Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 31 Hachiro Chi-retire Long Jinglong Jing sighs, "Having a child is like Yukita Hachiro"

In the middle of the night, Hachiro was woken up by Kenjiro. This 4-year-old boy has become Hachiro's closest relative in this world. Kenjiro helped Hachiro get up and wash, then handed Hachiro a bowl of tea and rice, and said, "My lord, Sakyo Ryo Your Highness is ready."

"Let's go, soldiers, when you're ready." Hachiro said while eating tea and rice, "We must also be ready, Kenjiro, and order the ashigaru and samurai who stay behind to cut down trees, and then put them on bullock carts and transport them to Jingshan to be used as fences." Refuse the horse."

"romper"

Kenjiro took the order to leave, and Hachiro came to Sayama Castle Honmaru to look at the troops leaving the city one after another. Hachiro knew in his heart that Ukido's victory or defeat depended on one action.

Watching the 1 Ukita Army hiding in the dark night, the entire team has only dots of torches to point out the direction for the rear team.At about 5 o'clock, the sky began to gradually turn white, and Hachiro stood on the turret platform of Sayama Castle and looked towards the direction of Jin.

"Peng~boom~boom~peng" is the sound of the explosion of the cannonball jade, followed by the roar of the soldiers attacking.The blue son pattern at the foot of the mountain began to attack the three-star character on the top of the mountain, and almost broke the Maori army formation in two, followed by the Ikoma cavalry team with the vertical fan pattern, directly to Maori's main formation higher up on the hill went in.

Due to the distance, Hachiro couldn't see clearly, but seeing from a distance that the situation was favorable to the main family, Hachiro shouted to Kenjiro who was below from the turret, "Kenjiro~ Let the Sayama team form a team, bring the felled timber, and we set off for Tsu. "

"It's Hachiro-sama!"

Hachiro's logistics troops walked halfway, just in time to meet the envoy who came back to report the letter.

"Sir Hachiro, the Ukita Chu family has defeated the Maori army, and the Maori army retreated to Xin Chuan."

"Where's Muneji Shimizu?"

"Hai, it is said that Master Ikoma beheaded the head of Maori army general Shimizu Soji, is it under investigation?"

"What? Shimizu Zongzhi is dead? Kenjiro, take care of the logistics team. I'll go to Tsu to see the situation first."

As Hachiro rode away, he arrived at Tsu Honjin in a short while. Tsu was already being cleaned up. The Mori family Ashgaru's body was dragged out of the tent and piled up at the foot of the mountain. Valuable objects were included with armor and weapons. They were collected, and the injured Ukita Jun was taken to the hospital for treatment.

"Where is it, where is Ikoma-sama, is it confirmed that it is the head of Muneji Shimizu?" Hachiro eagerly came to the mountain to ask everyone in the formation.

Ikoma-san stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry, Hachiro-sama, after being identified by the captive Maori warriors, the head belongs to Masahiro Wada, a vassal of Souji. It seems to be the shadow dancer of Souji."

Hachiro heard that Muneji Shimizu was not dead, he often breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What a loyal samurai."

"Order the whole army to quickly prepare for Tianjin, and then go to Jingshan to set up the formation."

Jingshan is on the east side of Mount Fuji, and the journey is only half an hour away. Hachiro and others finally planted Ukido's sword piece 喰 flag and Erziwen flag on Jingshan before Kobayakawa Takakage withdrew, and began to set up the main formation on Jingshan, cutting down the front The wood was inserted in front of the formation at the foot of the mountain as a refusal horse.

Takakage Kobayakawa heard thunder in the direction of Toyama behind him in the dark night, so sensitive he quickly sent an envoy to Tsu to inquire about Muneji Shimizu's situation, but as soon as the envoy arrived at the foot of the mountain, he saw his son Monqi on the top of the mountain, and hurried Return to Malaysia to report to Longjing.

Long Jing, who heard that the way back was cut off, quickly made a decision and ordered the entire army to withdraw. The Anado Taka family was the first army, and the whole army retreated. After completing the whole army, the army began to withdraw to the plain south of Beijing.

Just 500 steps away from Jingshan, the striker Motokiyo Huiida discovered the Erzi flag on the top of the mountain, ordered the whole army to be on alert, and reported to Takakage Kobayakawa of the rear team.

After Long Jing received the message, he rushed to the front of the battle, and after thinking for a while, he decided to send an envoy to the mountain.

