Miyazawa Heihachi, who really didn't have much interest in Yoshicho Ouchi, said unintentionally: "Yes." However, Miyazawa Heihachi's next sentence surprised him: "Kakuro-kun caught a retainer of the Yoshimi family a few days ago, so he asked him to bring a message to Yoshimi Masayori." ”

Of course, Masuda Fujikane knew that it was Yoshimi Masanori's subordinate general Hatano Yoshinobu who was caught, and he was the second son of Hatano Shishin, who had died of illness last year, so Hatano Yoshinobu inherited his family business and served the young lord Yoshimi Hiroyori.

Miyazawa Heipachi smiled and said: "It's war or peace, if it's a fight, then let them wash their necks and wait for our attack, and if they make peace, let Yoshimi Masayori take responsibility." "Taking responsibility means that he will be cut and the rest of the people will be able to live.

Hearing such a cruel answer from Miyazawa Heihachi, Masuda Fujikan felt a pang in his heart, and said: "In this way, I am afraid that we will have to fight hard, more than 5,000 people have poured in Sanhonmatsu Castle now, and we only have more than 7,000 people, and I am afraid that the siege battle will cause huge casualties." ”

Katsuro Hengzhong, Taoshan Hengcho, Yamauchi Takatsu, Miyoshi Hotaka, Miyashi Jingsheng, Ogasawara Nagao, Saba Takaren, Shigeto Tadaaki and other generals came one after another, listening to the questions and answers of the two, and they all wanted to know what Miyazawa Heihachi's siege tactics were.

Miyazawa Heihachi glanced around and said, "Guys, if he wants to fight the cage battle, do we have to follow their rhythm?!" Last year, Ouchi Yoshicho fought a cage battle on the occasion of spring ploughing, although it was in vain, but it delayed the agricultural time, the harvest was serious, and now it is the most tense time for food, and now the grain in Sanhonmatsu Castle is afraid that it will not take two months to run out of food. ”

The crowd listened for a moment. Iwami Province is known as the land of mountains. If it weren't for Silvermountain. I'm afraid that no one wants to come to this land, and there are many canyons near the Tsu and Nogawa rivers, and the food production is already insufficient. His own output was insufficient, so he could only buy from outside, but in recent years, due to the unfriendly relationship between Yoshinaga Ouchi and Yoshimi Masayori, Izumo has been in turmoil in the country, and the direction of Aki has been isolated from trade routes. Money can't buy a grain of grain. Now, more than 5,000 mouths have poured into Sanbenmatsu Castle at once, although it seems that the city is worry-free, but once there is a shortage of food, the castle will be destroyed.

At this moment, everyone understood why Miyazawa Heihachi entered Iwami Province in a high-profile manner, and left Yoshimi Masanori enough time to recruit peasant soldiers, precisely in order to make Yoshimi Masanori's food unable to be supplied, and to achieve the strategy of starving and killing Tsu and No.

Seeing this, Miyazawa Heihachi shocked the generals and gave the order to starve and kill Tsu and No: "We must achieve the strategy of starving and killing Tsu and No." Then it was necessary to cut off all contact between Sanbon Matsu Castle and the outside world, and at the same time to constantly set fire to and loot the castle town. Intercept possible enemy rescues. ”

As he spoke, Miyazawa Heihachi pointed to Mihonmatsu Castle and said: "Sanbonmatsu Castle is built on Mt. Lingkame, surrounded on three sides by the Tsuwano River to form a natural moat, and on the other side is the mountains, which seem to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you use starvation, in fact, as long as all the bridges leading to the Tsuwano River are destroyed, and an earthen castle is built near the shallow water beach, on one side of the mountains, you can build several array houses to monitor the movements, set up multiple checkpoints in the canyon leading to the outside, and you need to attack Sanhonmatsu Castle every day and night, so that hunger and fatigue are combined, I want to see how long Yoshimi Masayori can suffer? ”

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Song State was besieged by the Chu State for eight months, and the children ate each other, and finally had to sign an alliance under the city, which was a classic battle of starvation.

Soon, Yoshimi Masori notices that something is wrong.

The Ada army who came to invade was concerned about building an earthen castle and setting up a checkpoint, and had no intention of attacking Sanhonmatsu Castle, so they risked their lives to sneak into the front and carefully distinguish them, and found that there were more than three or four hundred people in each earthen castle, and one or two hundred people less. Eleven earthen castles were built around the other side of the Tsu and Nogawa rivers, and they were connected by a ring and mobile troops patrolling.

When Yoshimi Yoriri, his half-brother, secretly found Yoshimi Masanori and reported the fact that the food had been running out for less than a month and a half, Yoshimi Masayori learned that the Date army was using a starvation strategy.

