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Volume 3: Tall buildings rising from the ground Chapter 600: Kyoto is in sight (first update)

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    In this Yamazaki battle, Akechi Mitsuhide's troops were superior to Hashiba Hideyoshi.

    But for Akechi Mitsuhide, the situation was even worse. On Sanyo Road, Mori Terumoto led an army of 50,000 people and was heading towards Kyoto.

    On Nakasendo, the main force of the Takeda Army, more than 100,000 strong, came day and night.

    For Akechi Mitsuhide, neither of these two military forces can be defeated by his current strength.

    " However, Akechi Mitsuhide is a proud and arrogant person, and he will never give up his efforts until the last moment.

    After Akechi Mitsuhide discussed with the generals, they agreed that only by giving priority to defeating Hideyoshi Hashiba's power, he would first establish his advantage and make peace with Maori, and then call on the Kinki nobles to join Takeda in a city-by-city battle as long as the war dragged into winter.

    After Akechi Mitsuhide calmed down, there is still room for improvement in the coming year.

    Therefore, his top priority is to defeat Hashiba Hideyoshi with extremely fast and violent fighting methods and establish his wise and glorious power to the world.

    Hashiba Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide, the last two outstanding advisers of the Oda family, engaged in a fierce fight in the land of Yamazaki.

    Akechi Mitsuhide dispersed all his family wealth, distributed all the kingdoms of Kinki to his generals, and came to support his wealthy family. He only took the kingdom of Yamashiro to encourage his subordinates.

    Under this call, Mitsuhide Akechi gathered 35,000 troops and launched a fierce attack on Hashiba Hideyoshi's army.

    This battle lasted for two days and one night, and Hideyoshi Hashiba was on the verge of collapse several times.

    Hideyoshi Hashiba¡¯s generals are such as Asano Nagayasu.  Both Kamikoda Masaharu and Fukushima Masanori died in battle one after another, and it is difficult to accumulate the deaths of their subordinates.

    Just when everyone thought that Akechi Mitsuhide was going to win this battle.

    Akechi Mitsuhide learned that the Maori general Takakage Kobayakawa led a naval force of 15,000 when he landed in Kaicho.

    Kobayakawa Takakage detoured around the rear of Akechi Mitsuhide's army and cut off its retreat to Kyoto.

    When this news came out, Akechi Mitsuhide's military morale collapsed.

    Akechi Mitsuhide was unable to contain the nobles under his command. They all led their own troops to escape and left Yamazaki.

    But Hashiba Hideyoshi seized this opportunity.  Launched a counterattack against Akechi Mitsuhide.

    This time, Akechi showed off his military strength, and after less than half an hour of support, the battle line collapsed and the entire army was defeated.

    Hashiba Hideyoshi's army took advantage of the situation and chased him for more than ten miles, beheading countless people. Generals under Akechi Mitsuhide such as Akechi Hidemitsu, Saito Toshizo, and Yamazaki Nagatori were all begged for revenge.  The head is presented.

    And Akechi Mitsuhide, together with General Mizuo Shobei, led more than 700 remaining soldiers to retreat to Ryukatsuji Castle.

    Hideyoshi Hashiba personally led the army in pursuit, and then used the tactics of encircling three and missing one to storm Ryukatsuji Castle.

    The morale of the Akechi army was shattered and they fled from the gap. Mizuo Shohei defended the rear and died in the battle to stop the pursuers.  Akechi Mitsuhide escaped from Ryukatsuji Castle with only a dozen of his cavalry, and his whereabouts are unknown ever since.

    Regarding the whereabouts of Akechi Mitsuhide, a hundred years later, this matter is an unsolved mystery.

    Some people say that after the city of Longsheng Temple was destroyed.  On the way to escape from Sakamoto Castle, Akechi Mitsuhide encountered a local farmer's rogue warrior hunter, and was wounded and died in seppuku.

    The head was buried in a secret place by his subordinates, who also followed him and died.

    ????More people say that after Mitsuhide Akechi's city was destroyed, he became anonymous.  Incarnate as a monk, a ronin, a pipa monk, or even a minister of other countries, etc., waiting for the world to be in chaos, to rise again and compete in the world.

