Noyama Yoshitomo is determined to land in Shikoku as soon as possible, gain a foothold, and then fight a few battles there, as long as he wins a few solid victories, he can let the banner of the Shikoku Army continue to fly. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info it is not blind and arrogant to fight a few battles, and it is not impossible to talk about the army from above, as long as it is turned into a victory, it is not a vain discussion. What's more, the Shikoku Legion is a legion dedicated to the conquest of the four countries, under the remote command of Masahiro, Noyama Yoshitomo is loyal, and he does not doubt that the legion is up and down, and everyone who is from the Date family is in awe of Masahiro and worships him as a god. Even Suzuki Yoshikane and his ilk are also obedient and dare not be presumptuous.

But it is difficult to guarantee that there will be some people who harbor evil intentions to divide the hearts of the monarch and ministers, and the voices of the people are boiling, and it is inevitable that there will be a gap between the three of them, not to mention that tens of thousands of horses eat horses and chew, and consume countless money and food every day.

Shimizu Soji stepped forward, pointed at the ground with a bamboo stick, and said, "A certain person wants Naruto to be the first place to attack?" ”

Everyone was shocked, Naruto is the closest place to Awa Province and Awaji, and it has always been a bridgehead in and out of Awa Province, Katsurui Castle is not far from Naruto, and Miyoshi Yoshiken has a heavy army stationed here, building fortifications, and it is not easy to break through this place.

Noyama Masaki glanced up at Shimizu Soji and asked lightly, "Are you sure you want to attack Naruto?" ”

Qing Shui Zongji did not answer directly, but drew a circle between Sanqi and Awa, and said: "As we all know, the number of people in Awa and Awa is only 1780,000, and the total mobilization force is only 30,000 or 40,000, but we occupy the advantage of the navy, which is our biggest advantage and the biggest disadvantage of the three good righteous sages. If he abandons the country of Saha, moves the people of Saki to Awa Province, and then defends Awa Province alone, with the Naruto defense line and the dangers of the Awa Mountains, it will not be easy for us to defeat him in the short term. ”

Everyone's faces changed slightly, and they thought that if the situation mentioned by Shimizu Soji really happened, Miyoshi Yoshiken would move the people of disagreement to the Awa country, and when the time came, it would be a protracted matter to defeat him.

Hanafang Masayuki asked, "The Four Nations Legion has just been established, how can we ensure that this battle will be won?" ”

The first battle of the Four-Nations Legion must be fought beautifully, not only to make a big impact on the Shikoku region, but also to boost morale with victory, and then to make persistent efforts and continue to fight. Hanafang Masayuki thinks that it will not be easy to attack Naruto and win the battle. As soon as it came up, it was a tough battle, and once time passed, it would be a very big blow to the Shikoku Legion. What he means is to find a weak point to attack first, to get a small victory, and then to accumulate small victories into big victories.

Shimizu Soji pointed at Naruto, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "Naruto is the barrier of Shengrui City, the lifeblood gate of Miyoshi Yoshiken, Naruto is attacked, and Katsurui City is in turmoil, what do you think is the only thing Miyoshi Yoshigen wants to do?" ”

Hanafang Masayuki's face changed slightly, and he said: "Miyoshi Yoshiken will strengthen the strength of Shengrui City, well, he will personally sit in Shengrui City, trying to drag us in Naruto and unable to get out." Your true intentions are not Naruto and Katsurui Castle, but other territories. ”

Shimizu Soji bowed slightly, and said loudly: "The matter of the new Shikoku Legion has been rumored, and the reorganization exercise in Kishiwada Castle has not been hidden, according to the custom, after a period of rest after spring ploughing, Shikoku will be defeated, and Miyoshi Yoshiken probably knows that he is going to face a catastrophe." However, Miyoshi Yoshiken did not know how many troops the Shikoku Legion had, nor did he know how many enemies he would face, so he would inevitably issue a general ******, and he would still be able to mobilize 30,000 or 40,000 people according to his grain and grass. ”

Murakami Tongyuki was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The current situation is that Miyoshi Yoshiken has not given up on Sanqi, and has scattered thirty or forty thousand horses in Awa and Sanqi. ”

Soharu Shimizu said: "That's right, we can't give him time to change his mind, but we can invite the Date Navy army stationed on Awaji Island to attack Naruto together, and it is bound to seize Naruto's Shoji Castle in one fell swoop, threatening Katsurui Castle, causing a big impact, and forcing Miyoshi Yoshiken to sit in Katsurui Castle." As long as the tiger of Miyoshi Yoshiken is trapped in a cage, then the rest of the places in Saki and Awa are all weak places for us to attack. If Miyoshi Yixian does not return to Shengrui City, then we will change the feint attack into a real attack, not to mention that there is still a person in Shengrui City, whose influence is so great that although it cannot be compared with Miyoshi Yixian, it can also play a role in leveraging the situation. ”

