(The time error in the first 162 chapters is revised to June 22)

On June 26 of the first year of Hongji, after resting for two days, after disbanding more than 2,300 peasant soldiers, Hirochu Takabo led 300 samurai to join the Date Army.

The vanguard had defeated Jiang Liang Xianxuan's mobile force even before Zhengheng was dispatched, driving it into Numacheng and occupying the small moving weir, which was afraid that the Date army would use the method of flooding, and the Date army was also afraid that the Numajo side would dig a dam and flood the siege troops in an unfavorable situation.

Mashiro personally set up the main formation at the top of Ōnohara Mountain to command the entire army, and the main force attacking Numajo was led by Noyama Masahiro with 3,000 men and horses, plus six people from Aki. In this way, even if Sadaaki Ouchi wanted to come to the rescue, Date Sei could intercept him outside the castle and prevent them from entering Numajo to support Yamazaki Yukiyo and Edara.

Although the tactics of political balance are not very bright, the effect is breathtaking. According to Hongzhong Takaho's method, Zhengheng used white rice to buy a large number of bamboo mat buns, and the swamp outside the city was quickly flattened, and all the iron cannons were concentrated to shoot at the city, so that no one dared to raise their heads.

After shooting for a day and a night, the morale of Numajo fell sharply, and the news of Ouchi Yoshinaga's death had already spread throughout the army, and now that Date was coming, if it weren't for the mountains on three sides and the Date army on the other side, the defenders would have already deserted.

That night, Yamazaki Xingsheng, Jiang Liang Xianxuan and other generals gathered together to discuss how to deal with the attack of the Date army, in fact, whether to fight or surrender, the war will definitely die, if you surrender, someone will come out to take charge, except for Yamazaki Xingsheng and Jiang Liang Xianxuan. No one else.

Jiang Liang Xianxuan has lost his reputation since the battle of Sakurayama Castle, and his courage has also been lost a lot, and unlike what Hongzhong Takabao said, he is a rare peacemaker in the Ouchi clan, and he secretly conspires with his retainers who want to surrender. I want to force Yamazaki to take responsibility at the meeting.

The conference room was full of pessimism, Jiang Liangxian glanced at everyone, and after making eye contact with a few people who had communicated in private, he said: "Now that Ouchi has died in battle, four or five thousand elites have almost been lost, and the Date army has no one to control, the Ouchi clan is like the end of a strong crossbow, and the city is about to fall, and I ask Yamazaki-kun to decide." ”

Everyone saw Jiang Liangxian's speech. They all agreed, and they kept asking Yamazaki-kun to decide, not to let Yamazaki Xingsheng come forward to take responsibility, surrender Kaejo, and save their lives, half of their words were left half, and they stopped talking and observed Yamazaki Xingshengde's face.

But seeing Yamazaki prosperous, his eyebrows were twisted like black clouds, and his face was so gloomy that it was about to rain. He is not a fool, where will he not hear the meaning of the generals. Just letting him be in charge of it alone is really a bit embarrassing for him.

Yamazaki Xingsheng was originally a retainer of Yoshitaka Ouchi, and he rebelled with Tao Longfang, in essence he was a retainer of the Ouchi clan, not a retainer of Yoshinaga Ouchi, who died in battle. He also had no thoughts of martyrdom. Now the generals are asking him to make a decision, this is not forcing him to die.

Seeing Yamazaki's hesitation, Jiang Liangxian knew that once tonight passed, if he wanted to open the city and surrender, it would not only be the castle that would be responsible. Even he has to be the first to be responsible, thinking of this, he couldn't help but be poor, he whispered: "Please also ask Yamazaki-kun to have mercy on the lives of the people up and down Numa, as well as your family, we will also take good care of them, and we will not let them live on the streets and die." As he spoke, he even said cruel words about the death of his life.

The faces of the generals changed suddenly, although they didn't want to betray Yamazaki Xingsheng, but if Yamazaki Xingsheng didn't want to be responsible, and wanted to bury the whole city together, they wouldn't be willing. ”

Yamazaki was prosperous like a lightning strike, and his face was pale: "You, you ......" His expression was blank, he stumbled under his feet, slumped on the cold tatami mats, and looked at the generals in a daze, some of whom were still his clansmen and cronies.

When Jiang Liangxian and the generals forced Yamazaki to prosper, a young general suddenly broke in, and seeing the solemn atmosphere in the conference room, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and reported: "Uncle, here is a book of arrows that has just been shot into the city, and the little nephew does not dare to hide it privately. ”

Yamazaki Xingsheng seemed to grasp the last straw, stepped forward and grabbed the letter handed by the young general, unfolded it, and saw that it was written.

