Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Rebellion of the Lotus Terrace (17)
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On July 2, as soon as the downpour had come to an end, Shohiro convened his military meeting on the Battle of Toyama Castle in Takamatsu Castle.
It is known that Takamatsu Castle is not the actual territory of the Date family, and belongs to the Takamatsu Ishikawa clan, although Ishikawa Hisataka is subordinate to the Date family, but it does not mean that Masahiro can unscrupulously hold a military meeting in Takamatsu Castle without the consent of the master, and also regards the original subordinate Ishikawa Hisataka as a retainer of the Date family. The lord humiliated the ministers to death, and of course there were some loyal generals who thought they were pretentious among the retainers of Takamatsu Castle, and the advice of wanting to win the throne became a joke under the eyes of Masahiro and the strong suppression of Ishikawa Hisada, and the complete reversal of Sekiguchi Takashi was also the last straw that pressed Takamatsu Castle.
Hisashi Ishikawa had a feeling of luring a wolf into the room, but it was too late.
The people of the Date family took advantage of this extremely short period of time to win over a large number of retainers who had fallen on both sides of the wall, and used future benefits to trap Sekiguchi Takasei, making Sekiguchi Takanari believe that loyalty to the Date family is loyalty to the future lord of Takamatsu Castle.
In the current situation, it is impossible for Ishikawa Hisataka to give birth to a son out of thin air, and even if God has eyes and old people, it is impossible to do whatever he wants to abolish the agreement with the Date family, and the children of Masahiro and Jihime will definitely become the lord of Takamatsu Castle. Zheng Heng was only eighteen years old now, and as long as there were no accidents, he would have at least thirty or forty years of rule, which would be enough to survive many enemies older than him. Now it seems that the Date family is very weak, but what will the Date family be like in ten or twenty years. Takasei Sekiguchi's age told him that he might not be able to see that spectacle. But he also has sons and grandsons, as well as the family behind him, as long as he can keep up with the footsteps of Zhengheng. Standing in the same trench as the Date family will not be eliminated, and you will even be able to go further. Who can guarantee what kind of changes will happen in the future, who can guarantee that the new master of Takamatsu Castle who is still in the cellular state will not go further to become the head of the Date family, and Sekiguchi Takanari, who assists the new master, and his children and grandchildren will be able to have the power of the dragon and become the master of one city and one country.
Whoever can guarantee it, no one can guarantee it, Sekiguchi Takasei is not a fool, could it be that the others in Takamatsu Castle will be fools. After this period of observation, it can be seen that although some people can't think of what might happen in the future, the real problem is that the Date family is now stronger than the Ishikawa family, and Ishikawa Hisataka is powerless to fight against the Date family, and even if he has a son, he can only let his grandson inherit the family business, which is a mandatory choice in front of everyone in Takamatsu Castle, or be eliminated and become a ridiculous part. Either take advantage of the situation and surrender to the Date family.
Before the military meeting on the Battle of Toyama Castle, Takashi Sekiguchi officially submitted a letter of allegiance to the Date family on behalf of Ishikawa Hissataka, although Mashiro has never believed in written things, and he often agrees to tear up the written oath today and tomorrow, but he is still happy to accept Ishikawa Hissataka's letter of allegiance, and sends an invitation to Ishikawa Hissataka to live under the Tsuru Castle. He knew that under the current circumstances, Ishikawa Hissataka had to accept the invitation, and as long as he objected slightly, his retainers would also advise him to the end without the need for political balance to come forward.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. Zhengheng went out on patrol for more than ten days, not only to split the foreign domain of the Matsuda clan. The loss of the Matsuda clan, a powerful enemy who could invade China at any time, also greatly changed the situation of the Date family. The connivance of the Niko family, the rat trap of the Maori family, and the chaos of Bizen Province made the Date family calmly carry out domestic and foreign affairs. The Takamatsu Ishikawa family, who originally stayed outside the Date family's regime, was accommodated, although the purpose of weakening the Ishikawa family could not be achieved because of a heavy rain, but it was a good choice to be able to get the complete surrender of the Ishikawa family, in fact, he made a lot of money. Ishikawa Hisataka is not a qualified general, but he is still quite good at managing internal affairs, although there are floods in the Ashimorikawa every year, but it does not mean that the output on both sides of the strait is not high, and it is enough to have a stone height of 120,000 stones.
Ishikawa Hisaki, who was supposed to be sitting in the seat, was sitting first on the left hand, and this position was supposed to be sat by Noyama Masato, but in order to take care of Ishikawa Hisaki's face, he is now sitting on the first place on the right hand, and at this moment, Sekiguchi Takashi, who is also sitting in the hall, is reporting the information he just got to the sitting Zhengheng: "Zhenghenggong, the people who fled from Ifuku Township know that a rare battle broke out in Toyama Castle last night, in order to confirm whether the news is correct, The ministers immediately sent their right-hand men to swim across the Foot Morikawa and escape from the vicinity of Toyama Castle from the mouth of the city soldiers who once again confirmed that there was indeed a costly siege battle between the two sides, and the right-hand men reported that they saw many pitted blood pits all over the ground, which was enough to show that the attack last night suffered heavy casualties, and Toyama Castle was now under the control of a crowd of thugs, and the Matsuda family defending the city scattered and fled. ”
Sekiguchi Takashi, as Ishikawa Hisada's retainer, sat in the palace and Ishikawa Hisaki sat on an equal footing to participate in the meeting and even speak, Ishikawa Hisaki frowned slightly, but saw that the others did not have abnormal expressions, and then heard the content of Sekiguchi Takashi's report, so he didn't say anything. He knew that once he sat in the main hall of the military conference, he would not be able to come down again, and there was only one way to go dark, but it was really cool to sit in the hall, and he felt for the first time that he felt that sitting in the hall with Ishikawa Hisataka had never been so cool.
