Chapter 170: Slaughtering the Firmament and Blocking the River (2)
After a long time, Taoshan Masayori's cavalry Yasuda Motoken came to the main camp with a head and reported: "General, this is the head of Yoshimi Yorishige who has just been killed, he is the leader of the breakout army, and the lord is still encircling and suppressing the fleeing enemy army. ”
Miyazawa Heihachi immediately understood what Taoshan Masayori meant, he clenched his fists and said: "It seems that Yoshimi Masanori is still in the city, I don't know what he is going to do, no matter, when the dawn will start to attack, I want to see what else he has to return to heaven." ”
The three people who originally played soy sauce, Yamauchi Takatsu, Sanji Baogao, and Gong Jingsheng, thought about breaking out of the siege, and there were nearly 1,780 people, most of whom were soldiers, and now there are less than 1,000 people in the city at most, and there are many things to do, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. It was a good time for those of them to come forward, and they could use this credit to get a share of the land after the war, so why not do it. The three of them glanced at each other, and hurriedly said together: "General, please also ask the general to give us a chance to fight, and hand over the main attack task of conquering Sanbensong Castle to us!" ”
Masuda Fujikane, Ogasawara Nagao, Saba Takaren, Shigeto Tadaaki, Kakuto Hengzhong and others have asked for battle, this is a battle feat sent to the door in vain, and they have asked for battle: "General, please also hand over the task of the main attack to us." ”
Miyazawa Heihachi looked at them quite depressedly, originally thinking about assigning the task of the main attack to his own door, but seeing that the generals were asking for battle, they had to reluctantly cede it, since it was the first three people to propose it after the Northern Preparation, so let them take the lead.
Miyazawa Heihachi felt that Yoshimi Masanori would not admit defeat so easily, and there would inevitably be a backhand, so it would be good for the three of them to test the temptation. If it really wins. His share of strategizing can't be run. can't beat it, just to test out the reality and reality.
Thinking of this, Miyazawa Heihachi gritted his teeth and said: "In this way, I will hand it over to Yamauchi Takatsu, Miyoshi Baogao, and Gong Jingsheng as the main attack." Ryauchi Takatsu, Miyoshi Hotaka, and Gong Jingsheng showed excited smiles and led away.
Before dawn, Yamauchi Takatsu, Sanji Baogao, and Gong Jingsheng couldn't wait, for fear that others would rob them of their first merit, and they led the people of the headquarters to gather into three formations to launch a strong attack on Sanben Matsu City. The siege battle went very smoothly, so smooth that the generals watching the battle were envious and jealous. Even Heihachi Miyazawa himself was a little skeptical that his judgment was correct.
The number of people who broke through the siege last night actually far exceeded the estimate of the Date army, and almost all of them who were able to run ran away, and now there are only five or six hundred disabled soldiers and two or three thousand old and weak women and children left in the city, and the hearts of the people have long been lost, where can they stop the strong attack of 15 or 600 people.
Takamichi Yamauchi, Miyoshi Hotaka, and Miyakei Mori each led a team of 100 people to rush to the castle tower in order to catch Yoshimi Masayori and obtain the first merit among the first merits.
In the sunlight, Yoshimi Masari stepped on the railing with one foot, and thousands of pairs of eyes watched his every move below, whether it was the Date army or the defenders. He smiled miserably, then pulled out his love knife. With a knife in his hand, he cut off his abdomen, stared outside, laughed miserably, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of Date Masaki, listen, you all give me a good look, and take a look at the blood of the descendants of Kiyoshi and Genji." Omiya Ji stabbed her throat at the same time and died.
With the death of the two of them, all the flammable materials that could be ignited, such as sulfur, black oil, and saltpeter, buried under the castle, boiled, and the explosions came one after another, and Miyazawa Heihachi and the others could feel how powerful the rushing heat wave was, and they were overturned to the ground on the spot.
In his previous life, Masahiro's favorite Japanese novel was the long masterpiece "Tokugawa Ieyasu", which was full of conspiracy.
Naturally, the current Tokugawa Ieyasu still has the name of Matsudaira Takechiyo on his head and studied at the Taiyuan Yuisai of Rinzai Temple, and no one knows that he will create the Tokugawa Shogunate in history and become the god of the Edo Shogunate, and is called Toshoku Shinjun by later generations.
To get back to the point, when I read "Tokugawa Ieyasu" in my previous life, I greatly appreciated one of the sentences, "Patience is the foundation of longevity, and life is the enemy when you are angry", and it has always been accompanied by a motto. He couldn't remember in which chapter or section he had seen it.
