Aki Koku, Saeki-gun, Kusatsu Castle, conference room. After listening to Hirochu Takabao's report, Ouchi Yoshicho got up suddenly, overturned the coffee table on the case in a hurry, and the tea poured to the ground without knowing it, and said in amazement: "What are you talking about, Jiang Liangxianxuan failed miserably?" ”

Hongzhong Takabao squinted at Jiang Liang Fang Rong, who was shrunk to the side, the corners of his mouth showed a slight sneer, and he secretly thought about whether he would fall into the well for a while, but when he saw Ouchi Yoshinaga's face, he lowered his head to hide and thought to himself, shook his head, and secretly wondered if the time was unknown.

Jiang Liangfang sat on his knees tremblingly, and he didn't dare to raise his head slightly, but there was still a heavy pressure on his back, and he was stared at by the new owner of the Yamaguchi Pavilion, Ouchi Yoshicho, as if there was a huge stone pressing down, making it difficult for him to even breathe.

Jiang Liang Xianxuan is Jiang Liang Fang Rong's elder brother, and Jiang Liang Fang Rong is recommended to Ouchi Yoshicho without avoiding relatives.

Sakurayama Castle lost nearly 1,000 elites in the first battle, and someone must come out to be responsible, and the direct responsible persons are the main general Jiang Liang Xianxuan and the deputy general Yamazaki Xingsheng. Now that Yamazaki is prosperous and dies in battle, no one can blame him for anything, and he has to raise his heirs according to the usual practice to reward his people. Yamazaki Xingsheng has been dead for a hundred, but the main general Jiang Liangxianxuan has run back, a small Jiang Liangxianxuan can hardly bear the responsibility of losing nearly a thousand elites, and his recommended master and younger brother Jiang Liangfang Rong will definitely be pushed out to talk about things.

Ouchi Yoshicho suddenly turned his gaze to Jiang Liang Fang Rong, looked at Jiang Liang Fang Rong bowed his head and was silent, walked into Jiang Liang Fang Rong, who was kneeling and sitting, and asked in a low voice: "Jiang Liang Fang Rong, how did you tell me that day, do you remember it or not?" Do I remember it clearly? ”

Jiang Liang Fangrong heard the meaning of Ouchi Yoshi's long words, and trembled. Hurriedly leaned down, kowtowed, and said, "Minister." The minister, the minister is willing to apologize for his brother's responsibility. As he spoke, he buried his head deep between his hands and remained motionless, which could make him fear from the bottom of his heart, and the one in front of him was the only one.

Hongzhong Takabao didn't expect that Jiang Liang Fang Rong would take the initiative to take responsibility and commit suicide, he turned his head to look at Jiang Liang Fang Rong who was lying on the ground, and then looked at Ouchi Yoshicho who was stunned for a moment, the corners of his mouth showed a slight contemptuous smile, and secretly thought: "A good move is to retreat." Now the army is on the march. Jiang Liang Fang Rong is mainly responsible for the offensive and defensive affairs of the affairs of the An Yi country, once he is killed in anger, it will definitely cast a shadow on the expedition, and he will lose an eye facing the war situation of the An Yi country. Moreover, he was able to obtain Sakurao Castle, Kusatsu Castle, Ginzan Castle and other Saeki Castle along the way, and Jiang Liangfang was indispensable. ”

Hongzhong Takabao can see it. Ouchi Yoshicho couldn't see it, he was stunned for a moment and then he was full of hatred, Jiang Liang Fang Rong was threatening him, he wanted to shout fiercely and kill himself immediately. But he couldn't, and if he did, he was afraid that it would immediately cause a chain reaction. Come to think of it. Ouchi Yoshicho hated even more in his heart, and glared at Jiang Liang Fang Rong. He glanced around at everyone and looked at Jiang Liang Fang Rong again. Implicitly angry, he asked, "Where are you now?" ”

