088 The Choice of the Tyrants (Part I)

088

"The summer wind is blowing warmly

Through the hair and through the ears

You and my summer

The wind whispered

Gentle lazy sea breeze......

When spring arrived, the oncoming breeze blew across my face on San'in Avenue.

I couldn't help humming a song because of my "beastly hair".

The text is not right, Zhou Damu's "Summer Wind" sings about the summer wind, and now it is spring.

"Young master, you are really talented," Keiji Maeda walked over while clapping his hands, "but I can't understand a word of what you sing." ”

"I'm singing the song of the Ming Kingdom, if you understand, then there are ghosts!"

"Foreign songs, that's fine!"

"What's wrong?"

"Young master, you can tell me the score of a song and reward it, just like the last "Snow Flower"."

I smiled and said, "That's not a problem, but now that the battle of Tamba is imminent, you should focus on the battlefield." ”

"I see."

"By the way, the last time you attacked Tanbo, didn't you want a city, yes, my father said, this time you have to integrate Tanbo's forces, work hard, maybe this time you can become the city lord."

"That couldn't be better."

The return of the San'in DAO Legion led by Akechi Mitsuhide to Tamba has had a great impact on the country.

Last time, I saw the people of the country with strong combat effectiveness of the Wise Army, and faced the enemy of Wise Mitsuhide. The number of responders was overwhelming.

Morishita Saemon Ieiji, Naito Yamato Mamoru Yoshiaki, Four Heavenly Kings Tajima Masataka, Sato and other wealthy families all rose up to echo.

Except for Yoshiaki Naito, who was originally at odds with Hatano and Akai, most of the responders may have returned to wisdom because of heavy rewards, but the main thing is that they have long seen that Oda Nobunaga behind Akechi Mitsuhide is more powerful than Hatano and Akai.

There are also some people with more vicious eyes, seeing the Maori force standing behind Hatano and Akai, they can't quite see clearly in their consciousness, these two "big guys", who will knock down who in the end, so they chose to continue to wait and see.

Among the people of the country of Tamba, some went to the city of Milan to join the army of wisdom, and some of them stood on their own feet in the city.

Whether they throw themselves into the wise army, or "remain neutral", they show their own attitude.

But what's interesting is that none of the local tyrants said they wanted to throw themselves into Hatano and Akai!

So, the embarrassment of the two adults can be imagined.

So they flew to the wealthy clans in the country who were still watching, and invited them to come to Bashang City to discuss important matters.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, they no longer need to be polite.

Immediately sent troops to attack, or invaded the territory of the undesirable to set fire, plunder, and rape women, and gave full play to the "three-light policy" pursued by the "beast race" imperial army in later generations.

Although this kind of violent method was both radical and despicable, it had considerable effect, and some people had to participate in it, and those country scoundrels who feared that the world would not be chaotic even echoed in groups, wanting to take this opportunity to obtain a reward, and even become a samurai, and the "anti-wise" forces increased day by day.

In Tanbo Duoji County, there is a river city, and the lord of the city is the Yi family of the river sweeping department.

The Namikawa family has some kinship with Hatano, both of whom are descendants of the Fujiwara clan, and during the last Tanba Raiders, the Namikawa family himself also followed Hatano Hideji to resist Akechi Mitsuhide to the end.

Therefore, in the eyes of Hatano Hideji, the Namikawa Yi family is much more reliable than those wall grasses, so when the "restoration" this time, the Namikawa Yi family, who did not make much contribution, was immediately increased by him by a thousand stones.

"Alas~~ This wise light show is coming again, and the city of Bashang is also asking us to support him, this good day, it really won't be a few days."

At lunchtime, the family drank a little wine, was dizzy, lay on the tatami mat, and was about to fall asleep.

"Let's go to Yagami Castle tomorrow first, and stabilize Hatano first......" he stretched, "Let's sleep for a while." ”

However, just when he was about to fall asleep, the butler's voice came from the entrance:

"Master, there's someone outside the door asking to see you!"

"Yaga!" The Yijia family, who was disturbed from his good sleep, scolded, "I'm going to sleep, and I won't see anyone!" ”

"Sir, he said he was your best friend in the past."

"Friends? Then let him wait another hour, when I wake up. ”

"But, the man said, if you don't see him now, you won't live next year!"

"Damn!" Hearing that someone dared to curse him, the Heyi family didn't even sleep, and stood up directly.

"Bring me my knife, which bastard dares to curse me to death?" And the Yi family jumped down the stairs angrily, "I'm going to chop this daring guy!" ”

A somewhat hearty middle-aged male voice came: "Your Highness Saubu, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are still so true to your temperament." ”

When he looked closely, he was a man in his thirties and forties wearing a yellow kimono and a haori coat.

