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When his father, Akechi Mitsuhide, set out from the city of Milan to the west of Sanyo Road, it was November 22 of the sixth year of Tianzheng, and the weather was getting colder and colder, and even though the sky was clear, the pedestrians outside were still shivering with cold.

In late October, he went back to Kyoto once, and that was a month ago.

There he met with Oda Nobunaga and departed two days later in the early morning of the 25th.

Both Hosokawa and I followed him out of Kyoto.

Oda Nobunaga finally decided to use troops against Inaba, and at the same time, he assigned his father to the monkey as his deputy, and the two armies of San'in and Sanyo were combined into one.

However, just before leaving for Inaba, something small happened in the monkey's territory.

The lord of Harima Miki Castle, Beschoji Nagaji, didn't know which nerve was on the wrong line, and at the instigation of the Mori family, he rebelled.

This really makes the monkey "long face", at the beginning, it only took him more than a year to control the big country of 500,000 stones, Harima, the ability is impressive, and now, such a thing has appeared in his own territory, but it is really ......

So, the furious monkey mobilized 30,000 monkey soldiers and monkey generals (with his ability, he couldn't gather so many people, I guess there was Oda Nobunaga's help) to storm Miki Castle, fighting from the beginning of autumn to the end of autumn, and when he finally settled the matter here, something happened in the west again.

The Maori army attacked Kamitsuki Castle, and because the monkeys could not spare manpower to deal with Yoshikawa Motoharu, they had to watch as the Maori army entered Kamitsuki Castle.

After pacifying Beschoji, the monkey immediately turned around and attacked Kamigetsu Castle, and because of the incident on the side of the hata, it had to be dragged down again......

Oda Nobunaga naturally couldn't wait, he ordered his father to go to Inaba first, and start a war with the Yamana family and the Maori family, at the same time, because of the defeat last time, he had an understanding of the fortification of Tottori Castle, so in the battle order to his father, he added a special one: Don't attack Tottori Castle without complete preparation, and wait for Hideyoshi to consider it after he comes here.

To cut a long story short, as November drew to a close, we also came to the border between Inaba and Tango.

According to my father's idea, if we wanted to gain a firm foothold in Inaba, we had to find a decent "revolutionary base area" first.

As for the so-called "base area", my father chose the address at Ohno Castle, which is only forty miles away from Tottori Castle.

First of all, let's talk about Ono Castle, located in the middle of Iwai-gun, which used to be called "Juno-gun", and according to the 'Wanasho', Iwai-gun has six castles: Gamo, Ono, Uji, Hino, Ishii, and Takaya.

Thus, the invasion of Iwai-gun by the Akechi Army began.

The sensible offensive was extremely fast, and of course, this also had to do with the fact that the Yamana army did not organize too strong resistance along the way.

Soon, on the second day of the war, Uji Castle, the easternmost part of Iwai County, fell under the wail of the Yamana army and the billowing smoke rising from the castle towers, becoming a trophy of the family's "westward expedition".

It was the middle of the night on November 29 when the ninja with the wounded war horse and the colorful ninja spread the bad news to the Tottori Castle of the Yamana clan in Etomi-gun, located in the central part of Inaba Province.

Tottori Castle at this time was not the same as Tottori Castle before the prefecture was abolished in the Meiji era.

Tottori Castle during the Warring States period is located in the Tottori Plain in the center of present-day Tottori Prefecture, and is about 150 meters above sea level if you calculate it at modern elevation. Although it is located between the Chiyo River, which flows through the country, it is not close to the water's edge, so it can only be said that it is built on the land, and the moats in the castle are built in an overlapping way, and the appearance is very similar to that of the post house.

Don't underestimate this city, it was the residence of the "one-sixth hall" Yamana clan Qing and the "Zhongxing hero" Yamana Soquan.

On this day, in a room in the city, the old man Nakamura Harumasa enthusiastically explained the Six Taos and Three Strategies and the Art of War to his lord Toyokuni Yamana.

Nakamura Harutsugu, who hopes to be Jackie Chan, has never slackened his cultivation of his incompetent lord. However, as the main father, Toyokuni Yamana does not have the pride and ambition unique to men in troubled times like his ancestors

"Alas, the lord's strength and talent are not comparable to the ancestors of the Yamana family, and he doesn't even have the determination to restore the glory of the Yamana family."

And as the old minister of the mountain family, Nakamura Haruji doesn't know about this "bear-like" of his lord?

Originally, before the Maori family and the Oda family got involved in this place, Nakamura and other retainers wished that the lord "the more bears, the better", after all, the less control there was, the happier they were.

But now it can't be done, the enemy is current, and none of them will obey anyone, so naturally they can't talk about working together to resist foreign enemies.

At this time, there must be a master who can "tie" them together to preside over the overall situation.

But the problem is that after so many years of suppression, Yamana Toyokuni has long lost the ambition of his ancestors, and he is enthusiastic about singing, dancing, calligraphy and painting, but he is more like a Kyoto minister who has nothing to do all day.

