The autumn and winter of the 22nd year of Astronomy (1553) was an extremely important time for both the Date family and the Masaki, not only to seize Bizen, Bigo and Mimasaka Province, but also to expand the territory of the Date family, but in fact, the most important thing was to establish the invincible power of Date Masaki. Although the Date family did not announce the casualty rate, in the successive battles, the Date army did not even suffer much damage. There is more and more evidence that the strength of the Date Army has completely overwhelmed the Yin and Yang heroes. Internally, Zhengheng also understands that this qiē is all false, and it still has not changed the situation of Date being strong outside and weak inside, but in the eyes of the people, especially in the eyes of Date Ling's neighbors, he is an invincible opponent.

In the first war of the Bizen country, the news that Niko Haruhisa had been captured from top to bottom spread throughout the cities and villages of the entire Misaku country in just a few days, especially the burning and looting of the Boqi army along the way and the exaggerated rumors that infinitely magnified the horror of the Date army, making the whole country afraid of the arrival of the Date army more than resisting.

Under the persuasion of Goto Katsuki, Sanxingcheng surrendered, only Goto Kei's family took advantage of the chaos to leave the city and he ran, because of the chaos inside and outside the city at that time, no one went to pay attention to the Goto Kei's family's stay, and afterwards, except for a few people, no one would pay attention.

When the news of Date Army's entry into Samsung Castle came out, it immediately shocked Misaku's chaotic situation in the country, and first the jodai Emi Hidebo, who was sticking to Tomono Castle, abandoned the city to serve Oda.

This Tomono Castle is located about three kilometers east of Sanxing Castle and is sandwiched between the two cities by the Yoshino River. The lord of Tomono Castle was Emi Hisamori, an important deputy official who stayed in Higashimi Sakuku in Higashimi, but at this time Emi Hisamori had already been captured. Seized in the Date Army. Therefore, the lord of Mt. Usakayama, Emi Hidebo, acted as the lord of the castle. Emi Hisamori and Emi Hidefang seem to be both from the Emi clan. In fact, the blood relationship between the two parties is already quite thin, the relationship between seven generations ago, and Jiang Jian Xiufang considers himself to be the blood of Jiang Jian in his heart.

Then, the Takeyama Castle Shinfu clan, the Yazashi Castle Kusakari clan, the Awai Castle Awai clan, and the Kawai Township Shibuya clan came to surrender one after another, hoping that the captured soldiers would be able to receive the best preferential treatment. In addition, under the leadership of the Mimasaka family, the Mimasaka clan was led by the Hirodo, Takatori, Uegetsu, Fukumitsu, Harada and other clans to surrender.

The avalanche is not limited to Misaku, but has even spread to the Inaba and Boki provinces. The Date Army, which carried the remnants of victory, advanced under the personal leadership of Zhengheng. Along the way, many local tyrants took ten horsemen and twenty cavalry horses and defected to Zhengheng.

After hearing the news, the morale of the castles belonging to the Nizi clan was low, and there was even a large number of deserters, and no one dared to resist the advance of the Date army along the way, but all the castles that originally belonged to the Nizi clan passed by either became empty cities, or simply opened the city and surrendered.

The Izumo Shogun of Takada Castle, who was in turmoil, was demoralized because of the defeat and capture of Niko Haruha, and he had no intention of fighting in the face of the flight of his soldiers, but he did not want to surrender in Kaejo, so he made a decision to abandon Takada Castle under urgent consultation. The decision to withdraw Izumo Kuni.

On the afternoon of December 15, 1553, the 22nd year of astronomy, Zhengheng did not need a single soldier. He entered Takada Castle in a grand manner, announcing that Mimasaka was officially included in the Date Domain system. In an almost bloodless manner, he took down his beautiful works and included them in his sphere of influence.

Therefore, when Zhengheng entered the city, he was warmly welcomed by the soldiers. When Takada Castle fell, the fate of Misasaka was sealed.

The fall of Misasakaku shook the whole world like a thunderbolt, and not only the people of Yin and Yang were chanting Date Masaki. As time passed, more and more people paid attention to Date Zhengheng, heard about his past achievements, and praised all the words that could be put on him, which seemed appropriate. Because, with the fall of Misaku Province, the people of the Hao clan who were originally hesitant in Bigo Province also submitted a table of surrender, and at this time, the territory owned by Masahiro included the entire territory of the ancient Kibi Kingdom, and if it was calculated in terms of Yuroku, the total amount reached more than 800,000 koku.

