Heishou led 30,000 elite soldiers directly under him, and it was completely reasonable to win a complete victory against the more than 1,000 troops of the Maori family and the rabble of the wealthy families in the San'in area.

At the same time, his fourth uncle, a public Noguchi political benefit, led thousands of people to burn, kill, loot, and wreak havoc in the weakly defended Nagato and Zhoufang areas, and he was very happy.

The other fronts inevitably had to deal with the enemy's main forces, which were far from so smooth.

In the Mishima area, the three of Kuki Yoshitaka, Ataka Nobuyasu, and Kurojima Tsuri have to confront Takashi Kobayakawa and Murakami Buyoshi. The former has the advantage of troops and sufficient materials, while the latter waits for work and occupies a favorable position, and the operation on both sides always has its own losses, and it is difficult to decide the winner or loser, so it can only continue to stalemate.

Due to the overly complex hydrological conditions, large and small islands are dotted, and it is difficult for eight wide Nanban gunboats to participate in the battle, so they did not use large cylinders to open up the situation.

There doesn't seem to be much to do in the tie other than to encourage them to "keep working hard".

The Shikoku Army in Hiroshima, commanded by Kazushi Nakamura, experienced a great battle, but although they were still able to hold out, the casualties were quite serious, and they urgently needed to rest and replenish.

Miyoshi Yasunaga lost his son-in-law and grandson, and asked the Heite family to send a boy to inherit the family name, and Hohide verbally agreed when he learned about it. Tokawa Depository wrote to Asano Nagayoshi, who he knew, to express his thoughts, and received a very tactful letter of dissuasion:

"Please work hard and stop daydreaming! Do you have such a feat as the Izumo deer? Do you have the financial resources of Tsuda's boss? Or is there a sister who looks like a moon? I didn't say a ×× from you! ”

endured until the last sentence to scold the dirty words, for Asano Nagayoshi, it was a tact.

Among the generals who participated in the Battle of Hiroshima, Hirate Tsunohide focused on Nakamura Kazuji, who was nominally in command, and Kinoshita Hidenaga who led the Northern Iyo Province in logistics and transportation, followed by Komune Ibu Qintai and Kaneko Mototaku who were actually active.

The Sanyo people in Beizhong were controlled by Iwacheng Youtong, and when they attacked Takamatsu Castle, they could not overcome it by all means, but they were counterattacked after delaying for a long time and the soldiers were tired and old, and they retreated to Bizen in embarrassment, losing their offensive ability.

Even if they are equipped with talents such as Ukita Naoke, Araki Murashige, and Bessho Nagaji, it is not enough to turn the situation around.

This city lord who has suffered a big loss is called Qingshui Zongzhi.

Originally, the Maori family supported the three village family to control Beizhong, and there was a powerful retainer named Ishikawa Jiuwu under the three village family, and there was a village called Shimizu Village in Ishikawa Jiuwu's territory, and Shimizu Soji was the local tyrant of Shimizu Village, and his identity was not even the village chief, but he was probably a deputy village chief.

Later, the once-powerful Mimura family was assassinated by the Ukita Naoya, which led to a large-scale chaos in Bichu, and Ishikawa Hisatake was involved and died, but Shimizu Soji won the blue eyes of Kohayakawa Takakei in the process, and then ushered in a rapid promotion and reuse, breaking the rules to serve as the banner leader of the Chinese.

The status is almost the level of a deputy county magistrate.

From a "deputy village chief" who has not yet completely quit production, to a high-powered "deputy county magistrate", such a grace of knowing the encounter is worthy of the saying that "the countryman meets him".

Shimizu Soji did not live up to this treatment, with a garrison of less than 10,000 people, facing an enemy more than three times, he won a complete victory, won the first 2,000, kept Beizhong, and even had the momentum of counterattack.

He was the only one on the Maori family's many lines to send back good news.

Although this good news was not enough to reverse the overall situation, it did boost morale and alleviate the urgent need.

As a result, Hirate Honshu could no longer attack Izumo directly along the San'in Road, but ordered the Niko Revival Army and Nanjo Motosuke to deal with it, and he himself led his army south to Mimasaka and Bizen to clean up the situation.

