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Chapter 41 Dominating the Preparation

On May 11, 1552, the 21st year of Astronomy (1552), in early summer, there was still a month before the rainy season, and the sky was clear and the temperature was pleasant. biquge.info The team looked slow, but one step at a time towards the goal, a local guide in front of the leader looked at the young samurai behind him with envy, thinking about how to get close to the other party and become the other party's close attendant, but he never found a good opportunity to interject, so he had to lead the way, thinking about other things in his heart, and his breath was more or less breathless, but he didn't fall behind much.

Seedlings had been planted on the ridges on both sides, spring ploughing was over, and from time to time there would be some local peasants waiting for their food and clothing, and the dishes on their faces told the passers-by that their days were not easy, and their humble smiles told their identity, and when the flag of the Date family was far away, the untouchables lay on the ground and pouted their thin buttocks to the visitors. Yoshida Masanari had no interest in having any contact with them at all, his breath gasped a little, not that he was tired of walking, but that he saw the goal of his trip, and the castle that his lord had rewarded him had arrived.

Ghost Body City, the original residence of Zhuang Zi Dynasty, oh, it is still the residence of Zhuang Zi Dynasty, for Yoshida Masanari, when he sets foot under Ghost Body Castle, this land will be engraved with the seal of the Yoshida family, and Ghost Body City will become the residence of Yoshida Masasei.

Yoshida Masanari is the grandson of the old Yoshida Bigo Toyohisa, the year ago the Iris Nest Mountain Castle fell, the Narazaki clan died in battle except for the whereabouts of Narazaki Harukei, Yoshida Toyohisa subdued to Date Masahiro, who was still a powerful Date Masahiro in the Karamatsu area at that time, Yoshida Toyohisa was grateful to the Narazaki family for retiring, so that his grandson Yoshida Masanari came out of Shi Date Masahiro, and served as the safety of the Iris Nest Mountain City, and did not get the trust of Date Masahiro in the early stage, and later gradually promoted when he crusaded against Zheta County, and became a retainer who dared to fight under Date Masahiro, Because of his exploits in Kasaokama Castle and Koyama Castle, he received the knowledge of Oni Body Castle and 1,200 koku.

The Ghost Castle itself is not a tall castle, and like many castles in China, it is a mountain castle, built on a hill, and built of civil engineering. The reason why Yoshida Masanari is excited about Ghost Body Castle is that first, it is the first castle that the Yoshida clan obtained, and Yoshida Masanari took the first step for the Yoshida clan to become the lord of the city, and second, Ghost Body Castle is an important branch of Matsuyama Castle, and the reason why Zhuang Zichao became the lord of Ghost Body Castle is precisely because he valued the role of Ghost Body City as a barrier to Matsuyama Castle. It is no exaggeration to say that most of the wars and history of Bei China are related to Matsuyama Castle, and the invasion of Matsuyama Castle is to think that it is the beginning of hegemony and preparation of China. Now the Date family defeated Ishikawa Kuchi and captured Yukiyama Castle, subdued Takamatsu Castle Ishikawa Hissataka, and there are nine of the ten counties in Bichu, but Matsuyama Castle is still in the hands of Zhuang Gaozi, and Date Masaki's rule of Bei China is still not justified.

Yoshida Masasari knew in his heart that the goal of the Date family in the next step was Matsuyama Castle, in fact, everyone who had a little knowledge of China knew what the goal of the Date family was, and it was only a matter of time before Matsuyama Castle fell, no one would think that the Date family could not take Matsuyama Castle, which had become an isolated city, and now the Date family's idea was to capture a complete Matsuyama Castle or a ruin, and give Zhuang Gaozi a certain amount of dignity to let them leave Matsuyama Castle. Matsuyama Castle will definitely be the main city of the Date family in the future, and the closer the retainers are in the troubled times of the Warring States period, the closer the place arranged by the retainers is to the main city of the lord, and it can be seen from the position of the political balance and the reward, except for a few important castles that must be guarded by heavy cities, the rest are arranged in a different way according to the proximity. Yoshida Masanari is the lord of the ghost city, which can be seen in the status of Zhengheng's heart, this is what makes him the happiest, as long as he has him in the heart of the lord, it is difficult to guarantee that the tide will not rise in the future.

