Three days ago, Yamaguchi Castle fell, if you count the killing of Ouchi Yoshinaga, it has only been a few days, Miyazawa Heihachi heard the cheers that were getting closer, and his head buzzed for a while before he stopped, looked back at Taoshan Masanori, and said, "We can't wait." ”

Tao Shan Zhenglai also responded, his eyes lit up, and he said with reverence: "The lord is really powerful, in just more than ten days, he has achieved such brilliant feats, and he is worthy of being the unparalleled god of war in the Western Kingdom." "As the territory gets bigger and bigger, and the record becomes more and more brilliant, Zhengheng has changed from the ghost Date at the beginning, to the Date one-eyed dragon in the later Beizhong, to the dragon of Beizhou in the future, and now it is even more out of the name of the unparalleled god of war in the Western Kingdom. and Tao Longfang's unparalleled general in the Western Kingdom, at first glance, it is not a grade.

At this time, the news of the victory of the mountain castle had spread throughout the army, and it had spread to the local wealthy clans of Iwami Province, and the cheers of tens of thousands of soldiers suddenly rose, like thunder, and the sky was about to fall. The crowd cheered for victory, many people in the army were once defeated under Zhengheng, and after they surrendered, they would secretly hook up with hostile forces, and now I heard that the 15,000 Date army under the command of Zhengheng fought a wave, and in ten days they beat the famous generals they wanted to look up to to die and flee, and the unwillingness or dissatisfaction was all turned into a sense of awe for Date Zhengheng.

After Tao Shan Masayori laughed for a while, he was the one who really hoped that the Date family would achieve glory, although he was also a general, but he had already regarded himself as a member of the Date family, he did not forget his duty, turned his head to Stare Miyazawa Heihachi, who was standing on the side, his face was changing, and said, "Miyazawa-kun." We can't afford to wait any longer. It's time to strike the final blow at Mihonmatsujo. However, while sending the report of the change to Yamaguchi Castle, he began to strike the final blow at Mihonmatsu Castle. ”

Miyazawa Heihachi's face changed, he was originally out of sincerity, he just wanted to find a job and eat it now, he never thought that as soon as he arrived, Zhengheng gave him an important position and gave him a place to play his ability. At first, he was very grateful to Date Masahiro, of course, only to gratitude. He didn't feel awe, especially when he won one victory after another, and gradually became proud and arrogant, and there were some whispers about Date Masaki, thinking that the reward was still too little, and he could at least be crowned the lord of a country with his ability.

However, Tsu and no Mihonmatsu Castle has been unable to make progress for a long time, and compared with the long-term drive of Zhou Fang and Nagato, Miyazawa Heihachi suddenly feels that he and Date Masaki are simply useless, even if the castle to be faced is strong compared to the opponent, Yoshimi Masari and Ouchi Yoshitaka and Ouchi Yoshinaga are also the gap between heaven and earth. Heihachi Miyazawa was ashamed of his past mistakes. For the first time, I felt awe of a person.,It's deeper than he is for Ryomasa Asai, the male lord of the Asai family.。

Heihachi Miyazawa felt meritorious service for the first time. Especially in front of the importance of the political balance, not to be able to lose face in front of the political balance has become his understanding, once the matter of Zhou Fang and Nagato is over, the main force of the Date army will definitely go north to Iwami country.

Time waits for no one, and the opportunity to seize Sanbon Matsujo in the only time left, Miyazawa Heihachi will not give up, he took a deep breath and said, "We have to work hard too!" But the more you get to the last minute, the more cautious you must be, and don't make mistakes. ”

In the midst of cheers, the soldiers of the Date Army, the Masuda Army of Iwami Province, and other troops began to be different from the usual siege without fighting, and without any obstacles, they set up a formation under the city, different people thought differently, and the only thing that remained unchanged was to present a congratulatory gift in front of Zhengheng.

The capture of Sanbon Matsu Castle was the best gift they had given to Masahiro, and both the samurai and the soldiers, all of them were eager to be able to defeat before Masahiro arrived, not after the arrival of Masahiro, when they would not have any face to meet their master.

Although it was not possible to confirm why the Date army was cheering, the soldiers on the Mihonmatsu Castle side could vaguely guess what was wrong.

