Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 55 No time, break his leg first
Hideya was completely angry at Takano Sokichi, and grabbed the information from Takano Sokichi to read it for himself.

The Maori army suddenly came from Rock House City yesterday, and Yuanzhuangguan City was captured with almost no resistance. Fortunately, as the acting lord of Zhushan City in Jinshan City, Master Xinmen Zongguan received the order of Xiujia to prepare the army in advance, and has already begun to assemble Tsuyama prepared, which made Tsuyama Castle, an important city of Meizuo, still in the hands of the family.

The letter also mentioned that the flags of the Nakamura family, the Saito family, and the Kusakari family were seen outside the castle, and they presumably had rebelled.

But it's a little strange. As the most important fortress in the northwest, Ida Castle, which faces Yuyi Stone Castle, is the Miura family's castle.

If the Miura family had not surrendered to the enemy, it would be absolutely impossible for the Yoshikawa Army to enter Mizusa so quickly. If the Miura family had surrendered to the enemy, the Miura family, who controlled a large area of ​​Nishi-Mizusa land, should also be in the team besieging Tsuyama.

These details are no longer for Xiujia to think about, he must deal with the gaffe as soon as possible.

The "Sanzhicheng" Xiujia first called the ninja Sanzhicheng who was guarding him, and said to him, "From today on, you and your Mushan people will immediately form a group with the ninja army of our family, and integrate the ninja army as quickly as possible." Finally, be sure to send Maori information in detail, you are the new ninja leader."

"Sokichi, I'm very disappointed in your ability. For the time being, you can work under Sanzhicheng's subordinates. There are plenty of opportunities for meritorious service."

"Ha Yi, I'm really sorry for disappointing you, Your Highness." Takano Sokichi accepted his fate, and he also knew that he had seriously neglected his duty in handling this gaffe. It is already a kindness to send him to accompany Zhezhi Sanzhicheng.

In fact, it wasn't that the Xiu family didn't want to execute Takano Sokichi, it was just that executing this person was useless except to vent their anger.

As the current leader of the Ukita Ninja Army, he and his family know too many secrets about Ukita. If they overwhelm the villains in these mountains, it will be even more difficult for the Ukita Hide family to defend against Maori.This is also the reason why Xiujia chose to back down temporarily.

"Hayatozuo, ring the big bell, and summon all the powerful families and retainers in the city to gather." The Xiu family ordered Zhuang Nei who was guarding the door, "Call my uncle and the three elders to the side hall in advance, and I want to talk to him. gas."

"Yes, do it right away."

In the Warring States Period of Japan, there were many emergency convening of the leaders. For Ukita, it was the bronze bell that followed the Nao family. Even when the Nao family was alive, this bell would only ring a few times when it was extremely critical. , the most recent one has been several years.

The vassals who had just left the city not long ago, some had just returned to the mansion in the city, and some had just left the city and went to the castle town to have fun, but they heard this familiar yet unfamiliar bell.

Returning to his mansion, the old man Zhengxing who had just taken a nap in the flower room was suddenly rang by the bell, showing a speed that was not commensurate with his age. He quickly called his son Zhengcheng and sent him to see what happened outside , and he quickly prepared to go to the city at any time to meet Xiu's family.

Not long after, his son Zhengcheng came to report: Someone from the Xiu family's attendants came to ask his father to go to the side hall first to meet the Xiu family's order.Hearing that Xiu's family was summoned, Huafang Zhengxing didn't dare to delay, and went from Erzhi Maru to Honmaru to meet Xiu's family at the fastest speed.

At the same time, many powerful families and retainers from inside and outside the city were also walking quickly to the city, preparing to meet the Xiu family.

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In the side hall of Honmaru, Xiujia shared the known information with Zhongjia and the three elders. The faces of several people were extremely dignified, and finally decided to take Okali Sheng as the vanguard to lead the troops of Heqi and Panli counties It is the policy to enter the United States first, sit in Samsung City and Youyuan City, and avoid the situation from expanding.