The head of the ghost body city is very guarded, after all, the city lord of the ghost body city is Zhuang Gaozi's younger brother Zhuang Zichao, of course, Zhuang Zichao led his guards to Matsuyama City to fight for power, and now it is his father-in-law who remains in the city, the former city lord of the ghost body city, Ueda Youzhai. In history, the heir of the Mimura family, Mimura Motokin, asked his younger brother to marry the granddaughter of Ueda Yusai, and became the lord of Oni Castle and became an important assistant to his brother. History has changed, maybe history has not changed, the granddaughter that Ueda Yusai promised to Ueda Minoru is the daughter of this daughter now, but Zhuang Gaozi has just married his daughter, and he has not been well loved and went to Matsuyama Castle, his daughter does not have any embryo culture in her belly, and it is obviously impossible to give birth to a son and a half daughter to inherit the Ueda family. Although Ueda Yuzai has deprived most of his rights, he still has a large force, and all the old ministers in the city support him, and now there are several old ministers and their heirs, as well as hundreds of peasant soldiers who have been temporarily recruited.

Yoshida Masanari's personal guards held the huge flag of the Date family, which was very eye-catching, and people from the city saw it from afar, Yoshida Masanari had excellent eyesight, and he saw someone running back to the city to report the news, and the other people in the city were already in full battle, and it was really a bit like facing the enemy.

Ueda Youzhai is not a brave guy in the first place, otherwise he would not have been vacated again and again, if it weren't for Zhuang Zichao's belief that he would definitely be able to succeed in one fell swoop when he went to Matsuyama City this time, and he would not have given up the position of defending the ghost body city to Ueda Youzhai, in fact, he had no one to make friends with, after all, there were not many people around him who could be trusted, so he had to read that this old man was usually obedient, and when he got Matsuyama City, he could only obediently let the ghost body city change its name and surname, and it would be natural. When Ueda Youzhai had passed two days of good times, when Zhuang Zichao was there, he was walking on thin ice for fear that it would be difficult to make his family wealth, and he lived a cautious life, but he didn't expect that just after two days of good days, more terrifying forces came to knock on the door.

The rumors of the Date family are known to Ueda Yusai, and regardless of the fall of the Mimura family, let's talk about the fall of Sarukake Castle, and even the destruction of Yukiyama Castle Ishikawa Kuchi that has just been reported, which scared him to sleep, and he thought about whether to send an envoy to Koyama Castle to ask for surrender, but where did he think that the envoy of the Date family came to the gate of Oni Castle, and it still looked like a bad comer, and he looked like he was not pleasing to the eye. What kind of virtue is the ghost body city, Ueda Yusai knows very well, last year the three village family relatives and Zhuang Weizi lost troops in a big battle, and Zhuang Zichao took away a large number of young and strong laborers. Now most of the people in the city are old, weak, sick and disabled, if they really fight, maybe with more than 100 people, they can really block the 200 or so people in front of them. But after beating the small ones and coming to the big ones, the strength of the Date family is not in vain, it is a great reputation for being beaten with a knife and a shot, but whoever goes against the Date family either goes to see the Jizo Bodhisattva, or goes into exile to sleep in other countries, and they can't eat good fruit.

The life expectancy of the Japanese people is not high, seventy and eighty is an odd number, and the general life expectancy is between fifty or sixty years old, which is still in the absence of war, and the life expectancy is even lower if it encounters bumps and bumps. Ueda Yousai is about fifty years old, he has been cautious all his life, and his appearance looks more like an old man in his seventies and eighties, hiding behind the castle and looking out of the city, he is dizzy and can't see the general situation clearly, only to see a huge flag waving in the sun, and the family crest on it makes him tremble for a while, and hurriedly ordered a general of Ashigaru to shout. The age of the general is not very old, there is some lameness on his feet, and he can't walk for a long time, he is a peasant in the ghost city, and he is a little bold, lying on the head of the city and shouting: "Who are you, what are you here for?" ”

Two questions that ask the purpose of a line. Yoshida Masanari had to squint at the head of the ghost city because he was looking up at the ghost body city, and the sun was close to his eyes, so he had to squint at the head of the ghost city, and he didn't dare to come out of the city, he sneered in his heart, his voice was clear, and he shouted loudly: "I am Yoshida Masanari, the general under the command of Date Hou Zhengheng, and I came to receive the ghost body city by the lord's order, and this ghost body city will be the territory of our Date family in the future, and the people in the city listen well, hurry out of the city to greet them, otherwise you will bear the consequences." As he spoke, he took out a security certificate and shouted: "This is the security certificate issued by my father-in-law, which clearly states the ownership of the ghost body city." ”

Where did Ueda Yuzhai think that the other party would sue him so bluntly, they were here to seize the ghost body city, there was no room for negotiation, so angry that his hands trembled, and his mouth kept saying: "Deceive people too much, deceive people too much." The guards in the city were also extremely shocked, their faces were pale, and they didn't know what to do, and they all looked at Ueda Yusai, begging him to make a decision, the reputation of the Date family was too fierce to be resisted, even the farmers in the countryside knew that they could not resist.

