Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 76 The Poisonous Milk of Shibata Katsuya

After Masatoshi Suga won Mitsuhide's head, Hideyoshi's status to the Oda family was greatly improved, and Niwa Nagahide began to use honorifics in his conversations with Hideyoshi.

In the entire Kinai right now, only Mitsuhide's hometown of Otsu, Sakamoto Castle, is still resisting. As a reward for contacting the surrounding daimyos to join the battle, Hideyoshi gave the credit for capturing this hand to Hidemasa Hori.

Previously, Kitabata Nobuo, who mistakenly burned down Azuchi Castle, threw all the blame for setting fire to Azuchi Castle on the head of Akechi Hideman, who had left Azuchi 3 days ago. I can't bear to watch the historical relics perish along with me.

Facing the siege of the Hashiba army, Xiuman took out the famous items collected by Mitsuhide on the castle tower over the years, and carefully made a catalog, including: the famous item in the late Kamakura period "Fudo Kunikun", the sword "Nizi Kunitoshi", rib Send out "Jiguang", tea into "Nara Chai Jianchong", "Xutang Zhimoji" and other famous things in the world.

Xiuman packed these famous items into a package with a Tang woven shoulder jacket, and sent them to the base of Sakamoto Castle together with the catalog, and watched it being delivered to Hori Hidemasa with his own eyes.Seeing such a scene, the soldiers who besieged the city were a little puzzled, not knowing what Zhizhi Xiuman was paying attention to.

Until Hori Hidemasa saw the letter written on the top of the package, the letter said that he would die with the lord Mitsuhide, fulfilling the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, but he couldn't bear to damage these historical relics, so he donated them, I hope Lord Hori We can hand over to Mamoru Harima for safekeeping.

Before that, facing the siege of the Oda Army, Matsunaga Hideo put gunpowder in the Mingwuping spider, and let this rare treasure tea set perish with himself.

Before his death, Oda Nobunaga burned 38 treasures including Shaoou Tianmu, Matsumoto tea bowl, pearl eggplant, and Matsushima teapot with him.

When he arrived at Xiuman, he gave Mitsuhide's collection out, and Hidemasa Hori said, "Master Xiuman is really different from Matsunaga Dansho back then!".

Hidemasa Hori took the catalog and the package, and after inspecting them, he sent someone to ask Hideman in Sakamoto Castle, "Why don't you see Hyuga Shouden's secret treasure—Kurigara's Yoshihiroe no Risa?".

Xiuman replied: "This rib was originally owned by the Echizen Asakura Temple. When he was defeated, he was brought out by his imperial treasure. It took a lot of effort for Hinata Shou to get it. It has always been regarded as the favorite thing and personal Secret treasure. I want to take this rib and go to the underworld to hand it over to Hinata Shouden."

After cooking Guangxiu's family treasures, Xiuman took off his armor and Yunliuzhen feather weave, handed them to Xiao Xing, and said: "You send this clothes to Sakamoto Xijiao Temple. After I am wise, Zuoma will help myself. As an offering, this armored feather weaving will be sacrificed for a hundred days for our wise family." Give the little people two gold and send him out of the city.

Later, Xiuman stabbed Guangxiu's wife and concubine to death first, and then assassinated his own wife, Guangxiu's daughter.He ordered people to light the firewood piled up around the keep.

In the midst of the raging fire, he took a blank piece of paper, wrote the word "Qingliang" in hand, and then cut open his abdomen in a cross-belly manner.

It's just that Xiuman's idea is too good. You are a rebellious family, how could you be allowed to pay homage by Hideyoshi?

While Hori Hidemasa was besieging, Hideyoshi led his team to Azuchi, the former city of Nobunaga. Seeing the ruins of Azuchi, the city that once carried the dreams of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi actually shed tears of sadness.

Although he knew that it was Nobuo's idiot, but in order to win over Nobuo, it was tantamount to acquiescing to Nobuo's behavior of covering the cauldron with Akechi Hideman.

Due to the destruction of Azuchi, the important meeting about the Oda family could only be held in another place. At the mention of Niwa Changhide, the starting point of Nobunaga's hegemony was selected-Qingzhou Castle.So Hideyoshi, after joining Nobuo and others, drove to Cheongju with a mighty 5 army.

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At the same time that Hideyoshi made his big turn from Beichu, Shibata Katsuie was attacking Uesugi, the last stronghold of the Uesugi family, in Etsuchu.

The Uesugi family, who had just experienced the Yuguan Rebellion, suffered a great loss in strength, but still organized an army of 1 people to support Uozu, and stationed in Tenjin Mountain Castle in the east of Uozu (same as Takamatsu and Matsuyama, so good The name of the continent).

It's just that due to the inferior force, Uesugi Jingsheng dared not attack Shibata Katsuya.

On June 6, the Uesugi Army realized that the castle was about to fall, and 3 generals including Keita Nakajo and Yoshizuna Takemata committed suicide. The Oda Army captured the last fortress of the Uesugi family in Etchu.