Noyama Yi looked surprised, and admired Shimizu Soji's wisdom, so he asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Soji Shimizu smiled and nodded, and said, "It is the head of Hosokawa Sweep Mayuki, the son of the former Awa guarding Hosokawa Chitaka." It is rumored that his mother, the little major general, is a rare beauty in the world, and Miyoshi Yoshixian has been snooping for a long time, and he assassinated the lord in order to get her. After the death of Hosokawa Mochitaka, Miyoshi Yoshiken turned the funeral into a happy event without waiting for Hosokawa Mochitaka to be buried, and married the little major general, Chizurumaru and Tokawa Tsuyoshi are all half-brothers of Hosokawa Shinyuki. Maybe it's Aiya and Wu, or maybe for other purposes, Miyoshi Yoshiken didn't kill Hosokawa Shinyuki and kept him under house arrest in Katsurui Castle. ”

Yeshan Yichao thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, then according to what Qing Shui-kun said!" ”

Determined the strategy, so how to complete this strategy, everyone began to enrich him, and soon everyone came up with a feasible plan, Inoue Zizhong gathered the wisdom of everyone to write a plan, and then handed it over to everyone to fill in the gaps and check the omissions.

In duplicate, one copy is kept and the other is sent to the national temple.

April 16, Zanqi Country, Ten Rivers City. The atmosphere in the conference room was a little heavy, the news of the formation of the Four Nations Legion had already spread throughout the Four Kingdoms, and it could be seen from the name that it was here to fight them. The size of the Date family is there, and everyone knows that it is not easy to mess with. The person who thinks he knows the inside story curses Miyoshi Yoshixian for being smart, you send a fake hostage to you isn't a slap in the face, and now you deserve to anger the Date family, but it can't be said that everyone suffers together, and the complaint is really not light.

The daily sound of Kishiwada Castle's daily horn tormented everyone's nerves like a talisman, and Miyoshi Yoshiken, who looked a little tired, took a sip of tea, showed a little smile, and said, "Don't worry, as long as we are sincerely united, it is a dream for the Date family to land on the shore." ”

Kushida City Lord Kushida Hidenao seemed to be a little worried, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Lord of the Kingdom, will there really be no problem?" It is very likely that we will fall into a group attack in many places, and there are many places where we can attack Sanzhou from the sea, and there are always omissions when we are tired of running for our lives. ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken smiled, "There is no problem. The Date family made a fatal mistake, they gave us too much time to prepare, and now the Miyoshi family has mobilized an army of 35,000, and 15,000 of them are deployed in Katsurui Castle, blocking their direct attack on the Awa country. In this way, the only place they can attack us is the country of Zanqi, and if he dares to land, we will unite and drive them into the sea. What I'm worried about now is that they will attack Yizhou and Tuzhou, so that we will divide our troops to defend the pass, and the number of troops and horses that can move will be greatly reduced, which will not be conducive to our defense of Zhenzhou. ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken was a morale-boosting man in words, as if he was in victory, but in fact he hadn't slept well for days, and the exhaustion on his face showed that his worries were getting worse, the enemy was too strong, and the chips in his hands were too small.

Kang Fan, the younger brother of Shinohara Nagabo, who was dressed in armor, rushed into Ten Rivers Castle, ran to the porch of the conference room despite the obstacles, half-knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly: "The lord of the country, the lord of the country, the Date family has attacked. This time it's real, they really attacked. ”

The conference room fell silent.

Miyoshi Yoshiken stood up strongly, glared at Yasufan Shinohara, and shouted, "What nonsense? The morale he had just inspired was suddenly dispersed, and Yasufan Shinohara, who was extremely stupid, shouted in front of everyone that he should tell him if he was smarter, and he should give him a little time to prepare.

Shinohara, Yasufan, was really speechless, he didn't seem to see Miyoshi Yoshixian's eyes at all, nor did he look at his brother's signal, and shouted anxiously: "Lord of the country, it's really attacked, Naruto Bo Castle is lost, and Mori is martyred after Mori Tsuku." ”

Bad news, or bad news.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Shinohara's Nagabo took a deep breath, he knew that his younger brother already had evil thoughts in Miyoshi Yoshixian's heart, but as long as he was still there, he would be fine, let's get past the current level first.

