Miyoshi Chokei and Date Masahiro, the two most powerful heroes of the Wa Kingdom in this time period, are finally going to wrestle their wrists in Harima, which is a thing worth celebrating for their respective enemies, both of them are confident, no matter what kind of enemy they face, they are now confident to fight with one.

Both of them knew that this battle might fall apart and damage their foundations, but just like Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda did on Kawanakajima, this battle was a battle that had to be fought, and both men knew that once they bordered, it would be the beginning of a battle to the death.

Nowadays, there is still no stability within Miyoshi Changqing, and Date Zhengheng is facing the same problem.

Of course, the problem faced by Miyoshi Changqing was even more difficult, and the enemies around Date Masaki were either contained or already dying. However, Date Mashiro also understands that once Miyoshi Nagakei integrates the territory, it will be a huge behemoth, controlling the territories of and Shikoku and nearly nine countries, and it is still the most elite territory of the Wa Kingdom, and it can easily provoke a war of tens of thousands of people.

Date Masahiro understands that the sooner he challenges Miyoshi Changqing, the better, he can't wait for Miyoshi Changqing to faint, and he can't wait for the brothers he relies on the most to fall, and there are nearly ten years to go, who knows what kind of changes will be caused by the flapping wings of Masahiro's huge butterfly.

The history of the Wa Kingdom has long been changed beyond recognition by Date Masaki, and when Date Masaki and Miyoshi Chokei were pulled into the selected battlefield of Harima Province passively or actively, Miyoshi Chokei could no longer be as casual as the history of sending a partial division and Akamatsu Harumasa to jointly attack Miki Castle.

The two heroes want to wrestle their wrists in Harima, but the people in Harima are suffering, and the only thing they can do is to choose sides. Yes. Pick sides. The only way to do this is the fate of being crushed by two heroes. When Koji Itaka saw off the monks and left the city, he immediately convened a meeting to decide the fate of more than 100 members of the Kuroda family.

At this meeting, Kotera brought his eldest son Wanji to the conference room for the first time, but no one stepped forward to accuse, since it was a meeting that decided the fate of more than 100 people in the Kuroda family, then the current young lord and the future head of the Kuroda family were also qualified to participate in this meeting.

Koji Zhilong glanced at everyone and thought for a while. Suddenly, he asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what will be the outcome of this battle between the two heroes?" "Kodera suddenly asked such a stupid question, yes, stupid, this question doesn't mean anything to the Kuroda family, no matter who wins or loses, there is only one purpose for the Kuroda family, to survive. And when Koji Zhitaka said this, it already shows that his brain is a little deranged, under normal circumstances. It is impossible for Teno to ask such a non-level question.

Wanji really didn't want to see his father lose his words at such an important meeting, and for the first time, he expressed his opinion at a formal meeting. He said, "Father, uncles and uncles, children should not intervene, but this matter is a matter of life and death for hundreds of people up and down Himeji Castle. ”

After a pause, seeing that the conference room was silent, all looked at him, Wan Jiluo was a little nervous, but fortunately, his third uncle Itetomo encouraged him, and said in a gentle tone: "The young master has something to say boldly. ”

Rather than being annoyed by his son's interjection, he encouraged him to speak with doting eyes, and Wanyoshi was often able to express some thought-provoking words that let him know that his son would be able to lead the Kuroda family further in the future.

A little coquettish to his father, and then Wanji gave a gentle salute, and said in a childish tone: "The current situation has become very clear, Akamatsu, Miki and other families lost their troops in the last battle of Prince Town, and the Akamatsu family rebelled and forced the old father to kill, and now we are the only ones left who can block the soldiers of the Date family." However, can it really be stopped, and even if it is, what good is it for us? ”

"What's in it for us?"

Everyone heard that Wan Ji was a bit vulgar at such a young age, but he said everyone's hearts very well, yes, even if they went to block the soldiers of the Date family, they had to have enough benefits to be able to drive them to work hard, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, but there was no heavy reward, how could there be a brave man.

Many people saw Wan Ji Jiong's bright eyes full of eagerness to look at the young master, although these people don't know how to do it, but for the Kuroda family to have a wise young master is also a thing worth celebrating, in the troubled times, wisdom is always more important than bravery.

Koji Zhitaka felt a trace of jealousy for no reason, and then shook his head to shake off this jealousy, but he asked, "Then tell me, what is the benefit of falling to the Date family for us?" Apparently he had already heard from Wanji's words that he meant to throw himself at Date's house.