Hachiro, who had just arrived in Jingshan, was discussing with the generals about the formation of the formation, when he suddenly heard an announcement from outside, "My lord, the Maori envoy Anguoji Huiqiong is requesting to see you."

Hachiro was full of curiosity about this strongest negotiator in the Warring States Period, and also wanted to hear the purpose of Long Jing's sending him here, so he suspended the military discussion and let Hui Qiong come in.

"I met His Royal Highness Ukita Sakyo Ryo at Anguoji Temple Huiqiong in Shimoori's house."

"Master Anguoji made the wrong salute. The commander of Ukita's army in this formation is His Highness Hachiro, the son of Lord Naoka." Said Ukita Tadaka who was sitting in the formation.

"Ah~ So that's how it is. I've met His Highness Ukita Hachiro." Anguoji Huiqiong looked at Hachiro who was sitting in the middle with no hair on his hands but well-dressed. Although he looked immature, his face was full of heroism and seriousness.

"I have heard the name of Master Hui Qiong for a long time, and today I finally meet each other. But I hope we don't have to meet each other in the future."

"As the diplomatic monk of the Maori family, the foreign minister always comes with a peaceful purpose."

"Then let me hear the peaceful sincerity of the Maori family."

"I'm going to ask first, where is Master Shimizu Soji, the Lord of Bichu Takamatsu City?" An Guoji Huiqiong did not directly answer Hachiro's topic, but first asked Shimizu Soji's situation.

"I don't know. We didn't find Muneji Shimizu when our family conquered Tsu. Maybe they escaped."

"Is that so? Well, let me tell you about the conditions of the Maori family." An Guoji Huiqiong breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Shimizu Soji did not die in the battle, and began to get to the point.

"1. Yu Xiduo cleared the way to let the Maori army leave, and they couldn't stop them on the way."

"2. Ukido betrayed Oda and surrendered to the Mori family again, as a subordinate daimyo to cooperate with the Mori family's actions."

"3. The Maori family provided 3 shi of military food as indemnity for this war, and subsidized Yuxi Duo with 1 shi of food every year as military funds."

"4. Yuxi's family submits hostages to the Maori family and promises never to betray. Above."

Hachiro listened to Anguoji Huiqiong's conditions, and his mood became more and more depressed, while the Ukido samurai sitting there were already filled with righteous indignation, wishing to kill Anguoji Huiqiong.

"It seems that Master Huiqiong's title as the number one diplomatic monk in the West Country is not true." Hachiro shook his head and said, "It seems that Daisuke Zhongwu hasn't understood the situation yet."

"Did you see the samurai on my left? This is the lord of the Harimasu Castle, Ikoma Kisama-sama, the right-hand man of the adoptive father Hashiba Harimamori. Didn't Master Huiqiong see the Hashiba family's Yajiri Sawara Banner in Master Ueyama? ?” Hachiro said, pointing to Ikoma, who was first on the right.

"He is responsible for commanding 5000 pioneers of the Hashiba family. Now the Jingshan Ukita Army and the Hashiba Army have a total of 1 people. The Jingshan position has been built by us like a strong city barrier. I dare not boast about defeating Daisuke Chuwu. We only need to drag one At that time, the cage city army in Shishan can attack the Maori army from behind. At that time, there will be 3000 against 1, and the Maori army will be attacked from the back."

Hachiro lied to Anguoji Huiqiong, and exaggerated the 1200 Ikoma reinforcements into a 5000-strong vanguard. In fact, the total number of Kyoyama Ukita’s army was only more than 8000. He had to face a Maori army twice as large as himself. Hachiro felt very sad panic.

Anguosi Huiqiong looked at Ikoma Kisama who was sitting on the upper hand, and saluted him.

Hachiro felt even more guilty about this encounter after seeing the maori army with well-organized flags. He wondered if the defenders at Huishishan could defeat the Maori family here.

Now that Takakage Kobayakawa wants to talk, let's teach him the bargaining chip, see if he can bluff the Mori family away, and dig out a piece of meat by the way.Simply sent more fierce information to Huiqiong of Anguo Temple.

"I just said that Lord Ikoma is the vanguard of Lord Hashiba. Master Huiqiong knows what the meaning of vanguard is." Hachiro secretly planned the schedule of Hashiba Hideyoshi's army march, and continued to fabricate lies.