Those peasant soldiers had some joy, they had all heard that the Date family's attitude towards the peasants was quite virtuous, and the agricultural taxes of the six princes and four peasants had been admired for a long time, and if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't leave their homeland, they would have run to the territory of the Date family long ago. Last year, the three village families and Zhuang Weizi burned each other's farmland without a lower limit strategy, and the ghost body city also suffered heavy losses, starving to death many people, Zhuang Zichao went to Songshan City to seize power and looted a batch, it can be said that now there is no surplus grain except seeds to survive until the autumn harvest. As soon as I saw the wealthy Date family coming to take over the ghost body city, I heard that the Date family not only reduced taxes and rents, but also had a system of cash-for-work, so that when the time came, some of the strength of the sale could be filled back, so that there would be no starvation to death.

Ueda Yusai didn't know the situation in Ghost City, if he wanted to do his best, few people were willing to stand with him, and it would be good not to be stabbed in the back. When he saw the flickering eyes of the peasants and soldiers around him, he felt that something was more and more wrong, took a deep breath, made up his mind, let go of his hands, and said to the people beside him: "Kaesong surrender!" Hey, he turned his back and walked towards the small courtyard in the corner where he had lived with frivolous steps, his back bowed more and more, and his pace was as slow as if he was about to fall down at any time.

Ueda Yusai's humiliation, Yoshida Masanari did not send a single knife and shot to seize the real power of the ghost body city, and he did not embarrass Ueda Yusai, and even accepted Mrs. Ueda, who was abandoned in the city by Zhuang Zichao, as his wife to buy people's hearts and sit firmly in the position of the lord of the city as fast as possible. Seeing that Yoshida Masanari was treated so favorably, Ueda Yusai was quite cooperative, not only introducing the old ministers who were originally subordinate to him to Yoshida Masanari, but also giving the family treasure and household registration to Yoshida Masanari.

The takeover of Oni Body Castle made Yoshida Masanari the first retainer of the Date family to become the lord of a castle, but Katsugoro Shichiro Guard, who went to Ashimori River to receive Kanzan Castle, encountered some minor troubles. Ge Cage Shichiro Bing Wei was born in the Yancheng Mountain Castle under the command of Xiao Haoqiang, because after the Yancheng Mountain City broke the city, he was more or less disliked in his heart, and he started from the bottom after leaving the Shi Date family, and his ability was outstanding, especially his younger brother Katsuro Hachiro got his military exploits when he attacked Doumu Castle, and he began to be active in various battlefields as a middle-level retainer, and he won quite a lot of military achievements, and he got the knowledge of Guanshan Castle and five hundred stones.

Guanshan Castle was originally subordinate to the Ashimori River, and in the history of Hashiba Hideyoshi's raid on the Beizhong Takamatsu Castle outpost battle took place here, when more than 20,000 cavalry of the Yushiba Army and more than 10,000 cavalry of the Ukita Army attacked and fell into the city, and then the scene of blocking the Tsushiba Morikawa and flooding Takamatsu Castle occurred.

The current head of Kanayama Castle, Captain Kawazu Saemon, was originally subordinate to Takamatsu Castle Ishikawa Hissataka, and later defected to become a vassal of Ishikawa Hisato, and the relationship with Ishikawa Hisaki was not harmonious, Ishikawa Hisatomo and Date Masahiro also sent troops to watch the fierce battle, and led the army back to Kanzan Castle after the collapse of the First World War, but did not send an envoy to ask for surrender like other powerful people, so he annoyed Masaki, and sent Kakugo Shichiro Guards to lead 300 troops to the conquest, and issued a reward of 500 stone for Kanzan Castle and the castle to Kakugo Shichiro Guard. Guanshan Castle is located in the middle reaches of the Ashimori River, which is the gateway to Takamatsu Castle, and it is clear that Masahiro values Kakuro Shichiro Guard.