Upon hearing the news, Iwashiro immediately came to the audience and pleaded guilty for the defeat.

But Hiratite Honshu comforted him and said: "Kawachi Suke (the official official position he applied to the imperial court on his behalf) has been dedicated to my family for ten years, and his merits have been extensive. ”

decided not to care, and only told him to "be brave after being ashamed".

On the contrary, several outsiders have been criticized to a certain extent.

For example, Ukita Nao's family, Hite-su-su asked him, "Your Excellency has been in Sanyo for a long time, haven't you heard of the name of Shimizu Soji?" Why this negligence? ”

The dignified "Bizen Seeking Saints" can only admit his shortcomings, and reflect: "There are so many talents in the world, and Kobayakawa knows people clearly. The contemptible man had been firmly rejected several times in his previous attempts to get the strategy, and felt that this person was so stubborn and ignorant of current affairs, that he thought that his resources were limited and that he did not have enough to care, and now he was very ashamed. ”

forced the Ukita Naoya to say this in front of everyone, and Hisho Hisho Higaku seemed to be relieved and no longer blamed, but he said solemnly to other Naoji: "Everyone, in the future, you need to concentrate on the battlefield and be patient, and you must not let your vigilance down and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it." ”

Then he replied to Araki Murashige: "There have been a lot of things that have happened lately, and I think you may be too tired and need a good rest." The way of civil and martial arts, one by one, don't be too nervous! ”

No matter what the two of them thought in their hearts, they had to be submissive on their faces.

If the battle is fought well, the merit is mainly in one's own direct ministers, and the outsiders are just carrying praise. If you don't fight well, then the blame is mainly on the outside, and the direct minister will not be held accountable too much.

-- Tie Fan Xiu expressed such a different stance with his actual words and deeds.

Of course, there are significant differences between the samples. The sooner you join the team, the closer you will be, and those who take refuge temporarily are second-class citizens unless they have special performance.

The reason for this is because in this year, talent and enterprising spirit are not so important, and internal stability and order are the core issues. The motivation of newcomers will undoubtedly be affected, but now is the time when you don't want them to be too positive.

Whether it's the resourceful Ukita Naoke or the brave Beshoharu Besanga, they need to further adjust their mindset in order to better survive in the new framework. The former has actually figured it out, but the details are occasionally unsatisfactory, and the latter doesn't know what the situation is for the time being.

As for the repeated defections, the danger is actually very small.

It is impossible for the six countries to work together to resist Qin because there are too many new and old grudges and conflicts of interest within them, and no matter how clever the diplomatic genius is, it is impossible to mediate them. Just like now, there are countless entanglements between the Ukita Naoya and Mori Terumoto, and even if they suddenly propose to turn enemies into friends, they will only be regarded as fraud.

San'in won a big victory, Sanyang was blocked, and the waterway was deadlocked.

In this case, the tie felt that the biggest victory or defeat was still in Hiroshima. Hiroshima was to build a castle that would be tantamount to planting a nail in the heart of the Maori family.

In order to pull out this nail, the enemy will definitely do his best.

Then this is a good opportunity to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

After the end of the offensive at Tottori Castle, Hirate Honhide had a lot of strength left to support the Hiroshima front, and the Mori family's 40,000 men in Yamashiro, Yoshida-gun, were the last and only main force.

Eventually, we'll see here.

Tie Fan Xiu seized the time and assigned tasks around this idea.

San'in handed over to Yamanaka Yukimori and Nanjo Motosu, and Sanyo asked Iwanari Tomotsu to lead the people of the country to continue to exert pressure, and at least to play a role in diverting the siege if they were not in a hurry to attack the city. The surplus soldiers and supplies were transferred to the Hiroshima area by sea.

Or either immediately declare peace with the ministers, or after finally being unable to stop the construction of Hiroshima, they should declare peace on lower terms. There is no third way for the Maori family to go. ”

Hirate honhide was very confident in this, and publicly stated this to his retainers.

However, what happened next was slightly different from what was expected.

The Maori family did give in, but the reason for giving in was not the one that Hiteshu thought.