Among his clansmen was an old man, who was Jiang Liang Xianxuan's uncle according to his seniority, and he said in a low voice: "Xianxuan, there are only two places where he is likely to go now, one is to know our actions in advance and go to dispatch troops, and the other is not to know our actions, so he took the lead out of the city and went to the Date Formation to participate in the surrender, so as not to have many dreams at night." ”

Jiang Liangxianxuan knew that the old man's analysis was the Tao, and he was shocked, and said: "It seems that he must have surrendered before going out of the city, and opening the city tomorrow is just a formality, oops, he was fooled, and now only by escaping from the swamp city can there be a glimmer of life." ”

The old man pondered for a while, glanced at the sky, and suggested: "Xianxuan, this matter has a lot of dreams at night, if you want to leave, you can't leave so hastily, take away the soldiers and horses that belong to us as much as possible, so that it is possible to escape the catastrophe by crossing the mountain." ”

As soon as people relax their nerves, they want to sleep, but since the death of Yoshicho Ouchi, the nerves up and down have been tense, and it is not easy to relax, and immediately most of the people go into a state of deep sleep, and suddenly they hear chaotic sounds from all over the city.

The noise grew louder and louder, the chaos became more and more intense, and in the direction of the shouting chaos, there was even a fire that was ignited. The people who were sleeping soundly were all scared into a cold sweat, could it be that the Date army used a stratagem to relax the nerves of Nushing City, and then attacked at night, and ran out of the wooden house with a cloth coat hanging up.

Suddenly, some people said that it was the castle general Yamazaki Xingsheng who disappeared without a trace, and some people said that it was Yamazaki Xingsheng who ran away, and the reason was that the head of the road was the Tao, and the Date Army's letter of persuasion to surrender was completely a forged letter, so as to stabilize everyone, and then flee at night.

The news was like a bolt from the blue, and everyone who heard it was frightened, and during the day, straw mats were spread on the ground, and iron cannons were approaching to shoot. The day of the destruction of the city is just around the corner, so why send such a humble letter, so that it is even more convincing that this letter is a forged letter from Yamazaki Xingsheng.

No matter how much you doubt it, Yamazaki Xingsheng has disappeared without a trace, this matter is not fake, and his nephew has also disappeared. More than 30 cronies disappeared along with them, and the riot soon spread throughout the city, and the soldiers were terrified.

In addition to the land servants from all over the country, most of them are farmers who have lived in the local area for generations, and a small number of them are bandits and night thieves, who enter the city just to have a good meal, and take advantage of the war to take the head of the enemy army and blend into the samurai class.

These bandits have almost no pay, and they have to bring their own weapons and armor, if there is no way to obtain the head of an enemy general. I'm afraid that there is no other opportunity to become a samurai lord and get a small piece of land. The only chance to make a fortune is robbery.

Originally, robbing the baggage of the Date army and stripping the foot equipment and armor of the Date army soldiers was a good deal, but now the Date army is in full swing, and the opening of Numajo is imminent. Now, when the city is in turmoil, they immediately turn their guns. Begin to plunder the wealth of the city. It doesn't matter if it's a rich man or a woman.

The riot quickly spread, and the entire inside and outside of Numa Castle seemed to explode. Companions who had been fighting side by side suddenly became furious, wanting to protect their belongings and their wives and daughters on the one hand, and possessing their possessions and women for themselves on the other.

The situation seems to have gotten completely out of control, and Yamazaki Xingsheng is missing, so he can only ask Jiang Liangxian to come forward to quell the riots. The riot was initiated by Jiang Liangxianxuan at the beginning, where would Jiang Liangxianxuan sincerely go to refill the bricks and stones that he pried up.

Jiang Liangxianxuan found more than a dozen colleagues who participated in the forced palace, and he finally persuaded most of them with three inches of perseverance, and the remaining few who disagreed were soon killed by the harassing thieves. More than 300 people regathered around Jiang Liangxianxuan.

Looking at the rioted Numa Castle, Yamazaki Xingsheng can't cry anymore, and he is paralyzed and supported by someone to stand on the hillside, looking at the messy Numa Castle, and I don't know how to deal with it. He was afraid of the extraneous branch last night, so he first went out of the city to meet Hongzhong Takabao, and then through Hongzhong Takabao's introduction, he successfully met Date Masahiro, who was very happy that he could come out to participate in the surrender, so he left him in the army for one night, and sent him back to the city after dawn, and then went through another process.

