The shape of Awaji Island is an acute angle with a pointed tip facing north, covering an area of nearly 600 square kilometers, which is 40 square miles or 60,000 steps in the unit of measurement of this era, and it is not possible to cover it all in one night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the island is mountainous, and there are not many places for people to travel and live, and they are concentrated in a small number of plains in the south, so Ataka Nobuyasu believes that by occupying a few key points, the situation can be controlled, and Iwanari Tomomicus does not question the idea of waiting and seeing.

As the banner leader of the naval army, the Anzhai family already controlled several cities in the southeast of the island, but the troops were insufficient, and they could defend themselves, but they were not enough to subdue others. But with the help of a tie, it was different.

According to the prediction, the leaders of the wealthy families will be invited to come over to "discuss major matters", and the news of the change of flag will be made public at the meeting, so that everyone can make a choice, and those who do not want to stand on this side can leave Awaji on their own and retreat to other places.

Nobuyasu Ataka is a bit of a woman, but he is not stupid, and he obviously will not tolerate someone who is obviously hostile to continue to take power on Awaji Island, and he asks Heide Tsuhide to send more men, just to form a deterrent, so that those who do not dare not make a mistake, and can only obediently go out into the wilderness.

According to Iwanari Tomotsu's estimates, there are about four to five thousand people in dozens of families on Awaji Island who fight with weapons all year round, and most of them are living in the water. Among the rest of the old, young, sick and disabled, another five or six thousand can be barely recruited, but the quality will drop significantly. The 2,500 people of the Tie Army, half of whom were veterans, and they took the lead, which should be enough to make a difference.

If the situation is not true, and there are actually heavy ambushes on the island, then the more than 2,000 soldiers will be in danger, but the corresponding insurance measures will take effect, and the confrontation between the Tie Raider Army and the remaining Miyoshi of Shikoku will be in full swing.

However, Iwasari Yutong looked at Nobuyasu Ataka's serious expression and felt that this possibility was already very small.

If you really want to make a move, you should attack while you are landing and gaining a firm foothold. Now that Nobuyasu himself is standing in front of him so straightforwardly, and the Heishou army has been successfully welcomed into various fortresses, there is really no problem at this point.

Even if there is any earth-shattering conspiracy in the future, it is always a fact that so many strongholds have been actively sacrificed now, so let's take it first.

As a veteran who has been fighting for many years, Iwanari Tomotsu thinks that a series of wonderful-sounding ideas such as attacking Shikoku, joining forces inside and outside, and hitting Shinohara Nagabo are just ethereal floating clouds. In the short term, as long as you gain a foothold on Awaji Island, it will be a satisfying success.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is whether the leaders of the various families can be successfully summoned to the prefecture before the Awaji wealthy families react.

According to Ataka Nobuyasu's idea, those who insisted on refusing to change their banners together were forced to surrender their domains and castles and leave Awaji Island, but their lives were not harmed. Meet in the future, and then fight openly.

And Iwanari Youtong thinks in his heart that this is purely a woman's benevolence and self-deception. For such an important matter as turning the muzzle, it is just a matter of not taking the initiative to accept the "vote for the name", and it is actually extravagant to hope that it will be completed peacefully. It's already about to use "coercive" means, and you still don't want to see blood? At that time, if an accident happens, and a junior samurai accidentally slips his hand, can the situation still be controlled?

Even if there are no accidents, then they can create accidents. There are several ways to create surprises without a trace.

Fourteen months ago, when Iwasari Yutong let go of Miyoshi Zhengyasu, he was actually in a similar state of mind. But double standards are human instincts, so today he only thinks that Nobuyasu Ataka is immature and ridiculous, but he can't remember that he has made the same mistake.

While secretly preparing, I waited quietly. From the rising sun to the bright sun, there were really six leaders of the wealthy clans who came with their subordinates one after another. Then, as soon as the team arrived, they were watched by the men and horses who were ambushed in the city, leaving only the head of the house, and pulled into a small room to accept the "persuasion" of Nobuyasu Ataka and Iwanari Tomotsu.

These six people either made a decision on the spot, or half-pushed, and finally chose to "obey the mandate of heaven" and signed a new oath.

And yet—

For the next two consecutive hours, until the sun crossed its highest point and began to set in the west, it was the six wealthy families.

Judging from the distance on the island, even if you sleep lazily and wade on the road, you shouldn't delay it to such an extent.

The only explanation is that except for these six people, no one else obeyed the order and came to the state and city to "discuss matters", and may not come again.

In other words, more than half of the seventeen letters sent by Nobuyasu Yasuku last night went unanswered.

Now, even the blind can see that the matter has been leaked.

Even if it wasn't leaked for the first time, such a long time was enough for someone to see the clue.

Seeing that the sky was starting to turn late, Anzhai Xinkang still didn't say a word, but his face was getting darker and darker.

