Chapter 154: Reaction 2
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On the evening of October 17, the sun was sinking in the west, and the bonfire in the Takayagawa Gorge was lit. The Ukita Naoya family had already had no intention of calculating at this time, and they did not feel the slightest excitement about the joy of the newlywed, although the marriage was deliberately mediated by Urakami Sokei in order to reconcile the contradictions between the two families.
He hurried to Tenjin Mountain Castle in the evening, this mountain castle built by his lord Urakami Sokei from design to construction, as early as ten years ago, the Ukita Naojia had already come out of the Urakami Sokei, helping Urakami Sokei gradually grasp the real power of Bizen Province, and he also became the elder of Urakami Sokei step by step.
Urakami Munekei was also in a bad mood, and he was originally full of ambition to realize the confluence of Urakami and Matsuda and became the lord of Bizen Province in one fell swoop, hollowing out the real power of his brother Urakami Masamune Bizen Guardian Dai. Who would have thought that just a few days ago, a secret letter from Harima Province and information from Misasakaku Province disturbed the heart of Urakami Sokage, the lord of Tenjin Mountain Castle, and also made the road of the Warring States Daimyo that had just begun turbulent.
But the mood of ambition that day is now gone.
Urakami Masamune was unwilling to fail and contacted Niko Haruhisa of Izumo Province to come to Bizen Province, and the news from Misasakaku Province made them break out in a cold sweat, gathering nearly 28,000 troops, and now the troops that Urakami Munekei can mobilize are only 7,000 people, and most of them are farmers who have just put down their farm tools.
This news is still only spreading among the upper samurai, but it doesn't take long to put everyone in danger, thinking of this, Urakami Sokei and Ukita Nao have changed their faces. Once Urakami Masamune takes power, Urakami Zongjing has only one choice, seppuku suicide, even if he doesn't die immediately, he will be imprisoned until death, who will let Urakami Zongjing run outside to cause trouble for himself.
Over the years. In order to climb to a high position, the Ukita Naojia had to intrigue and offend many people, and once they lost their power, they were afraid that they would not be much better than Urakami Sokage. It's hard to guarantee that there won't be another rockslide.
If it goes on like this, every qiē will be beaten back to its original shape. It's not that the Ukita Naoya family didn't think about rebelling against Urakami Munejing and throwing himself to Urakami Masamune to preserve his position, but that was the last retreat, and it was also a last resort, and once he chose this path, he would always be bound between a city and a place.
The Ukita Naoya will not be reconciled! When he was six years old, he saw the bloody scene with his own eyes and knew that he had to gamble to make a name for himself. If you don't even have the courage to make a profit, then you won't have much achievement.
Countless descendants accuse the Ukita family of being a murderous and divisive conspirator, but no one can know that he was awarded the rank when he first entered the battle at the age of fourteen, and then continued to make achievements on the battlefield and the hardships of starting a business.
The Ukita family is not very old, but he is only twenty-four years old, and the painful experience has sharpened him into a wise and brave character. If you can live and die with Urakami Sojing at this moment, you will definitely gain a huge gain if you win by luck.
But the situation is so crisis, Nizi Haruhisa and Urakami Masamune have already sharpened their knives, and they will be pressed at any time, and if they want to fight them, the only way is to break the cauldron and sink the boat!
When the two looked at each other but had nothing to do, the leader of the Ukita Nao family, Okari Katsu, hurried from Otoko Village. He shouted and shouted to see his master, Ukita Naoya. This Oka Rikatsu has an unknown relationship with the guy who took down the Tsusho Mototsu level for the Ukita Naoka, but he is a famous fierce general under the command of the Ukita Naoya.
Urakami Sokage's retainers had long been unaccustomed to the rapid promotion of the Ukita Naoka, but when they were opposite the Ukita Naoka, they didn't dare to scold them in person, and when they saw that his retainers didn't know what to do, they all accused: "Come on, drag this blind guy down!" ”
The Ukita Naoya had already heard Oka Rikatsu's loud voice, and hurriedly came out and said, "Stop, Kuro Uemon, what's going on, so panicked?" "Heinai is the common name for Okalikatsu.
Gang Lisheng shook off the two. He hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness, an hour and a half ago, two escaped Maori soldiers were captured outside the village of Yizi, and according to their confession, the Date family had defeated the Maori family and was pursuing the victory. In order to prevent the looting of the rebels, the city lord strictly guarded against the robbery while investigating the truth, and the villain immediately came to report. ”
Urakami Zongjing, who had just come out, was suddenly shocked. He said in a deep voice: "What?!" The Maori family is defeated?! ”
Okalikatsu glanced at the Ukita Naoya, nodded heavily, and said: "Exactly, according to the rebels, they are the sailors of the Numata Police Solid, following Kobayakawa Takakei to harass the hinterland, where did they think that they would encounter the ambush soldiers of the Date family and collapse in the first battle, they don't know the specific details, but they will find out soon." ”
Ukita Naoya's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam, and he turned back to Urakami Munekei and said, "Your Highness, if this is the case, then we should contact the Date family immediately, in order to reach an alliance to fight the enemy together." ”
Urakami Sokei still maintained a skeptical attitude and asked Ukita Naoya, "I don't know how Date Masaki is doing?" ”
Ukita Naoya thought for a moment and said: "Date Masahiro has risen from the end of the day, and he can't even use the word sudden, and he can't even describe the outburst, and from the analysis of the information he has obtained, this person is hesitant in small things, decisive and daring in big things, and he is an extremely greedy careerist. It can be seen that the Ukita family has done a lot of research on Masahiro, but the last sentence is the most deadly, which is for the neighbors around Date Masahiro.
