Zheng Heng was stunned and doubted: "What, the horse fell and died, and the ghost Shihe died like this?" ”

According to the information recorded in Shihe Yicun, Shihe Yicun became famous as a teenager when he was more than ten years old. As early as about the tenth year www.biquge.info of Astronomical, he led his army to attack the castle located in the Hankawa Motomasaikan Ikeuchi, and in the battle, the retainer of the Motomasa family Kamobe Kaminai Saemon and his brother Genji led fifty elite soldiers to break into the Ichicun main formation, Kaminai Saemon rose up and raised his spear to pierce Ichi's left wrist, and Ichizao returned to kill it with a sword, and Genji also died with his brother. Ichicun cut off the exposed part of the gun, then rubbed salt on the wound and rolled it up with wisteria branches, thus ending the treatment and continuing the fight with a nonchalant expression. After the big victory, he calmly returned to his main formation. The world is amazed by the superhuman endurance of this teenage child, who is called "Ghost Ten Rivers" because of his burly appearance and brave battle.

Tozawa Baiyunzhai said in a low voice: "The news is very accurate! It was sent back by the detail we arranged in Ten Rivers City. Shihe Yicun was killed by himself, he was already wounded, and he also drank, often drunk, and finally died of illness. ”

As early as the time of the preparation of the Chugoku period, Shoheng sent a number of small works to the Saki Province across the Seto Inland Sea, and the longest of these fine works had already married wives and had children in the area, and after returning from the Kinai from Shikawa Ichiku, he recruited troops and entered the Ten Rivers Castle.

Zheng Heng was slightly stunned, he sighed and said, "Really? Miyoshi Yixian, did he go to Ten Rivers City to preside over the overall situation? ”

Tozawa Baiyunzhai nodded and replied: "Yes, after the death of Shihe Yicun, the lord Shaoguo was suspicious, the minister was not attached, and the people did not believe it. Miyoshi Yixian led an army of 3,000 into Shihe City, swept away the civil strife in one fell swoop, and took Shihe Yicun's promise before his death as the name of righteousness, and established Shihe Yicun's son-in-law Xiong Wang Pill to inherit Miyoshi's own family, and changed his name to Miyoshi Yiji. At the same time, he ordered Miyoshi Yoshiken's second son Rokuro to inherit the family business as the heir of Shihe Yicun and changed his name to Shihe Depository. Miyoshi Yoshiken has effectively taken control of the country of disambiguity. ”

Zheng Heng sneered: "Good means." With his means, there is no one in the two countries of Awa and Sanki who is his opponent, and you just said that the injury of the Ten Rivers Ipsu originated from the hands of the Nagamune and my country, isn't that the case, Tosa's Nagamune and my country. ”

Tozawa Baiyunzhai nodded and shook his head, and said: "To be exact, it is from the hands of the eldest son of the eldest son of the country of Changzong and my country, and the ten rivers are really worthy of the ghost ten rivers, and the first battle gave full play to the advantage of troops, and the country was defeated and retreated, if it were not for the infantry corps created by the country of Changzong and my country, if it was not for the fact that the infantry corps created by the country of Changzong and my country was quite elite and good at fighting, I am afraid that the first battle would have been defeated." On the day of the death of the national relatives, the Yuan Qin led the 500 Qi army to raid the Ten Rivers and One Cun Formation, causing the Ten Rivers and One Cun to fall apart and fall off the horse during the retreat. ”

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Zhengheng's mouth, and he said, "Ji Ruozi of Tosa, after this battle, he should be called the person who came out of Tosa." Miyoshi Yoshiken has met an opponent, and continues to pay attention to the movements of Shikoku, especially Miyoshi Yoshiken's every move. ”

Tozawa Baiyunzhai replied and retreated.

Zhengheng shouted: "Officers and soldiers." ”

Kuroda Kanbei soon rushed over, he was already fifteen years old for the New Year, not tall, but he had already moved in the direction of the military division, as long as Zhengheng said a word, he would definitely be able to put forward two or three opinions, Zhengheng always asked her to forgive me, and then reprimand, and then repair the opinions of Guanguanwei.

Zhengheng saw Kuroda come in and said, "Okay, you also heard that Shihe Yicun is dead, if you were me, how would you treat Miyoshi Yixian?" ”

Kuroda Kanwei immediately gave a serious salute and said, "If I were the lord, I would first test the three good righteous sages and see how the three good righteous sages reacted." ”

Zheng Heng smiled slightly and said, "How to tempt?" Let's hear it. ”

Kuroda Kanbei replied: "Among the three younger brothers of Miyoshi Changqing, only Yixian is like him, from his quick takedown of the country of Sanqi, it can be seen that his hands are black and ruthless, the lord went to test, he can't help but be suspicious, everyone knows that the Date family arrived in Kinki, and the next step is nothing more than to unify the world." ”

Zhengheng was silent.