After Zhengheng crossed over, he often thought about how his life should work, and suddenly realized the importance of this sentence, which enabled him to spend more than ten years of ordinary and hard life, and not die because of impulse.
Every time he goes out into battle, Zhengheng always comforts himself, and no matter what happens, he strives to look calm and his heart is like a rock. And now, he received a report from Tsu and No, and his face was full of abnormal flushing, which made Reika, who was accompanying him, at a loss.
Masahiro's eyes were full of anger, he didn't expect such a tragic thing to happen to Tsuwano, once this kind of thing spreads, it will be a major setback to the morale of the Date army, and the siege war will become timid.
If Date's victory collapses, the very foundation of his foothold will collapse. Obviously, the explosion of Tsuwano caused a flaw in the heart of the victorious army that Masahiro had managed to gather, and once this flaw expanded, it would be a catastrophe for the Date family.
The deaths of Yamauchi Takatsu, Miyoshi Baogao, and Gong Jingsheng are actually insignificant to Zhengheng, even if their family dies, it will not make his mood so bad. Heihachi Miyazawa and Masayori Taoyama wanted to bring the victory of the Date army to a successful end, and acted on their own, which was a tradition in the Wa Kingdom, and Masahiro often connived at their behavior by turning a blind eye to it as long as it did not harm the Date family. Whether Yoshimi Masalai is dead or alive is actually a matter of Zhengheng's words, and if he dies, he just occupies a small number of apprentices. All kinds of incidents, because of a sudden explosion, made the quantitative change into a qualitative change, but the danger bred in the situation is far greater than the military threat of Miyoshi Chokei and Otomo Yoshijin, and the deterioration of people's hearts is always much more important than the military threat.
In order to prevent trouble before it happens, it is necessary to let a group of people who are good at making claims come out to carry the black pot, and at the same time, we must deal with the people of Tsu and no people, whether they are men, women, old or weak. All are subject to the most severe punishment. But what about the consequences. No matter what the impact, we must stop this wave of explosions.
Zheng Heng suddenly made up his mind, he stood up and shouted, "Armor! With the help of the maid, he put on his armor, then walked out, and shouted, "Prepare the horse, I will go to Tsuwano Sanbon Matsu Castle immediately." Daisuke Miyauchi, you stay to deal with the dissatisfaction in the two countries, kill what you deserve, and don't show mercy. ”
Yeshan Yichao never thought that Zhengheng would become so intense, and he actually said that he should be killed, and he should not be merciful, you must know that Zhengheng often talks about "people are in the city, people are dead in the city", it seems that the usual style is different, and he hesitated. Or do you ask: "Realize without cross-examination?" ”
Zheng Heng's personality has obviously changed a bit, and he often thinks that people don't do such drastic things. But Yoshimi told him. was able to do something that ordinary people couldn't understand, and even made the decision to die with the city. You must know that at that time, there were only 1,500 Date troops in Sanhonmatsu Castle, and there were still 2,000 or 3,000 old and weak women and children left defending the city. Although the explosion caused more than 1,000 casualties to the Date army, it seemed to injure 1,000 people and 800 themselves at the same time, and as soon as the angry Date soldiers rushed into the city, they cut off all the heads of the enemy who were stunned.
Zhengheng glanced at Noyama Yoshito, and saw that Noyama Yoshichao had a burst of excitement and terrifying eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Ouchi Yoshicho is dead, Ouchi Yoshitaka has fled, and those who should have surrendered have all surrendered, and now all those who are still resisting are hostile to us, and all those who resist will be executed." ”
Of course, Masahiro did not lose his mind because of the explosion of Tsu and No, and he wanted to tell the latecomers in a cruel way that if he wanted to imitate Yoshimi Masanori and die together, he would also do a good job of exterminating the entire clan and even killing all the people involved, and no one would feel pitiful.
Since we resist to the end, we must do a good job of resisting to the end, because there is a cause to have an effect, and blindly forbearance will not lead to good results. Noyama Masatomo obviously wouldn't truthfully follow Date Masahiro's orders, and he still saved a lot of people's lives, but he didn't leave a good reputation.
Killing a member of a clan is actually more hateful to the person with the knife than killing all the people of the clan. Killing all the people of the clan will feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, and fear the person with the knife, but if you kill a clan, the rest of the family will not thank the person with the knife, and the others will not feel the sadness of the death of the rabbit and the fox, and fear the person with the knife.
Noyama Yoshitomo obviously did not grasp the true meaning of the troubled times.
Zhengheng can no longer care about the benevolence of Noyama Yosaki, he has led 3,000 troops north to Iwami Province to deal with the trouble caused by Miyazawa Heihachi and Taoshan Masayori, he sharpened his knife and went north to Iwami Province with a knife, he went to kill people, he thought so.
