Zheng Heng scooped a piece of radish with a spoon and swallowed it in his mouth, half-squinting his eyes to enjoy the smooth and soft taste that spread in his mouth. Since the Date family's territory is mostly mountainous, there are not many suitable places for cultivating paddy fields, so they rely on pasta such as wheat or buckwheat as their main food. When Masahiro was still in his infancy, when he ate white rice with his retainers, the retainers ate with tears in their eyes, which won the hearts of the people and contributed to the rise of the Date family, and white rice can be said to be a luxury that is not easy to eat. Zhengheng has suffered since he was a child, and he is used to coarse tea and light rice, and even now that he has become one of the best overlords in the world, he usually only eats wheat rice and miso soup, and at most three dishes and one soup on the food table. The dishes are not delicacies from the mountains and seas, but are local dishes, that is, locally produced seasonal dishes.

Noyama Masaki sat first on the left side of Zhengheng, his dishes and chopsticks had not been moved, he obviously didn't have much attention to eating, and said: "According to the schedule, if there is no delay, Ueno Masaga should have arrived near Miki City by now, I'm afraid that the two sides have already started a war!" ”

Zhengheng swallowed the radish and replied indifferently: "Yes! It should be today, I don't know if Ueno Masaga can repel Miyoshi Shikyu? ”

However, Noyama Yosasao was a little suspicious, and when he heard that Masahiro asked Ueno Masato to be the vanguard official to test Miyoshi Shixiu, he was against it, but Masahiro insisted on doing so, so he did not advise. Now that he heard the meaning of Masahiro's words, he couldn't help but ask, "My lord, why didn't you send Katayama Moricho and Hengcho father and son from Takino Castle to send Masacho Ueno to go near and far?" ”

Zhengheng poured the miso soup on top of the wheat rice, and then said while stirring the wheat rice, "This is a battle." I'm testing Miyoshi Changqing. Sanhao Changqing is not testing me. Ueno Masacho went to mislead Miyoshi Nagakei. ”

Noyama Yoshichao nodded slowly, he didn't expect that there was such thinking behind him, he knew that Ueno Masacho was a man and a gambler, not that he was addicted to gambling in life, but that he often used his life to fight the battlefield.

Zhengheng quickly eats the wheat rice and pours hot water into the miso soup bowl. He poured the remaining miso soup from the soup bowl into the rice bowl, rippled it, drank it, and said with a satisfied smile on his face: "If others lead more than 1,000 people to reinforce Miki Castle and face 12,000 enemy troops, they will inevitably implement the 16-character formula of the Date family, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, and the enemy is tired and I fight." The enemy retreats, and I advance. However, as soon as Masaga Ueno arrived on the battlefield, he threw a thousand people into the battlefield at once. ”

Sixteen words, the enemy advances and I retreat. The enemy is stationed and disturbs us, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and we advance. This is the basic tutorial when Zhengheng educates his retainers, and Noyama Yoshichao said, "Isn't it okay? This is also the place where the minister is puzzled by the head of Ueno Masada's visit. ”

Not only Yeshan Yoshito, but also other retainers were also staring at Zhengheng. Most of them followed Zhengheng step by step, and they all believed in Zhengheng's sixteen-character formula, but today, Zhengheng overthrew his own reasons.

Looking at the expressions of the retainers, Zheng Heng said: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and there is no immutable form in the way of using soldiers. Miki Castle, which is not the city of my family, if it is not possible to defeat Miyoshi Shixiu at the beginning and give Miki Castle the confidence to defend the city, once Miki Castle cannot hold on, there will be a chain reaction in the shape of Harima Country. ”

As long as all the soldiers and horses are put into the battlefield at the beginning and the Miyoshi is defeated, it will make Miki Castle's other offices and Anji father and son see the confidence to defend it, and at the same time, it will also allow Katayama Moricho to calmly deal with the next battle situation, Masahiro has ordered Takino Castle's Katayama Moricho to go to Miki Castle with great fanfare once he receives the signal from Ueno Masacho.

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Sure enough, as Masahiro expected, Miyoshi Minoru was suddenly defeated, and when Ueno Masaga broke through with the whole army regardless of the back road, Iwasari Yutsu, who was the first to be in the rear, was defeated. Empiricism kills people, Miyoshi Shishu came to attack with thousands of people at the beginning, thinking that the large army of the Date army behind has arrived, and seeing that Iwanari Yutsu is not an army, once most of the Date army rushes up, it is very likely that the Miyoshi army will collapse, and immediately order Mingjin to withdraw his troops and withdraw from the battlefield.

Miyoshi Minoru who retreated to Tamkawa City didn't have time to punish Iwanari Yutsu, and sent the Iga people with the army to find out how many of the Ida troops who had come to reinforce them, and the Iga people who took money to do things really deserved the reputation of being the number one ninja in the world, and it didn't take long to find out the truth, in fact, the vicinity of Miki Castle had already leaked into a sieve, and Ueno Masacho did not plan to hide his own situation.

Hearing that all the Date troops who came to reinforce them added up to the thousands of people who were put into the battlefield today, which made Miyoshi Shikyu feel a burst of malice, he really didn't expect that he would be scared away by the reinforcements of a thousand people like this, and the anger in his heart can be imagined.

