Tao Changfang is his concubine, not born in the main room, the second son Ouchi Zhenming is his sister-in-law, he arranged the position for his two sons is, Tao Changfang inherited Tao, inherited by Ouchi Zhenming, complement each other, now it seems that Ouchi Zhenming is still a young man, but Tao Changfang's performance in the battle of Houdongchuan has won the approval of all the retainers.

Just when Ouchi Yoshicho was in pain and happy, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the joy after the victory was still in his heart, and he was still thinking that "it is advisable to chase the poor man with the remaining bravery, and Mo Xuegu to be the overlord" chased and defeated the retreating Ouchi Yoshitaka, followed by an unexpected enemy attack, and the gap between the two moods was like falling from heaven to hell.

Ouchi Yoshinaga's cultivation is still good, and when he heard the news of Date Masahiro's inspection of An Yiguo, he was able to maintain his image, but he didn't expect to hear the news but he brought 15,000 troops to inspect, and he couldn't help but scold: "Bastard." ”

The national scolding of the Japanese people, everyone knows that it is nothing more than the eight Ga Ya Road, it really does not have the breadth and profundity of the Chinese language, and the meaning is clear to everyone, it is nothing more than stupidity, no education, and absurd meaning.

Hongzhong Takabao didn't care about Ouchi Yoshicho's anger, and stepped forward and said softly: "Lord, the old thief lured the wolf into the house, don't be sad about it, now the only way to lead the Ida thief into the perimeter defense, slow down the pace of his attack, and mobilize a large army to fight to the death." ”

Jiang Liang Fang Rong also didn't care about competing with Hongzhong Longbao for favor, and also persuaded him: "My lord, Zhou and Chang have always been arrogant and xenophobic, and now the generals and soldiers in the army are indignant when they learn that the Date army is coming. It was when the military heart was available, and the lord was asked to order a battle. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho's anger gradually subsided, and his eyes swept over these important ministers. But he looked at the general in the army, Yamazaki Xingsheng, knowing that he knew military strategy, and said, "Can you fight?" ”

Yamazaki Xingsheng has been reused by Ouchi Yoshicho since the attack on the frost city, and more importantly, he is a strong supporter of Ouchi Sadayori, and now everyone in the army praises Tao Changfang, but he is the only one who is silent, and he looks up and says: "Not fighting is not enough to calm everyone's hearts." ”

Ouchi Yoshicho is worried about the distraction of people's hearts. Now the rise of Date Zhengheng is unstoppable, and there is a tendency to unify the western country, and now the old and new Ouchi clans are at war in the two states of Zhou and Chang. I don't know how many people are in a dilemma. Date Masahiro thought that Ouchi Yoshitaka had entered the two states of Zhou and Chang in the name of righteousness to break the siege, and I am afraid that there will be a large number of leading parties even if they are xenophobic. Since the usurpation of power, Ouchi Yoshinaga has been in foreign wars for many years, and there has been no internal filtering. The heart is not fixed. If there is a recurrence of the great war in the near future, I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe.

Seeing Yamazaki Xingsheng's words, Hongzhong Takabao spoke again: "Lord, in order to prevent the recurrence of the old thief, please also order the military department to strictly guard the Houdongchuan, so as to wait for the lord to come back to help after the victory or defeat." As he spoke, he glanced at Tao Changfang.

Although Tao Changfang was a little puzzled, after all, it was a good time to make a contribution to the war with Ouchi Yoshicho, but he knew that Hongzhong Takabao would not deceive him. His main room was the eldest daughter of Hirochu Takabo, and he immediately moved two steps. Saluted and said: "Your Majesty is willing to share the worries of the Lord." "Since Tao Longfang was changed to Ouchi Yoshicho, he and Tao Changfang divided the chief minister, Tao Changfang should call Ouchi Yoshicho the lord and call himself a minister.

Ouchi Yoshicho took a deep look at Hirochu Takabao, how could he not know the meaning of Hirochu Takabao, rather than the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix, stationed in Houdongchuan as the main general, followed Ouchi Yoshicho to compete with Date Masahiro, if he wins, it's good to say, what if he fails?

Ouchi Yoshicho said: "The young assistant of the military department, the battle of Hou Dongchuan, quite wise and brave, this time with Date Masahiro, you need to sweep the battle for your father, Kojiro, Fang Rong, and Takamasa." ”

Ouchi Sadaaki, Jiang Liang Fang Rong, and Ikaga Takamasa stood up and responded: "The son (minister) is here." ”

Ouchi Yoshicho said slowly: "This expedition, I want to use 10,000 people to go into battle, and only less than 3,500 troops can be left for you, Longzheng, you lead 500 to garrison the frost city, Fang Rong, you assist Kojiro to defend the Houdong River, and do not teach the old thief to cross the river." ”

As Ouchi Yoshicho spoke unhurriedly, Ouchi Sadaaki, Jiang Liang Fang Rong, and Ikaga Takamasa hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "The son (minister) must guard the Houdongchuan defense line for the lord, and do not teach the enemy to cross the Houdongchuan with one soldier and one horse. ”

Tao Changfang is also very smart, he didn't understand it for a while, but after thinking about it, he knew the meaning of Hongzhong Takabao's words, and heard that Ouchi Yoshinagamei Jiang Liang Fang Rong and Ika He Takamasa assisted Ouchi Sadaaki to stay behind, and the jealousy in his heart squeaked.

