Rengquan Takaho and Youda Ryuji, Zhengheng heard the names of the two, walked out of the soup pool naked, put on a kimono, turned his head to look at the retainer, and suddenly had a sudden look on his face, and said: "It's really hard for the two of them, they have come all the way to contact me." ”

As soon as he heard about Ryutsumi Takatoyo and Uda Ryuji, Masahiro thought of Yoshitaka Ouchi, who fled to Kitakyushu. The place of the incident in this time and space did not take place in Daning Temple, and Ouchi Yoshitaka was not a coward, and he fought to the death with Tao Takabo in the face of life and death, and the fierce battle that took place on the banks of the Yawara River, and finally under the efforts of Ryosen Takatoyo, Amano Takashi, Kurokawa Takazo, Okabe Takakei, Ota Takatsu, Okaya Takahide and other close attendants, Ouchi Yoshitaka succeeded in getting rid of it, and did not encounter a typhoon, Sagara Takeren said that he moved the Toyozen guardian Sugi Shige to pick up Ouchi Yoshitaka and his party at Moji Castle.

Zheng Heng suddenly remembered one more thing, and asked the Kusama Shibei who was guarding not far away, "Is Cold Spring Takatoshi the one who killed Nagato's guardian Dai Naito?" ”

Kusama Shibei moved two steps, came to Masahiro's side, and replied: "Yes, it is said that at that time, Naito Xingsheng Daiuchi Yoshicho was standing at the front to command, and was attacked by Ouchi Yoshitakaka, Ryozumi Takatoyo drew his sword and slashed him, and then took advantage of the chaos of Naito to break out. ”

Masahiro compared the two memories in his mind and quickly determined the experiences of Ryutoshi Ryuzumi and Ryuji Uda. In the old time and space, Ryosen Takataka and Uda Takaji both followed Ouchi Yoshitaka to die in Daning Temple, Cold Spring Takatoyo committed suicide after cutting the wrong thing for Ouchi Yoshitaka, and Ukita Ryuji was the leader of Ouchi Yoshitaka's guards, and he died in battle after Ouchi Yoshitaka's death. In this time and space, Yoshitaka Ouchi escaped. Both of them followed them to Kitakyushu. It is Yoshitaka Ouchi's right-hand man.

Yoshitaka Ouchi wants to counterattack the western country. It is necessary to rely on the water army, and the Yashiro Island water army, which was originally subordinate to the Ouchi family, all threw themselves into Ouchi Yoshinaga, and due to the rise of the political balance, the Murakami water army actively moved closer to Ouchi Yoshinaga, making Ouchi Yoshitaka alone.

The Wakabayashi naval army, which Ouchi Yoshitaka was able to rely on, had been delaying his participation in the war on the grounds that he had not pacified the civil strife at home, and in fact Otomo Yoshijin was also thinking about the legacy left by Yoshitaka Ouchi, especially the protection of Chikuzen and Bunzen's trade rights with the Ming Dynasty.

The current situation was quite unfavorable for Yoshitaka Ouchi, and Yoshijin Otomo smoothed out the effects caused by the second-order collapse. He expelled Kikuchi Yoshitake, recaptured the national government of Higo Province, consolidated his rule, and was already eyeing the two countries of Bunzen and Chikuzen of Ouchi Yoshitaka.

Due to the fact that there has not been a successful landing in the past four years, all the forces that Ouchi Yoshitaka can still contact have been attacked by Ouchi Yoshinaga and died down, but Date Masaki, who had nothing to do with Ouchi Yoshitaka, rose strongly, and successively defeated Mori Motoyoshi and Niko Harumhisa, who made Ouchi Yoshitaka like a fish in his throat, and became the most important force influencing the western country.

