"Catch up, the leader in front is the general of the Great Inner Army, whoever can take his head will immediately get a hundred stones." While chasing, Iga Kutaka promised his subordinates that a hundred stone of Yulu would be a step to the sky for many people.

Iga Kutaka chased after the deserter general is the eldest son of Ouchi Yoshinaga Tao Nagabo, he originally wanted to fight hard when he was defeated, but seeing the scene of his father Ouchi Yoshinaga committing suicide from afar, he knew that the defeat was irreparable, he didn't want to die, and wanted to create his own era, so he immediately chose to break through, and broke out in the rain with the help of a sudden thunderstorm. At the same time, he found himself lost and was able to choose only one direction to stay as far away from the enemy's pursuit as possible.

The war was so pathetic, a force that was originally full of ambition was now left with only a few hundred wild dogs fleeing in disarray, and the rest were either corpses or chose to surrender, and unexpectedly, it failed like this.

Tao Changfang suddenly wanted to laugh, and he wanted to cry, he couldn't cry or laugh, he just wanted to run away in a muffled voice, he didn't want to die yet, it's not that he didn't have the courage of his father, the courage to commit suicide, sometimes it takes courage to live than to die.

In the dark night, Tao Changfang abandoned his dignity and his companions at the same time, and fled alone in the mountains and forests. Iga Kutaka's team was already fighting with his companions, and the result of the one-sided slaughter made Iga Kutaka look at the deep mountain forest and sigh bad luck.

Tao Changfang finally couldn't escape his fate, the fate of death, and he died at the end of the first year of Hongzhi. When he was forced to commit suicide, the new Ouchi clan created by his father had disappeared, and the old Ouchi clan of Yoshitaka Ouchi had also fallen apart due to the betrayal of Otomo Yoshijin, and his beloved Nagato and Zhou Fang had already hung the banner of the bamboo feather sparrow.

Speaking of the specific arrest of Tao Changfang, the announcement issued by Zhengheng is: "Arrest Tao Changfang." Exemption from annual tribute for three years. and to the one who cannot be born, and who kills, shall be rewarded with twenty pieces of gold and a hundred pieces of silver. If there are those who dare to hide, they will be punished, and the whole village will sit together. ”

Ultimately. It was a monk in the Yamashiro region who betrayed the pottery house, he disguised himself as a wandering monk and infiltrated the temple, and finally was found out, and at that time the Yamashiro region had been pacified and became the territory of Saka Motoyu, so Saka Motoyu received most of the reward.

Back to the point, when Hirochu Takaho, who learned the news of Ouchi Yoshinaga's death, originally wanted to fight to the end, but when he saw his son return unharmed, it can be seen from Hirochu Takao's depressed mood that things are irreparable.

The tide is over.

Takashi Hongzhong looked at his depressed son. He said very seriously: "Taro, go, come with me to Kurakake Mountain Castle to participate." ”

Hongzhong Longbao's complexion is extremely miserable, although the heat is not rising, but it has not necessarily decreased, yesterday a thunderstorm, so that his old illness and new sorrow are combined, and the cough continues. He has no appetite and has a severe decline in physical strength. It's not at all like an important advisor to Yoshinaga Ouchi.

Since he heard that his lord Ouchi Yoshicho died in the battle of Lotus Mountain, he fell down all of a sudden, thinking about it, Ouchi Yoshicho Hero I actually fell into Xiao'er's scheme at this moment, stepped into the trap alive, and lost his life.

Hongzhong Takabao originally thought that his children would also follow Ouchi Yoshinaga to die on the battlefield. Although the white-haired man sent the black-haired man in pain, he also thought that he had died well, but he never thought that Takao Hongzhong came back and was still released, which made him entangled again.

Ultimately. Hongzhong Takabao made the decision to go to Ankake Mountain Castle to surrender, which made the disheartened Hongzhong Takashi look up in shock, and looked at his father in a daze, not knowing what to say, obviously he was unwilling to surrender. He was also ready to be killed after being captured that day, but he never thought that Date Masahiro would release him just by hearing that he was the son of Hirochu Takaho. He was a little embarrassed by this, but he came back. The excuse was not that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but that he wanted to tell his father about the war.

As a father, Hongzhong Takabao knows his son's thoughts, speaking of which, there are more bonds between himself and Ouchi Yoshicho, and the only one who wants to die can be him, not his son, if he really wants to be martyred, he won't come back, just find a place where no one is there to die.