At the military meeting, Takashi Sekiguchi talked eloquently, and found that his mood was completely different from when he served Ishikawa Hisataka, and suddenly felt incredible, before, when facing Ishikawa Hisataka, he finally cautiously expressed his status, but today, in front of him, Ishikawa Hisataka did not dare to speak out, and became an ordinary samurai who only promised. He was surprised and not only that, when he stopped reporting, he found that the scenery around him had changed, as if they had become smaller, bent over, curled up there, it turned out that every qiē was so beautiful, his eyes looked at Date Zhengheng who was contemplating, knowing that his changes came from the one-eyed man in front of him, and only by following his footsteps closely could he retain the feeling in front of him. Yes, only by following Masahiro closely, he was able to stand up straight in front of Hisataka Ishikawa, and his temperament changed radically.
This kind of change was felt by some people in the conference room, Noyama Masahiro frowned, he didn't like this feeling, he had such a feeling when he faced his former friend Nikaido Nobuhiro, and now when he looked at Sekiguchi Takashi, the figures of the two people were so close, it seemed that Nikaido Nobuhiro was sitting in the hall, and if he could ignore the former master today, he would be able to ignore the current master in the future. But he didn't reprimand, because he didn't have the courage to pierce this layer of window paper in front of Zhengheng, and the current Zhengheng was no longer the reckless novice he saw for the first time, and gradually developed the majesty of the superior.
The corners of Masahiro's mouth turned up slightly, he was willing to see a completely downside to the Date family Takashi Sekiguchi stirring up in Takamatsu Castle, especially when Ishikawa Hisataka would soon have to follow Masahiro to Tsuru City, a villain who fell to the Date family was much better than a gentleman who was always loyal to Ishikawa Hisataka. This qiē is a lesson given to him by the Nikaido Nobuhiro incident, a villain can be abandoned at any time, Sekiguchi Takasei can stir up the storm in Takamatsu City, as long as it is reasonable and there is nothing out of the ordinary, he will let Sekiguchi Takasei continue to be a good lackey, but once the sky is angry and resentful, he can be exchanged for enough benefits, and he will also abandon it like the Nizi family after weighing the pros and cons.
When Zhengheng first saw Sekiguchi Takasei, he thought he was a loyal and good general, but he didn't expect Sekiguchi Takasei to become so ugly after gaining power, which made him prove once again that everyone has value, as long as he can be given a value that he can't refuse, it can make him abnormal. A person who cannot be measured by value is an ambitious person, and the political balance will choose to abandon it when it cannot be controlled, and this is the reason why it will be strangled in the cradle.
Listening to Takasei Sekiguchi's report, the retainers discussed it, and finally came to three conclusions, one is that the besieging side of the city, that is, a group of thugs has won the victory and has suffered heavy losses and is unable to fight again, the second is that the defender of the city, that is, Toyama Castle, is completely defeated and scattered, and the new lord Matsuda Motoki is facing an unprecedented crisis, and the third is that the Matsuda clan will inevitably suppress the crisis and retake Toyama Castle.
Zheng Heng tapped his knee, his expression was slightly strict, and said: "Now it has entered July, and it will be the autumn harvest in another month and a half, if you allow the bandits of Toyama Castle to survive, it will be a huge hidden danger to Bei China, Matsuda Motoki is not good at stubble, he will inevitably attack Toyama Castle with all his strength, the bandits are good at wandering rather than fighting, once they escape across the Ashimori River, Bei China's Heyang County, Toyu County, Kazuya County, Shimochi County and Bizen Kojima County will all suffer a needless disaster, They must be held back on the east bank of the Ashimori River, and they must not be allowed to spoil the autumn harvest. ”
Originally, the retainers were thinking about the influence of Toyama Castle, but they didn't expect that as soon as Masahiro opened his mouth, everyone's thoughts jumped out. As soon as the ministers thought about it, they immediately broke out in a cold sweat. They all knew that although everyone looked down on the decaying Matsuda clan, but the Warring States Troubled Times was a worse era, and the Matsuda clan was rotten in their eyes, and now the thugs in Toyama Castle are even worse. Once Matsuda Motoki gathers a large army and invades Toyama Castle, a group of thugs will definitely be defeated, and once they return to China, it will be a battle. The rice is about to ripen, and once they do something that is angry and resentful, it will not look good, and it is necessary to completely block them on the east bank of the Ashimori River.
As for whether the east bank of the Foot Shou River will flow to prepare for the former country to burn and loot, it is not something that everyone has to consider.