On February 14 of the first year of Hongji, the morning light slowly tore through the darkness of the earth. Five days of heavy rain finally stopped its ravages and washed away the blood on the earth, but it could not wash away the pain in people's hearts. After the rain stopped, a large number of corpses were scattered around Miki Castle. The corpses of the soldiers of the Miyoshi Army had already been taken away when the Miyoshi Army retreated, and the Date Army had almost no casualties, some of them were the defenders of Miki Castle, and more of them were nearby villagers, and they were mixed together in a miserable manner.

Standing at the top of the city, it looks like hell. The sea breeze was blowing from the south, the air was still filled with rain, and the faint sound of mournful cries could be heard, and the villagers who had hidden in the mountains gradually returned to their homes, searching for their relatives among the corpses.

Bessho Anji stood at the head of the city, silently looking at the fields outside the city. During the siege battle five days ago, Ashoharu Bessho, who was making a battle plan in the castle tower, had just heard the news that Mimaru had been breached, and he fell to the ground with a bang and fainted.

Bessho Yasuji has once again become the decider of Miki Castle, but now he is a little caught off guard, without the guidance of his father, Miyoshi Minoru has left, and it is really difficult for him to make up his mind about how to deal with the next thing.

Everyone is selfish, has their own interests, and has different interests. The same is true of the people of Miki Castle, whose interests may not be the same as those of the Date family. Miki Castle was attacked by the Miyoshi Army, and it was understandable that the Date Army came to the rescue. Now that the Miyoshi Army has taken the initiative to evacuate Miki Castle after a heavy rain, the Date Army has hardly played a decisive role, which makes the people of Miki Castle think differently. Again, there is nothing wrong with that.

Now, they didn't want the Date Army to stay near Miki Castle after the Miyoshi Army left. Besho Anzhi knows the thoughts of his subordinates, and he also plays a certain role, if he hadn't had such thoughts, his subordinates would not have revealed other thoughts so early.

Yes. Bessho Yasuji's current idea is to let the Date Army also leave, now that the Miyoshi Army has left. The fact that Date Jun stayed again made them have a different mind. Not all of the people here welcome the Date family. They preferred to think of him as a mercenary, a temporary helper. You've helped me solve my problem, and I'll pay you. After getting paid. You should leave.

That's right, that's it.

Bessho Yasuji thought about it, and immediately summoned the retainers in the city, and began to discuss how to expel Arima Shigenori after the battle, and most importantly, how to make the Date army under his nose obey their wishes and withdraw from Miki Castle, so that the Date army could not have a bad influence.

The people of Miki Castle are thinking about how to get Date Jun to leave, but the Ueno Masaga of Nomura Castle has been ordered by Masaki to retreat to the east bank of the Kakogawa River, and he is discussing with Akashi Keijin how to scrape a layer from Miki Castle to get a good salary for the New Year.

When Masaga Ueno was discussing with Keiko Akashi how to scrape hard. Nomura Kanbei, the lord of Nomura Castle, came, and his expression was a little strange. It seems that some people dare not face Ueno Masada, and their eyes do not dare to touch Ueno Masada's gaze at all, so they bow their heads and say with difficulty: "My lord, Dr. Daizo of Miki Castle has sent someone to meet you." "Although Higashi Harima is dominated by the Bessho clan, and is more based on alliances to maintain relations, Nomura Kanbei does not call Bessho Anji as the lord, but as the general name of Daizo Daifu, which is enough to show that Bessho Yasuji has not actually moved towards the Sengoku Daimyo.

Ueno Masaga and Akashi Keiqin glanced at each other, both knew the intentions of the other office, and sure enough, as the lord expected, they were going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, but fortunately, there was already an order from the lord first, otherwise, the violent temper of the chief of the Ueno, if he suddenly heard such news, he was afraid that he would immediately go crazy.

Although he already had a belly case, he heard that other places had sent someone to Anji, which still made Ueno Masaga a little angry, he looked at Nomura Kanbei and said, "Just let them come!" Seeing Ueno Masacho glaring angrily, sweat stains on his forehead couldn't help but run up, so he hurriedly turned around and left, and tripped himself when he ran out, so he was embarrassed, but he didn't dare to show a trace of dissatisfaction.

In the middle of the night, Nomura Kanbei appeared at the door of the conference room with a few people. The leader is a little old man, about forty or fifty years old, his spirit is good, the life span of people in these years is not long, forty or fifty years old is already a little old man.

As an intermediary, Nomura Kanbei of course had to introduce the two sides, and he pointed to the little old man and said, "This is the Yubi head Kajio Winter An, one of the seven people in Miki Castle under the command of Dr. Daizo of Bessho. "The Seven of Miki Castle are the important retainers of the Bessho family, and Matsubara Tayumo, who died in battle that day, is also one of them.

