Chapter 2378 The fall of the Kinki Plain
Chapter 2375: The Kinki Plain falls
Yamata Orochi originally wanted to present the strong city she guarded and the 30,000 troops in the city to Song as a letter of fame, but Zhao Yong was not satisfied with it.
Zhao Yong was defeated and captured this time, and he was almost dead and alive. He finally fooled the Yamata Orochi. Such a good opportunity to make contributions is in front of him, so how could he care about this mere city?
He wanted the entire Kinki Plain.
What does Zhao Yong mean? Yamata Orochi can tell at a glance, but he hesitated.
If you just rebel against the Japanese and surrender to the Han Dynasty, this is actually nothing. After all, there are too many Japanese people who have surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
But if we help Song take over the entire Kinki Plain while rebelling, it would not be as simple as rebellion, but the treason and rebel tribes will definitely be despised by all the Japanese.
Yamata Orochi has no burden for betraying Oda Nobunaga. After all, Oda Nobunaga is sorry for him first.
But if he betrays the entire Japan and the entire nation, Yamai Orochi is still a little worried. Although he is not famous, this area is his place of birth and raising.
Zhao Yong saw Yamata Orochi''s concerns and was very surprised. Obviously, he didn''t expect Yamata Orochi, who cares about the great benevolence and righteousness of family, country, race.
But that''s good. If Yamata Orochi really doesn''t care about anything and is just a slutty-hearted and slutty-eyed snake, then Zhao Yong wouldn''t dare to accept him.
After a little thought, Zhao Yong continued to bewitch the temptation. Under his bewitching, Yamata Orochi quickly dispelled his concerns. After all, it is nothing wrong to turn the Japanese into Han territory. In the future, all the Japanese will be Han people, so who would say that he is a traitor?
Thinking of this, Yamai Orochi decided to sell the country and seek honor, so he asked, "Brother Zhao, what are you talking about, right?"
Zhao Yong showed a victorious smile and said, "Okay, I''m just waiting for your words. Next, we need to deal with all the generals loyal to Oda Nobunaga in the city."
Yamata Orochi showed a glimmer of expression and then left to start making arrangements.
Looking at the back of Yamata Orochi''s departure, Zhao Yong''s pride could no longer hide the pride of his mouth. After Yamata Orochi completely betrayed his country and nation, no force would accept him. At that time, he would have to go all the way for the Song State.
I have to say that Zhao Yong took great pains to make the Yamata Orochi, but he ignored one thing, that is, Yamata Orochi''s own feelings.
Is Yamata Orochi who is someone who is plotted against but can endure it silently? Obviously not, and this will definitely leave a disaster for the future.
Although Oda Nobunaga handed over the command of the 30,000-strong army of Yamatsu Orochi and appointed Yamatsu Orochi as the nominal city lord of this city, most of the backbone of the army were still loyal to him. If they joined forces, they could completely undermine Yamatsu Orochi.
Therefore, if these people are not solved, even if Yamata Orochi wants to surrender, she will only surrender alone without taking the entire army.
Yamata Orochi is preparing to convene the senior generals in the generals to celebrate in the name of their birthday, and they are testing who are willing to follow him, and those who are unwilling will naturally have a dead end.
Of course, even if Yamata Orochi did not conduct a test, she knew some people who were loyal to Oda Nobunaga, such as Oda Gotsuki, Saito Six people, and generals surnamed Oda family.
These people decided that it was impossible to rebel with him, so they could kill them first.
After the banquet was held as scheduled, the banquet was divided into two waves. One wave was the general who was sure that he would not rebel, and the other wave was the general who still needed to be tested.
Oda Gotsushi, Saito, and the Oda family, a total of 36 generals who were absolutely loyal to Oda Nobunaga. Before they could even drink a sip of decapitated wine after they entered the table, most of them were shot to death by arrows flying from all over the place.
After reacting, a small number of people used the table as shields, and then snatched weapons and wanted to escape. Then Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy killed each other, including many top-notch generals.
After killing all the twenty-six people, the blood-stained Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy came to the table. The generals were a little confused when they saw their blood, but they were shocked when they heard the words.
"Shinto was destroyed, but Oda Nobunaga hid the general. Japan had no hope at all, so I decided to surrender to the Han people. Who would like to surrender with me? If I don''t want me, I won''t force myself. I will give you dry food and let you leave."
Wow…
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was in a panic. Some were unbelievable and some were furious. Someone cursed at Yamata Orochi.
