After such a delay, the tie was rectified along the coast for several days. The development of the situation in all aspects of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is also constantly changing, and new news is coming one after another.

The first to report was the battle situation in Tianwu, Takamatsu and other places. The 5,000 army led by Iwanari Tomochi was defeated by the combined forces of the Nishisanuki people behind Shinohara's Nagabo Palace, and won more than 600 enemies and suffered less than 200 casualties of their own. However, he was unable to pursue the enemy's main force, so he could only sit back and watch Shinohara Nagabo's army return to aid Awa.

Miyoshi Changyi originally said that he was going to defect, but his performance was very strange. At first, it was true that the iron cannon fire was launched at the Nishisanuki people as promised, which disrupted their positions and allowed the Iwanari Yutong Department to successfully attack.

At that time, Iwanari Yutsu took advantage of the chaos and wavering of the Nishizani people to decisively lead his troops to attack from the middle, disrupting the enemy's formation and causing half of the enemy army to disperse. Theoretically, this should have been a greater victory, but when Iwanari Tomotsu was about to try to annihilate as many enemy forces, Miyoshi Nagaitsu abruptly withdrew from the battle and retreated unilaterally without a sound, giving the Nishisanuki people an escape route and most of the troops surviving.

At that time, the main force led by Hirate Tsunohide was dealing with a surprise attack at sea, so he had no intention of taking these variables into account. Although Iwanari Yutong kept an eye on it, and there was a reserve team that never moved, it was only for self-protection, not to chase the enemy. So Miyoshi Changyi safely retreated to the northeast with more than 3,000 henchmen. And after that, scouts were sent again, and no trace of them could be found within a radius of dozens of miles. The only reasonable explanation for this is that Miyoshi Nagaitsu has already left Shikoku Island on a boat and headed for Kyushu or San'in and other places!

So it has to be reminiscent of the emergence of Murakami's Bukite's water army, and many smart people or people who think they are smart have begun to speculate whether Murakami Bukitshi is related to Miyoshi Nagai?

Then, various rumors, intelligence, and letters were gradually received, and this suspicion was slowly confirmed.

It turned out that Takeshi Murakami signed an oath with the Otomo family, the Urakami family, and the Miyoshi family at the same time, and there was already a secret collusion. It's just that at that time, the Miyoshi family was still in charge of the Miyoshi Changyi, so this matter was not clear to the Shinohara Nagabo at all.

Moreover, it was agreed that the 10,000 pieces of cash to be paid to Takeshi Murakami would be difficult for Shinohara Nagabo to take out in one go. Although Miyoshi Nagayi was once imprisoned, his son Changhu and grandson Changji still held a lot of military power and property, as well as some connections in Kaimachi.

So after Miyoshi Nagayi returned to freedom, he immediately contacted Takeshi Murakami, who also admitted that the affidavit continued to be valid. After the two reconciled, they went to the territory of the Urakami family by sea, and then began to recuperate and never showed up again.

In other words, the reason why Hirate Honhide was attacked was purely because Murakami Takeyoshi himself changed his position, not because the Maori family deliberately opposed Oda. In fact, in this matter, Kobayakawa Takakei and Tehoshu are both victims. The responses received from Kyoto and Gifu Castle also said, "Mori is still an ally of our army, so there is no need to be suspicious." ”

But that's not the case in politics.

Hirate sent a cryptic but sharp letter, very tactfully but profoundly blaming Kobayakawa Takakei and asking him why he didn't share information that "Murakami's position has wavered".

This makes people feel bitter and unspeakable.

To refute this sinister question by saying that "I don't know what Murakami's naval forces have in mind" would be tantamount to openly admitting that the degree of control over the subordinate forces is very loose, and although this is a fact, it must not be admitted—or, because it is a fact, it must not be admitted.

Kobayakawa Takakei is undoubtedly a very political person, so he bluntly opened his eyes and said nonsense, which was his own negligence, and said that he would do his best to make amends to the tie. The word "compensation", when said as both parties, means at least more than 1,000 yuan in gift money, which is really not a small number for the Maori family, which has always been poor.

Of course, money is a trivial matter after all, and the biggest problem is that Kobayakawa Takakei is soft now, and it will be difficult to straighten up and bargain on the topic of Shikoku in the future.

He simply took the initiative to congratulate Hirate on the "great success of his strategy" against Awaji and Nishisanuki, to show that the Mori family did not covet these territories.

On the other hand, the 7,000 men of Chomune's relatives rushed to conquer the so-called "Hirashima Imperial Palace" before the arrival of the 13,000 people of Shinohara Nagabo, and captured Ashikaga Yoshiei, the "puppet prince" supported by Miyoshi, and his younger brother, and prepared to send them to Kyoto to offer Ashikaga Yoshiaki to ask for credit.

After completing this task, they have actually achieved their wish. But it was also overtaken by the returning army, and a fierce battle ensued.

Changzong's relatives are extremely brave, and their subordinates are also very good at fighting, but there are few people after all. That Shinohara Nagafang is a steady and pragmatic person, and he is best at relying on the strong to bully the weak. So after a few days of fighting, Changzong and my family had a slight advantage.

But it is impossible to take advantage of the victory to pursue. Because there are more than 10,000 people in Nishi-Sanuki.

At this time, it was almost July, and the summer farming season had ended, so Shinohara Nagabo expanded the scope of military conscription, expanding the military force to 18,000, holding Awa while taking care of both fronts.

And the head of Chomune's department led the remnants back to the border of Tosa Province and made a gesture of confrontation, echoing from afar with the flat Tsunohide one south and one north.

