The strategy of the Maori family is traditionally divided into three parts.

Terumoto himself inherited Motosho's will and focused on the strategy of Kitakyushu, with Yoshikawa Motoharu in charge of the San'in area, and Kobayakawa Takakei commanding Sanyo Province.

The tie Fan Xiu marched by water, surrounded the three islands, and the sound was magnificent, attracting the attention of the world, and the Kansai Mountains shook the ground.

Of course, since Maori had the courage to protect the safety of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, he was already mentally prepared to be put in the country. Terugen quickly took action, personally leading people back from Kitakyushu to Aki, joining forces with Kobayakawa Takakei, and gathering 40,000 troops in response.

The Seto Inland Sea, both militarily and economically, cannot be abandoned.

Only Yoshikawa Motoharu was left to continue to exert pressure in the area of Inaba and Misaku, not only to deal with the Ukita Naoya, but also to guard against Asai Nagamasa, an unreliable ally.

Therefore, the tie can send a letter to Otomo Sorin, saying that the Maori army on the Kitakyushu side has been pinned down by me, so you can get rid of the trouble of being flanked on both sides, and the situation must be greatly improved!

This favor cannot be denied by the other party.

The current situation,Kitakyushu Ryuzoji Takanobu is seizing the time to annex the small forces around Hizen.,Akizuki is good at fighting after all, the capital is too small.,After Maori is out.,Only Shimazu is a big enemy.。 Of course, the strength of this great enemy is a bit too high, but the Otomo family can always have room to withdraw Tachibana Michiyuki and others to strengthen the southern front, and they will always be able to breathe for a while.

The Mishima region of the Seto Inland Sea is said to be three islands, but it is actually composed of dozens of islands of various sizes, and the geographical situation is very complicated. The northernmost of them, Indoshima, is only 700 meters away from the narrow part of the Bigo coast, and the able-bodied can swim directly over it, and it is impossible to completely encircle it without an army of 120,000 troops.

Then from Innoshima to Noh Island, if the route is appropriate, it is only about a thousand meters, and the difficulty of smuggling is not high.

Only Kurushima, the southernmost island, turned against each other and took refuge in a tie.

Therefore, Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakei were confident that they would continue to provide reinforcements to consolidate their defenses and hold the island.

Even if Takeyoshi Murakami is caught, isn't his son Motoyoshi still loyal and good at fighting?

But what they didn't expect was that instead of pulling his troops to the Mishima area to fight to the death, he ordered the army to enter Iyo along Sanuki and attack Kono, a vassal of the Mori family.

Of course, it can't be said that I didn't expect it at all-

It's just that, from the perspective of the Mori family, if a tie and a crowd of thousands of warships and 10,000 sailors come, the result is only to kill the Kono family and take the northern part of Iyo, but not to conquer Innoshima and Nojima......

Then this ending seems to be acceptable.

From the time of the Motosho era, selling teammates can be said to be a glorious tradition of the Maori family.

Thirty years ago, they were still a small wealthy clan with hundreds of soldiers, and they only had some insignificant popularity, barely being regarded as a "Green Forest Alliance Leader" in Shang'an Yi Country. Now it can cross the territory of more than one million stones in several countries, all relying on the vertical and horizontal of Yuan Zhi's life, turning the clouds and rain, and the saying of "seeking God" is well-deserved.

In comparison, the other Warring States heroes are either a family with more than one guardian generation, or they are the family foundation accumulated by several generations of hard work, and there are very few such a generation who rises.

In this process, it can be imagined that it is full of countless intrigues and swords.

On the one hand, many old forces did not have time to digest and retained a large number of independent authority, such as Nagato's Naito clan, Zhoufang's Sugi clan, Bingo's Yamauchi clan, Hakuki's Nanjo clan, and a series of other famous families, all of which were accepted as members of the big family in the form of marriage.

