Koji Zhilong's words make a lot of sense, even if Kushiqiao Zuo Jingliang, who has always been against him, is speechless, and the small temple political position that is afraid of moving forward is also moved. Yes, if you don't agree to Akamatsu Harimasa's request, you can still be ambiguous, which is also the reason why Kotera Zhitaka tried his best to persuade before the war, once he made up his mind, the most intolerable and hated by the superior is this kind of retreat, and the meaning of retreat and defection is not much different from that of the superior. Neither Miyoshi Nagakei nor Date Masaki will accept the explanation of a local force, and will only wipe out the forces that do not belong to their side before the big war comes. When Akamatsu and Miki were attacked by the Date family, they were able to get the support of the Miyoshi family, and the Kodera family was afraid that they would be attacked by the two families.

Seeing that the political position of the small temple had already moved, Xiaoji Zhilong immediately added another fire and said: "That's right, don't worry about the lord, this is just the usual means used by the superiors, before the war, the forces on the battlefield will become distinct, and any force that tries to take the middle route will be besieged by the two families, and there is no way out?" Besides, there is no way to win this battle, and now it is clear that Date Se has three hundred horsemen, and this horse has just experienced a big battle, plus the trek all the way, I am afraid that it is already exhausted, this is our chance, once they are relieved, things will be very bad. ”

The fear caused by the defeat of Akamatsu and Miki finally disappeared suddenly under the three-inch incorruptible tongue of Kodera Zhilong, and Kodera Masaka only felt a burst of excitement welling up in his heart, yes, people are fine. The horse is already exhausted. That's why we don't chase after it.

Koji Zhilong saw that the face of Koji Zhengzhi changed. I sneered in my heart, knowing that the political position of the small temple was going to send troops. Of course, he also understands that Kotera will never fight hard with Date, he will not fight to the death for outsiders, he will only act for the interests of Kotera family, and his words will only play a role in fueling the flames. However, this should be enough for Koji Zhilong, as long as Koji agrees to send troops, he will be on the battlefield. It's not something that can be swayed by a small temple with a lack of battlefield experience.

As soon as Kodera decided to take action, the leading generals gathered around him rushed in all directions one by one and returned to their ranks. Perhaps for the sake of being caught off guard, the Koji Department did not blow the horn of the expedition or beat the war drums of the marching army, but the banners raised high one after another had already announced to all the soldiers of the Koji family in the valley that they would also join the war. Although some of them heard about the outcome of the war that broke out in Prince Town, they were terrified, but they did not dare to act in the slightest.

Kodera Zhitaka and Kushibashi Zuo Jingliang are two people, one left and one right. They separately controlled a team of 300 people, and they had already been prepared. Under the actions of the 400-strong team led by Kodera Masakan, although they can't be as neat and arrayed as the elite, they are also imposing, and the glory of the Banshu samurai will be reflected in them.

It seems that it took a lot of time for Kotera to try his best to convince his lord and colleagues, but in fact, Katayama Moricho in the direction of Prince Town has not stopped attacking at this moment, except for a small number of escapes, there are also a large number of people crowded at the foot of Keimi Mountain and climbed towards Keimi Mountain, panicking, it seems that they have no other way out except to wait to be slaughtered by Date Se.

Seeing the enemy running all over the mountains, Katayama Moricho did not continue the pursuit, and he ordered the cavalry to stop the pursuit and return to the convoy to rest. The all-out attack just now caused great damage to the Akamatsu and Miki coalition forces, and at the same time, it also greatly consumed Date Sei's body and sharp energy, and if he pursued it relentlessly, he might be able to kill hundreds of enemies, but after the body fell, the casualties on his side would be greatly increased, and as the commander of an army, Katayama Moricho did not want such a thing to happen.

Besides, Zhengheng's order before leaving the battle was still in his ears, and he had to listen to it.

This was an act to test Harima Province in the name of paying tribute to the imperial court, and the drivers of the car were all members of the Red Reserve, and if they returned to Date without fighting, this was not the style of the Date family. Now that we have a big victory, there is no need to increase the casualties of the soldiers.

Katayama is now a little worried about whether the people of Harima Country will be frightened by a big battle that has just happened, and no one dares to come up and pick up his tiger whiskers. This was supposed to be an action to test the country of Harima, and once the fake tribute became a real tribute, the cat on the car would have to be exposed, and it would be very bad for the lord to spoil the big thing.

Katayama Moricho silently thought that when the enemy army came out quickly, he could complete the task given to him by the main bus.

Just as Katayama was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the enemy, he followed his wishes, and a cavalryman who had happily gone to chase and kill ran back with two feathered arrows behind him, and reported to him: "My lord, it's not good! A new force of more than 1,000 people has appeared in the direction of Mashan, and it is coming towards us! ”

Katayama climbed high and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw a team of more than 1,000 people turning out of the horse valley in the southeast direction was hurrying towards him, he looked back at his own side again, he had just experienced a big battle, rested after exhaustion, where did he still have the strength to fight again, and said: "It's really time to pick." ”

He originally wanted to charge for a while, but when he saw that his cavalry were exhausted, he lamented, "Cheap them!" Then he shouted: "Ignite the convoy, quick, ignite the convoy, quick, the whole army, turn in the direction of Muroyama Castle!" ”

At the sound of the order, the Chibei immediately lit the torches and set fire to the sacks loaded in the car, which were obviously flammable, and once ignited, it was difficult to extinguish them, and under their fanning of the flames, the flames became more and more intense.

The heat emitted by the flames was so huge that when Kodera was still more than 100 zhang away from the convoy, he still felt the hot foehn gusting in his face. Ignoring the flames, Inoue threw himself on a carriage that had not yet burned out on the edge, and dragged a blackened sack out into the open field.

Waving the giant blade in his hand, the sack was divided into two, Inoue Yukimasa looked at the things exposed in the sack in disbelief, it turned out to be all weeds, and there was not even a sign of any rice grain.

Xiaoji Zhilong shouted: "Fooled! ”

It was already dark. In late autumn, night finally came early, and an hour ago, just before the night was about to fall, several plumes of smoke suddenly rose from behind the mountains southeast of Ako County. Deep black smoke swirls in the wind and reaches the sky. It was now night, and it was impossible to see the smoke anymore, but the bright red fire still reflected the sky.

That's the direction of Harima Kuni-Kaku-ma-gun. Just looking at the mountains shrouded in blood-colored light, you can imagine what kind of story happened on the other side of the peaks. In the city of Aesui, I don't know how many people look at the red light rising from the aftermath of the east from time to time, they are all worried about the safety of the grain team that set off from Ako County in the morning, if it weren't for the strict order of the owner of the port city not to go out of the city to rescue, I am afraid that someone would have already come to the rescue without patience.

The clenched fists of Katsukuro Yokonobu, the lord of Ako Port Castle, also proved the worry in his heart, and the order of the lord that Katayama Moricho conveyed before leaving must not go to war in any case made him vaguely aware that there were many articles in this tribute.

Katsuro Yokonobu is no longer the strong-blooded young man he was four years ago, and the four-year experience has made him much more mature and stable, and Ako Port Castle has also changed from a port castle for building sea ships to an important base for Harima, because of the Battle of Kojima Bay, which decided the hegemony of the Seto Inland Sea.

Katsugoyo Yokonobu's worries were quickly relieved, and the messengers of Muroyama Castle soon received news from Katayama Moricho and Urakami Masamune, and at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he reported the local events back to Tsurushou Castle with urgent information using the post station built next to Sanyo Road.

As soon as Masahiro received the news of Harima Province, he immediately spread the news of the robbery of Gongmi through Guò Tennojiya in Kinai. Because of the distance of the road and the communication technology, the news that the Date family's tribute to the imperial court was 1,000 koku of grain and 1,000 pieces of Yongraku copper coins that had been looted by Akamatsu Harumasa in Harima only exploded in mid-November, and it was only at the end of November that the news of the Imperial Palace was brought to the Imperial Palace by the Minister of the Left, Kimidegawa Kimihiko.

The fifty-eight-year-old Emperor Chihito, also known as Emperor Go-Nara, lived in great difficulty, and survived in the troubled times by selling his official position, and after his death, because there was no money for the funeral, his body was left in the Kuroto Imperial Palace for two and a half months, and even spices could not hide the stench of his corpse.

Such an emperor heard that the 1,000-stone tribute rice and 1,000 eiraku coins that had been paid to the imperial court by the Date family in the western country had been robbed on the way, and although he still maintained the royal smile in front of people, he roared hysterically in private.

Not to mention, anyway, at the beginning of December, the embarrassed emperor and a group of equally poor ministers issued an order that Akamatsu Harumasa be an enemy of the court, and even the official positions of Miki Tsuaki and Kodera were hated.

At that time, the emperor's authority was greatly weakened, and his orders had already been out of the imperial palace and were ineffective, but for Shoheng, he had the righteous reputation of attacking Harima Province. In the middle of December, before the first snow fell in the 23rd year of the Astronomical Calendar, Masahirotun sent it to Kyoto under the door of 300 koku grain and 200 copper coins from Kaizhen and Kuò Imadegawa Kimihiko.

The imperial court was both surprised and delighted, grateful for the merits of the Date clan, and in order to win his heart, the imperial court promoted him to the rank of the fifth subordinate of the Shosho Shobi, and at the same time became the guardian of the Seven Kingdoms of Harimamoru, Beizen, Beizhong, Beigo, Yagimomo, Iwami, and Misakumori. (To be continued......)