The large tent of the Pingshou Army, which was built next to the Tianyepu Military Port and was supplied by sea, welcomed more than a dozen visitors every day. Many unambitious local wealthy families and even ronins, entrusted with the relationship to find a door to try to find a future, although they do not have the ability to show their faces in front of the Tie Punishment Department, but most of them can find Iwacheng Youtong and Anzhai Xinyasu, how to say that they used to belong to colleagues, and they frequently married each other, and there was always a little bit of kinship.

In contrast, just outside the town of 60 in the west (about 6.5 km), near Nakamura Castle on the border between Nishitosa and Minami Iyo, there are thousands of soldiers, but it is a different story.

Ichijo has not closed his eyes for two days and two nights.

Before the enemy army hit the door, their own people drew their swords first, regarded them as enemies, divided into two factions, put on a hostile trend against each other, and centered around Nakamura Castle, and fought into a mess.

Such a situation is really infuriating and painful.

Why is this so?

In the past, he was reprimanded several times by the distant relatives of the Kyoto clan family, and he was originally unimpressed-although the heir of the clan family was prominent and prosperous, and he became the second powerful minister before he was twenty years old, he was finally a minister with no soldiers and no money, and he could not send someone to Tosa to enforce the law across provinces.

In the past, he was invaded by strong enemies such as Ouchi, Niko, and Mori, and fought many defeats, and even fled to Kyushu and several times, but in the end, he took advantage of his position and mediated diplomacy to negotiate a truce, and then took advantage of the other party's energy to shift elsewhere, and returned to Nakamura Castle to revive the imperial family.

Today's situation is completely different.

Heishou Honshu came under the command of a large army, with the banner of replacing the shogunate's strategy for the four countries in his left hand, and holding a handwritten letter from Neiki in his right hand, "inviting" Ichijo Major General Kamiraku to take up the post of Quan Zhong Nayan, which obviously cannot be refused.

What's even worse is that I just received an urgent report from Kyushu in the early morning of yesterday, and my father-in-law, Otomo Yoshizhen, who has always been cited as foreign aid, actually capsized in the gutter and lost to Ryuzoji Takanobu who was far inferior in the army!

60,000 against 5,000, the three elders of Fenghou and other generals will come out together, and the famous "Thor" Toji Jian will even come to the front line in person, can this also lose? Sixty thousand may just be a claim, or it is filled with a large number of temporarily conscripted peasants, but didn't the elite bannermen who used to suppress Kitakyushu and fight fiercely against the Maori family also go out?

Is it that the generals have become corrupt and degenerate, or have the dragon temple family suddenly become stronger?

Whatever the reason, it doesn't matter to a family. The key problem now is that Kitakyushu must be impetuous, and the undercurrent is surging, and it will take a year or two for the Otomo family to clean up the mess, to say the least, and eighty percent will not invest energy in Shikoku during this time.

Originally, it was hoped that after Lao Taishan quickly solved the Longzao Temple, he could divide thousands of people to come to the middle village and town, and it seemed that he could not count on it.

It is better to ask for others than for yourself, and Ichijo Kaneji immediately ordered the people to seize the autumn harvest and prepare for battle, and then gathered his retainers, claiming that he would never compromise and resolutely resist, even if he offended both the Kyoto clan and the shogun, he would desperately resist the invasion of Hirate Honhide.

But the response was chilling.

Among the elders of the four genealogical generations, Hanyu Michisei, Wei Matsuzuoma, and An and Naomin all kept their heads down and said nothing with expressionless faces, expressing their hearts with silence, and the pen head of the old Tuju Zongshan, who often lives in Nakamura Castle Ninomaru and acts in government affairs, directly said that he was sick and did not come to attend!

On the contrary, although there were a few people who did not dare to speak because of the authority of the elders, dozens of heroes such as Ioka Sakyo, Otsuka Yagi, and Eguchi Genban all supported the war of resistance impassionedly.

It is really the wind that knows the strength of the grass, and the board knows the sincere minister.

In times of crisis, we know who is the loyal and righteous!

It's a pity that I came to my senses late, and the current situation is a bit delicate.

The pro-soldiers in Nakamura Castle Honmaru are a combination that can be directly mastered. The people who gathered in Waiguo seem to be trustworthy at present. And yet—

In between, the two no pills and three no pills were garrisoned by the four elders of the spectrum army, and these people didn't seem to be reliable.

Seeing this situation, it is difficult to hesitate at the same time, and I don't know whether I should completely turn against the elders of the spectrum family.

However, the heroes of the countrymen who supported the resistance of the troops, Ioka Sakyo, who was upright and brave by nature, couldn't bear it anymore and asked on the spot: "Today, I heard rumors that you and the other four elders, under the leadership of Lord Doi, have colluded with the inside and outside of the Flat Punishment Department, with bad intentions, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Hanyu, Weimatsu, and Ann were all frightened and disillusioned when they heard the words.

When asked again, the three of them either stammered, or spoke incoherently and inconsistently, or covered their faces with their sleeves and did not say a word.

It's like a manifestation of a ghost in your heart!

There was no longer any longer delay at this time, and when he saw this, he was shocked and a little lucky, and immediately ordered his cronies to take down these elders, and detain them for careful interrogation. Then, while letting the people of the foreign country who supported him quietly go out of the city to gather troops, he sent his henchman Kakumi Saemon to inform Doi Soyama that "everyone is in dispute, and even if you are ill, please come and listen and have an idea", in an attempt to trick into Honmaru to catch them all.

The old man of the pen head of the family was not really sick, but he went to the Tieshou Army overnight, and he was extremely tired, and he was afraid that he would be found out before he could say that he was sick.