As the elder of the Uki family, the Xiu family is absolutely assured of Oka Toshikatsu's ability, and the Xiu family also conveyed to several elders that after preparing for this matter, they hope that an elder from the town will go to Meizuo, which has been well received by everyone agree with.

The Xiu family and the four Yuxi ministers came to the evaluation room together, and the originally noisy evaluation room became extremely quiet in an instant. All the wealthy families knew that the few big men had already determined their goals by the side, and their chaotic hearts finally found some peace. .

The Hide family did not directly announce the results of their discussion in the side hall, but called out Fukuo Noresheng, the elder of the Miura family, and Nakamura Jingli, the younger brother of the head of the Nakamura family.

Xiujia asked in an extremely stern tone, "I asked you this morning why your Patriarch didn't come, and you all told me that you were unwell. I'll ask you again, is this the case?"

"Main Hall, I dare not lie to Your Highness, Patriarch Miura Sadahiro is really sick, did Patriarch do something in the United States?" Miura's old Fukui replied eagerly.

Xiujia ignored him, but looked at Nakamura Jingli at the side: "What about you, do you have anything to say?"

"Dadian, I said, I said everything. My brother received a survey from the Maori family last year, promising to be the home of 3 shi'an in the two counties of the United States. I once persuaded my brother not to make mistakes, but he sent me to Okayama to directly attend. I'm afraid I've made up my mind to turn my back on." After being slapped by Xiu's family, Nakamura Jingli shook out everything he knew.

The information he gave was no different from a blockbuster, and the evaluation room erupted in an instant, and Zhong Jia deserved to come forward to order it.

After everyone was settled down, Hideka continued to say, "The Mori Yoshikawa family sent 5000 troops from Hanoi Stone Castle. The Miura family did not report, and the Nakamura family did not report. We only knew about the Mori family's surprise attack on Shoin Castle. Fortunately, the new Mori-sama prepared to go out in advance and mobilized, and at the moment the Yoshikawa army and 1 rebels are besieging Tsuyama."

"I ordered all the families to mobilize when they go back. Bizen Kuniwali, Kamichi, Oku, Wage Four Counties, Harima Sayo, Ako Two Counties, and all the wealthy families of Misaku gathered in Samsung City to form the North Route Army. Okatoshi-sama As the general, with an army of 1 people, he will confront the Yoshikawa family first."

"Urujima, the four counties of Tsudaka, Mino, and Akasaka, mobilized 8000 troops and assembled in Okayama. The general is Mr. Sakyo Ryo. The king can prepare after he returns, and must be in place in early February."

The Xiu family looked at the people with solemn faces, and decided to give them good news: "I think everyone knows that our family is going to fight Mori, Harima-sama Hashiba has mobilized 2 troops, and he will come in mid-February Arriving at Gangshan, so far, our total strength is 2, this is an unprecedented battle, everyone should fight bravely and make contributions!"

"Hey~"

After the evaluation, Xiujia ordered Shonai to go to Harima to write a letter to Houzi, hoping that Houzi could lead the troops to come as soon as possible, because in Xiujia's view, since the Mori family has mobilized so many wealthy families to rebel against the Uki family, it is up to the people who have worked hard to rebel against the Uki family. Hiding the location of Yoshikawa Yuanchun, and playing such a big game of chess, the plot must be very big, and the Xiu family must deal with it wholeheartedly.

I appreciate the mobilization of Ukido's army. After only 5 or 6 days, Ukido's army has been prepared. Under the leadership of Oka Lisheng, the North Route Army went to Sanxing City first.

The monkey who received Hideo's request for help also issued an order to reorganize the army in advance. On the premise that Nagahama's equipment was not in place, the 1.8 troops of Harima and Tajima were mobilized first to meet in Himeji.

Xiu's mother, Faxianyuan, has been pregnant for 10 months and is about to give birth. Monkey originally planned to wait for the remaining children in Faxianyuan before going out to Mao Li. Unexpectedly, Mao Li made the first move and made Yuxi Duo feel urgent. He had no choice but to bid farewell to the upcoming baby. Fukunokata, who gave birth, led the army to Okayama.

