Chapter 168: Attack Nine

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The next day's court meeting was the first real convening of the generals after Date Masaki set up the eight prefectures, and the matter of promotion and reward was arranged, which was all about the previous day, and the next military action must be arranged, which was the most important thing, and with the arrival of the Ukita Naoya, the matter of Niko Harumu's entry into the former country of Kobi had also begun to circulate among the middle and lower level samurai. Obviously, the matter of the reward is more concerned about the short-sighted guys than Nizi Haruhisa's entry into the country of Koubei Front, the roads were inconvenient in ancient times, although the two countries of Bichu and Bizen were split from the Kibi country in ancient times, and there were many exchanges between the wealthy clans, but for ordinary people, it was a land far away from the ocean, as if Nizi Harumu entered the country of Kou Beiqian and was born far away, regardless of their affairs.

In the early morning of that day, before the sky was bright, more than 40 retainers above the captain of the ashigaru were divided into four columns, and with them there were more than 200 heroes listed in the merit book from various fortresses of Kamibian Castle and rushed into the main conference room of Honmaru on the mountain in the center of Kamibian Castle.

The four columns are divided into four colors, of which the yellow one, which has always been the most elite and proud, has the largest number of people. The court meeting is located in the largest conference room of Honmaru, where everyone held a banquet yesterday, and the wine utensils for the banquet have already been cleaned up overnight, and the seats have been arranged, and more than 400 cushions have been laid on the floor.

Wait for all the retainers and heroes to enter the hall and sit down according to their names. I could hear the faint and distinct sound of footsteps coming from behind the corridor in the back hall, and it was a group of people from far and near. Walking slowly, everyone either exchanged heads and ears, or some talked and laughed, and immediately stopped talking and leaned forward.

From the right hand side of the back hall, a samurai with a long sword and armor was the first to step out, and it was Katayama Hengmori, Katayama Mori's son-in-law Katayama Shiro Bei was named in Tsurujo Castle years ago. De Heng word, change the name card mountain Hengsheng, Lu Qianshi. I don't know when, the young warrior who became famous also had a little condensation between his eyebrows. Katayama Hengsheng stepped into the hall, his eyes swept over everyone, and his eyes were full of slaughter, which was the trace left after killing too many people. Those who are timid and afraid of things are afraid to be frightened.

At a young age, he already has such a bearing, and he is so favored, as long as he grows up, he is afraid that he will be one of the best generals in the Date family.

Katayama Hengmori said in a deep voice: "The general has arrived!" "In the ancient days of the Wa Kingdom, the shogun generally referred to the head of an army, and the most prominent of them was the shogun.

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked into the hall safely. Beizhong, Bihou Eight Counties, and Anyi One County are guarded, Danzheng Shaozhong Date Zhengheng has arrived, different from usual, today he deliberately wore a military uniform, and his face was as indifferent as ever. The eyes are as sharp as electricity.

The hall was already silent, but now it was even more silent. Whether it was a new retainer or a follower from the time of Tetsuta and Aga, they didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and when they sat down in the center of the high position of the hall, hundreds of people kowtowed in unison and shouted: "See the general!" ”

Zhengheng has always been disorderly in dress, often wearing a short coat to attend meetings, and completely looks like a tyrant, but today he has changed his cynicism from the past, and he is not wearing a gorgeous and rich kimono, but a military uniform ready to go to battle, which can't help but make people guess that he is going to compete with Nizi Qingjiu.

Zheng Heng glanced at the group of people below, his sharp gaze was almost breathless, and he said in a deep voice: "Nizi Qingjiu is really an old thief who rescued Maori Yuan before entering the Kou Bei, which is unbearable, originally I didn't make up my mind, but now I have made up my mind, I want to fight him to the death!" In the last sentence, he said word by word, as if he had a thousand powers.

If Nizi Qingjiu heard Zhengheng's slander, he would be eager to step forward and slap him on the cheek, so that he swallowed back the insult just now. The battle of Yamashiki in Yoshida County not only made Niko Haruhisa's first battle unbearable, but also killed his grandfather Niko for a long time, leaving a bad reputation of mediocrity.

Today, Zhengheng said that Nizi Haruhisa entered the former country of Kobei to rescue Maori Motoshi, and even people who knew about Maori Moto's grievances against Niko Haruhisa couldn't help but wonder if it was really what Masahiro expected, and the two things were too much of a coincidence.

Maori Yuan prepared his own Houguo to attack the Date family of Bei China, and Nanizi Haruhisa came to Bizen Country, regardless of whether the two secretly made peace, but the situation was a two-sided victory. Originally, the generals who had nothing to do with their own state affairs before Nizi Qingjiu entered the Kou Bei, naturally burst out with great anger when they touched their own safety.

The air in the hall suddenly became tense, and at the same time, everyone's blood began to boil.

Noyama Yosaki also felt a surge of blood around him for a moment, and also felt the excitement of his companions, but he still had a trace of doubt, and looked up at the indifferent Zhengheng, there was no such content when the two discussed it a few days ago, I don't know what stimulated Zhengheng, it would be so radical, could it really be that the Ukita Naojia and his party who came to meet yesterday persuaded Zhengheng.

