"Is this going to rain?" Jiang De asked Yuan Weiyi.

"Look at the sky, it should be a torrential rain."

"Give the order for the Celestial Army to return." Jiang De immediately said that the hot air balloon is most afraid of this thunderstorm.

"Lord, if it rains heavily, I'm afraid Baihe will run away immediately." Xu Guanzhong said.

"Then let him escape first, and immediately let Toyotomi Hideyoshi send someone to spy on the enemy army, and be sure to find out who the remaining troops and commanders are." Jiang De said.

"My lord, what about Uda Road?" Dong Ping still said with some reluctance.

"Since the enemy army has been prepared, the point of surprise soldiers is gone, so let's hold on to the troops first."

At this time, one of them came out and said, "My lord, if you talk about the trail, there is not only one, there is another road that is more hidden, but it is also more difficult to walk. ”

"Oh? It's Abe, let's talk about it. Jiang De saw that it was Abe Taiqin, and couldn't help but smile and said that these Japanese people are willing to give advice, whether the idea is good or not, but it also represents a change in their position.

"About 80 miles away from here, there is a mountain called Yuya Mountain, there is a trail in the mountain, about 20 miles, you can get to Iga, and then there are two roads, one to the north 100 miles, you can go to Lake Biwa, and the other is 60 miles to the east, and there is a road to Kanto." Abe said in person.

Jiang De and Xu Guanzhong glanced at each other and said, "Come, Abe, you come and draw the road." ”

Abe Yasukiyo stepped forward and drew a charcoal on the map, and continued, "This trail of Yuya Mountain, only some hawkers will know, is a mountain road, and when you arrive in Iga, it is a road, but Iga and Koga to the north are both mountainous areas, and the people are fierce, so it is not easy to go all the way north. ”

Dong Ping took the initiative to ask for battle and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will be able to succeed!" ”

Jiang De saw Dong Ping asking for battle again and again, and he was also a little moved, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then you will take the soldiers and horses of your headquarters, bring more grain and grass, go to Iga through this road, and then go north to intercept and kill Baihe, you don't pay attention to any enemies you encounter on the way, the target is only Baihe!" If you can't intercept them, find a way to harass them, and you can't let them return to the pass anyway. ”

Dong Ping said happily: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"The rest of the departments, repair and stand by, and wait for the heavy rain to pass, and then take care of it!" After Jiang De finished speaking, he specially said to Abe Taiqin, "Lord Abe, work hard, tell Dong Ping about this road in detail." ”

"This is a lowly business." Abe said.

Yuan Weiyi, who was next to him, looked at Abe Yasu-kin, who was in the limelight, but his face was a little ugly.

The heavy rain began to fall after a stick of incense, and when it was dawn the next day, the heavy rain only became lighter, but it did not stop.

- In the Great Tent of the Yuan Family

Yuan Weiyi frowned and thought about something.

Yuan Yiguo walked in and saw Yuan Weiyi's appearance, and asked puzzledly, "What are the pillars worried about?" ”

Yuan Weiyi saw that it was Yuan Yiguo, waved his hand and said, "Sit down, I'm thinking about how to make meritorious service in front of the Marquis of Pingyin, in the previous military discussion, Abe Taiqing made a big splash with his familiarity with the roads around Heiankyo, we are not just Japanese people, but also generals, if we can't make meritorious contributions, I'm afraid that when the Japanese country is pacified in the future, it will slowly be marginalized." ”

Minamoto Yoshikoku thought for a moment and said, "I heard the report of the spies, His Majesty Shirakawa has already led his army out of Mt. Otowaba, and now it is Fujiwara-sama who is stationed at the two mountains. ”

"That's right, it has been confirmed, Baihe had already left in the rain when it was dawn, and the Marquis of Pingyin sent troops to capture Meinong and other countries, and the troops could not fall through, and Baihe was in a hurry." Yuan Weiyi sighed: "Compared with the Song people, our art of war is really backward." ”

Minamoto Yoshikoku did not accept Gen Weiyi's sigh, but said, "In the previous war, both Fujiwara-sama and His Majesty Shirakawa's military strength was greatly damaged, and now His Majesty Shirakawa is leading troops back to help, and he must take away the main force, and what is left for Fujiwara-sama is probably just some peasant soldiers."

However, our army is strong and strong, and there are divine weapons such as the heavenly army and artillery, and the weak brigade is against the strong army, what is the result, I think Fujiwara-sama also knows, what His Majesty Shirakawa gave to Fujiwara-sama is actually a mortal situation.

