Warring States Eagle

In mid-November, Tianwen 23, the cold winter was approaching, and the weather was getting colder every day.On this day, a thin snow fell in the sky. In a blink of an eye, the ground, mountains, rivers, trees, and houses were all covered with a thin layer of snow. world.The trees with no leaves are covered with fluffy and shiny silver bars; while the evergreen trees in winter and summer are covered with fluffy snow flowers.A gust of wind blows, the branches sway gently, the beautiful silver bars and snowdrops fall down, and the jade-like snowdrops flutter in the wind, reflecting the morning sun, showing a colorful rainbow.

This time is naturally a good time for the children to go out and play, but because the snow on the ground is really limited, they can only "squeak" on the ground to step on the thin snow for fun. Of course, games such as ball games and snowball fights cannot be played.Compared to the other children, Meiji, Tangwangmaru, and Songwangmaru were much more depressed, because they were being taught by their father Zhengliang at this time.On the contrary, Chun Ji, who was only six years old, and Yuan Wangmaru, who was only four years old, were carried by their respective mothers to the yard to see the scenery.

After replying to the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiki's invitation to Shangluo with a tone of wishing to kill King Toto immediately, Masara immediately returned from Bungo Kingdom to the school city of Hizen Kingdom.The battle from the second half of last year to the first half of this year caused a lot of wear and tear on Luo's family, and the soldiers were a little tired, and because they were not used to continuous combat in winter, even though the Cabinet had been prepared for a long time, there were still many soldiers here. Was frostbitten in the First World War.So at the end of this year, Zheng Liang is going to take a short rest.Wait until next year to start thinking about military action.

After returning home.In addition to handling domestic affairs at the same time.Zheng Liang also took time to reunite with his family, and teaching his children is one of the contents.Different from the general teaching method, Zhengliang's teaching is mainly based on allusions and storytelling, which makes Mei Ji, Tang Wangmaru, and Song Wangmaru three brothers and sisters not disappointed because they can't go out to play.

But the good times didn't last long, and soon a detective came in to report to Zhengliang about the collapse of the Shingu Party that was staged in Izumo Kingdom half a month ago, and handed over the letter written by Kiyomasa Duanmu to Zhengliang.

"What do you think about this matter?" Just now when his retainers reported the Nizi family's Xingong party, Zheng Liang didn't let his three children back away, and now he wanted to ask them what they thought about this matter.

"I don't know." A voice like an oriole sounded immediately.good.The owner of this voice knew it came from Meiji without even looking.However, Zheng Liang didn't expect this girl to answer seriously, on the contrary, he expected his two sons to give some answers that satisfied him.

"My lord, my son thinks that it is not the best policy for Nizi's family to get rid of the Xingong Party." Tang Wangwan, the legitimate son, finally said after thinking for a while.

"Oh? Why is it not the best policy?" Zheng Liang asked immediately.

"My son once heard that Jinjiro (also known as Yamanaka Yukimori) said that the Shingu party is the most elite team in the Nizi family. Now that it has been cleared, the strength of the Nizi family will be damaged." After finishing his son Tang Wangmaru, his eyes widened. He looked at Zheng Liang nervously.Obviously he was a little worried that his answer would dissatisfy Zheng Liang.

"Yes. Not bad. Song Wangwan, where's yours?" Zheng Liang asked again immediately.

"My lord, my son thinks what my brother said is reasonable." Song Wangwan who was asked by Zheng Liang replied immediately.

"Okay, your answers are all good. Come here today, as a reward for you, today you can go to find your mother in advance." Zheng Liang finally said.

"Yes, Father." The three saluted immediately.Especially Meiji, who was originally sickly, seemed to have taken a healing potion at this time, and her voice became lively. When she exited the room, she almost stepped out in three steps at a time.

"This naughty girl." Seeing such a scene, Zheng Liang had no choice but to shake his head and mutter to himself.As previously expected, with three children, Meggie naturally doesn't need to comment too much.But the second son, Song Wang Wan, has really become the follower of the eldest son.I don't know why, but the second son has been more fond of wielding guns since he was a child, and even said that he will become a general of the Luo family in the future, but he is not very interested in those matters of flamboyance and strategy.However, if one wants to become a general, it is not enough to rely solely on martial prowess, one also needs to have enough strategy, so Zheng Liang is already ready to ask some military advisers in his family to teach him well.

As for the performance of his son Tang Wangwan, Zheng Liang was quite satisfied.Although it is still not comprehensive when considering the problem, at least he can analyze it from the perspective of the family governor, and he also knows how to use the resources around him (Yamaka Yukimori) to understand the situation.

