In June of the first year of Motogame (1568), around Oda Kamiraku, the origin of Ashikaga revival, the area west of Kyoto was divided into two factions, and the battle was in full swing: Mori, Otomo, Miyoshi, Akamatsu, Ryuzoji, and the Nunko Revival Army...... Many families have been involved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Hirata was in Awaji Province, he was still able to receive intelligence from all kinds of reliable and unreliable channels. In particular, the situation around itself has changed.

According to the official letter, Asai Nagamasa has repeatedly won small victories against Urakami and Akamatsu in Harima, but he has never had a chance to make a final decision. The two armies are still in a standoff, and there is no time to separate.

Rumors say that the four families of Kono, Utsunomiya, Saionji, and Ichijo in Iyo Province were supported by Mori and Otomo respectively, and they fought in the dark, and there were contacts between them. (Of course, in the eyes of the Oda family, this belongs to "rookies pecking each other")

Bigo's Kobayakawa Takakei, as the head of the southern line of the Mori family, on the one hand to guard against Urakami, on the other hand to control Iyo, seems to have no plans to send troops for the time being, but at the invitation of Hirate Tsunohide, sent 500 people over to do symbolic support. The timing of the arrival of these 500 people was very appropriate, so that Kan Dachang didn't realize that he had been tricked at all.

Only Tosa's Chomune Ibu and Aki seem to be relatively peaceful, but what role can these two poor and remote countrymen play? It doesn't attract much attention.

All in all, in the area of the Seto Inland Sea, there is almost a situation in which Izumi Hitetsu and Awa Shinohara Nagabo face off head-to-head.

But this matchup is not fair.

Theoretically, Hirate Honhide only has one place, Izumi, but behind the strong power of the Oda family, and with the golden sign of Ashikaga Yoshiaki on his head, he has invisible soft power, while Shinohara Nagabo seems to control the three kingdoms of Awa, Sanuki, and Awaji, but he is facing many internal troubles, and he only makes three points out of ten forces.

As a result, Hinode Honhide was struggling in Awaji, while Shinohara-nagabo was struggling in Katsurui Castle.

The mobilization order had been issued a long time ago, and the army had already been assembled, but the Minami Awa people were finding reasons to refuse to go into battle, and the Nishisanuki people were also complaining and their morale was low, which made Shinohara Nagabo deeply shocked, and he had no confidence in raising troops to fight.

For more than 20 days in a row, he did not issue any combat orders, but put down his body, took the initiative to find every good retainer who could be named, and talked earnestly and long. After a lot of political skill, emotional exchanges, and exchange of interests, the accident was reluctantly resolved.

First of all, the genealogical ministers of the Miyoshi family were persuaded to unanimously express their obedience to the command of Shinohara Nagabo; Then, the more reliable foreign wealthy families such as Yasufu, Hankawa, and Nara testified, and used some commercial interests as conditions to appease the people of Nishizanuki who were about to get out of control; After that, public opinion was concentrated to force the South Apo people who violated the mobilization order to submit, and did not forcibly levy them, but set a punishment of "a fine of 500 wen for arrears of military service".

It not only symbolically maintains the order of the upper and lower levels and the face of the regime, but does not cause people to be too disgusted, so the matter can be regarded as a reluctant solution.

Eventually, everyone went to Izawa Shrine to make an oath, exchanged the terms of the petition, and discussed and determined the detailed rules for many future issues such as ruling, taxation, and military service, and promulgated them as family laws.

Naturally, the new family law can only take effect through the signature of Miyoshi Changzhi, but it is actually formulated by the ministers collegially. This calmed the political atmosphere in Awa and Sanuki a little, but the autonomy of the retainers was recognized in writing, and it was difficult to say what would happen in the future.

The status of Shinohara Nagabo has also stabilized a little temporarily, although to some extent, it was obtained by selling the interests of the owner's family.

Then he said to Miyoshi Changyi: "Now you can fight with a tie." ”

The location is still in the Temple of Seeing, and the identities of the two sides have not changed much.

It's just that Miyoshi Changyi's mood is not too good.

This is not only because the new family law harms the rights and interests of the Miyoshi family, but also because the overall attitude of Shinohara Nagabo is much more conservative than expected.

In the concept of "legislation" is not a good means of management, but it is too unstable, binding the lower classes and also binding the rulers, in the face of a complex and changeable situation, we should still adapt to the situation, and use some "tricks" and other things to fight the big with the small.

In this regard, he is Oda Nobunaga's bosom friend, although there is still a bit of a gap in rank.

Shinohara Nagabo believes that strategy is important, but it can't be used as the only battle, and the priority is to make yourself strong in order to ask for more. If you go to battle with a unit with low morale, it is likely that the battle will be directly dispersed, and it will not be the time to use your strategy.

Besides, is Sanhao Changyi necessarily credible?

