Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 63

The retreat of the Yoshikawa army was beyond the Xiu family's expectations. Seeing that the Yoshikawa army was out of the city for a few days, the Xiu family only thought that Yoshikawa Yuanchun was thinking of a way to break the formation, and did not move until March 3. Only then did the show family know that Yoshikawa Yuanchun had withdrawn.

After finding out that there were only 500 defenders on the front lines of Akasaki, Zhongshankou and Fuchang on the Shanyin Line, Xiujia ordered the Yuxi Duo army to attack, leaving 2000 people in each of the three cities of Qi, Zhongshankou and Fuchang to slowly besiege the city, and the main force went to Minghe Prepare to knock down this important fortress entering the Yonago Plain.

On March 3, the Xiu family besieged Minghe City.After waiting for a day to assemble the catapult, he ordered Miyanobi to start the factory on March 28. Suddenly, arrows and missiles flew together, and Nawa Kojo, after suffering a saturation blow in the morning, was in the city in the afternoon. Kaicheng surrendered under the strong leadership of Yu Yu.

The army of 1.1 Yukita was able to enter the Yonago Plain.

On April 4, Yuxi Duo's army surrounded Dashankou City on the frontier of the Yonza Plain. This city was built in the center of the basin in the inner depression of the western mountain of Boqi Mountain. It was surrounded by fertile soil.

As early as the end of March, after Minghe opened the city, the defender of Oyamaguchi Castle, Asano Mimitsu, knew that Oyamaguchi Castle could not be defended, but under the supervision of the 3 Yoshikawa governors in the city, it was not easy to abandon the city and leave.

Finally, after facing the siege of Yukita Hide's family, he persuaded his subordinates to launch a civil strife in an attempt to capture Nishikawa Heiji, the military supervisor of the Yoshikawa army.

So far, the Xiu family has controlled the four eastern counties of Boqiguo, except the meeting and Hino counties.

The advance of Ukita's army was so fast that Yoshikawa Yuanchun didn't even have time to reinforce the cities of Takao, Fashoji, Yonago, and Johor Bahru at the junction of Boqi and Izumo.

And once these cities are lost, then Yoshikawa's main city Tsukiyama Tomita Castle will inevitably become the front line against Xiujia.

The situation is extremely critical, Yoshikawa Yuanchun, for the first time, sent a messenger to his nephew Mori Terumoto for help.

Despite the constant internal contradictions of the Maori family, under the "three arrows" of the Maori family, the Maori family still maintains the unity of the table. , has always commented on Boqi's situation and its urgency.

Although the spring ploughing was not over yet, Mori Terumoto organized an army of 4500 people to join the battle at Tsukiyama Tomita Castle.

The commander-in-chief of this reinforcement is Takashi Shido, the uncle of the eldest son of Mori Terumoto and Yoshikawa Yuanchun, Yoshikawa Yuanchang.

This elite, composed almost of Maori standing staff, was really uneasy about handing him over to other people. As a last resort, he had to invite the 65-year-old veteran Shido Takashi to come out here and serve as a general.

Until the time came to April 4th, this long-awaited troop finally came to Yoshikawa Yuanchun, the city of Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, and Yoshikawa Yuanchun, who had been strengthened by the military, finally had an example of fighting the Ukita army again.

However, the Xiu family has already taken advantage of this half-month time to unplug Takao, Fasheng Temple, Jiangmei and other cities one after another, and on April 4 surrounded Yoniko Castle, which the Gongzhuang Yuan family refused to defend.

Due to the sharing of military power, the troops in the hands of the Xiu family were only 1.1 at this time, and after being supplemented by 4500 elites, the troops available in the hands of the Yoshikawa Yuan family had exceeded 1.6.

On April 4, after receiving the news of the 20 Yoshikawa army's deployment, the Hide family quickly retreated and retreated the troops to the east bank of the Hino River, relying on Takao Castle to deploy.At the same time, the troops in the rear who are still encircling Fuchang and Zhongshankou are required to speed up the siege progress and move closer to themselves as soon as possible.

On April 4, Yoshikawa Yuanchun and Shido Takashi’s family, who had been renovated on the 23st in Yonago City, advanced to the east bank of Hino River to form an array. The Hide family looked at the three-star flag of the Maori family fluttering in the wind on the other side, and they knew in their hearts that this battle had already been fought. It became a national war that decided the fate of the Oda Mori family.

Although both sides were extremely nervous, dozens of large and small iron cannons and bows and arrows erupted on both sides of the Hino River, but neither army had the courage to make an assault across the river.

If there were only 1.2 Yoshikawa troops on the other side, the Xiu family might have ordered the reserve team to cross the river under the cover of iron cannons and bows and arrows. .

