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On September 17, 1554, the sun rose as usual, and the banks of the Ota River in front of Sato Ginzan Castle should have been the most beautiful time, and the birds pecked at it, but now it has become a sea of people, and the army of Date Masaki has come.

The water surface of the Ota River close at hand was almost entirely black-pressed with Kozawa boats, and wooden bridges were connected with them, and both sides were full of black-pressed infantry phalanxes. It had been a whole hour since the Date army was arrayed under Silver Mountain Castle in the morning, and it was the hottest time of the day, but the bloody battle that the defenders were waiting for did not happen, and the soldiers of Date Army wearing bright armor below did not rush and fight as the enemy they usually encountered, nor did they cut off the retreat of Silver Mountain Castle, but only built layers of barracks in front of Silver Mountain Castle.

The method of going down to camp is to choose the place first. After Date returned to the customs, he searched for the art of war, and knew that the line must be prepared for war, and the defense must be strong.

A stronghold of one number can strengthen itself and stifle the enemy. There are nearly seven or eight thousand defenders in Silver Mountain Castle, and Date Masahiro doesn't want to make wedding clothes for Ouchi Yoshitaka, but he also doesn't want to be attacked by Ouchi Yoshicho and end up stealing chickens and rice.

While ordering to speed up the construction of the barracks, the armies took turns to rest, and Zhengheng rode his horse on the same side, and went up to a high ground to watch from afar. Silver Mountain City is indeed a well-known fortified city, and if you want to take this city head-on, you must pay a heavy price. Zheng Heng obviously didn't want to pay too much to attack a city that didn't need to be attacked urgently.

Zhengheng stood on the high ground with his horse in his arms. Keep your head down. He said to a middle-aged man not far behind him, "An Yishou, where is the castle tower?" ”

There are not many people who can be called An Yi Shou in An Yi Country, and there are even fewer who will grovel in front of Zheng Heng, coupled with age and questions, the answer is about to come out, that is, Takeda Yasui Shou, the last head of the An Yi Takeda clan.

In the ninth year of Astronomy, Takeda Koai, the head of the Aki Takeda clan, died suddenly, and the second son of Takeda Motomitsu, the sixth lord of the Wakasa Takeda clan, became the ninth lord of the Aki Takeda clan. However, before he could gain a firm foothold, he ushered in great chaos, and had to flee back to Wakasa Province again, and after the death of his biological father Mitsukazu Takeda four years ago, he went to Izumo Province to take refuge under the command of Niko Haruha.

A few years ago, the Shingu Party was in turmoil, Izumo Province was in chaos, and Takeda Norumi lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and when he heard that Mori Moto had died of illness, he thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he secretly returned to Aki Province. thought it was instigated, and finally let him wait for Date Mashiro's army.

Takeda Nobushi is in the history of another time and space, and he should have heard that Mori Yuan had defeated Tao Qingxian in the following year, and died of depression. It's just that judging from his appearance, it is really impossible to see that his age is only thirty-two years old, and it is obvious that more than ten years of fugitive life have destroyed his body.

Takeda Shishishi replied, "Not bad." ”

Zhengheng took in Takeda Nobushi, obviously not out of love, but just to have a name after the war, of course, Takeda Shishishi himself also knows his usefulness, but Zhengheng will answer whatever he asks, and will not be clever to say much.

Zhengheng nodded, turned around, across the Ota River, to Qinghe Hengxiu not far away, smiled, and said: "Akutaro, I have ordered a messenger to inform Yoshicho Ouchi of the news that Nihoshima Castle has surrendered to me, and tell him that I want to settle the country and let him leave before the sun sets." ”

The unexpected defection of Niho Island out of Zhangcheng is the reason why Mashiro had to send a large army to force Ouchi Yoshicho to sign the alliance under the castle. It is also the name of Takeda Faithful, otherwise the political balance who is very unhappy with these former guardians will obviously not accept Takeda Faithful.

The lord of Niho Island, Shirai Echichu Boyin, was also the most important leader of the Yashiro Island Navy under Ouchi Yoshinaga, and initially followed the Aki Takeda clan to serve as a guard, and controlled the sea control of the surrounding area based on Niho Island, Annan County, Aki Province. With the rivalry between the Takeda clan and the Ouchi clan, the Shirai clan surrendered to the Ouchi clan and became active as the Ouchi naval army in the future. Tao Longfang went down, Ouchi Yoshitaka was defeated and retreated to Kyushu, and the Shirai clan had to beg for all to follow Tao Longfang.

After Shirai Fangyin received the inhuman treatment of Ouchi Yoshinaga, he had the idea of leaving Ouchi Yoshinaga and returning to Ouchi Yoshitaka's command, apparently this idea was not well implemented, the reason was that the Yashiro Island Navy and the Otomo family Navy were at odds, and they didn't want to place their hopes on the enemy, so they surrendered to Date Masahiro under the persuasion of Takeda Toshitomi.

Masahiro obviously didn't expect that the Yashiro Island Navy would also surrender to him, he really didn't think that the consequences of the Battle of Kojima Bay would be so powerful, he didn't expect that in the eyes of other Navy forces, the Date family, who defeated the Murakami Sea Army, already had absolute power over the Seto Inland Sea.