One of the two forces of Zhou Fang, Nagato's Ouchi Yoshitaka and Ouchi Yoshicho must have failed. Otherwise, Date Jun would not be so excited, and cheered inexplicably, it must have been a great victory that made them excited. Yoshimi Masarai's tired face lost all his blood, and his steps stumbled a little.

Yoshimi Masanori's gaze swept over the samurai who were gathered around him, all of them with despair on their faces, and even more than half of them had a look of fear in their eyes. The cheers of the Date Army were actually a signal to announce that Yoshimi Masayori was going to take responsibility.

The blockade of the previous month had already made the samurai and soldiers defending the city lose confidence, and the heavy price paid to resist the endless harassment and attacks of the Date army also made them endure to the extreme, and the only thing that supported them to hold on was nothing more than a slim hope that Yoshitaka Ouchi would be able to win a victory with Yoshinaga Ouchi, and then come to the rescue.

Now, whether it is Yoshitaka Ouchi or Yoshicho Ouchi defeated in the hands of Date Masato, the first thing to consider is how to deal with Date Masato's attack, instead of coming to the rescue of Yoshimi Masatori, and perhaps expecting Yoshimi Masatori to hold on for a little more time and not let this tens of thousands of Date troops go south.

But right now, the opportunity to turn defeat into victory that Yoshimi Masayori said has been ruthlessly attacked. Now I can't even see a chance of victory, except for a few diehard cronies of Yoshimi Masayori, everyone else is planning for their own family power.

They all know that the fundamental power of the Date family is in the four countries of Bishu, and what Iwami countries value is only those few silver-producing mines, and they are quite tolerant of other local forces, as long as they offer hostages and obey the orders of the Date family.

If there is really no way, it is also a good thing to take refuge in the Date family, at least to save the family and land.

Yoshimi Masarari was sad in his heart, the original words were already very pale, he never thought that such a pale lie could no longer be said when it was really difficult, and it was really the end of the road, he thought to himself: "The tree is falling and scattering!" ”

It's noon. Heihachi Miyazawa and Masayori Taoyama jointly issued the order to attack. It was originally a flame that burned at the forest trail crossing to the north. It had spread to more than a dozen major roads, and the raging flames began to wreak havoc on all the key points of Sanbon Matsu Castle.

Yoshimi Masariri muttered in a low voice, "The descendants of Nato Kiyoshi and Genji will not surrender?" ”

In the dark of night, the Date army, which had been storming for a day, saw that it was unsuccessful, so they retreated, and Sanhonmatsu Castle finally survived the first assault, and at the same time got the reason for cheering. The joy of defending the city obviously could not erase the shadow of defeat that rippled through the city.

Sanbon Matsujo Castle Tower, Yoshimi Masariri leaned his back against the corridor weakly, if Yoshimi Hiroyori was still around. He can also brace himself and finally cause some trouble for the Date army, and then make some cover for Yoshimi Hiroyori to break through.

Although, Yoshimi Masari doesn't like Yoshimi Hirori, but he has the blood of the Yoshimi family in his body, whether it is his or his brother, in the face of death, he has already looked down. The feeling of death swept through his body, and even the glory he had always pursued persistently dimmed.

Yoshimi Masariri holds the family treasure of the Yoshimi family in his arms. A sword that has been handed down from the Kamakura period was once a sword left behind by Minamoto Horai, the ancestor of the Yoshimi clan. Stroking it over and over again, he said to himself, "It's finally time to use you." ”

It was his nephew Yoshimi Yorishi's sister-in-law, Yoshimi Yorishi, who came to disturb Yoshimi Masahiro, who came to ask for a breakout, and pleaded: "Uncle, organize troops to break through, it's still too late!" "He's scared, he still has a lot of youth to squander.

Yoshimi Masarai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Break through, where to go?" Izumo country? They themselves can't protect themselves, and where can they go, and now that the yin and yang are all in the hands of Date Xiao'er, he wants to hunt down easily. ”

Yoshimi Yorishige hurriedly said: "Yes, Izumo Province, we can also organize a team of 3,000 people, and when the time comes, through Izumo Province, we will attack the unstable Boqi Province, open the passage to Kinai, go to Miyoshi Nagakei, and then fight to the death with Date Masaki." ”

Yoshimi Masarari shook his head and said, "It's useless, I've done my best, Shiro, you are now the only adult man in my Yoshimi family, wait a while and you lead the personal entourage of the Yoshimi clan to break out from the west side, and then go to the place you yearn for by water, keep the bloodline of the Yoshimi family, and ...... Never mind...... There you go. "Of course he won't tell Yoshimi Hirori, it will be a bloodline that he keeps, and if Yoshimi Yorishige can also break through the encirclement, it would be the best.

