Chapter 962: Mutsu Strategy (5)
And as the initiator of the alliance, it's okay for others not to speak, but Mogami Yoshimitsu can't help but speak, after all, this matter was initiated by him, and if these people have the possibility of being forgiven, then they will never be forgiven, so after seeing that no one spoke, I only heard him say: "Everyone, now that the mountain army is attacking, at this moment the family and the family have reached the critical point of life and death. ”
"War? May I ask Mogami-sama, what are we going to do to fight the Takayama family? How elite the Takayama Army is, Mogami has never seen it, so it's so difficult that you haven't heard of it? With the strength of the army under the command of our people, not to mention the combat strength, the number alone cannot be compared with it, but the Gao Shan family has tens of thousands of troops, and even if we mobilize all the generals, can we make up 30,000 people? "Since the Kasai family is a subordinate of the Date family, they are not very afraid of Mogami Yoshimitsu, and at this time, there is no need to be afraid, so Kasai Harunobu is not polite at all, and he doesn't care whether the other party is the governor of the Mogami family or not, and whether he is still in Yamagata Castle.
If it was before, Kasai Harunobu dared to talk to him like this, then Mogami Yoshimitsu would definitely be furious, and it was even very possible to start a war against Kasai and the Date family by the way, but now he can't be angry, and he now knows that the Mogami family wants not to be destroyed, so he can only unite these forces of Mutsu, and there is still a slim chance, otherwise wait for the Takayama Army to defeat themselves and them.
So not only did he not get angry, but said very calmly: "Then what does Kasai-sama mean to make peace with the Takayama Army?" ”
"! It's so hard that you didn't listen to the news from the Ashina family, but the general of the Takayama family said that if you don't give up all the land and go to Odawara Castle in person, then it will be a provocation to the Takayama family, may I ask Mogami-sama, do you dare to go? ”
"Okay, okay, let's get rid of our anger, what can we do if we just quarrel." Seeing that the two of them had a tendency to quarrel, Date Huizong hurriedly persuaded him.
After Date Teizune finished speaking, seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he could only say again: "We formed this alliance not to start a war with the Takayama family at that time, but to hope that Takayama-sama would not interfere in the affairs of Mutsu after subordination, and according to my guess, Takayama-sama just didn't want to see the existence of this alliance, so he sent troops to attack, if we no longer unite, and then show our hearts to Takayama-sama, according to the following opinion, this matter can be resolved." I don't know what you think? ”
"My lord's words are good, but I don't know if Lord Date knows the person of the Takayama clan, and where this person has passed, there are not many families that can survive, and Mutsu is already in the rear, in the form of today, then Kinoshita and the Takayama family will have a battle, so as to determine the ownership of the world, and at this time, how can I not worry about the safety of the rear, so I feel that this battle is inevitable, rather than sit and wait for death, it is better to fight to the death." Akita Shigeki couldn't help but speak.
And at this time, Nanbu Harutsugu, who had not spoken, also spoke: "Everyone, I think what Akita-sama said is reasonable, although the Takayama family wants to destroy us, but don't forget, its biggest enemy is not us but the Kinoshita family, there is the Kinoshita family, then it will definitely not dare to mobilize too many troops to come to Mutsu, in this way, this battle is not impossible to fight, and if at this time, we send people to the west to seek the shelter of Kinoshita's people, it should not be able to see death without help, after all, we are here to contain it, So it's definitely a good thing for the Kinoshita family, I don't know what you think? ”
Although Mogami Yoshimitsu didn't put forward any opinions, he still advocated a war with the Takayama family, but he didn't know how to fight this battle, and after listening to the words of Akita and Nanfang, he suddenly felt enlightened, yes, how did he forget the Kinoshita family, which is about the same strength as the Takayama family, if the news of the Takayama army's attack is reported to Kinoshita-sama, then he will definitely take advantage of this time to launch an attack on the Takayama family, and then the Takayama family will have to withdraw, and the Takayama family and the Kinoshita family are equal in strength, The battle between the two families is bound to be protracted, if the Kinoshita family wins, Mutsu will no longer have to worry about it, and if the Takayama family wins, it will definitely be a miserable victory, and how will they attack Mutsu for a while.
Thinking of this, Mogami Yoshimitsu finally expressed his opinion, only to hear him speak: "This is reasonable, if the news of Takayama's departure from Mutsu is reported to Kinoshita-sama, it is inevitable that he will send an army to attack Takayama's family, so we can rest easy." ”
I have to say that because the news of Mutsu is closed, and the forces here are attacking each other and rarely fighting with the outside forces, so they don't know enough about themselves or the Takayama family, which is fundamentally different from Aizu's Ashina, Aizu is in the westernmost part of Michinoku, so the news is much better than them, which is why as soon as the Takayama Army came out of the wilderness, the Ashina Mori clan was so frightened that he went to Odawara Castle to cry in person.
And these people present, although they realized the gap between the two sides, did not realize how big the gap between the two sides was. They always think about things with their eyes, so deviations are inevitable.
And as the tone was set, everyone present began to discuss the topic.
"Although there is a Kinoshita family out of the army, the Takayama clan will definitely withdraw from the army, but the problem is that the Kinoshita family is in the western country, and I am waiting in the easternmost part. This is really far from quenching the thirst of the near. Date Huizong also felt that what the other three said was reasonable, but it was a little difficult to actually operate, not to mention anything else, just this distance was an irreparable big problem.
"By the way, we've been discussing here for a long time, and I don't know how many Takayama troops there are, Lord Ashina?" Only then did Yoshitaka Yamazaki ask.
Everyone looked left and right, and sure enough, they didn't see anyone from the Ashina family, although the Ashina Sheng clan was old, but such a big matter, only a few important ministers in the family should be sent to discuss it.
Seeing that no one from the Ashina family was present, Mogami Yoshimitsu and the others couldn't help but feel nervous, his first thought was not that the Ashina family had surrendered to Takayama, but that the Takayama army had already launched an attack on the Ashina family, if this was the case, then it was necessary to prepare early.
And he was not the only smart man, after a short period of surprise, more than half of the people present thought of this.