"What? The lord is coming north! ”
Heihachi Miyazawa was lying in the tabernacle, his hands shaking terribly. Five days ago, there was a loud noise in Tsu and Ye, which overturned many people, Miyazawa Heihachi was quite unlucky, and his back hit a sharp stone, fortunately, Miyazawa Heihachi was wearing armor at the time, and his body was quite strong, but he still had to lie on the bed to deal with official business.
It was Tao Shan Masayori who came to deliver the news, due to the explosion, the number of casualties increased sharply, coupled with the huge pressure, sleepless day and night, which made him a lot younger and haggard, and his beard looked ten years old, he nodded and said: "Yes, this is the military report that just came." ”
Miyazawa Heihachi leaned heavily on the head of the bed and sighed, he knew that they had messed up the matter, and Zhengheng came to clean up the mess, he said with a stiff breath: "Taoshan Jun, the arrival of the lord is obviously to deal with the aftermath, and you and I are also inevitable." ”
Tao Shan Zhenglai pretended to be relaxed and said: "I don't expect to lift it high and put it down gently, this matter is too big, not to mention that Yamauchi Takatsu, Sanji Baogao, and Gong Jingsheng died in battle, and even the adult men with their three families have suffered a lot of losses, I'm afraid that there will be a group of orphans and widows left." ”
Miyazawa Heihachi shook his head slightly, and said: "I'm more worried about the morale of the army, I'm afraid this is the main reason why the lord came, if every enemy we encounter in the future is like Yoshimi Masari, I'm afraid this kind of battle doesn't need to be fought, and the military spirit is difficult to use." ”
Tao Shan Masayai didn't expect Miyazawa Heihachi to think more deeply than him, and couldn't help but no longer have jealousy about Zhengheng's appointment of Miyazawa Heiba as the main general, and he was no longer jealous of his appointment as a deputy general, but even more worried, of course, he was not worried about Zhengheng's punishment, but the maintenance of the army's heart.
Miyazawa Heihachi saw Taoshan Masayori's entanglement, and said: "The only way now is to kill all the men, women, and children of Tsuwano, and pile the beheaded heads on the original site of Sanbon Matsu Castle, so as to deter later imitators and let them see what the consequences will be." This matter can be done by the remnants of Yamauchi Takatsu, Miyoshi Hotaka, and Miyakeimori. ”
Tao Shan Masayai never thought that Miyazawa Heihachi would come up with such a way to lose people, although he felt a wave of disgust, but he understood that Miyazawa Heihachi's way was the best way, he nodded heavily, and said, "I will sign my name on the order." ”
Taoshan Masayori's statement made Miyazawa Heihachi breathe a sigh of relief, he knew that he was not a descendant of Masahiro, Taoshan Masayori was not so much a deputy, but a supervisor sent by Masahiro, the two reached a reunification, and the end of the people near Tsuwano was also doomed.
Miyazawa Heihachi shook his head and nodded again, he looked at the worried Taoshan Masayori, and said: "Actually, in addition to disposing of the responsible person, the lord came north to maintain the morale of the army, and the result was also to wash away the shame with the blood of Tsu and Ye. After all, this matter hurts the peace of heaven, and as a human minister, he took the responsibility for the sins of the Lord and completed this matter before the arrival of the lord. Although the affairs of the two of us will not be alleviated by this incident, it is mostly one of the two punishments of rejuvenation and change. "Changed the title, removed from the title of samurai, demoted to commoner, and confiscated his domain, property, and family. Dormant dwelling is to live in seclusion somewhere for a long time, without showing his head, and his territory, family property and family fortune are handed over to his heirs.
After a pause, Miyazawa Heihachi saw that Taoshan Masayori still looked constipated, and continued: "If there is no experience in doing things for the lord, in order to appease the morale of the army, it is inevitable to change it, and it is ruthless, even if it is a seppuku, it is reasonable. However, the truth is that we are in a hurry, and the original idea was for the sake of the Date family, but now that we have calmed the hearts of the people before the arrival of the lord, most of them will be changed to a dormancy, and after a year and a half, they will be reactivated by an opportunity. ”
Tao Yama Masayai heard Miyazawa Heihachi's words, and responded, he knew that only if he behaved well enough and the military spirit was calmed down, he would have a chance to continue to work for Masahiro, and he immediately signed the order with Miyazawa Heihachi to massacre Tsuwa Nogo.
Obviously, the main victims of the three families could not all be dead, and there were many survivors, of course, most of them were not from the three families, most of them were the servants who came with them, and the villagers, clansmen, and relatives suffered heavy casualties, and their revenge was very tragic due to hatred. (To be continued......)