Hongzhong Takashi asked Tao Changfang, firstly, it was all about the love of his son-in-law, and secondly, he took a fancy to Tao Changfang's military strategy, and with Tao Changfang's ability, he might be able to confront Yoshitaka Ouchi. I never thought that Ouchi Yoshicho only saw the former, and ignored the latter, it was really an unwise choice, I was afraid that I would have to pay the price, but seeing that Ouchi Yoshicho had given an order, he was no longer as favored as usual recently, and he was afraid that he would be burned, so he could only bow his head and remain silent.

When Ouchi Yoshicho was about to order the mobilization of troops and horses to return to Yamaguchi Castle, a messenger sent by Yamaguchi Castle was brought into the conference room covered with sweat, and saw Ouchi Yoshicho hurriedly kneeling on the ground and panting and reported: "Lord, the Lotus Mountain Castle of Jiuke County is urgent. The Date army raised tens of thousands of troops to attack, and asked the lord of the country to send troops to support him quickly. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho was stunned: "What? ”

The messenger reported it again.

Ouchi Yoshicho really didn't expect Date Masahiro to launch an offensive against Zhou Fangguo as soon as he entered Silver Mountain City, which was really unexpected by him, he shouldn't have tried it first, but he didn't expect to press all the chips in one hand.

However, Hongzhong Takabao found the problem in the messenger's words, the county representative of Jiuke County is Sugi Zongshan of Anhang Mountain City, why is it Su Du Longkang of Lotus Mountain City who came to ventilate the news, he stepped forward and asked, "Are you sure that there is only an urgent report from Lotus Mountain City?" ”

The messenger hurriedly replied: "Yes, Yamaguchi City learned of the urgent report of Lotus Mountain City in the morning, so he ordered Wechen to immediately ride a horse to deliver the letter, Wechen did not dare to slack off, and there was no delay on the road. He knelt on the ground as he spoke.

Ouchi Yoshinaga's face could be said to have become extremely bad, and he immediately understood the meaning of Hirochu Takabo's question, and waved his hand to let the messenger go down to rest. He turned around and asked, "Long Bao, tell me why there is only an urgent report from Lotus Mountain City, what does Shan Zongshan want to do?" ”

Hongzhong Takabao raised his head and said, "My lord." Lotus Mountain Castle didn't dare to lie, Date Yamajo's army really invaded, and Sugi Zongshan didn't report it, so there were only two explanations, one was that Kurakake Mountain Castle was heavily surrounded and there was no chance to report it, and the other was that Kurahang Mountain Castle had taken refuge in Date's family. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho's expression was cloudy. In this era, it is an indisputable fact that the weak are dependent on the strong, and he did not expect that Sugi Zongshan, who has always been deferential to him, would be rebellious. On the contrary, Du Longkang was full of doubts.

Jiang Liang Fang Rong admired Hongzhong Longbao's ability to see clues from the details, but he was also a strategist, once the lord believed it, others could only snort at him. Reduced to a miscellaneous handyman. He immediately said: "My lord, please return to Yamaguchi Castle as soon as possible, preside over the military and political affairs, if the Anhang Mountain Castle falls into siege, please be sure to rescue it, so that it and the Lotus Mountain Castle together form the first line of defense to delay the attack of the Date Army, if the Anhang Mountain Castle surrenders, then be sure to hold the Lotus Mountain Castle." Crucifixion of the offensive line of the Date Army. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho turned to Yamazaki and said, "Xingsheng, what do you think?" ”

Yamazaki Yoshimori replied, "My lord." The minister felt that Erashi-kun's opinion was quite pertinent, but begged the lord to transfer Yoshimi Masarari's territory in Choshu to the Naito clan to take care of it and guard the gate of Iwami Province. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho took a breath of cool air, thinking that Iwami Country still has eight or nine thousand Date Army Divisions, once this Divisions invade, there is really no strength left to block, it seems that Naito Takayo still has to take action to defend the portal, give a little benefit first, and then you can take it slowly, and said: "That's right, Takamori, you go to Arataki Castle, and use Yoshimi Masari's territory in Choshu as bait to let him go out to lead the eyes of Iwami Province's Date Army." The rest of the people returned to Yamaguchi Castle with me to prepare for the battle. ”

As Hirochu Takaho had predicted, Kurakake Yamajo Castle was being besieged by the Ten Thousand Date Army at this moment, and they used the shadows to cut off the passage to Yamaguchi Castle and took control of the overall situation. The first to attack was the iron artillery, and since the First Battle of the Boqi Kingdom, the iron cannon attack has become an important means of the Date army, and the 300 iron cannons fired in unison, and the 400 men of Tanizuhara garrison in the eastern part of the Kurakake Mountains were immediately disrupted, only enough to abandon the perimeter and hold the city.