Zheng Heng obviously didn't mean to explain, and took out a booklet, on which there were only a few hundred Chinese characters twisted and twisted, and he said aloud: "Guarding the Shenbian City in the Yeshan Yi Dynasty, Jialu to 6,000 stones, and sending one hundred and twenty-five horses; With Taoshan Hengxin guarding the city of Guishou Mountain, Jialu to 3,500 stones, seventy-five horses; Guarding Narazaki Castle with Qinghe Hengxiu, Garoo to 3,200 stones, 70 horsemen...... The formation of inlaid yellow and inlaid red bei, with a white background with yellow or red sides as the banner, non-ashigaru generals and above have military exploits, the original yellow bei is included in the inlaid yellow bei, and the remaining three are included in the inlaid red bei, all of which are ashigaru generals, leading ten people as a team, one Lu fifty stones, two hundred stones, three hundred and fifty stones, and so on, select 1,500 elites as one reserve, a total of 3,000 soldiers. Those who were promoted to the rank of Ashigaru General were directly subordinate to the Date family, and participated in the Date family's military council to participate in the Ge and Tiyì Ge. Ashigaru generals, according to the merits of the ......"

In addition to those who have received military exploits, all the officers and men of the army have been awarded money and cloth, and a number of new generals and ashigaru generals have been appointed, and a few of them with particularly outstanding achievements have also been rewarded with good horses and swords. At that time, due to the lack of soldiers and generals, even the four-color preparation was not equipped with personnel and weapons, and it was obviously impossible to form the four preparations of yellow, red, blue and white.

Today, since the newly acquired eight counties are going to re-expand the army, they cannot expand the original four-color preparation, so as not to greatly damage the combat effectiveness of the four-color preparation that was finally formed.

The only feasible way is to select people from the original four-color preparation to form the backbone of the new four-color preparation, and then train the elites of the collected families into muscles, and then recruit warriors as muscles, and re-train a four-color preparation that dares to fight and fight.

When Masahiro discussed with Noyama Yoshitomo earlier, he said that picking out the heroes who had won the battle merits and reorganizing them would cause the original four-color preparation to lose at least thirty percent, but if you don't do this, you really can't find a better way, can you really watch the newly obtained eight counties of Bigo fall apart again.

The lesser of two evils, the six thousand four-color preparation picked out three hundred people to form a new four-color preparation, it seems that there will be a lot of losses, but there are still many warriors in the six thousand four-color preparations, not to mention that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, seeing that the former companions have become high-ranking samurai masters today, they will inevitably burst out with amazing energy.

Three hundred people is only one-tenth of a team of 3,000 people, but according to the practice at that time, it is already a very high proportion, not to mention that these 300 people are all direct retainers of Date Masaki, so there will be no such thing as someone trying to seize the heart of the army and rebel.

Once the rebellion mentality is revealed, the only person you can win over is only a few dozen people, and if you go to persuade others to act together, you will be afraid that the other party will tell you, and the cost of rebellion will greatly increase, and after these 300 people take root, they will become the foundation of Date Masato's rule over the eight counties of Bingo.

Three hundred people who own land are three hundred families, and it is possible that three hundred families will evolve, which is enough to break up the power of the indigenous wealthy clans.

Three hundred people are not much, but they are not too much, and if they are scattered, they will soon be drowned in the vast sea of indigenous wealthy people, but when they are gathered, they are a strong team, plus their direct subordinates, it seems that there are only three thousand people, but if you count their families, it is a strong force.

Noyama Masasao is the retainer of the Xi family of Zhengheng, and he is the most suitable person to garrison Shenbian Castle, integrate the stalls left by Zhengheng after his expedition and guard against the water army of Injima Village in Numakuma County, and Taoshan Hengxiu and Qinghe Hengxin are also the choice of the moment.

In fact, it is also a helpless choice, and the shortage of good generals under his command makes Zhengheng have to use the loss of four-color preparation to form a new four-color preparation, hoping that some people can grow from it.

The days that followed were extremely busy. The two major events of forming a new army with yellow and red preparations and returning to China and Nizi Qingjiu, as well as some other rewards, seemed to be completed in a few words, but if they were to be done, they were extremely cumbersome.

Seven or eight days after this delay, a sum of money and food had just been allocated to Numata Village, and the Kusama Shibei, who had been keeping an eye on the preparations for the war, hurried over and handed over the battle report he had just received: "On November 6, the 22nd year of Astronomy, Matsuda Motoki raised 2,500 troops to besiege Torakura Castle, and Iga Kutaka asked for help and an urgent envoy was on the way; On the 7th, Urakami Zongjing gathered 5,000 troops to raise the flag in Baojin City, spread the text, and set off in a few days. ”

"How similar is it to the battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida-gun back then?!" A fierce look appeared in Du's eyes, and Zheng Heng clenched his fists and shouted: "If you want to fight, then fight." ”