Chapter 196: Begging and Peace (8)
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On November 30, the 22nd year of astronomy (1553), the sun rose, still a little dim, without any heat, the battle of the Tenjin Mountain City was not interrupted by the action of the political balance, but the offensive was more fierce, and the willpower of the defenders to fight under the despair of the beasts was also stronger, and the two sides fought fiercely at the cost of their lives. Although the defenders were unusually tenacious, they still moved towards the hell of death step by step, unable to extricate themselves, and no one cared.
Obviously, not many people in the Date army understood why in the face of such a fierce battlefield, they would make Shiro Katayama Shiro Bei pretend to be Tachihara Hisatsuna and take the rank of "political balance" to deter Tenjin Yamajo, once it is now an action that will be wasted. The creators and pioneers of the Date family were arbitrary, and no one dared to question any decision of the balance to their face, no matter how unacceptable it was.
As Zhengheng's cheap father-in-law, Ishikawa Hisabaka is obviously not among them, he also didn't see through Zhengheng's real plans, seeing that the battle of Tenjin Mountain Castle was in full swing, he was still a little confused about Zhengheng's plans. According to common sense, Zhengheng won a complete victory in the decisive battle between Niko Haruhisa and Niko Haruhisa, and captured all of Nizi Haruhisa and others alive, which should have escorted Niko Haruhisa and his party into battle, and then forced Niko Yoshihisa to surrender or prompted Niko Yoshihisa to collapse and achieve the final victory.
Ishikawa Hisataka saw Masahiro standing on Mount Kaneko and looking in the direction of Tenjin Mountain Castle, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked in a good mood, so he stepped forward and saluted. asked the question in his heart: "Danzheng Zhongdian, His Majesty has always had a doubt. Don't know when to ask? ”
Zhengheng glanced at Ishikawa Hisataka, and then looked at the generals who came to his head around him, and paused slightly, of course he could see the doubts of the generals, and said: "The Date family now occupies the two countries of Bichu and Bigo, and the people in the country are strong in Beigo, and my family has to garrison heavy troops in Shenbian, Kameshou Mountain, Narazaki, Yinshan, and Wupinjiao Zhucheng to deter Zhuxiao, and consume a lot of resources. If the horn of the counteroffensive was sounded yesterday, the newly occupied Bizen cities after the war would be difficult to defend. ”
Ishikawa Hisataka listened to this awe, of course he saw that the Date family was now at the end of the crossbow, and in recent years, he had been fighting for days and days, and the soldiers' disgust with war was gradually growing. If it weren't for the prestige of Zhengheng's successive victories, coupled with the unstinting rewards, I am afraid that he would have mutinied a long time ago, and he would still be able to maintain his morale now, which is really a great achievement of Zhengheng's strategy and tactics.
Zhengheng raised his hand, pointed to the Heavenly God Mountain City and said, "Beihou is in the country." Iga Kutaka surrendered to me and expelled the main family, it is already difficult to ride a tiger, it is easy to go up and down is difficult, Jinguang, Susuki, Suisho, Zhongshan and other families are obviously different, most of them are forced to surrender by form. Once the Date family's army retreats to China, it will inevitably not be honest. What's more, the other powerful people, once they see Date retreating into the country, I am afraid that they will immediately raise troops and rebel, or they will disobey the yang and the yin, which is obviously not in line with our wishes. ”
Ishikawa Hisataka replied: "What do you mean by Danzheng Zhongden?" ”
Hearing the political heng continue: "Urakami Zongjing, the unrighteous person, expelled his brother to build the Tenjin Mountain Castle, occupied the country of Bizen and claimed to be the guardian generation, the army oppressed, he had to cooperate with me to fight the enemy together, once the oppression is eliminated, he will immediately turn against him. Urakami Zongjing is not credible, and the people of Bizen are also not trustworthy, without our Bizhong people, don't look at the current obedience, once the Date family is exhausted, they will be able to turn their faces in the blink of an eye, stab us in the back, and think about occupying my land. ”
Ishikawa Hisataka listened to Zhengheng's explanation, and his heart was even more awe-inspiring, he finally understood why Zhengheng did these seemingly inflicted behaviors, and his eyes added a little awe, obviously thinking of Zhengheng's true intentions, and his intentions were good.
Although the Date family can achieve a complete victory by expelling Niko Yoshihisa, it will also leave a huge hidden danger, and the people of Bizen Province in Tenjin Mountain Castle will become the biggest obstacle to the Date family from continuing to stay in Bizen Country. Because of the removal of Niko Haruhisa, the Date family has no reason to continue to stay in Bizen Province from the name of righteousness, and the castles such as Ishiyama, Zhoushan, Takinoguchi Castle, and Ryonomiya Mountain Castle that they occupied before will also be lost, and even in the future, there will be a sharp knife against the waist, and once the Date family is unstable, they will be stabbed severely.
Zhengheng didn't seem to see the surprise on Ishikawa Hisataka's face, and continued: "Last night, Ge Lang Hengxin went to Guanyin Mountain to report the victory, and the cry was like thunder, and the city of Tianshen Mountain already knew that Urakami Zongjing knew that reinforcements were not coming, and there was nothing to do, so he obviously would not resist to the end, I am afraid that he has already given birth to the idea of begging. Today, the banner of Saeki Kamihei is fluttering, and the Tenjin Mountain Castle is even more desperate. If I don't send it to my rank, I'm afraid that I will immediately open the city and surrender, so that even if my family wins after the war, it will be a miserable victory, and it will really be a waste of all the previous achievements. ”
When Ishikawa Hisataka heard this, he was still a little puzzled about why he wanted to send the rank of "Zhengheng", but for the things he said before, of course, he knew that now everyone inside and outside Tianshen Mountain Castle was at the mercy of Zhengheng, and the news that Niko Haruhisa had won was already known. Urakami Zongjing is in the reinforcements do not arrive, and no matter how stubborn he resists, there is only a dead end, even if Urakami Zongjing does not want to beg for peace, his generals will coerce Urakami Zongjing to beg for peace, once the begging is achieved. Niko Yoshihisa also won the army, and under the absolute superiority in numbers, the future is uncertain if he fights again.