Which of the above sentences commenting on Toyokuni Yamana has become the unanimous consensus and mantra of Yamana's retainers. And they're not the only ones who think so. In the Warring States Period, when people often had to walk in the depths and lose their lives at any time, it often felt that the loss of life would be casual and cascading.

For this reason, the retainers who were terrified and suspicious all believed that only by cultivating a strong and outstanding personality of the lord was the only way to keep the family business alive.

However, the reason why Nakamura Haruji took the trouble to explain Sun Tzu's military science and Liutao Three Strategies to the "faint king" Toyokuni Yamana whenever he had spare time was actually not to hope to make him an unprecedented "Emperor of the World", this situation was not at all what they were willing to see for these old guys with great power desires.

Nakamura did this, just hoping that he could master the situation of the Yamana family and have some ability to preside over the overall situation, this ability is not small, it is not big, and the explanation is more detailed, that is, I hope he can achieve the effect of "maintaining stability".

For the pre-Meiji Japanese military commanders, the Rokutao Sanlu was an absolutely indispensable book, such as the Gen Yoshitsune, which was imparted by the practitioner Oniichi (presumably a figure like Benkei, who did not know whether it existed or not) in the life of the warriors. In fact, this is the secret of victory that a warrior must dabble in, and it can be said to be the art of war bible.

As for "The Art of War", it is needless to say: it is as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as plundering as fire, and as immobile as a mountain.

Even if you don't know these four sentences, then does Takeda Shingen know? People understand the essence of these four sentences best.

Many of the most famous generals in Japanese history, such as Takeda Shingen, Asakura Sote, Uesugi Kenshin and others, have devoted themselves to studying this book. In addition, Mori Motosashi and Tokugawa Ieyasu both spent a lot of effort to learn this book, and Oda Nobunaga, the "fool" who has always been arrogant, also worked hard to learn this secret book of the art of war under the explanation of Masahide Hirate.

\"Good! That's all we have for today. In the opinion of the old minister, as long as you can understand the essence of the lord, you will definitely be able to defeat your Tajima clan Yamana Yutoyo in the future, and even Mori Terumoto and Oda Nobunaga will not be your opponents. \"

Nakamura Harutsugu put the military book on the desk, and then squinted at the tired lord.

The latter looked relieved and stretched, "So be it, I've really worked hard for you today, Nakamura-sama." ”

It's a complete lack of motivation.

Although Nakamura Harutsugu took the trouble to explain sentence by sentence that a person spoke very energetically there, Toyokuni Yamana not only could not understand his painstaking efforts, but felt that Nakamura-sama was too instigated.

For Toyokuni Yamana, who is almost forty years old, the reason why Nakamura Harutsugu makes him feel wordy is not because he is smart and clever enough to understand these truths even if there is no explanation from others, but because-

As a "son of heaven" in the palm of his hand, there is no need to learn at all.

Since he became the governor of the family, the "diligent and loyal" retainers have taken good ideas for themselves in advance for any big or small things in the family, and they have never been cared about as much as they have been in the same way as putting P, and even the most basic meals have never been spoken about by themselves.

(Nakamura, you old ghost, why are you teaching me so much?!) Wouldn't it be better for you to make up your own mind about the affairs of the city? Do you want me to fight for you? ）

Just when Yamana Toyokuni was indignant about this in his heart, the flag at the door shouted loudly:

"General! There is an emergency situation on the side of Uji Castle, and there are ninjas asking to see you! ”

"Uji Castle? Is that a wise Mitsuhide?! Let that ninja in! ”

It was not Toyokuni Yamana who spoke, but Harutsugu Nakamura, who was about to go back to sleep, although the former was the "general" in Akimoto's mouth, but it was the latter who could really exercise the power of the general.

Soon, the herald ninja of the Jiyama family, who is also the general of the ninja army, Takehiko Kintaro, limped in while wiping the sweat on his head.

"The general is not good! Uji Castle fell, and Fujii-sama committed suicide by setting fire to the castle tower. "Takehiko Kontaro's tone revealed incomparable exhaustion and a hint of pathos.

"Nani?!" Nakamura Harutsugu lost his voice and said, "This can't be! Fujii is a military general who participated in the Battle of Shikano and made military achievements, he has been through a hundred battles, and since yesterday, Akechi Mitsuhide has only been in our country for two days, how can he have conquered a city so quickly? ”

"It's true, Nakamura-sama," the ninja took a breath and said, "Akechi Mitsuhide is a lot of people, menacing, his men and horses, I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people, there are no more than a thousand defenders in Uji City, Fujii-sama fought desperately, and he couldn't stop the enemy......"

"Alright, you go down," Nakamura Harutsugu waved his hand at the man, realizing that the latter stepped back, "We'll take care of it." ”

And from beginning to end, Toyokuni Yamana, who was sitting on the side, didn't say a word.

To be precise, he has become accustomed to not expressing any of his opinions, and it would be nice if someone else would handle everything for him.

And the benevolent man seems to be familiar with this "process" and will go down immediately.

"Lord, we have to hurry up and send someone to Anyi, His Royal Highness the Mori Right Door Governor is anxious for justice and righteousness, and he will definitely not die without help......"