And the attack and defense of the mountain city, due to the fact that Zhengheng did not need to be ordered to fortify the city, the situation suddenly became very sinister.

And the siege and defense of the mountain city began two days, due to the important order of the people of Zhengheng, the situation suddenly changed very sinisterly, and countless Ouchi soldiers left behind could not hide, so they had to run out and fight with the soldiers of the Date family, and there was only one result, death, complete death.

Mori Takakei, Tsutsu Shitoki, and Ukita Haru were hiding in a tunnel, looking out at the battlefield from the gap, anxious. The Date army had already rushed into the city from all directions, burning everything that could be burned in the city with explosives, fire oil, and everything that could be burned, and the soldiers who dared to rush out were either killed by the roar of iron cannons or stabbed through the body by spears.

As soon as the longbow in Maori Longjing's hand fell, a soldier of the Date Army who had just poked his head out shot him in the neck, twisted his body and fell to the ground, convulsed a few times and did not move, blood spurted out like a spring, he smiled miserably, and said: "I never thought that I would have to hold on for more than ten days before the war, but I couldn't hold on for three days." ”

The Ukitaharu family laughed dryly and responded, "Mori-kun, I've already shot thirteen soldiers of the Date family, that's enough, what about you?" Have you had more than twenty? His hands were trembling slightly, apparently from overexertion.

Maori Longjing shrugged his shoulders and said, "Seventeen were killed today, and there are still three to twenty missing, and I have enough money, but it's a pity that I didn't kill Date Masahiro!" He glanced at the quiver hanging behind his back and smiled, there were not many arrows left.

Tsutsu drew the spear next to him and projected it, and a ashigaru was shot upside down and flew away, killing him instantly. His hideous face was full of helplessness, and he said in a deep voice: "Damn, I only killed nine, not even ten, but the number of enemies is increasing." ”

The three of them had agreed to count the soldiers who killed Ida's family, and they had to be sure that they were dead. Those who are injured or disabled, and those who cannot judge life and death are not counted. The soldiers of the Date family also noticed that something was wrong here, and more and more people began to surround the gap, and the soldiers next to the three of them became fewer and fewer, and they fell one after another.

Maori Longjing's face suddenly became nervous, and he immediately ordered: "The Date army will be outflanked immediately, everyone retreat with me!" As he spoke, he ran towards the south of the city, and the other two each led hundreds of people to follow behind him, running towards the south of the city in a swarm.

He ran all the way to the south of the city, while soberly analyzing the situation between friend and foe. Mori Takakei knew this well when he was studying the art of war. Whether it is an ancient war or a modern war, the victory or defeat of the enemy depends on the situation, the winner of the city and the seizure of the terrain like a bamboo, the winner of the power of the world.

The Date army is now gaining power, it is the advantage of weapons and numbers, this power is now impossible to deal with, just by virtue of what he can't deal with now, only by finding a strong side like him can it be possible to defeat and destroy him.

Miyoshi, Imagawa, Takeda, Uesugi. One powerful clan after another flowed through his head, and finally he fixed on the name of the first family. He knew that if he could escape from this place, then the next place to go would be Miyoshi Chokei, who was known as the overlord of Kinai.

With this figured out, Mori Takakei's biggest goal now is to escape from the mountain castle.

Just when the mountain castle was in dire straits, in the home city of the Nagaoka Nato clan, Arataki Castle, the envoy of the Date family, Zhu Yun Huixin, brought his apprentice Ankokuji Huiqiong, with a letter from Masahiro. to convey the conditions of the balance.

If you look at the history of this family, you will always find that the presence of the men of this family is really not high, or it should be said that the influence of the men of this family is completely overshadowed by their aunts, sisters, and daughters.

The main room of Ouchi Yoshiko is facing the east hall. Ouchi Yoshitaka's side room, Mori Takamoto's main room Ozaki Bureau, Butto Motohide's main room, Tao Takafu's main room, Yoshimi Hiroyori's steproom, Masuda Fujikan side room, these are still the women directly related to the Naito clan in the Warring States period, and there are countless people who married as adopted daughters in the branch, and the in-law relationship of the Naito clan can be said to be intertwined.