It was also during this time that the Hide family received the latest news from the front line. The Miura family did not defect and participate in the siege of Tsuyama Castle, but their actions were also extremely ambiguous, and they actually let the Mori family pass under the Ida Castle.

As for the other four families who have confirmed their rebellion, the betrayal of the two cities of Tokukura and Takakura in the west of Mizuka caused the loss of half of Bizen Tsudaka County in an instant, and at the same time, it also gave the Maori army in Bichu a channel to communicate with Mimasaka.

It is reported that Mihara Castle Kobayakawa Takakage has also begun to mobilize the army, preparing to conquer Ukita.The Xiu family had no time to wait for the monkey's reinforcements. He had to buy time to break one leg of the Maoli family first, so as to prevent the two rivers of the Maoli from converging through Hucang City.

So the 7500 Seibiseen Legion and 800 people from the Banner Army assembled in Okayama Castle (Tsingaka half-gun fell) drove directly to Takakura Castle after the assembly was completed.

Takakura Castle is at the junction of Bizen and Bichu, and the terrain of Jingao County is like a boomerang. Takakura Castle is at the turn of this boomerang, and its position is extremely important.

Hideka went out from Okayama in the morning, and surrounded Takakura Castle in the afternoon. Hideka didn't even send a direct order to Minobi Toyama to attack the castle.

As the two most elite backup teams of the Yuxi family, they fully utilized the siege methods taught by the Xiu family. Naturally, the Xiu family, who had a steady supply of gunpowder, would not be stingy in blasting the city gates, and captured Gaocang in one go.

Seeing that Takakura's victory was decided, Hideka led Banmotobi and the Haozu troops to divert to continue northward and besieged Torakura Castle, so that Takakura City Lord Ugaki Tadai followed Ukita Tadada's Toyama Bei directly to Torakura before seeing him Show home.

After seeing Ugaki Tadai, Xiujia only asked one question, "Why did you leave the family?"

Seeing that Ugaki Tadai was hesitating, Xiujia immediately lost patience and ordered the guards to drag him down and execute him.

While waiting for Toyama Bei and Mino Bei to be in place, Hideka has ordered Banamoto Bei to suppress the city and attack the city, hoping to go down the city before sunset, but as the western important town of Ukido, Hucang Castle is much steeper than Takakura Castle , the troops cannot be deployed.

By the time Hideya waited until Toyama Bei and Mino Bei arrived, the sun was already on the horizon.Faced with this situation, Xiujia had no choice but to order the troops to camp on the spot. Since Xiujia was educated by Yoshioka Dingkatsu in Fangjiwei City, he has very strict requirements on the camp of his own army.

At this time, most of the Japanese troops were drawing ground for their camps, and they rarely dug trenches or put fences around their camps. After all, these actions were like building a city for them.This is also the reason why the allied forces of the noble clan were defeated by Hojo when He Yue attacked at night.

But this time it was different. When Toyama Bei and Mino Bei were about to dig a trench, Hideka stopped them and asked them to rest as soon as possible and prepare to fight at any time. ,

When the time was set to midnight, Xiujia led the entourage team and the Banner team to wait at the base of the city. A torch flashed at the wooden gate of the Otegou crown and shook it three times on the left and right. After receiving the signal, Xiujia led the attendant team and Banner team directly. The team entered the city.

This time, the reason Xiujia chose to lead the more disciplined Banner Bei was that well-trained troops would not cause disturbances when entering the city, making the sneak attack a new cage battle.

Seeing Tsusue Sannojo in charge of Kaesong at the gate of the city, Hideka immediately ordered the banner team to control the various gates of Nijimaru. Brought by Motoaki Matsuda.

The sneak attack was finally discovered by the defenders in Honmaru. Ukita's army had already entered the city, and Hatakemoto and his entourage were experienced fighters. Some small commotions did not affect the overall situation.

