In the early morning, I could only see the faint light shining out of the cold and cool, the shadows of the trees fluttering and swaying, and the bedroom of Yamaguchi Castle Honmaru was quiet, so quiet that he didn't breathe, except for the occasional cry of birds and insects in the darkness. The morning breeze blew into the room through the slightly hidden window, letting in the faint light of the morning, and the cold silver sunlight penetrated through the window and shone on the three women and one man on the bed.

Lingxiang woke up slowly, saw the depressed scene in the bedroom, and then saw Zhengheng who had opened her eyes, her neck was red, she had always thought highly of herself, she would serve a man with two maids, it was really embarrassing. Zhengheng didn't care, he gently slapped the two maids' buttocks, telling them to leave first.

The two thirteen or fourteen-year-old young women immediately withdrew, and Zhengheng caressed Lingxiang again in his arms. Ling Xiang never thought that the man in front of him would be so strong, he came to the third girl last night for a night, and he had an interest in the morning. But she has a restless ** in her heart, Tao Changfang's body is too weak, she has not been satisfied, and others dare not go too far in her identity, and now when she encounters Zhengheng, it is like dry wood encountering a flame, which burns as soon as it burns, and it burns unusually hot.

Zheng Heng also knew the severity, and did not delay the important matter in broad daylight, he stood up, asked Lingxiang to serve and dress neatly, and then kissed Lingxiang on the lips, and said, "Prepare rice porridge at night, and then prepare the sheets." ”

With that, he left the dormitory and said to the two maids kneeling at the door, "In the future, you will live with Lingxiang and serve her well." When the two girls heard Zhengheng's promise, they were immediately overjoyed. Bow down again and bow your head goodbye to Zhengheng.

Lingxiang is dressed neatly. Twisting strange steps to see the two women. Disgusted: "It's cheap, you two little girls, go back and have a good rest." As she spoke, she snuggled up to the door with a satisfied smile on her face, and she suddenly felt that it was a happy thing to be able to become a woman who was a political balance.

The soldiers were fast, and when Zhengheng developed a relationship with Lingxiang that night, his army did not stop advancing, and rushed towards the mountain city after being ready. Ouchi Yoshitaka didn't know what the reason was, so he shrank and took the mountain castle, hoping to use the strength of the mountain castle to offset the momentum of the Date army.

The fall of Yamaguchi Castle. The Zhou defense country showed an avalanche-like collapse, and a large number of wealthy families surrendered one after another, and this avalanche-like collapse advanced to Nagato Province with the footsteps of the Date army, and the situation that was barely maintained because of the relationship with Yoshitaka Ouchi was quickly reversed.

The defeat of Ouchi Yoshinaga and the fall of Yamaguchi Castle have basically determined the situation of Zhou Fangguo, and in addition to the army to be seated, a steady stream of troops set off from Yamaguchi Castle and rushed towards Yama Castle. Unlike the three daughters of the Masaki Night, Yoshitaka Ouchi, who is depressed, seeks to find other ways to temporarily forget the despair of reality. His army was defeated and besieged in a lonely city. Otomo Yoshijin looks strange again. He knew in his heart that even if he defeated Date Masaki with the help of Otomo Yoshijin's support, his fate would not change much.

The feeling of driving the tiger at the front door and entering the wolf at the back door really makes Yoshitaka Ouchi terrible, and what makes him even more unbearable is the age of Date Masahiro and Otomo Yoshijin. Twenty-five-year-old Yoshijin Otomo and twenty-one-year-old Date Masahiro, he is already forty-nine years old, not young, even if he lives longer than anyone, the final victor belongs to them.

After rinsing his mouth with the warm water sent by the maid, Ouchi Yoshitaka felt better, turned around, and just saw his own figure in the bronze mirror, even through the blurred bronze mirror, he could see that his face was pale and puffy.

Thinking of Otomo Yoshijin and Date Masahiro's youth and strength, he suddenly became furious, stood up quickly, and knocked the maid holding the cup to the ground with a slap. Ouchi Yoshitaka scolded: "Slut, if Lao Tzu dies, you will definitely lie down under the young and strong young man immediately." ”

Half of the maid's face immediately swollen, she covered her face with her hands, tears flowed down her eyes, and her eyes couldn't help showing a little dissatisfaction. Just to show the angry Yoshitaka Ouchi, a sullen breath in his chest can't be vented.

As if the whole person was about to explode, he casually picked up the handpiece used by the bed to fan the wind and command the battle, and smashed it on the head of the maid. Ouchi Yoshitaka smashed his hand on the maid's head, and hit it more than ten times in a row, so that the maid had less air to go out before stopping.