Jiang Liang Fang Rong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that his adventure was successful, but he also knew that this adventure would inevitably make Ouchi Yoshicho grow a wooden thorn in his heart, the deeper and deeper it pierced, the more painful it became, and it would explode one day, but he couldn't control it now, and he could delay it for one more day. He listened to Ouchi Yoshicho's question, and immediately replied: "Now I have retreated to a high mountain four or five miles away from Takayama City and stationed there, gathered the defeated soldiers, and said that I want to make meritorious contributions. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho snorted coldly and glanced at Jiang Liang Fang Rong, pondered for a moment, and said to Jiang Liang Fang Rong: "Let him do it himself, if he doesn't have any achievements, he will apologize!" He turned his head to look at Takamori and asked, "Beizhongshou, you know about Yoshimi's rebellion, right?" ”

Wakita Takamori's grandfather was a close retainer of Ouchi Masahiro and Ouchi Yoshiko, and was killed in the Battle of Funaokama, and his father Wakita Koyuki served as the guardian of Iwami Province in the Ouchi Yoshitaka era, and dominated Iwami Province Yoshimi, Masuda and other countrymen, after his father's death, Takamori Wakita inherited his father's position, Yoshimi Masayori and Masuda Yin crossed the Iwami Province Guardian Generation, directly subordinate to Ouchi Yoshitaka, and their power was greatly reduced, and the current Iwami Country Guardian Acting position is in name only. In the old time and space, Wakita Takamori followed Tao Qingxian out of the battle of Itsukushima, after Tao Qingxian committed suicide, he miraculously escaped from Itsukushima in a small boat, and then Mori Moto pursued and killed, and finally under the attack of Sugi Shigesuke, he was killed by the pursuers in Tomita of Zhou Defense Country together with Tao Nagafang.

Hearing Yoshicho Ouchi's question, Takamori immediately replied: "Yoshimi Masanori insisted on holding on to Tsu and no castles after the rebellion, and there was no change, and the young master has been ordered to lead the remaining soldiers and horses to Nagato Province to cut off his connection with Kitakyushu, and Masuda Yinkan also mobilized to guard against Yoshimi Masanori's surprise attack. "The young master in the mouth of Tian Longsheng is the Tao Changfang who was unknown in the old time and space and was finally forced to death by Mao Li Yuan, obviously the Tao Changfang in this time and space is not as unbearable as the world knows.

Ouchi Yoshicho heard that his eldest son Tao Changfang was ordered to go to Nagato, nodded slightly, since he usurped power and seized Ouchi Yoshitaka's family business, changed his name to Ouchi Yoshinaga to inherit the Ouchi family name, and appointed his eldest son to inherit the Tao family name, renamed Tao Changfang, and stayed in the Yamaguchi Pavilion. Regarding Yoshimi Masanori's rebellion, Ouchi Yoshinaga was actually not very worried, what really made him mind was that Yoshimi Masanori's rebellion would be followed by Ouchi Yoshitaka's resonance, which was the most important reason why Ouchi Yoshinaga did not dare to enter Takayama Castle for a long time.

Hongzhong Takabao heard Ouchi Yoshicho ask about Yoshimi Masanori, obviously gently put down Jiang Liangxian's Xuande matter, he glanced at Ouchi Yoshicho, and then turned his head to look at Jiang Liang Fang Rong, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of hideousness, and said to Ouchi Yoshicho: "Lord, have you found that in the battle of Sakurayama Castle, the Maori family deliberately concealed the true information of Sakurayama Castle, and lured us to send troops to attack the Date army outside Sakurayama Castle, so that we had to avenge the loss of soldiers and horses. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho listened to Hirochu Takabo's words, pondered for a moment, and nodded slightly, he was most jealous of others deceiving him now, Mori Takakei obviously deliberately concealed the true information of Sakurayama Castle before the war, which was the last thing he could tolerate.

Although Jiang Liang Fang Rong heard the deliberateness in Hongzhong Takabao's words, but he had just annoyed Ouchi Yoshicho, if he defended the matter of Maori Takakei, I was afraid that Ouchi Yoshicho would be even more dissatisfied with himself, he bowed his head and said nothing, quietly watching the progress of things.