What's more, the Guanbai Mansion fell, and all the family members of Lord Fujiwara were captured by Lord Pingyin, Dongliang, what should you do if you are Lord Fujiwara? ”

Yuan Weiyi is righteous and lives for himself, and immediately said, "I will think about whether I can negotiate with Lord Yinhou!" ”

Yuan Yiguo shook his head and said, "Thinking about it, His Majesty Shirakawa has already taken precautions, and now on Mt. Otowaba, I'm afraid the commander is Fujiwara-sama, but he can't even dispatch a single soldier." ”

Yuan Weiyi stood up, rolled his eyes and said, "In this way, Fujiwara-sama can't even take out the bargaining chips for negotiation.... No, he still has chips, and his chips are himself! ”

Yuan Weiyi clapped his fist and said, "Fujiwara-sama, I still understand, if the Pingyin Marquis is willing to pay enough price, he may turn the spear!" At that time, not to mention that Otowa Mountain can be easily won, it will be much easier, and most importantly, our Yuan family's position in front of the Pingyin Marquis can also be further consolidated! ”

After Yuan Weiyi thought about it, he immediately went to see Jiang De, Jiang De thought about it, it might as well try, and said, "Since you have confidence, go carefully and test it, if you can achieve it, it is the best, if you can't, you don't need to force it." ”

Yuan Weiyi asked, "I don't know what conditions the villain can promise him?" ”

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "If he can give up the two mountains within two days, I can give him the land of the four countries, but he only has the right of civil affairs, and all military and diplomatic affairs are owned by me." ”

"Land of Shikoku?" Yuan Weiyi said with great joy, "The adult is so generous, the villain will definitely say it!" ”

After Yuan Weiyi left, Xu Guanzhong asked, "Why did the lord allow him so much land?" ”

Jiang De said with a smile: "There are so many people in the Japanese country, there are always some people who are unwilling to obey the new era, and instead of being managed by us, these people should rush to an isolated place and let them manage themselves." ”

Xu Guanzhong immediately understood, got up and said, "Since this is the case, the student will retreat first." ”

Jiang De nodded, knowing that Xu Guanzhong wanted to explain something to Yuan Weiyi.

The sky was still sparse and raining, and on Mt. Otowa, a few Japanese soldiers hid in their tents and ate cold coarse grain rice balls.

"If it's raining like this, there shouldn't be a war."

"Your Majesty has taken the main force away, and we people will stay here and wait for death!"

"Hey... Be quiet, if the adults hear it, we'll all be beheaded. ”

"Beheaded... The Song people have the help of divine beasts, and they don't know whose head will be cut off. ”

"Be quiet!"

The heavy rain and the defeat reduced the morale of the Japanese army to almost the extreme. The appearance of the Heavenly Army before made these incomparable

In particular, the loss of Heiankyo and Kanto caused the Japanese army to lose its grain and grass supplies.

At this time, on the Otowa Mountain, the grain and grass were only enough for the remaining Japanese army to eat for less than half a month, and this was still left by Shirakawa, otherwise it would only be five days if it really relied on the previous storage.

The lack of food and grass was also the key reason for Fujiwara's loyal surrender to Shirakawa.

Fujiwara sat in the temple and looked out at the rainy night, feeling gloomy.

One of them walked over, knelt down on his knees and said, "Lord Guan Bai, it's time for you to eat." ”

"Hey... I can't eat it, so you can stand down. ”

"Lord Guan Bai can't eat because he has a heart disease?" The man asked without backing down.

Fujiwara looked at the man faithfully and said, "Heart disease... Yes, it's really a heart disease, I've never been so worried, Ai Fujiwara, you say, how did our country become like this? ”

Fujiwara Ai replied, "Sekihaku-sama, I have a prescription that can cure Sekihaku-sama's heart disease!" ”

"Prescription?"

Ai Fujiwara nodded and said, "Please close your eyes." ”

"Hmm... All right. Fujiwara closed his eyes slightly.

"The villain has seen Lord Guan Bai!" A familiar voice came, and Fujiwara Tadashi hurriedly opened his eyes to find Gen Weiyi kneeling in front of him.

"Ah!! The source is righteousness! Fujiwara was so frightened that he stepped back again and again, pulled out the short blade on his waist with one hand, and shouted, "You dare to come back!" ”

"Lord Guan Bai is angry! Lord Yuan came back this time, completely for Lord Guan Bai! Fujiwara Ai hurriedly stopped Fujiwara and said faithfully.

"For me? If it weren't for this person! How did we get to where we are today? Fujiwara cried out Faithful.

"Lord Sekihaku! Aren't it Lord Guan Bai and the two Majesties who make us what we are today? Yuan Weiyi raised his head and shouted in a louder voice, "If it weren't for Lord Guan Bai and the two Majesies, how would our Wa Kingdom be divided into two factions?" How could the Song people hold a grudge because they were attacked? How could Heiankyo be lost? Doesn't Lord Guan Bai want to be responsible for all this? ”

Fujiwara Faithful gasped for breath, squinted his eyes and asked, "Haven't you already surrendered to the Song people?" Why do you want to come back? ”

Yuan Weiyi held his head high and said, "I came to save Lord Guan Bai, Lord Guan Bai has the grace of knowing me, at this time, I can't abandon Lord Guan Bai!" ”

"Help me? I think you're trying to kill me! ”

"Does Lord Sekihaku think that with the geographical advantages of Mt. Otowa and Mt. Omonji, and the less than 20,000 people that you can't command at all, you can resist the sharp artillery? Elite Song Army? Yuan Weiyi asked rhetorically, "In the previous war, Lord Guan Bai should have been watching the battle, right?" Didn't Lord Guan Bai see that terrible artillery? And the divine beast that can fly to the sky, does this so-called geographical advantage still have any effect? ”

"That's not a mythical beast! That's just the Song people's tricks! ”

"Whether it's a trick or not, does Lord Guan Bai think you still have a chance to win? If there really is, His Majesty Shirakawa will not leave with the army. ”

“....”