    Of course, the most romantic way of saying it is that Akechi Mitsuhide knew that he was unlucky in Japan.  Therefore, he fled overseas and settled in a certain southern barbarian country. With his own force, he subdued his retainers and created a country's hegemony.

    And Akechi Mitsuhide disappeared from Japan during his lifetime and spent his later years overseas.

    People say so, but in any case, Akechi Mitsuhide and the hegemony of his Toki clan have completely disappeared after the defeat of Yamazaki.

    And now, the armies of Kobayakawa Takakage, Hashiba Hideyoshi, and Ikeda Tsuneaki have arrived in Kyoto, only one step away.

    On the contrary, the Takeda Army's 140,000 troops were advancing slowly along the Nakasen Road, and they were one step faster.

    However, just before Hashiba Hideyoshi was about to lead his army into Yamazaki Bridge, the entrance to Kyoto, he was stopped by Mori Terumoto himself.

    Because to the east, the vanguard of the Takeda family's 140,000 Kamiro army has approached Kinki.

    The dream of a king in Shangluo is what the twenty-fourth generation of the Takeda family has pursued throughout their lives.

    "If the Maori family's military forces enter Kyoto at this time, they will definitely fall out with Takeda.

    Right now, the Mori family has two choices. One is to take advantage of the power of Mitsuhide Akechi's defeat and enter Kyoto., taking control of the most elite place in the world.

    Of course, this is absolutely intolerable to Takeda, who is determined to go to Luo.

    In the bloody battle of Sekigahara, they defeated Oda. The Takeda family spent a lot of effort. If Mori was allowed to take advantage of this and seize Kyoto and seize the world, then Takeda Nobushige and Li Xiao would be nothing more than people in name only.  .

    With Takeda like this, Mori must have a decisive battle.

    The second is to give up Kyoto, and the Maori family will be content with the status quo, settle in the Western Kingdom, and give up the world to Takeda.

    This dilemma caused the Maori family to fall into hesitation and confusion.

    Terumoto Mori, Takakage Kobayakawa, and Motoharu Yoshikawa were all caught up in a long test before the crucial move was made like chess players. Although Hideyoshi Hideyoshi and Tsuneaki Ikeda tried their best to persuade them, they did not make waves.

    In the end, Hashiba Hideyoshi was extremely disappointed. He looked up to the sky and sighed, saying loudly: "The gross profit is not enough to make a plan."

    On the side of the Takeda family, they learned that the alliance between the Mori family and Hashiba Hideyoshi defeated Akechi Mitsuhide.

    The entire Takeda family was also shocked and quickly held a military discussion.

    After discussion, Takeda Nobushige, Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki, and Kosaka Masanobu immediately allocated a cavalry team to form a rapid force to seize Kinki before the Mori family.

    Although these four people at the top of the Takeda family are at odds with each other, they still maintain a consistent pace in the face of possible provocations from Mori.

    The four of them assembled a 5,000-strong cavalry regiment, led by Nobushige Oyamada, the family elder, with Nobusad Obata as the general, and Masahashi Tsuchiya as deputy generals. They were the first generals of the Takeda family to take over Kyoto.

    From the shore of Lake Biwa in Omi, this horse-riding regiment marched rapidly throughout the day and night.

    Five thousand troops followed Nakasendo Road, entered the Yamashina Basin, passed through the east gate of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei, Kusatsu, and Otsu, and finally arrived at the long bridge of the Seta River at the entrance to Kyoto.

    Karabashi Bridge on the Seta River is one of the three ancient bridges in Japan. It spans the Seta River and is the only way to enter Kyoto from the west. It has been said in ancient times that if you control the Seta Naga Bridge, you will control the world in the palm of your hand.  statement.

    When they arrived at the Setagawa Naga Bridge after a day and night journey, the Takeda Army saw that the early winter mist was still shrouding the Naga Bridge, and the outline of Kyoto could be seen in the distance.

    Kyoto is in sight!

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