"When you go back, you can let the ninjas of Mori's family explore the Sanyo Avenue near Jinchuanguchi and Yoshiigawa. I think Master Hashiba's 3 army is probably close at hand." Hachiro said, stood up from the horse, and walked to Anguo Temple Huiqiong said in front of her
"Although I don't have any hope of defeating Daisuke Nakamura, I still have the confidence to wait until my father arrives. I just don't know how the Mori family will resist the Oda family's invasion after Lord Kobayakawa's Sanyo Legion is wiped out. ?”

After saying this, Hachiro, who was playing for the first time, suppressed his nervousness, not waiting for Huiqiong of Anguo Temple to see the flaw, and turned back to the horse in the formation.

"Go back and tell Daisuke Zhongwu that he still has 1 hour to think about it. Even if he understands it after noon, I can't let him go. Also, I want to talk to him in person, just before the battle. Bring three samurai." Hachiro ordered the samurai on duty in front of the formation to take Huiqiong of Anguo Temple down.

Anguosi Huiqiong, who came down from Jingshan, knew the seriousness of the matter, and hurried to Kobayakawa Takakage, wiped off his sweat and eagerly reported the situation to him.

"How is it? How is the Ukita army on the mountain?" Kobayakawa Takakage looked at Anguoji Huiqiong who came back in a hurry, and first asked him about the situation of Ukita's army that he had detected. It turned out that the old fox sent Anguoji to investigate. Destroy the Jingshan defenders by force, and rush out by force.

Anguoji Huiqiong wrote in a tone and said, "When I went up, the enemy army was forming an formation. When I left, the army was in full swing. Most of the formation was the Misaku Army sent by Ukita to Inaba. The army was well-organized and the morale was high. The horses are prepared for the impact. In addition, the Yuchai army is also on the mountain."

"Hashiba Jun? How many people?" The appearance of Yuchai Jun was beyond Kobayakawa Takakage's expectation.

"According to what Ukita Hachiro said, there are no less than 5000 people. They are the vanguard of Harima Shou, and the main general is Ikoma Kisho. My observation part speculates that there should be no less than 3000 people, and the number of defenders on the mountain is no less than 1. It is 3000 people claimed by Ukita Hachiro. no big difference."

Kobayakawa Takakage nodded to indicate that he already knew the situation, Anguoji Huiqiong continued.

"Chubu Daisuke needs to make a decision early. Ukita Hachiro claims that the Jinchuan Castle and Yoshiigawa's Bimi Line and Hashiba's army are coming, and he is not afraid of his family's ninja's investigation. It may be true."

"It's true, the ninja from Tenjin Mountain reported that a group of Hashiba troops of no less than 2 people entered Tenjin Mountain City the night before yesterday. The ninja just sent the information, and it should be one day away from Okayama." Takakage Kobayakawa confirmed Anguo Tera Huiqiong said with a solemn face about the message brought by Ukita Hachiro.

"My lord, our family is now under the attack of Ukita's army with a considerable number of people. If the battle is delayed and Hashiba's army rushes over, our army may be in danger of being wiped out." Kobayakawa Takakage's fellow clan Nomi Sokatsu persuaded.

"What else did Hachiro Ukita say?"

"He wanted Daisuke Chubu to meet him in person, just 100 paces ahead of the formation, with three samurai on each side."

"How is Ukita Hachiro?" Kobayakawa Takashi nodded to express his understanding, and continued to ask about Ukita Hachiro's situation

"Although the grade is young, his tutor is excellent and his speech is clear. It is said that he commanded the battle of Tianjin last night." Anguosi Huiqiong replied

"Huh? An 8-year-old child, what are you kidding? Master Huiqiong, are you comparing Ukita Hachiro to Minamoto Yoshitomo?" Nomi Zongsheng scolded in disbelief after hearing what An Guoji Huiqiong said.

Kobayakawa Takakage didn't know whether he said it or not, but after considering the information he had obtained earlier, he decided to go see this young man whom Hui Qiong praised. "Naimei, wait for you to defend the army, Master Hui Qiong and I can go."

"Hai, my lord."

After confirming the meeting, Takakage Kobayakawa sent an envoy to Hachiro Ukita of Kyoyama. After receiving the message, Hachiro decided to take Tadashi's family, Keizu Ehara, to meet Takakage before the battle.

