana Yuanbao's army has swelled to 5, including the conscripted servants and martyrs of Heicheng Jingxungui.

It seems that the flags are avoiding the sky, and it seems that the heroes from all over the country, except for the Kanto samurai from Ueno, Shimono, Musashi, and Shangzong, who suffered heavy losses in the First World War in Osaka and not many people came, the heroes from all over the world are here.

Driven by this fanatical atmosphere, many ministers urged Tachibana Yuanbao to send troops to fight the Yan Kou occupying Osaka.

But only Tachibana Yuanbao knew that there seemed to be 5 people here, plus the young and strong farmers in the Three Capitals, even 10 people could be pulled out.

But this kind of mob who can't even hold an iron knife can't fight a war at all, let alone defeat Yan Kou.

Moreover, Tachibana Yuanbao knew his own ability, he could command tens of millions of people, but if he really wanted to command [-] troops, his ability was not enough.

Moreover, these national government troops from various countries were brought by the national guards of various countries. Many of them were much higher than Tachibana Yuanbao in terms of status and bloodlines. To fight a decisive battle with the swallow thief is undoubtedly to die.

Under internal and external pressure, Tachibana Enho decided to enter the Heijo Palace to meet Emperor Murakami.

He even planned to persuade Emperor Murakami to give up Heijo-kyo and retreat to the Kanto where Kai, Musashi and other countries are located, relying on Kanto warriors to deal with the swallows.

However, Tachibana Enho had a good idea, but after entering Heijo Kyōdai, he did not see Emperor Murakami in the Nishikiden, but directly met Emperor Murakami's mother, the Empress Dowager Onko, in the Joningen Hall.

Although Emperor Murakami is not a wise master, although he has basically never held great power, as a man, a monarch in the era of cold weapons, Emperor Murakami still knows something about equipment gap than Onko.

At least through Tachibana Yuanbao's description, he knew that the cloth-covered iron armor and fine iron horizontal swords equipped by the Yan army could not be resisted by Japan's current hanging armor, short armor, and Mao Tachi sword.

But Wenzi didn't know this, she wasn't interested in weapons and armors, and in her mind, Yan Kou was better equipped, and it was impossible for the gap between the sky and the ground to be so large.

On the contrary, it was Ju Yuanbao who held the military power in the whole world, didn't want to suppress bandits, and kept saying that there were few soldiers, what was he trying to do?
The intuition of being good at political struggles broke out at this moment. The Queen Mother Wenzi did not listen to Tachibana Yuanbao's explanation at all, claiming that the grain in Beijing is only enough for two months, and righteous men from all over the world have already gathered, and the Yan Kou must be dealt with as soon as possible.

In her opinion, there are only about 2 swallow thieves in Osaka. Even if there is a gap in equipment, we have a geographical advantage.

And the last time the Yan thief came to attack Pingcheng capital, didn't they also retreat in embarrassment, and they weren't that strong!

Now, if you fight one out of four at the door, can you still lose?
Tachibana Yuanbao is both angry and desperate, at what time is this, the big shots above are still putting on a condescending look, completely ignoring the actual situation.

They couldn't fight in the first place, but now that the trade winds are blowing, the Yan thief can continue to receive assistance from the Central Plains. If they choose to be tough with them, they are looking for death.

It's a pity that he is just a samurai who was born as a samurai, and it seems that Emperor Murakami, who gave him the official position and trust of the general of the Pingkou, has been imprisoned in the deep palace again.

As for the only possibility that Tachibana Yuanbao imagined to deal with the swallow thief, that is, the suggestion to retreat to Kanto and plan for the future, he did not say anything at all.

On the fifth day of August, Pingchengjing once again received a group of more than [-] martyrs. They were the Ma Party who were active in the east of Osaka.

僦 means leasing, and the 僦 Horse Party was originally an armed horse trading team composed of wealthy people from various countries east of Osaka.

Later, it evolved into a gang similar to Huaishang Nianzi in China. It has declined in recent years, but I did not expect that there are still thousands of people.

These horsemen are tough, quick-moving, and they all have war horses. They are good at fighting in small groups, so they can be regarded as a very good supplement to the light cavalry.

The arrival of the Ma Party members further stimulated the desire of the Empress Dowager Wenzi and the ministers to fight.

Pingcheng capital already has a large population, and with the addition of [-] to [-] foreign warriors, food, clothing, and housing must be provided by the big shots in Pingcheng capital.

Seeing that the money and food were being consumed like a landslide, and fearing that too many warriors would gather together, it would be bad for them, so the Japanese court kept urging Tachibana Yuanbao to fight against the Yan thief.

And seeing that Emperor Murakami refused to issue an edict, Onko and other ministers pushed out the former Emperor Suzaku, who was no longer clear about his mind, and asked him to go to the altar to worship the general, with the intention of forcing Tachibana Enho to fight.

On August [-]th, Tachibana Yuanbao, who really couldn't bear the accusations from the top and bottom, could only accept the order of Emperor Suzaku.

