It is said that since the army was stationed, Yoshitaka Ouchi's love for Kyoto culture began to attack at this time. Almost every time he came to join a local wealthy family, he would hold a welcome banquet. Time has dragged on like this, and it has been more than a month.

Since the army that is the main formation is like this, then the heroes and powerhouses in the rear are even more unbearable. And in order to confuse everyone, Zhengliang had no choice but to go with the flow, while secretly directing the affairs of the territory, while frequently participating in banquets, there were signs of tirelessness.

During this time, Masara got to know a lot of people through banquets.

First of all, the other two of the "Three Heroes of the Western Kingdom", Tao Longfang and the future Yoshikawa Motoharu. Because they are of the same age and are well-known people, the communication between the three is also very speculative.

In addition, Masara also met Haruhi Ouchi. Since Yoshitaka Ouchi has never had an heir, he later asked the four men of the Tosa Ichijo family as the head of the Ichijo family and the four men of the Quan Nayan family as adopted sons. In addition, her mother is Yoshitaka's sister, that is, the wife of the Ichiban family, so she dotes on Ouchi Yoshiharu even more. The Ichijo family is from a public family, while the Ouchi family is the authority of the samurai family who serves as the guardian of the Seven Kingdoms. For Yilong, it is very exciting for him to have his eyes on this adopted son, who has the superior bloodlines of both the public and the samurai family. Therefore, Yoshitaka had great expectations for him, and he taught him both civil and military, and regarded them as his successors, the future of the Ouchi family.

Ouchi Yoshitaka is also twenty years old this year, and under the introduction of Tao Longfang, he met Masayo. Although it will not be long before the knowledge of the road, this poor guy will fall into the sea and drown in Iwupu on the way to retreat. But Masahiro still tried his best to befriend him. Of course, Masashi will not tell the other party that he must pay attention to safety when taking a boat in the future. After all, the death of Harumi Ouchi was also one of the reasons why Yoshitaka Ouchi lost his political ambitions, indulged in fun and cultural business, and reused the Bunji faction. If the Luo family wants to develop, they must wait for this opportunity. Therefore, for this reason, Ouchi Harumi must die according to the course of history.

In addition to Harukochi Ouchi, Masara also got acquainted with Yoshimi Masanori, Kobayakawa Shohei, Yoshikawa Kokei, Kumagai Nobunao, Inoue Motokane, and others.

Yoshimi Masayori is the lord of Mihonmatsu Castle in Iwami Province. Masarashi's intention to befriend him is mainly for the associated mines of Iwami Ginzan. According to historical development, after the end of the war, Yoshimi Masariri would attack Iwami's pro-nunko power one by one with the support of Ouchi. And to a certain extent, control Iwami Ginzan. For the silver in the Iwami Silver Mountain. Masara is hopeless, after all, these silver are things that the Nizi family and the Ouchi family look at very closely. However, the associated mines near Yinshan are different, and there will be some chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena and other veins there, and Zhengliang intends to react before the rest of the heroes react. The Yoshimi family was the first to mine these veins.

As for getting acquainted with Kobayakawa Shohei, Yoshikawa Kokyo, Kumagai Nobunao, Inoue Motokane and others, it was entirely to suppress the future development of the Mori family.

According to historical development, during the retreat of this battle, Kobayakawa Shohei would have died in the battle of the Izumo Mitango Tsusugawa River. As a direct result of this, the Mori family had the opportunity to unite the Kobayakawa family. According to historical records, in the thirteenth year of Astronomy (1544), Takehara Kobayakawa Clan, a branch of the Kobayakawa clan of the Aki no Wang, became the lord of Kokagei and died of illness and no heirs. Since his wife was the niece of Mori Motosaru, Motoshi took advantage of this opportunity to enter the family of Kobayakawa as the heir. At the same time, because another clan of the Kobayakawa clan, Numata Kobayakawa was the lord of the Shohei Shohei, and his son Hirohei was blind, so his retainers were very suspicious of Hirohei's ability; In view of this, Motogami proposed that Takakei marry the daughter of Masahei and become the heir of Numata Kobayakawa, and since then the two Kobayakawa clans have been unified, and the Mori family has since gained control of the Seto Inland Sea and the support of the Iyo naval army. In order to delay or even avoid this situation, Masaro decided to remind Kobayakawa Shohei to pass through the Izumo Mita Countryside Tsubasu River. It's best to run away alone to avoid death. Of course, this reminder was reminded by the detective who was placed in his army by Masashi.

