Chapter 65: The Conquest of Kyushu (18)
Qinghe Hengxiu's analysis made Matsushima Hengsheng and Iwase Hengzhong suddenly enlightened. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoDate Governor Date Masahiro led an army of 230,000 across the sea and went deep into the hinterland of the Otomo family's original fortress of Bungo, under the general trend, it is impossible for the Otomo family to turn the tables, and this matter is already a matter that everyone has identified, so will the people of Chikugo and the people of Fat follow the people of Bungo to the black? In the case of Chikuzen and Hizen people defecting one after another, there are also examples such as Akizuki Bungen, Munakata Clan, Tachibana Kenzai, Takahashi Kanzai, Harada Ryei, and Chikushi Yumon. Imagine, in this case, will the descendants of the building and the fat descendants still die war horses? If he fights with the Date family and has a mortal enmity with the Date family, who will be happy.
In the end, it was Toji Michiyuki who made a profit. The army under the control of Toji Michiyuki is already the largest army of the Otomo family, and there are only less than 3,000 people left after more than 1,500 casualties. Without the support of Chikugo and Higo, Toji Michiyuki would have no place to stand, and the army would be getting smaller and smaller, and there would be enemies everywhere, all of whom wanted his head to be dedicated to the Date family as a vote. Without the army, Toji Michiyuki would be finished.
Qinghe Hengxiu's words made Matsushima Hengsheng and Iwase Hengzhong think widely, and it seemed that the battle situation was in their favor and won a series of victories, but in fact, the crisis was hidden in the battle situation. Once Chikugo and Higo were forced to Toji Michiyuki's side, Toji Michiyuki had a team of tens of thousands of people and was able to gain a foothold in Higo Province, and the Date army would have to fight for a long time if they wanted to defeat Toji Michiyuki.
Qinghe Hengxiu tapped on the table, looked at the map on the table, and asked: "Tomorrow will be a critical day, today we have all observed that the road between Gaoliang Mountain and Feiyue is narrow, and it may be difficult for the people of Zhuhou and Higo to go down the mountain tonight." Don't know how to hit Mt. Takara tomorrow? Or Feiyue? "Qinghe Hengxiu selectively ignored the Toji Daoxue, the current battle situation is very obvious, if you don't break through Gaoliang Mountain or Feiyue, and directly attack the Toji Daoxue that retreats into the canyon, I'm afraid it will fall into danger. If the gentleman doesn't stand under the wall, he doesn't believe that Chikugo and Higo will sit back and watch the Date army attack the Toji Daoxue directly under their noses, even if Chikugo and Higo don't come, he doesn't believe it.
Iwase Hengzhong didn't think much about it, and said, "Hit Feiyue." ”
Matsushima Hengkatsu unexpectedly glanced at Iwase Hengzhong, knowing that if he attacked Feiyue first, he would become the main attacking force, and Iwase Hengzhong would become a feint force to contain Mt. Kora and the Great Friendly Army.
Iwase Hengzhong smiled and said, "What are you looking at me?" I'm starting from the big picture, without a little personal feelings, and the current situation is obvious, and letting Higo live will bring endless trouble to the Otomo family. ”
After a pause, Iwase continued: "According to the intelligence, the Kamachi clan is the head snake of Chikugo Province and occupies most of the territory of Chikugo Kingdom, and the price of persuading him to surrender is greater than killing him. ”
Qinghe Hengxiu nodded again and again: "Haha, I didn't think of the problem of the Kamachi clan, Iwase is right, the Shaoji clan is more of a false name in Hizen and Chikuzen, and the Shaoji Dongshang surrender can be courteous, and the Puchi clan is the landlord of Chikugo Province, if they are not eradicated from Chikugo country, it will inevitably divide the rule of the Date family over Chikugo country." ”
This can also explain why in history Ryuzoji Takanobu would be in the case of the opposition of the ministers, to the three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren of the Puchi Jiansheng extermination of the clan, seems ungrateful, in fact, everything is because the Puchi Jiansheng father and son monopolized the Chikugo country, and the direct territory of the Ryuzoji Temple Takanshin is similar, the side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly, and took the lead in destroying the Puchi clan and annexing the Chikugo country.
Even Ryuzoji Takanobu can't tolerate the Puchi Jiansheng family, let alone the Date Army, who has no relatives and no reason. Although the killing of the Kamachi clan will cause a backlash from Chikugo Province, under strong suppression and preferential treatment, Chikugo Province will soon forget its former ruler and integrate into the system of the Date family, which is the terrible thing about the Date family.
Kiyokawa Hengxiu paused and said, "Iwase, you return to the garrison overnight, and then shoot an arrow book to the Higo people of Mt. Kora, telling them that we will deliberately open the passage tomorrow and let them evacuate the battlefield from the east side of Mt. Kora." At the same time, I will cross the river and approach the Great Friendly Army in the middle, but I will see what choice the Higo people on Kora Mountain will make, whether they will take the safer east or rush into the west of the battlefield. Matsushima, you block the way of Feiyue, and also shoot the archery book to the Chikugo people, as long as they hand in the heads of the Kamachi clan as a vote, let the others go. ”
Matsushima and Iwase left with their fists clenched.
The candle flame is dim.
Toji Michiyuki sat in the tent, his face became extremely ugly, he saw some clues from the sudden withdrawal of the Date army, and he was afraid that the main commander of the Date army would see through his plan.
Fenghou suffered heavy casualties, and there were almost no losses to the Chikugo and Higo people, which made Fenghou people indignant, if it weren't for the fact that Toji Daoxue was still as stable as Mount Tai, his calm attitude calmed the floating military heart.
Even if Toji Michiyuki knew that he had seen through the plan, he had to stay and continue to fight, knowing that the current situation was no longer in his control, he said to himself: "Tomorrow!"
He also knew that tomorrow would be a critical moment, whether to leave or stay in the capital between this day, calculating the gains and losses, and there was a sudden movement outside the account.
Hearing the voice, Toji Michiyuki asked, "What is the mood of Higo and Chikugo?" ”
You Bu Weixin replied worriedly: "It's not good, I'm depressed, people's hearts are stupid, the fat descendants are seriously homesick, and the descendants don't want to fight." What should I do, my lord? ”
Toji Michiyuki remained calm and said: "The fat queen can't be used, if Kamachi Jiansheng wants to live, he has to be with us, Gengo Saemon, you bring the left-wing people and horses to Feiyue immediately to help Puchi Jiansheng suppress the Zhuhou people." ”
Yubu Weixin was puzzled: "My lord, why do you say this? ”
Toji Michiyuki glanced at Yubu Weixin, paused for a moment, and said: "The Date people went on an expedition to Kyushu to seize Kyushu, and they can tolerate the people who built the predecessors, but they can't accommodate the people who built the future, do you know the answer?" ”
Yubu Weixin suddenly realized and replied: "Because there is no one family in Chikuzen Province that is dominant, each family has as many as 2,000 people, and as few as seven or eight hundred, and the Kachichi clan monopolizes Chikugo Province, how can the Date family tolerate him." ”
Toji Dao Xue said: "That's true, that's why the fat descendants can't use it?" ”