Captain Ueno looked up, only to see Kajio Winter Ann walking over quite freely, bowed and said: "Under the command of Dr. Shimobesho Daizo, Kajio Winter Ann is also, meet the pioneer of the Date Army, Ueno Masana, and the deputy general Akashi Keiqin. ”

Masaga Ueno didn't answer, but Akashi Keijin took over and said, "Kajio Winter Nunnery came here, I don't know what happened?" Now the two of them are still pretending to be stupid, and everyone can see that they are no longer welcome in other places, but they have to put on a posture of not leaving, so as to get more rewards.

Kajio Fuyoan took the lead and said, "Two adults, you have come all the way to rescue us, and we are really grateful. I won't say much about the kind words, the issue of remuneration has not been discussed, and it is really our negligence. I discussed it with a few others, and decided to take out all the copper coins and food in Miki Castle and give them to the adults, even if it was a reward for the two adults. We don't have much value in the countryside other than that. Therefore, please smile at the two adults. ”

Ueno Masasaga's eyes flashed, he picked up the teacup, blew the tea, and still didn't answer, he was not as rude as he looked, if so, he would not be the vanguard of this expedition, the outside is thick and the inside is fine, he knows that once he agrees, he will be in the evil of other places, now the food is as expensive as gold, if they really take the grain of Miki City, I am afraid that as soon as they leave on the front foot, someone will spread it on the back foot, and transfer all the hatred of the hungry people who are waiting to be fed to their heads.

Akashi Keijin coughed twice, interrupted Kajio Dong'an with a smile, and said slowly: "Lord Kajio Dong'an said that I laughed, I didn't come here for reward, but for righteousness first, and we have always flaunted the name of righteousness." But since it is your good intentions, it would be hypocritical for us to refrain from all of them. Well, we're going to be disrespectful and take all the copper coins and grain. We don't say any kind words, these copper coins and food have indeed solved our urgent needs. ”

Kajio Dongan saw that the two of them happily accepted the copper coins and food, and his heart was happy, knowing that it was still a little tender, and he fell into his hub, and said with a smile: "I think the two adults are also busy with affairs, so they can't stay in Nomura Castle for a long time." Inevitably, we will delay the business of the two adults, so we will not stay longer. But when you leave, please allow my family to represent the people of Miki Castle and feast for your lord and his soldiers. ”

Captain Ueno heard that Akashi Keiqin actually agreed, knowing that it would be a bit too much to say if he refused again, and then seeing Akashi Keikin's eyes, after getting along for a while, he also knew that Akashi Keiqin was not a mindless person, so he stopped talking.

Captain Ueno listened to Kajio Dongan's words and said cheerfully, "A certain family will leave in the afternoon!" ”

Kajio Dongan laughed dryly twice, and put down a big stone in his heart. I didn't expect to achieve the goal of letting Date Jun leave so easily, it seems that Ueno Masacho and Akashi Keiqin are really a little tender, and they are easier to fool.

Kajio Dongan turned his head to Nomura Kanbei and said, "Kanbei, order someone to cook and feast for the two adults and the soldiers under their command." ”

Nomura Kanbei got up and ordered to go outside, and Kajio Fuyuan bowed and left Nomura Castle to report to Miki Castle. Ueno Masato asked, "Hibimori, what are your plans, and why do you want to accept the other party's grain?" ”

The corners of Akashi Jing's mouth couldn't help but smile, and said: "Bessho Anji's mind is nothing more than to splash dirty water on our heads, so that we, like the Miyoshi family, will be regarded as a flood beast by the people of Higashi Harima, so that he can naturally clean up people's hearts." Hmph, the abacus is quite loud. The grain obtained this time was left for three days, and the rest was distributed to the villagers of Higashi Harima. ”

Captain Ueno smiled, he was quite satisfied with Akashi Keikin's decision, but he still said: "Hibimori, this time we will withdraw to Kakogawa, we will not go directly to Himeji Castle, but take the streets of Kasai, and pass through Manjiu Castle to go straight to Shiojo. ”

Ueno Masato brought 1,000 men with him when he came, and when he left, the ranks increased to more than 3,200 people, and most of those who survived the sweep of the Miyoshi army were young and middle-aged, and all of them were attracted by the food brought out by the Date army, and they were so noisy that they wanted to leave with them.

This is something that Masaga Ueno and Keiko Akashi didn't expect at first, and if it weren't for the long distance and the news was blocked, I'm afraid it would have been more. Ueno Masada's original plan to directly attack Yancheng was obviously difficult to carry out, and he could only cross the Kakogawa River step by step.

Stealing chickens and making the rice of Bessho Anzhi look all over the place, his face became flushed in an instant, and a mouthful of old blood surged up in an instant. (To be continued......)