"Who are you?" Most of the anger of the Heyi family disappeared, he did know the man in front of him, and he was very familiar with it, but it was a little embarrassing that he couldn't even think of his name!

The man smiled: "You are really a noble person, three years ago in the town of Yagami Castle, you and Zai also talked a lot, and you also invited Zai Shi. ”

If I were standing here, I would definitely point at this man and scold:

"Didn't you say you hadn't been to Tamba?! How come even Tanba's friends have been made?! ”

That's right, this is Mr. Masanobu Honda!

"Are you...... Honda boss! And the Yi family finally remembered.

"Why, are you just going to let me, an old friend, stand in the sun and talk?"

"It's rude, please inside."

Honda Masanobu turned around and shouted, "Yaheiji, don't come in, take care of the horses, and wait for me outside." ”

Knowing this time, the Namigawa family noticed that Honda Masanbu did not come alone, behind him, there were several young people, among whom he just called: "Yaheiji", a man about thirty years old, with a handsome face and a sturdy body.

"These people should be the ronin samurai invited by Honda, these years are in chaos, there is no bodyguard around, it is really difficult to go out." And the river Yi family thought so.

Honda Masanobu took a sip of tea and said: "Now that the situation in Tanbo is extremely tense, His Royal Highness Sabu can still take such a peaceful and leisurely nap, this is really 'Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face does not change', which is really admirable." ”

"Rude!" The attendants beside the Heyi family shouted, "You guy, you dare to be so sarcastic about my highness!" ”

No, in the face of Honda Masanobu's spicy sarcasm, Namigawa Yijia was not angry at all, he raised his hand to stop the attendant, and said to Honda Masanobu with a wry smile: "Quiet and leisure? You can really arrange me, now that Akechi Mitsuhide is about to attack Tanba, the city of Hagami has long been in trouble, military meetings are held every day, and the general mobilization is also going on endlessly.

Do you think I'm comfortable? His Royal Highness Hatano sent someone to urge me every day to go to Yagami Castle to discuss the war......"

He was like a lost underground party member who saw the organization, and poured bitter water endlessly.

Honda Masanobu listened patiently to him for a while.

"And what are you going to do?"

"Hatano is getting tighter and tighter day by day, and I can't find a reason to shirk it, forget it, I'll go to him tomorrow, if I make him impatient, and then get angry, maybe the city of Nagagawa will be destroyed."

"Hehe," Honda Masanobu narrowed his eyes and smiled, which made him look more like a fox, "Is Your Highness saying that following Hatano and River Castle will be spared the catastrophe and survive this war?" ”

"Of course not!" And the river Yi family was very distressed, "Of course I know that the wise Mitsuhide from Kyoto is also not easy to mess with, but the lesser of the two evils, at least now I am committed to Hatano, and I can still seek peace for a while." ”

"Although it is a bit rude to ask, I still have to ask, what are you going to do if Akechi Mitsuhide wins?"

"I ......"

The family was about to answer, but Honda Masanobu put away the "fox smile" that had been hanging on his face, and shouted:

"After the gains and losses of the Tanba country, Oda Nobunaga will inevitably learn from the pain and reintegrate the forces of the people of Tanba, and he will only keep those who are loyal to him, not to mention that in this war, he will blatantly throw himself into Hatano, even if it is just to remain neutral, he will not let it go!

Your Highness, do you think that after the start of the war, if he fights back and turns to the Oda army, they will let you go? ”

"......" This is the most feared and unimaginable thing of the wall grass of the Nagawa Yi family, he did not answer Honda Masanobu's words, but just sat there with a painful face and "meditated".

"Besides, even if Hatano wins this battle, what can His Highness do? His Royal Highness is weak and has not been valued by Hatano for a long time, although he gave you a territory of 1,000 stones, but this has nothing to do with the 'merit', it is purely the 'hard work' that has been followed for many years, I dare to vouch, what you are like now, what are you still like after the victory of Hatano!

“……”

Could it be that you, after the dignified Fujiwara Hidego, are you willing to live in this territory of less than 3,000 stones for the rest of your life?! ”

“……”

It took him a long time before he spit out a sentence, "Boss Honda...... No, Your Highness Honda, I am willing to help His Highness Wise, and I would like you to introduce him on your behalf. ”

"Haha, it's easy to say." A smile appeared on Honda's fox face again.

Honda Masashi's words have all been said about this, and if the Heyi family can't guess what his origin is, then there is no need to talk about it anymore, a person who doesn't even have a basic IQ is not worth lobbying and wooing.

Honda Masanobu secretly exhaled in his heart, as if he had let go of some baggage.

"Finally a ...... solved"