Zhengheng sighed: "People often burst out of unprecedented power under despair, and when the Date family was founded, there were many difficulties, and the same is true, in just a few years, it has become one of the few largest forces in China." Seeing my level, even if it is a lucky person, he shuddered at the cruel character of the Nizi family, surrender is death, and if he does not surrender, he will die, I am afraid that no one will beg for peace anymore. The news of Niko Haruha's defeat and capture can only last for half a day, but half a day is enough. ”
Sure enough, as Zhengheng said, the Heavenly God Mountain City was already exhausted after a night of panic, and the elders of the important ministers even had the idea of coercing Urakami Zongjing to go out of the city to beg for peace. When Shiro Katayama appeared in front of Tenjin Mountain Castle with the rank of "Zhengheng", in order to hide the face of "Zhengheng", it had already been destroyed beyond recognition. When the level of "political balance" was suspended, the feelings of the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help but boil. At this moment, even people who want to beg for peace shudder at the cruel nature of Niko Haruma.
They would think that if they opened the city to beg for peace, they were afraid that they would end up with the same fate as "Zhengheng", and the original thoughts of Urakami Sojing were quickly dispelled, and the soldiers and civilians in the city burst out of their consciousness of decisive death in despair, which made the difficulties of Nizi Yoshihisa's siege escalate again and again, and the casualties continued to increase.
Just as Zhengheng is arbitrary in Date's family, Niko Haruhisa is also an authoritarian person in addition to being a little weak in the Shingu Party in the Niko family, and he is also an authoritarian person in other aspects.
Moreover, it was enough to convince the public by hanging the rank to demonstrate and oppress the enemy, which was the ruling technique of the Warring States Period. Nizi Yoshihisa's character is more obstinate than Nizi Haruhisa, in order to be able to show himself in front of his father, he ordered the generals to go out of the battle one after another, and soon evolved into a fierce battle with 13,500 Nizi troops besieging the 2,000 defenders of Tianjin Mountain City, and only 1,500 defenders were left on Guanyin Mountain to guard the main formation, which was the result of Uyama Hisakane's strong dissuasion.
The attack is getting tighter, the casualties are increasing, obviously even Urakami Zongjing wants to open the city and beg for peace, he has lost the opportunity, and there will definitely be retaliatory slaughter and looting after the opening of the city, even if Nizi Haruhisa is in person, he can't stop the pressure of the soldiers below to slaughter the city, not to mention the little Nizi Yoshihisa and the powerless Uyama Hisashi.
Sitting in the castle tower, Urakami Sokei looked at the flames of war burning inside and outside the castle, and couldn't help but look at the endless sky with indignation, he looked at his two young sons still playing ball together, and felt a burst of sadness welling up in his heart, and then looked at Mrs. Takatori who was sitting on the side, shook his head and sat on the tatami mat in despair, silently reciting some gibberish.
At this time, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and Nobuhara Jingneng ran in full armor, half-kneeling at the door and said: "Lord, the enemy's vanguard has broken through Sanmaru, and the Ukita Naoya surrendered without a fight, and Nimaru is broken and is coming to the castle guard." ”
Urakami Zongjing silently recited in his heart, "Already, it's time!" He stood up and walked over to his two sons, who were playing, "Taro and Jiro, you are also the sons of samurai, right?" A five-year-old and a three-year-old son was taken aback, looked up at his father, nodded and replied, "Yes." ”
Urakami Zongjing said: "If you say this, my father will be relieved, you are still young, you walk slowly, I'm afraid you can't go to the underworld with everyone, you take the first step, walk to the intersection of reincarnation, and wait there for your father to arrive." As he spoke, Urakami Munekyo suddenly pulled out the wakicha from his waist and stabbed his two sons twice in succession, piercing their chests.
Mrs. Takatori: "Ah! He ran over, picked up the younger child, raised his head angrily and looked at Urakami Zongjing, and after a while, he pulled out the dagger and stabbed it in the neck, and Xiang Xiaoyu died. Yan Yuan Jingneng took a step back, he didn't expect Urakami Sokei to be so resolute, and staggered back against the pillar.
Urakami Sokei looked at the blood on the knife, twisted his mouth and smiled, "It's worth it to be able to die in front of Date Child!" Sitting quietly on the tatami mat, closing his eyes, slowly tearing off his clothes, he took a calm attitude, wiped the blood with a white cloth, and silently lifted the wakicha.
Urakami said to himself, "The enemy is about to break through the castle tower!" Suddenly stabbed the tip of the knife to the left abdomen, and slashed the knife to the right, as if he wanted to cut the vital point, the white cloth wrapped in the abdomen suddenly turned blood red, and Urakami Zongjing's face turned pale.
At this moment, a shout suddenly sounded from outside the gate of the castle tower: "Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw, how is it possible for the Date army to suddenly appear on the flank." ”
Urakami Zongjing, who was not dead, heard the shouting and scolding outside the door, and shouted: "Little child......" In an instant, Urakami Zongjing fell to the ground and died, and the house was in a mess, full of blood.