Only then did I feel that the stuffiness in my chest was vented, and I was much more relaxed. The silence outside the door was like a haunted house, and no one came in to persuade him, who didn't want to die, and hit the head of Ouchi Yoshitaka in anger, besides, this maid usually relied on Ouchi Yoshitaka's favor, and there was no one in her eyes, which offended many people.

calmed down, Ouchi Yoshitaka coldly ordered people to carry out the dying maid and bury it in the garden in the backyard as fertilizer, and asked if the cold spring Takatsuyo had arrived, and learned that he had rushed back, and hurriedly ordered to convene a meeting of all the retainers.

The sudden change in the situation made this meeting of important ministers held in the middle of the night in the city of Yamayama Castle in the middle of the night, which was held in response to the arrival of Date's army after the return of Ryosen Takatoyo.

The painting of the reed geese on the paper door covered by heavy snow makes people feel chilly. The faces of all the people present were very ugly, and they looked at the wine glass in their hands without saying a word, and they didn't know what to say.

Since he was defeated by Tao Changfang and defeated by two fathers and sons one after another, Yoshitaka Ouchi, who was already tense, gave up on himself a little, completely lost the heroic pride of the first battle, and looked like an old man who was slaughtered by others, exactly the same as the depressed appearance when he returned from the failure of attacking Tsukiyama Tomita Castle. On the same day, Tao Longfang used the military disaster to make Ouchi Yoshiko refreshed, but now it is solid again, but I don't know if someone can make him re-energized again.

As soon as Ryosen Takatoyo returned to the mountain city, he had already learned that Ouchi Yoshitaka had killed the maid in anger, and since Ouchi Yoshitaka was depressed again, his retainers had bought off the people around Ouchi Yoshitaka, and they begged not to face each other to anger Ouchi Yoshitaka, and they just protected themselves.

Walking on the mountain road, look in the direction of the Date military camp outside the city, and the mountain city is built on the top of a mountain, looking from afar. The Date military camp has an unobstructed view. Like a giant monster. Entrenched on the banks of the wooden house river outside the castle, it surrounds the mountain castle.

The heroic and resolute Date Masahiro, the mediocre and angry Yoshitaka Ouchi, and the cold spring Takataka were compared, full of bitterness and despair: "There is no hope." ”

And Yamashiro, although Yoshitaka Ouchi tried his best to block the news of the westward advance of the Date Army, but as time passed. Especially after the construction of a huge camp for 10,000 people on the banks of the Kiya River in the vicinity, and the rumors in the mountain castle became more and more detailed, and the details became more and more reliable, it was clear that it would not be long before the Date army began to launch a siege battle. Moreover, the mountain castle was well fortified, and it was difficult to achieve an easy victory, but the hearts of the people in the castle were in turmoil, and the courage to persevere had long since been exhausted after Yoshitaka Ouchi's repeated defeats. Yoshitaka Ouchi also understands this, and the only thing he can pray for now is for Otomo Yoshijin to cross the strait as soon as possible. It is best for the two tigers to lose each other, and Yoshitaka Ouchi will have a chance to capture the final fruits of victory.

The news of Yoshitaka Ouchi's angry killing of the maid has already spread throughout the entire mountain castle. Originally, there was nothing wrong with this matter, and it was common for a samurai to kill civilians, not to mention that the commander of an army and the lord of a country would kill a maid like a slave and maid, and no one would mention it. This is now a time of stormy weather, Ouchi Yoshitaka is angry and kills, for the Ouchi army, who has no will to defend the city, it means that their master Ouchi Yoshitaka has also lost the willpower to resist.

Ouchi Yoshitaka may not have realized that once the two tigers fought, it was obvious that the old tiger in the middle would not find a trace of peace, and before the two young and strong tigers could fight each other, they would first exterminate other members of their kind who might threaten them.

Regardless of the outcome, Yoshitaka Ouchi was sure to be the first to end up with no bones left, and now Yoshitaka Ouchi was looking forward to the two young tigers fighting each other, so that his old tiger would have a chance to win the final victory.

It's really a fool's dream, and it's not surprising that Yoshitaka Ouchi has such an idea, and in the eyes of the loser, everyone else is stupid and mentally retarded. Ouchi Yoshitaka heard that Ryosen Takaho was coming, and he just wanted to stand up, but he felt that it was dark in front of him, his body shook for a while, and he fell to the ground. There was no one to help, and the attendants avoided and hid from afar, for fear of following in the footsteps. Seeing the attendants leave him, the feeling of betrayal and separation once again hit Ouchi Yoshitaka's heart, and his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

There was still a quarrel in the conference room, and Ryosen Takatoshi informed the retainers of the news he had obtained from Date Zhengheng, and the ultimatum was also said, which caused everyone to quarrel, and the voice became louder and louder, and the atmosphere became more and more tense.