And he was only nineteen years old.

For these reasons, it is no wonder that the political balance that entered Takada Castle in mid-December of the 22nd year of Tenmon (1553) was particularly vigorous.

Uyama Kukane learned that the Date Army had entered Takada Castle and that the complete occupation of Mimasaka was a sure thing, and his mood was difficult to calm down, although there was a sense of urgency in his hometown, but more importantly, there was a deep sense of humiliation.

Whenever I think of Date Masaki, Uyama Hisaka always has a sigh of making people happy. It stands to reason that as Date Masato's father-in-law and half a father, Date Masaki should take the initiative to follow the traditional rules and strive to join Uyama Kukane's disciples, or at least become a foreign aid that Uyama Kukan relies on. Date Masaki did not do this, but continued to fight in the surrounding areas, defeating Niko Haruha's servants one after another. Not only did it deal a heavy blow to the Niko Army, but even the nominal father-in-law Niko Haruhisa and his father-in-law Uyama Hisakane were all captured by Date Masahiro. However, this kind of ungrateful approach did not make Uyama Kukane have any resentment against Masahiro, on the contrary, Uyama Hisakane even felt that he could understand Masahiro somewhat.

Understanding is understanding, Uyama Hisaka still feels a burst of humiliation, although he is now putting on a sincere attitude, as long as he turns around, he will definitely not give up revenge. However, seeing that the Date army occupied Misasakaku so quickly, and did not encounter any decent resistance at all, it can even be said that there was no resistance, and even the Nizi military generals of Takada Castle fled overnight before hearing that the Date army had arrived, and it was enough to see that the Nizi army had felt fear of the Date army from the bottom of their hearts, and this was what made Uyama Kukane feel disheartened.

Uyama Hisaka was irritable in his heart, but he had to put on a sincere look on his face, and he didn't even dare to say a word of seriousness, or even dare to do anything, and let the two sneering attendants behind him lead him to the Takada Castle Castle Tower, a building that was originally very familiar.

Thinking that Takada Castle had fallen into the hands of Date Masahiro, and that the clansmen living in the castle did not know what the situation was, Uyama Hisakane suddenly thought of his young grandson. I don't know where I am gone. Think of these. Uyama Hisakane's heart is like a knife. Before he knew it, Uyama Kukane was already in tears, and suddenly, he really wanted to commit suicide immediately.

Along the way, Takada Castle was in order, and there was no looting, but Uyama Kukane didn't have the heart to care about these things, even if it was a loot, he didn't care about anything. After all, he was no longer the owner of this castle, and when he walked into the conference room, Zhengheng was already waiting, and a new round of negotiations immediately began. In addition to Zhengheng, there were also two people, Akagi Takao and Katayama Moricho, a total of three people, which made Uyama Kukane feel a sense of humiliation, there were so few people.

In fact, this was a misunderstanding of Zhengheng, who originally wanted to gather more people to attend the meeting, but he had already sent many generals out. Each of them led 300 to 500 soldiers and horses to the various cities to announce the arrival of Date's house.

In fact, the terms have already been agreed in the negotiations, and all that remains to be discussed now is the question of the timing of implementation. To Uyama Hisakane's surprise, Masahiro spoke first: "Uyama Hidamoru, if you leave alone, I am a little worried that there will be accidents on your way back to Tsukiyama Tomita Castle. Half a month has passed since the defeat of the Bizen National Army, and there was a commotion in Izumo Japan, but it calmed down a few days ago, and the reason for the calm, I think Hidamori-samaru is much clearer than us. ”

Uyama Kukane is not unaware of the situation in Izumo's country, and treats important figures such as Niko Haruma and the Date Army is extremely tightly guarded, and it is true that Yanozaburo Haruya can't rob the prison and save Niko Harumu, but he can still convey the news from the outside.