Yoshikawa Kokei and Kumagai Nobunao. One is the current head of the Yoshikawa family, and the other is the head of the Kumagai family. In the future, the former will be forced into seclusion by the Maori family. Even his son was assassinated by the Maori family, and the other was used by the Maori family, prompting Yoshikawa Motoharu to succeed the Yoshikawa family smoothly. Zhengliang plans to remind the two of them appropriately when the time comes. even secretly assisted the two against the Maori family. So, now let's establish a certain personal relationship first. It will help you to use your strategy in the future.

Inoue Motokane, who is now a major minister of the Maori family. When Mori Motoshi succeeded to the governor, he and his fellow Inoue families, such as Inoue Motomori, Inoue Motosada, and Inoue Motoyoshi, gave strong support. Because of his great achievements in the process of Moto's succession as the governor of the family, Inoue Motoko regarded himself as the patriarch, and his strength and influence gradually swelled, and he himself became more and more arrogant and domineering, and did not take Moto's eyes in his eyes, for example, this time, if it were not for Ouchi Yoshitaka personally issued a summoning order, he would definitely not follow the Maori family to participate in the war. Even if he is now in the war, it is separated from the military camp of the Maori family, and it seems to be extremely independent. As a result, Mori Moto, who must have felt insecure, finally carried out a purge of the Inoue family in the 19th year of Tenmon (1550), and all the members of the family were killed, including Motokane and his son. It was through this that the Maori family established a system of management over the subordinate nobles of other allies. In order to delay the rise of the Maori family, Masato decided to remind this exterminated guy in the future. Let him give Maori Yuan to make a stumbling block.

Just when Masayo and the heroes were fighting hotly, Yoshitaka Ouchi finally decided to go out.

In mid-April, the Ouchi coalition forces built a bridge at Toganoto on the Enogawa River and entered Izumo, and marched to Akagu. The first point of attack of the Ouchi army was Akana Seto Mountain Castle (also known as Akato Castle), which was the residence of Akato Mitsukiyo, one of the ten generals of the Niko.

Located at the southern tip of the southern part of the province, Setoyama Castle was located close to the three kingdoms of Aki, Iwami, and Bigo, and its position as a key point on the front line made Seto Yama Castle the fourth of the ten banners of the branch city network, and was regarded as an extremely important stronghold and the front guard of Gassan Tomita Castle.

"According to the detective report, at present, there are about 3,000 soldiers in Setoyama Castle, the lord of Akagu, Mitsukiyo, plus 1,000 reinforcements from Tomita Castle led by Tanaka Saburo Saemon, and there are a total of 4,000 people in Setoyama Castle, what do you think should be done?" In the military tent, Yoshitaka Ouchi asked.

"Akago Mitsukiyo used the Akanagawa River, which crosses Takaseto, to build a strong defensive line. I'm afraid it's not easy to overcome! Sugi was the first to speak.

"Hmph, as long as our army crosses the Akana River, Seto Mountain Castle will be just around the corner!" Tako Hyogo head retorted. This guy. Later, it was one of the people who formed the so-called "radical faction" with Tao Longfang and instigated Ouchi Yoshitaka to storm Getsan Tomita Castle, which eventually led to the crushing defeat of the army.