The two sides rode their horses to 100 steps before the formation, and after confirming that they were behind, they slowed down and approached until they stopped at a distance of about ten steps.

"Master Huiqiong told me that the person in charge of the Uki family is an 8-year-old child. I couldn't do it, but now I finally see my true face. Are you Uki Tahachiro?"

Although Hachiro is only 8 years old, he has received martial arts training since he was a child, and his food is better than that of ordinary farmers. His height has exceeded 1M4, reaching the height of many Japanese farmers and soldiers. He looks like a small adult, but the immaturity on his face cannot be escaped. of.

"I have met the Daisuke of Central Affairs. Just now, Master Hui Qiong came to convey the goodwill of the Maori family. After listening to it, I was afraid that Master Hui Qiong might have misunderstood what he said, so I hope to meet you before the battle, face to face. Listen to the sincerity of the Mori family."

Takakage Kobayakawa said unknowingly, "This is the iron cannon leader of my Kobayakawa family, Yuzuei, do you know that your father died under the iron cannon shot at this distance?" He pointed to a person holding an iron cannon behind him Samurai.

Kobayakawa Takakage's words made Ewara Keimune and Toyama Samurai behind Hachiro extremely nervous, and someone had already rushed to Hachiro to protect Hachiro behind him.The tense situation in the negotiations before the battle affected the military forces on both sides, and the situation suddenly became tense.

Hachiro gestured to Takakage Kobayakawa with his eyes to look at the Mori Army who was about to move behind him and said
"If Daisuke Zhongwu didn't want to negotiate, he wouldn't have come here. Look at how stiff the atmosphere was with your joke just now."

Takakage Kobayakawa squinted at Hachiro and said, "5 shi for military rations, get out of the way. A one-year truce."

"Oh, it seems that Master Kobayakawa still doesn't understand the situation. This is not the attitude of paying the ransom." Hachiro said in a leisurely tone.

"What ransom?"

"A ransom for you and the Maori army behind you."

"My Maori family is not defeated, so why should I pay the ransom?"

"It's not bad today or tomorrow."

"Boy, you are still young, and your road will be narrowed after this." Kobayakawa Takakage said viciously, "Do you think I'm really afraid of you?"

"For me, I just need to delay Daisuke at noon for a day, but for Daisuke Zhongwu, you have the responsibility to bring them back. They are the fathers and husbands of tens of thousands of Maori families. It is Maori The essence. My Ukita army can afford it, even if the Misaku is gone today, as long as your Sanyo army is dragged to death, the Bizen army will be able to cooperate with Hashiba-sama to sweep Moori tomorrow." Hachiro said without giving an inch.

Takakage Kobayakawa was silent, and looked back at the familiar faces of Mao Lijun behind him: "What about your conditions?"

"With 10 shi of grain and 1 guan of money, return the occupied Beizhong territory to the Yuxi family."

"That's impossible!" Takakage Kobayakawa flatly rejected Hachiro's proposal. For him, once he agrees to this condition, the Maori family will lose the war completely, and the Maori family system may also fall apart.

Finally, after the cordial and friendly exchanges between the two parties, they fully exchanged their opinions and finally determined the following treaties:
1. Yu Xiduo cleared the way to let the Maori army leave, and could not stop them on the way.

2. The Maori family provided 5 shi of military rations and 5000 guan as compensation for this war.

3. The body of the samurai who died in the battle of the Mori family was brought back at a price of 1 kanmon and 200 ashigaru for a total of 870 kan.

4. The Maori army withdrew from the territory of Bizen and Misaka Ukita, and the two sides signed an armistice agreement for a period of one year.

After Huiqiong of Anguo Temple wrote, Hachiro and Long Jing signed the contract respectively, and the two sides returned to the front of the battle. The Maori army general 6000 shi and 1000 guan of the existing military rations in the camp were handed over to Ukido in Jingshan as a deposit, and then started Ukita's army did not stop the withdrawal from the southern plain of Jingshan.

Hachiro watched the Maori army leave the land of Bizen in Jingshan Honjin, and just at the foot of the mountain at this time, Kobayakawa Takakage who was riding on a horse also looked in the direction of the mountain and sighed, "I really envy Bizenshou, I gave birth to a good son, Yuki's family The family name is gone"

Unexpectedly, a short sentence was introduced to Japan with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" after the Japanese Invasion and was passed down as the Japanese version of "Having a child should be like Ukita Hachiro".

(End of this chapter)