Doi Zongshan is self-conscious by nature, and when he heard this, he thought that he could take the opportunity to persuade him, and he did not doubt him at the moment, so he calmly followed towards the palace.

It's just that when he was about to come to Honmaru, Doi Soyama saw Kakumi Saemon looking quite nervous and serious, and joked: "I think your appearance is very unusual, isn't it that everyone has too many differences and quarrels too fiercely?" ”

He was speaking unintentionally.

But Nagaku was already nervous when he saw that Saemon had a secret mission, and when he heard this, he thought that his intention was revealed, so he immediately pulled out his saber from his waist and held it hostage.

Doi Soshan was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled out the coercion he carried with him to resist.

One of these two people is in the prime of life, and the other is already old, so there is naturally a huge difference in fighting ability.

The battle was not counted, and in an instant, Doi Soyama fell in a pool of blood, and was killed by Kakumi Saemon's mistake.

When the two dozen patrol soldiers saw this scene, they immediately fled in all directions, shouting loudly, and the matter could not be concealed at all.

Kakumi Saemon was helpless when he saw this, so he could only hurry back to the palace to resume his life, claiming that "Doi Sozan originally agreed to come, but he suddenly regretted it halfway, and his subordinates were in a hurry, so he had to swing his sword in advance!" ”

There was no other way to listen to the return, so he simply didn't do anything, and killed Hanyu, Weisong, and Anhe again, and openly broke with the elders of the spectrum family, and called on the people of the foreign country to raise troops to fight against him.

Judging from the results, the goal of "catching them all" has also been achieved, but there was an accident in the middle process, so the results were not satisfactory.

Tuju Zongshan has four sons, who are clearly named Shengxing, Qingxing, Jiajing, and Qingyuan, all of whom are adults.

When they learned that their father had been killed by Kakumi Saemon, they quickly called on the henomru and minomen stationed in Ninomaru and Sannomaru, and claimed: "The lord has lost his mind, and he wants to launch a big bloody case, and we can't sit idly by!" ”

The four elders were all executed, and the remaining generations were naturally in danger, not believing that they could be forgiven, and felt that only by killing the old lord and setting up a new monarch could they live, so they agreed with the sons of Doi Soshan and besieged Honmaru.

At this time, Ioka Sakyo, Otsuka Yagi, Eguchi Genban and other people from foreign countries happened to receive a concurrent order, gathered troops, and came to carry out the plan of "internal and external cooperation".

At this point, the situation in Nakamura City is chaotic.

The genealogists who were "forced" to rebel had elite soldiers, but they had no backbone, and they fought separately, and they couldn't attack this pill in a moment; The outsiders who came to the rescue couldn't contact the lord, and they were also a mess that lacked command, and they couldn't get into Sannomaru for a while.

The confrontation lasted for a while, and both sides found themselves in an awkward position.

There were granaries and large wells in this pill, and there was plenty of food and drinking water, but there was no stock of arrows and projectiles, and it only took two hours of effort, and more than half of the bows and guns were all gone; On the contrary, Ninomaru has an arsenal and Sannomaru has a yakura, so there is no need to worry about equipment, but except for a small amount of emergency dry food, there is nothing to eat, and it is necessary to stop starving for five days.

The people outside the city did not have these hidden worries. But their determination is also the lowest. Defending the lord with only a loyal blood, unlike the people in the city who are fighting for survival, and without seeing a piece of Kaneda himself, the low-level soldiers will be somewhat suspicious and slack.

All in all, the battle was painful on both sides.

Occupy Honmaru's Ichijo Kaneji does not intend to make compromises. He felt that the lack of arrows and projectiles was not fatal, and that it was a big deal to defend the city in hand-to-hand combat, and that the enemy's lack of food was an insurmountable wound. And isn't there still a loyal citizen outside the city to support him?

The Doi henchmen who occupy Ninomaru and Sannomaru will not surrender either. They thought that their dry food reserves were enough to eat for at least several days, but the other party's arrow projectiles had already run out. As for the people outside the city, it is just nonsense, and they will retreat in two or three days.

At this time, a mighty and high-morale army gradually appeared on the east side of Nakamura Castle, holding the family crest and banner of the Hirate family.

The agreement with Doi Soshan to "give you twelve hours to 'persuade' Major General Zuo to comply with the times" has now arrived, so this verbal agreement will naturally be null and void.

As a result, Hirate Honhide just returned to his original intention and restarted his plan to conquer Nishitosa and Minami Iyo by force.

"Actually, I never thought that Sozan Doi would succeed. Give him twelve hours, but pity his talents! It can be seen from his behavior in coming to our army under a pseudonym that although this person has both wisdom and courage and is brave enough to be brave, he acts rashly and does not understand the truth that 'the son of a daughter cannot sit down'. I don't think he has much talent for intrigue and trickery, and I think he won't be able to do the feat of uniting his retainers to chase down the monarch, but he will be exposed and in danger...... Let's go and see what the situation in Nakamura Castle is, and if it's really what I expected? ”

- While marching on a tall horse, he said this to his close retainers.

Of course, this is also his true thoughts, without pretense.

As for agreeing to Toi Sozan's request in person, and then asking Hattori Hideyasu to find a few retainers who were speculated to be "anti-Tui", and quietly shot an anonymous letter into the barracks to report it, this kind of thing is certainly not suitable for publicity.

From Owari to, and then from to Shikoku, who doesn't know that the Lord of the Heteite Punishment Department has always been upright and unclean, and the most important thing is that the Bodhisattva is lenient and forgiving, and it is entirely by means of openness and fairness that the people are surrendered to get today's status and territory. How could his old man have those two-faced and two-faced actions?