In the early morning, when the golden sunlight swept over the eastern mountain beams and fell on the dappled shade of the trees, Zheng Heng was already sitting in the conference hall. At present, he has finished processing several relatively important official documents, and is standing with a frown in front of the huge map of the Western Kingdom placed on the ground, on which the red and black flags represent the situation map of the enemy and us.

Warm sunlight filtered in through the windows, dragging long pillars of light through the room, and subtle floats and sunks flew up and down in the pillars of light. Because he was too literate, he stood still for a long time, looking exactly like a statue bathed in light and shadow.

He was nervously thinking about Nugda Farm.

Ouchi Yoshinaga raised his troops from Yamaguchikan as expected, but he stopped and stopped, and finally he himself stopped at Kusatsu Castle, and the main army did not advance again. The two thousand five hundred forwards were led by Du Longkang, the lord of Lotus Mountain City, and stationed in Zuodong Yinshan City.

At once, he took back all the castles that originally belonged to the Ouchi clan, such as Sato Ginzan Castle, which was seized by the Maori Yuan with great difficulty, taking advantage of the internal strife of the Ouchi clan. In other words, Mori Takakei acquiesced in the lost land in exchange for Ouchi Yoshinaga's assistance.

For this situation, Zhengheng had expected it, so he didn't dare to be surprised at all. When Yoshicho Ouchi sent Takaho Hirochu to negotiate with him last year to negotiate an equal division of Aki Province, Ouchi Yoshicho said that Ouchi Yoshinaga would at least seize the land of Sato and Sasai counties.

The question now is, what should Yoshicho Ouchi, who has taken the initiative now, do next? What kind of strategy will Yoshicho Ouchi adopt at this meeting? His gaze lingered for a long time on the blue island surrounding the bottom of the map, marked only with the name of the insignificant island and an unusually dazzling force, Indo, Noh, and Laijima.

For Ouchi Yoshinaga, occupy Sato Ginzan Castle. Erecting a solid barrier for the two countries of Zhou Defense and Nagato was the initial completion of his strategic vision. But relative to political balance. Break through Mishima Village's cage. Only then can he gallop the world.

Zhengheng pursed his lips and lowered his gaze, pupils flickering with deep waves behind his eyelids, and thoughts kept spinning in his mind.

This is a key battle related to whether the Date family can become one of the most powerful forces in the world in one fell swoop.,Cheng Ze broke out of the cage and grasped the opportunity to take the initiative.,Defeat is plus a cage.,Dead trapped in Kibi Shiro can't turn over in a short period of time.。

Zhengheng said in a very low voice: "I'm still young, I can afford to lose!" He looked at it for a long time. After thinking about it for a long time, he pressed his finger heavily on the map, and obviously made up his mind to fight with Ouchi Yoshinaga, Mori Takakei, Murakami Takeyoshi and others.

The policy is set, and the details are doomed to success or failure. Masahiro once again crouched on the map, carefully studied the roads, mountains and rivers, and estimated the possible movements of the castles of Ange, Bingo, Bichu, and Bizen, and the next policy of Yoshinaga Ouchi, Takakei Mori, and Takeyoshi Murakami.

Zhengheng is engrossed and immersed in it. He didn't even know that the maids had brought him lunch. Obviously, no one dared to break in directly and disturb his thinking. Following Mori Motosho and Niko Harumusa, the news of the attack of Ouchi Yoshinaga, the third strong man of the Western Kingdom, has already spread throughout the countries. Afraid of one's own shadow. It wasn't until Noyama Yoshitori, Taoshan Masayori, Kiyokawa Hengxiu, Ishikawa Hisataka and others arrived and were alarmed by their footsteps that they withdrew their eyes from the map, looked at everyone, and said, "The assembly is complete." ”

Noyama Masato nodded yes and responded: "Yes, except for Katayama Moricho and Matsushima Hengkatsu, who stayed behind in Misaku, the rest of the generals are all here, and the soldiers have been assembled, a total of 18,000 people, does the lord want to discuss the next step?" ”

Zhengheng sighed lightly, 18,000 people, although it was inferior to the number of people when he was with Mao Li Yuan and Nizi Qingjiu, but no one could deny that these 18,000 people were much stronger than the original 20,000 or 30,000 rabble.

Zheng Heng looked around at everyone and said, "Yes, since Ouchi Yoshicho has pushed the vanguard to Zuodong Yinshan City and preliminarily completed his strategy, then the next step should be to do it, otherwise, I'm afraid he will be suspicious." ”

Everyone present knew the grand strategy of Zhengheng, and when they heard Zhengheng talk about it, they obviously had no opinion.

Zheng Heng held a bamboo stick and pointed to the key mountain near Shenbian City, and then drew a circle near Shenbian City and said: "I will put this formation here, the key mountain, last year this was the location of Maori Yuan's main formation, Maori Yuan is not good, but he will pick a place." ”

Everyone participated in the battle with Maori Motoon last year, and knew the strategic location of the key mountain castle, plus after the war last year, the Ebara Zhuang Formation was not demolished because it lost its strategic significance, and it can be reactivated with a little repair, so that the safety of the back road can be guaranteed.

Iwase Hengzhong raised his head and took the initiative to ask: "Lord, the villain is willing to be the vanguard." "Since Matsushima Hengsheng has always been excellent in the Misaku country, so that Iwase Hengzhong feels a little threatened, in the past, he and Qinghe Hengxiu, Matsushima Hengsheng side by side, Qinghe Hengxiu is going farther and farther, and he is already a big man who is difficult for him to reach, and now Matsushima Hengsheng is one step ahead of him to achieve great success, how not to make him nervous.