Seeing that there was no point in rescuing Uozu Castle, Uesugi Jingsheng led his troops back to Echigo and began to prepare for the defensive battle.

June 6th.Just when Katsuie Shibata was about to continue his attack, he received the news of the Honnoji Incident. He was keenly aware of the political opportunity involved, and immediately decided to "enter Shangluo and attack Mitsuhide!"

In his mind, the Uesugi army on the opposite side has been defeated by himself, and Hashiba Hideyoshi is trapped in the quagmire of Beichu, and the opposite is the powerful Mori family. Who".

So he immediately decided to go back to Shibei Zhuang Saicheng, preparing to launch a crusade against Mitsuhide. Unfortunately, Uesugi Jingkatsu also received the news almost at the same time. He felt that this was a godsend opportunity to regain Etsuchu, so he continued after making a little preparation. March to Vietnam.

There is nothing to say about Uesugi Jingsheng's strategic sensitivity, but he is like a leek that was bought early in the stock, and entered the market at the last drop.

At this time, Shibata Katsuie had not gone far, turned back from Toyama, and gave Uesugi Jingkatsu a hard lesson, but fortunately he was able to retreat under the deadly battle of his retainer Saito Chaoxin.

Uesugi Jingsheng, who was severely beaten by Shibata Katsuya, was frightened, cut the floor with a knife, and led the army to retreat.From then on, until Hashiba Hideyoshi launched the Battle of Jianyue, he never dared to march towards Yuezhong again.

And Katsuya was delayed for two days because of Uesugi Kagekatsu. Even so, Shibata Katsuie still felt that he had plenty of time. Looking at the scenery of the streets of Beiguo, he was dreaming of the dream of the people of the world, "The world belongs to me, and I don't know."

But when he was dreaming of the dream of the world, on June 6, the battle of Yamazaki was divided in just one day.At this time, Singer is still organizing his army in Beizhizhuang, preparing to go to Omi tomorrow.

On June 6th, when Singer held a battle meeting against Mitsuhide Akechi in Kitanosho, he suddenly saw a samurai carrying a centipede flag come to report, "Akechi Hinata Shou was beheaded by Hashiba Hideyoshi in Yamashiro, and his head was dead." Circulate to the armies"

"What's the matter? Say it again." Shibata Katsuie was still immersed in his dream, so that he didn't hear clearly the messenger's first report.

The messenger of "Akechi Hinata Shou" informed Shibata Katsuya of the information he had learned. Katsuya couldn't believe it when he heard the news, "Isn't that monkey in Beichu? How could it be faster than me! You guy is Not talking nonsense!"

The envoy was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Don't dare to lie to my lord, the story of Harima Mori beheading and killing Hinata Moriyuki has already been passed on to everyone in Omi."

Immediately, the envoy exported what he found out in Omi, Hideyoshi's "return of the West Country University" and the battle of Yamazaki one by one, Shibata Katsuie was dumbfounded when he heard it.

"Bastard, this damned monkey was actually preempted by him." Shibata Katsuie beat his chest here and stamped his feet. "It's too late! It's too late, everything is over!"

He has never thought about the current situation. If he knew this in advance, he would definitely ignore Uesugi Jingsheng's counterattack and order the whole army to march quickly. Even if he broke his leg, he would still feel the capital.

Katsuya regretted secretly. He knew that he was defeated by overconfidence. He thought he had enough time to return to the army to break the relationship. He was confident that even if he was a little late, Akechi Mitsuhide was not something that Hashiba Hideyoshi and his ilk could easily defeat. Fall into anxiety.

At that time, I will join the battlefield like a divine soldier descending from the sky. With my qualifications, the position of general should belong to me. No matter how you look at it, it is my great achievement to live to avenge the Lord and kill the rebels.

It's just that he miscalculated Hideyoshi and underestimated this little man he had always looked down upon.Now facing the generals in the palace, he could only accept this fact, and said helplessly, "That is really great, Hideyoshi can seek justice for the lord, and it is not in vain for the lord to be kind to him."

Since the strategic goal has been lost, the battle meeting of the winner had to be repeated. The theme of armed raids and revenge against rebellion just now has become an armed parade to declare authority.

Shibata Katsuie felt arrogantly that even at this moment, he needed to maintain the dignity of the first family member of the Oda family.

On the 15th, Katsuie marched to Omi Seta, and heard the news that Hashiba Hideyoshi and Niwa Chohide had discussed and decided to hold a meeting in Cheongju. The dark clouds that had been in Shibata Katsuie's heart for many days finally dissipated.

He once again thought that Owari, his hometown, was half of his home field, and most of the daimyos attached to him in the army were from Owari. If Hashiba Hideyoshi chose to hold a meeting in Owari, he would definitely be able to take the lead in the meeting. right.

So he excitedly ordered the whole army to "repair in Seta today, set off tomorrow morning, and target Qingzhou."

(End of this chapter)