Miyoshi Shixiu was resentful in his heart, and his eyes looked coldly at Iwasari Yutong, who was standing in the second place on the left hand, his voice did not carry the slightest emotion, and the expression on his face did not change at all, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Tax Assistant, in today's battle, your credit is quite great, the good formation was collapsed by a rush, I don't know if you are from the Miyoshi family, or from the Date family." ”

Yan Chengyou informed that there needs to be a scapegoat to come out to take the blame for today's battle, and it is him who is looking for it, although he has already prepared in his heart, but hearing Miyoshi Shixiu's words without any emotion, it still makes his face pale and sweat like rain. Iwanari Yutong also thought that he would be severely punished and then guilty of meritorious service, but the meaning of Miyoshi Minoru's words was to brand him as a spy of the Date family, which made him fall to his knees with a thud.

Miyoshi Shixiu said: "Lord tax help, what are you doing here?" To be a thief is weak-hearted, or to know that the sin is unforgivable. His tone seemed to be quite concerned, but the meaning of his words was that he would commit suicide to thank his innocence, in short, full of malice.

Iwanari Yutong knelt on the ground at this time, listening to Miyoshi Minoru telling him to die, and the fire of anger and hatred for Miyoshi Minoru burned deep in his heart. If it had been someone else, Iwasari Youtong would have already thrown him to the ground and kicked him wantonly.

Yan Chengyou informed that only forbearance can save his life now, and he also understands that even if Miyoshi Shixiu kills him now, Miyoshi Changqing will not punish Miyoshi Shixiu, even if he has made great achievements for Miyoshi Changqing, compared to Miyoshi Shixiu, he is nothing.

Miyoshi Minoru looked at the trembling Iwanari Yutong with interest, if Iwanari Yutong could maintain his toughness, he really had no reason to kill one of his brother's important ministers, but seeing Iwanari Yutong was so cowardly, this made him inexplicably ignite a fire in his chest. He stared at Iwacheng Youtong deadly, fell into deep thought, and after a while, he finally shook his head slightly, and he said: "Lord Tax Help, you are really disappointed, today's battle is all about you who collapsed first and led to the loss of your previous achievements, do you want to make meritorious contributions?" ”

Iwacheng Youtong gritted his teeth, knowing that if he didn't agree to come down, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hide from the knife in front of him. He didn't expect Miyoshi Shixiu to be determined to bypass Miyoshi Changqing and put him to death, which made his heart sink and hurriedly replied: "Yes, I am willing." ”

Miyoshi Minoru stared at Iwanari Yutong, wanting to see the expression on Iwanari Yutong's face, as long as he saw a trace of dissatisfaction, he was able to use military tactics to kill Iwanari Yutong, but he was a little disappointed, so he had to say: "Okay, very good, since it is known that the Date army that came to reinforce is only a thousand people, and the Miki Castle Besto will not let them enter the city if they don't know whether they are alive or dead, then I will go to attack the Date army with your 3,000 soldiers and horses, and take the head of the Date army general to come and make meritorious contributions." ”

Iwanari replied, "Yes." He turned around silently. In fact, when he faced Miyoshi Shide, his heart was full of hatred. In other words, when he faced Miyoshi Shide, he was afraid that the hatred in his heart would be discovered. He walked out of the conference room, holding the hilt of his knife, his hand trembling slightly.

Miyoshi Minoru looked at the departing figure of Iwasari Youtong, waved his hand, and said that the meeting was dismissed. He summoned Shinohara's Nagabo and instructed, "Sun Shiro, after you set off for Iwanari Yutong for an hour, you will lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to secretly follow Iwanari Yutong. If Iwanari wins the game, you will retreat; If defeated, attack Date's army while both are defeated. ”

Shinohara Nagabo answered the call and prepared to go.

February 4 of the first year of Hongji, early morning.

The morning breeze swept coldly from the head of Nomura Castle, and there was not a single soldier on the low castle head, only a few samurai in military uniforms strolling slowly on the top of the castle.

Nomura Castle, located on Mount Joyama near Hachiman Shrine on the banks of the Kako River, is a typical mountain castle with low walls and some dilapidation. This small town has been built for nearly 100 years, and its owner has always been the Nomura clan, and the current head of the family is Nomura Kanbei, the seventh generation head of the Nomura clan. However, the development of hundreds of years, it is still a small mountain city, due to the refusal of Miki Castle to enter the city, Ueno Masacho had to retreat and came to Nomura Castle on the east side of Miki Castle.

Because he came to Harima Country from Bei China in one day and one night, and participated in a fierce battle, the thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of Ueno Masato were really exhausted, and after retreating to Nomura Castle, they were really tired, leaving only a few soldiers on guard and the rest of the soldiers hastily ate the military rations and fell asleep.

Ueno Masacho is also too tired, but he doesn't have a trace of sleepiness, he knows that Miyoshi Minoru will definitely bring troops to come once he finds out that something is wrong, but he has already sent someone to deliver a letter to Katagami Morinaga, and now there is a city to defend, and he can fight a cage city battle to slowly consume the enemy's vitality. (To be continued......)