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After Miyoshi left, a few more days have passed, and nothing has happened.

In total, Hirate Honshu mobilized six or seven thousand men under his command, plus three thousand mercenaries from Saga, from Awawa Port in Izumi Province, landed on Awaji Island, and besieged the Awaji Navy clan in the two strongholds of Shichi Castle and Shoda Castle under the response of Ataka Nobuyasu, and then prepared to deal with the threat of Shinohara's Nagabo. In this way, before I knew it, more than a month had passed, but I had hardly seen blood, and morale inevitably began to slip.

After all, most of the samurai and the countrymen, as well as Kii's mercenaries, these people did not participate in the war just to reward them for their merits afterwards, but in the hope of "human hunting" and "random taking" during the war, and earn some extra money. If you don't get a chance to vent for a long time, you will become dissatisfied.

"Human hunting" means plundering human beings for profit, and "indiscriminately" means robbing the local people's property, and this kind of unscrupulous criminal behavior of the soldiers on the victorious side of the joint battle was tacitly approved by the major names in this era. Even Oda Nobunaga paid attention to military discipline and strictly ordered not to disturb the people because of the political influence in consideration of the political influence during the march to Kyoto. For this, tens of thousands of bounties were paid to appease the soldiers.

Hirate, who has memories of the future, hates this kind of action. Even if you don't talk about the moral bottom line, only consider the gains and losses, this is also a short-sighted behavior of killing chickens and eggs, and it will cause serious harm to the organization. But now alone, with no reason to prohibit plunder, much less sufficient funds to compensate him, he was unable to control all his troops.

The only thing that can be done is to carry out a very small reform in the unit of the flag unit directly under it, and the stipulations, welfare benefits, and allowances for participating in the battle are paid on an annual, quarterly, and monthly basis, so as to further turn the professional soldiers who have been "separated from the soldiers and peasants" into decent people who rely on the administrative organization and have a fixed income. This may not necessarily help the army's combat effectiveness, but it can greatly strengthen its political credibility.

The flag unit of the Pingshou family did not clearly make the law of "not to be plundered", but there was a strict order that "you must not leave the military formation without reason while on duty", and the eyes and military supervisors were responsible for monitoring, which played a role in disguise.

The income from an illegal robbery of an ordinary ashigaru is about a few tens to two or three hundred yuan. As long as the soldier feels that it is not worth the risk for such a small gain, the phenomenon can be gradually eliminated.

All in all, in the process of being stationed in this continuous station, the water army of the Nine Ghosts, the "new senzhong" of Izumi and Sanhe, and the Kii mercenaries all began to desert in groups, and it was not uncommon for three or five people to collectively find the people to fight the autumn breeze or flirt with the women of good families, and even occasionally there were middle-level cadres with one or twenty subordinates, who did not even bother to find a reason, and openly stepped out of the camp tent in broad daylight, went out to hang out, and even drank flowers and wine, and did not return at night.

The troops of Sasa Naruma and Iwanari Tomo were better, and there was no excessive situation, but small fluctuations were inevitable. No matter how strict and upright a person is, he cannot confront the social atmosphere of an era in the absence of corresponding systems and organizations.

There are only 300 soldiers in the tie and 1,500 in the banner, and they still maintain a relatively neat military appearance, except for more than 10 people who have fallen ill and seek medical treatment, most of the soldiers are in a state of being ready to fight at any time. It is also because of the deterrent and exemplary role of this directly subordinate army that the miscellaneous army will not be completely chaotic.

Of course, the perpetrators are not stupid, few people choose to make trouble in the territory of Anzhai Xinyasu and others, and they all go to the enemy's territory to bully men and women. The Tieshou Fan Xiu sent people to star, but they didn't take action, and the Cage City soldiers would not run out to seek justice for a few victimized civilians. For a time, most of Awaji Province became a state of miasma and lawlessness.

Seeing that the state of the army under his command was getting worse and worse, the tie still did not move. Some of his retainers couldn't sit still and came to ask for war, and they were also politely or directly refused.

Because in his opinion, the fighter plane is far from arriving.

The defenders in Zhizhi City and Zhuangtian City are obviously facing a logistical crisis, but they will not starve to death for a while and a half, and it will take a longer siege, and now they are going to attack the city, which is a problem with their brains.

And under the Awa country Shengrui Castle, the army of Shinohara Nagabo was also unable to start, although the marching arrangements were released early, but there was no sign of moving.

The two sides were about 70 kilometers apart, separated by a strait, and they unanimously adopted the strategy of static braking.

Time seems to be in favor of Hisho Tsuhide, and the defenders who lack food are expected to change in a short time, and if Shinohara's Nagabo does not send troops, he will have to sit back and watch the fall of Awaji Province.

Theoretically, the enemy should be the one who is more anxious, and the backhand set up in advance by the tie is based on this. It can be said that as long as Shinohara's army is far away from Awa Province, half of the tie wins.

However, he can also understand the concerns of his subordinates.