When Captain Kawazu Saemon heard that the Date family had come to pursue him, he didn't know how the situation was critical, and he originally thought that it would take some time for the Date family to master the surrounding areas of Koyama Castle, and he wanted to see what was going on in Takamatsu Castle. Although he turned his back on Takamatsu Castle Ishikawa Hisada, but the situation at that time made him have to make such an arrangement, which is also the helplessness of Xiao Haoqiang, who wants to come to Takamatsu Castle and knows a thing or two, and also sent an envoy to Takamatsu Castle to pray for return, where did he think that the envoy of Takamatsu Castle has not returned, but the army of the Date family came first, so he is really a little dilemma.

Kawazu Saburo, the younger brother of Kawazu Saemon, saw that his brother was embarrassed, and said to him: "Brother, now that the situation is critical, let's quickly send an envoy to Takamatsu Castle for help, I heard that Takamatsu Castle has been subordinated to the Date family, as long as Takamatsu Castle comes forward to protect the safety of Guanshan Castle, the Kawazu clan will definitely be able to turn the corner." If Takamatsu Castle had to succumb and no reinforcements arrived, the family would have to consider agreeing to the Date family's request to submit to the Date family, but in fact, surrendering to the Date family would not be a disaster for our Kawazu family. It's just that the family originally belonged to Takamatsu Castle, and then turned its back on the master from Yukiyama Castle, and now it's going to surrender to the Date family, which gives people the impression that they don't have a strong position, and no one will like the grass on the wall that will fall down as soon as it is blown. And lightly yì promised that the Date family would let the family be despised.,It's hard to say what kind of treatment it encounters.,Although the Date family is tolerant.,But now the power is getting bigger and bigger, and it's hard to guarantee that there will be no accidents.。 ”

Kawazu Saburo didn't know that Katsu Shichiro Bingwei not only wanted to make the Kawazu clan surrender, but also to take their castle Guanshan Castle as their main city, Katsu Lang Shichiro Bingwei dreamed of becoming the lord of a city, although Guanshan City is still a small city, but it is a big step forward from his dream of becoming the lord of a city, how not to make him excited, as soon as he saw that the gate of Guanshan City was closed, and the city head was in full swing without the slightest intention of surrendering, as if pouring a basin of ice water on his head, wet and cold was not uncomfortable.

He knew that there were still more than 100 defenders in Guanshan Castle, and it was not a castle that could be captured lightly, so he asked the lord to borrow ten iron gunners, and saw that Guanshan Castle really had no intention of surrendering as he expected.

The Kakuro Shichiro guard pointed at the castle and shouted, "Light the rope, immediately reload, and fire at the castle, and the rest of the people will charge with me!" "Bang bang bang" There was a dull gunshot, and the captain of the Kawazu Saemon at the head of the city only saw a burst of white smoke rising from the city, and the three guards who stuck out their heads at the head of the city to see what was going on were punched and flew upside down and fell into the city, and they couldn't die for a while, and they fell to the ground and howled loudly, and the sound was extremely miserable, so that the morale of the guards who were not high morale was completely lost, and their hands and feet were cold, and they didn't know what to do.

After the sound of the iron cannon, the Ge Lang Shichiro Guards raised their spears and rushed up, and more than 300 soldiers followed him and climbed up towards the city, Guanshan Castle was named after the mountain, in fact, it was a castle located on a small hillside, which was slightly inferior to the Ghost Body City, of course, compared to the original cottage of the Ge Long Shichiro Guard, it was a cloud and mud difference.

Soon, Captain Kawazu Saemon reacted, picked up his sword and rushed out, wanting to drive down the Kakuro Shichiro Guard, thinking to himself: "As long as you can block this time, I will send someone to surrender." He still had the idea of blocking the Date army and surrendering, where did he think that the Date army had rushed to the head of the city, and fought with the guards who stood on the spot, and for a time killed the guards of Guanshan City without leaving a piece of armor, with heavy casualties, and retreated one after another.

The fierceness of the Katsugo-Shichiro guards made the attack of the Date army more and more fierce. In the midst of the screams, Captain Kawazu Saemon saw that his younger brother Kawazu Saburo was killed by two Date soldiers on the spot, and stood on the spot, secretly thinking: "I can only surrender, I heard that Date Masaki treats the surrendered generals very leniently, hey, look at luck." ”

Katsuro Shichiro Beibei saw a samurai wearing large armor in front of him standing on the spot, shouted, and stabbed straight through with a shot, Captain Kawazu Saemon did not react and was stabbed in the face by a shot, and stabbed deeply, and the guards surrounding Kawazu Saemon were stunned, looking at the spear that pierced in front of their lord, their minds were blank.

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