Zheng Heng suddenly laughed, glanced at the inexplicable crowd, and walked towards the city, he already knew that the countermeasure that the Kitabatake Gu Sect could use was to ask him for help. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Kitabatake Gujiao can't level the people of the sub-country in Kita-Ise in Ise, not to mention the wise army that survives a hundred battles, and is on the defensive on the battlefield, so it has to be wrestled outside the battlefield. Looking around, the only person Kitabatake Gukyo could rely on was the Date family.

After the rain, the air is very fresh, and the birds are singing, which is very pleasant. Masahiro's mood was not disturbed by the affairs of Ise Province, stepping on the slightly slippery corridor, looking at the guards who knelt on the ground and bowed down, and felt comfortable.

The construction of Osaka Castle can be said to be a decision made by the political balance after careful consideration. Since the pacification of Gyeonggi, Jeonghyung believed that maintaining stability was the first step in stabilizing people's hearts, so he rebuilt Osaka Castle on the site of Ishiyama Honganji Temple. After a year of intense construction, the new Osaka Castle was finally completed.

Among them, the rockery is the most troublesome for Mashiro, and it can be said that all the rocks of the abandoned mansion of the former Muromachi shogun and the governor were collected, and the stones were wrapped in silk and satin, and a drum band was invited to carry the stones.

This arrangement demonstrated the prestige of the new minister, and was also intended to transfer the new center of power to Osaka Castle.

Sakurayamaden, Osaka Castle. Since May, the rainy season has continued, and the cherry trees in the garden have grown stronger day by day, pressing heavily on the eaves. During the construction of the Sakurayama Hall, Masahiro once asked people to select more than 100 cherry trees of various varieties from Yamashiro, Kawachi, Omi, Yamato, Settsu and other places to transplant them. Lady Sakura, the hostess of Sakurayama Hall, stared at the little raindrops dripping under the eaves, and pondered for a moment before asking, "Is he back, my lord?" ”

Sitting in front of Mrs. Sakura was Sata Ise, who was appointed as the head of the Osaka Town Council only this spring, and the former Kyoto Division was much more glamorous than when he was unknown in China. He was appointed full-time from the Kyoto Division to the governor of Osaka Town because he was very conscientious. Osaka Castle was the new political, military, and economic center of the Date family, and the duties of the mayor of the town were very heavy, and the number of koku in the Kyoto division rose from 1,000 koku to 2,500 koku. Only the mayor of Osaka Castle is the chief of the town, and there are four town commissioners under his command, who are in charge of the east, west, north and south.

Isezota looked at Mrs. Sakura, with a faint love in his eyes, he watched Mrs. Sakura be born and raised, and then followed Mrs. Sakura to marry and transfer to the Date family, which can be said to be Mrs. Sakura's dependence. He replied, "It's back!" ”

As Date Masahiro's first official side chamber lady, Mrs. Sakura essentially acted as the "main room" under the Cicada Palace and Mrs. Miyoshi entered the cold palace, and gave birth to a son and a daughter for Masahiro, and was very favored.

With the expansion of the Date family and the improvement of the status of the political balance, after the death of the Cicada Palace, it was proposed to be promoted from the side room lady as his stepfamily. The biggest candidate is not Mrs. Sakura, whose status as a mother limits her.

Lady Sakura's face showed a hint of jealousy, and she asked, "Uncle, what do you think of the nearest adult?" ”

Isezota didn't see the dissatisfied expression on Mrs. Sakura's face, and when she heard Mrs. Sakura's question, she was slightly stunned and asked, "You mean?" ”

Lady Sakura's voice was very low, as if she was a little choked, and said, "Recently, adults have been in and out of the Guishan Hall a lot, could it be that the princess from Owari really captured the hearts of adults?" "Katsurayama-den is inhabited by Oda Nobunaga's younger sister.

Isezota was stunned, he understood the purpose of Mrs. Sakura's coming to him today, hesitated for a moment, and said again: "Sakura, if you want to capture a man's heart, you have to grab his stomach, and Katsura often secretly sends snacks from Tokaido. ”

After saying this, Iseta didn't say anything more. He had seen the princess from Owari, who was indeed beautiful and beautiful, charming and touching with a smile and a smile, and Mrs. Sakura was considered to be in the middle and upper echelons of the country, and compared with the other party, she was gradually deformed and difficult to compare, so she had to come up with other tricks.

Mrs. Sakura paused and nodded slightly.

Looking at Mrs. Sakura, Isesata didn't speak, seeing that she was thinking a little, Isesata took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve: "This is twelve pieces of gold, about twenty taels of gold, you take it first, if it's not enough, then don't care about your uncle's want, it's not easy for you to be alone in the city." ”

"Uncle!" Mrs. Sakura looked at Isesata and said with tears in her eyes, "Why did you give me money again?!" ”

Isota looked at Mrs. Sakura, patted her hand lightly and said, "There is no place in this world where you don't need money, there is no money in Osaka City, you have so many subordinates to reward, naturally you have to be rich, you can't make people think that you don't have money." ”

After a pause, Isezota said a little lonely: "Sakura, do you know that my uncle has no heirs, and he has treated you as his own since he was a child, like his own daughter, who will he not give you flowers?" You can rest assured that the flowers, Uncle will bring them in for you outside! ”

Mrs. Sakura was moved to tears.

Entering the city, in the middle hall, Masahiro was drinking tea with Noyama Masahima, while listening to the reports of Hattori Masanari and Tozawa Baiyunsai, and his little surname also stood on both sides and listened attentively, for fear of missing any details.