In the final analysis, if there is a glimmer of possibility of victory, Hongzhong Takabao will not be willing to fall and go to Anhangshan Castle to surrender, now Ouchi Yoshicho is dead, the only optimistic Tao Changfang life and death is uncertain, only a cowardly and incompetent Ouchi Sadaaki remains, and the Ouchi clan is no longer able to return to the sky.

Hongzhong Takabao rarely explained his hardships to his son: "Son, the Date family sent troops, and they are determined to win." This battle annihilated the living force of the Ouchi clan in one fell swoop, and now only the 2,500 people who can fight again are left in the Houdong River, and the rest are either frightened or local peasants and soldiers. Besides, I think that Lord Date is a little eager to send troops this time, it should be the pressure given to him by Miyoshi Changqing that forced him to lead the army to invade in person, if we can make a frank and unrestrained surrender, we will have the horse bones that buy horse bones, if we let others take the lead, I am afraid that there will be no way for our father and son to live. ”

Hongzhong Longxu is not an idiot, seeking death on the battlefield is despair, he doesn't want to die after really despair, and now he listens to his father's persuasion, the most important point is still his father's sentence "The horse bones of a thousand dollars buy horse bones", the words are not rough.

Dressed in white, riding a war horse, Hongzhong Takabao, who was not able to escort the four people, looked anxious, and leaned towards the Anhang Mountain City without hurrying.

The battle came to an end, and with the exception of a few teams that had pursued the fugitives before there was any definite news, a large number of Date troops in small groups of ten or twenty men were distributed over the narrow plains of the mountain. They searched every inch of the land, recovering arrows, abandoned knives and guns, and some soldiers even stripped their clothes from the corpses. During the search, the wounded were sometimes found dying. If it's a companion, you'll get basic treatment and be sent to the wounded barracks, and if it's an enemy, then I'm sorry.

In addition, many of the surrendered Ouchi soldiers were carrying the bodies of the Ouchi army under the escort of the Date Army, and some were digging earth pits that would be buried on the battlefield after the war. Be a witness to this battle.

If it is a war dead of the Date Army, it will be collected and then cremated en masse, and the ashes will be collected and put into an urn in duplicate. One was given to his family, and one was buried in the Gokoku Shrine near Okayama Castle according to his status, and was enshrined by the Date family every year.

War is always unavoidable casualties, and in this battle at the foot of Lotus Mountain, the trap set by Date Masahiro was finally victorious, but it still paid a heavy price of three or four hundred dead and thousands injured, especially when it was finally known that there was no way to escape.

It was getting late, and bonfires filled the canyon.

Early the next morning. Zheng Heng finally came out of the Anhang Mountain City, he rode his beloved war horse, led his personal guards, and as the sun slowly rose, the handsome flag reflecting Zheng Heng was slowly moving. Everywhere they went, the soldiers roared with joy, each waving their hands in salute to their commander.

This battle. Zheng Heng did not take the battlefield himself, he arranged the trap with a heavy weight. The last elite of the Ouchi clan was killed all at once. He is only 21 years old, how round and spicy he is in his soldiers, and how accurate his judgment of the enemy army is. It has been a hundred years since the Warring States period was in turmoil, and only such a character has the charm to make soldiers serve to death, and there is only such a character. can bear the heavy responsibility of unifying the world, and following such a figure is the glory of everyone who follows him.

When Zhengheng returned from inspecting the battlefield, Hongzhong Takabao had been waiting in white for half an hour, and had been hanging in the living room. Outside the living room, there were more than a dozen guards with bloodshot armor that had not been cleaned up, monitoring Hongzhong Takabao's father and son.

Hongzhong Takabao ordered Hongzhong Takashi to be a little restless, because the battlefield has not been cleaned up, he walked all the way, most of the soldiers he saw were the soldiers of the Ouchi Army, of course, all of them became cold corpses, he looked at the empty living room, his heart was very sad, and tears couldn't help but flow.

After returning to Anhang Mountain City, he heard that Hongzhong Takabao had come to participate in the surrender, and Zhengheng was slightly stunned.

He never thought that the first person to come to participate in the surrender would be Hongzhong Longbao, you must know that in history, this loyal minister who followed Tao Qingxian to his death, could it be that Tao Longfang was not changed to Tao Qingxian, and directly became Ouchi Yoshina, which made this loyal minister defective.

