The fields were busy, the autumn harvest had come, and with the war at a standstill, the front line did not need to maintain the size of an army of thirty or forty thousand, and under the orders of Date Masahiro, first the people laid down their blades and returned to the territory to harvest rice, and then there were the auxiliary troops who were not too important. By the middle of September, there were less than 15,000 troops left in Aki, and of this 15,000 people, 12,000 belonged to the Date Army headquarters, and the remaining 3,000 were from the powerful people in Anbei.

Date Masahiro still didn't know that there was a big battle on the other side of the sea that would decide the fate of a family, and he didn't know that his future brother-in-law and godbrother-in-law, father and son, had boarded a small boat and fled to him. The streets of the city have fallen more and more leaves, and every morning, people can smell the smoke of burning leaves by soldiers cleaning the streets as they walk on the bluestone pavement. Zhengheng got up in the morning and added another piece of clothing, spring and autumn reincarnation, and in the second half of the year, the weather only got colder and colder, and occasionally the weeds in the yard could see hoarfrost. In another month and a half or so, the earth will be covered with snow, and winter will come.

Ginzan Castle and Yoshida-gun Yamajo are indeed fortified castles, and Ouchi Yoshinaga and Mauri Takakei are also worthy of being the leaders of this era, and they are not opponents of the Date Army in the field, but under the limited strength, holding on to the castle is quite a headache for Shoheng.

The news from Izumo was that he told Masahiro one thing, and the Shingu Party rebellion was finally coming to an end after lasting for more than half a year, and the group of Adou who couldn't help it was afraid that they wouldn't be able to survive this winter, if Masahiro increased its support. Also able to hold on for a while.

Once the cage battle broke out. I'm afraid I won't have time to pay attention to the changes in Izumo Province anymore. can only sit back and watch the collapse of the Shingong Party, which is also one of the reasons for Zhengheng's concerns, of course, Zhengheng is obviously still sitting in Tozaki Castle, and has not moved yet, the real reason is that he is waiting for someone, to be precise, waiting for something to happen, something enough to reverse the embarrassing situation.

This person's name is Cold Spring Longfeng. Ouchi Yoshitaka's henchmen, before the war, Ryozumi Takatoshi and Uda Takaji came all the way to talk to Masahiro, and reached a password treaty to jointly deal with Ouchi Yoshinaga, and now Masahiro has exceeded his obligations, not only defeated Murakami Takeshi, but also contained Ouchi Yoshinaga's tens of thousands of troops in Silver Mountain Castle, and it is difficult to return to Zhoufang and Nagato in a short period of time, if Ouchi Yoshitaka can't seize this opportunity, Masahiro doesn't know what to say.

Lengquan Takaho obviously didn't mean to let Zhengheng wait, and finally came to Tozaki Castle on September 14, the 23rd year of astronomy. None of them knew that at this moment, the original owner of Heqi Castle, Kasai Motosei, fled in a hurry and boarded a small boat and was coming to the other side for help.

Takataka Ryozumi served as the plenipotentiary representative of Yoshitaka Ouchi. Unlike the last time the secret money came, this time it can be said that it came with great fanfare.

The people of the Date family obviously won't snub him, and of course they won't pay special attention to him, and the current Date family, like many nouveau riche, is arrogant and inferior, and acts very arrogantly, but the psychology can't hide the inferiority.

That night, Zheng Heng personally received and entertained him, but his face was not as arrogant as that of his retainers, but very calm, and there was no trace of joy or complacency, and after the miraculous crossing event, he changed so much that he could hardly even recognize himself. In the past, he might have been moved by the blood and innocent lives on the battlefield, but now, he doesn't even blink an eyelid. Sometimes, he felt as if he was no longer the naïve person he used to be, a person who already had enough strength and a vicious heart to survive the fierce Warring States turmoil.

Cold Spring Takatsuyo came alone this time, he looked at Date Masahiro who was sitting in the top position, his heart was slightly sour and lost, he was no longer young, but he had to watch a young man who was less than twenty years old rise step by step, this is an indescribable feeling, jealousy, envy, or both.

Zheng Heng looked at Lengquan Longfeng, without any expression on his face, holding the hot tea in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Today, the doctor and judge came, thinking that the big Uchisuke is ready. Tao Qingxian back then, now Ouchi Yoshicho, most of his henchmen and elite soldiers were all contained by me in Anyi, it is not easy to return to Nagato and Zhou Fang lightly, he wants to return to resist Ouchisuke's attack, he must negotiate peace with me, the doctor judge came today, I think he wants me to contain him. ”

Leng Quan Longfeng raised his eyebrows and looked at him, nodded, and said, "What did Lord Yi Zhengzhong say? If Lord Bi Zhengzhong can contain the pottery thief, this An Yiguo is yours of Lord Bi Zhengzhong, and my family has signed an alliance with Lord Bi Zhengzhong. ”

Zheng Heng hooked his lips, but there was mockery in his eyes, he now has an army of 20,000 Chen soldiers An Yiguo, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who can come to reinforcements at any time in the future.