Yamazaki Xingsheng didn't expect that there would be a riot in Numacheng, and he knew with his toes that it must have been Jiang Liang Xianxuan's doing, he never thought that Jiang Liang Xianxuan would have such courage and break out in the last few hours.

It's just that the current Numa City is in chaos, and Yamazaki Xingsheng knows that once he gets close to Numacheng in the riot, he will definitely be assassinated by Jiang Liangxian as a spy, and then he can also blame Yamazaki Xingsheng's death on a self-inflicted crime.

Thinking of his wife and concubines who were still left in Nush City, as well as his three daughters who were like flowers, and thinking of what they were about to face, Yamazaki Xingsheng's body trembled. He must be angry, his eyes are about to split, and he shouted wildly: "Jiang Liang Xianxuan, dog thief, I am inseparable from you. Dog thief, dog thief. ”

Yamazaki Xingsheng saw Hongzhong Takabao not far away, he turned his head sharply, his eyes staring at Hongzhong Takabao, "Mikawa Mamoru, you have to help me." ”

Hearing this, Hongzhong Takabao couldn't help but lower his head. His current identity is very embarrassing, he was originally a retainer of the Ouchi clan, and he was doing things against the Ouchi clan, not to mention that he was still a general, he didn't hold his tail and behaved, and he had to help Yamazaki Xingsheng to meet Date Masahiro and ask for troops to save Numajo.

Hongzhong Takabo raised his head and looked into Yamazaki Xingsheng's expectant eyes, "Mamoru Izu means that he wants me to go and ask the adults to come forward to suppress Numajo, right?" You and I are not simple cultural people, and our ability to march and fight is no worse than anyone else's, and even if we go to suppress the commotion, it will take a lot of time to mobilize and arm. After dawn, this riot will probably end, so why disturb the adults' sleep now. ”

Yamazaki Xingsheng was sick and rushed to the doctor, knowing that what Hongzhong Takabao said was good, if he really wanted to send troops and horses to suppress it, the black light was blind, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no major losses if there were fewer troops, and it would take a long time to prepare for more troops, and it would be too late for about two hours until dawn.

At this moment, where is Zhengheng still in the mood to sleep, looking at the numa castle in the turmoil, one eye narrowed slightly, and muttered in a low voice: "The battle of Sakurayama Castle has achieved the notoriety of Miyazawa Heihachi Butcher, and it also proves that Jiang Liang Xianxuan's strategy is not lost to anyone. It seems that this should be Jiang Liangxianxuan's strategy. ”

Following.

The swamp city was devastated. Everywhere there are gray-black traces of the fires caused by the riots, and the castle built by the Yamazaki clan over more than 100 years, and the castle on the water that the Yamazaki clan is proud of. In this man-made infighting, most of it burned out.

The embers of the trees in the houses, the Date army that entered the city became a firefighting team, and the reason why Numa Castle was called a city on the water was obviously not short of water, and the fire was quickly extinguished. After the night of fire, there were no houses left in the city, only the stone walls remained.

In the last night's riot, less than 100 people were actually killed, except for the two or three hundred people who fled to the mountain pass and Nanling with Jiang Liangxianxuan, when Yamazaki Xingsheng pleaded with the Date army to put out the fire, they all came out and gathered around him.

All the corpses in the city were collected, covered with linen, and sprinkled with quicklime for disinfection. Quicklime and sulfur are the two most widely distributed minerals, and quicklime and sulfur have long been used on the battlefield of Date to prevent plagues.

Tsuyoshi was clearly not interested in entering the ruined castle, which was no longer usable, and it had become an impossible task for Yamazaki to rebuild the castle. As the unification of the Date family approached, the laws and regulations for the newly occupied territories were also put into effect. It has become a rule that is forbidden for the Date family to build castles without permission, and if they violate it, they will be treated as traitors. Strong departments intervene, and it is a small matter to change the easy and reduce the seal. Once the rebellion is killed, the rest of the male mines, the female military prostitutes.

Once Zhou Fang and Nagato were included in the system of the Date family. The castles in the two countries will be demolished significantly, of course, in the face of several important ports and castles in Kyushu, not only will not be demolished but will be strengthened, and the naval army will also become the focus of development in the future.