On the other hand, once it was necessary, he did not hesitate to poison him, omitted Niko's fierce general Honjomitsu, and later saw that he was unruly and assassinated, and supported the Mimura family in Bichu, and immediately annexed the territory when his son was weak, and Takeda Takanobu, who died unexplained in San'in (this may be the blame for the Ukita Naoka).

Such awkward traditions have led the Maori family to tend to play tricks rather than fight hard.

Now it seems that it is acceptable to sell the interests of the Kono family in order to consume the strength of the enemy's army, and take the opportunity to concentrate forces to solve the tumor of the Ukita Naojia first......

Implemented on the scene, that is, the tie Tsusho Tsuki only sat on the island with a naval army, and maintained a threatening posture against Indo Island and Noh Island, and in the first few days, he attacked a few times while the Maori army had not arrived, and then he only made a show.

The Maori family also seems to have a tacit understanding, Chen Bing coast, open up the connection between the two islands and the land, ensure a certain degree of security, and do not rush to relieve the siege.

The direct subordinate Banner was stationed with the general general, while Hirate Hideyoshi, Iwanari Tomoto, Nakamura Kazuji, Mikumo Narumoshi, and Tsutsui Shunkei each led thousands of people, totaling about 30,000, and entered the Iyo-Kono family's sphere of influence first.

Due to the remote command of Hirate Honhide on the island, there was no general at the front line to take the decision, so he simply ordered each army to disperse and attack, and each took a corner.

Anyway, the peak mobilization force of the Kono family is only about 8,000 people, and even if it is against any of the partial divisions, it will not have much advantage, and it will not be able to exercise the strategy of "each defeat" at all.

The current head of the Kono family is less than twelve years old, and he was forced to serve in advance because he was forced to take care of things. There is a family boss Naochang who is both loyal and brave, but he has no means to defy the sky, except to shrink to Tang Zhucheng and wait for reinforcements, there is no other way to think.

But what about the reinforcements he was waiting for?

Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakei were suddenly stationed in force, and they only looked at the other side from a distance of sixty kilometers, and refused to move despite such urging.

On the contrary, another Saionji Gongguang, who had also formed a good alliance with Maori in order to protect himself, surrendered to the Hirate clan on the condition of 60,000 stone blockades, and then led 30,000 to participate in the siege.

About ten days after the siege of Yuzuki Castle, at the beginning of December, news came that Yoshikawa Motoharu had suffered a defeat at Misaku's defeat to Ukita Naoya, and that Asai Nagamasa had sat back and watched the success or failure.

Then the Maori family finally acted.

However, it did not cross the sea to Shikoku in the south, but went all out to the east, along Bigo and Bichu.

At the same time, Murakami Takeyoshi, who was captured by the Tieshou Water Army, suddenly received an inexplicable high evaluation of "Heroes are outstanding, it is a pity to be easily killed, please go back and shake your spirits, and come back to fight in the future", and then collected 300 taels of gold as a ransom fee, and quietly released him.

The oppression of Nojima and Injima has also been slightly reduced.

It is not known if there is any ulterior deal.

The news was quickly brought to Yuzuki Castle, but Kono and Ohno Naomasa chose not to be trusted and still had to hold on.

As a result, the surrounding forces of the Chinese who were too late and unwilling to enter the city were subjected to high-intensity purges, and they could not even hide in the countryside.

In an area of only about 2,000 square kilometers, tens of thousands of troops have gathered, and in addition to the needs of the siege, there are still 30,000 or 40,000 who are responsible for sweeping, and in a month's time, it is enough to dig three feet of ground.

After Tang Zhucheng held out for sixty-five days, Waiguo fell and surrendered.

At this time, it is obvious that there is no condition for bowing your head again, and it is even lenient to keep your life and family name. Heite ordered all the 300 samurai families under Kono Tsunao and Ohno Naomasa, young and old, to be locked up and escorted to Izumi to wait for their fate.