Yoshitaka Ouchi judged the situation. First, he wrote a letter to Date Mashiro and invited Date Mashow to attack Ouchi Yoshicho. As a famous general of the Warring States. Ouchi Yoshitaka thinks that Date Mashiro wants to expand his territory, and he will definitely have a conflict with Ouchi Yoshicho and then a big war, and he will definitely be interested in joining forces with Ouchi Yoshicho. Of course, Yoshitaka Ouchi is confident that even if he defeats Mori Motoyo and Niko Haruhisa, he will definitely be able to defeat the child's Date Masaki on land, and deep down in his heart he looks down on the low-blooded Date Masaki. The purpose of his letter was only to use Date Masatoshi to contain Ouchi Yoshinaga's energy for his landing, and before Date Masaki could reply, Ouchi Yoshitaka immediately sent Ryuzumi Takatoyo and Uda Ryuji to Date House.

In order to break through the blockade of Ouchi Yoshinaga, Ryosen Takatoyo and Uda Ryuji made a detour to Shikoku Island, disguised themselves as merchants from Hakata to Kyoto on the way, and only then did they go to Date under the banner of Ouchi Yoshitaka to Date House.

Masahiro obviously did not receive a letter from Yoshitaka Ouchi, and the two families are separated by Yoshicho Ouchi, Mori Terumoto, and Mishima Murakami, the former and Yoshitaka Ouchi have a common enmity, and the latter two forces have an inextricable grudge with Date Masahiro, and it is really not easy to easily block Guò.

If it was before, when he heard that Yoshitaka Ouchi had sent Ryuzumi Takatoyo and Uda Takaji to come, Masahiro would definitely run up to receive him warmly and ask for warmth.

Now the identities of the two sides have changed dramatically, and the status is reversed, although Ryosen Takataka and Uda Ryuji represent Ouchi Yoshitaka, but Ouchi Yoshitaka is just an outdated loser in the eyes of Masahiro, and he will not return to Tsurushou Castle immediately with his own identity.

What's more, he came to Tomada Hot Spring is not a pleasure, it is really a last resort, due to the arrow wound blinded his left eye, it can be said that it hurt his vitality, plus years of running, without a good rest, so that his body is overwhelmed.

While inspecting Okayama Castle, I came to the nearby Tomata Onsen for recuperation. When it comes to the hot springs of Kibi Shikoku, the first choice is Mimasaka's Sanyu Yugo, Yubara, and Okutsu, and Masahiro's choice of Tomada is really because he can't leave because of his busy government affairs, not to mention that the cherry blossoms of the nearby Tomata River are also very beautiful.

It's now May, and the cherry blossoms on the banks of the Tomata River have completely withered, and Masahiro sits on a stone bench in a kimono, smelling a little pungent hot spring smell. Tomada Onsen is not a young hot spring, it has been around for nearly a thousand years.

Tomada Onsen was heavily guarded, and under the layers of notifications, Tsuda Sukegoro came to the outside of the hot pool, knelt down and said, "My lord, Ryosen Takatoyo and Uda Ryuji ask to meet, are they summoned?" He lowered his head, looking a little reserved.

Hot Spring Town, the lord of the country, handsome little surname, Tsuda Sukegoro obviously thought of the chrysanthemum remnants and wounds all over the ground. Zhengheng is not good, he didn't expect that Rengquan Takatoho and Youda Ryuji rushed over from Heshou City, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Take them to the main hall and prepare tempura rice bowls." ”

Sukegoro Tsuda breathed a sigh of relief and immediately retreated, but it attracted the attention of Masahiro, and when Masahiro's eyes looked at him, Sukegoro Tsuda retreated faster.

In the side hall, Ryutoshi Leng Quan and Ryuji Youda have been waiting for a while. Takaji Youda is more impatient, and he has been a little impatient after waiting for a while. Lengquan Longfeng, who was both civil and military, sat there steadily, not caring whether he was given a cold reception.