Or it should be said that Hongzhong Takabao was attacked by Yoshikawa Motoharu and killed before he knew that Tao Qingxian had no time to surrender in history, and he did not know that Tao Qingxian was dead. But after the news of Yoshicho Ouchi's death spread this time, in short, Hirochu Takabo had time to think about the future of their father and son.

Zheng Heng smiled slightly and said, "Let's go, go and have a look." Walking to the living room, seeing so many people guarding the door, he glanced left and right, waved his hand and said, "You go down, you are not needed here, by the way, send a pot of tea to the two guests inside." ”

Hongzhong Takabao heard the words behind him, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and faced Zhengheng, prostrate on the ground respectfully, put his hands on the ground and saluted, and said loudly: "The guilty man Hongzhong Takabao, knock to see Itahou." ”

Zhengheng looked at him, and after a while, he bypassed Hongzhong Longbao and sat in the top position, now, Hongzhong Longbao is a minister, so he didn't need to be too enthusiastic, and said lightly: "We are also old acquaintances, I don't know what is important when we came here today?" ”

Hongzhong Takabao didn't expect that Date Masahiro, who had always been a corporal of courtesy, did not come up and help him up, but looked cold, his heart shook wildly, and he still prostrated on the ground, touching his forehead to the ground to express his apologies, and said: "The guilty man Hongzhong Takabao, knock on Itahou, and I am willing to serve Itahou as the new master." ”

Zhengheng heard Hongzhong Takabao's words, and only then did he smile and said: "Mikawa Shou, get up, sit down, drink tea with me, I just returned from the inspection, my mouth is dry, come, drink tea." As he spoke, he picked up the tea in the cup and swallowed it, not looking like everyone at all, a country man.

Ouchi Yoshitaka is keen on Kyoto culture to create Yamaguchi culture, up and down, Hongzhong Takabao is also a cultural person, a master of waka, a master of tea ceremony, seeing Zhengheng gobbling up, frowning slightly, he is a general, obviously not qualified to speak.

Hongzhong Takao's expression is exaggerated a lot, he is under his father's strict education, he walks upright, and looks decent.

Zheng Heng saw the cautious appearance of the two, and laughed in his heart, of course, he had also learned the tea ceremony, which was a deep-processed Tao from the Wa Kingdom from Middle Earth, for a while, but he still looked naturally rude, which was also impressive.

Zhengheng suddenly asked, "Do you know Yamazaki, the lord of Marsh Castle in Tono County?" ”

Hiroka Takabao replied, and then replied: "Yes, Itahou, the swamp castle of Tono County, known as the city on the water, a fortified castle surrounded by mountains on three sides, only one side can be used by the attacker, and this side is full of difficult swamps, which is how the name of the marsh castle came from. The eldest daughter of the castle general Yamazaki has been married to Ouchi Sadaaki to become the latter's side room, which is considered a descendant, if he hears the news of the death of the first master, he is afraid that he will make the decision to open the city and surrender under the wavering, and there should be five or five open. Yamazaki Xingsheng has a chance to surrender, so another defender, Jiang Liang Xianxuan, has no possibility of this at all, the battle of Sakurayama Castle, most of his clansmen died at the hands of Miyazawa Heihachi, afraid that Miyazawa Heihachi will cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

Zhengheng smiled noncommittally, he knew the truth that strange goods could be lived, once a large number of important ministers and elders of Ouchi Yoshinaga surrendered, his status would be greatly reduced, which was very unfavorable to him, but he would not ask him directly, but said: "Oh, then how can you attack Nushing City?" ”

Hongzhong Takabao has no sense of humiliation, yesterday was still the important minister of the Ouchi clan, but now he wants to tell the information of the old lord to yesterday's enemy, the current lord, he thought for a while and said: "I heard that the iron cannon of Idahou is sharp, as long as you carry a lot of straw mats, spread on the swamp, as if walking on the ground, the head is a row of iron artillery team, so you will advance and take turns shooting wildly in the city, a large number of people and horses accompanied by the iron cannon team Hou approaching the city, once the swamp outside the marsh city loses its effect, the city is just around the corner. ”

Zheng Heng suddenly asked Hongzhong Longbao a question that made the other party stunned at first, and then asked in surprise: "Tao Changfang died in the war, and I will raise his surviving people." He is really shameless sometimes, and there is no shame in saying such things, and what makes people quite speechless is that the person he is talking to looks extremely happy, as if he has won a five million lottery and a virtue. (To be continued......)