Chapter 48: The Conquest of Kyushu (1)
On the 27th day of August in the third year of Tensho (1563), the Taisei Minister Masaki set off from Osaka Castle and traveled overland along the expanded Sanyo Road to the newly renovated Gokoku Shrine. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
As the founder of the Date regime, Date Masaki was diligent. He has grown from a disintegrated local tyrant to one of the three parts of the world, which can be said to be diligent, and those forces that oppose him have been cleaned up by him.
The Gokoku Shrine, located in the southwest of Okayama Castle, was built by Tsukumo Keishin at the behest of Masahiro to enshrine the soldiers and their families who died for the Date family since the Tetsuta and Agada eras, and is a symbol of the Date family.
With the expansion of the Gokoku Shrine, it has become the largest shrine in China, with thousands of monks and 7,800 koku shrines, and 2,500 pieces of gold. In spring and autumn, a three-day festival is held.
During the festival, Zhengheng will lead the high-ranking family members to worship.
Bizen, Okayama.
Okayama, which was once the center of the western country, was relegated to the second capital after the Shoyo Kamiraku, but the castle town became a gathering place for western merchants, and it was full of noise and worldly prosperity.
Zheng Heng stood in front of a tall statue of himself, looking at the statue that looked seven or eight points alike, the corners of his mouth rose a little proudly, and murmured: "In the world, who else can threaten our Date family!" ”
As early as the Okayama period, Masahiro began to have a cult of personality, building many shrines and worshipping his own gods, and with the expansion of the Date family, his cult of personality became popular.
In the distance, there seemed to be the sound of Bing Ge. What a beautiful sound! Suddenly, Zhengheng opened his eyes, looked at the statue, his eyes were like torches, and said, "Look, Ida's world is right in front of you!" ”
After the shrine was commemorated, Mashiro set off again, passing through Fukuoka Castle and arriving at Hiroshima Castle three days later, where the former army crossed the Kanmon Strait and landed in Bunzen, expanding its camp at the original site of Kokura Castle.
Kokura was a fortress for land and sea communications, built as a bridgehead for the counterattack on Honshu Island after Yoshitaka Ouchi fled to Bunzen. It's just that with the defeat of Yoshitaka Ouchi, coupled with the fire, Okura Castle became an abandoned city.
Now, the former army of Date has crossed the Kanmon Strait and arrived in Bunzen Province, and Okura, as a fortress for land and sea transportation, has once again received the attention of the Date family, and the reconstruction of Okura Castle has been put on the agenda.
When the news of the arrival of the Minister of Imperial Politics in the Kyushu region was shaken, Masaki himself was actually still in Hiroshima Castle. However, Kiyokawa Henghide's Izumo Department 8,400, Matsushima Hengkatsu's Misasakabu 4,200, Iwase Hengtada's Tanba Department 3,000, Katayama Hengnaga's Hakuro, Taji, Tsuruga Department 6,500, Kuriya Katsuhisa's Wakasa Department 2,000, and Katsuro Hengyoshi's Tango Department 2,000 arrived at Okura Castle.
Due to the defeat of Ouchi Yoshinaga and the heavy casualties, the Bunzen Province was unprecedentedly weak, and when the Date Mae army crossed the Kanmon Strait and arrived at Kokura Castle, the people of Bunzen and Chikuzen Provinces, who had been intimidated by the military might, rushed up like moths to the flames, wanting to gain the approval of the new ruler and become the vassal of the new ruler. The camp of Ogura Castle is jammed with all kinds of people every day.
September 1, Hiroshima Castle.
Hiroshima Castle was built in imitation of Okayama Castle, and most of the stones were from the demolished Yoshida-gun mountain castle, which dredged the Ota River, and was rebuilt in the delta area of the Ota River, and is also known as Koi Castle.
When he wanted to stay overnight in Hiroshima Castle, he came with a handful of attendants, walked into a courtyard, and praised, "This garden is really nice. Zheng Heng praised the very elegant courtyard.
Joshiro specially picked up Myoju from Yoshida. Myoju has lived in the Yoshida area since the death of Mori Takamoto and the demise of the Mori clan, but her life is not bad, no one dares to harass her, and of course her maiden family, the Naito clan, does not dare to dispose of her at will. Miao Shou is not only the wife of Maori Takashi, but also has an unclear past with Zhengheng, outsiders would rather believe it or not, who knows when Zhengheng suddenly remembers, no one dares to make a bird.
Due to the instructions of the city generation, Miao Shou once deliberately put on makeup. Her lips were covered with lipstick, and her face was covered with white powder, but it didn't hide her stunning appearance with the flavor of an intellectual woman.
Zhengheng looked at her and asked, "Are you okay?" ”
Jodai did not dare to linger and immediately took his leave. Judging from Zhengheng's tone and attitude, there is indeed an ulterior secret between him and Miaoshou, but fortunately, he has not done anything to be sorry for Miaoshou.
Miao Shou's body was shocked, since the farewell of the year, Zhengheng seemed to have completely forgotten her, not only did he not come to pick her up, nor did he come to look at her, he was full of grievances and wanted to tell, but he couldn't open his mouth.
Miao Shou is very conflicted in her heart, you must know that the culprit of the murder of her husband Mori Takamoto and child Kozurumu is the man who took away her virginity standing in front of her, but as time goes by, the hatred becomes weaker and weaker, and when she meets again, there is no hatred in her heart, which makes her not know what to do? Suddenly lost motivation, both men and women, full of confusion about the future.
Zheng Heng looked at this woman's face and knew that she was full of ambivalence, at this time he should be more active, stepped forward and grabbed her soft hands, bowed his head and said, "Miao Shou, are you okay?" ”
Miao Shou trembled and fell into Zhengheng's arms.
On September 1, Masahiro set out from Hiroshima Castle, and Myoju sailed to Osaka Castle under his arrangement, where she would live as his concubine in the future, and she finally let go of her hatred.
On September 3, Masahiro arrived in Nagato Province and stayed overnight at the Katsuyama Palace.
On September 5, Mashiro crossed the Kanmon Strait and arrived at the Kokura camp.
On the first day of Zhengheng's arrival in the country of Fengzen, the camp, which was already full of all kinds of people, was like a fire, and the delivery of letters and various family treasures filled the camp.
Chikuzen Kuni's famous clan Akizuki Bungen, Munegar Clan, Tachibana Kanzai, Takahashi Kanzai, Harada Ryei, and Chikushi Yumen jointly sought to see the political balance. The six of them can be said to represent most of the forces of Chikuzen Country, and the joint arrival made Zhengheng a little surprised, but there was not much other feeling, it was nothing more than a way to keep warm in a group. It doesn't matter what the balance is right now.
The autumn moon genre can be said to be a tragedy in history when it was violently beaten by Otomo Yoshizhen.
However, in the era of his second son, Akizuki Taneshi, he took advantage of the decline of Otomo to build a territory of 360,000 koku in the north of Chikuzen, Bunzen, and Chikugo, and because he angered Toyotomi Hideyoshi and reduced the seal to 30,000 koku, he died of depression.
The Akizuki literary clan was maintained as a feudal lord until the end of the Edo period, and was ranked among the Chinese and received the title of viscount. The rest of the people were either usurped from their family business, or they were killed and wiped out, and there was no good end anyway.