It's just that the turmoil in Hucang Castle finally awakened the powerful army under the city, and was finally able to pass the night under the suppression of Ukita Tadashi's family. It became the son of the Yuxi family, and the Xiu family also met with you directly in Hucang City.

Unlike Ugaki Tadai, Matsuda Motoaki directly stated the bargaining chip of the Mori family. The Mori family would give him the reward of Akasaka Banjun and the once main city of the Matsuda family, Jinchuan Castle. This is also the reason why he betrayed the Uki family.

Naturally, he would not talk nonsense about this kind of rebellious Xiujia, and directly ordered the servants to execute him.

Immediately, the Xiu family transferred Hidean Togawa from 1.1 koku of Changshan Castle in Erdao to 1.5 koku of Hucang, Gaojin, making Togawa Hidean the west gateway of Ukido.

After dealing with these, Hideka led the West Route Army back to Okayama with 8000 people. On the way, they also met Muneji Shimizu, the Lord of Bichu Takamatsu, who came to support him after receiving news. rebellion.

They met Ukita's army head-on near Takakura. Facing the Shimizu army with only 2000 troops, Hideo directly ordered the banner team to join the battle, and Toyama and Mino were surrounded.

Seeing Ukita's army coming towards him, Soji Shimizu chose to avoid the battle very wisely, and returned to Takamatsu Castle after paying a small price.Seeing that the Xiu family could not achieve the results of the battle, they took back the troops they had sent out.

Just about to continue returning to the Hideya in Okayama, a big brain hole began to form in his mind. He has always ignored the location of Torakura as the junction of the three countries of Bizen, Bichu, and Misaku. Since the Mori family would think of using this place to enter Misaku , why can't he use this place to copy the back route of the Yoshikawa army?

Hideka, who did what he said, ordered the army to turn around and go to Hu Cang for repairs. At the same time, he ordered Tsushaki Sanzhicheng to find out the situation from Hu Cang to Takata.It is a beautiful Ichinose Castle on the border with Torakura.

The old city lord, Takeuchi Hisamori, is 85 years old, and he has already lived in seclusion. At this time, Takeuchi Hisamori's grandson, Takeuchi Hisamori, the governor of the Takeuchi family, the Takeuchi family did not participate when the Nishimisaku family turned away from the family, but in this battle As Ichinose Castle adjacent to Torakura and Takada, the attitude is also very subtle.

It wasn't until the news that Xiu's family went to two cities in one day reached Yisejo, that Takeuchi Hisaji, as the governor of the family, mobilized 800 troops to go to Hucang to meet Xiu's family.

A sudden departure allowed the Xiu family to see through the hearts of these wealthy families. The Takeuchi family's original thinking should be like grass on the wall. After that, he abandoned all unreasonable thoughts and continued to serve the Xiu family.

Takeuchi's behavior was like that of the Date family during the monkey Odawara's conquest. The Hide family never liked this kind of cleverness.It's just that this is not the time to deal with the Takeuchi family, everything can only be postponed.

There are two roads from Hugura to Ichinose Castle, one goes through the Nakamura family territory and enters the Misaku Plain near Tsuyama, and the other goes west to Takada Castle.

Hideka, who followed the principle of military speed and speed, asked Tsusaki Sannojo to rule Okali Katsura, who was in Sanxingcheng, to press near Jinshan, and Hideka's team was expected to arrive at the rear of the Maori army in the west of Jinshan in two days. It is the best time for the two armies to encircle Maori.

Hu Cang and Gao Cang are just a leg, cutting off the way for the two sides to practice each other.And blocked the retreat of Yoshikawa's family, eating up his lone army in one fell swoop.Since you want to kick your legs, you have to pick a thigh to hit~!

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Today's chapter, the article is full of 20 words and will be put on the shelves soon, but I am going to drag it until the weekend so that I can update one more chapter.

The Honnoji change is approaching, and Xiu's family has encountered a change that has never been encountered in history. How should he face the attack from the two rivers, and when will the flooding of Takamatsu happen as scheduled?

(End of this chapter)