Moreover, the seizure of Zhoufang and Nagato made the areas of Iwami, Bigo, Bichu, and Izumo become the hinterland of the Date family's domain, and it was enough to build more than 20 castles on such a vast land. This is still in the absence of pacification of the world, once the world is pacified, these places will take the lead in using the one-country-one-city system, of course, these political balances have not yet been thought out. He also did not have the talents to use in this area, but he was quite envious of the few talents who helped Tokugawa Ieyasu establish the Tokugawa shogunate.

It's just that, time, ah, time, these people who helped Tokugawa Ieyasu formulate the shogunate system are still some sperm and eggs, even if they have turned into meat people, they are still a bunch of bear children or young men who are not very famous, where is it useful.

Yamazaki searched among the corpses, and soon he found a familiar figure, it was his only son's newly married wife, and when he finally saw who was in the arms of the young woman, his eyes widened and tears flowed down his face.

He stepped forward tremblingly and asked in disbelief, "Son, son, how is it possible, how can he die?" ”

The young woman raised her head blankly, looked at Yamazaki Xingsheng, and cried out with a wow: "Daddy...... Daddy...... Longci, Longci ...... "He collapsed on her husband's corpse and fainted, and two healthy women stepped forward and hugged the young woman's body.

Yamazaki Xingsheng ignored the young woman who took him away, he looked at the corpse of his only son, the cold corpse, a deep scar on his face was the only wound on his body, he was killed by a knife in the head, he choked up, knelt down in front of Yamazaki Ryuji and whimpered.

From afar, Hongzhong Takabao saw Yamazaki Xingsheng's appearance, he didn't step forward, but saw two healthy women supporting the beautiful young woman to leave, knowing that he should know why Yamazaki Xingsheng was so sad, and asked, "Who is the one who died?" ”

Seeing that it was the samurai lord, the healthy woman hurriedly replied: "It is the son of the city lord, and she is the new wife of the son." ”

Hongzhong Takabao waved his hand to let the healthy woman leave, he never thought that it was Yamazaki Xingsheng's only son, he suddenly thought of his son, if Hongzhong Takashi died at the foot of Lotus Mountain with Ouchi Yoshicho that day, then today's Yamazaki Xingsheng is yesterday's self.

Fortunately, Hongzhong Takabao has no thousands of consolations, this kind of thing is better for Yamazaki Xingsheng to solve alone, the relationship between the two of them is not good to that extent, and the persuasion is to complete the friendship of the same palace as a minister, and the second is to defect to the new master.

The turmoil in Nushing City soon subsided, and Zheng Heng spent a night of commotion outside Numa City, that night, that is, on the night of June 27, a woman's singing voice suddenly came from outside the military camp, Zheng Heng walked out of the military tent in military uniform, looking at the source of the song.

It was really not clear to see faintly, and suddenly there was a commotion from below the military formation, and someone shouted: "It's a woman, yes, I see it clearly, it's a woman in white, she's walking on the swamp, yes, I see it clearly." ”

Apparently someone doubted his words.

Zheng Heng said to Ah Mo, who was also dressed in military uniforms and looked like a man: "Go and see, what happened, such a strange thing happened." As he spoke, he touched his chin with a short beard, revealing a hint of curiosity.

The song came into his ears intermittently, and Zheng Heng heard some irregular lyrics intermittently, probably words such as "lover", "missing", "swamp", "blame", etc., he lived in the monastery for more than ten years, and after four or five years of war, this was the first time he encountered something like fantasy.

Is historical fiction going to become a fantasy novel, Zheng Heng touched his chin and laughed at himself, even crossing this kind of thing, he has already become a theist, and when he encounters this strange thing today, he is curious to figure out what it is.

Ah Mo's investigation was also unfounded, and many people were asked, all of whom said that they saw a woman in white singing "The other side of the swamp is my lover, I want to go and find it" and other minor tunes echoing in the swamp, this kind of fantasy thing is very marketable in the army.

The army was originally a closed place, and there was a market for this kind of strange things, but after dawn, the singing had long since disappeared, and the woman in white had evolved into a woman in red, a woman in purple, and so on.

The most reliable and most believable is that according to Hashihime's version, she became Numahime, and there was a woman's husband who died in the riots in Numa, but she didn't think that her beloved husband was dead, so she became Numahime, and searched for her husband back and forth in the swamp every night, and if a man, especially the type of man she liked in front of her, passed by at night, she would appear in front of people, use all kinds of charming methods to tempt the man, and then seduce him into the swamp and drown. Of course, Numahime's target is not just men, because of her strong jealousy, if a woman who is prettier than herself passes by, Nushehime will forcibly pull her into the swamp and drown. (To be continued......)