How to evaluate this Maori reinforcements?If Yuxi Duo, relying on the stone height of 40 stone, organized a 500-person iron cannon after defaulting on his debts and hard work, and gave the Yoshikawa army a heavy blow on the Yahashi front line.

This iron cannon, which the Xiu family worked hard to get together, was scrapped by 1000/1 almost instantly after facing a salvo of 3 iron cannons from the Maori family. In a large number of people, the quality gap is bridged by quantitative coverage.

Seeing that the frontal battlefield could not be broken through, Hideka tried to send Kamidobi and Flagship at the end of April to cross the Hino River from the upper Kishimoto area and attacked the rear of the Maori army.

As a result, Xiujia and Yuanchun thought of going to one place. On the banks of the Hino River, a large-scale encounter broke out. Although under the command of Takayama Zongshi, the captain of the upper guards, the Yukita Army finally won the victory and defeated the rout. Killed more than 800 Maori troops and successfully crossed the Hino River, but the strategic intentions of the Hide family were exposed.

For Yoshikawa Yuanchun, even if the Ukita Army on the other side of the river has only more than 8000 troops left after the division, but facing the 40-meter-wide Hino River, if you want to cross the river to fight, you can only carry it out by ship in batches.

The Yukita Army with powerful long-range firepower will become a nightmare in the process of crossing the river. In the old era of the army without firm will and discipline, Yoshikawa Yuanchun would not dare to force an assault.

After Xiujia's sect crossed the river upstream, it had already threatened the Shanyin Avenue. The main route of the Shanyin route was the main transportation channel for Jichuan's army grain. Yuxi Duo's sect only needed to sweep the rear grain transport team. The Yoshikawa Army on the front line collapsed.

In the face of the Hide family's battle across the river, Yoshikawa Yuanchun and the Shido Takashi family, who were afraid that their back path would be cut off, began to retreat in front of the Hide family.

The guests finally came, how could the Xiu family let the guests run away without entertaining them?

After discovering that the enemy had the intention of withdrawing, the Xiu family ordered the entire army to stand by, and finally launched a surprise attack on the 3000 people of the third army on the other side of the river at noon.

Although the commander of the 3000rd rank, Motoku Dewa, was still incapable of commanding, the [-]th troop finally began to disperse after crossing the river in the second line of Toyama in Yuxi Duo. .

When the Hide family approached Yonago City here, the strong fortress was deserted, and Yoshikawa Yuanchun withdrew his troops and retreated to Izumo.

The Hide family announced that they would continue to march towards Izumo 10 days after the renovation of Yonago Castle, but at this time they received a letter from Hideyoshi Takamatsu Castle.

As stated in the letter, the Maori family has completed the spring ploughing, and the 3.5-strong Kobayakawa Takajing team of Maori Terumoto’s team has already entered the battle from Yamashiro and Mihara Castle in Yoshida County. Hideyoshi has only 2 troops in his hands, and it is necessary to build dams. The show family leads the Ukita army to the Takamatsu round.

After receiving the letter, the Xiu family thought about it, and left Nagfune Zhenqin to lead 7000 people from Jinshan, Meizuo, and Dongboqi to guard the defense lines of Yoniko and Xinshan.

Taking advantage of the fact that the spring season has just passed, most of the scattered Xiboqi have fled back to the territory, recruited the noble family of the Boqi, resumed spring farming, and guarded the attack of Yoshikawa Yuanchun.

As for Xiujia himself, he led 8000 Biqian troops and entered Bizhong directly through Kamakura Mountain Castle and Kamei Mountain Castle in Boqi Kingdom.

Of course, the Xiu family would not be foolish enough to use 8000 people to face the Maori family's army of 3.5. He also ordered the Bizen and Meizuo clans who had not been mobilized due to the transfer of the title to join the Yuxiu family in front of Jialong City before May 5th.

Before the Hide family attacked the preparations, they dispatched Zhezhi Sanzhi to send messengers to Yucheng Niimi Yoshihiro, Kalong City Date Shinheng, and Saida City Ueki's family. Convince them on the condition of being able to block.

However, as the three families that have been under the control of the Maori family all the year round, I don't know whether it is out of trust or fear of the Maori family, they all rejected the request of the Xiu family, and the Xiu family had to remove these nails one by one.

The Xiu family even had some doubts about the magic power of the Maori family.

Although the adjustment has not achieved results, these small states, with less than 300 illnesses, are like a small boat in the sea in the face of dozens of times the number of Yuxi Duo army.

The show family doesn't even need to say more.The arrogance of Xinjian's family has already angered Yuxi Duoquanjia, the commander of the vanguard army, even though the gunpowder reserves brought by Xiujia have been exhausted, it is impossible to play the fine tradition of Yuxiduo's city gate breaking.

However, under Toyama's all-day offensive, the castle finally fell before sunset.

