The second wave of 6,500 troops led by Hirate Honhide landed in Shikoku on the morning of the seventh day of the sixth month of the first year of Motokame (1568). Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Half a day before this, the head of the Chozong Ibu, who occupied half of the territory of Tosa Province, organized an "army" of 7,000 overnight without warning, and entered the northern part of Awa Province with light equipment, making a gesture of threatening Katsurui Castle.

Seeing this, the left-behind general immediately sent someone to ask for help, and the herald soldiers quickly stepped up, and ran 600 towns (60 kilometers) in two hours, and sent the letter of request for help to the army.

This news came so unexpectedly that everyone in the Shinohara-Nagabo army on the front line instantly thought of returning, their morale collapsed, and their fighting spirit was completely lost.

It was so sudden.

Due to its proximity to Kinai, there is no shortage of water conservancy, and the benefits of shipping have always been relatively economically developed. In the eyes of outsiders, Tosa is completely 100% poor and remote, and it is an inaccessible place.

Therefore, although the forces of Chozong Ibu, Aki, and Motoyama have been fighting in Tosa Province for many years, they have been ignored and have no reputation, and no one thought that the countrymen in these ravines could also participate in the struggle for hegemony.

At this time, the head relatives of the Changzong and our department can be said to have threatened the basic plate of the Shinohara's long house all of a sudden, which is both shocking and angry.

Almost all of Shinohara Nagabo and his cronies are from the Yoshino River valley in the northern part of Awa Province, where their hometowns, families, and ancestral graves are located, and their roots are deeply rooted in the area. It is precisely because of this that these "four-nation factions" will pay more attention to local interests and are not interested in the counterattack plan of the three good and three people.

In recent years, although it is said that the Miyoshi family has declined, and has been attacked by Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, and can no longer go out to show off their power as before, the locals are still very confident in protecting the territory and defending themselves, unless Oda Nobunaga personally comes with more than 50,000 troops, Awa will not be able to change the sky.

Across the Seto Inland Sea, the famous peerless general Hisho Hisho Hide, who only dared to avoid the truth and ran to fight Nishisanuki. Unexpectedly, it was Tosa's Nagazong and my first relative, this little-known rural force, who came over to provoke him, and this is worth it?

Shinohara Nagabo and the others couldn't figure out the reason, but their first reaction was to return to the division to take revenge and tear Chozong's army to pieces. As for the other enemy in front of him, he was temporarily left behind. After all, Hirate Honshu was only a capture of Awaji and a coveting of Sanuki, and it was not enough to threaten the fertile land of Awa Ichi.

There were only less than a thousand left-behind soldiers in Shengrui City, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and it was difficult to hold on for too long in the face of a menacing attack, so Shinohara's Nagabo didn't bother much, and after getting the news, he immediately ignored the threat of the flat army, conformed to the people's will, and returned to Apo with his soldiers.

Comparing their hearts to their hearts, the people of Nishisanuki were obviously also worried about their hometown, so Shinohara Nagabo allowed them to fight the Hirate Army on their own without having to retreat, which just played the role of breaking off.

There are also people like Miyoshi Changyi, who have always been an unstable factor, so let's just stay here. His strategic planning can't cooperate with the performance, let him toss it alone.

As a result, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.

Shinohara Nagabo left the camp with 12,000 men, and now only 2,500 men from the Nishisanuki people were left on the front line, plus more than 3,000 soldiers from the Miyoshi clan. And there are already 5,000 pioneers in the tie who have occupied the city, and 6,500 people are coming in the future.

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Miyoshi Nagata learned the cause and effect in Banto Nobuhide's description, and he was stunned for several minutes, then he was furious, jumped up, angrily pulled out the long blade at his waist, waved his hand and cut the small square table in front of him in two, and scolded: "This thief is really bold! ”

I don't know if the thief in his mouth refers to the head relatives of the Changzong and my department, or the Shinohara Nagafang, or the flat Tsuno.

He scolded and chopped at the same time, and made up several more knives, completely turning the small square table into a pile of scrap wood, and the blade was also curled, and he still didn't understand his hatred, but he couldn't express it.

Shinohara's Nagabo didn't share the news with him as soon as possible. When Miyoshi Changhu reacted, the army had already quietly walked for half an hour, and only the Nishizanuki people on the adjacent side had not moved, so Changhu did not move at the first time.

And Miyoshi Changyi has been looking at his son so quietly, his expression has not changed, and when Changhu has settled down a little, he wiped the dust on his body as if nothing happened, and said indifferently: "Don't panic, although things are not going well, but it is not like this!" ”

"It's a gaffe...... But......" Miyoshi Changhu shook his head and smiled bitterly, the gloom in his eyebrows lingered, "Father, the current situation is extremely bad!" Shinohara Nagabo let us queen without any discussion, obviously trying to borrow a knife to kill someone! Originally, we wanted to deal with him, but didn't it turn around? Maybe our family will learn about it today......"

