Chapter Twenty-Six: The Dark Version of Shikanosuke (Part II)
People with weak hearts have always been soldiers, and today's Date family's entourage are all wearing the armor of Yamanaka Yudaka's family, and Nizi Harujiu has some doubts in his heart and looks at Yamanaka Yukitaka a few more times, and Yamanaka Yukitaka immediately thinks about the bad side, and his whole body shudders.
Niko Haruhisa is not a generous and tolerant lord, on the contrary, he is also a narrow-minded lord, and the former leader of the Shingu Party, Niko Hisayuki, once asserted that Niko Haruhisa is a person who is not thoughtful, has more flesh and blood, but lacks benevolence and righteousness.
Yamanaka Yutaka is a person with quick wisdom, and Masahiro once praised him as the wise general of Izumo Country, in fact, he is not a person with great wisdom, otherwise he would not have pressed the treasure on the body of the Shingu Party early, and everyone knows the truth of the three caves of the cunning rabbit, but there are a few who can really do it.
At the end of the meeting, Nizi Haruma's casual glance, Yamanaka Yutaka thought about it, after returning from Bizen Province, Nizi Haruma's temperament changed drastically, and there were more than four or five generals who often showed fierce eyes and died of hatred under insanity.
Asano time, the defender of Tianwanshan Castle, has been a retainer of the Nizi family since the time of Nizi Jingjiu, because he has been close to the Nizi country of the Shingong Party for a long time, so he was called to Shishen Mountain City and was killed, and his people were also besieged, and more than 200 people fought to the death, none of them were spared.
At that time, Yamanaka Yutaka was still one of the executors, and he experienced the destruction of the Asano Toki clan throughout the whole process, and he shuddered at the thought of Asano Toki's desperate gaze and vicious curse before he died. While pondering the meaning of Niko Haruha's glance, he couldn't help but feel that the assassins sent by Niko Haruhisa were following closely.
As long as Nizi Harujiu gives an order, his subordinates will act as ordered. This is the truth of the Warring States period, otherwise. Those who disobey the order are sentenced to death. Asano Time, a retainer of successive generations, was killed because of false suspicions. The Shingu party did not rebel before. In order to curry favor with the favored Shingu party members, who did not have dealings with Niko Kunihisa and his son, if they were killed for this reason, I am afraid that no one in Izumo would be spared.
A chill crossed Yamanaka Yutaka's heart, and his heart crossed two belly cases: "The first is to bring more than 20 family members, a total of more than 100 people, day and night, quietly leave Izumo Province, and flee to Bigo Province. Seeking asylum from Date Mashiro; Second, if the border of Bigo Province was blocked and it was impossible to pass Guò, then the only way to risk crossing Iwami Province and fleeing to the mountain pass was to seek refuge in Ouchi Yoshinaga. "Actually, the best way is to flee to the country of Mizuo through Guò Boqi, but the Ten Divine Mountain City is just stuck on the border, so naturally it will not work.
Yamanaka Yukitaka's mother, known as a virtuous mother, often taught the brothers Yamanaka Yukitaka and Shijiro to never forget the great kindness of the lord of the Niko family, hoping that the two of them would defeat the evil enemy Mori clan in the future and restore the Niko family to its former glory.
As soon as I returned to the small town where I lived. When Yamanaka saw his mother, he immediately cried and said, "Mother, today the messenger of the Date family has arrived. There are more than 30 followers under it, all of whom are wearing antlers similar to their own family and standing in a three-day moon pocket, so the lord suspects that his family is in contact with the Date family, and he asks my mother to teach me?! ”
Yamanaka Yutaka obviously can't say that he is suspected of being a generalist in the Shingu party, but tells the story of the arrival of the envoy of the Date family today, his mother Lady Yamanaka is also from a samurai family, and the simple kimono can't hide his radiant and noble temperament, listening to Yamanaka Yudaka's flustered words, he raised his eyes and asked: "Shitaro, you really have nothing to do with the Date family?" ”
Yamanaka Yutaka knew that his mother suspected that he really had access to the Date family, and immediately swore an oath: "Mother has taught the child since childhood to learn from his father's loyalty, not to mention that the child has any reason to communicate with the Naida family, this family is a famous family in Izumo Province, and the Date family is just a tyrant in the countryside." The child was worried that his family would suffer the same fate as the Asano Toki clan, so he hurried to the house and asked his mother to go outside with the child to hide and return to China when the lord's anger was gone. ”
Lady Yamanaka is a smart woman, and she knows that once she follows Yamanaka Yutaka and flees abroad, she is afraid that she will never be able to return to China in this life and be forgiven by the lord, but if she does not flee abroad, the experience of the Asano time clan is vivid.
Just when Lady Yamanaka hesitated, Niko Haruhisa made a choice for her. Yamanaka Yutaka didn't expect it, although he had been mentally prepared in advance, he didn't expect that on the night he just entered the city, Niko Haruhisa would send troops to come to conquer.
The one who came to the expedition was Nizi Haruhisa's favorite retainer Mihara Tsunaku, and last year's Bizen War, due to the unfavorable initial battle of Mihara Tsunaku, Nizi Haruhisa ended up defeated and captured. was supposed to be sent to the cold palace, but where did he think that he would be reused, and he was the specific executor who killed the Asano Time Clan.
The arrival of Yonehara Tsunade gave a heavy blow to Mrs. Yamanaka's faith, and she was depressed for a while, and Yamanaka Yukitaka immediately asked her younger brother Shijiro to take care of Mrs. Yamanaka, and then led the troops to defend herself. Where will Yonehara Tsunakuan listen to his justification, and immediately lead his troops to attack.
