As one of the few semi-independent forces in Bei China, Sai Tian Castle is also the most precipitous castle in the Nakatsu area, and as the most important stronghold in the Nakatsu area, the level of fortifications of Saiida Castle has always been second only to Matsuyama Castle, and it is one of the most important castles in Bei China. It's just that in the era of Hideshi Ueki, because most of the surrounding cities that were originally subservient to him became direct retainers of Date Masaki, and Hideshi Ueki has always lived a luxurious life, he is very yearning for Kyoto culture, and he spends countless money on his interests, so that the finances of Saikita Castle have not been very rich.

However, there are many criticisms of Saida Castle, but the castle built by Hidecho Ueki can be said to be impeccable, and if the castle commander has a firm belief in the capture of Saida Castle with 500 men, it can be said that it is a fool's dream. In fact, before Kawasaki Yorihiro and Yoshida Masanari set off, Masahiro specially instructed the two not to attack them, and to cut off Sai Tian Castle after the capture of Iiyama Castle in Han Township, so that they could complete the task, but Masahiro did not expect that the garrison of Sai Tian Castle was unimaginably fragile.

The Date army had just seen Saida Castle from afar, and they hadn't even touched the door, and the bold rebels in Saida Castle had already tied up the castle lord Hideki Ueki to come and offer prisoners. No one is willing to follow Ueki Hideki to get sick, everyone knows that the Date family is like the rising sun, and at this time, it is not good to keep up with the footsteps of the Date family and fight for the future, but it is against the tide of history and be a roadblock to the progress of the Date family, not what is the disease. Hideki Ueki's nose is blue and his face is swollen. A puddle of mud collapsed in front of the army. Yoshida Masanari looked at the scars on Ueki's face, frowned, looked at the more than ten rebels kneeling on the ground, and asked in a low voice to Kawasaki Yorihiro beside him, "What do you say should be done?" ”

Kawasaki Yorihiro knew that Yoshida Masanari didn't like the rebels to beat their masters like this, and there was a hint of murder in his eyes, and he shouted at the group of rebels: "Although Ueki Hideshi betrayed the lord, he was born as a samurai after all, so if you wait for the next offender, I will be hacked to death with a knife!" More than a dozen fierce Date soldiers rushed out. Slash and kill more than a dozen rebels kneeling on the ground. Yoshida Masanari didn't expect Kawasaki Yorihiro to be so ruthless. It's just that he didn't have any mercy in his heart for the dead rebels.

Hideki Ueki saw that the rebels who had tied him up were hacked to death with knives, and struggled to get up, kneeling upright, with his head buried between his knees. He bowed his head and said, "Thank you, two adults." Please also ask the two adults to open the net. In the next, in the next willing to hand over a qiē. ”

Kawasaki leaned forward and spat at Hideki Ueki with disdain. sneered: "What a coward who spits on himself, just betraying the Lord for glory, this is more than enough to cut off your beheading to show the public, not to mention that now that Sai Tian Castle has fallen into the hands of my master, you only have one cheap life left." Yoshida-kun, did you say you'd send him on his way now, or did you? ”

Yoshida Masanari glanced at Hideshi Ueki with disdain, turned his head away from looking at him, turned back to Kawasaki Yorihiro and said: "Hehe, he is no longer of much use to the lord, but his statement is still a little useful, you say, are you pretending to be him, or am I on it." ”

Kawasaki Lai Guang's brows furrowed slightly, obviously pretending to be such a coward was really damaging his prestige, and asked in a low voice: "Well, just find someone at random, why bother to go in person, anyway, there will be a blockade of Duohe Shanyuan, and within ten days and a half, the news in the Zhongjin area will not be able to spread, what do you say?" ”

Yoshida Masanari smiled and said to Hideshi Ueki: "Then you are useless, well, find a place where no one is buried alive, bed bugs have their own place where bed bugs go." After a few words, the two of them actually decided on the whereabouts of a city lord.

Frightened, Hideki Ueki sat down on the ground, and the feces and urine flowed sideways, making Kawasaki Yorihiro and Yoshida Masanari once again make a statement.

With a wave of his sleeves, the leader of the Zhuang clan in Beichu, the lord of Saita Castle, Hideji Ueki, was caught left and right by two soldiers with a straight face, stuffed a rag in his mouth, and dragged him to the foot of a nearby mountain with a whining sound, digging a pit and burying him alive.

The riots in the Inshima Murakami and the results of the battle at Saidada Castle were delivered to Mashiro at the same time, with the former being known to almost everyone and the latter known to only a few people. Although someone secretly reported the evil deeds of Kawasaki Yorihiro and Yoshida Masanari, and the tragic fate of Hideshi Ueki and Iyamashita, Masahiro did not have much mercy and did not blame the two for their actions, but just nodded and counted as knowing the whereabouts of the two, and was once again full of interest in the information about the Innoshima Murakami riots.