Xingsheng Brother Junjian:

You and I originally raised the banner of righteousness on the grounds that the Ouchi clan was stable and stable, and followed Tao Longfang to end the power of Ouchisuke, and for generations they were vassals of the Ouchi clan, which is not comparable to ordinary pariahs. Date Zheng Shaobi Zhengheng was respectful to the imperial court, virtuous to the common people, judging the situation, there was a trend of sweeping the western country, the battle of Lotus Mountain City, Tao Longfang's whole army was killed, and there was no power to return to heaven. The two countries of Zhoufang and Nagato were already a foregone conclusion, and the two countries were exhausted after a lot of fighting, and the people could not even eat enough food such as dregs, and they had reached a state of deep hatred for the rule of the Ouchi clan. As a former minister of the Ouchi clan, his younger brother was deeply distressed and asked Date to be a young man, and to exchange the rest of his body for the life of the heir of the Tao Long family, with the righteousness of the whole monarch. Brothers have always loved the people like sons, and the rebellion against Ouchi was precisely because he saw that Ouchi was no longer able to bring real benefits to the people and protect the Ouchi clan. Now Date is young and virtuous, and he has always admired his brother's Wenzhi Taoluo, and often said to his brother that his brother's ability is outstanding, and if he can make such a talent for his own use, he will be fortunate for himself, and the people will be lucky! Think twice!

June 26 of the first year of Koji

Hongzhong Mikawa guards

Where did Yamazaki Xingsheng think that he would actually register with Date Zhengheng, and when he looked up at Jiang Liang Xianxuan and the others, his eyes were no longer desolate, and a wave of confidence reappeared, and his whole body was full of confidence, all from this letter. This letter is not only his life-saving straw, but also his life charm, and the source of self-confidence, he knows that if the letter is not exactly handed over to Yamazaki Xingsheng, I am afraid that Jiang Liang Xianxuan and others will jump over the wall in a hurry for the sake of peace in the future, kill him first and then mention others.

Yamazaki Xingsheng was afraid that his eyes would be overwhelmed, so he looked at it again, and he was shocked and happy, so he looked at it again. I don't feel happy and hopeful. He looked at it three times in a row, and his heart was like a stick stirred in a toad's nest, and he jumped away. Surprised, happy, hopeful, he couldn't tell.

Date Zhengheng is only twenty-one years old now, and he already has the momentum to unify the western kingdom. The unstoppable momentum has now begun to rumor that "you can win the world before the age of thirty". If he can follow in his footsteps, the Yamazaki clan will likely go one step further and achieve things that their predecessors could not have imagined, and even if they can't, it will be a matter of great pride to be a member of the new unified government.

Yamazaki Xingsheng looked around at everyone, glanced at Jiang Liangxianxuan heavily, and then held up the letter in his hand and shouted loudly: "Look." Look, this is a letter of persuasion sent into the city by Lord Bizheng Shaobi, since you plead, then I will make a decisive decision, open the city, and surrender. ”

Jiang Liangxian Xuan suspected that the letter in Yamazaki Xingsheng's hand was a letter of persuasion, but he never thought that it would really be, and Yamazaki Xingsheng was afraid that he would not choose to surrender in Kaesong so readily. The persecution of all of them just now was too much, and they wanted to explain. But seeing the coldness in Yamazaki Xingsheng's eyes, he couldn't speak, knowing that he had completely offended Yamazaki Xingsheng.

wanted to force Yamazaki to be responsible, but in the end, the unfortunate thing happened to himself. Jiang Liang Xianxuan knew that once Yamazaki Xingsheng surrendered to the Date clan, and made some slanderous rumors that were unfavorable to him, he was afraid that he would immediately suffer the price of his life. The excuses are all ready-made, his younger brother Jiang Liang Fang Rong is still in Houdongchuan to assist Ouchi Sadaaki, Jiang Liang Xianxuan has Ouchi Sadaaki in his heart and spies on the Date clan's military situation. Who would have thought that Date Mashiro would send such a plainly worded letter after his victory.

Jiang Liangxianxuan's eyes were full of confusion, why did it become like this. Why did this happen, his mouth opened, his lips trembled, he wanted to say some life, but he couldn't say a word, only a dull muttering in his throat.

The vision in front of him was suddenly crooked, and Jiang Liangxian Xuan felt that he had lost his balance, but the ground that was getting closer and closer clearly told him that he had indeed fallen. When he fell, someone finally stepped forward to help him, and these people were all his cronies.

More people watched indifferently at Jiang Liang Xianxuan's fall, the struggle between Yamazaki Xingsheng and Jiang Liang Xianxuan, the arrival of a letter, the 180-degree turn, the conversion of heaven and hell, Yamazaki Xingsheng won the final victory, and they all dared not offend the victor who climbed on Date clan's thigh.

