Bessho Zhi, Anji father and son and their Miki Castle really lack enough confidence, Honda Masanobu lamented that he was unladylike, originally thought that Bessho father and son could hold up for Honganji for three or four months, at least ten days and a half months, never thought that the first battle would be broken, the father and son were one of the heads, and the other just wanted to set fire to self-immolation, never thought that the retainers would be directly blown out of the rebellion, and jumped off the building in a panic to commit suicide, and did not even give time to commit suicide.

Date Masahiro is also very disappointed in the other places and the father and son, in his original thoughts, the battle of Miki City will be a classic offensive and defensive battle, and there will naturally be defense, but now he only sees the siege, but he doesn't even reflect the meaning of defense, which really makes him feel deeply disappointed.

Enjoy the joy of combat, which is a weird idea, but is actually a formidable force. Once there is still an aftertaste of fun in your heart, no matter what kind of melee you are in, you can fight a bloody way and get out.

Date Mashiro still has a kind of blood for war, so he has the confidence to continue fighting, and once he loses this blood, then he will become the target of the next generation of innovators like those who are rotten and old.

The war ended soon, the Date Army has a lot of combat experience, and the ability to deal with the aftermath is also a war that has been exercised one war after another, and soon there will be special people to deal with the aftermath, and Date Zhengheng only needs to take care of the last pass.

Miki Castle was left to its new owner almost intact, except for the large scorched black left by the firewood under the castle walls, and the scorched black after the side of the castle tower was extinguished, and the two scorched black places were soon smeared with white pulp.

The moon sinks in the east. Inside the castle tower meeting room. Zheng Heng sits at the top. Thinking back to the siege, I can't believe that it went so smoothly. He suddenly thought that if the attack on Kinai was as smooth as it was now, then whether it was necessary to lay out the big chess game and just end the game.

All of a sudden, the political balance was mixed. The torches were lit and the lights were bright. The generals in the hall were dusty, and they were all smiling. Indulge in joy. Looking at Zhengheng's eyes, he couldn't help but be in awe, it was this young family head who led them to victory after victory, resulting in the largest territory of the Date family.

There was a commotion, from far to near.

Miyazawa Heihachi is guilty of meritorious service, he knows that he did not capture the castle when he was about to fight for the first time, although the second siege was when he first boarded Miki Castle, but that was after receiving the support of Zhengheng, not to mention that he still had the sins of a few years ago that were not forgiven, of course, he did quite dutifully. He captured most of the people of the other family. ran away with two or three low-end samurai, and it was expected that they had blended into the nearby private houses. Wait for the detailed search to be. First of all, the heads of the other places and the peace were placed on the wooden plate waiting to be reviewed, and there were four people kneeling behind the wooden plate.

The leaders are the two brothers of Bessho Yoshijin and Bessho Shigeto, and there are the two fathers and sons of the Bessho clan of Rishin Castle, and the founder of the Bessho clan of Rishin Castle is the younger brother of Bessho Noriji Hizen Shouguang, adhering to the loyalty and righteousness or coming to Miki Castle to die.

Miki City is really disappointed to leave Zhengheng, of course, for the other family is also adhering to the principle of cutting grass and eradicating roots, although the country of Wa has an allusion to leaving the son of the enemy, but he obviously does not belong to this category Mr. Dongguo, he waved his hand and said: "Wait until early tomorrow morning, pull them to the riverside to behead them, tell everyone that this is the end of the beheading, and all the men in the city are sent to Iwami Silver Mountain to serve hard labor, and the women are assigned to Inhata country." "Due to the sharp decline in the population that Hahata Province has ruined for Takeda Takanobu, Katayama Moricho has cried out for support several times.

None of the Bessho family thought that Date Masahiro did not even leave them any room for interrogation, and that they did not forgive those who betrayed Bessho's rule, and all the Bessho clansmen were dragged to the nearby riverbank to be beheaded as an example, and the men were sent to the Silver Mountain to serve hard labor, and the women were sent to the Inhata country as slaves and maids.

