Chapter 199: Begging for Peace (11)
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The battlefield that was still earth-shattering just now, with the surrender of the people of the United States without a fight, it was already a dead silence at this time. Only the soldiers of the Date Army, armed with spears, quietly walked on the blood-stained stone wall, inspecting the dilapidated houses and buildings to see if there were any people hiding and waiting for the Ida family to assassinate.
On the west bank of the Yoshii River, thousands of Misaku legions stood on the shore, and the weapons in their hands had long been lost, if it weren't for appeasing them, for fear that they would have fought back, they would have been tied up long ago. And Zhengheng is walking on the ruined Tianshen Mountain City, which was supposed to be the west platform where weapons are stored, but the west tower has already collapsed and is in a mess.
The joint battle that has just ended should be the last battle before this expedition.
Yesterday's battle was almost a one-sided massacre, and after Niko Haruhisa made several stunts in succession, he was killed in front of the high-morale Date army, and suffered heavy casualties, most of whom became prisoners. In today's battle, the Date army led the entire army of Niko Yoshihisa to be wiped out with just one charge, and only suffered more than 1,000 casualties when attacking Tenjin Mountain Castle, and almost all of them became prisoners.
Standing at the head of the Tenjin Mountain Castle, Zhengheng looked at the endless flow of the Yoshii River, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes, and he gave his first order to enter the city: "After today, Bizen will be the Tenjin Mountain Castle brick by brick." "The first war of Bizen Province almost uprooted the people of Bizen Province, although it was not recognized by anyone, but the Date family and in essence became the largest force in Bizen Province, but the Date family as a reinforcement replaced the rescued Urakami family, which is always a bit unjustifiable.
Urakami and his two children are dead. Urakami Masamune was captured, but there were still many branches of the Urakami clan. The influence of Bizen, especially in Nishibizen, is still very strong, and if it is used by some wealthy clans or foreign daimyos, it will cause great trouble for Date Masaki, who is surrounded by enemies after this battle.
Rather than this, it would be better to completely erase the traces of the Urakami family. Tenjin Castle was built by Urakami Sokei, a symbol of Urakami Sokei's rule over Bizen Province, and if it is used by someone with a heart, it will become a base against Date Masaki's rule.
The most important thing is. The territory that the Date family needs to control now is Bizen, Bizhong, and Bigo, as well as the Misaku country that is extremely empty, and the territory that needs to be guarded against is getting bigger and bigger, which is a huge problem for the rule of the Date family, and there are countless problems that need to be solved.
In the rudiments of Masahiro's thinking, and from the perspective of the historical future, he would abandon Yamashiro as the center of the Date family's rule. He chose to build Heijo Castle, such as Okayama Castle, which was built by the Ukita Nao family in history, and Fukuyama Castle, which was built by Mizuno Katsunari as the new ruling center of the Date family.
Those mountain towns, except for the necessary ones, are mostly inconsequential mountain towns. It will be completely abandoned, and the scattered forces will be concentrated. Of course, these are still in the idea of political balance, and they have not yet been implemented, and to really implement them, it is no less than a big war with Nizi Qingjiu.
Hisataka Ishikawa listened to Masahiro's orders. With a smile, his face couldn't hide the joy in his heart. Before the war, no one thought that the victory would become so fast, which made people a little unprepared, and now he also figured it out, as long as Date Masato was good, he, the Ishikawa family, would be able to go to the next level, and said with a smile: "Bizen country has fallen, and it should be Misasaka country below, right?!" ”
Since the surrender of tens of thousands of Misaku legions, there has been a trend of thought in the army to occupy the Misaku country in one fell swoop, and now the Misaku country has almost no defense capability, as long as thousands of soldiers and horses are sent, they can capture it in one fell swoop, but what about after the capture? Zhengheng's eyes were full of contradictions, the Date Army had been fighting with two strong men in China for two months in a row, and it was already exhausted, and if it captured the United States, I am afraid that it would need another army to calm the scene, whether it was really necessary for the Date Army, which was strong outside and capable in the middle.
Most of the heroes of the United States have surrendered now, whether they really surrender or surrender unwillingly, no matter how they think about it, they have already surrendered him, and there is a reason not to accept the United States. Moreover, whether the Niko clan regained their vitality and wanted to send troops to take revenge, or the Date family marched into Izumo to achieve hegemony in the Chugoku region, Misaku Province, as the main transportation route that held Izumo Province, was also the key point that divided the Sanyin and Sanyang provinces, and it was a place that had to be passed, and it was better to control it under his own hands than to fall into the hands of hostile forces.