At first, he was angry, but the more he talked, the more frustrated he became, and he even began to be timid and hopeless.

Miyoshi Changyi frowned when he saw this, reached out and picked up the small square table that had been cut off, and opened the topic: "Then there is no need to use the table to be angry!" I didn't bring anything extra with me on the march, and I didn't have to find a clean place to put my teacups in the future. ”

"Father, now is not the time to think about teacups......

"The essence of the tea ceremony is to stay calm even in a crisis situation! I remember sending you to Kaimachi a long time ago and practicing with the students of Master Takeno, right? It's been more than ten years of study, can't you even do this? ”

"No, Father, I'm not in the mood to talk about the past at this time......

"Speaking of which, Kaimachi is such a good place, when we were in Izumi and Hanoi, we could get supplies from the harbor at any time, and we didn't have to worry about even a square table...... Do people like to remember when they get old......

"Father!" Miyoshi Changhu reluctantly aggravated his tone, and interrupted regardless of his dignity, "The most important thing now is to decide where we will go next, please don't worry about these minor things for the time being!" ”

"Alas......"

Changyi sighed faintly, looking a little regretful, shook his head, changed his serious appearance, raised his head and asked, "What do you think should be done?" ”

"Of course, you must not fight with a tie." On the surface, Miyoshi Changhu, who was reckless and angry, did not hesitate to be a coward, "We have more than 3,000 people now, which can be said to be the last essence, no matter what, we must keep it!" Hurry up and retreat, in order to take home the garden, the Nishizanuki people will probably engage the enemy army, so we will take the opportunity to move ......"

This kind of betrayal of teammates, he said it without shame, it can be seen that although his brain is not as good as his father, he has not much discipline at all. Who said that martial arts are righteous and angry?

Miyoshi Changyi raised his head with interest, noncommittal, and continued to ask like a parent who guides his child to speak boldly: "Of course, you can get away with it for a while, but what about next?" Where is the end of the flight? Don't forget, not long ago, the ministers jointly expressed their support for the command of Shinohara's Nagabo, including you, so it is reasonable for him to ask us to break the queen, and if we openly disobey the order and escape, we will be guilty of punishment in the future! ”

“…… Indeed it is. As you said, it seems that we can't retreat directly, or do we need to make some gestures of resistance? ”

"Once you start a fight, can you easily escape? If all the troops are lost, do you think Shinohara Nagabo will reward you for it? ”

"Okay...... If you don't just turn the false descent into the real descent and take refuge in Oda for the time being, the short-term dormancy will not damage the momentum of my family. ”

"Others may be okay and will still be appointed. But what if our father and son are asked to go to Gifu Castle to take up their duties? ”

"This ......"

Every plan was refuted, Changhu was speechless for a while, but after thinking for a while, he began to get excited again: "Father, since you have already thought about it, you must have already specified a follow-up plan, right?" Then don't put on a show in front of your son, tell me what to do! ”

Hearing this, Miyoshi Changyi closed his eyes and considered the wording for a while, and replied: "In front of you, I won't shy away from it!" In fact, I didn't have much confidence in my plan, and I didn't have much of a plan to get out of the flat and Shinohara Nagafu, and getting out was the primary goal. Therefore, we have already thought of countermeasures to the current situation. Here are three things to do in turn, and you should listen up! ”

"First, do you remember when I just got out the other day, I sent a secret letter? In the same way, I will send a second secret letter right away, and I have the content ready. ”

"Second, send someone to contact Iwanari Youtong in the city, as well as the Hiteshi Tsunoshi who has just landed on the shore, and tell the situation as it is, and they will definitely react."

"Third, prepare to go into battle, cooperate with the Tie Army, and attack the Nishizanuki people on our side! But you don't have to really storm, you can shoot with an iron cannon with great fanfare! ”

The first two are quite normal, but when it comes to the last one, Miyoshi Changhu can't help but be surprised: "What? Attack the Nishizanuki people? Even if we want to defect in battle, it is because we have to deal with Shinohara Nagabo, and the Nishizanuki people have no grievances with us! They are already less to many, and if they are attacked by us, will they not all be destroyed? ”

"It's not all annihilated, but it's going to be a big blow." Miyoshi Nagayi replied calmly, "Only if there are too many casualties in Nishizanuki, will Hite-hode Honhide have enough greed for this land, and then he can't care about dealing with us." In this way, we can get out of the country and go to the west and regain our strength there. ”

"Get out and go to the West?" The three good long tigers were shocked again.

Miyoshi Changyi smiled reluctantly and commanded in a low voice, "Anyway...... Get ready to board the ship! ”

His eyes did not show panic and fear, but there was still no lack of regret.

Although I didn't grasp it at the beginning, although I had prepared the back road for a long time, although the ending now is much better than being confined......

However, I have always hoped in my heart that if I was really lucky enough to solve the flat and Shinohara Nagafang in one go, it would be great!