The Shanjun army was quite good at fighting and refused to surrender, but with the help of Suzu Du Longkang, he attacked the weaker part of the castle in Kurahang, so the Shan's father and son and more than 1,000 city soldiers were captured, and the city fell.

On June 23, Yoshicho Ouchi, who returned to Yamaguchi Castle, learned that Kurakake Yamajo Castle had fallen, the Sugi father and son had been martyred, and Lotus Yama Castle was in an emergency, and immediately led a large army to rescue Lotus Yama Castle.

Saddle Mountain City fell one day, Shan's father and son were martyred, Lotus Mountain City lost news after the emergency, if it was not for the return of the horse, I am afraid that it will make people feel that Lotus Mountain City has also fallen with Saddle Mountain City, fortunately, the city is still hung at the head of the city is still the unique flag printed with the family crest of the snake eye.

Tanma brought not only the stormy Lotus Mountain City, but also the thousands of Date troops who had already stationed several large camps near Anhangshan City, which meant that they were going to set up a formation in Jiuke County. Someone in the army said: There are 10,000 people at once, and there is no shore at all.

After paying a terrible price, Tanma told the information he had seen to Yoshicho Ouchi and others who had just returned to Yamaguchi Castle, Tao Changfang was young after all, and he couldn't help but get nervous when he heard the arrival of Date's army, and asked, "Kurakake Mountain Castle can't hold it for even a day." ”

Ouchi Yoshicho was not as nervous as his son, and asked in a calm and calm voice about the details of Tanma's information, wanting to find out what he hadn't thought of, but Tanma obviously couldn't know the details, and he could only look out from the far-reaching place, so he also lost a lot of companions.

Hirochu Takabo, the advisor of Ouchi Yoshinaga, heard Tanma's answer, his brows furrowed tightly, and then said, "My lord, the Date Army has obviously sent a lot of light and dark sentinels to control the battlefield and block the communication channel from Jiuke County to Yamaguchi Castle. ”

Tao Changfang was worried, frowning, still entangled in the loss of Anhang Mountain City, and muttered in a low voice: "Anhang Mountain City also has a thousand people, how can it fall so quickly, why doesn't the Lotus Mountain City, which is close at hand, watch and watch the fall of Anhang Mountain City?" ”

If Tao Changfang is so suspicious, he will be able to reverse the fact that Du Longsheng, who is in Lotus Mountain City, has already secretly understood the truth of Date Zhengheng and saved the Ouchi army from falling into the trap arranged by Date Zhengheng.

The conference room was suddenly eerily quiet, and everyone present was either still pondering the news from Tanma, or listening to Hongzhong Longbao's analysis, Tao Changfang's muttering suddenly reached everyone's ears, and they immediately closed their mouths and looked at Tao Changfang with a strange gaze.

Tao Changfang also looked a little unusual, or his father-in-law Hongzhong Longbao relieved him of the siege, and said: "It is true that Du Xinnong Shou should die for personal gain regardless of the overall situation, but now Lotus Mountain City is also in crisis, and the Ministry of Governance is Shaofu, should we discuss how to solve the siege?"

Ouchi Yoshicho looked at his son with a puzzled look, and he was angry in his heart. The dispute between Suki Du Longsheng and Sugi Zongshan is actually the result of his meddling in Jiuke County, which is an open secret at the top, Sugi Zongshan framed Suku Du Longsheng for wanting to dominate Ouchi Yoshitaka and Da Jiuke County, Ouchi Yoshicho didn't want to see Sugi Zongshan's family dominant, so he severely punished Su Du Longsheng on the one hand, and nailed him as a nail to the Lotus Mountain City disgusting Sugi Zongshan. This secret can be said in private, but it can't be put on the surface, once it is put on the surface, it is like uncovering the scar of Yoshinaga Ouchi, slapping him in the face, counting his jealousy and jealousy, and burying chaos everywhere, so that it caused a strange scene in the venue.

The matter of the father and son, only Hongzhong Longbao, who is half the father of Tao Changfang, lightly clicked a little bit of Du Longsheng's selfishness and disregard for the overall situation, which is true, but after all, there are a few people in the world who repay grievances with virtue, and it is the majority who fall into the ground.

Everyone present was shameless and understandable about Sudu Takamori's behavior verbally, and it was also understandable that under the pressure of Date's army, it was already a very rare thing to be able to cage the city behind closed doors and not surrender, and if you accuse him again, you will have to push him out of the door.

Ouchi Yoshicho revealed the matter and did not mention it, and continued to talk about the topic of Hongzhong Takabao, saying: "It's also right for the Date army to control the battlefield, if you don't do it, it will make people doubt his intentions, and now it is not easy for Lotus Mountain City to fall, but it is difficult to break the siege, I suspect that he is fighting the idea of encircling the point to send reinforcements." (To be continued......)