Masahiro glanced at Noyama Masato, shook his head, and made all the windows open, standing under the windows, looking in the direction of the Seto Inland Sea, and gradually calmed down.

From Koyama Castle, he could see a thick smoke rising from the sky in the direction of the Kasaoka Islands, which were burning on the islands, and his single eye radiated a terrifying light, but his heart was very calm. The islands are burning, but that's just a matter of necessity.

With the shortcomings of the Date family at sea, it is impossible to stop the Noshima Murakami Navy who is pouring out of the nest. Fighters after this.

Noyama Yoshito's opinion seemed reasonable, and by adopting Noyama Yoshito's opinion, he told the people that the Date family had reached the most critical moment. Besides, the sword hunting order has just been issued, and such a change in the order will greatly disappoint the people.

Improvised peasant soldiers, once the two sides are engaged, they can only wave large flags to confuse the enemy, and once attacked, they will completely collapse. After the preparation, there are still a large number of internal spies in the country, and the peasants and soldiers are transferred to the main camp, and the matter of Date Masahiro's absence in the key mountain formation in the Shenbian Plain is exposed, and the things that Date Masahiro has arranged for several months will be completely corrupted.

If Murakami Takeyoshi really raids the main formation, I am afraid that he will most likely break the empty main formation, and give Miyazawa Heihachi, Kiyokawa Henghide and others who are resisting Takayama Castle and Sakurayama Castle a huge psychological blow.

It is the instinct of human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, to tend to the favorable side, and to avoid the harmful side, and this instinct is innate to living beings, and it is also the guarantee for the continuous evolution of living beings to the higher level. It is a human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is reflected in every detail of people's behavior.

With his battlefield experience, he trusts his instincts even more. But. Compared to intuition. Even more reliable is intelligence. This is where Date Politics lacks the most. Date Masahiro strictly controls the spread of information in the territory, and confiscates spies of unknown origin, and the same thing will not be done by Yoshicho Ouchi and Mori Takakei.

What if it was really Murakami's plan?

If you are shocked, isn't it self-defeating? In the Seto Inland Sea, the Salt Salt Army is not the opponent of the Murakami Navy on the frontal battlefield, and the Salt Salt Army is not Date Masato's personal army, and it will not pay a heavy price for Date Shoti, but more of a flag-waving action to respond to Date Shoti.

Now. In the Seto Inland Sea, except for the Awaji Navy of Yasuya Fuyuyasu and the Yashiro Island Navy of Yoshinaga Ouchi, no one is Murakami's opponent.

Murakami Takeshi can attack the territory of the Date family anytime and anywhere, but the real threat is nothing more than a few major estuaries, once landed inland, the navy will lose the protection of the boats, once surrounded, it will be rootless, waterless, and will immediately perish.

Zhengheng stood quietly under the window, calculating the pros and cons, thinking about the next direction of the Date family. In a slightly low tone, he asked, "Where is Masasa Ueno?" A few days ago, he ordered Ueno Masaga to land on the island to force Injima Murakami to make a choice, so he asked this question.

Noyama Masaaki looked at Masayori Taoyama, who was sitting beside him. Tao Shan Masanori thought for a while, and then said: "After yesterday's order, Ueno Masacho set out from the key mountain formation of the god side overnight, and now he has entered the town of Onomichi, according to this point in time, he should be crossing Onomichi Bay on a merchant ship, and now it is too late to terminate the sea crossing?" ”

Hisataka Ishikawa nodded and said, "I agree with Lord Taoshan's mention. This is almost exactly the same method he thought of when he heard that Murakami Buyoshi was attacking the Kasaoka Islands.

Noyama Masato nodded slightly, and asked Ueno Masato to stop landing, which was also a good suggestion, but he felt a little inappropriate, but he couldn't think of anything wrong, so he pressed the slightest different thought, pondered for a while, and said: "Tao Shan-kun's mention is good, Ueno Masato doesn't have to retreat to the main formation of the key mountain, as long as he cruises near Onomichi no Town, it can make Murakami Takeyoshi have to come to Kurashiki according to our ideas." ”

Zhengheng glanced back at them, didn't say anything, and waited for a while before he said: "Immediately send an order to Ueno Masada, and ask him to land on Mukaishima within today's entire army, establish the main position at Mt. Takami, and light a beacon fire." ”

After a pause, Masahiro stared at the Seto Inland Sea and said: "Waiting is obviously unrealistic, Murakami Takeshi doesn't come to wait for a day, if he doesn't come in January, if he doesn't come for a year, he has to wait for a year, Tsukiyama Tomita Castle can divide the winner at any time, once Niko Haruhisa wins, as long as two or three thousand soldiers and horses are divided, they can drive straight in." Beacon fires were lit on Mt. Kinshima, Mt. Goja, Mt. Seisa, Mt. Ryuo, and the Mt. Kojima-gun Islands were also raised, so I would like to see where Murakami Bukit will start. The more he spoke, the higher his voice grew, and gradually he became more and more determined, but his eyes were straight and he was distracted.

In this kind of large-scale battlefield situation, all the generals present are the ministers of the Date family, but they can understand and think about the evil of the current situation, but it is difficult for some strongmen to make them immediately come up with a clear opinion.