The Hide family met with Yoshihiro Shinmi, Shinmi Jingjin, Shinjian Jingzheng, Xinjian Yiman, etc.

The Hide family sat down on the main seat, looked at the four people below and asked, "I heard that the two sons of Uenosuke's black hats are His Royal Highness Kobayakawa Takashi, and he also received His Highness Kobayakawa's King character. Is there such a thing? "

"There is such a thing," Yoshihiro Shinmi, with his hands tied behind his back, replied

"After hearing that Mimura Bizhong Shou betrayed Maori, the Xinjian family, as the elder of Bizhong Shou, directly betrayed Bizhong Shou and joined His Highness Kobayakawa's crusade. Is this true?"

"Yes"

Hearing that the news is true, Momo of the Xiu family nodded and said, "Your two sons have always had an extraordinary relationship with His Highness Kobayakawa."

"Beizhong Shou is doing the opposite, the Xinjian family is doing this all for the sake of preparing the central and northern parts, the people of the two counties of Ahe and Zheduo!"

The show family was noncommittal about Shinmi Yoshihiro's answer, and continued to say, "I gave you a chance 4 days ago, but you didn't cherish it. Now I'll give you another chance to send a letter to Date Shinheng, a cage city, to persuade him to come. Come down, I will reward him with 500 Shizhixing, who will you go?"

The four people in the hall exchanged glances, and finally Yoshimitsu Niimi, the younger brother of Yoshihiro Niimi, opened the mouth and said, "Please leave it to me, I wish to go there."

The show family looked at Yoshihiro Shinmi, who had pushed out the separation, and said, "So is this time for the continuation of the family? If you surrender, why do you have to worry about it now?"

"I still have a task in my hand. You send someone to help me send a letter to His Highness Kobayakawa Takajing. After this is done, I have a reward of 500 Shi Zhixing. Who will you go?"

"Going to deliver a letter to Master Shaofu of the Ministry of Industry?" Xinjianjing asked in person.

"Well, I have already written the letter, you just need to send it." Saying that, the Xiu family took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the attendant Masatori Nagasana, who was handed to the new Jingjian below, with a look on his face. said with a smirk.

"You just need to send this letter. If you want to come to Mori, Matou should be with Lord Kobayakawa. No matter who asks you, you just need to say, "Master Bizen said that Lord Kobayakawa understands."

"Is that all?" Xinjianjing asked with a puzzled face.

"You'll know when you send it. If Lord Xiaobayakawa must know what to do."

"Yes, the foreign minister will do it now."

At this time, in the Xiu family army, Yuxi Duozhong's family and the three old men were not there, and Changchuan Zhenqin was also kept in Boqi by the Xiu family, so the deputy general of the army was served by Akashi Jingqin.Like everyone else, he was curious about what was written in the Xiujia letter, but he did not ask because of the honor and inferiority of the courtier.

Instead, Qing Ji, who was wearing a large samurai armor beside the Xiu family, asked, "Grand Hall, what letter did you write to the Minister of Engineering? Did you have any agreement with the Minister of Engineering?"

Xiujia looked at Qingji and said with a smile, "There's nothing on it!"

"If you don't want to say it, don't say it, why come to tease me." Seeing that the Xiu family's answer was not sincere, Qingji replied angrily.

Seeing that Xiaobaicai was angry, Xiujia hurried over to coax her and said, "What I said is true, except for Mr. Xiaobayakawa's personal statement and signature, all of it was blacked out by me."

The Xiu family's answer was somewhat unexpected, and Xiao Baicai asked in surprise, "It's all blacked out? Why did Your Highness do this? Didn't His Highness say that you wrote a letter to the Minister of Engineering?"

"Yeah, a letter without words is also a letter," Xiujia said, spreading his hands and pouting.

Seeing that everyone could not understand, they had to continue to explain.

"Then let me tell you a story. According to legend, the Ming Kingdom on the other side of the sea was a chaotic world 1000 years ago.
Cao Cao finally separated Ma Chao and Han Sui's uncle and nephew by means of a scribbled letter, causing the two to confront each other, and Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to attack Liangzhou. "

After the story of the Xiu family was told, the generals in the hall fell into contemplation. In the end, it was Ming Shi Jingqin's son. Ming Shi Quandeng said, "Cao Cao used a letter to destroy the alliance between Han Sui and Ma Chao, and finally wiped out the two of them. Today, His Royal Highness also Send a scribbled letter to the forces of Mouri and Kobayakawa, do you want to divide Mouri Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takashi's uncle and nephew?"

Akashi Quanto's words lit up the brain circuits of other people, and everyone seemed to realize for a moment, and praised the wisdom of the Xiu family.

However, Xiujia shook his head and said, "I don't think His Highness Kobayakawa will be fooled."

"Then what is the purpose of this plan, Your Highness?" Qingji asked.