Urakami Zongjing kept groaning, and after a while, he said: "I can't manage so much now, let's get through the biggest crisis in front of me first." ”
Ukita Naoya nodded and said, "Your Highness is wise, Date Masaki's ability is undoubted, although it is not clear what the outcome of this battle will be, but the victory and defeat have been divided, which is enough to show that he is a character." However, the foundation of the Date family he created was insufficient after all, and the lack of genealogical retainers was a fatal weakness, and his digestion of the newly occupied land would inevitably be greatly prolonged, which would be of great benefit to His Highness. ”
Urakami Zongjing said: "This is very good, but I'm afraid that Date Zhengheng will consume a lot of vitality and damage the strength of the Nizi family, so what should I do?" ”
At this moment, the Ukita Nao family's younger brother Tadajia hurried over, took out the document from his bosom and presented it, and said at the same time: "City Lord, this morning Date Masahiro and Mori Moto won a decisive battle against Ebara Zhuang, killing more than a thousand, and surrendering countless people, the army has crossed the Ashida River, and the battle of Hayashima Castle, Date cavalry defeated Numata, Noshima, etc., and the number of people fell to more than a thousand. ”
"What?!" The news surprised both Urakami Munekei and Ukita Naoya at the same time.
Ukita Naoya pondered for a moment, and suddenly said in a low voice: "He should understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, why don't you belong to the next generation of the city lord to visit the Date family and congratulate the Date family on their victory over the Maori family?" ”
Urakami Sokei pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind, and responded: "Go and go back quickly, Bizen Kuni can't leave Saburo Right Guard." "At this moment, Urakami Sokei and Ukita Naojia are still a pair of good friends.
When the Ukita Naoya lowered his head and knocked, he suddenly thought that his grandfather Noh family was also the elder of the Urakami clan for several generations, and in the end, he did not end up with a broken family, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly recovered his strict and upright side, and said: "My subordinates understand." ”
The news of Mori Moto's defeat began to be completely fermented just three days later, and Date Masaki, who was searching for Mori Motosho in Narazaki Castle on the shore of Lake Ashida in Bigo Province, did not know that Niko Haruha was furious and wanted to send Urakami Munekei to hell with him, nor did he know that Urakami Sokei had sent Ukita Naoie, the No. 1 conspirator of the Warring States, to discuss the alliance between Urakami and Date. The reason why Masahiro came to this rural earthen city on the shore of Lake Ashida is just to get the news that Maori Yuan has appeared, it has appeared, and under the confession of several soft bones, he has obtained vague information, and the lord of Narazaki Castle and Masahiro still have a little relationship, and the Narasaki Toyokei that Masahiro killed back then came from here.
Less than 100 people garrisoned Narazaki Castle may be precisely because of the relationship between Narazaki Toyokei and finally decided to resist to the end, becoming the last battle of the Date family in Bigo Country in the 22nd year of astronomy, the process of the battle is like boiled water, there is nothing to say, I thought that after the city was broken, I found Maori Motoon, where did I think that there was no longer his figure, leaving only a young head that was not blind, if it weren't for the familiarity of Noyama Masatoaki, Zhengheng was afraid that the owner of the head in front of him would have been the sister-in-law of Narazaki Toyokei back then, which also explains why Narazaki Castle resisted to the end in the face of such a disparity in strength.
The defeat of Maori Yuan did not lose many soldiers, it was a complete victory, and now Zhengheng has 7,000 troops with him, and if you add the partial divisions of Nuke and Shenshi County, it can reach 10,000.
Of course, these tens of thousands of troops almost include most of the capable soldiers under the control of Zhengheng, although it is really necessary to mobilize generally, it is not impossible to gather thirty or forty thousand soldiers like the three mura relatives in history, which is why Kobayakawa Takakei and Murakami Takeyoshi will go around the city so much, in fact, there is still some spare power to mobilize in China. Even so, given the demands of production, it is not a force that can be sustained for a long time, and maintaining a standing army of three or four thousand men is already a huge financial pressure. But now, in October of the 22nd year of Astronomical, this is the most powerful army in Bigo Province.
This army, which had just defeated the Mori Motosa, was no longer a direct contender for the local forces in the country!
Many of his subordinates were overjoyed by the defeat of Mori Motogaku, but Masaki knew very well that reaching Narazaki Castle was already the limit of the Date family's expansion. What is now certain is that the Date family has taken control of the six parts of Nuko-gun, Jinseki-gun, Ashida-gun, Pinji-gun, Anna-gun, Numakuma-gun, and Gocho-gun in Bigo Province, Fukatsu-gun, and Numataso, Toyota-gun of Aki Province, which is occupied by Miyazawa Heihachi.
Having passed the limit of what he could control, he clearly understood that he would not have much leisure time in the future. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )