Chapter 436 Change the goal

The reason why the three of them hate Matsunaga Xiu to the core, and they want to kill him quickly, is entirely because they have been used by Matsunaga Xiu in the past few years, and while they blame themselves, of course, they will not forget to transfer their hatred to Matsunaga Xiu, if it weren't for him, how could he be saddled with the notoriety of murdering the general.

In today's world, there is no one who does not know the notoriety of himself and the other three, and all of this is given by Bai Song Yongxiu, how can they give up easily when they see the opportunity to break their bodies to pieces.

And Miyoshi Yoshitsugu is even more disgusted with Matsunaga Hide, if he can tolerate his embezzlement of his family's funds, then what he can't tolerate the most is Matsunaga Hide's power, he has been a puppet for more than three years, and finally drove it out of the power center, if he and his army are mobilized now, and make great contributions in the decisive battle with the Oda army, he is really afraid that Matsunaga Hide will take the opportunity to seize power.

Although Miyoshi Yoshitsugu didn't want to admit it, he had to say that Matsunaga Hide's resourcefulness was far superior to his own, and not only that, no one in the family was his opponent, and a dangerous person like this would better keep him away from him, and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu didn't think about banishing him, or even making him seppuku, but now he felt a little powerless.

Now Matsunaga Shu not only has 3,000 elites under his command, and not long ago has defeated the Tsutsui clan and basically controlled the Yamato country, although Yamato has many temples, but this is the case that the land under its direct jurisdiction has exceeded 300,000 stones, if the Oda army did not go to Luo, he has the ability to deal with it, but now the family really does not have the ability to manage Matsunaga Xiu, so as not to force it into a desperate situation, if he rebels at this time, then the family will only transfer troops from Shikoku to quell the rebellion.

Now what he wants most is to maintain the status quo, and after repelling the Oda family's army, it is not too late to deal with Matsunaga Shu with all his might.

Thinking of this, when Miyoshi Yoshitsugu wanted to reject Kume Yoshihiro's proposal and let the retainers think of another way, he only heard Arakimura Shige say: "The lord's subordinates agree with Kume's proposal. ”

After speaking, Arakimura looked at the samurai sitting one by one, and only after he did not find the samurai of the Matsunaga faction present, did he say with confidence: "My lord, Matsunaga Hidenai is the minister of the family, and the family is now about to face the attack of the Oda family, so it is common sense to let it go out of the army, and the elite trained under his command are all used by the military expenses of the family. How can he still be deceived by him, so his subordinates think that Matsunaga Xiu and his troops should not only be used, but also used greatly, ruthlessly, this decisive battle, the more he loses, the easier it will be for the lord to ask him for guilt, this is the foolish opinion of his subordinates, and please ask the lord to decide. ”

After listening to Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, his eyes couldn't help but light up, yes, Matsunaga Xiu has used himself for many years, why don't he use him once, and besides, he doesn't plan to let him go at all, after he fights to the death with the Oda Army, can't he just clean him up, Araki Murashige's method is really wonderful.

However, the question now is that the reason why Matsunaga Shu stayed away from the center of his family was not because his embezzlement of his family's funds was exposed, and he and his retainers already hated him, so how could he send troops to help?

Thinking of this, I only heard him ask: "Although this method seems to be feasible, but Matsunaga Xiu has already fallen out with his own family, so how can he send troops to help?" ”

I saw Araki Murashige smile slightly, and said: "Lord, my subordinates think that if you want Matsunaga to show the army to help, then you need to make some sacrifices for the time being. ”…,

"Oh, I'll listen."

"My subordinates believe that if the lord can pardon his previous crimes and appoint him as the lord of Yamato, I am afraid that he will be grateful and die for his family, and ask the lord to decide."

"The lord must not, if he does this, wouldn't it be tantamount to conniving at him, if the retainers follow suit in the future, then the family will be in danger."

After listening to this, Miyoshi Changyi was the first to stand up and object, and after he finished speaking, the other retainers also spoke up to persuade the lord.

Araki Murashige didn't give up because all the people present were opposed, but he continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, the proposal I made just now is just to stabilize Matsunaga Hide, and after this battle is over, the elite under his command has been completely lost, and it is not up to the lord to fall, do you think that I will not be able to excuse him?" ”

After listening to this, the retainers couldn't help but think about it carefully, Araki Murashige seemed to have some truth in what he said, at present, Matsunaga Xiu has become a big thing, and the country of Yamato is complex, and there is a natural barrier of Mount Kongo, if you want to clean him up, the family will inevitably need to spend a lot of effort, but if he can suffer heavy losses in this battle with the Oda family, then it will be much easier to completely eradicate him.