Lengquan Longfeng looked above from time to time, and saw that the lord had not yet arrived, so he couldn't help but ask, but there was no response, he couldn't help but raise his voice, and shouted to the sword-wielding attendant: "With San Lang, why hasn't the lord come out yet, go and ask." ”

He smiled bitterly with Saburo, how could he not know what happened in the dormitory this morning, as a close attendant of Ouchi Yoshitaka and a favored child background, he was afraid that he was one of the first people to know, and when he heard Leng Quan Takaho's urging, he had to answer and turn back to the palace.

"Ahh With a bang, he stumbled out with Saburo, his voice was quite anxious, and shouted into the conference room: "Your Highness has fainted, Your Highness has fainted." Leng Quan Longfeng glanced at Yu Saburo fiercely, he never thought that He Saburo would be so ignorant of the severity, and he would disturb the morale of the army in front of the public, and bluntly said the bad news that Yoshitaka Ouchi had fainted, which suddenly depressed everyone present, and for a while there was silence in the conference room, and no one knew how to deal with it.

Yoshitaka Ouchi was lying on the sickbed, his eyes closed, but his mouth was slightly open, and saliva kept flowing from the corners of his mouth. His retainers, regardless of their positions, were all present, and they all wanted to know if Ouchi Yoshitaka was just fainting for a while, Ouchi Yoshitaka was there, and the hearts of the people were there, and once Yoshitaka Ouchi fell, the hearts of the people were in chaos. If you want to defend the mountain castle and keep the last stronghold on Honshu Island, it is better to set off as soon as possible and return to Kyushu before the Date naval army blocks the sea lane.

Seeing this scene, Lengquan Longfeng looked at the expressions of everyone around, most of them didn't know what kind of feelings they had, and there were not many sad people, but they all had a feeling of relief. Hey, people's hearts are in turmoil, and the team is not easy to bring. The sadness on his face was indescribable, and he just said blankly: "Although you faint, you don't have to cry, this must be a ghost." ”

Cold Spring Longfeng squeezed away everyone, his demeanor was solemn, most of the people prayed, thinking that everyone's sincerity moved the gods and Buddhas, he stepped forward and lay down on the body of Ouchi Yoshitaka and secretly pinched a few handfuls. Yoshitaka Ouchi "coughed", spit out a mouthful of black blood, and slowly woke up.

Ouchi Yoshitaka obviously knew that the end was coming, and he couldn't say the whole thing at this moment, and everyone knew that it was a return to the light, but they prayed for good health, and they were surprised when they looked at Ryuzumi Takafu. The status of Cold Spring Longfeng was suddenly elevated to the top position.

Although Yoshitaka Ouchi is not articulate, his mind is still very normal. He knew that as long as he was alive, he would be able to barely stabilize people's hearts and not completely break down, but he knew that he had entered the countdown. Ryosen Takatoyo ordered most of the people to be driven away, leaving only Haruhide Ouchi, Tao Takayasu, Sugi Shigeju, Amano Takashi, Kurokawa Takata, Kohata Yoshimi and others sitting around Ouchi Yoshitaka's bedside.

Ouchi Haruying is the younger brother of Otomo Yoshizhen, and is also the only heir of Ouchi Yoshitaka today, Tao Takakang is the brother of Tao Takafang, representing the Tao clan who supports Ouchi Yoshitaka, and Sugi Shigeju is the guardian of Toyozen and is an important supporter of Ouchi Yoshitaka, Amano Takayo, Kurokawa Takashi, Kohata Yoshimi and Cold Spring Takatoyo are all retainers who followed Ouchi Yoshitaka to escape from Tao Takafang in the early days, and the four formed a deep friendship and formed an offensive and defensive alliance on the way to escape.

The reason why Ryosen Takatoyo called Takarashi Amano, Takashi Kurokawa, and Yoshimi Kohata was that he wanted to continue to play an important role by Haruei's side in the post-Ouchi Yoshitaka era, and at the same time, the four of them also controlled nearly one-third of the soldiers and horses in the mountain castle.

Everyone looked at Yoshitaka Ouchi in silence with heavy faces. In the end, it was Ouchi Haruhi who took the lead in breaking the peace and said: "You are all important ministers and generals who broke out with your father, and now the Ouchi clan is in a crisis, I don't know what way you have to help the Miyoshi family survive the crisis?" (To be continued......)