The situation in An Ikekoku is getting more and more tense, Miyazawa Heihachi took advantage of the gap before the war to secretly return to Tsurushou Castle to listen to Date Masaki's instructions, and just walked into the conference room of Tsurushou Castle, before he could salute, he was shocked by a huge map spread on the ground. This map is not a topographic map of one country or one county, but a topographic map of the two provinces of Yin and Yang plus Shikoku, Kyushu, and Kinai, of which the two mountains and rivers of Yin and Yang are quite detailed, and Shikoku, Kyushu, and Kinai are only roughly plotted.

Miyazawa Heihachi quickly calmed down, moved a few steps, and kowtowed: "Lord, now that the situation in Anyi is tense, I don't know what the lord's strategy is?" He could vaguely see that Zhengheng was making a big move, but he couldn't see it.

There were only more than ten people present, all of them were important ministers of the Date family, and when they heard Miyazawa Heihachi's question, they paused slightly, and they all looked at the two of them, both of them wanted to know the specific thoughts of Zhengheng, and most of them only knew one or two, not everything.

Zhengheng smiled, handed the two pieces of information he had just learned in his hand to Miyazawa Heipachi, and said, "Let's take a look first, what can you see?" As he spoke, he didn't pay attention to him, but said to the Kusama Shibei, "Go on?" ”

Kusama Shibei replied "yes", holding a thin bamboo stick, pointing to more than 20 castles above Aki Country, and said: "The above introduces Kibi Shikoku, and the following introduces Aki Country." Aki Province is bounded by Bigo in the east, Shubo in the west, Iwami in the north, and the Seto Inland Sea in the south, with 20 miles from east to west and 16 miles from north to south. Most of the country is mountainous and undulating, and the water system is complex. There is the Numata River, which flows into Mihara Bay, the Oze River, which forms on the boundary of the perimeter, and the Ota River, which flows into Hiroshima Bay. At the same time, the northeast to southwest of the country is cut off by the valley, which is divided into two areas, Xi'an Yi and Dong'an Yi, forming an important passage between Sanyin and Shanyang. The land of the harbor is full of department stores, the business is quite prosperous, the household registration is also very prosperous, and the customs are gentle, but the land is barren and not suitable for sowing...... Its islands include Itsukushima. To the east of Onomura, Saeki Prefecture, there are 19 rooms in 31 towns around the week. ”

Kusama's four guards were catchy, and finally explained the general situation of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Yin and Yang, and after finishing speaking, he stepped aside and waited for Zhengheng's inquiry. Zhengheng said to Miyazawa Heihachi again at this moment: "Do you see it?" ”

Miyazawa Heihachi stared at the map for a while, and finally couldn't help but take a long breath, and said with a little excitement: "Lord, do you want to seize the entire Western Kingdom in one fell swoop?" The retainer who knew the general situation took a light breath and looked at Miyazawa Heihachi, and those who didn't know the details also heard the excitement in Miyazawa Heipachi's words.

Zheng Heng smiled slightly, shook his head, and said: "I don't have such a big appetite to seize the Western Kingdom in one fell swoop, I just yearn for this territory, you can talk about the benefits of obtaining An Yiguo." As he spoke, he threw the fan on top of An Yiguo.

Miyazawa Heihachi thought for a moment, and said: "Strategically, Aki Province is adjacent to the Ouchi clan in the west, the two major forces of the Niko clan in the east, and at the same time close to the Seto Inland Sea Army, it is a real place of four wars. By land, you can take out the clouds, Zhoufang, Iwami, and Nagato, take the sea route, annex Mishima Murakami, and directly attack Kyushu and Shikoku, and compete for the world. ”

Zhengheng admires Miyazawa Heihachi a lot, he originally thought that Miyazawa Heihachi was just a fierce general, but after really getting to know him, he will know that he is actually a samurai whose wisdom is not inferior to martial arts, otherwise he would not have sat on the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle from a monk in history. This is also the reason why he appointed Miyazawa Heihachi as the acting manager of Numata Estate, in fact, the Date family at that time did not have the strength to control Numata Estate, and Miyazawa Heihachi gradually stood up by means.

Masahiro listened to Miyazawa Heihachi's answer, and nodded slightly to express his affirmation, in history, Mori Moto lived in Aki Province for decades and waited for the opportunity, and became the first overlord of the Western Kingdom in more than ten years after the decline of the Ouchi and Niko families.

Zhengheng pointed to the map and said, "Now, Yoshicho Ouchi, Mori Takakei, and Murakami Takeshi have converged, and Saiida Castle is just a precursor before the Great War. Heihachi, did you resist the attack of the 20,000-strong army of Ouchi Yoshicho and Mori Takakei for fifteen to twenty days at Takayama Castle? ”

Miyazawa Heihachi's expression was stern, and he said in a deep voice: "My lord, Gaoshan City has 1,500 defenders, all of whom are brave fighters, who have stored grain for more than three months, and there are three sweet wells and seven bitter wells in the city, a total of ten wells. ”

Zheng Heng nodded, and after a long time, he slowly pointed at a point with a bamboo stick, and then drew an arc in the air, pointed on the ground, and said: "Fiction is real, reality is virtual, Alpine City is certainly their goal, but the more important target than Alpine City is here?" (To be continued......)