Chapter 82: The Conquest of Kyushu (35)
Since the fall of Takeo Castle and the news of the death of the lord Goto Takaaki in battle, Hinoe Castle immediately strengthened its defenses, and the castle was heavily guarded, and the townspeople and farmers outside the castle were all armed, and they entered the castle ready to defend the castle at any time. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Arima Yoshinao, who originally occupied the Japanese River City, also had to put down his body and invite his father to enter the city to govern.
At the head of Hinoe Castle, Arima Yoshizhi stood in front of the window of the Imperial Pavilion, looking at the rough sea, and his mood was really bad to the extreme, he originally wanted to put his father under house arrest and immediately went to Kokura Castle to meet Mashiro, but what he didn't expect was that his father's prestige inside and outside the city was so strong, and he quickly got out of trouble, and also organized an army against him.
The two sides fought for the battle around the River City of the Sun, and Arima Yizhi was extremely helpless, but before he could wait for anyone to win in this battle, what he was most worried about still happened.
The news of the Date Army's invasion of Nishihi reached the ears of Arima Yoshinao, and the Ida Army's vanguard won the first battle, and Takeo Castle, located in the central area of Kiteshima County, was destroyed, and Goto Takaaki was killed in battle.
With the strength of Takeo Castle, the Date army won the battle in the first battle, which was expected by him, but it was also unexpected. It is said that it was expected because some time ago, in the Battle of Chikugo River, Toji Michiyuki, known as the god of the Kyushu army and the soul of Otomo, tore off his disguise and took off his sacred cloak under the repeated attacks of the three young generals of the Date Army, and was completely defeated in just a few days.
Unexpectedly, the battle of Chikugo River was heard after all, and I didn't know the despair of Toji Michiyuki that day. Now the danger of Takeo Castle, he has experienced it firsthand, and Goto Takaaki is not in vain, it was broken in a battle, and the city was destroyed.
With the destruction of Takeo Castle, the Date army will definitely march towards Hinoe Castle, and with the power of the Ma clan, of course, it cannot fight head-on, so it can only turn to guerrilla warfare, taking advantage of the mountainous situation in front of Nishihi to find new fighters to attack the enemy. However, in a war with more than 10,000 people, the room for maneuver of the horse army will quickly become smaller. For this reason, Arima Yoshinao had to compromise and bow his head to his father, Arima Qingchun, and ask him to enter the city to discuss matters.
Only by uniting together can there be a chance to slow down the Date Army's offensive and fight for the most favorable negotiating environment for the Arima. Therefore, although Yoshinao Arima was in a bad mood, he had to greet him with a smile.
Arima Yoshinao is in a bad mood, Arima Qingchun will be happy, he has two surprises during this time, the first one can't imagine that Arima Yoshinao, who has always been obedient and well-behaved, dares to play the trick of his prison father, but although he is angry at his unfilial piety, but he doesn't have much resentment, and a little bit of joy, Arima Yoshinao finally has a bit of a heroic posture, so he is relieved to give up his family business to Arima Yoshinao; The second thing he didn't expect was that Date would come so quickly, so quickly that he couldn't believe it, and Arima was at a critical juncture of life and death.
Arima Qingchun clenched his fists with both hands, and hated in his heart: "It would be nice if Goto Takaaki delayed for a while, what a waste!" ”
He let his second son become the adopted son of Junzen Omura to inherit the family business of the Omura family, and let Junzen Omura's only son pass on to Junaki Goto as an adopted son to become the governor of the Goto family, originally wanting to put Omura and Goto under Arima. I didn't expect that it would be Junzen Omura's only son who fought to the death for the Arima clan in the end, not Juntada Omura, who fled back to his hometown.
Obviously, Arima Qingchun didn't know that his second son, Omura Junzhong, not only did not return to the three cities, but went to Ogura Castle with a gift to meet Masahiro, if he knew, I don't know what kind of mood it would be? However, Juntada Omura had not yet seen Masahiro, so Masahiro sent Katayama Hengcho, Iga Kutaka, and Yoshida Masanari to the battle, and the two sides staggered halfway.
Arima Harumi didn't expect that Goto Takaaki would die with the city so strongly, that he had to praise Goto Takaaki, and also find a son from Arima's family after the war to pay homage to Goto Takashi next year, if there is a future.
Qianqianshi Zhiren saw that Arima Yizhi was soft, and saw that the old father actually agreed to enter the city to face the strong enemy together, and he was terrified, he was the mastermind who rescued Arima Qingchun, and he was also the loudest person against Arima Yizhi, seeing that the two fathers and sons were reconciled, and then thinking that the old father was eighty years old, who knows when he will die, he may close his eyes early tomorrow morning, who knows?
If Ma Qingchun died, how could the resentful Arima Yoshinao let him go, the mastermind who opposed him the most. Seeing that the old father insisted on entering the city, Qianqianshi knew that there was no persuasion, and thought about finding a way back.
Qianqianshi did not follow Arima Qingchun into the city on the grounds of appeasing people's hearts, but Arima Qingchun still forcibly dragged him into the city together, and clearly told him that father, son and brother could not have an overnight feud.
Arima Qingchun's prestige is too great, and there is no way for Qianqianshi to be unwilling, so he has to follow Arima Qingchun into the city, this meeting, only Omura Junzhong, who is missing, is missing, and the rest of the people are all present.
Arima Yoshinao walked into the assessment room with a gloomy face in the eyes of everyone's criticism, the furnishings in the assessment room were quite elegant and almost extravagant, and the paper door was painted with a little red cherry blossom, originally these were Arima Qingchun's favorite things, but today I saw it as if I saw the blood splattered on the wall. His face was very ugly, more because this meeting was not under his leadership, as the governor of the Arima clan, he had to succumb to it, which made him feel great humiliation, but he had to endure it.
Arima Harumi was a decisive hero when he was young, and the older he gets, the more experienced he becomes, the more cautious he becomes, but it wasn't all about luck that he was able to bring the Arima clan to glory.
Everyone whispered to each other, glancing at Arima Yoshinao from time to time, flashing a hint of disgust. Everyone blamed Arima for being upright and doing something stupid about his prisoner at such a critical juncture, which can be said to have caused public anger.
If there is no attack from the Date Army, Arima's behavior can still be justified, and as long as they are given enough benefits, they will not be able to turn around and help Arima Yoshinao.
However, the last thing Arima Yoshinao should have done was to do the stupid thing of the relatives and the enemies of the relatives in the crisis that the Battle of Chikugogawa had just ended and the Date army would come at any time, which caused public anger.
Youma Qingchun saw everyone's eyes, and shouted in a loud voice: "Everyone, everyone knows the current situation, I don't know you, what is the best way to retreat?" ”