Warring States Eagle

Time flies like an arrow, and in a blink of an eye, the time has come to March in the third year of Hongzhi (1557), which is the beginning of spring plowing.

Outside Ganshoji Temple in Angeokuni, the west country, the cool water in the Ota River is crystal clear.Until the morning, the sandbar of Ghost Lake was still drizzling.From the other side of the White Valley, there were a few foxes calling from time to time, which shook people's ears.The morning rooster has stopped crowing, and the temple is cold and quiet.

Lai Lian in the lower room in front of the window of a wooden house looked at the morning mist rushing past the archery tower in the temple, and thought for a while: "Now that I think about it, it has been more than two months since I came here, although I have achieved a lot during this period. Progress, but Wishing Temple proves that this guy is still too cautious."

He came here at the beginning of this year under the leadership of several monks of Yuanzheng Temple, following the orders of the young master Honganji Xianru and the acquiescence of the abbot Honganji Zhengru.The purpose of his coming here this time is very simple, that is, to arouse the Yiyiyikui of the Western Kingdom again, and make the world look at the Pure Land Shinzong again, so as to demonstrate the strength of the Pure Land Shinzong and increase the influence of the Pure Land Shinzong.

Before arriving here, he had secretly met with the governor of the Mori family under the guidance of Tsuyoshi Kuchiwa, the messenger of the Mori family from Bingo to Osaka.In order to cooperate with the fact that the Jodo Shinzong has always been in the Western Kingdom, the Maori family has not only strengthened the conflict with the Luo family at the border of the Anyi Kingdom for a while, thus attracting the attention of the Luo family there, but also deliberately strengthened their preparations. Exploitation in Maori territory in the Houguo area has resulted in the emergence of a large number of refugees.

Under the deliberate guidance of the Maori family, these refugees almost all flocked to the border of the territory occupied by the Luo family's Anyi country and Bingo country.This strategy was formulated by the young master Honganji Xianru, and the purpose was also to cause chaos in the Luo family's border area.Thereby attracting the attention of Luo's family there.to create more confusion.The Maori family is still under the proposal of the young master.Secretly sent many people pretending to be refugees to mix in these refugee groups, ready to incite the surrounding refugees at any time.

Of course, in order to encourage the Maori family to cooperate with this time, I have to show something on my own side, so on the one hand, my side began to agitate The believers gathered at the border of the Luo family's territory in Bingo country. On the one hand, they also sent envoys to the Izumo Niko's house to ask the Niko's family to negotiate peace with the Maori family.

Since Nizi Qingjiu, the governor of the Nizi family, happened to be ill in bed for a while, although the Nizi family did not clearly respond to the request for peace talks with the Maori family.But it also made it clear that during this period of time there will be no confrontation with the Maori family in the border area.

In the end, Shimo Lai Lian also took out the covenant signed by the young master Honganji Xianru with the Maori family. The two sides decided that after their own side launched a one-way one-way attack in the Western Region, they would gather all forces to attack the Luo family in Anyi Country. The garrisons of various military forces in the country, and thus united with the Maori family to jointly seize the Anyi country area.

Thinking of the expression on the face of the Maori family when they confirmed the agreement with him, Lai Lian wanted to laugh a little.In fact, according to the young master Honganji Xianru's real instructions, in fact, after the start of the battle, he will lead a large group of people to the hinterland of the Luo family in the West Country.

why?the reason is simple.Because even though the border area is held back by a large number of refugees, the number of troops of the Luo family in the Anyi country is still astonishing.If he really goes to attack these armies according to the agreement with the Maori family, it is estimated that he will probably suffer a heavy blow.This is in conflict with the young master's goal of expanding the scope of Yixiang Yikui's influence as much as possible and prolonging Yixiang Yikui's time.And the Luo family is in the hinterland of the Western Kingdom, which happens to be an empty place of troops, which just gave him enough space and time to expand the scope of influence that has always been the same, so the Maori family was naturally abandoned, and when the Maori family launched an all-out attack When the Luo family's army attacked in the Anyiguo area, it was just for them to delay the main force of the Luo's family's army, and bought more time for them to expand the scope of their usual influence.

After confirming the joint alliance agreement with the Maori family, Lai Lian Shimoma pretended to be a city refugee and sneaked into the territory of the Luo family in Anyi Country, and came to the Temple of Wishing.During this period of time, he secretly visited An Yi Country, Zhou Fang Country, and even Nagato Country, and secretly united with many local temples and even shrine forces in the name of the Pure Land Shinzong Allah, preparing to jointly launch Yixiangyikui at that time.

Just as Xiajian Lai Lian was secretly preparing to launch Yixiang Yikui, Zheng Liang was also paying close attention to the situation in the territory.After the progress in the past few months, the expansion of the various divisions of the Luo family and the adjustment of military deployment have been basically completed, and the progress of immigration in the West Country has also made great progress. Now it is the most critical season of spring plowing. It went smoothly, and Zheng Liang did strictly fulfill his promise at the tea party, and did not offend those temples and shrines.

But even so, it is inevitable to touch the interests of some temples and shrines, and not all of these forces are fools. After seeing the Luo family moving a large number of their believers away, they are also aware of the potential crisis, so Naturally, they would also secretly incite the local people to rebel against the Luo family's policies such as immigration and knife hunting orders.

For this kind of civil resistance, as long as you don't kill temples and shrines and directly participate in it, Zheng Liang is not afraid, so he directly ruled out the army to suppress it. For the leaders who participated in the resistance, they directly killed the leaders, and the rest and their families all became The slaves were escorted to the Kyushu area to participate in various labor services of the Luo family.In order to strengthen the security of these areas, the first and second standing cavalry units of Zhengliang Company do not need to return to the station for the time being, but are responsible for the main force of the peace of the area occupied by the Luo family in the Western Kingdom.

Of course, in addition to the local resistance that is occasionally secretly instigated by temples and shrines and other forces, Zheng Liang is more concerned about these local temples and shrines, especially those who did not participate in his tea party at the beginning.These forces are almost equivalent to a small local wealthy family, and their temples and shrines are often like a small fortress. If these forces concentrate their forces in these small fortresses, it will mean that a lot of new people have been added to the territory of the Luo Family West Country. wealthy family.And after a period of surveillance by the intelligence cabinet, the Luo family discovered that some of these forces seemed to be flirting secretly, and there must be some kind of conspiracy behind it.

For such a situation, Zheng Liang knew that these forces seemed to be unable to bear it anymore.That being the case, is my side going to strike first? (To be continued..)