Thinking of this, the gloom in Zhengheng's eyes was swept away, he nodded slightly, and responded: "In this battle, the elite soldiers in the Izumo country have lost a lot, and the national situation will inevitably be unstable because of this, if the Shingong Party wants to sit on the throne easily, it will do more harm than good to my family." How is Haruhisa Niko? ”
Mashiro has obviously thought about the affairs of Misakuni, but now there is no need to rush to Misasakaku to occupy the castles, and it is necessary to make the affairs of Bizen Kuni fermented, so it will be easier to occupy Misasakaku. Speaking of Niko Haruhisa, Masahiro did not gloat at all, he also hoped that Niko Haruhisa would sign an unequal treaty, and then return to Izumo Province to fight to the death with the Shingu Party, if the Shingu Party succeeded in taking the throne easily, the recovery of vitality could be shortened by at least three to five years, which is a situation that Masahiro does not want to see. What Zhengheng is willing to see is that Nizi Haruhisa and the Shingu Party are fighting for each other, and the Nizi clan is constantly bleeding, giving him enough time to accumulate strength, and finally calmly seize the fruits of victory.
Ishikawa Hisataka didn't think about it as much as Zhengheng, he shook his head and said: "Niko Haruhisa didn't faint again after seeing his son, but he didn't say a word, he didn't even drink a sip of water, so he let him go, it was too cheap for him." ”
Zheng Heng glanced back at him, smiled, and said: "It's too cheap to kill him now, when you go out on the expedition, you have an army of 30,000, and when you go back, how will the relatives of the captives look at him, how will the ordinary people look at him, won't it be welcome home." ”
Ishikawa Hisataka suddenly thought of the scene where Niko Haruhisa returned to Izumo Province alone, and couldn't help but shudder, shook his head and said, "Niko Haruhisa is easy to deal with, so what should be done with the nearly 20,000 captives?" These are all young adults, and if one is not handled well, I am afraid that it will cause trouble. ”
The meaning of Ishikawa Hisataka's words is very obvious, the disposal of Nizi Haruhisa is simple, 13,000 Misaku Legion, 3,000 Urakami Masamune Legion, plus the 4,000 Izumo Legion that was surrendered before, a total of nearly 20,000 captives, they can't be killed and killed, and they can't be let go, these people can immediately form an army as long as they take a little rest.
Zhengheng frowned, and said slowly: "The people of Izumo Country, but all the samurai are selected from them, these people are taken into custody, their relatives are notified, and they are redeemed according to their rank, and ordinary soldiers are escorted to Tuntian in the Fukuyama region of Bingo Province. "The so-called tuntian is to unify the forced landing of the enemy and the recruited displaced people together, carry out militarized management, and the rulers will uniformly provide land, farming tools, cattle, seeds and other production materials, and the captives and displaced people will work and work to cultivate, and the grain produced will be divided into seventy-three or sixty-four. In fact, the people of the ancient Wa Kingdom had a very heavy burden, which seemed to be feudalism, but in fact it could be said to be semi-slave and semi-feudal, and more than eighty percent had to be handed over to Haoqiang, even if it was a matter of selling children and daughters in peacetime, it was also a matter of selling children and daughters from time to time. The sixty-quarter division of the political balance has been called the Maven, but even so, in some areas where the Date family does not directly rule, the field tax that should have been paid to the Date family has been intercepted by the local temples, and some of them have made you even more harsh and miscellaneous taxes.
On the premise of not increasing the burden, the Tuntian family will be directly controlled by the Date family, and the field tax obtained will be directly collected into the hands of the Date family, and there will be no exploitation by the powerful temples in the middle, and the benefits can be seen from this. More importantly, most of the people in Tuntian were surrendered troops, and after paramilitary training, they would become a force in the local area controlled by the Date family, and these people could hardly integrate into the local society, so they could only rely on the Date family, and because of the policies of Tuntian, they were able to settle down. Of the 4,000 Izumo Legion prisoners, about 500 should be able to extort a high ransom, and the remaining 3,500 will become the tuntian soldiers, who will work in the tuntian in normal times and become an important force in building bridges and paving roads in idle times.
Yoshida Masanari took a list to the head of the city, saluted, and then handed the list in his hand to Zhengheng's hand, and said: "Your Highness, this is the list of those who died in battle from Urakami Sokei who just obtained to defend the city. ”
Zheng Heng paused slightly, he glanced at the long list, did not carefully discern it, and muttered: "Yanyuan Jingneng?!" ”
Yoshida Masanari had a little disdain in his eyes, and said: "Yes, at that time, Yanyuan Jingneng fought to the castle tower and personally sent the Urakami Zongjing family on the road, but it was only in time for our army to march that he survived until now, and he still wants to see you." In his eyes, since Yan Yuan Jingneng personally sent his master on the road, he should also be martyred.
Zheng Heng paused slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Find a temple nearby to bury the Urakami Zongjing family, and let Yanyuan Jing always accompany the ancient temple!" Those who surrendered, picked them out, beheaded them on the bank of the Yoshii River, and hung them at the Sanyang Road Crossing to show the public, telling the people that it was they who surrendered to the Nizi Army who killed Urakami Sokei. ”
Yoshida Masanari responded: "Yes, Your Highness." ”
Hisataka Ishikawa suddenly asked, "Who are the people who surrendered?" ”
The sneering expression on Yoshida Masasari's face deepened, and he replied: "It's the two brothers of the Ukita Nao family and the Tadashi family who came to ask for help, they really know people and don't know their hearts, and they can be such a madman." ”
Hearing that it would be the Ukita Naoya, Masahiro was stunned and looked at the figure of Yoshida Masanari leaving.