Yeshan Yichao asked Zhengheng in a puzzled tone: "Lord, do you really want to put up all the flags?" Won't it scare Takeshi Murakami? ”

Zhengheng seemed to hear a funny joke, and suddenly laughed: "If he is really scared away, then he is not worthy of being my opponent, find a place where no one is there and commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea as soon as possible, and no longer deal with him solemnly." ”

Zhengheng's eyes narrowed, and he turned back to the attendant and said: "Close the window, Murakami Takeshi is a figure that cannot be underestimated, and you don't need to pay too much attention to him, when I was weak, I raided Kasaoka Mountain Castle and expelled Murakami Grand, and even burned down Manabe Island in a small boat, breaking Murakami Takeyoshi's backbone." Murakami Takeyoshi has countless opportunities to strangle the weakened Date family, but he hesitates and does not make a move, I want to see if he will hesitate when he is cornered. ”

How can you pin your hopes on whether the enemy will be fooled? Zhengheng has always held the mentality that it is best to catch it, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't catch it, but he understands that this may be the last chance for Murakami Buji, once he misses it, so that the Date family can gain a firm foothold in An Yi Country, because Shima Murakami is in turmoil, and Shima Murakami is caught in the Kono family's infighting, all of them can't extricate themselves, and General Noh Island Muramura faces the powerful attack of the Date family alone, and the outcome is self-explanatory.

After a pause, Zhengheng said suddenly: "Everyone is ready, we are waiting for Murakami Takeshi to arrive." ”

Everyone was completely infected by Zhengheng's feelings, and couldn't help but kneel on the ground and shout: "Yes, lord! ”

At midnight on July 29, the night was dark. Seventeen-year-old Soji Shimizu was lying on the edge of a cliff west of Mt. Ryuo in Kojima-gun, near the Seto Inland Sea, and the sound of the sea was full of darkness in front of his eyes. If you want to distinguish the sound of the warship breaking from the sound of the seawater, Shimizu Soji doesn't have that ability.

Even the few old fishermen who have been running boats in the Seto Inland Sea for decades brought by him are difficult to distinguish, but their sensitivity to the sea is much stronger than that of Shimizu Soji, perhaps it can be said to be an intuition, one of the oldest boatmen took a deep breath of the wind from the ocean, and then said very clearly: "It's already here, at least a hundred boats." ”

The old boatman's voice trembled, obviously terrified of the battle that was about to begin, but Shimizu Soji's heart was on fire, and he said, "I didn't expect Murakami Takeshi to really come over." ”

Shimizu Soji narrowed his eyes and stared at the sea in the distance, but he didn't see what was happening clearly at all, but soon, he saw a cluster of black shadows slowly coming down the water, and he laughed silently, finally able to fight a good fight.

Pulling over the soldiers around him, Shimizu Soji ordered him to immediately return to Longwang Mountain to report, turned around again, looked at the fleet that was about to step into the trap, and gradually sailed towards the entrance of the Fujido Strait, and muttered in a low voice, "It's finally here." ”

With the help of the starlight reflected on the water, more than 70 ships sailed smoothly into the entrance of the Fujido Strait. Murakami Buyoshi stood on the bow of the ship, in the dim night, his eyes could not see the situation on the water, his fleet was risking running aground into this river channel only thirty or forty meters wide, hearing the sound of apes on both sides, I couldn't help but think of a poem in the Central Plains: "Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day." The sound of apes on both sides of the strait is endless, and the light boat has passed over the ten thousand mountains. ”

Murakami Takekichi beckoned back and said, "How long will it take to cross the Fujido Strait?" Ordered Murakami Yoshishige to immediately go ashore and occupy Fujido Moru to establish a formation to defend against Date reinforcements that might come from Kojima, and to protect the flanks of the fleet. ”

More than a dozen ships approached Fujitomarari, and four or five hundred Murakami sailor soldiers came down from the boats, and soon began to build a formation in Fujitomarari, and the flag of Marukami was erected. Murakami Takeyoshi suddenly remembered the Battle of Fujido that took place here at the time of the Genpei War, and muttered in a low voice, "May the ancestors of the Genji bless you." ”

Murakami Takeyoshi suddenly said to Iwata Kohiro, who came to his side: "I will land at the mouth of the Asahikawa River, attack the Okayama area, coerce the Bigo people who built Okayama Castle, gather tens of thousands of horses, attack the nearby castle, and then wait for Ouchi-sama's action, enter to capture Bikoku, and retreat can leave by boat from the other exit of the Anakai." ”

Iwata Xingguang nodded solemnly, if he can succeed in the battle, the future wealth will not go without saying, if he can't achieve the expected results, he can also have a way to retreat and leave the hinterland of Date 's house, suddenly remembered something, and said: "Is the other exit already occupied?" ”

Murakami Takeyoshi said slightly proudly: "I have ordered Murakami Takemitsu to seize Naoshima, Ishima, and Toshima, and approach the base of the Salt and Water Army, Shodoshima, he is a cautious figure, I only need him to hold for two or three days, and after the army lands, I will go to Shodoshima in advance to eliminate or expel the Salt and Water Army." (To be continued......)