Chapter XIV Co-optation
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The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and now Zhengheng's subordinates are poor and white, which is much more difficult than when he lived alone in Meichuan Courtyard. (The fastest update speed is on Aishang Novel Network biquge.info) He found that as the team expanded, more things were handled. He listened to Akagi's coherent introduction, and believed that Akagi's words were mostly true and reliable. It's just that if she really wants to blow up Zhongshan, it won't be what she can do now, and the scale is bigger than building ten Zhongshan Cities. Not hot to tell the truth is false, listening to the words in Chimu's mouth The idea of mining is deeply remembered in my heart, there is money in the mine, there is food if there is money, there is food in the food, there are soldiers in the food, and the construction plan of Zhongshan City has been delayed again.
There was no conclusion as to where the goal of the new city would be, so I had to temporarily live in Zhongshan City and wait for the end of spring ploughing.
The problem of food was gradually put on the table, and the four hundred stone grain straw was said to be a lot, and the young master was a lot, but it was not enough to eat in vain, weapons, armor, foot tools, bows and arrows all needed money to buy and exchange for food. Fortunately, China itself is famous for producing ironware, and copper ore is accompanied by a small amount of iron ore. Iron ware is not a rare commodity in China, and the price is more than half cheaper than that in other regions.
Fortunately, the weapons have the support of Zhuang Weizi and Shinjian Zhenjing, there is no need for peasants and soldiers to defend the city in the short term, and it is more than enough for eighty-seven samurai to take turns to garrison Zhongshan City, and the shortage of food has not appeared in a short time, and the samurai have started a new round of training under the stimulation of food and clothing, especially the practice of spears, who makes the price of a knife can buy ten sophisticated iron spear heads, the price is cheap.
In the conference hall of Zhongshan City, the crackling Aishang novel network in the fire pit burned the pine branches that had just sprouted and were cut down, and a faint aroma of pine oil filled the hall, and the slightly repaired houses did not have big holes and leaks. Zhengheng was stretching his hands on the fire pit to warm up, and the four of them, Noyama Yoshito, Nikaido Nobuhiro, Taoshan Shinbei, and Akagi were pointing at a sand table with a length and width of four or five meters.
Akagi is also a talent, their group was originally born in the Tongshan people, not mining, but a family that has been dedicated to exploration for generations, but it has declined by the time of their two generations. Although the war is not only chaotic, although they are interested in not having the time and energy to do this, the three mountains and five mountains are in the notes of their ancestors, and this sand table also includes the mountains and rivers in Beizhong.
"Yi Dynasty, what is His Royal Highness Zhuang Weizi's attitude towards us?" Although Zhengheng was unhappy with Zhuang Weizi's change of face, he had to ask more.
Yeshan Yichao's expression was angry, and the promised princess Xiaozao's promise to Zhengheng was gone, which made him feel extremely humiliated, if it wasn't for Zhengheng's dissuasion, he had the urge to apologize with death, and listened to the lord's question, and said in a bad language: "Your Highness, Zhuang Weizi's attitude has changed greatly, not only has no help, but he doesn't even want face, and it is difficult to see each other." ”
Zhengheng frowned slightly, once Xinjian Zhenjing clearly knew Zhuang Weizi's attitude, would it be, now his strength is still very weak, and it is difficult to be sandwiched between the two powerhouses, what did he think of, and asked again: "What is Zhuang Gaozi's attitude, and the troop transfer of Songshan City?" ”
"Zhuang Gaozi's attitude was ambiguous, listening to Zi Chong's private sigh, the father and son had some conflicts because of this matter, and also revealed a secret, saying that it was His Royal Highness Nizi Jingjiu, the envoy of the Yunzhou Nizi clan, who took a fancy to Princess Xiaozao, before he changed his mind."
It was also the first time that Nobuhiro Nikaido and the others had heard of this kind of secret, and they understood that there was no wind and no waves, and they all showed their feelings of humiliation. Zhengheng didn't feel anything, he didn't approve of this forced marriage in the first place, but now he suddenly didn't regret it, and the righteous name was on his own side, so he would keep it in mind and settle the account after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Noyama Yoshichao continued: "The last time I went to Matsuyama Castle, Matsuyama Castle was tight outside and loose inside, and the troops were mobilized very strongly, and nearly half of the troops were divided to Sarukake Castle, which should have been to confront the Mimura family who belonged to the Ouchi clan. ”
Zhengheng nodded and said: "Maybe this is the real intention of the envoy of the Nizi family, so Zhuang Weizi has no weapons to take care of our affairs, and the new Mitsura should have also been warned by the envoy of the Nizi family, it seems that it is time for us to deal with Hirakawa Hisashiko." ”
Noyama Yoshiasa and Nikaido Nobuhiro glanced at each other, and both exclaimed, "Ah! ”
"Don't forget that Hirakawa Hisashi is also affiliated with the Ouchi clan, it's time for revenge, before going to Heirakawa Hisashi to settle accounts, let's go to our neighbor Ghost Mountain City and ask them if they are willing to follow."