Seeing Zhengheng come in, Lengquan Longfeng immediately stood up enthusiastically and greeted: "I take the liberty to visit, please forgive me, the foreign minister Lengquan Saemon Second Lieutenant Longfeng knocked to see Kibi Taishou!" Ryuji Uda reluctantly stood up and arched his hand and said, "Ryoji Ukyo Ryoji Uda"

Zheng Heng stretched his waist very naturally, and asked lightly as he walked, "Can the road be smooth?" ”

Youtian Ryuji saw that Zhengheng was unreasonable and angry, but Leng Quan Longfeng's expression was also faint, and he replied: "The road is quite smooth, and no one came to disturb us!" However, when passing through Chanzhou, the road blocked by the ten rivers was blocked. ”

Zheng Heng smiled and stepped on the throne, saying, "Is Ouchi good?" ”

Lengquan Longfeng replied: "I have a lot of energy, and I can eat two bowls of rice at every meal. ”

Zheng Heng smiled, touched his stomach, and said: "Speaking of eating, I'm really a little hungry, have you two eaten, haha, try my family's special meal, tempura rice bowl." Saying that, he clapped his hands, and Sukegoro Tsuda walked in with a wooden basin in his hand.

"Tempura?!"

Ryusen Takatoyo and Uda Ryuji looked at each other, both puzzled, tempura is also a new thing in Hakata Port, a food that was introduced by the Nanban and slowly circulated in the upper classes, but they didn't expect to hear it in the countryside like Kibi.

Of course, Zhengheng didn't know that tempura had been introduced to the Wa Kingdom by the Southern Barbarians, but it was not yet popular. In his eyes, fresh fish, shrimp and vegetables are coated in batter and fried in an oil pan until golden brown, then placed on top of white rice and poured with sauce, and it has become a special meal of the Date family, tempura rice bowl.

Zhengheng picked up three pieces of river shrimp tempura with chopsticks and put them on top of the rice, then poured a little soup on the tempura, then put down the dishes and chopsticks, folded his hands, and recited the sentence "Nam no Amitabha" and picked up the dishes and chopsticks again, and ate quickly.

Ryutsumi Ryutoshi and Uda Ryuji glanced at the food on the wooden basin, there were still two bowls of rice and six pieces of tempura and most of the soup left, Uda Ryuji took the tempura decently, poured the soup once, compared it, poured it again, and then handed it to Ryosen Takatoshi.

Leng Quan Longfeng sighed slightly, and secretly said: "Judging from the meal, Date Zhengheng is also a strict self-disciplined figure, it seems that this mission is difficult!" ”

After the meal, Tsuda Sukegoro sent three cups of tea, and Masahiro took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and asked solemnly, "So, what is the purpose of your coming this time?" Exactly, when will Ouchi be able to raise troops to counterattack Nagato and defend Zhou? ”

"The purpose is simple." Leng Quan Longfeng was obviously prepared, twisted his beard, his expression was very strict, and said: "Since the rebellion of the thief Tao Longfang, Ouchi and Date furniture have been threatened by them, you are in the east, my lord is in the west, just enclosing Tao Longfang in the middle, Tao Longfang must take one side if he wants to find a way out, once one side perishes, the other party will also be attacked by him, in this case, it is better to form an alliance to form an encirclement of Tao Longfang and jointly deal with Tao Longfang." That's the purpose of our trip. ”

Zhengheng looked at Leng Quan Longfeng indifferently, and said: "We have just fought two big battles with a scale of more than 10,000 people in succession, although we have defeated the Maori family and the Nizi family by luck, but we have also suffered heavy losses, and we urgently need time to recover, so as to face the revenge of the Maori family and the Nizi family, I really have no spare strength to provoke other powerful forces, once my family and Ouchi Suke form an encirclement, we will have to face the direct challenge of Ouchi Yoshicho, that is, the Tao Longfang in your mouth, and my family is not surrounded by enemies." ”

Hearing Zhengheng's refusal, Leng Quan Longfeng showed a disappointed expression on his face, and Youda Longji's face also changed greatly. (To be continued......)