After a pause, Wan Ji cleared his voice before he said, "Father, the benefits are very obvious. First of all, the soldiers of the Date family are difficult to resist, my family can calmly follow behind them and pick some cheap to eat, the Miki family is not as good as the Akamatsu family, and they have also experienced the defeat of the prince's town, and the Akamatsu family still has the strength to protect themselves, but the Miki family is like a lamb with slaughter. Even so, without the approval of the Date family, would we dare to send troops to snatch the fat from the tiger's mouth? ”

After the Battle of Tai-Chimachi, the people of Himeji Castle were not without a desire to seize the foundation of the moribund Miki family, but as Manyoshi said, they dared to do it without the approval of the Date family. I'm not afraid of breaking my teeth.

Koji Zhilong's brows were twisted, looking at his lovely son, Wanji seemed to have entered a certain state and couldn't extricate himself, paused for a moment, and then continued to Shuduao: "Secondly, and most importantly, good birds fold trees and perch, and good ministers choose their masters. ”

After saying that, Wan Ji turned his gaze to the retainers and looked at them playfully. At this time, it was clear that he had to make a decision whether to join the Date family as a member of the Kodera family or the Date family as a member of the Kuroda family.

Wan Ji's words once again made the venue fall silent, "Good birds break trees and perch, and good ministers choose the lord." Everyone understands that in this era of the lower gram, everyone thought of the bargaining chips of the foot monks, and no one cared about it at that time, or it should be said that it was selective forgetting, and now in retrospect, they are all shocked. The small temple political position in the royal city, if it is in normal times, it can still be regarded as a well-kept family head, but the goods have to be thrown around, and when the two heroes are surrounded in the Harima country, the small temple political office will never be placed in the eyes of everyone again, and there is no room for choice.

After a slight sigh, Ite, who has always been optimistic about his nephew, knew what to do, and Wanji's words were not unreasonable, he had to stand on Wanji's side. Especially in the case that Muroyama Castle and Tatsuno Castle are in the hands of the Date family, and Eiga Castle is extremely weak, Himeji Castle, which is close at hand, really has no extra choice, only to stand on the side of the Date family, originally his idea was to join the Date family, but he didn't want to come out, and now when he sees Wanji speaking, he should stand up for Wanji.

"The young lord is wise, and the ministers have no opinion on the fall of Himeji Castle to the Date family." Just as Imate was about to stand up and speak, a voice came to mind in the conference room, the voice seemed so abrupt, but no one felt that it was inappropriate, and this voice woke up all the stunned retainers. Everyone quickly knelt on the ground, shouting that the young master was wise.

Looking at the kneeling retainers below, for the first time in Koji Zhilong's heart, he had the idea of wanting to retreat and abdicate to make Xian, yes, they kept shouting that the young master was wise, and in an instant, he was ten years old. He couldn't help but glance at his son, but what he saw was that his son lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, which made Xiaoji Zhilong's heart feel slightly cold.

I'm only thirty years old and I'm going to abdicate to make way for Xian? Thinking of this, Kotera Zhitaka slowly straightened up and said, "Itetomo, you lead the city defense and household registration of Himeji Castle to transfer to Tatsuno Castle to Tsurushou Castle and submit the surrender letter to Lord Date Shobi. ”

Wan Ji suddenly knelt on the ground and bowed, "Father, please let Xiao'er and the third uncle go to Heshou City together." ”

What the?

The young master took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Heshou City as a hostage, and everyone's eyes on Wanji became more eager. Kodera was also extremely surprised, he didn't expect his son to take the initiative to make such a big decision, so he didn't have any reply for a while.

Wanji lowered his head and his eyes flashed, he really wanted to see the Date Masaki who shook the world at the age of twenty, and the second and most important thing was that he had just been too sharp in the meeting, and he knew that if he continued to live in Himeji Castle, he was afraid that he would die.

Kodera looked deeply at his proudest son, he knew that this son could not be kept, and he could not let him continue to stay in Himeji Castle, for fear that one day he would be dizzy and do something that was not as good as a tiger.

After a pause, Kotera took a deep breath and said, "Okay, Wanji, as the son of a samurai family, my father is proud to have a son like you. In the future, you will be called Kuroda under the common name of the Kuroda family, and you will be called Kuroda Kanbei. ”

Wanji, who should now be called Kuroda Kanbei, immediately expressed his reluctance to come out of sincere fear, and replied with tears in his eyes: "Yes, father." ”

When the father and son of Kotera Zhitaka staged a live drama of father-son love, General Kenhao, who had almost driven out of the Omi Province Kukikan, was also unwilling to be lonely, and heard that Miyoshi Chokei and Date Masaki were constantly clashing in Harima and other places, and immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to revive the shogunate, Hosokawa Fujitaka braved the snow for the second time and embarked on the journey to Beichu, with the Imperial Seal of the crusade against Miyoshi Chokei. (To be continued......)