On May 10, 1555, the weather was already very cool and sunny.

Ten days had passed since the Date army came to Tsumano, and the Date army had to build a barrier and build a defensive line on its own, and there was no other action, except that every time night fell, they would beat gongs and drums to harass them, and there was no other action.

The strategy of the army's mood to waver, close the battle line, abandon the outer castles, and gather all the soldiers and horses in Sanbenmatsu Castle has obviously failed. The morale of the soldiers in the city was in turmoil, and there was a lot of discussion in private, and their self-confidence had been eroded by the movements of the Date army in these days, and they were all worried about whether there would be enough food for five thousand men to eat and chew.

And Yoshimi Masanori is still as stable as Mount Tai, and his calm attitude calms the floating military heart, also because the situation on his side is slightly better. The news of the capture of the country of Boqi on the 5th has spread all over the world, and this is the basis for Yoshimi Masarari to abandon the outer castle and gather his troops.

Yoshimi Masayori was already fully dressed, and his helmet and armor were already on his body. Walking out of the castle tower, he looked at the movement at the bottom of the mountain, his eyes were gloomy, although he was calm and calm on the outside, but deep down he had to feel deeply helpless.

Due to the geographical topography, Yoshimi Masarashi thought that his strategy of sticking to Sanbon Matsu Castle was a very correct thing, and when he resisted Ouchi Yoshinaga last year, he had already confirmed the correctness of the strategy.

Yoshinaga Ouchi returned in vain.

In addition, whether it is fighting for Bizen Province with Niko Haruhisa, fighting for Bigo Province with Mori Moto, or fighting with Ouchi Yoshinaga, Mori Takakei, and Murakami Bukitchi vs. Aki Kuni, it can be seen that Date Masaki is risky and curious, and every time he is a risky raid, he doesn't like to attack, and he likes to use the way of wild samurai to take risks and attack, and he wins quickly.

Yoshimi Masayori died under his eyes and nose since Kanemitsu Tsutaka died, so he investigated Date Masahiro's character in many ways, and then made the decision to gather forces to gather Sanbon Matsu Castle and force Date Masahiro to not use a surprise attack to win. He never thought that the general of this expedition was not Date Masata, apparently Date Masaki did not take Iwami in his eyes, but ordered Yasui to stop the blood-stained executioner Miyazawa Heihachi. only to realize that my previous judgment was completely based on a wrong basis.

Miyazawa Heihachi's hands were stained with the blood of An Yi. Now it can still sit in An Yiguo. Naturally, it has already been investigated clearly by the enemies of the Date family, and the origin and background are all clear. Miyazawa Heihachi is not a descendant of Date Masahiro, he can cross many Date descendants and become an important minister sitting in the first row, relying on the dare to kill, as long as there is a stumbling block that hinders the progress of the Date family, whether it is a man or a woman or a child, he can raise the butcher knife in his hand and cut it down.

The killing does not mean that Heihachi Miyazawa is a reckless man, behind the killing he is still a waka lover. It's more elegant than Date Masahiro's seven tricks and six tricks and one clue, I don't know how much, it's just such a person, and now he has become Yoshimi Masayori's opponent.

Now, the food in Sanbonmatsu Castle can be used for a month and a half, and he now knows that he is very wrong, and the reason why Ouchi Yoshinaga returned in vain is not because he does not want to continue the siege, but because he has to retreat due to food constraints.

The food of the nine kingdoms of the Date family was enough to crush all those who resisted. Fortunately, there is still a chance to redeem it, and he still has food. There are also 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the morale is still above a certain level. As long as you can ask Yoshitaka Ouchi to send reinforcements. As long as a team of more than 1,000 people is dispatched, and then the inside and outside should be combined, it will definitely be able to break Miyazawa Heipachi's strategy of starving and killing Tsu and No.

Reinforcements, Yoshimi Masari shifted his vision from the opposite bank of Tsu and Nogawa to the hills behind Mihonmatsu Castle, clenched his fists, and ordered, "Let Jiro come here." ”

In the middle of the night, the sky covered by clouds still did not have a trace of the light of the stars and moon. But in the ink-dyed night, there was suddenly another light strip that shone like a galaxy. Just in the direction of Sanben Matsu Castle, a fire dragon composed of dozens of torches appeared and meandered out of Sanbon Matsu Castle.

At the same time, Yoshimi Masayori in Sanbonmatsu Castle took advantage of the moonlight to launch rockets across the Tsuwa Nogawa River to harass Tsuchijo, covering the team that was winding away from behind the castle, and as long as it dragged a little time, it was enough for the team of 500 people to leave safely.

Miyazawa Heihachi woke up from his sleep, and as soon as he heard it, he put on his robe and rushed out. Looking at the banks of the Tsu and Nogawa rivers where the fires were lit everywhere, he didn't notice the departing light dragon, which was completely hidden in the woods by taking advantage of the mountain paths they were familiar with.