The situation in Izumo's country is a fog for Date Masaki, even if he sends a chaotic wave to spy on it, he can't know the changes in Tsukiyama Tomita Castle in the alert, and he can only guess the changes from the atmosphere on the outside, Uyama Kukane has roughly known about the changes in Tsukiyama Tomita Castle from the report of Yanozaburo Hiroya.

Nizi Kunihisa of the Shingu Party led the army to return to the country urgently, and did not encounter obstacles when he took over the Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, but his uncle seized the position of nephew, and the position was not right, and the position of the head of the Nizi family fell on the head of the second generation of the Shingu Party, to be precise, between the two brothers of Niko Seihisa and Niko Keihisa. Nizi Chengjiu is the eldest son, short-tempered, and has no respect for the elders, and Nizi Guojiu has always liked the three men Nizi Jingjiu more.

If the two brothers, Nizi Seijiu and Nizi Jingjiu, can be brothers, friends and brothers, it will be a good conversation. However, the two of them have never been on the wrong path, which has caused turmoil.

Nizi Kunihisa is a person who understands, and he also knows that letting Nizi Jingjiu inherit the position of the head of the Nizi family will inevitably lead to the split of the Shingu Party, and the enemy who is happy with the relatives cannot do the painful thing, and in the end, Nizi Kunihisa came forward to let the two brothers shake hands and make peace, and the third-generation member Nizi Shijiu inherited the position of the head of the Nizi family, and Nizi Chengjiu served as an auxiliary minister, and Nizi Jingjiu inherited the position of the Shingu Party. Although Nizi Chengjiu and Nizi Jingjiu are still a little angry, but under the suppression of their father, at least in the short term, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

This is the motivation for Uyama Kukane to endure the humiliation and want to restart negotiations and return to Izumo Province. Uyama Hisashi said suspiciously: "I don't know what Date Damasa-sama means?" ”

Sure enough, Masahiro knew that someone had sent a message to Uyama Hisaka, but he didn't want to investigate it face-to-face, and he didn't want to ask what happened to Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, and those who should know would soon know that a calm Izumo country was not what Masahiro wanted to see. Zhengheng said: "Lord Uyama Hida Mamoru, in order to prevent danger on the road, we are willing to release a thousand armed pro-soldiers to protect Niko Harumu and return to Gassan Tomita Castle. ”

Although Uyama Hisaka is very clear about Masahiro's desire to make Izumo Kingdom unstable, this is a conspiracy and he has to let you jump. For Niko Haruhisa and Uyama Hisakane, a team of 1,000 people in arms is very important. Gassan Tomita Castle has changed hands, and Niko Haruhisa wants to recapture it, and it will be difficult to move forward without soldiers and horses. But with these 1,000 pro-troops loyal to Niko Haruhisa, Niko Haruhisa has confidence.

After a moment of silence, Uyama Hisaka did not pretentiously and replied, "I have taken your kindness on behalf of the country." ”

Both of them tacitly only said that Nizi Qingjiu had forgotten about Nizi Yoshihisa, but in fact, both sides did not trust each other, and they both needed something to protect the treaty between the two sides, and Nizi Yoshihisa served as a hostage and was seized in the hands of Zhengheng to become a guarantee. In addition, Uyama Hisakane and Niko Yoshihisa do not have a good relationship, so that during the period when Niko Yoshihisa is a hostage, he can help Niko Haruhisa's other descendants to inherit the great cause, and Uyama Kukane believes that the two brothers Lunjiu and Hidehisa will have a heart. Of course, the premise of a qiē is to ensure that Niko Haruhisa can recapture Tsukiyama Tomita Castle.

On the morning of December 17, the 22nd year of astronomy (1553), Nizi Qing looked at the long-lost sunshine for a long time, the winter sun was always bleak, but in his eyes it was warm. He rode a horse, and looked condescendingly at his own pro-army, which was indeed his pro-army, and did not participate in the sand. Taking a deep breath, he looked at the four people not far behind him, including Uyama Kukane, Santoya Kuyu, Chixue Shengqing, and Yamanaka Yukitaka, these are the four generals given to him by Zhengheng, and the others were also taken hostage by Zhengheng.

Niko Haruhisa didn't want to look at it anymore, he urged his horses in the direction of Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, and he secretly swore that he would avenge the defeat and humiliation he had suffered today. (To be continued......)

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