Besides, once Yoshitaka Ouchi lands in Kyushu, Yoshicho Ouchi will inevitably leave Aki Country, and Aki Country will not be Date at that time, but now someone is picking out the food that is already in the bowl of Date as bait, how can this not make him feel funny.

Zheng Heng said slowly: "Fifty years in the world, like a dream, how can there be immortals in the world?" The doctor and judge have not heard this waka called "Tsumori"? ”

Lengquan Longfeng's grandmother was born in the famous family of songs, not only the name has a public style, Longfeng is also very accomplished in waka, at least compared to Zhengheng, a fake monk who is halfway vulgar, is much more clever, except for the "Dunsheng" given by Oda Nobunaga, there are very few wakatans that can be known.

Zhengheng talking about the song in front of Lengquan Longfeng is simply a big axe in front of Lu Ban, and he can't do it, Lengquan Longfeng obviously knows that what Zhengheng said is not to discuss the quality of "Dunsheng", but to the content of the song, fifty years in the world, like a dream, in the world, how can there be immortals. Cold Spring Takatsu is in his heart, Ouchi Yoshitaka is forty and eight this year, if it weren't for the obsession in his heart, I'm afraid he would have fallen into a comatose mediocrity and couldn't extricate himself, but if he hasn't been able to realize the obsession in his heart, I'm afraid that he will be caught in the magic barrier.

This is exactly what Ryosen Takayoshi is worried about, he knows that Date Masatoshi is talking about this now, it is nothing more than looking down on a mere country, but Nagato and Zhou Fang are the fundamental places of the Ouchi family, and they can never be sent out, and Iwami will be ruled by Yoshimi Masanori, which is also what Yoshitaka Ouchi promised to Yoshimi Masanori, and it seems that there is only one country, Aki.

Zhengheng also saw the embarrassment of Lengquan Takato, besides, he wanted Yasui, Iwami, Nagato and Zhoufang, and he would not ask Ouchi Yoshitaka to be kind and lead the troops to fetch it, he held the wine glass in his hand, just smiled faintly, quickly removed the smile on his face, looked at Lengquan Takato, and said word by word: "I want Itsukushima." ”

Leng Quan was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "In this way, the foreign minister has agreed to your conditions on behalf of my lord. He understood that Itsukushima did not refer to Itsukushima alone, nor to Itsukushima Shrine alone, but to the entire jurisdiction of the Seto Inland Sea west of Itsukushima. Now that Mishima Village is on the way, the other two families are also in fear, and although the Date family has not trained enough sailors, no one dares to provoke the Date family in the Seto Inland Sea.

People are under the roof and have to bow their heads, and he doesn't want to exchange Itsukushima for benefits, but since he is a retainer of Yoshitaka Ouchi, he must start from the interests of Yoshitaka Ouchi.

Moreover, once Ouchi Yoshiko grandly landed in Kyushu and secured the three kingdoms of Zhoufang, Nagato, and Iwami, relying on the trade of Zhoufang and Nagato, Iwami's silver mines, and the exclusive exploration trade with the Central Plains Dynasty will surely flourish again, and there may be no chance to compete with Date Masaki at that time, and let Date Masaki be complacent.

This is exactly the wishful thinking of Takataka Ryozumi and his lord Yoshitaka Ouchi.

Zhengheng looked at the agreement left by Lengquan Longfeng, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and the music formed a hideous arc, as if he was trying his best to suppress it, tapped the bookcase, and asked Yeshan Yichao, who had just gone to send Lengquan Longfeng: "Let's go!" ”

Noyama Yoshichao replied respectfully, he knew that his lord had been waiting for the arrival of Lengquan Longfeng, but when he really arrived, he only got a paper agreement that did not have much binding force, but he no longer asked directly as usual.

Today's Date Masahiro is no longer the little novice of the Umegawa Temple, and his face has changed a lot from a few years ago, and the one-eyed eye makes the protagonist look more majestic, with a hint of hideousness in the silence.

Zhengheng glanced at Yeshan Yichao calmly, and his voice was faint, as if he was telling the other party: "The arrival of Cold Spring Longfeng just shows that his lord has not been waiting for long, and maybe he has begun to land in Xiaguan now." ”

Noyama Masahiro raised his head and looked at Date Masahiro.

As he spoke, he closed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about what to do to maximize his interests, he raised his head and said to Noyama Yosaki: "Daisuke Miyauchi, you go and ask Hiraga Hirosho to report today's events to Ouchi Yoshicho." ”

Yeshan Yichao didn't expect that his lord's front foot had just signed an agreement with Lengquan Longfeng, and the back foot would sell the other party, and let the subordinate Minister Hiraga Guangxiang do the internal communication, so he retreated.

Zhengheng looked at Yeshan Yichao, who had retreated respectfully, shook his head, and laughed at himself. (To be continued......)