Iwanari Yutong finally couldn't help but ask, "Lord Atakaku, forgive me for taking the liberty of sending someone to warn of the movement on Awaji Island yesterday?" ”

An Zhai Nobuyasu shook his head: "Yesterday, all my people were near the state city, and they received your landing, so they had no time to care. ”

Iwacheng Youtong frowned and asked, "So, is there anyone missing in your army today?" Or does anyone else know about this? ”

"In the army, I didn't notice any changes." Nobuyasu Ataka said firmly, "In addition to my own soldiers, I only told my younger brother about the matter, and there is also the most trustworthy Funakoshi Jingzhi, so I asked him not to come, but to watch the most unreliable Suga Tatsucho and others......"

Before he finished speaking, Nobuyasu Ataka suddenly thought of something and froze in place.

Looking at this situation, even if Iwanari Yutong doesn't know the details, he can understand that there is obviously something wrong with the "Funakoshi Jingzhi". But as a guest army, in addition to complaining that the other party is unreliable, he can't think of a way for a while, so he can only issue another order to "strengthen vigilance and strictly prevent someone from raiding".

After a while, Nobuyasu Ataka shook his head violently, showing disbelief, and muttered to himself: "If it is said that Funakoshi Keizhi revealed the news to Kan Dacho, and then these two people work together, then the personnel can be matched, but why?" Why did Jingzhi betray? Hasn't he always been at odds with Kan Dacho? ”

In desperation, Iwanari Youtong planned to do something to oppose the guest and overstep the blame, but at this moment, a herald ran to him out of breath, knelt down ten steps away, held a wooden box high in both hands, and shouted: "Lord! Just found a bow and arrow tied to a letter, shot in from outside the city! ”

Nobuyasu finally woke up, and hurriedly stepped forward to open the box, grabbed the envelope on the bow and arrow, and tore it violently, pulling out the letter inside.

Iwanari Yutong stood on the side and glanced at it, and sure enough, he saw the words "Captain Jingnao" in the inscription.

Disappointment in his heart, he didn't want to be too domineering, so after a while, he still asked in a normal tone, "What did the letter say?" ”

After asking twice in a row, Antaku Nobuyasu slowly raised his eyelids, hesitated for a moment, and handed the letter in his hand to the other party. His face was full of exhaustion and loneliness.

Iwanari Youtong didn't care about humility, so he immediately copied the letter, swept it with three or two eyes, and sorted out the gist of the text.

As expected, Funakoshi Keinao said that he had contacted Kan Dacho and used their respective influences to persuade more than a dozen wealthy families to form a village and break away from the command of Anzhai Shinyasu.

There are only six families, and they are not closely related to the Funakoshi clan and the Suga clan, but they are relatively close to the Ataku, and they are not pulled into this circle, but honestly go to the state city.

As for the reason why he is reluctant to follow the job-hopping, it is that "Oda Danmasa has always been harsh on the people of the country, and the things of land inspection, knife hunting, and transfer of seals have made people unable to live in their homeland, which is what we are suffering from." ”

The letter also said that he originally planned to contact Shinohara's Nagabo to eliminate the landing force sent by Hirate Honhide, but it was because he considered that Ataku Nobuyasu had left a sense of benevolence and righteousness, and he did not plan to kill them all, so he would return the favor and not be so ugly.

In short, the final result was that there were twelve wealthy clans who refused to surrender and did not withdraw from Awaji Island as originally planned, but did not come out of the castle and put on a posture of passive resistance.

If Tie Shoshu wants to smooth out the road and then get a springboard for attacking the four countries, he can only honestly gnaw on these twelve hard bones.

Nobuyasu Ataka is still very low, as if he has been devastated by the betrayal of his trust.

But from the perspective of Iwanari Tomoto, he is not surprised by Funakoshi's behavior.

The people of the Hao clan sought an independent status, which formed a natural irreconcilable contradiction with the unified rule of the daimyo. Instructions such as land inspection and knife hunting have intensified this contradiction.

Although Nobuyasu Ataka is a pirate leader, he has the blood of the Miyoshi family in his body, so he always looks at the problem from a high perspective. He would feel that the seat of a powerful lord's cronies was far better than the so-called "independence" of the small lords.

Iwanari was born in a small village in the province of Bingo, so he knew that in the areas where information was closed and culture was backward, the lower classes were afraid and distrustful of the unknown order.

This feeling is not gratuitous, but is based on past experience. In the early 200 years of the Muromachi shogunate, more than half of the guards had almost never had a strong rule over the grassroots, and self-respect was the natural choice.

Times have changed now, but people's thinking is not so easy to change.

But he wasn't in the mood to talk to Antaku Shinyasu about this, his own affairs were enough of a headache.

The current situation, in the opinion of Iwasari DFI, is really the worst choice. The other side might as well be ruthless and come and attack when they land.

In that case, the arranged follow-up measures will be activated, and the secret fight will be transformed into an open fight.

Now it's like this, it's too uncomfortable!

Although it is not his responsibility, Iwanari Yutong is still very troubled and does not know how to report to the hi hand ho.