"His Royal Highness Xiaobayakawa may be a little puzzled at the beginning of the period, but after he understands this plan, with his character and experience, he will definitely not do anything that will harm the Moori family. But Mouri Huiyuan Hall is not necessarily."

The Xiu family, who knows the historical trend, is well aware of the internal contradictions under the rule of the Maori family and the two Sichuans. It can be said that after the death of Maori Longyuan in 1563, Maori Huiyuan has never really mastered this huge leader spanning across the 8 western countries since he succeeded to the throne. Pass.

Most of the noble families in the territory have already attached themselves to the rule of the two Sichuans, and they have violated the yang and yin of this nominal lord.If it wasn't for the fact that Liangchuan still regards himself as a part of the Maori family, and any other Warring States name, it is possible to divide the Maori family into two.

Maori Huiyuan's decrees could hardly be sent to the east of Anyi. Even in the Nagato Zhoufang, Iwami and other countries under his control, because the wealthy family was too scattered, his control over the leading country was not complete.

As the political center of the Maori family, Yamashiro, Yoshida County, has long been infiltrated by the Lang Party of the two rivers.This is also the main reason why Mori Terumoto chose to build Hiroshima Castle in Zhoufang.He needs an absolutely safe home base.

And Mouri Huiyuan's character also proves that he is a character who doesn't talk much.During the Battle of Sekihara, the whole world was remotely controlled in Osaka.

By analyzing the formation of the Maori army in the Battle of Guanyuan, it will be found that Maori Xiuyuan wanted to go down the mountain to kill the thieves, but the lack of Beijichuan Guangjia blocked the road, so as the general general of the Maori army with 2 people in his hand, Why didn't he choose to attack together with Yoshikawa Hiroshi's family after seeing the problem of Yoshikawa Hiroshi's family and forcibly go down the mountain?
In fact, when Xiuyuan sent troops, Huiyuan wrote a letter instructing the important minister Yitian Yuanxiang, asking him to tell Maori Xiuyuan that everything must be discussed with Huiqiong of Anguo Temple (see "The Remnant of the Genealogy"), and the two men's army The situation was also blocked in front of Xiuyuan, the purpose was to fear that Xiuyuan's brain fever would really rush down to help the battle.

On September 20, Huiyuan sent a second letter to Yoshida Yuanxiang, asking him to discuss business affairs with Huiqiong and Fukuhara Hirojun.Note that the letter directly skipped the commander-in-chief, Mouri Huiyuan, and directly asked the three to deal with pre-military matters.

And Maoli Huiyuan was fooled by the old tortoise for a long time, thinking that he would be able to get the ability to block things without moving anything, and naturally he didn't need to take risks and attack anything.

And the old turtle has worked with Huiyuan all the year round and also knows Huiyuan's temper well, knowing that this person is cruel but indecisive, and his ambition is sparse, and a few good words can coax Huiyuan to find the north.

Huiyuan, who was guaranteed by the old turtle, also completely emptied Xiuyuan at the last moment of Guan Yuan, leaving him empty of the title of general general, but he could only command the army of 1200 Jifuzhong, and was completely powerless to return to the sky.

In fact, if Huiyuan really used his brain, he knew that the old turtle could not make the monkey's mistake again, allowing a giant to exist in the country that could challenge the authority of Tokugawa.And he didn't even understand this, enough to see the poor ability of this person.

The Hide family was inspired by the analysis of later generations. He knew that Takashi Kobayakawa would not be able to provoke him, but as long as Terumoto knew about the letter, it would definitely arouse his vigilance.

With Yoshikawa Yuanchun being defeated and suppressed, the Mori family is already in a decline that is visible to the naked eye. With Terumoto's character, will he feel that the powerful Kobayakawa Takashi wants to replace him?Or turn against the water and attack him with the Oda army?

Although the generals in the hall still do not understand, even for the Xiu family, there are still many uncertainties in this plan.

But for him, if this plan is established, then it will definitely reduce a lot of formations in his strategy preparation, even if for some reason it does not lead to confrontation between the two, it will not be a loss for the Xiu family.

The Maori family's alliance system and the two Sichuan collegiate system are precisely the root cause of the contradiction between the main family and the separation of the family. The strong and weak Maori family is just like Han Sui and Ma Chao, who allied with Liangzhou, were full of distrust. Xiujia also saw this and was ready to implement this plan in order to expect the desired effect.

Of course, in order to ensure the probability of success of this plan, the Xiu family later ordered Zhezhi Sanzhicheng to send a ninja army to keep up with Xinjianjing, and after confirming that he entered the Kobayakawa army, he sent a message to Mouri Terumoto, "The Yuxi family secretly sent a letter to Kobayakawa Longjing. news".

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The relatives got married, just came back after drinking, and finally finished this chapter before 0:5000, [-] words!Thank you for your support!

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