Not only did the faces of the kneeling people in the hall turn white, but the retainers sitting in the hall also peeked at Zhengheng. Zheng Heng saw it in his eyes, but ignored it, he looked around and said: "The Miki Castle Bessho clan has always been unruly, I treat him with a forgiving heart, and I have repeatedly pardoned him for not listening to the announcement, do I really believe that he is really sick, hmph, how can he have been to Okayama Castle once in the past few years." I never thought that the father and son of other institutes would have ill intentions, wolf hearts, and dare to rebel, but it is really not enough to kill the people to be angry, and not to kill is not enough to warn the world. ”

After Zheng Heng finished speaking, he snorted coldly and said, "I'm a little tired, I'll discuss it early tomorrow morning!" As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and lifted his saber and left through the side door, and the attendants followed, and as he moved, the generals knelt on the ground and bowed, "Congratulations to the lord." ”

There is a lot of work to be done to completely occupy a castle, but the Date family's experience in the aftermath is really rich, and the small Miki Castle soon fell into the hands of the Date family, and the corners were full of the Date family's eyes.

In fact, Zheng Heng couldn't sleep when he went back at night, and he said that he was tired no matter what he said, and he really had too much work to do when he was about to fight. Whether it is internal or external, he is needed to grasp the general and stabilize the morale of the army, and he needs to come forward.

However, beyond that, the most critical question now is what to do next. Leaving the scene early is just for the shogunate, it is just for Ashikaga Yoshiteru to make wedding clothes, it is not advisable for a wise man, but now that the army is present, if you stay here.

It's a good idea, but it's not a good way. It is easy to be self-defeating, and Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by, and it ends up in a two-sided unflattering situation. If there is nothing to be done, it is better not to use it. He thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a better way to shirk the time to enter the field, and he secretly hated Miyazawa Heihachi in his heart for having a lot of things, and he also blamed himself for his own secrecy, how could he let Miyazawa Heihachi take the position of pioneer. He's not a person who shirks responsibility, never has been, and of course he doesn't mean to blame Heihachi Miyazawa, it's just a small catharsis that he can't think of a way.

Time passed quickly, and a total of more than ten dignitaries of the Bessho clan were all pulled to the banks of the Misugawa River, and committing suicide in the Wa Kingdom would be the supreme glory of the samurai, and naturally no evil spirits would be left. However, most of the people who beheaded were people with evil intentions. They were full of resentment in their lifetimes. Of course, they will turn into evil spirits after death, but beheading them on the banks of the river will allow them to pass the river more quickly to the water of the Yellow Spring, and every river in Japanese folklore has an undercurrent leading to the River Styx.

The men of the other clan were soon under the blade, and their heads fell to the ground, why did these people who were governed by various fates come to this world? Zhengheng calmly watched as their corpses were dragged down, muttered silently in his heart, and stopped looking at them.

Even if there are evil spirits. Tens of thousands of people died in the hands of Zheng Heng, directly and indirectly, I am afraid that he has already been devoured cleanly, and I am afraid that countless lives will die in his hands, he glanced at the palm that looked clean, and smiled slightly.

Walking to the conference room, the meeting that will decide the fate of the Date family is about to be held, and since there is no reason to stay, let's listen to everyone's opinions. Zhengheng was about to walk up the steps, when he suddenly saw Hattori Masanari hurrying over. "What's going on again?" he asked. ”

Hattori Masanari didn't dare to slack off and immediately replied: "My lord, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's retainer Akechi Mitsuhide recently had a fierce battle with the people led by Irie Harumasa at the foot of Mt. Tenno. The 2,000 shogunate army defeated 7,501 and won a complete victory, and the castles of Takatsuki Castle, Akutagawayama Castle, Miyake Castle, and Ibaraki Castle surrendered one after another. After the complete victory of the shogunate army, Enryakuji Temple and other forces followed in the footsteps of the shogunate army and poured into the above-mentioned cities, claiming to be 100,000, and reached Ishiyama Honganji Temple. ”

Zhengheng's face changed, the situation he didn't want to see still happened, at this time, once he broke into Settsu Province, it was really possible that he would be made a wedding dress by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, but he quickly regained his composure, smiled and muttered: "The battle of Yamazaki?" ”

There was no comment, just nodded, walked towards the conference room, walked into the conference room, all the generals were present, everyone present knew that the current Date family was only one foot away, and further it was the one who dominated the world, and one step back was the overlord of the place.

However, this step is simple, but it is very difficult to really take it, just like a poor gambler, who succeeds in a fight and then faces the gambling game, often worrying about the gains and losses, not as good as the previous decision. Faced with this step, Zhengheng was a little nervous, not to mention his retainers.

Zhengheng understands the difficulty of this step, and his retainers also know that they will become the ministers of the dragon who follow Zhengheng and become the allocators of the world, and when the time comes, the lord of a country and a city is not something to talk about, and it is really possible to realize the ideal.