Wakoku, monks are generally very active in the diplomatic arena, Zhu Yun Huixin was originally a diplomatic monk of Maori Moto, and he has visited the Naito clan many times, so he naturally knows most of the people present, and he is not very strange to the young Naito Takaharu. However, Anguo Temple Huiqiong sat down with a good baby's appearance, which made his teacher feel strange inexplicably, you must know that Anguo Temple Huiqiong has always been a bold man, relying on the prestige of the Date family, and it can be said that he is showing off his power outside, and he is invincible.

Zhu Yun Huixin smiled, but he didn't care, he looked up at Naito Takaharu. The last time I visited, Naito Xingsheng and Naito Takayo sat side by side, and in the past few years, Naito's family can be said to have passed unfavorably, Naito Takashi suffered during the civil strife of the Ouchi clan, and Naito Xingsheng heard that his grandson was killed and was overhearted and went on the road together, and Naito Takaharu shouldered the burden when the situation changed. Internally, several direct descendants have been lost one after another, and externally, most of their sons-in-law have fallen into the hands of Zhengheng, which can be said to be Tai Sui.

Zhu Yun Huixin raised his head and said, "On the orders of my lord, Zhu Yun Huixin, the envoy of the Marquis of Ita, came to visit Saemon Doctor Naito Takaharu, and this is the letter that my lord handed over to you. With that, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the other with both hands.

Naito Takaharu took the letter from the retainers, unfolded the letter, and examined it carefully, all the retainers looked up to observe Naito Takaharu's face, so as to find out the content of the letter, but they were blocked by the letter paper, only to see Naito Takaharu's right hand holding the letter and kneading the letter, and the mood was extremely angry.

After a while, Naito Takaharu's eyes widened, and he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Is Itahou really going to persecute Rusi?" The condition for accepting the Naito clan was really for me to go to Okayama Castle and marry my daughter to his eldest son, Toramaru, so that he could inherit the Naito Ichido and shogunate duties. ”

Naito Takaharu's face was flushed with anger, his body was trembling, and his eyes were staring directly at Zhu Yun Huixin. However, when his retainers heard the conditions of the Date family, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, which made the atmosphere in the hall suddenly become a little more lively.

Zhu Yun Huixin looked at the expressions of the people around him and nodded slightly, these were all expected by him, for these people. It is not in their interest who will inherit the Naito clan. It's the eldest son of Date Masahiro, and although it's a concubine, it's also an acceptable condition for the people of the Naito clan. In addition, he will marry Naito Takaharu's daughter as his wife and inherit the Naito clan as an adopted son and son-in-law, which is already quite superior.

Naito Takaharu originally thought that someone would be able to jump out and support him, but he never thought that they would all choose to remain silent. Some people even looked at him directly, and the meaning revealed in their eyes made him feel hopeless. What he didn't expect was that the Naito clan had a bad year in recent years, and they had already been panicked, and they no longer had any resistance to the increasingly powerful Date family.

Thinking of this, Takaharu Naito is nothing more than an ordinary person after all. His father Naito Xingsheng chose the young Naito Takayo over the older him, which is enough to show that he has seen through him, if it weren't for chance. He couldn't have sat on the crater and been burned by the flames.

Naito Takaharu sat down on the ground and let out a long sigh, "Then let's follow Itahou's orders." Obviously, he was still dissatisfied with Date Masaki's orders, but Zhu Yun Huixin didn't care about it, if he was capricious, the people who monitored him would raise the butcher's knife against him, and if he wasn't of some use now, I am afraid that it would not be necessary to even go to Okayama Castle.

Walking out of Arataki City, Zhu Yun Huixin, who had completed the mission, was in a much better mood. Suddenly, he called a Buddha number to Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, who had been sullen, and asked, "Disciple." Why are you so depressed today, and you don't know what worries you are losing your mind? ”

Anguo Temple Huiqiong raised her head with a painful face, and said, "Teacher, since returning to the Date family, the disciple has been giving up on himself and doing many stupid things that no one can see. In fact, there is still something in the heart of the Date family that can't be relieved, and I ask the teacher to solve the doubts. ”

Zhu Yun Huixin naturally knew the experience of Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, he looked up at the sky, and said to himself: "Have you seen that eagle in the sky?" Now you are like a sparrow. I don't know the vastness of the sky, go out for a walk, only to experience the various states of life to understand the vastness of the sky, the size of the world, and the distance of people's hearts. ”