Ghost Mountain City, Jialong City, Zhongshan City belong to another castle in the Tangsong area, Zhengheng took refuge in Zhuang Weizi that day, and Guishan City also took refuge in Zhuang Weizi, which can be said to be quite a tacit understanding. But don't think that they have a very close relationship with Zhengheng, in fact, Oniyama Castle originally belonged to the Date clan, and the city lord Oniyama Soji expelled Date Shinheng's official, and he became the city lord himself, and the relationship between the two families was regarded as the same enemy.
Since Zhuang Weizi is now unable to send troops, why not seize the Ghost Mountain City, and then go to rob the original city of the upper and lower palaces to expand the territory, so that the people and tyrants of the surrounding countries dare not take a peek, and give them temporary peace time.
Zheng Heng sorted out his thoughts and said his thoughts: "Zhuang Weizi's attitude has changed greatly, and the new Zhenjing will not be unclear, now the envoy of the Nizi family does not want to cause internal chaos, once we free up our hands, our life will not be easy, at most we still have 3 to 6 months of peace, at the moment we have 87 samurai, although it cannot be compared to Matsuyama City, Kaseong and other heroes, it is enough to suppress the forced landing of the surrounding small countries." I mean to go and seize the Oniyama Castle first, then press the Upper and Lower Miyahara Castles, and then take down one or two small castles, and wait until the envoys of the Nizi family pay attention to the posture of attacking Hirakawa Hisashi, what do you think? ”
Noyama Yosaki understood what Zhengheng meant, but he didn't raise any objections, but just said with some concerns: "Your Highness, you are now ploughing in the spring, and it is difficult to conquer Ghost Mountain Castle and Upper and Lower Miyahara Castle without knowing it with just eighty-seven samurai. ”
Zheng Heng smiled, pointed to the cabin on the right and smiled, "We still have a large team, as long as there is enough food." Without waiting for everyone to react, he continued: "That Ueno Taro has already woken up, but his injuries are too serious, and I am afraid that he will not be able to heal in three or four months, so he made a request to me, if he agrees, he will surrender to me. According to him, there were more than 300 people who escaped with him, and nearly 40 people were lost in the last ambush, and more than a dozen were captured by us, and all the others fled back. There should be more than 200 people in the mountains. ”
The Zhenbei who had palpitations in his heart said: "Tongshan people, although they are not good at coordination and cooperation, they are stronger than the peasant soldiers. ”
Noyama Yosaki continued to worry: "These copper mountain people are a good choice, as long as they are full, they will definitely agree to follow, but Ueno Taro's prestige is too great, for fear that these copper mountain people will be anti-guest." ”
Zhengheng waved his hand and smiled: "Then Taro Ueno won't get better in three or four months, and if we can't subdue this group of copper mountains in three or four months, I don't think we need to survive anymore." Everyone was also stunned when they heard it, yes, Ueno Taro is not like Zhengheng who can get out of bed in ten days to recover, and three or four months is enough for them to develop, if it is really as Zhengheng said, I am afraid that it will have developed into the overlord of Xi Zheduo by then, and I am afraid of the small copper mountain.
The crowd immediately replied, "Since Your Highness has said so, what shall we do?" ”
The captives, who had been negotiated by Taro Ueno, immediately went to the valley where they were temporarily staying, and in the valley there was a small cottage, which was even more dilapidated than Zhongshan Castle, and the dried black blood on the ground indicated that there had been a small battle here, and there were thin and sallow men in ragged clothes lying in the middle of the village.
Those captives entered the council hall and told Ueno Taro's message, dozens of people in the council hall exploded, originally Ueno Taro was the strongest among the copper mountain people, although he was seriously wounded and captured, the small leader who fled back still accounted for more than half, and the rest were mostly ordered by another leader.
Shiro, the leader of the honorable Ueno Taro, said to everyone: "The current situation is not good for everyone, and if you go on these things, you will either starve to death or be consumed to death by the surrounding people, if you want me to say, it is better to vote for the countrymen to come, Taro means the same, let's not think about ourselves, but also think about the companions who escaped together, in the past two days, we have eaten up the food that we grabbed last time, and we can't reclaim the land without tools and seeds, and we can't enter the surrounding territories to work, even if we rob again, we can't grab much things." ”
The leader who opposed Ueno Taro had always been Ueno Taro who suppressed him, and now he raised his eyebrows a little, and immediately retorted: "I can't promise them, the little Date family actually wants to take us in, this is to lure us out of the mountain to fight us in an ambush, if you are really sincere, you will send a hundred and ten stone grain first, and then let him personally come to the door as a hostage." "He's anti-guest-oriented.
Everyone disagreed, and after a night's trouble, the next morning finally divided the winner and loser, the team was divided into two, and the opponents led more than 50 men to leave the cottage to do business, and all that was left was absorbed by the political balance, and one hundred and sixty men were obtained at once, of course, they needed to recuperate for about half a month before they could go to the battlefield.
Just as Zhengheng was in full swing to intensify his recuperation and training, Narazaki Toyokei of Irichao Mountain Castle launched a joint battle against Kamiyahara Castle, completely disrupting Zhengheng's plan.
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