Hattori Masari sat on his knees and said respectfully: "After the Nagano clan defected to Akechi Mitsuhide, the Kitabatake Gukyo once sent a family general to lead more than a thousand people to the border of the Nagano Territory in Anno County, but Akechi Mitsuhide sent his family general to appear near Nagano, and the two sides did not make contact, so the Kitabatake clan announced its withdrawal, but built a camp house on the main road leading to the Tayun Imperial Palace. According to reports from spies lurking in Minami Ise Province, it seems that the Kitabatake Gukyo is intending to withdraw from the Tage Imperial Palace to the more fortified Okochi Castle, but it is still unknown what the exact situation is. ”

Okochi City?! Zheng Heng was stunned and asked, "What is the deployment of troops on both sides?" ”

Hattori Masanari hesitated for a moment before replying: "There are about 10,000 people left in the original team of Akechi Mitsuhide, but he deployed half of them in the Sanga area to suppress the local Honganji forces, of course, he also incorporated a lot of Northern Ise people, and the number of people who can get his hands is about 5,000 people, and if there are more, the food supply is insufficient, all of them are infantry, and there are not many horses." Many of the soldiers were stationed in the various branch castles, which were far more heavily defended than the southern Ise and Kitabatake armies, and the spies tried to get close to the branch castles but were unsuccessful. ”

Hattori is recounting the information of Ise Province in detail one by one, and Mashiro listens carefully with a solemn expression, lest he miss any details, and then analyzes the situation in Ise based on this information, and the Kitabatake clan is not optimistic.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kuroda Kanbei, who had shone in the Battle of Imagawa Yoshimoto Joraku, immediately spoke: "Ise Province has a fertile land and a large population, and the municipalities of Ise Jingu, Gomonmaemachi, and Uji Yamada are gradually developing, and the outer port of Ōminato has prospered as a liaison port with the eastern country. Akechi Mitsuhide seems to have recovered from the battle of Gyeonggi, and if he is allowed to win Ise Province and then connect with Yokosa in Tokaido, it will cost a lot to get rid of it. ”

Tsuenaga Katayama immediately objected: "No, Ise Province is strategically located, bordered by Omi, Ise, and Yamato provinces by Suzuka to the west, Omi Province, Ise Province, and Yamato Province to the east, Ishi Bay and Shima Province to the east, Kii Province and Kumano Beach to the south, and Owari Province and Mino Province to the north through the Jifei River and Kiso River. Although Date Ryo shares many borders with Ise Province, it is necessary to pass through Suzuka Pass where the army can pass through, and Suzuka Pass is one of the three passes in the world that does not break through the Higashiyama Road and is named after Omi Province's Osaka Pass. According to the information, after Akechi Mitsuhide forced his landing on the Seki clan, he rebuilt the badly damaged Suzuka Pass, and stationed a team of 500 people all year round, which was garrisoned by his cousin Akechi Saoma. ”

The reason why Kuroda Kanbei and Katayama Hengcho disagreed was that they were based on their own interests, and Kuroda Kanwei still had some prestige in the Omi, Mino, and Tokaido regions, and if he were to go to war against Ise Province, he would have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. The direction of attack in Katayama's mind is Hokuriku, and the first thing to do is to deal with Echizen Province led by Honda Masanobu.

Kuroda Kanbei smiled and said: "Katayama-kun, my intention is not to attack Ise Province, although Akechi Mitsuhide has now accepted the mediation of the lord and reached an armistice agreement with the Kitabatake Gukyo, but judging from his strategy of the Nagano clan, he obviously does not agree with the lord. However, the Kitabatake Gukyo obeyed the lord, and when the lord was inaugurated as the minister, he also sent his retainers to watch the ceremony. Whether it is the deference of Kitabatake's Gujiao or the rebelliousness of Akechi Mitsuhide, Ise Province cannot be swallowed by Akechi Mitsuhide. The use of troops is the next policy, and the most credible soldiers of Akechi Mitsuhide are seven or eight thousand, of which half of the men and horses are to be divided to suppress the local area and Honganji, if we can effectively contain the forces of Akechi Mitsuhide, then the threat of the Kitabatake Gujiao can be removed, so that it is not a soldier who surrenders without a fight. ”

Katayama Hengchang bowed slightly, and said: "You mean to put up a position outside Suzuka Pass and contain the men and horses of Akechi Mitsuhide, and when the time comes, we will threaten Suzuka Pass, Honganji Temple threaten Kuwana, and the place repeatedly coupled with the echo of the Kitabatake Gujiao, but it can make Akechi Mitsuhide not move." ”

Kuroda Kanbei nodded and said, "Yes, that's the case, as long as the soldiers and horses are stationed outside Suzuka Pass, there is no need to attack Ise Province, in order to make Akechi Mitsuhide have one more layer of concern, and he does not dare to go south to attack Kitabatake Gukyo with all his strength." ”

Katayama suddenly asked, "In this way, Kitabatake's teaching is inch-inch, misunderstanding our intentions, and sending troops to attack Anno County, what should I do?" ”

Kuroda sneered and said, "Do you think the Kitabatake Church is the opponent of Akechi Mitsuhide?" ”

Zhengheng bowed his head and said: "No need to argue, meet the envoy of the Kitabatake Gujiao first, see what he has to say, and listen to what the Kitabatake Gujiao has to say?" (To be continued.) )