Chapter 140: Chaos (Chaos 3)

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More than ten years ago, in the Battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida-gun, Niko Haruhisa, who was still known as Niko Senhisa, and Mori Moto had a brutal confrontation.

At that time, Haruma Niko, who had just succeeded to the throne and was in a hurry, led a large army at the request of Takeda Norumi, the guardian of Aki Province, and began to attack Aki Province to defeat Mori Motosa. Soon, he uprooted Zhuya Castle and Goryu Castle under the control of the Tori clan, which were related to the Mori clan by marriage, and then pointed the finger at the base camp of the Mori clan, located in the Yoshida Basin between the Enogawa River and the Tajibi River. Mori Moto, on the one hand, asked for help from the Ouchi clan, and on the other hand, he led about 8,000 troops to hold on to the mountain castle of Yoshida-gun, and faced the army of Niko Haruhisa, which was said to have 40,000 or 50,000. This is the famous Battle of Yoshida Koriyama Castle in the history of the Wa Kingdom, and it is also called the Battle of Koriyama because of the place where the battle took place.

According to records, in the entire battle of Koriyama, the famous battle of Aoyama Totori fell into chaos, and was soon defeated and defeated, severely damaging the Nizi army, and also killed Misawa Misawa under the command of Maori Motoshi and other Maori generals such as Watanabe and Katsura Motosu. Prime Minister Kokuji often opened the city gates and took the initiative to enter the enemy formation, dealing a heavy blow to Niko Haruma's army.

In the end, with the perseverance of the wise and resolute Mori Motosashi and the rescue of the young Tao Qingxian, he successfully repelled Niko Haruma and won the final victory.

After the Battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida-gun, Mori Moto's annexation of Aki Province was added, and most of the forces such as Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa completed the annexation during this period of time, and it can be said that Yoshida-gun Yamashiro achieved Mori Motoshino. However, for every old man of the Mori clan who had experienced the Battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida-gun, no one wanted to see such a tragic battle again. At that time, the Maori clan could be said to be the old and weak, women and children, and all the people were soldiers. Angry and embarrassed, Niko Haruhisa beheaded all the people he was able to capture. It is not uncommon to kill good people and take meritorious deeds. Although under the pursuit of Tao Qingxian and Maori Yuan. Nizi Qingjiu discarded nearly half of the military supplies and lost nearly four or five thousand soldiers, but he also paid a heavy price.

If you are not completely sure, will Niko Haruha dare to go on an expedition again? Kokuji Yuanxiang had thought about this more than once, and now after hearing Noyama Masasa slightly mockingly say the news that Niko Haruhisa was gathering heavy troops, the first thing that came to mind was not to quickly return to transfer troops to resist a possible expedition from Niko Haruhisa, but the first thing that came to mind was whether Niko Haruhisa would go on an expedition. It's just that when Guoji Yuanxiang's eyes were fixed on Zhengheng's face, he felt a trace of despair. After ten years of recuperation. Izumo has recovered from its last defeat. Thirty-eight-year-old Niko Haruhisa has long passed the era of youth and vigor, Tao Qingxian and Ouchi Yoshitaka The civil strife has left the Mori clan without foreign aid, plus the main force of the Mori clan is far away in Bigo Province and the Date clan, it is difficult to transfer back for a while, Aki is extremely empty in the country, and the father-in-law of the young man in front of him is Niko Haruha.

The various prerequisites led to the extremely huge possibility of Nizi Haruhisa moving the battle of Yoshida Prefecture again, and the old Guoji Yuanxiang couldn't help but start to feel anxious, but there was no hesitant expression on his face, but his face from the Ziguo Si Yuanzang showed a worried look, and it was difficult to achieve Cheng DΓΉ, who was not overjoyed. Zhu Yunhui kept thinking about it in her heart. He was obviously frightened by Noyama Yosaki's words, and wondered if he would immediately leave for the senior brothers in Kyoto to hide for a while and then look at the market. Whether to continue to move closer to Maori Yuan or to join others.

Zhengheng understands that it is quite difficult to bluff the Prime Minister of the State Division, but he does not lightly make the Prime Minister of the National Division believe his words, as long as the Prime Minister of the National Division is suspicious, as the Prime Minister of the National Division, who is the general of the Gross Yuan Yuan, will definitely make the Gross Yuan also doubtful, once there is doubt in his heart, it is like a calm lake with waves, as long as a little investigation will know that what they said does not mean to deceive. Daitoyama Castle has indeed surrendered to the Date clan, Yoshioka Masahide and Katayama Morinaga are also threatening Koyama Castle, and Niko Haruma is also frequently transferred.

Zheng Heng looked at the time and said with a smile: "Let Zuo Jingliang and Zen Master see it, we have already prepared some coarse tea and light rice in the camp tent, and ask all the envoys to go and use some together, and talk about it after the meal, and please use some of the strong men behind you." "There are more than 30 people in the entourage who followed Guosi Yuanxiang and Zhu Yun Huixin, most of them are burly, their palms are full of calluses, and they are quite slaughtering, and they are obviously the elite of the Maori army.

Guosi Yuanxiang waved his hand and said: "They don't have to, the army has its own law, just fetch some water, so it's disturbed." As he spoke, he made a word of invitation and followed Zhengheng and the others across the river to the Nishigahara Formation, and whispered to Kuniji Yuanzo and instructed: "Hayato, you immediately return to the key mountain formation, there are two things, one is the matter of Daitoyama Castle and Kozan Castle, and the other is the matter of Izumo Niko Haruhisa transferring troops and dispatching generals, go and return quickly." ”

Kuniji Motozo answered, retreated and followed the entourage to find an excuse and go towards the Kamibe Hirano key Yamamori Formation, and Takeno Takaharu, who was in charge of the defense, did not embarrass him when he got the order.