Kuroda Kanbei continued: "The battle of the lord Shangluo took a month, the losses were very small, and the gains were great, and the lord tested Miyoshi Yoshiken, and in the eyes of Miyoshi Yoshiken, it was a sign that he was going to take action against Shikoku, so how will he deal with it?" ”

Zheng Heng smiled and scolded: "Be smart! You still haven't seen clearly how big the death of Shihe Yicun will be to Miyoshi Yixian? Not only did he lose a trusted brother, but he also lost hope of revitalizing his counteroffensive against Kinai. ”

Kuroda said with a smile: "The lord is really a cunning person, you will definitely adopt my clumsy plan, okay, I'll go." Without waiting for Zhengheng to react, he hurriedly ran out, looking behind him as he ran, with a hippie smile on his face.

Zhengheng shook his head and smiled: "What an interesting guy!" Sure enough, he is worthy of being a peerless strategist, and he is already so smart at a young age. He said he was going to test it, but it seems that he still didn't understand. ”

The temptation of Zhengheng did put Miyoshi Yoshiken in a dilemma. At this moment, the three good righteous sages can be said to be anxious, exhausted, and in dire straits, and his seizure of his younger brother's foundation is not out of his wishes, it is really the suspicion of the lord and the country.

Last year, Honganji Temple in Kinai launched a rebellion, and the situation was bad, and Miyoshi Yoshiken and Tokawa Ichiku had to withdraw from Kinai and return to Shikoku in order to preserve their foundation, intending to regroup. Hearing that Date Zhengheng Shangluo was successful, it took a few months to announce the success of Shangluo. When Tokawa Ikin heard about this, he was so anxious that he did not listen to the advice of Miyoshi Yoshiken and insisted on sending troops to Tosa Province, wanting to unify Shikoku first, and then rely on the power of Shikoku to regroup and fight to the death with Date Masahiro to avenge the humiliation.

As a result, the Ten Rivers One Existence achieved the prestige of the "Oni Ruozi" of the Yuan Relatives of the Chozong Sect, and the Ten Rivers One Survival and One Death, which dealt a major blow to the three good Yoshixians. The sudden demise of the Ten Rivers not only means that the power of the Miyoshi family has shrunk sharply, but also affects the future of the entire Miyoshi family.

If Miyoshi Yoshiken and Tokawa Ichigen were defeated and returned to Shikoku from Kinai, if the two of them could work together with one mind, Miyoshi Yoshiken's resourcefulness, coupled with Tokawa Ichiku's bravery, would not only be able to maintain the situation of Awa and Zang, but also the possibility of expanding outward in an attempt to regroup. Now that Shihe is dead, Miyoshi Yoshiken has lost the only brother he can trust, and he has also lost the only general who can take the lead, and if he wants to maintain the situation of Awa and Sanqi, it will take him a lot of energy, let alone external expansion.

It is difficult to expand the territory, and it is really difficult for Guangguang to maintain a legion of more than 15,000 people with the output of Awa and Saki barren. Moreover, this legion was filled with a large number of samurai from Kinai, and all of them were guest troops. Miyoshi Yoshixian wants to deprive Awa and Zanqi of their benefits and reward them, which will inevitably lead to a crisis for Awa and Zanqiren, and the contradictions between the two sides will intensify. The situation in these places will inevitably take a sharp turn for the worse, and rebellions will inevitably occur, which will inevitably affect the foundation of the Miyoshi family. This is also the reason why Yoshiken Miyoshi is opposed, not because he is against attacking Tosa Province, but because he is against participating in the dispute of Tosa Province when he has not established a firm foothold. As the contradictions between the Awa and the Kinai people deepens, the cohesion of the Miyoshi Army will decline sharply, and it will be divided in the face of various complex interests, and eventually collapse and fall apart.

The development of the Miyoshi family is having this bad trend, Miyoshi Yoshiken had to bear the infamy, and when he was unable to expand externally, he used means to knock the Saki people to the ground, so as to satisfy the people of Jinai, and the reason why it did not cause great turmoil was that when Shikawa Ichicun went out to conquer Tosa Province, the Saki people also lost their troops and lost their generals, and their vitality was greatly damaged, resulting in the inability of the Saki people to rebel. Originally, as long as he recuperated for a year or two, with the serial means of Miyoshi Yixian, he might be able to stabilize the situation of Apo and Zhan Qi, and if the expansion was insufficient, Shoucheng could still be held. Who would have thought that the Date family would come to test it in the name of hanging, which made the situation that Miyoshi Yoshixian had managed to calm down fall into chaos again, and the situation was a little out of control.

You must know that the Date family occupied a large area of land without much force, and due to the successive battles of Honganji Honru, Miyoshi Chokei, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, etc., the most core part of the land in Kinai became borderless, and a large number of samurai from the western country moved in. Although the Date retainers from the western country moved in, there were still many samurai from, especially the samurai who were on the edge of, and the samurai had been entangled with each other for hundreds of years.

The temptation of the Date family was not only manifested in Miyoshi Yoshiken, but also a large number of letters were distributed to the heads of the Kinai people in the Miyoshi Army, which deepened the conflict between the Shikoku people and the Kinai people again. knew that it was a divisive plan, but someone was still fooled, and the public order was greatly reduced.