What if the defenders of the two cities insisted on starving to death and did not waver, but their own side lost the morale of the army first? At that time, Shinohara Nagafang will come to attack again, what should I do?

In order to maintain a high morale, the morale of the next city can be maintained by storming the next city, so that the brothers can see the blood and plunder the city.

In the history of Fuso, there are quite a few famous examples of wars that were born in this way. The side that occupied the initiative was encircled for a long time, and the soldiers were slackened, but they were attacked by surprise and collapsed for thousands of miles.

Moreover, the Tie Hands were not outnumbered by the enemy, and relied entirely on strategic actions to gain the upper hand, so such a slight advantage was extremely unreliable.

However, the tie was still unmoved. In his heart, he thought that he should first find out the reason why the enemy could not hold out.

If Shinohara's Nagabo sensed the follow-up risks and insisted on refusing to leave Awa Province, it would not be bad, and the two armies would have faced off quietly for three months, and Awaji Province would need to change his surname to a tie.

What if the other party does not dare to act rashly because of objective limitations?

A sane person should never underestimate his enemies, but there is no need to overestimate them either.

At this critical juncture, a new guest suddenly welcomed into the barracks.

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"The grandson of Sanhao Shancheng Shouyashi, Miyoshi Changjun?" Pingshou Fanxiu looked at the famous thorn, with a playful look on his face, "It's an inconspicuous junior in the three good sects." Why did you change the messenger? Could it be that the eldest heir from before was discovered? ”

The person in front of him disguised himself as a fisherman, and his clothes looked very shabby, but he was not as embarrassed as Miyoshi's eldest heir, he looked a little older, and his face was more calm. In addition, the eldest heir, who was young and ignorant, had collided with Lord Tieshou, so after we had discussed, the contemptible people would come to serve you. ”

Seeing this answer that was neither humble nor arrogant, Pingshou Fanxiu also showed etiquette, smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "It's not okay to serve me, let's talk about business first, I don't know the conditions I said, how did you discuss them?" ”

A few days ago, through the mouth of Kawada Nagakin, Honhide put forward the harsh condition of "ceding Sanuki half of the country, and Miyoshi Choji and Shikawa Preservation as a hostage", which made the envoy at that time, Miyoshi Nagaji, angry and behaving out of shape.

But today's Miyoshi Changjun still looked respectful: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you agree to your conditions or not. Because the treaty of cession of land and the sacrifice of hostages are only icing on the cake, and only the strength of both sides can decide everything. Even if the whole of Shikoku were to be sacrificed by the family, would you have enough strength to hold it safe? ”

Neither say yes nor say no, for questions that are difficult to answer, they shirk first, and the shirk is quite clever. This person's negotiation skills are much stronger than those of Miyoshi's eldest heir. In fact, the harsh requirements put forward by Tieshou Honxiu were not taken seriously, they were just a test of sincerity, and it was not a big deal to be shirked.

Hirate Hatsuhide couldn't help but say, "If it was up to you to negotiate from the beginning, maybe you wouldn't have wasted so much time." ”

Miyoshi Changjun smiled bitterly: "It's different from the eldest heir who just came into the Yuanfu, he has a job on weekdays, and when he came out this time, he has wasted a lot of effort to find the reason, and he doesn't need to go back in a short time." ”

"I see." Pingshou Fan Xiu nodded, and suddenly looked Ling Ran, "Since as you said, the treaty is just the icing on the cake, and the only thing that is useful in the end is strength, then why do we need to meet?" What good is it for me to help you bring down Shinohara Nagabo? ”

"Bringing down Shinohara Nagabo is the biggest benefit." Miyoshi Nagatoshi said calmly, "After that, our clan will reunite in the name of the Miyoshi family, and you, as the main general who defeated Shinohara, will also gain great prestige in Shikoku, and you can also use the banner of the shogunate and the Oda family to expand your power." At that time, both sides will rely on their abilities to see how much land they can take, and it is not necessary to make an appointment in advance. ”

"Hehe......" Pingshou Fan Xiu did not comment on this, but changed the topic: "There is no rush in this regard, you might as well discuss first, where the two sides started to cooperate." ”

"Yes, yes." Miyoshi Changjun nodded again and again, "We have collected a lot of information within the scope of our authority, and we have brought it all over today, hoping to help......"

"I have a heart." Pingshou Tsunohide said politely, his face remained unchanged, and he asked casually: "Can you solve my confusion first, why did Shinohara Nagafang stand still and not come to solve the siege of Awaji." ”

"Contemptible people dare not speak up. However, there have been rumors that Shinohara-ukyoshin (Nagabo) intends to abandon Awaji. Because the interior is not stable. The people of the southern country of Awa have shirked the dispatch of troops, and although the people of the western country of Sanuki sent troops as promised, they complained a lot and their morale was low......"

It is clear that the Miyoshi family, who attempted the coup d'état, were the ones who were most anxious to go to war. Because they desperately need a moment to get rid of Shinohara Nagabo, or at least let its prestige plummet.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to damage the signboard of Miyoshi's house.