Fujiwara faithfully asked, "Did the Song people ask you to come, did you bring any words?" ”

Yuan Weiyi took out a letter and said, "This is the handwriting paper of the adult's wife." ”

In Japanese, paper means letter.

Fujiwara faithfully took the letter, looked at it, and said with tears in his eyes, "Are they all okay?" ”

"Lord Pingyin Marquis ordered, anyone who enters Guan Bai Mansion without permission will be beheaded!" Yuan Weiyi sighed and said, "The Song people are the state of etiquette, and they pay attention to etiquette in their actions, please rest assured." ”

"What exactly do the Song people want to do? Do they really want to destroy our kingdom? Fujiwara faithfully voiced his doubts.

"Not perdition... Be... It's liberation! It took a long time for Yuan Weiyi to say a word he had just learned.

"Liberation?"

"That's right! Did you see the cavalry that rushed into the Heike army before? ”

"See, it's very heroic."

"Your Excellency, you know that none of those cavalry are Song people, all of them are native-born Japanese people!"

"What? ... Although I had doubts before, I couldn't believe it, why did these Japanese people die so effectively? Fujiwara was faithful.

"It's just to liberate the Wa Kingdom!" Yuan Weiyi said, "I talked to them, most of them are the lowest level of samurai, they fight to the death not just for money and food, but to build a new Wa country, under this new Wa country, the peasants will have their own land, the merchants do not have so many harsh taxes, the samurai can get officials with their martial arts, even the adults, they must use their political achievements to get everyone recognized before they can be promoted, not just rely on blood."

Lord Guan Bai, the new Wa Kingdom in their mouth is something we never imagined... You say, will those peasants, merchants, and warriors help the Song people or will they help Your Majesty and your lordship? ”

This is the first time that Fujiwara Faithful has heard why there are Japanese people helping the Song people, he has a big mouth, and then he said with a sigh, "I finally understand why the Song Pingyin Marquis helped us collect taxes before, it turned out to tell those people that he can really help them build a new country." ”

Fujiwara was loyal and remorseful, and said to the source, "Now, it is only a matter of time before His Majesty Shirakawa's Wa Kingdom will perish, even if His Majesty Shirakawa can defeat the Pingyin army in Kanto, it will only delay the arrival of this moment, my lord, you should think about yourself." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"My lord, the Marquis of Pingyin said that he doesn't want to see too much blood, and to establish a new kingdom, there will inevitably be some people who are unwilling to obey his orders, and it is a little sad to kill these people, after all, these people are just because it is difficult to change their wrong views, therefore, Lord Pingyin Marquis needs someone to help him!"

"How can I help?" Fujiwara asked with some trepidation.

"As long as the Lord Pingyin assists the Marquis of Pingyin, these two mountains, the Marquis of Pingyin promises that the Lord can be the lord of the four countries!" Yuan Weiyi said as he stared into Fujiwara's faithful eyes.

"What? Lord of the Four Kingdoms? Fujiwara's breath quickened.

"Yes, except for the military and diplomatic powers, which must be kept peaceful, and the Lord Yin Marquis agrees, all things in these four countries are cut off by the Lord with a word!"

"Shikoku..."Fujiwara Faithful closed his eyes, and Minamoto and Fujiwara Ai looked at each other, waiting for Fujiwara Faithful's decision.

"What can I do now that I don't have a single soldier on my hands?"

It's done! Yuan Weiyi clenched his fists, pressed his excitement and said, "I have learned from Fujiwara Ai-sama that most of the 20,000 people on the mountain are now Kanto peasant troops, only a very small number of Kanto samurai, and the original soldiers and horses of the adults have been taken away by Lord Shirakawa.

Although your lord has been deprived of military power, he is still the nominal commander, please let all the samurai left behind by His Majesty Shirakawa gather here, and I will take my men to dispose of them. ”

"Is it possible?" Fujiwara asked with some concern.

"If you don't have a heart, you will win, not to mention that we can do something in their tea." Yuan Weiyi said with a smile, but no matter how you look at it, that smile has an evil flavor.

"You guys go and do it..."Fujiwara said with a wave of his hand, now that he has made up his mind, he naturally doesn't have to worry about anything.

As for the so-called loyalty to the king... You're kidding, if there really is any loyalty to the king, the previous Fujiwara Faithful will not support Toba and put Toba under house arrest.

The country is the world! This is the normal thinking of the ancients to think about things, first think about the family, then think about the country, and finally think about the world!

In fact, this kind of thinking was still prevalent until the 20th century, otherwise where did so many puppet troops come from in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and many of these puppet soldiers really felt that this was just an errand to be a soldier and eat food, and there was not much difference between being a soldier for the Chiang family and being a soldier for Japan.

Well... Fortunately, the later martyrs used blood to reverse such thoughts a lot.