Zhengheng saw Iwase Hengzhong's enthusiastic eyes, praised two sentences, and said: "The competition with Ouchi Yoshicho is patience, not a battle to decide the victory or defeat of the Western Kingdom, and now it is not us who is in a hurry, but them." If it is another month, as soon as the autumn grain is put into storage, it can be crushed. ”

The Date army set off from Tsurushou Castle with great fanfare, and soon the news that the Date army set off and placed the main camp on the Kamibe Plain spread throughout the countries, and the Itsukushima Shrine had just finished praying for blessings, and Ouchi Yoshicho heard the news and laughed: "Date Masahiro into the hub!" ”

Jiang Liangfang Rong saw that his lord was in a happy mood, and immediately said: "Lord, although Naida Mashiro has placed his main formation in the Shenbian Plain, if you want Murakami Buji to bypass it safely, you need to attract him in the area of Numata Village. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho nodded happily, praised two sentences, and said: "Well, it makes sense, Murakami Takeyoshi acted recklessly, if Date Masahiro knew that his backyard was on fire and once he shrank back, then it would be a great disadvantage for us, what good do you have?" ”

Jiang Liang Fang Rong said: "Lord, do you still remember what Maori Takajing said about Sakurayama Castle a few days ago?!" ”

When Yoshicho Ouchi heard Jiang Liang Fang Rong talk about Sakurayama Castle, the corners of his mouth unconsciously bloomed with a hideous sneer, and he said to Jiang Liang Fang Rong: "You mean to send a reinforcement army to land at the mouth of the Numata River under the banner of Noshima Village to relieve the siege of Sakurayama Castle. ”

Jiang Liang Fang Rong was slightly stunned, and secretly said that he deserved to be praised as the unparalleled general of the Western Kingdom, and sure enough, he was wise and brave, bowed his head and said: "Yes, the minister meant to send a support army to relieve the siege, but the lord's plan was even more powerful, once Date Masahiro knew that the Noshima Murakami Navy appeared at the mouth of the river, he would definitely not believe that the real Noshima Murakami Navy had already gone around his back and dealt him a fatal blow." ”

Ouchi Yoshidai was rejoicing and said, "Who do you want to send?" ”

Jiang Liangfang Rong said without thinking: "My brother Xianxuan is willing to be loyal to the lord and make meritorious contributions. It turned out that Jiang Liang Xianxuan did not immediately take a stand in the Yamaguchikan incident like his younger brother, and after the war, Ouchi Yoshinaga took the position, and Jiang Liang Xianxuan went into seclusion.

Ouchi Yoshicho heard what Jiang Liang Fang Rong said, Jiang Liang Xianxuan's allegiance represented a large number of people who were originally not optimistic about him changed their position, he nodded slightly, and said: "Okay, let's take Jiang Liang Xianxuan as the main one, and Yamazaki Xingsheng will lead a thousand people to hang the flag of Noshima Murakami to relieve the siege of Sakurayama Castle, well, inform Maori Takakei and let him also send someone to follow up." ”

Jiang Liang Fangrong knew that Ouchi Yoshicho did not completely believe in his brother's loyalty, and sent Yamazaki Xingsheng as a deputy to monitor his brother, but he didn't care, and immediately said happily: "Thank you for the success of the lord, and the minister brother thanked the lord for his great kindness first." ”

With that, Jiang Liang Fang Rong left in a hurry.

Hongzhong Takabao saw Jiang Liang Fang Rong leaving, so he whispered to Ouchi Yoshinaga: "My lord, I heard a rumor near the Yamaguchi Pavilion recently, 'The Jiang Liang clan is trying to respond to Date Masahiro', I don't know if it's true or not, whether to arrest those tongue twisters and torture them." ”

Ouchi Yoshicho's eyes narrowed involuntarily, and he was noncommittal to Hirochu Takabao's mention, and walked towards the boarding point in a muffled voice.

The corners of Hongzhong Takabao's mouth, who followed behind, showed a cold smile, and Jiang Liang Fang Rong dragged him back in front of Ouchi Yoshicho more than once, and he kept holding back. In recent days, some people in the Yamaguchikan have spread rumors, saying that "the Jiang Liang clan is trying to respond to Date Masahiro", which just gave him a chance to take revenge, and lost no time in slandering.

Ouchi Yoshinaga was originally quite a bold character, but since the practice of usurping the head of the family in Yamaguchikan, years of repression have made him suspicious and suspicious, even though he knows that this is gossip and cannot be trusted.

But the direction of his thinking has always been towards the dark side. Everything will be considered in the worst direction first, and he is always not afraid to speculate on people's hearts from the most despicable angle.

Hearing Hongzhong Takabao's reminder, and thinking of the fact that Jiang Liang Fang Rong had just launched his brother step by step, Ouchi Yoshicho couldn't help but raise his vigilance, was it a conspiracy or a coincidence? Yoshicho Ouchi will only think in the direction of conspiracy and prepare.

This is the purpose of Hongzhong Takabao, he knows that he can't kill Jiang Liang Fang Rong with a stick, but as long as he buries a thorn in Ouchi Yoshinaga's heart, one day he will be singled out, and he just asks if he wants to arrest those who spread rumors. (To be continued......)