Miyoshi Yoshiken took a short breath, and forced his body not to fall, it was calculated that the Date family would use the heavily guarded Shengrui City as a breakthrough, there were tens of thousands of defenders in Shengrui City, coupled with the tight defense of the city, it was delusional to want to break it.

Shinohara's Nagabo suddenly thought of a key point, moved two steps, and reached Miyoshi Yoshiken's side, and said in a low voice: "Lord, Hosokawa's sweeping head is too big, and I am afraid that I will have different intentions." After speaking, he stopped talking, went to the porch, and pulled Yasufan Shinohara away.

Miyoshi Yixian's expression changed, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes. Shinohara Nagafang is right, there are still hidden dangers in Shengrui City, and if the hidden dangers are not removed, there will be flaws in Shengrui City, but he has tried to get rid of the hidden dangers several times, but he has been blocked by his main room small major general.

Miyoshi Yoshixian glanced left and right, and said loudly: "The people of the Date family are so stupid, the city defense of Shengrui City is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city, even if it is ten times more likely to attack Shengrui City in a short period of time, it is also delusional." ”

The strength of Shengrui City, everyone has seen it with their own eyes, but they still can't let go, although it was tormented, but after all, they didn't come to attack, and now it's really coming, who could have predicted that Shengrui City would be able to hold on, and the Date family is not without an example of breaking through the fortified city in a short time.

Shinohara Nagafang went and returned, quietly came to Miyoshi Yoshixian's side, and said in a low voice: "Lord, the Danzhou Date Navy is exhausted, and there are about more than 10,000 land divisions on the shore. ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken realized that he still underestimated the strength of the Date family, and never thought that the Date family did not attack the port of Sanzhou, but instead gave up the easy and the difficult, and carelessly caught him off guard, and Shengrui City was probably in danger.

Miyoshi Yixian finally spoke, and ordered in a low voice: "Youjing Liang, you take the opportunity to enter Shengrui City with my handwriting, immediately deal with the hidden dangers, and defend Shengrui City with all your might." ”

Shinohara's long room hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "Lord, aren't you going back?" ”

Miyoshi Yixian shook his head and said: "The people of the Date family will not be so stupid, I suspect that attacking Shengrui City is just a pretense, a plan to attack the east and west, the real purpose is still Zhenzhou, I need to sit in Ten Rivers City, otherwise Zhenzhou will immediately change his surname?" ”

Shinohara's Nagabo replied, "Yes, lord!" He hurried out of the city.

Katsurui Castle was originally a flat castle, the guardian of Awa Province, and naturally it was not a fortified castle, but since Miyoshi Yoshiken assassinated Hosokawa Chitaka, he saw the value of this castle, and it was reinforced intermittently for a while, and large-scale expansion began after he withdrew from Kinai. After more than half a year of expansion, Shengrui City has become a big city of 10,000 people.

The news of the attack of the Date army has spread throughout Katsurui Castle, and at this moment, Katsurui Castle is on high alert, and the castle keeper Minoru Shinoha gathered his soldiers and horses, abandoned some strongholds, gathered his men and horses in Katsurui Castle, and arranged a patrol vigil to prevent accidents.

There is a small temple on the west side of Shengrui City, and the plaque reads Zhuan Sheng Temple, taking advantage of the chaos in the city, the samurai wearing shabby foot gear sneaked into the temple, knocked on the door panel twice, and called in a low voice: "Young master, young master, Katsushiro has brought you news." ”

Shinyuki Hosokawa walked out of the corner dressed in a mended kimono and asked, "What's going on in the castle?" ”

Katsushiro replied: "Young Lord, the Date Army has invaded Awa, the city has been broken, and now we are rushing to Katsurui City, young master, the day of emergence is not far away, the families such as Ma Zhi and Lotus Pond, who are loyal to the guardian family, have been preparing for a long time, as long as the young master gives an order, everyone will come together to help the young master restore the country." "Ma Zhi and Hasuike are both descendants of those who were killed together after the death of Hosokawa Chitaka, and they are on the wrong side of the team, losing their territory and becoming ronin.

Hosokawa Shinyuki's eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly his eyes widened, and he said, "It's not good, I need to leave Katsurui City immediately, otherwise there will be more and less luck." ”

Katsushiro was stunned, "Why? ”

Hosokawa Mayuki took a deep breath and said, "Katsushiro, is there any way to get out of the city?" ”

Katsushiro pondered for a while and said, "Yes, let's prepare for the next period of time, well, I will leave the city tomorrow night at the latest." He looked left and right for a while, and left in a hurry.

In the secret room of Katsurui City, Okamoto Kiyomune listened to Katsushiro's return and snorted coldly: "He's going to run away?!" (To be continued.) )