The habits of the two are somewhat conflicting, but now is obviously not a good time to question, Miyoshi Changyi wisely stuffed back the words in his heart, and said along the other party's train of thought: "After so many tosses, the enemy must not have much hesitation, but will decisively send troops to Nishisanuki!" The main opponent will be a tie, and there will definitely be such a big picture. ”

Shinohara's Nagabo also nodded and replied, "Since you said so, there must be no mistake. When the situation in Nishisanuki is verified, the other party will have more trust in the messenger of the deception, and your strategy will be effective. However, there is still some confusion in the bottom, after all, Tieshou Honshu is very cunning, maybe he will stop in moderation, accept it when he sees it, and be satisfied with the occupation of Awaji instead of continuing to enter the army? ”

"Then we don't have much to lose." Miyoshi Changyi made a steady gesture, "Awaji is too conspicuous, and the house is double-minded, and it is difficult to keep it." If the tie stops, we need not rush to retake it, but should provoke contradictions within the enemy. Mori may not be willing to see Oda occupy Awaji. ”

When he said this, he looked determined, but he was quite uneasy in his heart.

For Shinohara Nagabo, it's really not a big loss, it's just a loss of Awaji, Awa's basic plate is still there, and it may even be a blessing in disguise, taking this opportunity to further integrate internal contradictions. But for Miyoshi Nagaitsu and other members of the "Kinai faction", if they don't get the opportunity to regain their prestige on the battlefield, the brand of "fleeing back to Shikoku after defeat" will never be washed away.

Especially Miyoshi Changyi himself, who is still imprisoned until now. During this time, he took advantage of the fact that he had nothing to do, sorted out many hidden lines that had been planted before, and planned many new conspiracies, but at least the premise was to get free first!

And this is not the meaning of Shinohara Nagabo alone, it is that the vast majority of the locals of Shikoku are disgusted by his overly bold and radical style, and insist that he be imprisoned so as not to cause any more trouble.

As if he understood something, Shinohara's Nagabo comforted him: "Hinata Mamoru (Miyoshi Nagayi official position), you don't need to worry too much. Even if your plan doesn't work, and after a while the situation becomes more stable, I will arrange for you to reconcile with your retainers. ”

This is not at all comforting.

As an unscrupulous politician, Miyoshi Nagayi certainly knows how false the words "after some time" are. It's just that he is really weak at the moment, so he can only pretend to be indifferent.

Shinohara's Nagabo didn't seem to think much about it, but continued to talk about business: "Hirate Tsunohide currently has more than 10,000 troops, but his ships are ...... It doesn't seem like it's enough to carry that many people at once, so I think it must be a batch attack on Nishi-Sanuki. Do you think I have a point? ”

"If it is in two groups, the fleet will have to drive back and reload, and there will be at least two days before and after. And our army supports Nishi-Sanuki, and it only takes a day if it goes fast. Miyoshi Changyi's mind turned quickly, and although he was distracted, he still quickly took over the conversation, "So I can't wait for the action to be too fast, and I have to find a way to delay, otherwise I won't be able to catch it all." ”

As soon as he spoke, he felt that something was wrong. After all, he was distracted and accidentally said his true thoughts. Striving to completely annihilate the enemy will increase the risk, and I am afraid that it may not be in line with the other side's wishes.

Sure enough, Shinohara's Nagabo frowned and shook his head, questioning: "Your courage is admirable, but I'm afraid you can't complete such a heavy task. In my opinion, how about aiming for the enemy's lead for the time being? I am worried that if all the more than 10,000 troops of the Tieshou Tunxiu land, even if there is a plan of 'fraudulent surrender', it may not be able to guarantee victory. Please think twice. ”

Of course, Miyoshi Changyi was very dissatisfied. He felt that the colleague in front of him was really his mother-in-law, looking forward and backward, sooner or later, he would lose a big one.

But there is no way, who made the desperate bet that counterattacked Ashikaga Yoshiaki last year lose?

When you go to the gambling game, you must be aware of the consequences.

Although Shinohara's Nagabo is very respectful, his attitude is getting tougher and tougher. And Sanhao Changyi has no way to do anything about it except to rely on the old and sell the old, and use seniority and official positions to suppress people (that is, brush his face).

And this kind of thing is only the most effective when you take it out for the first time, and the more you use it, the less valuable it is.

This time, Miyoshi Changyi was only silent for a while, gave up all attempts, nodded and said, "As you said, maybe Miyoshi can't afford to lose another gamble." ”

Shinohara's Nagabo breathed a sigh of relief, his expression softened a little, and he was about to say something more when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

Then, with a few reprimands from the guards, the temple door was pushed open.

"Father! Nishisanuki came to report that thousands of people from the Heishou Army had landed and had surrounded the two castles of Tianwu and Takamatsu! ”

Miyoshi Nagayi's meeting with Shinohara Nagabo was private, so it was not an ordinary herald who came to report the news, but Shinohara's son, Nagashige himself.

Although the two still have many differences, they finally heard a piece of good news, and they sincerely feel the same joy.

"It's in the middle of the hub!" Miyoshi Changyi believes that the other party believes in the existence of internal response, so he will take the initiative to attack when the force is not superior, which is also in line with his estimate of the character and tactics of the tie.

But before he could elaborate on this, he heard Shinohara's Nagashige add again: "Hirata Honshu didn't come in person, and the enemy's vanguard general seems to be Iwanari Yutong!" ”

This name made Miyoshi Changyi's face embarrassed.

However, Shinohara's Nagabo was quite satisfied: "Even if you can't take down the tie Tsunohide himself, it is expected to take down the head of the traitor, which is enough to calm people's hearts." ”

The word "traitor" made Miyoshi Changyi grit his teeth.