With the passage of time, it is inevitable that the Miyoshi Legion will fall apart, and the temptation and infiltration of the Date family will accelerate the speed of decline, and the only way for Miyoshi Yoshiken to stop it is to fight externally, using external causes to influence internal causes, and internal contradictions turn to external contradictions. Miyoshi Yoshiken has no credible person to sit in the headquarters, and there is no credible general to go out, so he falls into a dilemma, which is the reason why Miyoshi Yoshiken is anxious.

Shinohara, the chief of the new family governor Shikawa Depository, is an old subordinate of Miyoshi Yoshiken, Shinohara is the wealthy family of Awa, and has always been subordinate to the Miyoshi clan, and the name of the long house comes from the general character of the Miyoshi clan, and is rated as "brilliant and intelligent" by Miyoshi Nagakei.

After Miyoshi Yoshiken entered Ten Rivers Castle, he appointed Shinohara Nagabo to take on important responsibilities at the beginning, and in fact, Miyoshi Yoshiken entrusted Togawara Castle and Tokawa Deposit Insurance to Shinohara Nagabo. In the face of the temptation of the Date family and the complicated situation in Shikoku, Shinohara's Nagabo remained calm and calm.

Shinohara's Nagabo saw that Miyoshi Yoshiken was frowning, and he stepped forward and suggested: "My lord, now that the sudden death of the Ichiyoshi Clan has caused chaos in various places, and the situation within the Miyoshi Legion is also unclear, it is necessary to formulate a new law similar to Hojo Taitoki's "Imperial Success or Failure Shikime" to regulate the Miyoshi Legion and determine the supremacy of the Miyoshi family's rule. ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken bowed slightly, but he thought that the top priority now was how to deal with the Date family, and said: "The Date family has unified and its strength has increased greatly, and his next step is likely to be the four countries across the sea, and the top priority now is how to deal with the invasion of the Date family." ”

Shinohara's Nagabo still wanted to make another suggestion, but seeing that Miyoshi Yoshiken didn't pay attention to the importance of the new law to stabilize the disagreement and the hearts of the people, he couldn't persuade him again and again, so he could only say euphemistically: "My lord, at present, the political and horizontal government is the strongest, although he has not completely stabilized Jinnai, and he still needs to sit in charge, but as long as he divides a part of the people, it is not something we can deal with." Moreover, the lord also has to deal with the threat from Tosa, and the prince of Masaki can test the movements of Shoki and Awa, and he can also test Tosa Province. ”

Miyoshi Yixian's face suddenly became difficult to look at. He knew that what Shinohara Nagabo said was true, Nagamune's relatives and his relatives had a grudge against his brother, and now the strength of Nagamune's Yuanqin was insufficient, but with the support of the Date family, it would soon skyrocket, and if he wanted to get the support of the Date family, Nagamune's Yuanqin would definitely send troops to attack the back of Saki and Awa, and the Miyoshi Army that suffered from the enemy would fall apart nine times out of ten. The Miyoshi Army collapsed, and the Miyoshi family also collapsed, with unimaginable consequences.

Shinohara Nagabo said in a low voice: "My lord, there is another meaning to the temptation of the Zhengheng Gong, it is better to select and send hostages to stabilize the Zhengheng Gong, so that you can calmly deal with the threat from Tosa, as long as you eliminate the enemy behind you, you will be able to be much calmer at that time." ”

The meaning of Shinohara Nagabo is obvious, which is to temporarily surrender to the Date family.

Miyoshi Yoshixian asked coldly, "Will Date be able to see through such a clumsy plan?" ”

Shinohara's Nagabo replied, "The plan is a clumsy plan. But my lord, if this temptation continues, people's hearts will be unstable, and the Miyoshi army will collapse without a fight. Regardless of whether the political balance saw through it or not, the lord showed his attitude and pacified the Miyoshi Army. If the prince still insists on invading the four countries, the blame is not in the lord, and he can deal with it calmly. ”

Miyoshi Yixian's expression was solemn and he was silent for a long time.

He knew that what Shinohara Nagafang said was true, but he only had two sons, and the second son succeeded to Shikawa Yicun, changed his name to Cunbao, and inherited the Shihe family, leaving only the eldest son, Chizurumaru, could it be that he sent Chizurumaru to Shangluo.

Shinohara Nagabo saw that Miyoshi Yoshinori had already moved, but he was reluctant to send Chizuru Maru, he said in a low voice: "The lord, the first son of the princess will succeed the family, the second son of the lord will succeed the Shihe family, and the prince of Zongfan will have two sons, so it is better to choose one." ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken raised his eyebrows, what Shinohara Nagabo said said that he was reluctant to give up Chizurumaru's thoughts, this hostage sent to Date's family can be said to be nine deaths, he firmly believes that one day he will meet with the Date family, and the hostages sent at that time will inevitably suffer.

Miyoshi Yixian bowed his head slightly and said, "It's a pity." (To be continued.) )