What the situation is, it is clear. After calming down, he made a judgment on the situation, the battle between the old and new forces had reached the most fierce white-hot stage, and he entered at this time to douse the already burning flames with a bucket of ice water.

The generals calmed down, he nodded, and said to everyone, "Hattori Masanari, you tell everyone the latest information." Hattori, who was sitting in the central part, hurriedly moved two steps and said the information he had just said to everyone again.

There was an uproar in the lobby. No one thought that the shogunate army would attack at this time and achieve such a big victory, none of them were fools, and they knew that now that the country was surging in Settsu, Ishiyama Honganji Temple had already become a turtle in an urn.

Except for a few young and vigorous people who shouted that they wanted to hit Ishiyama Honganji, the rest of the people were silent and silent, and they all felt the mystery hidden in the intelligence like Zhengheng, and concentrated on analyzing the pros and cons.

Miyazawa Heihachi frowned, took off his helmet, rubbed his bald head, and muttered: "The shogunate army will not move sooner or later, but when we gather the army, it will move, and if it doesn't, it will be a blockbuster, and the tip of the knife will reach the throat of Honganji in one fell swoop." ”

Since Tao Shan Masayori was demoted together with Miyazawa Heihachi, he has become a good friend under the same illness, he looked left and right, and saw that no one spoke for a long time, so he said: "My lord, what Miyazawa Heihachi said is extremely true. Nowadays, the two major groups in Settsu are gathered, and the Honganji side has the strongest strength in Settsu except for the Yamato side, with more than 1780,000 people, and the eastern army has taken the castles of Takatsuki Castle, Akutagawayama Castle, Ibaraki Castle, and Miyake Castle with strong fortresses, and the number of people should be more than 780,000. If my family is entering Settsu, who should I help? He quickly glanced at Zhengheng's expression and said no more.

Although he didn't say any more, the meaning was already very obvious, who did the Date Army help when he entered Settsu Country at this time? Helping anyone is to give whom to marry clothes, which is a thing that does more harm than good to the Date family, originally said that it was Shangluo who was the king and hegemon, but he never thought that he would become the little brother of another family, which made many of the retainers present embarrassed.

Miyahara Masashige said cautiously: "At present, the situation in Settsu is complicated, and it is not easy for my family to enter prematurely, but the 45,000 troops staying in Harima are slow to do it. ”

Ishikawa Hisataka's eyes rolled, and he bowed his head slightly: "What Tanba said is very true, but I recently got the news that after Akamatsu Harumasa and Yoshiyo father and son, who were in turmoil in Nakaharima in the first year of Hongji, were exterminated by the lord, there are still more parties lurking in the mountains between Harima and Tajima, contacting the local tyrants who refuse to belong to Harima, with bad intentions, and if they don't do well, they will respond to the Miki Castle uprising in the near future. I just don't know if this thing is true or not, and the minister is also hearsay. ”

Zhengheng never thought that Ishikawa Hisataka was really shameless enough, but the Akamatsu clan was killed by him, and most of the remaining relatives were sent to Tongshan to mine by him, and now I am afraid that there are a pile of dry bones left, where is it possible to rebel again.

Iga Kutaka caught a glimpse of Zhengheng's face, it seemed that there was a door, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "I heard that this Bessho Anji has given birth to a son called Kozaburo a year ago, and the people of Harima Country should have heard about it, but after the city was broken, there was no trace, and it was very suspicious, so the minister sent several people to investigate, wanting to get some credit, but he never thought that he would let the minister investigate some news, it turned out that several retainers of the other family fled from the city when the city was broken, and the minister suspected that Kozaburo was taken away by them. ”

The other house has already been wiped out, and Xiao Saburo, who was just seven or eight months old, died when the city was broken, this Xiao Saburo was the later other Changzhi, but there are few people who know about this matter, and even the political balance is not clear.

Listening to Iga Kutaka's nonsense, there is some truth in it, there are indeed a few rats who escaped when the city was broken, and there is indeed a son left behind in Besho Anji, and it is also a fact that he has not been found yet, so it is not difficult to combine them.

Zhengheng asked, "Oh, is there anyone who is suspicious?" ”

Iga Kutaka replied: "The cronies sent by the minister traced their way, and they should have fled to the direction of Tanba Province, and I heard that the relationship between the Bessho clan and the Hatano clan is very good, and the relationship between this Bessho Noriharu and Hatano Harumi is good, and they once knew that they were married. (To be continued.) )