For those who dare to offend themselves directly, they must be loyalists of Oda Nobunaga. Naturally, Orochi Yamata would not let go, and they would cut them directly with a knife.
After killing four people with three swords, these people were also afraid, either begging for mercy or resisting, but without exception, they were all killed by Yamai Orochi and Shuitun Boy.
Kill all these people, Yamata Orochi wiped off the blood on her face and said in a cold voice: "I can allow different opinions, but this is not your reason for offending me. If anyone dares to speak rudely, they are role models."
When all the generals saw this, they were all terrified of it, and no one dared to offend the snake.
"Make a choice. Those who are willing to follow me to surrender to the Han Dynasty stand on the left, and those who are unwilling to stand on the right." Yaki Orochi said with a cold face.
The generals looked at each other, but most of them were all in a state of confusion.
After a while, one of them mustered up the courage to stand up and asked carefully: "General Big Snake, if you don''t want to surrender, will you really leave?"
Yamata Orochi didn''t think about it, and Jokoto said, "I will swear that I will never make things difficult for anyone. If I violate the oath, I will definitely not have a good end."
Seeing Yamata Orochi swearing in public, most people were relieved, so Yu stood on the right, but one-third of them stood on the left.
Seeing this, Yamai Orochi nodded with satisfaction. After looking at the boy Shuitun, he carried a knife and rushed into the crowd, starting the killing, and didn''t care about the oath he just made.
"Yati Orochi, you don''t keep your word, ah..."
"Beast, if you do not believe in your words, you will not be able to die well and die under your own oath..."
"Give me your life, I surrender, I am willing to surrender, don''t kill me..."
The generals who did not want to surrender either cursed or knelt down to beg for mercy, but without exception, they were all killed by Yamai Orochi and the other two.
The generals who agreed to surrender were all frightened after seeing this scene and their faces were defeated. They stood still and moved without daring to move, for fear that after Yamata Orochi killed these people, they would aim their butcher knife at him again. Under the slaughter of the two war gods, Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy, these generals with only first-class average levels were not enemies of one another, and they were soon killed.
After killing all these people, Yamai Orochi looked at the remaining people and smiled grimly, "In the future, everyone will be their own brothers. If I, Yamai Orochi, will be prosperous for a day, and you will be rich for a day."
"See the general to the death."
The generals who escaped by chance all shouted with a gritted teeth, fearing that they would be killed by Yamata Orochi once slowed down.
After killing all Oda Nobunaga''s confidant, Yamata Orochi also started the next plan, that is, to hand over the city and the army to the Song army, and he led a small number of troops to the city to be captured and fled to Ishiyama Obunaga.
Ishiyama Obu Castle has a population of 100,000. It is not only the largest city in the Kinki Plain, but also the most solid city. It is located in the heart of the Kinki Plain. Getting this city is equivalent to getting the entire Kinki Plain.
The coalition forces of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu had fought here, but were forced to retreat and failed to capture the city due to many reasons such as the attack on the food road in the rear and the pressure from other places.
Zhao Yong asked Yamata Orochi to retreat into this city naturally to collapse from the inside, after all, all the fortresses are fragile.
After receiving the news that Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy were defeated and led only 3,000 remaining troops to escape, Oda Nobunaga almost vomited blood without being angry.
It’s not that Oda Nobunaga felt sorry for the 30,000 troops, but because the city guarded by Yamatsu Orochi is extremely important. Now that the city has fallen and its doors are wide open, Ishiyama Obu Castle will face the front of the Three Kingdoms Alliance again.
At the same time, Oda Nobunaga was also a little suspicious. After all, there were quite a few defenders in the city, and there were two top-level generals, Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy. How could they fall without any warning?
In this regard, Yamatsu Orochi also gave a perfect explanation. A traitor appeared in the city. One of the four guards was one of them. Kaicheng wanted the Song army to surrender, which led to the fall of the whole city.
After learning the news, Oda Nobunaga ordered the execution of the nine tribes of the general. After investigation, he found that they were alone and had no choice but to give up.
Oda Nobunaga originally wanted to scold Yamata Orochi, but when he thought that he would rely on his bravery next, if he scolded him, he would still suffer, so he gave up.
Although Oda Nobunaga had doubts, he did not go too far, which also made Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy relieved, but someone did not let go of their doubts. He was Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Zhao Guangyi was naturally overjoyed when he learned that Zhao Yong not only had returned, but also brought back 27,000 surrendered troops and a strong city.
But Zhao Yong''s next plan was stunned. He didn''t expect that his cousin was so eloquent and could do so many things after being captured. He even said that he had surrendered the Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy.
