Defeat of Arima (middle)

The Shikoku Legion divided nearly 45,000 men into two routes, the north and south, landed in Bungo Province by boat, and gradually advanced steadily towards Funai Castle, and the Shikoku Legion led by Noyama Masatomo steadily controlled the overall situation step by step, not giving the Otomo family any chance to counterattack. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 On the side of the Western Route Army, Kiyokawa Henghide, Matsushima Hengkatsu, and Iwase Hengtada attacked young and vigorously, crossed Chikuzen Province, broke through Chikugo Province, and wiped out the entire friendly army led by Toji Michiyuki, which can be said to be a complete victory.

The current situation is that the Bunzen Province and Chikuzen Province have clearly fallen into the hands of the Date family, and it seems that Chikugo Province, Hizen Province, Higo Province, and Bungo Province are also a matter of time, so there will be no problems in the six countries of Kyushu.

There are not many opportunities left for the generals of the Date family, in fact, there are not many fools who dare to provoke the soldiers of the Date family, yes, it is really an unwise thing to anger the Date family in the eyes of the generals.

The Otomo family is embattled and has fallen into collapse, and the 45,000 army of four countries led by Noyama Yosaki, Shimizu Soji, and Murakami Tsuyuki is advancing layer by layer, and the Otomo family is defeated and retreated, and goes to Bungo Province to grab food with them, not only does not have much credit, but it will anger the first old Noyama Yoshitomo of the Date family, the young cadre Shimizu Soji and the water general Murakami Tsuyuki.

Then there are not many opportunities left, and going to Heqinghe Hengxiu, Matsushima Hengsheng, and Iwase Hengzhong to grab food has become their only chance, not to mention that Qinghe Hengxiu, Matsushima Hengsheng, and Iwase Hengzhong have just achieved an unprecedented victory, and they won't mind others eating some leftovers. Of course, what is more important is that Kiyokawa Hengxiu, Matsushima Hengsheng, and Iwase Hengzhong are called Date Sansangou, but their status is not yet at home, so they will not let the generals mind too much.

Arima Yoshinao's imprisonment of Arima Haruki, in fact, no matter what they do, this kind of thing was not uncommon in the Warring States Period, Mino's Saito Yoshiryu even cut off the head of his father Saito Michizo, it's not okay, and now Saito Yoshiryu's son Saito Ryuko is alive and well with the support of Date Masaki, and the position of the lord of Mino is still held by Saito Ryuko.

It's just that Arima Yoshinao did such a stupid thing during the Date Army's expedition to Kyushu, if the Date family is not now the time to fight for the world, they may still be able to understand them, but Masahiro is the minister of the imperial court, and he takes on the role of regent when the emperor is unable to govern, it can be said that he represents the imperial court and represents the world now, how can he tolerate a villain like Yoshinao Arima who has no father and no mother to live in the world.

Of course, these things may still be tolerated by Zhengheng, but the most intolerable thing is that when he sent an invitation, the Ma clan not only did not come to visit, but gathered people to protect themselves. In the eyes of Zhengheng, whether it is the meaning of Ma Qingchun or the meaning of Ma Yizhi, it is the same. In this case, after hearing the news, Zhengheng decided to fight without thinking.

Zhengheng had no choice, the Date army was now victorious, and among the sixty-six countries in the world, he had obtained nearly one-half of the territory, with a population of nearly five million and 500,000 troops.

Now, what the political balance has to consider is no longer the gains and losses of a city and a place, but the governance of the world after the war.

However, to the surprise of Mashiro, it was Iga Kutaka who spoke first, not the other young generals, who looked at Iga Hissataka, saw the earnestness of his eyes and the white hair on his temples, and asked, "Captain Saemon, are you sure?!" ”

Iga Kutaka replied, "Yes, my lord." ”

Since Iga Kutaka was counter-attacked by Masahiro and overturned Matsuda Motogen, he has never taken the initiative to ask Masahiro to lead the army to fight alone. In the southern and northern wars, Iga Kutaka did not have anything to show off.

Today, Iga Jiulong took the initiative to ask for battle, which is not a big and small strange thing for Zhengheng, but seeing his earnest eyes and white hair on his temples, he is in the prime of life but is like a middle-aged and elderly person, obviously Iga Jiulong is under a lot of pressure these days. There are a lot of rumors about Iga Kutaka, and Zhengheng has also heard about it, and he originally thought that it was just a villain who made trouble, but now he saw Iga Kutaka's exhausted appearance, and knew that this matter was a torment for Iga Kutaka. He took the initiative to fight today, just to prove himself with actions.

Zhengheng looked at Iga Jiulong, who looked slightly nervous, smiled slightly, and said: "The Ma clan controls the six counties of Hizen, with a total strength of up to 10,000 people, although there are Ma Qingchun, righteous father and son turn against each other, but when we intervene, it is difficult to guarantee that we will not reunite, I don't know how many soldiers and horses you need?" What is the way to win? Let's hear it. ”

This is the usual style of political balance, no matter how big or small the battle, no matter how big or small the decision, he always gathers the retainers around him, even if you are not qualified to participate in the discussion, but you can observe. Date came from a humble background, and it was this perseverance of Masahiro that produced many young generals, such as Kiyokawa Henghide, Matsushima Hengkatsu, Iwase Hengzhong, Katayama Hengcho, Kuroda Kanbei and others.

Iga Kutaka pondered for a moment and replied: "Yes, my lord, since our army moved to Kyushu, the road has been smooth sailing, the key is that the Date family has the general trend of the world, the general trend of the world is not clear and intangible, but it really exists, it lies in the hearts of people." There is a Ma clan civil strife, whether it is out of public or selfish intentions, even if they can stand together again, there will be a gap, there is Ma Qingchun eighty years old, after this catastrophe will inevitably die soon, he relies on a public system to control Xifei. Now Arima Yizhi imprisoned his father with his son, which will inevitably lead to the collapse of the public system, and his subordinates only need to have their own people, but they also ask the lord to order the Western Front Army to move the position slightly towards the Arima Clan, forming a huge pressure on the Arima Clan, so that the subordinates can easily disintegrate the Arima Clan. ”

Masahiro smiled and said, "Although Captain Saemon's plan is wonderful, it will take a lot of time, well, Katayama Hengnaga, Iga Kutaka, and Yoshida Masanari listen to the order." ”

Katayama and Yoshida Masaki were stunned, they didn't expect Masaki to mention them, but they quickly straightened their attitudes and moved forward with Iga Kutaka to salute Masaki.

Mashiro ordered: "Katayama Hengcho, Iga Hisaka, Yoshida Masanari, you and others will each lead the people of the headquarters, gather 10,000 people, and march to the Shimabara region, and after taking all the Arima clan, immediately turn to Matsuura County, suppress the Hirado Matsuura clan, and pay attention to the pirates in the Goto area." Well, Katayama Hengcho, you are the main one, and Iga Kutaka and Yoshida Masaka are the auxiliaries. ”

The three of them immediately replied, "Yes!" ”

Everyone didn't know why Zhengheng was so urgent, only Kuroda Kanbei faintly guessed Zhengheng's thoughts, thinking that it should be the Shimai clan that played some role.