Yoshimi Yorishi shook his head, bowed to Yoshimi Masayori and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry!" Saying that, with Yoshimi Masanori's order, he went to gather those who were willing to break through and leave together, and according to his wisdom, he could only think of a way to huddle together to keep warm.

Yoshimi Masari watched Yoshimi Yorishi's departure, his eyes were full of mockery, there may be a glimmer of life when he surrendered out of the city, break through, and the Date army, which had besieged the city for more than a month, was it a dead man?! He smiled miserably, and continued to caress with the treasure knife in his arms.

There was a slight sound of footsteps, as if it was his guard, and a smell of rice balls came to his nose, and the footsteps came to his side, and it stopped abruptly, and a familiar and charming aroma came. Yoshimi Masari suddenly raised his head, stunned for a moment.

Omiya Ji respectfully held the wooden basin in her hand, and the fragrant rice balls on the wooden basin said, "Husband, you haven't eaten well for several days, so let's pad your stomach." As he spoke, he knelt down in front of Yoshimi Masayori and handed over the rice balls in the wooden basin.

Yoshimi Masarari didn't expect that at the last moment of death, Omiya Ji would come to accompany him, since he suspected that Yoshimi Hiroyori was not his own son, he was in a state of cold war with Omiya Hime, and in the end it would be her who came to die with him.

Yoshimi Masarai said coldly: "Big Palace, you are the daughter of the previous Daiuchisuke, and the sister of the current Daiuchisuke, don't worry about the Date Army outside the city hurting you, please leave, I think the Date Army besieging the city will let you go, or leave quickly." ”

Omiya Ji cried and said: "Please forgive me, I said from the beginning when I married you, you are my last man, and you are also a man who will be together in life and death, I want to stay in the city, I want to be with you, and I want to live and die with you." ”

Yoshimi Masanori's lips cramped, and he suddenly thought of the vow he had when he was newly married, and he didn't expect Omiya Ji to remember what kind of bastard things he had done over the years, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

While Yoshimi Masariri and Omiya Hime were exchanging heartfelt complaints, the appearance of a ninja disturbed their atmosphere and whispered, "My lord, you're ready, but do you really want to do this?" There were also 2,500 soldiers and many family members in the city. ”

Yoshimi Masanori didn't speak, looked at the other party coldly, nodded slightly, and said with a miserable smile: "You go!" ”

Omiya Hime looked at Yoshimi Masayori and asked, "What have you prepared?" ”

Yoshimi Masariri shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just a huge firework prepared, I think Date will like the big gift I gave, so that the world will remember that I have the blood of Kiyowa Genji flowing in my body, and it has not cooled down yet." ”

Omiya Ji glanced at her suspiciously, and didn't ask any more questions, she was originally a gentle woman, and she wouldn't ask too much about men, that was a man's world.

On the other side of the battlefield, Miyazawa Heihachi and Taoshan Masayori still didn't know that Yoshimi Masanori was going to give them a big gift, and they still put on a happy look on their faces, just like the shogunmen under their command, but between their eyebrows, there was still a faint worry.

Suddenly, Miyazawa Heihachi and Taoyama Masayori were shaken by the sound outside the castle, and hurriedly walked out of the camp tent, and saw that behind Sanbon Matsu Castle, a fire dragon composed of countless torches lit up, winding out of Sanbon Matsu Castle, and quickly rushing north.

The Date Army camp was in turmoil, and Yoshimi was about to flee? After hearing the news of Yoshitaka Ouchi's defeat, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and thought of escaping, but Miyazawa Heihachi's heart was full of doubts, and the breakthrough was not like this.

Tao Shan Masayo's face changed drastically, and he said: "No matter what it is, they must be intercepted, once they flee to Izumo Country, I am afraid that there will be some moths again." ”

Miyazawa Ping Eighth Master woke up and surrounded them for a month, and there were still people who broke out of their encirclement, which was their dereliction of duty, especially the dereliction of duty of his general, and shouted loudly: "Chase, Tao Shanjun, this matter will be handed over to you, they must be intercepted." (To be continued......)