Heihachi Miyazawa looked at the firelight on both sides of the Tsu and Nogawa rivers, and his heart was full of doubts. Ten earthen castles had already been built on the banks of Tsuwa Nogawa, and it would take a heavy price to conquer them, and now such an inconsequential harassment would only scratch the itch.

What is the calculation in it, just as Yoshimi Masanorishi knows Miyazawa Heihachi, Miyazawa Heihachi is also clear about Yoshimi Masanori's investigation. Knowing that this person is a ruthless character who is not easy to deal with, since the tenth generation of the head of the family, and also his second brother Yoshimi Takayori was killed by the bandits for no reason. He immediately returned to the vulgar, crossed the two adult brothers, and became the eleventh generation head of the family with the support of Yoshimi Takayori's main wife, Omiya Hime, and married Omiya Hime as the main wife in the same year, and it was rumored that Yoshimi Masanari had already had an affair with Omiya Hime, and Yoshimi Takayori's death was also very strange, and a good and decent city lord would go out alone and be killed by a bandit, and it was a little unreasonable to say anything, and it was even more convincing that this rumor was the birth of Yoshimi Hirori.

When Yoshimi Masariri married Omiya Hime, Yoshimi Hiroyori was already five years old, but when Yoshimi Takayori was alive, Yoshimi Hiroyori had no record, and then suddenly appeared again, and most of those who talked nonsense did not know where to go.

Such a person should be regarded as a model of scum, but Yoshimi Masori actually spent more than ten years to run himself into an honest sage, not only won the love of the people, but also won the appreciation of Ouchi Yoshitaka, Mori Motosho and others.

Real villains are easy to deal with, but hypocrites are quite difficult to figure out. This is also the time and food that Miyazawa Heihachi has to spend a lot of time and food to besiege Sanbon Matsujo by starvation, and he really doesn't have absolute confidence that he can defeat Yoshimi Masanori in a short period of time.

Miyazawa Taira said: "Defend, don't go into battle, let them shoot arrows." After saying that, he returned to the tent, and when he walked to the door of the tent, he suddenly became alert, and turned to look behind Sanbon Matsujo again, and there was no movement in the shadows.

Miyazawa said viciously: "Damn hypocrite, I almost deceived you, what a plan for a golden cicada to get out of his shell, he actually came up with this plan to cover the mobile troops who went out from behind the mountain." ”

To chase, or not to chase?

Without hesitating for too long, Heihachi Miyazawa quickly made a decision. He led an army of 8,000 to attack Sanben Matsujo and devised a strategy of starvation and killing, if Sanben Matsujo was allowed to come and leave as soon as he wanted, it would be a completely failed strategy. No matter what Yoshimi Masarashi had in mind, he praised them for letting them go.

In ten days, Miyazawa Heihachi did not do nothing, and the original castle was either captured on the main passages leading to the outside world in Mihonmatsu Castle, or checkpoints were built, although the number was not large, but it was enough for the mobile troops of the Date Army to rush to encircle and annihilate.

It was only half an hour slower than Yoshimi Masayori, and Date Jun also made a move.

The first to be dispatched were 500 men led by Toyama Tsuenaga and 200 men led by Masuda Fujikabe general Saburo Shinagawa Uemon, a total of 700 men marched along the upper reaches of the Tsuwano River to support Terayama Castle and hold the northern path leading to Nagato Province from Tsuwano to Nagato Province.

Although it is easy to be killed and injured due to various accidents when moving in the dark, not to mention that it is in an unfamiliar environment, so Shinagawa Saburo Uemon is sent as a guide to lead the way, and since it is walking along the Tsu and Nogawa River, it is a little faster than climbing the mountain.

At the same time, Akabi also advanced in the direction of Nanao Castle under the leadership of Katsuro Hengzhong, because there is a beacon tower built between each town in the direction of Nanao Castle, but there is no need to worry about getting lost or having an accident, Kakuro Hengzhong's mission is to protect the back road and prevent the enemy from destroying the logistics of the Date army.

Yoshimi Masayori on Sanbon Matsu Castle saw the two troops moving in two directions, one east and one west, for the first time, and knew that his plan had been seen through by Miyazawa Heihachi, and he had no intention of not being recognized, just to delay more time.

Yoshimi Masarari looked at Yoshimi Hirori, who had long since disappeared, and could only secretly pray in his heart that he could successfully break through and go to Nagato Province to ask Ouchi Yoshitaka for help, of course, he still had a little selfishness, even if he couldn't get help from Ouchi Yoshitaka, at least Yoshimi Masarari could leave safely. (To be continued......)