The castle where the Yamanaka clan lived was originally an abandoned town, and the Yamanaka clan was orphaned and widowed, and there were not many people, and it was soon in danger. Yamanaka Yukitaka, with a few servants, fled with his mother and brother from the small gate into the woods behind the castle.
Yonehara Tsunahiro chased and killed all the way, Yamanaka Kokoko and others panicked, and the clansmen became fewer and fewer, and finally only Yamanaka Kodaka, Yamanaka Lady and Yamanaka Shijiro were left and two servants, a total of five people, who escaped because of the darkness of the night.
Suddenly, a little light appeared in front of me, and it turned out to be a shrine built in the middle of the mountains, and the people and horses in the shrine neighed, so it was not lively. Yamanaka Koko and others didn't dare to approach, for fear of hitting Yonehara Tsunaka's trap, but they never thought that someone who was guarding appeared on them early.
A sound of horses' hooves sounded, a group of cavalry with torches surrounded several of them, Yamanaka Yukitaka and his party of five saw an unbelievable scene through the firelight, everyone in front of them were wearing antlers and standing in a three-day moon pocket, Yamanaka Yukitaka breathed a long sigh of relief, and shouted hoarsely: "In front is the envoy of the Date family, I am Yamanaka Yudaka, please don't misunderstand." ”
The cavalry walked out of a column, put down the mask, revealed a young face, walked in front of Yamanaka Yukitaka and carefully identified one or two, and then glanced at a few other people, before nodding and saying: "It's really Yamanaka Yukitaka, I'm the head of the Katayama Shiro Guard, a retainer under Date Masadada, and Zen Master Zhuyun Huixin is resting in the shrine in front, so you can go with me." ”
Yamanaka Yutaka Yoshisheng was surprised, he didn't expect that among the thirty guards accompanied by Zhu Yun Huixin, there was still Katayama Hengcho, a favorite of Date Masahiro, he didn't expect it, and Nizi Harujiu didn't think about it, otherwise he wouldn't have ignored it.
Yamanaka Koko and others obviously couldn't go to meet Zhu Yun Huixin in rags, so they borrowed a few sets of regular clothes from the shrine, and they were neatly dressed in regular clothes, and their messy heads were combed. Although it is not the same as the two people just now, it is also not to be underestimated.
In the main hall of the shrine, Zhu Yun Huixin had already learned about the fate of Mrs. Yamanaka and the others from the mouth of Tsuro Katayama, and sighed unconsciously, and then said: "Mrs. Yamanaka, please forgive me, for the sake of safety, I also ask you to pretend to be servants of the Date family and return to Date with us." ”
Of course, the lady of the mountain knew that once she followed the envoy of the Date family to Date Ling, she would settle the suspicion of the Natong Date family, but they had no way out, so they secretly wept and choked up.
Yamanaka Yutaka saw that he had managed to get out of danger, and he was secretly glad that he was still comforting his mother and younger brother Shijiro on his face, but he didn't see that his younger brother Shijiro looked at Tsukiyama Tomita Castle with hatred in his eyes, and the seeds of hatred were deeply rooted in his heart.
The young man who left a reputation as a loyal minister in the old time and space didn't know what kind of incident he would cause in this plane.
In Tsurujo, he had just received a report that a merchant ship from the country of Sangi had boarded the port of 6 Kurashiki, but he didn't know that Zhu Yun Huixin not only successfully completed the task of meeting with Niko Haruma, but also brought back the Yamanaka Yukitaka family in addition.
No one knew that the little broken boy who was less than ten years old who followed Lady Yamanaka would have such an excellent and brave nickname as "the Kirin of San'in" in the future, leaving a strong mark on his loyalty, and the battle of Last Moon Castle made his loyalty and courage spread far and wide.
Due to the success of Miyoshi Nagakei in Kinai, the second brother Miyoshi Minoru killed the lord Hosokawa Motaka last year and completely controlled the Awa country, and the third brother Antaku Fuyasu, with the support of the two brothers, led the Awaji naval army to break the continent of the main head of the Shimoshi family, Kasai Motomasa, and completed the unification of the Awaji country.
Under the aggressiveness of the Miyoshi brothers, the traditional power groups of the country obviously did not want to see their vested interests taken away, but the defeat in several wars made them realize that they could not rely on their own strength, and that they must shift the focus of their policies to seek foreign assistance.
Of course, this is not a new trick, as early as the Eishō period when Ouchi Yoshiko supported Ashikaga Yoshinori Kamiraku, the wealthy clans of the Zanqi country competed to flatter in order to gain support. Now that the Date family has defeated strong enemies one after another and become the lord of the Kibi Shikoku, it is not surprising that the wealthy clan contacted the Date family to suppress the Miyoshi brothers.
For the Date family, the strategic location of the country is also extremely important, once the Ten Rivers Ichicun completely controls the country of the country, Miyoshi Chokei will have the opportunity to board the 6 Kibi Shikoku from the sea at any time, and can suppress the expansion of the Date family from the sea 6, which is quite unfavorable for the Date family.
What's more, now the salt and water army that Seto Inland Sea is competing with the Murakami water army and the Awaji water army are in the hands of Kasai Motonari, and before the water army of the Date family has grown, the alliance with the salt water army has become the choice of political balance to suppress the Murakami water army. (To be continued......)
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