"The front of Setoyama Castle is a flat land, and the steep mountains behind the castle are not suitable for attack. You can only attack from the front! Misawa, who was the guide of this journey, spoke out for Kiyoshi at this time. Misawa was one of the ten banners of the Nizi family, along with Mitoya Kuyu and others. Political conscience said that these guys were actually instructed by the son of the nun family. Pretending to take refuge in the Ouchi family.。 At that time, at the critical moment of the war, Misawa Weiqing and many military generals will suddenly return to Niko from Ouchi, so that the situation will change dramatically. The Ouchi army was eventually defeated and fled. Of course, even if he knew about their treacherous schemes, Zhengliang would not say it. First, even if you say it, people may not believe it. will even become the object of public avoidance because of this; The second is that Masaro really needs this defeat of the Ouchi family. In this way, the Luo family may have the opportunity to develop and become the overlord on an equal footing with the Ouchi family. Instead of being a nominal ally attached to the other side, as is the case now.

"To the southwest of Setoyama Castle is a slightly higher and gentle flat land that can be used as a camp for the formation, and then let's think about it in the long run!" Naito also spoke at this time.

"Hmmm! The minister seconded the proposal! After frowning and thinking for a while, Tao Longfang also spoke in support of Naito's opinion.

So, after getting everyone's advice. Yoshitaka Ouchi decided to follow Naito's advice and first set up a formation on the flat ground southwest of Setoyama Castle.

But Mitsukiyo Akagu, who is in Setoyama Castle, is obviously not going to let the coalition forces get their wish. As the coalition forces prepared to cross the Akamei River, Akaxue Mitsukiyo sent a large number of harassing troops and even sneak attack troops. Even Masahiro's rear has been attacked by the other party several times. Fortunately, under the courageous counterattack of Roche Fan. The sneak attack troops had to return in vain.

The two sides have been back and forth repeatedly, and it has been a few months in a flash. At the beginning of June, the coalition forces finally crossed the Akanagawa River and planned according to the plan. I set up a formation in the southwest of Setoyama Castle. At this time, the heavens are not beautiful. It was raining heavily.

Knowing the Dao Chixue Guangqing, the next step of the plan was to plan the Zhengliang immediately let the rear army move the military grain to a high place to preserve it. Sure enough, as soon as the food was moved, the water of the Akanagawa River rushed over like a thousand horses. Sure enough, the Akaka Mitsukiyoshi broke the weir of the Akana River, causing the river to pour into the Akana Basin.

"This time, Lord Saemon was alert and asked people to move the grain to a high place in advance, otherwise, our army's military rations will definitely suffer!" In the military tent, Naito Xingsheng said with palpitations.

"This time, Zhengliang made the first contribution, and the family is grateful. This is the reward of this family, please ask His Royal Highness Zhengliang to do it! Yoshitaka Ouchi also showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, and then handed the reward to Masarashi with his own hands.

Masara respectfully accepted the reward, his eyes glancing slightly. It turned out to be the Ouchi family's unique "Otaru Ori". At this time, the emperors and ministers of the Ouchi clan were accustomed to writing "Imperial Bottle Folding", and the content and quantity of the gift would be indicated. Generally, the gift bottle discount is limited to one bottle and one discount. It is also a great honor to be able to receive Yoshitaka Ouchi's autographed "Otsuruzen".

As Masara took over Yoshitaka Ouchi's handwritten "Otaru Fold", the surrounding heroic moods were varied. There are envy, jealousy, appreciation, worship, and disdain, among which Harada is the most jealous. Last year, the Luo family and the Harada family ended with his complete defeat, making him a laughing stock for the powerful around him. What made him even more depressed was that just two days ago, he received the news of the violent death of the family's important minister Hatae Jiang Shigexian, which made him angry, combined with the previous situation of several samurai who were released by the Luo family to die violently, Harada was already completely convinced that it must be this hateful Luo family head who secretly did something. So I hate Zhengliang even more.

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