Then he instructed Kinoshita Hidenaga to take the lead, with Asano Nagayoshi assisting, to select and dispatch 100 middle- and low-level retainers from all over the territory to negate all the previous land account books, revoke all laws and taxes, thoroughly investigate the operation of temples and shrines, settle public property debts, conduct strict land inspections and sword hunting, and thoroughly re-establish the ruling order.

This is also Hidenaga Kinoshita's official return to work.

His elder brother was ordered to continue his efforts to record the history of Oda's rise to the level of the world.

That is to say, if the capital crime is exempted, there is a high probability that in the future, you will be able to live without food and clothing in the deep mountains and old forests or on overseas islands, at most, you will not be able to eat rice.

Obviously, Kinoshita Hidenaga will be the retainer in charge of Kita Iyo.

For the actions of the flat hand Tsuhide, the rest of the people may still be ignorant and don't know what to say, Kono Naomasa, the boss of the pen family, heard about this, and cried loudly in the hut where he was imprisoned, he knew that this was the possibility of "the revival of the imperial family" from the root.

But after all, he is not an incompetent person who can only cry and wail, and in connection with various situations before and after, he actually came up with a solution after a complete sleeplessness.

On the day he was officially escorted to, Kinoshita Hidenaga appeared, and Naomasa Ohno immediately kowtowed to him from a distance desperately, pleading only to say a word.

Perhaps this sincerity touched people and allowed them to come closer.

Then Naomasa Ohno took Kono Tsunao, who was not yet twelve years old, and threw himself to the ground together and mourned: "I am already old, no matter where I am sent to be claustrophobic, I am just spending my old age." But the contemptible lord Iyomori (self-proclaimed) adult, since childhood, benevolent and virtuous, talented and quick-witted, it is a pity to escape. I beg you to collect him as a moth, take him with you, and take care of it! ”

Suddenly kneeling down and begging to confess his father was a decision that had been painstakingly and carefully considered for a long time.

Kinoshita Hidecho is about to take one side, and he seems to have a Tengda appearance. But he was almost forty years old and had no sons. Kono Tongzhi's character and talent have shown since he was a child, if he can hold the thick legs of this godfather, he must be able to have a little future in the future, even if he wants to change his surname, after all, he will continue the bloodline, and then get a concubine to change back to Kono's clan in the future, isn't it also feasible?

In today's situation, it is unthinkable to change it back.

It's a little presumptuous to ask for each other temporarily, but there is no way, if you are escorted to, you may not be able to see the light of day in the future, and even wait for things to cool down and be inconspicuously extinguished, how can there be a chance?

Hearing this, Kinoshita Hidecho was also slightly moved.

After receiving the task of managing Iyo, he did a good investigation, and knew that Kono Tongnao, a child who was less than twelve years old, was indeed good in all aspects, with a strong body, a rough martial arts, a good reader of literacy and hyphenation, and a courteous and not humble or arrogant to his relatives and retainers, and he would feel pity rather than ridicule when he saw the poverty and embarrassment of the people in his territory.

It is indeed more suitable to be an adopted son.

Besides, after the Kono family was known as the Taira clan, he served as the guardian of Iyo Province for generations, but now he has come to ask for a son who is Ashigaru Owari to be his father, and the sense of accomplishment is really full.

In the past, because of his brother's affairs, Kinoshita Hidecho was very depressed and misanthropic, so he didn't think about the career prospects, the bloodline of the descendants, and the honor and disgrace of the family.

Now that my worries have been temporarily resolved or avoided, I look back and find that I have been busy, a person who is almost forty years old, not to mention spreading branches and leaves, not even a lady in the main room, and even a side room with a clean background!

In order to express the inevitable physical desires, he has also pampered the maid and made love to the prostitute, but he has never given birth to a child - of course, on that occasion, even if he is born, he doesn't know if he is biological.

The old waist and old kidney, hurry up and marry a wife to hurry up and make it now, it may not be too late, and it is indeed necessary to accept a reliable moth adopted son. Otherwise, who will be left with the earned status of knowledge and action?