Huiqiong of Anguo Temple never thought that the teacher would let him go out for a walk, he suddenly felt that the teacher's words made sense, he had not experienced it, where could he deeply appreciate the true meaning of it, he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Teacher, the apprentice understands." ”

Zhu Yun Huixin stroked Huiqiong's forehead in Anguo Temple and said, "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform. The Buddha nature is always pure, and where there is dust. If you haven't experienced it, how can you sweep away the dust in your heart, go, I'll tell Itahou about today's events. ”

With a sound of trombone, the master and apprentice of Zhu Yun Huixin and Anguoji Huiqiong separated in Nagato Kingdom, but he never thought that when Anguoji Huiqiong returned to Date's house again, his mentor had already passed away and went on a pilgrimage to Xitianrulai.

Yamaguchi Castle, Masahiro holds the news that has just come from Tsuwano in his hand.

Heihachi Miyazawa finally gave up his strategy of starving Tsu and no at the last moment and launched a strong attack, because Date Masahiro defeated the Ouchi clan too quickly and captured the two countries of Shubo and Nagato, once the main force of the Date army came, where would his old face rest.

On the ninth day of the seventh month of the first year of Koji (1555), in the early morning, the mountain peaks were blowing with flags and hunting, and the morning breeze was blowing in the face, with a little cold, and Miyazawa Heihachi was already standing at the top of the camp, and beside him stood the generals of each army.

Victory is in sight, Tsuwano Sanbon Matsujo has been surrounded by regiments for nearly a month, the number of breakouts is becoming more and more frequent, it is obvious that it has reached the limit, as long as it is encircled for a few more months, he can achieve the final victory, but he is rarely a little restless.

Unlike ordinary soldiers, he received good news from the main force of the Date Army almost every few days, beheading more than a thousand today, capturing a city tomorrow, and even Ouchi Yoshinaga beheaded the day after tomorrow, which really made him a little unbearable.

Miyazawa Heihachi rubbed his swollen forehead, since the good news was frequent, others might be able to sleep well, as the main general of the party, he could sleep peacefully, especially after the main force of the Date Army significantly accelerated the pace, his mood became even more restless.

The speed at which the main force of the Date Army was advancing was too fast, and he could roughly guess the speed of the Date Army from the military information that was transmitted back day by day, and what made Miyazawa Heihachi anxious was that he had barely stopped his pace, and he had hardly encountered any enemies.

However, it is clearly written in the good news that thousands of people have been killed today and hundreds will be beheaded tomorrow, and such real military exploits will not lie, especially the internal military report sent to him does not lie, and there is no need to lie. It was the successive victories that made Miyazawa Heihachi feel an inexplicable anxiety.

Miyazawa Heihachi said to Tao Shan Masayori, who came up: "The news of Zhou Fang should come back, is there any good news today?" His voice was low with a hint of depression, knowing that he had always been an unruly character.

Tao Shan Masayori didn't think as much, but he was also a little impatient for the long-term attack of Sanbon Matsu Castle, and he replied: "It stands to reason that it should have been sent in the afternoon, and the good news of the capture of Yamaguchi Castle came only three days ago, and there were no major victories in the military reports of these two days." ”

Miyazawa Heihachi smiled bitterly and said: "Sanben Matsujo, you can't surround it like this, but time waits for no one, wait any longer, once the phased victory is achieved, the lord will come in person, and the faces of the two of us will not be honorable." ”

Miyazawa Heihachi and Taoshan Masayai are the main and deputy generals of the Date Army who surrounded Sanbon Matsujo, and once Masahiro arrives in person, he can't run Miyazawa Heihachi, and of course he can't run Taoshan Masanori. The strategy of starving and killing Tsu and no was approved by Tsu and Yeo, but it was the two of them who executed it, and now the main force of the Date army drove straight into the momentum, attacked and killed Ouchi Yoshicho, and captured the two countries of Zhou Fang and Nagato just around the corner, but the two of them still made no progress and did not lose face.

As he was talking, a cavalryman rode his horse and shouted, "Good news, good news, good news for the Date army, the mountain castle has been breached, Ouchi Yoshitaka fled in a hurry, and the two countries of Zhou Fang and Nagato have become Date family lands." ”

The good news was frequent, and the cheers resounded in the sky. (To be continued......)