A group of more than ten people sat down, Guosi Yuanxiang sat in a guest seat, next to Zhu Yun Huixin, sitting on Zhengheng, Yeshan Yichao, Taoshan Zhenbei, Akagi Takao and others as accompaniment, there are not many dishes, the army is already simple, and the samurai lords are no exception, plus there are several small salt farms in the Kurashiki area of China. Since the Date clan had been in power, the Murakami water and military trade routes were not accessible, and the salt farm was not well managed, but people could not eat without salt, and in this era of lack of condiments, salt was a condiment that could be enjoyed by the common people, and the Date clan took over the salt farm, so that the people would not be disturbed because of the collapse of the salt farm.

The salt backlog of the salt field is not sold well for export, and it is difficult to use up the domestic sales, and the prevalence of pickled products has appeared, the salt of this era is far from being as good as the quality of later generations, and the mouth is full of bitterness, as a traverser, the sea salt becomes snow salt, and the political balance still knows one or two, but even if the export is not smooth, it will only be cheap in vain, those pirates who do business with the Ming Dynasty, the rich people who are reckless and militar, and they can't even eat enough rice, who will come to buy your snow salt, not full of support. Salty to bitter dishes. Zhengheng ate silently. The generals under his command also ate quietly and deliciously. Zhu Yun Huixin, who was accustomed to light tastes, couldn't eat it at all, and Guo Si Yuan stopped tasting it.

Zhengheng was not used to eating at the beginning, but after more than ten years of time from the bottom of his heart still maintained a red heart, the outside can no longer see one or two, the most important thing is that the salty taste can keep people in the body, a person who eats light taste can run fifty miles a day will be exhausted, then a salty person can run seventy miles, in the troubled times of the Warring States. In times of chaos, whoever can maintain enough body to hold out to the end will be able to win the final victory, which is one of the reasons why the Takeda army will gallop without an opponent in the world.

Zhengheng saw that the Yuan Xiang of the State Division and Zhu Yunhui were about to stop at a shallow taste, and secretly thought in his stomach: "It seems that the Maori clan has gone through hard work and overcome obstacles, and now it is time to taste the fruits of victory, but our Date clan still needs to continue to struggle, this is the gap!" After eating, after the attendants cleaned up, Zhengheng didn't care and said: "The hardships of the army made the envoy smile." He said. Reaching out and picking up the cup, he slowly sipped the slightly salty tea soup mixed with minced ginger.

Zhengheng's tepid and calm appearance made the prime minister of the state secretary suffocate and his face tightened. I couldn't help but cry bitterly, paused for a moment, and then my thoughts picked up, and then I talked eloquently: "You're welcome, the Maori clan and the Date clan actually don't have any festivals in the end, and I'm afraid that there are some misunderstandings in this joint war, as long as the misunderstanding is resolved, you and I can discuss the border matters, and the conditions proposed by Date Danzheng to divide the country after the future are not without room for negotiation, but I also ask Date Danzheng to solve some small misunderstandings with us first." ”

Misunderstanding, of course, Zhengheng knew that the misunderstanding specifically referred to Maori Longyuan, obviously Maori Yuan just wanted Date to release Maori Longyuan back, and also said soft words about dividing the country equally.

If he hadn't learned the news of the fall of Daifuyama Castle and the threat of Koyama Castle, he might have agreed, but now only by continuing to bluff can he make his opponent's suspicions worsen and get the maximum benefit to the Date clan. As the founder and head of the Date clan, Date Mashiro has the obligation to maximize the interests of the Date clan. Both the Mori clan and the Date clan generally believed that the battle in front of them had been fought several years earlier, not by not fighting, but by years in advance. The Maori clan is not ready for a decisive battle with Tao Qingxian, and every loss of strength is one less chance of defeating Tao Qingxian. Zhengheng understood from the beginning that the battle with the Maori clan was two or three years earlier, but this time the battle had to start early, and there were disadvantages of opening this and that early, but there was a huge benefit, that is, it disrupted the pace of Maori Yuan, making the rise of Maori Yuansu more ups and downs, and buying enough time to prepare for the rise of Date.

No one would have thought that Mori Yuan would defeat Tao Qingxian in the Battle of Itsukushima and annex Tao Qingxian's left one, and then attack and kill the descendants of Niko for a long time, seize the Izumo Province that the Niko clan has run for several generations, and become the only overlord of the Western Kingdom. Historically, Mori Gen went from the overlord of the Anyi country to the overlord of the Western Kingdom, that is, in more than ten years at the beginning of Tao Qingxian's rebellion, from the 24th year of Astronomy (1555) to the defeat of Tao Qingxian in the 24th year of Astronomy (1555) to the destruction of the Niko clan in the 7th year of Eiroku (1564), he completely changed from a small daimyo of less than 150,000 koku to a regional overlord of the Wa Kingdom.

It is necessary to distinguish clearly between the rise of the Mori Motoshi and the entanglement, and the political balance is unwilling to let the Date clan fall into the quagmire of entanglement with the Mori clan, giving other people who are eyeing the Mori clan an opportunity to take advantage of the void.

Looking at the expectant gaze of the Prime Minister of Guosi, Zhengheng paused slightly, and he said calmly: "The misunderstanding is easy to solve, but I also ask Mao Liyuan to show sincerity first." Zuo Jingliang, Zen Master, I still have something to do, so I won't entertain you, Daisuke Miyauchi, you can discuss one or two first. Well, let's make some sincerity first, and when Ryo Zuo returns to the key mountain in a while, I will bring back the wooden box containing the Kagawa scenery level, and greet Mori Motoko on my behalf. (To be continued!)