Zhao Yong had already planned everything and sent out Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy. The arrow had to be fired on the string, so Zhao Guangyi could only cooperate with him with all his strength, so he summoned a large army to attack Ishishan Yufang City, preparing to cooperate with Yamata Orochi.
This time, Zhao Guangyi did not rule the Wei and Wu armies. He wanted to monopolize the Shishan Yufang City, so he naturally could not let them share the credit. However, the Song State alone was somewhat weak. After all, there were a large number of Japanese troops in the Shishan Yufang City, and the Song army might not be able to eat it in one bite.
Zhao Guangyi thought about it over and over again and finally decided to bluff. He took the banner of the Three Kingdoms coalition and pretended to be an army of 150,000, but in fact there were only 90,000 Song troops, most of which were surrendered by the Japanese army.
Zhao Guangyi bet again, and he bet that after Yamata Orochi opened the city gate, the defenders in the city did not dare to resist too much, but chose to withdraw.
Zhao Guangyi has always been unlucky, but this time he bet right.
After the agreed time, Yamata Orochi and Shuitun Boy soldier were divided into two groups, one of whom went to hold Oda Nobunaga hostage and the other went to open the city gate.
Shuitun Boy went to open the city gate, but Yamai Orochi failed to take Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was already prepared for the Yamata Orochi, so how could Yamata Orochi meet Nobunaga alone?
Seeing that time was approaching, Yamata Orochi was about to be exposed, but he was unable to hold Oda Nobunaga hostage, so he was a little anxious, so he forced himself into the palace. Although he broke in, he still didn''t see Oda Nobunaga.
After Oda Nobunaga escaped from the palace in secret, he realized that Yamata Orochi was afraid of being rebellious, so he immediately prepared to mobilize the army to arrest Yamata Orochi and the army he brought back.
But before Oda Nobunaga''s order was conveyed, he received the news that the city gate was opened by Shuitun Boy, and his face turned pale in fear.
In an instant, Oda Nobunaga thought a lot in his mind, but in the end he decided to lead his army to withdraw from the city, even if the enemy would be caught up with him and suffered heavy casualties.
Oda Nobunaga did not know the reality of Zhao Guangyi, and he thought that the Three Kingdoms coalition was all here. In addition, the two strongest war gods have rebelled, and there is only one way to die if they continue to resist. It is better to withdraw in time and leave it to the useful driving to continue to resist.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not object to Oda Nobunaga''s order this time, because he also felt that the removal was the most suitable.
In this way, Oda Nobunaga took the initiative to give up the largest city in the Kinki Plain, Ishiyama Obu Castle, without stopping the enemy''s virtual and real situation.
Zhao Guangyi easily attacked the city without paying much damage, easily occupied the city, and then continued to pursue it. He finally achieved a record of killing 20,000 enemies and 50,000 prisoners, which was a complete victory.
Sun Ce and Xiahou Yuan, the chief generals of the Wu and Wei armies, received the news of the sudden advance of the Song army, were a little confused and did not understand the intention of Zhao Guangyi''s move.
Could it be that Zhao Guangyi still wants to use his own strength to bite the hard bone of Yamata Orochi alone? This is obviously impossible.
But the subsequent development of the situation far exceeded their expectations. The Song army not only really captured the city, but also continued to attack Shishan Yufang City.
Sun Ce and Xiahou Yuan were not stupid, and they could tell at a glance that they must have an insider. In order to seize the interests, they quickly dispatched the army to follow, but they were still one step too late. When they arrived, the Song army had already occupied Ishishan Yufang City and learned that Yamata Orochi Saiton Boy surrendered to Song.
Xiahou Yuan was so envious and jealous, and Sun Ce just hated him again, but now it is obviously not the time to settle accounts. Grabbing territory is the top priority, so they led their troops to make plans everywhere and seize the chassis.
After Oda Nobunaga escaped successfully, he found out after counting that the 80,000 army led only 10,000 people to escape. After learning that only the Song army came, he was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, but it was useless.
Now that Ishiyama Obo Castle has been lost, it is meaningless to continue to defend the rest of Kinki. So Oda Nobunaga decisively ordered the defenders of each castle to retreat to Oe, Iga and Ise to defend to prevent the Three Kingdoms coalition forces from entering the Ooe Plain.
The Japanese army''s voluntary retreat made the coalition''s offensive in Kinki more smoothly. They completely occupied the entire Kinki Plain without encountering much resistance.
Since then, the Kinki Plain has completely fallen and is divided by the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.
(This chapter ends)