Just like what his son Tang Wangwan said.In the era of Nizi Haruhisa, the Nizi family began to evolve into a real Warring States daimyo.What is Sengoku daimyo?That is to eliminate the power of the people of the country, cancel the system of collegiate ministers, and realize the dictatorship of daimyo's power.For Nizi Haruhisa, if he wants to strengthen the power of the clan, he must fight unremittingly to the death with all kinds of Izumo people, common people, and temple forces. Sanuki Mamoru, the right pen who broke the bridge of his nose for a long time, belongs to this category. The economic base he relies on is his own territory directly under his jurisdiction, while the Yoshida and Yanye territories owned by Nizi Kunihisa and his son obviously do not belong to this category. .

In fact, at that time, the "Shingu Party" of Nizi Kunihisa and his son had grown very powerful. It seemed to be a large military and political group independent of the clan. The inexhaustible marriage relationship is on par with Nizi Qingjiu's "Followers".Nizi Chengjiu's wanton beating of the last Sanuki Mamoru is the manifestation of this contradiction.

This kind of "two-headed" power structure is absolutely intolerable to Nizi Haruhisa, who pursues the unification of daimyo's power. At this time, Nizi Haruhisa's eldest son, Nizi Yoshihisa, is already in his teens. , It is also necessary to wipe out the Xingong Party!In fact, after the death of the Xingong Party, Nizi Qingjiu immediately confiscated all of Yoshida Village and Yanye Village, and made them his directly-administered territories, and used the water transportation of Yanye Township to transport a large amount of iron sand and silver nuggets to the interior of Japan. (Many of them traded with the Luo family), achieving the ultimate goal: greatly enhancing the military and economic strength of the Nizi family.

As for the letter on the corpse, was it Motozuru's plan (it is said that Motoshi sent a prisoner on death row to deliver the letter on purpose, and then killed him, leaving "iron evidence" to separate Qingjiu and the Xingong party), and it was Qingjiu's post-event planting, which is no longer important at all, it is just a historical prop.

However, the fiefs of the Xingong Party are dead and can produce food at any time, but the Xingong Party, a battle-tested military group, has been destroyed, and people are precious resources that cannot be reborn.

Even more coincidentally, Zhengliang learned from the letter sent back by Duanmu Qingzheng this time that during the period when the Xingong Party was purged, an alliance was formed between the Nizi family and the Ouchi family to jointly deal with Mao Liyuan. On the critical point.

Now that Nizi Qingjiu, who has eliminated the Xingong Party, has strengthened the power of the clan, but has also lost a large number of military backbones, under such circumstances, will Nizi Qingjiu join hands with Tao Longfang to attack Anyun Kingdom?

However, according to historical records, Nizi's family did not follow the covenant and went to join the war, so Mao Liyuan had no worries at all when he fought the Tao army in Yandao, and he could give it a go.And a few years later, when Nizi Haruhisa fought bitterly for Iwami Ginzan, and Mao Liyuan, who had annexed Shufang and Nagato, and completed a leap in power, thinking of this past event, would he feel a little regret in his heart?It's a pity that history does not allow assumptions, let alone a dealer who sells regret medicine.

However, there are also historical data to prove that Nizi Haruhisa did not suffer much damage to his military power after the Qinggong Party was purged. At that time, Nizi Haruhisa organized an army of [-] to go on an expedition to the Urakami family in the Bizen Kingdom.

So, if this record is true, what did Nizi Qingjiu think about when Tao Longfang and Mao Liyuan faced each other, and why didn't he stab Mao Liyuan in the back?

At this time, Zhengliang speculated, and the reason is easy to explain. This is because the alliance between Nizi Qingjiu and Tao Longfang basically has different interests. Misaku country, Bizen country, Harima country and other places in the eastern part of the western country, as for the west, after occupying Iwami Ginzan, there is not much action at all.

In other words, the more lively the fight between you Tao Longfang and Mao Liyuan, the safer the back of my Nizi's house. In addition, your big nephew has been at odds with my Nizi's house before, even if Ouchi Yoshitaka is born again, we Nizi Qingjiu may not be willing to give three points, let alone you, Tao Longfang, a traitor. The two of us really have no historical and realistic basis for sincere cooperation.Therefore, in history, Nizi Qingjiu did not fulfill the covenant to support Tao Longfang in the end.

However, what Nizi Qingjiu miscalculated was that he did not expect that the Tao Longfang in history would lose so quickly, and the Ouchi family would perish so quickly.A small Itsukushima, a wonderful battle where the situation changed rapidly, not only buried Tao Longfang's soaring ambitions, but also completely ruined the centuries-old foundation of Xiguo Ouchisuke.

"It's just that now that the main family has appeared, should the battle in Itsukushima be changed?" Zhengliang looked at the sky outside the wooden window and said to himself.Perhaps, this war will be another opportunity for the rapid development of the Luo family. (To be continued..)