In a fit of anger, he sent out 3000 imperial guards from the Pingcheng Palace, nobles and warriors from the palace, [-] government officials from various countries, [-] monks from the Sanjing Buddhist sect, [-] righteous men from various countries, and more than [-] members of the Ma Party and other former murderous parties. [-] people left Heijo-kyo and went west to Namba-kyo-Osaka.

Between Heijo-kyo-Nara and Namba-kyo-Osaka, there is only Mt. Kumgang, the not-so-wide Katsuragi mountain system, separated by a distance of only ten or twenty miles.

If you want to attack the Yan army in Namba, Kyoto and Osaka from Heijo, there are only two ways to choose.

One is to go northwest from Saidaiji Temple to Heiankyo, and then go down the Yodo River to Nambakyo.

But Ju Yuanbao didn't dare to take this road, because in the past few months, Murong Nobunaga had ordered his navy to drive the warship into the lake.

But the navy of the Japanese country was reimbursed by Ono Koko early on, and if they went down the lake, they were dying.

So Tachibana Yuanbao could only choose to go out of the Rashomon (the prototype of Rashomon), cross Mount Kongo and directly arrive at the Morinomiya in Osaka.

At the beginning Tachibana Yuanbao broke through from Osaka Castle, that is, he ran back to Heijo-kyo from here, and the main pass on Mt. Kongo, Myojin San Pass, was still in the hands of the Japanese army.

The plan has been decided, Ju Yuanbao's speed is still very fast, and he also underestimated himself, in fact, he still has the ability to command tens of thousands of troops.

On August 22, the vanguard of the Japanese army appeared in the north of the Morinomiya in Osaka. Within a day, the main force of the army began to arrive at Mount Kumgang one after another.

Of course, Murong Nobunaga deliberately let the Japanese come here, and he still wanted them to show up to the best of their abilities, and let them catch all those who could fight, so naturally they would not guard the King Kong Mountain.

However, Murong Nobunaga was still planning to endure them. After the Japanese army arrived north of the Mori Palace, the Yan army did not move.

This made Tachibana very anxious. Originally, his combat power was not as good as that of the opponent. If he still had to attack a strong city like Morinomiya, he might as well just commit suicide.

So Tachibana Yuanbao had no choice but to choose to show off. More than 7 Japanese soldiers also stood still at the foot of Mount Kumgang. It seemed that they came so far to confront the Yan army.

As soon as the two sides opened up, it took almost ten days, during which it rained for two days, and the air was hot and humid.

This made the Japanese army miserable. They were exposed to rain in the field, and the number of sick people increased day by day, while the Yan army was recuperating in Osaka City.

At the same time, the news that the Minister of Pingcheng Jing urged to go to war was conveyed to the barracks one after another.

At this moment, seeing that the fire had come, Murong Nobunaga personally led an army of [-], and left the Forest Palace to set up a majestic formation, posing for a decisive battle.

Ju Yuanbao was overjoyed. He was afraid that the Yan army would retreat again, so he ordered the army to rush forward before his own formation was completed.

. . . .

In the seventh year of Shaoming, AD 952, on the first day of September, the sun rose and the weather was fine.

The Japanese army took the lead in attacking the Yan army's central army formation with elite soldiers. The two sides fought for about half an hour. The Japanese were beaten with heavy casualties due to the absolute gap in equipment and training.

On the two wings, Akiyoshiro in the white robe and silver saddle also easily defeated thousands of Japanese cavalry composed of horse thieves from the Ma Party.

In an instant, the Chinese army took advantage of the momentum to push back, and the cavalry on both wings attacked. In less than an hour, the left and right wings of the more than [-] Japanese troops and the Chinese army collapsed one after another.

The so-called decisive battle has become a flat push without pressure.

At the foot of King Kong Mountain, the army was defeated for a while, and countless people were killed and injured by trampling each other. The Japanese army hurriedly fled into King Kong Mountain and retreated to Pingcheng capital, while the Yan army pursued them tail-to-tail without giving them a chance to breathe.

From Morinomiya to Heijo-kyo, in a short distance of twenty or thirty miles, there are layers of zombies and killed Japanese soldiers everywhere.

On the fifth day of September, Murong Nobunaga led the army to the gate of Jingluo City in Pingcheng, and once again defeated the remnants of the [-] Japanese army that had managed to gather with great difficulty.

The general Tachibana Yuanbao of the Japanese pirates died in battle, Nayan Dajiang, the supervising army, swallowed gold at any time and committed suicide. Dozens of generals were killed in battle by state guards, state intermediaries, police envoys, and the pursuit of soldiers.

And at the same time when this last defeated army was defeated, Murong Xinchang ordered Wang Jing to detour to attack Xingfu Temple again.

This time without the protection of the monks and soldiers, Xingfu Temple was finally captured. Wang Jing ordered his eldest son Wang Tingyi, Xiao generals Helian Hailong, Yuan Yanchao and others to lead two thousand elite cavalry to break into the city from here.

Then he ran for several miles in the city, rushed to Luocheng Gate to kill the Japanese defenders who were guarding the gate, opened the gate and enlarged the army to enter the city.

Pingcheng capital fell.

(End of this chapter)