Late at night, Jiang Liangxianxuan finally came to his senses, he glanced at the only clansman who was with him, his voice was a little cold, and said, "What time is it?" ”

The clansman was extremely depressed, raised his head and replied, "It's probably time!" ”

Jiang Liang Xianxiu clenched his fists, his hideous face, bloodshot eyes, looked at the only clansman, and said: "Early tomorrow morning, Yamazaki Xingsheng will open the city and surrender, and then it will be the end of our Jiang Liang clan, we must get rid of him in the rest of the time, yes, get rid of him." ”

The clansman looked up in amazement, he didn't expect Jiang Liang Xianxiu to be so crazy.

The more Jiang Liang Xianxiu thought about it, the more he felt the feasibility of getting rid of Yamazaki Xingsheng, and he said to himself: "As soon as Yamazaki Xingsheng dies, the highest status in Numacheng is me, and when the time comes, I will open the city gate and go to the surrender, and I will say that Yamazaki Xingsheng is unwilling to surrender and resist to the end, yes, that's it." ”

Now that the situation is critical, Jiang Liangxian announced that no one could report the news, so he recruited more than a dozen clansmen to walk towards Honmaru in addition to his own yard. The news that Yamazaki Xingsheng was going to surrender on the spot had already spread throughout Numashi, and there were those who were excited and those who were depressed, and the guards were quite relaxed.

Guarding the south gate of Honmaru was Yamazaki Yoshimori's nephew, the young man who delivered the letter to Yamazaki Yoshimori, and because of his meritorious work in submitting the letter, he got the high position of guarding Honmaru, and his promotion and fortune were just around the corner. Seeing Jiang Liangxian leading people over, he hurriedly greeted: "Lord Yamazaki, why don't you rest at home, what are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Liang Xianxuan made a gesture to his subordinates, and then suddenly lowered his tone and said in a low voice: "This was originally an extremely confidential mission, because Yamazaki-kun is the nephew of Mamoru Izu, and it was only revealed to Yamazaki-kun at this moment, but Yamazaki-kun leaned over a little to speak, after all, it was a confidential mission?" ”

Yamazaki heard Jiang Liangxianxuan call him Yamazaki-kun so affectionately, the young man's face was full of smiles, as if he was flattered, and thought that after the dawn of the day, his uncle opened the city and the tide rose, and he was also able to ascend to heaven, thinking of this, he couldn't help but straighten his waist, leaned his head against Jiang Liangxianxuan, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, how can such an important thing be said too loudly?" ”

Jiang Liang Xianxuan whispered in Yamazaki's ear: "In fact, I have received some secret reports that some people are unwilling to fail and want to plot rebellion and kill the traitor Yamazaki Xingsheng who sells his lord for glory. When he said that Yamazaki was prosperous, a cold light flashed in the corner of his eye.

Yamazaki listened, glanced at Jiang Liangxianxuan, and thought to himself that he was here to inform, this secret must be known first, and then crossed Jiang Liangxianxuan to go to the informant, and the reward was indispensable, thinking of this, he immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "Really, who is so bold!" ”

Jiang Liangxianxuan quietly pulled out the small knife tied to his waist with his right hand, and then quickly said, "It's me!" Before Yamazaki could react, Jiang Liangxian immediately grabbed Yamazaki's head with his left hand, and the small knife in his right hand quickly inserted into Yamazaki's neck.

His people soon succeeded. If it weren't for Yamazaki being too excited and not sleeping, Fang Jue saw the arrival of Jiang Liang Xianxuan and became the first ghost to die unjustly.

The rest of the people waited, the incident happened in a hurry, and it was the infighting of their own family, who could react, not to mention that the other party moved the murderous intent when he was asleep, and he really couldn't escape. There were more than a dozen muffled snorts in the wooden house, and soon it fell silent.

Jiang Liang Xianxuan led more than ten people into a no-man's land, until Yamazaki's prosperous bedroom was empty. His people received the shocking news that they couldn't find Yamazaki Xingsheng, or that Yamazaki Xingsheng was not in the dormitory at all.

Jiang Liangxian Xuan said in a low voice: "Impossible, it is impossible for him to know about our actions." There was a deep suspicion in his voice, but he threw out this suspicion, if there was a traitor, I was afraid that he would be strangled long before the action.

His clan brought back a sheren, and the trembling sheren couldn't tell where Yamazaki Xingsheng went, only that he never came back, and he knew that once it was exposed, if Yamazaki Xingsheng was dead, if he wanted to bomb and crush Nush City, no one would come forward to oppose it. As long as he also surrenders to Kaicheng, no one will offend him for the sake of a dead ghost. (To be continued......)