When the Yashiro Island Navy was willing to defect to Date Masahiro, Masahiro suddenly found that there was no force in the Seto Inland Sea that could match his strength, even the Awaji Navy that dominated the waters near Awaji Island.

Of course, it takes time to integrate, and what he lacks most is time.

Takeda Nobuyoshi didn't dare to say much, and Noyama Yoshichao, who was standing beside Masahiro, asked, "This time the army is dispatched, will Ouchi Yoshicho withdraw from Silver Mountain Castle as the lord wants?" Noyama Masaki suddenly had a dreamlike feeling, a few years ago he was looking up to these little people, but now he was fighting against them on the battlefield.

Zhengheng shook his head and said, "What drastic things will be done by Yoshicho Ouchi, no one can guess what he thinks. However, according to his past, I am afraid that he will not leave Silver Mountain City lightly, and even if he leaves Silver Mountain City, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the night to attack me. ”

Yeshan Yichao glanced back at Zhengheng, who was looking into the distance, and nodded: "Once he doesn't leave Yinshan City, will he really storm Yinshan City, with the strength of this city, I am afraid that he will have to suffer heavy casualties and pay a huge price before he can break the city." ”

However, Katayama Moricho, who went to Misasaka Province to serve as the lord for a period of time, said with a smile: "Daisuke Miyauchi, the intention of the lord is not Ginzan Castle, nor is it An Yi country, I think the lord has already figured out how to seize the kingdom of Zhoufang, Nagato, Iwami and so on. ”

Zhengheng looked back at Katayama Shengchang, but he didn't say much, but his meaning was already quite strong, which made people have to think about it, and everyone looked at Zhengheng on the horse, and everyone's faces were full of various expressions.

Behind the barracks, the infantry arrays of the two Date Army were already leaning together, with swords and guns, and after standing for nearly an hour, no one was decadent, which made people gasp.

At this moment, more than a dozen cavalrymen in yellow cloaks came from behind the phalanx, most of them holding cold spears in their hands, and one holding a yellow-rimmed banner showing the Date family crest, but of course one of them did not hold a weapon.

This group of people came to the outside of Yinshan City more than a hundred steps away and did not advance, without waiting for the city to shoot arrows, a group of knights surrounded the person who was originally in the lead.

That person was Qinghe Hengxiu, who came on the order of Zhengheng, he cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Qinghe Hengxiu, under the command of His Royal Highness Noida, on the order of my lord, came to inform you and others of two things, first, Renbao Island has been surrendered to my lord, and there are no reinforcements and retreats on the sea; Second, my lord was magnanimous and advised you to withdraw from Silver Mountain Castle before the sun set, and leave Aki Country from Anzuo Gorge, otherwise as soon as the sun sets, it will be the time for my family to attack the city. ”

His words shook the hearts of the soldiers in the city, and the ignorant pawns did not know what the surrender of Niho Island meant, but the samurai knew it clearly, and the surrender of Niho Island was obviously the departure of the Yashiro Island naval army that Ouchi Yoshinaga relied on.

When Ouchi Yoshicho heard this, his face changed drastically, he clenched his fist and slammed the railing, his palms were red, and blood was oozing, but he couldn't care about it so much. He glanced left and right and said, "Guys, what's the best plan?" ”

Hongzhong Takabao frowned, and said anxiously: "I really didn't expect that Niho Castle Shirai Fangyin would be such a villain, if the Yashiro Island Naval Army is lost, Zhou Fang, Nagato, there are few guards of the Imperial Army, and please make a quick decision from the lord, once Kyushu learns the details, Zhou Fang, Nagato is in danger." ”

Hongzhong Takabao obviously wants to withdraw from Silver Mountain City.

Jiang Liang Fang Rong, who has always sung against Hongzhong Takabao, also echoed Hongzhong Takabao's mention for the first time, but what he said was another reason: "My lord, although there are 8,000 troops in the city, since the destruction of the Murakami army, the Maori family has never transported a grain of rice, and there is only less than three days of food left in the city." ”

With two people taking the lead, and other retainers also expressing their support, it was obvious that no one wanted to be trapped in Silver Mountain Castle, especially after hearing that the Yashiro Island Navy had betrayed and the rear was in danger, everyone had no confidence in the battle situation in front of them.

Since four years ago, Ouchi Yoshinaga used the reason that Heaven and Buddha were against him and was blamed, but Ouchi Yoshitaka died in Kyushu, and he had to give up to the Otomo family to welcome Ouchi Yoshitaka's closest relative, the former and current heir Haruei, as the lord and self-reliance. In order to consolidate his position, in the past four years, Ouchi Yoshinaga fought in the south and the north, defeated Ouchi Yoshitaka's army several times, suppressed Yoshimi Masanori, and gained a firm foothold. But in the blink of an eye, he fell into a heavy siege, and such a gap was really unacceptable to Yoshinaga Ouchi.

The disillusioned status quo made Ouchi Yoshinaga feel a strong feeling, he clenched his fists, then let go, and said in a deep voice, "Go and prepare, as they wish, and leave Silver Mountain City before sunset." As if he had made a decision, he turned and left.

Hongzhong Longbao, who was standing not far from him, saw a clue, and he said in his heart: "The lord is unwilling, I'm afraid there will be another war tonight?" But he didn't say anything. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)