Next, Ashikaga Yoshiei and his younger brother Yoshisuke were secretly escorted to Kyoto and handed over to Ashikaga Yoshiaki to deal with. Pity this "pseudo-princess" Yirong was already frail and sickly, and this time he couldn't stand the toil, so he died halfway through. And his younger brother Yoshisuke arrived in Kyoto before he was ordered to seppuku by the contemporary public. (The whole process was witnessed by Mitsuhide Akechi of Rito Oda)

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's heart disease for many years was finally cured, and even though he generously gave the job of "Tosa Guardian". However, the envoy who sent the imperial letter did not go directly to Tosa, but came to the Heishou army as a guest, and asked Honhide to pass on the appointment instructions on his behalf.

This was a very cunning move, which was equivalent to seeing Hirate Tsunohide as an important minister of the shogunate. It also gave him a chance to network.

If he accepted it unsuspectingly, Nobunaga might be dissatisfied. But the kindness of the princess, you can't come up with a reason to refuse. It's really hard to deal with a tie for a while. This also confirms his previous thinking: If a military victory outside China cannot be combined with the political situation at home, it will be half the result or even too much.

And so it dragged on. The news that Tosa's "Himewakako" Nagamune Ibu Yuan was appointed as the "Tosa Guardian" was verbally confirmed, but the official imperial book did not arrive, and the three symbols of "White Umbrella Bag", "Felt Saddle Cover", and "Tuyu" were not delivered in time, which was always a bit lacking.

Of course, he is a small Tosa countryman, the smallest pawn in the whole power game, and has no right to express dissatisfaction. He even had to take the initiative to say to Nakamura Kazushi who had passed from the Hirata Honhide faction: "Please ask the prisoner to be the first priority, and I will never be in a hurry for this small treatment problem." ”

The reason why Changzong attacked Apo and participated in the battle finally understood, but there are still many people who don't understand, why can he, a small person in a poor country, gather 7,000 soldiers overnight?

After investigation by various parties, the term "one collar is sufficient" began to be known.

Originally, Nagamune's ministry implemented a series of laws and regulations in Tosa, one of which was: "People who own more than three towns (about 45 acres) of land are required to prepare a pair of armor, which they must carry at all times (including when plowing the fields), and as soon as they receive an order, they will immediately put on the armor and go into battle." ”

This law was designed to speed up the mobilization by eliminating the need to give orders and then send the peasants home to get their weapons. It seems that it is very quick to go home and get weapons, but it is not uncommon for tens of thousands of people to spend three or five days on the grind, which is very unfavorable to the concealment of sending troops.

The Tie Sho Bun Xiu took the initiative to develop a standing army to solve the problem that expeditions could also be carried out when the farm was busy; However, the Yuan relatives of Changzong and our department have no need for expeditions for the time being, so they try to develop peasants and soldiers to maximize the mobilization power in the territory. These are two different lines of thinking. In terms of combat power alone, the first commander of Changzong's department is by no means weaker than the banner soldiers of the tie and the show, but the strategic mobility is far behind.

All in all, the Chozong clan has been thoroughly taken seriously.

Shinohara Nagabo uncharacteristically chose to use stratagery to solve the problem, and he instigated Tosa's Aki National Tiger to raise 5,000 troops and eliminate the old nest of Chosō's department from the rear. Unexpectedly, the head of the Changzong and my department used the guardian title he had just obtained to be a tiger skin, and in turn turned against the subordinates of Anyi National Tiger! As a result, Aki Kunihu took the remaining less than 2,000 people and fled to Awa in embarrassment, becoming a guest under Shinohara Nagabo.

During this time, Hirate Honhide was not in a hurry to enter the army, but concentrated on dealing with the land snakes of Nishisanuki. More than 600 local people had been wiped out by Iwanari Yutong's vanguard army, and 2,000 had fled into the countryside to fight guerrilla warfare. Fan Xiu appeased with one hand and suppressed with the other, and the speed of sweeping was very slow.

As a result, on the island of Shikoku, except for Iyo Province, which is still a multi-party scuffle, the overall trend is three-legged.

Shinohara Nagabo still controlled all of Awa and two-thirds of Sanuki, as well as part of Tosa, with about 20,000 troops. He lost many territories in one go, Miyoshi Nagayoshi escaped in solitary confinement, the people of Nishizanuki also deviated from morality, and the Ashikaga Yoshiei who supported him was killed again, and it seemed that the loss was the greatest. But at the same time, the unstable factors of the rule were eliminated, and the remaining people shared the same hatred, and the establishment of the new family law gradually united. But he was faced with attacks from both the north and the south, and even if he had the strongest troops, he did not dare to take the initiative to attack, for fear of losing the other.

Tosa's Nagamune Ibu Yuan occupied seven or eight percent of Tosa's land, and could recruit up to 9,000 soldiers. He picked up a big bargain on the surface, but his real strength is still very insufficient, and he has attracted a lot of hatred points, and his life is not particularly easy. The most important thing for him next is to guard Tosa, so that this guardian identity will slowly take root in the hearts of the people, and he is obviously unable to expand.

Based on Izumi, Heide Honshu first captured Awaji in just two or three months, and then occupied the three prefectures of western Sanuki, with a current force of about 11,000 troops. He has the best backstage behind him, so he is like a bamboo all the way. But now it's almost the limit, the newly conquered land needs a while to digest, and Shinohara Nagafang hasn't revealed any loopholes, and the head of the Changzong department can't be fully trusted, so he has no plan to take the initiative to attack for the time being.

All in all, the situation in Shikoku, after several unexpected encounters, has returned to a protracted calm.