Hongzhong Takabao was sure that Jiang Liang Fang Rong would not come out, and seeing that Ouchi Yoshicho nodded, he continued: "My lord, you also know that Maori Takashi has returned to the court, Sakurayama Castle has been in his hands for nearly seven or eight days, and Tozaki Castle is not far away from Sakurayama Castle, although it is difficult to find out the news in Sakurayama Castle, it is not impossible to find out, but why did he say in the information he gave us that Sakurayama Castle is still in his hands. According to the latest battle report, the Ouchi army broke through the Date army in advance, forcing the Date army to collapse, and in the course of the pursuit, Sakurayama Castle suddenly attacked Kaejo, and it was only under the attack from both sides that it was finally defeated. Although there is some shirking responsibility in the battle report, the incident of Sakurayama Castle opening the castle from both sides is probably not a langyu. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho listened to Hirochu Takabo's analysis, his face was very ugly, under Hirochu Takaho's deliberate explanation, he believed Hirochu Takabo's words, Mori Takakei had already known that Sakurayama Castle was a trap beforehand, and asked hatefully: "Why did he do it?" ”

Hirochu Takabo pondered for a while and said, "My lord, although Mori Takakei is risky in doing this, knowing that after the battle of Sakurayama Castle, my family will definitely be angry, but he also knows that the common enemy of the Date Army is still ahead, and the lord will not touch him. Sakurayama Castle itself is a trap, no matter who jumps in and doesn't die, they have to shed their skin, and now our army has lost thousands of elites, and it will be difficult for the lord to convince the public if he does not send troops, once he sends troops he will inevitably fight to the death with the Date army, and the two tigers will fight each other and there will be one wounded, and the most likely thing is that both will be defeated, this is his purpose, and he is really worthy of being the son of Maori Yuan? ”

When Yoshicho Ouchi heard the last sentence, some bad memories came to his heart, some bad memories about Maori Moto, he snorted coldly, his face was gloomy and terrible, and he shouted in a deep voice: "He succeeded, let's prepare to send troops!" ”

Ouchi Yoshicho watched everyone retreat, turned around, looked straight in the direction of the Seto Inland Sea through the half-open window, no one saw his expression, and it was only after a long time that he heard a sentence burst out of his teeth: "Murakami Takeshi, it's time for you to act." ”

The Seto Inland Sea Sui, the Suitan near the coast of Shikoku is famous for producing fire-hit stones, which are also called flints, hence the name Suitan.

There are hundreds of large and small ships moored outside Suitan Fish Island, and inside one of the large closed boats, Murakami Takeyoshi's face looks a little unpleasant, and his dark eyes suddenly focused on his uncle Murakami, who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Uncle, what do you think?" ”

Murakami solemnly said in a deep voice: "The battle of Sakurayama Castle completely provoked the real fire of the Ouchi Army and the Date Army, Ouchi Yoshicho usurped the throne not long ago, and many of his retainers were dissatisfied, and now they have lost thousands of elites, and a long time will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among everyone, and the decisive battle between the two sides is imperative." ”

Takeshi Murakami nodded and said, "Uncle's judgment is very reasonable, what do you judge the situation below?" ”

Murakami nodded solemnly and responded: "There are two or three thousand elites of the Date army stationed on the front line of Takayama Castle and Sakurayama Castle, and the battle of Sakurayama Castle has made the morale of the Date army high, and it is also difficult to break through the four northern counties of Bigo, I am afraid that it will be a stalemate, don't forget that Yoshitaka Ouchi is always eyeing the tiger, whether Yoshicho Ouchi will forcibly attack the line of Takayama Castle and Sakurayama Castle." After the stalemate, Ouchi Yoshitaka will inevitably send troops to stir up the situation, and then Ouchi Yoshicho will stick to Sato Ginzan Castle, and then turn around and fight a decisive battle with Ouchi Yoshitaka, and the Date army will seize the area east of Sato Ginzan Castle and continue to confront Ouchi Yoshinaga. ”

Murakami Takeyoshi nodded again, his brows furrowed, obviously once such a situation is formed, the end of Noshima Murakami is coming, and he sighed and said, "Let's send troops according to the plan!" (To be continued......)