And this Araki Mura before the ancestor died, he and Matsunaga Xiu were like fire and water, when he monopolized the power of his family, he almost killed him, if it wasn't for Araki Mura's wit, how could he sit here now, so, even if someone in the family spoke for Matsunaga Xiu, it would definitely not be him.

Thinking of this, the retainers also stopped talking, waiting for the lord to make a decision.

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu had planned to let Matsunaga Shu and the Oda army fight to the death, and then he would reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now seeing that the retainers were no longer persuading, he immediately said: "Come on, immediately order Matsunaga Shu to lead the army under his command to join the army of his own family, and he is not to blame for the mistakes he made before, and he is appointed as the lord of Yamato Country." ”

Since the sneak attack on the three cities such as Iimori Castle, the clan has led the army to hide in the Kongo Mountain and closely follow the movements of the Miyoshi family, however, what makes him disappointed is that Miyoshi Yoshitsugu did not lead the army back because the city was attacked, and in recent days, the defense of each city of the Miyoshi family has been much stronger than the previous two days, not only the ashigaru on the lookout has increased, even if the city wall is on the wall, there are people guarding it, and the Miyoshi family army has a military momentum, and it is not so simple to sneak attack the city, But fortunately, according to the ninja's report, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu sent 3,000 troops to defend the three kingdoms, wanting to use this to prevent himself from continuing to attack the city, since he can't sneak attack the city, then he can simply eat these three armies.

Thinking of this, the clan did not hesitate, and immediately ordered someone to go to Settsu to find Wasuka Masakatsu, and asked him to lead the ninja army to converge, and also sent ninjas to monitor the enemy's every move of the three armies.

Since the Settsu country is not very large, and there is a code that has been agreed in advance, the ninja sent by the clan did not have much effort to find Wasuka Masakatsu.

In the Kongo Mountain, after the arrival of the ninja army led by Wasuka Masakatsu, the Takayama Army has reached 630 people, although it is inferior to the other party in terms of military strength, but in terms of combat power, not to mention that the enemy only has a thousand troops, even if it is twice as much, it is inferior.

And how to annihilate the enemy's army left in Hanoi, in the past few days, the clan and Sanada Masayuki have discussed it, and they have already made a plan, that is, to attack Iimori City again, and this failed to capture the city, which makes the clan feel a little regretful, and now, although the cities of the Miyoshi family have strengthened their defenses, but Iimori Castle is being rebuilt, the personnel are very mixed, and the last time the army of the family attacked the city, and showed a strong combat power, the city of Ashigaru has already been frightened, If we attack the city again, I am afraid that the more than 300 troops in the city will break and flee before they have even engaged their own family. …,

And the reason why the clan put the attack target here, there is another important reason, that is, there is not only a large amount of money in the castle of Iimori, but also countless grains and grasses stored, this time he led the army to come, is to infiltrate the enemy's rear to fight, there is no small lotus pack to transport grain and grass, in addition to the grain and grass prepared at the time of departure, if you want not to starve, then you have to rob.

However, in the past few days of fighting, only a few smaller cities have been captured, and the reserves of grain and grass are very limited, and after the enemy learned that his army has infiltrated the territory, even the small lotus team has strengthened its vigilance, although Wasuka Masakatsu wants to launch a surprise attack, but he has no way to start, so it is imperative to capture Iimori Castle.

Thinking of this, Shizong immediately gathered his retainers and issued a battle order. I only heard him ask first: "Wasuka Masakatsu, where is the enemy's 1,000 troops at present?" ”

I heard Wasuka Masakatsu hurriedly replied: "Back to the lord, at present, the enemy's general Nakagawa Kiyohide is leading a thousand troops to move around the castle of Shenglong Temple, which is about seven miles away from here. ”

After hearing this, the clan quickly opened the map, although the city of Shenglong Temple is seven miles away from the city of Iimori, it is fourteen miles back and forth, although it does not seem to be close, however, the road between the two cities is extremely smooth, if the other party steps up the march, I am afraid that it will be possible to come in about half an hour.

"It's a good idea." The clan is like a map, the area around Iimori Castle is too flat, not to mention the mountains, even if there are no hills, the only thing that there is is a few small woods, and it is a bit too child's play to want to ambush the enemy here, so it is worth looking north for a more suitable place, not to mention, in the road between Iimori Castle and Katsuryuji Castle, there is really a place suitable for ambushes, although this place is not excellent, but it is enough.

As can be seen from the map, the road to Iimori Castle needs to pass through several dense forests, and the location chosen by the clan is the largest of them.

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